TIME TO CHANGE

I believe all racial based parties can evolve into one party. The BN government with its coalition of race based parties should dissolve it and form one party likewise with the opposition parties too. Look at the US of A. Two parties system for the people to vote. In one stroke US people dont talk about racial parties. They talk about Republican and Democrat. Here it can happen the same. BN one party facing BA another party. The people then talk about BN and BA. The country has too many race based parties which isnt good for the future of the country. It had been 50 years since our independence yet we haven't step over the racial line yet. What are we? Malay, Chinese, Indian, Iban, Kadazan, Javanese, Bugis, Aborigines, Mixed race...........? We are Malaysians. Period. It is the race based party that splits the harmony in the country. Every leader in the race based party will dont agree to merge. Because the leader wants to harvest the wealth for himself and his cronies and share some crabs with the other partners. If the party leaders put aside racial sentiments, one party system can work. Look at Rotary Club. Many races in the Club doing services to the country without interference of race and religion. The Club fixed the tenure of the president for a year. In this way the president and his team will have to carry out the planned projects in his term. So every one in the team will make a success of the president term. There is no cronyism involved. Because every one will learn in different capacity and then one can be elected to assume the president post for a year. (I was once a president of the Rotary Club in one of the districts in Johore) The political leaders can't do it because of personal and race interests. It is sad in this country after 50 years of nationhood the leaders still think in term of race not of Malaysian. The way I see it.........it can be done effectively providing the leaders think positively of Malaysia. The country can't stay forever in racial base parties and policies. It is time for change for the country needs it to transform. If the country needs to leapfrog it, so be it. The leaders of the race based parties should think out of the box otherwise the people have to decide for them. The security of the nation is at stake. The political leaders must wake up to the challenge. This is 21st century. Time to progress.