This is the question I posed in Parliament at the beginning of the 16-day committee stage debate of the “wayang kulit” 2009 Budget debate in Parliament today.
I started by congratulating Barack Obama for his historic win as United States President as it was unthinkable even until very recently for anyone to believe that it is possible for a black, who were slaves until some 150 years ago, to be able to become President of US.
I said Parliament should also send its congratulations to Obama.
However, Obama’s historic breakthrough make many Malaysians ask whether it is possible for a Chinese, Indian, Kadazan to become the Prime Minister of Malaysia although the Constitution is very clear that any Malaysian citizen, regardless of race or religion can become Prime Minister.
If such a question is asked 50 years ago, the nation’s founders like Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Razak, Tun Dr. Ismail, Tun Hussein Onn, Tun Tan Cheng Lock, Tun Tan Siew Sin and Tun V.T. Sambanthan would unhesitatingly answered in the positive as there is no constitutional bar – separate from the question of whether it was likely to happen.
But if the same question is asked now, there will be strong voices (as heard in Parliament today when this question was posed) who would rise up to say no.
Who is going against the Merdeka Constitution and the social contract reached by the forefathers of the major communities to achieve national independence half a century ago?
Why is Malaysian race relations and nation-building going backwards in the past 50 years as compared to the historic breakthrough in race relations in the United States with Obama’s historic victory in the US presidential elections?

#1 by undergrad2 on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 3:54 am
“…I sincerely think the Americen people are in for big trouble in their health, there are so many obese people in their population! hence Obama [ he looks trim and fit } will have huge medical bill to take care!” waterfrontcoolie
That’s stupid!
#2 by trublumsian on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 3:58 am
imranj78, you said “We must appreciate the history of this country and the constitutional basis that Malaysia was formed upon.”
america had its share of a history of white rule and equalities baked into the constitution. the rule and the constitution changed and continue to change for the betterment of its people.
no one likes change, but world history has shown it almost always ended up just fine. malaysia needs to wake up or further risk the trot down oblivion.
#3 by trublumsian on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 4:00 am
that one comment by waterfrontcoolie about obama and america’s obesity bill is autistic.
#4 by undergrad2 on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 4:00 am
“america had its share of a history of white rule and equalities baked into the constitution. ” trublumsian
“White rule and equalities baked into the U.S. Constitution? You can’t be serious!!
#5 by trublumsian on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 4:01 am
correction: america had its share of a history of white rule and INequalities baked into the constitution…
#6 by trublumsian on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 4:01 am
undergrad2 dude, typo!
#7 by undergrad2 on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 4:05 am
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”
I thought this was how the U.S. Declaration of Independence 1776 went??
#8 by undergrad2 on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 4:06 am
What “white rule” ???
#9 by undergrad2 on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 4:08 am
What “White” rule baked into the U.S. Constitution??
#10 by trublumsian on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 4:12 am
people of color can’t vote. that’s a white rule.
#11 by trublumsian on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 4:17 am
the doi in 1776 did not specify who could vote. the federal gov craftily left it to the states, much like the gay marriage rights today. the 15th amendment 1870 was the change unimaginable for many at that time.
#12 by undergrad2 on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 4:22 am
Amendment XV [1870]
“The right of citizens…shall not be denied…on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.”
#13 by tourman53 on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 5:52 am
Try test the UMNO Parliment members with writing in numbers of one Billion. I think most of them will fail.
#14 by monsterball on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 8:17 am
Singapore will not be what Singapore is today….if all the Malaysians working there…return home.
When you are dealing with the future of the country and people…a matured and wise man like me…..do not simply accept everyone as friends.
To me….it is a warfare in Malaysia…created by UMNO…with so many of my friends..arrested under ISA …..and in jail….for no reasons.
Cowards apply such laws to their advantage….cannot be trusted and be friendly to.
It’s war of words and personalities….and we choose our friends…..don’t we?
To me……..it is for or against……and lives are involved. What so nice and friendly about it? Yes.we do smile to those .we don’t like….but in blogging….my mind is made up……for or against change of government.
If everyone is friendly with those are pro UMNO or BN…then..there will be no seriousness in deciding who to vote…coming election.
