Yesterday was the first day of Parliament in this current session.
There was an Emergency Motion by the most senior Parliamentarian Y.B. Lim Kit Siang but only on the racial slur by two headmasters against Chinese students. (see The Star 12/10/10 at page N19, NST 12/10/10 at page 15 and SH 12/10/10 at page N10).
And then we had 16 questions by 16 Opposition MPs, mostly from DAP who stood up to protest that their questions were thrown out. They claimed the questions on these “hot” issues were rejected “without any apparent reason”. (www.freemalaysiatoday.com 11/10/2010).
Beginning with Y.B. Karpal Singh on whether Najib was a Malaysian first, Y.B. Lim Kit Siang on the racist BTN (National Civils Course) Assistant Director Taib by DAP Chong Chien Jen, MACC, UMNO linked Utusan Malaysia report on the surau visit by DAP’s Teo Nie Ching, main suspect in the Susilowati murder being a DAP life member Gobind Singh on Perkasa, PAS’ Nasharuddin on his (Islamic) question rejected an technical grounds.
Other MPs whose questions were also rejected include Sim Tong Him (DAP-Kota Melaka), P Ramasamy (DAP-Batu Kawan), Nga Kor Ming (DAP-Taiping), Ngeh Koo Ham (DAP-Beruas), Tan Seng Giaw (DAP-Kepong), Wong Ho Leng (DAP-Sibu), M Manogaran (DAP-Teluk Intan), Nizar Jamaluddin (PAS-Bukit Gantang), Loh Gwo Burne (PKR-Kelana Jaya) and Chua Soon Booi (Independent-Tawau).
But none of these MPs ever moved an Emergency Motion or raised the direct racial discrimination by UMNO in rejecting an estimated 2,237 top and high achieving poor Indian students denied scholarships (69 alone in HRP list), University and Matriculation places, denied skills training places, one in six or an estimated 450,000 Indian poor being denied their Birth Certificates, Identity Cards and Citizenship, Indians denied petty trading licenses, business opportunities scrap metal, car wash, flower and fruit stall licenses, contracts, projects and APs.
The emergence of the new Indian criminal class, Indian poor denied welfare help, denied Socso claims, denied Felda like ten acre land ownership schemes. 523 Tamil schools refused to be made fully aided schools, land denied to some 95% of Hindu temples and Hindu cemeteries and almost all Indian villages and settlements.
The grant of state land would give all these Hindu temples, Hindu cemeteries, 523 Tamil schools and Indian villages and settlements a permanent and lasting solution.
This would also mean half of the Indian poor problems being solved at state level at no cost but by the mere stroke of the pen as it merely involves alienation of land by the state governments of Selangor, Penang and Kedah, etc.
The Indian poor problems has got to this critical level also because of PKR, DAP and PAS’ refusal to put Emergency Motions and raise questions on these pressing Indian issues in Parliament. By being silent they contribute in exacerbating the problem.
Also because of UMNO’s aforesaid racist policies against the Indians and contributed by the refusal of PKR, DAP and PAS to raise these very serious acts of racism against the poor, vulnerable and soft target Indians who are politically powerless have no or very little economic clout. Because PKR, DAP and PAS has very little political mileage to be gained in the light of the very serious and basic necessity bread and butter issues the poor Indians are facing.
PKR, DAP and PAS cannot claim ignorance because on average three pressing Indian poor issues are raised on a day to day basis in our website www.humanrightspartymalaysia.com and all members of Parliament are on our mailing list.
From the above it is plain and obvious that PKR, DAP and PAS are not genuinely multiracial parties to encompass, to include and to also lend voice and speak up for the Indian poor. It is unfortunate that unlike in the first world civil societies and western parliamentary democracies the majority community bends backward to speak up for their minority. Unfortunately this does not happen in the Malaysian Parliamentary Democracy from both sides of the political spectrum who seem only interested in the 90% Malay and Chinese voters. In other words, only their communities interests, with some taken show of interests in native issues like the Penans.
While UMNO/BN is a foregone conclusion, PKR, DAP and PAS are not the multi-racial civil society and public interest parties they make themselves out to be.
In the circumstances, and as the last resort HRP’s Project 15/38, ie the creating of 15 and 38 Indian majority Parliamentary and State Assembly seats is the only self help way forward.
We will have to stand up on our own feet, speak up and champion our own causes.
