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Debunking the UMNO Baru MythsDecember 16, 2013
by Mariam Mokhtar@http!!"""#ma$aysiakini#com
Ma$ay apathy is one o% the most &epressing %eatures o%
Ma$aysian $i%e# 't is "i&e$y kno"n that
many Ma$ays are "ork(shy, a&&icte& to &rugs
an& in $ong(term unemp$oyment# Despite the
ear$yintro&uction o% re$igious in&octrination, many Ma$ays
are sai& to be promiscuous an& in)o$)e& inincestuous
re$ationships#
*ome Ma$ays are not a%rai& to say "hat our po$iticians are
%ear%u$ o% re)ea$ing# +erhaps, it is timeto &ebunk UMNO Barus
$ies# -ou may "ish to a&& to the $ist be$o"#
1# On$y UMNO Baru can protect the Ma$ays
UMNO Baru on$y protects the Ma$ays "ho are beho$&en to them#
.he critica$ Ma$ay &oes not "inten&ers %or pro/ects# e may
%in& a$$ manner o% prob$ems "ith his business $icence# is
app$ication%or go)ernment permits may be &e$aye& or
re/ecte
ci)i$ ser)ant "ho &ares to open$y criticise may be
&emote& or sacke&, an& %in& his income tabeing
scrutinise&, as punishment# Meritocracy, inte$$ect an&
har&("ork count %or nothing in theUMNO Baru "or$&, on$y
b$in& a$$egiance &oes# hen "i$$ the Ma$ays rea$ise that
UMNO Baru"ou$& cease to eist "ithout the Ma$ays4
2# 5an/i &i tepati 7u$%i$$e& promises8
'n the run(up to 9:13, Mat *abu o% +* c$aime& that
&espite "arning the rakyat about a petro$hike i% BN "ere to
"in, the Ma$ays sai& that +akatan $ea&ers "ere te$$ing $ies
about BN in or&er togarner )otes#
'n the coming "eeks, "e "i$$ be %urther bur&ene& "ith
the 9oo&s an& *er)ices .a 9*.8, an&
cripp$e& by increase& costs o% &ai$y goo&s,
tra)e$ an& energy# .hings that "ere abo$ishe& be%ore9:13
are returning in a recyc$e& )ersion ; the abo$ishe&
'nterna$ *ecurity ct '*8 "i$$ berep$ace& "ith the +re)ention
o%
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# .ypes o% immigrant
'% not %or the mi$$ions o% immigrants "ho he$pe& &e)e$op
the rubber an& tin tra&e in Ma$aya, theUMNO Baru
po$iticians "ou$& not be here to&ay, &ictating po$icies
to un&ermine the &escen&antso% this %irst("a)e o%
immigrants#
e shou$& be grate%u$ to the Apen&atangs "ho "orke&
in the mines, estates an& in commerce, tobui$& :ng$ish
companies $ike *ime Darby, 9uthrie an& arrisons
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.he stu&ent may ha)e recei)e& some petty cash but the
$oser is the tapayer, "ho %un&s thesepoor$y manage&
schemes#
J# UMNO Baru re"ar&s Ma$ays
UMNO Baru conne& the rakyat into gi)ing money to the
go)ernment, as i% it "ere &oing the rakyat
a %a)our# 'n echange, the rakyats money "as use& to %un&
the $i%esty$e o% the /et(settingministeria$ spouses, on their
epensi)e %oreign /unkets an& %ashion sho"s# .he or&inary
rakyatha)e to make &o "ith a nasi $emak bungkus an& sta$e
curry pu%%s, "hen they are %errie& incoaches, to atten&
UMNO Baru ceramahs#
10# Urban Ma$ays are pro(opposition
.he urban Ma$ays are ma&e up o% mi&&$e(c$ass Ma$ays
"ho are content in their com%ort Eones,an& the )ery poor, "ho
are &esperate$y trying to sur)i)e# Many urban Ma$ays are
mesmerise& bythe $ies perpetuate& by UMNO Baru# .hey en/oy
the g$amour o% rubbing shou$&ers "ith UMNOBaru $ea&ers at
go)ernment %unctions#
.he urban Ma$ays may ha)e access to the a$ternati)e me&ia,
but ha)e no time to think about
in/ustice, human rights, goo& go)ernance an& eGua$ity#
.hey are happier pursuing materia$ goo&s#
UMNO Baru an& the se$%ish agen&as o% its $ea&ers,
sacri%ice& the nations interest an& betraye&generations
o% Ma$ays# '% Ma$aysia is to progress, "e must o)ercome the t"o
threats pose& byUMNO Baru an& the comp$acent Ma$ays#
