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PARTI PEJUANG TANAHAIR

1. Sehingga kini orang Melayu hanya kenal UMNO sebagai parti Melayu. Bagi mereka tidak ada pilihan jika nak sokong parti Melayu melainkan UMNO.

2. Mereka tidak percaya parti berbilang kaum, bahkan parti Islam pun boleh memelihara hak dan keselamatan orang Melayu.

3. Malangnya parti UMNO sudah dirampas oleh perasuah dan penyangak. Mereka ini hanya berhasrat mengguna UMNO dan orang Melayu untuk jadi Kerajaan dan mengguna kuasa Kerajaan untuk memperkayakan diri mereka. Sejak mereka ambil alih UMNO negara bertukar dari menjadi Harimau Asia kepada kleptokrasi iaitu negara yang diperintah oleh pencuri, penjenayah.


4. Jika UMNO masih disokong maka Malaysia akan kekal sebagai kleptokrasi. Maka akan rosak dan hancurlah negara dan orang Melayu.

5. Inilah sebabnya Parti Pejuang Tanahair ditubuh. Ia adalah parti Melayu/Bumiputera seperti UMNO. Jika orang Melayu tidak sanggup beri undi kepada UMNO kerana sudah menyeleweng, dan masih tidak percaya kepada parti berbilang kaum, maka Pejuang boleh dijadikan pilihan.

6. Bukan sahaja Pejuang parti Melayu tetapi ia mendokong semua prinsip dan perjuangan UMNO dahulu yang melawan Malayan Union, yang memerdekakan Malaya, dan membangun negara sehingga dikenali sebagai Asian Tiger.

7. Selain dari itu, Pejuang menentang rasuah, jenayah kewangan dan salah guna kuasa.

8. Kepimpinan Pejuang terdiri dari bekas pemimpin UMNO yang telah berjaya bangunkan Malaysia. Mereka akan latih semua pemimpin Pejuang supaya pegang kuat kepada prinsip perjuangan UMNO dahulu iaitu khidmat untuk bangsa, negara dan agama – bukan untuk diri sendiri.

9. Calon-calon Pejuang akan terdiri dari mereka yang tidak terlibat dengan rasuah, yang utamakan bangsa, negara dan agama.

10. Kita sedar adanya orang bukan Melayu dalam negara kita. Kerajaan yang kita dirikan akan dianggotai juga oleh bukan Melayu yang menolak rasuah dan percaya kepada kerjasama antara kaum dan agihan kekayaan secara adil antara kaum-kaum di Malaysia.


11. Dengan adanya Parti Pejuang Tanahair yang disertai oleh orang Melayu dan bumiputera maka orang Melayu dan bumiputera yang tidak sanggup sokong UMNO kerana korupsi dan jenayah mereka, dapatlah mereka sokong Pejuang, sebuah parti Melayu yang bersih dan cinta kepada bangsa, negara dan agama.

BOSAN

1. Saya sedar bahawa rakyat sudah bosan dengan politik. Pengundi telah pilih Kerajaan melalui Pilihan Raya. Tetapi Kerajaan pilihan rakyat ini dijatuhkan bukan mengikut sistem demokrasi tetapi melalui lompatan oleh wakil rakyat ke sebelah parti yang kalah. Dengan itu parti yang kalah menjadi Kerajaan.

2. Soalnya apa guna rakyat pilih Kerajaan jika ia boleh dijatuhkan dan diganti dengan pihak yang ditolak oleh rakyat. Apa gunanya Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU) jika pilihan rakyat boleh diganti tanpa PRU oleh mereka yang ditolak oleh rakyat.

3. Di kalangan mereka yang kecewa dan bosan dengan politik yang menidakkan hak rakyat, mungkin timbul pendapat bahawa PRU tidak berguna. Mereka mungkin membuat keputusan tidak mengundi.


