Lest We Speak..

"Saya ini banyak buat salah, menukarkan guru-guru ke tempat yang jauh; saya ingin menebus kesalahan saya..."

What is so special about the above caption? Indeed, it is not extraordinarily special as it shows blatant disregard of democratic practices when others disagree with you. But, when others agree with you although what you have done or are doing is against the principles of democracy then it is o.k as some interpret democracy as according to the majority.

Transferring teachers just because they disagree with the mainstream politics is an act of gross injustice and an obvious act of power abuse. Is it wrong not to agree with your superiors in terms of politics? Is it a sin to say no when you are 'forced' to vote for the mainstream party? Is it wrong to think and choose based on your own reasoning? Do we have to follow everything to the extent of 'forcing' others to vote for certain political party? The answer to the above , to some narrow minded people is Y.E.S! In fact it is incumbent to all civil servants to vote for the mainstream party based on the false and utterly misconceived reason that since the government is under the control of the mainstream party therefore it is an act of treason? or unpatriotic for them to vote other that the mainstream party.

I have heard that teachers were threaten with transfer to remote areas and such injustice was actually true with the confession of a former high ranking officer. It is said to see that people who are desperate to cling to power will do almost everything including unethical and wrong things just to make sure they remain in power. Look at Zimbabwe's Mugabe and Kenya's Kibaki, they do everything just to cling to disappearing authority.

Now, our own former PM too is infected by such despicable trait when he quickly resorted to ISA through 'Operasi Lallang' and such was admitted by Pak Lah himself. At least now, we are a bit free to express ourselves especially through alternative media compared to when the former PM was in power. Nobody dared to go against him and whoever had even the inclination would surely suffer the consequences as what happened to the last 'true' Lord President, Tun Salleh Abbas.

The former PM even has the audacity to say that he;s not responsible for such sacking as according to him it was the doing of the tribunal but who ordered such tribunal to convene if it wasn't him? It is indeed very irresponsible and arrogant of him to say such things and for sure this writings of mine will never seen the light of the day if he's still in power. He has the guts to say that he is being sidelined by the media for his opinion but he maybe because of his advanced age seems to forget his own 'sins' years ago when even the slightest dissent would receive the harshest reprimand.

Even the great second Caliph, Saidina Umar Al - Khattab who was feared for his bravery was 'reminded' by his subject to piously follow the guidelines set by Islam and as the pious man he is, Umar never reacts unjustly towards his subject, though the reminder came in the most harsh way considering that Umar was the head of the state. If we were to do that during our former PM's tenure for sure we all would be 'guests' of the prison!

It is not wrong to have dissenting ideas and such is even acknowledged by the Holy Quran. If Allah Himself admits that there will and should be dissenting ideas- the Creator and the Almighty, how could we mere mortals are hard pressed to force our ideas on others to the extent of causing grievous hurt to mental and physical being of others? Political parties are made up of human and human are prone to errors therefore they should never try to force choices to the people. The most they can do is to persuade people to accept their views but never the threat of causing mental or bodily harm.

"Human are bestowed with thinking faculty, let them use their mind accordingly."