INTRODUCTION:
The date 9th May 2018 is a big shaming blow to UMNO and Barisan Nasional (BN) 61 years (1957-2018) power control over the Nation. The Nation, upon internationally being named as Cleptocratic State, stood up and reclaim their honor by ousting the BN from power. With such defeat, Malaysia today is really in a very interesting political scenario. First UMNO, whom refused to accept their defeat, need all the foundation to return to power. Presently UMNO still enjoy the strong support of the rural conservative old Malays but loosing power base among the much younger and educated. Secondly, PAS as the traditional UMNO political rival (since 1951), seeing that, they must move hard and fast to out do UMNO in their power hunger game particularly among tyhe Malays. Nonetheless with the existence of Bersatu, Amanah and PKR in taking away the moderate and young Malays support from both UMNO and PAS, made both of them to restrategize not to continue to fight head logging with each others; they need a much creative and friendly strategies and tactic to win back. Both are now deploying a very interesting politic for political game tactic and strategies. As I see it, their present moves really have nothing to do with the interest of a Nation building; their struggle is nothing more than due to denial syndrome and power greed.
(2) Worst, in the past, MCA, Gerakan and MIC had been always the hidden forces in helping UMNO to control Malayan politic. Now MCA, Gerakan and MIC had been swallowed by DAP, making UMNO political sphere being isolated onto the limited conservative Malays' island. UMNO had lost influence over the Chinese and Indians. UMNO had also lost influence among the new generation Malays. PAS being PAS, as they are, sneakily they continue to be a snake in this UMNO Malays conservative sphere. With Mahathir around, and leading the growing new force of the Malays, Chinese and Indians in Pakatan Harapan (PH); him being a tested political and economic strategist had now made UMNO and PAS to turn to the very fierce guerrilla fighting tactic. UMNO being born at times of insurgencies, thus such tactic was their excellency. They will continue to adopt such guerrilla fighting tactic. They can't fight Mahathir and the Team in a very conventional way. They take DAP as their main target. DAP is the forever scapegoat for UMNO-PAS political survival.
(3) Over 61 years, UMNO had excelled in making DAP as the enemy of the Nation. No doubt Mahathir was also in it in the past. By making DAP as the enemy of the Nation, such had made the Malays to consolidate within UMNO. DAP fear mongering was and is UMNO traditional winning strategy over the Malays support. PAS indeed was and is the very reason for such UMNO's attitude - a fight to control the Malays. PAS in actual fact was and is the real political enemy of UMNO. Nonetheless by adopting DAP fear mongering, UMNO managed to outdo PAS since its inception. With the Malays great support in UMNO; for business and survival reasons, the MCA, Gerakan and MIC need to make themselves to be Malays Friendly and thus had served the Chinese and Indian purposes well. Being friends of UMNO; MCA, Gerakan and MIC then conveniently being used to go head logging with DAP. UMNO had for 61 years successfully manipulated MCA, Gerakan and MIC to go against DAP. DAP had been greatly portrayed as the enemy of the Malays and Nation. BN and in particular UMNO had for 61 years succeed to govern the Nation by reason of fear mongering factor.
(4) Nonetheless, over time, as our education system becoming more effective, that changed our demographic structure. The Malays have becoming less fearing of DAP. They need beyond UMNO rhetoric. Unfortunately, UMNO or BN had failed to deliver the best economic choices for the educated and younger revolting Malays (and Malaysian), thus they began to harness the Malays support by means of political goodies. Goodies had been disbursed among the Malays since the existence of the 1972 New Economic Policy (NEP), but worst in the period of 2009-2017. In 2009-2017, goodies were not much for the economic excellent of the Malays but merely to sustain UMNO power gripping onto them. The demand for political goodies keep mounting over the years, so much so, the Nation economies couldn't absorb it anymore. I would say, since 2013 the Malaysian economy is going to worst that by 2015, the then Government enforced GST as the new source of National Income. Despite so, the general economies of the Nation remain worsening. Widespread corruption and wasteful expenditures really placed the Nation in a regressive gear.
(5) Alhamdullilah, things began to change with the presence of the commendable new Malays force in PH. PKR, Amanah and Bersatu emerged as the alternative to UMNO and PAS beginning in 2017. Like it or not, indeed, Mahathir is the factor of feel good in the Malays (and Malaysian) political attitude shift then. Internationally Mahathir had been known as one of those great successful leaders, thus the Malays and the Nation have trust on him to tear off the cleptocratic mask out of the Nation. The alternative new Malays force had brought the Chinese and Indian into a new footing. The Chinese and Indians in massive exodus wave consolidate into DAP and leaving MCA, Gerakan and MIC with bird dung in their hands. PKR, Amanah and Bersatu now is drumming a very accommodating approach toward a multi-cultural-racial Nation building strategies. Despite so, unfortunately, UMNO (and PAS) guerrilla political strategies continue to keep us far apart despite the Nation had made their feeling clear to the BN. Why?
PURPOSE:
(6) My intention of writing this article is to lay the possible missing links that might had placed this Nation apart for too long and wastefully. Since the British to this day, the Malays, Chinese and Indians (plus all other ethnics) had not really stand unify as one Nation. Malaysia since 1963 had never stand as Malaysia but continue to be a Nation with splitting images. Racial split had made our progress slowed or even regressive. In this writing, all is about my observation and thought in how I see DAP had been a victim of circumstances. Longing and intense racial chauvinistic had made us not a solid Nation ever since. I'm not influenced by others. I also declared, nobody had pressed me over my thought. I remained to be independent and I said thing to my best thought. I have no fear and favor in whatsoever. This writing is my contribution for Malaysian to be truly Malaysia as I think the best. DAP is bad for being seen as very Chinese (and Indians). The Malays failed for we are too very Malays. The same applies to the Iban, Kedazan, Bidayuh, Melanau, Sulu etc. In the word os Muhammad SAW, we failed to mbe great Nation for we remain to be Assabiyah chauvinistic racial.
