Mahathir's RCI

This was the unkindest cut of all;

For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,

Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms,

Quite vanquished him: then burst his mighty heart. . . .

This is the best way to describe Dr Mahathir. Mahathir would have done a Brutus on anyone. Najib is a small fry to him. If he can do that to Tunku Abdul Rahman, no one else is safe. That is why we say his 22 years as premier was a nightmare. Malaysians are better off without his legacy- the UMNO of 1988 which is now inherited by Najib.

Tunku Abdul Rahman is not here to defend himself. The granting of citizenship to more than 1 million non-Malays before 1957 was for the purpose of nation building. It was for a higher calling. The granting of citizenship to the Filipinos and an assortment of other nationalities done by Mahathir was directed at consolidating his power. These are two different things.

One served a higher calling and for the advancement of the greater good. The one did by Mahathir serve a narrower interest- his lust for power. The difference should be obvious to any right thinking person. We need not even go to the granting of citizenship as a precondition of the British giving independence to Malaya. Or we were not yet independent when Mahathir started his project IC in Sabah?

But there is a more pertinent point here. When Mahathir mooted the idea of having an RCI, on pre-independence non Malays, I am wondering, whether any self-respecting non-Malay Malaysian today, will ever want to vote Mahathir’s UMNO. Or will they lay silent when the forefathers are dishonoured?

Posted by sakmongkol AK47