Speaking at the 35th Unesco general conference in Paris yesterday, Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak said his 1Malaysia philosophy can be extended to the concept of 1Region and ultimately 1World.
Apart from the 1Malaysia gimmicry which now includes 1Malaysia jokes, what does Najib really mean by 1Malaysia?
Former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has publicly expressed his bewilderment and incomprehension of Najib’s 1Malaysia.
Lesser mortals should be forgiven if they are even more confused as to what Najib really means with this slogan.
It cannot mean one overarching Malaysian objective, when it does not even mean 1Umno – which is why Najib had to succumb to pressures to name Tan Sri Isa Samad as candidate for the Bagan Pinang by-election when all the Umno/BN leaders could not be unaware that the choice is utterly inappropriate for a Prime Minister who wants to send out the message that he stands for a new tomorrow.
One thing is sure however. A Barisan Nasional victory in Bagan Pinang by-election on Sunday will stamp Isa Samad as the “mascot” for Najib’s 1Malaysia, further undermining national and international confidence that the Najib premiership has the political will to carry out far-reaching reforms to make Malaysia competitive with the rest of the world.
In fact, the irony is that the bigger the majority Isa garners in the Bagan by-election on Sunday, the greater will be national and international disillusionment with Najib as it will be proof that he is incapable of walking the talk of reforms, particularly in the campaign against corruption and gross abuses of power by the key national institutions and players in the country.
As both Mahathir and Tengku Razaleigh had rightly said, Umno and Barisan Nasional can win the battle in the Bagan Pinang by-election on October 11 but they will lose the battle in the next general elections.
This is because a vote for Isa is a vote to tell Malaysians and the world that Najib and his administration is not capable of the far-reaching political, economic, educational, social and cultural reforms needed in the country to remake Malaysia as an united, democratic, just, competitive and progressive nation to take our rightful place in the international community.
The only honourable result for the country in the long term is for a miracle to happen – for Pas/Pakatan Rakyat candidate Zulkefly Mohd Omar to score an upset win.
May be, Isa’s victory in Bagan Pinang is necessary to convince Malaysians who still harbor hopes in the Najib premiership as capable to national reform and renewal for Malaysia to start off on a new page to give up their illusions once and for all.
Uncle Kit…Is there a typo here :
“In fact, the irony is that the bigger the majority Isa garners in the Bagan by-election on Sunday, the greater will be national and international disillusionment with Najib as it will be proof that he is capable of walking the talk of reforms, particularly in the campaign against corruption and gross abuses of power by the key national institutions and players in the country.”
Should it not read :
“NOT capable of walking talk of reforms…”?
[Yes, its a typo. Thanks for pointing out. – Admin]
The PM’s 1Malaysia is actually 1UMNO – the Supreme. Selecting Isa former MB as the UMNO candidate for Bagan Pinang just show that UMNO is just a corrupted party led by corrupted leaders.
As Isa is found guilty of money politics, he is also guilty as per Anti-Corruption Acts and this is not just a technical fault as mentioned by some UMNO leaders. Isa should be charged in court ASAP. What is MACC or IGP waiting for? Go-ahead by Najib or Hishammudin?
///…. Former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has publicly expressed his bewilderment and incomprehension of Najib’s 1Malaysia. Lesser mortals should be forgiven if they are even more confused as to what Najib really means with this slogan…what does Najib really mean by 1Malaysia?…/// – YB LKS.
Although he has not defined it precisely, it appears, judging from the way and context he uses and extrapolates it from “1 Malaysia” to “1Region and ultimately 1World” to be a reference to something akin to ‘unity within and in spite of diversity”!
The part on the importance of “unity” is in the following remarks of his at the 35th Unesco general conference’s opening plenary session – “No obstacle is too high or too deep or too wide for us to overcome if we join hands, think and act together as 1World”.
“Diversity” is the diversity of races, religion, culture etc of which Malaysia, as a society exemplifies in microcosm that of the macro and wider region and the world – where differences will be resolved in part by an active “acceptance” in contrast to mere “tolerance” of the differences of others, and in the other part by engagement in inter-cultural dialogue (ie quoting his words – “there could be peace only if various groups were willing to engage each other constructively through inter-cultural dialogue”) as opposed to confrontation or coercion.
