In demonising PAS, Umno/MCA reveal they are antiquated!

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By admin-s On Oct 12, 2010

It bodes well for BN leaders to wakeup and rise above the colonial legacy of ‘divide and rule’ and debunk the Politics of Fear that severely undermines reason, intellectual integrity and honesty.

By Dr. Dzul

It gives me great consolation in uploading this piece in my blog In demonising PAS, MCA shows it is out of ideas. The Malaysian Insider October. This piece was written after the Chinese were warned by both the President of Umno and the Chairman of MCA that ‘PAS will rule if Pakatan wins, BN warns Chinese (Clara Chooi, The Malaysiainsider 10 Oct). Such demonisation were a favourite pastime of the BN leaders but when such tricks were used in the current context of the New Politics, it looks so ancient and antiquated. It bodes well for BN leaders to wakeup and rise above the colonial legacy of ‘divide and rule’ and debunk the Politics of Fear that severely undermines reason, intellectual integrity and honesty.

Days of Umno/MCA/BN pulling the wool over the rakyats’ eyes are over. Sadly though, the wool remains over their eyes. They are still steep in racial and religious bigotry! Wake up, we are in the world of New Politics – the politics of empowering the rakyat with knowledge and information. The rakyat then decide as to who will be mandated to govern and who shall be the opposition. This is the age of informed-citizenry! This is the emerging New Malaysia and the future is already here!

Writing like this (In demonising PAS, MCA shows it is out of ideas) reinforces our conviction that the Islam that we advocate within the ambits of democracy and the legislative and democratic process – as ‘Justice for All’ and respecting others’ beliefs truly reflects our slogan of ‘PAS for All”. More importantly now, we shall continue to uphold the shared values and goals of our Common Policy Frameworks (CPF) in Pakatan.