Different when compared to the United States - the people get to pick their Presidents. Thus why, it is called as the Presidential Election. Whereas in Malaysia, it's known as the General Election, we are choosing which party would be in power and the party members in return would pick the Prime Minister who would lead the government.
Back in 2008, March - the Malaysian opposition led by Anwar Ibrahim gave a real hard slap on the government when they won so many seats that was never witnessed before. For once, the opposition is presenting a credible threat to dethrone them.
The government, led by D.S. Najib Razak has tried very hard to counter the opposition with new projects, improving performance and take the people's voices into consideration much more seriously.
The opposition, on the other hand, has been pictured very badly on mainstream media. They seem to be performing badly and every little mistake that had been committed seemed to be magnified a 100 times over. But it's no surprise - it's not news. There's internet and thank God there's internet we can now gain more insight into what these politicians have been performing.
Roughly, if I were to join forums or read online newspapers, the audiences are pro-opposition, but looking at the non-virtual world, the current government has much of their support coming from rural folks and of course, Sabah and Sarawak.
But judging from the last state election that took place in Sarawak, it was evident once more that the urban folks seemed to incline towards the opposition while in the rural, they stood no chance competing against the state government.
So, the question is, who to vote in the upcoming general election?
The best we could do is to judge and make our decision based on facts, figures and performance.
In the run-in towards the election, I will be presenting what the government has done since 2008 as well as the opposition's achievement. Both sides deserve to be judged fairly.
So, stay tuned for more updates!
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