This weekend the Sarawak State Elections are coming up and so far it has been one of the most heated state elections in the history of Malaysia. All the big guns from both sides have been camping in East Malaysia for the last few weeks relentlessly campaigning for their cause. Ceramah after ceramah has been held and larger crowds have been wooed with fiery speeches and goodie bags.
First of all I don't really have a favorite side when it comes to Sarawak. I think that both sides have major flaws and are only really interested in this state election because of the effect that it potentially has on national politics. The big shots are not there because they care so much about the Sarawakians and their local problems. They are only there because Sarawak and Sabah have a large amount of seats in the national parliament. Sad isn't it?
And in the meantime Sarawak is stuck with a corrupt CM, massive deforestation and many more problems that are currently being highlighted by the opposition but that after the election (in my cynical opinion) will just stay the same. Same thing goes about the numerous opposition backed blogs and websites. Especially Malaysian Chronicle, the PKR propaganda machine, writes about hardly anything else then Sarawak. Wanna predict how much they write about the same in two weeks time?
The opposition might gain some seats (I hope so, as long as it is DAP), but I doubt if BN will lose its 2/3 majority so everything will stay the way it is. The big guns will go back to KL, will conveniently forget about Sarawak and the Sarawakians and will focus on what they really care about. National Power! Some things just never change!
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