Rogue Shadow

“We will have a programme called Batik in Space and we will also launch a programme called Roti Canai in Space to see how we can bring Malaysian delicacies up to the space station."— National Space Agency (NSA) Director General Prof Datuk Dr Mazlan Othman .

I got the shock of my life. Sitting(thankfully) in the new Popular Bookstore in Sunway Pyramid 2 with Ian, I was at lost for words, as was he. I couldn’t decide to laugh or cry. Or run out and kill someone. Or burn the Jalur Gemilang.

It was a mix of pleasure and (much, much) pain as I read Malaysian Politicians Say the Darnest Things Vol.1 by Amir Muhammad. Many were very stupendously idiotic statements made by politicians (much contributed by the goldmine of stupidity Mr Nazri Aziz) , but this one took the cake and slammed me in the face.

I realized just how dumb our politicians are, and how much funk we are in as Malaysian citizens. This Dr Mazlan Othman dude is the bloody Director General of our Space Programme, which is a joke to begin with. And he’s a fucking Professor. I know the kind of food you get in space. They come in little tubes, kind of like toothpaste. You know why? Because food in space is fuel for the astronauts. They’re necessities. Not delicacies. They sure as hell should NOT be cholesterol infested. And do you really want to shit all that curry out? You know the astronauts wear diapers, right? Are they getting teh tarik to go with that?

Seriously. The things they say in Parliament no less, baffles me. I had no idea people could be that dumb. Which makes me question "What the fuck are they doing running our country?".

"The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) has no powers to initiative investigations on reports and charges of money politics and bribery within Umno", said the de-facto law minister Nazri Aziz today.

Defending his statement that Umno members are immune to graft laws, de facto law minister Nazri Aziz said "this is because the party’s standards are higher than those stipulated in the Anti-Corruption Act 1997".

This scared the bejeebers out of me. First of all, WHAT party standards?! Second of all, only politicians can be charged for corruption or fall under graft laws. These crimes are not applicable to citizens. So if our politicians, not even all of them, exclusively the UMNO members are immune to this, than how is justice served? Nazri says they are only tried according to the party rules. Since when did the party overruled our laws and constitution? Article 8 of the Malaysian Constitution: All persons are equal before the law and entitled to the equal protection of the law. So how is this fair? Why was this passed? WHY are we silent?

Every time I read the newspapers, there are these little public responses, words on the streets. Take into account the questions asked, the demographics of the people who answer them, and the politics involved between the paper and the politicians. Newspapers that spoke the truth were banned, or had their license revoked like The Sun. What happened to Article 9: Every citizen has the right to freedom of speech and expression. We have the right to voice out, but we are either afraid, indifferent, or blind.

There are many brave Malaysians out there. Have we given up hope? A large part of me has. We have been ruled by the same party for 50 years. Democracy? Or Silent Dictatorship? Like V said in V for Vendetta(which is a fantabulous movie): People should not be afraid of their Government, the Government should be afraid of it’s people. Opposition parties are meant for check and balance in the government, but what happens when they voice out? We get people like Nazri Aziz shouting "Shut Up! Shut Up! Stupid, Shut UP!" IN FUCKING PARLIAMENT.

I am Malaysian. I’m proud of our hopes and dreams.

I’m saddened by our silence.