Now that the amendment to the constitution has been passed by parliament we Singaporeans, whether we like it or not, will have to brace ourselves with the inevitability of having an “elected” Malay President who in actuality is selected. And since the bar has been set so ridiculously high no other candidate except those from the establishment would qualify to stand.
Ironically the passing of the amendment coincides with the election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States.
It is not hard to guess who the Malay candidate would be in view of the scacity of qualified Malays. My guess is it would be either Puan Halimah or Encik Zainal Abidin Rasheed. Should it be Encik Zainal, who would have become Speaker had he not lost the election in 2011, would he be as proud as Donald Trump who had fought a long and bruising battle before clinching the presidency?
Would Ebcik Zainal, assuming he is the candidate, be able to command the respect of all Singaporeans in a skewed system tailored and reserved for him?
Would the Malays be proud of him? It would also be a slap on his face if as a Malay Muslim president he cannot even get the government to allow Muslim women in uniformed groups to dorn the tudung and rid Singapore of all forms of discrimination against Malay Muslims.
We don’t yet know what the actual PAP agenda is for instituting this ridiculous move. We don’t need to have a Malay, Indian or Eurasion President to tell the world that we are a multi racial and not a Chinese country. People of the world are not stupid. Come to think of it why should we worry about this? Can it guilty conscience for mistreating the Malays? Is the PAP leadership trying to con and impress the Malay world. My advice is, just adopt the right policies which are fair and non discriminitory to the minorities. And stop padding up our population with large numbers of PRC aliens if you really are concerned about being mistaken as a Chinese state. Let our population grow naturally and bond as a united nation. Your logic in instituting this amendment cuts no ice. It sounds so hollow and nothing but a scam. No self respecting and dignified Malay would want to partake in the scam.
Should Donald Trump carry out his threat to bar Muslims from entering the US Singapore’s head of state cannot even visit the country.
Source: Mohamed Jufrie Bin Mahmood
