An Uncertain 57th Merdeka Anniversary Overshadowed By Increasing Racial Extremism, Twin MH 370 and MH 17 Tragedies As Well As Loss Of Jobs For 6,000 MAS Employees, Selective Political Prosecution Of PR Leaders, Depriving Top Students Of University Places Of Their Choice And Rising Costs Of Living.
Malaysia celebrates an uncertain 57th Merdeka anniversary overshadowed by increasing racial extremism, twin MH 370 and MH 17 tragedies as well as loss of jobs for 6,000 MAS employees, selective political prosecution of PR leaders, depriving top students of university places of their choice and rising costs of living.
Whilst Malaysian united together in memory and sorrow for those who lost their lives tragically in the twin MH 370 and MH 17 tragedies, BN political leaders continue to raise the political temperature with extremist actions and divisive statements. PR leaders are subjected to selective prosecution and double-standards of laws with charges of sedition against DAP MP Teresa Kok, the late Karpal Singh and DAP Penang State Assemblyman R.S Rayer, PKR MPs S. Surendran, Rafizi Ramli and Tian Chua as well as PAS MP Khalid Samad.
Is there any stern action against those who demonstrated outside former Bersih co-Chair Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan’s home with butt exercises? Or why was there no action against the lies made by former Chief Justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad that the Penang state government was anti-Islam merely because it permitted prayers of an NGO’s private building in Penang to be conducted by Muslim, Hindu and Christian priests?
At the same time, 6,000 MAS employees are to be axed under the RM6 billion rescue package for MAS will face a bleak Merdeka without any jobs and financial security. DAP opposes the axing of the 6,000 jobs because if the Federal government is to spend RM6 billion of the public’s money to rescue MAS, the crony companies of BN should be sacked first and not the 6,000 ordinary MAS employees. Why put crony companies above ordinary workers?
Similarly Malaysians can not understand why top STPM students are deprived of university places for their preferred courses? Several straight As STPM students were denied courses in medicine, dentistry and pharmacy and instead offered courses in nursing. Will we have a situation of our top students as nurses and resulting in nurses becoming more intelligent and competent than our doctors?
Malaysians yearn for change because they want a government that puts people first, prioritizing them over cronies and ensuring that the country’s wealth is equitably distributed to assist in overcoming rising cost of living.This year’s 57th Merdeka celebration will only be meaningful if every Malaysian can enjoy freedom from ignorance, poverty, corruption and be free from fear.