My four cents worth.- Rafizi Ramli

Rafizi Ramli in his address at the final fundraising dinner for Invoke Malaysia, ( You Tube video), revealed some of the fears that is faced by the multi-racial society of Malaysia. Rafizi is one of those minds that this country is fortunate to have and be kept alive as a force to be reckoned with by all pros and cons alike; he is a smoking gun and he shoots from the hip. Off course he is now imprisoned for trying to highlight a scandal involving a politician in the Najib's camp. I do not need to waste my time and effort looking into the details as it is out there for all to learn. I have followed Rafizi's works and political career more so than most of late and have come to accept that with the likes of this man, Malaysia still stands a chance to be salvaged from the quagmire that that the country is definitely sinking into.

Perhaps it is fated that Rafizi should spend these election festivities in prison where he would be safe and can find peace and quiet to contemplate his future as a leader in this country. Like heroes of the past, Gandhi, Mandela and our own Anwar Ibrahim, spending one's time in prison is mandatory as a purification rite. In his address Rafizi touched upon the rights of all the different races to stand be accounted for and recognized as true Malaysians and that we all stand on equal footing where the fate of the nation is concern. It is these messages the I feel should be made to be understood by all including those who are illiterate and easily swayed by the false and enticing   promises of the politicians for their own self serving interest. The lay people, those who are made victims through their own ignorance must be made aware by those of us who are awakened to the realities of the state we are in as a whole.

As he mentioned, never in history are we in the position to exact change where change is sorely needed as we are in today. The upcoming GE is perhaps the one and last chance we have to make amends to what has been wrong with the management of this country by those who have held office far too long and become a liability than an asset for us all. The Malays have a saying,"Harapkan pagar, pagar yang memakan padi," we depended upon the fence to protect but instead it is the fence that destroyed. Power corrupts and absolute power is absolute corruption, Rafizi began his address, and it is a call to the rest of the nation to rally to this call to put an end to corruption that has run out of control like a cancerous virus eating away at our very core of decency.