Barisan’s ‘brilliant’ strategy in Permatang Pasir 17 August 2009

Ok, you’ve got a crucial by-election battle coming up. You must show that Malay support for your party has increased. You’re heartened by your strong showing in the last by-election where your party lost by a margin of only 65 votes.

It won’t be easy. The by-election is in a PAS stronghold and in the Opposition leader’s backyard of Permatang Pauh.  Even in 2004, when the feel good factor of the then Prime Minister Mr. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi swept the nation, the seat remained in the hands of the opposition.

To have any chance of winning, you must go on the offensive right from the start.

You’ve got all the necessary tools at your disposal. The might of government’s machinery. Promises of development and stability. The media, let by Utusan Malaysia, to paint a picture that the opposition pack is a threat to the Malays. If you play your cards right, you might just win the seat.

So then what do you do? You field a candidate who has been barred from practising as a lawyer.

Now, your campaign will be spent defending your man.

Brilliant strategy, Barisan Nasional…

Taken from the Edge:

Rohaizat’s offence a personal misconduct, Ragunath says

PERMATANG PAUH: The offence for which Permatang Pasir Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Rohaizat Othman was struck off the Malaysia Bar Council’s list involves the individual lawyer.

Bar Council president Ragunath Kesavan told The Edge Malaysia that the proceedings under Section 103D of the Legal Profession Act 1976 involved misconduct of the individual lawyer.

“The offence was for personal liability and does not involve any other persons as Rohaizat was named by the complainant, and not his partner.

“Rohaizat was disbarred on March 7 last year and he appealed against the Bar Council decision to the High Court, which also dismissed his appeal on Aug 12 this year,” he added.

Ragunath said the offence committed by Rohaizat involved stakeholders’ money from Koperasi Pekebun Getah and there was no account for it.

“When the board looked into this matter and the order was made, there was no reimbursement to the stakeholders involving the sum of RM140,000.

“Even if you pay, the offence has been committed and it is a serious offence as this involves dealing with client’s money.

“If you are an innocent party, you would not be found guilty by the disciplinary committee and the charge leveled under Section 103D is tantamount to criminal misconduct,” he added.

Ragunath said the other partners only would be penalised if it involved negligence of the law firm concerned, but the offence committed under Section 103D was for personal misconduct.

On Sunday, Penang Umno chief Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told a press conference that it was Rohaizat’s partner who was involved in the scandal which resulted in Rohaizat being struck off.

Meanwhile at the nomination centre, when asked whether Rohaizat’s credibility would come into question following the revelation of him being disbarred, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said: “There is no controversy with regards to his candidacy as we have done our homework.

“As far as the law is concerned, he has been declared eligible to contest and we believe the voters will understand when we explain to them what actually happened.

“We have our ways of explaining to the voters, the opposition can do whatever character assassinations they want.

“We will expose all their lies and the rakyat can judge for themselves,” he added.

Bila UMNO bantah bir, bahagian II 16 August 2009

Maka pecahlah bumi mendengar dentuman-dentuman garang oleh pahlawan-pahlawan 1Malaysia dari Pemuda UMNO.

Maka dilabelkan Anwar Ibrahim itu sebagai pengkhianat Melayu.

Maka dikatakan DAP itu sebagai penghina Islam dan pencabar hak Melayu.

Maka dituduh PAS itu sebagai parti bacul menjadi pak turut telunjuk si pengkhianat dan si penghina Islam.

Mengikut laporan the Malaysian Insider:

“PAS used to fight for Islam but now they have become liberal,” Umno Youth exco member Lokman Adam told the crowd.

The founding member of PKR also questioned why the Shah Alam Municipal Council (MBSA) now controlled by PR did not revoke the license for Carlsberg brewery to operate in the district.

“When PAS wanted to ban alcohol, they did not refer to the Quran or the Sunnah, but they referred the matter to DAP,” said Lokman.

Maka dipersoalkan mengapa kilang minuman keras tidak ditutup apabila PAS mengambil-alih kerajaan bersama Pakatan Rakyat.

Adakah mereka lupa bahawa mereka memerintah negeri ini sehingga tahun lepas?

Jika begitu pentingkan isu bir, mengapa tidak berbuat apa-apa dahulu?

Maka jelas tampak cetek pemikiran mereka yang begitu lantang bersuara.

Pakatan needs Anwar, for now 11 February 2009

Mr. Karpal’s recent outburst certainly caused a stir. No, it’s not “I’m suing the Sultan” statement. The other one.

The near-blasphemous (at least to Pakatan supporters and leaders) “Anwar must resign” statement.

To say that it came out of nowhere is inaccurate. Mr. Karpal was steadfast, even leading up to the September 16 dud, in decrying the practice of party-hopping. He kept repeating that the DAP will not support party-hopping, even when his DAP colleagues like Mr. Lim Kit Siang worked up crowds by claiming for a “sky-change” i.e. a change of government. Recently, during the campaigning period for the Kuala Terengganu by-election, Mr. Karpal threw a spanner in the works by harping on the issue of hudud and even began to criticize Mr. Anwar for his supposed ‘endorsement’ of the Islamic punitive laws.

But to ask Mr. Anwar to step down as Pakatan leader is a different kettle of fish altogether.

I am not an ‘Anwarista’, those single-minded Anwar-supporters who think that the man can do no wrong. Yet I at this point in time, I do believe that the man is the best hope for change that our country has. That is why Mr. Anwar must continue to lead the political alliance.

Yes, at this point in time, Pakatan Rakyat is merely a loose alliance of political parties, with a common enemy in Barisan Nasional. It was Mr. Anwar who managed to enjoin three disparate parties together and to put up a formidable challenge to the half-century long dominance of Barisan Nasional. With Mr. Anwar, the opposition parties settled on seat allocations throughout the country and somehow managed reap massive gains in the last general elections. Yes, without Mr. Anwar, there will be no Pakatan Rakyat.

If Pakatan Rakyat wants to proof itself to be a viable alternative to Barisan Nasional, it must also provide the voters with a viable ’shadow PM’. An Opposition Leader, who will stand toe to toe with the Prime Minister, his cabinet and the Barisan backbenchers. It needs a figurehead, a general and a rallying point. That man is Mr. Anwar.

