With reference to the recent Umno protest rallies organised in the aftermath of the opposition victories, I would like to see our PM acting as the prime minister of all Malaysians. These rallies are instigated by SMSes messages calling for Malays to come out and defend their rights which they see as being threatened. This is the time when Pak Lah should step up to the plate and be the one to call for calm among his Umno supporters. He should issue a public statement that those who are sending out these provocative messages will be arrested or fined.
And if the opposition has been humble and level-headed enough to not hold victory parades, likewise Umno should also refrain from organising mass rallies that are racially-based. To their credit, the opposition has not clamped down on these Umno rallies on the basis of respecting democracy.
But BN does still have a simple majority and Pak Lah needs to exercise some show of grit now instead of being worried about the internal collapse and infighting within Umno. Be our prime minister. Now more than ever.
Azhar Ibrahim is a politician who engages in gutter politics. He would rather sacrifice the plight of the Malays as well as others just to so that he still has an audience. If the PM and BN have truly learned their lesson, Azhar should be taken out of politics as soon as possible before his tactics, not unlike BN's pre-election strategy, backfire on them even more.
Monday, March 17, 2008
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