Marhaen Dan Rakyat

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad just can’t let go of his favorite script: Malays are under threat, only he can save them, and everyone else is either irrelevant or an enemy. Now, at nearly a century old, he’s back with a new plot twist — an “informal Malay committee” he grandly calls a “big umbrella” to unite the Malays once again. Let’s be honest: anyone paying attention to Malaysian politics knows this is classic Mahathir. The man literally wrote the textbook on racial politics with The Malay Dilemma back in 1970, where he argued Malays needed protection from supposedly domineering non-Malays. The book was so incendiary it was banned by Tunku Abdul Rahman. But Mahathir, ever the master of self-promotion, unbanned it the moment he became prime minister in 1981. Since then, Mahathir has never missed a chance to harp on alleged threats to Malay rights. He has repeatedly called non-Malays pendatang — immigrants — despite most having families who have been here for generations. He’s insisted the ...

Bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad tidak pernah menunjukkan tanda-tanda mahu mengundur diri daripada kancah politik tempatan meskipun usianya hampir menjangkau hampir satu abad. Selepas era kepimpinannya sebagai Perdana Menteri keempat dan ketujuh, Mahathir terus mencuba untuk mengekalkan pengaruh politik dengan menubuhkan parti baharu seperti Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (PEJUANG) dan kemudiannya Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA). Namun, kedua-dua entiti ini gagal meraih sebarang sokongan padu. Dalam Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15 (PRU-15), PEJUANG dan GTA bukan sahaja kalah kesemua kerusi yang ditandingi, malah hilang deposit, termasuk di kawasan yang pernah dianggap kubu kuat Mahathir sendiri, iaitu Langkawi. Mengapa Mahathir semakin ditolak rakyat? Apakah beliau semakin terputus hubungan dengan realiti kehidupan rakyat biasa, khususnya generasi muda dan pengundi luar bandar? SUMBER: https://www.astroawani.com/berita-politik/pru15-tun-m-tewas-hilang-deposit-di-langkawi-392568 Salah satu pun...