Whilst Pakatan has thus far been successful in projecting itself as multi-racial, political realities mean that its leader must be a Malay-Muslim. To stand the middle ground, the leader must be seen to be a moderate, acceptable to the most rural of Malays to the most urban of Chinese. As it stand, he cannot come from DAP as many Malays still view it with suspicion. Similarly, he cannot come from PAS, as the party still has to completely detach itself from its hardline, conservative image. As it stands, PKR is the ‘middle party’, thus the leader comes from PKR.

I wondered though, had PKR not won the most seats, would Mr. Anwar still be opposition leader?

Yes, like his counterparts in Barisan, Mr. Anwar has been vilified incessantly. He has been called many things; sodomite, Jewish agent, betrayer of the Malays, power hungry, talam dua muka, yet like his counterparts in Barisan, many of these allegations are mere allegations. He has successfully deflected these attacks, either by sheer charisma or shrewd political acumen. A lesser man would have buckled under the weight of accusations. Despite all the allegations, he still enjoys support across wide sections of society.

So despite whatever he has done, despite the ‘troubles’ he may have caused, it is imperative that Mr. Anwar continues to lead Pakatan.

But at 62, Mr. Anwar is not getting any younger. If if he does become the prime minister in the next general elections, he could only stay on for two terms, at most. By that time, it is hoped that Pakatan has successfully cobbled itself into a true coalition, akin to Barisan Nasional, to ensure that Pakatan survives without Mr. Anwar.

The Perak takeover 4 February 2009

On the eve of Mr. Anwar’s supposed ‘September 16′ coup, I was amongst the thousands that gathered in the Kelana Jaya stadium for Pakatan Rakyat’s Malaysia Day celebrations. It was a truly Malaysian audience, typical of many Pakatan Rakyat rallies.

I do not know how many of us there truly believed that Mr. Anwar would be successful in his plans to entice lawmakers to defect to Pakatan. For me personally, I was at Kelana Jaya because I no longer wanted to be ruled by the current government. I desired a different government. Did I believe that Mr. Anwar will pull it off? Not really. Did I want him to pull it off? Only if it resulted in kicking out the current regime.

We all knew 16 September had failed. It did not materialize. We never saw any BN MPs switching parties. Thus we never witnessed how a government may be formed through defections.

Today, the Pakatan Rakyat elected government of Perak has fallen with the resignation of three assemblypersons from their parties and the ‘re-defection’ of the Bota assemblyman. Both Barisan and Pakatan have equal number of seats, but BN has the support of the three ‘independent’ representatives to form the new government.

Today, I witnessed how a government can be toppled by defections. And I thank god Mr. Anwar did not succeed.

If this is what it means to seize power, then I do not want the Pakatan Rakyat to taint its hands. Let Barisan engage in the subterfuge, the intrigue and the political games.

Today, I finally understood why some see party-hopping as despicable and contrary to the practice of democracy.

Let Barisan claim this as a ‘victory’. Let them proclaim this as the ‘revival’ of the weakening coalition. Let them announce this as ‘the end of Pakatan’. If the only way for them to ’strengthen’ themselves is through money, then good luck to them. It may be a blow to Pakatan in that they have lost the state, but the people are not blind.

Thank goodness for the fact that in the next general elections, the people are deciders. Not money, power and opportunistic politicians.

PAS’ hudud dreams 12 January 2009

On Saturday, journalist Mr. Baradan Kuppusamy wrote in the Star an ‘analysis‘ that:

A vote for Barisan Nasional in the upcoming Kuala Terengganu by-election is a vote for a secular and multi-ethnic Malaysia ruled by the Federal Constitution.

His article is in line with the mainstream media’s blitzkrieg of scaring non-Malays and non-Muslims on the issue of hudud laws. First it was magnifying the disagreements between Pakatan Rakyat on the issue. Closer to the crucial Kuala Terengganu by election, ‘commentators’ like Mr. Baradan are openly claiming that ‘a vote for PAS is a vote for hudud’. A call eerily similar to MCA campaigners in the Chinese majority areas of Kuala Terengganu.

Indeed, even the more respectable Mr. Hafiz Noor wrote in the Malaysian Insider:

I would like both Pas and PKR to be punished for their position on hudud.

…

If the answer is no, then Pas must lose in Kuala Terengganu. It is regrettable that the implication is victory for BN, especially when it is becoming clear that BN has learned nothing from March 8.

Nevertheless, I am unwilling to sacrifice my ideals for too much political expediency. There is such a thing as a limit and this whole issue on hudud, and especially the argument brought forward by Pas and supported by PKR, has gone over and beyond mine.

Mr. Hafiz seems to be caught up with Barisan’s propaganda on the issue of hudud, both the hair of Samson and the heel of Achilles to PAS at the same time.  Hudud has once again entered the realm of public opinion in our fair country.

The problem with the public discourse on hudud is that people know very little of what it actually entails. When people talk of hudud, the first thing that comes to mind is the punitive aspects, such as amputation and stoning. This may be due to Barisan’s age-old strategy to counter PAS, especially against non-Muslims: the fear of hudud and the so-called Islamic state.

But what exactly is hudud?

How do we establish an Islamic state?

Is one the pre-requisite of another, as Mr. Karpal Singh claims?

Let’s look at hudud. Let’s say, hypothetically, that there are enough  MPs in Parliament to pass a bill on hudud. How would such a bill be passed? Is it merely a matter of replacing the current criminal justice system? Or do we actually need a constitutional amendment, which would of course require two thirds majority. And will hudud, if implemented, apply to non-Muslims as well? PAS and Mr. Anwar says it will only apply to Muslims. Will we then have a parallel criminal justice system for Muslims and non-Muslims, as in family maters?

The truth is, no one really knows. It has never been tested before. No one, not even from PAS, has ever attempted to table a hudud bill in Parliament.

Let’s accept one thing. PAS has always had a dream to establish an Islamic state in Malaysia and to implement hudud. Regardless of how the political climate in Malaysia has changed, I believe that party will still have this as its ‘ultimate principle’. It is this underlying notion of unshaken belief in Islamic principles that gives PAS its unique strength.

But PAS is also realistic. It knows that to actually achieve this ‘dream’, it cannot do so whilst in partnership with PKR and DAP. We have of course heard many times of DAP’s objection to hudud and Islamic state, and whilst Mr. Anwar has said that PKR will not object hudud outright, I doubt that his multi-racial party will ever accept an Islamic state/hudud. Thus for PAS to achieve its dream, it can only do so by forming the Federal government on its own. Yet on its own, PAS can never form the Federal government.

