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Undilah PAS : MENENTANG KEZALIMAN & MENEGAKKAN KEADILAN
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Mahathir has launched BN’s manifesto of a “free, united and successful” nation, adding
that he kept the manifesto “simple and
short” so that the people could understand its “full meaning”.
Yes, the people do understand the “full meaning” after going through the most
agonising period of our national life in the past 2
years. First, the Country was brought to the brink of bankruptcy through gross BN
mismanagement, then the people were
subject to the most ruthless oppression
in violation of their constitutional rights following the sacking and torture of
Anwar Ibrahim.
After humiliating this Country in the eyes of the entire World with his uncouth and
cruel persecution of Anwar and his
foreign-bashing to cover his failure in economic management, Mahathir now has the
shameless audacity to ask the Nation to
understand his “full meaning” of a “free, united and
successful” nation.
Mahathir should have realized that through his bungling in the past 2 years, he has
become an outcast among leaders of the
democratic world, and has also been ostracised in his own home ground of the original
Asean 5 (Indonesia, Thailand,
Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore). He should also realise
that Malaysia is jutting out like a thorn in a region rejuvenating with economic
reforms and democratisation in the aftermath of
the Asian Crisis. Thiswas painfully evident in the recent visit by Indonesia’s newly
installed President Abdurrahman Wahid.
Wahid’s icy contact with Mahathir was in contrast with his instant and warm rapport
with Singapore leaders. It was obvious
that the new Indonesian President was aligning his country with the Singapore model of
nation building – uncompromising
crusade against corruption and cronyism, against racial and religious discrimination;
and strongly for the adherence to rational economic policy. The meeting between
Mahathir and Wahid was understandably
uncomfortable, as it symbolised a confrontation of some sort between a struggling
survivor of the faded system of autocratic
cronyism and the new star of the emerging political order born out of the Asian
crisis, committed to democratisation and
economic reforms.
It should be plain to all that, as long as Mahathir stays at the helm of Government,
Malaysia will be further isolated and left
behind by the stream of progress carrying our neighbours to greater economic heights
aided by foreign investment within the
greater context of globalisation.
Returning to Mahathir’s “simple and short” manifesto, it does not take a political
genius to see that Malaysia under Mahathir is
the anti-thesis of a “free, united and successful” nation.
A FREE NATION ?
Decent minded Malaysians must have felt the sense of suffocation and frustration for
not being able to hear or read any fair
reporting of vital news concerning us; and for not being allowed to express their
earnest views through the press or through
peaceful gathering. Under a string of draconian legislation, mass media are muzzled
and controlled and peaceful gatherings are
brutally suppressed. Innocent persons are tortured and persecuted without redress.
Through the Executive’s unconstitutional
manipulation of our democratic institutions such as the Judiciary, Attorney General’s
Chambers, police, Anti-Corruption
Agency, Election Commission etc., laws are arbitrarily interpreted and selectively
enforced to favour friends and victimise foes.
Under current conditions, law enforcing agencies openly condone massive corruption at
the highest levels of political leadership
and also the extensive transgression of election laws to the grave disadvantage of
political opponents. Malaysia has entered the
darkest hours of its democratic history, and election has become a farce.
A UNITED NATION?
Barisan Nasional is a coalition of many racial parties, whose respective communal
leaders are bonded to the alliance with
heavily vested personal self- interests. The power structure of the individual racial
parties is maintained mainly through a system
of patronage. Economic largess is
trickled down the ranks to keep the rank and file happy and loyal to the leadership.
Political struggles of the individual parties are distinct and separate and generally
confined to issues related to the individual racial
groups. Since there is no common political objective among component parties other
than the common goal of defeating the
opposition parties in an election once
every five years, there has been no genuine racial integration among the grass roots.
Racial integration can only come about
through political struggles across racial lines over common political objectives over
a long period of time. The BN hegemony of
racial divide and rule in the past has
ensured that there has never been any genuine multi-racial political party with mass
support from various races in this country.
Without genuine racial integration, the façade of racial harmony put on show by BN
component party leaders joining hands is
only skin deep, and Mahathir’s boast of a
a united nation is a fallacy and a lie.
There are of course good reasons why UMNO leaders prefer to maintain the system of
racial divide and rule. Firstly, it enables
them to perpetuate their monopoly of political power in this Country. Secondly, it
let them camouflage corruption and cronyism
under the protective umbrella of the New
Economic Policy.
The emergence of Keadilan in the heat of Anwar’s Reformasi movement is a major
breakthrough in Malaysian politics. For the
first time in our history, a political party with multi-racial platform was born with
the backing of the Malay masses. Its superior
ideology outclasses the outdated feudal system of UMNO, sending a chill down the spine
of many an UMNO leader.
The formation of the Alternative Front marked another heartwarming milestone in our
history, with its common objective to
wipe out corruption and cronyism and to restore democracy, justice and good governance
to this Country. Given convincing
multi-racial support in the coming election, AF’s
multi-racial political struggles will mark the beginning of the building of a truly
united nation.
A SUCCESSFUL NATION?
What success is Mahathir talking about?
A nation brought to financial and economic ruin by his political and economic
mismanagement?
A nation perpetually divided by race, institutionalised by BN’s hegemony of racial
politics?
A nation whose democratic way of life has been destroyed by Mahathir almost
single-handedly?
Or is it possible that he is confusing his personal obsession for grandeur projects
(Twin Towers, KLIA, Putrajaya) and personal
physical endeavours (circumnavigation, Mount Everest, North Pole) as progress and
greatness for the nation?
All Malaysians who love this Country have the duty to pause and reflect seriously in
the election eve at this crucial moment of
our history.
Do we want to move decidedly forward, together with the rest of the region and the
global community at large, or do we prefer
to cuddle in the imagined comfort of Mahathir’s world of self-deception?
Kim Quek
23/11/99
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