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IN RELATION TO THE RECENT PROTEST HELD BY UMNO IN PG.

those of you living in the beautiful island of penang would have either heard or firsthandedly experienced the protest held by the UMNO recently. Aparently the aggrieved parties felt uncomfortable at an unconfrimed statement by Lim Guan Eng, the new chief minister of Penang over wheter the NEP ( new economic policy )would be implemented in Penang or not.

Chanting slogans of "god is great" and causing  massive traffic jams, these people took to the streets to demonstrate their grouses.

This only shows the weaknesses in UMNO in my opinion. The polls have already decided who shall be the new government and people shoudl respect that . This is what democracy is about. The rakyat has spoken, and clearly it shows the rakyat’s confidence in UMNO and BN in Penang resulting in a landslide victory by the opposition, now government :). UMNO  displays an utmost arrogance in defying the new government as well as the rakyat. As you can see, only UMNO malays are against it and even today 22 islamic NGOs have met with Guan Eng and has agreed to support him in his bid for transparency.

UMNO insults all malays and the rakyat through the protest held earlier (14 march ) in my opinion.

Citing that if the NEP ceases to exist the rights of malays in Penang will be greatly eroded & is racist, thus UMNO clearly rejects a system based on meritocracy!. To date, and through my knowledge the NEP is the sole cause of marginalisation of other races and the cause for racial tension.

By oposing the ending of the NEP in Penang, UMNO insults all malays by implying that malays cannot live without it. All the other races have survived greatly without the NEP, Singaporean malays are holding high office as well as known for being successfull because teh competitiveness has caused them to rise up. The atmosphere in Penang should be no different. It is only fair that a  system based on merits is implemented. Let oportunities be given to those who are deserving regardless of race. If you think otherwise then you are racist for you believe equality must not be implemented. Then i guess i feel greatly sorry for such individuals taht fail to see a Malaysian dream happen.

Malays do not need the NEP. Malays are just as good as any other race and for that matter all malaysians are as good as one another. Oportunities are always present and let those who are hardworking and deerving be endowed with these oportunities. Unless of course UMNO admits that Malays are lazy and useless without the NEP WHICH IS UNTRUE. Many of my malay friends has agreed with me over these issues.Malays are just as capable as any other races. If youa re malay and you look down on your own race…then shame on you.

UMNO also displayed hippocrisy by staging the protest. Quoting from our Prime Minister - " protest is not in the spirit of the Malays ", Abdullah Badawi dismissed the bersih rally organised by the rakyat as an opposition propaganda and continued to say that malays should not participate in the protest. Umno also said that if the people are unhappy they should do it in the polls.

Well, the protest on march 14 clearly demonstrates how UMNO can quickly contradict themselves in favour of their own agendas. Where is Pak Lah when his UMNO goons are causing traffic jams?. UMNO labeled the HINDRAFF protestors as terrorist, so what are these UMNO people now?. If it is not in the spirit of the malays then why is UMNO organising one?. Why then do they break the law even when it is already banned?. Now i say to them back, if u are unhappy,… well demonstrate your unhappyness NEXT ELECTION.

The rakyat has spoken, now stop being terorrist and causing jams for others and move on. If you want to serve the rakyat then do it the right way. Now UMNO is the opposition in Penang. Be a good opposition and excercise your duties in the dewan undangan negeri. Yes we also want a good opposition in the new government too.