Therefore, the discourse on hudud is a hypothetical one. A rhetoric.

PAS is now a member of Pakatan Rakyat, a coalition trying to present itself as a viable alternative to Barisan Nasional. As in any coalition of differing ideologies and interests, there must of course be consensus and compromise. PAS cannot and I believe will force hudud upon its partners, even if Pakatan forms the Federal government. Mr. Khalid Samad said in his blog:

More importantly, the public has also to be referred to. We cannot implement the Hudud laws or any other law which was not specified and agreed to by the people who elected us into power. That would be a breach of trust of our part. It is obvious that the PR did not win in the 5 states on the basis of the implementation of the Islamic legal system and to implement the Islamic legal system in such a circumstance would be improper. Obviously, our partners in the coalition would also not allow it.

This however does not mean that PAS therefore has no purpose or reason to be with the PR government. After all, good governance is as equally an important element of the Islamic agenda as any other aspect of the Islamic system, Hudud laws included.

(Emphasis is mine)

Thus, even if PAS cannot achieve its dream, it does not mean that it has no purpose to remain in Pakatan Rakyat. As Mr. Dzulkefly Ahmad said:

I could go into great detail in arguing and debating from a Syariah point of view — with regards to the wisdom of the Islamic Jurisprudence (Maqasid Syariah) — that being in a Political Coalition, or Tahaluf Siyasi in Arabic, with our Pakatan Rakyat partners is not only permissible but almost enjoined by the Syariah. I have no qualms in admitting this. There is an authentic prophetic tradition on this and the ‘Siyasah Syariah’ or Syariah-Driven Politics enjoins this approach. We are truly a plural politic in a plural society. There is no other way towards achieving government save through Power-Sharing (Tahaluf Siyasi) and understanding the demands of Plurality (not meaning Pluralism).

Bearing in mind the supreme purpose of Syariah is Justice (Al-‘Adaalah), and that Justice is the largest common denominator of the three parties in Pakatan Rakyat, PAS must remain focused on this noble goal. PAS must also place the principles of achieving Good Governance (Al-Istikhlaf) and Wellbeing for All (Al-Isti’mar) as critical cornerstones of a new nationhood. All these are Quranic concepts are both universal and inclusive. These principles are in consonant with the aspirations of PKR and DAP.

The above is an excerpt from an interview with Mr. Dzulkefly. It’s a good read.

Of course, from time to time, PAS will voice its opinions on the Islamic state and hudud. And almost on cue, DAP will record its strongest objections. And PKR will say ‘its up to the component party to discuss’. Does it mean that these parties cannot work together, that they’re wrecked apart by ideological differences? Of coure not. Pakatan, thus far is unlike Barisan, where ‘big brother’ UMNO dictates and the others follow. Pakatan is an experiment of political consensus-finding and compromise. In Pakatan, no party is major or minor, even if PKR has the most seats in Parliament.

At the end of the day, we have one party whose members trample upon the sensitivities of others, whose racist tendencies are becoming more prominent and widespread, who practice corruption and double standards, who supports detention without trial, who claims the supremacy of one race over the other and who uses government institutions for its own political needs.

At the other side, we have a party who doesn’t practice all the above, but has a dream, impossible as it may seem, to implement hudud on Muslims.

If both are viewed as ‘evils’ to a secular Malaysia, which one is the greater ‘evil’ that deserves to be punished?

If a vote for PAS is a vote for PAS’ hudud dreams, then what is a vote for UMNO?

What DSAI did not say 10 January 2009

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again. Mr. Anwar Ibrahim is no angel. He is far from perfect.

He has said some things in the past that I don’t agree with, and the whole 16 September fiasco still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

But in comparison with some our country’s current batch of government ‘leaders’, I’d much prefer Mr. Anwar and his Pakatan Rakyat partners. They might not be perfect, far from it, but to me Pakatan Rakyat as it stands are miles better than the so-called ‘grand coalition’ of Barisan Nasional.

Nevertheless, we keep forgetting the stranglehold that the government has on the mainstream media. Whether we like it or not, the media still shapes a huge part of our country’s public discourse. That is why we see issues detrimental to Pakatan, such as hudud and disagreements between leaders get hyped up and blown out of proportion by the media. And now, it seems, even the ‘alternative media’ is being used to spread the ruling coalition’s propaganda.

On Wednesday, a friend sent an e-mail to me and a few other close friends. In the e-mail, there was a link to an report by the Malaysian Insider with the heading, ‘Anwar says UMNO is like Israel‘:

KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 7 – Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim drew parallels last night between the conflict in Gaza and what he called the sufferings of Malaysians as he hit the campaign trail at a mammoth rally attended by thousands here.

Attempting to touch a sensitive chord among the mainly Muslim constituency here, he accused Umno, the main party in the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, of acting like Israel.

“The leadership is busy collecting wealth. While Israel is punishing the Palestinian people for choosing Hamas, it is no different from Umno punishing Malaysians for choosing the Pakatan Rakyat,” he told a ceramah here on the first day of campaigning for the Kuala Terengganu by-election.

My friend condemned Mr. Anwar, for using the events in Gaza for political mileage and being insensitive towards the plight of the Palestinians. I read the report myself, and whilst I didn’t agree with comparing Israel and UMNO, I thought that if the comparison was in relation with not respecting the democratic wishes of the people, parallels can certainly be drawn. Israel does not recognize Hamas, even though the latter was democratically elected by the people of Gaza. Similarly, Barisan is having difficulty in trying to accept the fact that they are no longer the government in four states and losing two thirds majority in Parliament.

A visit to popular blog, Mr. Ahirudin Attan’s ‘Rocky’s Bru’, the popular blogger wasted little time in condemning Mr. Anwar for what he reportedly said. He also quoted the report by Malayian Insider as his source.

In any event, I was curious to know what Mr. Anwar actually said. A search on YouTube yielded me the desired result: a three part video on Mr. Anwar’s speech on 06 January 2009, at a Pakatan Rakyat Ceremah Mega on nomination day. I watched the 30 minutes video.

