listen, stop telling malaysians to leave, leave, leave
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Published: Wednesday July 3, 2013 MYT 8:41:00 AM
Updated: Wednesday July 3, 2013 MYT 8:59:28 AM
Listen, stop tellingMalaysians to leave,
leave, leaveBY MICHELLE TAM THE STAR
Bung Mokhtar and Azran
PETALING JAYA: Grow up and stop asking people to leave the country, that is
the viewpoint of Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) chief
executive Wan Saiful Wan Jan.
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To him, it is unacceptable to ask another Malaysian to migrate just because of
difference in opinions.
In reality, every single one of us belongs to the country, and the country belongsto us. If A can tell B to move out, B can tell A to do the same, he said.
Wan Saiful advocated the need for maturity, especially from politicians whocontinuously leak these kind of suggestions.
They need to realise that time has moved on. These attitudes are too childish forthe era we are in now, he said.
MCA vice-president Gan Ping Sieu believed those who made such statementswere in need of a basic education on democratic principles as there had to beroom for disagreement.
Such remarks are uncalled for, no matter who utters them.
"Reasonable opinions may differ and we should cherish the deliberation ofdiffering views and ideas with the objective of betterment. Dont be a sore loser,he said in a phone interview.
Wan Saiful and Gan were commenting on a speech in Parliament byKinabatangan MP Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin who took to task Air Asia X chiefexecutive officer Azran Osman Rani for calling Utusan Malaysia a racistnewspaper.
On June 30, Utusan in its Awang Selamat column told DAP publicity chief andPetaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua to migrate to Taiwan or Hong Kong if he didnot approve of Ramadan bazaars in Malaysia.
MIC vice-president Datuk S.K. Devamany felt that statements from one or twodid not reflect the spirit of the countrys leadership or people, as Malaysia wasan example of the spirit of unity.
Perhaps those statements were a manifestation of frustrations after putting inmuch work, said the Perak state assembly Speaker.
He warned that leaders should be thoughtful of the rakyats feelings as suchstatements cut deep into peoples hearts.
Devamany said the grassroots were changing due to a democratisation of themind with social media.
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People are going for a just government and transparency. We must reform thefundamentals of the nation rather than throw words that can hurt people and bedetrimental to nation-building, he added.
Umno supreme council member Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah termed this sort of talk
out of date as Malaysia had celebrated 56 years of independence.
Malaysians from all walks of life and ethnic backgrounds consider Malaysia theirhome. I strongly believe that they also love their country, he said.
Though people may have differing views on matters, Saifuddin was firmly againstasking people to leave the country.
If they make statements or hold on to certain views that may contradict withofficial or mainstream points, they do it out of love for the country, he said.
Saifuddin suggests that everyone make an effort to find out about the differingviews of others.
If you strongly feel that your stand is right, then persuade them to agree withyou. Dont ask them to leave!
"We must be able to live in the 21st century, appreciate differences and
accommodate people with different beliefs, he added.
Getting us at get lost - JahabarSadiqJULY 02, 2013
The classic cliche from Umno is this - if you don't agree with us or criticise
us, just get lost. Leave the country, now.
And they wonder why they lost the popular vote in Election 2013.
Barisan Nasional's Kinabatangan MP Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin repeated
the line today when telling off AirAsia X chief executive Azran Osman-Rani
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for criticising Umno newspaper Utusan Malaysia over its racially-slanted
articles after the May 5 general elections.
Calling Azran "Melayu Biadap" while debating the royal address in
Parliament this morning, Bung Mokhtar said Azran should move if he wasnot happy in Malaysia.
The same line was said by Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
in May when saying those unhappy with the GE13 results can also leave
the country.
Is that really a solution when the Najib administration specifically set up the
Talent Corporation to bring back Malaysians who can push the country to a
high-income nation by 2020?
In 2011, then Deputy Foreign Minister A. Kohilan Pillay told parliament that
more than 300,000 Malaysians left the country between March 2008 and
August 2009, compared to nearly 140,000 in 2007/. Many work in key
sectors such as finance, technology and engineering.
Do we want a talent like Azran to leave the country too?
And according to World Bank statistics, some 1.48 million Malaysians or5.3 per cent of the population were emigrants in 2010.
