Has Pakatan Rakyat been better than the BN? What say you?

After the results of GE2008 was announced, many of us were elated when the opposition coalition known as the Pakatan Rakyat had managed to wrest 5 States from the Barisan Nasional, and deny the BN its 2/3rd majority in Parliament.

We cannot hope for much change at the level of the Federal Government because it is still a BN government - but with regard to the 5 States of Penang, Kedah, Kelantan, Perak and Selangor - we should have seen some of the 'changes for the better' now that it is being governed by the coalition of DAP-PKR-PAS (and maybe soon to be registered PSM). Are there any real changes in this new Pakatan Rakyat states?

LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS - no change from when these states were under the BN, as they did appoint the Local Councils, and the call for Local Council Elections from civil society groups and the members of these opposition parties are dying off - more so after many of those who did make the call previously accepted appointment. I also wonder why all the Heads of Local Councils/Mayors in Selangor are of one ethnicity?

TRANSPARENCY - well there was a call for a declaration of wealth and assets of Chief Ministers/Menteri Besars & the State Excos. Sadly, there was some resistance to this at the beginning - and apparently now there has been such a declaration made. But then, where can we go and see this - or is it just like the BN - where the 'truth' is only for the eyes of the PM (and in this case the MBs). So, nothing different from the BN, is there...

What else??? Well, I hope that you who who read this posting in my Blog will share with all the changes that have happened by posting comments to this post....

YES - we are now all being distracted by Wan Azizah's resignation as MP, Anwar's campaign for Permatang Pauh, the Saiful allegations, the possible Sodomy trial, the fact that Abdullah is no more popular - the fact that the Pakatan Rakyat will take over the Federal Government by September 16....

Good...good...good

BUT let us be honest and evaluate whether all we will be getting would be 'new people' in government or some real changes. As mentioned earlier, it is time for us to look and see whether there has had been any REAL and SIGNIFICANT changes in these 5 Pakatan Rakyat states??

So, all ye who are observing, share with us your observations.... of REAL changes that have happened.