50 TH MERDEKA, NOT 50 YEARS BANGSA MALAYSIA

Hi Bangsa Malaysia! Remember vividly the founding father of UMNO, the late Dato' Onn b Jaafar who set the Malay agenda pre-merdeka episode but soon realised that the nation would not survive just on the souls of the malays per se but the whole malayan people right from Perlis Indera Kayangan to Sabah Di Bawah Bayu. Thus, after leading UMNO through the most turbulent period of Malay nationalisme tried hard to define a new vision and mission of the party and race. He realised that he had no time to give to the malays to understand and accept his new ideals so he left the party to set up the Independence of Malaya Party. He failed in the general election but his ideas and ideals prevail until today. His ideals at present can be seen in the constitution of Gerakan but sadly this party has changed into just another chineses based party like MCA. Dato' Onn was too far sighted just like Abraham Lincoln the 16th President of USA to declare the Emancipation Proclamation that gave fredom and liberty 400 years later to the blacks. It took Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, etc the civil rights leaders to move the masses with "We shall overcome" till both of them were martyred on the altar of brotherhood of mankind. Like the case of Malaysia, the ideals of Dato' Onn Jaafar will be rekindled in the year 2547 one day when the magic of power sharing of National Front still cannot solve the equation of Bangsa Malaysia in its real sense. Until that time Barisan National still cannot dissolve the parties under its umbrella to dilute the coalition or alliance and form a SINGLE party. when can we hear the speech "I have a dream!" Shall we wait for another 5 scores years after 1957 to achieve Bangsa Malaysia?