A newer Umno Baru is needed, one with the vision and idealism of the Umno of 1946, but with none of the baggage of insecurity, corruption and sense of entitlement.
As we celebrate 66 years of the independence of Malaya , interesting scenarios are unfolding, some unthinkable on that 31st day of August in 1957.
In the early 70s, I cheered upon hearing of Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s appointment as education minister. It felt like we finally had a true champion who would lift the Malays out of the abyss we saw ourselves in then. Corruption, cronyism, unfettered powers of elected officials and sheer profiteering from the nation’s wealth became the norm.
We rushed into industrialisation by setting up huge companies to make steel and cars, but reaped no benefit because none of those managed to stand on their own, much less thrive. We squandered so much in trying to join the “developed nations” club, one that Mahathir both loathed and yet ironically longed to join.
Just days ago, yet another of those Umno jokers set up yet another political NGO to yet again “save the Malay race”. Such comical endeavours, coming after decades of dumbing down the Malays and scaring the wits out of them using race and religion, are merely distractions from the failure of those leaders to create a strong, independent and economically self-sustaining community of Malays, even as their erstwhile “champions” did themselves very well.
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