March 6, 2013
Lahad Datu Incursion: Najib's Political Albatross
by Mariam Mokhtar (03-04-13) @http://www.malaysiakini.com
Anyone who cares about a destiny of Malaysia should be alarmed by a relief of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak as well as his cupboard about state security. He is a left-handed Prime Minister who trips from a single liaison to another. He is skilful during posturing upon a universe stage, though fails to grasp a earnest of situations during home.
During his tenure, defenceless though peaceful protestors were beaten up, as well as teenagers shot at. Like a typical class bully, Najib shies away from those who have been improved armed as well as organised.
Imagine this scenario A chairman walks in to your house, by a front door which was left open, as well as makes himself during home. Do you extend him your hospitality? What would you do if this intruder demands some-more element comforts as well as refuses to budge? Since when did we, as a nation, come to terms with invaders?
The rakyat initial registered their warning when uniformed as well as armed Sulu militants landed in Sabah. In a classic blunder of judgement, Najib refused to take a mangle from domestic campaigning, preferring instead to get a conduct start prior to officially announcing a date of GE-13.
When will a ministers put themselves in a boots of a farmers whose lives as well as livelihoods have been during risk? Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein reportedly said which a group were conjunction terrorists, nor militants. The Sultan of Sulu's wife claimed which a group were upon ! a "picni c". Days later, several group have been dead. On whose hands have been their blood?
Today, Najib must bear shortcoming for his degrading shelter as well as for his
refusal to take charge of a potentially explosive situation. Does he want badly energy upon top of all else?
Another chairman who should bear some censure is former PM (Tun) Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He masterminded "Project M", which gave citizenship to illegal immigrants. Like Najib, he was spooky with power.
Ironically, a modus operandi which assured a win for Mahathir as well as his celebration will in a future cause a downfall of UMNO. The foreigners who were issued with MyKads did not deserve them. The insurgents who died might have been their brothers. These MyKad holders will opinion opposite BN.
Ministers have zero utilitarian to say
The Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman as well as his brother, a equally ineffectual as well as disinterested Foreign Minister Anifah Aman whose face dominated a publicity shots during Najib's ill-advised Gaza outing recently, have small to say. Neither have you listened anything of substance from Defence Minister (Dr.) Zahid Hamidi.
Army General Zulkifli Mat Zain praised a armed intruders in observant which they had combat experience as well as were learned in rebellion tactics. The rakyat could have told him that, without any submit from a intelligence services.
Mahathir acts underneath a illusion which he still rules Malaysia, he refuses to accept a purpose which he played in! this re cent bloodbath. He justifies a government's 'softly, softly' approach since these intruders "have families as well as friends in Sabah" as well as were Muslims. He 'forgot' which these Muslim invaders have their own agenda. How unresponsive can he get? What about a Malaysian lives which were lost?
Meanwhile, Najib fails to grasp a astringency of a incursion. Media coverage has been scant as well as slanted. His cupboard has shown a audacity as well as ignorance. It is away from a sentiments as well as sensitivities of a Sabahans as well as Malaysians in general. Najib's insufficiency has played in to a hands of Sabah separatists both internal as well as external.
As a leader, Najib is increasingly isolated. As he loses carry out of a incident in Sabah, he turns to a usual bogeyman, Opposition personality Anwar Ibrahim.
Najib portrays Anwar as a supervillain a crony of Israel, Turkey, a United States as well as their Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), someone with wild sexual urges who masterminds fiscal deals, as well as who is additionally a porn star. Najib right away wants to accuse Anwar of being a designer of a invading army. What else is new?
More importantly, does a electorate unequivocally caring about Najib's perception of Anwar? Shouldn't Najib get his priorities right as well as maintain security first, rather than wasting changed resources perplexing to pin a censure upon a Opposition?
Anyone who has ever lived as well as worked in Sabah or Sarawak will know about a contemptible poverty, a miss of infrastructure, as well as a most illegal immigrants from Indonesia as well as a Philippines. These have been not brand new problems.
Every so often, kidnappings will focus a courtesy of a authorities, who react to prote! ct a tou rism attention rather than a population. In a past, some of us have tried to prominence a some-more usual issues to a wider world, though a threat of a Internal Security Act (ISA), earthy assault as well as retaliatory measures meant you were effectively gagged.
The collusion of UMNO as well as a media companies it owned meant which these unfortunate stories were played down as well as seldom leaked out; until now.
Today you fight back
It could be said which for a while, Malaysians were lulled in to meditative which assault in Sabah as well as Sarawak was limited to a karaoke bars when fights would mangle out over a quality of singing or a affections of B-girls. Today, a multiple of a stronger opposition, energetic activists as well as some-more outspoken citizens have been eventually thwarting UMNO's mass deception.
In Nov last year, a palm oil estate manager as well as his nephew had been 
kidnapped from Lahad Datu. As a precaution, marine patrols were increased. A few days later, insurgents armed with M16 rifles raided a fish alighting platform near Tawau. The raid was reported by a lone worker, who hid from them.
Had a militants been testing a capabilities of a counterclaim patrols? Anyway, a raiding celebration was able to trip by without being challenged.
It would be naive to consider which no armed group entered Malaysian waters prior to a problem was initial highlighted upon Feb 12. Several trips as well as arms caches have substantially been secreted via Sabah, available a signal for deployment.
When will UMNO leaders put a country first, prior to themselves as well as a party? A domestic pundit has alleged which unless Najib raises his diversion drastically, he w! ill be k nown as a most inept PM of Malaysia, sandwiched between a shamelessly corrupt Mahathir Mohamad as well as a feeble as well as inept Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Najib needs to stop prancing about upon a universe theatre as well as understanding with matters during home. As for Mahathir, his chickens have come home to roost, as well as a nightmares have been about to begin.
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