Over the last few weeks, there have been several allegations about how the Malaysian govt’s move to legalise illegal workers has taken a further step – by granting these once illegal workers citizenship, a right to vote. Some sites even published screen caption of people with red MyKad being a registered voter, etc. etc.
There will be people who choose not to believe such allegations, while some will. And there are those who just don’t give a shit. I believe it’s true. I don’t have the proof but that’s just me. You can think otherwise.
The current noise seems to centre upon this being translated into more votes for the ruling regime, electoral fraud, dirtiest general election, etc. I think that is pretty short-sighted.
Since I don’t have proof, I think I need to assess the situation hypothetically. When all these thousands illegal workers who became or will become citizens of Malaysia hypothetically ended up helping you-know-who win the next election, do you think that’s the end of it?
Hypothetically speaking, will they be able to find job? Where will they stay? If they are not able to secure a job, what will they do to survive, (hypothetically speaking of course)? Will they resort to (hypothetically speaking) committing crime?
Humanity factors aside, are they “clean” from diseases? In case you don’t know, some maids who carry “official” health certifications have not actually gone through tests because these “official” health certificates were obtained ala “boleh” style.
What if they start telling their comrades that there is free citizenship on offer (hypothetically speaking) and everyone back home can now come and claim this?
Hypothetically speaking, if they are Muslims, it means their children will be considered bumiputera. What does that mean to you and me?
Anyone care to add?
If the allegations are hypothetically true (the sentence sounds wrong but what the heck…), it is not about “ohhh, so and so will win election”… “ohhh, going to have a lot of phantom voters… “ohhh, this is why we need Bersih”… “ohhh, we need another royal inquiry”…
It is more than that. What we need to really comprehend is that the ruling regime is willing to risk everything just to make sure they remain in power. Some call it treason, but I disagree. They are not selling the nation to another sovereign power (maybe not yet).
It is however, betrayal at the highest order.
But then again, it may not be true – so no worries.
And of course, the nasi-lemak, char-kuey-teow and bak-kut-teh still taste good – so why worry.
And why should you listen to Zewt who is not based in Malaysia talking about hypothetical problems in Malaysia – so don’t bother.