Think out of the box.

Think out of the box.

Fear not if you are labelled as ‘frog’ for you are not.  

Of late, a lot of corruption cases committed by the current ruling party had surfaced. They were digged up and exposed by the opposition with the intention to discredit the ruling party and to gain support from the public in the coming 13^th general election. The opposition had even promised there would be more corruption cases to come for the public to digest. With such tactics the opposition hoped to influence the public to vote in their favour.

On the other hand, to counter the opposition, the ruling party had embarked into a series of strategies, such as, name-calling to ridicule the opposition members, giving out bribes to the public under the cover of legality to induce them to give their support, bonuses dished out to government employees to get their loyalty, and lucky-draws at free dinners to draw the crowd to their propaganda.  They even openly promised more goodies to come should they remain in power.

Queries of public interest from the opposition often went unanswered or replied with half truth or out-right lies through their controlled presses.  

As the 13^th.general election is drawing nearer day by day and with these happenings intensifying the minds of the people are much affected. They now find it hard to decide with certainty which side to support. Whether to have a change of government or to allow the present government to continue ruling?

Sad to say many of my friends are now facing this situation. Some of them had been members and had supported the side of their choice. They had been all these 50 years given their support without question. But now having access to scores of information and are better informed, and now intend to change side with the hope of getting a better deal for their future, but feared to be labelled as ‘frog’.

My advice to them is to be brave to think out of the box. Understanding certain basic principles is important.

Our beloved country is a multi racial country which runs on a democratic system as indicated by its Constitution. That means it is a country of the people, rule by the people and for the people.

If any elected government does not follow this simple principle, not listening to the people, corrupted, and rule with unfairness, then they should be voted out and replaced.

On the other hand, if any party which intends to rule does not follow this principle then we should not give our support.

Can one who exercises his basic rights to support and to choose be labelled as ‘a frog’? I do not think so.

Dr. Chan