As I suspected, Mr. Anwar never made the comparison. In fact, he never uttered the sentence attributed to him in the report. He never said UMNO is like Israel. I even watched it again, just to be sure in case I missed a sentence or two. You can watch the video and see for yourself (Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3).

In fact, I even looked for an alternative video on the same ceremah, to avoid accusations that the first video was edited (the alternative video: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.).

It would seem that Mr. Anwar is again demonized for things he did not say nor do.

As usual, UMNO leaders  true to form, did not bother to check the facts and wasted no time in scorning Mr. Anwar. All based upon one report which was proven to be inaccurate.Yes, no other media carried the first initial report on what was said by Mr. Anwar that night.

Oh, and I actually commented on Mr. Ahirudin Attan’s ‘Rocky’s Bru’ that the report is inaccurate. I also provided links to the video. However, Mr. Ahirudin thus far refused to watch the video, taking the Malaysian Insider report as the gospel truth. Oh well.

Bloomberg interviews Ali Rustam 12 November 2008

The scene – March 2009. Datuk Seri Mohd. Ali Bin Mohd. Rustam has just won the Deputy President post in the UMNO elections. By convention, he has also been appointed to be the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia. Soon after, criticism began to mount on his credentials as Deputy Prime Minister. Amongst those criticisms are that he lacks knowledge in foreign relations and the economy and also of his poor command of the English language.

In order to dispel those criticisms, an interview was arranged with American news company Bloomberg. Here is the transcript of that interview.

Interviewer: Good evening, you’re with me, Condelezza Cruz on a special interview with Mr. Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam, the new deputy prime minister of Malaysia. We will be asking his views on a number of pertinent issues in Malaysia and the world. First of all Mr. Ali Rustam, congratulations on being elected as Deputy President of the United Malays National Organization or UMNO, a part of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.

Ali Rustam: Tenkiu very much. Actuallyyyy… I want to correct you. I am actuallyyy a ‘Datuk Seri’. You know ‘Datuk Seri’? It’s a title we give in Malaysia. Like the ‘Sir’ that your Queen give you. But we got a lot of titles, got Datuk, Datuk Seri, Tan Sri and oso Tun.

Interviewer: My humblest apologies, Datuk Seri. And I believe that you are referring to the knighthood awarded by the Her Majesty the Queen of England. However, Bloomberg is an American company.

Ali Rustam: Amerika? Sorry, sorry, you all look the same. Of course, Amerika. Oh you got Obama right? Obama is good! He is negro but he become President. Goodlah like that. Amerika now good, hopefully doesn’t become setan anymore. You know setan? We Muslims believe got Setan. Devil. Setan very bad. Amerika oso very bad last time, like devil. Now maybe with Obama Amerika can become good.

Interviewer: Yes, Mr. Obama is the first African American president of the United States.

Ali Rustam: Yeah, his father is negro, right?

Interviewer: (ignoring the ‘negro’ remark) It’s interesting Datuk Seri that you brought up Mr. Obama as the first black American president. Can you ever see the same thing happening in Malaysia?

Ali Rustam: No, no, no, Malaysia don’t have negros. Indians have lah.

Interviewer: Can an ethnic Indian become the prime minister then? Or an ethnic Chinese?

Ali Rustam: No, no, no, cannot! Only Melayu can become PM. You see, the Malaysia is last time owned by the Malays Only later the Indians and Chinese come. We take them in, of course. We got this social contract between the races. They cannot become PM, of course. In Malaysia we got ketuanan Melayu, you know?  You know ketuanan Melayu?

Interviewer: Yes, I am familiar with the concept of ‘ketuanan Melayu’, or Malay supremacy.

Ali Rustam: Yes, yes, Malays are supremacy. Malaysia used to be tanah Melayu you see? Now it is Malaysia, but still belong to the Malays. You see, you must understand, Malays have our own ajenda. The Chinese and Indians must understand. They are Malaysian oso, but they cannot lebih-lebih, you see?

Interviewer: So it’s impossible to see a non-Malay PM in Malaysia?

Ali Rustam: Not impossible-lah. Nothing is impossible. But cannot lah. Like I said, Malays have got our own ajenda. The Chinese and Indians oso got thier ajenda. So we got to compromise lah. You white people won’t understand.

Interviewer: Actually Datuk Seri, I am Hispanic.

Ali Rustam: Why you panic?

Interviewer: Hispanic. It’s alright Datuk Seri. Moving on, with the world being embroiled in the global financial crisis, what steps will Malaysia take to buffer the effects?

Ali Rustam: Buffer means what?

Interviewer: To cushion the effects.

Ali Rustam: Oh, kusyen. Actuallyyyy… this ekonomi question all you don’t ask me. The Finance Minister is Datuk Najib, our PM. Or you can ask the mamak guy, what’s his name? Oh Nor Yaacop. Ekonomi is not my portfolio. I am ketua menteri Melaka. I know about tourism. You know Melaka?

Interviewer: It is a state in the Federation of Malaysia, am I correct?

Ali Rustam: Correct! Goodlah you, you know Melaka. You must already watch the Shah Rukh Khan movie One Two Ka Four right? Good movie right? You know, we give Datuk to Shah Rukh Khan? He told me he is very happy, he said he will come to Melaka always. We oso thinking of naming a street after him. Jalan Shah Rukh Khan. Probably in those DAP areas.

Interviewer: Can I just pick up on what you said. You mentioned the Democratic Action Party or DAP, part of the opposition coalition of Pakatan Rakyat, or People’s Alliance. Last year, the oppositon have made siginificant inroads during the 12th General Elections. Can you share with us your thoughts on why this occured.

Ali Rustam: Actuallyyy… these opposition they lie to the people. They say that UMNO is bad. We are not bad. We are good! We lead Malaysia for 51 years you know! You see, Malaysia now very developed! They won  a lot because they lie to people. But I think now the people understand, the people realize that only UMNO and Barisan Nasional can take care of Malaysia.

Interviewer: But you cannot deny that their influence have increased, especially under the leadership of Mr. Anwar Ibrahim.

Ali Rustam: Anwar? He is big liar. He lie to the people. he said last year September 16 he can make the government, but don’t have! We still the government! No one believes him. You know, he got big problems already. You know he has court case? I don’t want to say anything lah, but a guy said that Anwar sodomized him. I don’t want to say anything about that lah. But the guy swear on the Quran that Anwar did it. Swearing is not a small thing you know!

