UMNO's subtle tactics in the name of "Malay unity" to get Pakatan Rakyat to further engage in race-based policies and politics, despite the fact that Special Malay rights are already protected by the Federal Constitution and the NEP is nothing more than an UMNO construct with no legal standing.
We say,PKR and PAS must be careful NOT to be seen nor perceived by Malaysian voters to be playing directly into the hands of UMNO's Malay race-politics in the name of race-unity.
Likewise, we would not want to see DAP engaged in Chinese and/or Indian race-politics in the name of Race-Unity.
UMNO's proposed "Malay Secretariat" is a BAD idea. If realised, it will sprout Chinese Secretariat, Indian Secretariat, Hindu Secretariat, Dayak Secretariat and a whole lot of race-based Secretariats.
And Malaysia will then be back again to ugly race-based politics of Barisan Nasional (BN), this time with a veneer of FALSE respectability.
We voted clearly for NATIONAL UNITY and NOT the kind of race-unity espoused by BN/UMNO.
Certainly WE did NOT vote for Pakatan Rakyat's political parties to win for race unity."
-Malaysian Unplug
Read here related article:
- "Up hold Justice For ALL : Malaysia Does NOT Belong to UMNO " by S. Abu Mahmud
- "The Malays are now ‘Under Threat’ What Threat?" by Azmi Shahrom OR read here
- "PAS, PKR Jangan Jadi Bodoh" by 'The Aisehman'
Excerpts:
UMNO supreme council member Datuk Mohamad Norza Zakaria has called a meeting of representatives from Umno, Parti Keadilan Rakyat and PAS to discuss "MALAY ISSUES" .DATO' MOHD NORZA HJ ZAKARIA : The Glorifier and Tripod of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi
The meeting is at the initiative of Umno supreme council member Datuk Mohamad Norza Zakaria who has been in contact with both PKR vice-president Mohamed Azmin Ali and Pas Youth chief Salahuddin Ayub over the past few days to arrange details. He said other supreme council members did not object to the meeting.
Mohamad Norza said the ultimate goal was "to set up a Secretariat consisting of all the MALAY parties " in the Malaysian political landscape.
Mohamad Norza said,Mohamad Norza said the initial meeting would be held on an informal basis."This is MY own idea. I think it is timely especially after the results of the 12th general election. Some of the issues to be discussed included matters relating to religion, education as well as the New Economic Policy.
We need to determine where exactly the Malays are right now. A lot of the discussions going on have been superficial. Everything has been based on political sentiments, not facts.
On the New Economic Policy, its ultimate goal is to make the Malays competitive. This has to be deliberated.
We would like everyone to approach these issues with a common stand and prevent these three issues from being politicised."
Meanwhile, Mohamed Azmin, when contacted by the New Straits Times, said PKR accepted the invitation as long as the principles were in line with his party's objectives. He said,"Malay unity is very important but we don't want it to benefit only the Malay ruling elite with the ordinary Malays left out. We believe Malay rights have to defended.Mohamed Azmin said there would be no problem for PKR to attend the meeting as their DAP coalition partner accepted their desire to strengthen Malay unity.
But at the same time, we also have to be fair to the other races."
Salahuddin said Pas, too, was interested in defending the rights of Malays and other Bumiputeras.
Mohd Norza Hj Zakaria is the political secretary to the Second Finance Minister, Nor Mohamed Yakcop.
In conjunction with the 61st anniversary of the formation of Umno, he published a 24-page glossy booklet is titled: Abdullah Badawi: Meniti Kesinambungan Perjuangan -- Mendefinisikan Pak Lah.
".... Norza's booklet sought to glorify Abdullah Badawi by flogging Dr Mahathir Mohamad as if he's a dead horse..... " Read here for more commentary on Norza'a booklet on Abdullah Badawi
".... And other dead Prime Ministers -- Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Abdul Razak and Tun Hussein Onn -- were NOT being spared the down-shadow in places where Abdullah was put on the pedestal to OUTSHINE all the rest .
