Umno's Race Politics For Their Own Survival

Umno has learnt that it can easily get the Malay votes by championing their "rights" and by playing the race and religious cards. Previously it got the non-Malay votes by scaring them with the spectra of May 13 and made used of the leaders of the BN component parties to influence their respective ethnic groups.

But in 2008, thanks mainly to the internet, many Malaysians realised that BN was essentially made up of a bunch of crooks and thieves who were siphoning off their money on a massive scale and sent a clear message through the ballot box. The many scandals (e.g. Altantuya, IPPs, NFC, Scorpenes) and the revelations by the AG indicate that in 2011 the BN thieves and their cronies could have stolen a whopping RM60 billion. Most Malaysian are disgusted and fed up with the BN thieves and these crooks can sense that they might lose the next elections and be brought to justice. Hence they are likely to use every dirty and crooked method they can think of to remain in power.