Remember that it was the BARISAN RAKYAT that has won and not the opposition. The rakyat has voiced their dissatisfaction. and even with all the postal votes and alleged rigging the rakyat has decided who the new government should be. i say let us work together and move forward.

im really saddened by the fact i cant vote!

why?, well, i registered last year but my name is not in the system. reasons given by the pilihanraya office were " things like these happens from time to time". " we can re-register you now, but you cant vote thsi round" "heres a document, just fill this in" —- documents states…" upon signing this document, i hereby declare that i have not registered for voting before"

i told them  im not going to sign it as i already regiustered.such an important matter and they can take it so lightly, which lead me to think about others like me, which im sure there are plenty. This leaves plenty to question about how "clean, fair, and accountable" our voting system is.

voters over a 100 years old, dead people and people with wrong addresses, chinese ic numbers with malay names, and voters allocated to states that they dont even belong to. these are just some of the things that are happening.

majulah malaysia! congratultions, our leadership has raised even more questioning and of late the election comission has decided to withdraw from using indellible ink to ensure a clean election.

this last minute withdrawal only prooves the monkey antics of our ec as well as their sincereity in carrying out an accountable procedure during the elections. MAJULAH MALAYSIA!!!!

Thursday, February 28, 2008 Response to Wong Chun Wai - Why Christians prefer to vote for PAS, not BN. Dear Mr. Wong Chun Wai, ( I know he is a Datuk, so what?) I refer to your commentary in The Star (29 Feb 2008) in which you wrote: “ I hear church groups telling their congregation to vote anything opposition including PAS, which is simply naïve and emotional. Whatever the flaws of the system, it still works, despite some occasional hitches,” said one Penang Barisan leader. Why didn’t you name that Penang Barisan leader? Because this quote is your personal view. Writers like you, who are de facto press secretaries of the MCA, write your views and attribute them to some sources or political analysts. Please lah, don’t mock at our intelligence! Mr Wong, a flawed system doesn’t work!!! If it is flawed, it is flawed. How can it work? I understand you are a Christian but I wonder how much you understand the Gospels or the very life of Jesus Christ and what he stood for. Our Lord would not have been crucified had he accepted “the flaws of the system” of His times. He never asked his people to close their eyes to the “flaws of the system” and instead focus on development , personal comfort, bank accounts and roads. He stood up against the corrupt leaders who were fleecing the people. He condemned them as dead man’s tombs, hypocrites, vipers etc ( please read Matthew 23). The entire chapter is condemnation of the corrupt leaders of the Law. How could one who professes to be a Christian choose to prop up a regime that is utterly corrupt and immoral? How could a Christian vote for candidates who are unwilling to defend the rights of his religion? How could a Christian support a regime that denies the weak non-Muslim to seek redress in any court of law? What is your take on abuse of power, the dismantling of the Judiciary, the corrupt government leaders who inflate their bank accounts with money that belongs to the people? What is your stand on the confiscation of Christian literature and the Bible or the banning of the term “Allah” (mind you, this was approved by the Cabinet of which MCA Ministers are members) Aren’t all these precursors of more frightening things to come? Have you thought what awaits your children’s future if this trend continues? What is your stand on the creeping Islamization of the country and the utter subservience of the MCA that you represent, to its political masters, UMNO? Why should I give my vote to a MCA or Gerakan Chinese who will not defend my religious rights? A good MCA leader who cannot defend my rights is of no use to me. As a Christian, should we be more concerned about Truth, Freedom, Justice, good governance, honesty and righteousness than bread and butter issues or clogged drains and tarred roads?. Shouldn’t a Christian stand up for the poor, the oppressed and the marginalized. (Please read Matthew 6). UMNO has done more damage to my religious rights than PAS. It is UMNO which is snatching away dead bodies, not PAS. It is UMNO which is separating children from parents and husbands from their wives, not PAS. It is UMNO that threatened us with the keris, not PAS. Therefore it is not “naïve or emotional” for a Christian to give his/her vote to PAS against the apartheid inclined regime that is racist and utterly devoid of honestly and morality. The government has to earn that Christian vote. It is not given free of charge. Sir, there is such a thing as protest vote. Thank You. NOTE TO CHRISTIANS: If you are Christian and has never registered as a voter or has never voted in your life, shame on you. You are an irresponsible Christian and citizen. (Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s). A good Christian is a responsible citizen. Mr Smith