Of Perak, 3 Frogs and Mandela

Court of Appeal overturned the beautifully crafted, exquisitely detailed piece of art which Da Vinci himself would've been proud of judgment made by the High Court on the issue of who is the rightful Chief Minister of Perak.

True enough, it is a win for the BN. But as people say, they may have won the battle (of course there's still the appeal to the Federal Court) but they have yet to win the war.

A win for BN doesn't necessarily mean a win for the people. Zambry himself acknowledged that their main task now is to win the hearts of the people. Of course, with 3 frogs and a snake lover in his bastion, that would be harder to do than convincing people that he is actually Gandhi.

The problem with their win over Pakatan in Court of Appeal is that, they did it even though they know the people hate what they're doing. It's like kicking an innocent boy in front of his father. You know the father is going to be angry, but you kick him anyway.

So how do they plan to win the hearts of the people? I'm guessing they'll probably focus on their achievements, much like they did during the 12th GE. Err, we know how that went. But how much success do they envisage on having?

Let's look at the current situation: The economy's not doing too well, so good luck on that front. They've already ridiculed a person all of Perak can love in Nizar - regardless which side you are on, you cannot possibly refute that Nizar is one hell of a great guy. You have excos that are made of questionable individuals. Of course, no Indian and that one Chinese, well he's the only Chinese available. They've ruffled up the rightful speaker in a very torrid manner which shows wickedness only Junta could be proud of. 3 of the assemblymen on their side are a bunch of revolting opportunists, which I'm sure come the next election they won't be fielded by any party - which shows how much distrust they have even among the BN side of the fence. I can list a lot more but what's the use? Point is, people hate that they are now ruling Perak.

Now what does BN gain from Perak? Apart from actually getting to govern the state, they stand to lose a lot more. I mean, the public perception is worsening. People in BN might be overjoyed by the fact that the Court of Appeal have decided in their favour, which in turn shows they are right. But don't bank too much on that because the judiciary is not really a place where people rest their confidence on. So whatever decisions they make (when it is politically related) are always going to be doubtful.

I mean look at the people's response after both decisions. When High Court ruled for Pakatan, the country was proud of the judiciary.Somehow when a decision goes against the government, people feel that it is very much worthy of appraisal - hmm wonder why that is? But when the Court of Appeal ruled as they did, people actually question the decision. I also wonder if the High Court's efficient ruling, reasoning and 76 pages written judgment have got anything to do with it - whilst the Court of Appeal's, "I've made my decision, don't question why, just respect it" attitude would do lots to counter any respect we have for the judiciary?

So the court may have ruled for them, but people aren't really swayed by such happenings. People stick to the ones they believe in and sorry to say people don't really believe in the judiciary, the government nor do they believe in the police - which I might as well point out, is turning to be somewhat of an institution in itself, independent from any organs and doing scarier stuffs by the day (a point made by one influential individual which I need not name here).

Ah well, if things goes well (even if they don't seem like going to at the moment) all will end well. But hei, look at the bright side: from the prisons of South Africa to the Chief Minister's office in Perak, Mandela sure is great!

Peace :)

Muhyiddin Blame It On Students

Lately there's been a lot of talk about scholarships and who deserves it and what not. Personally, I've never had any experience with scholarships because my own SPM result wasn't the best. So I never really thought I'd be eligible. Since I came from a very poor school, academically, I didn't really hear about my peers wanting scholarship and all, so no experience there either.

But, what I do know is that people do have trouble asking for it - that I can read from the papers. Whether it's about race, performance, eligibility, status, rural and so on so forth, there's always a reason why certain students get the scholarship but certain students don't.

But!!! Muhyiddin came up with the lamest excuse anyone could ever come up with. Instead of blaming themselves for their inability to efficiently award scholarships to deserving young hopefuls, he blames these deserving young hopefuls for taking too many subjects!!

Okay I understand wanting to cap the amount of subject a student can take for SPM - but not because it makes it hard for the government to pick students...that's just dumb.

I mean if you hear the response from academicians, they're like saying, "Capping the amount of subject is a brilliant move because the students NEED A LIFE AND NOT FOCUSED ON TAKING TOO MANY SUBJECT THAT THEY FORGET TO HAVE FUN". No one would go on and say, "Capping the amount of subject is brilliant because THE GOVERNMENT GETS EASILY CONFUSED WHEN SOME STUDENTS TAKE MORE THAN 13 SUBJECTS and you know how slow they are".

