At the 60th MCA Annual General Assembly held last December, Prime Minister Datuk Najib Tun Razak said that MCA has the numbers and potential to champion the Chinese community, but lacks the spirit to succeed.
“We need political Viagra. Our spirit on the ground is weak,” he added.
His comments made MCA the butt of joke, especially in the social media.
It is therefore most ironic that yesterday, Gerakan president Datuk Mah Siew Keong said that the 1Malaysia campaign, which appears to have run out of steam since the last general election, needed a lift similar to the aphrodisiac root Tongkat Ali so that the campaign could be “long lasting”.
MCA leaders were laughed at for not being brave enough to rebut the Prime Minister for his insulting analogy.
Will Najib tell Mah off for making him the new butt of joke?
Najib has talked much about 1 Malaysia concept but there is no doubt that it is merely a political slogan that rings hollow.
An example is the discrepancy in funds allocated to national and vernacular schools.
If the Prime Minister is committed to his 1 Malaysia concept which must mean fairness for all , he must be prepared to walk the talk and accord fair treatment to all schools.
If he is serious about his 1 Malaysia concept, he will not allow racial slurs against the non Malay communities by extremists go unpunished.
Neither should he have remained silent till today when the Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin announced that he is Malay first and Malaysian second.
If he is committed to 1 Malaysia concept, he must be bold to implement color blind polices which will ensure equal place for all Malaysians under the Malaysian sun.
But after decades of BN rule, the government is still not able to do this. Despite having helmed the nation’s for the last 6 years, Najib has failed to be the Prime Minister for all Malaysians.
The slogan “I am Prime Minister for all ‘is just as hollow as the “1 Malaysia” slogan.
Let me tell the Prime Minister and Mah Siew Keong that what 1 Malaysia concept needs in order to last long is not Tongkat Ali or Viagra, but sincere commitment from the entire Cabinet.