Padan Muka !

Serve You Right !

By Awang Buntak

When I got up Sunday after staying up whole night watching the election results, the Malay expression "Padan Muka"(Serve You Right) kept playing in my head.

You use this expression to show your disappointment with someone. It's like telling someone don't climb the tree, despite the good advice, the person still refuses to listen and if he falls from the tree later, you say "padan muka".

With the changed political landscape, who do you think I am going to say "padan muka" to? UMNO led Barisan? You think I should?

I don't think so; everybody is saying that throughout the country. So, why repeat myself?

I will shoot straight now; I’ll say "padan muka" to Sabah opposition parties. They had the chance to win some good seats in the just concluded elections; they ended up winning only one state seat and one parliament seat.

Our opposition politicians are really greedy, immature and a bunch of selfish nitwits. If they had sacrificed their egos for the sake of the people, can you imagine the political scenario of the country now?

Look at some of the urban seats; if you add up the opposition votes, they definitely whacked the BN winners. It does not take a genius to figure out that if the opposition votes get split, BN will win.

Even in some seats the BN winners just scrapped by. People in Sabah wanted change like other parts of the country, they wanted to wake up the arrogant government who never listened to them, they wanted to get rid of the illegal, they wanted better security, the people wanted corruption curbed, and they wanted their fair share of economic pie instead of it going to the well connected only.

They screamed loud and clear , we are all Malaysians, please help deserving cases regardless of their racial background, prices are going up, we are suffering they moaned. They wanted all these and more and what did the opposition do? They blew the chance away by being selfish and plain stupid.

From now in Sabah we need to stop complaining about illegal, corruption, nepotism, and cronyism, arrogance of power, the poor delivery system and all that. We'd better switch off and watch the new season of Akademi Fantasia.

I personally don't want to know about all the political stuff anymore.

Padan muka.

Ya la aku pun…I don’t know what are these people up to? They said they wanted to change the government. If it’s the case, then they should look at himself first in the mirror. No mantras require. But he may say this aloud.

By myself can I do it?

Someone can do it? Or

By combining the efforts we can make it… which is which?

No la these people are gila kuasa