PETIKAN DARI UTUSAN MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR 2 Mei - Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa (Perkasa) mahu keadilan sosial dan pengagihan kekayaan negara dibuat mengikut nisbah penduduk berdasarkan kaum sebagai salah satu prasyarat organisasi itu menyokong Model Ekonomi Baru (MEB).
Naib Presiden Perkasa, Dr. Zubir Harun berkata, sekiranya keadilan sosial dijadikan landasan kepada pengagihan kekayaan negara, maka kadar pemilikan ekuiti dan aset mesti diagihkan mengikut komposisi penduduk berdasarkan kaum di negara ini.
"Sehubungan itu, kaum bumiputera wajib mendapat 67 peratus kekayaan negara sementara 33 peratus pula dikhususkan untuk bukan bumiputera.
"Kita mengambil ketetapan seperti itu untuk dinilai dan dipertimbangkan sebagai sebahagian daripada dasar dalam MEB," katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia pada Bengkel MEB anjuran Perkasa di sini hari ini.
Dalam pada itu, beliau berkata, bagi memperkasakan Masyarakat Perindustrian dan Perdagangan Bumiputera (MPPB), organisasi tersebut turut mencadangkan beberapa langkah seperti berikut:
1. MEB mesti memastikan sokongan kerajaan secara berterusan kepada MPPB.
2. Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) perlu ditingkatkan dengan meletakkannya di bawah Jabatan Perdana Menteri dan Pengerusi Mara dinaik taraf menjadi Menteri yang mempunyai Bidang Keberhasilan Utama Negara (NKRA) untuk membangunkan usahawan Melayu.
3. Agenda pembangunan ekonomi Melayu wajib dijadikan sebagai NKRA di setiap kementerian dan syarikat berkaitan kerajaan (GLC).
4. Peranan agensi pembangunan bumiputera seperti Mara, Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Berhad (PUNB) dan Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) serta GLC berkaitan perlu diperluas dan diperkukuhkan.
5. PNB harus menceburi bidang baru melalui pembangunan 'venture capital' dan keusahawanan.
6. Peranan Ekuiti Nasional Bhd. (Ekuinas) perlu dimaksimumkan.
7. Menggunakan pendekatan korporat besar seperti PNB, Tabung Haji, Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) dan Felda untuk bekerjasama bagi melaksanakan projek besar dan penting tanpa zmelibatkan kewangan kerajaan tanpa melibatkan kewangan kerajaan bagi membantu bumiputera.
8. Syarikat GLC perlu memasukkan pembangunan usahawan Melayu sebagai NKRA dan salah satu tanggungjawab ketua pegawai eksekutifnya dalam penilaian prestasi dan pelantikan.
9. dan, proses pembangunan usahawan Melayu berorientasikan global perlu digandakan.
Seramai 150 peserta bengkel yang terdiri daripada pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) Melayu serta ahli pakar ekonomi dan akademik hadir membincangkan pelbagai cadangan bagi memantapkan MEB sebelum dilaksanakan kerajaan.
Monday, April 5, 2010
USUL POLITIK PERKASA DAN UNDI CINA DI HULU SELANGOR
Pilihanraya Hulu Selangor menyaksikan Orang Cina tidak mengundi BN walaupun Dato Seri Najib telah menghulurkan jutaan ringgit untuk masyarakat oeng Cina di Hulu Selangor. PERKASA telah menghidu gerakan politik orang Cina masakini dan hasrat mereka yang inginkan PKR dan DAP berkuasa
Berikut adalah usul politik yang telah diluluskan oleh mesyuarat Agong PERKASA yang lalu berhubung dengan permainan politik orang Cina yang perlu disedari oleh orang-orang Melayu
Menyedari bahawa pimpinan negara melalui tempoh yang sukar kerana tidak mempunyai majoriti 2/3 di dalam parlimen dan politik orang Melayu sudah berpecah empat dan masing-masing memerlukan rakan parti bukan Melayu. UMNO sedang menghadapi kritikan dan tuntutan dari rakan-rakan parti dalam BN. Akibatnya rakyat bukan Melayu menjadi lebih bersuara dan mendesak dalam tuntutan mereka. Orang Melayu yang pro-pembangkang pun ikut sama menyuarakan tuntutan yang sama. Dengan suara Melayu tidak cukup kuat dan bersatu, ’political will’ atau kesungguhan politik pun tidak menyokong pembelaan nasib Melayu di tanah air sendiri
Menyedari ramai pengalisis politik meramalkan bahawa majoriti orang Cina diseluruh negara tidak akan memberi undi kepada BN/UMNO DALAM PRU 13 kerana 3 sebab utama:
1. Orang Cina merasakan bahawa mereka boleh menentukan siapakah yang akan menang di PRU 13.Iini adalah kerana persempadan kawasan pilihanraya DUN dan Parlimen pada masa kini menjadikan orang Cina sebagai penentu parti mana yang akan menang di PRU 13.
2. Orang Cina merasakan bahwa model pemerintahan pakatan rakyat semasa memerintah di Perak cukup menguntungkan mereka dan perlu dilaksana di seluruh negara
3. orang Cina merasakan bahwa PRU 13 merupakan peluang yang paling baik bagi orang Cina untuk berkuasa di Negara ini.
Menyedai akan hal ini maka NGO-NGO Cina seperti Ziong Dong dan Dewan Perniagaan Cina telah menggunakan sepenuhnya kesempatan dengan mendesak kerajaan dengan perlbagai desakan yang menguntungkan kaum Cina. Jika sekiranya tuntutan meraka tidak terima maka mereka akan mengugut mengundi pakatan Rakyat yang mana sanggup menyerahkan apa saja yang kaum Cina mahu.
Satu demi satu tuntutan mereka telah berjaya selepas PRU 12 antaranya adalah:.
1. Jumlah biasiswa pelajar bukan bumiputera telah dinaikkan daripada 10% kepada 45% mulai tahun 2008 dan ini telah menyebabkan pelajar bumiputra mengalami kerugian dan ini juga bertentangan dengan peruntukan Perkara 153, Perlembagaan Persekutuan berkaitan dengan Hak-Hak Istimewa Orang Melayu.
Isu biasiswa ini bukan sesuatu yang boleh diguna sebagai justifikasi politik. Ia adalah hak yang telah diperlembagakan.
2. Hasil desakan mereka yang konsisten maka kementerian Pelajaran telah memberi peruntukan sebanyak 1.8 bilion unutk sekolah2 Cina.
3. Hasil desakan mereka yang konsisten maka jumlah pelajar bukan bumiputra ke Maktab Tentera di Raja (RMC) telah ditingkatkan dari 10% kepada 30 %
Menyedari bahawa perhimpunan Agung Tahunan MCA (AGM) Ke-56 yang berakhir pada 7 Februari lalu, meluluskan lima resolusi merangkumi 16 perkara. Antaranya adalah
1. MCA meminta kerajaan menambah bilangan pengambilan bukan Bumiputera dalam perkhidmatan awam bagi memberi peluang kenaikan pangkat dan kebajikan dimana perlu diberikan secara adil selain lebih ramai masyarakat daripada pelbagai kaum dapat menyertai sektor awam.
2. MCA meminta kerajaan melaksanakan sepenuhnya perubahan dan inovasi kepada struktur dan mekanisme pertadbiran Barisan Nasional (BN) supaya konsep perkongsian kuasa dapat dilaksanakan dengan berkesan. PERKASA melihat mereka mahukan jawatan tinggi dalam BN seperti pengerusi, timbalan, setiausaha agung, bendahari dan jawatan penting lain digilirkan. Selepas itu, jawatan-jawatan tersebut akan digunakan sebagai batu loncatan untuk mendapatkan jawatan-jawatan penting dalam kabinet termasuk Perdana Menteri dan Timbalan Perdana Menteri. Perkara ini bukanlah isu baru, ia telah dibangkitkan sekian lama oleh parti ultra kiasu yang lain, cuma masih belum menjadi realiti.
3. MCA Menggesa kerajaan mengiktiraf Sijil Peperiksaan Bersepadu (UEC) yang ditawarkan oleh semua sekolah persendirian Cina selain menyediakan peruntukan kepada sekolah terbabit supaya lebih ramai pelajar yang berbakat dapat dipupuk.
4. Menggesa kerajaan untuk terus mengamalkan dasar pendidikan yang lebih liberal dan berbilang kaum supaya lebih banyak sekolah vernakular boleh ditubuhkan dan dimasukkan ke dalam program pembangunan nasional.
5. MCA turut meminta kerajaan menilai semula hukuman fizikal terhadap golongan wanita beragama Islam dan bertindak atas dasar pertimbangan kemanusiaan dengan mematuhi persetujuan yang diterima pakai "Konvensyen Penghapusan Semua Bentuk Diskriminasi Terhadap Wanita" (CEDAW).
Campur tangan mereka dalam hukuman sebat yang telah diputuskan oleh mahkamah syariah adalah biadab ketika mana rumah tangga MCA sendiri berantakan. Tidakkah mereka sedar bahawa selama ini umat Islam di negara ini tidak pernah campur tangan sama sekali dalam urusan orang bukan Islam. Sesuatu yang dirasa 'menggugat' kedudukan mereka didesak habis-habisan manakala yang boleh diambil kesempatan dan peluang disokong tanpa berbelah bahagi seperti gagasan 1Malaysia, yang pada pandangan mereka berasaskan konsep sama rata dan sama rasa
6. MCA Menggesa kerajaan semua jabatan kerajaan seperti Kementerian Pelajaran dan Biro Tata Negara (BTN) untuk mengubah suai kursus mengikut fakta sejarah dan menyerapkan konsep 1Malaysia ke dalam kurikulumnya.
adalah sikap ultra kiasu MCA. Resolusi ini memperlihatkan bahawa selama ini sejarahawan kita telah memutar-belitkan sejarah Tanah Melayu dan Malaysia. PERKASA ingin bertanya, di bahagian manakah yang telah diputar-belitkan. PERKASA teramat ingin melihat fakta sejarah manakah yang didakwa diselewengkan? Adakah kita mempunyai niat tersembunyi untuk mengubah fakta sejarah supaya lebih berpihak kepada kita?
