The recent speeches by our Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Khairy Jamaluddin are very enlightening. Najib's call for UMNO to be a party for all Malaysians is very palatable. Khairy's call for UMNO to be more inclusive is also very heartening.
There is a possiblity that UMNO would one day open up to Malaysians of all races. In fact even now UMNO is open to not only Malays, but the Dayaks, Kadazandusuns, Muruts, the Orang Asli, Portuguese Malays and Thais.
UMNO's founding father, Dato' Onn Ja'afar had wanted the party to include all races. In fact he left the party because his idea was rejected. Maybe Najib can be the Prime Minister who would turn UMNO into a multi-racial party. He had after all coined the term 1Malaysia.
But the question is how soon can we see UMNO turn into one? And for Sabahans, the most important thing is to see UMNO being bold enough to revoke the citizenships of Project IC holders and their children.
UMNO is not short of far-sighted leaders. Apart from Najib, there are Khairy Jamaluddin and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. It is not impossible for these individuals to drastically change the face of UMNO. For Sabahans, they simply have to wait and see.
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It is only change from "United Malays National Organisation" to "United Melayu National Organisation"...
Wonder if UMNO accept the fact that Malay is only a sub-race from Austronesian ethnic?? not the other way round!! Also, not every Malay keeps the Muslim faith!!
Sabahan should be united and kick out the narrow minded & racist UMNO organisation (who created the racial based parties like MCA, MIC...)!!!!!
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