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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