By Syed Akbar Ali
Perkasa is nowhere near ‘Malay supremacy’, ‘Malay dominance’ and the other racist crap that has been played up by the Opposition as well as the MCA. Perkasa is UMNO, more importantly Perkasa is Melayu.
After the 2008 debacle, the Malays are naturally afraid of the possibility that their political power will dwindle. It is a reaction. The fear is that nothing is being done to reverse this possibility. Hence Perkasa. It is not about taking other’s rights but rather preserving one’s own.
Even the ex ABIM President has spoken in favour of Perkasa. How do we explain the fact that there is even a pro UMNO faction now in PAS? PAS realize now that all these years they have actually taken for granted (and they also have been quite comfortable) that there is a Malay Muslim Government in Putrajaya. They merely wanted to replace the UMNO led Malay Muslim Government with their own PAS led Malay Muslim Government.
But with PAS not anywhere being able to form the Government and the existing UMNO led Malay Muslim Government in danger of losing its position, there are now many folks in PAS who don’t mind reaching out to UMNO to preserve the Malay Muslim status quo in Government. Its as simple as that. This is the reason for all the suggestions of unity talks between PAS and UMNO. No rocket science here.
I think folks like the MCA are taking the wrong attitude towards Perkasa. Instead of reassuring Perkasa (read as orang Melayu lah) that Malays will not be eclipsed in this country, the MCA’s confrontational attitude has only fueled even more worry in the psychology that fuels Perkasa. It is not about Malay dominance or Malay supremacy but about self preservation of the Malays. If the MCA cannot see through this, they are dumber than I thought.
Another example of being political silly. I read somewhere - a suggestion to remove Malay Reserve Land. Malay Reserve Land is not an issue. The Chinese and Indians are not complaining that they don’t have enough land in Malaysia. There are millions of acres of land in the country, still occupied by trees and squirrels. Malay Reserve Land was put in correctly by the British to prevent the Malays from being chased into the sea altogether. The Malays had lost so much land to the British and the immigrants. Saying now that Malay Reserve Land must be abolished does not add any value to the Chinese or Indian cause but it will only increase the fears of the Malays that they are being disenfranchised in their own Tanah Melayu. So please stop talking like this. It is wasting time and just aggravating the situation.
The Malays have a real fear of ‘ketuanan bukan Melayu’ or the dominance and supremacy of the non Malays. This is what folks like Ibrahim Ali fear. This fear is very legitimate. Singapore has been lost and the Malays in Penang are perhaps worse off than the Malays in Singapore.
In the next elections, the Indian vote is of little consequence. Post 2008, only 10% or 20% of Chinese votes are expected to accrue to the BN, no matter how much money Najib is giving to the Chinese schools. Therefore the Chinese vote has to be fully discounted. To survive, UMNO (and the BN) have no choice but to fall back on the Malay vote alone. One naughty theory is that Najib giving all that money to the Chinese schools is meant to aggravate the Malays and provoke them to close ranks. Maybe he is doing it unwittingly. I think it is working. Never pick a fight with the Vietnamese. Never play politics with the Malays.
So the maths is very simple, since the Chinese vote is almost completely pro Opposition, the Pakatan will do best if the Malay vote is split. UMNO and the BN will do best if the Malay vote unites to their side. The suggestion “Melayu Undi Melayu” is now going the rounds too. Meaning, if it is not a Malay BN candidate, Malays should still vote for any Malay candidate, no matter what party they represent. They will not vote for non Malays.
If this sentiment picks up steam, there will be an impact on the MCA MPs, especially those from Johor who depend on the Malay vote to win. They are going to be routed. They are not going to get the Malay vote. The next election will likely see the political demise of the MCA and possibly the Gerakan too. If they pull out of the BN, it will hasten their demise even quicker. Hence also the suspicion that the DAP (maybe more savvy) will be fielding more Malay candidates in the next elections.
Will Perkasa field its own candidates in the next elections? They have collected 326,000 membership forms already. By one estimate Perkasa has sufficient clout to field candidates in at least 20 Parliamentary constituencies. This is not an impossible scenario. UMNO boleh ‘terduduk’. It is more likely however that Perkasa will play the role of a ‘voting lobby’ or ‘voting bloc’ pressure group. Like in the US, where the unions and lobby groups endorse certain candidates, Perkasa too may ask its members to support or not support certain candidates.
Nazri Aziz, Khairy Jamaluddin and Tengku Adnan are just some of the people who may not be getting any endorsement from Perkasa. I think we will not (or should not) be seeing anymore of these guys at the next elections and thereafter. Nazri and Khairy may even find friends ready to welcome them on the other side.
So Perkasa is going to have an impact on the Malay vote. This is a certainty. And then what? It will give them clout to “negotiate”.
Notwithstanding Perkasa, UMNO faces serious credibility issues if it fields some Ministers who have lost the support of not just many UMNO members but of Malaysians in general. Talk is a Cabinet reshuffle is “imminent” again in November. But this is only talk. Najib cannot be seriously thinking of going into the next general election with the present set of Cabinet Ministers in his team.
The unpopularity of Ministers like Nazri Aziz, Nor Mohd Yakcop, Zahid Hamidi, Noh Omar, Khaled Noordin, Hishamuddin Hussein and Shahrizat Abdul Jalil is increasing. The UMNO Youth Chief is detested by not just the rank and file but also by the leadership of Pemuda UMNO. I met with some of them not too long ago. It will be quite suicidal for Najib to field these folks in the next elections. On a national level, these names will be serious liabilities. It will become worse if Perkasa does NOT endorse them or speaks against them.
There is also another huge fish lurking just under the surface that can cause serious difficulty for Najib. This is Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad. The UMNO leaders should not be so “pelupa” to forget that Kedah was lost because of the disrespect shown to Dr Mahathir by the corrupt Slumberjack and his SIL plus also Mahdzir Khaled the Menteri Besar of Kedah at that time. One “bejana” of wisdom has gone so far to say that the next General Elections will be determined by whether Dr Mahathir campaigns for BN or not. If Dr Mahathir does not “turun padang” that may be sufficient to lose votes that may otherwise accrue to the BN. Dr Mahathir will never campaign against the BN but what if he goes off on holiday to the Mediterranean or horse riding in Argentina?
I can make a safe assumption that if Najib goes to the polls with the existing team, he will certainly not get the support of the UMNO Bloggers. Please do not discount the Bloggers. Don’t make the same mistake twice. Who do you think created names like Down’s Syndrome, Si Kitol, Menteri Amaran Keras and so on? These are now designer brands.
There are no two ways about this. If Najib wants to save the party (and his behind) and save the country as well, just drop these folks. That will be a start. And matchmakers may not get calls either.
70 comments:
Sangat setuju dgn analisis Tuan.Percayalah bahawa kaum cina TIDAK akan ngundi BN lagi.Malangnya masih ada org UMNO yang dok berangan main kira2 konon mereka akan terus dapat undi si cina ni.(Remember Bkt Gantang and how a 100% chinese voters of Kuala Sepetang aka Port Weld gave all their votes to a PAS candidate 'cos he represents the Opposition?)Undi kaum India 50:50.Sekarang kaum India mula sedar mereka kena kencing oleh PKR.Kaum India juga nyampah kat MIC esp.Samy Vellu.So BN kena kerja kuat pujuk kaum India sokong BN semula.Najib will do well if he is decisive and bold enough in removing some of the hateful figures in his present team.Names like all those that you mentioned above must be removed in order to bring in some semblance of respect back to UMNO.One more thing: The Rosmah factor.This is not a small matter as it could swing votes.So UMNO jangan lah jadi "Yang Di Kendong Berciciran-Yang di Pungut Tak Menjadi..."
Tuan Syed,
I'm a Malay, and I'm not afraid of the so-called threat to the Malay political power. What I'm really afraid of is another 13th May - hence the collapse of our political system.
My rights as a Malaysian are protected by the constitution -if they are violated then I would bring the matter to the courts.
My rights as a Malaysian are not protected by extremist groups who seek to pander on my emotions, just because I was born to a family of a certain race and not another.
K
Syed,
Saudagar Minyak Atar said...
"BN is in stupor and PR is in delirium (on smelling blood due to BN defaulting). Can someone please found a decent new political party, any party, in time for the next PRU to get us out of this big shit!" Unquote.
You already mentioned about Ib Ali's Perkosa...
With the "Stupor & Chaos" of BN & PR, this could be the "Window of Opportunity" for Ib Ali's Perkosa to be the "3rd Force" to play the "Usurping" Game with Grand Master Madey!
Eat your heart out "Sheeple"
You be the judge.
Cheers.
Syed, sad to say, many of us can still remember what the MPAJA did in the short period that they had power just after the Japanese surrendered. For those still ignorant of the facts, a little effort on their part can lead them to sources that will enlighten them.
