There is only one word to describe the politics of Malaysia - TRAGIC.
It is a TRAGEDY because everything else has moved on but our politics is still stucked in the post-colonial era. It is a tragedy we allow people like Rahim Tamby Chik to dictate our politics by inciting racial hatred and fear.
Chinese daily China Press on Sunday quoted Rahim as saying: “The Malays have never taken to the streets so do not force us to do so as we will draw our parang (machete) to defend the Ketuanan Melayu (Malay supremacy) in this country.” (Malaysiakini.com)
It is a TRAGEDY because the same set of rules does not apply for certain people in this country. Some leaders from a particular political party are immune to seditious law but not others. The police are investigating five Malaysians for posting seditious messages on the Internet. These include an email containing seditious remarks pertaining to race. The rest are a company director, whose company website carried a seditious posting, one ‘Dr Ng Seng’ who posted a seditious article on the Prime Minister’s Department’s website and student Wee Meng Chee for his satire of Negaraku posted on Youtube.
NONE from UMNO. Yes, we can understand why. MIGHT IS RIGHT!
It is a TRAGEDY because we have so many capable people and yet not many of them are around to serve the country. Coupled with our rich resources, Malaysia would have grown by leaps and bounds if not for our racial politics. Yet, politicians from a particular party said that nothing is wrong with our system. The rest merely nodded in silence, counting their agony.
It is a TRAGEDY because we cannot convey this message to the Malay community in the most rational language that the NEP is a cancer and not a cure to their problems. If 38 years of uninterrupted ability to implement the affirmative policy does not yield the desired outcome, surely the community must ask these self-proclaimed protectors of their race what has gone wrong.
It is a TRAGEDY because we are sitting still awaiting another TRAGEDY to hit us.
13 comments:
The system is killing the country, slowly but surely. And the momentum just picked up over the last 4 years.
Only divine intervention can help save this country from destruction.
Mat Bulat, a former information minister once says the malays will go amuk if their rights are challenged by other races. It will be interesting if he will lay the parang on his non malay spouse before convert.
We can start by enlightening our family(especially our children), friends and colleagues. They will in turn spread the message to their families, friends and colleagues.
We will not see the effect immediately but as long as this chain reaction keeps going, we will soon reach the tipping point.
It is utterly sad that these so called malaysians are trying to erase the Malay race from their only land Persekutuan Tanah Melayu. These immigrants are now propagating a Malay identity and NEP is a dirty word. But the real issue is opportunity to wealth and happiness . So let lets have a rethink and seek towards proportionate share of wealth amongst all races.
Anon 3.56pm,
Explain why u think we try to erase Malay race fr this country? And you contradicted urself by saying that we wanted to create a new Malay identity.
Yes, NEP is a dirty word unless you belonged to the elite group. You did not argue my point when I said that the NEP has disappointed many poor Malays and that is why many of them are still poor. Why can't proportionate wealth be shared when 30% has been allocated since the imposition of the policy?
Any new identity must come from the Malay themselves. Yes, we hope the Malays can reinvent their current identity because many of them needed to be acknowledged fairly. Unfortunately, the NEP has given a bad perception to the Malays and yet not all of them have benefited from it.
I argue that you can be happy if the policy really help all those in need regardless of race. Happiness and wealth must also include all Malaysians not Malays alone.
The NEP target of 30% wealth to the Malays was not successful as it could only benefit the few whom you call elites. The target should have been 60% along the line of the racial mix so that the proportionate goes across the board. Hence there should not be any room for greed - and everybody will be happy irrespective of race. On second thought why should the host share proportionately with his immigrant guest?
Anon 10.13pm,
You think if its 60% share the cake will be shared proportionately with the poor? Where did you get your logic? The elites will just be double rich.
Look at what they have done to you...you can't even reason.
Migrants? Yeah, the Indons maybe. Who do you mean by migrants here? But the (UMNO) government is very generous. They have given PR and citizenship to hundreds of thousands of Indonesians. Do you call them migrants?
The Malays constituting 60% of the population to be allocated 60% of the wealth and the balance to the non-Malays - you have any problem with that? Let's agree to the equitable proportionate sharing of the cake in principle before we move on to the next step of implementation.
Like the term 'Malaysian' and an Indonesian is a national of a country Indonesia. In Indonesia there are the various ethnic group of Malays and there are also a few chinese which are not an ethnic of Indonesia, as in Malaysia. The chinese are considered as foreigners and migrants in Indonesia, just as in Malaysia. This may be hard for you to swallow, truth hurts but it is better that matters be put into perspective
The 60% Malays given only 30% cake and 25% chinese holding 40% cake and still wanting for more. And you are confused over Indonesian who is a national of that country and the various races in the said country comprising mainly Malays of various ethnic group , and a small group of migrant chinese. Get the facts right
Guys, what to argue? You can achieves whatever you want without any "tongkak". Can you let go you "tongkak" before you argue with the statement? If you are NOT, please shut up!
WHILE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT NEP AND REQUEST FOR SPECIAL RIGHTS...INDONESIA, VIETNAM, THAILAND AND SINGAPORE ARE BUSY TO EXPAND THEIR CAKE INTO THE GLOBAL BUT NOT kampung anymore....
those are know to ask for "tongkak"is because they still asleep like a baby.
anon 9.40pm,
your brain has nothing else inside but 30% or 80%. that is why i am not surprised we get this type of views from you. too predictable. you should go and optimise your potential instead. ask what you can do for the nation and not what the nation can do for you...
Another boring and predictable cliche. We need to repeat it simply because you sre still in denial state.
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