The recently concluded Sarawak State Election result is an endorsement for what many thinks about the pattern of votes amongst the races in Malaysia.
Since March 8, 2008, we have heard many calls claiming the end of voting pattern along the racial line and these ‘political scientist’ has been calling for the two party systems. Even BN is taking a step preparing them towards it by allowing direct membership of the national coalition.
I, among few believed in the contrary. I have written in this blog while serving one of the Pakatan Rakyat’s State Government, that the GE12 election result did not indicate the end of voting trend along the racial line however it will mark a more serious pattern among the different races.
The tenth Sarawak State Election confirmed the seriousness of the new beginning of the ‘along the racial line voting pattern’. Thus not long after that we hear calls for One Malay, One Bumis political policy.
Is this call come out of panic or anger?
Yes, most of the Chinese voters that casted their votes in GE 12, all the by-elections since then and the recent Sarawak State Election have abandon BN by voting either for DAP or did not turn up to vote at all. Instead of calling for government to triple its effort in understanding why the Chinese abandon the BN and works ten times harder to win back our Chinese friends’ heart and mind, they instead called for BN to abandon the Chinese once and for all.
If not for the Chinese, BN had definitely found themselves on the opposition side in the 1999 election when such a significant numbers of Malays had abandon UMNO and BN. If not for the Chinese, UMNO crisis would has deepen further in 1988 when the party was ban by the court and the Malays have to depend on MCA to lead the BN.
The Chinese had been so loyal to BN during this two crisis not only because they trust this country would continue to prosper under the BN leadership but also because they are very proud of being Malaysian.
When a group of Malays running all over the street in Kuala Lumpur chanting ‘reformasi’ in 1998, I can still remember watching our Chinese friends proudly waving the ‘Jalur Gemilang’ in Bukit Jalil National Stadium during the Commonwealth Games. They even jeer the Singaporean Contingent during the opening ceremony.
BN may had hurt the Chinese so much to face such retaliation from them.
I strongly believe the wound will not heal in time for the next GE neither may it heal in the next two GE. Nevertheless, every citizen has the right not to support the government. It is every citizen democratic rights to vote for whomever they want.
While BN has to learn how to manoeuvre and face the GE with only expecting minimum vote from the Chinese community, BN has to continue serving the Chinese as much as they serve other races as the government of the day.
Without the existent of Pakatan Rakyat in the next GE the DAP can contest and win a maximum of 51 parliamentary seats in Peninsular Malaysia where the non-Malays were 50% and more. Currently the had won half of it.
In Sabah, with the solid support of the Chinese, DAP can only win two parliamentary seats where the Chinese holds the majority of 78.4% in Kota Kinabalu and 60.5% in Sandakan.
In Sarawak, DAP hopes also lies in the Chinese majority seats where they command the majority of 76% in Stampin and Lanang, 70% in Sarikei and 67% in Sibu.
With such result, if the Chinese abandon BN en masse, DAP can the most command only 57 seats out of 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat.
To look at it in a different perspective, the call for One Malay, One Bumis is for BN to focus on the balance of 165 seats so they can out perform PAS and PKR, and still get the two-thirds majority they longing for.
When someone calls out for the survival of one race, it is just normal. I do not think the Chinese are racist just because they voted for DAP. Nevertheless I strongly believe it is wrong for not allowing my friends and my leaders to talk about the survival of the Malay and Bumis political agenda.
politik berasas kan perkauman amat membimbangkan…
adakah 1 malaysia akan tersasar dari arah tuju nya..?
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you’re right sheikh!
why when umno calls for the malays to stand strong & work harder to maintain their political power, the rest become very restless and always show resentment towards umno & the malays and they curse us, call us rasists while at the same time mca, gerakan and dap have always called for the chinese to defend their people, move forward & try to maintain their power struggle, too and they are calling it their right?? so where is our right if we cannot even breathe about it????
