前首相署部長拿督再益暗諷大港區部主席拿督斯里嘉瑪稱，馬來人的尊嚴並不是通過圍著毛巾在電視上出現，就可以重建的。
（新山8日訊）前首相署部長拿督再益暗諷大港區部主席拿督斯里嘉瑪稱，馬來人的尊嚴並不是通過圍著毛巾在電視上出現，就可以重建的。
他甚至認為，要恢復馬來人的尊嚴，首先是要在下一屆大選，把其所屬的舊政黨─巫統趕下台。
他在此間舉行的一項論壇指出，馬來人的宏願並非是靠挑釁或相互指責。「就如通只圍著毛巾在電視上出現，就可以重建的。」
他認為，突破巫統50年以來的政治霸權，是重拾馬來人尊嚴的重要步驟。
他指巫統掌控的國陣，對於任何事務都要掌控。
他亦指馬來人的弱點與問題，不斷地被提及，而目前並不時候去重複這些指控，而是以實際的行動去改變。
他指在19世紀，已有學者撰稿指責馬來人懦弱及懶惰，前首相敦馬哈迪也在其著作《馬來人的困境》中，對此也有提及。
「空口說白話的時代已過去，要重拾馬來人的尊嚴，我們就要投票予反對黨。」
JOHOR BAHRU: Former Umno leader Zaid Ibrahim has told Malays to kick out his former party at the next general election if they want to restore Malay pride.
Zaid, who was speaking at a forum called 「Malay clowns or Malay visionary」, said a 「Malay visionary」 would not pick fights and play the blame game.
「Like appearing on television clad only in towels,」 he said in reference to Red Shirts leader and Umno grassroots leader Jamal Yunos, who protested recent water disruptions in Selangor by standing in front of the state secretariat building, wearing only towels.
Jamal, a controversial figure who made headlines throughout last year and even in 2015 through his Red Shirts campaign against Bersih, has claimed he aims to defend Malays in the country.
But Zaid said the formula to rebuilding Malay pride was to kick out Umno.
「We have to understand that Malay pride can only be rebuilt by Malays. We have to break 50 years of Umno’s political hegemony,」 he said. He added that Umno, the lynchpin of ruling coalition Barisan Nasional, wanted to control and dictate everything.
Zaid said the problems and weaknesses of the Malays had been highlighted many times by various figures and now was the time to act.
「A lot has been written. Abdullah Munshi said Malays are cowards and lazy,」 he said, referring to an influential 19th-century writer. 「This is something former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad touched on in his book, The Malay Dilemma.
「The time for talk is over. Let us redeem the Malays by voting in the opposition.」
Also at the forum was Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub and academician Prof Tajudin Mohd Rasdi. A new edition of Zaid’s book titled 「Saya pun Melayu」 (I too am Malay) was launched yesterday.