Speech by M Kula
Segaran, DAP National Vice Chairman and MP for Ipoh Barat, at PKR Deepavali
Function held at Puteri Wangsa, JB on Saturday, December 1, 2012.
It will be BN versus PR, not Malays
versus non Malays.
It
has been reported in an internet portal today that several Umno leaders expressed confidence that Umno is capable of
wresting back all four Pakatan Rakyat-led (PR) states and even recapturing its
two-thirds parliamentary majority in the coming polls, buoyed by a strong
belief that the Najib government’s reformist measures have successfully
impressed the Malaysian electorate.
I certainly believe that some Umno
leaders like to make syok sendiri or cocky statements.
If the Umno President is so
confident about thrashing Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in the next coming general election,
surely he would not have devoted much time and space to attack PR in his speech
when opening Umno Convention three days ago.
I am sure that the Prime Minister is
totally aware of the prevailing mood among the people and that is why he has
made aggressive attacks against PR.
My advice to Umno leaders is “make
all the syok sendiri or cocky statements you want, but please don’t bet with
your ears.”
It was reported that Pahang Menteri Besar Adnan
Yaakob today boldly declared that Barisan Nasional will not lose the
parliamentary seat of Bentong because of the Lynas controversy, and he is
willing to literally bet his ears on that.
“I tell you, DAP cannot win in Bentong. Cannot win! If DAP wins in Bentong, you cut my ears and I’d jump into the Pahang river”. He was quoted as saying.
“I tell you, DAP cannot win in Bentong. Cannot win! If DAP wins in Bentong, you cut my ears and I’d jump into the Pahang river”. He was quoted as saying.
I am sure if anyone had asked Adnan on the polling
eve of the 2008 general election whether BN would lose its traditional
parliamentary two thirds majority , he would have done the same bet.
Fortunately for him, no one had asked him the
question.
With the next election fast approaching, can we
expect the former MIC President Datuk Seri Samy Vellu not to come out to attack
PR or sing praises of the Prime Minister / Of course not.
Yesterday, Samy had just done that.
He had challenged challenged the Pakatan Rakyat-led
Selangor government to reveal its achievements over the last four years rather
than ride on Barisan Nasional’s past successes in the state.
He also praised Najib sky high. But Samy Vellu has forgotten the seven critical issues which he mentioned in 2008.
In February, 2008, he had said that
there were seven critical issues that had caused uneasiness among the Indian
community and the government must immediately take steps to address them.
The seven were:
1. an equitable participation in the
share market;
2. Indian intake in public
universities;
3. better employment opportunities,
especially in the public sector;
4. increase the number of government
scholarships;
5. greater access to
entrepreneurship training and micro-credit loans;
6. an effective urban poverty
eradication programme; and.
7. the establishment of a dedicated
mechanism to monitor and evaluate the delivery of public sector services in a
just and fair manner.
We all know that the Indian voters
played their kingmaker role and helped create the political tsunami in the 2008
general election that caused BN its worst electoral debacle.
My advice to Samy is therefore “go
ask Najib what he has done on these 7 critical issues instead of attacking PR
or heaping praises on Najib.
Samy may have short memory himself
but the Indian voters will not forget the 7 critical issues which he had
mentioned.
And Samy should tell Najib that the
BN’slogan of Janji Di Tepati sounds hollow if these 7 critical issues are not
resolved.
Umno Wanita Chief Datuk Seri
Shahrizat had raised the spectre of May 13 four
days ago.
Let me remind Shahrizat that her
dirty, low class and irresponsible tactic will not work.
The next general election is not an
election where Malays are fighting the non Malays, but it is a battle where BN
will be competing with PR for voter support.
It will be BN versus PR, not Malays
versus non Malays.
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