Untuk CSL, KTK Dan Sesiapa Sahaja Yang Mempersoalkan Ketuanan Melayu Atau Tak Faham Persefahaman Kontrak Sosial

Banyak sangat polemik tentang Ketuanan Melayu ini. Nak cakap pun susah. Salah cakap boleh kena ISA. Kalau kita orang Melayu bercakap biasanya akan dianggap "racist". Kalau orang lain cakap boleh pulak. Cakap-cakap mereka bukan sahaja menyakitkan hati, tetapi mencabar satu-satunya kuasa yang ada pada kita.

Mereka yang mempersoalkan Ketuanan Melayu ini sebenarnya "plastik". Berlakun lebih. Konon mereka sudah tidak lagi memihak kepada kaum dan lebih liberal. Namun, cuba kita cadangkan kepada mereka untuk menutup sekolah-sekolah Cina dan semuanya masuk sekolah wawasan. Merekalah yang akan bermati-matian mempertahankan sekolah-sekolah bangsa mereka. Itu bukan perkauman ke CSL? Atau apakata Kerajaan mengarahkan sekolah-sekolah di tengah-tengah Kuala Lumpur (khususnya di Jalan Ampang) itu berpindah ke kawasan lain untuk mengatasi masalah kesesakan jalan terutamanya di waktu puncak? Mahu roboh Parlimen akibat polemiknya nanti.

Jadi kepada CSL, KTK dan mereka yang seangkatan dengannya, C-bOk ingin menyarankan supaya kita bersyukur dengan apa yang ada. Persefahaman yang kita ada setakat ini sudah sewajarnya mencukupi. Orang Melayu dapat kuasa sedikit, orang Cina dapat menguasai ekonomi lebih sedikit. Matlamat kita sekarang ini adalah berusaha untuk mengagihkan kuasa ekonomi dan politik secara sama rata dengan beransur-ansur. Sebarang tindakan drastik tidak memberi apa-apa kelebihan kepada sesiapa pun.

Cadangan calon Ketua Pemuda UMNO, Datuk Mukhiz Tun Mahathir (satu-satunya calon Ketua Pemuda yang memberi pandangan jelas tentang isu ini setakat ini) adalah jawapan kepada pertanyaan CSL dan KTK tentang sejauhmana orang-orang Melayu juga boleh bertindak di dalam hal ini.

The Star, Dec. 1st, 2008

Mukhriz: Scrap vernacular schools, one system for all
By SA’ODAH ELIAS

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Youth chief aspirant Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir has called on the Government to abolish the vernacular school system as a means to enhance unity among people of various races.

He said a single school system was the only way to check the racial polarisation that was getting out of control in the country. “The government should consider introducing only one school system with Bahasa Malaysia as the medium of instruction, except for Science and Mathematics which are already being taught in English.

“Of course, pupils should then be given the option to study their mother tongues. Under this system, the Malays will also have the option of studying other languages like Mandarin and Tamil and this will further boost unity among them,” he told reporters at Parliament House on Monday.

The Umno Youth exco member said it was time for Malaysia to do away with the dual school system, which was practised by only a handful of countries in the world, as it had contributed to the problem of disunity in the country. He said over 99% of countries in the world practised a single school system. He expressed hope that leaders of Barisan Nasional component parties would not take his suggestion in a negative light as it was only meant as a suggestion to resolve, once and for all, the problem of racial polarisation affecting the citizenry.

“If they reject this suggestion, then they should explain why they are against it. How is it possible for them on one hand to talk about unity and question Malay rights, while on the other hand still insist on having a different school system for their race?

“If you want equal rights then you cannot have a different school sistem. You cannot have your cake and eat it too,” he added.

He also urged all parties to stop harping on issues that could create tension among Barisan component parties, including on the issue of Ketuanan Melayu or Malay supremacy. Lately, he said, there were many statements made by leaders of component parties that had the potential to create anger among the Malays and Umno members.

“If they insist on making statements on that issue, then do not be surprised if the Malays start talking about the economic supremacy of the non-Malays.

“Despite all that has been said on the issue of Malay supremacy, the Malays do not feel in any way superior or the master when it comes to the country’s economy,” he said.