There are 15 million eligible voters in Malaysia. But only half of them voted. In fact, from the half that did not vote, about 4 million did not even register as voters. This means less than 4 million from 15 million eligible voters voted for the Opposition. 11 million voters either voted for the ruling party or did not vote or did not register to vote.
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Raja Petra Kamarudin
Boo hoo hoo, we're just a year old
Malaysian Mirror, 1 September 2009
The Pakatan Rakyat alliance has encountered problems because it is only a year old, said PAS spiritual leader Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat. He said the grouping of PAS, the DAP and PKR was formed only after the 12th general election in March last year, which is why it is having glitches trying to find a common ground that would be agreeable to all member parties.
“In due time we will find a formula that will strike a balance within the alliance,” he told reporters Tuesday during a visit to an experimental organic padi field at Tunjung here. The Kelantan Mentri Besar said it is also why it would take time for the other two Pakatan partners to understand the Islamic stance taken by PAS.
On a related matter, Nik Aziz said he agreed with PKR strategic director Tian Chua that a party that is open to all races could help to unite the various ethnic groups in Malaysia. He added that PAS is willing to reorganise itself to join such party if it adopts policies based on Islam.
“We can give it a new name. It would not be a problem as long as the policies it adopts are based on Islam,” he said.
Tian Chua reportedly told a Malay tabloid that if Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak wants to repair bridges and tear down divisive walls among the races, then Najib should set up a new party that is open to all races.
Tian Chua said that having a multiracial political party would contribute to uniting everyone under one umbrella regardless of their colour, creed, race or religion. He said race-based political parties cause problems because they only champion the cause of the race they represent.
Nik Aziz said if either the Pakatan alliance or the Barisan Nasional coalition is willing to work towards this end, PAS would play its role towards the betterment of all Malaysians.
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That was what Malaysian Mirror reported on 1 September 2009. And actually it is very true. Malaysians are just a bunch of cry-babies.
Pakatan Rakyat cries, boo hoo hoo, that it is only one year old. Barisan Nasional ruled Malaysia for 52 years, they cry. Pakatan Rakyat has only been given one year so far. So what do you expect? How can you expect Pakatan Rakyat, who has been the state government for just one year, to perform as well as Barisan Nasional who had 52 years?
Some seem to forget that DAP and PAS are older than Umno, which was formed only in 1988. In fact, Barisan Nasional itself was formed only in 1973. PAS and DAP were formed so much earlier.
So what the hell are they complaining about? The opposition parties have been a government-in-waiting longer than Barisan Nasional or Umno have been the government. Anwar Ibrahim has been in government since the early 1980s and once was even the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia for a few years -- plus a Cabinet member for more than 15 years. Mustapha Ali used to be a Cabinet member as well. So was Zaid Ibrahim. So they are not new to politics. Many are in fact also not new in government.
This ‘boo hoo hoo we are only one year old’ is a load of crap. If you are not able to run the states then get the hell out. Move aside and let those who can take over. Stop crying and offering excuses about how new you are.
The Indians complain that they have been marginalised and are being left behind. They are sad because the British brought them to his country between the mid-1800s to the early 1900s to work in the rubber estates. Then the British went home on 31st August 1957 and ‘abandoned’ the Indians.
Aiyah, another cry-baby. Since 1955, two years before Merdeka, right until 2004, a period of almost 50 years, 90% of the Indians voted for MIC, which is one of the leading partners in Barisan Nasional, as well as the Alliance Party before that.
You were treated as anak tiri (step-children) since the mid-1800s until now. That is a period of more than 150 years (the same age as your Hindu temple in Section 19, Shah Alam). Now, after 150 years, and after 50 years of voting for the ruling party, you start crying about how unfairly the country has treated you.
The Chinese came to this country to work the tin mines even earlier than the Indians. Today, the Chinese practically control the economy as far as private or non-government investments are concerned. One-time Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad declared that 90% of the personal income tax is paid by the Chinese.
I can believe that. In my housing area (Bukit Rahman Putra), more than 90% of the houses costing above RM500,000 are owned by the Chinese. The Malays and Indians live down the hill in the low cost housing area (Bandar Baru Sungai Buloh) -- as do some Chinese who are not wealthy of course. The houses in my area are invariably valued at RM800,00 and above. Some houses have changed hands for more than RM1 million. Many have renovated their houses for more than the price they bought the houses in the first place. Understandably, the handful of Malays who live in my neighbourhood are CEOs of GLCs and the cars they drive cost more than the low-cost houses down the hill in Bandar Baru Sungai Buloh.
So the Malays are jealous of you, the Chinese. So the Malays feel that you, the Chinese pendatang, have taken the wealth of this ‘Malay’ country. So the Malays bully you. They mistreat you. They persecute you. They oppress you. They treat you unfairly.
Well, what do you expect? The Malays control the politics of this country -- plus, of course, all the government agencies without exception. They will certainly use this political power and the government agencies they control to whack you and to try to grab back some of the wealth of this country.
Since the beginning of time, when man first walked the face of this earth, the majority have always persecuted and oppressed the minority. It is human nature. The strong oppress the weak -- every time everywhere. The Chinese do this in countries where they are the majority. The Indians do this in countries where they are the majority. And the Malays do this as well in countries where they are the majority. And they are still doing this until today.
Look at how the Malays of Indonesian stock treat the minorities in their country. When there are more of them they will always whack the shit out of you. Every country since time immemorial has seen the majority treat the minority unfairly.
So stop crying. Stop being cry-babies. This is how mankind behaves when they have the upper hand. But when they are weak or outnumbered then they are better behaved. This is normal for mankind.
