No hope for Opposition?

The hope for opposition parties to make a significant dent in the Malaysian Parliament is becoming a dream too difficult to achieve as long as the BN government and the BN party are the same. No matter how much we whine and lament about abuse of power, bribery in the electoral process, etc. the BN will be returned to rule Malaysia, election after election.

As long as the BN owns the mass media – print as well as electronic – the people will not take a second look at opposition parties to represent them. Granted, a few seats will go to DAP and PAS, but these will not alter the political landscape significantly. The BN will continue to romp home with larger than 2/3 majority.

So, why don’t the opposition parties start owning newspapers and TV stations? Are you out of your mind? TV and newspapers require licenses issued by the government. And who owns the government? Do you think they are going to give out those licenses? They are not so stupid. It will be suicidal to issue a lethal weapon to your enemies.

Even if the government were to issue licenses to print newspapers and broadcast TV programs to non-BN political parties (when pigs start to fly), the question is: will they have the capital and investors willing to take the risk? It is a jungle out there!