It is good if the non-Malay leadership can also not ignore our recent history. And the Melayus who now bask in the praises rained down on them for being un-Melayu, please remember our history too. Their comfort zone may not be that comfortable any time soon you know. Of course they can always run to their properties in London, Australia, US or Canada. But what about the rest of us who cannot and will not?
PERKASA of course. Simple. The non-Malays can be one-eyed about Dong Jiao Zong, Suqui, HINDARF and whatnots. Open the other eye also la. Its only quid pro quo right?
Spot on, Sir.
Good post Tuan Syed.
My comment will be that Malays have come to a crossroad. A very important one to say the least. But its has arrived into a situation I regret to say, it have yet to realize its utmost importance. I believe, this crossroad will not only determine our nation's future, but more importantly, the future of my children.
Malays have long left its fate for others to determine. And they will cry foul when things does not go their way. My desperate pray is for the Malays to get out of their comfort zone, smell the burnt coffee and look into the eyes of the very troubles facing its future and for the sake of our children, take responsibility of the matter and do something about it.
To dear K.
I appreciate your confidence in our constitution and justice system but let me just say that this system was formed and marshaled by people who have our (Malays) interest first and foremost. Some even may call them extremist if you will.
My concern is that the younger generation, including myself have forgotten the 'spirit' under which these system was formed and will take the peace and freedom of rights that we are enjoying right now for granted.
Taking risk on these matters is a gamble I dare not make. I used to let these matters be taken off by 'appropriate hands' but as I soon find out, post 2008, no hands are better that of your own. I just hope it won't be too late.
Setuju sangat. Saya bukan ahli Perkasa tetapi saya 100% berada dibelakang Perkasa. And I will make sure that I & family will not vote again for non Malay.
You equate Perkasa as representing the whole Malay diaspora. What about PAS and PKR which are mainly malay parties? Even if PR wins the election, most of the seats will be from malay or bumi seats. Non bumi seats are already mostly held by PR. Malays can vote malays when there is a choice of a malay and a non malay. But we know in most cases, it will between two candidates with similar background. Perkasa is no more than the Tea Party of Malaysia. They make a lot of noise but they will cost Republicans the election. Much like Perkasa to Umno. Experiment if you will but Umno will regret this deal with the devil.
Its a no-brainer kan, Malays must unite! Hasnt the DAP shown us enuf stuff to scare us into uniting?
By the way, do you know which site I can go to register to become Perkasa member. Can garner about 50 Malays to join Perkasa.
Rgds, SS
Teruskan berjuang untuk org Melayu sesungguhnya ramai org Melayu menyokong apa yg Pribumi Perkasa perjuangkan.
Nazri, KJ dan lain2 yg dianggap Melayu liberal lain berada ditempat mereka sekarang kerana diangkat oleh org Melayu (kedua mereka bertanding dikawasan majoriti Melayu melebihi 70%)kerana mereka mewakili UMNO yg sebagai parti org Melayu terbesar dan sepatutnya memperjuangkan kepentingan Melayu. Kalau mereka bertanding atas tiket bebas takkan org Melayu mengundi mereka.
Apakah sumbangan mereka berdua kepada umat Melayu sejak mereka mereka menjadi pemimpin?
Umat Melayu dahagakan pemimpin yg bijak, berani, lantang lagi bernas. BKita tak perlu pemimpin2 yg apologetic memperjuangkan umat Melayu. Bukan yang melacurkan nama Melayu untuk kepentingan diri mereka sahaja.
Melayu dah membenci UMNO kerana isu memfitnah Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, ditambah lagi dgn menghina rakyat Perak, dsb. Api kebencian ini disemarakkan lagi bila UMNO menghentam Perkasa. Sedangkan MCA tak pernahpun menghentam Suqiu atau Dong Ziao Zhong. MIC tak pernahpun menghentam Hindraf.
MCA dan DAP menggunakan permintaan Suqiu atau Dong Ziao Zhong untuk menekan kerajaan dengan harapan akan menjadi juara org Cina.
Kalau cadangan yg sama dikeluarkan oleh Perkasa, Cina akan berbuih mulut dengan tuduhan Perkasa bersikap perkauman. Yg lagi haru ada pemimpin Melayu setuju pulak dgn org Cina ini dan sama2 naik meninju Perkasa.
Dua kali lima denag MIC – bila Hindraf muncul dgn mengatakan org Melayu membuat pembunuhan terancang ala enthnic cleansing kepada org India, MIC sebagai rakan UMNO sepatutnya menghentam Hindraf sebaliknya MIC cuba menjuarai isu2 yg dibawa oleh Hindraf.
Nazri dan Khairy tidak punya kejantanan untuk berhadapan dgn musuh2 Melayu untuk mematahkan hujah2 bukan Melayu yg berbelit2.
UMNO sepatutnya bersyukur kewujudan Perkasa untuk memperjuangkan org Melayu dan bumiputera. UMNO sepatutnya dilihat oleh semua rakyat Malaysia sebagai memberi restu kepada perjuangan Perkasa. Kepada org Melayu, Perkasa mengambil alih peranan UMNO yg perlu mengambilkira kepentingan Barisan Nasional.
UMNO tidak sepatutnya menghentam Perkasa. Kalau tak boleh memberi sokongan pun, diam pun lebih baik dari menghentam.
Najib dan UMNO perlu sedar mereka kehilangan sokongan Melayu dgn onar dan cemar yg mereka dah buat selama ini. Dan jika mereka impikan sokongan bukan Melayu dgn menghentam Perkasa, sesungguhnya mereka silap.
Tidakkah mereka sedar Perkasa mungkin satu2nya penawar kepada UMNO untuk medapat semula sokongan orang Melayu yg sudah mula menghilang.
Dear Mr. Syed,
I am not big fan of DAP or Pakatan Rakyat. Too chauvinistic, imbecile. Our politicians from both divide need to grow up.
However, my dilemma is which Malay leader can I give my vote to. Corruption, failing education system, badly managed economy just to name a few, are the problems plaguing us since Tun M left the stage. As Mr. Rocky Bru rightly put it, it is not ketuanan melayu under siege, it is kepimpinan melayu.
If you have a strong Malay leader like Tun M, I don't think the DAP or Pakatan Rakyat even stand a chance.
I worry about my Malaysia. Who would be the next good candidate to step into those shoes?
Many thanks for posting my comments.
Mae Hwang
First of all, will perkasa strengthen UMNo or weaken it?Both has almost same agenda, only different,one is NGO,the other a political party.
Malays are empowered by 'political control',(chinese r empowered by money). They are again under the impression that their rights r under threat.THat not new, that race politics.
I am a "sign mati" UMNO member. However in the last election I voted for the DAPig. Was more for the reason that UMNO could'nt right its own house then (getting rid of the sleeping dol and putting a leash on the SIL and his own son).It was a push factor from the outside.
It was a difficult dicision to execute. I admit tears welled up in my eyes.
Now I will just follow what Perkara recommends. Because:
Perkasa is Melayu is me.
they are dumber than you thought.
Anon 3.54AM I agree with u. Since independence, how many times has politicians said that malay's rights have been threaten and tell me, what malay's rights have actually been taken away? They are still in the constitution.
One day, if Perkasa become so strong, maybe it will become 'master' behind UMNO or become a political party, perhaps dualism a way to go!!.
AS one malay activist say, the politicians like to 'indoctrinate the fear' into malays mind. They say this is threaten, that is threaten. They can protect them. Their strategy has not changed for many years, what has changed is, there are more factions in malay society now.
Anon 2:35, it is good that u mention the Constitution.
Article 153 of the Fed Const talks about special privileges of the Malays. For 53 years, Article 153 has been upheld in Msia cos the Malays hold political power.
The S'pore Const also has the same Article but the Malays are not in power in Spore. So that part of the Sp'ore Const is not upheld in Spore.
There has even been open debate in S'pore to repeal that part of their Const. Then that wud give them a clearer conscience. So far they hv not repealed the Article guaranteeing the special privileges of the Malays in S'pore. However it is academic cos it is not practised anyway.
I blve this is the concern of the Malays here too - that if they lose political power, the Const will not be upheld or that it will be amended.
SAA
When article 153 is repealed, it will be by the bumis themselves. The non bumis do not have the numbers and increasingly so. The bumis will determine the date of article 153. Not anyone else. All this talk of rights is just like the dog pissing on the ground to mark their territory, trying to profit as much as they can as long as they can. This is because they know the situation cannot last. Not in this globalized flat world.
Syed,
What nonsense. There's nothing to be so-called preserved. Your people control everything, most importantly the police and the army.
Let me cut to the chase. This is a fight for resources. Plain and simple. And Perkasa is doing just that. Fanning the fear to "perserve" the right to plunder the country without and checks and balances.
Many people think the executive branch has overwhelming influence over the judiciary, no thanks to your good friend, the old man.
This racial polarization really scares a lot of people because the non-melayus are just about fed-up with all the nonsense.
