Sunday, December 14, 2014

Malay younger generation is not moved by the Bumiputra special privileges

The New Economy Policy (NEP) which gives vast special privileges to the Bumuputra namely, the Malays, was used to be a very powerful tool for the UMNO to pull in Malay votes. But not any more, especially with the younger generation of Malays.
To them, NEP is no big deal. Given the strong control of UMNO over the Barisan Nasioal government,they can take whatever they wish. Then why harp about this NEP thing? The young Malays are getting tire to hear his.What is the "Malay Struggle"? Yes, immediately after Malaya gained independence from the colonial masters, the Malays,the Chinese and the Indians each struggle to wrestle the best deal for their own community.But there is no need for the Malays to struggle nowadays,the political powers of the Chinese and Indians are no match for the Malays'. The Chinese and Indians are the one who should struggle hard.

One group of the direct beneficiaries of the NEP are the students of government run universities in the country. A recent incidence in Universiti Malaya(UM) the oldest public university in Malaysia jolted the BN government. More than 90% of UM's students comprises of the bumiputras with a sprinkle of students from other communities who manage to squeeze through the tight entrance. Look at how they repay their appreciation to the government.
The University of Malaya Student Council (PMUM) organized a talk titled "40 Years: From Universiti Malaya to Jail" on 27 October 2014. They invited the opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, of all people, as the speaker. The university was of course dead against it and ordered the students to stop it, but the student council ignored the university's instruction and went ahead with it. Subsequently the president of the student council, Fahmi Zainol, together with 6 other council members were suspended ranging from 1 month to 2 months. The students of the university are staging a protest over the punishment handed down by the authority of the university. The protest is still on going. This goes to show how pro opposition the young Malays are nowadays.
Which will be the next public universities to follow suit? Universiti Putra Malaysia(DPM)? Universiti Sains Malaysia(USM)? Universiti Teknologi Malaysia(UTM)?
In the public sector,99% of the civil servants are bumiputras. Do you think these government servants support the government? No, the support from this sector dropped considerably, resulting in the BN losing a few major states to the opposition,Pakatan Rakyat(PR) on 308 during the 13th general election.

Why are the government servants not happy? Many disgruntled civil servants could not get promotions they thought are theirs for the taking, but the positions are awarded to someone else instead. They blamed the government for favourism, not based on religion or ethnic but on political affiliation. They are UMNO supporters, at least outwardly they are. Therefore the disgruntled ones align with PR, in the hope that when PR come into power they will benefit.

The old story about the nation's economy is controlled by the Chinese is already out dated, everybody knows it. Yet the UMNO leaders are still harping on it, which make them look very stupid. All the major financial institutions are in the hands of the bumiputras, all mega projects are awarded to bumiputras,all large corporations with lucrative concessions from government are owned by bumiputras, and the list goes on...The only trouble is that this small elite group of bumiputras does not share their wealth with ordinary bumiputras. This is where the resentment comes from. No matter how hard the government try to divert the heat to the Chinese, the rakyat know better, especially the young and educated ones.
BN,better buckle up, Else...