Making the Malays ANGRY with the non-Malays: Najib and Umno's last card

UMNO must accept that it has done too many wrong things. Forgiveness even from the Malay community which has supported it in the past won't come so easily anymore. The party just has too many scandals and failed to do too many things it is duty bound to do.

Even with 55 years of authority, it has mismanaged the country’s economy, failed to raise the standards of living of the majority of the Malays which is supposed to be its main objective and failed to eradicate poverty amongst all Malaysians, which they promised all of us. There have been too many disastrous economic decisions that have now resulted in the country sitting on an incomprehensible RM460 billion mountain of debts.

Debt alone has stunted the development and progress of our country; we can all forget about becoming a developed nation by 2020.

Cooking poison curry

Face it, the education system is also a disaster zone. Both Malaysian parents and children are put in a confusing and irritating situation. The dilemma of whether to really embrace English as the language of economy, science and knowledge or of improving and enriching the Malay language is still being fought out and the systemic changes made every few years are destroying the students' ability to focus.

UMNO has also failed to maintain social harmony, religious tolerance or integrate the various ethnic groups and culture. Malaysians are naturally very tolerant of each other and at times have shown kindness, caring, respect and kinship to each other beyond racial and religious boundaries. There are inter-marriages and courting couples and their offspring are beautiful to behold.

There are many Malays who look Chinese, Chinese who look Malay, there are of course Malays who look Indian and there are Indians who look Malay. Malaysia is a cultural melting pot, but one that UMNO is stirring into a cauldron of poisoned curry.

We can participate and celebrate each other’s festivities and eat a meal with each. Even the different varieties of cuisine have somehow molded our taste buds for food and these have become uniquely Malaysian in taste. The integration is spontaneous and can grow but UMNO doesn't allow it. If the races grow to be comfortable with each other, UMNO would lose its biggest political weapon - race championing!

Going all out to destroy social harmony

UMNO despite the decades in power has achieved little success. Yes, they can boast when they compare against Cambodia and Myanmar. But why not compares against Singapore or Korea. After all, the Korean auto industry started around the same time as Mahathir Mohamad's Proton. But ask any car buyer today, and they will say Korean cars are the only ones worth considering even against the Japanese models unless you can afford the BMWs and Mercs.

Now, UMNO is actively trying to dismantle the fragile social fabric that has been naturally woven by the people themselves over years. We have the potential to be a real success story. We had natural resources to help us achieve our aspirations but the greedy UMNO elite spoiled everything and continues to do so.

Even our EPF at risk

UMNO has robbed us of a huge amount of the natural resources in Malaysia, and is still doing it. Our timber is gone, minerals have depleted, fresh water polluted and our petroleum is drying up. UMNO has also milked the last bastion of our our wealth dry - our EPF. The Emprovident Provident Fund is not safe any more. It has been borrowing and may soon be begging for money to avoid being bankrupt.

Instead of improving our economy, Najib is just manipulating the issues with statistics. His claim that his Economic Transformation Programs have been very successful just do NOT JIVE, despite the manifestly fabricated statistics churned out by the ever-obedient PEMANDU, which is after all a unit right inside Najib's own PM's Department.

Yet the UMNO-BN government still continues to borrow more money to run the government. Even REFSA argued that the statistics are not in order and must be taken with a pinch of salt. If the ETPs have been successful, then our national debt should have at least remained the same but it is ballooning beyond control.

Instead of taking action against the wrongdoers for the various scandals, for overspending and likely corruption, scandal-tainted Najib and UMNO have tried hard to cover up or sweep these under the carpet. He and UMNO have instead protected the culprits and punished the whistle blowers instead of probing and charging them.

Green light given for extremism

Still UMNO is not satisfied even though Najib has managed to bulldoze through many controversies such as getting the MACC to clear Umno Women's chief Shahrizat Jalil of corruption.

He and his party are now encouraging religious tensions by refusing to take any action against individuals or groups that instigate racial tension. With the latest Perkasa attack on Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, Najib and UMNO have in essence given the green light for all pro-UMNO individuals like Ibrahim Ali, Hasan Ali and groups like Pekida, Jati and of course Perkasa to continue their blatant efforts to creating DISHARMONY in our society. UMNO-BN poiticians are also being encouraged to do the same.

So what sort of a leader is Najib Razak. What sort of a man would do this. Apart from the reviled Mahathir Mohamad, it looks like no other PM has been as evil as Najib now.

The outright brutality against civilian protesters at the Bersih rallies and the harrassments against Ambiga, the butt excercises by ex-Army officers and the latest call to "hang Ambiga"are only more proof that UMNO has lost its way long ago.

Propaganda to brainwash the Malays

Now, many Malays have lost faith in UMNO. To prevent a greater exodus and to recapture those who have left, Mahathir is leading a propaganda charge to brainwash the Malay community that the non-Malays are dangerous people. And only UMNO, Mahathir and Najib can save them!

But will the Malays come back to the UMNO fold? Well, UMNO can just dream on. The fact is more Malays are feeling shamed and disgusted by UMNO’s actions. Many are thinking twice about continuing to support UMNO. Just look at the number of prominent individuals like the ex-senior civil servants and artists joining PKR and PAS.

The fact is the Malays no longer need UMNO to defend them or Islam - there is PKR, PAS and also DAP, which is starting to grow its Malay membership.

Self-interest, greedy individuals

So how can UMNO leaders be so foolish as to think that they can take the people for ride after ride, forever and ever? The real reason is because they are not really interested in UMNO's well-being.

Within UMNO, party leaders think as greedy individuals, bickering amongst themselves without caring about UMNO's interest - what more, the nation's.

UMNO leaders well deservedly can be called modern day pirates and their pirate ship is now sinking. To underscore how evil they are, these leaders are engrossed only in their self-interest and the ability to continue in their corruption.

They know their ship is sinking but they won't do a thing to stop it. Why should they bother, why should they be the one to lose their advantage - this is their mentality.

Now, they have no alternative but to sink with with their ship. No wonder, UMNO and Najib are afraid to face the 13th general election. But for how long can they stop history or Father Time.

Malaysia Chronicle