#My state assembly member choices are more meh

[brownpuffball]

Listening to politician interviews and speeches tonight to prepare for the upcoming election and I'm just so happy at the variety we have now.

For 60 years we were functionally a one party system. Then about 15 years ago we became a two party system and we actually had a viable opposition for once.

And now? Malaysia has 4 coalitions fighting in the elections!! 4!!! It is a wealth, a luxurious excess of choices.

A Borneo party is campaigning in the Peninsular! We have new parties popping up all the damn time! Nobody is guaranteed a 2/3 majority in Parliament and they have to compromise! All parties get a platform to air their views! Automatic voter registration! Anti-hopping bills!

Change is coming, slow but steady. Better the pain of growth than the slow death of the soul.

And we have come so far. God, we have come so far.

The only thing I hope is that we continue to vote, keep our 80% turnout streak. I don't care who you vote as long as you do.

#Malaysia #Personal #GE15 #I am so happy tonight #Because we have CHOICES #Yeah they're not the best #Right wing extremism is a coalition you can vote for still #But we have come so far #Also there's an MP candidate I like for once! #I like his policies #Democratic socialist on the ballot this time round let's go #My state assembly member choices are more meh #But one of them was giving out food packages during lockdown so maybe