I detest cunning …selfish.. sly fox and idiots …..to be nice to me. I hate balls carriers…especially…all those parties ..puppets to UMNO.
Maturity is not about being a nice guy. If one plays the part of a nice guy….carrying balls of his boss..always say things boss like to hear…but do not produce results in working life…that person…have no dignity and principles in life.
Why befriend such characters? Smile …and play act…OK.
#15 by homeblogger on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 8:33 am
Jeffrey Says:
Today at 01: 53.07 (6 hours ago)
50 years in our case has been squandered to make race relations worse whereas in the other case, quite the oposite, to improve the same, towards the ideal that race matters not but only merits and content of character!
It is this difference in mores, mindset and attitudes that proves a measuring cast between the citizenry of USA from ours…
=============================
Agree with Jeff. Somehow, UMNO has managed to keep our nation segregated in these 50 years under the guise of unity and harmony. Now older and wiser, I see how they have deftly used the race card to get the races to kow-tow in their frenzied greed for power, money and ketuanan. After hundreds of years of non-Tuans sacrificing our blood, sweat and tears to build what we thought was truly our own country, we now have the likes of Ahmad Ismail and Kasim Amat slinging us back to the pre-colonial era.
Perhaps it all boils down to the “Malay Dilemma” described by Mahathir. The Tuans are essentially an insecure and unmotivated people. They hold on to the past with a vice grip because change scares them. I believe they will forever be in a dilemma. Worse, they will bring the whole nation to ruin because of their inabillity to rise above the simplest of challenges – for example the abolishing of the NEP, which never benefited their own in general.
#16 by taiking on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 8:46 am
The response to uncle kit’s question will be more than a straight NO.
The response is likely to be that it is wrong to raise the question in the first place. That is questioning the rights of some privileged pendatangs – umnoputras.
#17 by cinaindiamelayubersatu on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 8:46 am
aku bilang aku punya
kau jangan beriaya iaya
menteri kewangan dulu mca punya
mca kini lembik tidak bermaya
#18 by AhPek on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 8:50 am
If there is a racism index measuring the extent of racism displayed by a country just like you have corruption measured in Corruption Index and ranked the countries according to such an index,I am certain Malaysia would rank high up in the list.The main reason for this would have to be attributed to UMNOPutras fanning racism to maintain their political position in order to continue raping this land.Typical example from such indoctrination is Kassim Amat who thinks that this land belongs to the Malays!!IT BELONGS TO THE INDIGENEOUS PEOPLE,AMAT and UMNOputra has marginalised them.
#19 by danagil on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 9:15 am
By saying that tanah melayu belongs to the indigenous people, what actually does ahpek expect the present government to do. hand over the government to indigenous people?
you mean australia, us, britain, india and even china and taiwan do not have their own indigenous people? what about singapore then?
i suspected that the recent ruckus involving the indigenous people’s memorandum to Agung was inspired by the chinese people to deny and belittle the rightful owner of tanah melayu.
you want to be a malaysia pm? are you willing to do what the chinese in thailand are doing or rather forced to do? are you willing to change your name to thaksin? are you willing to converse in thais? are you willing?if you are willing, then i have no qualms of you becoming the next pm.. haiyyaaaaa.
mau bikin satu sekolah supaya semua anak2 malaysia belajar satu kelas pun sulah satu lunia mau bising..mau jadi pm konon..
#20 by Samuel Goh Kim Eng on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 9:17 am
Americans don’t simply choose a president just because he’s black
They merely exercise democracy and elect who they think is best
In exercising their basic fundamental rights there is no slack
After the big election they still put the president to the test
(C) Samuel Goh Kim Eng – 061108
http://MotivationInMotion.blogspot.com
Thur. 6th Nov. 2008.
#21 by TheWrathOfGrapes on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 9:26 am
/// # cintanegara Says:
Yesterday at 19: 58.08
Will Singapore ready to have PM from the minority races? ///
Why not? If the minority person(s) is/are capable and can command the respect of the electorate, he/she can be the PM of Singapore. You have already seen many minority races in Singapore’s cabinet.
