Social Media - Blogs - Politics

What is really capturing my attention lately is the Malaysian elections, and how the bloggers, has such a MASSIVE influence over it.

As in the news, the Malaysian govt has lost its 50+ year 2/3 majority in parliament in the recent election. And its people has voted a blogger into parliament. It is probably the first anywhere in the world.

Why am I so interested? It is because I can see many similarities between what happened in msia, and what could possibly happen in singapore politics in a few years time. There is this growing... rumbling online about displeasure about what the govt has done lately. A lot of this anger is showing because of the MSK incident.

hmm im getting lazy to type this post, coz it will be a very long long one coz of many points to bring up and lay out my argument. But I need to sleep la, my submission is 13 days away and im blogging. tsk. What got me writing this post is how this blogger got charged yesterday for sedition, for implying the DPM and his wife of Msia of murder, how he refused to bail, and how the online community in a RM$1/person campaign donated at least RM$24k(some say RM$32k(paypal)) towards his RM$5K bail. That says A LOT for the support of the blogger against the govt.

In summary, what is happening in msia now, seems like what could possibly happen in singapore politics in the future, with a massive influence from blogs/bloggers, who are the alternative voice, when the mainstream media outlets(there are only 2 in singapore) keep the tone of what is happening in singapore very chirpy and pro-govt, and the politicians seem to be slowly losing what the people on the ground are feeling.

Or it could be I am just too massively influenced by these blogs/alternative viewpoints.

Or being overseas has broaden my perspectives on things back home.

(I do read ST, CNA and alternate viewpoints from Singapore, daily)

Labels: rants

posted by adree at 06:38 SGT (GMT +08)|