The UMNO President, Zahid Hamidi said that Ismail Sabri would be the Prime Minister if the UMNO-BN coalition wins the 15th General Election on 19th November 2022.
I do not think that Ismail Sabri fully trusts Zahid Hamidi, but he has to pretend he is the “poster-boy” to be the Prime Minister of the UMNO-BN coalition after the 15th General Election.
It is not that Zahid had not broken his pledge on the election “election poster-boy” before an election, and after the election, the “poster-boy” was completely abandoned.
Who will believe that this will not happened in the 15th General Election?
The only way that Zahid Hamidi can guarantee that if the UMNO-BN coalition wins the 15GE that Ismail Sabri would become the Prime Minister is for Zahid Hamidi not to stand as a parliamentary candidate in the 15th General Election on Nomination Day on 5th November 2022.
We will see on Nov. 5 whether Zahid is a parliamentary candidate or not, as so long as he is a parliamentary candidate, Ismail Sabri cannot be sure that he would be Prime Minister if UMNO-BN coalition forms the next Federal government of Malaysia – unless Zahid is defeated in the 15 GE.
The 15th General Election is a parliamentary election to form the Federal Government in Malaysia and not to form the State Government in Sarawak.
At present, there are only three coalitions which could form the Federal Government in Putrajaya after the 15GE polling on November 19, 2022: firstly, the UMNO-Barisan Nasional coalition, secondly the Perikatan Nasional coalition of Bersatu and PAS; and thirdly, the Pakatan Harapan coalition of PKR, DAP, Amanah and UPKO.
The candidates for the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia are quite clear: Zahid Hamidi or Ismail Sabri of the UMNO/BN coalition; Muhyiddin Yassin or Hadi Awang of the Perikatan Nasional coalition of Bersatu and PAS or Anwar Ibrahim of the Pakatan Harapan coalition.
There is no doubt that from the slate of candidates for the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim is a superior candidate as compared to Zahid Hamidi or Ismail Sabri of UMNO/BN coalition, Muhyiddin Yassin or Hadi Awang of the Perikatan Nasional coalition.
The Malaysian voters rejected the UMNO-BN coalition in the 14GE in 2018, because the UMNO/BN leaders have betrayed the original nation-building principles of Malaysia to be a great world-class plural nation and, in the words of Bapa Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman, to be “a beacon of light in a difficult and distracted world”.
Instead of being “a beacon of light in a difficult and distracted world”, we had added to the “darkness” in the world by becoming a “kleptocracy at its worst” with not only the monstrous 1MDB scandal, but many other financial scandals with the latest the RM9 billion littoral combatant ships (LCS) scandal.
What is worse, the UMNO/BN coalition stands for “Ketuanan Melayu”, when after six decades of Malaysian nation-building, we should be talking about “Ketuanan Malaysia” and “Malaysian First” although we remain Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans or Dayaks.
Zahid Hamidi claims that the UMNO/BN coalition has achieved great things for Malaysia, then let him explain the following developments:
1. In 1965, one Singapore dollar was worth one Malaysian ringgit. After sixty years, one Singapore dollar is now worth RM3.3 Malaysian ringgit. Does Zahid call this progress?
2. Since the early years of nationhood, we have lost out to Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong and Vietnam? At the rate we are going, to will lose to many other nations? Why is this so?
3. When Transparency International (TI) started its annual Corruption Perception Index (CPI) in 1995, we were way ahead of China, India and Indonesia. Since then, China, India and Indonesia have closed the gap of a clean and honest government, and it is likely that China will overtake Malaysia in the TI CPI in this decade, and India and Indonesia will overtake Malaysia in the next decade. Why is this so?
4. We had good schools and universities in the early decades, but they now lose out to other countries with Malaysia in the bottom third of world in maths and science education.
Do we want Muhyiddin the “back-stabber” or Hadi Awang, the extremist Islamist to be Prime Minister – Hadi who says that corruption among Muslims is all right but not among the non-Muslims?
The other two coalitions do not embrace Malaysia as a plural society of diverse races, languages, religions and cultures. Only Anwar Ibrahim and Pakatan Harapan embrace the concept that Malaysia must be for all races and religions who have made a home in Malaysia, that in fact, for Malaysia to become a great world-class plural nation, we must unite all races, religions and regions in the country.
This is why Anwar Ibrahim is the superior candidate to be the 10th Prime Minister as compared to the other candidates from the other two coalitions – UMNO/BN and Perikatan Nasional.
(Speech by DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang at the Kuching DAP general election launch-off in Kuching on Sunday, 23rd October 2022 at 8 pm)
Zahid Hamidi tidak patut bertanding dalam Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15 sekiranya dia mahu orang ramai untuk percaya dengan janjinya yang Ismail Sabri akan menjadi Perdana Menteri selepas UMNO-BN menang
Presiden UMNO, Zahid Hamidi, telah mengatakan yang Ismail Sabri akan menjadi Perdana Menteri sekiranya gabungan UMNO-BN menang Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15 yang akan berlangsung pada 19 November 2022 ini.