#22 by Bigjoe on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 9:28 am
Hey but an Indonesian, Bangladeshi or Sudanese can be PM of Malaysia!!!
#23 by k1980 on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 9:50 am
What if Obama turned out to be like Malaysia’s “Flash-in-the-pan” Dollah, who upon being bundled out after just 1 term as PM, insists on yet another 5 months to start on his “reforms”?
Very much doubt if the US Supreme Court would ever give Obama another 5 months to start on his reforms after losing the elections in 2012
#24 by Justicewanted on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 10:02 am
We had a former mamak prime minister, a former Indo menteri besar, a indo Home Minister and lots of mamaks and indos in UMNO. What is the big deal about Obama???
#25 by phoenixchoco on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 10:07 am
The answer to Mr Lim is Yes.
BUT, when the Chinese do not speak Chinese (Mandarin, Contonese, Hakka and etc) and the Indians do not speak Indians (i.e Tamil and etc) in public anymore. Everybody speaks Bahasa Malaysia locally and good English when dealing with foreigners.
When the prejudice is not there from the Malays, then they will be more open. At the moment mother tounge language is openly spoken without considering whether one does understand it.
If a Chinese is surrounded by a group of Tamils around him or her, and the Tamils start speaking in Tamil in front of the Chinese, that Chinese would feel uneasy and would start to have a prejudice towards the Tamils.
This is the same feelings the Malays have been feeling all these years. There is no way they would want to give in to them.
We have got to speak the same language to be united. When there is no more prejudice, things would flow easily.
In the US, people speak English as their first language. Other native languages may be spoken within the native community or at home. So it is very different here.
When the Malays see the Chinese speaking Bahasa Malaysia among them, the Indians also speaking Bahasa Malaysia among them, and inter-races as well, discussions can be more constructive and more participative.
Thailand has had a Prime Minister of an ethnic chinese background beacuse he only speaks Thais and adopt Thai cultures and values. He could not have become a Prime Minister, ( the majority would not have allowed that) if he insisted on his Chinese schools, language, cultures and etc. He is Thai, so he has become like one.
That’s what Malaysia needs so badly at the moment.
cheers
#26 by ryan123 on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 10:10 am
“…rightful owner of Tanah Melayu..”,justification? What make the indigenious people no the rightful owner? Even Kevin Rudd bowed and apologized to the Australian natives when het got into office. Forget about PM, just see how orang asli are marginalized nowadays.
#27 by Thinking Two on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 10:13 am
New Malaysia is making its way now.
Mamak tail did mention before that non-malay can be a PM. He said that just wanted to scare the naive people as he knew that these people can easily be fooled due to their poor knowledge so that he can stay in power at their expense. Mamak tail is having a vehicle worth more than six figures but these poor people have only a motorcycle worth six thousand. Some even worst they have to ask for advanced salary from their employer for buying petrol.
Nowaday. It is different. Malay who has knowledge can sense what is wrong and what is right.
We should thank mamak tail that for his so-called good work.
It is because of him that the legend of the word “Rahman” is coming to its END with the last “N” about to appear in a few months.
This will very soon become one of the chapters in the history textbook for our grandchildren.
#28 by Thinking Two on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 10:19 am
What is NEP?
Is it a Never Excel Programme!
#29 by dawsonruby on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 10:24 am
Kepada Cintanegara,
Untuk maklumat anda, jikalau Malaysia ada praktis sistem “meriotracy” dengan bijak dan dengan remark Pak Lah hari ini, sesiapa pun boleh menjadi PM. Kami pasti malaysians akan mengundi kaum apa2 untuk menjadi PM Malaysia dan tidak melihat warna kulit. Soalannya, adakah kaum Melayu sedia menerima kaum lain untuk menjadi PM negara? mungkin tidak lagi…
#30 by cintanegara on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 10:49 am
Thanks En Dawsonruby for your initiative to write in Bahasa Kebangassan.
