In the interview with presenter Sen Lam, he explained the scenarios faced by Malaysians recently, including the Allah issue and the religious tension as well as the negative outlook and the deteriorating fiscal position of the country’s economy.
“We need to very closely monitor the economy, to see whether we can in fact survive the huge foreign debt that this regime and its predecessor have built up. We are expecting price hikes over the next year,” he said.
“We’ve seen international reports that suggest the economy of Malaysia is on the verge of a disaster. Now the questions are being asked. A lot of the Malaysian diaspora would like to know where the nation is going to and what can they do to take it back in the direction that our forefathers had intended, 'one people, one nation', all equal.
“History has taught us, the history of revolutions will teach us, that when the numbers who are marginalised are large enough, they will come around and change the way of life of the middle class. Now they (the middle class) don’t want that to happen, so I stand with the marginalised now.”
Haris told the radio show that over the years, as he worked on the ground, he has seen the injustice, the inequality that has been perpetrated.
"This has been served to the 40%, and I think reached the point where I say this cannot go on.
"It begins to make the comfortable life that I have seemingly meaningless when, around the corner, I have to pass abject poverty to get to my comfortable home."
He said a day after the May 5 polls, he did not recognise Datuk Seri Najib Razak as Prime Minister.
"Nor do I recognise his regime as the legitimate government of Malaysia, because there was wholesale fraud on the 5th.
"We've seen the Umno election just conclude and Zahid Hamidi (Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi) is the Home Minister of a government I don't recognise and, therefore, I do not recognise his position.
"He was heard to say that a known notorious bunch of gangsters should carry on with what they're doing, that there may a policy on the part of the Malaysian police to shoot first when there is evidence, rather than to allow for due process.
"Now, should I to be encouraged then, by his recent huge victory at the Umno election? Is that a message of the kind of leadership that Najib is going to bring, to take this country forward, One Malaysia? Sorry sir, I beg to differ."
Haris made news recently when his visa application to Australia was rejected.
The Australian High Commission had described him as "high risk" as he might not want to return to Malaysia because he was facing a sedition charge. Furthermore, he was unemployed.
He obtained his visa after making a second application.
Haris was previously a lawyer by profession but gave that up to help the marginalised.
“You reach a point where it becomes meaningless if so many of your fellow Malaysians are deprived of the basic opportunities that you have been given simply because of ethnic considerations.
“I guess I find the comfort in seeing little incremental improvements. Undoubtedly, the young Malaysians give me hope that even as we appear to be in a state of seeming hopelessness, we will see the light at the end of the tunnel,” added Haris. – October 25, 2013.
Activist Haris Ibrahim (pic) has made it a personal mission to take the "40%" truth to the masses in the heartlands in the next general election.
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