‘Everlasting peace’ only under Malay rule, says Perkasa
(The Malaysian Insider) – Malaysia can only have peace and political stability under a Malay-majority government, right-wing group Perkasa declared today.
Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali told non-Malays today to stop questioning Malay rights, saying it would only make the country’s dominant majority threatened.
“Public must understand the Malays must take the lead in order to ensure everlasting peace in Malaysia.
“If non-Malays irrespective of their political background keep questioning our rights, the Malays feel threatened. Why should the Malays feel unsafe on their own soil?” he said in a text message to The Malaysian Insider today.
Ibrahim (above) pointed out while the economic situation of the Malays was currently weak, they at least held their own politically.
He predicted instability should Malays be stripped of their political positions.
“When both (economics and politics) are weak they (non-Malays) will despise us,” he said.
The Pasir Mas MP reminded the non-Malays what “they have and enjoy today” was because of the Malay community’s “tolerance and acceptance” towards the needs and wants of other races.
He said that if non-Malays kept taking what rightfully belonged to the Malays, eventually the Malays would end up with nothing.
“They cannot take (it) all because we have nothing left. Now they are demanding,” he said.
Ibrahim added that the only way for a Malay-majority rule in Putrajaya was by voting Barisan Nasional (BN).
“If PKR or PAS rules they will continue to demand even more.
“Our mission is to unite the Malays of all political and social backgrounds without ignoring the needs of the Chinese and Indians,” said the independent MP.
Utusan Malaysia had carried out a front-page article today titled “Malaysia, a Christian country?” (Malaysia, negara Kristian?), based entirely on blog postings by several pro-Umno bloggers.
The bloggers had charged the DAP with sedition for trying to change the country’s laws to enable a Christian to be prime minister, pointing to a grainy photograph showing what they described to be a secret pact between the DAP and pastors at a hotel in Penang on Wednesday.
The federal constitution does not expressly specify race or religious requirements for the position of prime minister. Article 43(2)(a) of the constitution states only that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall appoint as PM a member of Parliament who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the Dewan Rakyat.
In a posting headlined “Agong under threat? DAP wants to make Christianity the official religion of Malaysia?” blogger Marahku (marahku.blogspot.com) accused the DAP of trying to amend the federal constitution to allow a Christian to become prime minister.
“The whole point of changing the official religion is to allow a Christian to become prime minister of this country,” the blogger said.
On bigdogdotcom.wordpress.com, the writer claimed to have received a message that the DAP’s Jeff Ooi had organised a dinner for pastors from Sarawak and overseas at the Red Rock Hotel in Jalan Macalister, Penang.
“Among the activities that night included the 35 pastors taking a group oath. They formed a circle and touched each other’s shoulder and vowed in English to make Christianity the official religion of Malaysia and put a Christian prime minister in office,” the anonymous writer said in his blog under the headline “Making Christianity the official religion?”
He also pointed to the same grainy picture he posted at the top of his blog page, which he had captioned “Partying pastors or pastors doing the party do and vow to have a Christian as Malaysian prime minister”.
The blogger further alleged that the DAP had labelled the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition as an “anti-Christ agent” in the run-up to polls in Sarawak, showing the opposition party was “openly against BN on religious grounds and they are now making it their clarion call, their rabble rousing horn”.
The blogger said it was a seditious and religiously-divisive statement that was never investigated by the police “or at least they did not tell us about any investigations on the matter”.