For your kind information, I completely agree with Danagil. It is possible if 95% of the Malays support dap. This is a true fact that no one could ever deny…
#31 by wargamalaysia on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 10:53 am
Aiyooo….this topic is so simple…….sapa pun bole mau jadi PM ma…. Then MALAYsia also we can change to CINDIANsia…why not?? MALAY can also be the PM of CHINA…then change the country’s name to MALAYna…..why not?? MALAY can also be PM of INDIA….change the name later to MALAYA…why not??
Indian can also be PM of South Korea…then change the country to SOUTH INDIA…why not???
#32 by sj on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 11:04 am
Dawsonruby,
You are one engligthened person. This is how this article should be read. The purpose about this article is to shoot UMNO’s foot at how corrupted and racist they are. If you read between the line, you will notice that UMNO will forever still be shouting “KETUANAN MELAYU” while the rest of the world has already evolved and changed. This is the point Uncle Lim wanted to point out to everyone. So that everyone can wake up and smell reality. Not to be forever trapped in time warp like Kasim Amat.
#33 by loveandgratitude on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 11:27 am
citanegara-In S’pore we pratcise MERITOCRACY. Thats means the BEST Person for the Job regardless of race, language or religion. Although the Indian comprises only about 6-8%, they holds more HIGHER Postion in Govt in compare to the Malays; not because of their race but based on their capabilities.
You are right that that presently there is only one Malay Cabinet Minister-Yaacob Ibrahim and also Zainal Abideen[Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs]. So far he is the best, capable and most articulate Malay Minister since 1959. I believe he will be rewarded with a more senior post in the next reshuffle. Prof Jayakumar[DPM], K Shamugam[Law Minister],Dr Balaji[Senior Minister of State], S Iswaran[Minister of State] are all Indians-solely because of their capabilities.
#34 by wargamalaysia on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 11:33 am
Kepada semua pelayar blog ini…. belajar terima kenyataan dan bersedia juga untuk belajar apa itu kenyataan.
Perbezaan ASAS agama dan budaya yang amat KETARA menjadikan amat sukar untuk pelbagai kaum di Malaysia menerima sepenuhnya sesuatu budaya yg lain. Mungkin dengan pelbagai usaha, sehingga kini hanya sedikit sahaja yang dapat diterima contohnya cara pemakaian, pemakanan dan sedikit perayaan. Terlalu sedikit…
Majoriti orang melayu yg beragama Islam masih meletakkan teras AGAMA sebagai asas BUDAYA. Sekiranya asas ini tergugat, sudah pasti majoriti orang melayu akan menolak perjuangan politik sesuatu parti. Sehingga kini majoriti orang melayu samada menyokong UMNO atau PAS…. Kenapa tidak DAP? Mungkin dasar perjuangan DAP TIDAK menepati ASAS budaya orang melayu…
Tak perlu cerita berkenaan kaum. Selagi majoriti rakyat Malaysia menyokong, sesiapa pun boleh menjadi PM.
So for those of YOU who WANTS to be the PM of Malaysia, you require my vote, my family votes, my friends’ votes, his vote, her vote, their votes…MALAYSIAN PEOPLE’s vote….That’s it… Just That…
SIMPLE aye…
#35 by dawsonruby on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 11:39 am
Thank you so much for the compliment Sj, I was just trying to tell cintanegara that if Msia practices the right system as per what they said in the press, the question shouldn’t relate to the non-bumis while it should be relate to the bumiputeras whether are they ready to accept revolution or still hold tight with their “ketuanan”.
To cintanegara,
You’re most welcome, I was just trying create an atmosphere that you won’t feel the non-bumis are eyeing on the PM position, if Lim is qualify to attend the PM post, why not give him a try right? and If Lim couldn’t fulfill as what he has promised to the world then he should step down just like what Pak Lah did.
and if you want to Question about Singapore, I can ensure you singapore is way more democracy than Malaysia in way of policies. Atleast they treat everyone equal as a singaporean citizen and never bias based on skin color. If you’re to question why only 1 malay minister in their parliament, i’d say because there is only 1 that qualified the role. Everyone knows that their system runs in a meriotracy way. And if you still dont believe me, you may grab a singaporean and ask him/her. I just asked my singaporean friend and she’s a malay, she said because some Malay ministers refused to take up the responsibility in the Minister role so they let others to take up the offer, simple as that.
