Interview with Tun Musa Hitam

Do you think Datuk Seri Najib Razak is moving too fast, too soon to conceptualise his 1Malaysia slogan (what do you think of the concept anyway) and what do you think about political sloganeering? – Koo, Kapar, Selangor

Sloganeering is a good political tool but it will remain empty when not followed up with deeds. As far as I’m concerned, our founding fathers had wished for 1Malaysia even before independence. But we appear to have lost some of this oneness along the way. Democracy allowed race issues to creep in and as a nation we had to go through May 13. It was a wake-up call and was used to re-engineer our social structure, very successfully, I might add, shortcomings notwithstanding.