CHANGE PM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE: Malays are DOOMED under weak men like Najib

This is what a retired JKR engineer said to me as he explained how good and capable Malays in the Civil Service are sidestepped or overlooked by their more “politically savvy” colleagues.

According to his colleagues, this man was once one of the brightest engineers, but he fell victim to the political maneuverings of the upper echelons of our once proud and capable Civil Service. I also happen to know that some of our capable teachers were not given the right incentives to teach, but were instead loaded with administrative work, even as headmasters. All good teachers really want to do is teach.

Doomed to fail in their own country because they have been trained NOT to think

I am now convinced that the Malays are doomed to fail in their own country. This has little to do with their propensity to stab one another in the back while seeking the top positions, or with what the British did to them or to Malaya. It is not because the Chinese and Indians have taken the best out of the country, or have denied them their legitimate rights. The Malays are doomed because they do not think! They are afraid to think straight.

Look at the debates on hudud and you can see why the Malays are doomed. Even the Prime Minister had to “play ball” with PAS because (according to his spokesman and future Cabinet Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai) it’s inconceivable for any “good” Muslim to be seen to oppose the introduction of hudud.

If a Malay who holds the top post in the country can be overwhelmed by such political trickery, then what hope do we have? Is Liow and the PM telling us that they have no answer to an old political gambit (50 years old to be exact)?

Najib too unable to think for himself or too scared to do so?

Now these non-thinking Malays have formed a committee, comprising scholars who are supposedly steeped in Islamic jurisprudence, to find ways to implement hudud in Kelantan. We know this is just a political ploy because there are no scholars steeped in hudud. Even in countries where hudud is allegedly used, no one knows the basis of the decisions made by the jurists of that country. Do we truly believe that if the person accused of theft is related to the Saudi king or knows Imam Khomeini, he would suffer amputation? Or that a member of the royalty who downs gin and tonic cocktails would be prosecuted? Or on what basis do they determine the quality of the witness who complained of the illicit sexual tryst?

That’s the problem with legal systems not used widely in this world. Even when used, its shrouded in secrecy; and that’s the system we want to emulate? There are just no practical precedents to follow. The shariah judges are appointed by a Majlis where the members are under the direct rule of the monarch , how are the independence of the judges assured? . The clever scholars will have no answers to these questions ; the most they can do is ridicule people like me. All this fanfare is going to waste a lot taxpayers’ money, and yet the PM sees no problem with this harebrained scheme just to protect his political image. Is the Prime Minister telling us that we are going to have a different set of shariah-based penal laws for Muslims in Kelantan, while Muslims in other states are spared? Whats is his real intention? This is the worst case of political irresponsibility this country has experienced since its birth.

Duty of all Malaysians to change PM

I know the PM is a man of few words. He seldom says what is expected of national leaders, but if this is indeed the way it’s going to be then it’s the duty of all Malaysians and the Malays who refuse to be doomed to start an active campaign to bring real change. That means to bring about change in leadership. How much more travesty must we endure from leaders who are destroying the country we love?

My friend Anwar is also no different from Najib; they know when to keep their mouth shut because Putrajaya is everything to them.

I call on the Malays to come forward. You need to break free from the fear that Najib, Anwar and JAKIM all suffer from. We can still be saved if we do not let ourselves be doomed by Malays like them. - zaid.my