Raja Petra's Crystal Ball

From Malaysia Today :

"Barisan Nasional is running scared. According to intelligence agency reports, Kelantan, Terengganu, Perlis, Kedah and Penang will fall to the opposition. Even Johor, which has never seen a single seat fall to the opposition thus far, may see the loss of ten seats or more. That would have been unheard of even just one year ago. On last count, the opposition may capture up to 90 seats in Parliament. It needs 75 seats to deny Barisan Nasional its two-thirds majority in Parliament.

The Chinese and Indian votes are a forgone conclusion. The Chinese and Indians are voting opposition. Barisan Nasional has to work on the Malay seats to stay in power. So they will raise racial and religious issues these next 48 hours to frighten the Malays into voting Barisan Nasional."

This was written on the 6th of March, 2 days before the election.

I did not believe it, but it has come to pass. Bloggers and netizens were therefore surprised to see the results, but not shocked, as the writing was on the wall. But if you just read the main stream newspapers or tv, it would be a shock indeed. I hope that in the future the media will be more honest and critical, not just after the election when suddenly they say I told you so.