There is an alarming trend in the mass media in Malaysia to sensationalize events occurring lately in the country. Such trend may not work well in favor of the Malaysian economic envronment as well as towards the image built with real commitment and patriotic attachemnt by the Malsyian political leaders of the last two decades.

The focus should be on the verification of the right numbers of the rioters or on the use of legittimate police force on illegal assembly. Though by my personal opinion the numbers given are quite contradictory or too small for western number to be considered of any meaningful significance.

I have been leaving in Malaysia for almost a decade now and it seems to me that, among the South East Asian countries, Malaysia is the most stable and safe country for tourists and expats.

As such it is imperative that different views on politics, social issues, economics and domestic related issues should be brought forward in a very democratic and professional manner while upholding the principles of guided democracy and shared values of the Malaysian Constitution, of which each Malaysian shall consider himself a staunch defender and faithfull follower. Therefore any issue which may be delicate in nature has to be discussed in the appropriate forum among people who have been elected and trusted with the duty to move the Country towards the goal of becoming a developed nation by 2020.

Democratic issues are never resolved from the street. Anarchism is the only result which can be earned by parading human shields in the form of children against the rule of law.

To my fellow Malaysian friends I would advice to avoid going to the street just because someone pays you to do so. The end achieveable is just disruption of the public harmony and the awakening of false racial sentimentalisms.

The opposition must learn that in order to make their voice heard they must have a clear social platform of feasible contents mirroring the voice of the people or vox populi. Then there must be the ability and the lungimirance to present and represent the wishes of the people in a proper location (the parliament) which is the right and only place where reforms can be brougt about and planned to be translated into law.

When the opposition find that the only resource left is promotiong riots then the all idea of democracy is lost and a society of free for all takes place. The formula of power sharing in Malaysia has been working well for 50 years and does not seem that there is any better formula to be proposed. The Malaysian model has been studied and elogiated all over the western countries as a well tested model of pacific co-living of multiracial society where the rights of every racial group are safe-guarded in respect to the social integration and interest of the nation.

The opposition must learn that there is always a possiibility of dialogue in the political arena of a very civilized society like Malaysia. The problem is that when this dialogue takes place then the opposition needs to be in possess of a clear platform of reforms, understandng of social isuues, ability to represent the electorate by, effectively, being the messenger of the vox populi. Unfortunately, the opposition finds herself facing a ruling majority which has been able to transform Malaysia in a developing nation and surely able to create a developed nation by 2020.

The building of Malaysia image as a reliable business partner and profitable International hub for safe Direct Foreign Investment has been achieved in the last 50 years by the Barisan Nasonal and many Western powers and business financial corporations have been so far active witnesses and close business partners . Towards this, the opposition has been lacking ability to promote something better or some alternative programs which could at least represents a more realistic challenge based on contents, ideas, concepts and finally civil and social platforms.

The easiness to market the Malaysia Truly Asia has been one of the most successfull effort of the current government not certainly of the opposition. The increasing interest of the international traveller to visit and appreciate the fantastic culture and traditions of all Malaysian (all races i mean) is the fruit of all the international efforts done by the ruling Barisan led by the visionary and focused leadership of UMNO. The first Malaysian astronaut is the achievement of the race to high-tech science and research and space industry. Therefore, the leadership of the government has created and achieved unique goals to which the opposition is not able to respond accordingly in the same efficient way.

To this day, the only way the opposition seems able to re-act (reacting is the sign of retardive ability to interpret the vox populi) is by rioting and disrupting the peace of the loving country of Malaysia. Malaysia Bersama, Malaysia Boleh, Malaysia Cintakan should be the spirit permeating the opposition and maybe we will finally see a creative thinking and a positive attitude towards the vox populi which until now is well and efficiently represented by UMNO and the ruling Barisan to which we all expats wish to extend our appreciaiton and sincere conratulations for a job always well done and professionally carried out.

It is a common rule, according to Machiavelli in his famous book "The Prince", that the force of any country is the strength of the majority against which any evenly strong opposition has litlle or no hope to overturn. As of today, the ruling coalition seems well accustomed to run the Country and the International political arena welcomes the idea of Democratic and Moderate Islamic Malaysia. Many Arabian countries and also western countries are very much interested to learn from Malaysia the formula of power sharing and social harmony well portrayed by the leaders of Malaysia. Therefore, in this climate of Internation appreciation of the Malaysian goverment's policies and leadership, I do find extremely hard for the opposition to gain any International support for any street demonstration.

The opposition needs also to be wary of any external forces or lobbies willing to finance an opposition movement. It is the worst treacherous act any citizen can do towards its own Country and countrymen because it means to sell the future of the generations to come to foreign interests and powers. If the opposition needs to be heard in a positive and constructive manner, it can do so only and exclusively within the legal terms and conditions which are within the Malaysian Constitution ad the legal respect of the Country. When the rioting disrupt the social harmony and the living of fellow citizens then it loose its ideologic values and reduces itself to be just a street skirmisch of no significance.