Lim Kit Siang says (on Allah issue):
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Time and time again, we have seen the opposition putting forward insensible demands. They government, in meting out harsh and heavy criticism, once in a while had to bow low to them. In the case of repealing the Internal Security Act (ISA), the Barisan Nasional government made an unprecedented announcement in 2012 to repeal it and replace it with Security Offenses (Special Measures) Act.
Then came the abolition of the Emergency Ordinance and Sedition Act to make way for National Harmony Act.
Both new Acts, however, came under heavy bombardment again at the Dewan Rakyat and in the open forum. The media treated the issue as a selling catalyst by producing series of interviews with both sides of the political divide, a lot of pros and cons.
I am not that very 'willing' to discuss Allah issue here, except to point out the ruse behind all this. Should the Christians are allowed to use it, the sentiment could be explosive. Something needs to be done to address this matter amicably, probably by calling a forum for Muslim and Christian scholars to discuss it.
If the win the court case, what would be their next demand? To me, the Allah issue is no problem at all to the mind of the moderates.
And just because Najib called for 'truce' between the Muslims and Christians, the opposition leaders were quick enough to ride on it by applying pressure on the prime minister to 'walk his talk'.
But moderately, I would like to ask the opposition - in making this and that demands, what have they contributed to the 'politics of the moderate' in the country? Have they reciprocated to the calls for Pakatan Rakyat, especially its component PAS to subscribe to moderation rather than labeling those outside PAS as 'kafir'?
How moderate is DAP in allowing the Malays to hold senior position in the party by opening up its election from head to toe? Why must there be no contest for chairman, secretary-general and other top seats?
When Chinese organisation Dong Zong quashed the extra time for Bahasa Kebangsaan subject and called it 'a threat to the Chinese', what was Kit Siang moderate's mind telling him about the need for all Malaysians to master the language?
The government has set up a special commission to make our election process more transparent by appointing some members of the opposition to its committee. They were supposed to help the commission prepare a comprehensive method which would help clear all the unwanted elements in the national poll.
But again, they accused the Election Commission of siding the ruling party in the 13th general election. Accusations of wrongdoings multiplied and election petitions are still unsolved.
How moderate was Ambiga and Bersih in carrying out their campaign for free and clean election when they took to the streets, disrupting business and peace and confronting the police, whom in their eyes are serving the government 'just for the sake of makan gaji'.
Najib has nothing to proof of being a moderate. He is a moderate leader, someone who always listen, give and take and sometimes (when he shouldn't be doing it) had to comply to the minority's unjustified demand.
But that's a leader we want, Malaysia wants. Labeling him as a racist too is overboard just because there were one of two silly calls from within Umno who called for 'buy Chinese last', 'change IMalaysia to 1Melayu' and other craps. And that too does not make Umno anti-Chinese!
I personally believe there are also moderate minds in DAP, PAS and PKR but such minds were not given the opportunity to talk sense and logic. Just take a look at PAS when Nasharuddin tried to correct the 'wrongs PAS had committed' in the past.
So, Lim Kit Siang must understand what politics of the moderate are. We need no special test to determine the level of moderateness in us - it tells when we speak and act!
And, how moderate could Pakatan Rakyat be if it runs Putrajaya?
"...the time has come for Najib, in the second term and fifth year as Malaysia's sixth prime minister, to prove that he is a moderate by deed and conviction and not a political chameleon who alternates between moderation and immoderation in his speeches depending on the crowd and occasion... This is a good basis for the ending of the recent worsening religious fault lines in our plural society and I fully endorse the proposal by the Archbishop Emeritus Tan Sri Murphy Pakian urging the prime minister to cement his own call for an end to Muslim-Christian hostility by withdrawing Putrajaya's legal challenge against the Catholic Church's use of the word ‘Allah’..."I am entirely amused with his malapropism. He mentioned 'moderate', a terminalogy that never found a place in DAP, PAS and PKR. However, I must commend him for realising how BIG the word 'moderate' means to a multiracial Malaysian society.
Then came the abolition of the Emergency Ordinance and Sedition Act to make way for National Harmony Act.
Both new Acts, however, came under heavy bombardment again at the Dewan Rakyat and in the open forum. The media treated the issue as a selling catalyst by producing series of interviews with both sides of the political divide, a lot of pros and cons.
I am not that very 'willing' to discuss Allah issue here, except to point out the ruse behind all this. Should the Christians are allowed to use it, the sentiment could be explosive. Something needs to be done to address this matter amicably, probably by calling a forum for Muslim and Christian scholars to discuss it.
If the win the court case, what would be their next demand? To me, the Allah issue is no problem at all to the mind of the moderates.
And just because Najib called for 'truce' between the Muslims and Christians, the opposition leaders were quick enough to ride on it by applying pressure on the prime minister to 'walk his talk'.
But moderately, I would like to ask the opposition - in making this and that demands, what have they contributed to the 'politics of the moderate' in the country? Have they reciprocated to the calls for Pakatan Rakyat, especially its component PAS to subscribe to moderation rather than labeling those outside PAS as 'kafir'?
How moderate is DAP in allowing the Malays to hold senior position in the party by opening up its election from head to toe? Why must there be no contest for chairman, secretary-general and other top seats?
When Chinese organisation Dong Zong quashed the extra time for Bahasa Kebangsaan subject and called it 'a threat to the Chinese', what was Kit Siang moderate's mind telling him about the need for all Malaysians to master the language?
The government has set up a special commission to make our election process more transparent by appointing some members of the opposition to its committee. They were supposed to help the commission prepare a comprehensive method which would help clear all the unwanted elements in the national poll.
But again, they accused the Election Commission of siding the ruling party in the 13th general election. Accusations of wrongdoings multiplied and election petitions are still unsolved.
How moderate was Ambiga and Bersih in carrying out their campaign for free and clean election when they took to the streets, disrupting business and peace and confronting the police, whom in their eyes are serving the government 'just for the sake of makan gaji'.
Najib has nothing to proof of being a moderate. He is a moderate leader, someone who always listen, give and take and sometimes (when he shouldn't be doing it) had to comply to the minority's unjustified demand.
But that's a leader we want, Malaysia wants. Labeling him as a racist too is overboard just because there were one of two silly calls from within Umno who called for 'buy Chinese last', 'change IMalaysia to 1Melayu' and other craps. And that too does not make Umno anti-Chinese!
I personally believe there are also moderate minds in DAP, PAS and PKR but such minds were not given the opportunity to talk sense and logic. Just take a look at PAS when Nasharuddin tried to correct the 'wrongs PAS had committed' in the past.
So, Lim Kit Siang must understand what politics of the moderate are. We need no special test to determine the level of moderateness in us - it tells when we speak and act!
And, how moderate could Pakatan Rakyat be if it runs Putrajaya?