BRIEF HISTORICAL FACTS:
(7) Looking at the history of DAP and Gerakan, both started along the similar political premise, ie struggling for a better living for the general Chinese (and Indians), the labors. Such indeed is nothing wrong, for immediately after independent (1957) the general quality of lives of the people of Malaya was not really in good shape. In general, the Malayan citizen were in hard poverty, be they the Malays, Chinese and Indians. The majority of the Chinese and Indians then were laborer in the British economies. The British made them as slaves indeed. The Malays were marginalized to the rural peasant living. The only quarters whom really enjoying the good life were those closely associated with the colonial British interests. Those were the few lucky Chinese, Indians and Malays. They were indeed the pioneers of the now MCA, MIC and UMNO. They chosen a 180 degree different struggling strategy from the then DAP.
(8) In those days, the British was very clear, keeping the Chinese (and Indian) away from the Malays and vice-versa, economically was to their best advantage. The Malays were left free to enjoy their happy lives in the far rural, with some taken as junior civil service and in the security sector. The Chinese (and Indians) then were enslaved to their bone in the mining, plantation, construction and transport sectors. With such governing style, the British could have better control over both. Dichotomy economic and social structures of the Malayan population then was a real feudalistic and imperialistic arts of the British.
(9) Accordingly, in certain aspects, the Chinese (and Indians), due to the nature of their economies and settlements structure ie more "urbanized", they were much socio-economically far ahead of the Malays. They, especially the fortunate enterprising among them, upon the Malayan (Malaysia) Independence, were the "inheritors" to the colonial British wealth vis mines, plantations, transportation, commerce, trades and certain industries, and thus immediately forming the upper economic community within the poor Malaysian. Subsequently, the Chinese (and Indians) due to their Yang Tze (and Indies Civilization), definitely by far are much industrially and international trade exposed as compared to the Malayan (Malaysian) or even ASEAN natives. Their maintaining strong connection with their homeland also gave them far better trading and industrial competitive advantages. Their settlements clustering forming township and thus having far better access to much better urban facilities gave them a better upper hand status. Better education and health facilities enjoyed by them placing them far ahead of the peasant natives. All these bundled together by nature makes the Chinese (and Indians) will always be far ahead of the Malays (or natives) then and even now.
(10) Upon independent (the formation of Malaysia), as they being recognized as citizens of the new Nation, the deprived Chinese and Indians felt, they must have all the access to the better economic excellent. They wanted all the freedom of enterprises away from the enslaving Britist past. But then, the natives believe, due to the British marginalization, they must be accorded certain handicaps in the whole game in the Nation socio-economic pursuit. Such had made the Malays and the Chinese (and Indians) in a dichotomy socio-ideological structure to this day, despite the New Economic Policy (NEP) formulated in 1972 was having great objectives for all Malaysian, but the implementation of the Policy had skewed in such, so much so NEP had been seen as key factor to Malaysian social and political disharmony. DAP had been critical over the Implementation approaches of the NEP. They want the then Government to stick to the tenet of NEP. But UMNO twisted the matter into the arts of politic to sounded that the DAP was anti-NEP and thus anti-Malays. To me all is by reason of UMNO traditional attitude of not holding to principle which in Islam is termed as Amanah. UMNO whom had ruled the Nation for 61 years I would say had greatly betrayed the Amanah passed down by the Nation Independent fighters for the sack of their leaders material and political greed. UMNO over the 61 years had not hold Amanah to the true principles of the NEP and Nation tenets.
(11) Secondly, the global perspectives in the 1970s is another factor that we must clearly understood to understand the present UMNO-DAP-PH political games. Historically, due to the Western greed, in the 1970s, despite Malaya and Malaysia were an independent entities, the whole of South East Asia was dragged into the American-China (plus Russia) Ideological Warfare. Malaysian economies in the 1960s and 1970s were very dependent upon the British and the West. The British (and America) in particular love to keep Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, Sabah (then Malaysia) and Brunei as their economic and military arms in this Far East region. As Sukarno put it bluntly, Malaysia indeed was the Western Imperialist Arm. The War between the West and China had forced China to work hard to garner the support of the fringe South East Asia Chinese. In Malaysia and particularly in Malaya then, the general disadvantage Chinese were sympathizer to their brothers and sisters fight over the West far back home in China. Unfortunately, due to the dichotomy structures of the Malaysian socio-economy at that time, whereby the Malays were mostly the rural peasant farmers with minor some in the civil services - administration, security and military etc while the Chinese were laborers and some in the management and partners in the British commercial interest sectors - estates, industrial, commerce, transportation, etc thus with such structure and under security traits, the British had skillfully advised and turned the Malays as Orang Kerajaan while the China sympathizer Chinese as Musuh Kerajaan.
(12) These China sympathizer Chinese were then classified as the Communist, the god non-believers of which with such strategic nomenclature made them the ultimate Musoh Melayu, Islam. The British knew, Islam is too sacred for the Malays, by imparting the Chines as Communist and Communist as anti-religion, they indeed had struck the Malays to their hearts for their most loyal support. The British imperialist arts had managed to create the social and ideological cracks and gaps between the Malays and Chinese. By right, the British managed to break apart the Malays and Chinese (plus Indians) to enable them to gain the best leverage from such disunity. Both the Malays and Chinese then were skillfully manipulated to go against each others for the British best interest, which all is about there and then survival of the fittest. The British survive, the Malays, Chinese and Indians in particular to this day continue to bite the pain.