Tell me, how many students get 14-15As? If there are more than 10,000 students then your idea makes sense. But as I recall, there's less than 100 student (I know I'm being generous here) and if these 100 (again, generous) makes the whole government go ga-ga on who to pick for scholarships, then I'm telling you, our government is weird.

His argument is, rural schools doesn't have the resources to provide more so that students can take more subject whilst the urban schools do. So when we pick the candidate, we go for those with more subjects and therefore urban school wins.

Seriously ka Muhyiddin? If that's how you explain things then it is regretful Najib pick you as Education Minister. If indeed more urban school students take more than 13 subjects (for example) how many of these students actually get 13As? If these students get 9As and 2Bs and 2Cs then would you consider that to be better than a rural student who gets 10As only?

Yes cap the subjects, but not on the basis of scholarship. That's like blaming the students for your own weakness. Cap it because students need to be more focussed, and know what they want in life. We have enough capable individuals; what we really need are experts.

But that's the problem though; BN likes to blame other people.

I'm Loving This Nation

I take pride in my country. When foreigners ask (which has never happened and this is very much hypothetical), where are you from? I would gladly say Malaysia - the land of the weirdly free.

Where else in the world can absolutely free individuals who are not charged of any crime be liberalised with conditions? Where else in the world can a politically corrupt individual hold high office after being found guilty by their own party’s disciplinary committee? Where else in the world can ministers be considered unaccountable for their own failure to keep their projects in tip top condition (and in fact there are occasions when their failures have resulted in major accidents)? Where else but Malaysia (I'm sure there are other countries as well but don't spoil it for me).

None have brought me more pride than the recent event in Perak whereby the federal government coalition can justify their act by referring to their own condemnation of another person's initiative (which failed) - I'm referring to Anwar's 916 claim which was highly criticized and reviled by the same people who used that occasion to justify their own successful (but controversial) coup. This shows how open we are to "change". One day we might say we don't like coffee as it is bad for health, the next day you might well think that you're way too sleepy and coffee is effective.

I do sincerely believe that this is why I love Malaysia so much. The more occasions of injustice I see the more I want to see Malaysia come off this nasty period of discontent to bloom like flowers in spring (not that I've ever experienced spring, but from what I've seen in movies it looks very pretty). It's like, the pride we feel when we watch our favourite team come back from 2-0 down to win it 2-3. It's like when we read the story of the ugly duckling turning out to be a beautiful swan (though I must say the title is misleading because we were made to believe that the swan is actually a duck at birth when in fact it was swan all along…damn literature).

Of course it hasn't always been this way. Back when the ruling coalition was the voice of democracy in Malaysia people were actually happy to be zombies. Of course the parties then were race-based and any form of party which would break the race-based tradition would be ridiculed and stamped as "will not work here, try somewhere where democracy actually works". Even the coalition's multi-racial party would end up being race based. It is this kind of brain-washing ability that makes life so much easier. Eat what we tell you to, drink what we give, believe what we say and you'll be as happy as Mandela when he was in prison (the real Mandela, not the one in Perak).

But now since human civilization have grown far more intelligent, our ruling coalition starts asking for more. Nothing is ever enough for them as they want only the best. That could only be good for the country and makes me love Malaysia even more.

Malaysia is a nation where giving free water is frowned upon and actually giving people money and eradicating the hardcore poor is questioned instead of being congratulated upon. I mean the bar is set sky high to actually do something good here in Malaysia - people are not impressed by governments which are giving our God-given resources for free and helping the hardcore poor. We must find ways to make the hardcore poor millionaires and free water taste like orange juice when we drink but not sticky when we take a bath - now that's impressive and worth congratulating.

Also when the ruling government say that they have the people's interest at heart, they really mean it. I mean, when BN said they are in it for the people of Perak but not wanting to actually let the people decide, they are doing so because they are not willing to let Pakatan win with bigger majority. That's how much they care for the Perakians and how much they want to work for the people. If Pakatan have a bigger majority how can BN do anything to help the rich state of Perak? Where would the likes of snake lovers, frog breeders and Gandhi personified individuals work? How can these people help when they don’t have office? See how much they care? They are sacrificing people's choice so that they can work.

