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Press Statements
Pusat Komas is totally shocked as well as appalled by a recent comments as well as statements made by a former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad as well as present PM Najib Razak saying which a Merdeka thesis was chosen formed upon Islamic demands. This trend of thinking is in actuality a single of a clever factors which has been reinforcing a division as well as separation of competition as well as sacrament in Malaysia. Ethnic formed governing body has been a order of a day given a country's Independence as well as this has definitely not benefited a multiracial as well as cultural communities.
After a prior 12th ubiquitous choosing of March 8, 2008, Malaysian have shown a supervision of a day as well as a politicians which you will not stand for race-based governing body as well as this was reflected in a votes for shift then. The people had sent a clever message to politicians upon both sides of a domestic divide which personification a racial card for domestic ambitions will not be tolerated by a voters as well as Malaysians in general.
Independence day should be distinguished with honour as well as honour not to be sinister with unwashed governing body as well as using sacrament as a apparatus for self interests. Using competition as well as sacrament as promotion element to elevate oneself tentative a next 13th ubiquitous choosing is totally shameful as well as justifies a branding of it being labeled as "gutter politics".
The Malaysian constitution describes a republic as a physical state as well as Islam is a official religion. Both former Prime Ministers of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman as well as Tun Hussein Onn were both lawyers as well as had concurred Malaysia as a physical! state f ormed upon a constitution.
The thesis of Independence Day should reflect a interests as well as aspirations of all Malaysians as well as not of just a single village or ethnic group. PM Najib of all people should know this as well as not be part of a immoderate fervour of propagating a single organisation over another.
It is right away 55 years after independence as well as a republic is owing to clearly pierce away from extremist governing body as well as domestic bulletin towards a joined nation. It is high time a Malaysian supervision show a world which it is serious in a endeavour to lead a republic towards progress, stability as well as prosperity for all as well as not usually for selected groups of people.
Malaysia has to rught away demonstrate a membership in a progressive general village by ratifying a International Convention upon a Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). This is an general tellurian rights instrument which provides a check as well as balance mechanism for governments to comment for their policies as well as actions upon any issues relating to injustice in Malaysia.
Pusat Komas is currently spear-heading a 'Ratify ICERD Now, Stop Racism' debate together with 7 other polite societies to advocate for a Malaysian supervision to ratify a convention.
In a entrance elections, all possibilities must pledge to a people which they will uphold a non-discrimination in front of regardless of race, religion. Most importantly, politicians as well as governments must walk a talk. Enough talk, sufficient propaganda, as well as sufficient racial governing body in a country!
The writer isPusat Komas 'Non-Discrimination' Programme Coordinator
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