(13) The Malayan Chinese whom being branded as the Communist indeed had all these while seeing themselves as the Malayan (and Sarawak) independent fighter just as some Nationalist Malays vis Rashid Maiden, Abdullah CD, Shamsiah Fakih, etc. Ahmad Zaidi, Tun, the former Governor of Sarawak was also indeed part of such struggle. They don't really treated themselves as Communist. People such as Abdullah CD, Rashid Maidin and Shamsiah, they remained as devoted Muslims. Communism was just their camouflage to earn the support of the big brother China (and Russia). Ideologically, they were Malayan, but military tactically they adopted themselves as "Communist" guerrillas. Nonetheless, since their struggle was against the British interest and strongly linked or supported by the China Communist, therefore, they were conveniently being branded as the Communist. I would believe their (and even among the Malays left wing nationalist) were just as Assad of Syria. Assad, for his and Syrian fight against the West had always been associated with the Socialist Russian, so much so Syria is also being branded as Socialist, not Democratic. Particularly the American had successfully divided the Arabs (and Persian) brothers into all sort of political sects to their best manipulation interest. They had great success stories in Iran, Yemen, Lebanon, Kurdistan, Iraq, Palestine etc. America and British had branded them as the Exist of Evil. Branding indeed is a very convenient tool to push or drag one to a certain quarter. The same applied to the Malayan Chinese and Malays that went against the British interest.
(14) In the early Malaya and Malaysia days, at the British and British influence period, the British had successfully deployed the similar strategies and tactical to keep Malaya and Malaysia at their arm length. The Communist infiltrated the labor, ie the poor population within the Chinese (and even Malays) societies. Thus and unfortunately, since the DAP political movement was also started among the labor, which was against the British interest, therefore the easiest way to put the Malays and DAP into a fight is to brand DAP as Communist. With such, it is easier to make the Malays to hate DAP and forever to make them turned to the British as protector. The British then were advisors to the newly formed Malaysia. The British portrayed themselves as part and parcel of the Malaysian Government entity. To go against the Government, is amounting to go against the Malays. The British smartly decepted and doctrinated the Malays mind as such. A very smart and supper brilliant political arts. Such was and is the fact that today Malaysian should look at with very open mind and heart in making our great success to move forward.
(15) Thus far I had not read any document that could prove any of those in DAP leadership were Communist Insurgent Guerrilla. Chin Peng or even Rashid Maidin has nothing to do with the DAP. Even PAP they were hardcore anti-communism. The British then followed by UMNO whom had branded accused them as communist, and thus due to intense misled and inferiority complex of the Malays, to this day the conservatives among them continue to uphold the belief that DAP was and is Communist. I yet to discover any documentary proof of such accusation.
THE PRICE FOR BEING TOO CHINESE:
(16) My very predicament about the key reason for the Malays to buy the idea of DAP = Communist = Anti-Malay, is basically due to the DAP key weakness ie for they are too Chinese (and Indians). I'm not questioning their cultural values, but more toward their political and economic struggles. In short I can say, their biggest weaknesses is by adopting the Nation building strategy of PAP Singapore for being too capitalistic. Their sin is due to their being too Chinese political and economic images and approaches, seeming ignoring the equal or even worse plight of the natives. But for a simple historical-based presentation, let look at the Mathematics to why the Malays especially UMNO and PAS hate DAP to their grave.
(17) Historically, the British had branded the Malayan Chinese as Communist - Anti Religion (thus Islam), Anti-Establishment (ie Anti-Government thus Anti-the King and the Malays). The British knew those were key taboos of the Malays - never betray Islam and the King. The British had also planted deep into the Malays hearts that China, ie the motherland of the Chinese was a dreadful Communist and they were enemy to the whole world. Thus, accordingly, to the general Malays, Communist is equal to China and China is Chinese. Thus the Mathematical summation is made simple to brand DAP = Chinese; China = Chinese; China = Communist; therefore DAP = Chinese = Communist. This branding is very much to the UMNO political vantage. UMNO unethically had kept to such dirty British tactic to the best advantage. UMNO need all the premises to make the Malays to unite with them. Since UMNO had mastered the art of the British branding approach thus they continue to drum up the hatred toward DAP, which thereon in the eyes of the general Malays they are the true defender of Islam and Malays sovereignty. By keeping DAP as Communist, UMNO can be assured of the general Malays support. In those days, people must remember, UMNO was facing support split by the existence of various other Malays-based political parties. Thing was made worst by the birth of PAS on 23 August, 1951 from among the UMNO's. For PAS, they also took along the UMNO political tactical approach toward DAP. They were behaving much more aggressive so as to portray themselves as better defender of Islam than UMNO.
(18) From its inception on 11th Oct, 1969 to 9 May, 2018, DAP had been in the opposition. DAP (and Gerakan) almost toppled the Government in the 1969 election. DAP approach and intent in those days was to control the City Councils. The Chinese were and are cities dwellers, so much so their affair must be handled by the Chinese of which DAP was championing. But then, the May 13, 1969 Kuala Lumpur riot had turned the relationship of the DAP and UMNO ie basically the Chinese and Malays into the trap that the British really inspired. DAP being the splinter of the PAP of Singapore, whom wanted the equal treatment of every citizen in the the newly born Malaysia, echoed the similar sentiment which brought a sense of insecurity among the Malays, and thus being politically manipulated by interested parties, which thereon widening both the communities divine gaps. Such indeed, DAP had made the worst mistake being too Chinese for the Chinese.
