Ever since the rejection of Umno by the Malays in the March 2008 General Election, Umno has become a desperate party to recapture the heart and mind of the Malay voters. Immediately after the election, the mantra was that Malays must unite ‘now or never’ regardless of their political affinity. The Islamic party PAS their arch rival was cajoled to join them, even though PKR another Malay majority party was sidelined. Just for a few Pas leaders who were willing to debauch, the majority rejected their Idea.
After their dismal failure to forge a marriage of convenience with an unwilling groom PAS, UMNO as a last resort to win back the Malay masses, which now is sinking on its own quagmire of scandals, corruption, nepotism and misuse of the trust the country which has bestowed them. Umno through its complicity with ultra, fascist ethno religious entities like Perkasa and other NGO’s unleashed raw racialism, any attempt by non Malays are construed as an attempt to question the royalty, and an affront to the Islamic faith. Just a staging of a play by Christian Church in Shah Alam, made the ultra sensitive Perkasa to make a Police report that the staging of the play is an insult to Sultan and Islam. There are many incidents which are seditious in nature, which will be detrimental for the peaceful co existence of the races, has been allowed to proceed without any governmental action to stop this outrages action.
The Selangor state Government’s decision to allow the construction of a Hindu temple in Shah Alam catapulted into a fierce heinous demonstration with the decapitated head of cow, to embarrass and insult the Indians, as usual, the Police was just standing there to control traffic rather than to stop this embarrassing fiasco. And the insult to injury is the Home affairs Ministers meeting the demonstrators, and posing with his signature grin the next day. Insults and prejudiced statements are periodically unleashed to shame and despise the non Malays, with only luke worm response from the government.
Utusan Malaysia, the main propaganda mouth piece of Umno, is the mother of all racialism; it perpetuated extreme racial and supremacy policies without fail, targeting the Malay audience to fall back on Malay unity, and to save the country from the subjugation by other races. And after the defeat of SUPP, losing 15 seats in the recently concluded election, DAP is being targeted as a racialist party, first the patron of Perkasa Tun Mahathir, second by the article by Awang Selamat on Sunday and today again in Utusan, that the Malays must unite against the chauvinism of DAP, for their historic victory in Sarawak and their new call for One Malay and One Bumi chauvinistic polity.
PM Najib’s One Malaysia policy is now being challenged by his own party ‘Newsletter’ Utusan. Can the Prime Minister expunge the reports of Utusan, or will he as usual keep quiet, proving without doubt that his one Malaysia policy is a ploy to attract the non Malay voters on one side; simultaneously to attract the Malays with his tolerance and support for the Malay Supremacy enigma by his pro Umno media organs to the chagrin of the nation. He has not reprimanded the Malay Daily, until today for all the venom and racial slur it is spreading without an iota of Press Professionalism. Can the PM, prove to the nation, that he is serious about his pet policy and charge Utusan for sedition. Will he have the political will to do this? Or do you still have Umno under your control PM Najib.
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