By Jayanath Appudurai
“Inclusive” seems to be the buzzword these days in “Bolehland”.
The Government wants to be inclusive. The Government Transformation Programme and the New Economic Model documents are replete with the terms “inclusive growth” “inclusive pro-poor growth”….blah…blah….blah!!!
The Prime Minister wants to be inclusive! Ergo 1 Malaysia!
The Deputy Prime Minister – ‘I am Malay first but Malaysian at heart’- wants to be inclusive.
The Minister of Agriculture – ‘Sorry… I really meant I want to be inclusive when I said you should be grateful for your citizenship status.’ Aiyoh! Forgot-lah by-election in P144 Hulu Selangor!
Political parties want to be inclusive. UMNO Selangor politicians in launching the “STOP BN SELANGOR TAKEOVER PLAN……PRU 13” made the clarion-call to be inclusive in ‘caring for all communities’!
“PAS For All” is apparently inclusive. So is PKR’s “Ketuanan Rakyat”.
Perhaps the only aberration is DAP’s call to “Middle Malaysia”. But then the party has always stood for “Malaysian Malaysia”!
Even the ultra right-wing Malay rights NGO wants to be inclusive! PERKASA has expanded its “inclusiveness” to “Other Bumiputeras”. Never mind that this now allows PERKASA to claim 67% of the wealth of the nation, rather than 55 percent!
This begs the question.
What is the definition of “inclusiveness” in a multi-ethnic, multi-faith, multi-cultural society?
Does it mean respect for all people, all ways, and all the time?
Does it mean ‘inclusion will benefit everyone’?
Does it mean equality and empowerment of all our people?
If so, why this sudden altruistic urge to be “inclusive”?
Does this outpouring of sentiments mean that they have not been “inclusive” before this?
Or is this realization a result of some deep and serious reflection on the state of our society and the nation?
If it is so, we need to go no further than refer to the defining national document to get our bearings! Hope you still remember the RUKUNEGARA?
Clearly the national ideology was premised and promulgated on the implicit principle of “inclusiveness”!
We do not have to through this cataclysmic catharsis if we had been true to the spirit and substance of the Rukunegara in every aspect of our lives, our governance and our dealings with one another.
So please let us drop this charade and get back to basics!
Go read, understand and truly practice the Rukunegara.
The framers of the Rukunegara were not blasé like the ‘self-serving clowns’ who pretend to be our leaders!
They were “statesmen” who understood that “inclusiveness” was always the very basis on which this nation was founded.
BTW, “balderdash” is the polite way of saying “bulls**t”!!!
“Inclusive” seems to be the buzzword these days in “Bolehland”.
The Government wants to be inclusive. The Government Transformation Programme and the New Economic Model documents are replete with the terms “inclusive growth” “inclusive pro-poor growth”….blah…blah….blah!!!
The Prime Minister wants to be inclusive! Ergo 1 Malaysia!
The Deputy Prime Minister – ‘I am Malay first but Malaysian at heart’- wants to be inclusive.
The Minister of Agriculture – ‘Sorry… I really meant I want to be inclusive when I said you should be grateful for your citizenship status.’ Aiyoh! Forgot-lah by-election in P144 Hulu Selangor!
Political parties want to be inclusive. UMNO Selangor politicians in launching the “STOP BN SELANGOR TAKEOVER PLAN……PRU 13” made the clarion-call to be inclusive in ‘caring for all communities’!
“PAS For All” is apparently inclusive. So is PKR’s “Ketuanan Rakyat”.
Perhaps the only aberration is DAP’s call to “Middle Malaysia”. But then the party has always stood for “Malaysian Malaysia”!
Even the ultra right-wing Malay rights NGO wants to be inclusive! PERKASA has expanded its “inclusiveness” to “Other Bumiputeras”. Never mind that this now allows PERKASA to claim 67% of the wealth of the nation, rather than 55 percent!
This begs the question.
What is the definition of “inclusiveness” in a multi-ethnic, multi-faith, multi-cultural society?
Does it mean respect for all people, all ways, and all the time?
Does it mean ‘inclusion will benefit everyone’?
Does it mean equality and empowerment of all our people?
If so, why this sudden altruistic urge to be “inclusive”?
Does this outpouring of sentiments mean that they have not been “inclusive” before this?
Or is this realization a result of some deep and serious reflection on the state of our society and the nation?
If it is so, we need to go no further than refer to the defining national document to get our bearings! Hope you still remember the RUKUNEGARA?
Clearly the national ideology was premised and promulgated on the implicit principle of “inclusiveness”!
We do not have to through this cataclysmic catharsis if we had been true to the spirit and substance of the Rukunegara in every aspect of our lives, our governance and our dealings with one another.
So please let us drop this charade and get back to basics!
Go read, understand and truly practice the Rukunegara.
The framers of the Rukunegara were not blasé like the ‘self-serving clowns’ who pretend to be our leaders!
They were “statesmen” who understood that “inclusiveness” was always the very basis on which this nation was founded.
BTW, “balderdash” is the polite way of saying “bulls**t”!!!
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