Saturday, March 01, 2008

Clean, fair, and non-presumptious

4th March. Taman Templer's "bakal wakil rakyat", Dato' Subahan Kamal from Bee Ann, will be coming to my neighbouring school. There will be a ceremony there to give away "sijil bantuan KPM" the students. No, not the "wang bantuan KPM". Just the certs.

The students who are supposed to receive the monetary aid are already qualified for the monetary aid. The ceremony will be held so that Bee Ann's Dato' Subahan Kamal can be there to give away the certs. To signify that the students will be getting the monetary aid.

This is a very important. Because, if you don't give certs to students that are supposed to get the monetary aid, they may not actually know that they will be getting the money. So, it's good to spend just a little more money to create certs and to hold a lavish ceremony. Or else, people may not know. Or worse still, they may forget.

5th March. High tea at my school. Bee Ann's candidates, teachers, parents and teachers are invited to attend. It is not appropriate for the school to host anything politically motivated. But it's ok if we do it under the PIBG's banner. Because, you see, the PIBG and the school are two separate entities.

The price is set at RM10 per head. Who's going to pay for the high tea? Not the school. Not the PIBG. The PIBG endorses it. Bee Ann pays.

When all the Bee Ann candidates come and see the condition of the school, it is with this hope that they will pour in tens of thousands worth of funds for upgrading purposes.

29th March. My school's PIBG AGM. Bee Ann's "bakal wakil rakyat" should be "wakil rakyat" by now. He will officiate the AGM.

22nd March. There will be a special PIBG meeting one week before the PIBG AGM to finalize AGM plans. I wonder if Bee Ann's "bakal wakil rakyat" will still officiate the AGM if things don't work out as planned. But it probably won't happen. Because he is already invited.

A colleague, En. A, comes to school and distributes Bee Ann's pens and Bee Ann's t-shirts. It is ok for a government servant to be active in politics on the bureau level. As long as you give the Headmaster a letter to inform her about it. En. A is often found sleeping in the staffroom during this exciting period.

I heard that Bee Ann is pouring in 20 million into election campaigns. It is indeed a very fair move, because every tax-payer's money will be used to help people make better choices. Every tax-payer will benefit from this indiscriminately. Regardless of race, religion, or political inclination.

"Wah, banyaknya funding untuk buat semua ini?"

"Of course. We are the government," Said En. A.

Upon the dissolution of the parliament, the Prime Minister is still called the Prime Minister. The Deputy Prime Minister is still called the Deputy Prime Minister. It seems that all ministers are still retaining their titles although the parliament is no longer ruling.

It will be confusing for the rakyat if the ministers shed their titles, only to take them up again after 13 days, isn't it? Imagine how it feels like if you suddenly don't have a PM or a DPM. The rakyat should not be left to feel abandoned during these 13 days. Bee Ann has always been there, and will always be there for them.

Is is true that many people are still quite ignorant about politics. That's why the rakyat should be educated about it. Starting in schools.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

/sarcasm

Hasten said...

KOTA BARU: Several candidates in Kelantan have been warned to stop campaigning at parent-teacher association meetings. State Election Commission director Abdul Rahim Md Salleh said the candidates might be holding positions in the PTAs or have influence in them but they were still not allowed to campaign.

(NST, March 3, page 6)