4. Malangnya jika mereka tidak mengundi, parti yang mereka tidak sokong iaitu parti perasuah dan yang terlibat dengan mencuri duit Kerajaan, salah guna kuasa akan menang kerana pengikut mereka ini akan mengundi mereka setelah disogok. Dan akan terdirilah Kerajaan perasuah pencuri dan penyalahguna kuasa.

5. Maka akan mengeluhlah pengundi yang tidak mengundi kerana keadaan sudah jadi lebih buruk. Tetapi jika mereka undi pun, melalui pintu belakang perasuah dan pencuri masih boleh jatuhkan Kerajaan pilihan mereka dan diri Kerajaan yang ditolak oleh mereka.

6. Untuk ini kita perlu ada undang-undang anti-lompat. Mereka yang lompat akan hilang keahlian mereka sebagai wakil rakyat. Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) boleh diadakan. Terpulanglah kepada rakyat samada memilihnya atau orang lain. Jika rakyat setuju dengannya, beri kemenangan kepadanya maka jatuhlah Kerajaan pilihan rakyat. Jika ia dikalahkan, maka Kerajaan pilihan rakyat akan kekal.

7. Jika mereka yang bosan dengan politik memberi kemenangan besar kepada calon anti-rasuah maka pintu belakang tidak boleh diguna untuk tukar Kerajaan. Sebaliknya jika kemenangan puak anti-rasuah tipis maka keadaan tidak menentu dan percubaan memasuki pintu belakang akan berulang.

8. Samada negara kita dapat dipulih semula atau tidak, terpulang kepada rakyat yang sayang kepada negara dan ingin lihat perasuah dan penyangak dikalahkan.

9. Hanya dengan menyokong (mengundi) secara besar-besaran calon-calon yang bersih dari kluster mahkamah sahaja barulah kita akan selamat.

10. Siapakah mereka??

A MATTER OF SOVEREIGNTY


1. When Ismail Sabri went to Singapore for an official visit, I did not really expect him to raise, let alone solve any outstanding bilateral issues that we have been having with the city State.

2. In fact, when I resigned as Prime Minister, on both accounts, none of the succeeding Prime Ministers bothered or were interested to solve the bilateral issues.

3. The price of raw water sold to Singapore remain at 3 sen per 1000 gallons today, a rate that we continue to receive since 1962 when the Johor River Water Agreement was reached.

4. Three sen is like providing water for nothing.

5. Despite millions if not, hundreds of millions lost in revenue, none has shown any interest to resolve the matter and to renegotiate with Singapore.

6. There are also issues of withdrawal of money from the Central Provident Fund for peninsular Malaysians working in Singapore apart from maritime and airspace boundary disputes.

7. Then it was reported that Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Ismail Sabri Yaakob had proposed to revive the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR).

8. I was taken aback. In January this year the Mahiaddin Government had terminated the agreement. An exorbitant RM320 million in compensation had to be paid to Singapore.

9. Ismail Sabri was part of that Government. And now that he is Prime Minister he is proposing to resurrect something he was party to in terminating the project.

10. When I was Prime Minister of the PH Administration, I tried to revive negotiation on the outstanding issues. The Foreign Minister then was Saifuddin Abdullah who incidentally is back as Foreign Minister today.

11. Of course the Sheraton Move caused the demise of effort and progress we had made in negotiating with Singapore.

12. Rather than reviving the HSR, which could well be complemented by the double tracking project, we should instead focus on developing the South Ledge of Batu Putih.

13. We had been accorded sovereignty over South Ledge, while losing Pedra Branca to Singapore, by the ICJ.

14. I had proposed for South Ledge to be reclaimed and expanded and a marine base be built to establish and stamp our sovereignty.

15. We will always have thorny bilateral issues with our neighbours. But we will not go to war. We believe in peaceful resolution and negotiations.

16. But while we aspire to be good neighbours, to be friendly, it cannot be at the expense of our territorial integrity, much more our sovereignty. It is about prioritising.

