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谢谢你，国阵
Thank you, Barisan National.


今天醒来，一切已经成了定局。看看报纸，原来我们都误会国阵了。
Everything has come to an end when I woke up today. Flipping through newspapers, we seem to have mistaken Barisan National’s notion of fairness.


原来没有外劳选票这回事，那些巴士上的外劳只不过是投票站的工作人员，我想太多了。
I may have thought too much. There was no ballot for foreign workers. Simply because those foreign workers on the bus were staffs for polling station.


也没有金钱政治这回事，一切只不过是体恤低收入族群的优惠，或是给予回乡游子的汽油津贴，我误会你了。
There was no such thing as money politics, there was only financial help to ease the burden of low-income group. Perhaps it’s a fuel allowance for everyone who went back home to fulfill their civic duty. I must have mistaken you.


原来停电都是TNB的错，可是为什么今天TNB的股价还是节节攀升？它让你蒙上不白之冤，所有人都说你利用停电的一刻偷天换日，争取利益，如此频繁的断电，怎样可以彰显马来西亚伟大的双峰塔呢？如此不稳定的国家电供，如何衬得上追求稳定的你呢？我有个建议，不若让Lynas接手TNB吧，因为我听说他们的出错机率是零。
So it was TNB’s responsibility for the power outage, yet its share price was soaring today? Everyone said you took advantage of power cut to deceive the number of votes, I know, we can’t blame it on you. Such frequent outages, how can we light up the significant KLCC? Such unreliable power supply, how would that support your notion of pursuing stability? I have an idea. Why don’t you authorise Lynas to take over TNB? I heard it has no margin of error in management.

［以上这段经谨慎查证后，证实当天没有停电事件，也和TNB无关，笔者为这段落所造成的错误信息致万二分的歉意。］
[ Upon thorough investigation, it has been confirmed that there was no power outage, and it had nothing to do with TNB. Please accept my sincere apologies over the misunderstanding. ]


原来43张邮寄选票的遗失只是个别事件，晚上11时的临时增加选票也只是谣言，我都相信好了，因为你是我国有史以来最伟大也是唯一的政府。
So the missing of 43 mail-in ballot papers was a special case. The sudden surge of new voters raised was untrue. I think I should have just believe it, because you are the greatest and the only government in Malaysia’s history.


可是，我有一点好不明白。
But, I don’t understand.


我看了今天选委会的选举成绩，你得到了总数222国席中的133个国席而连庄13回执政中央，即以20巴仙的多数国会议席，赢得了区区只有40巴仙即89个国会议席的民联。
I have checked today’s election result. You have won 133 seats over the total number of 222 parliament seats, extending your 56-year reign of power, making it one of the world’s longest-serving government. The 20% of parliamentary majority managed to fend off your opposition PKR that has won 89 seats, around 40% of total parliament seats.


可是同时公布的选民总票数，10,836,457票，扣除有些选区比多数票还多的废票后，国阵的得票只不过占了当中的47.5巴仙，即 5,147,632票，而民联却以5,486,405票，50.6巴仙的得票率，多数票接近35万的情况下，输了这场选举。
Despite invalid ballot, you have won 47.5% out of the total number of 10,836,457 votes, in other words, it’s 5,147,632 votes only. On the contrary, PKR won 5,486,405 votes, which was 50.6% with a majority close to 350,000 votes, has lost the election.


你能够告诉我，为什么吗？
May I know why?


为什么，超过半数人民选出的政党，在国会的发声量，只不过是弱势的40巴仙。而得票数连一半也不到的你，却主宰着国家的未来？
Yes, why? More than half of the citizens has voted for their preferred party, yet the power in the congress is merely 40%. You have won less than 50% of the votes, but still able to dominate the future of our country?


原来是选区划分的问题？哦，各个选区的人民数有出入，所以造成这个现象？可是这个出入，好像出入得有些过分吧？
Oh I see, it’s gerrymandering. Such phenomena was caused by the differences in total number of people on each constituency. Don’t you think it was way too much?


布城的东姑安南，背负9,943位选民的任命荣登国会，而士布爹的郭素沁，却是带着61,500位选民的希望，被保送到国会去的。
Tengku Adnan represented 9,943 voters in Putrajaya, hence Teresa Kok stood for 61,500 voters in Seputeh.


原则上好像没有错。
It may seem acceptable.


可是，我想问，你凭什么认为，在布城的选民权，比士布爹的选民权重六倍之多呢？
But again, how would you be able to justify voters’ rights in Putrajaya is 6 times more important than Seputeh voters?


难道，在国会议决中，郭素沁的一票比重较其他议员都多？当她投赞成票时，要有六个议员来否决她？没有啊！
It can’t be the only vote of Teresa Kok worth more than other members of the Parliament during a congress meeting? As if she voted in favour of a matter, you’ll need at least 6 members to vote against her? Ahhh!


难道，士布爹的选民只需要上缴六份之一的税项？还是士布爹的选民买车时，可以少缴六份之五的本土汽车保护政策税？没有啊！
Perhaps the voters in Seputeh only need to pay one-sixth of the tax? Or only one-sixth of car tax? Ahhh!


既然都没有，为什么士布爹的公民权含金量会如此稀释呢？公民权的光辉，还会因地区，有明亮黯淡之分吗？
Since there was none of the above, why would the voters’ rights in Seputeh has to be weaker than Putrajaya? Do we need to differentiate the rights of each voter by area?


我无法说你龌龊，我也没有确实证据能证明你舞弊，但是单单这一点，我可以肯定你的不公。
I can’t say you are dirty, or I have any evidence to prove you wrong. Be that alone, I can assure that you are unfair.


如果你可以睁大眼睛说这是一场公平的选举，为什么大多数民心所向的政党，无法执政？
If you’re dare to say that was a fair election, why can’t the opposition rules while most of us has voted for it?


凭什么，要多数人民服从你这少数人民选出的政府？
Why must we obey to you who were elected by the minority?


掌控着国家机器，躲在不公平的选区划分制度盾牌后的你，与其要伪装开明大度，倒不如直接宣布废除民主制度，成立独裁主义来得痛快？
You have control in the whole election system. Hiding behind an unfair constituency demarcation system grant you to win this election. Why don’t you just abolish it and practice dictatorship instead of fake democracy?


我不服，但是我得感谢你。
I refused to accept you. Nonetheless, I have to thank you.


因为你，全国人民将不分种族，不分信仰，不分语言，只因为大家都将同仇敌忾，以你为敌。
It’s you that has gathered all of us in regardless of race, religion, or language. You are now our common foe.


不要藐视民主精神的力量，当有一天，众志成城，你曾经践踏的民主，会给予你更大的反扑！不用费神去想要如何去玩弄民心了，因为当真理的洪水来临时，一切将势不可挡！
Don’t overlook the power of democracy. One day, it all adds up to the power to give you a greater fight back. Don’t bother to find ways to trick us. When the time comes, everything will be impossible to stop!


给心碎的民主斗士们，民主并没有死去，它只是选择了住进我们的心里，攒聚力量。
Here’s to all heartbreaking democracy fighters, democracy wasn’t dead yet. It chose to live in everyone’s heart, that allowed us to gather a greater force.


当世界越是黑暗，你就会感受到，民主的光芒，越发明亮！True democracy will ultimately prevail. Where there is pain, there is a way of keeping our hope in a world that was getting more evil as the time goes by.



／浩庭
2013年5月6日暨1957年马来西亚民主独立后最黑暗的一天
/ Helios L.
6th of May 2013, The darkest day in our democracies since 1957.


Thanks to my friend Cliff Leong to translate this to English.