Saya tidak merasakan yang Ismail Sabri benar-benar mempercayai Zahid Hamidi, namun dia perlu berpura-pura untuk menjadi “poster-boy” untuk menjadi Perdana Menteri gabungan UMNO-BN selepas Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15.
Bukannya tidak pernah berlaku sebelum ini di mana Zahid memungkiri janji “poster-boy” yang dibuat sebelum pilihan raya, di mana selepas pilihan raya, “poster boy” ini diabaikan sama sekali.
Siapakah yang akan percaya yang perkara sebegini tidak akan berlaku dalam Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15?
Satu-satunya cara Zahid Hamidi boleh menjamin yang Ismail Sabri akan menjadi Perdana Menteri sekiranya UMNO-BN menang Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15 adalah dengan dia memilih untuk tidak bertanding sebagai calon pilihan raya parlimen pada hari penamaan calon, 5 November 2022 yang akan datang.
Kita akan saksikan pada 5 November sama ada Zahid menjadi calon pilihan raya parlimen atau tidak, dan selagi mana dia menjadi calon, Ismail Sabri tidak akan mendapat kepastian yang dia akan menjadi calon Perdana Menteri UMNO-BN selepas Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15 – melainkan sekiranya Zahid kalah dalam PRU15 ini.
Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15 ini adalah pilihan raya untuk membentuk Kerajaan Persekutuan Malaysia dan bukannya Kerajaan Negeri di Sarawak.
Setakat ini, hanya ada tiga gabungan politik yang boleh membentuk Kerajaan Persekutuan di Putrajaya selepas hari mengundi pada 19 November 2022: pertamanya gabungan UMNO-Barisan Nasional; kedua, gabungan Bersatu dan PAS dalam Perikatan Nasional; dan ketiga, gabungan PKR, DAP, Amanah, dan UPKO dalam Pakatan Harapan.
Calon-calon Perdana Menteri ke-10 kini sudah jelas: Zahid Hamidi atau Ismail Sabri untuk gabungan UMNO/BN; Muhyiddin Yassin atau Hadi Awang untuk Perikatan Nasional yang dianggotai Bersatu dan PAS; dan Anwar Ibrahim untuk Pakatan Harapan.
Tidak ada sebarang keraguan, daripada senarai calon-calon ini, Anwar Ibrahim adalah calon yang jauh lebih baik berbanding dengan Zahid Hamidi atau Ismail Sabru dari UMNO/BN, Muhyiddin Yassin atau Hadi Awang dari Perikatan Nasional.
Pengundi Malaysia telah menolak gabungan UMNO-BN dalam PRU14 pada tahun 2018, kerana para pemimpin UMNO/BN telah mengkhianati prinsip asas penubuhan Malaysia untuk menjadikan negara kita sebagai sebuah negara majmuk hebat yang bertaraf dunia, sebagai satu “sinar cahaya dalam dunia yang sukar dan terganggu” seperti yang dicita-citakan oleh Bapa Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman.
Daripada menjadi “sinar cahaya dalam dunia yang sukar dan terganggu”, kita telah terpesong jauh dan hanya menambahkan kegelapan dalam dunia dengan menjadi “kleptokrasi dalam bentuk yang terburuk”, bukan sahaja dengan skandal 1MDB, tetapi juga skandal-skandal kewangan yang lain, termasuklah dengan skandal kapal tempur pesisir (LCS) yang melibatkan RM9 billion yang didedahkan baru-baru ini.
Apa yang lebih buruk lagi, gabungan UMNO/BN terus mendokong idea “Ketuanan Melayu”, sedangkan selepas enam dekad membina negara, kita seharusnya bercakap mengenai “Ketuanan Malaysia” dan “Malaysian First” walaupun kita masing-masing kekal sebagai orang Melayu, Cina, India, Kadazan, atau Dayak.
Zahid Hamidi mendakwa yang UMNO/BN telah membawa pelbagai perkara hebat untuk Malaysia, jadi dia patut memberikan penjelasan mengenai perkara-perkara berikut:
1. Pada tahun 1965, satu Dolar Singapura adalah bersamaan dengan satu Ringgit Malaysia. Selepas enam puluh tahun, satu Dolar Singapura kini bernilai 3.3 Ringgit Malaysia. Adakah ini yang dikatakan Zahid sebagai kemajuan?
2. Sejak dari tahun-tahun awal penubuhan negara, kita terus-menerus ditinggalkan di belakang Taiwan, Singapura, Korea Selatan, Hong Kong, dan Vietnam. Pada kadar semasa, kita akan terus ditinggalkan di belakang lebih banyak negara. Mengapakah begini?
