JK digest 2 of April, 2011/ Sarawak General Elections 10
Sarawak was born on 1963 and it is 48 and 63 +48 = 111.
Is 111 about any change to take place in 2011?
I am not qualified to give an accurate view of the prevailing election campaign but I hear a bit here and there. I read a bit here and there. I had a dream last night and an unusual one.
Would that be a tsunami of sort and possibly in Sabah?
I was sitting in a car that is being driven under water but somehow blocked by big fishes and my dream ended. Is that about a tsunami in Sarawak and a political one as how can a car be driven under the water.
Is a political tsunami about to unfold in Sarawak?
First there was a helicopter crash, and then a bullet from a pistol of a candidate went off against a secretary and plenty of bitter diatribe amongst the contesting candidates.
Several or many banners or bill boards were splashed with red paints.
These incidents are just on the way to the night of polling.
There would be lots of stories on polling day. Already there was an accusation of postal ballot rigging.
What are at stake? Plenty especially the whole Federal Cabinet has been in Sarawak for the length of time since it was known general elections were to be held on 16 April after nominations on 6 April. Who pay for the expenses of this high level campaigners? Are the bills paid by the public fund? Must be into a few billions Ringgit including all the related campaign funds. Where got fun when so much fund had been wasted for this trivial matter of stupid politicking of the lowest levels? The voters are likely sulking or laughing when they get paid in bribes for votes. That is not the end of the story.
As usual the Election Commission would be laughing to the bank when as usual already proven EC rigged the elections – general or by elections. This time round it is a lot of hard work trying to fix the results but to the professional cheaters it is so easy when most people are tired in the night of polling at the counting time. Sometimes, the switching of ballot boxes would not work if there are too many people voting the opposition in any seat. Also EC can only prepare a certain number of boxes to be switched and the ballot papers so marked may not be adequate to over turn the electoral votes at certain seats, hence there would be upsets. Another factor is that such pre-marked ballot paper may be limited subject to the amount the candidates willing to pay for such professional services. When that happens it is the margin of victory or loss for any seat. Some of these ballot boxes switching also depend on those who transport these boxes from outlying areas not easily accessible by normal transport. When the system of switching boxes is done, it really gives the incumbents the assurance of a victory to form the state Government because they are the people with the money to buy this electoral scam. Further insult would arise after fixed general elections is that the new Government would claim the people support them despite spending massive public fund in rigged General Election. I call such Government illegal as it was in GE2004 and GE2008.
In all elections there will be plenty of signs but do we understand them?
There was a lunar corona phenomenon observed in Sibu's skies earlier this morning. Is it a sign of change of frustrated change? Coincidental, Mahathir was in Kuching to lecture the White Raja into retirement. A few years ago, when Yong Teck Lee had his problem in Likas N13 after the landmark Court case where he was declared the loser. Then Mahathir came here in Likas stadium to lecture the High Court Judge for making such a decision in support of Yong Teck Lee, and on that day there was a lunar corona phenomenon. What a great reminder indeed!
In addition to the divine signs, there are plenty ghosts, bomohs, spirits in any general elections. So it is no different in Sarawak where it is reported there are plenty foreign bomohs. There will also plenty phantom voters or ghosts voting in some seats especially those postal votes. The real living spirit is none other than that of the famous one C4 in October 2006 also emerged in the last few days of campaigning.
So special because it is the never ending spirit in Malaysia folk lore now. Prayers to Jesus the living God are still ongoing.
The other sad stories are that four prominent fighting spirits for the people have been turned away to enter Sarawak. Are these good spirits turned away while the evil spirits had been welcomed?
I tell you when the final results be known late into the night of 16 April, all the spirits, bomohs, ghosts – real or imagined would all rear the ugly heads and faces should there be a political tsunami. A host of strategies would unfold in the wee hours of the next day before a change for the better. How would such scenario play out is yet to be seen. We have seen enough of that in Sabah in 1967, 1976, 1985, 1994 and now it is likely to be in Sarawak after we witnessed the major one in Kuala Lumpur in March 2008. Books can be written on them if these witnesses would come forward to tell their weird stories of the lost outgoing governments. The forces of destruction were evident in all those practical experiences and some do end up in the high dramas in High Court after those high dramas in the Istanas.
While some source think 2/3 is still possible to find self complacency. Others think a simple majority by the opposition is possible even with all those cheating from nomination day. EC was saying only 500 were allowed into the nomination day but 5000 did turn up in Kuching. The reasons for the collapse are already known.
On the eve of campaigning the stand off with the Police is over the sitting of big stage for the political ceramah especially for the DAP in Sibu where the big guns are in contention.
So the frogs syndrome would be activated as soon the first few results start to pour into the EC office.
Who cannot sleep tomorrow night? I think most people would not be able to sleep but if the soft music starts to appear in the national channels dedicated to announce the late results, then many can be lulled into sleep so that they will wake up in the morning to welcome a new State Government in Hornbill land where a hornbill was killed by a five army personnel recently.
Until then it is good night on the eve of GE 10 in Sarawak.
Joshua Y. C. Kong
Prime Minister for Interim Good Governance Government of Malaysia
