The Amanah gambit and Mustapha Ong

UPPERCAISE

Today, we have a different political and social scenario. UMNO-BN are still in total denial of what the majority of the people wanted across the political divides… Anwar is in a political siege as he had yet to emerge clean from his personal encounters… Amanah in its true form as a new NGO may change the political, economic and social landscape of the nation

By Dato Haji Mustapha Ong

LETTERS

By Dato Haji Mustapha Ong
by email

Yes I do have something to say and I will say it loud and clear based on my own personal conscience without fear or favour. I am only one of the minority voices within the minority in UMNO politics since my involvement from 1963. Although I am not in the league of Tengku Razaleigh, I share the same vision with Ku Li but I do not simply criticise my YDP Agong, party leaders, my government and this beloved nation which had given me so much in my 69 years as a patriotic citizen.

I had given more than 34 years of my life back to national service as a party official and government officer since the mid 60s with distinction and recognition from the nation. I am proud of my small contribution to the nation. Contrary to those who had criticised me for my bloggings in the cyberspace, I have never received any special favours and financial benefits from the party or government. I vouch that my success and that of my children are all due to our own hard work and not through political patronage from the UMNO leaders and the government. UMNO/BN had given me nothing absolutely although I have walked together with them in the corridors of power in my capacity as a party and government senior officer for more than half of my life.

Today, we have a different political and social scenario and the BN government had paid dearly for their mistakes and wrong doings as we had witnessed the loss of 5 state governments in the 2008 general election. UMNO and their crony BN component parties had not learnt their lessons and until today, 2011, they are still in total denial of what the majority of the people wanted across the political divides.

Former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was given the opportunity to lead UMNO and the BN government, through the popular support he had garnered in the 2004 general election but he had failed the electorate and the people in particular. Thus we had lost heavily to the opposition pact led by Anwar Ibrahim as proven in the 2008 general election. Anwar together with his PR partners are in the final lap of their attempt to overthrow the BN government under the leadership of Najib Tun Razak as a political run up to the 13th general election.

However, Anwar is in a political siege as he had yet to emerge clean from his personal encounters in his current ongoing sodomy II trial beginning in early August. Anwar had diverted a lot of public attention to other issues that he had created in order to neutralise the people’s opinion about his dubious character that had badly affected his reputation and creditability as an opposition leader. By hook or by crook, Anwar wants to topple this government by force with all his unconventional strategies in order to capture Putrajaya and become the next prime minister of Malaysia.

Yesterday (Friday, 22 July), together with all peace loving Malaysians of all races, I had attended the launch of “Angkatan Amanah Merderka” held at the Tunku Memorial in Kuala Lumpur. I believe there were at least more than two thousand people in the audience who had attended the function, with or without invitation. The launch was an eye opener for us and the support from the audience was warm and spontaneous.

Amanah Merdeka is led by a Central Council comprised of Tengku Razaleigh the President, six prominent Deputy Presidents and seven Vice Presidents with a clear vision and mission in the name of unity and solidarity.

Although Amanah is politically motivated and inspired with some of the mixed former political leaders in the pro BN government party leadership from both West and East Malaysia, it is hoped that Amanah’s noble course to reignite the voice of unity, the spirit of the Constitution, the pledge of justice and lastly the freedom for true liberty, will not be hijacked by irresponsible politically infiltrated agents.

Amanah in its true form as a new NGO may change the political, economic and social landscape of the nation to be led by the next democratically elected government after the 13th general election.

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This letter was submitted as a comment to the posting “Umno a place to get rich, says US envoy”
Dato Haji Mustapha Ong was once private secretary to Information Minister Datuk Mohamad Rahmat and later in the diplomatic service. He is the father of Omar Ong of Ethos Consulting, a close adviser to the prime minister, Najib Tun Razak.
Mustapha Ong earned a spot of notoriety in the 1990s when it was alleged he had tried to bribe a New York taxi driver to state he had procured sex partners for Anwar Ibrahim; the taxi driver in turn lodged police reports against Mustapha Ong.