The 14th General Election is getting
closer and we can detect certain panic in UMNO/BN leadership quarters.
This is because some UMNO/BN leaders
and strategists expect UMNO, MCA, Gerakan and MIC to lose more parliamentary
seats in the 14th General Election, which is why they are cranking up their
campaign of lies, hatred and fear, especially the triple lie-hate-fear tactics
that if UMNO loses, the Malays will lose political power in the country.
This is a downright lie, for whatever
happens in the 14th General Election, whether UMNO/BN is defeated by the
Pakatan Harapan of PKR, Amanah, Pribumi Bersatu and DAP, the Malays will not
lose political power in the country, for the following four reasons:
Firstly, the 14th General Election is
not a battle of UMNO vs DAP. It will be a battle between the Barisan Nasional
led by UMNO and the Pakatan Harapan coalition of PKR, Parti Amanah, Parti
Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) and DAP to save Malaysia from a kleptocracy by
defending the founding Constitutional principles of a democratic, just and
united plural Malaysia.
Secondly, DAP is not anti-Malay or
anti-Islam. DAP is not a Chinese party as right from the beginning of our
formation 50 years ago, we were committed to the principles and vision of a
Malaysian party, led by Malaysians and serving the interests of all Malaysians,
regardless of race, religion or region.
Thirdly, whatever happens in the
14GE, whether Najib is toppled as Prime Minister or UMNO loses the Federal
Government, the Malays in Malaysia will continue to exercise political power in
the country as there is no way they will lose their political power.
This is guaranteed by three
demographic reality in the country: (i) the population make-up, where in 2010,
the percentage of Malays in the Malaysian population increased to 55.07%,
Chinese reduced to 24.34%, Indians dropped to 7.35%, non-Malay Bumiputeras
maintained at 11.94% and 1.3% others; (ii) During the 13th general election,
52.63% of the voters were Malays, 29.68% Chinese, 7.31% Indians, 8.96%
non-Malay Bumiputeras and 1.43% others; and (iii) Out of the 165 Parliamentary
seats in Peninsular Malaysia, 114 are Malay majority seats representing some
70%, 22 Chinese majority seats (13%) and 29 mixed seats. There is not a single
Indian majority seat.
Fourthly, a Pakatan Harapan Federal
Government will compete with UMNO and Barisan Nasional to have a better record
in upholding the fundamental features of the Malaysian Constitution and look
after the rights and interests of all Malaysians, whether Malays, Chinese,
Indians, Ibans, Kadazans, Orang Asli because a Pakatan Harapan Federal
government does not want to be a one-term government but be able to continue to
get the mandate of the electorate in subsequent polls to govern Malaysia. This
means that a Pakatan Harapan government will have to prove to be better
government than UMNO/BN in looking after the rights and interests of all
Malaysians, regardless of race, religion or region!
In the past four months, UMNO/BN
mainstream media like Utusan Malaysia, New Straits Times, Berita Harian and
Star have become “lies-papers” as part of the UMNO/BN campaign to demonise
Pakatan Harapan leaders and myself, where I am described as a devil, puaka,
even jembalang; that I am anti-Malay, anti-Islam; cause of May 13, 1969 riots;
a communist; a stooge of foreign powers; that I dominate Pakatan Harapan and
made other leaders like Tun Mahathir, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Datuk Seri Wan
Azizah, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Datuk Seri Azmin Ali and Mohamad Sabu as my
stooges and puppets – all sorts of “unspeakable evil” under the Malaysian sun!
This is not because I have suddenly,
after 51 years in politics, become the No. 1 threat to UMNO/BN government, but
an indication of the fear and even panic of some UMNO/BN leaders and
strategists that UMNO/BN could lose the 14GE.
So the rationale for the escalation
of the campaign of lies, hate and fear against DAP and Pakatan Harapan leaders.
The 14th general election will be a
test whether the UMNO/BN campaign of lies, hate and fear can be successful in
misleading the voters to continue to support a kleptocratic Malaysia or whether
the information age has changed the political and electoral equation and
dynamics in the country by creating greater political awareness among Malaysian
voters, including in the semi-urban and rural areas, to vote for a democratic
Malaysia!
– https://blog.limkitsiang.com
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