Interviewer: …

Ali Rustam: But like I said, I don’t want to say anything about that. Maybe he did, maybe he didn’t. I tell you what I think later, okay?

Interviewer: … Moving on, as the new deputy prime minister, what is your vision for the future of Malaysia.

Ali Rustam: Vision? Oh you mean Vision 2020. That one last time our former PM, Tun Mahathir, you know him?

Interviewer: Yes, Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohammad.

Ali Rustam: Good, you know! So last time Tun came up with vision 2020. Wawasan Dua Puluh Dua Puluh, we say in Malay. And then you know Pak Lah become PM. You know Pak Lah?

Interviewer: Yes Datuk Seri. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the former PM.

Ali Rustam: So Pak Lah came and he extended vision 2020. So now vision 2020 is in 2050.

Interviewer: So its now vision 2050?

Ali Rustam: No, no, no, you whites don’t understand. It’s still vision 2020, but in 2050. But now that Datuk Seri Najib is the PM, I dunno whether its still in 2050 or 2020. But to answer your question, yes, I have vision 2020.

Interviewer: … That is all the time we have for this interview. Once again Datuk Seri, congratulations on being the deputy UMNO President, and congratulations on being appointed as the deputy prime minister. All the best to you and your country.

Ali Rustam: Your welcome. This interview shown on Astro, right? What time?

Interviewer: … We’ll inform you later.

Note: This is a purely fictional interview, conjured up for the sake of humour. I am not implying that Mr. Ali Rustam is a bad at foreign relations, ethnic relations, the economy nor am I implying that his English is bad. Basically, I am not implying that the real Ali Rustam is an idiot. I’m sure he isn’t.

al-kisah Ahmad 8 November 2008

Ahmad adalah seorang ethno-nasionalis Melayu.

Bukan dia yang gelar dirinya sebegitu. Dia sendiri tidak tahu apa itu ‘ethno-nasionalis’. Tetapi mengikut kata orang bijak pandai, Ahmad adalah seorang ethno-nasionalis Melayu.

Seperti kebanyakan ethno-nasionalis Melayu, dia percaya bahawa hanya United Malays National Organization boleh membela nasib orang Melayu. Dia masih muda, lebih kurang tiga puluh tahun. Tetapi telah lama dia berkecimpung dalam UMNO. Sejak umurnya dalam lingkungn dua puluh-an lagi.

Ahmad tak pandai berpolitik. Dia bukan apa-apa dalam UMNO. Hanya ahli biasa. Tetapi dia aktif mengikuti aktiviti-aktiviti UMNO. Tiap-tiap tahun, dia teringin hendak menjadi perwakilan dalam Perhimpunan Agung UMNO, tapi dia tak pernah layak. Jadi dia hanya boleh ke PWTC untuk tonton persidangan dari luar sahaja.

Pilihanraya Mac sudah buat Ahmad sedih. Negerinya tewas di tangan pembangkang. Sekarang dia tinggal di negeri pembangkang. Mula-mula dia tak percaya, tetapi dia terpaksa menerima hakikatnya. Nak buat macam mana, orang tak mengenal budi, katanya.

Bulan berganti bulan, sedih Ahmad menjadi amarah. Dia baca Utusan tiap-tiap hari dan dia disajikan dengan berita-berita bagaimana hak-hak orang Melayu makin terpinggir. Ketuanan Melayu dan kontrak sosial semakin dipersoalkan. Nampak gayanya, orang bukan Melayu dah mula kurang ajar. Mereka dah lupa dahulunya ini tanah siapa. Dia tak pandai baca apa perlembagaan kata, tapi ketua bahagiannya beritahu dia yang dalam perlembagaan memang ada sah tulis bahawa Melayu ini tuan di Malaysia.

Kalau sempat, dia akan ikut sekali kalau ada demonstrasi. Dia ingat dulu, bila pembangkang demonstrasi, dia kata pembangkang tak ikut budaya Malaysia. Negara ini mana ada demonstrasi. Dia sedar yang dia juga demonstrasi sekarang, sama seperti perangai pembangkang yang dikritiknya dahulu. Ah, tapi ini untuk Melayu, bisik hatinya.

Tapi dia lihat, demonstrasi pun tak mendatangkan apa-apa. Utusan beritahu dia yang orang bukan Melayu semakin menjadi-jadi. Nak buat ladang babi, nak buang DEB, nak perlahankan azan, buat kecoh di rumah terbuka, nak UiTM, pakai seksi di masjid, nak ambil alih PKNS dan macam-macam lagi. Apakah mereka sengaja nak buat orang Melayu mengamuk? Jangan sampai orang Melayu mengamuk, nanti mengalir darah kafir. Jangan mereka bermain api.

Tetapi kalau dia marah pada bukan Melayu, dia lagi marah pada pengkhianat Melayu. Banyak pengkhianat Melayu di sebelah pembangkang. Anwar Ibrahim, Khalid Ibrahim, Tunku Abdul Aziz… semua tu pengkhianat. Ahmad syukur sebab masih ramai lagi pembela Melayu di dalam parti UMNO. Kecuali Zaid Ibrahim, yang dah jadi pengkhianat sebab persoalkan ketuanan Melayu.

Dalam banyak-banyak pembela Melayu dalam UMNO, dia amat tertarik dengan seseorang ini. Setiap kali ada isu pasal Melayu, orang ini, yang bergelar Datuk, mesti ada. Sentiasa dihadapan, berani mempertahankan bangsa dan agama.

Dia ingat lagi, masa Cina Lim Guan Eng ambil alih Pulau Pinang dan dia cakap nak buang DEB, Datuk ini berada bersama-sama dengan UMNO Pulau Pinang yang lain untuk demonstrasi depan bangunan Komtar.

Ahmad tak tahu sangat baca Inggeris, tapi rakannya ada terjemahkan laporan the Star ini:

Chanting “Hidup Melayu” (long-live the Malays) and “Allahuakbar” (God is great), the protesters marched towards Komtar in Jalan Dr Lim Chwee Leong at about 2.30pm.