Most left because of economic prospects. Do we want them to leave
because they can't criticise the government or an Umno newspaper?
Do we want to build a country of yes-men? Isn't that then a wonder why
Barisan Nasional keeps losing more seats than ever? Because the leaders
listen to yes-men who have no courage to call a spade a spade.
We need constructive criticism and we need to tell off people who are
racists. And we need to take criticisms for the good of the country.
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Also, loyalty to the country should not be misconstrued as the need to be
loyal to to the government. That we can leave to the likes of Bung Moktar
and his colleagues.
What the country needs now is not for loud mouth lawmakers to tellMalaysians to get lost for pointing out faults. What it needs is a
government that can run a country well to ensure it gets the people's
support.
Otherwise, the people will tell the government to get lost at the next
possible opportunity.
* Jahabar Sadiq runs The Malaysian Insider.
Lawmakers, public slam Kinabatangan MP for
childish outburst
BY AMANDA MURTHY AND RAJVINDER SINGH
July 03, 2013
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Speaker TanSri Pandikar Amin Mulia had warned Bung Mokhtar not to
attack members of the public who were unable to defend themselves in the
House. Photo by Saw Siow Feng
PETALING JAYA, July 3 Soon after Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radinunleashed drivel in Parliament and told the AirAsia X chief to migrate, he
was savaged by a furious public for his unbecoming behaviour in the augusthouse.
The Kinabatangan MP was roasted for abusing his parliamentary privilege toattack a defenceless citizen in a childish manner.
Social media roared in disgust against Bung Mokhtar who had in the pastupset certain quarters with uncalled for remarks.
The person in the centre of Bungs latest rant, airline boss Datuk Azran
Osman Rani, was not available for a response to the attack on him being thebiggest news in Parliament yesterday.
Azran had taken issue with Utusan Malaysia for its incendiary headlineApa lagi Cina mahu which accompanied a recent article slamming theChinese community for deserting the Barisan Nasional despite being givenmany concessions.
In Parliament, Bung Mokhtar described Azran as 'Melayu terlalu biadap'(too rude a Malay) and told him to leave the country for criticising the paper.
Many Malaysians wondered why an MP would waste time and raise the spat
between a newspaper and an individual during the debate on the Royal
Address.
They said politicians were too often asking people to migrate when debatingan issue instead of articulating the matter intelligently.
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Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia had warned Bung Mokhtar not toattack members of the public who were unable to defend themselves in theHouse.
Dont abuse your privilege as an elected representative to say things as youlike. Please confine your debate on the issue, Pandikar said.
Later, Pulai MP Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said Bung Mokhtar may havecrossed the line.
While every citizen has the right (to speak), I felt Bung Mokhtar was a bitharsh and he needs to move forward.
Kluang MP Liew ChinTong said: Those who shout the loudest get the
attention and that explains Bung Mokhtars actions. No citizen should beasked to leave the country.
Social media users came out guns blazing. Bung Mokhtar however remained
defiant and continued ranting in cyberspace. His reply to Twitter user
@yugan82 who said Bung Mokhtar was not doing his work in Parliamentand that he should leave the country: You can bark at the side of the road ...I dont care. Get lost!
Bung Mokhtar was a trendsetter yesterday all for the wrong reasons.
- See more at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/lawmakers-public-
slam-kinabatangan-mp-for-childish-outburst#sthash.hPC5N7Tg.dpuf
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MP wants AirAsias Azran to leave country for criticising
Utusan
BY JENNIFER GOMEZJULY 02, 2013
Barisan Nasional's Kinabatangan MP Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin today
urged AirAsia X chief executive Azran Osman Rani to leave the country for
criticising Utusan Malaysia.
Calling Azran "melayu biadap" while debating the royal address in
Parliament this morning, Bung Mokhtar said Azran should move if he was
not happy in Malaysia.
However, speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia advised the controversial
Bung Mokhtar not to use his parliamentary privilege to launch attacks on
civilians and government officers who were not in the house to defend
themselves.
Azran had earned Utusan Malaysia's displeasure after he had criticised the
Bahasa Malaysia daily's "Apa Lagi Cina Mau" story following the general
election story when Barisan Nasional had its worst result since
independence.
This led the newspaper to take aim at him and boycott advertising from the
airline that he helms.
