The Enigm@ Chronicles

As general election fever continues to expend, I find myself once again recollecting on the “Political Promises” that our local politicians seems to expand on with great gusto. The sad fact is that once the dust settles, among the promises made to us joe rakyat in favor for our votes - a vast majority of them is easily forgotten or even sometimes ignored by the very same people that have championed it before.

That’s right, come General Election we joe rakyat get taken for a ride - at our expense!

Need an example you say. How about a famous little promise made during the last election back in 2004…

Case:
Then leader of the Barisan National (BN) Coalition, Abdullah Badawi, gave a great speech among which the contents promises the hauling up to justice of the ‘18 big fishes’ due to corruption.

Point:
4 years later we have yet to see any inkling of the so called big fishes. Thus far only a couple of small political unknowns and a single high ranking police officer has been brought forward to face justice.
Mr. Badawi, what happen to your promise on the ‘18 big fished’ ? Have you forgotten your promises?

So please, as camping for the general election soon begins, PLEASE hear out and judge for yourself with some modicum of common sense the issues and platforms that your candidate stands for and make sure that that is what you want. As you cast your vote for your candidate keep in mind that they should be held to their promises after the elections are over.

Let us not regret any more empty promises for the next 5 years!

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