It is indeed sad that despite the PM's express policy to build a united Malaysia we still have in our midst scums like Johari, Head of UMNO Titiwangsa Division.
The days of bigotry, racism and isolationism are over. We must as responsible citizens be concerned with not only in enriching ourselves but also for the welfare and development of others. Together, we can build a better and stronger nation where the peoples are loyal, dedicated and committed to the unity, harmony and peace among one another.
Malaya was born out of the tacit co-operation of the three major races - the Malays, Chinese and Indians. The British would not grant or was probably reluctant to grant independence to Malaya had the three ethnic groups not agreed with one another in governing the country together.
At that time, there was no question at all crossing the minds of all the leaders that one race attempting to exclude or discriminate against another from enjoying the benefits and resources of the country.
No one was to be deprived of his freedom, equality before the law and right to being treated equally with dignity as a citizen of the country.
But look at today, the original objective of Merdeka has been obliterated and sidelined. Certain avaricious "pendatang" from neighbouring and middle-east countries have assumed the false prominence and notion under the guise of nationalism of fighting for their security and places under the Malaysian sun by exploiting the weakness of the orang asli and indigenous people of the country for their selfish motives.
This very group branded and styled themselves as Malays after May 13, 1969, and ingeniously engineered the constitutional definition of Malay and the NEP so as to enrich themselves to the exclusion of others, created a lassez-faire class among themselves in the course who have to depend on the perpetual subsidies of the Government of the day, need not work hard and compete with the others and the world and robbing and squandering in the mean time the national resources for their own beneifts.
The country has awakened. The people are crying foul that they had been deprived of what that are due to them. They have remained tolerant for the past three or four decades so as to allow the UMNOputras to implement the objectives of the NEP. But instead, the nobility of the NEP had been distorted by certain bigoted political leaders along the way and today we see clearly the social economic needs of the masses have not been met. The development is very lop-sided.
Greed, corruption and ruthlessness have reared their ugly heads. The Malays are now saying that they have the inherent rights to special treatment and privileges. But they do not realise or feign to realise that these rights and privileges are only possible in an expanding economy.
The Malays have succeeded during the past five decades in attaining their supramacy in politics, government, economy and the business sectors and yet they are still trying to squeeze the remaining drops of blood from the marrows of the other races.
The warped social economic strategies of UMNO/BN are all wrong. Whatever strategies they put up now or attempting to put up now do not have the confidence and consensus of the people. The unholy coalition of BN has carved out a habit of not walking the talk. Look at the 1 Malaysia gimmick - there is so much of incongruencies within BN that very few people cares seriously about it.
The country is made strong through the blood and sweat of the early fathers of Malaya but within a matter of three generations, we are experiencing moral decadence which will if left unchecked destroy the nation of which we pride to be our own motherland.
Look at the rot within the UMNO/BN - corruption, avarice and abuse of power - have become the norms of the day and a way of life among the leaders, the civil servants, the police and the military. Look at the GLCs operating as conduits for siphoning funds into the pockets of the ruling parties or few. These pseudo-business organisations together form an insiduous consortium that helps the ruling the government to legimitise the flow of funds from the treasury to the pockets of the leaders under the guise of business. When they lose money, the public are made to pay and bail them out.
EPF is becoming the cash cow for the UMNO/BN putras. A lot of monies have been "borrowed" but we have yet to see how the Government or its agencies to make good the hard earned savings of the workers of Malaysia. So far EPF has been coerced to invest in overseas projects but not many are really generating profits and or dividends for the contributors. The funds have been managed by imbecile appointees and we trust the Auditor General would throw lights on its performance.
Interdependence must be fostered and encouraged to be fostered for future survival of the country. There must be sharing of power and equitable distribution of wealth. Scholarship and education should be opened or prised open for all. Remember all the public institutions of higher learning were builst and funded by public funds and therefore it is just not right to prevent qualified non-Malays to have access in pursuit and attaining their desired disciplines and specialisations.
By clinging to the NEP, UMNO/BN are just destroying the country in the long run. Let us not be kidded by what they say, think and do. Unless they harmonise what they think, say and do, nothing will come out successfully from this unholy alliance.
So unless they change, they must be voted out. Let us not mince our word and deed.
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