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Vote for MCA, MIC, Gerakan, PPP, and you vote for UMNO

December 27, 2007

Back in the days of 1957, Barisan Nasional’s power was probably split evenly between UMNO, MIC, and MCA. Fast forward 50 years, and it’s obvious that UMNO’s power within Barisan Nasional surpasses that of other component parties.

Latest evidence:
21st December 2007, Gerakan Youth vice-chief S. Paranjothy released a statement criticizing UMNO for inciting racial sentiments among Malays for political mileage.

22th December 2007, Gerakan distances itself from Paranjothy’s statement, and Hishamuddin Hussein suggests breaking ties with Gerakan. Main point to note: Hishamuddin is just the UMNO Youth chief, and he could talk down to Gerakan, a supposedly equal coalition member without any repercussions.

24th December 2007, Gerakan president Koh Tsu Koon states that Paranjothy may be sacked or suspended for stirring up unpleasantness within Barisan Nasional. Koh Tsu Koon also meekly tells Hishamuddin not to threaten the party.

27th December 2007, from Malaysiakini, PKR blasts Gerakan for being a party of ’slaves and puppets’.

Here are some excerpts from the articles that I wholly agree with:

Gerakan will always be a party of “slaves and puppets” at Umno’s disposal and is useful only to bring in votes for the ruling Barisan Nasional, said an opposition party leader.

Penang PKR chief Zahrain Mohemed Hassim said this is clear from how Umno had reacted to Gerakan Youth vice-chief S Paranjothy’s allegations that the Malay-based party had exploited racial sentiments for its own political mileage.

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“Umno is willing to sever relationship with one of its component parties just because they can’t handle the valid criticism of one brave youth leader who spoke the truth,” said Zahrain in press statement released yesterday.

Zahrain also blasted Gerakan leadership under party president Koh Tsu Koon, who is also Penang chief minister, as weak and incapable of being independent from Umno.

“The statement by Koh that Paranjothy will be disciplined or even dismissed reflects the weak leadership of Gerakan - a party totally submissive to the iron grip of Umno.” added Zahrain.

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Meanwhile, Penang PKR deputy youth chief Jason Ong described Umno Youth chief Hishammuddin Hussein’s threat to break ties with Gerakan following Paranjothy’s statement as a typical display of arrogance by Umno.

“Umno doesn’t need Gerakan or even MCA because of the superior political power Umno has over BN component parties especially when it possesses more than 50 percent parliamentary seats.

It’s simple really. In Barisan Nasional, UMNO is the top dog. And UMNO Youth comes next. Everyone else is at the bottom of the food chain. This will not change anytime soon because MCA, MIC, Gerakan, and PPP seem to be helmed by toothless leaders who constantly kowtow to both UMNO and UMNO Youth.

Therefore, think about your choices during the next elections. There’s much to dislike about UMNO. To vote for MCA, MIC, Gerakan, or PPP will only lead to boosting UMNO’s power and hegemony over the Barisan Nasional, and tighten UMNO’s grip on power over this country. Such unfettered and unchecked power will eventually lead this country to become a one-party dictatorship, if it is not already.

With such power, UMNO can claim anytime that this country is an Islamic country, and no one will be able to do anything about it.
With such power, UMNO can amend the constitution whenever they want to enact any types of laws they desire.
With such power, UMNO will probably never end the NEP, so in a country where the rich-poor divide is already huge, the rich will get richer, and the poor will get poorer.
With such power, UMNO can extend the retirement age for their cronies, and redraw the voting constituencies, and eventually, it will become that 1 vote for the opposition will mean absolutely nothing. (We’re already getting there. In 2004, 4.4 million votes went to BN, and they secured 198 seats. 2.3 million votes went to the opposition, and they secured 20 seats.)

In case you still can’t see what your vote for non-UMNO BN coalition members is worth, let the following graphics help you:

And 2007:

You deserve the government that you vote for. Vote MIC, MCA, PPP, Gerakan, and you boost UMNO’s power further.

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