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THE BARISAN NASIONAL II Chedet.Co.Cc September 22, 2008 by Dr THE BARISAN NASIONAL II Chedet.co.cc September 22, 2008 by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad 1. When the Barisan Nasional did very badly in the March 2008 general elections, all the component parties except those in Sabah and Sarawak experienced losses as they had never done before. 2. In the aftermath of the elections, the component parties pointed accusing fingers at each other. Very quickly they were at each other's throats. 3. There were talks about leaving the BN. And now we are seeing the first party to do so and to become an independent party. 4. Where before all parties avoided raising sensitive issues in public, now in the name of democracy and liberalism sensitive issues are brought up in which the component parties of the BN make known the differences in their view. The result is to widen the divide separating the BN component parties. 5. When Ahmad Ismail made unpalatable remarks about the Chinese, it was made out that it was the view of UMNO itself. Far from denying it, the UMNO leadership accepted the blame and apologised. This solved nothing as the Chinese parties refused to accept the apology but demanded the culprit himself should apologise. 6. He refused and UMNO whose president heads the Government suspended Ahmad for three years. This may satisfy some Chinese but almost immediately the Government arrested a Chinese MP under ISA. The effects of Ahmad's suspension have been nullified. 7. Now the Malays are angry with the Chinese and the Chinese are angry with the Malays. Party-wise UMNO is angry with Gerakan and MCA and Gerakan/MCA are angry with UMNO. 8. Threats to leave the BN are made by the Chinese parties, not just because of Ahmad's refusal to apologise but also because of the impression that they are subservient to UMNO. They believe that the failure of Chinese voters to vote for them was due to this junior position they hold in BN. To correct this impression they found it necessary to take pot shots at UMNO and defy the BN leadership. 9. Privately UMNO, MCA Gerakan and MIC express their dislike of Dato Seri Abdullah and his Premiership. But none seem willing to acknowledge that it was dislike for Abdullah which caused the BN to lose the support of the people. Instead they picked on the parties and blame each other. 10. At the rate things are going the BN might split asunder. If each party go their separate ways, none would become a force in Malaysian politics and certainly none, not even UMNO, can aspire to form the Government of Malaysia. Of course they can all join the Opposition under Anwar, but they would still play a subservient role in the Opposition. In any case the Opposition withi its ideological incompatibility would not make a good Government, capable of handling Malaysia's multi-racial population. It is difficult to think that the hodge-podge collection of incompatible parties can handle oncoming economic and financial problems that are inevitable. 11. The stability of this country has been undermined by the weakness and incompetence of the current Government and the harsh bickering between the Government parties. A Government by the Opposition is not going to be any better and probably would be worse. 12. Currently we are seeing the loss of confidence in the ability of the Government to deal with economic problems. Foreign investors are not coming and together with locals are pulling out their investments in the stock market. From a high of almost 1500 the index is now below 1000. God knows how much market capital has been wiped out. 13. The Ringgit is depreciating and may shrink further. The cost of living has shot up. Businesses are having a hard time already. The recent decision to tax excess profits of the Independent Power Producers has caused foreign investors and locals too to lose confidence. The tax has now been withdrawn but not for the first year. This alone would put the IPPs in trouble with their banks. 14. In at least one case a foreign investor has been given back his deposit of almost 100 million Ringgit because allegedly there was some technical error. 15. I once said Malaysia as a multi-racial country needs a strong government. Multi-racial countries have to face race relation problems. With the need to handle racial problems, the managment of the economy becomes extremely difficult. 16. I cannot see the Opposition with its loose organisation being able to handle Malaysia's racial and economic problems. 