YOURSAY 'Umno demonises the Chinese and MCA puts up a feeble attempt to ‘defend' the rights of the Chinese.'

BN losing Chinese support, reforms at risk

your sayQuigonbond: It's a naughty article by Reuters. It seems that Reuters, like New York Times, has now been sucked into PM Najib Razak's fairytale land of wonderful 1Malaysia. It cannot be more wrong.

The Chinese Malaysians support for BN is not going to increase as long as we have immoral, self serving, incompetent people leading the government.

In fact, it is good that the Chinese, or for that matter other minorities, do not support BN because that has been like blank cheques for them to rule Malaysia with impunity, disregard for rule of law and corruption of our institutions of governance.

It is only when the minorities steer clear from BN that the ruling party wakes up and tries to accommodate, otherwise we would not have seen even the false attempt to replace the Internal Security Act (ISA), amendments to the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA), or create a new law for public assemblies.

And if the Chinese are assumed to be astute businessmen, then all the more reason to know that they are backing the right horse in Pakatan Rakyat, which is although not perfect, has at least much nobler intentions.

Odin: Contrary to what this article claims, reforms will be at risk if the BN remains in power. The reason it will be is simply that the dominant component of the BN sees reforms as a threat to its continued grip on power, which allows it access to billions of ringgit to enrich its leaders and their cronies.

Even if Najib is elected president of the party at their next party election and hence continues to become the prime minister (assuming that the BN secures the majority votes at the GE13), he is too weak to ensure that reforms are put in place.

He will have to bow to the wishes of the hardliners in his party, for his bargaining power is severely negated by the skeletons in his closet.

Any reforms beneficial to Malaysia and its people can be formulated and put in place by the current opposition coalition if it gets to run the country. The MCA does not come into the equation as it is irrelevant.

Onyourtoes: This Reuters piece is not about Umno-BN losing Chinese support. This piece is trying to put fear into Chinese to continue supporting Umno-BN. Reuters, the Economist, Wall Street Journal, whatever, be wary of these media.

ABBN: I wonder why there is no mention of PAS at all in the article. Maybe to the writer, PAS is not Malay. PKR is not mentioned either. To me, the writer is biased or ill-informed.

He is trying to inject fear into the Chinese by misleadingly saying the Chinese would be bigger losers if they don't support Umno.

Let me put it to you; Malaysia today is no longer facing racial problems like in the past. Gone are those days. Today, it is the battle between the two fronts - BN and Pakatan.

The former is proven corrupt and evil; whether the latter is considered salvation is yet to be seen. Both fronts have more than half of its members being Malays. The majority of the Malaysians of all ethnicities have matured and realised the problems faced belong in the same boat.

The situation now is for the people to decide whether they want a change for the better, which could never be worse than now by electing Pakatan into power, or to continue to support the evil and corrupt BN to allow them to continue looting this country.

Swipenter: Malaysians of Chinese origin are fed up with Umno and MCA and their unequal partnership. Umno demonises the Chinese and MCA puts up a feeble attempt to ‘defend' the rights of the Chinese.

But it is a lousy show with a familiar script; Umno, through their goodwill, makes concessions to the Chinese and the Chinese must be grateful for eternity to Umno and to MCA for ‘winning' these concessions.

Young Malaysians are not impressed because the show has gone on for far too long. Now Umno and MCA are seen as corrupt to the bones in cheating and raping the country at will.

Of course, Umno takes the meat and MCA the leftovers and an occasional drumstick. What can a dog expect anyway?

The question that BN is refusing to ask is why they are losing Chinese support. Instead Umno just continues to blame the ‘ungrateful pendatang third-class citizen Chinese' of not supporting them for their goodwill given.

Anonymous #58437020: Talk to a Gen Y, please. They are not so hard up about who's which race, which group leads, etc.

It's the politicians who divide the people. The people are united. Look at Bersih 3.0 - that was a march of unity. A march of a united nation. The Malaysian people's reflexes will come together when the time is right.

Malaysia is a great country, and it must redeem its name and place on the international stage. A good government must use taxpayers' money properly, and have an education system that brings the races together.

!Can: Surely the Chinese voters have lost confidence in all BN component parties especially MCA. But MCA has not learnt anything from Lesson 308.

This time around at GE13, many friends and associates have told me that MCA will be redundant, and likely to lose every single MP seat.

At most, I give them a leeway that even five MP seats will be difficult for MCA to retain. Watch it happen, and good luck to MCA.

Anonymous #19098644: If real reforms, true reforms are to happen, then the BN must go. Only then can corruption, misuse of the institutions of state, nepotism and cronyism be eliminated.

It is better to be unrepresented then to be misrepresented by stooges like the MCA.

Lim Chong Leong: Under this PM, there has been an increase in polarisation and more fervent calls for Malay supremacy than any other PMs before him, except perhaps his father, Abdul Razak. Under this PM, there is Perkasa, Jati and Tibai.

So please do not be fooled that Najib's loss of support from Chinese may bring about a more rightist Malay supremacist leader because he is far right already.

Boiling Mud: They can say whatever they like - it does not change the fact that this country needs to be reborn in order to start all over again with good governance by any party that is given the mandate by the electorate.

The present system is far too diseased and cancerous for anyone's good.

 

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