Comment on Farish noor, Dangers of Assimilationist Politics

I congratulate Mr Farish Noor on his excellent article. I totally endorse it. The validity of his arguments are demonstrated by the shining example of the vision of Mr Lee Kuan Yew who fought for a Malaysian Malaysia, and those of the founding fathers of Indonesia & Malaysia; and of course we know that Singapore was kicked out of Malaysia because Tengku Abdul Rahman was a decent man and he too saw that if Singapore remained in the Federation the way Mr Lee wants her to be, Malaysia will be embroiled in never ending sectarian strife. Both Mr Lee and the Tengku were in their own right visionaries and they were faced with no choice but to go their own separate ways.

I was then in Singapore and saw the TV telecast of an agonized Mr Lee Kuan Yew speak to the nation. I believe he was faced with a grim prospect of making a go of a Singapore that had no resources except the skills and talents of her people. Therein lies the irony of history, a Singapore with only people and nothing else, and a Malaysia that had everything that will make Malaysia succeed, except the vision that will pave the way forward to make a promise of success into reality. Singapore succeeded with nothing and Malaysia failed because of a lack of a vision that will bring the proper mix into nation building. By any measurement the performance of Malaysia over the last 50 years had been a dismal failure, and if this present Malaysia is to progress beyond this 21st century, Malaysia must face the truth of history.

It is the defense of Malay leaders that Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea succeeded because these are all homogenous societies and therefore they have no problem with racial diversity; but that is looking at the issue with head buried in the sand; because both Singapore & Hong Kong are multicultural societies. The truth is more simple than that, it is the racial arrogance of the Malay race, a people who are mired in a jumbo inferiority complex. It really amazes me why is it that important which race holds the most money and which race holds the leadership in the country ? Who cares that the richest man in Malaysia is Malay or who cares that the Prime Minister is a Malay. Let us assume that Singapore had not been kicked out of Malaysia, WILL YOU WANT A PM WHO IS THE TENGKU OR MR LEE KUAN YEW ?

I speak to this issue because for the first time in 50 years, the Chinese can change history, and for the first time ever in Malaysia the Chinese can fight for an equal place in the Malaysian sun. The solution for the Chinese to right their half century of discrimination is for the Chinese to stand alone as a SWING VOTERS’ BLOCK; this means that Chinese voters will not commit blindly to support any particular political party, because until now the Chinese have voted for the MCA a party that is characterized by greed and wholesale corruption; a political party that sold out the Chinese for mere paltry favours for themselves. The election of this March 8 is signal because for the first time in history the Indians & Chinese voted opposition; even Dato Seri Anwar was surprised.

The power of the Chinese & Indians lies in each individual deciding what is best for himself and to forget that he is Chinese or Indian. The question that he needs to ask himself is, WHAT IS IN IT FOR ME IF I VOTE PAKATAN RAKYAT ? That is the question that we all need to ask ourselves, AND TO DO THAT THE CHINESE & INDIANS MUST PUSH UMNO OUT OF POWER; only then will it be possible for the Chinese & Indians to wield political power, because by pushing UMNO out of government you will have slashed the ropes that the MCA & MIC had over 50 years bound you hand & feet. You were slaves to the Malays for 50 years and you will need to free yourselves by pushing UMNO out of government. THE TRUTH is very mathematical and simple, Malays are 64%, Chinese are 24% and Indians are 8%; therefore if Chinese and Indians BREAK AWAY FROM MCA & MIC, then by my strategy they vote for their best self- interests and THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TO THROW THEIR VOTES TO THE OPPOSITION IN ORDER TO SWING THE PENDULUM, so to speak. It does not matter whether Dato Seri Anwar is a good or bad man, WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE THIS TIME AROUND IS TO SWING THE PENDULUM; to vote PAKATAN RAKYAT ! Remember that for the first time in history we have the good fortune to have Dato Seri Anwar to lead a political party that is equal in strength to that of UMNO; this development means that of the 64% Malay vote bank 34% goes to UMNO and 34% goes to Dato Seri Anwar. This makes it possible for the first time in history to SWING THE VOTES. Then when in 4 years of government Pakatan Rakyat fails to prove that they work to your interests, you go on and vote for UMNO, but to get into this position of power, you need first to push UMNO out of government.

I say it is only this once in a lifetime that we are lucky to have a strong and charismatic Malay leader who now knows that what Malaysia needs at this point of history is a multicultural MALAYSIA or the path of development into this century will BE A BLEAK ONE AND MALAYSIA WILL DESCENT INTO THE GUTTER OF 3RD WORLD STATUS. Returning to my point, IF UMNO EVER RETURNS TO THEIR POWER OF PRIOR TO MARCH 8TH, THEN I SEE UMNO MASSIVELY RIGGING THE POLLS IN THE NEXT ELECTIONS TO GURANTEE THEIR HOLD ON POWER. I say to those dogs in MCA that they have a duty to cross the floor of Parliament to vote with Pakatan Rakyat TO CHANGE GOVERNMENT FOR THE GOOD OS EVERYBODY IN MALAYSIA.