“If I wanted to satisfy you and say ‘scrap the quota system’, we will lose all elections and you will suffer more in this country run by PAS and Bersatu.”

– Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim

COMMENT | The Higher Education Ministry said that admissions to public universities are fully based on meritocracy.

If that is the case, is it going against what Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said to that young woman when he lectured her on the “social contract”?

Furthermore, the prime minister pointed out in that exchange that” …. to advocate for the system’s abolishment would “ignite turmoil in this country”.

So, there you have it. If there were no quota system, there would be turmoil and PAS and Bersatu would win and the non-Malays would suffer more.

So, no matter how emissaries from Madani attempt to gaslight the non-Malays about the merit-based foundations of university admissions, the reality is that...