Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email “How can I say I am a Malaysian first and a Malay second. All Malays will shun me and say it’s not proper as Indians will also say they are Indian first,” he said.
I’m shocked to read the above in The Star today (click here or refer page N6).
I’m getting more disillusioned with the DPM. Did he purposely insult/discriminate Malaysian Indians or is it merely slip of the tongue? Or he meant something else and it turned out differently? WHAT is he trying to say actually? For me it sounds like he is giving excuse that ALL Malays would give excuse that Indians would also say the same. So, in order to “save” the Indians, DPM takes the route of saying race first? Are Indians being made scapegoats here? Are we that bad?
The PM seems to accept DPM’s logic (no choice i guess!):
Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin remains committed to the 1Malaysia concept despite his “Malay first” statement, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said on Thursday.
“What he is saying reflects the provision in the Constitution, which is based on the ethnic (group) to which one belongs.
“But Muhyiddin is also saying that he is committed to 1Malaysia, so I don’t see that as a contradiction,” Najib told reporters after launching the Finance Ministry’s MyProcurement portal.
The Prime Minister said saying one is a Malay did not mean that he was against 1Malaysia or think that he was not a Malaysian.
“Similarly, if you are a Malaysian Chinese doesn’t mean you don’t think like a Malaysian or subscribe to the concept of 1Malaysia,” he added.
Its a trap by Lim Kit Siang alright.
In my opinion whether u r a malaysian, indian, christian, female etc… first really depends on the situation.
But most importantly I am a human being first. All other identity of me comes second.