They held banners with messages such as “Kami Penduduk Pulau Pinang Menyokong Penuh Kepimpinan Pak Lah” (We fully support Pak Lah’s leadership), “Anwar Ibrahim Pengkhianat Bangsa” (Anwar Ibrahim, traitor of the Malay race), “Tak akan Melayu Hilang di Pulau Pinang” (Malays will not be sidelined in Penang) and “Kepimpinan DAP dibantah oleh Melayu Pulau Pinang” (Penang Malays Protest Against the DAP-led goverment).

‘Datuk’ tersebut adalah Datuk Reezal Merican Naina Merican. Ahmad tidak kenal Datuk Reezal dan tak pernah jumpa mahupun lihat Datuk Reezal, tapi dia amat tertarik dengan perjuangan Datuk Reezal demi orang Melayu. Datuk Reezal melompat mempertahankan raja-raja Melayu ketika diperlekehkan oleh bengali tua Karpal Singh.

Presiden GPMS Datuk Reezal Merican Naina Merican berkata jika Karpal gagal berbuat demikian pihaknya akan menggerakkan usaha mendapatkan sokongan rakyat untuk menggesa kerajaan mengambil tindakan.

“Pandangan keterlaluan yang diungkap oleh mana-mana termasuk wakil rakyat, wajar dikenakan Akta Hasutan mahupun Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA).

“Kita tidak mahu individu biadab seperti Karpal terus mencemar kedaulatan Raja-raja Melayu dan menggugat keharmonian hubungan rakyat dan raja,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini.

Ketika kerajaan umumkan peningkatan biasiswa orang bukan Melayu,

Gabungan Pelajar Melayu Semenanjung (GPMS) akan mengadakan pertemuan dengan Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak untuk berbincang mengenai isu kenaikan kuota biasiswa Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) kepada bukan Bumiputera daripada 10 peratus kepada 45 peratus.

Presidennya Datuk Reezal Merican Naina Merican berkata beliau akan mengadakan pertemuan secepat mungkin dengan Najib yang juga merupakan Ketua Penasihat GPMS.

Majlis Tertinggi GPMS termasuklah kesemua pengerusi GPMS negeri sebulat suara membantah kenaikan itu dan saya mahu tekankan di sini bantahan itu bukanlah bersifat perkauman tetapi berdasarkan tuntutan kesamarataan,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat khas Majlis Tertinggi GPMS di ibu pejabat GPMS di sini hari ini.

Kawan Ahmad juga ada beritahu yang dalam perlembagaan negara disebut bahawa biasiswa hanya boleh diberikan kepada orang Melayu.

Lepas itu, bila si bangsat Khalid Ibrahim cadangkan untuk membuka UiTM kepada bukan Melayu, Ahmad perasan yang Datuk Reezal adalah antara suara yang paling lantang mengecam si bangsat itu.

Presiden Gabungan Pelajar Melayu Semenanjung, Datuk Reezal Merican Naina Merican pula menyifatkan perbuatan Abdul Khalid seperti mengkhianat amanah teras orang Melayu.

“Seharusnya orang Melayu membuka mata dengan kenyataan Tan Sri Abdul Khalid. Saya juga percaya UiTM tidak pernah berkompromi soal merit dan pencapaian para pelajarnya walaupun ia diwujudkan khusus untuk kaum Bumiputera,” katanya.

Tidakkah Khalid tahu yang UiTM itu benteng terakhir orang Melayu? Tak guna punya Melayu, tak sedar diri!

Presiden GPMS Datuk Reezal Merican Naina Merican pula berkata UiTM adalah benteng terakhir orang Melayu mendapatkan pendidikan di peringkat tinggi dan menjadi ‘empangan’ bagi cerdik pandai Melayu.

Datuk Reezal juga ada puji pelajar-pelajar UiTM yang berani:

Sementara itu, Reezal Merican, dalam ucapannya dalam majlis yang sama memuji “tindakan berani” mahasiswa UiTM membantah cadangan menteri besar itu kelmarin.

“Saya tidak ajar demonstrasi, tetapi kita pertahankan hak kita,” katanya, yang juga setiausaha politik Abdullah di Kementerian Kewangan.

Betul kata Datuk Reezal! Kita orang Melayu kena pertahankan hak kita! Baru-baru ini, bila Zaid Ibrahim bangkitkan isu Ketuanan Melayu, Datuk Reezal juga ada beri komen:

Presiden Gabungan Pelajar Melayu Semenanjung (GPMS), Datuk Reezal Merican Naina Merican, berkata menyatakan ketuanan Melayu sebagai konsep yang gagal adalah juga penafian kepada sumbangan institusi kesultanan dan politik Melayu selama ini.

“Entah kenapa pandangan sedemikian seperti ‘dengungan’ pandangan liberal parti pembangkang yang terdesak mempamerkan wajah ’sama rata’ hingga sanggup mengorbankan kepentingan bangsa,” katanya.

Ahmad bersyukur kerana masih ada orang seperti Datuk Reezal. Dia mendengar bahawa Datuk Reezal adalah presiden Gabungan Pelajar Melayu Semenanjung (GPMS), yang sama seperti Datuk Reezal, telah banyak mempertahankan Melayu. Menitis juga air mata Ahmad melihat pejuang-pejuang bangsa yang begitu gigih dan berani. Dengan adanya mereka, takkan hak Melayu hilang di dunia.

Tertariknya Ahmad terhadap Datuk Reezal, dia ingin mengenalinya dan GPMS dengan lebih dekat. Kalau boleh, dia juga ingin masuk GPMS. Dia masih muda lagi, walaupun dia bukan ‘pelajar’. Dia nak masuk Gerakan Belia 4B, tapi dia lihat 4B senyap sahaja. Tak banyak mempertahankan Melayu yang semakin diasak. Jadi kalau dia masuk pertubuhan belia seperti GPMS, dia juga dapat menyumbang kepada perjuangan yang belum selesai.

Tetapi mana pejabat GPMS? Dia tidak tahu. Mungkin ada di dalam internet, bisik hatinya.

Ahmad tidak pandai ‘main’ internet. Dia terpaksa minta tolong rakannya. Laman web GPMS pun Ahmad tak tahu. Nasib baik kawan dia boleh cari.

Ahmad dibawa ke portal GPMS di www.gpms.org.my. Dia melayari serba sedikit laman web tersebut. Apa itu GPMS, apakah aspirasinya, apakah matlamatnya. Kemudian Ahmad melayari barisan ahli jawatankuasa GPMS, perwira-perwira Melayu yang begitu unggul bagi dirinya.

