Commenting on the article from Straight Talk:
Decentralization: is it good or is it bad? Sure the current system where central planning marginalizes the states of Kelantan, Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak in terms of infrastructure and economic planning, however the real question is what are the rakyat who live in these "oppressed" states doing?
Doing what the rest of Malaysia is doing for the past (say, 50 or more years?), sitting at the coffee shops sipping kopi O, savouring the buttery and sweet roti kiap, and BITCHING BEHIND THE BACK of the legislators they themselves directly or indirectly appointed. And by saying "indirectly", I'm referring to the suckers for didn't vote.
At the end of the day, in my humble but awfully inadequate opinion, it really doesn't matter whether we have a centralized or decentralized system, as long as our people are not willing to buck up and tell our politicians to shut their trap and just deliver, no way we can become a better country. We already have been mucking around in the mud for 52 years. Let's get ourselves out of this rut and not slosh any more deeper into the mud.
Anyways, kudos to Tengku Razaleigh. My hope for all Malaysian is that it's not just empty talk.
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