There are many people who are displeased with the “new” Mahathir Mohamad and Pakatan Harapan line-up. They have threatened not to vote in GE-14, because they claim that they would only jump from the frying-pan into the fire.
The former PM has been given a new lease of political life. With the Opposition, Mahathir’s new line-up looks like a rag-tag team of former foes, ganging-up against an adversary, who is making his last hurrah. Is this a fair assessment, or is this a group of patriots who are giving-up everything, to save the nation?
Whilst the news of Mahathir’s new Opposition team, may upset a lot of Umno-Baru supporters and definitely, the PM, Najib Abdul Razak, there are many Malaysians who are displeased for other reasons.
Displeasure, disunity and discord
These Malaysians say that Mahathir’s policies sowed the seeds of disunity, and they disagree with Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) need in teaming up with him.
They claim that PH could win on their own, without Mahathir. They also dismiss the projection of Malay loyalty to Mahathir, and claim that this may well be an overstatement.
They are also angry with the infighting in the Opposition. Instead of presenting a strong united force, to bring down a weak Umno-Baru, they are busy trading blows with one another.
The irony of the Mahathir-PH alliance
For many, the Mahathir-PH alliance is full or irony.
First. Abdul Razak Hussein, Najib’s father, saved Mahathir from the political wilderness, after he was chucked out of Umno by Tunku Abdul Rahman.
Who would have thought that Abdul Razak’s son, would one day, be Mahathir’s pupil, and fine-tune his divisive tactics of race and religion?
Second. When Mahathir resigned as PM, many said that Najib was only a seat warmer for Mahathir’s son, Mukhriz. This is now a moot point as Najib had other designs and the nation is now a battleground in which former political foes fight for the prized crown of PM.
Third. Over thirty years ago, Kedah Umno (before it became Umno-Baru) complained, to Mahathir about the threat posed by a charismatic and influential ustaz, called Ibrahim “Libya” Mahmood, from PAS. The 1986 general election was approaching and Umno feared they would lose badly to PAS.
Ibrahim “Libya” refused to be held under the ISA and this resulted in the siege of Memali, when 14 PAS supporters died.
The irony is that PAS appears to have forgotten the extreme violence used by the police against Memali, because today, Hadi Awang, of PAS, has aligned himself with Najib. It is as Mahathir once said, “Melayu mudah lupa”.
Irresponsible Malaysians
Are the Malaysians who will not vote in GE-14 justified in staying at home, or are they being irresponsible?
Are they content to do nothing? Are they happy to live with high prices, corruption, incompetent civil servants and rising racial and religious intolerance?
Do they realise that if they vote for change in GE-14, they can vote PH out in GE-15, if the party fails to perform?
If they do not wish Mahathir to be PM, but are happy for PH to lead the govenrment, do they realise that they can make their feelings known to the Opposition, now?
There are many capable Malaysians, who could lead, and as Zahid Hamidi, the DPM has acknowledged, we have had non-Malay PMs, before.
One human rights activist and political observer disagrees with people refraining from voting in GE-14, just because they are displeased with Mahathir. He said, “Idealism is a luxury we cannot afford, when the house is on fire.”
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New Year message: Mahathir has now apologised for his deeds during his time in politics. You may or may not accept his apology, but it is time we moved on to rescue Malaysia and restore the rights, which were stolen from us. We will not allow Pakatan to be another Umno-Baru.
Please vote in GE-14. Please do not spoil your vote.
Don’t vote because I asked you. Do it for yourself, for your children and for your country
There are two things a nasi lemak seller can do if a tainted ingredient is found in his nasi lemak and many of his customers complain: (1) Remove the tainted ingredient OR (2) Ignore the complaints and leave the tainted ingredient in his nasi lemak.
What he cannot do is insist that they still buy his nasi lemak on the excuse that the other seller also has bad nasi lemak.
PH can either heed those who will not accept Mahathir and replace him with someone else or face a revolt but it cannot hold them to ransome by blaming any loss on them. PH must carry the blame, no one else!
I live in the US but will come back to vote for UMNOBN. I will never vote for the DAP led PH. I despise DAP with all my heart and will never ever vote for DAP and its allies. Mariam Mokhtar is a libertard and a Melayu sesat.