In fact the disunity amongst your people now is actually ripe for someone with just a little bit more eloquence than that Perkasa idiot. Spout a more cohesive ideology, take advantage of the split to "unite" the Malays, and you have a genocide on you hands.
Hitler led the Beer Hall Putsch, an attempted coup d'état on 8-9 November 1923. After it failed, Hitler was put on trial for treason, gaining great public attention. He was eventually paroled, served only a little over eight months after his sentencing in early 1924.
Had he been put away a long time, WWII would not have happened. Mind you, prior to Jan 1933 when he finally consolidated his power, there was a lot of violence and street clashes.
So, bro, I don't know man. All I'm saying is that this can swing either way.
Tn Syed,
I had the same discussion over lunch last Friday with a Chinese associate of mine. I told him that, it is is stupid for the Chinese to sideline PERKASA because they are NGO not fighting for political power but defending of their Malay rights that is being eroded. BIG difference. He agree...
I told him it will be pitting the Malays against the Chinese for the next election which has got nothing to do with political parties. Your analysis is spot on and is in line with my opinion that I had viewed.
I told my associate, the biggest mistake that most non Malays make (that includes non Malays Malaysian and foreigners who resides in Malaysia) is when it comes to the push and the shove, Malay rights and culture is sacred. Never ever challenge that because even though Malay culture is genteel (beradab) we have taboo (pantang) when we are challenged (dicabar.
Keturunan Jebat
I notice that Pro-UMNO blogs totally IGNORE the issue of Corruption thats been going on and plaguing this country! WHY?
R U afraid to address this issue of massive corruption within the BN govt and hence committed by Malays (as all top positions are held by them). WHY ah?
If race+religion is no more an issue, you mean you will have nothing to write about? TQ
Yes, well said Tuan Syed, even with overwhelming majority of non-malay in Singapore, no motion was pass to deny Malay their constitutional rights. Why is that? Why aren't the chinese in Singapore removing such right even when they have the power to do so? Chinese have always been portrayed as opportunist by you, yet how come when such overwhelming opportunity arise, they did not repel this constitution? Are you wrong about the non-malay?
Now think again. In Malaysia there is an overwhelming Malay population. In another 20 years, Malaysia would probably be made up of 70% or more of Malays ( non-malay population are on the decline, whereas the Malay population are growing). In order to repel Article 153 of the Constitution, you need a 2/3 majority and THE AGONG CONSENT to repel that constitution. So how in the world is this constitution ever going to be repel? Even if there is a 2/3 vote to repel it, the Ruler will have to consent to it. Are you doubting our Agong?
So aren't you just playing up the fear?
Read many comments and believe many are misunderstood. One talked about Singapore having the same constitution as Malaysia as far as article 153 is concerned.
If you care to be open minded go to Singapore and compare what special rights Malays have there. Singapore interprete article 153 as it is meant to be.
A global business Chinaman Singapore gets free Education all the way from Primary to University while the rest Chinese and Indians have to pay. They get 50% discount for tuition classes to improve themselves. They only thing they do not get is to get "free" rides if they are NOT QUALIFIED and unable to compete. Today, Singapore Malays stand tall. A successful Singapore Malay is a self made Malay.
How do the many Ibrahim Alis or many of the bloggers interpret article 153? Tell us, what have you not got from the government coffers that have been paid for by ALL MALAYSIANS much of it from non Malays too.
From Military to every GLCs, scholarships etc etc . You need only to get the figures and compare!
Just the mere announcements like Syed said, giving some money ( a tiny fraction of what Uitm gets) is already giving money to the Chinese. If that kind of thinking pervades even by Syed ... God save us all.
Nurul challenged IA and TDM to clarify what article 153 really means. They both chicken out.
YOu dare to challenge Nurul?
Yes, as it is, nothing has changed. The tons of Little Napoleans are still in place to "protect" Malay Interests being it Pakatan or UMNO wins the next general election.
We all know that the real battle is not non Malays vs Malays. The real fight are Malays vs Malays.
It is just a matter of we, Chinese, will choose those that take care of our interests.
If the money spent all these years have been well spent on the Malays... the billions, today Malays would stand tall. You need Perkasa to spew nonsense and many are taken in by it.
As it is, many talented are moving overseas amidst all these rubbish arguments about Malay rights for this and that... talk only not even action can solicit such anger!
Yes, many among us are talking about how and where to invest our money... and where our children will work. It is best to work in high income countries paying developed country wages than ... going Zimbabwe say kind of salaries with glass ceiling.
Today it is a globalised world ... no more katak dibawah tempurung.
Everthing Malaysian.. is dropping if you are so blind not to notice.
Go ahead...
Oh Syed, it is so amusing. What you described is just like watching Tom & Jerry. It is just a cartoon show, khayalan and nothing more.
Tak payah bersusah payah dengan theori-theori khayalan kamu, senang saja kalau nak menang undi semua, jangan tipu, jangan korup, jangan laga-lagakan antara kaum tetapi kerja keras, tulus dan ikhlas, sopan santun dan berbudi bahasa! Senang aje Dok! Ini pulak pandai ber"think-tank"! Ibrahim Ali tu perlu di senyapkan, TDM bersaralah, dah beratusan juta di punyai! Cukuplah! Melayu takkan hilang walaupun kamu ni doakan!
Malaysia always lose out because we still have so many stick to old bad mentality!! The country is in rampant corruption...millions ..&...billions were siphoned from government coffer...crime rates are high...education in downhill...
Yet many out there still supporting this government. What hope do we have for the future?
Keeping shouting about melay first..perkasa...the corrupted leaders ..cronies are continuing siphoning money out of country...!!!
Auntie ah, the chinese are very good in maths. In numbers alone they concede the dominance of muslims. What they will not tolerate or concede is the stinking corruption of umno, who keeps using the race card to bully, to do whatever at their expense. sam@yahoo.com
I see all the 'globalised' Malaysian showing its head now. All is alright when everyone are on equal footing and making Singapore as a point of reference.
Equal footing my behind. Tell me the name of Malay General in the Singaporean Army or the name of a Malay Minister in the Singaporean Cabinet?
Fear mongering? Exactly. The facts are that the Chinese are now asking more then its fair share of the cake, it already has an already a strangle hold on the economy now it wants political power as well and we all know how the Chinese will respect others of their religious freedom and human rights and of course they will share their political powers with others as well, just look at Singapore, I shouldn't worry because they will also respect the relevance of the Sultans to the Malays community won't they? A republic Malaysia, hah!! they wouldn't think about it right? Wrong!! Take your head out of the ground folks.
The Malays has over 50 yrs taken care of this nation and its people delicately equaling every race and religion of the same opportunity and share.
How about the Chinese drop its equal rights agenda and the Malays will stop insisting on our rights to the nation? Or whoever wish to compare us to other 'greener' nations would do well to move there permanently and tell me about it over a ever deletable email.
p.s. Who the foot does Nurul think she is?
WOW!!! Seems like so many Malays are spooked by Dr. M and Perkasa. If these Malay comrades of yours can calm down and rationalise, I believe many will realise that a big majority of the non-Malays (and I mean big enough to knock sense into any radical non-Malays) are happy to have capable Malays take the lead. The non-Malays are just soooo tired and fed-up about the corruptions that is being perpetrated by Barisan Nasional (read UMNO AND MCA, MIC et. al.) They just want to be able to lead a decent life, go about their own business, not worry about the safety of their children and themselves. If they are poor, they just want to have an equal opportunity to get assistance from government and not be denied just because of their race. Believe me, there are many poor non-Malays out there, just as there are poor Malays. Poverty does not discriminate.
This is not an issue of one race against another. It is an issue of all Malaysians against the corrupted lot (members of Barisan Nasional who are Malays, Chinese, Indians, et. al.) who are running the federal government and certain states.
It is not an issue about Malay lose out and non-Malay gain. The Malays need to shed the mentality that in any tussle, someone must lose in order for you to win. There is this concept of WIN-WIN ... no one loses ... except for corrupted politicians.
I am flabbergast that Malays still think highly of the UMNO politicians, including Dr. M. If they are so great and really take an interest in the general Malay population, please ask these UMNO politicians why are they sending their children and grandchildren to be educated overseas instead of studying in the local universities. Are universities like University Malaya, etc. not good enough for their children? And this is not an issue about these UMNO VIPs being rich and able to afford overseas education. It is about whether these UMNO VIPS who are rich and powerful have faith in the Malaysian education system to educate their own children. If they don't even have that faith, why are they asking the general Malay population to send their children to local universities. Are these politicians from UMNO really interested in the welfare of Malays? Or are they more interested to join hands with their Malay, Chinese, Indian cohorts, to plunder the country's wealth and rob the Malaysian population blind.