The fact that the Selangor state government made a trip to our close neighbour Singapore to learn from them ways to clean up the Klang river is rather cheap. I mean, trips should be as far as you can go. If you want to build a theme park, go to Disneyland during school holidays, bring your family and nanny as well. If you want to learn agriculture, bring the whole Parliament to Taiwan. Trips to Singapore? That's too cheap. We should be travelling everywhere in the world from Morocco to France to New York, and while you're at it, bring the whole office including the tea lady. The further you go, the more we can learn - that's just basic logic.

From the police to the judiciary, from the land office to the immigration department. Each institution, each organ and each organization have played a highly successful part in creating the nation that I am loving now. Helping the ruling coaltion no matter at what cost and in whatever means possible, that kind of dedication really is outstanding. Jail lawyers who were rightfully discharging their duty, rough-handle the rightful speaker, give free land to children and grassroot party members, set instant hearing date and many others. Give the upper hand to the already strong arm of the ruling coalition. Love it.

Peace :)

Zambry, Where Is Your Dignity?

I would first like to comment on the braveness and boldness of Zambry in being able to look past all that is happening and to equate his "struggles" to that of Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. It takes a lot of courage to speak out of one's ass. More on that later.

Equally baffling is the Court of Appeal's decision in granting a stay of execution in favour of the Appellant (Respondent in High Court). What strikes me by surprise is the fact that, a stay, upon it being granted would consequently put the parties in the status they were once in before the recent judgment (in favour of Nizar) was given .

How can a stay be given and to maintain status quo (in effect) when in fact the whole suit is to determine whose status lies where? It's odd that the parties are to maintain their status when in fact no one really knows who should sit where.

If Zambry feels that the Court of Appeal's grant of stay would allow him to use the office of the Chief Minister, then what is his justification? When did he earn his right to use that office and to use the title of Chief Minister? During which point in time did that happen?

The way I see it is, since High Court have already ruled that Nizar is the rightful Chief Minister it means that the status should be back when everything was not confusing, i.e. back when Pakatan ruled the state and UMNO were talking snakes and what not.

If he is determined to be in office tomorrow he should provide a reason. I don't think his sole position as Chief Minister was ever justified since Perak has always had 2 Chief Minister since March - Nizar has always maintained that he is the Chief Minister all these while and Zambry thinks he is Chief Minister. So Nizar has as much right to stay in office as Zambry, if status is to be maintained that is.

Hence my biff with the Court of Appeal is this; why in the world would you make such a judgment when in fact the whole issue is about status? Sure tomorrow I'm sure Zambry would maintain that he is the Chief Minister (without the word "rightful" preceding it) and he should be in office ("should" instead of "deserved to") and Nizar should respect the decision of the Court of Appeal judge (when in fact the judge didn't really decide on anything but made things more confusing - he didn't even provide terms to his order when the counsel asked for it).

Zambry's statement after this fast-paced hearing and judgment from the Court of Appeal yesterday was, as expected, annoying. He said, "Nizar should respect the judge's decision much like I did yesterday".

Here's my problem with his statement: The High Court decision yesterday effectively maintained Nizar's right to the title Chief Minister, his right to be in office and his right of power - and therefore Zambry's duty to get the hell out. The Court of Appeal's decision today only maintained status quo of which, as I have elaborated earlier, not clear and could also mean that Nizar can still be in power - it's either they have 2 Chief Ministers or no Chief Minister at all.

But then here's another problem. I don't think Zambry's fit to be Chief Minister. First of all, as the High Court had declared yesterday, he has never been Chief Minister at any point in time. But he still maintains that he is. This could mean that he is quite deluded.

To prove this point we have to study his blog post in which he compared himself to Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. His 3 month foray into this political warzone is considered (to him) as a struggle to which he has sacrificed his life for the betterment of the people much like how Gandhi starved almost to death to free India from the sheckles of the British Empire and how Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years (!!) because of his struggles against the apartheid regime.

I don't need delve much further into this atrocious bit of comparison because anyone who hears, read or even came across this statement with a single glance can sum up that, Zambry is weird - and therefore not fit for office.

Where is your dignity Zambry? Everyone who heard the news yesterday, who read the judgment and who has been following this case since March knows that in a way you are the one who is power crazy. Even when Nizar has won the right to the title Chief Minister, he still feel it is best that the mandate should be decided by the rakyat. Instead you want power and that's the bottom line.

