Deal all,

Salam....

Regarding talks that the Chinese community overwhelmingly (90%-95%) voted against BN in the last GE, I find it baffling..

1. ….that a community can be so united in displaying its political will.
2. ….and able to pull off such a thing quietly without being detected in advance by our leaders.

Amazing, eh?

• All the free dinners, free concerts and bla,bla, bla, whilst giving the impression that support was forthcoming to BN, didn't materialize at all.

• In short, appears that PM Najib and BN "sudah kena kencing bigtime lah" by the Chinese community!

Well, on a serious not, I'm just trying to understand the factors that led to such a united voting pattern from the Chinese community. Allow me to share my thoughts with you on why such a phenomena happened.

FACTOR 1 :

The Floodgate has been opened wide after the 2008 GE, thanks to Pak Lah.

• In the past (prior to 2008),  Chinese feel they have no choice politically but to vote BN  for their economic survival.

• They have no choice politically largely because of the FEAR of the unknown.

• The fear that the Opposition may bankrupt the country, or may not govern well, leading to their rice bowls being affected.

• BN has been successful in conditioning that into their minds.

• So even if UMNO is deemed racist, the Chinese just tutup telinga and ignore as long as they can survive and make money.

• But after the 2008 GE, the floodgate has been opened wide, thanks to Pak Lah.

• Perception of the leadership then was so bad that maybe led to the Chinese to just tutup mata and voted for the Opposition. That fear has suddenly been overcome.

• Now there is NO more fear of the unknown as the floodgate has been opened wide.

• Why? The Opposition has shown that they can govern well in the states that they are in control.  And they're capable of helming the Federal Govt. So the Chinese  fears towards the Opposition all the while seem unfounded. Chinese now feel they have a choice, politically.

• Now the Chinese realize they're politically rejuvenated.

FACTOR 2 :

Flaring up of racial sentiments by the Opposition especially DAP.

• The call for MC A to be punished for being UMNO lackeys is actually racist in nature.

• Plus the perception that Chinese has been marginalized and treated as second class citizens by the UMNO led BN Govt also made things worse.

• But this factor on its own would NOT work to drive the Chinese to overwhelmly reject BN. (Why I say so? The DAP has been using the same tactics for decades without much success). So there must be other factors coming into play as well. (so see analysis below).

FACTOR 3 : Perception of a corrupt and rotten Government.

• The perception that MCA leaders semua sudah "kenyang", so it high time to give opportunity to the DAP. But such perception is not only confined to the MCA but extended to the other component parties in BN as well.

ANALYSIS :

• In my humble opinion, Factor 2 (Flaring up of racial sentiments by the DAP) in the past few decades DID NOT WORK in full simply because of the absence of FACTOR 1 i.e. the floodgate has NOT been opened wide then.

• But after the 2008 GE, Factor 1 (the floodgate has been opened wide), came into play. That opened to the eyes of other Chinese as well.

• Chinese who voted for BN in the 2008 GE, realize now have a choice to vote for the Opposition. So they voted  for the Opposition in 2013.

• Plus the Chinese who voted for the Opposition back in 2008, also voted similarly  in 2013.

• That's why BN kena double whammy…Chinese overwhelmingly voted for the Opposition in the 2013 GE. (That was not the case back in 2008).

• This also explain why despite the incessant attacks by BN to potray the Opposition as a fragmented coalition with differing ideologies simply did not work with the Chinese community. As there is now no more fear of the unknown! (Remember, the floodgate has been opened wide?).

What does the above all mean?

• Even if PM Najib manage to overcome Factor 3 by improving his Administration's governance and eliminate corruption completely by appointing angels into his administration, will the Chinese vote come back to BN in the next GE?

• Well, not necessarily in my view since you still have Factor 1 (the floodgate has been opened wide) and Factor 2 (flaring up of racial sentiments by the DAP)coming into play.

What am I trying to say?