Sheikh,
Kawe rasa dale analisa demo “if the Chinese abandon BN en masse, DAP can the most command only 57 seats out of 222 seats in …” demo terlupa ulasan impak extra undi cina ke atas bilangan kerusi PAS dan PKR.
Persempadanan semula sekitar 80-an dan 90-an untuk memecahkan undi Melayu, di mana waktu undi Cina solid ke atas BN kerana pengunci Cina merupakan fixed deposit, kini ‘makan tuan’ .
Akibatnya, polarisasi politik berasaskan ras semakin melebar dan mewujudkan jurang sempadan yang semakin jauh. Peranan PERKASA yang mesra UMNO sebagai NGO ultra-Melayu umpama mencurah garam ke luka orang-orang bukan Melayu. Wal hasilnya kaum Cina dan India semakin skeptikal terhadap UMNO dan agenda sebenar BN.
Walaupun semua rencah rasa dasar dan janji disalut dengan gula-gula 1Malaysia: Rakyat didahulukan Pencapaian Diutamakan sekalipun, kaum Cina khasnya seolah-olah telah menetapkan minda mereka siapa yang akan mereka undi dalam PRU13 nanti.
salam sheih
cara DAP berpolitik sekarang boleh menghasilkan pelbagai kemungkinan boleh berlaku pada PRU 13.
walau bagaimanapun risiko yang akan tangung oleh kaum cina adalah tinggi kerana terlalu banyak faktor -faktor lain tidak menyebelahi masyarakat cina.Faktor-faktor itu terlalu banyak untuk disenaraikan ,dihuraikan,dibincangkan atau dibahaskan.
apa yang berlaku di Perak dan Serawak mungkin boleh dijadikan contoh.Menang tapi pembangkang.
anti bohmau
That what make the different between majority and minority. The latter is always being portray as weak.
Assalamualaikum Tn. Syed,
It is ok for the Chinese to vote for DAP. It is their constitutional rights. It is ok for them Chinese to band together, and decide the fate of their race in this beloved country. This is an indication of a normal, working democracy.
Tapi, orang Melayu nak bersatu, nak wujudkan gerakan 1Melayu 1Bumi, kaum lain jangan-lah duk kacau. This is our constitutional right jugak what. Cina bersatu kami tak hirau. Melayu nak bersatu, dikatakan rasis. Apekebende mengarut macam ini?
Cara DAP berpolitik tetap sama iaitu sesama 13-Mei-1969 hanya Melayu saja yang tak reti bahasa dan suka berkelahi sesama sendiri. Bila tengok amoi terlupa bangsa sendiri. Itulah Melayu, bukan mengata tetapi itulah fakta. Percayalah Melayu/Islam akan tersungkur dinegara sendiri dan menjadi hamba dan Melayu akan datang akan melukut ditepi gantang.
One of the more objective piece that I have read on current politics. To label everyone in an ethnic group as racist is to show oneself as being extremely racist. Looking at the statistics from Sarawak polls, significant # of chinese voted for the BN. It’s just that more voted for DAP. Are we also labelling the ones who voted for BN as racist also? And what about the nice chinese man who lost his life trying to help a malay couple? We need to seperate malaysian chinese with DAP. They are 2 different entities. It is just so happen that right now, there are major overlaps between the 2.
have to agree with u on this one…..
Hanya satu sahaja mahu ajar bangsa cina.PAS n UMNO bersatu kembali.Kepada PAS beri satu peluang lagi pada UMNO.UMNO pula berjuanglah untuk rakyat dengan jiwa yg suci dan iklas ikutlah model terdahulu,bersih,cekap dan amanah.Berkongsilah kuasa tanpa ada curiga Dgn Najib sebagai PM,Hadi sebagai TPM dan bahagi kerusi menteri sama rata.
Disini politik seperti yg diamalkan sekarang 1 Malaysia,PAS for All dan kesamarataan yg dibawa oleh PKR hanya mengutungkan bangsa lain saja.
MCA dan GERAKAN will be wipe out IF MCA dan GERAKAN tak bekerja sama dgn UMNO dan MIC..
