THE HULU SELANGOR FACTORS TO LEARN

someone said...
“Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.”
--Oscar Ameringer

PR has to learn the art before they can do good for the people. Why did PR wait until the elections before fighting for the FELDA settlers. Immediately after they had won in 2008, they should have given them the legal assistance to sue the government, not wait till the election time. In politics perception is everything. The HAVES can see the big picture but the HAVE NOTS will only see how they are going to put a meal on their table. When their present is in trouble they can't think of their future. PR is already ruling Selangor so what stopped them from seeing into the immediate needs of the estate folks there. A Tamil school in Hulu Selangor has no electricity for the past 50 years. Suddenly BN guys got it for the school during the election week and had a press conference to trump up their success. Yes we can ask hey, during the 50 years of BN rule they did not do it but suddenly they are doing it. And we can shout all we want that it is a political gimmick. Yes it is a political gimmick but that is the gimmick PR has to learn. There is a Tamil saying, "If you want to milk a dancing cow, you should dance and if you want to milk a singing cow, you should sing. The perception from Kg. Buah Pala issue is that the PR does not care about Indians. The truth can be different but PR handling of the matter was bad. In this case the public relation was a screw-up. When you promise someone a car and if you can't keep your promise then say sorry and please ask them to accept the bike. You don't go around telling them, "you are not good enough for a bike so this is already too much for you and you should be grateful that we are offering you this". First PR needs a very good public relation team. Next have a good team to reach out to the grass roots. Problem solving starts now not when a election is called.

26 April 2010 18:03