However, CIMB Group CEO Datuk Nazir Razak came to his defence.
Nazir praised Azran for his forthright attitude, saying that it was a "mark of
a leader".
Nazir's defence of Azran promptly saw Utusan Malaysia label Nazir as
"anti-Malay". - July 2, 2013.
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TUESDAY, JULY 02, 2013
There are Lies, Damned Lies, andUtusan
Rencana Awang Selamat semalam dalam Mingguan Malaysia menuduh
bahawa pemimpin DAP, Tony Pua dalam reaksinya mengeluarkankenyataan provokatif. Beliau mencadangkan pasar Ramadan turut
ditutup kerana didakwanya menyebabkan kesesakan lalu lintas.
Awang Selamat menulis bahawa kenyataan saya ternyatamenyinggung perasaan umat Islam lebih-lebih lagi menjelang
Ramadan. Awang tidak terkejut. DAP memang parti paling rasis danselalu mencabar kepentingan Islam.
Awang Selamat berkata bahawa saya mengambil mudahkesabaran orang Islam, yang ada batasnya elok sahaja beliau
berhijrah ke Taiwan atau Hong Kong.
Ada pepatah orang putih yang berbunyi there are lies, damned liesand statistics. Saya rasa lebih sesuai jika pepatah tersebut diubah
menjadi there are lies, damned lies and Utusan. Utusan Malaysiamerupakan sebuah akhbar tanpa moral, yang lidah bercabang bagai
biawak.
Terlebih dahulu, saya ingin menyatakan secara terus-terang bahawasaya tidak pernah meminta supaya pasar Ramadan ditutup. Oleh
sebab itu, isu menyinggung perasaan umat Islam atau mengambilmudah kesabaran orang Islam langsung tidak terbangkit.
Utusan Malaysia hanya mengemukaan pembohongan dan memutar-
belitkan segala kenyataan pemimpin DAP secara 180 darjah, untuk
memberikan persepsi palsu bahawa DAP merupakan parti rasis yangsentiasa mencabar kepentingan Islam.
Dalam persidangan media di Parlimen pada Rabu, 26hb Jun 2013minggu lalu bersama Ahli Parlimen Bukit Katil dan Kota Melaka,Shamsul Iskandar dan Sim Tong Him, kami tidak pernah mendesak
penutupan pasar Ramadan.
Sebaliknya, selain daripada isu Jonker Walk, kami telahmembangkitkan isu bahawa kerajaan UMNO Melaka telah
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mengeluarkan arahan untuk menutup bazaar Ramadan di Taman
Cempaka, di kawasan parlimen Bukit Katil. Kami telah membantahtindakan kerajaan UMNO Melaka yang menganiayai lebih daripada 300
penjaja-penjaja di bazaar Ramadan Taman Cempaka yang merupakanantara terbesar dan terpopular di Melaka. Malah lesen-lesen yang
telahpun ditawarkan kepada pihak penjaja di sana telah ditarik baliktergesa-gesa.
Walaupun kedua-dua pasar Jonker Walk dan bazaar Ramadan Taman
Cempaka mempunyai sejarah selama 13 tahun, ia ditutup olehkerajaan UMNO kerana MCA tewas di Kota Melaka, dan UMNO, yang
diwakili oleh bekas Ketua Menteri Melaka, Datuk Seri Ali Rustam tewasdi Bukit Katil. Ini merupakan tindakan balas dendam oleh Ketua
Menteri Melaka yang baru, Datuk Idris Haron, yang mungkin masihdidalangi oleh Datuk Seri Ali Rustam, yang tidak puas hati dengan
rakyat yang memberikan sokong kepada Pakatan Rakyat.
Sidang media kami pada 26hb Jun jelas menunjukkan bahawa UMNO
sendiri yang telah menutup bazaar Ramadan, dan bukannya DAP atauPakatan Rakyat yang tidak berkuasa berbuat begitu.
Saya telah merujuk semula video sidang media hari tersebut dan
mencatat perkataan-perkataan yang saya telah sebut, yang telahdiputar-belitkan oleh Utusan Malaysia.
