Razak said that NEP was for a generation, 20 years. He did not live twenty years to remove it. Had he lived up the 20 years, would he have removed NEP? That is a question Najib might be able to ask his father in his dream.

Assuming that Razak would really keep his words, and if he had lived and mamak did not make it to the PM position, the income disparity among the Malays, or more correctly between true Malays and mamak would not be what it is today. I also believe that though Razak was biased for Malays in the FELDA scheme, he would not declared that since non-Malays would not be assimilated into Malays, (meaning that for example Indians convert to Islam, and pick up Malay language and pretended to follow Malay culture and thus claim to have Malay and Malay blood only running in the veins), as stated by TDM in CheDet.co.cc that non-Malays deserved to be treated as second class citizens. Razak would have at least been truthful in computing Malays corporate ownership share of 30% target based on the correct statistical methodology covering not only the value of equity according to what the market was willing to pay, rather than the so-called par value, and that he would have included the wealth of FELFA into the computation of Malays share (which the current government has excluded in the computation because it was not a limited company, a technical convenience to lie with statistics). ASLI has proven that Malays have owned more than 30% without including the contribution of FELDA, years ago. If Razak was still alive in 1990 when the 30% target had been surpassed, would he have kept to his words to remove NEP, and hence all the race-based government regulations and policies, including the APs, the government service, university admission? If he would not honour it, then we can draw our conclusion on the character of the person.

If he was willing to do as he promised to remove NEP after the target 30% of Malay share capital had been reached, but that he was not alive to remove NEP, then he was lucky posthumously to have his son holding the authority as PM. The question now is whether the son would be willing to keep his father’s promise, and work to convince UMNO members that the country indeed belongs to all Malaysians.

Razak started to veer from the Malaysian Malaysia concept, and the country had gone on a detour for 40 years. His action bred the like of opportunist in the shape of TDM who wanted to prove to be more Malays than Malays so that he could utilise the divide and rule to remain in power. But he did not really live the Malay customs as evidenced by the change he engineered in creating special courts to try royals, and now it makes loyalty of the subject to the royalty a questionable issue.

TDM never failed to accuse Singapore and disparage against it, and he would even go to war with Singapore under the excuse of building the crooked bridge for only one simple reason. Without Singapore as benchmark TDM would have been able to claim success. But with Singapore’s achievement based only on Singaporean Singapore, it was able to achieve what it had and the society honours the value of integrity, honesty, justice and they are free from moral hazards.

Najib should tell the Malays who are addicted to NEP that though Malaysian Malaysia is 40 years too late in the making it is the correct ideology to proceed. Isn’t it fairness and justice the basic moral fibre of Islam? So, the religious teaching should guide the way of life, and religion should not be politicised.

Najib has a lot of baggage which UMNO opportunists would want to use as leverage to make him follow TDMs guidance. It is time that he looks to support from all Malaysians to bring Malaysia out of the doldrums. Malaysians would support what are right and just, but UMNOputras only support their own interests. The convenient formula of sharing the spoils to keep peace among UMNOputras should stop. Najib should not only compete against UMNO leaders but also the opposition parties in giving Malaysia back to Malaysians.