Recent developments in our country are very worrying. There have been more than a dozen incidents in the past two years which had the potential to create communal riots in this country.
Unfortunately, the ones who are responsible for all this dangerous sentiments are none other than our ruling Umno. Statements made by various Umno leaders on inter-religious issues have only added fuel to these negative sentiments. Sadly, such statements have even been made by our deputy prime minister. His remark about the proposed inter-faith commission has shown us what kind of leader he is.
Umno has clearly shown that it is not for power-sharing with the other communities in Malaysia, be they Chinese, Indians or the natives of Sabah and Sarawak. A fine example would be the rejection of the interfaith commission. It was discussed at the Umno supreme council level and was rejected. This rejection was final despite the support for it by all the other Barisan Nasional component parties.
Just imagine, all the parties that represent the various races in the country cannot get a proposal through just because Umno alone rejects it!
Even the so-called ban on the inter-religious discussions was directed at non-Muslims alone. Muslims continued to carry on with their discussions which carried inflammatory them. on-Muslims cannot even tell their fellow men about the protection provided by the Federal Constitution.
Is this the government we want? I say 50 years is enough for Umno!!!
Malaysian Chinese
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In the 2004 elections (11th General Election), the voters gave good support to Mr.Abdullah Badawi. But reforms did not come. Why? Probably because UMNO had done well in the elections. If UMNO had done well in the elections, then the election results tell UMNO that the voters are satisfied with the status quo. If the voters are satisfied with UMNO, then no reforms are necessary. In the 2008 elections (12th General Elections), UMNO did not do well, but she managed to win. UMNO did lose the 2/3 majority in the Parliament, but she did win, nevertheless. Will UMNO undertake reforms now? I would not be surprised if she did not. Why should she? UMNO is still the winner in the elections; and she can plan to rise and may even succeed to rise again. So, as long as she wins, she will never undertake the reforms. So, how do the voters get the reforms that they need? The voters will get the reforms when UMNO is completely defeated in the 13th General Elections. If UMNO wins zero seats in the next elections (13th General Elections), then some other party would have to rule Malaysia. Let us call it Party B. If UMNO is completely defeated in the next elections (13th General Elections), then Party B would rule Malaysia. Would Party B undertake reforms? If Party B does not undertake reforms, then voters would know what to do.
So, the next step for Malaysians is to completely defeat UMNO in the next elections.
Please support the abolishing of the Internal Security Act (ISA) of Malaysia. If you go to www.google.com and type the words INTERNAL SECURITY ACT MALAYSIA, you would be able to read up more about it. You could also go to www.youtube.com and type the words INTERNAL SECURITY ACT MALAYSIA, and be able to see and learn more.
The UMNO government has used the ISA numerous times. I want to make it clear that it is not the Barisan Nasional (BN) government, but the UMNO government. It is not the government, but UMNO. Barisan Nasional is a coalition of unequals, not equals. UMNO is the big brother in BN. Therefore UMNO must be held responsible; and more importantly, UMNO must not be allowed to hide behind the BN banner. UMNO is the enemy, not BN. Thus, each time the ISA is used, the responsibility lays squarely on UMNO.
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