Akhir sekali, kalau katakan satu-satu pasar malam, atau
pasar tani, atau bazaar Ramadan akan menyebabkankesesakan lalulintas, maka saya rasa semua pasar-pasar,semua pasar tani di Melaka, di mana-mana negeri pun
patut dibatalkan secara langsung.
Kenapa tutup saja di Jonker Walk atau di TamanCempaka? So kita rasa segala tindakan yang diambil oleh
kerajaan negeri Melaka adalah tindakan politik yanglangsung tidak mengambil kira keperluan rakyat di
Malaysia dan hanya mengambil (kira) kepentingan Umnomereka sendiri.
Konteks kenyataan saya yang menyoal tindakan kerajaan UMNOMelaka adalah jelas. Hanya yang bodoh, atau yang berniat jahat
sengaja memberikan maksud lain kepada apa yang saya sebut. Sayatelah menyindir logik Ketua Menteri Melaka yang memberikan alasan
tidak wajar bahawa pasar Jonker Walk dan Taman Cempaka ditutupuntuk menyelesaikan kesesakan jalanraya. Kami tidak boleh terima
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alasan tersebut kerana alasan tersebut akan menyebabkan semua
pasar malam, pasar tani dan bazaar Ramadan ditutup, dan bukansahaja di Jonker Walk dan Taman Cempaka.
Saya mencabar Utusan Malaysia untuk memperbetulkan tuduhan liar
mereka. Saya akan memberikan peluang kepada Utusan untukmenerbitkan berita bahawa sekarang, adalah Ahli Parlimen DAP yang
mempertahankan hak orang Islam untuk mengekalkan pasar Ramadanyang selama 13 tahun disambut baik oleh rakyat di Melaka. Saya juga
mencabar Utusan untuk membongkarkan kebenaran bahawa yangmenutup bazaar Ramadan, yang menyinggung perasaan umat Islam
lebih-lebih lagi menjelang Ramadan adalah kerajaan UMNO-BarisanNasional di Melaka.
Utusan is at it again, PM no longer in charge
8:56AM Jul 1, 2013
YOURSAY 'We are not talking about religion here but traffic so don'tbe so sensitive and ask a fellow Malaysian to emigrate each timeyou don't like what he says.'
Utusan says Tony Pua hurt Muslims, told to emigrate
Thinking Malaysian: DAP's Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua didnot mention anything about Ramadan bazaars, only night markets
and farmer markets.
So it is time to sue Utusan Malaysia again.
Wira: Night markets had turned into Ramadan markets -Utusansure knows how to spin. Pua, sue that Awang Tak' Selamatand his toxic paper for RM100 million ringgit.
Without Umno, Utusan would not dare to spew its venom withimpunity. If we want to get rid ofUtusan, we must first defeatUmno.
Bamboo: When they can't win an argument, they display theirkampung' thug mentality, which is chasing people they don't likeout of the kampung.
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Utusan, the home minister and even a former prime minister havemanifested this trait by asking dissenters to emigrate.
This just exposes their inferiority complex and insecurities because
they are defending the indefensible.
Hplooi: This is clearly deliberate misreporting with malicious intentto cause hurt. It is the same as inthe case of Australian senatorNick Xenophon.
This kind of mal-intention is evil and whilst not directly causingharm, can bring extremist elements to hurt Pua - all on the strengthof a misreport.
Utusan should not only be chastised but severely punished,otherwise they will continue committing their criminal assault on theMalaysian society.
One day the consequences of such unabated assaults will lead to
serious and long-term damage.
Aries46: Poor Awang Selamat, he has to earn a living and the way
he knows how is to make Utusan readers hate DAP and the Chinese- a case of killing two birds with one stone.
So he spins night markets and farmers markets into Ramadanmarket and then play on Malay sentiments that Muslim feeling ishurt.
Pua is a mere collateral damage in Selamat's grand scheme ofthings. The way of the towering Malay?
Laudamus: Awang Selamat, don't hide behind this pseudonym. Bebrave and reveal your true identity.
We are not talking about religion here but traffic, so don't be sosensitive and ask a fellow Malaysian to emigrate each time you
don't like what he says. It shows your immaturity and childishness.
This Also Can?: What a cunning and devilish editor to twist andturn in his interpretations to poison the minds of the Malays and pit
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them against other Malaysians. In my mind, he is not fit to be a topeditor.