And do the Malays have enough faith and courage to believe that there are other capable and better leaders among the Malays who are not from UMNO and who have the general Malaysian's (i.e. Malay, Chinese, Indian, et. al) welfare at heart, who can lead them and lead Malaysia. There are more than 10 million Malays in Malaysia and I believe I can find many much more capable non-UMNO Malays who can lead Malaysia in a fair and just manner and who are colour and race blind. I am not a Malay and I will follow the lead of such Malay leaders to bring Malaysian out of the mess created by Barisan Nasional into the global theatre. Are you?
WOW!!! Seems like so many Malays are spooked by Dr. M and Perkasa. If these Malay comrades of yours can calm down and rationalise, I believe many will realise that a big majority of the non-Malays (and I mean big enough to knock sense into any radical non-Malays) are happy to have capable Malays take the lead. The non-Malays are just soooo tired and fed-up about the corruptions that is being perpetrated by Barisan Nasional (read UMNO AND MCA, MIC et. al.) They just want to be able to lead a decent life, go about their own business, not worry about the safety of their children and themselves. If they are poor, they just want to have an equal opportunity to get assistance from government and not be denied just because of their race. Believe me, there are many poor non-Malays out there, just as there are poor Malays. Poverty does not discriminate.
This is not an issue of one race against another. It is an issue of all Malaysians against the corrupted lot (members of Barisan Nasional who are Malays, Chinese, Indians, et. al.) who are running the federal government and certain states.
It is not an issue about Malay lose out and non-Malay gain. The Malays need to shed the mentality that in any tussle, someone must lose in order for you to win. There is this concept of WIN-WIN ... no one loses ... except for corrupted politicians.
I am flabbergast that Malays still think highly of the UMNO politicians, including Dr. M. If they are so great and really take an interest in the general Malay population, please ask these UMNO politicians why are they sending their children and grandchildren to be educated overseas instead of studying in the local universities. Are universities like University Malaya, etc. not good enough for their children? And this is not an issue about these UMNO VIPs being rich and able to afford overseas education. It is about whether these UMNO VIPS who are rich and powerful have faith in the Malaysian education system to educate their own children. If they don't even have that faith, why are they asking the general Malay population to send their children to local universities. Are these politicians from UMNO really interested in the welfare of Malays? Or are they more interested to join hands with their Malay, Chinese, Indian cohorts, to plunder the country's wealth and rob the Malaysian population blind.
And do the Malays have enough faith and courage to believe that there are other capable and better leaders among the Malays who are not from UMNO and who have the general Malaysian's (i.e. Malay, Chinese, Indian, et. al) welfare at heart, who can lead them and lead Malaysia. There are more than 10 million Malays in Malaysia and I believe I can find many much more capable non-UMNO Malays who can lead Malaysia in a fair and just manner and who are colour and race blind. I am not a Malay and I will follow the lead of such Malay leaders to bring Malaysian out of the mess created by Barisan Nasional into the global theatre. Are you?
WOW!!! Seems like so many Malays are spooked by Dr. M and Perkasa. If these Malay comrades of yours can calm down and rationalise, I believe many will realise that a big majority of the non-Malays (and I mean big enough to knock sense into any radical non-Malays) are happy to have capable Malays take the lead. The non-Malays are just soooo tired and fed-up about the corruptions that is being perpetrated by Barisan Nasional (read UMNO AND MCA, MIC et. al.) They just want to be able to lead a decent life, go about their own business, not worry about the safety of their children and themselves. If they are poor, they just want to have an equal opportunity to get assistance from government and not be denied just because of their race. Believe me, there are many poor non-Malays out there, just as there are poor Malays. Poverty does not discriminate.
This is not an issue of one race against another. It is an issue of all Malaysians against the corrupted lot (members of Barisan Nasional who are Malays, Chinese, Indians, et. al.) who are running the federal government and certain states.
It is not an issue about Malay lose out and non-Malay gain. The Malays need to shed the mentality that in any tussle, someone must lose in order for you to win. There is this concept of WIN-WIN ... no one loses ... except for corrupted politicians.
I am flabbergast that Malays still think highly of the UMNO politicians, including Dr. M. If they are so great and really take an interest in the general Malay population, please ask these UMNO politicians why are they sending their children and grandchildren to be educated overseas instead of studying in the local universities. Are universities like University Malaya, etc. not good enough for their children? And this is not an issue about these UMNO VIPs being rich and able to afford overseas education. It is about whether these UMNO VIPS who are rich and powerful have faith in the Malaysian education system to educate their own children. If they don't even have that faith, why are they asking the general Malay population to send their children to local universities. Are these politicians from UMNO really interested in the welfare of Malays? Or are they more interested to join hands with their Malay, Chinese, Indian cohorts, to plunder the country's wealth and rob the Malaysian population blind.
And do the Malays have enough faith and courage to believe that there are other capable and better leaders among the Malays who are not from UMNO and who have the general Malaysian's (i.e. Malay, Chinese, Indian, et. al) welfare at heart, who can lead them and lead Malaysia. There are more than 10 million Malays in Malaysia and I believe I can find many much more capable non-UMNO Malays who can lead Malaysia in a fair and just manner and who are colour and race blind. I am not a Malay and I will follow the lead of such Malay leaders to bring Malaysian out of the mess created by Barisan Nasional into the global theatre. Are you?
WOW!!! Seems like so many Malays are spooked by Dr. M and Perkasa. If these Malay comrades of yours can calm down and rationalise, I believe many will realise that a big majority of the non-Malays (and I mean big enough to knock sense into any radical non-Malays) are happy to have capable Malays take the lead. The non-Malays are just soooo tired and fed-up about the corruptions that is being perpetrated by Barisan Nasional (read UMNO AND MCA, MIC et. al.) They just want to be able to lead a decent life, go about their own business, not worry about the safety of their children and themselves. If they are poor, they just want to have an equal opportunity to get assistance from government and not be denied just because of their race. Believe me, there are many poor non-Malays out there, just as there are poor Malays. Poverty does not discriminate.
This is not an issue of one race against another. It is an issue of all Malaysians against the corrupted lot (members of Barisan Nasional who are Malays, Chinese, Indians, et. al.) who are running the federal government and certain states.
It is not an issue about Malay lose out and non-Malay gain. The Malays need to shed the mentality that in any tussle, someone must lose in order for you to win. There is this concept of WIN-WIN ... no one loses ... except for corrupted politicians.
I am flabbergast that Malays still think highly of the UMNO politicians, including Dr. M. If they are so great and really take an interest in the general Malay population, please ask these UMNO politicians why are they sending their children and grandchildren to be educated overseas instead of studying in the local universities. Are universities like University Malaya, etc. not good enough for their children? And this is not an issue about these UMNO VIPs being rich and able to afford overseas education. It is about whether these UMNO VIPS who are rich and powerful have faith in the Malaysian education system to educate their own children. If they don't even have that faith, why are they asking the general Malay population to send their children to local universities. Are these politicians from UMNO really interested in the welfare of Malays? Or are they more interested to join hands with their Malay, Chinese, Indian cohorts, to plunder the country's wealth and rob the Malaysian population blind.
And do the Malays have enough faith and courage to believe that there are other capable and better leaders among the Malays who are not from UMNO and who have the general Malaysian's (i.e. Malay, Chinese, Indian, et. al) welfare at heart, who can lead them and lead Malaysia. There are more than 10 million Malays in Malaysia and I believe I can find many much more capable non-UMNO Malays who can lead Malaysia in a fair and just manner and who are colour and race blind. I am not a Malay and I will follow the lead of such Malay leaders to bring Malaysian out of the mess created by Barisan Nasional into the global theatre. Are you?
Please lah Syed, 90% to 99% of police force and military are Malays. Are you kidding my primary schooled sons and your primary schooled grandsons and other people primary schooled sons and grandsons that non-malays will takeover and control Malaysia. Please lah all my malay brothers and sisters are you all so naive to think that non-malays will able to takeaway your rights.
I think your analysis is flawed and baseless in worrying that Malay may lose political power. In the first instance, the majority of the population are Malay and Muslims, and never a non-Muslims would be voted in as PM. In view of the strong racial sentiment, or even before that, a non-Muslim would never dream of becoming PM as they know it is a very hot seat. Furthermore, the rights of the minority are constitutionally constrained; their balls shrunk everytime they were scolded and mocked in the public. They have shrunk to a squirrel, and a squirrel does not want any problem just a peaceful life for himself and his children. So, what power to be lost since this power is enshrined in the constitution in favor of Malays? Two sources of this worry; 1) Political worry and 2) the inflexibility of the race to adapt to the onslaught of globalization. The first source is understood, but the second source poses a great challenge to the race. This is not well understood or denied by politicians. It is not the minority wants the loosening up of affirmative action, but the businesses and economics as a whole require this to make one competitive. MNCs refuses to come as they are not allowed to market locally if the policy is not followed. Students and skills cannot be advanced if academicians are not allowed to be critical. Malays in Singapore live a modern and peaceful live since independent as they do not have to worry of racial hatred bred by any party. What they want is a modern, developed country with plenty of economic opportunity for themselves and their children. What's more if the country is ruled by other race but it is more developed and prosperous than the previous regime, do you want the latter or the former?
