Democracy? Are We?? Or controlled democracy...?

Has anyone wonder how democratic our nation is?? Here is some excerpt from what Mahathir says..." He has made UMNO his personal party. They cannot say anything that he doesn't approve of. I'm being told, look, you mustn't critisize the Prime Minister because he is an institution, he is an UMNO president and therefore he is an institution. Yes, the UMNO president is an institution, but the imcumbent is not..When i was there, he challenged me. Now he's not allowing anybody to say a word against him...What i dont like is creating what would be called a police state. Nobody is allowed to organize any meeting and invite me to speak. If you do, the police call you up..

What sort of democration is this? where is our freedom of speech? where is the freedom of press? are we really a police state? where press may says we are not one, but reality is showing us we are one...and we are an Islamic country...no harm to be an Islamic nation...but dont be the fundamentalist of it...don impose islamic rules on those who are not islam...its of total outrage...what is the logic? remember the case of syariah enforcer breaking into room of an American couple and wanting to see their marriage cert? celaka...thats really outrage and its throwing our nation's face into the sea...what's the difference between us and the women of Taliban Afghan where women are not allowed even to speak to men? we might have no Guantanamo, but remember we have ISA...i better keep my self low here...before police or whatever 'law enforcers' start banging at my door...even Ex-PM cannot speak freely, what more to a peasant like me? i dont want to get blown up into pieces by SAF personnel in this outrage place...Government, By the people, for the people...remember that...