We’re neither secular nor socialist Najib spell out’ his definition of secularism and socialism, and how he plans to safeguard these.For all his overt championing of the secular cause, it was Najib who for his own partisan reasons created communal fault lines Umno becoming even more hardened on racial and religious issues
Philosopher John Rawls argues that social justice is redistributing goods and resources to improve the situation of the disadvantaged. Then there's the Darwinism context of survival of the fittest in which the competition of resources defines the survivability of a group.
We can continue in spurting other understandings of what is social justice by quoting Paulo Freire, “…those who cannot compete, die” (Macedo, 2005).
It could be argued that advocating social justice is a pre-requisite to avoid future and potential conflict and violence. an accident waiting to happen.
It’s making sure everyone has a piece of the economic and political pie before anyone thinks of stealing another person’s pie because they are politically, and economic deprived and also because their stomachs are hungry.the government should prioritize the rakyat at a time when the national economy is in trouble. However, we have not seen any responsible government department calling for a dialog with businesses over the MyEG issue. Meanwhile, the Cabinet's decision is equally ambiguous.
The public sector is supposed to be more business-friendly under the government's transformation program but unfortunately we still see discrepancies and irregularities popping up on a regular basis, an example being the mismatch of qualified teachers for Chinese primary schools.
Despite the continuous expansion of the government's administrative team, we have seen more and more government obligations being outsourced to the private sector, from consultancy services, foreign workers management, AES to Puspakom, resulting in escalating cost on the part of the people.
The government's transformation program should have a set of solutions that are people-friendly and answering to their needs. Nevertheless, the program lacks the much needed interactions and communication with the public.
In the meantime, the country's politics is in the state of an unmanned aircraft at the risk of a crash anytime.
There are obvious problems with the two opposing camps, giving extremism some space to expand its influences.
Mahathir has openly retracted his support for PM Najib, who, succumbing to the tremendous pressure from the Umno rightists, has decided to rescind his own reform pledges, a classical instance being the retention of the Sedition Act.
A non-partisan onlooker might well feel that this is a case of much ado about nothing. For the truth of the matter is that, ironically enough, Malaysia has been neither truly secular nor truly socialist ever since the time of Mahathir, who was instrumental But still it is high time for us to look within and introspect regarding what has gone wrong with the Malaysia idea of secularism and togetherness, as there won’t be any meaning of Malaysia’s democracy if it doesn’t root out communalism and inequality once and for all.
Najib has a curious need to mindlessly read whatever his coterie of 'advisers' put before him. I believe, however, that they do so at his behest. speech writers are not in sync with the ground realities, and Najib will proudly read the whole script. Time and time again, another group of Ah Jib’s consultants are busy doing damage control for the wrong reason. History will keep on repeating..., “It is better to tell him the truth so he doesn’t waste his time on something he has zero talent for “ the economy could determine his political future,
the government should prioritize the rakyat at a time when the national economy is in trouble. However, we have not seen any responsible government department calling for a dialog with businesses over the MyEG issue. Meanwhile, the Cabinet's decision is equally ambiguous.
The public sector is supposed to be more business-friendly under the government's transformation program but unfortunately we still see discrepancies and irregularities popping up on a regular basis, an example being the mismatch of qualified teachers for Chinese primary schools.
Despite the continuous expansion of the government's administrative team, we have seen more and more government obligations being outsourced to the private sector, from consultancy services, foreign workers management, AES to Puspakom, resulting in escalating cost on the part of the people.
The government's transformation program should have a set of solutions that are people-friendly and answering to their needs. Nevertheless, the program lacks the much needed interactions and communication with the public.
In the meantime, the country's politics is in the state of an unmanned aircraft at the risk of a crash anytime.
There are obvious problems with the two opposing camps, giving extremism some space to expand its influences.
Mahathir has openly retracted his support for PM Najib, who, succumbing to the tremendous pressure from the Umno rightists, has decided to rescind his own reform pledges, a classical instance being the retention of the Sedition Act.
Remember that famous speech where he exhorted youth to emulate the bravery of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)? Remember that solemn pledge to build the world's greatest democracy? And the equally momentous speech when he swore to do away with the Sedition Act Malaysia’s problems are not just getting complicated and convoluted but there is an increasing dossier of evidence that the nation’s parliamentary democracy have been severely compromised. No longer are civil liberties present and the tenets and obligations of democracy forsaken.