• Basically whatever effort put in or resources poured into the Chinese community by the PM and his administration will not necessarily get BN the votes simply because of factor 1 and factor 2, which will still come into play in each and subsequent GEs.

• Floodgate tu dah terbukak and terkangkang besar, so menang tak boleh tutup pun…

• …unless the Govt goes for full meritocracy and eliminate any form of preferential treatment for Bumis. But then, that would be a political suicide since Malays still form the majority of this country and any attempt to do so will result to a backlash.

• (Kalau tak percaya, cuba lah get one of the top leaders to contest in the UMNO elections by saying that Bumi privileges will be abolished. I bet you sure akan kalah teruk. Even KJ pun appears to have made a U–turn from his initial enthusiasm about BN merging into a single party. That's political reality, mind you. See 'Pemuda UMNO tolak cadangan BN parti tunggal' ; http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/Politik/20130607/po_05/Pemuda-UMNO-tolak-cadangan-BN-parti-tunggal )

CONCLUSION :

• No one wants to do an investment with negative return. Or putting more and more resources, yet the results seem stagnant.

• Our PM should gauge what is the OPTIMUM amount of effort and resources to be put in to woo the Chinese community, given that factor 1 and factor 2 will still come into play in the next GE. Kalau tak, nanti kena kencing bigtime lagi..

• The balance of the resources should be channelled elsewhere i.e. to the other communities to get better returns.

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RACIAL POLARIZATION

Jun6th
201362 CommentsWritten by chedet

1. After Parliament was dissolved on the 13th April 2013, I was interviewed by a BBC journalist. He appeared quite convinced that race-based parties such as those in the National Front would be rejected by a more liberal electorate which believes in democracy, freedom and non-racial politics. Also the idealistic young would reject the BN.

2. I had to disagree with him as I believed that racial polarization in Malaysia had become more pronounced now than ever before. I may not always be right but after 60 years involvement in Malaysian politics I felt strongly that the race factor will continue to dominate the politics of the country.  The quality of the candidates or parties, the ideologies and the desire for change will always be secondary to race.

3. The election results showed that I was right. The DAP playing on racial sentiments drew the Chinese away from BN by depicting the MCA as lackeys of UMNO. The DAP won 38 seats, reducing the MCA’s seats from 15 to 7. The Gerakan won one seat out of two. All the DAP Chinese contested in Chinese majority constituencies.  A few of the MCA, Gerakan and MIC candidates contested in Malay majority constituencies.

4. Although the DAP claims to be multiracial, it is in fact a Chinese party with mainly Chinese members and leadership. When it held elections to its Central Committee recently other than Karpal Singh all the members elected were Chinese.

5. Hatred of the Malays was whipped up through the slogan “Malaysian Malaysia”, implying that Malaysia is for the Malays only while other races were discriminated against and alleged to be second class citizens.  Advocating meritocracy, the extremists Chinese in the DAP charged the BN Government  of discriminating in favour of the Malays even though they were inferior and less qualified for places in the universities, awards of scholarships, contracts, licences and positions in the Government.  The Malay leaders were not as able as the non-Malay leaders who possess greater merit.

6. Whenever Government policies such as the NEP were defended, the defenders whether in the Government or NGO’s are labelled racist.  The Malay parties in the election pact in Pakatan were tolerated because they were useful for election purposes.

7. If more proof is needed of the role of Chinese racism in the 13th GE, the demonstrations accusing the BN of fraud and cheating in the elections, despite being organised by Anwar and the PKR, are largely attended by Chinese, especially the young. Within the Country and abroad, Chinese youths wearing black shirts and masks made up most of the demonstrators. Usually Malays make up the majority of the demonstrators.  The lack of respect for the national flag was shown by Chinese young people in Taiwan holding it upside down. Although DAP and PKR participated in these demos, PAS members were noticeably absent. In fact PAS leaders dissociated themselves from the agitation to overthrow the Government through street demos ala Arab Spring. The protests seem to be mainly a Chinese affair.