Memandangkan akan hal ini, maka Mesyuarat Agong PERKASA membuat ketetapan seperti berikut:
1. Menentang sekeras-kerasnya usaha mana-mana pihak di dalam kerajaan untuk tunduk kepada desakan dan ugutan parti politik Cina dan NGO-NGO kaum Cina.
2. Menentang sekeras-kerasnya cadangan untuk mengorbankan hak-hak bumiputra bagi mendapat undi daripada kaum Cina.
Menyedari perpecahan di kalangan parti politik Melayu telah menyebabkan kaum minoriti menguasai kerajaan maka maka Mesyuarat Agong PERKASA
1. Meminta agar parti-parti politik Melayu khasnya UMNO dan PAS duduk semeja dan berbincang dan bersatu demi masa depan jenerasi islam dan Melayu serta Bumiputra di masa akan datang.
2. Meminta agar PAS dan UMNO mengadakan kerjasama stratejik yang mana boleh menjaga hak-hak Melayu dan bumiputra berdasarkan perlembagaan negarsa
Berikut adalah usul politik yang telah diluluskan oleh mesyuarat Agong PERKASA yang lalu berhubung dengan permainan politik orang Cina yang perlu disedari oleh orang-orang Melayu
Menyedari bahawa pimpinan negara melalui tempoh yang sukar kerana tidak mempunyai majoriti 2/3 di dalam parlimen dan politik orang Melayu sudah berpecah empat dan masing-masing memerlukan rakan parti bukan Melayu. UMNO sedang menghadapi kritikan dan tuntutan dari rakan-rakan parti dalam BN. Akibatnya rakyat bukan Melayu menjadi lebih bersuara dan mendesak dalam tuntutan mereka. Orang Melayu yang pro-pembangkang pun ikut sama menyuarakan tuntutan yang sama. Dengan suara Melayu tidak cukup kuat dan bersatu, ’political will’ atau kesungguhan politik pun tidak menyokong pembelaan nasib Melayu di tanah air sendiri
Menyedari ramai pengalisis politik meramalkan bahawa majoriti orang Cina diseluruh negara tidak akan memberi undi kepada BN/UMNO DALAM PRU 13 kerana 3 sebab utama:
1. Orang Cina merasakan bahawa mereka boleh menentukan siapakah yang akan menang di PRU 13.Iini adalah kerana persempadan kawasan pilihanraya DUN dan Parlimen pada masa kini menjadikan orang Cina sebagai penentu parti mana yang akan menang di PRU 13.
2. Orang Cina merasakan bahwa model pemerintahan pakatan rakyat semasa memerintah di Perak cukup menguntungkan mereka dan perlu dilaksana di seluruh negara
3. orang Cina merasakan bahwa PRU 13 merupakan peluang yang paling baik bagi orang Cina untuk berkuasa di Negara ini.
Menyedai akan hal ini maka NGO-NGO Cina seperti Ziong Dong dan Dewan Perniagaan Cina telah menggunakan sepenuhnya kesempatan dengan mendesak kerajaan dengan perlbagai desakan yang menguntungkan kaum Cina. Jika sekiranya tuntutan meraka tidak terima maka mereka akan mengugut mengundi pakatan Rakyat yang mana sanggup menyerahkan apa saja yang kaum Cina mahu.
Satu demi satu tuntutan mereka telah berjaya selepas PRU 12 antaranya adalah:.
1. Jumlah biasiswa pelajar bukan bumiputera telah dinaikkan daripada 10% kepada 45% mulai tahun 2008 dan ini telah menyebabkan pelajar bumiputra mengalami kerugian dan ini juga bertentangan dengan peruntukan Perkara 153, Perlembagaan Persekutuan berkaitan dengan Hak-Hak Istimewa Orang Melayu.
Isu biasiswa ini bukan sesuatu yang boleh diguna sebagai justifikasi politik. Ia adalah hak yang telah diperlembagakan.
2. Hasil desakan mereka yang konsisten maka kementerian Pelajaran telah memberi peruntukan sebanyak 1.8 bilion unutk sekolah2 Cina.
3. Hasil desakan mereka yang konsisten maka jumlah pelajar bukan bumiputra ke Maktab Tentera di Raja (RMC) telah ditingkatkan dari 10% kepada 30 %
Menyedari bahawa perhimpunan Agung Tahunan MCA (AGM) Ke-56 yang berakhir pada 7 Februari lalu, meluluskan lima resolusi merangkumi 16 perkara. Antaranya adalah
1. MCA meminta kerajaan menambah bilangan pengambilan bukan Bumiputera dalam perkhidmatan awam bagi memberi peluang kenaikan pangkat dan kebajikan dimana perlu diberikan secara adil selain lebih ramai masyarakat daripada pelbagai kaum dapat menyertai sektor awam.
2. MCA meminta kerajaan melaksanakan sepenuhnya perubahan dan inovasi kepada struktur dan mekanisme pertadbiran Barisan Nasional (BN) supaya konsep perkongsian kuasa dapat dilaksanakan dengan berkesan. PERKASA melihat mereka mahukan jawatan tinggi dalam BN seperti pengerusi, timbalan, setiausaha agung, bendahari dan jawatan penting lain digilirkan. Selepas itu, jawatan-jawatan tersebut akan digunakan sebagai batu loncatan untuk mendapatkan jawatan-jawatan penting dalam kabinet termasuk Perdana Menteri dan Timbalan Perdana Menteri. Perkara ini bukanlah isu baru, ia telah dibangkitkan sekian lama oleh parti ultra kiasu yang lain, cuma masih belum menjadi realiti.
3. MCA Menggesa kerajaan mengiktiraf Sijil Peperiksaan Bersepadu (UEC) yang ditawarkan oleh semua sekolah persendirian Cina selain menyediakan peruntukan kepada sekolah terbabit supaya lebih ramai pelajar yang berbakat dapat dipupuk.
4. Menggesa kerajaan untuk terus mengamalkan dasar pendidikan yang lebih liberal dan berbilang kaum supaya lebih banyak sekolah vernakular boleh ditubuhkan dan dimasukkan ke dalam program pembangunan nasional.
5. MCA turut meminta kerajaan menilai semula hukuman fizikal terhadap golongan wanita beragama Islam dan bertindak atas dasar pertimbangan kemanusiaan dengan mematuhi persetujuan yang diterima pakai "Konvensyen Penghapusan Semua Bentuk Diskriminasi Terhadap Wanita" (CEDAW).
Campur tangan mereka dalam hukuman sebat yang telah diputuskan oleh mahkamah syariah adalah biadab ketika mana rumah tangga MCA sendiri berantakan. Tidakkah mereka sedar bahawa selama ini umat Islam di negara ini tidak pernah campur tangan sama sekali dalam urusan orang bukan Islam. Sesuatu yang dirasa 'menggugat' kedudukan mereka didesak habis-habisan manakala yang boleh diambil kesempatan dan peluang disokong tanpa berbelah bahagi seperti gagasan 1Malaysia, yang pada pandangan mereka berasaskan konsep sama rata dan sama rasa
6. MCA Menggesa kerajaan semua jabatan kerajaan seperti Kementerian Pelajaran dan Biro Tata Negara (BTN) untuk mengubah suai kursus mengikut fakta sejarah dan menyerapkan konsep 1Malaysia ke dalam kurikulumnya.
adalah sikap ultra kiasu MCA. Resolusi ini memperlihatkan bahawa selama ini sejarahawan kita telah memutar-belitkan sejarah Tanah Melayu dan Malaysia. PERKASA ingin bertanya, di bahagian manakah yang telah diputar-belitkan. PERKASA teramat ingin melihat fakta sejarah manakah yang didakwa diselewengkan? Adakah kita mempunyai niat tersembunyi untuk mengubah fakta sejarah supaya lebih berpihak kepada kita?
Memandangkan akan hal ini, maka Mesyuarat Agong PERKASA membuat ketetapan seperti berikut:
1. Menentang sekeras-kerasnya usaha mana-mana pihak di dalam kerajaan untuk tunduk kepada desakan dan ugutan parti politik Cina dan NGO-NGO kaum Cina.
2. Menentang sekeras-kerasnya cadangan untuk mengorbankan hak-hak bumiputra bagi mendapat undi daripada kaum Cina.
Menyedari perpecahan di kalangan parti politik Melayu telah menyebabkan kaum minoriti menguasai kerajaan maka maka Mesyuarat Agong PERKASA
1. Meminta agar parti-parti politik Melayu khasnya UMNO dan PAS duduk semeja dan berbincang dan bersatu demi masa depan jenerasi islam dan Melayu serta Bumiputra di masa akan datang.
2. Meminta agar PAS dan UMNO mengadakan kerjasama stratejik yang mana boleh menjaga hak-hak Melayu dan bumiputra berdasarkan perlembagaan negarsa
The Origins of Affirmative Action
Affirmative action, the set of public policies and initiatives designed to help eliminate past and present discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, is under attack.
• Originally, civil rights programs were enacted to help African Americans become full citizens of the United States. The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution made slavery illegal; the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law; the Fifteenth Amendment forbids racial discrimination in access to voting. The 1866 Civil Rights Act guarantees every citizen "the same right to make and enforce contracts ... as is enjoyed by white citizens ... "
• In 1896, the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson upheld a "separate, but equal" doctrine that proved to be anything but equal for African Americans. The decision marked the end of the post-Civil War reconstruction era as Jim Crow laws spread across the South.