#36 by taiking on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 11:43 am
The he goes again: Kasim said:
“Malay is the rightful owner of this land there is no doubt about it.”
I doubt what your claim. And I do so loudly and rightly because it is a known fact that 90% of umnoputras are pendatangs and penumpangs in this country. Your privilege is also mine privilege.
#37 by onmyown on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 11:56 am
Dear all bloggers
I do not keen to talk about politic n I dont intend to susport the Government but please see below letter sent by Mahadzir Md Said in Bernama. Its about the ketuanan melayu n so on… and please I know all of you are “adults” so stop with the racist comment. You are not helping the situation at all but creating more chaos!
Letter:
Renung bersama kata-kata Tun Tan Siew Sin dan Tun Sambanthan agar anda tahu dari mana anda datang dan ke mana akan anda tujui. Semoga anda sedar siapa kita sebenarnya!. Tun Tan Siew Sin pada 30 April 1969 yang dipetik dalam buku Khalid Awang Osman yang berbunyi, “Orang Melayu menerusi UMNO bermurah hati melonggarkan syarat- syarat dalam undang-undang negara ini sehinggakan dalam masa 12 bulan selepas kemerdekaan, 90 peratus penduduk bukan Melayu menjadi warganegara. Ini berbeza dengan keadaan sebelum merdeka di mana 90 peratus daripada mereka masih tidak diiktiraf sebagai rakyat Tanah Melayu walaupun hampir 100 tahun hidup di bawah pemerintahan penjajah. Sebagai membalas kemurahan hati orang Melayu, MCA dan MIC bersetuju meneruskan dasar memelihara dan menghormati kedudukan istimewa orang Melayu dan dalam masa yang sama mempertahankan kepentingan-kepentingan sah kaum lain”. Tun Sambanthan pada 1 Jun 1965 pernah berkata: “Pada tahun 1955 kita telah memenangi pilihan raya dengan majoriti yang tinggi, selanjutnya mendapat kemerdekaan dalam masa dua tahun kemudian. Dalam jangka masa itu, kita terpaksa berbincang dan menangani pelbagai perkara termasuk soal kewarganegaraan. Persoalannya di sini, apakah yang dilakukan oleh orang Melayu memandangkan kita bercakap menyentuh perkauman? Apakah yang dilakukan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin Melayu? Mereka mempunyai 88 peratus daripada pengundi menyokong mereka. Apakah yang mereka putuskan mengenai isu kewarganegaraan? “Jika kita lihat di serata negara Asia dan Asia Timur, kita akan mendapati kaum India tidak akan diterima di Ceylon dan juga tidak diterima di Burma. Sama halnya dengan kaum Cina, mereka tidak diterima di Thailand, Vietnam, Kemboja dan di negara-negara lain. Apakah bantuan berhubung kewarganegaraan yang mereka peroleh di semua wilayah tersebut? “Di Burma, seperti yang kita semua sedia maklum, kaum India telah diusir keluar, di Ceylon mereka tidak diberikan taraf warganegara seperti juga di Burma. Saya tahu dan anda juga tahu. Apa yang sedang berlaku di Malaya? Di sini kita mendapati pemimpin Melayu berkata, “Kita akan menerima mereka sebagai saudara, kita akan berikan mereka sepenuh peluang untuk meneruskan kehidupan di negara ini, kita akan beri mereka peluang untuk menjadi warganegara”. Seterusnya pada tahun 1957, dengan tidak mengambil kira kebolehan berbahasa (Melayu) ribuan orang India, Cina dan Ceylon menjadi warganegara. Seperti yang saya nyatakan, saya amat bernasib baik kerana dilahirkan di negara ini. Di manakah anda boleh berjumpa bangsa yang lebih prihatin, bersopan-santun dan tertib selain daripada bangsa Melayu. Di manakah anda boleh mendapat layanan politik yang baik untuk kaum pendatang? Di manakah dalam sejarah dunia? Saya bertanya kepada anda. Ini adalah fakta. Siapakah anda untuk menjaga keselamatan kami? Saya adalah kalangan 10 peratus kaum minoriti di sini. Tetapi saya amat gembira di sini.” Tun Sambanthan …
End.
