ACCORDING to A.I, not to be confused with Anwar Ibrahim, whoes nickname also happens to be A.I, it all boils down to frustration after he lost his election deposit, wheb he failed to garner the minimum number of votes to even qualify as a credible candidate in the overwhelmingly Malay majority Langkawi seat during GE 15
THE A.I has a point here, which cannot be dismissed but can only be understood by the human brain, specifically on why Tun Mahathir's views are no longer accepted as the main stream voice of the Malay community.
FIRST and foremost READ : not only did Tun Mahathir lose his deposit, all the other 41 Pejuang Candidates backed by him lost their underwear, as such there is no logical metrics to even suggest with the slightest of sniff, that his views resonate with the mainstream middle Malay ground
TUN Mahathir, who had exploited the Malay communities very liberal view on how they define who is Malay, to rise to power for more than 24 years, now wants the community to back off their open mindedness just because he has a PERSONAL dislike for Anwar Ibrahim.
BUT the Indian in him, could still be seen in full display by his choice of clothing. READ : Cerita Disebalik Baju Ala-ala Nehru Tun M Yang Mungkin Korang Tak Tahu
JAWAHARLAL Nehru, to those who are not familiar with the name, is the fire brand, Indian Nationalist, who was also India's first Prime Minister after independence.
JUDGING a man by the clothes , he picks to flash to the world on who he truly is, perhaps is too extreme a measure to be used as a yardstick to measure a man.
GRANTED, on that train of thought, but when it comes to numbers, what are Dr Mahathir's minions going to say?
THEY cannot say much, because numbers do not lie, they merely state the numerical truth on the ground.
CONSIDER this, since 1970, land scrapped and poor in water resources Penang has never had a Malay chief minister, but yet today the Malay paddy farmers of Penang READ : produces 5.595 metric tonnes of paddy per hectare, the highest highest yield in the country, where the national average output is 4,039 metric tonnes per hectare
PENANG'S paddy output is about one six of the output of Kedah, the rice bowl of the nation, blessed with huge water resources.
KEDAH though is cursed with leaders, whose lips highlight their Malayness but legs and hands do absolutely nothing when for more than 24 years Malay paddy farmers were exploited with diluted fertilisers, water drainages with too many short cuts for self enrichment purposes and doubtful but priced steeply paddy seeds.
Tun Mahathir should respond why are the paddy farmers in the situation they are in at his home state of Kedah, borrowing money just to plant paddy.
ON the converse, their fellow Malay paddy farming brothers in Penang, despite all the geographical disadvantages, have flourished under the leadership of a political party Dr Mahathir describes as CHINESE CHAUVINIST!