Please stop this racial hatred and spread something useful for our country. We have been independent for more than half a decade, and yet we are still infighting among ourselves. How to achieve developed status if I do not trust you and you do not trust me?
I am a Muslim, and please spread what the Prophet told us to do...
Tuan Syed,
You article is rather shallow and you missed the point by miles. Wait for RPK to whack you on his next article.
Congratulations Mr Syed for putting more fear into the simpleton Malays,you can't bluff the learned Malays though.Perhaps I should help you to bring to new height Malays must fear - new PM is Orang Asli,new IGP is chinese,all mentri besars are indians,all civil servants are sikhs,portugese,dayaks,melanau,orang laut,bajau,all MPs are mat salleh,all army/police are whatever.....scary scenario isn't it Syed?Let's go and scare the hell out of them.
Don't fool yourself that if the Malays are united, there will be utopia. Politics in Malaysia from the days of the Malacca Sultanate up to the present age is not about the ordinary Malay people. It's about the elites. The ordinary Malays are just cannon fodder regarded merely as material to be expended in wars between the elitist themselves.
UMNO is a party still teetered to a feudalistic and tribalistic mentality. UMNO's struggle in the beginning was mostly inspired by teachers but when Mahathir became the leader, UMNO was transformed into a party for businessmen and cronies. Matters came to a head when the original UMNO was disbanded. The present UMNO is a bastardised party comprising of selfish rent-seekers and rabble-rousers. The founders of the original UMNO, Tunku Abdul Rahman and another former PM Tun Hussein Onn was prevented from joining the new UMNO. It is no secret that within UMNO Baru there are serious divisions and factionalism. It is the only party in this country where territorial rivalries between different factions has resulted in murders and practice in witchcrafts. Think of Mona Affendi and Sports Minister cases and you will find that the party is all about the struggle for power and riches between the elites.
The NEP that was supposed to benefit the poor of all races was hijacked and diverted by UMNO Baru to create a club of UMNOputra billionaires with the help of non-Malay supercronies. If the NEP have been implemented properly, the country would have peace and prosperity for all races, but unfortunately the elites are getting richer and despotic while the ordinary Malays are struggling and becoming more insecure.
Now coming back to my earlier assertion that the elitist Malays have never known to have unity among themselves. Prior to the advent of the imperialists, the Malay elites had been waging wars and killing themselves and the poor and ordinary Malays served as cannon fodders. There was no peace in the land and there was a time when a neighbouring state like Thailand were controlling a third of the Malay Peninsular. Even during the Sultanate days wars was the preoccupation of the Malay elites that they had to turn to the Chinese emperor to protect them. And when the British came the Malay elites were willing to surrender their powers to the British for their own protection. Let's be frank about it: if not for the British, there would never be a Malaysia. What would happen is that the Malay elites will just control two-thirds of the Malay peninsular but never united. But now with independence from colonialism Malaysia is now more than 160% of its original territories. So colonialism is a blessing actually.
Now the Malay and non-Malay elites are making a lot of noises that the immigrant races such as the Chinese and Indians are depriving them of the unity that they never have. The fact of the matter is that the immigrant races are being scapegoated for all the problems of the country. Okay expel all the Chinese and Indians back to China and India so that an utopia of peace and prosperity will ascend on this land. Fat hope. Malays will fight against Malays and finally the Indonesians will colonised the country. So for the ordinary Malays, don't ever trust the elites. They have never had a place for the ordinary people.
Whether you are an ordinary Malay, Chinese, Indian or others, we are not at war. It is the elites from the ruling parties and their super non-Malay super-cronies that are fanning the flames of distrust for their own selfish interests.
I know that deep down Nazri has a very patriotic feeling towards the Malay. And Loyal to his leader. That is why since he appears to be having major differences with PERKASA and Utusan, two Malay bastions, he could be a hindrance to Najib's effort to consolidate Malay siport. I would suggest that Nazri offer to resign to PM. A vital decision by Najib on his offer could determine whether he is a liability or an asset to Najib's team..
Nazri should offer to resign.
tuan syed,
do you know when nazri knocks perkasa, utusan, tun m, and those fanatics he is just doing what najib has given the go-ahead?
najib knows bn cannot win w/o support from other races as well. people like tun m and ib ali are not helping.
fyi, perkasa with its divisive ideology will only speed us into the Club Of Doom which you wrote so much about.
"indian vote of no consequence" hah? guess some people have not learned..
Don't fool yourself that if the Malays are united, there will be utopia. Politics in Malaysia from the days of the Malacca Sultanate up to the present age is not about the ordinary Malay people. It's about the elites. The ordinary Malays are just cannon fodder regarded merely as material to be expended in wars between the elitist themselves.
UMNO is a party still teetered to a feudalistic and tribalistic mentality. UMNO's struggle in the beginning was mostly inspired by teachers but when Mahathir became the leader, UMNO was transformed into a party for businessmen and cronies. Matters came to a head when the original UMNO was disbanded. The present UMNO is a bastardised party comprising of selfish rent-seekers and rabble-rousers. The founders of the original UMNO, Tunku Abdul Rahman and another former PM Tun Hussein Onn was prevented from joining the new UMNO. It is no secret that within UMNO Baru there are serious divisions and factionalism. It is the only party in this country where territorial rivalries between different factions has resulted in murders and practice in witchcrafts. Think of Mona Affendi and Sports Minister cases and you will find that the party is all about the struggle for power and riches between the elites.
The NEP that was supposed to benefit the poor of all races was hijacked and diverted by UMNO Baru to create a club of UMNOputra billionaires with the help of non-Malay supercronies. If the NEP have been implemented properly, the country would have peace and prosperity for all races, but unfortunately the elites are getting richer and despotic while the ordinary Malays are struggling and becoming more insecure.
Now coming back to my earlier assertion that the elitist Malays have never known to have unity among themselves. Prior to the advent of the imperialists, the Malay elites had been waging wars and killing themselves and the poor and ordinary Malays served as cannon fodders. There was no peace in the land and there was a time when a neighbouring state like Thailand were controlling a third of the Malay Peninsular. Even during the Sultanate days wars was the preoccupation of the Malay elites that they had to turn to the Chinese emperor to protect them. And when the British came the Malay elites were willing to surrender their powers to the British for their own protection. Let's be frank about it: if not for the British, there would never be a Malaysia. What would happen is that the Malay elites will just control two-thirds of the Malay peninsular but never united. But now with independence from colonialism Malaysia is now more than 160% of its original territories. So colonialism is a blessing actually.
Now the Malay and non-Malay elites are making a lot of noises that the immigrant races such as the Chinese and Indians are depriving them of the unity that they never have. The fact of the matter is that the immigrant races are being scapegoated for all the problems of the country. Okay expel all the Chinese and Indians back to China and India so that an utopia of peace and prosperity will ascend on this land. Fat hope. Malays will fight against Malays and finally the Indonesians will colonised the country. So for the ordinary Malays, don't ever trust the elites. They have never had a place for the ordinary people.
Whether you are an ordinary Malay, Chinese, Indian or others, we are not at war. It is the elites from the ruling parties and their super non-Malay super-cronies that are fanning the flames of distrust for their own selfish interests.
Don't fool ourselves that if the Malays are united, there will be utopia. Politics in Malaysia from the days of the Malacca Sultanate up to the present age is not about the ordinary Malay people. It's about the elites. The ordinary Malays are just cannon fodder regarded merely as material to be expended in wars between the elitist themselves.
UMNO is a party still teetered to a feudalistic and tribalistic mentality. UMNO's struggle in the beginning was mostly inspired by teachers but when Mahathir became the leader, UMNO was transformed into a party for businessmen and cronies. Matters came to a head when the original UMNO was disbanded. The present UMNO is a bastardised party comprising of selfish rent-seekers and rabble-rousers. The founders of the original UMNO, Tunku Abdul Rahman and another former PM Tun Hussein Onn was prevented from joining the new UMNO. It is no secret that within UMNO Baru there are serious divisions and factionalism. It is the only party in this country where territorial rivalries between different factions has resulted in murders and practice in witchcrafts. Think of Mona Affendi and Sports Minister cases and you will find that the party is all about the struggle for power and riches between the elites.