Multi Racial: Actually Utusan executives should be prosecuted andput in jail. They are the biggest troublemakers in the country.
They twist everything into racial issues. Until now, there have beenno charges of sedition against their editors and journalists. Whatdouble standards we have in this country.
Aniyan: This monster' called Awang Selamat has been issuingstatements against the non-Muslims for years. He is destroying theracial harmony in Malaysia and nothing is being done to stop him.
I think he has special immunity given to him by someone powerful.
Anonymous #69337042: Pua, we support you, sue the Utusanforits act of deliberate misreporting.
Louis: Doesn't the closing down of Jonker Walk hurt the feelings of
Malacca's Chinese? Indeed, Pua did not mention about closing downRamadan markets.
Utusan is at it again, trying to stir racial trouble. Praise be to Godthat Muslims in Malaysia no longer buy those lies, except a few of
course.
Not Convinced: And why is PM Najib Razak keeping his elegantsilence? Isn't Utusan owned by Umno, the party which he heads?
Rayfire: I am not sure if all Muslims are easily disturbed by these
political statements, probably just a handful of overly hyper "allagainst me and my religion" types.
Pua mentioned nothing about Ramadan bazaars, only night markets
and farmer markets. Utusan however added some spice.
No matter how much they are sued, unless they themselves realisehow dumb they sound, nothing much will change. Enough of thiscrappy Blame the Chinese' game.
Abasir: Unhappy Malays in Utusan should just get out of the
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country.
Home Minister Zahid Hamidi said anyone unhappy should leave and
being the non-racist that he is, I'm sure he did not target non-Malays only when he made that brilliant statement.
Heavenly King:Utusan, again Muslims are hurt?The Utusaneditors reckon Muslims are all tau fu'... so soft andvulnerable, easily flattened or smashed.
Magnus: If Tony Pua should emigrate to Taiwan or Hong Kong forsaying whatever it was that he said then I suggest whoever whomade the suggestion should himself consider emigrating toIndonesia or India.
Nonsense is surely as nonsense says and does.
Those cannot accept GE13 results should leave country: Zahid
Friday, 17 May 2013 11:23amThe Sun Daily (Used by permission)by Pauline Wong
PETALING JAYA (May 16, 2013): Those who cannot accept Malaysia's first-past-the-post system should emigrate to practise their political beliefs elsewhere,newly appointed Home Minister Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi said today.
In his column in Utusan Malaysia, Zahid said the Pakatan Rakyat's claims ofhaving won the 13th general election by popular vote were claims based on itsinterpretation of the list system, or single transferable vote.
"These methods, as interpreted by the Opposition, are only used in countrieswhere the head of state and ruling party are chosen in a proportionaterepresentation electoral system where seats are won based on the number ofvotes received," he said.
He added that Malaysia had inherited its first-past-the-post system from the UK.
"Those who do not want to follow it can emigrate elsewhere to practise the listsystem, or single transferable vote system, used in republican nations.
"If they are truly loyal citizens, they will accept the political and electoral systemas enshrined in our Federal Constitution. They also have to admit the truth ofdefeat in the first-past-the-post system," he said.
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Zahid, who was formerly defence minister, claimed the Opposition had confusedyoung Chinese voters and their followers into blindly donning black in the recentprotests over the poll results.
"The people are fed-up with the antics of some of the leaders in PR who havedragged the young Chinese voters into feelings of hate, and have flamed thefires of racial sentiment," he said.
The 13th general election saw Barisan Nasional winning 133 out of 222parliamentary seats to form the federal government, but with 48.22% popularvote.
The Opposition garnered 89 seats but had 51.78% of popular vote.
This had led to Opposition leaders disputing the election results and organising a
series of rallies to protest the outcome which they claim is unfair.
New Malaysian Home Minister Tells
Unhappy Malaysians To Leave The
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Hype MalaysiaMay 16, 2013Current Affairs,News Desk, Real Life
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Newly-appointed Home MinisterDatuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Malaysians
who are unhappy with the countrys political system should leave the country, stressing
that loyal citizens should respect the rule of law.