(19) In those days, the way I look at it, DAP then was too Chinese, ignoring their demanded economic and political values and characters for being within a multi-racial newly born Nation. The plight of the general Chinese as well as the great capitalism prospects left by the British had made DAP to loose patience to the lukewarm approach of the Malays leadership (especially Tunku) there and then. Lee Kuan Yew (and PAP) as highly ambitious educated local Chinese, he could see that the Chinese overall well being could be quantum leap changed by making the Chinese to lead the Nation and manage the overall business the way time is demanding. May be Lee Kuan Yew (and PAP then) was trying to emulate Uncle Sam strategies in turning around America from the miseries of being the British colony. Lee Kuan Yew dream was killed by Tunku by the expulsion of Singapore from Malaysia, yet his ideology was then pickup by the DAP pioneers. The Malays leadership culture then indeed was and is always associated with "lukewarm approach".. Even among the ultra Malays such as Mahathir and Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, their critique over Tunku leadership style as Kempimpinan Tak Apa was a reflection of such Lukewarm Malays leadership approach. Tunku being from the royal aristocrat love Malaysia to remain as conservative Malays, which then ingrained as UMNO political philosophy. Razak again as a Malays aristocrat through his various public institutional setup had fortified the Malays conservative strength in the overall Malaysian systems. DAP (originally LKY) love to push Malaysia as real capitalist which suited the Chinese appetite. Tunku (UMNO) and Dr Ismail - Dr Mahathir later clashes were indeed a manifestation the existence and ingrain lukewarm leadership culture among the Malays. Dr Ismail and Dr Mahathir both being half-Malay they wanted UMNO to be more progressive so as to match or even be ahead with the Chinese (and Indians) political-economic moves.
(20) DAP struggle for equal treatment of all citizen is nothing extra ordinary. Indeed Onn Jaafar the founder of UMNO wanted UMNO to go along with such similar equality ideology, but then he was kicked out of UMNO. His Parti NEGARA, the multi-racial party deferring from his former UMNO which was and is Malays-based, indeed sounded as PAP. Parti NEGARA, I would believe was Onn Jaafar far vision to nullify PAP. But again it was made worst when in their struggle, DAP took a direct emotional attack over the Malays privileges as spelt out in the Federation Constitution. For such course, within the Malaysian political divine, DAP as opposition had been equate as "Anti-Malays" movement. As well as being "ex-Communist"; DAP automatically suited to the image of anti god existence, a basic tenet against Islam and therefore, they fitted well as anti-Malays. Such images as I would believe were nothing more of the so called PAP then DAP young educated leaders or founders political idealism. To them, as a Nation, everything must be equal. They wanted to get away of the colonial British style of class or ethnic separation and or patronage, which had created miseries to all except among the colluding opportunistic some. Both the British and the Malays leaders then, saw DAP move as traits to their power and economic sustenance.
(21) Personally, I could see, the former DAP political struggle lies on two wrongful and or misconception premises. Firstly, they were too hungry, in a rush to said out the concept of Malaysia for Malaysian ie everybody is equal within a Nation. Their desparado to overcome the Chinese poverty plight had made them in hurry to laid their democratic political thrust principles. They had forgotten, the Natives poverty plight were even worst. DAP was then too in a rush to help the poor Chinese so much so their interest over the Nation needs becoming too myopic, short sighted. Their steps trailing too close to the expelled PAP and Lee Kuan Yew, which then as an ambitious corporate nationalist guy, wanted Malaysia to leap frog in its economic excellence, thus love to see Malaysia as Malaysia and not the traditional British guided economies. I dare to say, from the very beginning DAP had failed to see the Chinese (and Indians) as the Malays genuine corporate partners in building the Nation within the Malaysian paradigm, not the Singapore outlook-way. Probably, DAP frustration over MCA and MIC had made them to choose such a desperado approach. Secondly, by their hard struggle to pull the Chinese (and Indians) to their side as against MCA and MIC, really made them to be more Chinese (or Indians); than the Chinese (or Indians). Such image had truly made themselves to the true claim of UMNO and PAS ie DAP is nothing but for the Chinese (and Indians), the kafir. DAP was and is Anti-Malays and Islam.
(22) Those were the days of the DAP founders such as Devan Nair, Chen Man Hin, Zain Azahari, etc. Today I would say, DAP is lead by the second and third generation whom were born after the independent of Malaya and or the formation of Malaysia. Majority of them are no more the "Independent Fighter" and or "Labor Movement" population. They are the much Malaysian educated and socially aligned. Unfortunately their past dogmatic continue to haunt them, despite they are now the Government of the Day. UMNO and PAS will continue to attack DAP as they used to be. They may even go for the most extreme. Those are mere Malaysian political game. But should DAP dance to their tune?
(23) Unfortunately, DAP now had turned as "liability" to the Governmening parties. Now worst, both UMNO and PAS as a desperate strategy to win back the majority Malays support, they are working very hard to damage the "Islamic and Malays" reputation of Bersatu, PKR and Amanah. While branding these parties as liberal, their forming of the Pakatan Harapan together with DAP the Communist, they are becoming the sitting duck to both UMNO and PAS. Even thing can't be made better, for lots of UMNO leadership are now under various scrutiny for their past potential wrong doings. UMNO and PAS leadership and all those potential bandits are taking DAP for their last defense. They are counting to the majority Malays continue hatred of DAP would bring the present Government into so much trouble and thus won't be having times to focus on improving the Malaysian economies. To them, the Nation interest is immaterial, their survival is paramount.
(22) Indeed it is a very smart tactic for both UMNO (and PAS) to turn all their guns to PH by reason of their association with the DAP. Though PH had garnered the majority support of the Malays in the 9th May 2019 election, UMNO is betting their hope to make a come back in 2024 by hanging to remnant of the "hatred feeling" of the Malays over DAP especially among the conservative Malays. They are now working hard to nurture, rejuvenate and expand such "feel bad" as their desperate political move to gain back the majority Malays' support. Their present drumming loud of Anti-DAP, to my judgement, is nothing but UMNO envy over the lost of the majority Chinese (and Indian) support to their long allies the MCA, Gerakan and MIC. Could MCA, Gerakan and MIC pool back the majority support of the Chinese and Indian? For PAS, their mathematical is much simpler ie to extract out the Malays support in PH (and even UMNO). The clash between and within UMNO and PKR, Amanah and Bersatu is sort of a blessing to PAS. In the Malays' proverb, PAS love to fish in muddy water menangok di air keruh. Worst if there prevail the squabble among the Malays PH. The whole UMNO and PAS current move indeed is a real smart political greedy game play.