This is a good one. I have not been able to see the true meaning of 1malaysia. LKS now rather helpfully has put a face to that slogan. Instantly 1malaysia gained a body, a soul and a character – well to me, at least. As far as I am concerned, isa need not even win the by-election for his face and image to become affixed to the otherwise hollow slogan.
It’s good to see the DAP budget. Well done. Haven’t studied it in detail yet, but saw the article at The Malaysian Insider and that you’ve posted a link to the PDF at dapmalaysia.org
It’s a pity it’s not a Pakatan budget, but it is far, far better than delaying. It makes you look like a proper political party.
“1Malaysia, People First Performance Now” rhetoric is working the way Najib wanted it and that is to apply illogical reasoning to defend their corrupt way of running things. Corruptions within umno is only technical, racist and religious remarks by umno is alright because of ketuanan melayu while all the rest doing it will be ISA’ed or charged, simple as that.
Malaysia For All
GE 13 – Change The Federal Government No matter what, we must ensure that racist umno bn do not regain the power like they had for over the past fifty one years.
With 4 days to the Bagan Pinang Poll you (Opposition) have to make up your mind of where you wish to hit harder – BN’s weakness or BN’s strength.
In your framing the issue a “vote for Isa is a vote to tell Malaysians and the world that Najib and his administration is not capable of reforms/renewal” in relation to stamping out of money politics/corruption, the DAP is talking of and focussing on “national issues” and attacking ‘BN’s weakness’ by virtue of Isa’s being implicated in money politics.
This (to attack BN’s weakness on national issues based on integrity of its candidate) is good strategy but there seem to appear 2 caveats to PR’s campaign:
First, according to The MalaysiaInsider’s report by By Adib Zalkapli on 07/10/09, “instead of bringing national issues to this coastal town, PAS has been spending a lot of resources in this campaign responding to development offers made by (BN) through Isa; that PAS’s election strategists speak of abandoned construction projects near the PD beach, inefficient sewerage system and traffic congestion etc (“Local Development Issues”) — ie basically attacking more on BN’s strength rather than BN’s weakness by national issues.
How can you make a dent in BN strength by such attacks when Isa could rebut that every project abandoned as developer’s fault and that when he was MB, he had provided land and funding for this and that school, bridges, temples etc??? What’s wrong with the Pas’s fellas?
Second, with 60% of Malay votes split (and majority of 4000 out of 13,000 votes in the Bn’s bag from postal voters), the remaining 10% Chinese votes and 20+% Indian votes may be crucial decider.
It stands to reason that the thrust of PR’s hit should be on BN’s weakness (national issues) than BN’s strength (Local Development Issues) but here’s another snag , coming to national issues – especially the hype about 1 Malaysia’s inclusiveness, engagement by inter-cultural, religious/racial dialogue instead of violence or coercion, what is our PAS’s candidate Zulkefly going to say about the cow head demonstration in Shah Alam last August of which PAS did not condemn?
Leaving aside the charge lead by MIC’s resurgent Samy Vellu (thanks to TDM’s attack) and the other BN’s Indian Progressive Front (IPF) campaigning for Isa, the HINDRAF’s guys are not exactly giving support (due to Penang’s Kampung Buah Pala “High Chaparral” issue) to DAP nor its splinter, the New party Makkal Sakthi Party headed by former Hindraf coordinator RS Thanenthiran which is supporting the BN’s candidate.
No wonder you don’t sound confident describing PAS’s candidate winning as a “miracle”!
I believe the Indians will stay with PAS/PR no matter how many ways their self serving leaders tried to split the votes. Anyway it is good to play underdog.
I think it is not wrong to emphasize on local issues. These issues are easier related to by the residents there. It is not very right to say local issues are BN’s strength. In fact, despite the large allocations, implementation has been the main weakness. I don’t think Isa can simply explain away the problems by blaming on the contractors. These half baked crony contractors are also the creation of UMNO. In fact PAS should hit very hard on it. A responsible leader’s job is not just to plan projects and allocate money. His job must also see that these projects are successfully and efficiently implemented. The opposition must try to link poor implementation and corruption with poor quality of life at the local level. In the coming general election, they should highlight this problem all over the country.
hahahahahahaha….I think he is a lunatic.I trully think he is.
I cannot believe him saying “1 World” to the whole wide world.
Like Susan Loone said…watch out for “1 Universe”
His”1Malaysia” has no meaning at all…..when Malaysia is governed by…divide and rule concept…always by UMNO…yet he tells other to unite…into “1 World”
Our tiny tiny Perak is clearly two….created by him….yet he feel no shame at all!!
