November 11, 2012
Christian Federation of Malaysia reassured of Pakatan's Reform Agenda
by Terence Netto@www.malaysiakini.com
Amid worry over another round of Christian bashing in the guise of attacks upon Anwar Ibrahim for consorting with Christian leaders, sections of the Pakatan Rakyat leadership cohort hold the closed-door briefing for members of the Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) progressing this week in Kuala Lumpur.
According to CFM sources who attended the meeting, the role was to encourage Christian leaders which Pakatan's query for an egalitarian Malaysia would be firmly upon lane the notation they take hold of Putrajaya, the idea which seems increasingly receptive judging from rousing receptions to the coalition's ceramah nationwide.
"The target of the Pakatan leaders who met up with us was to encourage us which no matter what point the attacks upon Pakatan or the principal leaders take, the bloc would be ardent in the query for domestic as well as mercantile reform," pronounced an attendee who spoke to Malaysiakini.
"That was song to the ears since you feel which usually with vital domestic as well as mercantile reform, the spate of Christian bashing you have seen in recent years would be the thing of the past," he elaborated.
Some twenty member from CFM were benefaction during the assembly with Pakatan leaders among whom were Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad as well as Mujahid Yusof Rawa (both from PAS), Tian Chua, Chua Jui Meng, Dr Tan Tee Kwong as well as R Sivarasa (all PKR), as well as Ngeh Koo Ham as well as Teresa Kok (both DAP).
Perturbed by the appearance of leaflets (left) in Slim River prog! ressing in the week aggressive Pakatan supremo Anwar's alliance to Christian leaders in advance of the ceramah he was to give in the southern Perak town, Pakatan leaders requested for the assembly with CFM member to encourage the latter upon issues such as hudud which have been viewed as discouraging to non-Muslims.
Anwar arrives late from Jakarta
Initially, the Pakatan sect did not want Anwar to attend the assembly though the antithesis personality dismissed fears his assemblage would leave him during the disadvantage in fending off attacks upon his Islamic rectitude stemming from viewed alliance to Christian leaders as well as insisted upon being present.
In the event, Anwar arrived late for the meeting, his return flight from Jakarta where he had been progressing in the day was delayed by bad weather.
Before his arrival, the Pakatan leaders who came for the assembly suggested CFM member not to be disturbed by calls for the doing of hudud which do not emanate from the tip harvesting machine of Pakatan's leadership.
"We were told which Pakatan allows the certain berth for the expression of the operation of opinions inside of the coalition," pronounced the same CFM deputy who spoke upon background.
"They do not think which it is right for the tip leadership of the bloc to suppress the progression of opinions inside of the bloc with the single set of outspoken chords. That's not the Pakatan style," explained the CFM representative.
He pronounced the Pakatan leaders emphasised there will be no unilateralism upon the vital issues such as the doing of hudud.
"We were told which hudud is not in the Pakatan Common Policy Framework as well as thus it is not upon the cards where the Pakatan supervision is concerned," pronounced the CFM representative.
Bread-and-butter issues
What's upon the tip harvesting machine of the P! akatan a genda is the reduction in price of oil as well as the abolishment of repayments upon higher preparation loans.
"The grant of resources for the eradication of misery is tip priority with the main bearing of the effort destined to those in need, irrespective of race," pronounced the CFM attendee.
The Pakatan leaders were during pains to emphasise which no overnight mutation of the Malaysian polity should be expected once they have been in strap in Putrajaya since the polite use would have to undergo the mindset shift prior to it can be directed in the citation of the desired transformation.
"We were told which the polite use is flushed with the BN ethos as well as which this was the half-century in the making. So Pakatan would have to tread subtly as well as delicately to shift the prevalent mindset in sequence to implement the wide ranging reforms which have been the idealisation role of the coalition," pronounced the CFM representative.
The CFM deputy pronounced he had attended the Anwar ceramah in Slim River progressing in the week out of plain oddity to see if the leaflets which attacked the Pakatan supremo for alliance to Christian leaders had any effect.
"I was happy to see which the leaflets had no outcome since the large numbers of Malays as well as Chinese people who attended the ceramah appeared penetrating to see Anwar as well as hear what he had to say," he said.
He pronounced which despite the severe continue the throng of about 2,000 came to the rally which was hold in the forecourt of the Taoist temple.
"People appear some-more interested in counts to do with corruption as well as misappropriation of resources than in sectarian concerns. The throng was mostly from center class to reduce center class as well as they seemed calm to! lay nex t to each other, preoccupied of racial as well as eremite differences. Those leaflets were from the different universe as far as which throng was concerned," he opined.
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