March 8 2008 was the day of reckoning for Malaysia. It was our 12th General Elections and after 50 years of independence from the British. It was a day I excitedly waited for the day to cast my vote because I knew this year, “I wanted change”. The ruling coalition called Barisan Nasional or “BN” (English: National Coalition) has dominated Malaysian politics from the 50’s. That’s 50+ years and through this we had 5 Prime Ministers – maybe the most popular of the 5 would hands down be Dr.Mahathir Mohamad. (more…)
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