ABDULLAH: ‘ANYONE CAN BE PM’
PUTRAJAYA: It is possible for anyone from a minority group to be a nation’s leader, even in Malaysia, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi.
“It is up to the people to decide, just as the Americans had done through the democratic process,” he said while extending his congratulations to Senator Barack Obama.
Reporters had asked him in the Parliament lobby yesterday if it were possible for a person from a minority group to become Prime Minister in Malaysia.
4 comments:
He is getting senile so early in his life!
No. char soh parn moong. Using msm to their advantage. Now the whole world knows we are like USA - so democratic.
i am writing to you referring to you post in dr chua s.l saying that MCA should get out of BN. May i suggest that the chinese community as whole get out of Persekutuan Tanah Melayu if you remember or ever study history or should i ask Prof Khoo Khay Kim to see you and explain the whole bloody matter. You are so chauvanis, mind my spelling and i dun care if i did'nt spell it right. If you bloody chinese were to rule Malaysia, i think you would be killing the Malays or other bumiputras slowly but surely.
I stand by what I have posted as well as commented in Dr. Chua Soi Lek’s blog suggesting that:
“MCA should be able to speak out and if necessary, get out of BN. The party can stay independent but will lose some cabinet positions. It will gain more respect instead of being servile to a dominant party. However, the giving up of position seems so difficult to forego as it will affect the ambitions of future leaders.”
Anybody reading my blog should be able to tell that I am put off by the numerous bullying by members and leaders of Umno with impunity because of double standards in enforcing rules and regulations. I have no quarrel with Malays, just unreasonable leaders in Umno.
If you have read Zaid Ibrahim’s speech which I have posted earlier, then you should be able to tell that I welcome writings by him, Raja Petra, Imtiaz, Karim Raslan, Marina Mahathir and so on, simply because of their objectivity and boldness in criticising some of the policies and actions by our government leaders, especially those in Umno.
I believe one Malay telling the truth is better than 10 Chinese or Indians because of our climate of racial sensitivity. In my blogging, I have set myself a vision of trying to be a small part of public opinions and influence for change towards no racially based parties.
Whether or not a Chinese or Indian can rule Malaysia is hypothetical during our lifetime and there is no use in losing sleep over it. What I am against is the sheer hypocrisy of Pak Lah’s statement in the context of our current political situation.
According to Zaid:
The Malays, Zaid said, are now a clear majority in numbers and the fear of their being outnumbered is baseless."
They are not under seige. The institutions of government are such that the Malays are effectively represented, and there is no way the interest of the Malays can be taken away other than through their own weakness and folly."
Its only a matter of time!
So why should you worry that the Chinese is going to rule when it is not going to happen for God knows when? If Pakatan Rakyat were to rule, Anwar Ibrahim will be PM, so what's the problem?
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