Blogger SatD – salah seorang penggiat utama gerakan untuk memansuhkan sekolah vernakular – semalam menyatakan “jelas ada perbedaan ideologi yang amat ketara antara Satu Sekolah berbanding dengan halatuju perjuangan DAP dan sejarah evolusi DAP Malaysian Malaysia.”
Mengulas perbezaan yang disebutkannya, SatD mendakwa bahawa penolakan DAP terhadap Dasar Kebudayaan Kebangsaan serta tindak-tanduk parti itu membayangkan pendirian DAP tidak secocok dengan matlamat kempen 1Sekolah yang mahu mewujudkan satu Bangsa Malaysia.
Memetik ucapan Lim Kit Siang pada 17 Julai 1981 bertajuk ‘Racial Polarisation the foremost Malaysian problem in the 1980s‘, SatD mentafsirkan pendekatan ‘Malaysian Malaysia’ DAP sebagai berada di luar landasan Perlembagaan.
SatD telah mengolah:
“The underlying thought process behind the [Lim Kit Siang] statement centers around a situation that one becomes Malaysian First [sic] (according to DAP Supremo) can only be satisfied outside our Jurisdiction.”
Saya menandakan ‘sic’ [tidak betul] di atas kerana pada tahun 1981, DAP belum lagi mencipta cogankata ‘Malaysian First’ yang hanya dipopularkan selepas pilihanraya umum Mac 2008. Sebelum itu, cogankata DAP berbunyi ‘Malaysian Malaysia’.
Dan lagipun zaman sudah beredar.
Pendirian ‘Malaysian First’ yang dipegang DAP hari ini sudah jauh menyimpang dari konsep ‘Malaysian Malaysia’ yang didakap parti itu 30 tahun lalu.
Walaupun kenyataan-kenyataan Kit Siang pada tahun 1982, 1984 dan 1994 (rujukan dipautkan oleh SatD dalam blognya Pure Shiite) mungkin menggambarkan pendekatan DAP pada tahun 1980-an dan awal 1990-an, namun hari ini Kit Siang yang berumur lebih 70 tahun tidak lagi menyandang jawatan setiausaha agung parti.
Jawatan tersebut telah diwasiatkan kepada anaknya Lim Guan Eng yang berjaya memberikan DAP suatu wajah baru. Malah Guan Eng nampak berseri apabila diwarnakan rambutnya perang segar dan dipotong berlapis-lapis. (Kalau hendak kelihatan lebih muda lagi, sapulah gel untuk menggayakan rambut pacak.)
Sebaliknya Kit Siang yang dianggap sebagai dinosaur kolot digesa supaya mengundur diri untuk memberi laluan kepada saf angkatan muda.
Dasar kebudayaan kebangsaan yang digubal kerajaan pada tahun 1971 seiring dengan pelancaran DEB adalah berteraskan budaya Melayu dan Islam.
Cheryl Chew, ketua Wanita PKR Bukit Gelugor yang berupa seorang mualaf (mengambil nama Islam ‘Huda’), membuktikan warga bukan-Melayu semakin mendekati serta mesra dengan agama Persekutuan Malaysia.
Dewasa ini DAP dengan jelas sekali menerima unsur-unsur keMelayuan dan keIslaman yang terkandung dalam dasar tersebut.
Bukankah ianya Guan Eng yang secara sukarela memperkenalkan Amar ma’ruf nahi mungkar di Pulau Pinang serta mencorakkan pentadbiran kerajaan negerinya meneladani pemerintahan khalifah Umar Abdul Aziz?
Ahli-ahli Parlimen DAP Nga Kor Ming dan rakan sePakatannya N. Gobalakrishnan (sekarang seorang Wakil Rakyat bebas) sudah pandai membaca ayat Quran.
Adun DAP Sekinchan Ng Suee Lim pula memetik Hadis dalam perbahasannya di sidang DUN Selangor.
Papan-papan iklan ucapan Selamat Hari Raya Korban yang besar dipasang di banyak kawasan DAP walhal Hari Raya Cina tidakpun disambut begitu meriah oleh parti itu.
Kalau PAS pun boleh sanggup membelakangkan Negara Islam dan digantikan dengan Negara Kebajikan, mengapakah kempen Satu Sekolah untuk Semua masih meragui keikhlasan DAP memberi sokongan mantap kepada Dasar Kebudayaan Kebangsaan?
Bersambung daripada ‘So my dog’s Chinese too, eh?’ dan ‘Anak pemimpin DAP sekolah apa?‘
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Disyorkan juga posting terkini blog Big Cat di mana diceritakan usaha sama masyarakat setempat mengutip derma untuk membina sekolah Cina ‘brick by brick’.
