Dato’ Onn Ja’afar lah sebenarnya Bapa Negara.
Beliau ialah tokoh yang patut kita amat kagumi.
Seorang begitu berakhlak tinggi dan berjiwa besar.
Tiada tolok banding
Sebagai negarawan kita yang terulung, Dato’ Onn harus disanjung oleh semua atas kebolehan, kebijaksanaan serta pandangan jauhnya.
Sayangnya ramai yang buta sejarah masih tidak mengetahui akan perjuangan nasionalis serta nilai sumbangan dan jasa beliau.
Asas pertubuhan Tanah Melayu, sebagai sebuah negara bersekutu dan berdaulat, pada hakikatnya telah banyak dibentuk olehnya.
Penebus maruah Melayu
Dari segi keperibadiannya, Dato’ Onn seorang yang berani, tabah dan berhemah.
“He was the idol of the Johor people.”
“Handsome, dashing and fearless, he was the envy of all.”
“He was a great man, and the nation should be grateful to him for having moblilised Malay nationalism which was the spearhead to Malaya’s Independence.” – Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman
Betul semua yang Tun Dr Ismail cakap itu. We will never see the likes of Dato’ Onn again.
Malang sekali, Umno sendiri tak reti hendak menghargai aset dan warisan gilang-gemilangnya itu mahupun membayar hutang budi.
Rencana-rencana tentang Dato’ Onn Ja’afar yang dipaparkan di blog saya:
- Amanat Dato’ Onn, Mac 1946, hayati lah
. - Secebis sejarah Onn Jaafar
. - Releven Onn Jaafar kepada zaman kita
. - Dato Onn’s heroic ride on his basikal buruk in Batu Pahat
Tolong lah beri penghormatan yang sewajarnya
Umno sekarang ini tidak keruan dan hilang arah.
Perpatah Melayu ada cakap: Kalau dah sesat, pulang ke pangkal jalan. Ingat kembali kepada siapakah yang mengasas parti anda.
Pengasas Umno ialah Dato’ Onn Jaafar. Kenapa anggota parti tidak berbangga bahawa parti mereka diasas pemimpin Melayu yang paling berwibawa?
Bina tugu peringatan Dato’ Onn
Rakyat Amerika Syarikat memberi penghormatan kepada Presiden mereka yang terhebat – Abraham Lincoln – dengan membina Lincoln Memorial di ibunegara Washington DC.
Kenapa tidak kerajaan kita mencontohi teladan yang baik itu?
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Helen Ang 
Membuat tugu peringatan seperti tugu Abraham Lincoln itu sebenarnya tidak dibenarkan dalam Islam.
Dulu pun sudah dibuat tugu Tunku dan diletakkan depan parlimen tetapi ditarik balik.
Tugu Kebangsaan untuk memperingati pahlawan-pahlawan kita yang gugur, kan ada?
Memorial Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra ada.
Juga Tun Razak Memorial di Jalan Perdana, KL.
Dan Memorial Tun Hussein Onn pun besar dan megah.
Tapi toksah lah dok buat untuk Tun Dol ,)
Xynal,
I was thinking about that scene in the movie Tanda Putera where Tun Dr Ismail’s jenazah had lain in state at the Masjid Negara and then Tun Razak insisted that his late deputy be buried in the Makam Pahlawan.
Dato’ Onn deserves the highest honours, even posthumously.
I think some Malaysian muslims think they are more arabs than asian.
Hence, so many restrictions and attempts to use arabic terms and dresses.
Kita masih terbelenggu (interlock) kepimpinan Dato Onn di tolak oleh orang melayu ketika itu hanya sanya mahukan parti UMNO bersikap kerterbukaan pada masa yang sama YTM Tunku telah berikan unconditional right of citizenship to the pendatang waktu itu dan orang melayu tidak pun menolak dan membantah maka itu kemerdekaan Tanah Melayu dipersoalkan apa ada pada social contract yang begitu longgar itu… ibarat yang digendong terlepas tangan yang dipegang keciciran.. najib oh najib hang jangan dok cari pasai
Helen,
Sebagai seorang yang berjiwa wartawan, berpengalaman sebagai wartawan, adakah kamu dapat mengesan sejak bilakah UMNO kehilangan jati dirinya?
Saya bias merasakan kemasukan Anwar ke dalam UMNO membawa beberapa perubahan yang mengubah DNA UMNO. Namun ia sekadar perasaan bias saya tanpa sebarang bukti.
Betul lah tu.
Anwar yang rosakkan Umno dan mulakan budaya politik wang.
