What social contract means to Malaysians.

I like to keep this articles written by Azmi Sharom in the Brave New World dated The Star 1 April 2010.

The term has been wrongly used by those who choose to invent their own meaning of the expression. Due to space constraint, I take only the relevant points so that more Malaysians will not be mislead in future.

The founders of this country did not have such racialist aspirations when we obtained our independence in 1957. The provisions in the Constitution which provides for the "special position" of the Malays and the natives of Sabah and Sarawak - there is no such thing as "Malay rights" in our constitution, were meant a stop gap measure but not a permanent clutch.

The time limit initially set was for the affirmative action to last 20 years. The report of the Federation of Malaya Constitution Commission ... in an independent Malaya all nationals should be accorded equal rights, privileges and opportunities and there must not be discrimination on the grounds of race and creed.

It was the Alliance consisted of the Malayan Indian Congress, the Malayan Chinese Association and the United Malay National Organisation. Our great leaders of UMNO hoped and dreamt of the Malays based on equality. Article 8 guarantees equality except in situation specifically provided for in the Constitution.

Article 136 which states that all government servants must not be discriminated against based on race and creed. So our non-Malay public servants have a Constitutional protection against poor treatment for example in promotions.

The rulers, our sultans themselves said that they"...look forward to a time not too remote when it will become possible to eliminate communal ism as a force in the political and economic life of the country"

So the next time some racist politicians go on about the "social contract" please be informed that this kind of selfish behaviour was not part of the dream for Merdeka. Our founders did not have such base ideals.

Polirics in Malaysia

1) Lets hear what Ibrahim Ali said after joining Perkasa. He expected some fire from his speech but not a smoke was detected. I.Ali and his gang cannot do anything by shouting. He has forgotten that Malaysians today are not interested in racial issues.

2) You can uphold article 153 for the Malays. However, I disagree with suppressing others rights as implied by Perkasa. Perkasa is nothing but another extreme racist organisation unwilling to work with other groups for its own insecurities. NGOs do not behave like that !

3) For moment, I thought they are going all out to shout, demonstrate, protest, running amok,burning effigy, threaten to kill and bath keris with someone`s blood. Good sense prevail this time

4) This is getting tiresome time for others to make contingency plans to migrate ... enrich host
countries for their fair play and decency is the norm. Already 300,000 are away, no wander !

5) This is a far cry from angry demonstrators against DAP led government, which once saw
effigy of Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng being burnt. A record in Malaysia as no other CM or MB
effigy was burnt.

6)I think our PM or DPM are themselves confined by the concept of unity. But we cannot them because their political survival hinges on race not nationality.

7) Don`t let irresponsible and opportunist politicians pitch us against one another for their own survival.
8) Just as Dr M pandered to the Chinese educationists when he needed their support in the 1999GE and later he labelled them communists after winning the G. election.
Muhiyddin is doing the same by playing to the Perkasa type gallery.

9) The fate of this country will be doom with the PM and DPM voicing their rights as a Malay first, instead of saying they are PM and DPM of Malaysia, representing all races.