Cakap cakap … keadaan negara kita
Nobody, not the Malays, not the other Bumiputra groups, not the Chinese, not the Indians nor any ethnic groups can afford to allow Najib’s status quo within UMNO to remain “as is” in going into the next general elections. We have as many problems to resolve like any nation that has the diversity of ethnicity that we have.
By Steadyaku47
And then there is the matter of good governance to allow our people to live with respect and dignity. All this is on hold with Najib as Prime Minister because his priority is to keep his head above water – to stay afloat – to survive politically when everyone wants him to out! Even UMNO!
A few days ago our Prime Minister (and I use the word “our” very loosely here!) promised that:
“the New Economic Model (NEM) would emphasize on more equitable opportunities so that each and every Malaysian would be able to realize their maximum potential”.
Najib is very good at coming up with these pseudo statements. Taken in the context of what has happened since he took over as Prime Minister – nay even before he took over as Prime Minister with his intrigues over Perak – we know that this is another attempt from an increasingly isolated Prime Minister to try and placate everyone with empty promises. Muhyiddin is conspicuously quite. Methinks Muhyiddin is giving Najib enough rope to hang himself!
UMNO will not go into the next General Election with Najib as baggage. Najib is a proven factor. He is flawed on a personal level. He is flawed at the political level. He is flawed as a leader for UMNO. He has crystallized a whole range of his personal issues into problems for UMNO. Less public, but not necessarily less intense has been the frustration building up within the ranks of UMNO at their inability to get back to doing “business as usual” – back to money politics, back to getting projects after projects – back to the days when you joined UMNO to make money not to serve the people.
What has not been anticipated by Najib is the manner in which the Altantuya issue has lingered, festered and continued to accumulate adverse disgust from the Malaysian public. The people want closure on this issue. A closure Najib simply does not have the guts to go through. He did swear on the Koran of his innocence. Yes, this he did, but sadly it is too easy to call on the name of ALLAH in claiming your innocence – but it is in the practice of HIS teachings that Najib’s is likely to offend.
In Perak and in Anwar’s sodomy trial he stupidly “turun padang” to ensure that his intrigues were done. He personally canvassed the Frogs that wanted to turn “Independent” in Perak and met with Saiful to “discuss” matters of mutual interests! Najibs foolishness in putting himself in the firing line is probably due to his ill placed insistence that might is right in Malaysian Politics – or maybe because he could not find anybody in UMNO to take the fall for him. In hindsight, who would want to be involved in a scam so breathtakingly stupid that when all is said and done, the Public will see it for what it is – gutter politics?
Will UMNO wait for Najib to fall on his own sword or will they “guide” him into realizing his chances of leading UMNO to the next general election diminishes with each passing day? Diminishes even as he comes with 1 Malaysia. With the NEM and diminishes even as Muhyiddin sits quietly with Mahathir and do nothing!
And now comes a by-election in Hulu Selangor. Is Najib desperate enough to form an axis of evil (with apologies to Bush!) with Samy the Vellu and that son of Ali known as Ibrahim? Perkasa’s lethal racially laced utterances thinly veiled as nationalism is sanctioned by the powers that be because it serves their selfish purposes. Instead of doing everything possible to build Malaysia into a happy, harmonious and inclusive place to live in, Perkasa seeks to destroy.
The vast majority of Malaysians, irrespective of their ethnicity, regards Perkasa with anger and disgust. Do not let Perkasa initiate a resurgence of “Ketuanan Melayu” because in so doing it will only plant the seed of further conflict. Perkasa will ride on UMNO and then turn around to bite the hand that feeds it and yet strangely UMNO is drawn towards this destructive parasite because it needs anything that claims itself capable of delivering votes. Watch this son of Ali exploit Hulu Selangor for what it is worth and trade himself up to a 2011 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class!
As for Samy Vellu … enough said!
You might think that our right to vote in any election is routine. Yes it is routine until a tragedy like the May 13th incident happens.
You might think that being under custody of the authorities is routine until a Kugan or Teoh Beng Hock incident happens and we see their families with the universal sign of grief – hands covering their faces grieving for their loved ones now gone – and at that moment it is no longer routine.
Those cronies of Najib and Mahathir might think it is routine to receive horrendous amounts of commission for “services rendered” to the nation – yes it is routine until an Altantuya is murdered by two of the Police’s finest from its own Unit Tindakan Khas – all because the “services rendered” were not compensated for!
You will expect our Police to be people to whom we can go to seek help, protection and comfort in time of distress – and yet this basic of all expectations is no longer something we can routinely expect – not unless we are able to pay for the these “services”.
We might think it routine for our ex-Prime Minister to be awarded a Tunship – and it is routine until we have Mahathir, who have cost our country so much and yet still insists on besmirching the Tunship conferred upon him by involving himself with Perkasa! Tun Haniff, Tun Salleh Abbas and Tun Lim Cheong Eu are exemplary examples of past leaders who have carried themselves with the dignity that we expect from our Tuns. This Mahathir has not!
What is happening to our country? The coming general election will take us either to Armageddon or a new beginning! Common sense will tell us it must be a new beginning without Najib, without UMNO!
