Politik Melayu terus bercaca-marba

Yang pasti Melayu akan terus berbalah lantaran perbezaan fahaman politik tetapi sukar untuk bersatu atas kepentingan agama. Cina Malaysia pula sukar digoda apatah pula dipecahkan walaupun berlainan amalan politik.

Melayu terbahagi kepada dua golongan besar dari sudut politik, iaitu Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu atau UMNO dan Partai Islam Se-Malaysia atau PAS. Tetapi, Melayu menubuhkan terlalu banyak badan-badan bukan kerajaan atau NGO yang sebenarnya berkiblatkan kedua-dua pertubuhan politik berkenaan.

Dalam pada itu, terdapat serpihan sama ada UMNO ataupun PAS yang membentuk pertubuhan politik masing-masing termasuk PKR dan KITA serta NGO seperti PERKASA.

Masing-masing ada agenda tertentu yang pada akhirnya bermatlamat politik, sama ada menyokong UMNO atau PAS. Di negeri-negeri yang dikuasai Pakatan Rakyat, NGO berkenaan bergerak bagi pihak UMNO dan parti-parti komponen BN manakala di negeri-negeri pentadbiran BN, mereka mewakili kepentingan PKR, DAP ataupun PAS.  Yang nyata, majoriti adalah NGO Melayu.

Jika dilihat dari sudut nisbah Melayu-Bumiputera, kedudukan tidak melebihi 56 peratus daripada keseluruhan penduduk dan jika dibahagikan pula kepada dua golongan besar, iaitu UMNO dan PAS, maka nisbah tersebut turun kepada antara 25 dan 35 peratus.

Kedudukan itu melemahkan politik Melayu-Bumiputera dan sebab itulah kita dapati timbul tuntutan demi tuntutan yang dibuat oleh pihak-pihak tertentu termasuk berani mempersoalkan kedudukan istimewa orang Melayu dan memurtadkan umat Islam.

Kita bersyukur kerana kuasa politik pada masa ini masih berada dalam tangan Melayu tetapi setakat manakah ia mampu bertahan? Apakah Melayu akan terus berkuasa dan mencorakkan politik serta  pentadbiran negara?

Jawapannya ialah tiada jaminan sama sekali selagi Melayu tidak bersatu dalam satu wadah perjuangan   yang benar-benar berjati dirikan Melayu dan Islam yang mampu berdepan dengan nilai-nilai dan kesan-kesan sarwajagat yang cukup hebat melalui kemajuan teknologi dan produk teknologi.

Tetapi, kedudukan dan keberadaan politik Melayu hari ini yang terus bercaca-marba ditambah pula dengan kewujudan bermacam jenis NGO yang kononnya memperjuangkan kepentingan Melayu, tidak memperlihatkan sesuatu yang positif. Perjuangan politik Melayu menjelang 2020 dan abad seterusnya tetap menjadi tanda tanya... kerana  ia bergantung kepada azam politik Melayu itu sendiri.

Bersatu teguh, bercerai roboh!

 

 

Hear out the rakyat's complaints, civil servants told

Malaysians are no longer passive and they monitor and judge every move made by civil servants, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

He told senior civil servants attending the 16th Civil Servants' Conference  at the National Institute of Public Administration or INTAN last Thursday (Oct 20) that "people want a better quality of life. They want the government to provide them with better infrastructure, education, health and to guarantee them long-term peace."

Muhyiddin's advice should also be directed to the executive and the wakil rakyat or members of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies. 

When talking about the rakyat or citizens, you are referring at the root, that is the electorate.  They select or elect the legislature and charging it with the duty of making laws in accordance with their wishes, at least that should be the case.

The Cabinet, that is the Executive, draw up policies for the government. Administering the policies, the actual work of putting them into effect, is the task of the Civil Service. Ideally, the Civil Service must be   responsible to Parliament.   

Under the British system  adopted by Malaysia, the role of the Civil Service is to be a non-party element in party government; to give loyal service and support to the Government of the day, irrespective of that Government's political colour. The higher Civil Servant is free from political interference and unlike his Minister, he cannot be removed from office at the will of the electorate and must refrain from political interference himself. He must, in fact, take no part in political activity.

Civil Servants are the servants of the public, not its masters. The Civil Servant is expected, in his dealings with the people, whether personally or by letter, to show friendliness and strive for understanding. 

As Muhyiddin stressed, the government wanted civil servants to be the message of hope to the people. He advised them to hear out people's complaints and find ways to solve them immediately. 

The Civil Servant must refrain from personal political activity. He must faithfully carry out the policies of his political chief, whether he agrees with them or not. He must never use his official position to further his own interests. However high he may rise in the Service, his attitude to the public must always be that of a servant, never that of a master.