I think there is a great possibility that many of the Malays and the Malay youths have become more religiously minded after listening to many of the lectures given by Ustaz Azhar Idrus, other ustaz and for some others after they have participated with the work of Jemaah Tabligh. In my opinion those Malays who have become more religiously minded in last general election may have voted for Pakatan Rakyat when previously they used to vote for Barisan National. I believe many Chinese and the Chinese youth were voting for Pakatan Rakyat in the last general election because they wanted a government which is friendlier to the Chinese and a government which is free from corruption, nepotism and cronyism. I think in the last general election, many Chinese were voting for DAP instead of MCA because they believed that DAP can represent them better than MCA in the government and they believed with the promises made by Lim Kit Siang and Anwar Ibrahim that this time Pakatan Rakyat will take over the federal government from Barisan National. Many Chinese were convinced that this time Pakatan Rakyat will take over the federal government from Barisan National. I think there were many Chinese were not very happy with the result of the elections, because they did not expect that Barisan National still win in the last general election. In order to escape from being blamed by the Chinese communities as the cause for the lost of Pakatan Rakyat, immediately after the result of the general election was announced, Anwar Ibrahim and Lim Kit Siang claimed that the result of the general election is invalid, null and void. Both, Anwar Ibrahim and Lim Kit Siang blamed SPR or the Election Commission (EC) as an agency that have no integrity because SPR allows Barisan National to win the general election with frauds practices.
So what is the way forward for Malaysia? In my opinion the only way forward for Malaysia is to become a “Democratic country with one party system but without the practice of corruption, nepotism and cronyism within the party”. Is that possible to be achieved by Malaysians? A democratic country with one party system does not have a strong check and balance system compare to a democratic country with two party system. A democratic country with one party system will certainly lead to abundance practices of corruption, nepotism and cronyism. One example of the present day is country like China which practice communism with one party system. Malaysia is not a country which practice communism but a country which practice democracy with the presence of many parties but in all the general elections which were conducted with fairness and transparency in the country, only one party always wins the general election. This system has worked very well for Malaysia for the past 56 years and in my opinion it will also work in the future provided Barisan National, particularly UMNO has to undergo a transformation process or otherwise the proposed “Democratic country with one party system without the practice of corruption, nepotism and cronyism within the party” will only become fallacy and Malaysia will continue to fall into the path of turmoil and destruction. Actually in the past 56 years, Malaysia is a democratic country with one party system but rampant with the practice of corruption, nepotism and cronyism. In case UMNO or Barisan National is not transformed to the new approaches, new policies, new colours and new outlook which are more palatable to the majority of Malaysians, then I believe in the future a time will come when UMNO or Barisan National will no longer become relevant to Malaysia and the Malaysians. When UMNO or Barisan National is no longer relevant to Malaysia and the Malaysians, UMNO and Barisan National will certainly disappear from the mainstream political system in Malaysia and soon will only be mentioned in the Malaysian book of history as a political party which used to rule Malaysia for 56 years. In order for UMNO and Barisan National to continue to become relevant to Malaysia and the Malaysians, UMNO and Barisan National must change and adapt to the new changes which must take place within UMNO and Barisan National. As usual, it is hard for many peoples to change and adapt to changes but certainly UMNO and Barisan National will not be able to become the evergreen party to Malaysia and the Malaysians.
In order for UMNO and Barisan National to continue to become relevant to Malaysia and the Malaysians, the leaders and the members of UMNO and Barisan National must work hard to fulfill the wishes of the majority race in Malaysians. What is the majority race in Malaysia? The majority race in Malaysians is the Malays. All the Malays in Malaysia are Muslims. Are there any Malays in Malaysia who are not Muslims? According to Malaysian’s constitution, Malay is a person who speaks Malay, who is a Muslim and who practice the Malay culture. According to the Malaysian’s constitution a person who speaks Malay, practices Malay culture but not a Muslim is not Malay. Similarly a person who is Muslim but does not speak Malay and does not practice Malay culture is also not Malay in Malaysia. A person who does not speak Malay and who does not practice the Malay culture and who is not Muslim is certainly not Malay in Malaysia. UMNO is the party for the Malays and the Malays are those who speak Malay, practice Malay culture and are Muslims. UMNO which is the main party in Barisan National is the party which represents the Malays who are the majority race in Malaysia. So now should not the wishes of the majority of the Malays also become the wishes of UMNO and Barisan National?