Berdiri dgn sendiri akan melenyapkan MCA dan GERAKAN kerana DAP adalah sebenar-benar PELAMPAU CINA dan SOKONGAN terhadap MCA dan GERAKAN adalah kerana KERJASAMA DAN SIKAP TOLERANSI ANTARA KAUM di dalam BARISAN NASIONAL..
PAKATAN RAKYAT??? BUll Shit!!
Man tulis – Hanya satu sahaja mahu ajar bangsa cina.PAS n UMNO bersatu kembali !
Harapan yg menggunung … tapi kemungkinannya sangat tipis … selagi pemimpin-pemimpin sekarang masih berada diatas … kerana pengalaman pahit dahulu.
Mungkin boleh berlaku … jika pemimpin-pemimpin baru dgn semangat baru utk membangunkan org Malayu dan umat Islam.
ALLAH KNOWS BEST.
the more utusan and the like become belligerently chauvinistic the more the chinese and non-malays will not support BN.
chinese and non malays are relatively forward thinking and they are independant financially and do not need to depend on government hand outs so they will continue to think and vote freely.
we malays are sadly at least 10 years behind them in everything. the malays the orang aslis and those that live deep in borneo jungle will support bn because they think BN is their savior.
they are too weak and too stupid to even realize that they may be better alternatives out there.
cepat melentinglah ko orang ni……..aku tak boleh bayang SEKIRANYA reaksi ko orang sekiranya orang cina nak anjurkan SLOGAN 1CINA…………..
aku sokong satukan pas dgn umno, tapi adakah umno boleh jujur, itu yg aku musykil.
tuan sheikh,57 kerusi max DAP tu termasuk kerusi non Malay yg currently dipegang PKR ke atau dah tolak? kalau belum, maknanya kalaulah DAP tamak dan mau bolot semua kerusi non malay PKR,mungkin melebihi 70 kerusi?
Dear Sir,
Maybe the time has come for the Malays to go it alone on the political power like the Chinese hold on the economic power.
Maybe through this, we can see a real level playing field being shaped into the business world through the will of the majority.
All the control of capital, supply chains, work force and consumer power be reshaped to reflect a more ideal representation of the real Malaysian majority for sustainable economic and political growth.
The current concentration of economic power in one minority race is not healthy and no longer sustainable as it invokes economic monopoly and subsidise political crutches to sustain the minority.
Regards.
Tapi kita sebagai org Melayu rasa terhina jugak apabila terasa diperbodohkan oleh org cina yg lebih licik berpolitik.Janganlah disebabkan terlalu mengharapkan undi orang cina, perasaan orang melayu tak dijaga.Terlalu banyak tolak ansur yg dilakukan oleh orang Melayu demi memenuhi kehendak oraang cina. Saya nampak dikalangan pemimpin UMNO cuma Tan Sri Muhyiddin saja yang mampu mempertahankan hak orang Melayu without being sound too apologatic kepada bangsa lain
Salam Bro Syed,
Apa ruginya Cina jika kesemua mereka jadi pembangkang ? Adakah kerajaan mempunyai kecenderungan untuk berlaku tidak adil berdasarkan kaum. Hanya kerana kesemua kawasan majoriti pengundi Cina tidak dapat dikuasai BN. Bukankah peranan kerajaan ialah untuk memastikan kemakmuran untuk rakyat.
Sudah tiba masanya kita perlu matang untuk membezakan pemilihan kerajaan dengan pemerintahan kerajaan.
Apabila memerintah seharusnya tumpukan kepada memerintah dengan baiknya kepada semua rakyat.
Bila tiba waktu memilih tumpukan kepada usaha untuk menyedarkan rakyat kepada betapa cekapnya pemerintahan dan perancangan untuk kesejahteraan rakyat akan dilaksanakan kelak.
Inilah U-Topia Politik yang nampaknya masih jauh untuk dicapai melihat kepada situasi semasa yang menunjukkan survival adalah segala-galanya.
