— Jaleel Hameed
The Malaysian Insider
May 13, 2012
MAY 13 — It is interesting that Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop is talking about Malaysian history, that the country would revert to the year 1511, when the Bumiputera agenda didn’t exist, if Barisan Nasional (BN) loses in the next general election.
Thank you, sir. Where did you learn your history? Because that’s pure bovine excrement.
What Bumiputera agenda was there before the May 13, 1969 race riots? In fact, BN came into being after the riots, when the then-Alliance government realised the majority Malays felt disenfranchised in their own country.
Let’s not even talk about Penang or the Malays in the state, of which you are one.
You mean to say the Malays entered the poor house only when Pakatan Rakyat (PR) took over in 2008?
You mean to say they were richer when BN was in power?
You mean to say that after 40 years of the New Economic Policy (NEP) by BN, all the Malays are richer?
If that is the case, why the “perjuangan belum selesai” (the struggle has yet to end)? Why the RM500 Bantuan Rakyat 1 Malaysia? Why the RM15,000 windfall for Felda settlers now?
Why not over the past 40 years? Why the “ketirisan” (leakages) or the various programmes that your government are still conducting, like the one you attended in Penang today?
Come on, sir. There are rich Malays; the cronies who made money from access to the political elite. And there are the poor Malays, still eking out a living from independence until now.
And Malacca, sir, has always welcomed foreigners. It was the original services industry in the Malay peninsula. And Malaysia has inherited that, always welcoming foreigners in spite of the Bumiputera agenda.
Your government still seeks foreign direct investment. Your InvestKL seeks foreign companies to set up their headquarters here. You call that a Bumiputera agenda?
I know you need to win support to stand in the next election. But don’t sell us such hogwash that PR will set the country back. BN is doing a fine job of that already.
Please go back to school and learn history, sir.