CHANGE NOW, SAVE MALAYSIA!

After 53 years of independence, Malaysia is in crisis. The Malaysian dream of a harmonious and prosperous nation has been shattered.  

Democracy and the  rakyat’s  rights continue to be  trampled and eroded by the UMNO/BN leadership. Corruption and abuses of power are rampant. The nation’s wealth has been misappropriated  by  the  powerful  and connected elites.

UMNO/BN is unconcerned about the plight of the ordinary rakyat: for most, personal  incomes and  living standards have stagnated, and all are beset by the rising cost of living. As a nation, our competitiveness has suffered due to weak policies and ineffective government.  

To overcome this national crisis, we need a political will to change. Malaysia is in dire need of a major paradigm shift in its policies and thoughts. Pakatan Rakyat offers our nation a strong political will for change.

In meeting  our nation’s  needs,  we  have  crafted  the  Common Policy Platform; a comprehensive and holistic policy document  to help/enable all the  rakyat.   Our policies are  based on  these  four  primary  goals and principles:

1. A  transparent and  true  democracy  to reflect and  empower the supremacy of the rakyat;
2. A dynamic and sustainable economy to provide prosperity and social welfare to all;
3. Social justice  to ensure  the  complete  development of  rights and respect of human dignity; 
4. Federal-State and foreign policies  that  are  based on  principles of fairness and justice.

Malaysians  have suffered  for  decades  due to the  abuses of power, corruption and ethnic politics  under  the archaic  UMNO/BN  system. Now, Pakatan Rakyat via the Common Policy Platform proposes a set of policies and plans to lead the nation to a new and better future.  

Pakatan Rakyat  parties have  reaffirmed their commitment to the Federal Constitution. We will be guided by it: it is our moral compass in our struggle for a better Malaysia. Our allegiance  is encapsulated in our Common Policy Platform, whose first three objectives are:

1.  To  defend the Federal Constitution, Islam as the religion of the Federation while other religions can be practiced peacefully anywhere in the country,  the special position of the Malays and the indigenous peoples anywhere including Sabah and Sarawak, and the legitimate interests of other races in accordance to Article 153.  
2. To defend the role and responsibility of the institution of  Constitutional Monarchy. 
3. To uphold the use of Bahasa Melayu in accordance to Article 152 of the Constitution and promote Bahasa Melayu as the regional lingua franca, while protecting and strengthening the use of mother tongue languages for all races,  and  improving the command of the English language in order to enhance Malaysia’s global competitiveness.

 All member parties of  Pakatan Rakyat  have  pledged  to uphold  a united position, and to be bonded by a common struggle. Our unity has paved the path toward a two-party political system for the nation.

We  seek the  rakyat’s support to  improve upon  the  success we achieved  in the historic 12th General Election. We resolve to deliver to the rakyat  in the coming 13th  General Election, their wish  for a  change  in  the  Federal Government and end to the UMNO/BN  corrupt administrative  system. The rakyat’s clamour for political change is honourable and historic. The end of a failing  one-party rule  system  is also  essential to save Malaysia from the present crisis.

The Pakatan Agenda represents the heart beat of the rakyat’s longing for a nation and  a  community  rooted in democracy and fairness. Our  agenda  is inclusive of all. It provides an elemental transformation in thought, approach and methodology of government. These fundamental changes are needed to liberate  the nation’s  institutions from  the  tyrannical  greed  of  the  present elites – those ravenous leaders who are only interested in perpetuating their self–interests at the expense of the rakyat and our nation’s future.

In contrast, Pakatan Rakyat’s agenda will reinvigorate our nation’s economic prospects and offer inclusive growth; the distribution of the nation’s wealth is based on social justice and fairness. This is evidenced by our existing and planned  programmes, which  are all grounded in our wish to  serve the current and future needs and welfare of the wider majority.

Under UMNO/BN, Malaysia’s economic prospects are  grim; we have failed to keep up with  regional neighbours that were once on par with or behind us. UMNO/BN gropes in the dark for solutions to our economic morass. As a result of their mismanagement, our  nation  is  now  faced with  stiff competition from  previously  economic  lesser  countries. Our  nation’s economic ranking and stature, within the context of the global economy, has fallen drastically.

To make matters worse, we have leaders who are distant and who prioritise their own selfish interests,  ignoring the  suffering  rakyat.  Whilst welfare supports  have been  slashed  in the name of reducing the government’s financial burdens, the gaping maw of corruption is widening, as greedy and uncaring elites plunder our nation’s wealth. 

The UMNO/BN government’s actions shows a lack of genuine political will to restore our global competitiveness as a nation. The recently announced new economic programme  is  flat and disappointing,  lacking  any real commitments  to  implement “economic transformation.”  Instead, it  focuses on mega and vanity projects.

The nation  and  the  rakyat  face multiple worries and  fears. The UMNO/BN culture  is to misuse and abuse  our  national institutions  to hide  its weaknesses and wrongdoings; and it has continually directed key institutions to exert undue pressure  on  Pakatan Rakyat,  is dangerously common  and prevalent. UMNO/BN’s ultimate objective is to prolong its rule, at all costs. It is neglecting the nation’s increasingly chaotic economic, political and social challenges, and it is failing to put up any effective solutions. 

Malaysia needs change,  now!  The future of  nation  and the  rakyat  is uncertain and worrisome. If we do not change now, the rot of our nation will continue unabated. Eventually, our nation will decline from a state of gloom, to that of doom.

The rakyat’s hope of a peaceful and prosperous multi-ethnic Malaysia must be rekindled immediately. This can only be achieved with  the principles of social  justice and unity.  Pakatan Rakyat  is confident that  our  agenda for change, will see the spirit of justice and unity returning to our nation and our communities.

This Pakatan Agenda  introduces our policies and action plans based on our Common Policy Platform, designed to realise the mission of Pakatan Rakyat to build  a prosperous and just nation. We believe that national prosperity can only be achieved and sustained,  if it is rooted  in the principles of social justice and unity.  Under  Pakatan Rakyat,  the spirit of democracy  will become embedded in our nation’s administration and institutions. With this, our nation’s hopes will be realised and flourish.

This  Pakatan Agenda  carries  the  rakyat’s  aspirations. Our  Common Policy Platform  will help  produce a  just and enlightened  community.  This document presents a viable vision of a prosperous and just Malaysia under Pakatan Rakyat. 

Together let us change now,  to save Malaysia! Let us spread  this message of hope and transformation to the nation.

 

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