Saturday, September 6, 2008

KeBiadapan Umno Pulau Pinang

Apabila PM and TPM memohon maaf pada masyarakat bukan Melayu, bahagian-bahagian Umno di Pulau Pinang pula menyuarakan sokongan mereka terhadap pendirian Ahmad Ismail yang degil dan enggan meminta maaf walaupun didesak oleh PM dan DPM.

Perbuatan biadap Umno PP ini umpama bermain dengan api. Mereka nyata nak cabar kedudukan kaum lain di negara ini. Mengapa Umno PP begitu berani bermain dengan isu perkauman? Ini sebab mereka tidak bimbang dengan apa-apa tindakan yang akan diambil terhadap mereka kerana pucuk pimpinan Umno kini ini agak lemah.

Saya amat bersimpati dengan AAB. Mana maruahnya bila orang kampungnya sendiri yang tidak mengikut arahannya? Adakah AAB masih berkuasa hari ini? Kenapa bahagian-bahagian Umno di PP boleh buat keputusan yang bertentangan dengan Nombor 1 and Nombor 2 dalam parti?

Rupanya, Umno PP masih percaya bahawa bermain dengan isu perkauman masih dapat menolong mereka untuk mencapai sesuatu, walaupun Umno telah kalah teruk pada pilihanraya kecil Permatang Pauh degan kempen yang paling”racist” sekali.. Tengoklah sikap Mohd Zain yang buat macam macam ugutan dan kata-kata yang berbau perkauman pada sidang akbar hari ini (5 Sep) di PP. Pemimpin yang berkualiti begnilah Umno mampu melahirkan.

Saya menyeru supaya semua rakyat Malaysia terutamanya orang bukan melayu boikot Mohd Zain. Jelas sekali dia ini “racism”. Kita perlu bersatupadu untuk memastikan makhluk seperti ini tiada tempat di negara ini. Tengoklah saja, bagaimana kumpulan 13 ini nak menetang 5 juta bukan Melayu! Saya rasa kumpulan 13 inilah yang bakal menyebabkan kejatuhan bangsa melayu di negara ini

Yang buat saya terkejut sekali adalah kenyataan daripada Dr M, insan yang telah menjadi PM Malaysia selama 22 tahun. Beliau kata di dalam blognya (bertajuk "Pohon Maaf" yang bertarikh 4 September):

“Apabila orang yang bukan Melayu mengeluar perkataan atau catitan yang boleh ditafsir sebagai racist, orang Melayu tidak pernah tuntut supaya pihak berkuasa memohon maaf”

Saya rasa Dr. M betul-betul mudah lupa. Sepanjang pemerintahan beliau, kaum lain telah pun lama berdiam walaupun dihina. Demi mencapai matalamat diri sendiri (memperkukuhkan kedudukan masing-masing di dalam parti Umno), isu-isu kecil yang ditimbulkan oleh masyarakat bukan Melayu boleh diputar belikkan oleh Umno tanpa dikawal. Ingatkah Tun dengan kumpulan SuQiu?

Saya juga nak mengingatkan Dr. M bahawa keadaan Umno hari ini bukannya sesuatu yang berlaku sejak semalam. Malah, ianya satu “legacy” yang diwarisi oleh pucuk pimpinan Umno sekarang.

Adakah hanya orang Umno saja yang boleh menyentuh isu sensitif dan menyakitkan hati kaum minoriti? Adakah kaum lain kena terima semua ketidakadilan ini sebab “Ketuannan Melayu”? Adakah kaum lain hanya boleh berdiam diri sahaja walaupun dihina?

Saya harap orang melayu tidak lagi terpedaya dengan muslihat yang jahat kumpulan 13 itu. Penderitaan orang melayu hari ini adalah akibat pemerintahan Umno, bukannya disebabkan oleh kaum lain.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Speech by MIC President, Tun V.T. Sambanthan in the Parliament on 1 June 1965:

“Now, in 1955 we won the elections with a great majority. Then we obtained freedom in two years time. During this period, we had to discuss citizenship and various other things. Now what did the Malays do - since we are speaking on racial lines - what did the Malay leadership do? They had 88 percent of the electorate still with them. What did they do with citizenship.