8. The indisputable fact is that the DAP has succeeded in destroying the collaboration or sharing between the different races as exemplified by the BN coalition. The Pakatan is not a true coalition. It is simply an election pact between the parties opposed to the BN. This pact clearly benefited the chauvinist Chinese in DAP most, while PAS the most Malay of the Pakatan parties benefited the least, winning only 21 seats against DAP’s 38 and PKR’s 30.  Actually although PAS contested in more constituencies than DAP, it lost two seats more than in 2008.

9. If today the schism between the races is deeper it is because the DAP reject the Malay/Chinese/Indian “kongsi”. The DAP wants the Chinese who already dominate the economy, to dominate Malaysia’s politics as well. It is clearly racist and reject inter-racial sharing of power and wealth as advocated by the BN. Racial polarization has become more pronounced as a result.  It will become more so in the future.

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Salam kepada semua,

Alkisah pada suatu hari, ada dua golongan ahli politik Muslim di M'sia ini;

• Golongan pertama ini tak pernah tinggal solat. Ke hulu kelir kelibat mesti ada kat masjid. Bila bercakap, mesti nama Allah di sebut-sebut. Pakaian pun berjubah dan berketayap ke sana sini.

• Golongan ahli politik kedua ni pula dah lah solat diringankan, asyik pakai tie je.  Cakap pun English memanjang.

Tiba-tiba pada suatu hari, dua-dua golongan itu mati kena sambar oleh petir.

• Golongan pertama yang expect dapat masuk syurga tiba-tiba bila bangun sedar yang mereka berada di dalam neraka jahannam. What a big shock it was to them.

• Yang buat mereka terkejut beruk pula ialah golongan kedua pula yang merka perangi selama ini pula menjadi ahli syurga.

Dengan perasaan tidak puas hati, golongan pertama pun pergi bertemu Tuhan mereka untuk mendapatkan penjelasan. Berikut adalah conversation mereka dengan Tuhan mereka.

Golongan Politician Pertama berkata;

• Dear God, kita orang tak puas hati lah. Kita orang expect dapat masuk syurga. Ye lah, setiap hari solat kita tak pernah tinggal. Berjam-jam duduk kat masjid. Ketayap, jubah  tak pernah tak pakai. Tetapi why God, you sent us to hell? Kita orang lah yang patut masuk syurga. Instead you pi bagi si kafir tu (golongan kedua) tempat kami di syurga. This is not fair.

Tuhan pun berkata kepada mereka;

• Aku tidak tengok pada amalan kamu, tetapi Aku tengok hati kamu. Amalan itu sepatutnya membersihkan hati kamu, tetapi sadly, that was not the case for you.

Golongan Politician Pertama pun berkata balik;

• Tetapi hati kami bersih lah God.

Gods says;

• Bersih kepala hotak kamu. Kamu juga lupa yang walaupun amalan kamu banyak, dosa kamu lagi banyak. Nak masuk syurga kena timbang dulu kat neracing Aku. Golongan lagi satu itu, dosa mereka sedikit berbanding kamu.

Mereka berkata : Kalau macam itu, apalah dosa kami, o dear God o mighty?

Gods says;

• Kamu banyak memfitnah sesama manusia terutama terhadap golongan lagi satu itu. Tidakkah pernah Aku berkata yang dosa memfitnah itu lebih buruk daripada  membunuh. Golongan lagi satu itu penat nak menjawab fitnah kamu. Free free aje Aku bagi mereka pahala sebab asyik kena fitnah oleh kamu. Fitnah Altantuya lah, fitnah submarine tak boleh tenggelam lah etc…... Kamu berceramah ke sana sini buat fitnah dan tambah dosa je. Sebenarnya, kamu hanya menzalimi diri kamu sendiri dengan perbuatan ini. 

Mereka berkata : Apa lagi dosa kami, wahai tuhanku?

