The government-controlled media had billed a final parliamentary sitting of a year as a many poignant event brimful with reforms though instead of a bang, it began with a whimper.
October 3rd contingency go down as a particularly incorporeal day even by a standards of Malaysia's parliamentary proceedings, standards made bad by a perpetually undemocratic actions of a ruling BN. All a citizens of Malaysia got for a vast sums spent upon these proceedings was a lot of hot air as well as a tabling of empty, meaningless Bills.
First, you had Najib Razak stepping brazen to table bills repealing a Banishment as well as Restricted Residence acts. Notably blank was any bill to repeal a ISA that upon Sep 15th a Prime Minister betrothed to end during a next sitting of Parliament. That would have been today, if you had a Prime Minister who is an honest male of his word. The ISA was not repealed.
What you did get was lame excuses from that bad excuse for a Home Minister, Hishamuddin Hussein. He did not give a date, though offering that he would 'look into it' in 'stages'. What does that mean, actually? If it sounds similar to a garland of empty words, that is since it is precisely that. Hishamuddin Hussein has been singing that same aged song for three as well as a half years now. He is forever 'looking into' a ISA. How not to repeal it, you can usually suppose!
Repealing ISA?
The BN supervision has no goal of abolishing a ISA. They have been engaged in a fake PR practice of perplexing to have Malaysians think they will repeal that draconian law. A law that they have never hesitated to abuse as in a case of Teresa ! Kok as w ell as many others. Pretend to abolish a ISA as well as during a same time enact brand new laws with brand new acronyms that a! re only as nasty, as undemocratic as well as as unjust. Human rights counsel N.Surendran has essentially labeled this total routine of 'repealing a ISA' an practice in deceit; as well as that is only a BN's game.
What a BN wants is for a voter to be ridiculous sufficient to swallow their lies. What a BN wants is for a voter to believe that a BN can shift but initial being thrown out of Putrajaya. In fact a BN cannot shift but being initial unseated. There have been as well many vested interests as well as warlords as well as energy players as well as other such creatures in a BN who similar to things only a way they have been right now.
Electoral reforms?
Next up was Nazri Aziz, whose challenge, you suppose, was to keep a straight face as he tabled a PSC upon Electoral Reform Bill. The BN wants no remodel of a stream electoral system. If they remodel it, if a choosing in Malaysia have been made free as well as fair, then a BN will remove a General Elections. However, they do wish to fake to remodel it.
We will be able to watch some-more pointless theatrics from Nazri as well as his similar to over a coming months that will all lead to precisely zero reform. Hishamuddin Hussein, apparently attempting to be helpful, managed to again put his foot in his mouth by reiterating that Bersih remains a banned organization. Since Bersih is a classification that is leading electoral shift in Malaysia, any honest bid to remodel a electoral routine would have included Bersih. It is revelation that they have been excluded as well as 'banned'.
In a end, it is not only a laws that have been a problem in Malaysia currently though a arrogance of a BN in abusing a laws to persecute their political opponents as well as advance their own interests.
As for this show that a BN put upon during taxpayer expense in Parliament today, they ! have bee n doubtful to have found any takers. 'Middle' Malaysia, that Najib is attempting to aim with these pseudo-reforms, has moved on; as well as divided from a BN's viewable falsehoods as well as false protestations.
Malaysia Chronicle
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