What is the vision of RPK?
My heart sank when I read this article by RPK a few days ago. In the article, RPK wrote:
I shall refuse all medical treatment and visits to the hospital. I shall refuse to accept any food and water supplied by the Kamunting authorities. I shall refuse to leave my cell or to meet any of the prison authorities. In short, I shall shut myself out from the world and keep to my own world of my eight feet square cell.
This action will mean I shall survive at the most seven to eight days. By the end of that period I shall be dead. I am prepared for that. They plan to imprison my body for the rest of my life. But I shall release my spirit from my body and will again be free. They can keep my body and they can do whatever they want with it. But they will never be able to keep my spirit. I shall separate my spirit from my body and deny them the pleasure of incarcerating me.
This is what Haris Ibrahim calls , as per the bible, the greatest love that man can possibly have, laying down life for his friends.
It is my sincerest wish that nothing happens to RPK but in case something does, I would like RPK to articulate his vision for Malaysia. Sir, I hope you’re reading this and will answer my humble call. Here are some questions which you may find useful:
1. Would you like to see a single political party dominate Malaysian politics? If so, can you please articulate the nature of that political party?
2. Would you prefer to see a coalition of parties rule Malaysia? If so, is the present Pakatan Rakyat ideal in that capacity?
3. Can Malaysia be successful with race-based political parties but minus the corruption?
4. What is your position towards the NEP? If you wish to see it go, can you tell us how we can do so processually.
5. What is your position towards the concept of an Islamic state?
6. Who would you name as the ideal candidate to be the Prime Minister of Malaysia?
7. If we think outside the box of electoral politics, what would you say are the best moves for Malaysians to make a better Malaysia?
8. What is your views about vernacular schools? If you believe we should have a singular nationalised education system, what should we do with Mandarin and Tamil?
9. Can you please articulate in a paragraph what your ideal Malaysia would be like.
Many thanks for your time and struggle. I hope what you predicted about your fate above never comes true.
Sincerely,
Farouk A. Peru