Cara dia tumbangkan Ghafar Baba, dashyat.
‘Cara dia tumbangkan Ghafar Baba, dashyat.’
yes, tapi kalau bukan kerana undi bonus, payah juga dia nak menang. (keris makan tuan).
Helen,
I will not say UMNO’s problem starts with Anwar’s admission into UMNO.
But Anwar certainly “immortalised” useless, destructive values into UMNO. In all honesty, the biggest mistake I feel that Dr Mahathir did was by bringing Anwar into UMNO.
And the worse part was treating Anwar as “anak emas”. In no time he took away Pengerusi UMNO Pulau Pinang from Pak Lah. And who can forget Anwar repeatedly telling UMNO members not to ask him to challenge Tun Ghaffar.
It was a reverse psychology. Anwar was actually bringing up the issue to make it the talk of the town.
I have the highest of respect to Tun Ghaffar. Many look down to this simple guy because they assume him too “kolot”. Had not for Tun Ghaffar, UMNO would not spread in Sabah. Tun Datu Mustapha and USNO in Sabah only trusted Tun Ghaffar.
And Tun Ghaffar was vilely ridiculed by Anwar’s gang. We forgot that Tun Ghaffar did not fight to be DPM. He was appointed. Cant Anwar wait for his turn?
No. He would not wait. He did not wait. He just “tendang” Tun Ghaffar. Tun Ghaffar could have created a scene. He could destablise UMNO as he was rudely, cruelly deposed. But he did not do that.
And that is hallmark of a great man. Which is a rarity in UMNO nowadays.
And the Dapsters wanted to install Anwar as PM.
Helen,
Oh no. Habis;la negara ni
Ya lor.
Diorang begitu benci Umno tapi nak juga pungut pemimpin Reject yang sudah dibuang parti Melayu tu.
Juga dijulang mereka Hannah Yeoh yang ditendang keluar oleh Australia.
Saya sering solat Jumaat di Masjid bangsar waktu Tun Ghaffar masih hidup. Dia kelihatan spt rakyat biasa dan dia duduk di lantai simen bersama-sama jemaah yang lain. Saya begitu kagum di atas sikapnya yang humble walaupun dia adalah di antara negarawan yg tetbilang.
Idea tu dh bagus, tetapi dari sudut pandangan syariah Islam (agama majoriti rakyat negara kita) ianya boleh menjadi salah. Contohnya mengagungkan tugu (batu) boleh menyebabkan syirik.
Tugu negara yang ada itupun dah jadi isu. Utk memberi penghormatan kepada ketokohan dato’ onn boleh sediakan bangunan yg menempatkan sejarah, gambar dan sebagainya yg berbentuk bukan patung.
Hanya pendapat sahaja.
re: “berbentuk bukan patung”
Okay, noted.
Helen,
Kita boleh buat satu memorial. Setiap hari kematiannya, kita(orang islam) boleh baca Yasin.
Kita boleh keluarkan setem. UMNO boeh beri biasiswa pada 10 pelajar Melayu cemerlang (contoh) yang mahu buat Ijazah sarjana.
Kementerian Penerangan boleh tayangkan rencana pasal Dato Onn. Kementerian Pelajaran boleh tubuhkan Kerusi Dato onn di sebuah Universiti.
Bukan nak memuja. Cuma nak kenang jasa seorang ihsan yg banyak berjasa.
Thanks for the suggestions.
I was thinking about ‘roh’ Umno.
The Dapsters are have succeeded in making U.M.N.O. a four-letter word and object of hate among the Chinese through their black propaganda.
Compare Dato’ Onn with the calibre of the DAP leadership. Ibarat langit dengan bumi.
Malays should be made aware that Umno was founded by a great man.
helen,
Call a spade a spade. I often say to my friends(Chinese especially) that DAP is racist. They are uncomfortable. But they are not able to challenge my view.
why on earth UMNO allows itself to be slandered. Why cant it react? Just “balas” by repeatedly saying DAP is the most racist political party on the planet.
Say it out loud. What is to be afraid off? is that not the truth?
re: “why on earth UMNO allows itself to be slandered”
That one you have to ask Ah Jib Gor.
re: That one you have to ask Ah Jib Gor.
hahahahaha! tanya dia buat apa…tentu nanti dia kena tanya kat bini dia dulu atau tanya kat ‘pemandu’ dia….
dah bertahun nak dengar satu statement dari dia yang betul-betul mengancam…. tapi,
cuma ada sekali, itu pun kat dalam perhimpunan MCA….!
dan itupun jadi polemik juga….!
tak tahulah apa jenis pemimpin UMNO ada pada zaman ini sebab semuanya seolah berpenyakit ‘diabetes’ sampai dah takde sensitiviti pada urat-sarafnya. agaknya sebab itulah tak dapat dirasanya ‘denyut-nadi rakyat’…!
setakat iklan yang ditampal kat dinding ‘komuter’….mana-mana orang pun boleh buat pok jib wehhh!
