Friday, April 04, 2008

Tengku Razaleigh: Umno Leaders are Buaya and Yu-yu Laut

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah made a hard-hitting speech in which he attack the current Umno leadership in his speech at the Gua Musang division's special meeting today.

He lamented that Umno is now suffering from the perception that it no longer cares for the poor, that it has become a party of 'Malay fanatics' and that its leaders are corrupt.

From the Malay viewpoint, Razaleigh said, Umno is seen as no longer struggling for Malay rights, not concerned about the Malay language, culture and the economic well-being of the poor in the community.

Apart from this, he said, the Malays are also concerned over the lack of commitment in Umno to defend the dignity and sovereignty of the Malay royal institution.

As for the non-Malays, in an obvious reference to Umno Youth chief Hishammuddin Hussein - Razaleigh said: "Umno is seen as a party made up of ‘Malay fanatics’ who, for unknown reasons, like to brandish the keris when scolding other races."

The third perception, according to him, is that Umno is a party which encouraged money politics or an entity which is ‘rich at the top and poor at the bottom’.

"A party which is corrupt, infested with ‘buaya darat’ (land dwelling crocodiles) and ‘yu-yu laut’ (sharks) who have no qualms about sweeping up and swallowing projects and government contracts as well as the rights of the poor of all races.

"This image is hated by all races, not only the Malays," said the former Umno vice-president.

Razaleigh also noted that in the recently concluded elections, many Chinese and Indians were seen flying the PAS flag and had voted for the Islamic party’s candidates in Umno strongholds.

"Why? Have they been put under a spell or Islamicised by PAS people? No. They did it because they believe that PAS, based on Islamic principles, is fairer than Umno to non-Malays.

"They say PAS people fear God, so they are afraid to tell lies or commit sin against God’s creations, regardless of race and religion.

"They say (PAS spiritual leader and Kelantan menteri besar) Tok Guru Nik Abdul Aziz is better, cleaner and more trustworthy than most of the Umno Kelantan leaders."

"I understand that PAS is Umno’s rival. But this is not the way Malay-Muslims try to defeat their rivals from the same race and religion. We were not taught how to entice the enemy. We appeared to be using the culture and tactics or gangsters.

"In the end, we lost. Not because Umno policies are not good, but because Umno people are not good and they are the ones who ruined the party’s image."

"The Malay spirit in Umno people has been replaced with the ‘spirit of the stomach’. Money has become the political plaything and power in Umno."

In his opening speech at the Gua Musang Umno division’s extraordinary general meeting (EGM), the 72-year-old former finance minister also launched a very thinly-veiled attack against Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin.

"There are those who graduate from Oxford, Harvard and so forth but are not intelligent, not wise and culturally illiterate. Such people are not qualified to be Umno leaders.

"Why? Because they don’t possess enough ‘Malay spirit’ in their hearts, are not wise and do not excel in speaking or explaining (issues) to the people. "They are probably qualified to be academic researchers, but not leaders for the Malay-Muslim race," he said.

Source: Malaysiakini: Umno infested with 'crocrodiles and sharks' and here

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Razaleigh should follow the mamak's example and order the arrest of Dollah for committing sodomy with his driver. Matress can also be brought into courtroom as proof. Witnesses can also be found with the enticement of money. Then Ku Li can appoint himself PM and the IGP can give Dollah a black eye while he is rotting in jail....

zewt said...

he mentioned a lot about malay power... dont like him.

Unknown said...

I am with you there Zewt. The man's obsolete. It is always Malay, Malay, Malay and let me tell you this, they don't care for the Malays, it's because the Malays form the majority.

yapchongyee said...

Let the truth speak for itself; there are 24% Chinese voters, 8% Indinas that makes 32% swing voters under the Malaysian Constitution. The Chinese & Indians were, until now, just CHICKEN SHIT VOTERS AND THEY VOTED FOR BN. BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID OF NAY 13 They (Chinese) were just a bunch of ignorant monkeys and they did not know the science of the "swing vote" until now. The spell of the dominance of the MALAYS IS BROKEN and now the Chinese & Indians know what power lies in their hands.

You can say the defeat of the Malay hold of power is now ended, race based politics is a myth broken, like little humpty dumpty and it cannot be put back together again. From my perspective, as of today Malaysia is already a two party state between PKRled coalition on one side, and UMNO led BN on the other. THE GLARING ADVANTAGE OF THE PKR SIDE IS THAT THEY PROMOTE MULTI-RACIAL POLITICS and by that definition means it is inclusive of Chinese & Indians (policy of inclusiveness); this is the new Malaysia and now WE CAN GET TO GRIPS WITH THE POWER OF THE SWING VOTES.

KU LI and Mahatir are still glued into the past; they are still in a state of denial or more likely they still do not understand the power of the swing voter. I hate to say this but the fact is IT WILL BEGIN TO DAWN ON THE CHINESE THAT HE IS NOT SO POWERLESS AFTER ALL. I had written in one of my blogg. posted on Dato Seri Anwar's blogg. on just such an analysis.

This development has advanced Malaysia 50 years over night. Mahatir & Ku Li are still living in the past and I pray to our Chinese deity of heven that the Chinese will get to understand what they have achieved by learning the power of the swing voter, and if they do, MALAY RACE POLITICS WILL BECOME AN UNPLEASANT PAGE OF MALAYSIAN POLITICS !

Unknown said...

totally agree with Ku Li remark.

United Monkeys No Otak are mainly hard up for self-wallet interest and will BS their members for own interest.

UMNO will not last after May 31, 2008 when Alliance Party seize over the Government of The Day.

and Monkey Boy proved that excellent education does not make a person a good leader.

in future, enouigh of Oxford instead go for University of Beijing or National University of Singapore!

Unknown said...

Ku Li is a rascist and he is no different from all the other rascists. He is a has been and shud be condemned and forgotten. His shelf life is well passed. Do not let him come back for the sake of our country.People like him shud realise we are in a different age and time and his brand of politics does not fit in.He thinks he can be a leader for some of the Malays and not for Malaysian...well he better think harder...

Yan said...

In UMNO, everybody wants to be champion of the Malay race. Since it is a race based party, expect not difference or surprise for whoever is the UMNO leader, be it Badawi, Mahathir, Ku Li etc...

Very soon, UMNO & other race based party like MCA, MIC... will become irrelevant. May be, one day BN will be forced to merge into a non-race based party. But, when???

Anonymous said...

Ku Li is a dinosaur politician trying to reinvent himself along the selfsame UMNO supremacist ways. He won't be going places no matter how much crazy spins some media or internet article may make for him. Like here: http://wapurl.co.uk/?NBCFCQP

Maverick SM said...

Zewt,

Razaleigh is playing the racial card to gain support.

Kata Tak Nak,

Ku Li still has strong Malay support from Kelantan and now he has Mahathir's support.

Yapchongyee,

You may not have considered Sabah and Sarawak Bumiputeras which in essence are not Umno Semenanjung.

If we exclude the two east Malaysian states, we can observe that Umno in itself is less than 40%.

Ling Ling Chatt,

Ku Li is speaking the truth of which he will be prepared to do the same after he comes into power.

Rudy,

Ku Li is not racist but Umno is in essence a mono-racialist.

Yan,

You may be correct; but it will be hard to get out from racialist politics.

Wits0,

He is an opportunist now. I rather support Pak Lah.