Azmin calls Dr M racist for politicising TARC qualifications


SHAH ALAM, Jul 9 Azmin Ali branded currently Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad the "Malay racist" for casting aspersions upon Putrajaya's move to recognize over 70 diploma courses offering during the Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TARC).
Yesterday, the former budding apportion told Umno-owned Mingguan Malaysia that Malays in the nation were "frozen" as well as no longer dared speak up for their rights for fright of being called "racists".
"The former budding apportion is the Malay racist. Why is he regulating education as the secular weapon?" the Bukit Antarabangsa state lawmaker lifted upon the first day of the Selangor legislative assembly here today.
Azmin (picture) afterwards dared MCA, that had helped to establish the college, to state its mount upon Dr Mahathir's statement.
The PM of 22 years was additionally reported by Utusan Malaysia's weekend edition as observant that Malays right away usually cared for themselves as well as stayed wordless even when others had breached the supposed "social contract" between the three main races during the country's Independence over 50 years ago.
"I think we are frozen as well as no longer reply for fright of being accused as racist. We do not even reply to final that crack past agreements. In fact, they have increased their demands," Dr Mahathir was quoted as observant by Mingguan Malaysia in an interview published yesterday.
"Before, usually open universities were involved in extenuation diplomas for jobs, but right away we have to accept even diplomas from the Tunku Abdul Rahman College," he was quoted further.
But the MCA representative for Kuala Kubu Baru, Wong Koon Mun, countered Azmin's matter by observant Dr Mahathir's remarks did not reflect Barisan Nasional's mount as the ex-premier was no longer in government.
"Who is the budding minister? This matter is by the former budding minister; it does not represent the official matter of the country's leader," Wong said.
On june 27, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had voiced the Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA) would retrospectively recognize over 70 diplomas as well as aloft diplomas offering since the midst 1990s by TARC, that had been determined as the in isolation aloft learning institution since 1969.
The recognition enables TARC graduates, who right away series over 160,000, to apply for open service jobs immediately the move many, together with the sovereign Pakatan Rakyat (PR) pact, have lauded as prolonged overdue.
TARC, that is owned by MCA as well as named after the country's founding father, is additionally seeking to ascent its stream status to be recognized as the university-college.
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