• In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802 which outlawed segregationist hiring policies by defense-related industries which held federal contracts. Roosevelt's signing of this order was a direct result of efforts by Black trade union leader, A. Philip Randolph.
• During 1953 President Harry S. Truman's Committee on Government Contract Compliance urged the Bureau of Employment Security "to act positively and affirmatively to implement the policy of nondiscrimination . . . ."
• The 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.
• The actual phrase "affirmative action" was first used in President John F. Kennedy's 1961 Executive Order 10925 which requires federal contractors to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin." The same language was later used in Lyndon Johnson's 1965 Executive Order 11246.
• In 1967, Johnson expanded the Executive Order to include affirmative action requirements to benefit women.
• Other equal protection laws passed to make discrimination illegal were the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Title II and VII of which forbid racial discrimination in "public accommodations" and race and sex discrimination in employment, respectively; and the 1965 Voting Rights Act adopted after Congress found "that racial discrimination in voting was an insidious and pervasive evil which had been perpetuated in certain parts of the country through unremitting and ingenious defiance of the Constitution."
Much of the opposition to affirmative action is framed on the grounds of so-called "reverse discrimination and unwarranted preferences." In fact, less than 2 percent of the 91,000 employment discrimination cases pending before the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission are reverse discrimination cases. Under the law as written in Executive Orders and interpreted by the courts, anyone benefiting from affirmative action must have relevant and valid job or educational qualifications.
• Originally, civil rights programs were enacted to help African Americans become full citizens of the United States. The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution made slavery illegal; the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law; the Fifteenth Amendment forbids racial discrimination in access to voting. The 1866 Civil Rights Act guarantees every citizen "the same right to make and enforce contracts ... as is enjoyed by white citizens ... "
• In 1896, the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson upheld a "separate, but equal" doctrine that proved to be anything but equal for African Americans. The decision marked the end of the post-Civil War reconstruction era as Jim Crow laws spread across the South.
• In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802 which outlawed segregationist hiring policies by defense-related industries which held federal contracts. Roosevelt's signing of this order was a direct result of efforts by Black trade union leader, A. Philip Randolph.
• During 1953 President Harry S. Truman's Committee on Government Contract Compliance urged the Bureau of Employment Security "to act positively and affirmatively to implement the policy of nondiscrimination . . . ."
• The 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.
• The actual phrase "affirmative action" was first used in President John F. Kennedy's 1961 Executive Order 10925 which requires federal contractors to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin." The same language was later used in Lyndon Johnson's 1965 Executive Order 11246.
• In 1967, Johnson expanded the Executive Order to include affirmative action requirements to benefit women.
• Other equal protection laws passed to make discrimination illegal were the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Title II and VII of which forbid racial discrimination in "public accommodations" and race and sex discrimination in employment, respectively; and the 1965 Voting Rights Act adopted after Congress found "that racial discrimination in voting was an insidious and pervasive evil which had been perpetuated in certain parts of the country through unremitting and ingenious defiance of the Constitution."
Much of the opposition to affirmative action is framed on the grounds of so-called "reverse discrimination and unwarranted preferences." In fact, less than 2 percent of the 91,000 employment discrimination cases pending before the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission are reverse discrimination cases. Under the law as written in Executive Orders and interpreted by the courts, anyone benefiting from affirmative action must have relevant and valid job or educational qualifications.
MCA MENGGUNAKAN NGO CINA YANG PERKAUMAN, RASIS
MCA menuduh Perkasa Perkauman, namum apabila mereka duduk semeja dengan berbagai pertubuhan Cina yang bersifat perkauman mereka tidak berasa bersalah. MCA juga benar-banar mahu Model Ekonomi Baru dilaksanakan secepat mungkin sebab mereka merasakan bahawa mereka akan mendapat faedah yang lebih besar. Jika tidak, pasti meraka tidak akan menyokong MEB ( sila klik disini)
MCA lends its support to NEM
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KUALA LUMPUR: The MCA and three major Chinese organisations have given their support for the New Economic Model (NEM) and urge the Government to ensure its effective implementation.
“NEM deserves full support from us and the society,” said party president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.
The three organisations are the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Malaysia (ACCCIM); Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia (Hua Zong) and Malaysian Seven Major Clans Association.
All sent their highest-level leaders to the meeting with MCA yesterday.
Dr Chua said to enable the NEM objectives to be met, representatives at the meeting expressed the importance of monitoring, political will and high-level commitment at the implementation stage.
On another matter, Dr Chua said MCA and the three organisations had reached a consensus on five major areas needing the Govern-ment’s special attention in the implementation of the 10th Malaysia Plan. The areas were related to economics and education.
Dr Chua added that the concerns raised at the meeting would be included in the party’s memorandum on the 10th Malaysia Plan to be submitted to the Government.
The president said that representatives at the meeting also urged the Government to review outdated regulations which were hindering foreign investments into the country.
On human resources, he said that the employment of foreign workers should be need-based and tailored to the requirements of different economic sectors.
To stimulate economic development, Dr Chua said there was a suggestion to set up a country-based industrial zones – such as a zone for investors from China and so on.
On business development, he said loan facilities for small and medium industries should be given priority in the development package.
As for education, Dr Chua said he would announce the discussion points only after meeting the Chinese educationists Dong Jiao Zong here today.
ACCCIM president Tan Sri William Cheng, when asked about the meeting with MCA, said he hoped there would be more of such dialogues as these benefited the community.
Hua Zong president Tan Sri Pheng Yin Huah said the organisation would attend any dialogue that raised issues affecting the Chinese community.
Malaysia Seven Major Clans Association chairman Datuk Kong Heng Sze said the dialogue was a good platform to deliberate issues affecting the Chinese.
MCA lends its support to NEM
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KUALA LUMPUR: The MCA and three major Chinese organisations have given their support for the New Economic Model (NEM) and urge the Government to ensure its effective implementation.
“NEM deserves full support from us and the society,” said party president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.
The three organisations are the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Malaysia (ACCCIM); Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia (Hua Zong) and Malaysian Seven Major Clans Association.
All sent their highest-level leaders to the meeting with MCA yesterday.
Dr Chua said to enable the NEM objectives to be met, representatives at the meeting expressed the importance of monitoring, political will and high-level commitment at the implementation stage.
On another matter, Dr Chua said MCA and the three organisations had reached a consensus on five major areas needing the Govern-ment’s special attention in the implementation of the 10th Malaysia Plan. The areas were related to economics and education.
Dr Chua added that the concerns raised at the meeting would be included in the party’s memorandum on the 10th Malaysia Plan to be submitted to the Government.
The president said that representatives at the meeting also urged the Government to review outdated regulations which were hindering foreign investments into the country.
On human resources, he said that the employment of foreign workers should be need-based and tailored to the requirements of different economic sectors.
To stimulate economic development, Dr Chua said there was a suggestion to set up a country-based industrial zones – such as a zone for investors from China and so on.
On business development, he said loan facilities for small and medium industries should be given priority in the development package.
As for education, Dr Chua said he would announce the discussion points only after meeting the Chinese educationists Dong Jiao Zong here today.
ACCCIM president Tan Sri William Cheng, when asked about the meeting with MCA, said he hoped there would be more of such dialogues as these benefited the community.
Hua Zong president Tan Sri Pheng Yin Huah said the organisation would attend any dialogue that raised issues affecting the Chinese community.
Malaysia Seven Major Clans Association chairman Datuk Kong Heng Sze said the dialogue was a good platform to deliberate issues affecting the Chinese.
Histeria rasis dan fobia ekstremis apabila Perkasa bersuara — Utusan Malaysia
12 APRIL — Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia atau ringkasnya Perkasa terus mendapat perhatian. Begitulah hebatnya pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) yang baru berusia setahun jagung itu. Di Dewan Rakyat minggu lalu, Perkasa turut ‘dijolok’ walaupun secara sepintas lalu.
Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur) ketika berucap antara lain berkata: Perkasa sangat jelas mewakili wasted powerful interest yang reactionary, right wing, extremist, perkauman yang tidak mahu negara kita menjadikan satu...’’ Dan ketika diminta memberi laluan oleh Ibrahim Ali (Bebas-Pasir Mas) Kit Siang menyambung You boleh cakap nanti, you boleh cakap nanti.
Satu Perkasa satu pertubuhan.... Yang perkauman, yang right wing dan extremist yang menentang Model Ekonomi Baru dan anti-nasional juga’’.
Begitulah gambaran yang diberikan oleh Kit Siang terhadap Perkasa. Mungkin kerana pertubuhan itu dipelopori oleh ahli politik yang sebelum ini pernah bersama parti yang menyokong kerajaan dan pembangkang.
Perkasa bukan sekadar dikritik oleh DAP tetapi juga PAS dan di kalangan parti komponen Barisan Nasional (BN). Adakah Perkasa benar-benar ekstremis kerana caranya bersuara untuk mempertahankan hak peribumi?
Setiap persatuan atau pertubuhan atas nama kaum yang ditubuhkan oleh orang Melayu, Cina dan India mempunyai hak untuk menyatakan harapan dan kebimbangan terhadap masa depan mereka termasuklah dalam soal bahasa, budaya, pendidikan dan ekonomi. Jika sesuatu hak itu dicabar atau seolah-olah mahu dicabar maka amat wajar pertubuhan berkenaan bersuara dan pihak berkuasa memberi perhatian terhadap permasalahan yang dibangkitkan.
Bukan bertujuan untuk membela, tetapi sekadar menyatakan rasa hairan apabila Perkasa sering menjadi sasaran setiap kali pertubuhan itu membuka mulut untuk bercakap mengenai hak masyarakat yang diwakilinya.
