My anxiety
increased after I sent out my ballot. I had glancing through the net trying to
find any trace that would suggest and turnover. I was disappointed though as
without support from the eastern bloc, no miracle could happen.
I clearly
understood that if the religious gang remained at the seat in the parliament;
the condition would be worsened.
I was working on
the day of vote casting. I had switched to astro awani channel on the net and
Malaysia Chinese News channel for a precast speculation.
The info I
received was stunning as most of the commenter had claimed that Malay folks had
switched their support to the moon/become-one pact as the bribery issues
torched the arena.
I was disturbed
the whole day and the vote count was not even half way when I drove home.
I slept late even
though I knew that DSAI would not make the cut but yet I still cross my finger
hoping for a miracle.
I woke up after
few hours of sleep; hung parliament as expected.
The next few days
are games of poker with bluffing and calling out for support.
Twisted view of
how to form a parliament were presented over the media but politicians and
experts. I still remembered the book written by Lord Jeffrey Archer, “First
among equals”. It briefly described how the parliament would be formed after an
election.
The status
declaration was actually not the key for party’s leaders as proof of having
enough support. However those backdoor walkers had tried to hypnotized the
public about the SD myth since the triumph by Sheraton’s move.
The formation of
government is something between the YDPA and various party leaders.
Party/coalition with the most member of parliament electees will be consulted
first and given a reasonable period to form the government. If the leader could
not form the government by the period thence the leader with 2nd
most electees will be consulted and so on.
However those
leaders from the religious/become-one pact had under estimated the wisdom of
our ruler persistently trying to spread the news that they had enough SD as
proof of support.
After 1+ weeks of
struggle, a unity government was formed. The Brits had really done a good job
of leaving back a good system. Every key component had acted accordingly and
the name of back door had vanished and hopefully not heard again for a very
long time….
It took another
week for the cabinet to be formed and yet some supporter had expressed
disappointment about the list as it was not distributed according to the ratio
of MP.
I would praise the
leaders of DSAI pact that they had done it beautifully generating the list.
Attack from the racist bloc was fenced off with the rocket faction making way
as a strategic retreat.
As I watched DSAI
sworn in from the TV live; a thrill had flown through my nerve. I was excited
and finally we got a chance to move forward. A small step at the moment but
hopefully the path to my retirement in the homeland could be paved bit by bit
in the future.
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