The Wall & The Bridge To Unity

Too many resistances just only for unity talk between UMNO and PAS. It is precisely due to the "bridge" and "wall" factors for unity.

The bridge is to link, connect and attach between two locations and areas etc, while in contrast, the wall is to separate, disconnect and divide. They are people who want to construct the bridge for unity and not least the people who want to construct the wall for sustaining disunity.

Who are the bridge's builders? Who are the wall's constructors? In PAS, obviously, Ustaz Nasarudin and Tok Guru Hj Abdul Hadi are constructing the bridge. Tok Guru Nik Aziz and his camp are building the wall. In UMNO, the President himself is leading as the bridge and majority are seemed to welcome the unity.

United we strong, disunited we weak. United is good, disunited is bad. The call for unity should be answered and welcomed by both PAS and UMNO. That is preached by Islam. If PAS can agree and tolerate with DAP, a party that openly objects Islam as an official religion of Malaysia, Tok Guru Nik Aziz actually does not have reasons to disagree with the unity effort for PAS and UMNO.

PAS is only a political party as well as UMNO, PKR etc. Islam, the only and true religion of Allah SWT, is above politic! That is why Islam can contain politics. Islam is way of life, and preventing unity of Ummah is not the way of Islam. The builders of the wall that disunite Ummah need to repent!

Kelantan, home for the olds

I born and grown up in Kelantan as well as all my siblings. Of course we are Kelantanese! but do not reside in Kelantan. One by one, we have migrated out from Kelantan to work for living, leaving our (old) parents remain in the hometown.

My family is not the only one facing such situation. My cousins also migrated out from Kelantan as well as my childhood friends, all because of the same reason, for work, leaving their old parents. Most of grown up sons and daughters of families left the state for jobs.

It is a reality now that my hometown is the home for the olds. The school leavers (after SPM / STPM) move out from Kelantan to go to Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam, Johor Bahru and Penang for jobs. Then, they get married with people who also work there. Later, they buy house and reside there with their new young families. To them, Kelantan is only a hometown where they go back to visit their parents generally during hari raya.

Who are living in my hometown at present? Obviously the answer is the old, retired, weak and poor health citizens of which their motivation to have a better social-economy standard is no more. It is a very simple rule for less demand is less supply and it is a bad sign for economic activities. Therefore, we can say.."Oh! no wonder lah Kelantan is like that".

What will happen in next 10 years? The current old generation will be gone while the young ones who have migrated away are unlikely to return considering their established careers and comfortable life in the present place where they are working.

I hope the present leaders of the state goverment are aware about this situation and the upcoming future. If they are not aware, we can also say.. "Oh no wonder lah Kelantan is like that".

I've been working in Johor for almost 10 years. Others may be longer. The only reason we are living in other states is the job for living. Yes, it is the job for living.

=> The state government retained their control for 18 years, but young generation keeps on migrating out because of the jobs for living.

=> The theme is "Membangun Bersama Islam", but young generation keeps on migrating out because of the jobs for living.

=> State leaders preach that Kelantan Government is good, but young generation keeps on migrating out because of the jobs for living.

As Kelantanese, I humbly request the state leaders to do something so that the young generation will have reasons to stay and return to reside in our beloved state.

Unity? What threaten it?

By the word "unity" I agree it is good. Because of unity our country became independent and we should, at the best of our ability to preserve the unity. Because of unity we have reached this far. Look at the countries around the world, what they have achieved without unity? They were destroyed by their own rage, unstability and warring among themselves.

Everyone knows Malaysia is a multi-racial country and every citizen knows that unity is imperative to Malaysian. We have Malay, Chinese, Indian and bumiputera from Sabah and Sarawak which generally practising differrent cultures and religions. In this composition, we are holding a "fragile" unity and what we do when holding fragile things? Even kids can answer that we should hold it carefully. In this composition, any demand for more by any party will affect the interest of other parties. Therefore, it is important for us to live in accordance with the National Constitution, the formula that is proven effective for our composition.

What threaten the unity? I can say power struggle for political control to rule the country is the main threat. Some politicians are playing with public emotion to gain support. They even play with racial sentiment and religion sensitivity that will create suspicions among the citizens. We even have politicians who go to other countries to cry for help and condemning that they were treated unfairly by the present government. Is he is a "negarawan"? What we gain from such acts? The fact is this person has failed to achieve his political ambition via the general election. Can't he just wait for next general election to re-contest? If he is the favourite, he would have won.

Other irresponsible politicians have launched and encouraged citizens to participate in illegal rallies. Are they educating the citizen to become more civilized? No they are not! They are actually teaching the public to violate the laws, cause instability and destroy the unity. These politicians will not help to educate citizens to be tactful in preserving our unity. My vote is not for them!

I believe that we can preserve our unity by practising the Rukun Negara. Many have forgotten about the national ambitions set by our leaders in the past, right after May 1969 tragedy, for our unity. These are the ambitions:

1) Achieving a more perfect unity amongst the whole of her society;
2) Preserving a democratic way of life;
3) Creating a just society where the prosperity of the country can be enjoyed together in a fair and equitable manner;
4-) Guaranteeing a liberal approach towards her rich and varied cultural traditions; and
5-) Building a progressive society that will make use of science and modern technology.

Do not destroy the unity that we once hold together carefully. It is not too late for us to continue concentrating the whole of our energy and efforts to achieve these national ambitions based on Rukun Negara principles:

BELIEF IN GOD
LOYALTY TO KING AND COUNTRY
THE SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION
THE RULE OF LAW
COURTESY AND MORALITY