uthayakumar, the hindraf leader: “the prime minister is the number one public servant in this country,

In the words of Uthayakumar, the Hindraf leader: 

“The Prime Minister is the number one public servant in this country, and he is answerable to us.” 

One certain Aunty Rosy said that is his God-given right to become the PM. Well, as much as God gave you the “right” he has as much right to remove it. And that day shall come. 

Beside human biological DNA, there is a virtual humanity DNA which pushes some of us to lead. The urge to lead is propelling humanity forward under the giant force of current (be it called evolution, god design, or other names). Portions of human society which happen to lack the urge to lead are simply disintegrated in the wider flow of humanity. I cannot see how we can stop that urge without self-defeating the community where we live. 

I would like to claim the solution is to provide a proper channel for the “urge-to-lead” to release, and that proper channel is the democratic system, in which “alpha” leaders will compete in a way beneficial to the rest of the community. Under a democratic system, we reward those “alpha” leaders who beat his/her rivals in open and transparent arena. 

I think the Abraham religion system with the emphasis of fear-of-god is ill-suited for a real-world political system. Those capable leaders with strong sense of fear-of-god will shy away from the arena, leaving those with no sense of fear-of-god but with strong “urge-to-lead” in the arena. Under this setting, we could only expect low grade community leaders, who will bring calamity to the rest of the community. 

Having say that, the Abraham religion system may not necessary needs to emphasize the fear of god when it comes to real-world political system. Fear of god is originated from spiritual sphere of humanity and, I think, it is valuable for its original scope. 

When Prophet Muhammad died, the Medina community was embroiled in a heated debate as to who should succeed him as the community leader. For three days they argued and finally it was agreed that Abu Bakar would be the successor. The Arabic word for successor is caliph. Abu Bakar was now the new Caliph of the Medina community, although there were some from amongst the community who did not agree it should have been him.

uthayakumar, the hindraf leader: “the prime minister is the number one public servant in this country, and he is answerable to us.” the isa’s repeal is an essential step in malaysia’s democratisation