The Malays are also cry-babies. When the opposition whacks the MACC the Malays scream that the non-Malays are challenging Malay political power. When the Elections Commission (SPR) is asked why it does not run a fair and free election it replies that its job is not to run a fair and free election but to ensure that the Malays do not lose political power. The Malays want the Internal Security Act to be retained so that they have a weapon to use in defending Malay political power.
If the Indians and Chinese dissent the Malays threaten race riots and ask the Indians and Chinese to get out of Malaysia and go home to India or China. Then the Malays cry, boo hoo hoo, the Chinese have taken the wealth of this country and have left the Malays nothing.
Every one is a cry-baby. Every one cries that they have been unfairly treated. But that is all they do. They cry and blame the other chap for treating them badly. They will never stand up and fight and strive to better their lot. They want the other chap to give them what they want. They do not want to do anything. They want the other chap to do something.
The natives of Sabah and Sarawak are the same. 50% of the oil and gas revenue comes from Sabah and Sarawak. But the two East Malaysian states receive only a fraction of the development expenditure. So the East Malaysians cry like cry-babies. They never joined Malaysia as one of the states like the 11 states of Malaya. They are in fact equal to Malaya, not equal to the 11 states of Malaya. The federal government is not honouring the 20-Point Agreement.
They cry and cry. Boo hoo hoo, the people of Sabah and Sarawak are being badly treated. Then they give both the state governments plus 30 of the 31 parliament seats in Sarawak and 24 of the 25 parliament seats in Sabah to Barisan Nasional. Then they cry: boo hoo hoo we are being badly treated.
Malaysians should stop crying. Whatever predicament they are in is their own doing. Stop complaining about this, that and the other. You are in the predicament you are in because of your own doing.
Umno can’t form the government without the 30 parliament seats from Sarawak, 24 parliaments seats from Sabah, 15 parliament seats from MCA, and 5 parliament seats from MIC and Gerakan. That comes to 74 seats in all out of the 139 that Barisan Nasional controls. Without these 74 seats Umno is a dead duck. It will only have 65 seats in parliament. 65 out of 222 means Umno will be sent into the Opposition aisle. So stop crying like cry-babies. It is your decision to allow Umno to rule. And it is your decision to allow Umno to treat you badly.
Stop crying and stop blaming the Malays. This has nothing to do with the Malays. The Malays are more upset than the Chinese and Indians or the natives of Sabah and Sarawak. The Malays blame the Chinese and Indians and the natives of Sabah and Sarawak for giving Umno the political power that they now have. Without the Chinese and Indians and the natives of Sabah and Sarawak, Umno would have been kicked out by now. So stop crying about how badly you are being treated. You deserve what you are getting. You deserve the treatment you are receiving. And I just hope Umno will continue doing what they are doing, plus much worse, to teach you all a bloody lesson.
And the Malays should also stop crying about how economically backward they are. So the Chinese ‘stole’ all the wealth of this country. So what? It just shows that the Chinese are better than the Malays when it comes to business, although the Chinese are stupid when it comes to politics. It also shows that Umno has failed you. Umno conned you. Umno took you for a ride. Don’t blame the Chinese for being clever. Blame yourself for being stupid in trusting Umno.
No one owes the Malays a living. Just because you came into this world through a Malay pussy does not mean you are special people. Stop crying about how poor the Malays are and that the Chinese have taken everything. Go out and build your own wealth just like what the Chinese did. And if you don’t know how to do that, then tough luck. Then remain poor and backward. But stop crying like a cry-baby just because you are too stupid to make it like the Chinese have.
The Chinese keep crying like cry-babies about what the Malays did to them on 13th May 1969. Sure, that was a bad thing. I don’t deny that. But the Chinese are not that innocent either. Maybe on 13th May 1969 the Chinese got whacked. But there were other occasions when the Chinese had the upper hand and when they whacked the Malays.
My own family members, who were then the rulers of a part of Negeri Sembilan, were massacred by the Chinese. My entire family was exterminated as they slept in their beds. Many other Malays died at the hands of the Chinese that night, the entire community in fact.
So, on 13th May 1969, the Chinese got whacked. My family too got whacked by the Chinese. And it was worse than May 13. This was ethnic cleansing. Do I cry, boo hoo hoo the Chinese killed off my entire family in Negeri Sembilan? Do I talk about taking revenge on the Chinese? Instead, I talk about giving the Chinese equality and equal status. I talk about those Chinese who were born in Malaysia should be classified as Bumiputeras.
In the last general election in March 2008, 4,082,411 Malaysians voted for Barisan Nasional. That comes to 50.27%. That means more than half voted for the ruling party. In a democracy, the majority has the final say. And since the majority chose Barisan Nasional why are we so upset? Why cry boo hoo hoo like cry-babies?
There are 15 million eligible voters in Malaysia. But only half of them voted. In fact, from the half that did not vote, about 4 million did not even register as voters. This means less than 4 million from 15 million eligible voters voted for the Opposition. 11 million voters either voted for the ruling party or did not vote or did not register to vote.
This, therefore, makes you a very small minority -- not just a minority but also a very small minority. Less than 4 million of you care. 11 million more do not care. 11 million are very happy with the way things are. So stop crying like cry-babies. You are not even 4 million in number. You are a very small minority. What you want does not count because in a democracy only the voice of the majority counts. That’s how it works.
So stop crying. No more boo hoo hoo. You are what you are because of your own doing. That is the long and short of it all. If the fire is too hot then get out of the kitchen. If you don’t dare fight then hand this country to Umno and Barisan Nasional and shut up. No more boo hoo hoo I have been badly treated. It makes me sick when those who cry boo hoo hoo did not even vote or are not registered voters.