Gods says;

• Kamu suka mengkafirkan saudara seagama dengan kamu tanpa bukti yang kukuh. Yang dok kena kafir tu golongan kedua, so Aku bagi lah pahala free dekat mereka. Kamu pula dapat dosa. Yang Islam dan seagama dengan kamu, kamu tuduh kafir, tetapi yang kafir harbi itu kamu melebih-lebihkan mereka, melebihi saudara seagama kamu. Kamu memutuskan sillaturrahim dengan sewenang-wenangnya.

Mereka berkata : Apa lagi dosa kami, wahai tuhanku?

Gods says;

• Kamu memecahbelahkan umat Islam,  supaya bergaduh dan besengketa bersama mereka. Sehinggalkan anak tidak mengaku bapak, bersolat berlainan imam di dalam satu qariah, mati dikebumikan berlainan tempat. Ini semua kerja iblis syaitan yang kamu ikut.  Disebabkan itu, dosa-dosa mereka semua aku bagi share kat kamu, macam multi-level marketing, dengan kamu mendapat share dosa terbesar sebab kamulah puncanya persengketaan itu semua berlaku dengan amanat sesat kamu itu. Sebenarnya, kamu hanya menzalimi diri kamu sendiri dengan perbuatan ini. 

Mereka berkata : Apa lagi dosa kami, wahai tuhanku?

Gods says;

• Kamu advertise untuk pungut derma kata nak buat prepaid highway. Tetapi Aku tengok bukan sahaja highway itu tidak kamu buat, duit itu pun kamu kebas buat benda lain. Tidakkan ini satu penipuan yang besar? Banyak lagi kutipan-kutipan derma yang aku tengok kamu buat pakai modus operadi yang sama. Sebenarnya, kamu hanya menzalimi diri kamu sendiri dengan perbuatan ini. 

Mereka berkata : Apa lagi dosa kami, wahai tuhanku?

Gods says;

• Aku sengaja bukakan aib beberapa pemimpin di antara kamu disebabkan dosa-dosa mereka supaya mereka kembali bertaubat. Aib mereka aku bukak clear dengan video colour HD dan audio yang jelas. Tetapi kamu kata pula, video itu besi dan tak boleh dijadikan bukti. Malah kamu tidak siasat kebenaran perkara itu.  Walaupun kebenaran itu jelas belaka, kamu buat-buat tak nampak je. Siapa yang kamu sebenarnya nak menipu? Tidakkah kamu hanya menipu diri kamu sendiri sahaja?

Mereka berkata : Apa lagi dosa kami, wahai tuhanku?

Gods says;

• Kamu buat tuduhan tanpa usul periksa. Bila datang sesuatu berita itu, kamu tidak menyiasat untuk mendapatkan kebenarannya. Malah, disebabkan puak kamu yang terkena, kamu buat bodoh dan dek je. Kalau benda yang sama berlaku pada puak yang lagi satu, riuh rendah satu kampong kamu buatnya. Manakah keadilan yang Aku suruh kamu buat itu?

Mereka berkata : Apa lagi dosa kami, wahai tuhanku?

Gods says;

• Kamu tipu dengan kata yang siapa yang sokong dan pangkah parti kamu akan masuk syurga. Yang tidak buat demikian pula kamu kata akan masuk neraka. Sejak bila Aku lantik kamu jadi representative Aku yang tahu siapa masuk syurga atau nereka? Jelas, kamu mempermainkan agama Aku untuk mendapatkan kedudukan dan kepentingan di dunia. Siapa yang kamu tipu sebenarnya kalau bukan diri kamu sendiri?

Mereka berkata : Apa lagi dosa kami, wahai tuhanku?

Gods says;

• Kamu sibuk cakap nak buat hukum hudud dan menuduh golongan lagi satu kafir sebab tidak melaksanakan hudud di dalam pemerintahan mereka. Tetapi bila aku bukakan aib seorang puak dari kamu (video seks), patut kamu melaksanakan hukum hudud itu ke atas nya tetapi kamu buat bodoh dan senyap saja. Tidak ini semua satu penipuan yang jelas oleh kamu?