The NEP that was supposed to benefit the poor of all races was hijacked and diverted by UMNO Baru to create a club of UMNOputra billionaires with the help of non-Malay supercronies. If the NEP have been implemented properly, the country would have peace and prosperity for all races, but unfortunately the elites are getting richer and despotic while the ordinary Malays are struggling and becoming more insecure. … (to be continued)
… continued:
Now coming back to my earlier assertion that the elitist Malays have never known to have unity among themselves. Prior to the advent of the colonists, the Malay elites had been waging wars and killing themselves and the poor and ordinary Malays served as cannon fodders. There was no peace in the land and there was a time when a neighbouring state like Thailand were controlling a third of the Malay Peninsular. Even during the Sultanate days wars was the preoccupation of the Malay elites that they had to turn to the Chinese emperor to protect them. And when the British came the Malay elites were willing to surrender their powers to the British for their own protection. Let's be frank about it: if not for the British, there would never be a Malaysia. What would happen is that the Malay elites will just control two-thirds of the Malay peninsular but never united. But now with independence from the British Malaysia is now more than 160% of its original territorial size. So colonialism is a blessing actually.
Now the Malay and their dependent non-Malay elites are making a lot of noises that the immigrant races such as the Chinese and Indians are depriving them of the unity that they never have. The fact of the matter is that the immigrant races are being scapegoated for all the problems of the country. Okay expel all the Chinese and Indians back to China and India so that an utopia of peace and prosperity will ascend on this land. Fat hopes: Malays will fight against Malays and finally the Indonesians will colonised the country. So for the ordinary Malays, don't ever trust the elites. They have never had a place for the ordinary people.
Whether you are an ordinary Malay, Chinese, Indian or others, we are not at war. It is the elites from the ruling parties and their super non-Malay super-cronies that are fanning the flames of distrust for their own selfish interests.
to me, i wish what you wrote is true. unfortunately, i'm just too paranoid. but i believe i'm not 'blind' because the 'clues' are just too obvious to me.
what i see is that there is a coup in plan, or has been planned. a political, economical and a total coup.
when certain 'characters' in the country are streamlining their 'actions' so obvious, i can't help but to see these 'actions' are not by chance, but by conspiracy. hey, they even bring in that 'virgin' to help do the talking!
when even that big fall guy of penang in mac 2008 also moved his mouth following those umno's 'farters' last week, you can see that the current administration are in accord to start killing alternative views and needs of the traditional malays.
"… the MCA’s confrontational attitude has only fueled even more worry in the psychology that fuels Perkasa …", to me, it is by design.
they want to make perkasa run amok and bet they will react unwisely, then there will be reason for arrest. and i believe this time will be a total kill for groups like perkasa, bloggers and even that great statesman.
the total gain and benefits in the offering table is just too attempting and big to let go, i.e. the so called nem, gtp, etp … etc national assets selling out stuff.
the mca, gerakan, non-malay businesses, so called 'liberal' malays and all going to be 'beneficiaries', just want the big cake out of this mega-looting.
you want to convince me that they will let one perkasa to ruin all their wet dreams?
"…the MCA cannot see through this, they are dumber than I thought…", tuan, they not only see through, they see thoroughly. by killing all these traditional umno supporters and groups, there will be a new start for them which can never happen before.
first i would say is that who says a scandalous and shameless mca president should not be given ministerial or cabinet posts!
while for other aspects, it would be endless possibilities.
who say need to reserved 30% quotas!
who say foreigner 49% only!
who says the country must be run by the malay!
who says must speak malay!
who says must be islamic country!
etc! etc! etc!
and this is not unimaginable because we have read things like this before, and some even witnessed it.
the thing is, i'm starting giving up, because i don't see a way out of this hell broke mess at the moment.
hope i'm wrong! prove me wrong!
Actually the malays hold onto power stems from 2 sources: Malays are majority in this country. Secondly, the Constitution guarantees the rights of the malays to rule this land. So why must the malays worried about losing power. Actually, what malays, as a whole, should worry about is holding onto decent jobs that will guarantee them a decent lifestyle. From all the blogs I have gone thru, there is just too much politicking in this country. It is time that all malaysians irrespective of race and religion should come together and rebuild the economy of this country. I don't know how old are you. Syed. May be you don't know that right up to 1978, RM1=SGD1.05. Today 1SGD=RM2.35. What have gone wrong to this country. Today most developed countries, even Britain is contemplating, requiring Malaysians to enter their countries with countries with visas. That lump us together with countries like India and African countries meaning poor countries. Wake up, Malaysians. We have alot of catching to do.
Syed,
What you are expounding has the hallmark of TDM. The culture of fear-mongering will not work this time, especially on educated malay like myself.
Perkasa is a political party hiding behind NGO because it is not sure of the malays support. TDM, Perkasa and yourself keep using race to unite us. What about using a more noble cause of eliminating corruption and bad governance as the platform? Well, you know you will loose if you use the noble platform.
Thank you.
A proud Anak Tanjong under DAP state government.
Dear Sir,
I am a third generation Chinese Malaysian on my father's side, and Penang Peranakan on my mother's side, who have lived in Malaya and Patani for hundreds of years. In today's social classification, I'm considered Chinese.
I can tell you frankly, that the Chinese do not care who rules the country. We do not care if it's a Malay/Indian/Chinese/male/female PM, nor if the whole civil service were composed of overwhelming Malay numbers. We don't. We do not want political hegemony, we do not want any dominance. We do not want to repeal Article 153, we do not want to remove the special position of the natives and Malays. We don't. To put it cynically, we do not stand to gain a jot from it.
All we want is to live in peace, to raise our families, to work for prosperity, and to be accepted, if not as equals in position, as equal citizens. We care not that Malays are given more consideration in getting scholarships and first dips in the economic cake. Because the special position, which, I think, during pre-Independence, meant poverty because of the lack of opportunity. But to accept wealthy Malays getting freebies by virtue of their ethnicity? To keep silent when there's corruption by top Malay politicians? All in the name of the special position? The special position was there because it was a special POSITION. Not rights. Not because of your race, sir. It was because your people had been deprived of their opportunities in the colonial days. I am the grandson of a fisherman. He lived in a fisherman's hut in a Malay kampung in Melaka. So my father's people were poor too. And aid is for the poor. But the Malays were overwhelmingly poor. And thus the special POSITION.
Perkasa encourages labeling us as demanding, biadap immigrants. I think that some of us, especially the Peranakan and Portugis Serani have been living here in Malaya longer than some of the first, second or third generation Achehnese, Javanese, Bugis or Minangkabau that are now considered bumiputra.
It's not about race. It's about management of our nation. It's sickening to see how such a wealthy nation is reduced to wallowing in such mismanagement. I want a Malaysia that has a living standard like that of my friends in Scandinavia. Low corruption, swift and equal justice, respect for the man on the street (or at least no disrespect),quality education, adequate hospitals.
Malays will never lose power in Malaysia. That's a numerical fact. The question is: will you ever manage the country well? And how will you do so? Do you have the will to come out of the high walls surrounding your castle? Are you wiling to take a good honest look at your policies now and take action? Or will you continue your ineffective, badly implemented, fear-ridden policies in the name of racial security (or racial leadership?)?
Dear Sir,
I am a third generation Chinese Malaysian on my father's side, and Penang Peranakan on my mother's side, who have lived in Malaya and Patani for hundreds of years. In today's social classification, I'm considered Chinese.
I can tell you frankly, that the Chinese do not care who rules the country. We do not care if it's a Malay/Indian/Chinese/male/female PM, nor if the whole civil service were composed of overwhelming Malay numbers. We don't. We do not want political hegemony, we do not want any dominance. We do not want to repeal Article 153, we do not want to remove the special position of the natives and Malays. We don't. To put it cynically, we do not stand to gain a jot from it.
All we want is to live in peace, to raise our families, to work for prosperity, and to be accepted, if not as equals in position, as equal citizens. We care not that Malays are given more consideration in getting scholarships and first dips in the economic cake. Because the special position, which, I think, during pre-Independence, meant poverty because of the lack of opportunity. But to accept wealthy Malays getting freebies by virtue of their ethnicity? To keep silent when there's corruption by top Malay politicians? All in the name of the special position? The special position was there because it was a special POSITION. Not rights. Not because of your race, sir. It was because your people had been deprived of their opportunities in the colonial days. I am the grandson of a fisherman. He lived in a fisherman's hut in a Malay kampung in Melaka. So my father's people were poor too. And aid is for the poor. But the Malays were overwhelmingly poor. And thus the special POSITION.
Perkasa encourages labeling us as demanding, biadap immigrants. I think that some of us, especially the Peranakan and Portugis Serani have been living here in Malaya longer than some of the first, second or third generation Achehnese, Javanese, Bugis or Minangkabau that are now considered bumiputra.
It's not about race. It's about management of our nation. It's sickening to see how such a wealthy nation is reduced to wallowing in such mismanagement. I want a Malaysia that has a living standard like that of my friends in Scandinavia. Low corruption, swift and equal justice, respect for the man on the street (or at least no disrespect),quality education, adequate hospitals.
