Tun Dr Mahathir Analysis

In 1970, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr Mahathir wrote his controversial political manifesto called The Malay Dilemma which aroused the attention of all Malay community around that time. When the book was published, Tun was just expelled from the ruling party UMNO, lost his parliamentary seat after his blatant critique toward the government which had not sit well with Tunku Abdul Rahman, who was also The President of UMNO at that time, and consequently, Malaysia has just been waked by 13 May Incidents, a full-blown and bloody racial riot between the Malay and Chinese in which the aftermath nearly tore apart the very foundation of this nation. Ironically, this latter’s equally controversial book will help Tun Dr Mahathir to set the country course for the past 40 years since his ruling from 1981 especially on his vision towards Malaysia’s economic trajectories.
In the Malay Dilemma, Tun Dr Mahathir essentially argued about the Malaysian history and its politics in terms of racism and posits the following four basic positions which are 1) The Malay race are the indigenous people of Malaysia, 2) The sole national language is the Malay language and all other races are to learn it, 3) The tolerant and non-confrontational nature of the Malays has allowed

The Malaysia nation’s dilemma is an issue that not one racial community per se much less UMNO as the ruling party. It is a commitment where all the races need to be involved in one table and firmly decided upon by all races collectively. Hence, to become one nation where its people live in harmony and look forward to having a say in its development, therefore we need to focus on the development of progressive country that transcend the boundary of racial and religious, suppressed inequality, injustice, prejudice among the