If we look around in Asia and East Asia, particularly, you will find that my race the Indian race, is not welcomed in Ceylon, is not welcomed in Burma. Look at my brother Chinese race, it is not welcomed in Thailand, in Vietnam, in Cambodia, in all the other areas. What help do they get for citizenship in all these territories? In Burma, as we know, Indian have been send packing, in Ceylon they refused them citizenship and in Burma it is likewise. I know it, you know it. And yet in Malaya what happened? Here we found that the Malay leadership said, “We shall take them unto ourselves as brothers, we shall give them full opportunity to live in this country, we shall give them every opportunity to become citizens.” And so, in 1957, for the whole year, we waived language qualifications, and tens of thousand of Indians, Chinese, Ceylonese and others became citizens.

As I said, it has been my great good fortune to have born in this country. Where else can you find a more charitable, a more polite, a more decent race than Malay race? Where else can you get such politically decent treatment for any immigrant race? Where else in the history of the world? I ask you. These are the facts. Who are you to safeguards us? I am 10 percent minority race here. But I am happy here.”

(Note that his speech was delivered to chastise the PAP leaders who were harping on the Malaysian Malaysia concept)

MCA President, Tun Tan Siew Sin, in an article in a local paper entitled - “Tun Tan Answers Critics on Special Privileges” on 30 April 1969, said:

“The Malays, through UMNO, were generous enough to relax the citizenship laws of this country to such extent that within 12 months of independence, 90 percent who were still non-citizens after nearly 100 years of colonial rule in the Malay States, obtained their citizenship. In return for this major concession, the MCA and the MIC agreed to continue the policy of preserving the special position of the Malays while at the same time upholding the legitimate interest of other communities.”

(note that his speech was delivered prior to the 1969 general elections which was tainted with racial extremism that questioned the Article 153 of the Constitution perpetuated by the DAP and Gerakan)

As the voice of moderation among the disgruntled Malays in 1970, the late Tun Dr Ismail had this to say on the ‘Special Position’ just after the NEP was established:

“This proved a less intractable problem because the leaders of the Alliance realised the practical necessity of giving the Malays a handicap if they were to compete on equal terms with the other races. The only point of controversy was the duration of the ’special position’ — should there be a time limit or should it be permanent? I made a suggestion which was accepted, that the question be left to the Malays themselves, because I felt that as more and more Malays became educated and gained self-confidence, they themselves would do away with this ’special position’ because in itself this ’special position’ is a slur on the ability of the Malays and only to be tolerated because it is necessary as a temporary measure to ensure their survival in the modern competitive world: a world to which only those in the urban areas had been exposed.”

As the result, the NEP was given 20 years and the objective of achieving 30% of wealth is set for the Malays, inclusive the other Bumiputras.

Charlie said...

All races were contributed to the building of this nation. To treat the chinese race as "pendatang" after more than 50 years of independence is a disgrace.

I agree that there are many malays need help compared to the chinese. I also hope to see the malay progress well so that they are able to compete with the world. Unfortunately, the NEP has failed help the malays, it has also denied the rights of the other races. Umno wants to continue this Never Ending Policy is to benefit the Umnoputra rather than the poor malays. So, my point is to revamp the damn policy, otherwise, the malay will still be lagging behind after another 50 years.

The situation now, chinese is being called "Pendatang" after more than 50 years of independence. That is totally unwarranted and unacceptable. There is enough discrimination by deviding the malaysian into Bumi and Non-bumi. Therefore, no need to call us "Pendatang".

Anonymous said...

yg nak kecoh pasal Ahmad Ismail tu apa pasal???, korang sumer dah lupa ke dekat budak cina kurang ajar yg hina lagu negaraku dan kaum melayu tu????cukup ngan mintak maaf je ke???????apa yg dia kena?????takde kena apa pun, ????rite????so, mana pergi keadilan ???? so para pemimpin jgn nak carik pasal pasal statement ahmad ismail tu!!!!!jgn lupa budak cina tu punye kes lum selesai lagi!!!!!!klu cina menghina just mintak maaf, klu melayu mcm2 plak ko demand!!!!think!!!!!!!

Charlie said...

Wee memang tak betul! Oleh sebab itu, dia minta maaf.
Sebelum itu, bapa dia pun minta maaf.

Sesiapa pun yg bersalah kenalah sedar kesalahan dirinya dan meminta maaf, tiada kira dia itu kaum apa.