I refer to the Malaysiakini report Sivakumar dragged out, BN speaker takes over .

Are we still Malaysia or an extension of one of those lawless African nations famous for piracy, only that ours are not on the high seas but rather in the august houses of Parliament and the state assemblies where the will of the people get hijacked and where might is right?

To those of you in the media, government-controlled or not, I ask you to save every picture taken of yesterday's happenings connected with the Perak state assembly. I believe every picture taken in connection with the Perak state assembly will have significant importance on the study of history in this country.

It is so abundantly clear that what the rakyat want is not what the rakyat gets.

Gaddafism is rife in this country, in that it is assumed that the rakyat do not know what they want, they are incapable of knowing what they want, so those in high places who wield power tell them what is right, and regardless of whether the rakyat agree or not, it is just forced down their throats.

Who do the three turncoats in the Perak state assembly represent? The people who voted them in in or the Barisan Nasional? If the people who voted them into power wanted the BN, they would have voted BN but it is very clear that the rakyat on March 8 2008 sent the Barisan a clear message, ‘Out you go, and we want change,'.

Now the Barisan has managed to undermine the wishes of the people of Perak by taking over their state assembly.

Long before the crossovers by the two state assembly persons in Perak Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu (Changkat Jering) and Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi (Behrang) were secured by the Barisan, the deals were cut and to ensure they crossed over, a dagger was hung over their heads - one of being caught for corruption.

The entire operation was conducted by BN with a long-term plan in place and the two assembly persons knew why it had to be so.

Earlier attempts to woo Sivakumar failed so Hee Yit Foong (Jelapang) was the target. She had been disgruntled because she did not get the Toyota Camry, she was materialistic and a good target to be bought over. So the BN went for her, and immediately after having consented, she began to be absent from important party functions prompting Guan Eng to threaten to take action against her.

This was the excuse she required to go into hiding and cross over for the benefits were more than what she had bargained for when she became a state assembly person. With the new offers and enticement from BN she had her every dream fulfilled. It is difficult to find people at her level who would succumb and betray their followers.

There was a state assembly person in Perak who claimed that Najib had offered him millions to cross over and he has even dared to be sued for it but BN and Najib have been silent over the matter. So one can imagine the price Hee Yit Foong secured.

With all this in place Umno's Nasaruddin Hashim's defection was the Trojan Horse so to speak. With that crossover, the head of Perak Umno decided to hand in his resignation and take the blame for the cross over of Nasaruddin.

His resignation as state Umno head paved the way for Najib to take on the role of Perak Umno chief, a position he required to steer the entire exercise to completion.

Once this happened, the three assembly persons crossed over but they were still one short or so everyone thought till the Trojan horse was put to work and Nasaruddin crossed back to the BN. BN gained the majority in the Perakl assembly.

Najib played the big role of seeing the Sultan but what had Najib to do with the affairs of a duly elected assembly? He had no business there as this was a Perak issue; it was for the members of the assembly to sort out.

And rightfully it was for the menteri besar to sort out but from what went on, it looked like Najib called the shots and the rest is history. It was the beginning of what happened yesterday.

Now I sit back and ask, is this how elections in Malaysia are won? Do our votes mean only that, that they can be bought over by money and might?

Monday's decision by the courts will determine what the future holds for this country and its systems, but Monday's court decision will have little effect whichever way it goes because the people get the Government they deserve.

The question on the mind of every Malaysian has to be: is this the sort of government we want?

I do not want it, do you? And if you don't, what are you prepared to do about it?