A tall tale full of sound,
fury but little significance...
I think we should take Bersatu Youth chief Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal’s request that Prime Minister (PM) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim amend the Federal Constitution to make the position of PM exclusive to Malay Muslims as seriously as the police should take a drunk person’s report that his partner is trying to steal RM1 mil from their joint business which they have yet to start.
There is nothing real about the contention. It is fully the product of a hypothetical imagination. A non-Muslim is nowhere close to being the PM of Malaysia. It’s as Shakespeare says, “a tall full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”. All this talk about a non-Muslim being a PM started when Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang brought it up a few weeks ago.
We don’t know why Kit Siang brought up the topic – maybe he was just thinking freely and some things came out of his mouth in flow – but whatever his reason was, what Lim Kit Siang spoke about is a theoretical possibility, not a real possibility.
Sure, the next incoming Yang di-Pertuan Agong has named DAP secretary-general and Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook as one of the more capable ministers in the cabinet. Sure, DAP is the largest coalition partner in the ruling government. But despite all that, Loke couldn’t touch the PM’s position even if he tried to reach it with a pole and a ladder.
Theoretically speaking, it is possible that Tan Sri Tony Fernandes will quit his job as the boss of Air Asia and work as a waiter at a banana leaf restaurant in the next five years but realistically speaking, this will not happen.
At the end of the day, billionaires don’t work for the middle-class and in life; you are not able to order someone who is more powerful than you around for the majority will not accept the rule of a minority – even if legally and theoretically – it is possible for them to do so.
In Malaysia, Muslims form the biggest identity group. When it is time to choose a PM for the country, there is of course a chance that they might choose to elect a non-Muslim as the PM instead of one of their own but the question is why would they do that when they don’t have to, need to or want to?
At the end of the day, identity matters in the selection of a leader. Just because your neighbour is a more accomplished person than your father, it doesn’t mean your neighbour is going to lead your family. Your father will be the leader of your family, even if there are other people who could do the job better because only your father identifies with you and you can only identify with your father.
Dr.M is PN's 4 state advisor...
More than individual ability, organisational backing is the key to political power and strength. Even Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who ruled almost like a king during his first reign was reduced to the position of helplessness when he did not have the backing of BN and UMNO.
It is organisational backing that magnifies the skills of a leader to the point that it becomes a force to be reckoned with. Organisational backing however, is always given to the individual or individuals that the organisation can identify with.
If there is non-Muslim in Malaysia who thinks that they are so superior in skill and ability, that they think they can convince the Muslims to back them as the PM of the country, I think they are having a really nice dream.
When you have multiple identity groups occupying the same polity, the strongest identity group will always take the dominant position for they will always award the top leadership position in the polity to the individual that they can identify with.
If a minority group is exercising authority over a majority group in a polity that they both occupy, it’s either because an external power is involved or an apartheid-like system is in practice. Should the Muslims even attempt to amend the constitution to make the PM post available only to them? I actually think that the answer is no. The PM’s position is like trust in a relationship. If you have to demand it, you don’t have it.
That Wan Fayhsal is seeking Anwar to make the position of PM to be exclusive to the Malay Muslims is almost certainly a politically calculated move than it is a genuine request. Wan Fayhsal is likely just using an issue that Kit Siang raised to put Anwar in a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t and damned if remain silent” position.
If Anwar says that he won’t amend the constitution to make the position of PM exclusive to the Malay Muslim, he won’t be able to gain the Malay Muslim support he needs to gain. If he says he will make the PM position exclusive to the Malays-Muslim, he will lose the non-Malay Muslim support he has. If he stays silent, he will appear weak.
In response to Wan Fayhsal’s request, what I predict Anwar will do is stay silent and let everybody else respond to Wan Fayhsal beforehand. If Anwar jumps into the fray and has his say at all, it will only be after all the dust has settled.
By next week, this “amend the constitution to make the PM position exclusive to Malay Muslims” will disappear without a trace from our minds like a short rain on a hot day in May. – Nehru Sathiamoorthy
Dia ingat PM bodoh macam
Din & walaun2 PAS kot...
Pandangan Takiyuddin Hasan agar lima ahli parlimen PN yang sokong Anwar diberi jawatan menunjukkan ahli parlimen Kota Bharu itu kemaruk kuasa dan jawatan. Lebih membingungkan lagi dia yakin ahli parlimen itu walaupun nyata sokongan belum tentu mereka beri undi kepada kerajaan.
Kalau sudah dirasakan begitu tak akan Anwar tolol untuk melantik mereka dalam kabinet. Lagi pun sokongan itu bukan paksaan tetapi atas kemajuan mereka. Cara berfikir ahli parlimen Kota Bharu lebih kurang sahaja dengan cara berfikir ahli parlimen Machang. - mso
Sebelum kena invite, meletup sembang Menteri ajak" ayam. Suruh hantar official invitation cepat. Bila YB Menteri hantar off invitation dia suruh stop. Katanya nonsense. Bagi alasan sbb podcast. Awat? Podcast tak boleh debat ke? Mesti dia ingat YB Men RR macam menteri2 yg lain. Macam Abah Yidin. Penakut nak berhujah. Silap besarlah. Ini era kerajaan MADANI kot. Menteri2 berani hadap rakyat, sebab nak hentikan Pembodohan rakyat oleh orang-orang tak bertanggungjawab
Nak tengok Yb Viral ni
ada teloq ke dak?...
Amacam YB Viral? Ada berani ke? Jangan setakat berani di channel sendiri je. Seluruh rakyat menanti. Nak tengok memang ada fakta atau setakat borak je. Ada beberapa komen menyebut untuk apa Rafizi nak layan YB Viral ni. Sebenarnya betul, YB Viral ni tak signifikan pun. Sekali fikir macam buang masa layan manusia macam tu.
Tapi kalau fikirkan semula, YB Viral dah serang Rafizi macam-macam. Tapi Rafizi tak pernah diberi peluang untuk bela diri.Yang jadi masalah, walaun guna hujah tanpa fakta YB Viral ni dan sebarkan. Salah faham di kalangan rakyat jadi semakin meruncing. Suka tak suka, Rafizi mesti berikan penjelasan. Kalau dibiarkan, lebih ramai rakyat yang tertipu.
Persoalan berani atau tidak YB Viral nak berdebat atau join podcast dengan Rafizi bukan isu. Aku berani kata 90% dia takkan berani. Tapi itu pun sudah cukup untuk buktikan yang dia ni cuma sembang kosong, sebab tu takut nak bersemuka.
Jadi apa yang Rafizi buat ni bukanlah sia-sia dan tidak menjatuhkan tarafnya sebagai menteri. Ini sebaliknya mungkin jadi belati yang membunuh terus personaliti YB Viral ni dari media sosial. Sebab tu aku menyokong sepenuhnya. - Raja Gelap II
This is what mainstream Western media is hiding from you.
These are children & Isreal dont care about children!!!
Israel buried dozens of Palestinian patients alive in Kamal Udwan hospital in
Gaza,and then ran over them with bulldozers.Israeli forces also crushed many
tents in the hospital yard with Palestinians still alive inside...
This is a wise man who speaks from the ❤️...
cheers.
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