Monday, April 6, 2009

13 Hindraf detainees released.

Yes, I know. I have not been blogging. Mainly because I was just tired. Tired from the news on grafts and alleged corruptions in UMNO, from the childish yelling in Parliament that got him suspended, alleged dirty tactics in accordance with the upcoming by-election. (If I did blog on those issues, I might be found wrong, well at least under the Sedition Act with something called defamation. So I chose not to. And not to judge. There was really nothing to comment about. The issue itself is prima facie, and there were no two sides of the story to argue or comment about. No other good side.)

Topped with news on the trouble in relation to the G20 Summit, school assassinations, North Korea and their little missile test, and just few days ago, the appointment of Malaysia's new premier.

But just yesterday, he released 13 Hindraf detainees to their respective homes and families, which got the rakyat thinking.

Some said it was a populist move to win votes for tomorrow's upcoming by-election (in which BN would need a considerable percentage of Indian voters to take their side).

Then Najib himself countered this and said that if he did not release them, people would say the government is unfair and rigid. And he did released them and the people in turn said that is a populist move.

Then Karpal Singh from DAP commented that he should release all 65 (hopefully I got the number correct) of them, not just 13.

Lim Guan Eng also from DAP said it was an insincere move because he only released 13 out of the 65 to please the rakyat, or more so, the Indians. If he was sincere, he'd release all 65 of them.

However, Anwar, leader of PKR did highlight this move and appreciated it, but he said it was because of PKR's relentless fight against the government to uphold freedom and justice.

Aren't we all critics at the end of the day? What are your views on this?

One of my friend said he was quite thankful that Najib did release the Hindraf detainees as it was a huge relief to the families they had left behind when in prison. Which is true. Especially for those whom their husbands are sole bread winners.
When one of the wives being interviewed for the local news, all that was seen in her eyes were joy and a sense of burden lifted from her.

Najib said, just before his appointment as the 6th Prime Minister, to judge him on how he carries out his duty as a Prime Minister. Not on baseless accusations.
I'm not sure if he had gained the trust and revere of the rakyat. But its obvious that Najib has Tun Dr Mahathir' full support seen from him rejoining UMNO when Badawi gave his seat to Najib.

It is too soon to tell if he'd be a better Prime Minister from the last one. Or a good Prime Minister of Malaysia, generally. (Having a list of rumours of, well, not so pleasant things he had done, and a long line of critics having him under a magnifying glass, waiting for him to make a mistake.)

Like I said earlier, aren't we all critics? But I would love to see how he carries out his duties, having one of the top posts in Malaysia. I would most definetly love to wait and see.
Let us all not judge yet.