Sebelum ini, Menteri Penerangan Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan, Rais Yatim berkata, orang Melayu berhak menyokong mana-mana pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) yang memperjuangkan hak mereka dengan syarat selagi ia tidak dipolitikkan dan mencetuskan kontroversi.
‘‘Begitu juga masyarakat Cina, India dan lain-lain yang turut berhak memilih dan menyokong NGO yang sesuai dengan perjuangan dan kegiatan mereka,’’ kata Rais.
Tetapi masalah di negara kita, apabila ada pihak yang sentiasa berusaha untuk memberi gambaran salah mengenai Perkasa. Ketika NGO lain boleh secara bebas memperjuangkan hak kaum lain dan disokong sama ada secara langsung atau tidak langsung oleh ‘rakan politik’ yang sealiran, suara Perkasa pula seolah-olah mahu disekat dan diperlekehkan. Kenapa fobia terhadap Perkasa atau histeria bagaikan menyaksikan satu lembaga yang begitu menakutkan?
Di Dewan Rakyat minggu lalu, Ibrahim mempertahankan Perkasa yang diterajuinya ketika beliau berucap menegur serba sedikit mengenai Model Ekonomi Baru. Ibrahim menegur sesetengah golongan Melayu liberal yang sekarang ini sudah mewah, ada kedudukan, tetapi lupa kepada agenda bangsanya sendiri. Memang benar kata Ibrahim, sesetengah orang itu sama ada di peringkat atas (berjawatan tinggi) atau di bawah (masih menuntut di universiti) belum pasti ada di situ tanpa ‘campur tangan’ Dasar Ekonomi Baru (DEB) serta keistimewaannya sebagai peribumi.
Ibrahim seperti dalam hansard Dewan Rakyat yang antara lain berkata: ‘‘Ini bukannya kita hendak merampas hak kaum lain. Selama ini pun 52 tahun pernahkah kita lihat kita bertindak secara beremosi. Saya bersetuju dengan kata-kata mendiang Tun Tan Siew Sin... Segala-galanya kita bagi. Lepas itu bila kita pertahankan hak dan dasar kita, mereka kata kita jeopardise’’.
Begitulah suara lantang Ibrahim ketika mempertahankan hak peribumi. Adakah ini rasis sedangkan di pihak sana apabila bercakap mempertahankan kritikan balas terhadap Perkasa dikatakan pula kebebasan bersuara? Inilah dilema yang melanda orang Melayu sekarang sama ada dia dinamakan sebagai parti politik atau NGO.
Menurut Ibrahim lagi, ‘‘Kita (Perkasa) sebuah pertubuhan Melayu dan bumiputera yang memperjuangkan apa yang terkandung di dalam Perlembagaan dan kita tidak menyentuh kepentingan pihak-pihak lain. Kita mempertahankan Islam sebagai agama rasmi Persekutuan dan kita menghormati kebebasan agama-agama lain tetapi jangan hendak samakan agama lain dengan Islam. Kita memperjuangkan bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa kebangsaan. Bahasa lain bebas tetapi jangan pula hendak letakkan bahasa lain sama dengan bahasa Melayu. Sama juga dengan kedudukan raja-raja Melayu, sama juga dengan kepentingan dan hak istimewa Melayu’’.
Kesimpulannya, dipendekkan cerita, kata Ibrahim, Perkasa sama seperti NGO lain yang ditubuhkan untuk menyuarakan kepentingan masing-masing dengan tidak menidakkan pihak lain.
Sebenarnya banyak lagi yang diperkatakan Ibrahim. Pembaca boleh menyelak kembali apa yang diperkatakan oleh wakil rakyat itu dengan melayari laman web rasmi Parlimen. Lihat penyata rasmi bertarikh 6 April 2010. Tak guna nak selak terlalu banyak di sini, nanti ada orang yang histeria rasis.
Dan satu perkara menarik yang Ibrahim bangkitkan ialah mengenai pemilikan tanah dan rumah kedai di kalangan bumiputera. Jika bank boleh beri pinjaman beli kereta 100 peratus termasuk kepada orang yang tidak bekerja kenapa dasar yang sama tidak digunakan untuk bumiputera membeli hartanah ini?
Sebenarnya ramai bumiputera atau Melayu yang sudah berpendapatan tinggi tetapi tidak berani mencuba membeli rumah kedai padahal mereka mampu membeli rumah yang harganya hampir sama dengan rumah kedai. Akhirnya, Melayu hanya mampu menyewa rumah kedai. Sesuatu harus dilakukan supaya wujud kelonggaran yang akan membantu bumiputera memiliki hartanah termasuk rumah kedai. Semoga cadangan Ibrahim untuk memperkasakan bumiputera ini tidak dianggap rasis!
Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur) ketika berucap antara lain berkata: Perkasa sangat jelas mewakili wasted powerful interest yang reactionary, right wing, extremist, perkauman yang tidak mahu negara kita menjadikan satu...’’ Dan ketika diminta memberi laluan oleh Ibrahim Ali (Bebas-Pasir Mas) Kit Siang menyambung You boleh cakap nanti, you boleh cakap nanti.
Satu Perkasa satu pertubuhan.... Yang perkauman, yang right wing dan extremist yang menentang Model Ekonomi Baru dan anti-nasional juga’’.
Begitulah gambaran yang diberikan oleh Kit Siang terhadap Perkasa. Mungkin kerana pertubuhan itu dipelopori oleh ahli politik yang sebelum ini pernah bersama parti yang menyokong kerajaan dan pembangkang.
Perkasa bukan sekadar dikritik oleh DAP tetapi juga PAS dan di kalangan parti komponen Barisan Nasional (BN). Adakah Perkasa benar-benar ekstremis kerana caranya bersuara untuk mempertahankan hak peribumi?
Setiap persatuan atau pertubuhan atas nama kaum yang ditubuhkan oleh orang Melayu, Cina dan India mempunyai hak untuk menyatakan harapan dan kebimbangan terhadap masa depan mereka termasuklah dalam soal bahasa, budaya, pendidikan dan ekonomi. Jika sesuatu hak itu dicabar atau seolah-olah mahu dicabar maka amat wajar pertubuhan berkenaan bersuara dan pihak berkuasa memberi perhatian terhadap permasalahan yang dibangkitkan.
Bukan bertujuan untuk membela, tetapi sekadar menyatakan rasa hairan apabila Perkasa sering menjadi sasaran setiap kali pertubuhan itu membuka mulut untuk bercakap mengenai hak masyarakat yang diwakilinya.
Sebelum ini, Menteri Penerangan Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan, Rais Yatim berkata, orang Melayu berhak menyokong mana-mana pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) yang memperjuangkan hak mereka dengan syarat selagi ia tidak dipolitikkan dan mencetuskan kontroversi.
‘‘Begitu juga masyarakat Cina, India dan lain-lain yang turut berhak memilih dan menyokong NGO yang sesuai dengan perjuangan dan kegiatan mereka,’’ kata Rais.
Tetapi masalah di negara kita, apabila ada pihak yang sentiasa berusaha untuk memberi gambaran salah mengenai Perkasa. Ketika NGO lain boleh secara bebas memperjuangkan hak kaum lain dan disokong sama ada secara langsung atau tidak langsung oleh ‘rakan politik’ yang sealiran, suara Perkasa pula seolah-olah mahu disekat dan diperlekehkan. Kenapa fobia terhadap Perkasa atau histeria bagaikan menyaksikan satu lembaga yang begitu menakutkan?
Di Dewan Rakyat minggu lalu, Ibrahim mempertahankan Perkasa yang diterajuinya ketika beliau berucap menegur serba sedikit mengenai Model Ekonomi Baru. Ibrahim menegur sesetengah golongan Melayu liberal yang sekarang ini sudah mewah, ada kedudukan, tetapi lupa kepada agenda bangsanya sendiri. Memang benar kata Ibrahim, sesetengah orang itu sama ada di peringkat atas (berjawatan tinggi) atau di bawah (masih menuntut di universiti) belum pasti ada di situ tanpa ‘campur tangan’ Dasar Ekonomi Baru (DEB) serta keistimewaannya sebagai peribumi.
Ibrahim seperti dalam hansard Dewan Rakyat yang antara lain berkata: ‘‘Ini bukannya kita hendak merampas hak kaum lain. Selama ini pun 52 tahun pernahkah kita lihat kita bertindak secara beremosi. Saya bersetuju dengan kata-kata mendiang Tun Tan Siew Sin... Segala-galanya kita bagi. Lepas itu bila kita pertahankan hak dan dasar kita, mereka kata kita jeopardise’’.
Begitulah suara lantang Ibrahim ketika mempertahankan hak peribumi. Adakah ini rasis sedangkan di pihak sana apabila bercakap mempertahankan kritikan balas terhadap Perkasa dikatakan pula kebebasan bersuara? Inilah dilema yang melanda orang Melayu sekarang sama ada dia dinamakan sebagai parti politik atau NGO.
Menurut Ibrahim lagi, ‘‘Kita (Perkasa) sebuah pertubuhan Melayu dan bumiputera yang memperjuangkan apa yang terkandung di dalam Perlembagaan dan kita tidak menyentuh kepentingan pihak-pihak lain. Kita mempertahankan Islam sebagai agama rasmi Persekutuan dan kita menghormati kebebasan agama-agama lain tetapi jangan hendak samakan agama lain dengan Islam. Kita memperjuangkan bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa kebangsaan. Bahasa lain bebas tetapi jangan pula hendak letakkan bahasa lain sama dengan bahasa Melayu. Sama juga dengan kedudukan raja-raja Melayu, sama juga dengan kepentingan dan hak istimewa Melayu’’.
