The Second Coming
11th October 2009 – Congratulations to Isa Samad for the landslide victory in Bagan Pinang N31.
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The Second Coming
The ‘second coming’ is often related with the messianic prophecy of the anticipated return of the Prophet Isa (Jesus), who, based on popular Islamic view, will descend to earth during the time when perversity and corruption are rife. It is said that he will lead the believers and the righteous in the final battle against evil.
So far, the prophecy has yet to occur.
However, in the current Malaysian politics, another ‘Isa’ is making a comeback or should I say a second coming. The second coming of ‘Isa Samad’.
The vacancy causa mortis of the Bagan Pinang ADUN seat causes another by-election for that constituency to be conducted by the Election Commission as required by law. As usual, as for the past few years, an election will be the usual face-off between two candidates, one from the BN and another from the yet to be lawfully registered Pakatan Rakyat. One to one, mano-a-mano.
As the nation has witnessed, a series of by-elections was conducted in this year alone, everything seems common for this another N31 by-election, so we thought.
This by-election starts to garner keen intention from the public when Tan Sri Isa Samad, a ‘fallen’ UMNO politician was named candidate for BN. All over the country, negative comments are made against this ‘second coming’. Even UMNO loyalist question the prudency of naming a politician whose name has been smeared with corruption and money politics, and a once UMNO leader who had been punished with the most severe punishment ever inflicted on a party member.
The naming of Isa as candidate is said to be an irrational decision made by the BN. Irrational because it conveys a message to the public that BN leaders are in total disregard of the people’s aspiration against corruption, that BN has no other new faces to field rather than second hand politician, that BN has not learn from the string of by-election losses and that BN simply wishes to make its downfall inevitable. The question that we should ask now is, are they really that stupid?
Stupid is as stupid does…
Nobody wills for political hara-kiri and the same goes to BN. I believe that the decision of naming Isa as a candidate was obviously made with extreme consideration given. Some wrote that Isa have all the right to make a comeback because he was victimized by political conspiracy. Be that as it may, conspiracies are usually stories based on circumstantial evidence which are volatile to be relied upon. We need tangible facts to support our conviction and trust me that there is no other worse support than stories of conspiracies.
For now the truth is that BN is facing its biggest challenge. A challenge that will decide the fate of the party and of the nation. Because of that BN members and supporters nationwide should consolidate their support to withstand this challenge but please do so ‘consciously’ as support should be given to those who deserve to be supported.
Meanwhile, let us observe whether this second coming of Isa will bring miracles or not. Cheers.
lamanya ngko tak update, bz ngasuh anak agaknya.
still blogging bout politics? waste of time. dont you here about it? we are bound to doomed. no one to trust. piles of lies after piles of lies. mainstream media lies, political blog also. cant hardly find any source of info that is not laced with sentiment. the way forward? LEGITIMATION CRISIS.
“keadilan hanya wujud di langit”- soe hock gie (Catatan Seorang Demonstran)
politik? masih… betapa kuat kita cuba mengelak dari kotor dunia politik masih tetap akan terpalit kotornya pada diri kita. kita mungkin boleh berputus harapan pada politik dan tikus-tikusnya namun harapan pada tuhan supaya diberikan keadilan dan kerahmatan mesti utuh dan kekal. manusia akan tetap bersentimen namun kebenaran tetap hanya ada satu.