By J. D. Lovrenciear
On the occasion of His Majesty’s birthday, Bernama reports
that Najib assures DYMM “your Majesty’s government is the umbrella for all
Malaysians”. Very assuring. Very promising. Najib’s birthday bouquet before the
King appears to give the impression of being very subservient and loyal to His
Majesty’s genuinne and caring concern for the rakyat.
But
the fact is Najib has placed the horse (His Majesty's subjects, the
citizens of Malaysia) before the cart (political party of Najib). To begin with, how can his government be the “umbrella” for all – unless of course if that “umbrella’
is akin to the one we use here in Malaysia, traditionally, when we are mourning the death of a fellow human on his
her final journey of resting place (as is common at funerals of Malays and Chinese).
Najib had all the opportunity to heal the nation long before
the GE-13. But that is not what we witnessed but suffered under his previous
term of premiership. He had every opportunity to act, redress and heal the
following but failed deliberately and miserably:
·
Seal the cracks in national unity he did not
when the main stream newspaper was allowed to scream relentlessly about racial and religious divisiveness.
·
Najib himself screamed “Chinese tsunami” when
his party lost some seats to the opposition political party in the GE-13.
·
The injustices against the murdered foreign
citizen Altantuya is still hanging on the dacing and we still cannot know the
motive let alone the mysterious issues of national security and abuse of systems surrounding this gruesome killing.
·
The
deaths in police custody are far too many and we still do not get any redress in the form of the
PM’s initiatives. The latest murder stinks to high heavens and Najib does not
get a single waft to respond decisively.
·
When Bersih 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 came in waves after
each situation of disappointment with Najib, he did not do what was needed to be done
as a moral obligation to His Majesty’s subjects. He waited till the 1st
of June 2013 to assure His Royal Highness of a “dream” for all
Malaysians. He forgets pathetically that Malaysians are tired of the
many betrayed dreams and they want realities now instead.
·
His own deputy said ‘Melayu’ first and Najib was
silent as a pin-drop but now he tells the King that BN is the “umbrella” for all “Malaysians”.
In fact the list of omissions and
neglect is an awesome long one and the rakyat are fully cognizant of it. And
now, after the GE-13, Najib beckons all to a “dream of a Malaysia where people
of all races and beliefs can live in peace and harmony without any suspicion”.
What dream Mr. Honorable Prime
Minister?
Look at what a particular main
stream media is pumping out almost on a daily diet. Look at what your crowned
Home Minister said hot on his new appointed chair as Home Minister. Look at
what your right wing members are screaming even as you shower His Majesty with
a basket of rosy words of assurances. You talk about the need for “national
unity and national understanding based on constructive dialogues at all levels”;
but did you in the first place accept any of all those invitations to dialogue
in our run-up to GE-13? Where is your leadership by example?
You promise His Majesty that BN
will see to it that “all Malaysians (are) to consider the togetherness factors
that can unify us….”; but were you not the same person who screamed and
thundered “over our dead bodies and crushed bones” as you militantly preached
the survival of the race and religion anchored political party within BN? Bernama reports that you
preached that “cracks in national unity (is) owing to national polemic based on
beliefs, race, political ideologies, urban and rural demographics” will be addressed by BN.
But
you forget
that this is exactly what the opposition political parties and leaders
and
followers were trying to tell you since you took on the leadership of
this
nation after your right wingers jostled Pak Lah from his chair
unceremoniously. In case you also 'mudah lupa', remember you and your
commrades in arms responded to the rakyat's concerns by branding us as
anti-nationalists out to destroy this nation.
You did nothing to correct this
national polemic but high-geared the BN-UMNO fan to blaze the war cry all the way right
into the GE-13. So what is this roundabout turn suddenly before DYMM Yang Di
Pertuan Agung, pray tell us. You allowed the arrests of civil
liberties; you ignored the calls for free and fair elections; you lifted not a
finger when the rakyat cried to you to stop the race divisiveness attacks that
keep raining on us throughout the GE-13 season and even till this day.
How are we to belief your assurances to our
King His Majesty and Royal Highness that you will “practice inclusiveness.” over His subjects? In short are you not guilty of
having placed the cart before the horse? You basically squandered every
opportunity that the subjects of His Majesty gave you with hope and aspiration.
Not only that, you betrayed all Malaysians through your inactions, actions,
silence and pronouncements.
So
do not ostracize the citizens
if they do not buy into your beautifully spoken message on the occasion
of DYMM
Yang DiPertuan Agung’s birthday unless if you are convinced that His
Royal Highness' subjects are mere street bumpkins and village fools.
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