#38 by frankyapp on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 12:31 pm
Malaysia can have a non malay PM when race and religion are separated from politic .Barack Obama won the presidential election because in the US race/religion and politic are separated .America is also a multi-racial country and people are united not because of race and religion but for the nation.Remember what the late president Kennedy said \ ask not what the nation can do for you but ask what you can do for the nation \. If all malaysian can think this way,who ever becomes a PM,it does not matter,right ? The most important thing is whether it’s malay or non-malay so long this person can deliver the goods to all malayians.
#39 by melurian on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 1:03 pm
frankyapp : ask not what the nation can do for you but ask what you can do for the nation
that’s right, that’s why we should vote and stand united behind bn coz it’s not bijan and aab for this country worsening but rakyat (and oppos too) to be blamed…
thank you for the wonderful quote…
#40 by melurian on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 1:15 pm
“Would Russia have a black president ? Would S Africa have a white president ?”
russia had a georgian as president before (and they declare war against the country today)…..
as for s africa, they used to have white until they being condemned by tunku and u.n alike, they think s africa is bad to have white as president and and better if it’s black. surprisingly, s africa during pre-apartheid is much competent – their univ produced nobel laureates and we watched “god must be crazy”. “white man burden” theory seems correct after all – just as we see today in chinaman or bumi or american company ….
#41 by phoenixchoco on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 2:33 pm
Don’t look at singapore as singaporeans are more united than us. This is because they go to the same schools. Only those who migrated there from Malaysia or Malaysians who work there do not see this good nation building.
What about in Malaysia? We don’t.
If we want to see our generations in the future are united and go to the same school, mingle around while they are still young, I would like to ask my fellow malaysian chinese and indians, isn’t it good to have only one education system?
cheers
#42 by Yee Siew Wah on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 3:20 pm
That sleepy flip flop lame duck guy is mumbling again. This time he mumbled that anyone from minority can become PM!!. What a joke la. As long as you have that bunch of racialistic, greedy and brainless bums running the country there is NO way, I repeat NO way that anyone from the minority group can even become DPM not to mention PM. PM from minority group, my foot.
Just look at the PKNS CEO issue. They cant even accept a minority for a post in a GLC (mind you, only TEMPORARY), you folks think that they will accept anyone from a minority group to become a PM. The sun will rise from the west if it ever happen. Even a dumb dumb will know the answer.
But just you wait, later he will not only flip flop on what he said, he will also deny he has said this. Actually I have been misquoted etc…. thousand and one reasons.
I strongly recommend he start forming “empat se-kawan” clowns when he retires. You can bet, I will be the first one to patronise.
Look, till todate what has been done for the country when he proudly promised before he step down. Only a couple of months left now. A BIG FAT ZERO.
#43 by Yee Siew Wah on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 3:40 pm
It is amazing that this Kissim amat guy is still living in a world of his own. Still has not wake up and face reality.
Thats the problem with Malaysia to have bums like this telling the whole world like he is a great savior. But, sadly to know, he has only made a damn fool of himself but display downright stupidity and empty of ideas without a clue that everyone is now living in a globalise environment.
Hey, “kissim” one more time, wake up and face reality la.
#44 by monsterball on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 3:58 pm
He is Malaysia’s Rip Van Winkle…sleep forever…dreaming UMNO will rule forever….with jungle tom tom beating…sexy girls serving him…like George of the Jungle.
And boy oh boy..Najib RM7 billions goodies…many more from this…Peter Pan….and Dollah said…other races can be PM. I wonder will he say that…if McCain won US election.
#45 by ctm999 on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 4:14 pm
I say we try it out with a Kadazan as Prime Minister first. A Kadazan is after all a Bumiputera. It just happen that he is not a Malay Bumiputera that’s all. The other Kitingan brother, the one in PKR should be a good candidate. Chosen by merit of course.
After he have serve 2 terms then we can start considering an Indian or a Chinese for the PM post.
#46 by monsterball on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 4:47 pm
There is no trying..in managing lives and country. Choose the best…leaving race out..and if the best is still a Malay..why not??