(23) In today Malaysian confusing political daily scene, I dare to say, the general conservative Malays and unfortunately even among the educated one, they had been strategically and tactically decepted by the colonial British-associated mindset Malays leaders. As for DAP, since they had been in the hard defending position since day one, they there and then had adopted of being very Chinese or Indians as their meant of struggle. If one looks at the underlying reason for such is rather a simple logic; "DAP must be very Chinese (and Indians) to pullout the Chinese (and Indian) support from MCA, Gerakan (and MIC). For long, and only on 9th May, 2018 they made it. They has all the reasons to garner the total support of the Chinese (and Indians) for the success of their struggle. For Sabah and Sarawak, DAP is now targeting to consolidate the support of non-Muslims natives to enable them to gain bigger statistic. This moves is now being drum up as threat to the Malays political power. As such, the Malays especially UMNO and PAS now take a much head logging reaction to DAP expansion wish. Indeed both DAP and UMNO-PAS had succumbed themselves into a another unhealthy political game.
(24) People may not realise, DAP was limping at times of Razak and Mahathir. Both Razak and Mahathir indeed were practicing much aggressive and progressive leadership, which infused lots of business opportunities to the Nation, as compared to Tunku, Hussein, and Abdullah. DAP really strengthening at times of Abdullah and strongest at times of Najib. Cronyism and favoritism (by corruption) at time of Najib had diminished business growth and distribution, and thus making everybody jittery and worst among the Chinese. In Sarawak, unfortunately Taib leadership legacy ended along the same way. Same for Musa Aman of Sabah.
MY PLIGHT:
(25) People should realise that Allah had created everything in this universe as balance. Once an imbalance existed, definitely there is a reaction. He indeed had created the Natural Law of Action and Reaction which then was well elaborated by Newton's Third Law - An action is always matched by a reaction. In his simple representation, Newton had come to the conclusion of M1V1=M2V2. Politically, in UMNO-DAP case, I would assign M1 = UMNO ("Malays"), V1 =UMNO's political game, M2 = DAP; V2 = DAP political reaction game. Therefore any changes in the value of M or V in either side of the equation, will always be matched with the adjusted value over the other side of the equation. In politic, the harder UMNO hit on DAP, the harder will DAP reacted. Thus leaving Malaysia there and then into long political polemic and moving economically regressive.
(26) In my many years back writing, I had said, DAP had managed to garnered the full support of the Chinese is all about the failure of MCA (and Gerakan, SUPP and SAPP) to take care of the general Chinese. MCA (SUPP and SAPP) since 1990s had becoming too capitalist so much so, the little-little tokeys are loosing ground in all sort of businesses. The Chinese are mostly getting their income through their involvement in businesses. Just as the Jews worldwide, they can't have country land as the other natives of Malaysia. So much so, they must survive through trading and being industrialist. Worst they were given secondary status in so many other things as well. All these had pulled them strongly to be Chinese. They live in truly Chinese paradigm rather a truly Malaysia for they see Malaysia is not truly Malaysia, which indeed I agree. Unfortunately, then the emerging of MCA supported capitalist over time had made these small business Chinese loosing all their opportunities. Many small towns are dead. With better infrastructures, amenities and taste of life, people had turned away from shopping at small shops preferring all those grand hypermarket. They see MCA as a hopeless Chinese association.
(27) Analogically, the small Chinese taukey feeling and situation is just like the taking away all those small Malays farms and then handed over to the capitalist to established more modern development, which at last the Malays also resented to such move. Indeed in 2000s UMNO (plus PBB, PAS etc) had turned itself as MCA to be capitalist biased. Their interest are to facilitate the richer to be richer, while the real needy and poor little citizen are dying to the hypocrisy of handouts. Many things fall to the wrong hands. So much so the peasants Malays and small business Chinese and Indian began to turn away from the traditional political alliances. DAP was and is their choice, then PKR and now Amanah, Bersatu and Warisan. As for the GPS of Sarawak it is a matter of time and changes of paradigm that may determine their fate soon.
(28) Indeed in 9 May 2018, DAP had made it biggest score in their political history when they managed to sweep almost all of Gerakan, MCA, SUPP, SCA and MIC parliamentary seats. This big win I believe had turned DAP into a high mood. If not due to egoism, I would believe, even Cameroon Highland, Rantau and Semenyih, PH can still beaten BN in the recent by-elections. But unfortunate, the feeling good and high had made people to forget of their earthly footsteps and thus to remain humble. To me, if DAP remain to ignored their existence paradigm within this a multi-cultural and multi-religious Nation, they will be the key factor to the failure of the present Government to bring Malaysia to a better positioning. This is Malaysia. Let be Malaysian rather imaging ourselves by or through others.
(29) Be who you are, indeed as Malaysian the Chinese, Indian, Iban, Kadazan, Arabs, all sort, all had adopted themselves as the "Malays". Kari, sambal belacan, roti canai, teh tarik, durian, lemang, rendang, sarong, kebaya etc indeed had made every Malaysian as "Malays" in a sense. So let have respect to all Malaysian. DAP need to go down to be humble. Their past fierce fighting need to be change into a much accommodating and crystal clear together we build a great Nation attitude. A payback approach will prolong our non-productive political and racial polemic. It is an Asian culture, for one to earn respect and trust, one need to be humble.
Kuching, Sarawak
July-Sept., 2019
(2) Worst, in the past, MCA, Gerakan and MIC had been always the hidden forces in helping UMNO to control Malayan politic. Now MCA, Gerakan and MIC had been swallowed by DAP, making UMNO political sphere being isolated onto the limited conservative Malays' island. UMNO had lost influence over the Chinese and Indians. UMNO had also lost influence among the new generation Malays. PAS being PAS, as they are, sneakily they continue to be a snake in this UMNO Malays conservative sphere. With Mahathir around, and leading the growing new force of the Malays, Chinese and Indians in Pakatan Harapan (PH); him being a tested political and economic strategist had now made UMNO and PAS to turn to the very fierce guerrilla fighting tactic. UMNO being born at times of insurgencies, thus such tactic was their excellency. They will continue to adopt such guerrilla fighting tactic. They can't fight Mahathir and the Team in a very conventional way. They take DAP as their main target. DAP is the forever scapegoat for UMNO-PAS political survival.