When the wishes of UMNO and Barisan National go hand in hand with the wishes of the majority of the Malays then only UMNO or Barisan National will continue to become relevant to the Malays in Malaysia. When UMNO and Barisan National continue to become relevant to the Malays in Malaysia, UMNO and Barisan National will continue to become the main party which represents the Malays and the party which will win all the general elections in Malaysia and the party which forever rule Malaysia. What are now the wishes of the Malays in Malaysia? Does UMNO or Barisan National really know what the wishes of the Malays now? Does UMNO and Barisan National think that the wishes of the Malays in Malaysia now are still the same as the wishes of the Malays in those days when UMNO was newly established in 1948? In my opinion the wishes of the Malays in Malaysia now are no longer the same as the wishes of the Malays in those days when UMNO was newly established in 1948. At that time, the wishes of the majority of the Malays were only to come out from poverty and backwardness. Now in my opinion, the wishes of the majority of the Malays are no longer to come out from poverty and backwardness but to come out from corruption, nepotism and cronyism and to become more Islamic. Now many Malays have become more Islamic than the Malays at the time when UMNO was established in 1948. Now many Malays want a government which is more transparent and able to deal issues with more justices without the practice of corruption, nepotism and cronyism.
There are many Malays who tend to believe that UMNO or Barisan National is a party which practices corruption, nepotism and cronyism. In order for UMNO and Barisan National to continue to become more relevant to the Malays in Malaysia, UMNO and Barisan National must not be seen by the Malays as a party which continue to practices corruption, nepotism and cronyism. UMNO and Barisan National must be seen by the Malays as a party which is more Islamic than PAS and a party which does not practices corruption, nepotism and cronyism. When UMNO was newly established in 1948, many of the Malays during those times only want to have the material wealth and many of the Malays during those times do not want to practice Islam but now there are many more Malays who want Islam instead of only material wealth. Why there are many Malays who want to practice Islam in Malaysia now? I believe there are many Malays who want to practice Islam in Malaysia now because there is a work of inviting the Malays to practice Islam since 1974. Due to the existence of the work of inviting the Malays to practice Islam, many Malays in Malaysia started to practice Islam and many more Malays in Malaysia want to have a government which practices Islam. When there are more Malays who want to practice Islam consequently there are more Malays who believe that the practices of corruption, nepotism and cronyism should be eradicated from the party which rule Malaysia. In my opinion, those Malays who either live in the villages or in urban areas but have started to practice Islam and would like to have a government which practice Islam must have voted for PAS in the last general election. Those Malays who dislike the government because of its corruption, nepotism and cronyism in the last general election must have voted for PKR and while those Chinese who want a regime change and dislike the government which practice corruption, nepotism and cronyism in my opinion voted either for DAP or PKR or PAS but not for Barisan National. Who do you think voted for Barisan National in the last general election? I think those Malays and Bumiputra who either live in the villages or in urban areas but want a government which will take them out of poverty and backwardness must have voted for UMNO or Barisan National. Also, in my opinion those Malays who live in the villages and the Bumiputra who live in Sabah and Sarawak whose wishes almost the same as the Malay during the time when UMNO was established in 1948 were the ones who must have voted for UMNO or Barisan National. When UMNO was established? UMNO was established about 60 years ago. What were the wishes of UMNO about 60 years ago? The wishes of UMNO about 60 years ago were only to eradicate poverty and backwardness of the Malays and the Bumiputra and also to develop Malaysia to become a modern and prosperous country.
In the last general election, only those who have the same wishes as UMNO or Barisan National were voting for UMNO or Barisan National while those who wish Malaysia to become a more Islamic country and to become a country without corruption, nepotism and cronyism were voting for PAS, DAP or PKR. What will happen to UMNO or Barisan National when all the Malays in Malaysia want a government which practices Islam and all the Malays, Chinese and the Indians in Malaysia want a government which is free from corruption, nepotism and cronyism? In my opinion at that time certainly Barisan National will loose the general election to PKR, DAP and PAS. In my opinion when PKR, DAP and PAS rule Malaysia, Malaysia is heading toward a country without political stability, peace and prosperity. At that time when Pakatan Rakyat wins the general election and Pakatan Rakyat rule Malaysia, I personally think Malaysia will become politically unstable country because the concept which is adopted by Pakatan Rakyat is not going to make Malaysia to become a politically stable country. When Malaysia is no longer a politically stable country, Malaysia will no longer be a prosperous country and thus Malaysia, instead of moving towards becoming a modern and prosperous country in achieving Wawasan 2020 will be moving towards becoming a third world country like Syria, Mesir and other countries in the Middle East which are currently having chaos in those countries.