Ada nampak warisan roh UMNO pada KJ?
Sekarang dah masuk zaman politik wang, tak semacam dahulu seperti pada zaman Kaum Ibu yang bertungkus lumus memenangkan UMNO tanpa mengharapkan ganjaran.
Roh, semangat dan prinsip serta landasan perjuangan asal UMNO sudah lesap, Helen. Dahulu, pemimpin UMNO biasa sahaja; kini ramai dah jadi jutawan.
UMNO is souless now dan orang Melayu tak boleh lagi menaruh harapan padanya.
re: “Ada nampak warisan roh Umno pada KJ?”
KJ is Anwar 2.0.
re: “Umno is souless now”
Maybe that’s why Tun disapproved of BR1M. Najib is trying to buy goodwill in the absence of perjuangan.
So what do you suggest that Umno do to redeem itself, Ayah?
Tsunami cina telah banyak merubah sikap dan pandangan org2 melayu secara amnya. Kejadian itu ibarat 13 Mei yang tiada tumpah darah berlaku. Org2 Melayu telah belajar menjadi rasis daripada asalnya nasionalis daripada peristiwa tersebut.
Sikap nasionalis yang mementingkan keharmonian negara telah terkikis dari jiwa org melayu secara amnya. Perubahan UMNO mungkin akan berlaku jika ia dpt merasakan perubahan denyut nadi org2 melayu ini.
Jika ianya masih tuli maka akan melayu sendiri yang akan menghukum mereka. Tapi pada pandangan saya, UMNO adalah pragmatis dan mungkin menghukum kepimpinannya sebelum bangsa melayu yg melakukannya sendiri.
Mulakan dengan menendang keluar pemimpin yang clueless, soulless, blur, ‘perjuang less’ prinsip less’ dan semua ‘less’ yang negetif!
Ok, saya tahu itu bukan kerja mudah sebab ramai ahli UMNO yang bersifat ‘ less, less ‘ seperti di atas. Jadi pemimpin pemimpin tersebut amat selamat dengan ahli ahli yang sedemikian juga!
Jadi Melayu di luar ini, mula lah melihat di luar kepompong UMNO. PAS dan PKR juga hampas dan malah lebih teruk dari UMNO.
Kenapa tidak mula bersatu di bawah Ngo Ngo tertentu mulai sekarang . Biar tercirit birit Najib dibuatnya! Masa masih ada sebelum PRU 2018. Lihat tsunami Cina PRU 2013. Sekelip mata Cina boleh bersatu sehingga lebih 90%
Masa PRU 2018 mereka meletakkan calon calon di kawasan Melayu. PRU 13 juga ada hikmahnya. Dengan sokongan majority Melayu, bumiputra dan India tanpa Cina pun boleh menang!
Sedikit terkeluar tajuk. Rasa sedih melihat bagaimana seorang isteri pemimpin Melayu Islam menyenggol dengan agak kasar juga suaminya, dalam satu majlis besar peringkat antarabangsa. Ini bukan sifat solehah seorang isteri yang beragama Islam!
Norlin,
Yup. I often said that only Prophet Muhammad SAW can command absolute loyalty. And that because Muslims recognised Nabi Muhammad SAW for receiving divine appointment.
As for Malay Muslim predicaments in land previously known as Tanah Melayu, why lock yourself with useless political parties.
Let us have more choices. If UMNO fails to appreciate Malay aspirations, concerns, why vote UMNO in. It is time we openly ask ISMA to consider being full fledged political party.
Let us not talk about PKR. It is all about Anwar. And forget PAS. It sells Islam.
Only we need to be careful. Careful not to “dethrone” UMNO without capable Malay based party to take over. Choosing PR is tantamount to appointing racist DAP into power.
LAST election (2013) tought Malays many good things. It shows that Malays still can rule without Chinese support. Now UMNO or Utusan dares not say “undi Cina adalah penentu”. They used to say that every by-election.
Last election also shows that Malay goodwill is coming to its end. UMNO is foolhardy if it chooses to subsidizes dying parties like MCA in Malay majority areas. Remember on what happenned in Alor Setar, Kuantan.