KLEPTOKRASI

1. Puad Zarkashi berkata kononnya saya cuma tahu perkataan Kleptokrasi sahaja. Tidak benar. Saya guna banyak perkataan lain. Saya juga guna perkataan penyangak, pencuri, kawaq, perasuah.

2. Sekarang Mahkamah Rayuan (Court of Appeal) sudah sahkan keputusan Najib bersalah yang dibuat oleh Mahkamah Tinggi (High Court). Oleh kerana ianya tidak bercanggah dengan undang-undang, banduan Najib tidak akan menjalani hukuman kerana Najib membuat rayuan kepada Mahkamah Persekutuan(Federal Court).

3. Ini hak hakim. Belum pernah ada kes sebesar jenayah yang dilakukan oleh Najib. Ia adalah satu rekod dunia, mengikut Department of Justice (DOJ), Amerika Syarikat. Orang yang didapati bersalah kecil pun tidak pernah mendapat stay of execution seperti ini. Najib mungkin terpaksa tunggu sampai setahun atau lebih sebelum kesnya sampai ke Mahkamah Persekutuan.

4. Di masa itu ia bebas seperti orang yang tidak bersalah. Kalau semasa menanti ia dibenar terus jadi ahli Dewan Rakyat, apakah ia juga dapat bertanding dalam PRU 15.

5. Jika ia menang dan sekali lagi jadi ahli Dewan Rakyat, apakah ia boleh jadi Perdana Menteri juga.

6. Undang-undang tidak berkata ia tidak boleh. Jika undang-undang tidak berkata tidak boleh, maka mengikut undang-undang tentulah ia boleh.

7. Alhamdulillah. Malaysia mungkin buat rekod sekali lagi kerana banduan di anugerah jawatan Perdana Menteri.

8. Segala-gala the Rule of Law dihormati.

TOLERATING CORRUPTION

1. In the Melaka state election the BN won a two-thirds majority. This is the party which was rejected by the electorate in 2018, just 3 years ago because its leader was totally corrupt and had stolen billions of Ringgit of Government money. The same convicted leader led the campaign in the Melaka election. He is still facing more charges in court today. Yet his party won with a huge majority.

2. What can we say about the voters of Melaka who delivered this result? Is it possible that they have forgotten the crimes committed by Najib. Or is it that they have forgiven him. Or is it because they believe his claim that he is innocent. Or is it because the voters did not care; that to them corruption is acceptable because they got something for themselves from this corrupt leader.

3. Whatever, for these people corruption and even stealing money seems alright, especially after some time has passed. The corrupt leader should still be supported.

4. With this mindset they are likely to bring back corrupt leaders at the next General Election. What kind of country will Malaysia be when corrupt politicians rule the country?

5. Remember how greatly respected Malaysia was before Najib. It was known as an Asian Tiger. It was regarded as a model by many countries. Under a corrupt leader Malaysia is labelled a kleptocracy, a country led by thieves.

6. It is not likely that the kleptocrat would change. The principle will still be “Cash is King”. Government money would still be stolen.

7. If before an Asian Tiger could be brought down and replaced by a kleptocracy, this time it could be worse. Remember the kleptocrat has shown no remorse over his stealing, corruption and abuse of power even when he was found guilty. Without remorse or regret he is not going to change his ways. If at all he would be worse because, despite being charged and found guilty he is a free man. Indeed he is well regarded and treated with respect. For all his crimes, the Government is still rewarding him with a hundred million Ringgit. So why should he stop being corrupt and stop stealing money, since he would still be respected and rewarded.

8. And when he or his colleagues lead future Governments, they would continue to corrupt everyone including the administrative machinery. Malaysia would become a totally corrupt country which no one would invest in or visit.

9. Deprived of investments no jobs would be created to cater for the thousands of graduates produced every year. And others who are not qualified would remain jobless. Businesses, big and small would fail. The country would go into depression. It would be a failed country.


10. That is the price we will have to pay when we tolerate corruption in our society.

ANTARA PAJAK DAN PERCUMA


1. Nampaknya ada orang yang berbuih mulut tuduh saya dapat macam-macam daripada Kerajaan selepas bersara dari jawatan Perdana Menteri.

