Dear Malaysians,


I read a comment somewhere on Facebook that Gandhi fought 32 years for democracy,
Nelson Mandela imprisoned for 27 years for battling apartheid, and Malaysia's battle is only 10 years so it's still young.

She suggested we do not paint our profile picture black and stop whining.

My current profile picture

Gandhi is sort of like an idol to me. I learned from his battle that democracy doesn't happen overnight, democracy is a journey. I know that is true. But we called our beloved Malaysia a democratic country for 55 years already. We cant even call ourself a 'young' democratic country any more!

Malaysia is all grown up. That's the reason why 80% registered voters showed up to vote. And it almost feels like we cast our votes to be ignored.

I'm proud that so many young people shares the same passion, they came back from from wherever they are to practice their rights to vote. But in the end, it was all for show. The entire polling station is just a stage, and we are merely actors on it.

For that reason alone, we are not whining. We are mourning.
This is not about which party you support, it's about the death of our democracy system.

The black pictures is merely a statement. It is a part of the fight. The fight has not ended yet. We will not wait until there's only months left before election. The fight was continuous from the point our election process and poll counting sessions were compromised.

And the truth is, the government is underestimating us the Rakyat. They downplay our rights to choose our own leaders. They downplay the democracy concept that made Malaysia a truly blissful place to life in.



“These are the six ways of courting defeat – neglect to estimate the enemy’s strength; want of authority; defective training; unjustifiable anger; nonobservance of discipline; failure to use picked men . . . ” Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Ch. X.

Mourning,
jin