I have nothing against a non-Malay PM when the country is ready. However, based on my personal evaluation of the current situation, I do not think we are there yet.

I have yet to get a response from anyone on my previous post – would the other PR partners a.k.a. PKR and PAS support a non-Malay PM and would they go public on such a stand? What do you guys think? Please share your thoughts.

just a moment,
you posted `This country requires their own kind Malays
to untangle the lies, denials, and face and tell
truth, no one else can help
other than God.’
I think its not only the Malays that have to change. All of us including the non-Malays have to change. We need to understand and see through all the lies, denials from BOTH sides of the political divide. We must appreciate the history of this country and the constitutional basis that Malaysia was formed upon.

Tonberry,
you posted `I am afraid that you might have to go to Harakahdaily to ask that question. None of us here are authorised to answer on behalf of PAS. Not even YB Kit himself. If you want answer, should ask from PAS leaders, not DAP leaders; since you are directing the question to PAS & PKR.’
I am asking DAP as PAS and PKR are partners with DAP in PR. We know BN’s stand on this matter. Shouldn’t we the Malaysian people also deserve to know what is PR’s stand on this matter?

Seals,
you said `psssst: Why not Selangor government start removing the road signs that has JAWI in it and just put it in MALAY as they said “claimed that the council’s move would jeopardise the position of Bahasa Malaysia as the country’s national language.” And sue Johor for using the same?’
Wake up and please don’t be so ignorant. Jawi is not a language but rather it is a written text using the arabic alphabets. Jawi is still written in the Malay language so the issue of jeopardizing the position of BM does not arise!

phoenixchoco,
I think you have made a very good point that I strongly agree with. Many people here talk about unity, non-racial biasness etc. but at the same time are hypocrites and unshamedly turn a blind eye to the fact that vernacular schools are one of the major reason why this unity cannot be achieved in the first place.

If everyone in Malaysia goes to the same type of school, speak the same first language and tries to accustom itself to the culture of the majority, then I do not believe the majority would have any problem accepting someone from the minorities as a leader. But when you push for your own schools, puts BM as your second or third language etc., how can you then ask the Malays to accept you as their PM?

jus legitimum, you said:
`imranj78 must be talking through your nose when you said that the vernacular school treats BM as second or third language.’
Do you mean the vernacular schools treat BM as their first language? Is that what you mean? You must be kidding me. It is you who are talking through your nose! Mind you my previous post is not about the choice of language in school but by the general non-Bumi population in Malaysia as a whole.

I stand by my position that vernacular schools are one of the main reasons of disunity in this country. Can you confidently say that when NEP is removed that all the races will be united even when we are educated and conditioned in different type of schools? You must be a very ignorant person if you answer yes. I am not saying that the improper implementation of NEP is not causing any unhappiness, but it is a small cause of disunity compared to the segmented education system we have!

And many non-Bumis like you are so blinded, ignorant and hypocritical when you fault NEP for causing disunity when on the other hand you blindly support the vernacular schools!!!

I am not saying that the national schools are perfect. They is a lot of room for improvement and this is something which needs to be addressed. But the government has to have a long term strategy for our education system and in my view this has several key steps. Firstly, strengthen national type schools and ensure mother tongue education is provided in all schools where there is demand for it. Address and resolve all true or perceived weaknesses of national type schools.

Once the level of national type schools have been strengthened, slowly encourage conversion of vernacular type schools to national type schools within a set timeframe. Many of us here should support this move as it is inline with the concept of Malaysian Malaysia (like DAP espouses). If we only talk but are not willing to make this bold move, then we are indeed hypocrites!

Once we all get educated in the same system, only then can we all call ourselves united and achieve true unity!

oedipus,
Principally I agree that there has to be a common education system for all that encompasses the religious schools. However, inclusion of the sekolah agama rakyat has one major drawback, it would result in an increasing `islamization’ of national schools which would not be agreeable to non-Muslims hence this has to be closely studied.

I tend to believe that the solution to the sekolah agama rakyat has to be studied further. The vernacular schools and the national schools has one thing in common – in general the curriculum taught are more or less the same. Sekolah Agama Rakyats have a totally different curriculum hence some might say that it is best to leave this as a separate school `stream’. This is similar to the current strategy in which we have the separate sekolah menengah tekniks as they have a different curriculum then the rest of the national schools.