Articles, Opinions & Views: COMMENT- Green Wave politics and limits of non-Malay influence in M'sia By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Fighting Seventh
The Fighting Rangers On War, Politics and Burning Issues
Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
COMMENT- Green Wave politics and limits of non-Malay influence in M'sia By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, June 15, 2026
Malaysiakini : Furthermore, it was Anwar, through his religious czar, who was pursuing the Federal Territories Mufti bill, which would have radically transformed the powers of the religious far right in this country.
Islamic Development Department
This is something that PAS dreamt of. This is something the deep Islamic state has been preparing for.
The bill was best defined
by SIS Forum - “The Mufti bill, which grants unelected officials the
power to legislate without transparency or due process, exemplifies the
dangerous erosion of democratic principles and constitutional rights.
“Such
laws risk undermining the fundamental freedoms of Malaysians, fostering
a culture of control rather than empowerment, and silencing diverse
perspectives crucial for a progressive society.”
This country has
been run by Perikatan Nasional before, and it was a time when Malaysia
went through so many prime ministers; it was difficult keeping track of
who was in charge of the circus.
Also, as we can see, the only thing these Malay uber alles
types love more than making alliances to defend race and religion is
breaking up that alliance for perceived slights and infractions, which
merely means that various potentates were not getting their due.
Non-Malays
voting for Harapan, which Leong acknowledges is not the coalition that
got the most Malay votes, means that everything Madani does in terms of
policy and optics is to appeal to the Malay community, which is what PAS
does already.
Selayang MP William Leong
Keep
in mind that for decades, the non-Malays voted for BN and demonised the
opposition using pragmatism as a rallying cry instead of institutional
reform. And to be fair, for decades, the non-Malays prospered while
their Malay/Muslim brethren were short-changed by the Malay uber alles party they voted for.
Umno collapse drives PN surge
Three years ago, former DAP MP Ong Kian Ming agreed with Umno man Khairy Jamaluddin that the Green Wave narrative was a “lazy shorthand”.
Ong
wrote: “It diverts attention from the main reason for the increase in
votes for PN: a disastrous collapse in support for Umno in all states in
Peninsular Malaysia, except for Negeri Sembilan and Johor.
“It
was this unhappiness with Umno and specifically, the leadership of
Zahid, that enabled PN to benefit from the groundswell of
dissatisfaction.”
What most politically correct observers do not
want to publicly acknowledge is that if the dominant polity that voted
for PN really wanted an alternative, they would have chosen PKR and
Harapan.
After all, Harapan-controlled states were run more
efficiently than BN states and were drawing local economic migrants from
less developed states.
Now, of course, in Johor, Umno is in
ascendancy, and with this comes all sorts of political opportunities
which make anything the non-Malays do mean bupkis.
Umno members
There
really is nothing stopping Umno, PAS, and Bersatu from joining forces
or any kind of political alliances which shut out non-Malay power
brokers. They have done this before and imploded spectacularly.
While
Zahid may say that there will never be another pact with its sworn
enemy, PAS, can any rational Malaysian take his word for it?
Folks
got their knickers in a twist when PN candidate Goh Gaik Meng said the
non-Malays cannot stop the Malay tsunami - “I actually want to tell the
people of Selangor... the Chinese cannot stop this Malay tsunami. A
so-called tsunami within the Malay community has been set off.
“As
a minority ethnic group with only 20-30 percent (of the population) in
this country, we cannot stop this so-called Malay tsunami.”
PAS strategy and Malay political unity
However,
the reality is that the mainstream Malay political establishment, from
the royal institution to a significant segment of the vox populi, wants
some sort of Malay unity.
Do not for one second think that I am
downplaying the threat of the Green Wave. PAS has very clear ideas about
how to use democracy and legislation to suppress the non-Malay vote.
PAS
will lead the effort to disenfranchise the non-Malay vote even more and
perhaps make the non-Malay vote meaningless. This is the plan, and PAS
has been very open about it.
In 2021, then-PAS central committee member Khairuddin Aman Razali said, “There are long-term (needs) that require us to win the next general election with a two-thirds majority.
“(Upon achieving this), the electoral boundaries need to be changed to benefit Muslims.
“We also need to increase the number of parliamentary seats in Malay-majority areas.”
Former minister Khairuddin Aman Razali
Keep
in mind, two years ago, folks were going on about “coalition politics”
as if it were the new normal. The reality is that there really wasn’t
any real coalition give and take, but rather Madani rearing snakes in
their tent while carrying out policy-making initiatives which put a
smile on the visage of the Green Wave.
Have you noticed that,
especially among PN supporters, there really is no central figure
standing in opposition to Anwar? The theocratic state-in-waiting
understands they have no need for prime ministers in the sense of
someone leading the country. All they need is a figurehead.
The
fact is that what Madani is doing is making it easier for PAS when it
eventually takes over. We are not dealing with differing political
ideologies here. What Muslim disunity has achieved is the suppression
and dismantling of progressive ideas and personalities in the majority
community.
The Green Wave is the existential threat facing
rational Malaysians, but it is not simply about not voting for PAS, as
the facts demonstrate. Non-Malays haven’t been able to stop the Green
Wave, and PAS is merely a fait accompli.
What non-Malays need to do is to vote for Malaysians who are not too concerned about spooking the Malays.
