Malaysian politics is still full of racial and religious features and the true equality for all racial groups is still a dream, said Malaysia Today Editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin.
When could we achieve a society without the distinction of races and religions?
Raja Petra pessimistically said that even in the era of our grandchildren, Malaysia's politics may not be able to completely get rid of racial politics.
Raja Petra said Malaysia has went through 50 years. He could not predict how it would go for the next 50 years. But he stressed that as long as no changes done to the education system, the situation would be the same or even worse.
“Racial harmony requires a very long time to be achieved but it can be destroy within a second. The 13 May incident is an example,” he said.
He bluntly said that the goal of no racial politics could not be achieved with the presence of Umno, MCA and MIC.
“In fact, not only Umno or Malays can't run away from racial politics, but MCA and MIC as well,” he added.
He pointed out that during the general elections, Malays voted for Chinese and Indians voted for Malays. But after the elections, the major parties distributed official positions according to the quota system instead ability. (Guang Ming Daily)
source: My SinChew
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