Quote Pages 4-5:
In the booklet, Norza also juxtaposed a Mahathir who was described as drunken with fast-pace infrastructural development -- hence sidelining the development of other good values -- with an Abdullah who is ever committed to eradicating corruption and upholding justice in wealth distribution." Tradisi kuasa berlaku lagi. Kali ini daru corak pemerintahan Dr Mahathir yang dapat kita klasifikasikan sebagai mempunyai ciri-ciri Empiricism yang kadangkala digelar posotovism dan value neutral kepada corak pemerintahan Pak Lah yang berbeza. Penyesuaian ini tidak datang mudah.
Kalau Dr Mahathir di awal kepimpinannya, berdepan dengan personaliti politik dalam kabinet beliau yang mengkritik dan mencabarnya, sekarang ini Pak Lah sedang melalui jalan yang serupa.
Kalau Dr Mahathir dikritik oleh bekas-bekas Perdana Menteri yang lain seperti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Abdul Razak, Tun Hussein Onn, dan hari ini Pak Lah pula dikritik oleh Dr Mahathir. [...]
Kehadiran tulisan ini adalah untuk membantu kita meneliti arah tuju Pak Lah dalam memenuhi kecemerlangan Malaysia di bawah kepimpinan beliau. Kita mahu supaya kelancaran itu terus berlaku dan kelancaran ini akan mempercepatkan proses pembangunan melnyeluruh yang diharapkan oleh Pak Lah.
Kalau Dr Mahathir diklasifikasikan sebagai mempunyai ciri-ciri kepimpinan Empiricism, Pak Lah pula tergolong dalam kepimpinan bersifat Normative atau apa yang digelar value-laden -- menonjolkan persoalan apa yang seharusnya atau apa yang sebaiknya dilakukan.Ia sangat rapat dengan pendekatan falsafah dan keadaan kualitatif. Ia selalu membuat "hukuman moral" tentang buruk baik; ia berbentuk preskriptif di dalam menganjurkan apa yang baik dan apa yang seharusnya dilaksanakan.
Kemungkinan terma-terma ini sukar untuk kita fahami tetapi ini adalah perlu untuk memperlihatkan perbezaan pentadbiran Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Hussein Onn, Tun Dr Mahathir dan hari ini Datuk Seri Abdullah Hj Ahmad Badawi. Perbezaan bentuk personaliti antara Empiricism dan Normative ini menunjukkan corak keperluan pemerintahan menuruti masa dan keadaan tetapi apa yang pasti, ini akan melengkapi cita-cita pembangunan Malaysia keseluruhan khususnya cita-cita untuk Malaysia menjadi negara maju 2020.Kesemua perbezaan ini memerlukan satu bentuk adaptasi yang pasti akan membantu Pak Lah merealisasikan hasrat beliau sebagai Perdana Menteri Malaysia."
Quote Pages 9 and 13:
Some in Umno did not like the tone used to describe Dr Mahathir's legacy. The elder statesman may be deemed politically incorrect but he is still acknowledged as a great Malay leader who brought progress to their lives, party and country." Sekali kita perlu sedar bahawa pemerintahan Dr Mahathir memberi pemumpuan ke arah menyiapkan infrastruktur fizikal. Dalam keghairahan ini nilai-nilai lain adalah kecil atau bersamaan dengan "sifar". [...]
Pak Lah jelas menunjukkan kesungguhan untuk membasmi rasuah serta beberapa isu lain yang tidak menunjukkan keadilan khususnya dari segi pembahagian ekonomi."
His rivals saw it as a brazen attempt to get onto Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's radar screen and have labelled it “Risalah Bodoh Norza” (Norza's idiotic pamphlet). Read here for more
COMMENTARY
From "The Aisehman" Blog: Read here for more
"...It seems that stupidity doesn’t only run in Umno. It has also reared its ugly head in PKR and PAS.From Readers of Aisehman Blog: Read here for more
Azmin dan Salahuddin sama bodo telan umpan Norza.