Mereka berkata : Apa lagi dosa kami, wahai tuhanku?

Gods says;

• Kamu menghukum orang tanpa dipanggil pembelaaan mereka. Adakah ini keadilan yang Aku suruh kamu buat?

Mereka berkata : Apa lagi dosa kami, wahai tuhanku?

Gods says;

• Yang aku paling bengang sekali bila kamu mensyirikkan aku bila kamu kata orang kafir boleh menggunakan nama Aku. Padahal Aku tidak pernah redha kepada mereka yang mensyirikkan Aku, sedangkan kamu semua suruh umatku redha akan perkara itu.

Mereka berkata : Laaaa…takkan lah banyak sangat dosa kami, o tuhanku? Kalau kami tahu kami nak masuk neraka jahannam, awal-awal lagi dah kita orang hidup enjoy di dunia dengan berfoya-foya etc.  Ini kami bertungkus lumus beribadat kerana mu O tuhanku. Dan lah dunia kami tak dapat, akhirat pun kami tak dapat. Puak lagi satu itu, dua-dua mereka dapat. Ini tidak adil, O mighty God!

Gods says;

• Dosa golongan kedua itu tidak sebanyak kamu. Walaupun ibadat mereka kurang, mereka banyak melakukan kebaikan untuk rakyat dan umat Islam khususnya. Walaupun ada di antara mereka yang corrupt, duit yang mereka kaut itu Aku tengok mereka tidak lupa untuk beri kepada fakir miskin dan anak yatim bahagian-bahagian mereka. Juga mereka taburkan balik kepda masyarakat dan kepada yang memerlukan bantuan. Macam robin hood lah. Peluang-peluang pekerjaaan yang mereka wujudkan dapat rakyat menyara keluarga mereka. Setiap kebaikan mereka kepada rakyat mereka juga dapat share. Macam multi-level marketing. Mereka juga mempertahankan namaKu. Agama Ku di sebarkan luas di dalam negara.

• Kamu pula kata yang kamu memperjuanglan Islam tetapi sebenarnya kamu memperdagangkan Aku dan agama ku untuk mendapatkan kedudukan dan kepentingan di dunia.  Golongan lagi satu tidak berbuat begitu.  Yang jelas kamu semua dah kena tipu oleh Iblis syaitan. So masuk lah kamu ke neraka jahannam sehingga suatu masa yang Aku tetapkan.  Bye-bye and enjoy your stay in Hell!.

Errr…….make a guess, mana satu PAS, mana satu UMNO?

(Ini semua cerita ficititous sahaja. Kalau ada yang terasa itu, maafle, sekadar sama-sama menyedarkan je...….hehehe).

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When is GE 13 ?

GE13 is on the horizon. I have once mentioned to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak that he should not rush into this: it can be be held as late as 26 June.

The fourteenth session of Parliament must be convened on or before 25 August unless somecatasrophe befalls us in which case the Yang di-Pertuan Agong many invoke Article 150 of the Federal Constitution and declare a state of emergency. The latest date, however, that Parliament must be dissolved is 27 April.

Many have argued (and this has proven to be without merit) that if Najib was smart, he should have held the general election in June or October last yaer. The rationale for this argument is it would have denied the Opposition enough time to prepare for the event.

Do know that Najib is no coward; he is a marathon runner. Many have forgotten that this is the same man who waited thirty-three years to become Prime Minister when he should have been raised to the position as early as in 2003.

Alas, Dr Mahathir Mohamed had committed the biggest mistake in his political career. He lived the next five years in regret and heartache of his mistake in appointing his chosen successor. This is apparent if one were to just judge merely from appearances and not even scratch the surface.

Najib is adamant on seeing that his policies, reformation and transformation programmes take shape first – even if not in full measure – before he would let the people choose.

