"The people have voted decisively for a new era where the government must be truly inclusive and recognise that all Malaysians, regardless of race, culture or religion are a nation of one."
"The people have expressed in no uncertain terms that they want accountability, transparency and the rule of law."
"This is a new dawn for Malaysia."
What Dr. M said (on Pak Lah):
"My view is he has destroyed Umno, destroyed the BN and he has been responsible for this."
"I am sorry but I apparently made the wrong choice."
Abdullah was Mahathir's hand-picked successor when he stepped down, but after the new leader dumped several of his pet projects he began launching accusations of economic mismanagement, nepotism and corruption.
What Dr. M said on a general note:
"I think the people must have been very angry, all the races, Chinese, Malays and Indians."
"The problem is we (the government) have become so arrogant. We suppress any opinion that we do not like and they begin to believe in their own reports which are not actually consistent with what is happening in the country."
What Others said:
"Barisan was overconfident and had taken things for granted." -Abdul Malek-
"With a number of states are in the hands of non-government parties, I think the government now should be more people oriented in the allocation of resources rather than base on political allocation." -Khalid Ibrahim-
"We need to really do some soul searching." -Mukhriz Mahathir-
“This is a historic crisis, and we must face it without further denial, self-deception or media spin." -Tengku Razaleigh-
"Samy Vellu had given the kiss of life to the political careers of the leaders in MIC and now he has taken it away. These leaders have learned, albeit bitterly, the true meaning of democracy." -P. Sivakumar-
"The swing against BN (Barisan Nasional) was stronger than anticipated. BN has been taking the people for granted." -Dr. D. Jeyakumar-
Other (interesting) news:
"The traffic was so high that it triggered an automatic mechanism which assumed we were under attack, automatically shutting down our website." -Steven Goh (co-founder of Malaysiakini) on why so many of us couldn't access the website after a while-
"There was a big shift in PAS' attitude by dropping any mention of plans to set up an Islamic state."- Shahruddin Badaruddin (political analyst) on how PAS won-
Adapted from Malaysiakini (a.k.a the best news website ever!)