In his first opinion piece entitled Perhimpunan haram sebab tak terima hakikat
gagal kuasai Putrajaya (Illegal gathering because refuses to accept failure in
controlling Putrajaya) printed in Utusan Malaysia, Ahmad Zahid wrote that the illegal
gatherings held across the country by Pakatan Rakyat (PR) was a form of escapism and
the denial of the fact that it failed to take control of Putrajaya.
The minister added that the opposition was overconfident with the support it received
from voters:
Even if it is true that the opposition had claimed a greater majority, the
measurement used by the opposition had been manipulated to follow the list system
or the single transferable vote system.
Malaysia inherited the political system from the United Kingdom and many
Commonwealth countries also use the first past the post system where political
parties contesting in the election will only have one representative in each
constituency with the principle of a simple majority of votes.
If these people wish to adopt the list system or the single transferable vote used bycountires with the republic form of government, then they should migrate to these
countries to practise their political beliefs. Malaysia is not a country to translate
their political beliefs, even if they are really loyal to this country, they should accept
the political system and the existing system to form a government as enshrined in the
Federal Constitution.
He went on to say that opposition leaders, especially those from PR and DAP, have been
irresponsible in confusing young Chinese voters and their followers who are politicallyblind to dress in black to protest againstthe result of the 13th general election which they
believe is for them due to the popular vote. He also added that PR must recognise and
accept that the voters have rejected their rule in accordance to the first past the post
system:
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Illegal gatherings organised as roadshows are just an escapism by the opposition to
run away from the fact that they have failed to capture Putrajaya. The opposition
was actually over confident) with the support of the voters and manipulated the
various issues with false promises in its manifesto that they know will not be able to
implement.
People are getting fed up with the behaviour of a number of opposition leaders who
are dragging in the young, especially those of Chinese descent, by fanning the
flames of hatred and racism in a pluralistic society which has already fostered a
sense of harmony.
The opposition is also questioning the authority of the Election Commission (EC)
which had allegedly manipulated the votes. It is an outrageous accusation when the
EC have observed most of their demands including the use of indelible ink that is
only used by the third world countries.
And cue the pandemonium.
Zahid Hamidi in hot water over comment that
Malaysians unhappy with political system should
leave17 MAY 2013 12:15AM
The new Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
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SUBANG JAYA (MAY 16): The new Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid
Hamidi has gotten himself into hot water over an article published in Utusan
Malaysia today in which he said Malaysians who are unhappy with the countrys
political system should leave the country.
Twitter and FaceBook have been buzzing with comments about his opinion piece
entitled Perhimpunan haram sebab tak terima hakikat gagal kuasai Putrajaya.
(Illegal gathering because of inability to accept failure in taking over Putrajaya).
Most of the comments were critical of his comments. One said Zahid Hamidi was
telling 52% of Malaysians to leave.
Secretary-general of DAP Lim Guan Eng slammed him saying he had no class.
Lim tweeted: No class! New home minister tells unhappy Msians who r unhappy
wid countrys political system 2emigrate.
In another tweet, Lim said: Zahid Hamidis perverse logic-If PR supporters have
2 emigrate bcos BN won,then will BN supporters leave Pg Sgor n Kelantan 2other
states?
In the opinion piece that he wrote, Ahmad Zahid stressed that loyal citizens
should respect the rule of law.
He wrote that the illegal gatherings held by Pakatan Rakyat across the country
was a form of escapism and denial of the fact that it failed to take control of
Putrajaya.
He the opposition was overconfident with the support it received from voters.
Even if it is true that the Opposition had claimed a greater majority, the
measurement used by the Opposition had been manipulated to follow the list
system or the single transferable vote system, he said.
Malaysia inherited the political system from the United Kingdom and many
Commonwealth countries also use the first past the post system where political
parties contesting in the election will only have one representative in each
constituency with the principle of a simple majority of votes, he added.
Opposition leaders, especially those from PKR and DAP, have been confusing
young Chinese voters and their followers who are politically blind to dress in
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black to protest against the outcome of the 13th general election which they
believe they won because they had more popular votes.
If these people wish to adopt the list system or the single transferable vote
used by countries with the republic form of government, then they should
migrate to these countries to practise their political beliefs.
Malaysia is not a country to translate their political beliefs, even if they are
really loyal to this country, they should accept the political system and the
existing system to form a government as enshrined in the Federal Constitution,
he said.