First they managed to capture Perak successfully. Then, it was Selangor’s turn but failed even with all the sand mining fiasco. Kedah was their next move but somehow it fizzled out and they got uninterested. Now, the attack is on my home state Penang.
I am talking about UMNO/BN “strategy” to seize all these states at whatever cost. In Perak & Selangor the issue was mainly money, royalty & illegal sand mining to initiate a change of government. In Penang UMNO specifically used Religion to bring down the PR government here.
This is where it gets interesting. UMNO knows pretty well when politics mix with religion for some selfish dubious means you are inviting trouble. Big trouble I mean. After all Utusan is always there to exaggerate any of this issue to the hilt and mind you it did.
The Penang government responded swiftly by doing several things like challenging UMNO to make a police report and doing its own investigation.
But what does this show? I believe it shows a few things:-
- UMNO’s (im)morality in using their very own religion (Islam) for selfish end while they claim to be defender of that very faith. This is Realpolitik for you!
- UMNO knows no bound whatsover when they use Religion in despicable way to re-gain the Malay support which has ben dwindling since GE2008.
- UMNO’s desire to see Penang goverment destroyed at all cost. That was the end in their mind. If their campaign succeeded there would have been terrible consequences for sure. After all UMNO was playing with fire when they brought this issue out.
So, do you think Religion matters now? It does matter to me for I do not want to see any religion for that matter to be twisted and manipulated by a select few for their own selfish gains.
I also think it does matter to UMNO especially when it suits their narrow, crooked and twisted agenda!
How about you Malaysians?
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