I reckon that Najib is smart in delaying the GE13. I know him as a man who is thorough, methodical and cunning in facing the Opposition, one that is certainly quite formidable. Both Najiband Anwar Ibrahim are consummate polital animals.

Even though there is no indication that this will be the case, Najib doesn't want to be the last UMNO/BN Prime Minister. Likewise, Anwar, too, would certainly not relish the prospect of defeat. Such a scenario would only hasten his already dwindling political career. After all, he will beseventy – effectively an old man - at GE13.

This is why GE13 will prove to be the most historic, democratic, transparent, expensive andcompetive in the country's democratic electoral history. The stakes have never been higher.

The world - and also the United Nations - acknowledges that our elections are free, fair and transparent, even if there is still room for improvement. Personally, I have stood in three general elections: 1974, 1986 and 1990. I have won twice and lost once. Throughout that experience, it never once occurred to me that fraud played any part in our elections at all.

The stink of it is, when they lose, they will be only too willing to allege foulplay and deceit. But when they win, as they have in Kelantan (45 out of 55 years), Penang, Kedah, Perak and Selangor, they tend to accept the outcome without criticism of any kind. If there is any element offoulplay or deceit in our elections, how is it that they have won so handsomely in these instances.We have to be open minded and impartial: what is right, is right.

Thing could be a lot simpler. If they (the Opposition) really insist that our elections are less than transparent they could take the route taken by Singapore's Barisan Sosialis by staging a boycott after twice failing to defeat the PAP: once in 1962 during the referendum to join Malaysia and in the general elections after Singapore joined Malaysia in September 1963.

In the election of 1963, the Barisan Sosialis actually won 13 out of 51 seats.

When Singapore gained its independence from Malaysia in 1965, Barisan Socialis refused to participate in Singapore's general election. Instead it preferred NOT to pursue its cause by democratic means and to had decided to take the battle to the streets. The decision to do so disrupted the lives of the people and proved to be unpopular. Barisan Socialis soon after died a natural death.

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed laments, “The leader of the Opposition, Anwar (a former friend, deputy and Crown Prince), plans to topple the Government if PKR loses in the elections. He intends to initiate an 'Arab Spring' – a revolt a la Tahrir Square in Cairo. But Malaysia is not Egypt. And neither is it Tunisia, Indonesia or Thailand.

Our circumstance in Malaysia is different. I do not think Anwar will try this. If he does, the same fate (or worse) that befell the Barisan Socialis would also befall his party, the PKR. Anwar cannot possibly be this  shallow. There are more effective, impactful and profitable routes other than street demonstrations.

Naturally, Tun Dr Mahathir is a great campaigner against and prosecutor of the Oppostion. He fears that a change in government will leave him open to investigations and even trial by the same. We all have to be realists.

I have not come across anyone who is unprejudiced who maintains the the DAP-PAS-PKR Opposition will win, be it from among the ranks of capitalists (foreign and domestic), foreign diplomats or neutral citizens. Even the most optiminist, especially the Western media who are traditionally sympathetic to Opposition causes, do not dare to venture beyond a cautious, “…for the first time the election could be close, tightest ever.” (The Economist Feb 2)

Now let's talk about Ustaz Nahasrudin Mat Isa – a former Number 2 in PAS – who maintains that DAP's collaboration with PAS is less than sincere. Now, would it not have been better if had gone public with this viewpoint while he was still the Number 2 in PAS and a senior member of itsSyura Council!

The impact would have been akin to that of a hurricane's! Alas, there is still some value in this, though not much. Nonetheless, it is clear that, as Tun Dr Matathir has observed, that PAS is so enamoured with DAP that its Mursyudul Am celebrates his birthday at Karpal Singh's house!

The constituency of Bachok has twice been represented by a PAS deputy president: UstazZulkiflee Mohamed and Ustaz Nasharudin himself. Who will PAS now nominate to defeat the UMNO candidate here. I am not certain who the UMNO candidate will be. Maybe Dr Awang Adek(for the third time). Or, of course, it could be someone else...