Malays will never lose power in Malaysia. That's a numerical fact. The question is: will you ever manage the country well? And how will you do so? Do you have the will to come out of the high walls surrounding your castle? Are you wiling to take a good honest look at your policies now and take action? Or will you continue your ineffective, badly implemented, fear-ridden policies in the name of racial security (or racial leadership?)?
Why are we all harping on the malay vs non malay ?
We should be looking at the track record of the management of the country.
The BN gov has not done a good job.We are being left behind by our neighbours like Thailand and Indonesia. All this is because the gov has no will to do what is right.The economic pie is shrinking at a remarkable rate. Bumi contractors and suppliers are finding it hard to get jobs from the gov.
The Malays should not worry so much about the non malays. They should be more worried about the UMNO malays who are sucking to country dry with the over inflated pricing of tenders and jobs.It is the UMNO Malays and now the PERKASA Malays that are playing with sentiments for poilitcal gain.
The man on the street has no problems with the non malays.They are all Malaysians first.
What a rational Malay should be looking now is for a gov that can expand the economic pie for all.Not just the UMNO Malays.
As they say.. a small piece of a big pie is better then none of a small pie.
I voted for PAS and supported PAS in the last GE.
Coming election, i think i ll vote for UMNO coz PAS only cares about kebajikan of non-Malays.
Every issues brought up by PAS concern only about non-Malays.
They even withdraw their hudud yg telah sekian lama diperjuangkan coz takutkan lim kit kat dan karpal singh.
so, bye-bye PAS!
Syed,
You talking about Malaysia or Malaya?
The way you go talking about Malay rights, it seems that you hold the view that we are still in Malaya.
Thats why our friends in East Malaysia still think that the West Malaysian ketuanan is not helping them at all.
How come you are not talking about the NEP that was meant for the Bumiputeras (Orang Aslis, Bajaus, Melanaus, Malays, Kadazans, Kelabits etc)?
You know very well that the NEP was meant for the entire Bumiputera community (as priority) and also for the other ethnic communities in Malaysia.
You also know that UMNO hijacked the NEP just for one segment of an ethnic community in the Bumiputra group - creating corrupt politicians and cronies.
But now you ignore all these 'noble acts' of UMNO and still want to lobby for UMNO to be in power?
You want us all to make UMNO indispensable?
Try harder, for the younger generation know very well about what UMNO has done for the past 53 years and will decide if this 'dinosaur' needs to be given room to roam some more or be replaced with a fresh grouping that can bring about more equal distribution of opportunities for all
PARAMESWARA
I just fail to understand what fear there is for the Malays about losing their rights? They are the majority in the country and to think or having thoughts of losing their rights, i think its silly.
The non-Malays are basically fed up with the corruption in the UMNO / BN government. Rampant corruption, inefficiencies and wastages of valuable resources. The non-Malays were not questioning about Malay Reserve Land or NEP. NEP just needs to be revamped to reflect the current situation now. Its policies have to move with the times-lah.
Why? Because now we have a larger portions of middle-class educated Malays who can stand on their own. NEP should now focus on the poor Malaysians regardless of race. Provide them with a start or foundation to elevate them into a better social class.
Basically, the Malay thinking is sometimes too simplistic and I think they are a very sensitive lot. The non-Malays want an efficient, transparent government, a fair and just judiciary, a credible and less corrupt enforcement agencies. This is for the good of the Malays as well. Is that too much to ask?
Sadly the majority of Malays don't think this way. If the non-Malays criticize the Malays, it is deemed as questioning their rights. What rubbish and naive thinking.
Corruption, inefficiencies, rampant wastages and 'compromised' judiciary are now deeply entrenched in Malaysia. If the majority of the Malays can't see this or put a blind eye to it, the future of Malaysia is bleak, very bleak in fact.
How long can Malaysia afford these wastages? This is a question the majority of the Malays have to answer and get a grip with. Having a fair and just judiciary benefits not only the non-Malays but the Malays as well. Having a credible and efficient government machineries and police force benefits the Malays too.
The bottom line is the non-Malays are only criticizing the government of the day which is led by UMNO. They are not criticizing about Malay rights. NEP needs tweeking to include helping the poor from other races. Government tendering process needs to be transparent. Why? This will ensure our valuable resources are utilised in a most efficient and cost-effective way. Is that too much to ask by the non-Malays? Is that questioning the Malay rights? Think about it my Malay brothers.
From the comments I have read from the Malays, I come to the conclusion and understand why they are now where they are. They brought it upon themselves. Its hopeless to reason with the Malays. Their mindset sad to say its too simple and blinded by their so-called rights.
You can have all the rights you want. See who will respect your rights when the country is bankrupt, when the government is corrupt and inefficient, when there are rampant thefts and crime in the country, when the people can even speak in English, when the majority of the people (i.e. the Malays-lah) are lazy and only want easy $$ and many holidays but tak-nak kerja kuat.
Advice to the non-Malays, give the Malays their 'rights'. One day they will realise it has no-value except in BOLEHLAND only. Let them come and beg the rest of the world for aid when the situation comes which I am sure it will. Then we can trample and take away their rights.
Let the Malays fools and deceive their own. We just stand by the sidelines or from the outside and watch. When opportunity comes, we just take advantage of them.
After all, the non-Malays have been telling them the ills of the country but they put on a deaf ear. Cos they still don't trust the non-Malays. Sad future for the Malays.
I'm chinese. I really do not understand the UMNO/Perkasa Malay psyche. To them everything is about malay, malay and malay.
To them there is no notion of a nationhood of Malaysia where all citizens contribute and share the fruits of the nation. They find it fit to divide citizens into 2 categories - and to add to the confusion any indons/arabs/pakistanis can be "converted" into malays and automatically gain more privileges than existing 2nd class citizens who have been contributing for generations. Emphasis is given to the race instead of your fellow countrymen. Loyalty is given to the race not the country.
To them there is a constant fear of being politically dominated by others. Wake up! This is not going to happen. Malays consists of 60% of the population.
To them they will support any Malays as their political masters never mind the ones that are corrupted to the core, imbecile and incompetent.
Superb post Bro.
I like Perkasa because they scare the shit out of all the political parties both sides of the political divide.
That will keep the political parties on their toes and not take the majority Malay population for granted. Why do you folks think that DAP is courting the Malays in the suraus and mosque, something that they have never done before?
PERKASA hanya membela pihak berkuasa dan golongan korporat. Contoh, kalau anak kita menjadi mangsa kesilapan dan kecuaian sistem - seperti mati tertembak oleh peluru sesat polis, siapa akan membela kita? PERKASA? Tidak sama sekali! PERKASA akan membela pihak berkuasa. Akhir sekali rakyat marhaen (Melayu atau bukan Melayu) terpaksa berjumpa Karpal Singh jua. NGO yang kononnya pro-Melayu sebenarnya pro-pihak berkuasa. PERKASA ke, Persatuan Peguam Muslim ke, Persatuan Pengguna Islam ke. Contohnya dalam kes VK Lingam. Semua pihak NGO ini membela pihak Linagm dan Vincent Tan dalam isu video tersebut.
All the malays need to do is BE a True Muslim.His welfare in this world and the hereafter totally surrendered to God,he secure PEACE.
Perkasa ....porahh .
Dok kecoh pasal non malay and malay right ?
Nak tanya kat Katak and Syhit ..
Apa you all buat bila BN tolak beri royalti minyak pada kerajaan Pas Terengganu dan juga kerajaan pas Kelantan ?
Ini kes melayu bunuh melayu and so called PERKASA terus jadi GAY !!!!
Screw Perkasa !
PAS has the chance to lead Malays over UMNO.
But they failed the Malay when they sacrifice their "prinsip perjuangan Islam" for the sake of non-Malay votes.
They should lead in bringing up issues in PR instead of being followers of DAP and PKR.
Some ppl even said PAS is only keldai tunggangan.
They only function to clear rubbish when ceramahs is over or panjat pokok tampal poster.
What PAS did not realise, they have more bargaining power than DAP or PKR to decide on any issues in PR.
Malay rights, Malay political power etc. Malays Malays...hey in Malaysia there is also Malaysian of Chinese and Indian origins tau tak?
Malays is a race beset with a mentality and inferiority complex. I think this is what DR M said previously. Their minds are pre-occupied with the 'internal' enemies iaitu orang Cina, India dan lain-lain.
Looks like they have nothing better to do than picking on the other races. Malays are beyond help.
Why? When the non-Malays try to wake them up of the inefficiencies and corruption perpetrated by the UMNO/BN govt., they refuse to listen. They instead view it as non-Malays challenging their so-called rights. What crap and what blindness they are in. No point helping them-la my non-Malays brothers and sisters. Let the Malays 'slumber' in the Bolehland when external factors are forcing every country to improve and innovate. Here our Malays 'brothers and sisters' view us and our feedback as challenging their rights. They are beyond help. Let them go into extinction by their own doing.
we do not need another political party in the country....
we have enough too many already
i always stress this point... never blame the party/organisation... if u must blame ... then blame the humans in it .... blame the leader!
we cant blame BN but u can blame its leadership
same goes to DAP/PAS/etc... you cant blame the organisation... but u can blame the leadership
If the Rakyat is 'really' fed up with BN then why BN is still running the government...
