Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email But he is smart enough to highlight that the person must command the majority of the house (Dewan Rakyat). In current scenario, its only UMNO because they conquered most of the seats. So, in order to change the PM, another party must take over. For sure MIC, MCA, etc. are out of the question. In fact any other BN coalition member cannot be considered because among them, UMNO stands in most seats. So, that leaves us with the opposition coalition – which because it consists of only 3 parties – are quiet evenly represented. Thus any leader from PKR, DAP or PAS can be Prime Minister if they win the next elections or manage to command majority support from current MPs.
Thus it is clear that under BN, a non-Muslim can never be a PM unless UMNO changes its membership rule.
Under PR, PAS has firmly said that it would only support a Muslim Malay for PM post if the PR takes over the government. Thus, its very difficult for PKR and DAP to go for it by themselves and take over the government.
So, when can we see a change? When the rakyat can accept the idea. We cannot depend on politicians because once they sense the rakyat are changing, these politicians will do anything and everything to cling on to their powers.
It does not matter if the Prime Minister is Malay or non-Malay, as long as he enjoys the trust of all Malaysians.
Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said there was no
specification in the country that a Prime Minister must be a Malay.“But when you talk about having a non-Malay as a PM, you are being
racist yourself because you shouldn’t ask the question if one is Malay
or non-Malay.“If he is acceptable to all Malaysians, yes, he
can become PM. The specification is that he must be the leader of a
majority party and if he can be such a leader of that majority party.
Don’t ask if he is Malay, Chinese or Indians,” he told reporters after
delivering a keynote address on “Bangsa Malaysia” at the Perdana
Leadership Foundation on Wednesday.
