The old Malay says; when a
leader has no honour; that is the sign we are shamed. When honour is lost, we
are just like animals; when we have no shame, fortune is lost, dignity is
finished; when we have a leader with no shame and honour, we have a leader with
many enemies, the country is destroyed, the citizens are punished.
All the ‘enemies’ need do,
is to take fight from Malaysia, selling off Malaysian bonds and the economy will
tank. Why are they doing this? Because they are fearful of a government whose
leader does not respect the law. They are fearful of a government that refuses
to take action against those who are corrupt, steal money and defraud the
country openly. They are fearful of a country whose leader openly calls upon one
section of the citizenry to make war on another.
Najib has given a wrong picture
of the Malays. Because of Najib, Malays are seen as paranoid, racist, insular, and
xenophobic. According to Najib, the
Malays are rural, insular and poor. As long as they are kept that way, UMNO and Najib thrives. Malays are bad tempered and testy,
disdainful, scornful of others, caviling, spiteful, waspish. They start to be
picky and quibbling.
Why should, we, the rest of the Malays, allow Najib to define us?
Najib is a poor reflection
of the Malay person. Because of him, the Malay is seen as someone who cannot be trusted, he cannot be entrusted
with money, he will steal it. He will cover it up, he will lie and cheat, and
he will pretend as though nothing has happened. He will then justify the wrongdoing
as necessary for the well-being of race, religion and King.
Najib is both obdurate and
callous. He appears to have de-sensitised himself. That is why he can appear before the public as though nothing bad has
happened. He has mastered the art of appearing nonchalant even when he’s done a
lot of bad things. He can easily pass a polygraph test.
Malays now live under a
state of siege mentality. The Chinese, claimed Najib, are eagerly working to
kick out Malays; they are anti Malay, anti Islam and anti Malay monarchy. If possible,
the Malays want to live among themselves. They appear to operate on a bias mentality.
That is a wrong
representation of the Malay. What makes a Malay, Malay is his awareness to keep
his honour and shame. But the leader who has no shame and honour doesn’t care
about all these because his is interested only on his political survival and to
stay on as PM.
But we are equally guilty if we stood idle. When we accommodated Najib
because he is 'one of us', we become like Najib too. When Malays tolerated what
Najib has done to the country, they have lost shame and honour. There is no
shame and honour in defending a thief and a leader who has no integrity, a
leader with a rotten constitution.
Unless we no longer have
honour and don't feel ashamed, why should we give a wrongdoer time to correct his
wrongs as though when successful, the wrong can be treated as not having been committed
in the first place? We are deluding ourselves.
And how does Najib propose
to solve the problem? In order to clear the debt ridden company, Najib will
sell strategic assets belonging to the country. He has sold energy resources,
land to China and perhaps many more. He will mortgage the entire future of this country. When we allow him there will be
nothing left for ALL Malaysian citizens.
A man with Najib’s constitution
can easily solve the case of the missing money by overpricing infrastructure
projects. The Chinese company reported they will build the ECRL for RM46
billion, while Najib announced it will cost RM55 billion or more. The excess
can be used to pay off the debts incurred by 1MDB. Najib’s supporters will
come out with all sort of excuses to justify the enormous costs. We who have the
experience in dealing with UMNO people, know the figures are exaggerated and inflated.
The project cost has been umnonised.
The habit is nothing new. Sometime
ago, I have already said, we won’t know the end figure on the current MRT
project. And it’s still early in the day. The currently completed is only a
part of the whole MRT project. We have never known the final figure. It would
be a good guess to say that the final cost will be more than RM60 billion. That’s
the figure which has been UMNOnised or to use a more current term, Najibised.If it turns out to be more than RM100 billion, Rafizi Ramli will be vindicated.
As to the giving of
excuses justifying the theft, corruption, embezzlement, lies- let us quickly say that things are not
that simple. I have said this before; even if every single sen were to be
replaced, the dirty deeds have been carried out. Beginning with misrepresentation
of Petrosaudi as a company belonging to
the Saudi Arabian nation, therefore elevating the scam as a G to G scam, to the
unauthorised change in banker and to the fraudulent transfer of RMUSD1.83 billion
into sheikh Jho Low’s account. Some of these actions are criminal in nature. More fraudulent acts were committed during the course
of 1MDB’s business. There is money laundering, embezzlement of money, theft by bogus
companies. All these happened under Najib’s watch.
