Why Are Chinese Keeping Themselves Away From PR?

With the General Election coming closer and closer, political parties in Malaysia are working a lot harder than usual. Even though no one really know the exact date, but from the behavior of these politicians, it seems like it would begin even tomorrow.

Pakatan Rakyat, as a party who does not need to be responsible on just about everything has now began their campaigns although they actually have been doing it around the clock. PR is trying their best to convince their supporters that they could win this time around. They even speculated that they should have won big before this, if the elections were just and clean.

Many were fooled with the dirty election propaganda which was brought by PR, including the Chinese who previously do not really care about street politics. The Chinese usually focuses on politics that could strenghten the economic status of their race. But, due to constant lies, many Chinese were fooled with the opposition's strategy in which they try to tarnish the government's image and that now they are starting to believe that the situation of Malaysian electoral system is in a dirty condition.

Most of them had made Malaysiakini and other Chinese newspapers as their reference and they would not accept any explanations made by the EC nor the government. From there, they are providing full support towards the efforts in 'cleaning up' election system via BERSIH.

Without them realizing, they have been used by the opposition to sabotage the country, thus, to themselves. They then decided to follow Ambiga even though they knew that the government had offered a stadium for them to hold a peaceful demonstration. The government had tried to put a sense in them by providing explanations that BERSIH 3.0 is not necessary, but they simply do not believe any of that.

Until Anwar ordered BERSIH 3.0 participants to start causing riot, then the Chinese suddenly stood in silence. At that moment, most of them decided to go home with rage because BERSIH had been taken over by the opposition. All of the things that the government had explained to them were true.

The Chinese might be smart in business, but that does not mean that they are smart in everything. Whether they realize this or not, their race can be easily influenced by those with interest by using the subject of racism which the they have in order to destroy their own country.

In the context of our country, the Chinese are told to believe that the government do not really care about them. They are also taught to deny all of the chances that are given to their race and the ability to practice their own language and culture in different schools, as a proof that the government really care. They are told to make selfish demands which does not translate unity and national interest. All of those, for the purpose of weakening the country's structure so that it would make it easier for our enemies to infiltrate this country.

That is why, whenever anyone mentions about the government, EC, MACC or even the police, the Chinese would translate it as 'Malay'. That is why they really hate Malays, they simply cannot see any good in Malays. They became blind, and they decides to believe every single bad things that are said about the Malays without even considering any other factors.

So, it is not surprising if they still believe that this country is not clean, only because people told them so. When the government or the EC provide facts and figures to deny those claims, they would not accept any of it. Instead, they would believe every single thing that are 'fed' by others who wants to tarnish the government and EC's image, even if those' fact and figures' do not even make sense.

It is hard to make them realize that they are in the wrong direction, but that is how Malaysian Chinese are today - they are prejudice towards the government and anything that has the word Malay in it.

But, it seems that BERSIH 3.0 had given them a blow. now, most of them are starting to realize that BERSIH is only the opposition's tool to gain power from the streets. Due to that, most of them are keeping themselves away from PR and chooses to be undecided.

However, the Chinese are still too arrogant to admit that BN government, under the leadership of the Malays are not as bad as how PR have been telling them. In average, it seems that the Chinese are still keeping their race and political stand. They still could not accept the fact that the success of their race in Malaysia is assisted by the leadership of Malays in UMNO-BN.

It seems that the Chinese still could not fathom that without our leadership, they might have not gotten to where they are now.

As for now, they had taken the best measure which is to get away from PR, but they need to realize that it would only be better of they stick with BN.

Dengan bahang pilihanraya semakin terasa, parti-parti politik di Malaysia semakin kuat bekerja. Walaupun tiada siapa yang tahu bila tarikh tepat pilihanraya, tetapi dari gelagat ahli-ahli politik, terasa seolah-olah pilihanraya akan diadakan esok atau lusa.

Pakatan Rakyat, sebagai parti yang tidak perlu bertanggungjawab atas apa-apa melipatgandakan aktiviti berkempen walaupun mereka sememangnya berkempen sepanjang masa. PR sebolehnya cuba meyakinkan para penyokong mereka bahawa mereka mampu menang kali ini. Malah, mereka juga sering mewar-warkan bahawa mereka sepatutnya mampu menang sebelum ini, sekiranya pilihanraya yang diadakan adalah adil dan bersih.

Ramai yang terpedaya dengan propaganda pilihanraya tidak bersih dan tidak adil seperti yang ditohmah PR, termasuk kaum Cina yang sebelum ini tidak begitu memberi perhatian terhadap politik jalanan. Kaum Cina selalunya hanya memberi tumpuan pada politik untuk satu tujuan iaitu memastikan pengukuhan ekonomi kaum mereka. Tetapi, akibat hasutan yang berterusan, ramai kaum Cina termakan strategi pembangkang yang memburukkan kerajaan dan mula percaya bahawa tahap ketelusan dan keadilan pilihanraya di Malaysia adalah amat buruk sekali.