Dia terperanjat apabila tiba di bahagian ahli jawatankuasa GPMS. Betulkah apa yang dilihat? Ahmad seperti tidak percaya. Apabila dilihat raut wajah presiden GPMS, Datuk Reezal, dia terasa bagaikan tertipu.

Betulkah ini pertubuhan belia untuk pertahankan Melayu?

Diteliti huruf-huruf G, P, M dan S. Gabungan Pelajar Melayu Semenanjung. Huruf ‘M’ di dalam ‘GPMS’ itu adalah ‘Melayu’ dan bukannya maksud yang lain. Datuk Reezal juga adalah seorang ahli UMNO. Dan setahunya, UMNO itu hanya untuk orang Melayu.

Dilihat semula gambar Datuk Reezal di laman web GPMS:

Pemikirannya terlalu sempit untuk menerima ‘kelainan’. Bagi dirinya, hanya ada satu stereotaip Melayu yang ada di benaknya. Dia tidak dapat menerima apa yang dia lihat.

Berkali-kali dia bertanya, inikah dia wira Melayu yang begitu lantang dan berani mempertahankan bangsa?

Terus dilupakan kehendaknya untuk memasuki GPMS.

Ya, Ahmad kini keliru. Ditanya, adakah Datuk Reezal Melayu? Apa itu Melayu? Kalau Melayu itu sendiri mempunyai kepelbagaian, ada Mamaknya, ada Arabnya, ada Bugisnya, ada Jawanya, ada Minangnya dan macam-macam lagi, mengapa Malaysia tidak boleh menerima kepelbagaian? Kalau kita begitu ingin membezakan antara Melayu dengan tidak, bukankah kita harus berikan maksud kepada makna ‘Melayu’ itu tersebut. Dan persoalannya balik semula kepada apa itu Melayu?

Cakap tak serupa bikin, kata Ahmad. ‘Hipokrit’, kata orang bijak pandai.

Orang seperti Datuk Reezal, yang menunjukkan kepelbagaian bangsa Melayu itu sendiri, tidak mahu menerima kepelbagaian Malaysia. Orang seperti Datuk Reezal, yang bergantung kepada penerimaan orang Melayu terhadap kelainan mereka yang menganggotai bangsa itu, mudah pula membeza-bezakan rakyat Malaysia.

Kini Ahmad malas nak fikir pasal Melayu.

DPM: In the future, NEP is to be replaced 24 October 2008

This is an interesting piece of news.

From Malaysian Insider:

Najib ready to end special privileges for the Malays

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is ready to end the special privileges for the Malays, but stressed that this must be done gradually.

In an interview with Bloomberg Television, the Prime Minister-designate said “if we do not change, the people will change us”.

“In the not-too-distant future, we will see all the elements of the New Economic Policy being replaced.” He didn’t say when that might occur.

“It’s a huge challenge,” Najib said in the interview yesterday. “There must be this political will and desire to change within Umno. I don’t think we can expect people to look at us in more favourable terms unless we change, unless we rectify our weaknesses.”

The Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition used the scrapping of the NEP as a campaign pledge to inflict record losses on the ruling Barisan Nasional in the March general election.

The NEP was devised by Najib’s father, Tun Abdul Razak, when he was Malaysia’s second prime minister to boost the Malays’ economic status — through job allocations, cheaper homes and other benefits — in a country where ethnic Chinese had long been more prosperous and remain so. About 65 per cent of country’s 27 million people are Malay.

According to Bloomberg, by offering to scrap the NEP, at an unspecified time, and replace it with a needs-based system, Najib is moving closer to the stance of opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who also supports a system based on economic need.

Anwar is trying to seize power but said on Wednesday he is finding it difficult to woo ruling coalition lawmakers to his side.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi plans to step down in March and has named Najib, his deputy, as his successor. Abdullah sped up his planned 2010 exit from the political stage as racial tension increased.

Some analysts Bloomberg spoke to expressed doubt that Umno, the leading party in the ruling coalition, is ready to give up a programme that helps its members. Political consultant Karim Raslan said Umno hasn’t fully accepted how much it needs to change.

“I don’t see enough frankness in terms of challenges facing the party,” Karim said. “Many of the party leaders feel that by replacing Abdullah they will overcome these weaknesses. I have to disagree with them. I don’t see many signs of revival,” Bloomberg quoted him as saying.

Najib’s family has held top positions in politics and business for generations. His father led Malaysia from 1970 to 1976. Najib’s cousin is the current education minister. His younger brother Nazir Razak runs the country’s second-biggest bank CIMB Group Bhd.

Abdullah picked Najib to succeed him despite misgivings by some over controversies surrounding the deputy prime minister.

Najib has denied suggestions that he is linked to the murder of a Mongolian woman in 2006, and that he had an affair with the victim. A political analyst who worked for Najib is on trial for abetting two police officers in the murder.

Anwar also has accused Najib of profiting from defence contracts and of being behind criminal charges that the opposition leader had sex with a man. Anwar denies the sex charge, and Najib denies both being involved in bringing the case against his opponent and making money from defence contracts.

Bloomberg also quoted former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as saying that Najib has to explain all things that are said about him. “Unfortunately, we don’t have any other candidate. We have no choice but to choose Najib,” Dr Mahathir said.’

In the interview, Najib called the allegations against him baseless.

“I’m telling you, I wouldn’t stay in office a day longer if I knew I am involved in these allegations,” he said. “There’s no proof, no basis. I can sue people, but it’s going to be a tedious process in court.”

First off, I think the report is misleading and has fallen into UMNO’s trap of equating the New Economic Policy with that of Article 153 of the Federal Constitution, the special position of the Malays. A more thorough examination of this can be found in my post: ‘Artikel 153, DEB dan Membela Nasib Rakyat‘.

Now I must applaud the DPM for this admission that the NEP will be gradually replaced. Many, including myself, has advocated a review or replacement of the NEP as an economic policy as its relevance is fast becoming obsolete. The policy, which was crafted to promote an equal playing field amongst the various ethnic groups in Malaysia, has been abused by the ‘UMNOputeras’, invidividuals within UMNO or linked with UMNO for the benefit of these select few at the expense of the community as a whole.