2. Ada juga dikeluar “bukti” berkenaan pajakan tanah di Langkawi. Pajakan dengan bayaran bukan makna hadiah. Bukan dapat free, diskaun pun tidak.

3. Agaknya orang ini cuba nak alih pandangan dari masalah dia “tolak” permintaan dia sendiri untuk dapat hartanah mewah dari Kerajaan. Ada orang beritahu saya mewah tahap kayangan.

4. Saya akui saya pajak tanah. Pajak, bukan minta. Pajak kena bayar. Tak dapat free pun. Saya juga beli dua keping tanah di Langkawi selepas bersara. Tidak ada yang saya dapat percuma sebagai hadiah dari Kerajaan Persekutuan atau Negeri. Sebaliknya kos sewaan dinaikkan berkali ganda sehingga saya serah balik kepada LADA, Langkawi.

5. Bermacam usaha saya lakukan, ternak kerbau, buat keju, tanam sayuran. Ada yang berjaya, ada yang tidak. Yang tidak “economically viable” apabila sewa dinaikkan oleh LADA, saya kembalikan pajakan pada pihak berkuasa.

6. Kalau ada salah laku, siasatlah. Dah 18 tahun saya berhenti dari Kerajaan semasa jadi Perdana Menteri pertama kali. Selama itu, saya jadi Perdana Menteri semula 22 bulan. Apabila jadi PM kali kedua, pencen saya dihentikan. Pencen diberi balik selepas saya berhenti dari jadi PM kali kedua.

7. Macam-macam tuduhan yang dibuat tentang “salah laku” saya. Kalau benar dakwa lah. Kalau bersalah hukumlah.

8. Malahan masa saya mula buka mulut pasal 1MDB berbagai usaha nak tuduh saya buat salah dilakukan kepimpinan masa itu.

9. Bila gagal sampai tukang masak saya pun di lucut jawatan.

10. Isteri saya pun turut disoal siasat. LHDN pula siasat anak-anak saya.

11. Alhamdulillah, cukai semua dibayar ikut undang-undang dan tak timbul hutang cukai sampai berbilion. Jadi tak perlu mintak pelepasan passport untuk ke luar negara.

12. Saya ingat buat masa ini saya tak perlu lah jelaskan apa-apa. Kalau pihak berkuasa terbabit nak jelas tentang pajakan-pajakan saya, sila lah.

13. Tidak ada apa-apa yang nak saya sembunyi pun. “Nothing to Hide”.

THE RULE OF LAW

1. Malaysia is said to believe in the rule of law. The essence of the rule of law is that it must apply equally to every individual. There may be a range of punishment in consideration of the seriousness or otherwise of the crime. But everyone is entitled to be punished within the same range of fines or imprisonment.

2. Still monarchs are given certain exemption but for most crimes the law applies equally.

3. In Malaysia we are seeing blatant discrimination in the practice of the law. Specifically, we see vastly different treatment between Anwar Ibrahim and Najib Razak.

4. While the police broke Anwar’s door and arrested him, handcuffed and thrown into a police car to be detained before he was charged in court, Najib was never arrested or handcuffed or taken to a lockup in a police car. He goes to the court in his car and after the hearing he went home. Yet the charges against him are more serious.

5. Even when he was found guilty and sentenced to 12 years jail and a fine of more than 200 million Ringgit, he has not paid his fine or been jailed simply because he had appealed his case.

6. When a person is found guilty, he is guilty until the appeal court decide that he is innocent. But the appeal court has not decided that he is innocent. Therefore, he is guilty and he should serve his sentence. But he is treated like an innocent person, not paying his fine or jailed.

7. As far as is known no other person has been treated this way. More than that he is now allowed to leave the country. Again, there is no such precedent anywhere.

8. With Najib remaining free, it has allowed him to undermine the High Court’s decision and inevitably undermine the whole institution. And given Najib’s sphere of influence, he is able to spread this mischief among his followers who are naive and gullible.

