Dr Mahathir Mohamad, let me first say that many people your age would be seeking to quiet down and enjoy the remaining balance of your life with their loved ones. But somehow I find this a complete surprise as this is not the case with you.

Even at this age you are able to shake the government to its core. Look at Pak Lah and now Najib and his 1Malaysia program. And I guess you are doing this because something is bothering you. We know what is it but it would be great if we could hear it from the horses’ mouth as you claim you are ‘past self-interest’ and all.

Anyhow, back to your latest venom on ‘the country we all love.’ Dr M, you said that we Malaysians don’t understand ‘1Malaysia’. Do you really think that we are such dumb fools to not able to comprehend this slogan? For your info, it simply means ‘unity’. In our context it’s ‘unity in diversity’.

That’s it. Now the next question is do we need ‘1Malaysia’? Of course, we do. It’s precisely because of people like you and those in the primitive group Perkasa whom you are the spiritual advisor to.

Dr M, we need ‘1Malaysia’ to work for our children’s future. But somehow you and Perkasa think otherwise. You and your proxy Muhyiddin Yassin think it will not work. You and some bigoted and racist civil servants feel that ‘1Malaysia’ should fail.

Why? Are you afraid of losing something? Seriously, tell us what is it. Then you claim that the Malays have a different understanding of ‘1Malaysia’ than the rest of the non-Malays.

You claim that the Malays wants us to adopt BM as our national language. Who hasn’t? Even the East Malaysians with a variety of their indigenous languages have done that. In addition, you want the non-Malays to give up their mother tongue and more importantly, their education system as well.

In your own words the Chinese civilization system has been around for four thousand years and this has made them more resilient and knowledgeable. And now you want to destroy a part of that very fundamental institution (education) which has sustained the Chinese over the centuries? What are you up to?

Well, it is not the non-Malays who don’t want to learn BM. It is you who disallowed the use of BM in schools as far as teaching of Maths and Science was concerned. It just doesn’t make sense what you are saying now and what you did the last time you were a PM of ‘the country we all love.’

Well, we Malaysians know very well that you are a flip-flop man too. On one hand, you could be preaching about Bangsa Malaysia but on the other you could be talking about Malay supremacy with ease. And that hasn’t stopped since your Malay Dilemma days.

Dr M, your blog says that the non-Malays interpret ‘1Malaysia’ as amending the constitution. Give us a break. It was you who have amended the constitution many times without fail when you were in power all those 22 years. Did the opposition ever try to amend their state constitution that they are controlling? Not at all. Did they ever say they were going to? No!

It was you who amended the powers of the rulers not once but twice. And now you are talking about the Malays losing power. I believe no non-Malay wants to amend Article 153 in our constitution. I think it’s there to fulfill a purpose and ensure that economically we Malaysians will have a fair share of the economic pie and stand on our feet.

Did you do that when you were in power for 22 years as a dictator? Obviously you didn’t do enough so you could harp on this issue over and over again. Instead you fed and fattened your cronies like the cows of Bashan. And the poor who really needed the 30% help did not get to see it. What happen to the RM54 billion bumi share which at present is left with RM2 billion only? Surely, you would know something about this. Why the silence, Dr M?

In addition, most of our national coffers content fell victim to your cronies’ uncontrolled hunger and greed ie, EPF, Socso etc. Under your premiership, corruption and money politics become the order of the day. As you went to create Umno Baru, you also created a new political culture which was based on greed and patronage. And this system of governance (read: Mahathirism) is still in play today especially through one of your boys - Najib.

Please do not hide behind the fa ç ade of Malay unity to protect your self-interest or the interest of your cronies. And I think you need to grow up and behave as an elderly politician. Look at Tunku and learn from our Bapa Kemerdekaan.

Stop the nonsense and allow us to forge our way ahead for ‘the country we all love.’ We could use less people like you to become Bangsa Malaysia. If only you could let us be.