Helen Ang 
Ciri-ciri luaran tidak semestinya menggambarkan kedudukan sebenar. Memanglah dengan menggunakan pakaian Melayu/Islam, menggunakan hadis, riuh menyambut Hari Raya Aidilfitri dan sebagainya, pihak berkaitan berharap menarik perhatian dan minat pengundi Melayu/Islam. Lihatlah juga perlakuan mereka dan tindakan-tindakan yang diambil mereka bila berkuasa, misalnya di Pulau Pinang dan Selangor. Atau sudahkah kita lupa Elizabeth Wong sebelum beliau mengenakan pakaian baju kurung dan tudung? Deeds are more meaningful than just words or clothing and whateverelse one may choose to effect.
Just my two sen’s worth. Thank you Ms Helen Ang.
DAP NI MEMANG CELAKA BESAR,JENIS MAKAN BABI…JIKA TAK SETUJU DENGAN KEMPEN 1 SEKOLAH UTK SEMUA DAN PERLU GUNA BAHASA MALAYSIA/MELAYU…NAK GUNA BAHASA IBUNDA BALIK TONGSAN
Dear Helen,
It is kinda sad that some of our friends refuse to realise that they cannot get what they want by forcing things on other people. Most of the time we would find them so adamant in arguing on academic points without even bothering to know the realities on the ground. We will never have Bangsa Malaysia by hurling insults at each other and trying to destroy institutions cherished by each others community. For me, patience and understanding is the answer. Yes, it is easy to shout slogans such as “Satu Bangsa, Satu Bahasa, Satu Negara”, but to really achieve that dream in this country will take more than just sloganeering and hurting each others feelings.
Hi Big Cat,
You’re right. It’s really a matter of trust, like, would you leave your child with a babysitter that you lack confidence in? It’s the same with entrusting your kid to the school.
Looking at the way some of the SSuS-ers have reacted (we’re adults & we can handle it but), imagine how insecure a parent would feel worrying about his young child being at the mercy of arrogant people in a system that is hostile to his family.
Furthermore, if I (as someone who blogs in BM) am confronted with such condescending attitudes, how then the poor parents that they term ‘Cina bukit’ and the poor kids whose proper given names the teachers turn into ‘Ah Beng’.
Btw, I just read your Oct posting ‘My favourite Chinese school‘ and we’re on the same page wrt the question ‘How many Chinese schools are built or financially supported by DAP?’
Cheers
Sad? sad?
It is expected. these ultra chauvanists who see your blogs and support your comments are there only because of your vendettas to Dap. Everything that goes wrong is spinned by you people to look like Dap is at fault. deep down they have no like for people who do not think like them, and now you can see that surface. This is what really drives ssss crowd: intolerance to other views.
Dear Obefan,
Fyi, I am actually a Malay (though my DAP friends also called me a pendatang for one reason or another). I never attended a Chinese school, not a Chinese in any way and cant speak any mandarin or any other Chinese dialect. My DAP friends identified me as an Umno supporter despite me not being a member of that party. Despite all that, I understand the importance and contributions of the Chinese schools to this country and due to that I am making a stand to go against the one school system initiative. I do not have any vendetta against the DAP people. I just don’t agree with what the party stands for. Cheers.
hello bigcat,
I understand. i do apologize if you thought i mistook you for non Malay.
My point is to writers such as Helen who i notice are so anti-Dap they will hantam them for every fault real n mostly imaginary. The funniest thing is they believe mca is solution for salvation, but MCAs past n present track record is what caused people to lose confidence in it 1st place. This is what attracts the far ultra crowd, as you can see in comments in her earlier writing.
On this issue, I beg to disagree with you. Malaysian Malaysia and Malaysian First is no different simply because DAP has never changed its stance since its formation. Most important, Lim Kit Siang’s position on Dasar Kebudaya Kebangsaan has never changed since that 1981 declaration and therefore it still reflects DAP’s official policy. Show me any documentary evidence that LKS has revoked his earlier statement (1981). Bear in mind DAP and LKS means the same. It does not matter if some other DAP leaders are seen to be “supportive” as per your examples. How about those 12 Sarawak DAP ADUN who refused to wear songkok during the official opening of the State Assembly? Whereas it was an official attire!
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Panda Kungfu, LKS is no longer sec-gen nor holding any major position. LGE is Kepala, and his faction (the evangelists) are the ones who are in control of the party. Since they’re publicly posturing in support of the national culture policy, then they should be held to account. If bikin tak serupa cakap, then the SSS campaign might want to call them out on it and demand a clarification on their stand. Cheers, Helen
Salam sejahtera Helen,
Saya agak tertarik dengan cara saudari mengolah dan menukilkan pendapat.
Namun, ada sesetengah bahagian yang saya fikir perlu difikirkan dengan lebih mendalam.
Saudari menulis:
Dewasa ini DAP dengan jelas sekali menerima unsur-unsur keMelayuan dan keIslaman yang terkandung dalam dasar tersebut.
Bukankah ianya Guan Eng yang secara sukarela memperkenalkan Amar ma’ruf nahi mungkar di Pulau Pinang serta mencorakkan pentadbiran kerajaan negerinya meneladani pemerintahan khalifah Umar Abdul Aziz?