9. On what basis are these privileges given to Najib when it was not given to Anwar or any other convicted person. Clearly the rule of law has not been applied equally between them. All these may be claimed as legal but they are not in accordance with the rule of law.

10. And now the Government has decided to reward him for his so-called service to the country. Yes, other retired Prime Ministers have been awarded old Government houses in recognition of their service. These PMs have not committed any crime and had not been found guilty of stealing Government money. Najib borrowed billions of Ringgit which have not been recovered. Now the Government has to pay interest on the loans amounting to 2 billion Ringgit a year for decades. Government will also have to pay the loans amounting to 40 billion Ringgit.

11. Yet the Government proposes to reward Najib with RM66 million worth of land and build a house at RM40 million Ringgit for Najib. Legal but not in accord with requirement for equal treatment before the law.

12. Najib is a convicted criminal who had lost billions of Ringgit of Government money. But the Government of Ismail Sabri thinks stealing and losing Government money and forcing the Government to pay billions back for the loan that Najib had borrowed deserved to be rewarded with 100 million Ringgit.

13. What is clear is that the Government of Ismail Sabri has not adhered to the equality before the laws as expected by the rule of law. No other convicted person in Malaysia has been treated the way Najib is being treated.

14. There is a need for the Governments of Mahiaddin Yassin (Perikatan Nasional) and Ismail Sabri to explain why the treatment of a convict like Datuk Seri Najib is different from all other convicts in Malaysia, all other retired PMs of Malaysia.

PERDANA MENTERI?

1. Kerajaan Ismail Sabri bersetuju untuk memberi tanah dan membuat rumah yang bernilai RM100,000,000 konon sebagai menghargai khidmat Najib sebagai Perdana Menteri.

2. Apa dianya sumbangan Najib kepada negara? Yang kita tahu ialah ia didapati bersalah mencuri duit Kerajaan, menghilang duit Kerajaan berbillion Ringgit. Dia dihukum penjara 12 tahun dan denda lebih dari 200 juta Ringgit. Ia sedang dibicara terhadap lebih 800 juta $AS yang ada dalam banknya. Dan dia tidak dapat jelas bagaimana ia memperoleh wang yang sebegitu banyak. Ini bukan perkara lama. Ini perkara sekarang dan masa depan kerana sampai puluhan tahun Kerajaan Malaysia terpaksa bayar faedah sebanyak 2 billion Ringgit setahun dan hutang pokok 42 billion. Anak cucu kita akan tanggung beban ini.

3. Ia juga merosak parti UMNO yang buat pertama kali kalah dalam PRU-14. Pentadbiran negara juga dirosakkan sehingga pegawai tinggi terpaksa dihentikan kerana rasuah.

4. Ekonomi negara hancur. Dan sekarang ini keadaan politik tidak stabil sehingga dalam masa tiga tahun berlaku pertukaran Perdana Menteri tiga kali.

5. Negara ini yang dahulu dikenali sebagai Asian Tiger sekarang menjadi kleptokrasi iaitu negara pencuri yang diperintah oleh pencuri, hasil pemerintahan Datuk Seri Najib.

6. Dunia pandang hina kepada Malaysia sekarang.

7. Untuk semua ini dan banyak lagi Kerajaan Ismail Sabri melulus 2.7 ekar tanah bernilai 60 juta Ringgit lebih dan akan bangun sebuah rumah bernilai RM40 juta kerana mengenang “jasa” Najib.

8. Tunku Abd Rahman yang menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia dan berjaya memerdekakan negara hanya dapat sebuah rumah papan. Rumah Tun Razak dijadi monument. Tun Hussein pun tidak dapat apa-apa yang bernilai tinggi. Tun Rahah dapat rumah Kerajaan yang sedia ada.

