Monday, April 26, 2010

Lawan Tetap Lawan - Post Election Blues from BNMustGo




So the Hulu Selangor election is over, the results are known (BN beat PKR by a mere 1,725 votes, in case you want to go into details), and the tears are shed.


And the responses to BN Must Go's Facebook page and my own personal Inbox have predictably been the usual:

"How do you feel? Are you giving up?"

"No hope la"

"I want to migrate"

"BN is so dirty"

So are we giving up? Should we just pack up and go? Throw in the towel?

The answer is a resounding NO.

In fact, my BNMustGo Movement's co admin, Andrew, and me, we are going to up the ante. We are going to work even harder, get more voters registered, and try to reach out to as many people as we can.

This is our pledge.

In Hulu Selangor, from nomination till polling day, we were actively on the ground almost every day. We braved the hot burning sun, the pouring rain and even the hostile (some say kurang ajar) BN supporters imported from other states. We campaigned as if there's no tomorrow. We stuck with the DAP fellas, the PKR fellas, and the PAS fellas running all over Hulu Selangor.

We left the comforts of our home, our young families (my baby boy, Jayden, was just born 3 weeks ago, by the way) and we went to the ground. We worked, did all that we could, and tried to keep you guys posted on Facebook with as much information as we could gather.

At the end of the day, we did not win. At least not in votes.

But we won something else more important. We won the hearts of the people we met. We won the attention of the people of Hulu Selangor. We opened up the voters' eyes to the shrewdness of the BN machinery, and how malicious and ruthless they could be.

So after all these, should we give up? Definitely NO. The war between good and evil is just beginning. And we are on the side of good. How can we lose then, if we remain steadfast and the people are with us?

BN MUST GO WILL NOT GO DOWN UNTIL BARISAN NASIONAL IS BURIED.


For Justice,

Leon Lee (co-Administrator of the BN Must Go Movement)

PS - Thank you to my dear friends who worked tirelessly in the PKR Media Centre and on the ground, especially to Harris Ibrahim, Dikyn, YB Loh Gwo-Burne, Fahmi, Latheefa and Ginie.