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| KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Dis: Penasihat DAP, Lim Kit Siang memberi jaminan bahawa kuasa orang Melayu tidak akan tergugat jika Pakatan Rakyat menang pada PRU-13 akan datang. Malah beliau berkata, hak orang Melayu itu akan lebih terbela di bawah Pakatan Rakyat berbanding apa yang dilakukan Umno sejak parti itu merintah negara ini beberapa dekad lalu. "Orang Melayu tidak akan kehilangan kuasa apabila PR memenangi lebih banyak kerusi dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang, yang benar-benar akan hilang kuasa adalah Umno dan Umno-Putra. "Malah, orang Melayu akan mendapat lebih banyak hak-hak dan kuasa apabila PR memenangi lebih banyak kerusi dalam pilihan raya umum yang akan datang," katanya dalam satu kenyataan kepada Harakahdaily. Dalam pada itu beliau turut membidas tohmahan pemimpin Umno khususnya timbalan presidennya Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yang mendakwa DAP sebagai parti cauvinis Cina yang berhasrat menghapuskan raja berpelembagaan dan menjadikan Malaysia sebuah negara Republik. Katanya, kenyataan Muhyiddin itu bukan sahaja satu pembohongan malah keji, tidak bertanggungjawab, dan cubaan menakutkan dan menghasut rakyat berbilang kaum di negara ini. "Dari awal lagi, dalam ucapan pertama saya 40 tahun yang lalu di Parlimen pada 23 Februari 1971, saya telah isytiharkan bahawa DAP menyokong penuh sistem raja berperlembagaan dan bahawa kita "tidak pernah dan tidak mempersoalkan kedaulatan Raja-Raja", tegasnya lagi. Siapa bohong Selain itu mengulas kenyataan Muhyiddin bahawa 'PAS mengikut telunjuk DAP' yang turut disokong Presiden Umno, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, Kit Siang berkata ianya sangat berbeza dengan pandangan MCA terhadap mereka. "Presiden MCA Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek dan sekutu beliau pula menuduh DAP dengan menyatakan 'DAP mengikut telunjuk PAS'. "Siapa yang telah berbohong? Najib dan Muhyiddin atau Chua Soi Lek?," soalnya. Mengulas lanjut beliau berkata, tiada mana-mana parti dalam Pakatan Rakyat bertindak sebagai 'Big Brother' malah kesemua parti memainkan peranan bersama. "Tidak seperti BN di mana Umno adalah hegemoni dan parti-parti politik yang lain tunduk kepada agenda dan kepentingan Umno," katanya. |
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Dis: PAS turut mengucapkan tahniah kepada Parti Keadilan dan Pembangunan (PJD) yang dilaporkan memenangi jumlah terbesar kerusi dalam pemilihan parlimen Morocco.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — In a few hours, the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) will be empty of the thousands of delegates, observers and supporters attending the annual Umno general assembly. The five-day meeting saw a slew of speeches that touched on the issues facing the dominant party in the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.Here are the winners and losers.
WINNERS: Hardliners in Umno because the speeches and tone from this year’s assembly suggest that the party has moved further away from the centre. Umno used to be a broad church of opinions from the farmers, religious scholars to the teachers and businessmen and pure political animals concerned about social justice, economy, religion and race.
Today, race is the dominant theme and the supremacy of the Malay race is being used to bulldoze and shut out other voices in the party. The DAP was singled out as the main cause impeding unity talks between the Malay parties. Ironically, PAS was formed by the Umno religious wing in 1951 and both parties only worked together in 1973 to 1977 in the aftermath of the May 13 race riots.
But the DAP gets the blame for the lack of Malay unity and the race riots.
WINNER: Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil. Try as a few Umno delegates did, no one could shake the Wanita Umno chief off her perch because of the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) scandal involving her family. She stuck to her guns, insinuated that the attack was meant to weaken the wing that is seen as the backbone of Umno.
It also proved that Umno defends its own no matter the degree of the stench. Shahrizat isn’t the first and won’t be the last Umno leader to be grilled over allegations of misconduct by family members. And she won’t be the first to be dumped by Umno immediately too.
She lives to fight another day. It is up to the party to decide whether Shahrizat is a millstone around the party’s neck in the coming general election.
LOSERS: Malaysians. Because Umno looks set to win the polls in the next general election but yet looks woefully ill-equipped to lead a multiracial country. Sticking to parochial sentiments to fire up its members is outdated for any party that has been at the helm of a country for more than 50 years. One expects delegates to articulate a vision to continue on its previous success but that did not happen.
Instead, delegates harped on age-old themes of having their culture and faith eroded by political foes taking over the country. That they are the only guarantee of faith and culture. What about the economy? What about the reforms? What about Malaysia?
LOSERS: Chinese, Indians, Kadazandusuns, Christians, Buddhists, etc. After five decades of contributing to the development of this country, Umno still views people from this group with suspicion. That they can only be good if they are subservient to Umno. Everything is centred around Umno. Malaysia fails when Umno falls.
But they didn’t articulate the vision for continued success. They didn’t talk about public funds being used wantonly in high-impact projects by those related to Umno leaders. Instead, everyone is at fault except those in Umno.
The party lost another chance to clean its stables and start winning the trust of those who abandoned them in Election 2008. And the party lost an opportunity to show they can work with, trust and treat other communities with equality and respect.
To be sure, the Umno annual general assembly this year is an event ahead of a possible general election next year. The party needs to rally its members. But it must also show that it can be a party acceptable to all Malaysians, not just the Malays.
Bagi presiden Umno, Datuk Najib Abdul Razak, beliau memilih kesederhanaan dan pendekatan untuk berdamai. Namun timbalannya, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin pula memilih tema “Ketuanan Melayu” dan menjadi orang Cina sebagai momokannya.
Rentak dan nada perbahasan pada perhimpunan kali ini ditetapkan oleh Muhyiddin Yassin yang pada malam Selasa lalu memalu gendang bahawa perpaduan Melayu hari ini menghadapi ancaman yang semakin menonjol daripada masyarakat Cina dan penganut Kristian.
