I would like to comment on Umno leaders' outburst on the PKR's supreme leaders championing on the "Ketuanan Rakyat" concept against "Ketuanan Melayu".
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Nazri Aziz said that "Ketuanan Melayu" is meant to protect the sovereignty of the Malay Rulers. I beg to differ strongly on his view.
I am commenting his statement in the news portal The Malaysian Insider made on Dec 2nd. As far as I am concerned, the monarch should not be involved with any politicking as it seen in the Perak fiasco because as a democratic country, separation of power does exist between the legislature and the executives.
Also there are limitations to the powers of a monarch.
Nazri continued by saying that those who believed in the "Ketuanan Rakyat" concept have a cow dung factory in their brains.
With due respect Nazri, you are totally wrong even though you are a lawyer and you are in politics.
Malays' rights are never to be compromised under the concept of "Ketuanan Rakyat" because we believe strongly in our constitution and hold it dear in our hearts and souls.
How could I respect or even be confident with the Malay rulers in protecting the Malays rights if the sultans are not even practicing the culture and norms of a Malay person?
They are practicing westernised cultures and seem to forget their fundamental roots as a Malay Muslim.
I'm not referring to all the rulers but a majority of them. I shall not reveal more on their behaviour because the public are not blind and can see it for themselves.
How could they even be the heads of Islam in the country when they don't even practice the way Islam the way it should be practiced?
Nazri said that the prime minister or menteri besar would not be allowed to dissolve the Parliament or the state assembly without the consent of the king or sultan.
This is totally outrageous because by right, the sultans cannot interfere in state and federal matters as well as making judgments on the selection of CMs and MBs.
This is because this may cause a serious conflict of interest between them and the true mandate given by the voters who have chosen their leaders.
The agong must act on the advice of the prime minister and not on his own will. Whether he gives consent or not that is a totally different matter because the Agong is only acting as a symbol of monarchy by Parliament and he cannot refuse the decision of the prime minister by law.
So my dear government of the day; please stop disuniting and creating racial tension between the Malays and the other races. We will never repeat the dark incident of May 13 again. Never.
So stop playing your primitive and barbaric racial cards. I will fight to the end to ensure that a harmonious and united Malaysia is created under the concept of "masyarakat majmuk", also known as "ketuanan rakyat".