Some say BN will loose and there are some who says that BN will win back Selangor and maintained support in other states including Sabah, Sarawak, Terengganu and also Perak.
Will BN win or loose is depends on the leadership's sincere plan for the Rakyat and the Country.
But since BN is still the rulling party... i suggest tht BN do the following:
1. Make MACC as an independent entity with board member from 'opposition', UNDP, and other individual that are not a member of any political party in the country
2. Make Malaysian Juridical System independent and no influence of government influence or payroll! Set up a task force for CHANGE!
3. Individiuals including ministers that was found guilty or money politics and corruption by the political party disciplinary board or MACC or etc must be terminated from their post and change to a better leader!
4. Revisit the RMK 10 budget!
5. Have an independent task force and audit the expenditure of RMK 10
6. Revisit 1 Malaysia Bhd's super mega plan
7. Revisit Greater KL's plan
8. Make sure no family members of political leaders having government projects.
9. Dont cut subsidy but do cost optimization on development projects!
10. stop wasting hundreds of billions for the past 15 over years!
BN win
or
PKR win
is irrelavant!
with this CHANGE initiatives then the Nation and the Rakyat will be safe if not KA BA BOOM!
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KUALA LUMPUR: National Civics Bureau (BTN) deputy director Hamim Husin is no longer fit to hold his position and should be sent for counselling and retraining, MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said.
He said Hamim did not understand the concept of democracy when he proclaimed Malay rights as a mandate to rule the country.
"He obviously does not know what democracy is all about. In a country that practises democracy, it is the rakyat who determines who rules the country," he said after the party presidential council meeting at Wisma MCA here Tuesday.
"Dr M warned that malays will lose power if PKR comes to power". Something to ponder!
At least, Singapore and Indonesian malays don't suffer "siege mentality". They want to be counted as equally competitive.
Syed, orang melayu Singapore yang tak hisap dadah tak mahu duk Malaysia lah. Sebab semua nya koman. Pencuri bermaharaja lela, Sistem pelajaran koman, orang sakit denggi, sepanjang masa kursus ugama dsb.Ya melayu tak akan hilang di dunia, tetapi yang hilang ialah melayu yang ada mutu.
bigot. that sums up who you are.
Tuan , good article..keep it up!
To all those who said the malays in singapore have equal opportunity - kiss my a$$ idiots!. Pls dont try to paint the wrong picture here when the FACTs are melayu singapore are repressed, sidelined in every little aspect of every affairs in spore be it politic, business, education, the list goes on and on. Can any of you chinese commentators here list down the names of famous cum successful malay politician or businessman from Spore? Yeah..i know ..cat got your tongue right?
It sickened me to read some chinese comments here- chinese dont want to take away malaysian malay rights so the malays have nothing to be afraid of..what a JOKE! when all around us, every day, the chinese and idiots of PKR(be is rakyat or politician) been barking about is exactly the opposite! EQUAL rights, equal this , equal that.
Well one thing is for sure. You CHINESE control economy. There is NO WAY that WE malay are gonna give you equal rights and let you control the COUNTRY as well. we have tolerated all these nonsense (demand tis and tat, endless complaints, etc) from the chinese (especially) far too long. I dont think if this country if ruled by DAP or PR, its gonna be any better..maybe worse and will be even worse for malays. I for one wouldnt want a pondan prime minister who main belakang ,enjoys bad mounthing his own country everywhere he goes just so people get distracted from his 'real' issues?
To you chinese, pls la..Just dont push you luck too much for you will regret it someday.
To those MALAYS who called themselves 'liberal malay (kononnya)' YOU will also regret, but you will regret THE MOST . You are no better than pengkhianat bangsa. Mark my words
syabas syed.. Perkasa mmg diperlukan, selagi bangsa Melayu belum capai tahap seperti yg kita harapkan..
seperti biasa cauvinis akan berlindung disebalik meritokrasi..
mereka persoalkan polis tapi mengapa tidak BAR counsil? mereka persoal Perkasa tp kenapa tidak DongZong? Mereka persoal pengetua rasis, tp adakah mereka buat2 tak tahu cerita guru Melayu dihina di sekolah Cina?Mereka persoal mat rempit (and so we are) tp kenapa diamkan sahaja gangsterisme/GRO/CD haram?Mereka kononnya golongan elit dan beradab, tp kenapa Nameewee yg biadab dibela? Nameewee dah buat kesalahan yg sangat serius..
Nameewee has a morality problem and a symbolic for barbarian who just learn the technology..so this guy is a Malaysian? ptuihhh!.kesalahan yg paling sukar dimaafkan ialah menghina Islam.. you need to be carefull about that Nameewee.. your enemy is just not the Malay but all muslims and people who against the immorality behavior
hi, do whatever u think you have to do. ini pandangan saya. 1 malaysia ni kena diperjelaskan dengan lebih jelas (sebagaimana kata dr.m ). sebab pada saya kita ni duduk di malaysia dan kita semestinya 1 malaysia. bagi kaum2 yang duduk di malaysia, mereka mempunyai hak untuk memperjuangkan hak masing-masing. yang penting, jangan ada berlaku pergaduhan dan pembunuhan dan perkara2 yang membawa mudaharat. apa yang penting semua pihak memperbetulkan apa yang tak betul. Pas ke, umno ke, dap ke, mca ke, mic ke, pkr ke.. u all nak perang mulut, perang.. tapi kerja mesti jalan.. jangan cakap tak serupa bikin. kita macam mana pun takde parti lain lagi, nilah parti2 yang akan memerintah... ops. saya sebenarnya nak komen pasal isu perkauman.. saya nak throw kepada semua.. kalau biarkan je sapa2 yang nak cakap pasal kaum mereka, menaikkan semangat kaum mereka supaya meningkatkan taraf hidup masing-masing dan meminta hak mereka.. biaq je la ..
Tuan Syed, are only Malays nationalists ? Can only Malays be nationalists? We the 3rd, 4th , 5th etc generation of so-called "pendatang" have grown roots in this beloved country, paid our taxes fairly, worked hard,and tried to integrate in to OneMalaysia but the so-called host race seem to be scared of losing supremacy, identity, power and what-nots.
Everything work for them. They are given priority in almost everything. Yet, they say that the "pendatang" failed them when actually their leaders have cheated them, giving them stipends and taking away other riches.
"Perkasa" is another invention/sponsor by these ultra rich Malays to secure their wealth and scare the day light off other Malays with non-Malay bogey men.
When do the non-Malays owe the Malays a living? Did the British policies favour the non-Malays? It is pure grit, refined ingenuity and a deep realisation that we have to make it for no government is going to bail us out in any situation.
A simple example; very few Malays save for their children's education for the simple reason that they can look to the government for scholarships etc. As young as in Form 1, they start to enjoy residential school where their parents pay a few ringgits.
BUT not for the non-Malays. From the day our children start to turn and crawl we save every sen and dollar, drag on with our 10, 15 year old Toyota Corolla or Proton Saga First Generation, wear non branded, slave on 2 or 3 jobs, fearing the day when the young fellas need the fund for their tertiary education. By so doing, the honour of saving is imbued in us.
"Perkasar" is getting more and more "kasar" by the day and this is not healthy for a multi-racial nation of peace loving majority.
Tuan Syed, thanks for the write-up.
May 13 was certainly a loss for every Malaysian. If everyone born after the tragedy has read a little bit about it, maybe they would have understood and appreciated why trust, understanding each other, respect, tolerance, and acceptance is very important in our life as Malaysians. Ours is still the best and the most unique, oneness a.k.a. togetherness in diversity. I always take pride in telling my friends from abroad that this is Malaysia, a beautiful multi-racial nation, even though at times it doesn`t seem the same again.
Honestly, I can understand the plight of the Malays but personally I think the problem was created by UMNO themselves and also their partners in BN. Everybody (the appointed/selected leaders) living in their comfort zone in peace and lavishness but at times totally forgetting to dwell into the lives of the poor, to look into their well being, in remote parts of the country, who also happen to be Malaysians. Where is the `amanah` to look after the welfare of these citizens? I am not chiding BN but PR too. For now you may seem to be clean but when in power, who knows. Even now the sign of corruption and misappropriation is also evident in PR.
The biggest culprits to this scenario as I have said earlier are of course the politicians, who think what other people do are always wrong. They are the instigators, the hate merchants, the destroyers of peace and harmony in the country. Sincerely if possible, I would like to live my in Malaysia minus them all.
I was just wondering where the weekly demonstrations has gone to? Maybe the demonstrators are busy trying to be administrators in their states. How would their life be if the citizens now demonstrate against the government they are running?
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