Mereka yang rata-ratanya menjadikan Malaysiakini dan akhbar-akhbar berbahasa Cina sebagai rujukan tidak lagi menerima apa-apa penjelasan dari pihak SPR atau kerajaan. Lanjutan dari itu, mereka memberi sokongan penuh kepada usaha untuk ‘membersihkan’ pilihanraya melalui BERSIH.

Tanpa mereka sedari, mereka telah diperalatkan oleh pembangkang untuk mengsabotaj negara sendiri, sekali gus, diri sendiri. Lalu mereka pun turun ke jalanan membontoti Ambiga walaupun mereka tahu bahawa kerajaan telah menawarkan stadium untuk mereka berdemonstrasi dengan aman. Kerajaan telah berusaha menyedarkan mereka dengan penjelasan demi penjelasan bahawa BERSIH 3.0 adalah tidak perlu sama sekali namun mereka tidak percaya.

Sehinggalah apabila Anwar mengarahkan peserta BERSIH 3.0 merusuh dan mengganas, maka kaum Cina tiba-tiba terpinga-pinga. Pada ketika itu, sebahagian besar dari mereka pulang ke rumah dalam keadaan berang kerana ‘BERSIH telah diambil-alih oleh pembangkang’. Segala peringatan kerajaan kepada mereka kini terserlah sebagai benar belaka.

Kaum Cina mungkin bijak berniaga, tetapi itu tidak bermakna mereka bijak dalam segala-galanya. Sedar atau tidak, kaum mereka paling mudah untuk dihasut oleh pihak yang berkepentingan dengan hanya mempergunakan sifat perkauman yang berakar-umbi di dalam diri orang-orang Cina untuk menghancurkan/mengkhianati negara sendiri.

Dalam konteks negara ini, kaum Cina dihasut agar percaya bahawa kerajaan menganaktirikan mereka. Mereka juga diajar agar menafikan segala peluang yang diperolehi kaum mereka serta kelonggaran untuk mereka mengamalkan bahasa dan budaya sendiri di sekolah berasingan, sebagai bukti keikhlasan kerajaan. Mereka diasuh agar membuat tuntutan-tuntutan yang bersifat pentingkan diri serta membelakangkan perpaduan dan kepentingan kebangsaan. Semua ini adalah bertujuan untuk melemahkan struktur negara agar memudahkan musuh untuk menguasai kita.

Kerana itu, apabila disebut sahaja kerajaan, SPR, SPRM atau polis, maka kaum Cina akan menterjemahnya sebagai ‘Melayu’. Oleh kerana kebencian yang begitu meluap terhadap kaum Melayu, mereka tidak lagi dapat melihat apa-apapun kebaikan dari pihak-pihak ini. Mereka menjadi buta dan akan mempercayai apa sahaja yang buruk mengenai ‘Melayu’ tanpa berfikir dua kali.

Maka tidak hairanlah mereka percaya bahawa pilihanraya negara ini tidak bersih hanya kerana ada orang yang menyatakan begitu. Apabila kerajaan atau SPR memberikan fakta dan angka untuk menepis tuduhan itu, mereka enggan menerimanya. Tetapi, mereka akan percaya apa saja ‘fakta dan angka’ yang disogok oleh pihak lain yang bertujuan memburukkan imej kerajaan dan SPR, walaupun ‘fakta dan angka’ itu tidak masuk akal langsung.

Memang sukar untuk menyedarkan manusia yang memilih untuk bersikap prejudis dan begitulah keadaannya kaum Cina di Malaysia hari ini – mereka prejudis terhadap kerajaan dan apa saja yang berbunyi Melayu.

Tetapi, nampaknya BERSIH 3.0 telah ‘menampar’ mereka sehingga terjaga dari dibuai mimpi kebencian yang meluap-luap. Kini, ramai dari mereka sedar bahawa BERSIH hanyalah alat pembangkang untuk berkuasa melalui jalan belakang. Akibatnya, ramai dari mereka mula menjauhkan diri dari PR dan memilih untuk menjadi pengundi atas pagar.

Walaubagaimanapun, kaum Cina masih terlalu angkuh untuk mengakui bahawa kerajaan BN pimpinan Melayu tidaklah seburuk atau sejahat yang dituduh oleh PR. Rata-rata kelihatannya kaum Cina masih tegar berpegang kepada semangat perkauman dalam menyatakan pendirian politik mereka. Mereka masih enggan menerima hakikat bahawa kejayaan kaum mereka di Malaysia hari ini juga adalah berkat keikhlasan dan kebijaksanaan kepimpinan Melayu-UMNO-BN. Kaum Cina nampaknya masih belum mampu memahami bahawa jika kepimpinan kita tidak bijak, kaum Cina juga tidak mungkin mampu berjaya seperti hari ini.

Setakat ini, kaum Cina telah melakukan perkara yang bijak dengan menjauhkan diri dari PR tetapi sedarlah bahawa kebijaksanaan itu hanya akan berguna jika mereka kembali mendekatkan diri dengan BN