Branding of Ketuanan Melayu

I find the arguments surrounding these 'Ketuanan Melayu' very interesting, only for the perspective where these arguments come from. In a way, these perspectives echo the anchor where the respective sides are at.

In the past, UMNO has always prided itself as the ones who uphold ' Ketuanan Melayu', but recent events have shown as a few Malays have seen the credo to be transformed to 'Ketuanan UMNO', or as it is called ' Umnoputras'. Now, PKR and PAS is laying claim or at the very least, throwing their hat into the ring, on ' Ketuanan Melayu'.

I believe the Ketuanan Melayu branding should be changed. Hell, the whole idea of Ketuanan Melayu needs a major rethink.

Here are two suggestions

1. There is no Melayu UMNO, PKR, PAS, DAP.

If you are a Malay, you are a Malay. And a Malay should help a Malay, no matter what the political allegiance is, in the matters that concern the Malays in general.

This idea should be the foundation of Ketuanan Melayu.

2. Malay leaders must be open, listen and accept criticisms from the lower ranks and able to intelligently answer them.

The keyword here is intelligent. A majority of Malays are now intelligent and are able to think
for themselves. For the Malay leaders, they need to intelligently articulate their positions to the Malay people. The era of ' Angguk - angguk, Geleng - geleng ' is over.

Now, given the points above, are the Malays willing to change ? Personally, in order for the Malays to move forward, the 2 points above are the immediate and urgent ones for all Malays to consider.