A Parliamentary seat that will surely attact attention is Lembah Pantai. I hope Nurul Izzah will defend her seat, representing youth, liberalism, PAS-style Islam, and Malaysian Malaysia meets social contract: not hardcore Chinese, hardcoreIndian, but the union of the indigenous and political status quo with a twist. After defeating a Cabinet minister – the first woman to be in charge of women's affairs – Nurul Izzah once again has a chance at defeating a minister (one who is charged with the wellbeing of Kuala Lumpur), Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin. Wouldn't it be good to a giant-killer - twice!

In Malaysia it is never easy to defeat the Government – something that has never been done at the Federal-level since independence. It looks set that the story will continue.

Of course, this is unless the Opposition has the smarts to seize the moment. This is a big challenge – even bigger than it actually looks. Whatever the case might be, Najib's position still looks to be unassailable. Perhaps it is true as they say, “Najib is in for a bumpy ride. That's all”

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Malaysian politics in a nutshell...

Pertandingan Pidato Piala Perdana Menteri

Sokong mahasiswa berpolitik

Oleh ABDUL YAZID ALIAS
pengarang@utusan.com.my

KHAIRY Jamaluddin pada sidang akhbar selepas merasmikan Pertandingan Pidato Politik Piala Perdana Menteri Peringkat Zon Tengah anjuran Unit Pidato Pemuda UMNO, di Shah Alam, semalam. - UTUSAN/SAHARUDDIN ABDULLAH

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SHAH ALAM 13 Nov. - Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO tidak bersetuju dengan pandangan pihak tertentu yang menyatakan mahasiswa akan hilang tumpuan terhadap akademik sekiranya mereka diberi ruang dan kebebasan berpolitik.
Ketuanya, Khairy Jamaluddin berkata, penglibatan mahasiswa dalam politik sepatutnya dilihat secara positif kerana ia mampu membantu mereka berfikiran lebih kreatif dan kritis.
"Golongan pelajar universiti tidak seharusnya dilihat sebagai kumpulan yang anti-establishment, menentang kerajaan atau sebagainya.
"Kita berpandangan, kebebasan mahasiswa dalam berpolitik bukan bermakna mereka menentang kerajaan. Jika kebebasan itu diberikan, mereka sebenarnya mahu tampil bersama-sama dengan kerajaan untuk mengutarakan pandangan dalam pelbagai perkara," katanya kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan Pertandingan Pidato Politik Piala Perdana Menteri Peringkat Zon Tengah anjuran Unit Pidato Pemuda UMNO di sini hari ini.
Mengulas kenyataan Prof. Datuk Dr. Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar kelmarin yang menyatakan Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti 1971 (AUKU) tidak perlu dipinda, Ahli Parlimen Rembau itu berkata, ia adalah pandangan peribadi Naib Canselor Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) berkenaan.
Khairy berpendapat kekangan untuk terlibat dalam politik itu yang menyebabkan mahasiswa berasakan terpinggir dan tidak dapat bersama-sama dengan kerajaan.
"Walaupun ada antara golongan itu memberikan pandangan yang kritis, ia tidak bermakna mereka tidak menyokong dasar kerajaan dan aspirasi negara," katanya.
Khairy berkata, langkah memberi kebebasan kepada mahasiswa berpolitik juga tidak semestinya menyebabkan golongan itu mengabaikan matlamat utama mereka di universiti iaitu untuk mencari ilmu pengetahuan.
"Politik itu sendiri membantu membentuk pemikiran kreatif dan kritis dalam sesuatu disiplin ilmu. Saya juga percaya tidak semua pelajar berminat dalam politik.
"Sekiranya ada mahasiswa terlibat dalam politik, saya yakin dan faham mereka sebenarnya tahu keutamaan terhadap pengajian masing-masing," ujarnya.




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