Once again, our right honourable minister has displayed his, and his cabinet portfolio's incompetencies. Without going into the specifics of what his department has or hasn't done, his statement calling for CFM “…to come to a solution that is fair and reasonable”, really shows that we have political amateurs walking the corridors of power, spending our hard earned tax.
I will admit that there’s a certain degree of spinning here… but if a low level no-body like myself can see and spin it this way, I’m sure individuals of higher calibre would be able to do worse/better, depending on which side of the wall you sit. The point here is, WE HAVE SUBSTANDARD PEOPLE, ACTING AS MINISTERS, SERVING THE RA'AYAT SUBSTANDARDLY!!!
1) 1) The non-chalant manner in which he delivered his ‘plea’, the right honourable minister could be easily and justifiably accused of seeing the CFM as a nuisance fringe-group, whose rights to practice their religion is a granted privilege rather than a universal right enshrined by the constitution. GOVERNMENT MINISTER ENFORCES RACIAL/RELIGIOUS SUPERIORITY COMPLEX (KETUANAN-ness), AND NEGLECTS THE CONSTITUTIONALLY ENSHRINED RIGHTS OF NON-MAJORITY RELIGIOUS GROUP! (best served with that picture of the right honourable waving his Keris at UMNO Congress a few years back)
2) 2)' ….to come to a solution that is FAIR and REASONABLE…… Immediately upon seeing those two capitalised words, whether it was a Freudian slip, or an orchestrated and rehearsed statement, it is clear to me that the right honourable minister is implying that CFM is being UN-REASONABLE and UNFAIR! It’s simply Politics and Communications 101 that by asking someone to be something, you’re also at the same accusing them of being not so. After a U-turn decision on the serial numbering and defaceing of the bibles, to accuse the victims as UNREASONABLE and UNFAIR, is careless at best, and STUPID at worst. I’ll even put it to folk, that by saying what he said, the Minster is inciting religious tensions amongst the non-muslim citizens, at the possible detriment of public peace…. GOVENRMENT MINISTER INCITING RELIGIOUS UNREST, BY INSULTING NON-MUSLIM GROUP!
3) 3)We know that in the past, that our right honourable minister has suggested before that the non-muslim vote bank is ’NEGLIGABLE’. The way in which his department has handled this debacle, simply enforces that suggestion. An electioneering 101, is never marginalise, or make accusatory allegations against a legal organisation, which represents a large bank of voters (Christians), on an issue that can be seen as a contravention of the rights of an even larger group of voters (non-Muslims). This is yet another instance, where the right honourable minster shows his disregard towards non-Muslims in the Malaysia.
4) 4) Just another small-teeny-tiny point to throw in the mix! Since Article 11 isn’t fully observed, as Malays, de-facto, have no freedom to religious choice…. What’s there to say, that the Minister simply is aware of his actions and was overtly demonstrating all 3 of my abovementioned ‘observations’….
So I guess it boils down to these points:
1) 1) Why and how is a minster so insensitive in his words and actions, especially when matters pertaining to the contravention of the national constitution, and more importantly, the universal freedom of all human being to free-choice, is at stake?
2) 2) How should we, as citizens, manage this situation whereby elected representatives are being at best non-chalant and careless about the power of the voters and voters’ sentiments, and at worst victimising, condescending, contemptuous towards voters…. And in this case, worse even, towards a specific minority group?
I know for a fact, that readers of this will know the answer to these questions.