Yang hangpa bedua percaya sangat kat si Norza, ketua tukang kipaih KJ, apa sudah jadi?
Tuan-tuan, saya menyeru tuan-tuan agar guna akai masin-masin sebaik-baiknya … ini tak lain dan tak bukan permainan politik Umno.
Anwar Ibrahim kata Pakatan Rakyat sudah kuat. Cukup kuat untuk menjana politik baru yang mengambil kira kepentingan rakyat Malaysia secara sama rata. Ketuanan Rakyat namanya, bukan begitu?
Kalu benar begitu, bukan ka secara logiknya politik baru ni akan mempertahankan kepentingan Melayu, seperti mana ia akan mempertahankan kepentingan India, Cina serta kaum-kaum lain di bumi Malaysia ni?
Bukan ka telah dicanangkan oleh Anwar Ibrahim sendiri hari tu bahawa Pakatan Rakyat melalui Ketuanan Rakyat akan mempertahankan orang Melayu?
Kalu benar begitu, apa perlu dok bincang dengan Umno pasai kedudukan Melayu?
Guna akai, tuan-tuan. Jangan mudah digula-gulakan oleh kata-kata manis si penanam tebu di tepi bibir, Norza Al-Barua.
Sekiranya tuan-tuan enggan guna akai, jangan pikiaq rakyat akan sama bodo telan bulat-bulat benda ni.
Ingat apa jadi kat Pak Lah. Dia janji macam-macam. Kita bagi dia chan buktikan kata-kata. Kita bagi dia 90 peratuih kerusi Parlimen.
La ni, tuan-tuan bole tengok dengan mata kepala sendiri apa jadi bila kata tak dikota.
Saya nak bagi peringat di sini: Pakatan Rakyat ada kurang lima tahun untuk elak dari ditimpa nasib yang sama.
Jangan buang masa main politik perkauman bersama orang yang tak beguna.
Suara rakyat, suara keramat. Penendang rakyat, hangpa belum kenai lagi...."
- "... PAS and PKR has fallen into the UMNO trap hook, line and sinker. Stupidity is too a kind a word to describe their decision. Could they not see what UMNO was trying to do?
UMNO’s objective was clearly to subtly drive into the non-Malay minds that PAS and PKR are still racially biased towards the Malays and drive a wedge into the non- Malay support for PAS and PKR.
PAS and PKR should work with the DAP and look at how to work out policies for the poor and downtrodden whatever their race is. If PAS and PKR lose sight of this, they can bet their bottom dollar they will be out on their backsides in the next GE.
And once they are out of power, UMNO will not even give them the time of day anymore - let alone meet them. Be real!!!..." - "...This is sending the wrong message! Ketuanan Rakyat kononnya! Azmin, you want to show to the world that Anwar is a hypocrite?..."
- "...I think the only reason they have accepted the invitation to the meeting is not to fall into BN’s trap… “See, I invite them to discuss about Melayu and they refuse. They have abandoned Melayu”.
Also, I honestly feel that attending the meeting doesn’t mean that they are already to abandoned what they promised us, Ketuanan Rakyat. We can only say that they betray us if they agree with UMNO and abandoned their Ketuanan Rakyat approach. If they attend the meeting to simply listen to what Norza wants to say, I think it is still harmless..." - "...If UMNO-PAS-PKR have a closed-door meeting, it will sow suspicions on the minds of the non-Malay supporters of Pakatan Rakyat..."
- "...Two nights ago Tn Guru Haji Hadi said(on TV3) he would prefer if UMNO includes DAP as well in the said meeting, not just PAS and PKR. Therefore, let PKR-PAS explain to UMNO their stand on the ‘Malay’ and NEP issues.If not, UMNO will still ‘menjaja’ those issues to the less informed malay communities..."
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