I still have my doubts as to whether this is merely Mr. Najib’s way of gaining support from the moderate Malays and the non-Malay. After all, replacing the NEP has been an effective mantra for Paktan Rakyat, and as pointed out by the report, this statement from Mr. Najib brings him ideologically closer to his political nemesis, Mr. Anwar Ibrahim.

More interestingly, I wonder how Mr. Najib’s statement will go down with the vast majority of UMNO members. Many of them believe that the NEP is their God-given right, encapsulated in the concept of ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ i.e. the Malays are the masters of the land. The most frequent criticism levelled to those within Pakatan Rakyat is that with Pakatan, the Malays would lose their ketuanan and their ’special privilages’. Recall, just after the political tsunami of 8 March 2008, when newly appointed Penang Chief Minister supposedly said that the new Penang government will not practice NEP, a bunch of Malay jaguhs from UMNO (and its kunco-kunco) in Penang protested in front of the Komtar building at the Chief Minister’s alleged statement. Recall also, the numerous times Utusan attempts to paint Pakatan and its leaders as anti-Malay (for the non-Malays) and pengkhianat bangsa (for the Malays).

Now, their very own selected prime-minister-to-be has said that the NEP will one day go away.

To many of those in UMNO, the question of replacing the NEP does not arise. To them, the NEP is not a way to even the playing field, but a right, supposedly enshrined in the Constitution and agreed upon when the ’social contract’ was drafted.

I wonder how they are going to reconcile Mr. Najib’s statement with thier far-right leanings in terms of the NEP.

But one thing is for sure. You won’t see GPMS protesting in front of the DPM’s office. You won’t see the Badan Bertindak Perpaduan Melayu or any of those Malay NGOs protesting either. You won’t see UiTM students with colour-coded uniforms marching to Putrajaya. You might not even see a report on this carried in Utusan Malaysia.

I reckon, all these Malay jaguhs will do is just pretend that Mr. Najib never said those near-blashphemous words.

Jangan panggil aku Melayu! 21 October 2008

Melayu itu dahulunya gagah. Melayu itu sejarahnya silam. Melayu itu dahulunya punya erti.

Jika aku dipanggil Melayu dahulu, mungkin aku bangga. Tapi aku tak mahu dipanggil Melayu kini.

Panggil aku Melayu di negara lain. Di Barat, di Indonesia, di Brunei dan Singapura, aku Melayu. Aku tidak kisah jadi Melayu.

Tapi aku rasa jangan gelar aku Melayu di Malaysia. Aku tidak mahu jadi Melayu selepas aku dengar apa itu Melayu di Malaysia.

Melayu di Malaysia terlalu lemah. Terlalu rapuh. Terlalu bodoh. Senang terancam. Senang tercabar. Senang ditekan. Dituip sedikit, berterabur jadinya.

Melayu di Malaysia senang hilang. Senang menjadi tidak relevan. Seutuh mana Perlembagaan, masih tidak mencukupi. Hak Melayu mudah pudar, mudah dibuang mengikut rasa. Kena harus dibela.

Melayu tidak boleh bersaing dengan orang lain. Melayu hanya boleh bersaing sesama sendiri. Jangan sekali-kali cuba buka pintu persaingan kerana Melayu akan mati!

Aku mahu bersaing, jadi jangan panggil aku Melayu!

Melayu mesti jadi tuan, kalau tidak Melayu tidak releven. Tuan aku hanya Yang Esa, dan bukannya Melayu.

Melayu cuma boleh bertutur dalam bahasa Melayu. Melayu hanya boleh berjaya di Tanah Melayu. Melayu hanya boleh berjaya dengan pertolongan. Melayu mesti dibantu. Walau seberapa hebat kejayaan Melayu, masih perlu dibantu. Walau tidak memerlukannya, masih harus dibantu!

Melayu yang berjaya dengan usaha sendiri bukan namanya Melayu. Aku tidak perlu dibantu lagi, tak payah panggil aku Melayu.

Melayu mesti pakai tongkat. Aku tak mahu gunakan tongkat, usah gelar aku Melayu.

Melayu di Malaysia mesti tunjuk keris. Mesti cium keris. Mesti goyang-goyang keris. Aku tak pandai main keris, tak sesuai jadi Melayu di Malaysia.

Melayu di Malaysia terlalu mundur sehinggakan tidak boleh ada parti lain untuk mewakilinya. Melayu tidak boleh ada kepelbagaian politik, kerana ianya bahaya. Mudah sahaja orang lain rampas hak Melayu kalau Melayu tidak dalam satu parti politik.

United Malays National Organization itu Melayu, dan Melayu itu United Malays National Organization. Hanya Alif Mim Nun Wau sahaja untuk Melayu.

Aku tidak mahu United Malays National Organization. Kalau Melayu itu United Malays National Organization, aku tak mahu jadi Melayu. Biarlah Biarlah Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahman jadi ketua putera Melayu. Biarlah Reezal Merican Naina Merican jadi ketua pelajar Melayu. Biarlah Syed Ali Al-Habshee buat tabung untuk pertahan Melayu. Biarlah Khir Toyo jadi pembela orang Melayu di Selangor. Biarlah Bung Mokhtar Radin jadi pembela Melayu di Parlimen. Biarlah Ali Rustam ada kuasa bagi anugerah dalam negeri yang dulu kebanggan Melayu. Biarlah Muhamad Muhamad Taib jadi jaguh Melayu. Biarlah Ahmad Ismail jadi hero Melayu. Biarlah Ezam Mohd Nor masuk United Malays National Organization untuk Melayu. Biarlah Khalid Ibrahim jadi pengkhianat Melayu. Biarlah Anwar Ibrahim jadi musuh Melayu.

Melayu di Malaysia mesti terima Utusan Malaysia sebagai kitab. Melayu di Malaysia mesti duduk dalam kepompong. Melayu di Malaysia mesti ada universiti ekslusif. Melayu di Malaysia mesti sentiasa waspada dengan bangsa lain. Melayu di Malaysia mesti lebih berhak dari yang bukan Melayu.  Melayu di Malaysia mesti lihat bangsa lain sebagai pendatang. Melayu di Malaysia mesti pentingkan Melayu dari Islam. Melayu di Malaysia kena ada undang-undang zalim macam ISA.

Kalau itu semua Melayu, aku tak mahu jadi Melayu.

Kalau itu semua Melayu, panggil sahaja aku Bugis.