U-Topia Pak Syeh…
huh….
dalam benak kepala hotak diorang,jika BN kalah ditempat mereka mungkin banyak lagi peruntukan akan turun di kawasan mereka,sebab nak pikat hati mereka balik…..maybe laa…
benak kepala hotak yang tak pernah sujud!!
Yes, the chinese are relatively forward thinking. They dont need govt help. BUT wait till they come to power. They’ll bleed dry every govt agency and head for Canada. This breed has no sense of loyalty to their motherland. They dumped China and they dumped Hong Kong. Leaving their mothers behind.
Salam Sheikh,
1.Sekarang cina minta melayu sokong 1Cina pula untuk PRU 13, saya pasti ramai melayu buta huruf , buta hati dan buta tuli yang tak sempat-sempat hendak sokong… Reformasi konon ! Tolong tuan analisa sikit, boleh tak ? Jangan terasa pula… menulis kerana yang benar,BENAR.
2.”It wasn’t me”, masih ramai yang terkeliru, tak percaya hingga ke tulang hitam biar pun Datuk yang bertanggungjawab itu bersumpah dalam masjid, sebut / lafaz sumpah dengan nama Allah, malah melafazakui secara telus akan dapat balasan musibah Allah Subhanawataala jika berbohong dan menipu sekalian umat di atas pendedahan beliau. Saya ini percaya kepada sumpah beliau. Jika tidak nak percaya dengan apa ?
3.Barisan penyokong pembangkang masih tidak ingin memepercayai nya. Pelik tapi benar. Sama lah juga mempercayai tidak wujud nya Allah kerana tidak percayakan lafaz sumpah tersebut. Macam-macam tafsir dan andaian di perkemas-kinikan seperti Firaun menjaja kuasa nya menuntut mempercayai “dia lah Tuhan manusia”
3.Percaya pula pada sembahyang hajat, pelik pula bukan ? Terkini sembahyang hajat tersebut berlangsung di rumah yang dikatakan pelaku mugkar tersebut. Mereka mohon hajat kepada kepada Tuhan yang mana ?
4.Akhir nya cina bertepuk tangan, tarian poco-poco pulak tu! (ambil hati orang-orang melayu per. 1- belum masa lagi tarian naga ) sambil melaung-laung gembira sakan – “untung busat ma !!” Lu melayu suma gila ma !! boloh macam *monet ( *monyet- ingat lagi terjahan mereka di P.Pinang ?) Lacun minum lagi bagut…melayu satu sen tala ghune….slupe sampah, wa tolong kasi sapu lagi sekali, manyak syiok ooo !”
Aku bukan apa…teringat pesan PM Najib dalam ucapan nya dalam tv yang terakru di Terengganu….
Ramai sangat melayu bangang menjadi munafik sekarang !
Skrg org cina sebenarnya tertekan kerana ekonomi org melayu semakin meningkat malahan kewujudan hypermarket telah byk memusnahkan ekonomi mrk. Dulu bidang tertentu diorg kuasai ttp sedikit demi sedikit org melayu mula memahami selok belok perniagaan terima kasih kpd internet krn membongkar peluang2 baru dlm perniagaan.
Walaupun mrk kuasai perniagaan tp kita mempunyai kuasa beli. Sykt cina nak maju kena ada pembeli melayu yg berjumlah 6% kalau tak ekonomi mrk hanya setakat itu shj. Kerna itu kuota mesti dihapuskan spy kuasa ekonomi dipegang mrk. Kalau PRU13 nampak sangat cina sokong DAP, so jangan terkejut kalau org melayu tawar hati nak beli kat kedai2 cina yg terpaksa bersaing sesama mrk.
Yg pasti bila mca dan gerakan kalah UMNO dah tak terikat dgn sesapa spt PAS terikat dgn PKR dan DAP. Situasi PAS skrg sama dgn situasi UMNO ketika dahulu. Mungkinkah pd waktu islam semakin kuat dan melayu bersatu.