Let Chinese realises that Malays care not if they (Chinese) decides to vote for DAP. And the best way to teach lesson is by not appointing MCA and Gerakan into Cabinet.
Kuantan PRU13 Umno yang bertanding.
Helen,
Thanks for correction.
My point is that by asking MCA and Gerakan to contest in Chinese areas, UMNO will silence off DAP. In addition, it will force MCA to “turun gelanggang” as it is “do or die” battle.
It also sends message that UMNO could not be bothered whether Chinese supports BN.
Kita jgn hanya pandai bercakap dan mengamuk. Tetapi harus melakukan sesuatu yg positif bermula dari diri, keluarga dan saudara mara kita.
Mula lakukan kempen menyedarkan bangsa supaya melihat kepada persamaan dari perbedaan.
Memastikan setiap pengundi yang layak berdaftar secepat dan seramainya. Kita tidak boleh terus leka dan ber retorik semata-mata tetapi kabur dengan halatuju dan matlamat membina bangsa.
Kita perlukan pemimpin yang berani utk bangkit menghapuskan gejala yg merosakkan asas dan jati diri bangsa. Org Melayu harus kembali ke ajaran Islam yang sebenar dan berlapang dada menerima perbedaan. Bukan dengan bertelagah tentang hal yang remeh.
Pemimpin Islam yang sejati tidak melihat kepada kemewahan dunia sebagai matlamat kepada kepimpinannya.
As I see it Helen, UMNO is beyond redemption so long as the present setup remains.
What it needs are peoiple who are from the middle or lower strata of Malay society who are more knowledgeable about the pulse of Malay society because they live it. Probably people who don’t wear sampin songket that costs thousands of ringgit for only one time! (Can’t tell how realistic that measurement is :D)
People who know the value of money and hard work and not those that have bought into the class of noveau riche’.
To be honest Helen, I don’t really know. Perhaps it’s because I’m now in my seventh decade and too tired to think that deep. My children know better and they are pretty disgusted with the situation. And the opposition is really useless too.
AYAH,
No. UMNO still have hopes. there are still good leaders like Mohd Hassan(NS), Dr Zambri, Mukhriz, Mustapha Mohammad, Alwi(Ketua pembangkang in Kelantan DUN),
The only reason why UMNO still rules the fort is quite simple actually. Despite Najib’s looking down on Malay attitude, Malays simply have no better alternatives. Meaning UMNO won by default.
UMNO’s problem is mainly to Najib’s approach in waging war against Malays. For reason best known to Najib, he chooses to irritate UMNO Penang by allowing RMAF base in Teluk Air Tawar to be developped, thus making a Malay majority area as a minority Malay constituent.
There are other ways to honour the late Dato Onn.
Building a tugu for his is a big no-no to Muslims.
I’ve always wondered why Msia govt did not name the second public university in Johor as University Dato Onn, instead of his son’s name (UTHM).
There are Memorials (dedicated ‘museum’ buildings) for Tunku, Tun Razak and Tun Hussein in KL.
There’s a small, unimposing one for Onn Jaafar in Batu Pahat. Nonetheless, I feel that Dato’ Onn’s name should be given far more prominence in our national landscape than has been accorded to him.
It may help salvage Umno’s lost soul.
Helen,
Najib is busy with strange sounding terms like ETP, GTP, Transformasi, Blue ocean strategy. It sounds fantastic but carry little meaning to layman.
It is simple values that actually carry the days for UMNO. Simple UMNO politicians with simple values. Whatever nasty things said about Tun Ghaffar as an example, I must salute him for bringing UMNO to Sabah. And he was successful in making inroad for UMNO in Sabah as “who’s who in Sabah politics (Tun Datu Mustapha) trusted him.
Honest politicians Tun Ghaffar, Tan Sri Ghazali Jawi made UMNO shines. But those were the days.
Simple politicians who understand the concerns, the aspirations, the worries of rakyat need not be pretentious. People will know. Simple politicians who understands as they listen, observe, go to the ground.
Simple politicians who talk “to us”. NOT TALK AT US AS IF WE ARE MERE NUMBERS. I am amuse with Anwar who loves to lectures rakyat. But he cant take criticism.
Simple politicians who understand that when they are questionned, they must answer. NOT LIKE Guan Eng who expects people to treat him as if he is “son of Heaven”.
Najib fails here as he does not understand. And he does not understand as he refuses to see what people can see.
Your PM is veiled by his own mental strictures and is responding to his personal inadequacies.