[Ianya diumum secara sukarela, namun penghayatannya kurang memberansangkan. Andai benar amal makruf yang dijalankan, seharusnya tidak banyak kontroversi yang melanda Pulau Pinang,termasuklah isu derma dan wang judi.. oh ya, judi itu termasuk dalam perkara yang mungkar ya]
Ahli-ahli Parlimen DAP Nga Kor Ming dan rakan sePakatannya N. Gobalakrishnan (sekarang seorang Wakil Rakyat bebas) sudah pandai membaca ayat Quran.
Adun DAP Sekinchan Ng Suee Lim pula memetik Hadis dalam perbahasannya di sidang DUN Selangor.
[Untuk kedua perkara di atas, tiadalah salah untuk bukan Islam membaca ayat Quran dan memetik hadis. Namun, itu tidak bermakna mereka mendekati Islam secara penghayatan dan pemahaman. Ianya masih tidak cukup dan jika benar mereka menghayati, kenapa tidak diteruskan di semua ceramah, termasuklah kepada yang bukan Islam?]
Oleh itu, tidaklah salah jika satD atau sesiapa sahaja yang meragui DAP.. walaupun slogan bertukar, intipatinya masih ada..
~ OnDaStreet
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Betul juga apa yang dikatakan OnDaStreet. Supaya SatD dan rakan-rakan tidak lagi meragui DAP maka haruslah mereka-mereka itu yang mencintai Khalifah Umar meneruskan usaha murni Malaysian First mereka, termasuklah dengan membaca ayat Quran dan memetik Hadis di ceramah kepada yang bukan Islam. — Helen
Helen,
Saya fikir anda salah faham dengan apa yang saya katakan. Atau saudari mungkin telah tersalah baca.
Lim Guang Eng dan rakan-rakan belum benar-benar mendekati Islam. Apa yang dilakukan adalah semata-mata retorik politik. Jika mereka benar dan faham, Negara Islam yang diinginkan PAS pasti tiada masalah.
i am disappointed with the para u mentioned about lim guan eng and co ‘started to embrace the national religion’ by those examples u wrote. i dont know they are satire or ur honest assessment on guan eng and co.
but if it is the measures u used in justifiying how guan eng – in ur own word – jelas menerima unsur melayu dan keislaman, then i am deeply concern over the future of us all.
and with the same breathe u mentioned about the willingness of PAS to let go of ‘Negara Islam’ replacing it with negara kebajikan. u made it sound like this is the holy sacrifice by the PAS leadership. but the fact that matter is, this is cr4P
we both know this isnt it. that negara kebajikan replacing negara islam IS NOT the holy compromisation or sacrifice or whatever. the fact that matter is, PAS was FIXED by their own doings and it was BASED on POLITICAL understanding that Negara Islam becomes Negara Kebajikan. if they continue with negara islam, it will not benefit them at all and pakatan especially. thats why after only 55-60 years in politics, PAS ‘realized’ theres not a single ayat Quran saying anything ‘Negara Islam’ . i wonder do they even read the Kitab all these years? lolz
poor that chap who died in Baling some odd years ago. he was the real victim of PAS’s political ‘religion’. that died chap was vehemently against all people of his kind because PAS said those people were kuffar. now PAS are directly working with kuffar. he must have curse in his grave. see God nowadays give cash. directly.
and those chinese mostly DAP people and one indian u mentioned, u knew why they recite all those quran verses. and throw big party on muslim celebrations. dont u dare to say other wise. it is all about the votes. and being associate with islam and melayu, it will only return more malay and islamic people votes. these people will stop at nothing in trying to gather the votes. they will sell their children, their mothers and fathers, if that means bringing more votes to them.
maybe i exaggerated on that selling children bit, but i wudnt bet against them. u know what happen to puyi, dont u?
so in a nutshell u know these arguments u wrote about DAP are not valid at all. they are wrong.
So if really DAP is so much becoming more islamic and more melayu, i think they should stop questioning the scholarships matters where of course the amount of scholarships WILL forever in favour of the malays. or the contracts. or whatever associated with special bumi rights.
or stop arguing about Special Rights of the malays. I know some people say this is the tongkat but who cares? this is my tongkat and do whatever u want but i am not giving u my tongkat anytime.
err..before anything i should point out that they were there in the constitution.
Dah lah tu…..usah bertelagah pasal kaum lagi, pening kepala kita semua. Mari jadi bangsa malaysia, tiada lagi pengasingan kaum disemua pusat pendidikan dan pembelajaran, ditempat kerja atau dimana saja, mulakan dengan satu sekolah yg juga ada subjek kebudayaan dan ugama semua kaum
The proponent of one school is mostly from the old school, that is why they keep talking LKS, MM, communist, satu bangsa satu sekolah, they should have realized the mentioned notion is already out of fashion but thick face enough to talk intellectual this and intellectual that, similar to DAP that idiotically believe that the Malaysian First rhetoric will make them more Malaysian, and further delude that by ranking race at second place, people will perceive them as less racist. Let us take pleasure in watching how hypocrite trying to outdo each other.