P.Uthayakumar
13/10/10
There was an Emergency Motion by the most senior Parliamentarian Y.B. Lim Kit Siang but only on the racial slur by two headmasters against Chinese students. (see The Star 12/10/10 at page N19, NST 12/10/10 at page 15 and SH 12/10/10 at page N10).
And then we had 16 questions by 16 Opposition MPs, mostly from DAP who stood up to protest that their questions were thrown out. They claimed the questions on these “hot” issues were rejected “without any apparent reason”. (www.freemalaysiatoday.com 11/10/2010).
Beginning with Y.B. Karpal Singh on whether Najib was a Malaysian first, Y.B. Lim Kit Siang on the racist BTN (National Civils Course) Assistant Director Taib by DAP Chong Chien Jen, MACC, UMNO linked Utusan Malaysia report on the surau visit by DAP’s Teo Nie Ching, main suspect in the Susilowati murder being a DAP life member Gobind Singh on Perkasa, PAS’ Nasharuddin on his (Islamic) question rejected an technical grounds.
Other MPs whose questions were also rejected include Sim Tong Him (DAP-Kota Melaka), P Ramasamy (DAP-Batu Kawan), Nga Kor Ming (DAP-Taiping), Ngeh Koo Ham (DAP-Beruas), Tan Seng Giaw (DAP-Kepong), Wong Ho Leng (DAP-Sibu), M Manogaran (DAP-Teluk Intan), Nizar Jamaluddin (PAS-Bukit Gantang), Loh Gwo Burne (PKR-Kelana Jaya) and Chua Soon Booi (Independent-Tawau).
But none of these MPs ever moved an Emergency Motion or raised the direct racial discrimination by UMNO in rejecting an estimated 2,237 top and high achieving poor Indian students denied scholarships (69 alone in HRP list), University and Matriculation places, denied skills training places, one in six or an estimated 450,000 Indian poor being denied their Birth Certificates, Identity Cards and Citizenship, Indians denied petty trading licenses, business opportunities scrap metal, car wash, flower and fruit stall licenses, contracts, projects and APs.
The emergence of the new Indian criminal class, Indian poor denied welfare help, denied Socso claims, denied Felda like ten acre land ownership schemes. 523 Tamil schools refused to be made fully aided schools, land denied to some 95% of Hindu temples and Hindu cemeteries and almost all Indian villages and settlements.
The grant of state land would give all these Hindu temples, Hindu cemeteries, 523 Tamil schools and Indian villages and settlements a permanent and lasting solution.
This would also mean half of the Indian poor problems being solved at state level at no cost but by the mere stroke of the pen as it merely involves alienation of land by the state governments of Selangor, Penang and Kedah, etc.
The Indian poor problems has got to this critical level also because of PKR, DAP and PAS’ refusal to put Emergency Motions and raise questions on these pressing Indian issues in Parliament. By being silent they contribute in exacerbating the problem.
Also because of UMNO’s aforesaid racist policies against the Indians and contributed by the refusal of PKR, DAP and PAS to raise these very serious acts of racism against the poor, vulnerable and soft target Indians who are politically powerless have no or very little economic clout. Because PKR, DAP and PAS has very little political mileage to be gained in the light of the very serious and basic necessity bread and butter issues the poor Indians are facing.
PKR, DAP and PAS cannot claim ignorance because on average three pressing Indian poor issues are raised on a day to day basis in our website www.humanrightspartymalaysia.com and all members of Parliament are on our mailing list.
From the above it is plain and obvious that PKR, DAP and PAS are not genuinely multiracial parties to encompass, to include and to also lend voice and speak up for the Indian poor. It is unfortunate that unlike in the first world civil societies and western parliamentary democracies the majority community bends backward to speak up for their minority. Unfortunately this does not happen in the Malaysian Parliamentary Democracy from both sides of the political spectrum who seem only interested in the 90% Malay and Chinese voters. In other words, only their communities interests, with some taken show of interests in native issues like the Penans.
While UMNO/BN is a foregone conclusion, PKR, DAP and PAS are not the multi-racial civil society and public interest parties they make themselves out to be.
In the circumstances, and as the last resort HRP’s Project 15/38, ie the creating of 15 and 38 Indian majority Parliamentary and State Assembly seats is the only self help way forward.
We will have to stand up on our own feet, speak up and champion our own causes.
P.Uthayakumar
13/10/10
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