17. In the past, the BN Government had managed to keep Malaysia stable and to develop the country as well. If it seems not to be able to do so now it is not because the BN as a party is no longer suitable for this country. It is simply due to very poor and incompetent leadership. 18. The component parties of the BN should not think that their best hope is to see the demise of the BN. Rather they should all come together to resuscitate it. If it is necessary to dump the leader than they should do so. But destroying the BN will neither be good for the component parties nor for the nation. 19. I am not an UMNO member even but I would like to suggest the component parties should stop blaming each other, stop taking pot-shots at each other. Instead they should all come together and review the structure of BN. They should try for a win-win or lose-lose solution in dealing with inter-party relations. They should listen to the people and to their own members and find ways to satisfy their needs; to overcome their dissatisfaction. 20. There must be some new thinking on the BN concept. But the basic premises about close collaboration between the parties, about the need to help each other, to accommodate and deal with grouses together should be maintained. 21. I believe that for this multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural country with extreme economic disparities, the BN is still the best political solution provider. It is still the best way for the different races to cooperate to govern this country. 22. As the Malays say "Because of one drop of indigo, a whole pot of milk is spoilt." 23. We must not throw out the baby with the bath water. 24. The BN is still relevant. It is still the ideal coalition for Malaysia's multi-racial population. 538 Comments By smerah7Author Profile Page on September 22, 2008 2:14 PM i'm da first By Kum Wah on September 22, 2008 2:19 PM Dear Tun, I am not a fan or die hard supporter of BN but wrote based on my perception of what is good value. The BN Component parties in particularly UMNO , MCA and MIC must work together and not think of leaving just because of poor election results after 50 years of working together. True friends must work things out together in the face of hardship or else they would be called fair weather friends. Times have changed and they need to study what the rakyat wants especially the younger generation of voters and make the changes that is good for our rakyat and country. By Pak TehAuthor Profile Page on September 22, 2008 2:21 PM Y.A.Bhg. Tun, Yes, BN is still relevant and I wonder whether D.S. Samy Vellu will ever get elected for any post in the new non-racial party he suggested as in democracy, majority wins! Pak Teh By HasMas7274 on September 22, 2008 2:22 PM I agree with you 100% percent. If this being going on for so long, I don't know what will be the future for BN. Common Pak2 Menteri, wake up!! Kalau orang di dalam kerajaan sendiri tak berubah, nobody can.... I miss your leadership Tun! By mrtalang on September 22, 2008 2:24 PM TUN, Keadaan semakin hari semakin bergerak arak berlainan. Pak Lah tak menujukkan kualiti kepimpinan bukan sahaja untuk UMNO tetapi semua parti. Maka, apalah gunanya dia ada disana. Selamat Hari Raya... juga sesuram MERDEKA tahun ini... By rashidAuthor Profile Page on September 22, 2008 2:24 PM Tun, Salam Ramadhan kepada Tun & Tun Siti Hasmah. Memang benar, sejak kebelakangan ini parti komponen BN 'attack' antara satu sama lain sehingga SAPP pun keluar dari BN. Hendak 'digress' sedikit, apakah pandangan Tun mengenai kenyataan Dato Seri Najib yang mengatakan Malaysia tidak akan 're-peg' Ringgit kepada Dolar? By zabidimohamed on September 22, 2008 2:25 PM the ship is shrinking....and Pak lah is to be blamed for that. UMNO's internal problem is more to structural. So Tun's advice is badly needed to rectify the matter. By leadingAuthor Profile Page on September 22, 2008 2:26 PM Tun, Yes, I agree. BN is still relevant. After this, I think BN will be less arrogant, more rakyat-friendly and will be stronger. Best Regards, http://www.leading.com.my By M. Shahirasul IdrewoodsAuthor Profile Page on September 22, 2008 2:28 PM I may agree that BN is still relevant, because I have not seen anyone who has the capability to handle the racist problems, let alone to manage current economy situations. Who will take charge to stop (or at least temporarily hold) the capital flights and by not just twisting figures, but in other word really working to show that Malaysia has not swallowed-up big impact from situations abroad (though not 100%). But at least we in Malaysia, has enough food, no need to drink expensive treatment water, green and quite nature to surrender and on top of that, we have knowledgeable workers.
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