Small boys talking

Using logical reasoning again, Chua’s real target is Islam, or Malays perceived as Islamists. I mean, let’s face it, most MBs are going to be from Umno, except for Penang -- unless Barisan Nasional wins back that island state. There is no way in hell that a Chinese from MCA is going to be the MB, not even in Penang. Hence, most MBs, other than in Penang, are going to be Muslims-Malays.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

Most MBs will be from PAS if Pakatan gains power, says Chua

(The Star, 26 February 2012) - The majority of Mentris Besar will be from PAS if Pakatan Rakyat takes state power in the coming general election, MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said.

The Prime Minister would also be from PAS if Pakatan were to take federal power, he added.

Dr Chua said the coming general election was a do-or-die battle for Barisan Nasional and Pakatan, not just MCA.

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That was what the MCA President said today. My question is: so what if most Menteris Besar will be from PAS if Pakatan Rakyat takes over the federal government? Is this something terrible? Is that bad for Malaysia? Would investors stop coming to Malaysia? Would we see a collapse of the economy?

If Chua had said most MBs would be murderers, womenisers, philanderers, plunderers, thieves, robbers, racists, etc., then that would have been upsetting to hear. But what is so terrible if most MBs are going to be from PAS? How can that be so bad? Of course, Chua did not explain why that would be so terrible.

Does Chua probably mean that most MBs will be from PAS and hence they would be Malays and Muslims? That is probably what he meant since he did not explain what he meant. I mean: PAS leaders are Islamist Malays. That is why they are in PAS in the first place. So Chua actually meant that most MBs would be Islamist Malays when he said that most MBs would be from PAS.

That is called ‘logical reasoning’, as my tutor from Oxford would say.

So that is actually the real issue here. Chua is whacking Islamist Malays.

Yes, I know, Islam is being called ‘the new Communism’. Radical Islam is the new enemy of the west since the collapse of the USSR and the emergence of China as the biggest capitalist nation on the face of this earth.

Using logical reasoning again, Chua’s real target is Islam, or Malays perceived as Islamists. I mean, let’s face it, most MBs are going to be from Umno, except for Penang -- unless Barisan Nasional wins back that island state. There is no way in hell that a Chinese from MCA is going to be the MB, not even in Penang. Hence, most MBs, other than in Penang, are going to be Muslims-Malays.

Even if MCA does win more seats than Umno, say like in Selangor or Perak -- which can never happen, of course -- a Chinese still can’t be the MB. The state Constitution forbids a non-Malay-non-Muslim from becoming the MB. And even if the Constitution is silent on the issue you still have to get the Ruler’s consent. And there is no way the Ruler would consent to it lest he wants to start hearing the people talking about turning Malaysia into a Republic.

The issue is: the Ruler is the head of Islam so the CEO also has to be a Muslim. Is that fair? Since when are we discussing fairness? Fair or not that is Malaysia and if we want to change that then we have to work harder than just screaming ABU!

So what’s the difference if Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat gets to form the government? Most MBs are still going to be Malays-Muslims. In fact, if Umno sweeps the most number of seats in Penang and the Chinese seats ALL go to DAP -- who would now be the opposition in the state -- and MCA does not win even one seat, the Penang Chief Minister will also a be a Malay-Muslim.

How can the Chief Minister of Penang be a Chinese when the Barisan Nasional seats are all Umno seats (hence all Malay seats) while the Chinese seats are all with DAP. Umno is surely not going to choose someone from DAP to be the Chief Minister. And you cannot be appointed a Senator to become a CM/MB like you can a Cabinet Minister.

If this happens then all the CMs/MBs are going to be Malays-Muslims. Not a single CM/MB is going to be non-Malay-non-Muslim, not even in Sabah and Sarawak where the Malays-Muslims are a minority.

