The wind of change

By Bob Yong
10th May 2008

Before the 9th General Election, the ruling parties in the government could do almost anything they wanted and got away with it. Before the 9th General Election, the opposition talked a lot but no authorities would listen to them, except by putting some of them in jail.
Now the opposition begins to say what they want and the authorities listen to them. It is now clear that the Malaysians know what they want and are now waiting to see what the politicians preach are what they do. In other words, can the opposition deliver?
Ironically, the ruling parties are now listening and doing the things the opposition advocating doing before, like agreeing that, among other things, blogging contributes constructive criticism which can help the government to improve their performances and bring about nation unity and development.
The fever of blogging has not only caught on with the ministers but it has also prompted many retired politicians to start their own blogs. The latest blogger in the news is Tun Dr Mahathir.
All of these happenings pointed to one startling fact that some people can be fooled some of the time but not all the people can be fooled all the time.
The winds of political change has started and will continue to change as long as the people feel dissatisfy with promises that are not kept. Empty promises worth nothing and no one should be happy tolerating them and it does not matter from which party they come from.
Blogging is universal and blogging is power.