1. Today, someone posed a question to me. Are you truly apolitical? I answered without hesitation with a big YES. Is your Resident Association is apolitical? Again, I answered YES, without any hesitation. Then came the million dollar question. Why did you go the parliament and had a PC with YB Zuraida Kamaruddin (or simply Kak Zu) if you are truly apolitical. Don’t you think that by your action, you have made your RA a Pakatan Rakyat aligned organization? Hmmm…. Easy answer but how do I explained to in a simple manner to someone whose brain is obviously mal-aligned and think in a very complicated manner? That was a difficult thing to do.
2. This is part of the challenge of being an outspoken and active resident that fight for specific cause. To understand the matter, it is better for me to backtrack a few steps. It was last week that I attended at PC at parliament house that was organized by our MP, YB Zuraida. I was made to understand that YB invited many residents which include some from the opposite political camp. Sadly, only me, Shahrul (my RA president) and another resident from Impian Selatan, Mr Syed Azman attended. I was told that Syed Azman had openly announce that he is an UMNO member (or supporter) during a function at the 1-UMNO community center. All three of us went there for a specific purpose i.e. to call for the government to release the BA landslide report. For that I respected Syed Azman bit more than before. He has shown significant political maturity.
3. None of us went there because of politics. We went there because we want the Federal Government to stop playing politics with people’s lives. We want them to release the report. We want the politician to act professionally in this matter. YB Zuraida is our MP. As a PR MP she has shown significant maturity where she decides to put aside her political position and serve the rakyat. That is why the UMNO members or BN supporters was invited. It was not a surprised to see that many were busy with appointment elsewhere and could not make it for the appointment. This could never happen in UMNO dominated area.
4. During the Remembrance Day, the committee had a difficult decision whether to invite YB Zuraida as some of the committee members felt, if they invite YB Zuraidah, they should also invite Ismail Kijo, the Ampang UMNO chief. Quietly, the message was relate to YB Zuraida and she said it is OK to invite Ismail Kijo. There is no problem. She said she wants the community to be united on specific issues that affect them. That is political maturity.
5. Before GE12, whenever, some event involving politicians being organized, the opposition will never be invited. If it is an UMNO organized event, all efforts will be taken to ensure that only UMNO (pro BN) members would be invited. Now, when there is a reversal of roles, suddenly the same cannot be applied. Thank goodness we have some level headed people. Otherwise the event would be a failure. Yesterday, we could see that YB Zuraida and Ismail Kijo sat together and both gave press conference. Could such thing happen in other UMNO dominated states?
6. Coming back to this guy with a skewed brain who happens to be a member of my Resident Association. All I can say is that he has a very poorly developed brain. His brain could not compute that when someone becomes an MP, the person serves all residents. She does not serve only her political supporters.
7. I hope to see if the 1-UMNO community center in BA can organize an event and invite the MP and reciprocate what was done by the organizing committee of the Remembrance Day 2009.Let see whether they have the political maturity to do so. As for my neighbor, I don’t think I can help him to change his thinking. It has simply calcified (hardened). To YB Zuraida, continue to do the right thing.
