Call for a “Save Malaysia Coalition” of all political coalitions and political parties to restore Malaysia as a first-rate world-class nation instead of slipping to second-rate mediocre country now after six decades and in danger of ending up as a failed, divided and kleptocratic state on Malaysia’s Centennial

I call for a “Save Malaysia Coalition” of all political coalitions and political parties to restore Malaysia as a first-rate world-class nation instead of slipping to second-rate mediocre country today after six decades and in danger of ending up as a failed, divided and kleptocratic state on Malaysia’s Centennial.

In the sacred mission to Save Malaysia to restore the nation to a first-rate world-class nation status instead of ending up as a failed, divided and kleptocratic nation on Malaysia’s Centennial, there can be no neutrality by patriotic Malaysians.

I fully agree with the Yang di Pertuan Agong that we are going through extraordinary times which call for extraordinary measures by patriotic Malaysians to Save Malaysia.

Let us think of the future of the country instead of one’s future, whether it be a political party, political coalition or one-self, which is why in the sacred task of saving Malaysia from ending up as a failed, divided and kleptocratic in another four decades, no patriotic Malaysian can be neutral.

Let’s put the future of Malaysia above everything else, including the past.

Let every patriotic Malaysian, every political coalition and every political party, inside and outside Parliament, work with one common mission and purpose – to make Malaysia great again and fulfil the aspiration of Bapa Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman for Malaysia to be “a beacon of light in a difficult and distracted world”.

This is work not of one Prime Minister or in one general election as it must be the mission of many Prime Ministers and many general elections, as it must be the Malaysian Dream of every Malaysian for the next three to four decades.

Let us start work with this common mission under the 10th Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim.

Let us return to the original nation-building principles as advocated by the first four UMNO Presidents and nation’s founding fathers like Onn Jaafar, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Razak Hussein, Hussein Onn, Tan Cheng Lock, Tan Siew Sin, Dr. Lim Chong Eu and V.T. Sambanthan.

Let Malaysians surprise the world that Malaysia is capable of a second “political miracle”, not only to start the new era of coalition politics on a right footing and fulfil Tunku Abdul Rahman’s aspiration for Malaysia to be “a beacon of light in a difficult and distracted world”, but for Malaysia to be among the great world-class nations where there is minimal corruption, a tiger economy, world-class education standards, sustainable environment and Malaysia a show-case to the world as the confluence of four great civilisations — Malay/Islamic, Chinese, Indian, and Western.

Lim Kit Siang DAP Veteran