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A new hope: The new Malaysia no longer wants to treat political leaders like gods on earth.

THIS new period for Malaysia after the elections is dubbed by many as the “New Era of Hope”. Clearly this is the first time in Malaysian political history that the majority of the voters have voted in a new Federal Government since independence.

What this means is that Malaysians have now braved themselves to be free from the incumbency of political masters.

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