Non-Malays should ‘assimilate’, do away with race-based parties: Dr Mahathir

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KUALA LUMPUR – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has asked non-Malay Malaysians to assimilate in order to do away with race-based parties. 

The former prime minister said that these “migrants”, despite being citizens, insist not only on being recognised as of different origins from the indigenous people, but are physically separated through their economic functions and political affiliations.

“This is not so in other multiracial countries.

“The migrants from other countries, upon accepting citizenship, adopt the language, culture and loyalties to their adopted countries completely.

“They get fully assimilated after one or two generations,” the Langkawi MP said in his blog chedet.cc today.

He stressed that as long as the people of Malaysia retain their identification with their countries of origin, politics and political parties in the country will remain racial.

In the same post on his blog, the Pejuang chairman admitted that his party is a Malay party and it is race-based as it is expected to contest against Umno, the nation’s oldest Malay party.

“Pejuang is also expected to do this in the rural areas where the population is largely Malay. These people will not support a multiracial party. In the absence of any other Malay party, the rural people will vote for Umno.

 “Besides, Umno is rich and rural Malays are poor. Money means a lot to them,” he said.

 Therefore, Dr Mahathir said Pejuang is the alternative for this group of voters.

“There are issues, but race and money are more important. Pejuang has no money. It depends on race and its anti-corruption campaign.” – The Vibes, October 6, 2021