MUDA should not be overhasty and should co-operate with the Anwar unity government in the six state polls in August.
Malaysia is faced with the last opportunity to reset and return to the original nation-building principles of a plural Malaysia our nation’s founding fathers (which included the first three Prime Ministers who were also UMNO Presidents) have written into the Constitution and Rukun Negara – constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy, separation of powers, rule of law, Islam as the official religion and freedom of religion for all faiths, good governance, public integrity and minimal corruption, meritocracy, respect for human rights, and national unity from our multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-religious, and multi-cultural diversity.
It is worth noting and pointing out that the “Big Brother” in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition, PAS, has never expressed support for the Rukun Negara as the nation-building principles to create a great plural Malaysia.
Will the tentative efforts of the Anwar Unity Government to reset and return to the original nation-building principles of the plural Malaysia continue and Malaysia become world champions in more and more fields of human endeavour or will Malaysia falter and return to the trajectory leading to a divided, failed and corrupt state in the coming decades?
This is the meaning of the six state polls in August – whether Malaysia will end the national decline of the last few decades and rise again to be world champions in various fields of huma endeavour or whether Malaysia will slide back to the path of failed, divided and corrupt state?
Whatever the weaknesses and failings of the incumbent state governments in Penang, Selangor and Negri Sembilan, do the voters of these state polls in August want Penang, Selangor and Negri Sembilan to be like Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah or want Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah to be like Penang, Selangor and Negri Sembilan where the GDP per capita of Penang is four times that of Kelantan?
Malaysia should not only be world champions again and be the role model of the world for inter-ethnic, inter-religious, inter-cultural and inter-civilisation dialogue, understanding, tolerance, and harmony.
Does PN of PAS and Bersatu agree to this national mission?
Malaysia ranked No. 45th among countries in the world in population size but we were at one time No. 20 among countries in terms of deaths in the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021 when Muhyiddin Yassin was the Prime Minister.
This is not the world champion that Malaysia wants.
Malaysia must punch above her weight.
What Malaysia wants are the positive achievements like winning the Thomas Cup, the Olympic events, the Oscar Award, having the world’s best universities, the best scientists, IT experts and even win the Nobel Prizes.
The MUDA leadership should reconsider its decision to go solo in the six state polls.