MCA’s threat, but is there a 2 to tango?

ARCHIVES 2011

By admin-s On May 2, 2011

Notice The Star’s headline. Najib is saying “Chua Soi Lek said it, not me”. Even Najib is distancing himself from this last roll of dice.

By Lee Wee Tak

Whatever the intention is, Make Chinese Anxious, Make Chinese Appreciate, Make Chinese Angry, Manipulate Chinese Awareness and Making Compassionate Appeal etc, Chua Soi Lek has issued his ultimatum to the Malaysian Chinese community.

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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/5/1/nation/8588294&sec=nation#13042142570931&if_height=454

Sunday May 1, 2011
PM: It’s MCA’s message to Chinese voters

KUALA TERENGGANU: MCA has sent a message to the Chinese voters that they cannot support the Opposition and yet hope for a strong representation in the Government, said the Prime Minister.

“If the Chinese voters want to support the Opposition, they will sacrifice parties in the Government.

“If they want to have a more meaningful voice to represent their interest, then they must support the Barisan Nasional component parties,” said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at a press conference after launching the Pulau Duyong public housing project yesterday.

Najib said even though the matter of Cabinet representation would only be decided after the general election, MCA’s message was clear.

The MCA presidential council had publicly backed its president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek’s call for the party to give up government posts if the Chinese community did not support its candidates in the general election.

On the stand of MCA that it would continue to be in Barisan, the Prime Minister said the party remained in the coalition because it was a fair government.
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CSL’s message is:

1) despite Najib’s constant sales pitch of 1Malaysia here there and everywhere, Malaysians of Chinese descent, contributors of the bulk of income, sales, service and, post GE-13, GST as well as customs and property taxes, will be maltreated and forgotten the moment MCA is booted out by voters despite unfair electoral practices favouring BNas a result of MCA’s own unsatisfactory performance.

2) CSL is suggesting that 1Malaysia Prime Minister with his 1Malaysia administration is going to kill the goose that lay the golden egg, hinting that the administration of which his party currently participates in is racist, lunatic, immature and hypocrite as despite acknowledging Malaysian Chinese’s contribution in front of visiting Wen Jiabao, will visit revenge and hell fury on citizens that exercise their constitutional democratic rights.

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http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/najib-praises-chinese-role-in-economy-nation-building/

Najib praises Chinese role in economy, nation building

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani
April 28, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak praised Chinese Malaysians today for their role in the economy and nation-building amid racially-charged rhetoric by some Malay organisations that the community was out to take political power.

The prime minister also stressed that Malaysians from the different communities must work together to ensure further success in the push for a high-income nation. His remarks came at the tail-end of a two-day visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

“Thanks to their persistence, determination and sheer hard work… the contribution of the Chinese community to our economy is absolutely crucial to the country as a whole,” Najib (picture) said in a speech to the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCIM).
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Notice the Star’s headline. Najib is saying “Chua Soi Lek said it, not me“.

Even Najib is distancing himself from this last roll of dice. Gerakan tried it in 2008, SUPP tried it in 2011 and now MCA is revisiting this approach again.

Theoretically, in a democracy, voters hold the elected responsible for the trust and confidence vested in; but in Malaysia, the elected hold the voters responsible for maintaining feudal and beggar mentality – “pay up, be grateful and shut up!”

As president of MCA, Chua should know how to write the words “民主”, i.e. DEMOCRACY. “民” means the people; “主” means the master. Chua, the 2 words mean “People are the Masters”. Not “Master of People”.

Barisan Nasional generally and Chua Soi Lek specially have to understand that urban voters cast their votes base on livelihood and national issues. Not skin colour.

MCA have not come to terms that they are voted out because they failed their own KPI. It is BN’s own doing. Instead of looking and managing the nation on a holistic basis, everything under BN has to be cut up into respective racial boxes to manage separately – with the exception, of course, tax charging and collecting.

As long as issues are clouded by a layer of race perspective to complicate assessment, debate and evaluation, it is alright as long as the tax money keep coming in. Zero sum game has cost MCA dear in an UMNO dominated BN coalition.

BN have to get something into their head. Just because urban voters (note: I do not classify them as “Chinese Voters”) voted against you, it does not mean urban voters do not follow your laws, do not pay you taxes and revolt against you.