9. Saya jadi Perdana Menteri selama 22 tahun tidak tuntut dan tidak dapat apa-apa selain dari pencen dan RM10,000 sebulan untuk selenggara rumah yang didiri oleh saya sendiri. Sebidang tanah di Putrajaya telah ditawar kepada saya secara percuma apabila saya bersara tetapi saya telah tolak dan sebaliknya saya beli tanah di Putrajaya dengan harga seperti yang ditawar kepada penjawat awam apabila bersara.

10. Setiap tahun saya bayar cukai tanah sebanyak RM6,071 dan cukai taksiran sebanyak RM1,792.

11. Najib yang menghancurkan negara sehingga menjadi kleptokrasi pula akan diberi RM100,000,000 tanpa dilulus oleh Parlimen – bahkan dirahsia. Najib membuat permohonan sedangkan bekas Perdana Menteri lain tidak buat permohonan untuk tanah tertentu. Sama ada Kerajaan susulan hendak balas budi atau tidak adalah hak Kerajaan.

12. Dunia ketawa melihat Malaysia di mana seorang banduan yang lesap berbillion Ringgit begitu disanjung tinggi dan dihormati.

13. Sebagaimana biasa Najib cuba salahkan saya kerana buat pindaan pada tahun 2003 kepada Akta Saraan Ahli Parlimen 1980.

14. Pindaan itu bertujuan untuk Kerajaan menimbang memberi sedikit ganjaran kepada bekas Perdana Menteri sebagai mengenang jasa mereka. Biasanya ganjaran yang diberi ialah rumah Kerajaan yang sedia ada.

15. Ia tidak bertujuan untuk memberi kemewahan atau kekayaan kepada bekas Perdana Menteri.

16. Perdana Menteri tidak perlu kepada banyak ganjaran selepas bersara kerana pencen, gratuiti dan elaun yang diperolehi lebih dari mencukupi untuk membina rumah sendiri yang selesa. Itulah yang saya lakukan.

17. Kita boleh hargai jasa seseorang Perdana Menteri tetapi tidaklah sampai menjadinya millionaire. Sumbangan mereka sebenarnya juga perlu diambil kira. Bagi seorang Perdana Menteri yang merosakan negara sehingga dihukum penjara, perlukah kita beri hadiah sampai 100 juta, sedangkan yang merdekakan negara diberi hanya sebuah rumah dinding papan berbumbung genting sahaja?

PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY AND CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY

1. Kings in Europe used to have absolute power. And this resulted in abuses, in oppression of the people. And so the people rebelled and did away with monarchy.

2. But many nations are loath to do away with their kings. And so they invented constitutional monarchs who head the nation but have no executive power. Instead the elected Government acts in the name of the King.

3. To ensure this the King is required to act on the advice of the Prime Minister or members of the cabinet. But certain matters are stated to be the prerogative of the King.

4. In Malaysia the King has absolute power to determine:
i. The dissolution of Parliament
ii. Matters concerning the institution of the King
iii. The appointment of the Prime Minister
iv. Proclamation of the Emergency

5. Although the King is required to accept the advice of the Prime Minister, he has also to consider the merits of the advice. It is important to remember that in the treaties between the Malay Rulers and the British, the stipulation was that the advice of the British Adviser or Residents, must be accepted and acted upon. There is no such stipulation with regard to the advice of the Prime Minister or his Ministers.

6. And so, when in 2020 the Prime Minister advised the King to declare a state of emergency the first time, the Agong rejected the advice. There was no state of emergency.

7. However, the Agong accepted the advice of the Prime Minister when in January 2021 he again advised that a state of emergency be declared. Subsequently a bulletin was issued by the Government spelling out the conditions of the emergency.

8. It is not clear whether the Agong was presented with this bulletin when the advice was given by the Prime Minister. But the bulletin contains several provisions which contravened the Constitution and the laws of Malaysia.

9. Firstly the proclamation of emergency should be laid before Parliament. This was not done. Then Parliament was not allowed to sit. This again was against the Constitution.

10. The Prime Minister gave himself the right to make laws, including raising loans without approval of Parliament. This is against the Constitution.