Lets not start talking races and be like UMNO.
Maybe.. choose someone ..not involve in politics yet……but do love Malaysian and country..more than himself/herself.
Qualification…..very intelligent..smart and sharp.
Thousands available.
Head hunters needed to hunt for the best…..not like UMNO…hunt for the worst….to make them look good and best.
#47 by Loh on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 4:57 pm
///“It is possible for anyone from a minority group to be a nation’s leader, even in Malaysia. It is up to the people to decide just as the Americans had done through the democratic process”, PM AAB said in reply to a question from reporter at the parliament lobby yesterday while extending his congratulations to President –elect Obama. ///– The Star 6 November 2008
Any person on the street can reply to that question quoting possibility, but when the question is asked of the Prime Minister, the citizens are interested to know a measure of probability that it would happen. In saying that it was up to the people through the democratic process, PM AAB intended to give the impression that government has no hand in influencing the people. In reality in promoting Malay supremacy concept through implementing NEP in the perverted manners, the government conditioned Malays into assuming that history owed them special privileges, rather than protection based on needs.
PM AAB might not have realized that the leaders have the responsibility to lead the people to develop the proper mindset. It was bad to do nothing, but UMNO leaders did exactly the opposite. They molded its members to rely on UMNO and to be racists against other communities so that they would retain the power of government. In whitewashing the May 13 incidents, UMNO-led government introduced NEP as though the tragedy was a result of spontaneous outrage due to economic disparity between Malays and other ethnics groups. (Studies have shown that it as a pure power struggle among UMNO leaders, and the incident was orchestrated for a group to seize power. Tunku said that just tell me to quit, I would have gone.) So NEP was meant to honor the sense of jealousy implying therefore that the government considered it legitimate for the people to resort to terrorism so long as they felt they were economically deprived. When the NEP was allowed a free run for forty years, UMNO leaders threatened to unleash another May 13 if their excess demand was not met. So AAB was very sure that the concept of Malay supremacy will render the issue a possibility but not a probability.
The Obama presidency created history in USA. A similar history was made in Malaysia in 1981 when the son of an Indian migrant who married a Malay woman in Malaya became Prime Minister of Malaysia. The son of the Indian man from India considered that he had been assimilated as Malay and he claimed himself Malay, whereas Obama is not assimilated and does not claim to be white like his mother. Obama’s election is hailed as proof that Americans transcend races. The son of the Indian migrant converted the party of race-based membership into racist when he took the helm. Forty years after Martin Luther King cried out his dream, Obama fulfills it. Forty years after the son of the Indian migrant wrote his ‘Malay dilemma’, Malaysians are awaiting a Martin Luther King ala Melayu to free the people from racial polarization.
#48 by anak_malaysia on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 5:19 pm
ctm999
it is not try here and there. Managing a country is not a trial error practice. Can die wan ler…
It is supposed for the best man that can do the job. What the BN practicing is leaders from the majority party will helm the top 2 position in the country. (I dun think UMNO will allow any representative from other parties to hold the position, as for now) be it if he is capable or not, good dreamer or not….etc
Unless Malaysia adopt US style of election campaign where politician openly campaign for the presidency and debate to show who is the best. Let the rakyat be the judge. If not, there will be no changes in Malaysia
#49 by monsterball on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 5:20 pm
The way danagil writes and got cintanegara agreeing are two UMNO balls carriers…..playing their tunes here..in harmony.
Danagil will tell you all those ridiculous nonsense….to prove how lucky we are being managed by UMNO.
Then you get an idiot to support it…hoping to get voters to think like them.
It’s like crooked salesmen…selling “miracle” water ..one sell…another pretend to be sick…got cured drinking it…and walla…suckers go buy them.
This low class …style of changing minds..will not work …but I must comment..to make sure…it does not really work……….hahahahahaha
#50 by bensonsee on Thursday, 6 November 2008 - 5:29 pm
kasim amat is racist. he thinks that he owns the land. without the chinese or the indians, he will be begging in the street. who is he to shut down the blog. he should go back to indonesia. that is where he comes from