So don't you think it is detrimental to your popularity that you are not willing to give the rakyat the power to decide and instead you want power no matter what? Are you that afraid that the rakyat won't put you in power when all these while you have been talking of having the majority in the assembly?

Take note people, majority according to Zambry and BN refers to the selected few who sits in the assembly. They are claiming that they have the majority but are not willing to show that they have it. Our democracy stems upon people having majority in the assembly when in fact the rakyat is the one that should decide.

I know that Anwar wanted to do the same against BN last year at Federal level, but that didn't happen. He probably shouldn't have done it then and in a way it is good that it didn't happen. But now that this happened in Perak, politicians should realise that power is actually in the hands of the people and if that is taken away from them then the nation would struggle.

Najib, do something right for a change.

Damned If They Do, Damned In Hell If They Don't

Recent spectacles brought about by the unruly behaviors of the government as well as other government related institutions got me to do some thinking; is the government that blind so as to not see their act is actually quite revolting? Don't they realise that they might well lose their popularity over the whole incident? Who do they really fear? Whose opinion counts?

If we actually take our time to get to know these government people (which shouldn't be hard since they have be in our faces for more then 50 years), one thing they hate is change; because they do not want the people, especially their Malay supporters, to shun them. Case in point: they do not want to change the NEP fearing the lost of the Malay support, even though after almost 30 years in practise, the NEP has brought about a lot negative effects on the nation itself - apart from its positives which can be argued, feeds the wealthy more than it helps the poor.

But let's not focus on economy for the moment because economy is not fact, it is more incidental than anything. Let's look at the Islamic perspective of things and if you have no interest on this subject then I suggest you hop to Khir's blog, as I believe he has something sensational up his sleeve (because he always does).

Our government do not fear a lot of things, certainly not the foreign media, the people rebelling against them, the lawyers nor are they afraid of Mas Selamat (congratulations police, at least all is not lost last week). Looking back at last week, it is proven that they do not even fear the Constitution. Let me first explain: the point I'm going to make later is pointed at the police, however as circumstances behold, the police is very much the federal government's labour force so both are intertwined, as such, I'll just refer to both as, the government.

The government had entered the Perak assembly in order to remove the speaker (forcefully) when in fact they do not have jurisdiction to do so. By the way, this jurisdiction is also explained by them during the UMNO youth-Karpal Singh incident whereby police just stood near the place where the scuffle occurred, not doing anything and justified that by saying, "We do not have jurisdiction in that premise (the Parliament compound, not even inside the Parliament itself).

Then in a related event but happened quite a distance away, 5 lawyers were arrested by the government on the ground that they were part of an illegal gathering. These 5 lawyers (some are my peers back in Uni) were there to attend to their clients as they were part of a Legal Aid thingy. As afforded by our Federal Constitution, the accused have a right to counsel/lawyer upon arrest. So these lawyers were doing just that, i.e. trying to provide the accused in the prison at Brickfields their right under the Federal Constitution. Instead, they were arrested themselves.

Police justified by saying that those lawyers didn’t even know their clients. I would think that these policemen have never even been to court and do not know that lawyers can defend whomsoever they want, on any matter in any occasion whatsoever so long as both agree to it. They can do it pro bono (for free) at a time when trial has already begun in court even. So there is no question that those lawyers have the right to meet whomsoever they want in that prison and offer to defend them - any 3^rd year law student can provide justification for those 5 lawyers.

Those instances would suggest that our government do not fear the people's perception; however that's not really the case. They do fear the Malay perception. Malay here refer to those really hardcore Malay who does not fail to wear songkok on Fridays, drink sirap everyday for dinner, wears the belt that they bought for hajj with their kain pelekat and reads Utusan without complaining a single bit about its biasness. Those Malays they fear. Never will they ever offend those Malays, because generally those Malays are the ones they want to hold on to.

If we look at other cases which might well affect those Malays, we can see that the government doesn't really want to incur their wrath. Recently there's been an issue on the Syariah compliance of Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB). At first the edict was that they were haram as they are found to be non-syari'ah compliant, but then that edict was overturned due to maslahah and it later on was declared harus (permissable). However the way I see it, if it is haram then it is haram. You invest in things which are non-syari'ah compliant and get money out of it, then how do you justify your income? Be that as it may, the government didn't want to cause trouble (sure in this world but what about the hereafter?).