Malaysia will be moving towards becoming a third world country when there is no peace and stability in Malaysia. In my opinion when there is no peace and stability in Malaysia, the rich Chinese, Indians and Malays will probably migrate to Singapore, United Kingdom, China, America, Canada, Australia or India. And the poor Malays, Chinese and Indians will not be able to go anywhere in the world but to stay in Malaysia. In order to ensure Malaysia continue to become a peaceful and prosperous country, the Malays in UMNO and Barisan National must reform UMNO and Barisan National to ensure they are relevant to the Malaysians and continue to rule the government of Malaysia. How to ensure Malaysia will continue to be ruled by a government which is in the control of UMNO or Barisan National? In order to ensure Malaysia will continue to be ruled by a government which is under the control of UMNO or Barisan National, UMNO and Barisan National must be reformed and the wishes of UMNO and Barisan National must always at all time be in line or parallel with the wishes of the majority of the Malays and also in line with the wishes of the rest of the Malaysians.
In summary, UMNO or Barisan National must work very hard to fulfill the wishes of the majority Malays and the wishes of all the Malaysians in Malaysia. The wishes of the majority Malays and majority of the Malaysians in Malaysia should now become the wishes of UMNO and Barisan National. As now, in my opinion, UMNO must become more Islamic than PAS and UMNO must take more responsibility in ensuring all the Malays within UMNO, the Malays in Malaysia and the Muslims in Malaysia are obeying all the orders of Allah. In my opinion, UMNO must take more responsibility in inviting all the non-Muslims in Malaysia to embrace Islam. When Malays within UMNO, Malays in Malaysia and all the Muslims in Malaysia have become believers then all the Malays and the Muslims in Malaysia will not practice corruption, nepotism and cronyism. When the Malays and all the Muslims in Malaysia are not practicing corruption, nepotism and cronyism then certainly all the Malays in UMNO and Barisan National are also not practicing corruption, nepotism and cronyism. Beside UMNO have to become more Islamic than PAS, UMNO and Barisan National must continue to take all the Malays and the Malaysians out from poverty and backwardness and UMNO and Barisan National must continue to make Malaysia to become a country with peace and prosperity. When UMNO and Barisan National are willing to make the wishes of the Malays and Malaysians to become also the wishes of UMNO and Barisan National, then all the Malays and the Malaysians will love UMNO and Barisan National.
In my opinion only party with the same concept as Barisan National is suitable to rule Malaysia. With the permission of Allah, in my opinion, only the party with same concept as Barisan National will be able to make Malaysia to become a country with peace and prosperity. It is without any doubt, in the last 56 years, Barisan National which is headed by UMNO has been very successful in nurturing Malaysia to become a country with peace and prosperity. In all the previous thirteen general election of Malaysia, Barisan National had won the general election. All the previous Prime Ministers of Malaysia were from UMNO which is a Malay party within the Barisan National. Since the first general election in 1955 Barisan National was the only party which wins all the general election in Malaysia. Why since the first general election in 1955, Barisan National was the only party which wins the general election in Malaysia? What is so special with UMNO and Barisan National which makes the party to be the only party which always wins in all the general election in Malaysia? In my opinion it is the concept which is adopted by UMNO and Barisan National which has made UMNO and BarisanNational to become so special and suitable to the multiracial Malaysia. All praise be to Allah who had used Tunku Abdul Rahman who was the first Prime Minister of Malaysia to design the concept of sharing which until today is being adopted by Barisan National, a concept which has been so successful in making Malaysia to become a country with peace and prosperity.
Barisan National practiced the concept of sharing of wealth and power which were agreed by all various races in Malaysia at the time of gaining the independence of Malaya from the British. Although there are some Malays, Chinese and Indians who are not in favour with the concept of sharing of wealth and power between the various races in Malaysia but their numbers are not in the majority. Chinese who do not agree with the concept of sharing of wealth and power between the various races in Malaysia formed the party known as Democratic Action Party (DAP) and the Malays who do not agree with the concept of sharing of wealth and power between the various races in Malaysia and who wants to implement the Hudud laws by force to the Malays in Malaysia, formed the party which is known as Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) and Anwar Ibrahim who want to become the Prime Minister of Malaysia formed the party known as Parti Keadilan Rakyat or PKR. Since the last two general elections these three parties have cooperated to form a coalition, known as Pakatan Rakyat and the only common aim which unites all the three parties is the aim to snatch away the power to rule Malaysia from Barisan National.
Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
July 2013
Integrative Holistic Wellness Centre