Kesimpulannya, dipendekkan cerita, kata Ibrahim, Perkasa sama seperti NGO lain yang ditubuhkan untuk menyuarakan kepentingan masing-masing dengan tidak menidakkan pihak lain.
Sebenarnya banyak lagi yang diperkatakan Ibrahim. Pembaca boleh menyelak kembali apa yang diperkatakan oleh wakil rakyat itu dengan melayari laman web rasmi Parlimen. Lihat penyata rasmi bertarikh 6 April 2010. Tak guna nak selak terlalu banyak di sini, nanti ada orang yang histeria rasis.
Dan satu perkara menarik yang Ibrahim bangkitkan ialah mengenai pemilikan tanah dan rumah kedai di kalangan bumiputera. Jika bank boleh beri pinjaman beli kereta 100 peratus termasuk kepada orang yang tidak bekerja kenapa dasar yang sama tidak digunakan untuk bumiputera membeli hartanah ini?
Sebenarnya ramai bumiputera atau Melayu yang sudah berpendapatan tinggi tetapi tidak berani mencuba membeli rumah kedai padahal mereka mampu membeli rumah yang harganya hampir sama dengan rumah kedai. Akhirnya, Melayu hanya mampu menyewa rumah kedai. Sesuatu harus dilakukan supaya wujud kelonggaran yang akan membantu bumiputera memiliki hartanah termasuk rumah kedai. Semoga cadangan Ibrahim untuk memperkasakan bumiputera ini tidak dianggap rasis!
MCA BAKAL KEHILANGAN UNDI ORANG MELAYU KERANA MENUDUH PERKASA RASIS
MCA parti komponen yang sering menyakitkan hati UMNO kini berhadapan dengan risiko kehilangan undi orang Melayu dan bakal kehilangan banyak kerusi Parlimen dan DUN di dalam PRU 13. . sila lihat petikan dari the Sun
Wee: MCA Youth backs Loh
KUALA LUMPUR (April 5, 2010): MCA Youth chief Datuk Wee Ka Siong said today the wing stands fully behind its deputy secretary Loh Chew June, who had described Pertubuhan Peribumi Perkasa Negara (Perkasa) as being racist.
Perkasa youth chief Arman Azha Abu Hanifah had called for Loh to be suspended or sacked if he failed to apologise for the remark within a 48-hour period, which began last Friday
"MCA Youth is giving full support to Loh, because he merely stated the perspective of MCA Youth, and Perkasa should respect Loh's right to speak.
"We are united in our support of Loh. When this news was reported in the media, I was the first to call him and leave a message on his Facebook page pledging our support," said Wee.
"He made a fair comment that was not intended to stir things up. The party president will not sack or suspend Loh. Such actions, to sack or suspend any party member from their posts are the internal actions of our party, and our absolute right," he added.
Meanwhile, asked whether MCA Wanita chief Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun was being persuaded not to quit her post, Wee said that it would be difficult to persuade her to change her mind once she had made a decision.
"She's an iron lady, and she has been very firm in her decision all this while. This is the Chew Mei Fun I know, and we have to leave it to her to come to a decision whether to stay on or not. You cannot force her,"
Chew had pledged to resign if Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek was elected as the party president.
"She has been a very good leader, upholding the integrity of the party. I will respect her decision whatever it may be. I do not sense any indication that she wants to stay on," added Wee. -- theSun
Wee: MCA Youth backs Loh
KUALA LUMPUR (April 5, 2010): MCA Youth chief Datuk Wee Ka Siong said today the wing stands fully behind its deputy secretary Loh Chew June, who had described Pertubuhan Peribumi Perkasa Negara (Perkasa) as being racist.
Perkasa youth chief Arman Azha Abu Hanifah had called for Loh to be suspended or sacked if he failed to apologise for the remark within a 48-hour period, which began last Friday
"MCA Youth is giving full support to Loh, because he merely stated the perspective of MCA Youth, and Perkasa should respect Loh's right to speak.
"We are united in our support of Loh. When this news was reported in the media, I was the first to call him and leave a message on his Facebook page pledging our support," said Wee.
"He made a fair comment that was not intended to stir things up. The party president will not sack or suspend Loh. Such actions, to sack or suspend any party member from their posts are the internal actions of our party, and our absolute right," he added.
Meanwhile, asked whether MCA Wanita chief Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun was being persuaded not to quit her post, Wee said that it would be difficult to persuade her to change her mind once she had made a decision.
"She's an iron lady, and she has been very firm in her decision all this while. This is the Chew Mei Fun I know, and we have to leave it to her to come to a decision whether to stay on or not. You cannot force her,"
Chew had pledged to resign if Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek was elected as the party president.
"She has been a very good leader, upholding the integrity of the party. I will respect her decision whatever it may be. I do not sense any indication that she wants to stay on," added Wee. -- theSun
Friday, April 2, 2010
PERKASA DITUDUH MENPENGARUHI KEPUTUSAN DATO NAJIB BERHUBUNG DENGAN MODEL EKONOMI BARU
Perkasa holding Najib to ransom, claims opposition
By Clara Chooi ( Malaysian Insider)
KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — Perkasa, seen by some as the conscience of Umno, is holding Datuk Seri Najib Razak (picture) to ransom for his liberal policies and 1 Malaysia platform, opposition leaders say.
They say Perkasa’s popularity with right-wing Malays is a reminder to the prime minister to cut back his reformist zeal and pander to the “not so extreme” rights group as he had described them in an interview aired by the Al-Jazeera satellite news channel last night.
“Nobody is surprised by Najib’s defence of Perkasa. To many, it is seen as such that Perkasa is holding Najib and his 1 Malaysia concept to ransom,” DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang told The Malaysian Insider today.
“The question that all Malaysians want answered now is whether Najib plans to stick by his concept and take middle ground or succumb to the pressures of Perkasa,” he asked.
The Ipoh Timur MP accused Najib of procrastinating since he came into office a year ago and blamed Perkasa as one of the main reasons behind the policy delays.
“It is a crucial task now for him to see whether his 1 Malaysia, his New Economic Model, is going to be a meaningful and a major transformation progress for the country,” he said.
When asked if he felt Najib could afford to ignore Perkasa’s cry for the protection of Malay rights in the NEM, Lim said, “This is Malaysia in 2010. This is not Malaysia 40 or 50 years ago. It is time. The NEM has already documented the economic decline and the stagnation of the country.
“In fact, the NEM says there is no option; time is of the essence and that the nation cannot wait.”
In his speech earlier this week on the NEM, Najib had spoken of the need to roll back affirmative action policies which encouraged rent-seeking and patronage and claimed that in the NEM, affirmative action would be needs-based and not race-based.
Perkasa, which has the patronage of former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has been fighting for the present affirmative action policies to be maintained, citing fears that Malay rights would be sidelined in the government’s more liberal policies.
Lim said that Najib needed to be bold and not allow himself to be bound by the wishes of a single group.
“Why not? I think he can indeed shore up more support for himself if he is brave enough to show he is a statesman and that he is committed and able to stand the test of time, rather than to just be a Prime Minister who mouths off slogans like the previous ones,” he said.
PKR’s strategic director Chua Tian Chang took his criticism of Najib’s defence of Perkasa one step further by suggesting that the right-wing Malay rights group was really the brainchild of the Prime Minister.
“It could be one of two things actually. For one, you can see that Perkasa is holding the ideological ground of Umno while Najib’s 1 Malaysia is the Machiavellian plan to attract external Umno votes.
“So when Perkasa came out in contradiction and is holding the very core values of Umno, Najib is in an awkward position. He cannot reject Umno’s core values,” he told The Malaysian Insider.
He said that the other possibility was that Najib and Perkasa were playing “a game” together, at the expense of the people.
“Perkasa holds the Malay ground so it will always help to deliver support back to Umno eventually by warning the Malays that they need to be united or risk losing all to the Pakatan Rakyat.
“So Najib is crusading on one side to gain support and at the same time, he is getting support from the other groups... it is just a part of the strategy to cover more ground,” he said.
If this were truly the case, said Chua, then it showed that Najib was not sincere in transforming Malaysia.
“It is similar to what the deputy prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said about being Malay first and Malaysian next. He is saying that not because he is truly committed to the Malay identity because I can respect that but he is saying it because he claims that he cannot say he is Malaysian first or he would risk being shunned by the Malays.
“It is the same argument here... he is designing it such that he can cover lost ground in Malay extremist support,” he said.
By Clara Chooi ( Malaysian Insider)
KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — Perkasa, seen by some as the conscience of Umno, is holding Datuk Seri Najib Razak (picture) to ransom for his liberal policies and 1 Malaysia platform, opposition leaders say.
They say Perkasa’s popularity with right-wing Malays is a reminder to the prime minister to cut back his reformist zeal and pander to the “not so extreme” rights group as he had described them in an interview aired by the Al-Jazeera satellite news channel last night.
“Nobody is surprised by Najib’s defence of Perkasa. To many, it is seen as such that Perkasa is holding Najib and his 1 Malaysia concept to ransom,” DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang told The Malaysian Insider today.
“The question that all Malaysians want answered now is whether Najib plans to stick by his concept and take middle ground or succumb to the pressures of Perkasa,” he asked.
The Ipoh Timur MP accused Najib of procrastinating since he came into office a year ago and blamed Perkasa as one of the main reasons behind the policy delays.
“It is a crucial task now for him to see whether his 1 Malaysia, his New Economic Model, is going to be a meaningful and a major transformation progress for the country,” he said.
When asked if he felt Najib could afford to ignore Perkasa’s cry for the protection of Malay rights in the NEM, Lim said, “This is Malaysia in 2010. This is not Malaysia 40 or 50 years ago. It is time. The NEM has already documented the economic decline and the stagnation of the country.