It’s not open for him to
declare that he will sort these problems given time. We want those fraudsters,
thieves, embezzlers brought to justice. Those who have committed dirty deeds and
wrongdoing must be punished accordingly. Restitution of money does not absolve
the wrongdoers.
Why do some Malays
continue to support Najib and UMNO? Even when they know Najib is rotten, stole
money, do a lot of bad things, they still support him. Why? They know he’s lying about Altantuya, 1MDB and
all other things.
Part of the reason being
the ability of Najib and UMNO to turn the UMNO problem into a racial issue.
That Najib and the Malays are being displaced by the Chinese. He has been able
to turn UMNO’s misfortunes into a survival fight between Malays and non Malays.
Nothing gets Malays worked up other than being told they being displaced by
Chinese.
Suddenly , the opposition
against Najib is led by DAP and if UMNO is replaced, the next government will
be dominated by DAP.The DAP of course, is dominated by Chinese.
The more important reason I
think, is because Malays don’t feel they ‘own’ the reasons to evict Najib. They
have not been able to justify their rejection of Najib from their own
‘indigenous’ reasons. Suppose now, it
can be proven that Najib’s removal is culturally justifiable, that what he has
done is very unMalay and runs counter to the norms, cultural precepts and finally the Muslim religion and that he has disparaged the honour and integrity of the
Malay people, his removal becomes valid.
The root cause of all the
problems faced by Malaysia is the rotten constitution of Najib as a leader. It
may sound as if we are conferring uncommon stature to Najib to be able to cause
enormous impact; but that is how Malay society functions. It must be led by a
leader or leader figure. It becomes great, or otherwise, as a result of the
quality of its leaders.
Because the choice of a
leader carries with it enormous impact, the Malays have developed a set of
principles to identify leaders. They must satisfy specific criteria drawn from
Malay culture, customs, and finally religion. The leader plays an immense role
in deciding the future of the nation. When you end up with a sloppy leader (
tidak semenggah), it’s like writing a death sentence for the nation.
The leader most able to
display these criteria is regarded to be the best person to lead. He is said to
possess the constitution of a good leader. Accordingly, a leader is placed under 2
broad categories; the good and bad leader. In Malay society, there are 194
leader types. 74 belonged to the good leader type while 120 fall into the bad
leader type.
Because it is easier to
fall into the bad leader type, the selection and choice of a leader is done
with care and meticulously. If we end up with a bad leader, it means that
Malays have abandoned their own cultural precepts in choosing a leader.
If Malays were to simply
restore the ‘old ways’ the removal of Najib becomes acceptable to Malay society.
Then, the removal of Najib cannot be said to be the result of the agitation of
non Malay citizens.
It is Najib who has shamed and brought dishonour to the Malays.
It is Najib who has shamed and brought dishonour to the Malays.
Salam Datuk..it is indeed Najib who has brought dishonour to the Malays..he is instigating hatred between the Malays and Chinese and he seems to be the first 'RACIST'leader this beloved country has ever seen!
ReplyDeleteThe Athenians were reported to have taken an oath, not a pledge, upon assuming office that stated more or less: “I inherit from the past of my family, my city, my tribe, my nation, a variety of debts, inheritance, rightful expectations and obligations. These constitute the given of my life, my moral starting point.” And that was almost 2500 years ago!
ReplyDeleteIs the Oath that our MPs and ADUNs regularly take, upon winning the right to enter the respective legislative halls — I shall refrain from adding the word “august” for now — of less value than that made by the Athenians, and therefor demand even less obligations to walk the virtuous path, henceforth? What is it that is missing in the Oath that allows the oathtakers, resplendent in their sartorial best, to make light of the august occasion subsequent to the lowering of the raised hand? What miscues are embedded in the Oath that allows so much latitude in the way some of our lawmakers abuse the legislative process not just during the debate sessions but extending beyond them as secret pledges, deals and promises are worked out?
Cronyism as we see it today is, I suggest, the result of oathtakers making a secret, private pledge to enrich themselves while they go through the motion of making a public oath of abstract intent.
We have been screwed big time!