the word OPPOSITION in Malaysia

It has spurred me to write from what I gather from around the places ... KL, Kuching, Miri, KK - people are somewhat FED UP with the word OPPOSITION used in the Malaysian political scene. Needless to say BN politicians use it everyday. That's a fact...just watch the TV news channels. The irony of it all is, we are now having 2 different groups of opposition parties in Malaysia...BN is certainly an opposition in Kelantan, Selangor and Penang for that matter. If the British can called them 'Labour' and 'Conservatives' and the Americans having the 'Republicans' and 'Democrats', could we not in Malaysia take a reformed approach to using the word OPPOSITION in political speeches, over the media, etc etc.
I certainly feel disgusted when this word is used loosely by politicians. In Malaysia you may be called an 'opposition' if you stand by your principles...wow too bad!