3. Apabila Transparency International (TI) mula menerbitkan Indeks Persepsi Rasuah (CPI) pada tahun 1995, kita berada jauh di hadapan China, India, dan Indonesia. Namun, kini China, India, dan Indonesia telah merapatkan jurang ini dengan kerajaan yang bersih dan jujur dan berkemungkinan besar China akan mengatasi kedudukan Malaysia dalam carta TI CPI dalam dekad ini, dengan India dan Indonesia mengatasi kedudukan Malaysia dalam dekad yang akan datang. Mengapakah begini?
4. Kita mempunyai sekolah-sekolah dan universiti-universiti yang bagus dalam dekad-dekad awal negara kita, namun mereka kini ditinggalkan di belakang negara lain, dengan Malaysia berada dalam sepertiga terendah di dunia dalam pendidikan matematik dan sains.
Adakah kita mahu Muhyiddin “si penikam belakang” atau Hadi Awang, yang merupakan pelampau Islamis, menjadi Perdana Menteri – Hadi yang mengatakan rasuah dalam kalangan orang Islam tidak apa tetapi tidak boleh dalam kalangan orang bukan Islam?
Kedua-dua gabungan politik ini tidak menerima Malaysia sebagai masyarakat majmuk yang terdiri daripada pelbagai kaum, bahasa, agama, dan budaya. Hanya Anwar Ibrahim dan Pakatan Harapan sahaja yang mendokong konsep Malaysia majmuk untuk semua masyarakat pelbagai kaum dan agama yang telah menjadi Malaysia sebagai rumah mereka, bahawa untuk Malaysia menjadi sebuah negara hebat bertaraf dunia, kita perlu satukan semua kaum, agama, dan kawasan di dalam negara.
Kerana inilah Anwar Ibrahim adalah calon Perdana Menteri ke-10 yang lebih baik berbanding dengan calon-calon lain dari dua gabungan politik UMNO/BN dan Perikatan Nasional.
(Ucapan veteran DAP Lim Kit Siang di majlis pelancaran pilihan raya umum DAP Kuching di Kuching pada hari Ahad, 23 Oktober 2022 pada jam 8 malam)
#1 by i_love_malaysia on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 - 11:55 am
We have lost out to many nations in many fields!!!
Just a simple example of the road under the PN and BN govt, used to be the BEST in the world during 60s and early 70s. But what happened after that? Pot holes every where still cannot resolved until today even at the Centre of KL, KLCC, Bukit Bintang etc. !!! Flooding every year and getting worst every year, blame the act of God (blaming God directly for their own inaction!!!) instead of using the brains and resources to resolve them.
#2 by i_love_malaysia on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 - 12:00 pm
The overgrown tree roots are damaging the cemented walkways every where in KL, the Capital of Malaysia. Really shameful of DBKL!!! No action taken, best in twisting the arms of developers to correct their own mistakes!!! When the PN Federal Govt fails, all the rest under them also fails miserably.
#3 by i_love_malaysia on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 - 12:05 pm
my own projection for Singapore Dollar will be 1 Singapore Dollar to RM4.00 very soon and to RM5.00 or even higher after GE15 if fell into the hands of BN/PN.
#4 by i_love_malaysia on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 - 12:09 pm
PN will issue the Ringgit to be used in heaven after GE15 if they won. BN will issue the Ringgit to be used in jail after GE15 if they won.
#5 by i_love_malaysia on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 - 12:24 pm
Under PN Hadi Awang, all the dogs and pigs may extinct in Malaysia in no time!!!
Have you asked why alcohol and pork are so expensive? The alcohol drinks and pork are so expensive because PN wants to tax all the “sinners” who eat and drink them!!! If under PN after GE15, no alcohol or pork will be sold at all. You will have to go to SIN(gapore) City or Thailand to have them !!!
#6 by i_love_malaysia on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 - 12:29 pm
Not many will be able to enjoy pork or alcohol in SIN City because of the high exchange rate. So indirectly all Malaysian will be eating halal food under PN/BN after GE15 if these two cunning jokers won GE15.
#7 by i_love_malaysia on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 - 12:34 pm
You may think it is ok to have halal food under PN/BN after GE15 if they won, but ringgit will be too low that it will be super hiper inflation for Malaysia that imported beef may be RM200 per Kg, not talking about Japanese wagyu beef but just normal Australian beef. 1 bottle of Milk will be RM50 instead of RM16 now.
#8 by i_love_malaysia on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 - 12:41 pm
Ismail Sabri’s Keluaga Malaysia became only a slogan right after he announced the dissolution of Parliaments. This is his true colour!!!
#9 by i_love_malaysia on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 - 12:58 pm
Anwar Ibrahim may not be the Best, but he is sincere and from the many years that he was out of govt, we can see the changes in him.
#10 by i_love_malaysia on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 - 1:04 pm
Even UK has a new PM of Indian descent, what about Malaysia? not that we want a non Malay to be a PM for Malaysia, but it shows the maturity of the Nation and its people.