by Mariam Mokhtar
If the rakyat cannot certitude its Cabinet ministers to tell the truth, afterwards the skinny wall which protects us from commotion can simply be breached.Does Najib wish to emanate commotion in the last-ditch try to keep power?Mariam Mokhtar
As you approach the 13th ubiquitous choosing (GE13), Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's interpretation of "1Malaysia" gets some-more bizarre.
To outrider in the Year of the Snake, Najib done the surprise announcement which the Chinese would be treated with colour to the special performance by the Korean entertainer Psy. Earlier this week, after most delay as good as complicated censorship, the Indians were eventually allowed to perspective the film, "Vishwaroopam".
The Malay masses, regularly upon the wrong finish of the stick when it comes to UMNO's largesse, were forced to perspective the UMNO propaganda movie "Tanda Putera".
Psy's performance allegedly price RM3 million for the small twelve minutes. The anathema upon Vishwaroopam caused promoters to humour poignant financial losses. Much of the box-office takings were diverted to pirated DVDs which were openly sole throughout Malaysia.
"Tanda Putera" price RM4.8 million as good as is funded by the National Film Development Corporation (Finas) as good as the Multimedia Development Corporation (Mdec) in other words, by the taxpayers.
We have been told which "Tanda Putera"! uses th e May thirteen secular clashes as the backdrop to the attribute in in between the Prime Minister of the time, Abdul Razak Hussein, as good as the former Deputy Prime Minister as good as Home Affairs Minister,(Tun) Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman. For health reasons, Ismail had retired from politics though Razak managed to persuade him to come out of retirement to assistance finalise the crisis.
The screening of "Tanda Putera" was paid in instalments twice, final year. On September 13, it was claimed which there was insufficient graduation for the film, afterwards upon Nov 15, the Cabinet decided which sure scenes were "inappropriate".
Were the bans written to emanate some-more hype around the movie as good as so enlarge the curiosity of the little members of the public?
Last Monday, around 3,000 Felda settlers who were in Kuala Lumpur to hear UMNO leaders including former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, perceived an unexpected addition to their programme. Najib ordered which "Tanda Putera" be screened as good as reporters were asked to leave the hall.
It is vast which Najib uses secular sentiments to shock the electorate in to choosing by casting votes for UMNO. How can the wounds from May thirteen heal, if they have been ceaselessly being re-opened?
The movie was shown after Mahathir had told the FELDA settlers which they were beholden to UMNO. He said, "The joy today is due to tough work as good as the government's help, can't people be the little grateful as good as appreciative?"
Lessons from story ignored
The biggest tragedy of the May thirteen riots is which UMNO ministers have not schooled any lessons from history. The legacy of Mahathir equat! es to wh ich his antipathetic influence still continues after he quiescent as Prime Minister.
In the book,"The Reluctant Politician"about Tun Dr Ismail, by Ooi Kee Beng, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah claimed which Ismail was the the single who wanted Mahathir diminished from UMNO as good as twice prevented Mahathir from being re-admitted in to UMNO. The book additionally states which Ismail criminialized offending documents criticising the Tunku from being circulated because law as good as sequence was breaking down, as good as he was austere which there would be "no coup in the country as good as no coups in the party".
Ismail was well known for fair fool around as good as correctness, as good as the book claimed which "every Malay colleague including Mahathir, feared Ismail". Ismail was regularly ready to discuss as good as he was highly principled.
Malaysia is still condemned by the May thirteen riots as good as each the single of us has to bear
our share of contrition as good as guilt. How most of us can indeed call ourselves Malaysian?
our share of contrition as good as guilt. How most of us can indeed call ourselves Malaysian? Some of us direct which vernacular or religious schools be kept. Universities have special quotas to meet. Particular jobs, contracts or positions have been given to sure sections of the community. Are you prepared to allot with all these secular policies?
Najib is personification the dangerous game in using "Tanda Putera" to try to pitch await for UMNO. The similarities in in between 1969 as good as 2013 have been uncanny.
In 1969, it was believed which there were dual factions in UMNO ! the "ult ras" who included the immature Mahathir; as good as the "old guard" or the moderates who were led by Tunku. Today, the energy struggle exists in UMNO in in between the aged Mahathir as good as Najib.
The communists were done the convenient scapegoat for the May thirteen disturbances. In the past couple of years, the comrade element is again being blamed for troubles in Malaysia.
Even PAS personality Mat Sabu was accused of being the comrade sympathiser when he alluded to Malay leisure fighters who used comrade ideals to fight for autonomy of Malaya.BERSIH marchers were not spared when former Inspector-General of Police (Tun) Hanif Omar claimed he recognized comrade elements from video footage of people upon the march.
In 1969, the statute Alliance celebration suffered the poignant decrease in support. In an relate of the past, the loss of await which BN suffered in 2008 is predicted to continue to GE13.
The Opposition took carry out of Kelantan as good as Penang in 1969 as good as states similar to Selangor as good as Perak did not have the clear majority. In 2008, Kelantan, Penang, Kedah, Selangor as good as Perak fell to the antithesis although Najib later grabbed back energy in Perak.
In the 1960s, the Malays were pang economically. Despite assorted programmes to assistance Malays in the reduce income bracket, most of the benefits have been abused by UMNO Malays to assistance themselves, as good as not their poorer cousins.
'Ketuanan Melayu' myth
Foreign powers were wakeful of the taste suffered by the minorities, in the 1960s, though mercantile considerations done them demeanour the other way. There is no change today. Britain as good as France have been some-more interested i! n offere d their weaponry than chastising the leaders for their human rights abuses as good as racist policies.
Even before independence, the non-Malays had learnt to mount upon their own dual feet while the Malays have regularly felt which Malaya was their "homeland" as good as they did not need to work as tough as the "pendatang".
Five decades later, the "Ketuanan Melayu" (coined by Abdullah Kok Lanas Ahmad) myth has caused the serve decrease in the living standards as good as self esteem of the Malay. It was claimed which in 1969, the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) whose members were from the cross- section of Malaysia, was the usually confidence section which dispensed law as good as sequence but bias. Today, instead of attracting non-Malays in to the confidence forces, the armed forces, similar to the civil service, have been primarily Malay.
In 1969, the May thirteen troubles caused the Sarawak state choosing to be postponed. Today, you witness the Sulu company intrusion in Lahad Datu as good as the revelations by the Sabah Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI). Would these be used to delay elections or acknowledgement emergency rule in Sabah?
In Oct 1969, Najib's father, (Tun) Abdul Razak, who was the head of the
National Operations Council (NOC) investigating the May thirteen tragedy, produced the inform which summarized the little of the tasks as good as choices they faced.
National Operations Council (NOC) investigating the May thirteen tragedy, produced the inform which summarized the little of the tasks as good as choices they faced. Razak pronounced which Malaysia had to work tough to revive mutual certitude as good as secular harmony. Has Najib taken heed of his own father's advice?
In recent years, Malaysians have been subjected to ! most vio lence as good as most threats from the statute party. If the rakyat cannot certitude its Cabinet ministers to tell the truth, afterwards the skinny wall which protects us from commotion can simply be breached.Does Najib wish to emanate commotion in the last-ditch try to keep power?
Mariam Mokhtar is the FMT columnist.
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