The Populist Vote vs The Electoral Vote

And since Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim's (DSAI) plan to capture Putrajaya via the 13th General Elections had failed, he has announced that he will continue being head of the Opposition (unopposed). He will not become a lecturer as he said earlier.

The reason was that he now believes that there is electoral fraud. I suppose that would mean that there was fraud in the Pakatan Rakyat maintaining status quo in Kelantan, Penang and Selangor as well as Lim Kit Siang taking down Ghani Othman in Gelang Patah too.

At the polling booths both parliamentary and state ballot boxes were sited side by side. Why on earth would fraud be detected on one side and not the other. Of course, there are those that believe this shit. Blackouts, police escorting Banglas, Hitler was the consultant of the BN and so forth. Then again, if it was all fraud, why didn't any one of the Pakatan Rakyat refuse their appointments as Members of Parliaments as a sign of protest? I suppose you can still take and then complain is it?

Anyway, the Pakatan lost. This is simply due to the fact that the rural areas still support Barisan Nasional. The rural areas may on the average have less voter count than the urban areas but these areas are still part of Malaysia okay.

So now after losing, DSAI has decided that fraud has been involved and the Rakyat needs and explanation for this. Actually if he has packed a stadium full of people I think it isn't an explanation he is after. He is after outright change via a revolution. Viva La Revolution.

Or then again.

Now I remember reading about and watching Spartacus on telly. Spartacus was a chap who somehow managed to rally thousands of peasants to go against the might of the Roman Empire. It was a populist move. The peasants, slaves and the so called oppressed rose up against the 'evil empire'. Battles and wars were fought. Thousands croaked. Thousands injured, maimed, tortured.

In the end, Spartacus and his rebel alliance lost. Some said he died, some said his body was never found in the final battle he fought. But what happened was that six thousand of his followers were crucified, lining the Appian way from Rome to Capua.

Many revolutionaries made Spartacus as an example. Karl Marx, father of Communism took Spartacus as an example. Che Guevara is an example. If I am not mistaken, DSAI thinks that this Che chap is a good example (No...not short fro Enche).   Anyway, Che Guevara also met a dead end; executed in Bolivia.

Now, DSAI wants to continue his 'success' at the Kelana Jaya stadium on a tour. He intends to go to Ipoh and Penang next. People who live around the places he intends to babble his crap take note. If you voted for him and his gang of rejects, it's your fault he's still around. He'll come to your area and jam up the roads for hours. He'll ensure that you can't go anywhere when he's there. He'll stop the Malaysian economy as he continues to create havoc. A proper gentleman would know when to back down, regroup and then fight fairly at the next elections.

So protest all you want, but if the swift hand of the law decides that too much shit has happened. Due process will happen. Then remember Spartacus. He died and the mighty Roman Empire carried on for quite a while.