UMNO should ignore the Malays by Datuk Wong Chun Wai

Datuk Wong Chun Wai says it the best:

‘UMNO leaders should not be overly worried about how the MALAYs feel about their policies.’

He goes on to say that

‘There is little point in winning the party election as communal champions but then be wiped out at the General Elections.’

This is probably the boldest statement to be made to date on the future direction of UMNO, that is forget the MALAY’S, just focus on the middle ground. This is exactly BN’s problem.

BN was built on the basis of UMNO,MCA,MIC each representing their respective races and through some process at the top ‘policies acceptable to all’ get produced. This was the concept but certainly not reality. BN was never about integration, instead it was about divide and rule. Divide and rule was used for political gain mainly throught a system of economic reward and punishment.

If a Malay or Chinese constituency voted for the opposition, it was starved off economic development but if it voted BN it would be looked after. Unfortunately this model doesn’t work and will never work.

One must ask, how come Datuk Wong Chun Wai does not also say the MCA should ignore the Chinese and MIC the Indians? Why only ask UMNO to ignore the Malays? Well, he says in this article

‘we can no longer TOLERATE policies and and practices to be discriminating to non-Malays. They (the non malays) choose to punish Barisan, particularly UMNO.’

So clearly the problem is UMNO, and his solution is effectivly ask UMNO to ignore the Malays. He supports this by stating how bold and coregeous Najib is with his reforms simply because ‘the bumiputera equity has become irrelevant.’

So, what Wong Chun Wai is saying, the path forward which is in the best interest for all, is for UMNO to forget the sentiments of the Malays and pursure reform policies that benefit all. What he doesnt say is that the end effect of this is the Malay political voice will also be silenced in BN. If this is the way Najib is going to take 1Malaysia forward, I wish him good luck.

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