“In fact, the NEM says there is no option; time is of the essence and that the nation cannot wait.”
In his speech earlier this week on the NEM, Najib had spoken of the need to roll back affirmative action policies which encouraged rent-seeking and patronage and claimed that in the NEM, affirmative action would be needs-based and not race-based.
Perkasa, which has the patronage of former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has been fighting for the present affirmative action policies to be maintained, citing fears that Malay rights would be sidelined in the government’s more liberal policies.
Lim said that Najib needed to be bold and not allow himself to be bound by the wishes of a single group.
“Why not? I think he can indeed shore up more support for himself if he is brave enough to show he is a statesman and that he is committed and able to stand the test of time, rather than to just be a Prime Minister who mouths off slogans like the previous ones,” he said.
PKR’s strategic director Chua Tian Chang took his criticism of Najib’s defence of Perkasa one step further by suggesting that the right-wing Malay rights group was really the brainchild of the Prime Minister.
“It could be one of two things actually. For one, you can see that Perkasa is holding the ideological ground of Umno while Najib’s 1 Malaysia is the Machiavellian plan to attract external Umno votes.
“So when Perkasa came out in contradiction and is holding the very core values of Umno, Najib is in an awkward position. He cannot reject Umno’s core values,” he told The Malaysian Insider.
He said that the other possibility was that Najib and Perkasa were playing “a game” together, at the expense of the people.
“Perkasa holds the Malay ground so it will always help to deliver support back to Umno eventually by warning the Malays that they need to be united or risk losing all to the Pakatan Rakyat.
“So Najib is crusading on one side to gain support and at the same time, he is getting support from the other groups... it is just a part of the strategy to cover more ground,” he said.
If this were truly the case, said Chua, then it showed that Najib was not sincere in transforming Malaysia.
“It is similar to what the deputy prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said about being Malay first and Malaysian next. He is saying that not because he is truly committed to the Malay identity because I can respect that but he is saying it because he claims that he cannot say he is Malaysian first or he would risk being shunned by the Malays.
“It is the same argument here... he is designing it such that he can cover lost ground in Malay extremist support,” he said.
DATO NAJIB KATA PERKASA TAK EXTREME
Najib says Perkasa is not extreme
KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak (picture) sidestepped a question tonight on whether he was a Malay or a Malaysian first in an interview on satellite news channel Al Jazeera, while defending Perkasa as “not so extreme.”“Well technically, if we talk about the constitution, I am a Malay but I’m comfortable being a Malay in a Malaysian society. And I want us to work towards becoming a truly One Malaysia society. But I’m proud to be a Malay. I’m proud to be a Muslim. But the fact that I’m proud to be a Malay and a Muslim, it doesn’t mean I cannot relate to others,” he told Al Jazeera’s Fauziah Ibrahim tonight when asked if he was a Malay or Malaysian first.
The question came after he was forced yesterday to defend his deputy’s declaration that he considered himself “a Malay first”, and only then a Malaysian.
Responding to a challenge from DAP’s Lim Kit Siang, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had said earlier this week that it was not proper for him to identify himself as Malaysian first and Malay second.
The PM was also forced to defend his government’s policies amid criticisms from groups like Perkasa.“No I didn’t say they’ll be taken away,” he said when asked about opposition from Malay rights groups who fear their special privileges and their rights may be taken away from them.
“Perkasa is not so extreme, if you listen to them carefully. They can shout about Malay rights as long as they are not extreme in their views and you know to the extent that we can accommodate Perkasa. And we can accommodate also the non-Malays as well. I do engage the non-Malay groups as well, so as Prime Minster, I’ve always said I’m Prime Minister for all Malaysians.”Tonight’s interview on Al Jazeera was conducted on the eve of the anniversary of his first year in office, and comes in the same week in which he introduced his New Economic Model (NEM) which he hopes will be the plank of his administration.
During a speech earlier this week, Najib had spoken of the need to roll back affirmative action policies which encouraged rent-seeking and patronage.
He also pointed out that under the NEM, affirmative action policies would be needs-based and not just race-based, but he did not provide any details on how this would be achieved.
The PM was also asked tonight about the growing influence of Perkasa, the group which has been fighting for the current affirmative action policies to be maintained and which has the patronage of former PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
“No, no, that’s not true. They are by and large supportive of Umno and they believe that Umno is the only vehicle that can really, not only promote Malay interest but really hold this country together. I think Umno is a strong party. Umno is well-established. Umno can deal with the emergence of Perkasa as well as other groups as well”, he said when asked about the recent warning from Perkasa to not make the group an enemy or risk losing their support.Speaking about his 1 Malaysia platform, Najib denied that the special privileges of the Malays would be trampled upon.
He said that 1 Malaysia was predicated on the constitution and provisions to protect Malay special rights.
“I think if you implement things in a fairer way, you can reach out you know, to the Malays, to the non-Malays as well.
“Don’t forget, when we implemented the New Economic Policy back in the 70s and 80s, and even in the 90s before the Asian Financial Crisis, it coincided with the growth rates in Malaysia being at break neck speed, you know 8 to 9 per cent was the norm in those days. So, New Economic Policy, affirmative action has never really hampered the growth of Malaysia into a modern economy.”
The PM was also asked about Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy trial, and reiterated the government’s stand that it was not a politically-motivated trial.
“Well, I think we have to make people understand that it’s not the Malaysian government against Anwar Ibrahim. This is not a political trial. It’s about a young, well not intern, but a young officer chosen by him in his office, a 22 year-old man who feel very aggrieved, made a police report against his employer. And that was the genesis of the present case. It’s got nothing to do with the government. If that person did not make a police report, there’d be no case against Anwar Ibrahim,” he said.
He added that Anwar’s trial now should not be compared to his first sodomy trial which happened when Dr Mahathir was PM.
Asked if he thought that the first sodomy trial was political, he said: “I don’t think it was political, the first case. But there was maybe lack of corroborative evidence, if you like”
KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak (picture) sidestepped a question tonight on whether he was a Malay or a Malaysian first in an interview on satellite news channel Al Jazeera, while defending Perkasa as “not so extreme.”“Well technically, if we talk about the constitution, I am a Malay but I’m comfortable being a Malay in a Malaysian society. And I want us to work towards becoming a truly One Malaysia society. But I’m proud to be a Malay. I’m proud to be a Muslim. But the fact that I’m proud to be a Malay and a Muslim, it doesn’t mean I cannot relate to others,” he told Al Jazeera’s Fauziah Ibrahim tonight when asked if he was a Malay or Malaysian first.
The question came after he was forced yesterday to defend his deputy’s declaration that he considered himself “a Malay first”, and only then a Malaysian.
Responding to a challenge from DAP’s Lim Kit Siang, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had said earlier this week that it was not proper for him to identify himself as Malaysian first and Malay second.
The PM was also forced to defend his government’s policies amid criticisms from groups like Perkasa.“No I didn’t say they’ll be taken away,” he said when asked about opposition from Malay rights groups who fear their special privileges and their rights may be taken away from them.
“Perkasa is not so extreme, if you listen to them carefully. They can shout about Malay rights as long as they are not extreme in their views and you know to the extent that we can accommodate Perkasa. And we can accommodate also the non-Malays as well. I do engage the non-Malay groups as well, so as Prime Minster, I’ve always said I’m Prime Minister for all Malaysians.”Tonight’s interview on Al Jazeera was conducted on the eve of the anniversary of his first year in office, and comes in the same week in which he introduced his New Economic Model (NEM) which he hopes will be the plank of his administration.
During a speech earlier this week, Najib had spoken of the need to roll back affirmative action policies which encouraged rent-seeking and patronage.
He also pointed out that under the NEM, affirmative action policies would be needs-based and not just race-based, but he did not provide any details on how this would be achieved.
The PM was also asked tonight about the growing influence of Perkasa, the group which has been fighting for the current affirmative action policies to be maintained and which has the patronage of former PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
“No, no, that’s not true. They are by and large supportive of Umno and they believe that Umno is the only vehicle that can really, not only promote Malay interest but really hold this country together. I think Umno is a strong party. Umno is well-established. Umno can deal with the emergence of Perkasa as well as other groups as well”, he said when asked about the recent warning from Perkasa to not make the group an enemy or risk losing their support.Speaking about his 1 Malaysia platform, Najib denied that the special privileges of the Malays would be trampled upon.
He said that 1 Malaysia was predicated on the constitution and provisions to protect Malay special rights.
“I think if you implement things in a fairer way, you can reach out you know, to the Malays, to the non-Malays as well.
“Don’t forget, when we implemented the New Economic Policy back in the 70s and 80s, and even in the 90s before the Asian Financial Crisis, it coincided with the growth rates in Malaysia being at break neck speed, you know 8 to 9 per cent was the norm in those days. So, New Economic Policy, affirmative action has never really hampered the growth of Malaysia into a modern economy.”
The PM was also asked about Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy trial, and reiterated the government’s stand that it was not a politically-motivated trial.
“Well, I think we have to make people understand that it’s not the Malaysian government against Anwar Ibrahim. This is not a political trial. It’s about a young, well not intern, but a young officer chosen by him in his office, a 22 year-old man who feel very aggrieved, made a police report against his employer. And that was the genesis of the present case. It’s got nothing to do with the government. If that person did not make a police report, there’d be no case against Anwar Ibrahim,” he said.
He added that Anwar’s trial now should not be compared to his first sodomy trial which happened when Dr Mahathir was PM.