11. The Ordinance also made all action taken by the Government as being made by the Agong or anyone authorised by the Agong. There is no mention that the Agong acts on the advice of the Prime Minister.

12. Yet the Prime Minister insist that even in an emergency the Agong can only act on his advice. But at the same time a body is set up to determine when the emergency should be terminated and to advise the King. This body is independent and yet has a right to advise the King. So the King may be advised not only by the PM but also by an independent body. Clearly it is not always that the King acts on the advice of the PM.


13. The constitutional monarchy system is to deprive the King from exercising executive power. But what happens if it is the elected Government which abuses power.

14. Constitutionally the people can overthrow the Government through a vote of non-confidence in Parliament. But what if the Government did not allow Parliament to sit.

15. The only other recourse is through a general election. But currently an election cannot be held because of the pandemic.


16. The only way out is for the King to exercise his discretionary power. As with his initial rejection of the emergency, the King can disregard his acceptance of the PM’s advice when it has not been debated and approved by Parliament.

17. The King has the discretion to appoint a Prime Minister. But Parliament may reject the Prime Minister named by the King. But since Parliament does not sit, it cannot reject the King’s nominee.


18. The country is under emergency rule. The provision of the Constitution and the ordinary laws are suspended. But the situation in the country has become untenable because the Government is not able to deal with multiple crises due to the pandemic, the collapse of the economy, the social sufferings of the people and the breakdown of the political system.

19. Then the Prime Minister was forced to appoint a Deputy Prime Minister (DPM). He could not appoint someone from his own party. He had to appoint a DPM from UMNO, the party that was rejected in the 14th General Election (GE).

20. The moment he did this, UMNO withdrew 15 members from the Perikatan Nasional (Muhyiddin) Government. The Government was overthrown. Since a general election could not be held, the 222 members of Dewan Rakyat had to indicate their choice of a PM.

21. The 15 UMNO members whose withdrawal brought Muhyiddin’s Government down then rejoined all the other members of PN and supported the UMNO DPM. With this the defeated UMNO became the Government again.

22. All these actions were legal but it deprived the people of their right to choose the Government democratically. There is therefore a need to put a stop to this abuse of the constitution of the country.

A PEJUANG -LED GOVERNMENT

1. Ever since independence Malaysia has been ruled by multiracial but predominantly Malay Governments. The Malays form the backbone of the Governments simply because Malays make up the majority of the citizens of the country.

2. But the Malay dominated Governments had accorded the non-Malays certain rights which other multi racial countries do not allow. Thus the other races were allowed to retain their identification with their countries of origin, their languages and cultures, their schools, their NGO’s and civil organisations, their Chambers of Commerce, associations, assembly halls, sporting teams and clubs etc.


3. There is no requirement to assimilate with the indigenous Malays and other bumiputras. The official language is Malay but except in official documents other languages can be spoken and used in private communication, newspapers, radio and TV and the alternative media. By the same token, Islam is the national (official?) religion but other religions can be adhered to and practiced in any language. The only requirement is that all Malays must be Muslims. Their conversion to other religion is prohibited.

4. By any standard the Malaysian liberalism towards non-Malays is unprecedented. And there is very little conflict between the peoples of different races. Malaysia is much more stable and peaceful than many other multiracial countries or even single-ethnic countries in the world.

5. Parti Pejuang Tanah Air is a Malay political party. While it will strive to bring up the Malays to approximately the same economic level as the non-Malays, particularly the Chinese, it will adhere to all the liberal policies and privileges that Malaysia accords the non-Malays.


6. In addition to that, a Pejuang dominated Government will uphold democratic principles and the rule of laws. It will reject and outlaw all kinds of abuses of power and corruption by the Government and the administration.

7. It will practice good governance with the objective of making Malaysia a developed country by 2030 or earlier.

8. This is our pledge. Supporting Pejuang is supporting Malaysia and Malaysians. While the Malays can hope to catch up, the others will not lose their places and opportunities.