I however, consider it haram because our beloved ulamaks have already set certain guidelines for a unit trust fund to be syari’ah compliant and if you do not adhere to the guideline then you are astray and therefore wrong. Even the SC’s Islamic Capital Market department refuses to acknowledge ASB as syari’ah compliant.

Then we have EPF. The EPF invests in largely non-syari'ah compliant securities and what not and therefore a huge chunk of their profit is made out of non-syari'ah compliant entities. All's well for EPF and the huge profit it is making, however, what about us Muslims who are very much in tune with our religion? Surely with all the talk of moving our economy towards a more Islamic nature, EPF can invest in Syari'ah compliant securities and companies right? Well it depends on what kind of profit they want EPF to make and who they want to please as well.

Moving on to education; I can write on the lack of disclosures in our history curriculum and can also agree with MCA on the failure of the government to inculcate real historical facts - instead of the current UMNO propaganda that is put in place to indoctrinate the minds of our youths. But that can be done on another day.

Instead the focus would again be on the Islamic subject (pendidikan Islam). It is a well known fact that Islamic educations in schools are but the surface of the ocean of what Islam is really all about. Especially on Sirah (history of Islam), they teach simple non-essential stuffs like who is the wealthiest of the Prophet's companions, who loved cats the most, who has the most beautiful voice, etc. In doing so, they tend to forget to study certain things in detail. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I know for a fact that there are propagandas to bring down Islam, and by Islam I mean Sunni Islam (regardless from Syi'ah, the west, the orientalists, the Jews and so on so forth).

The best way to get to Islam is through education. Past Islamic scholars are known for their vast knowledge, their memorizing ability and their expertise in so many fields from medic, mathematics, physics and even music. Therefore, it is not surprising that certain people would initiate a whole diabolical scheme to penetrate Islam’s strong point through education - by instilling their deceitful version of things and stain our belief and in effect, our history. This, unfortunately have also penetrated into our education system here in Malaysia.

Take for example the battle of Jamal and Sifin between Ali and Mu’awiyah. We are made to believe (at least I was made to believe back then) that Muawiyah is the enemy and he wanted to grab Ali’s power and position as the Khalifah after the death of Uthman. This is certainly not Mu’awiyah’s character because he is one of the noblest companions of the prophet, as is, Ali. Therefore it is repugnant to think that he would act in such a manner and so crazy with power. This is one of the most repulsive of propaganda in the sirah of the companions and it is regretted that our educational system have not picked this up and fix this perception even though there are many sources that would counter that fact.

It is lamentable also that our Islamic education had incorporated quite a number of teachings from doubtful sources, especially those which are written by our Shi’ah counterpart. The fact that the government has not done detailed studies on the facts, especially on Sirah, shows how careless our education system is. I would later insert sources and arguments which doubt the current teachings in our Islamic subjects in another post as this post is too long as it is.

However these changes along with several other doubtful customary practises (not Islamic rituals) like, tahlil, talqin, Yaasiin recitation every Thursday night, visiting the grave during Raya and reciting Yaasiin during such visits, watering the grave,elevate the grave and many other practises are doubtful practises which are mostly not acknowledged in Islam. But the government dare not fix these things because they know some people just cannot accept it (look at what happened to the yoga edict,ASB,pengkid,etc.). It is not a matter of losing your vote come the next General Election, but the majority of the cabinet members (which are Muslims) are answerable in the Hereafter as well because of they are Muslims.

Therefore I question: what/who do they really fear? They don’t fear the majority of the people, but a selected few who are going to vote for them anyway come election. Do they not fear the Hereafter and the wrath of God? Stupid question...of course they don't.

So yes, damned if they do, damned if they don't. But damned if they do only by those radical Malays who are too ignorant to even accept the truth and change. But damned in hell if they don't indoctrinate the right teachings because Allah commands it - and they know it.

BN in Perak Acts According To Hobbes' Theory

The political impasse in Perak reached its peak at about 10.30 this morning when the assembly held two concurrent but separate meeting in the presence of Raja Nazrin. Where have Malaysians gone wrong?