Asked if he thought that the first sodomy trial was political, he said: “I don’t think it was political, the first case. But there was maybe lack of corroborative evidence, if you like”
70% ORANG MELAYU SOKONG PERKASA DI DALAM KAJIAN MERDEKA CENTRE SURVEY
Two thirds of Malays agree with Perkasa, says new survey
The latest Merdeka Centre survey finds that most Malays agree with Perkasa on the issue of quota for the Malays. - Picture by Jack Ooi
By Lee Wei Lian
KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 — Nearly 70 per cent of Malay voters in peninsular Malaysia agree with Perkasa’s demands that the government should not dismantle quotas and economic protection for Malays, while about 20 per cent disagreed according to a recent survey.
Malays surveyed were also roughly split down the middle on remarks by leaders of Perkasa, the right-wing Malay NGO that Chinese are trying to take over the country.
The survey conducted by independent pollster Merdeka Centre suggests that Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Razak will face substantial obstacles in pushing through his reforms.
The prime minister recently announced his New Economic Model (NEM) which proposes to roll back race-based affirmative action policies to reduce the patronage and rent-seeking associated with the New Economic Policy (NEP).
“My point of view is that what Perkasa is saying mirrors that of those who support Umno,” Merdeka Centre chief Ibrahim Suffian told The Malaysian Insider.
“The split response (on the question of Chinese trying to take over the country) corresponds closely to the current situation.”
He added that Malays appear to support Perkasa on issues related to their economic interests but less on the other issues.
Merdeka Centre polled 883 registered voters in West Malaysia between March 11 and March 27. The survey found that 44 per cent of Malays agreed with views by groups like Perkasa that Chinese are trying to take over the country while 47 per cent of Malays disagreed.
In the case of Chinese voters polled, seven per cent agreed with Perkasa while 80 per cent disagreed, while five per cent of Indians agreed and 89 per cent disagreed.
When asked about demands by Perkasa that the government should not dismantle quotas and protection for Malays in the economic sphere, 68 per cent of Malays agreed while 18 per cent disagreed. As for the Chinese, 8 per cent agreed with Perkasa while 74 per cent disagreed and 30 per cent of Indians agreed while 49 per cent disagreed.
Asked if groups like Perkasa would help Umno and Barisan Nasional win the next election, 61 per cent of Malays agreed while 20 per cent disagreed. Fifty three per cent of Chinese disagreed and 19 per cent agreed with the question while 62 per cent of Indians agreed and 20 per cent disagreed.
Perkasa is positioning itself as a pressure group to the government especially on the continuation of preferential treatment for Malays under the Najib administration’s NEM.
Perkasa’s inaugural congress last Sunday was launched by former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who once made Ibrahim a deputy minister of law in his 22-year administration.
The Malay right-wing group has spread to all states since the Independent MP founded it two years ago. It counts many Umno stalwarts among its pro-tem committee officials and has protested the Najib administration’s move to open up the economy and reform affirmative action policies.
Perkasa has warned political parties, especially Umno, not to be “enemies” with the movement if it wants support in the next general election.
The latest Merdeka Centre survey finds that most Malays agree with Perkasa on the issue of quota for the Malays. - Picture by Jack Ooi
By Lee Wei Lian
KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 — Nearly 70 per cent of Malay voters in peninsular Malaysia agree with Perkasa’s demands that the government should not dismantle quotas and economic protection for Malays, while about 20 per cent disagreed according to a recent survey.
Malays surveyed were also roughly split down the middle on remarks by leaders of Perkasa, the right-wing Malay NGO that Chinese are trying to take over the country.
The survey conducted by independent pollster Merdeka Centre suggests that Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Razak will face substantial obstacles in pushing through his reforms.
The prime minister recently announced his New Economic Model (NEM) which proposes to roll back race-based affirmative action policies to reduce the patronage and rent-seeking associated with the New Economic Policy (NEP).
“My point of view is that what Perkasa is saying mirrors that of those who support Umno,” Merdeka Centre chief Ibrahim Suffian told The Malaysian Insider.
“The split response (on the question of Chinese trying to take over the country) corresponds closely to the current situation.”
He added that Malays appear to support Perkasa on issues related to their economic interests but less on the other issues.
Merdeka Centre polled 883 registered voters in West Malaysia between March 11 and March 27. The survey found that 44 per cent of Malays agreed with views by groups like Perkasa that Chinese are trying to take over the country while 47 per cent of Malays disagreed.
In the case of Chinese voters polled, seven per cent agreed with Perkasa while 80 per cent disagreed, while five per cent of Indians agreed and 89 per cent disagreed.
When asked about demands by Perkasa that the government should not dismantle quotas and protection for Malays in the economic sphere, 68 per cent of Malays agreed while 18 per cent disagreed. As for the Chinese, 8 per cent agreed with Perkasa while 74 per cent disagreed and 30 per cent of Indians agreed while 49 per cent disagreed.
Asked if groups like Perkasa would help Umno and Barisan Nasional win the next election, 61 per cent of Malays agreed while 20 per cent disagreed. Fifty three per cent of Chinese disagreed and 19 per cent agreed with the question while 62 per cent of Indians agreed and 20 per cent disagreed.
Perkasa is positioning itself as a pressure group to the government especially on the continuation of preferential treatment for Malays under the Najib administration’s NEM.
Perkasa’s inaugural congress last Sunday was launched by former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who once made Ibrahim a deputy minister of law in his 22-year administration.
The Malay right-wing group has spread to all states since the Independent MP founded it two years ago. It counts many Umno stalwarts among its pro-tem committee officials and has protested the Najib administration’s move to open up the economy and reform affirmative action policies.
Perkasa has warned political parties, especially Umno, not to be “enemies” with the movement if it wants support in the next general election.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
KENYATAAN MEDIA PERTAMA PERKASA MENGENAI MEB
Perkasa telah memanggil mesyuarat biro ekonomi Perkasa ekoran pengumuman Model Ekonomi baru yang dibentang oleh Dato Najib pada 30.3.2010. Setelah mengkaji isi kandungan Model Ekonomi Baru tersebut maka Perkasa membuat ketetapan seperti berikut;
1. PERKASA mengalu-alukan Model Ekonomi Baru yang diumumkan oleh PM Dato Najib untuk mengubah ekonomi menjadi ekonomi berpendapatan tinggi yang mampan dan inklusif serta menempatkan negara pada landasan betul untuk mencapai status negara maju menjelang 2020.
3. PERKASA juga mengalu-alukan MEB kerana Dato Najib memberi jaminan bahawa kaum bumiputra termasuk dari Sabah dan Sarawak tidak dipinggirkan di dalam “affirmative action” model Ekonomi Baru. dimana akan memberi tumpuan kepada usaha meningkatkan tahap pendapatan semua golongan yang kurang bernasib baik. Ia akan memberi fokus terhadap keperluan seluruh rakyat – mereka yang tinggal di rumah panjang di Sabah dan Sarawak serta golongan miskin luar bandar di Semenanjung Malaysia yang seringkali tersisih daripada aktiviti ekonomi negara. Golongan nelayan, peniaga kecil dan petani juga tergolong dalam kategori ini. Begitu juga Orang Asli dan penduduk bandar yang berpendapatan rendah yang bekerja keras untuk menyara kehidupan dalam keadaan ekonomi yang sukar.
4. PERKASA juga mengalu-alukan MEB kerana ianya akan menberi fokus terhadap kumpulan 40 peratus strata pendapatan terendah di Malaysia – dari segi individu dan wilayah. Merekalah merupakan golongan yang kurang bernasib baik yang masih memerlukan perhatian khusus.
Walaubagaimanapun PERAKSA mendapati MEB tidak memberi gambran jelas bagaimana ianya boleh dilaksanakan
5. PERKASA juga mengalu-alukan perakuan dan kenyataan DS Najib iaitu bahawa
“ …. golongan Bumiputera masih merupakan majoriti dalam kumpulan yang mudah terjejas, walaupun dalam pelbagai pendekatan, sementara pendekatan baru kita akan membantu mereka yang terdiri daripada kumpulan berpendapatan rendah. Pendekatan ini sebahagian besarnya masih lagi akan memanfaatkan komuniti Bumiputera dan pada masa yang sama, memberi manfaat kepada komuniti lain yang kurang bernasib baik.
6. PERKASA juga mengalu-alukan kenyataan Dato Seri Najib telah menyatakan bahawa beliau menyokong DEB dan menganggap obkektif DEB masih relevan dan model ekonomi baru akan mempunyai elemen tindakan afirmatif dari Dasar Ekonomi Baru tetapi ianya akan disesuaikan/ diperbaharui akan dilaksana berdasarkan empat prinsip, ia
1. mesti mesra pasaran,
2. mesti berdasarkan merit,
3. mesti telus
4. mesti berdasarkan keperluan (needs based).
Walaubagaimanapun PERKASA berharap pendekatan perlaksanaan 4 prinsip diatas hendaklah dilaksana dengan mekanisma yang betul bagi memastikan ianya mencapai kejayaan. Jika pendekatan mesra pasaran dan meritrokrasi tidak di beri definasi yang jelas maka ianya akan menimbulkan ketidakpuasan dikalangan Masyarakat Perindustrian Dan Perdagangan Bumiputra.
PERKASA berharap konsep mesra pasaran di dalam model MEB ini tidak membawa maksud bahawa semua tawaran tender-tender kerajaan yang selama ini diberi kepada bumiputra dibuka kepada bukan bumiputra
7. PERKASA mengambil serius cadangan National Economic Action Council (NEAC) untuk menubuhkan Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) bagi memastikan tidak ujud diskriminasi dan ketidakadilan. Pada pendapat PERKASA nama EOC itu sendiri membawa maksub yang bahawa semua rakyat mempunyai peluang yang sama dan ini sangat bertentangan dengan Fasal 153 Pelembagaan Negara.