(4) Nonetheless, over time, as our education system becoming more effective, that changed our demographic structure. The Malays have becoming less fearing of DAP. They need beyond UMNO rhetoric. Unfortunately, UMNO or BN had failed to deliver the best economic choices for the educated and younger revolting Malays (and Malaysian), thus they began to harness the Malays support by means of political goodies. Goodies had been disbursed among the Malays since the existence of the 1972 New Economic Policy (NEP), but worst in the period of 2009-2017. In 2009-2017, goodies were not much for the economic excellent of the Malays but merely to sustain UMNO power gripping onto them. The demand for political goodies keep mounting over the years, so much so, the Nation economies couldn't absorb it anymore. I would say, since 2013 the Malaysian economy is going to worst that by 2015, the then Government enforced GST as the new source of National Income. Despite so, the general economies of the Nation remain worsening. Widespread corruption and wasteful expenditures really placed the Nation in a regressive gear.
(5) Alhamdullilah, things began to change with the presence of the commendable new Malays force in PH. PKR, Amanah and Bersatu emerged as the alternative to UMNO and PAS beginning in 2017. Like it or not, indeed, Mahathir is the factor of feel good in the Malays (and Malaysian) political attitude shift then. Internationally Mahathir had been known as one of those great successful leaders, thus the Malays and the Nation have trust on him to tear off the cleptocratic mask out of the Nation. The alternative new Malays force had brought the Chinese and Indian into a new footing. The Chinese and Indians in massive exodus wave consolidate into DAP and leaving MCA, Gerakan and MIC with bird dung in their hands. PKR, Amanah and Bersatu now is drumming a very accommodating approach toward a multi-cultural-racial Nation building strategies. Despite so, unfortunately, UMNO (and PAS) guerrilla political strategies continue to keep us far apart despite the Nation had made their feeling clear to the BN. Why?
PURPOSE:
(6) My intention of writing this article is to lay the possible missing links that might had placed this Nation apart for too long and wastefully. Since the British to this day, the Malays, Chinese and Indians (plus all other ethnics) had not really stand unify as one Nation. Malaysia since 1963 had never stand as Malaysia but continue to be a Nation with splitting images. Racial split had made our progress slowed or even regressive. In this writing, all is about my observation and thought in how I see DAP had been a victim of circumstances. Longing and intense racial chauvinistic had made us not a solid Nation ever since. I'm not influenced by others. I also declared, nobody had pressed me over my thought. I remained to be independent and I said thing to my best thought. I have no fear and favor in whatsoever. This writing is my contribution for Malaysian to be truly Malaysia as I think the best. DAP is bad for being seen as very Chinese (and Indians). The Malays failed for we are too very Malays. The same applies to the Iban, Kedazan, Bidayuh, Melanau, Sulu etc. In the word os Muhammad SAW, we failed to mbe great Nation for we remain to be Assabiyah chauvinistic racial.
BRIEF HISTORICAL FACTS:
(7) Looking at the history of DAP and Gerakan, both started along the similar political premise, ie struggling for a better living for the general Chinese (and Indians), the labors. Such indeed is nothing wrong, for immediately after independent (1957) the general quality of lives of the people of Malaya was not really in good shape. In general, the Malayan citizen were in hard poverty, be they the Malays, Chinese and Indians. The majority of the Chinese and Indians then were laborer in the British economies. The British made them as slaves indeed. The Malays were marginalized to the rural peasant living. The only quarters whom really enjoying the good life were those closely associated with the colonial British interests. Those were the few lucky Chinese, Indians and Malays. They were indeed the pioneers of the now MCA, MIC and UMNO. They chosen a 180 degree different struggling strategy from the then DAP.
(8) In those days, the British was very clear, keeping the Chinese (and Indian) away from the Malays and vice-versa, economically was to their best advantage. The Malays were left free to enjoy their happy lives in the far rural, with some taken as junior civil service and in the security sector. The Chinese (and Indians) then were enslaved to their bone in the mining, plantation, construction and transport sectors. With such governing style, the British could have better control over both. Dichotomy economic and social structures of the Malayan population then was a real feudalistic and imperialistic arts of the British.
(10) Upon independent (the formation of Malaysia), as they being recognized as citizens of the new Nation, the deprived Chinese and Indians felt, they must have all the access to the better economic excellent. They wanted all the freedom of enterprises away from the enslaving Britist past. But then, the natives believe, due to the British marginalization, they must be accorded certain handicaps in the whole game in the Nation socio-economic pursuit. Such had made the Malays and the Chinese (and Indians) in a dichotomy socio-ideological structure to this day, despite the New Economic Policy (NEP) formulated in 1972 was having great objectives for all Malaysian, but the implementation of the Policy had skewed in such, so much so NEP had been seen as key factor to Malaysian social and political disharmony. DAP had been critical over the Implementation approaches of the NEP. They want the then Government to stick to the tenet of NEP. But UMNO twisted the matter into the arts of politic to sounded that the DAP was anti-NEP and thus anti-Malays. To me all is by reason of UMNO traditional attitude of not holding to principle which in Islam is termed as Amanah. UMNO whom had ruled the Nation for 61 years I would say had greatly betrayed the Amanah passed down by the Nation Independent fighters for the sack of their leaders material and political greed. UMNO over the 61 years had not hold Amanah to the true principles of the NEP and Nation tenets.
