The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honour.
- George Bernard Shaw
COMMENT
The sad fact is that Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim's role in the DAP was merely window-dressing to project the image of this so-called ‘chauvinistic Chinese party' as a multiracial forward-thinking party.
His dignified pose symbolically completed the racial holy trinity for a political party so long demonised as ‘racist troublemakers' bent on destroying the fragile social contract of Malaysia.
He presented the image of the Malay as urbane and benign so unlike the confrontational fear-mongering ruffians who have no problem displaying their butts to make a point only they seem capable of understanding, which seems to be the norm these days. A Malay willing to work with other like-minded Malaysians towards a better tomorrow.
Exactly which Malay demographic Tunku Aziz was supposed to represent or attract into the DAP fold was never determined...