8. PERKASA kecewa kerana MEB yang dikemukakan oleh NEAC telah gagal membentangkan kenyataan polisi mengenai agenda untuk membangunkan Masyarakat Perindustrian Dan Perdagangan Bumiputra (MPPB). Sehubungan dengan itu PERKASA mendesak agar kerajaan :
a. Memastikan sokongon kerajaan secara berterusan kepada MPPB bagi membina dan memperkukuhkan keupayaan dan daya saing di pasaran tempatan dan meneroka peluang di luar negara. Ini perlu dilakukan melalui pelbagai bantuan dana, program latihan, idea, pemudahcara dan insentif yang ditawarkan untuk perkhidmatan tempatan. Model MPPB yang telah berjalan semenjak 2006 melibatkan 13 kluster industri PERLU diperluas dan diperkasakan dalam MEB (Model Ekonomi Baru)
b. Di dalam memastikan “affirmative action” model Ekonomi Baru berjaya maka PERKASA mencadangkan agar peranan MARA dipertingkatkan keupayaannya. Ini boleh dilakukan dengan cara mengembalikan MARA kepada fungsi asal seperti termaktub dalam Akta MARA membolehkan MARA lebih fokus kepada tanggungjawab dalam sektor pendidikan, pembangunan usahawan mikro dan usahawan skala IKS. PERKASA mencadangkan MARA dipertingkatkan peranannya dengan meletakkannya di bawah Jabatan Perdana Menteri dengan Pengerusi MARA dinaik taraf menteri yang mempunyai NKRA membangunkan usahawan Bumiputra
c. Di dalam memastikan “affirmative action” Model Ekonomi Baru berjaya PERKASA mencadangkan agenda pembangunan ekonomi Bumiputra sebagai NKRA disetiap kementerian dan agensi kerajaan dengan menyediakan polisi, program dan outcome yang terperinci dan menjadikan agenda pembangunan ekonomi Bumiputra sebagai salah satu kriteria kebertanggungjawaban Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya dalam penilaian prestasi dan perlantikannya.
d. Di dalam memastikan “affirmative action” Model Ekonomi Baru berjaya PERKASA mancadangkan agar Syarikat GLC perlu memasukkan pembangunan usahawan Melayu sebagai NKRA mereka dengan menyediakan polisi, program dan outcome yang terperinci dan menjadikan pembangunan usahawan sebagai salah satu kriteria kebertanggungjawaban Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya dalam penilaian prestasi dan perlantikannya.
9. Semasa pertemuan PERKASA dengan Tan Sri Amirsham, kita mendapati bahawa National Economic Action Council (NEAC) tidak mempunyai data-data terkini yang lengkap mengenai sosio ekonomi negara, PERKASA bimbang pihak National Economic Council mengubal polisi berdasarkan data yang yang tidak terkini dan ini akan menyebabkan MEB akan gagal.
PERKASA akan mendapat maklumat terpinci daripada National Economic Action Council (NEAC) dan mengadakan persidangan Meja Bulat NGO-NGO Melayu bagi menyatakan pendirian Majlis Perundingan Melayu terhadap MEB di dalam masa terdekat.
1. PERKASA mengalu-alukan Model Ekonomi Baru yang diumumkan oleh PM Dato Najib untuk mengubah ekonomi menjadi ekonomi berpendapatan tinggi yang mampan dan inklusif serta menempatkan negara pada landasan betul untuk mencapai status negara maju menjelang 2020.
3. PERKASA juga mengalu-alukan MEB kerana Dato Najib memberi jaminan bahawa kaum bumiputra termasuk dari Sabah dan Sarawak tidak dipinggirkan di dalam “affirmative action” model Ekonomi Baru. dimana akan memberi tumpuan kepada usaha meningkatkan tahap pendapatan semua golongan yang kurang bernasib baik. Ia akan memberi fokus terhadap keperluan seluruh rakyat – mereka yang tinggal di rumah panjang di Sabah dan Sarawak serta golongan miskin luar bandar di Semenanjung Malaysia yang seringkali tersisih daripada aktiviti ekonomi negara. Golongan nelayan, peniaga kecil dan petani juga tergolong dalam kategori ini. Begitu juga Orang Asli dan penduduk bandar yang berpendapatan rendah yang bekerja keras untuk menyara kehidupan dalam keadaan ekonomi yang sukar.
4. PERKASA juga mengalu-alukan MEB kerana ianya akan menberi fokus terhadap kumpulan 40 peratus strata pendapatan terendah di Malaysia – dari segi individu dan wilayah. Merekalah merupakan golongan yang kurang bernasib baik yang masih memerlukan perhatian khusus.
Walaubagaimanapun PERAKSA mendapati MEB tidak memberi gambran jelas bagaimana ianya boleh dilaksanakan
5. PERKASA juga mengalu-alukan perakuan dan kenyataan DS Najib iaitu bahawa
“ …. golongan Bumiputera masih merupakan majoriti dalam kumpulan yang mudah terjejas, walaupun dalam pelbagai pendekatan, sementara pendekatan baru kita akan membantu mereka yang terdiri daripada kumpulan berpendapatan rendah. Pendekatan ini sebahagian besarnya masih lagi akan memanfaatkan komuniti Bumiputera dan pada masa yang sama, memberi manfaat kepada komuniti lain yang kurang bernasib baik.
6. PERKASA juga mengalu-alukan kenyataan Dato Seri Najib telah menyatakan bahawa beliau menyokong DEB dan menganggap obkektif DEB masih relevan dan model ekonomi baru akan mempunyai elemen tindakan afirmatif dari Dasar Ekonomi Baru tetapi ianya akan disesuaikan/ diperbaharui akan dilaksana berdasarkan empat prinsip, ia
1. mesti mesra pasaran,
2. mesti berdasarkan merit,
3. mesti telus
4. mesti berdasarkan keperluan (needs based).
Walaubagaimanapun PERKASA berharap pendekatan perlaksanaan 4 prinsip diatas hendaklah dilaksana dengan mekanisma yang betul bagi memastikan ianya mencapai kejayaan. Jika pendekatan mesra pasaran dan meritrokrasi tidak di beri definasi yang jelas maka ianya akan menimbulkan ketidakpuasan dikalangan Masyarakat Perindustrian Dan Perdagangan Bumiputra.
PERKASA berharap konsep mesra pasaran di dalam model MEB ini tidak membawa maksud bahawa semua tawaran tender-tender kerajaan yang selama ini diberi kepada bumiputra dibuka kepada bukan bumiputra
7. PERKASA mengambil serius cadangan National Economic Action Council (NEAC) untuk menubuhkan Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) bagi memastikan tidak ujud diskriminasi dan ketidakadilan. Pada pendapat PERKASA nama EOC itu sendiri membawa maksub yang bahawa semua rakyat mempunyai peluang yang sama dan ini sangat bertentangan dengan Fasal 153 Pelembagaan Negara.
8. PERKASA kecewa kerana MEB yang dikemukakan oleh NEAC telah gagal membentangkan kenyataan polisi mengenai agenda untuk membangunkan Masyarakat Perindustrian Dan Perdagangan Bumiputra (MPPB). Sehubungan dengan itu PERKASA mendesak agar kerajaan :
a. Memastikan sokongon kerajaan secara berterusan kepada MPPB bagi membina dan memperkukuhkan keupayaan dan daya saing di pasaran tempatan dan meneroka peluang di luar negara. Ini perlu dilakukan melalui pelbagai bantuan dana, program latihan, idea, pemudahcara dan insentif yang ditawarkan untuk perkhidmatan tempatan. Model MPPB yang telah berjalan semenjak 2006 melibatkan 13 kluster industri PERLU diperluas dan diperkasakan dalam MEB (Model Ekonomi Baru)
b. Di dalam memastikan “affirmative action” model Ekonomi Baru berjaya maka PERKASA mencadangkan agar peranan MARA dipertingkatkan keupayaannya. Ini boleh dilakukan dengan cara mengembalikan MARA kepada fungsi asal seperti termaktub dalam Akta MARA membolehkan MARA lebih fokus kepada tanggungjawab dalam sektor pendidikan, pembangunan usahawan mikro dan usahawan skala IKS. PERKASA mencadangkan MARA dipertingkatkan peranannya dengan meletakkannya di bawah Jabatan Perdana Menteri dengan Pengerusi MARA dinaik taraf menteri yang mempunyai NKRA membangunkan usahawan Bumiputra
c. Di dalam memastikan “affirmative action” Model Ekonomi Baru berjaya PERKASA mencadangkan agenda pembangunan ekonomi Bumiputra sebagai NKRA disetiap kementerian dan agensi kerajaan dengan menyediakan polisi, program dan outcome yang terperinci dan menjadikan agenda pembangunan ekonomi Bumiputra sebagai salah satu kriteria kebertanggungjawaban Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya dalam penilaian prestasi dan perlantikannya.
d. Di dalam memastikan “affirmative action” Model Ekonomi Baru berjaya PERKASA mancadangkan agar Syarikat GLC perlu memasukkan pembangunan usahawan Melayu sebagai NKRA mereka dengan menyediakan polisi, program dan outcome yang terperinci dan menjadikan pembangunan usahawan sebagai salah satu kriteria kebertanggungjawaban Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya dalam penilaian prestasi dan perlantikannya.
9. Semasa pertemuan PERKASA dengan Tan Sri Amirsham, kita mendapati bahawa National Economic Action Council (NEAC) tidak mempunyai data-data terkini yang lengkap mengenai sosio ekonomi negara, PERKASA bimbang pihak National Economic Council mengubal polisi berdasarkan data yang yang tidak terkini dan ini akan menyebabkan MEB akan gagal.
PERKASA akan mendapat maklumat terpinci daripada National Economic Action Council (NEAC) dan mengadakan persidangan Meja Bulat NGO-NGO Melayu bagi menyatakan pendirian Majlis Perundingan Melayu terhadap MEB di dalam masa terdekat.
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