(12) These China sympathizer Chinese were then classified as the Communist, the god non-believers of which with such strategic nomenclature made them the ultimate Musoh Melayu, Islam. The British knew, Islam is too sacred for the Malays, by imparting the Chines as Communist and Communist as anti-religion, they indeed had struck the Malays to their hearts for their most loyal support. The British imperialist arts had managed to create the social and ideological cracks and gaps between the Malays and Chinese. By right, the British managed to break apart the Malays and Chinese (plus Indians) to enable them to gain the best leverage from such disunity. Both the Malays and Chinese then were skillfully manipulated to go against each others for the British best interest, which all is about there and then survival of the fittest. The British survive, the Malays, Chinese and Indians in particular to this day continue to bite the pain.
(14) In the early Malaya and Malaysia days, at the British and British influence period, the British had successfully deployed the similar strategies and tactical to keep Malaya and Malaysia at their arm length. The Communist infiltrated the labor, ie the poor population within the Chinese (and even Malays) societies. Thus and unfortunately, since the DAP political movement was also started among the labor, which was against the British interest, therefore the easiest way to put the Malays and DAP into a fight is to brand DAP as Communist. With such, it is easier to make the Malays to hate DAP and forever to make them turned to the British as protector. The British then were advisors to the newly formed Malaysia. The British portrayed themselves as part and parcel of the Malaysian Government entity. To go against the Government, is amounting to go against the Malays. The British smartly decepted and doctrinated the Malays mind as such. A very smart and supper brilliant political arts. Such was and is the fact that today Malaysian should look at with very open mind and heart in making our great success to move forward.
(15) Thus far I had not read any document that could prove any of those in DAP leadership were Communist Insurgent Guerrilla. Chin Peng or even Rashid Maidin has nothing to do with the DAP. Even PAP they were hardcore anti-communism. The British then followed by UMNO whom had branded accused them as communist, and thus due to intense misled and inferiority complex of the Malays, to this day the conservatives among them continue to uphold the belief that DAP was and is Communist. I yet to discover any documentary proof of such accusation.
THE PRICE FOR BEING TOO CHINESE:
(17) Historically, the British had branded the Malayan Chinese as Communist - Anti Religion (thus Islam), Anti-Establishment (ie Anti-Government thus Anti-the King and the Malays). The British knew those were key taboos of the Malays - never betray Islam and the King. The British had also planted deep into the Malays hearts that China, ie the motherland of the Chinese was a dreadful Communist and they were enemy to the whole world. Thus, accordingly, to the general Malays, Communist is equal to China and China is Chinese. Thus the Mathematical summation is made simple to brand DAP = Chinese; China = Chinese; China = Communist; therefore DAP = Chinese = Communist. This branding is very much to the UMNO political vantage. UMNO unethically had kept to such dirty British tactic to the best advantage. UMNO need all the premises to make the Malays to unite with them. Since UMNO had mastered the art of the British branding approach thus they continue to drum up the hatred toward DAP, which thereon in the eyes of the general Malays they are the true defender of Islam and Malays sovereignty. By keeping DAP as Communist, UMNO can be assured of the general Malays support. In those days, people must remember, UMNO was facing support split by the existence of various other Malays-based political parties. Thing was made worst by the birth of PAS on 23 August, 1951 from among the UMNO's. For PAS, they also took along the UMNO political tactical approach toward DAP. They were behaving much more aggressive so as to portray themselves as better defender of Islam than UMNO.
(19) In those days, the way I look at it, DAP then was too Chinese, ignoring their demanded economic and political values and characters for being within a multi-racial newly born Nation. The plight of the general Chinese as well as the great capitalism prospects left by the British had made DAP to loose patience to the lukewarm approach of the Malays leadership (especially Tunku) there and then. Lee Kuan Yew (and PAP) as highly ambitious educated local Chinese, he could see that the Chinese overall well being could be quantum leap changed by making the Chinese to lead the Nation and manage the overall business the way time is demanding. May be Lee Kuan Yew (and PAP then) was trying to emulate Uncle Sam strategies in turning around America from the miseries of being the British colony. Lee Kuan Yew dream was killed by Tunku by the expulsion of Singapore from Malaysia, yet his ideology was then pickup by the DAP pioneers. The Malays leadership culture then indeed was and is always associated with "lukewarm approach".. Even among the ultra Malays such as Mahathir and Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, their critique over Tunku leadership style as Kempimpinan Tak Apa was a reflection of such Lukewarm Malays leadership approach. Tunku being from the royal aristocrat love Malaysia to remain as conservative Malays, which then ingrained as UMNO political philosophy. Razak again as a Malays aristocrat through his various public institutional setup had fortified the Malays conservative strength in the overall Malaysian systems. DAP (originally LKY) love to push Malaysia as real capitalist which suited the Chinese appetite. Tunku (UMNO) and Dr Ismail - Dr Mahathir later clashes were indeed a manifestation the existence and ingrain lukewarm leadership culture among the Malays. Dr Ismail and Dr Mahathir both being half-Malay they wanted UMNO to be more progressive so as to match or even be ahead with the Chinese (and Indians) political-economic moves.
(20) DAP struggle for equal treatment of all citizen is nothing extra ordinary. Indeed Onn Jaafar the founder of UMNO wanted UMNO to go along with such similar equality ideology, but then he was kicked out of UMNO. His Parti NEGARA, the multi-racial party deferring from his former UMNO which was and is Malays-based, indeed sounded as PAP. Parti NEGARA, I would believe was Onn Jaafar far vision to nullify PAP. But again it was made worst when in their struggle, DAP took a direct emotional attack over the Malays privileges as spelt out in the Federation Constitution. For such course, within the Malaysian political divine, DAP as opposition had been equate as "Anti-Malays" movement. As well as being "ex-Communist"; DAP automatically suited to the image of anti god existence, a basic tenet against Islam and therefore, they fitted well as anti-Malays. Such images as I would believe were nothing more of the so called PAP then DAP young educated leaders or founders political idealism. To them, as a Nation, everything must be equal. They wanted to get away of the colonial British style of class or ethnic separation and or patronage, which had created miseries to all except among the colluding opportunistic some. Both the British and the Malays leaders then, saw DAP move as traits to their power and economic sustenance.