No powerful religious teachers of all faiths dare to talk like that…..and although religious guidance and politics are not that clean…religions are safer to believe and follow.
What kind of a nut is Najib?
I notice last evening…weather was fine and the moon was beautiful.
Crabs are making love…brains can be influenced by the moon…by the power of the Almighty…Allah.
Are we seeing the signs of Najib now?
As long as NEP, AP, BUMI, and all the other one-sided policies are still in place, and as long as the murderers of Altantuya and Teoh Beng Hock are not prosecuted, the end is near ….
The 1World speech takes the cake.
It’s getting tiresome to hear 1This and 1That. After all it’s just a coined word that has been bandied around and turned into a silly buzzword for Mr Naj.
And it has become the 1joke that everyone can relate to. Don’t we already have 1Utama and 1Ampang long before the 1Malaysia thingy entered into our consciousness?
Oh yes, we have 1Stop Shopping Centre and clothing that’s 1Size that fits all, too.
1Malaysia might as well be 1Race to hold sway over all others.
1World might be stretching it a bit too far, don’t you think?
What with all the fighting going on in Afghanistan, bombings in Iraq and Pakistan, power struggle in Somali, drug cartels slamming each other in Mexico, Israelis and Palestinians at each other’s throat…how to have 1World?
Can’t see how we can bring North Korea to decide on 1Korea. Not in our life time. Or 1China. Can Iran work out a 1Solution to make peace with Israel?
And how to have 1World when 1,500 Bendera troops with pointed bamboo sticks are getting ready to invade 1Malaysia today by sea, land and air?
It’s not easy Mr Naj. It’s 1Hell of a mountain to climb so long there’s corruption, bigots, wooden heads, racists, charlatans, sycophants, demagogues, recalcitrants and other miscreants in this divided world.
But pray that one fine day, we can all say “One for All, All for One!”
Imagine…how power crazy and greed can do to a man. Now expand your imaginations to a group..using our money to buy our souls and loyalty.
That’s OK…we can handle these crooks..in Malaysia.
But to see the UMNO appointed.. Chief Commander performing at world stage….with “1 World” slogan…I can imagine every one listening to his speech …have to control…to look serious….not to laugh out at all.
Some cannot stand….simply need to fut out gases…feeling embarrassed…..but what to do…laugh it out…or let go gas?
When Najib reaches the stage to urge the”1 World” to be part of “I Universe”…….for he knows we are not alone…I think he will be heading to the house of perculiars.
Is he trying to beat all holy holy teachers..as we also know..some religious teachers are NUTS!!
Monsterball, you are right on the spot. Yeah. For sure now he would send another angkasawan into space. This time holding, yes you said it, a “1universe” flag!
Wot a stupid kid with fake smile.
Onto another issue. Are we now facing a threat to our national security? The movement against malaysia by countrymen of toyo refuse to go away and seems to be growing. There are 3million such people living and working here in our country. All it takes for us to plunge into security havoc is for 1% of them (i.e. 30,000) to respond to the call of toyo’s countrymen.
/// “Truly, for Malaysians, inter-cultural dialogue is an everyday fact of life,” he said of the founding fathers’ wisdom to use integration, rather than assimilation as a national policy to manage race relations. ///
The only correct phrase is “everyday fact of life”. It is hardly a dialogue – more like a monologue. It is one culture do all the talking, and the other cultures do all the listening. One culture order, dictate and demand; the others obey and submit.
Or does he mean dialogues such as Keris-moo-din waving his crooked knife, or defending the cow-head cowprits (oops, culprits).
/// The metaphorical glass ceiling will finally be shattered in an institution dedicated towards equality for all as it will formally elect Madam Elrina Bokova as its first female Director General. ///
And yet he cannot see the decades old solid ceiling made of titanium in Malaysia.
mascot also for 513?
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UMNO or Isa are so desperate to win and at what costs to the people?
I heard rumours that BP’s voters in Sabah are paid to go home to vote and how much would this cost the taxpayers as the fund of BN or UMNO are people’s money. anyone to confirm this?
If this is applied to all previous by elections, it would be millions of Ringgit as many in Peninsula are working here in Sabah.
Who is paying for those in Sabah to go to vote? Is it paid by UMNO head here?
So all the resources are drained away by such by elections.
BN and UMNO has lost all credibility to win but it is likely a close one in BP.
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