| Praba Ganesan is Parti Keadilan Rakyat's Social Media Strategist. He wants to engage with you, and learn from your viewpoints. You can contact him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter @prabaganesan |
A reluctant generation
June 13, 2013JUNE 13 — There is a generation now being asked to take the reins of the country, whether they are in a political party or not. That generation’s time is now here, and I fear they are unsurprisingly reluctant. For this group, leading others into the unknown is unnatural.Counting a generationThose born between the forced removal of Singapore from the … Read More
Keep the faith
June 06, 2013JUNE 6 — Admission number one, I am aware that we are in uncharted territory but more importantly I concede — I do not have all the answers in any of my pockets.Admission number two, it may get worse.Now my fellow countrymen, let’s try to find resolve. Which is what we want, resolve to carry on the struggle.Define the struggle.The Barisan Nasional guys have … Read More
Apa lagi dia mahu?
May 30, 2013MAY 30 — What would a man who’s just won — according to the commission that is accountable to him alone — the most contentious general election in the history of Malaysia still want? Does Prime Minister Najib Razak not have it all?A country, a wife and children who graduated from overseas universities, and even a doctorate or two. Surely, the time is … Read More
Trading truths, losing the future
May 23, 2013MAY 23 — “Well, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.” — US President Richard M. Nixon.It may be ultimately dissatisfying, but every day our children look at the world through our lenses and are unconsciously designing the future world they will reside in. And if the passing weeks in Malaysia are to set the tone for our present, … Read More
BN on trial
May 16, 2013MAY 16 — BN is experiencing a taste of its own medicine, possibly for five straight years more, and the coalition may expire at the end of it.Because at the end of the term, the toll on the psyche of the party faithful could be too much to bear — and force the party on a path of no return, at least no more back to mainstream politics.For its leaders can’t … Read More
Post-GE13: Where do we go from here?
May 09, 2013MAY 9 — Most Malaysians want Pakatan Rakyat to rule the country. Until the next general election, Barisan Nasional (BN) will have to stomach this fact. Your mission, as the people or better said — the boss of this land — is to remind BN at every possible interval that that’s the score, that’s the reality. Fifty-two per cent of Malaysians want Pakatan Rakyat … Read More
Speak up or face the boot
May 02, 2013MAY 2 — Sunday decides if Malaysians are to shut up for another five years.All said and done, that is the only referendum at stake when the votes are counted.Ask yourself objectively, in this reality we exist in if Barisan Nasional continues to rule come May 6 will you the average voter get to impose your will on your government?The nature of man, the basis … Read More
GE13: Count the seats not the rhetoric
April 25, 2013APRIL 25 — Will Pakatan win this general election?Malaysians daily are looking for signs and they are seeking information to tell them that it is going one way or the other. It is the lack of credible data that is driving the suspense up, with varying results.Those who clamber up and out of their beds in the morning high on adrenaline and risking catatonia … Read More
Do you know what they know?
April 18, 2013APRIL 18 — Do you want to have your privacy?If it is a no brainer, then choosing who to vote for this election is also a no brainer, for one party clearly does not only condone the invasion of privacy, it celebrates it.Am I exaggerating? Then ask yourself if you have received SMSes over the last year serenading you over and over to get you to vote for those … Read More
The campaigners
April 11, 2013APRIL 11 — By the time one leader is summoned to the palace by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on May 6 to be sworn in as prime minister, much drama would have unfolded and a chapter of Malaysian history written... whichever way things conclude.Too much has happened for the political climate of the day to return to the old ways; the old ways are long dead and … Read More