(21) Personally, I could see, the former DAP political struggle lies on two wrongful and or misconception premises. Firstly, they were too hungry, in a rush to said out the concept of Malaysia for Malaysian ie everybody is equal within a Nation. Their desparado to overcome the Chinese poverty plight had made them in hurry to laid their democratic political thrust principles. They had forgotten, the Natives poverty plight were even worst. DAP was then too in a rush to help the poor Chinese so much so their interest over the Nation needs becoming too myopic, short sighted. Their steps trailing too close to the expelled PAP and Lee Kuan Yew, which then as an ambitious corporate nationalist guy, wanted Malaysia to leap frog in its economic excellence, thus love to see Malaysia as Malaysia and not the traditional British guided economies. I dare to say, from the very beginning DAP had failed to see the Chinese (and Indians) as the Malays genuine corporate partners in building the Nation within the Malaysian paradigm, not the Singapore outlook-way. Probably, DAP frustration over MCA and MIC had made them to choose such a desperado approach. Secondly, by their hard struggle to pull the Chinese (and Indians) to their side as against MCA and MIC, really made them to be more Chinese (or Indians); than the Chinese (or Indians). Such image had truly made themselves to the true claim of UMNO and PAS ie DAP is nothing but for the Chinese (and Indians), the kafir. DAP was and is Anti-Malays and Islam.
(23) Unfortunately, DAP now had turned as "liability" to the Governmening parties. Now worst, both UMNO and PAS as a desperate strategy to win back the majority Malays support, they are working very hard to damage the "Islamic and Malays" reputation of Bersatu, PKR and Amanah. While branding these parties as liberal, their forming of the Pakatan Harapan together with DAP the Communist, they are becoming the sitting duck to both UMNO and PAS. Even thing can't be made better, for lots of UMNO leadership are now under various scrutiny for their past potential wrong doings. UMNO and PAS leadership and all those potential bandits are taking DAP for their last defense. They are counting to the majority Malays continue hatred of DAP would bring the present Government into so much trouble and thus won't be having times to focus on improving the Malaysian economies. To them, the Nation interest is immaterial, their survival is paramount.
(23) In today Malaysian confusing political daily scene, I dare to say, the general conservative Malays and unfortunately even among the educated one, they had been strategically and tactically decepted by the colonial British-associated mindset Malays leaders. As for DAP, since they had been in the hard defending position since day one, they there and then had adopted of being very Chinese or Indians as their meant of struggle. If one looks at the underlying reason for such is rather a simple logic; "DAP must be very Chinese (and Indians) to pullout the Chinese (and Indian) support from MCA, Gerakan (and MIC). For long, and only on 9th May, 2018 they made it. They has all the reasons to garner the total support of the Chinese (and Indians) for the success of their struggle. For Sabah and Sarawak, DAP is now targeting to consolidate the support of non-Muslims natives to enable them to gain bigger statistic. This moves is now being drum up as threat to the Malays political power. As such, the Malays especially UMNO and PAS now take a much head logging reaction to DAP expansion wish. Indeed both DAP and UMNO-PAS had succumbed themselves into a another unhealthy political game.
(24) People may not realise, DAP was limping at times of Razak and Mahathir. Both Razak and Mahathir indeed were practicing much aggressive and progressive leadership, which infused lots of business opportunities to the Nation, as compared to Tunku, Hussein, and Abdullah. DAP really strengthening at times of Abdullah and strongest at times of Najib. Cronyism and favoritism (by corruption) at time of Najib had diminished business growth and distribution, and thus making everybody jittery and worst among the Chinese. In Sarawak, unfortunately Taib leadership legacy ended along the same way. Same for Musa Aman of Sabah.
MY PLIGHT:
(25) People should realise that Allah had created everything in this universe as balance. Once an imbalance existed, definitely there is a reaction. He indeed had created the Natural Law of Action and Reaction which then was well elaborated by Newton's Third Law - An action is always matched by a reaction. In his simple representation, Newton had come to the conclusion of M1V1=M2V2. Politically, in UMNO-DAP case, I would assign M1 = UMNO ("Malays"), V1 =UMNO's political game, M2 = DAP; V2 = DAP political reaction game. Therefore any changes in the value of M or V in either side of the equation, will always be matched with the adjusted value over the other side of the equation. In politic, the harder UMNO hit on DAP, the harder will DAP reacted. Thus leaving Malaysia there and then into long political polemic and moving economically regressive.
(28) Indeed in 9 May 2018, DAP had made it biggest score in their political history when they managed to sweep almost all of Gerakan, MCA, SUPP, SCA and MIC parliamentary seats. This big win I believe had turned DAP into a high mood. If not due to egoism, I would believe, even Cameroon Highland, Rantau and Semenyih, PH can still beaten BN in the recent by-elections. But unfortunate, the feeling good and high had made people to forget of their earthly footsteps and thus to remain humble. To me, if DAP remain to ignored their existence paradigm within this a multi-cultural and multi-religious Nation, they will be the key factor to the failure of the present Government to bring Malaysia to a better positioning. This is Malaysia. Let be Malaysian rather imaging ourselves by or through others.
(29) Be who you are, indeed as Malaysian the Chinese, Indian, Iban, Kadazan, Arabs, all sort, all had adopted themselves as the "Malays". Kari, sambal belacan, roti canai, teh tarik, durian, lemang, rendang, sarong, kebaya etc indeed had made every Malaysian as "Malays" in a sense. So let have respect to all Malaysian. DAP need to go down to be humble. Their past fierce fighting need to be change into a much accommodating and crystal clear together we build a great Nation attitude. A payback approach will prolong our non-productive political and racial polemic. It is an Asian culture, for one to earn respect and trust, one need to be humble.
Kuching, Sarawak
July-Sept., 2019
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