The recently
concluded BERSIH demonstration on 28 April 2012 has been an eye opener to us Malaysians
that consider ourselves as fence sitters.
Malaysia’s
multiracial society has not been fully represented until now whereby different
races got together for one single aim; clean and fair elections. Whether the
aim is valid or not is irrelevant. The most important factor here is racial
unity. There will never be a prouder moment such as this to call ourselves Malaysians.
This has certainly brought the good side of Malaysians to the fore. It is a
reminiscence of a time when I was a young kid and being color blind,
metaphorically speaking. At that time I was never aware of my friend’s race
rather the mutual interests that bond us together. We are segregated in groups
but the segregation is based on nerds, cool ones and some crazy ones that just
can’t fit in. Yet we still had a great time mingling and teasing one another in
a friendly setting.
BERSIH also
shows the bad side of Malaysians as well. Malaysians attacking Malaysians in
the name of law and ideology? There are multiple conspiracy theories emerging
from both side of the camps but at the end of the day, none of them can deny
and in true fact, Malaysians did attack their fellow countrymen no matter if they
are in uniform or yellow shirts. This brought forward the times when I was much
older and the segregation is getting more racial-oriented and political-divide.
The seriousness of this is more intense to the point of involving verbal and
physical assaults. How can a country progress if its citizens are suspicious of
one another to the point of able to harm as well?
This is truly a
mix of gladness and sadness for our loving country Malaysia. The ugly truth is Malaysia
is on the brink of uncertainty and we can only hope the next generation of
leaders can finally be capable to lead the country out of this abyss and also
to gain respect by using their wits rather than their fists. Leaders that can bind us together rather than divide us. God bless Malaysia.
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