Race relations have declined, the economy has declined, crime has increased, the justice system has become a tool for oppression, the country is fast achieving pariah status amongst nations.
UMNO and the BN must cede power to the opposition.
What comes next?
Malaysia can take a lesson from what Nelson Mandela did with South Africa.
In South Africa, many were fearful that there would be blood shed in retribution against the years of oppression of the blacks by the whites.
Mandela wanted to avoid that, he wanted South Africa to quickly move forward.
He decided that there had to be peace in South Africa, there must be equality of all races and there must be forgiveness of the past.
South Africans remember apartheid, but have decided to not fight over it or dwell over it, just work together for the good of the nation, the blacks working together with the whites who had oppressed them.
I suggest that as a model for Malaysia, I suggest forgiveness and reconciliation in Malaysia as Mandela accomplished in South Africa.
What I suggest is that people put aside their instinct for revenge and instead channel their energies towards building a strong, modern, energetic Malaysia that is prosperous, fair and just in how it treats everyone, citizens and foreigners alike.
I ask Malaysians what Mandela asked of South Africans, move forward, don't look back.
Malaysia has vast resources, especially it's people.
I appeal for ALL Malaysians, the Datuks, Tan Sri's, Tuns, towkay, kerani, etc., ALL Malaysians, rich, poor, middle class, educated or illiterate, to decide that moving forward REQUIRES forgiveness and reconciliation regarding past misdeeds of repression, squandering, etc.
It is a BIG request I ask of Malaysians, many of whom have personally felt the oppression by the UMNO BN government, but it is a request I must make, because Malaysia is at a simpang in it's history.
There are now 2 choices, EVERYONE, whether they support the opposition or BN UMNO can work together to make Malaysia truly great, or they can all continue fighting.
If they choose to fight it will be a disaster and lead to ruin, if they work together Malaysia has a good chance of being well on the way to being a prosperous and developed nation by 2020. Malaysia would also achieve kudos from the world as South Africa has.
I want to work for a better Malaysia, hand in hand with everyone else, whether they are UMNO, BN, PKR or otherwise, whether they are having the title of Tun, Agong, etc. or if they have no title, perhaps they just clean toilets.
I have a dream, that Malaysia will become a nation that the world takes note of, for all the right reasons.
Please join me in making that dream become reality for ALL, those alive now and for future generations.
20/10/10

























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