Press Statement By DAP Secretary-General And MP For Bagan Lim Guan Eng In Kuala Lumpur On 22.12.2013.
UMNO’s President Advice To MCA That the Health Ministry Issues Political Viagra To Revive Itself Only Reminds Malaysians That With Friends Like UMNO, Who Needs Enemies?
MCA suffered the ultimate political humiliation, not from the general election losses and rejection by the rakyat, but from their long time friend in UMNO when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak told the MCA General Assembly yesterday, “You have the members, you have the people, but it’s like the flesh is there but the spirit is weak. We need some political Viagra… We ask the Health minister to provide the medication”
Political parties form, survive and evolve through the passionate fire of principles and to bring about desired change for the rakyat. When political parties lose sight of these principles and are tainted by the corrupting influence of money and power, they will be rejected by the rakyat.
The UMNO’s President advice to MCA that the Health Ministry issues political viagra to revive itself only reminds Malaysians that with friends like UMNO, who needs enemies?
If MCA needs political Viagra from the Health Ministry as advised by Najib, then they only prove that MCA exists not for their principles or to serve the rakyat, but merely to serve the interests of UMNO. MCA’s failure to reproach the BN and UMNO President for these dismissive remarks shows how submissive MCA has become.
If MCA dare not object when they are humiliated in their own building and openly in front of their members, how then can the rakyat expect MCA to fight UMNO to defend Malaysian rights? And the rakyat are seeking answers on how to be set free from the prison of poverty, corruption and debt as result of the mismanagement of BN.
We are not talking about the mountain of debt of 55% Federal government debt to GDP amounting to RM541 billion but the 83% of GDP of personal household debt of Malaysians. Even though absolute poverty has been reduced, relative poverty has worsened with the price hikes in sugar, petrol, electricity and highway toll charges.
What are the solutions offered when the answer from BN given so far gives no comfort to ordinary Malaysians? On toll hikes, a BN Minister asks the rakyat to avoid them by using alternative roads, even though there are none for some routes. On sugar price hikes, Malaysians are told to eat less sugar to look after their health even though the price of sugar in Malaysia is now higher than the international market price. On corruption, BN just makes an outright denial that the illicit outflow of funds amounting to RM1.2 trillion over 10 years that made Malaysia the world champion of corruption, is a serious problem.
Can political Viagra solve these daily livelihood problems faced by the rakyat? Or will be fall back on UMNO’s divide and rule policy of playing the fires of racial hatred and religious extremism by pitting Malays against non-Malays, Muslims against non-Muslims and even Muslims against Muslims?
LIM GUAN ENG
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民主行动党秘书长暨峇眼国会议员林冠英于2013年12月22日在吉隆坡发表的文告
巫统主席竟然建议马华要求卫生部开一帖政治伟哥好让他们重生，有巫统这种朋友还需要敌人吗？
当首相纳吉昨天在马华大会竟然说“你有党员、你有人，但却好像没有灵魂的虚弱肉体。我们需要政治伟哥…..我们要求卫生部长提供这剂药”，可见马华如今正遭受极端的政治羞辱，这羞辱并不是来自大选落败及被人民唾弃，而是来自其长期的盟友巫统。
一个政党的组成、生存及蜕变是来自对于渴望为人民带来改变及坚持原则的那股星火热诚。当政党迷失了其原则方向，受到金钱与权力的贪污影响，他们将会被人民唾弃。
巫统主席竟然建议马华要求卫生部开一帖政治伟哥好让他们重生，有巫统这种朋友好需要敌人吗？
若马华真的如纳吉所建议，需要卫生部提供伟哥，这只能证明马华的存在不是为了其政治原则或服务人民，却只是为巫统的利益服务。马华对于巫统主席这样瞧不起人的言论，静若寒蝉，可见马华是如何唯命是从。
当在自家的马华大厦中，在所有党员面前公开被羞辱的时候，若马华也不敢反驳，试问人民如何期待马华与巫统抗争捍卫马来西亚人的权利？在国阵不当管理的结果之下，人民如今正在寻求挣脱贫穷、贪污及债务的牢笼。
我们已经不想谈那已经债台高筑，占了国民生产总值55%的5410亿令吉联邦政府债务，但我们要说的是占了国民生产总值83%的个人家庭债务。虽然绝对贫穷率下降了，但是随着糖、电费及大道收费皆涨的结果，相对贫穷的情况却越来越遭，
国阵对于现况的回答总是引起人民不满，至今他们到底给出了什么解决的方案？在大道收费涨价课题，国阵部长要求人民如果不想付费，可以改用其他道路，即使有些地方根本没有替代道路选择。在糖涨价的课题，国阵告知人民少食用糖才能身体健康，可是我国的糖价却高于国际市场价格。 在贪污方面，国阵才刚否认过去10年共有1.2兆令吉的非法黑金外流，是世界贪污冠军，这是多么严重的问题啊。
这里要问，政治伟哥到底能否解决人们目前日常生活所面对的切身问题吗？难道还要人们继续在巫统分而治之的统治伎俩之下，继续以种族憎恨及宗教极端主义，分化马来同胞对付非马来人、穆斯林对付非穆斯林，甚至是穆斯林对付穆斯林吗？
林冠英