WHY SHOULD MALAYS BE SO STUPID TO RISE UP FOR UMNO? MALAYS HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT UMNO FOR DEEPENING THEIR FAILURES, SAYS ARMY VETERANS GROUP

UMNO has nobody to blame but itself for the failure to protect Malay interests that caused the community to languish behind the other races economically, said veterans’ group Patriot.

Patriot president Brig-Gen (rtd) Mohamed Arshad Raji said several leaders remained in denial of this reality, as evident by speeches made at last Saturday’s “Melayu Bangkit” rally where Pakatan Harapan and DAP were blasted for sidelining the Malays.

“Patriot takes a serious view of the speeches made by Umno leaders, notably Annuar Musa, Tajuddin Abd Rahman, and Lokman Adam that accused Pakatan Harapan leaders of failing to protect Malay interests and those of the Malay rulers,” Arshad said in a statement today.

“These Umno leaders have obviously lost their sense of reason. Their speeches are reflective of themselves being mentally challenged,” he said.

“Umno must know that it is their own failures that led to Malays losing out in pursuit of their social and economic betterment, as compared with the other races.”

During the rally organised by Perak Umno, Umno’s Tajuddin Abdul Rahman said that DAP was the enemy of Malays and Islam, and now that it was in power, would seek to remove the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Malay rulers.

However, Arshad said that the rights of the Malays and that of the Malay rulers were well entrenched in the federal constitution.

“If Umno, which had led the nation for the last 60 years, still says that the Malays and the Malay rulers need to be protected, then there must be something seriously wrong with the previous government’s policies,” he said in the statement.

Mohamed Arshad Raji says if Umno, which had led the nation for the last 60 years, still says that the Malays and the Malay rulers need to be protected, there must be something seriously wrong with the previous government’s policies. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 4, 2018.

Arshad urged Umno, which suffered huge losses in the last general election, to redeem their lost credibility by practising mature politics and to cease stoking racial and religious flames.

“They have to cease stoking and fomenting issues that can cause resentment among the Malaysian population. Otherwise the race-religious-centric party will see its speedy demise,” he said.

“Abandon the unhealthy tactic of stirring racial and religious issues. Function as an effective opposition to the ruling party.

– https://www.themalaysianinsight.com