Somewhere in Umno, the ghost of 1Malaysia drowns
(TMI) – Malays good. Non-Malays bad. That’s the rhetoric that sells to the Umno party base, not 1Malaysia.
Rest in Peace 1Malaysia.
It was a vague concept to start with, something the Prime Minister promised as his vision for a united Malaysia – one where all Malaysians came first, regardless of race or religion.
Then he stood on the sidelines as the country watched the Prime Minister’s own power base rip apart his delicate vision of a united Malaysia. The shredding reached fever pitch this week in the run-up to Umno’s polls on October 19.
Much of the second echelon of Umno – the would-be vice-presidents – have put the us-versus-them theme front and centre of Umno politics.
Malays good. Non-Malays bad. That’s the rhetoric that sells to the Umno party base, not 1Malaysia.
The Chinese only got successful because they would do all the illegal things good Malays would never do, said Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam this week to a group of Malay businessmen.
Indian gangsters are killing our Malay people, so what’s wrong with a shoot-first policy, argued… wait for this… the Home Minister of Malaysia, the man in charge of the police and law and order: Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
Opposition leaders and even the Bar Council have turned their sights on Zahid for his increasingly racial taunts, but will this turn the tide? Not likely. If anything, Zahid will ride the surf of opposition from non-Malays as his party base craves for more of the same.
Read more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/somewhere-in-umno-the-ghost-of-1malaysia-drowns