Well actually to be honest, Malaysians did nothing wrong. It is human nature that men want power and according to Thomas Hobbes, those who have power should use it to maintain peace by whatever means. In his book, Leviathan, Hobbes theorizes that society is a population beneath a sovereign authority, to whom all individuals in that society cede their natural rights for the sake of protection. Any abuses of power by this authority are to be accepted as the price of peace. He does not believe in the separation of power.

Whosoever had high hopes for the new administration was dealt a crucial blow these past few days as we're seeing horrors of the past which might also be what the future holds for this nation. Even though it is expected, one could be forgiven for being negligent and still hoping because of the many promises made in Najib's well thought out speeches (I certainly did…damn).

The 1Malaysia concept which have been so proudly branded on everything that has anything to do with the government, seem to fail when it comes to Perak (the brand it seems doesn't stick in the Silver state) and certain cases. 1Malaysia entails having this whole multi-racial nation living in a melting pot with everyone subjected to great treatments from the government and democracy lives on proudly - then there’s Perak, the Mongolian beauty and Pakatan Rakyat and its supporters who are not actually covered within the definition of “1Malaysia”.

To make things clear, 1Malaysia under Najib really means one Malaysia under Najib (only), because if you're not 1 with Najib, i.e. Malaysia, then you're out, which consequently subject you to laws, orders, sanctions, restrictions, arrests and so on so forth which whether justifiable or not can be imposed on you. On 5th of May 2009, that Wong guy from BERSIH was arrested because he asked people to wear black - to protest against the happenings in Perak. So anyone asking people to wear black in order to disagree isn't 1 with Malaysia , i.e. Najib (it goes both ways).

Yesterday 3 people were arrested for "illegally gathering". They wanted to present a cake to Najib in conjunction with Altantuya's birthday but I guess you cannot celebrate such things in public or present anyone cakes for that matter. So I guess if in case I do buy a cake and I need to bring the cake to a party (especially if the party is in a park or anywhere in the open space) I really need to avoid the police and act as if the box I’m carrying is…err…just a box…no cake.

Today scores of people in Perak are being arrested for gathering near the assembly building, each of these people are from the Pakatan’s side. According to Thomas Hobbes, it is normal for the country to have rebels, protestors and what not, but it is the government’s duty to take control of the situation in whatever manner they think right in order to maintain peace - the sovereign must control the military, civil, judicial and ecclesiastical powers. I guess our government’s philosophy really revolves around Hobbes’ theory.

One case in point - the ecclesiastical power. One might think, “Oh that’s not right, the powers-that-be do not touch ecclesiastical matters”. Let’s take a look at Malaysiakini’s news yesterday. One Imam in Bukit Damansara was fired and paid compensation for uttering certain words in his Friday sermon which is not in line with the text given by JAKIM. According to the news report, the action against the Imam was taken because one Barisan MP (a senior Minister) who always perform his Friday prayer there and in fact lives around that area disapproves the sermon (actually just a bit part of it which the Imam didn’t even mention politics or any political party for that matter). Of course this is according to Malaysiakini, so it’s up to you to believe.

According to Hobbes’ theory also, the only way for the government to relieve its power is for the government to actually relieve themselves of it. That is the only way and the only true way to go about things. See, that’s just crazy. People who hold power, if they’re not compelled to relieve themselves of it, just won’t let go. We see the BN government losing several states in Malaysia and they are already gunning like hell trying to take back those loss states by whatever means necessary. Of course same can be said about Pakatan in Perak, but the manner of which things go about isn’t the same. BN lost because the people didn’t support them, and I think in Democracy that’s the whole deal. But Pakatan in Perak is ousted quite extraordinarily by BN and therefore they have the right to feel aggrieved (I may sound bias but in a way I am, and also it’s only logic).

So Hobbes theory lives on even after he died 400 years ago. Actually it’s not a theory more like a sense of politics in which he conjured up so that, according to him, people can live peacefully. He must be one proud man to have his philosophy adopted. But I must also say that his theory is wrong. Perak wouldn’t be in such a mess, dissenters won’t be arrested left and right, people won’t be angry with the government and the nation would actually be peaceful if the government doesn’t hold all the power and use them arbitrarily to “maintain peace”.

I guess BN have not learned their past mistakes. They’re still making things hard for us and they are still making things hard for them to win us over.

Peace :) - by the way I’m wearing black today and hoping not to be picked up or arrested or whatever.