The Malay nationalist group, Perkasa issued a warning that the Chinese community will use the coming GE to take over the country because they feel the last GE has weakened the Malays and instead empowered the Chinese community. According to the director of Perkasa's economic bureau, Dr Zubir Harun who was at the Malay Consultative Council's (MPM) round table discussion claims that a divided Malay community will empower the other races. He even added that the Malays have sacrificed in allowing immigrants to live in Malaysia. He is totally against the non Malays and liberal Malays for wanting to rewrite the country's Constitution and social contract.
- summerized from the article from theMalaysianInsider -
Why isn't he being arrested for his remarks? Okay lets put it this way...
What are the supporting documents he has to say that the Malays have been weakened and the Chinese community are being empowered?? He has to have the proof to be able to claim this. Can he share with us the proof? I think we would like to see his supporting documents.
History has proven that the Malays are also immigrants to this land. Yes, they have been living in Southeast Asia in the Malay Archipelago but the Malays are mainly seafarers and they used to travel from one island to another. (source: Wikipedia.com) When we ponder about it, does it give Dr Zubir any right to call those who are non-Malays as immigrants when the Malays themselves are immigrants themselves.
According to Rusaslina Idrus, who is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 76.9 per cent of the Orang Asli (the REAL inhabitants of Malaysia) remains below the poverty line even though the national poverty rate of Malaysia has declined over the years to 6.5 per cent. She added that data taken from the Department of Statistics shows 35.2 per cent, which is more than one third of the Orang Asli population, are classified as hardcore poor compared to the 1.4 per cent nationally. What happened to the special rights that they were entitled to as promised in the Federal Constitution Article 153 that protects the rights of the "bumiputera" one might ask. Aren't they to be considered as "bumiputera"? Unfortunately for a person to be recognized as a "bumiputera" in the Peninsular according to the Ministry of Higher Education:-
"If one of the parents is Muslim Malay as stated in Article 160 (2) Federal Constitution of Malaysia; thus the child is considered as a Bumiputra"
Dr Zubir said by the Malays weakening, the Chinese community are being empowered and will probably be taking over the next GE. I would say why not? We've been under the rulings of the Malays for the past 53 years as of 2010. Why not a non-Malay Prime Minister? I am questioning this because we need a good check and balance in this country. Currently we have seen 4 past Prime Ministers who are Malays and so is the 5th Prime Minister. Why can't we have a non-Malay there in the seat of power? For the sake of argument also in memorance of the International Women's Day , why not a woman? Take India who had Indira Gandhi as the Prime Minister. (in office from 1966-1984)
Let this be food for thought in building Malaysia into a better nation without any prejudices and being a truly united Malaysia. We are still not too late to rectify the mistakes of the past so, let's not dwell on the past but focus on the future to come.
