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Natural Law and Election 2013 – An Opinion



According to the American Heritage Dictionary, natural law means ‘a law or body of laws that derives from nature and is believed to be binding upon human actions apart from or in conjunction with laws established by human authority.’

In a simple way, if you just and fair to others, you will be rewarded otherwise you will have to face the consequences.  It’s very much in line with the theory of karma.

Aquinas, one of the most famous natural law theorists has stated that, ‘Law is a dictate of reason from the ruler for the community he rules. This dictate of reason is first and foremost within the reason or intellect of the ruler. It is the idea of what should be done to insure the well-ordered functioning of whatever community the ruler has care for.’

In nutshell, he said that the ruler or the government has the priority to fulfill the needs of the people and that’s should be the fundamental condition for them to adhere with.

If one fails on this, the nature will take it cause by punishing or removing the said ruler or government. The waves of discontentment can not be stopped with mere fear, aggressive and oppressive tactics.

Further, one has agreeing to Immanuel Wallerstein’s rhythms cycles theory, which stated the rise of fall of the empires or political parties. He had said that this is inevitable.

All the empires like Mughal Dynasty, British Empire and Germany Supremacy had gone through this process. Meanwhile political parties like LDP in Japan, Labour Party in UK and Republican Party in USA had the similar experiences.

This process cannot be immobile. It’s a requirement of the nature.

If one has overdone then the indication is there for one to be removed. It’s a natural thing that happened in any country. This is not an unusual thing that had happened.

If one has charred then the indications will be the anxiety to be in power. For that one will do the unthinkable.

That’s exactly what is happening in our country now. The mood of people is changed drastically because of the high handed measures which were detrimental and the transformation is preordained.

Therefore, the outcome of the election result today most likely will be reflected on this proposition.

Kuala Lumpur.

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