zak_hammaad Says:
UMNO is mainly a Malay party looking after the interests of the Malays. MCA is mainly a Chinese party looking after the interests of the Chinese. MIC is mainly an Indian party looking after the interests of the Indians. There are a dozen coalition partners that make up the BN, so I don’t understand why some quarters are trying to sensationalise this issue!

The problem is BN is not seen to be functioning as a coalition of equal partners. If BN is so perfect like what you say, then there wouldn’t be so many problems in the country today. For example, why can’t the government treat Chinese and Tamil schools the way it should, like building fine school buildings with all the modern facilities like what is found in all national schools. Zak_hammaad, you can never understand how we Chinese love our culture and language so much. In Chinese primary schools, students are taught good virtues like filial piety, hardworking, (a prerequisite for success in life) self-reliant and enterprising spirit. That is why the majority of SMEs are owned by Chinese people, which provide employment for tens of thousands of non-Chinese. This fact alone is enough to convince the government to give due attention to Chinese primary schools.
By giving money to Chinese schools only during by-election the BN has unwittingly insulted the Chinese, with MCA even taking credit for it. Tun Lim Keng Yaik once said of something that all Chinese can relate to – Chinese-based BN component parties are like beggars, having to beg for something that are their right under the constitution.
If people like Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Datuk Hishammuddin, Tun Dr Mahathir, Ahmad Ismail, etc, were to publicly apologize to the Chinese for their remarks that are hurtful to the community, I’m sure it would do wonders for race relations. To me, if they humbly admit their miatakes, BN would again command the support of not only the Chinese but the majority of Malays as well. Most Malays, I believe, would not think the lesser of them, but would probably feel very proud of them for having good leaders who are honest and human enough to admit their wrongs. I do believe most Malays hate to hear their leaders utter such unreasonable statements like ‘We Malays do not have to apologize for championing our rights’ for they also realie that the Chinee are also human beings and there is a limit to the humuliation and unresonbleness they can take. Malays are politically, UMNO strategy is usually taking a hardline stance against other races in order to gain support. But it doesn’t work this time round as both Malays and non-Malays have found a common alternative party, and thus entangle themselves from racial politics.