Zaid not going to apologise for Ketuanan Melayu statement
By IAN McINTYRE
Former de facto Law Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has hit back at three Umno supreme council members for asking him to apologise over remarks that he made about Ketuanan Melayu(Malay supremacy).
Stressing that he would never apologise, Zaid said it was because he loved his Malay race that he recommended open competition be allowed to ensure the race could compete with others in a globalised age.
“I am not surprised by the reaction of some Umno leaders especially since they have an ongoing party election,” he said in a statement on Monday.
“I am a village boy from a poor family, not an aristocrat or royalty. I want to see the Malays succeed in economy and education.”
Zaid said he was not questioning the special rights of Malays as enshrined in the Constitution.
He said the new model that he recommended was based on openness to ensure young Malays closed ranks and cooperated not only with other races in the country but also foreigners.
He named Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Syed Albar, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassin and Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib as the three supreme council members.
Zaid had pointed out recently that the Malay supremacy concept had failed and distracted from the real issues confronting the country.
He said on Monday that he hoped Malays could differentiate between leaders who thought of their interests from those who only used the name of Malays for political mileage.
He said the concept of Malay supremacy had a negative element that was racist and implied that they only wanted to become masters without knowing how to struggle or be responsible.
He added it was not a clear reflection of the race and such an image weakened them.
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I could blame him for saying he didn't want anything to do with the ketuanan mantra because he had made it. He had arrived. He's a tuan now.
Unfortunately it's really THE bitter pill to swollow, regardless of what or who made Zaid said what he said.
How we had supported that mantra.
How the ordinary and poor Malays had actually benefitted from that mantra.
How our so-called leaders and cronies had actually benefitted from their mantra.
How we had alienated ourselves from reality, from other Malaysians.
How we had been the butt of jokes. How we had been ridiculed.
How we had been taken for a ride.
Ketuanan?
Tuan Tanah Kedaung.
Image plagiarised from Bizarro.
5 comments:
melayu tetap melayu. kdg2 bagus jgk melayu ni tak kaya raya mcm cina sebab gua rasa akan jadi lebih teruk melayu yg bilis2 mcm kita ni kene pijak.
dats y gua rasa lebih baik kwn dgn cina dari melayu sebab dah tentu kene pijak...
just a thot..
betul la poknik...berurusan dgn pegawai2 kerajaan melayu mmg mcm jadah...wa tgk tokey2 cina senang2 la pulak ejas...dahla takpayah amik nombor...sbb wa tak bagi dorg sampul surat bawah meja kuts...
tak taulah ketuanan melayu & nep/deb tu untuk saper sebenarnyer...
ketuanan melayu..?
ke-tua-nan atau ketuan-an?
ntah hapa2 la ameno tuh, banyak mamok, malebary, tok badwi etc... demo melayu ko?
go to jambang with ketuanang, nok makang pong susah...
Salam bro,
Just doing some blog hopping and landed here :)
Mana ada such thing as ketuanan melayu ka, malay rights ka, apa2 ketuanan bangsa for that matter...
yang ada cuma ketuanan wang dan kuasa.
Sapa ada wang, dia lah berkuasa, dan siapa berkuasa, dialah tuan
:)
Salams Tuan Nasron...biasala. Bila nak kemudahan & kekayaan je baru mengaku melayu, mengaku tonggak Islam. Masa buat jahat...buat dosa...tipu duit rakyat...makan rasuah...melayu & Islam are the two last things on their minds...if at all. Cipans...
Salams to you too bro Ridzzy...am with you on that bro. The ketuanan mantra is nothing more than a war cry by them insecure political bigots, followed blindly by greedy zealots...
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