The socialism which promoted Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib was really a disguised form of crony capitalism. The so-called ‘license’ that he created established the nexus between patronage-seeking industry, black money and the funding of elections It was the Ali Babs brand of socialism which beggared the country, and created the hoard of cash stashed away in secret foreign bank accounts.
If these two words were indeed to be removed would correct a hypocritical anomaly. For after the gross misuse made of them by Najib and Rosmah, their inclusion was in fact an insult to their true meaning. And an insult to common sense.noted two recent developments that are adding to Najib's problems, in addition to ongoing criticism by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the drop in world oil prices': Najib's sloppy governance pushing Malaysia into crisis mode . From the loss of value to the ringgit to rising prices of goods and services, Malaysia is in a state of disarray.. From the loss of value to the ringgit to rising prices of goods and services, Malaysia is in a state of disarray.The writing had been on the wall for some time now and it does not take a genius to figure out that the BN government is mired in deep trouble. Runaway corruption among government leaders, cheating, collusion and nepotism are among the reasons for the current state of flux.What is actually happening in this country is that BN has painted itself into a corner and have been ostracized and isolated by the vast majority of Malaysians, but how on earth are they still in power is a result more of tinkering and rigging the general elections.
This is the reasons for the rising anger and dissent of Malaysians whereby the wealth of the nation is not equitably distributed among the people but siphoned by government leaders for their personal consumption and that of their cronies, sycophants and supporters.
But the major portion of the population are struggling with bread-and-butter issues and are unable to stay afloat because of the sheer greed of the governing elite in this country. The burden placed on the poor rakyat is heavy and government leaders have shown no concern or interest in their plight.
This is why there are emerging flashes of dissent and the dissatisfaction and the disgruntled nature of Malaysians who are up in arms with the BN government who have no feelings of empathy for their increasing woes.
Malaysians are now very unhappy and it will not take long in the near future to see that the state of the nation gets from bad to worse. But for how long before things come to a boil and spills over into chaos and confusion erupting is really anyone’s guess.Added to this are haphazard development, illegal logging and land clearing by rogue developers that have led to environmental degradation leading to climate change, climate warming and flash floods that have wrecked massive damage all over the country.
Billions of precious ringgit from BNM’s reserves is being pumped to undo the damage that was caused in the first place by ruthless greed, poor planning and a wanton disregard for the environment. The Malaysian environment is in a state of gross devastation.
There are limits that have not been adhered to by government leaders of Malaysia in the past and present and this has caused the Quality-of-Life in the country to deteriorate. Not only have this created problems but tensions among the various races.
The spate of ills continue with government leaders playing the racial card to divide-and-rule, a favored ploy of BN leaders to ensure that they will be able to cling on to power although the majority of the rakyat no longer endorse BN as the government of Malaysia.These were the debt-ridden investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), of which Najib is chairman of the advisory board, and the Federal Court verdict and death sentence for two former security officials in the murder of Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaaribuu.
"The case is a magnet for conspiracist," The Economist said noting that while there has been no evidence to Najib's involvement in the murder, speculation about his role continued to abound.
With current situation is unlikely to see Najib fulfil reforms he pledged earlier, it said, noting that the prime minister had already reversed his promise to repeal the Sedition Act last November.
Ambiga Sreenevasan: it is not "a perception that the words of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak are hollow".
The deceit in everything that Najib piously spews is as real and obvious as elephants dancing in the room. That he invariably acts directly contrary to what he promises has become such an established truth, that one actually fears whatever this snake-oil seller pledges.
Assurances to the non-Malays, to the Christians and other non-Muslims, promises to make the public service racially balanced, to remove the Sedition Act and a host of other noble words.
Has he honoured any of these? Has he even once condemned the dangerous statements by Perkasa and similar lunatics?
A spineless man, a worthless prime minister who holds that the best way of executing his duties is to flee the country at the first sign of impending challenge, what confidence can he expect from a nation lost in despair over his silence and absence?
The only thing you repeatedly confirm, Najib, is that good speeches are a dime a dozen.
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