As far back as I can remember, Umno and BN have always had one main strategy and that tactic is basically to attack and to discredit the opposition.

BN will use its mainstream media to tell the rakyat that the opposition are incompetent and that they have no experience running the country.

This strategy has not and will not change anytime soon! Why? Because they have no better strategy. Which is easier to do right now?

Win back the hearts and trust of the rakyat? Or discredit the opposition so that the rakyat will feel that they have no better option?

Umno's mentality is to take Anwar Ibrahim out of the picture with the hope that PKR will break apart. So what can we the normal rakyat do?

Well the first thing we must not do is to play into the hands of BN and Umno! When the police do catch Anwar and throw him in jail, the rakyat must practice restraint.

Here I must thank the various Indian groups for their calm response to the recent cow-head incident.

I think Umno must have been very frustrated that they did not get the response they wanted from the Indian community.

The second thing we must do is to make sure we vote! This is the only way we can really voice our frustration and anger at the present government.

And we must be resolute and vote smart! We must make sure we give a full and convincing mandate to PAS, DAP and Keadilan.

This is because all Malaysians know that, short of a convincing mandate from the rakyat, Umno with its seemingly endless supply of money will use every dirty trick in the books to entice the various MPs and assemblymen from PKR to jump ship.

You need to look no further than Perak and Sabah for prove of this!

Are you, the rakyat, angry that the cow-head demonstrating racists can get an appointment with the home minister while peaceful demonstrators with candles and roses are arrested immediately?

Are you dumbfounded about the various recent court rulings? Then we, the rakyat must remember all this injustice and vote in the next election to ensure BN and its leaders do not come back to power.

With or without Anwar Ibrahim!