Sarawak's State election was scheduled on last Saturday, May 20th. On this morning, I'd went to work as an polling agent at one of the spot destined to serve as a polling station. Everything had seemed to be within control, being totally new to the 'political voting world', i'd managed to gather some useful information concerning our duty as a citizen. Many had come forward to cast their vote, and even the crippled and those having other movement difficulties, had come forward. For once I'd felt myself to be such an irresponsible citizen as i'd never bothered to register myself for any coming election. Seeing such a scenario, I realised youngsters nowadays had not bothered to make a change concerning any dissatisfaction they hold against the society, but instead only stood aside to complain. Hadn't they realised that action is still stronger than words????
Perhaps this is wat had really happened in the Swak State election this time. SUPP had lost most of its seats in the capital of Sarawak. They had lost 4 seats out of 5 contested chinese-majority seats in Kuching area. The result was shocking to almost every Chinese in Swak. It'd been an unexpected loss for the SUPP. The news had labeled the scenario as a 'Chinese revolt' against SUPP, and many had commented that they had sensed tat something was amiss even before the election in Swak. SUPP had always been a strong party in BN, supporting the welfare of the Chinese society of Swak. It's not right to refer to this situation as a chinese revolt against the SUPP. No matter what, citizens has the right to fend for their own welfare... the issue hilighted from The Star dated 22ndMay saying... " Party leaders appeared to have lost the courage to stand up against the state Barisan's top leadership on various issues, like the extension of leases for residential and commercial land, and high lease renewal premiums that affected urban Chinese "... could not have been any clearer of how most of the citizens of Swak are feeling.
Citizens of normal wages had not much to hope for, other than a promising future for their children and of course a shelther for ourselves, which is best described as 'a roof over our heads'. This isn't sth too much to ask for, as its only human's nature to want to have the best assurance for ourselves. Life is getting harder and harder day by day. Hopefully the government will understand the pressure it's citizens are facing, and will come to realise that there is clearly unhappiness over issues of governance. The impact of the election this time should be clear enough to once again remind our leaders of the people's welfare!
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