Anyway, we can solve this problem, which is a non-issue. The states which DAP has a chance of winning more seats than PKR and PAS, other than Penang, would be Perak, Selangor, and probably Negeri Sembilan and Johor. Just make sure that DAP has Malay candidates contesting the state seats in those states. Then, if DAP does win the most number of seats in Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan or Johor, they would have a Malay-Muslim MB from DAP.

Simple or not? Then what is Chua now going to scream? That the Malays in DAP are just tools, alat or kuda of DAP? Aiyah! Don’t have Malays become issue. Got Malays also issue.

This is what you get when the recent MCA-DAP debate focused on: if you vote Pakatan then you are giving your vote to PAS and if you vote BN then you are giving your vote to Umno.

Now Umno is saying: if you vote Pakatan you are giving your vote to Israel. If you vote Pakatan you are giving your vote to the gay rights activists.

So how do I respond to that? If you give your vote to BN you will be giving your vote to corruption, nepotism, cronyism, abuse of power, racism, police, brutality, manipulation of the judiciary, persecution, inequality, etc.?

Can we just simplify matters a bit? Let’s just vote for good governance, transparency and accountability. Just focus on those three. If we have those three then corruption, nepotism, cronyism, abuse of power, racism, police brutality, manipulation of the judiciary, persecution, inequality, etc., would automatically disappear.

You do not need to fight corruption, nepotism, cronyism, abuse of power, racism, police brutality, manipulation of the judiciary, persecution, inequality, etc. Those are not the problems. Those are signs or symptoms of a problem. Don’t try to cure the symptoms. Cure the cause.

It is because we DON’T have good governance, transparency and accountability that we have corruption, nepotism, cronyism, abuse of power, racism, police brutality, manipulation of the judiciary, persecution, inequality, etc.

Tok Guru Nik Aziz Nik Mat, the MB of Kelantan, is a good example of an MB who practices good governance, transparency and accountability. Lim Guan Eng, the CM of Penang, is a good example of a CM who practices good governance, transparency and accountability. I suppose that’s about it, unfortunately.

So what if we have a Chinese, Malay, Mamak, Indian, Eurasian, Chapalang, Iban, Bugis, Javanese, Acehnese, Bajau, Kadazan, Dayak, Siamese, Portuguese, or whatever, as the state CEO? How many ‘pure’ Malays have become the Prime Minister? Since Merdeka we have had six Prime Ministers so far and not a single one was 'pure' Malay. If Anwar Ibrahim or Muhyiddin Yasin becomes the next Prime Minister they are also not ‘pure’ Malays. The only 'pure' Malay who almost became Prime Minister was probably Gafar Baba. So do we need to talk about the race of the PM, MB or CM?

Okay, now most of you are going to scream ABU! Some are going to ask: so whom do we vote for? Simple mah! Vote for good governance, transparency and accountability.

Which party or which candidate contesting the election can give us that? Well, you decide that for yourself. I am not campaigning for any party. If you think Barisan Nasional can give us that then vote BN. If you think that BN can’t give us that but Pakatan Rakyat can, then vote PR. That’s your decision and you have to decide whom you want to vote for.

As for me, I have always voted opposition since I was old enough to vote. And if I am able to vote at the Malaysian High Commission in London I will again vote opposition.

You know what, I not only vote opposition but I do it openly. The last three general elections -- 1999, 2004 and 2008 -- I voted in Subang Jaya USJ9. For those who have voted before you will know that they will give you the ballot paper and ask you to go into the booth to mark it.

Well, I don’t do that. I just grab a pencil and mark the ballot paper then and there, at the public table where they hand out the ballot papers.

You should see the faces of those officers. They would panic and ask me to go into the booth to mark the ballot paper. I tell them, “No problem. I am going to vote opposition.” After marking the ballot paper I hold it up and show it to every person in the room. “See, I have voted opposition.” Then I put the ballot paper into the ballot box.

There was absolute silence as I walked out the door. Everyone was so stunned you could hear a pin drop.

Well, they don’t call me tau fung or gila babi for no reason.