Is Slanting To Middle Malaysia The Magic Potion For Dap To Eliminate Pn Umno Grassroots Animosity

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AT the DAP congress on Sunday (Sept 11) before an audience that included former adversaries, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook reiterated the adoption of a political course his predecessor had suggested a few years back.
(Focus Malaysia) – Lim Guan Eng, now elevated to the party’s chairman, had during the 15th DAP National Conference in Ipoh on Jan 17, 2010 proposed “Middle Malaysia”, a catchall term that essentially urged the party to hew – in ideology and policy – to the middle of the road.
Then, Lim had taken a leaf off US president Richard Nixon’s book. After a narrow victory in the presidential election of 1968, Nixon espoused a course he termed “Middle America”. Nixon has sought to unite the country by hewing to a middle path at a time of deep divisions over the Vietnam war and the issue of civil rights for African-Americans.
In sum, Middle America was a rejection of “left” and “right”, the central organising polarity of American political life.
“Middle Malaysia belongs to every Malaysian. Unlike UMNO Malaysia, in Middle Malaysia the content of our character is more important than the colour of our skin,” espoused Guan Eng in his speech more than 13 years ago.
“Unlike BN’s Malaysia, in Middle Malaysia we look at each other as brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers and as sons and daughters of Malaysia. Unlike Crony Malaysia, Middle Malaysia respects and celebrates you with the firm belief that Malaysia’s wealth, opportunities and resources belongs to all Malaysians.”
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