AMK: Pindaan AUKU gagal

April 11, 2012

Sebenarnya pindaan yang dikemukakan hanya untuk meredakan kemarahan rakyat semata-mata khasnya Pilihanraya Umum Ke-13 yang kian dekat.

PETALING JAYA: AMK mendakwa pindaan AUKU tidak membawa perubahan yang sebenar, malah bercanggah dengan prinsip kampus demokrasi dan autonomi pelajar.

Pindaan tersebut bukan sahaja bertentangan dengan permintaan dan pendapat umum untuk mansuhkan AUKU, malah mencengkam kebebasan akademi dan mahasiswa serta meneruskan dasar campur tangan politik daripada pemerintah ke atas pentadbiran universiti.

Sebenarnya pindaan yang dikemukakan hanya untuk meredakan kemarahan rakyat semata-mata khasnya Pilihanraya Umum Ke-13 yang kian dekat, kata Ketua Penerangan AMK, Lee Khai Loon.

“Pindaan ke atas Seksyen 15 AUKU yang membenarkan pelajar mendaftar sebagai ahli dalam parti politik tetapi melarang politik parti ke dalam kampus adalah bercanggah diri dan tidak masuk akal,” katanya dalam kenyataan media.

Menurutnya, kerajaan telah menunjukkan keyakinan diri yang lemah dan tidak berwibawa dalam menangani pindaan AUKU.

Pindaan tersebut, tambahnya adalah ketinggalan masa serta membongkarkan bahawa kerajaan pusat tidak berupaya berdepan dengan golongan mahasiswa yang berfikiran bebas serta kritikal.

Kuasa universiti

“AMK menegaskan bahawa pindaan AUKU tidak mengembalikan kuasa kepada golongan akademik dan mahasiswa.

“Pihak universiti masih kekal dengan kuasa menafsir undang-undang dan menjatuhkan hukuman. Samada sesuatu persatuan/aktiviti adalah sah atau haram, memenuhi kepentingan universiti atau tidak, semuanya tertakluk di bawah tafsiran pihak universiti.

“Mahkamah universiti yang tertutup atau ‘kangaroo court’ masih dikekalkan dan diguna untuk menghukum mahasiswa yang lantang serta kritikal terhadap pihak universiti atau kerajaan. Kesemua ini adalah bercanggah dengan hak asasi manusia serta prinsip kampus demokrasi,” tambahnya.

Kata Khai Loon lagi, AMK berpendapat bahawa sekiranya kerajaan pusat ingin membina imej menepati janji dan transformasi Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak tidak mengurus universiti seperti cara mengurus tadika atau melayan mahasiswa seperti budak-budak kecil.

Akibat daripada itu, matlamat transformasi tidak akan tercapai malah menjadi bahan jenaka orang ramai, katanya.

AMK menegaskan bahawa pindaan AUKU yang dibuat oleh kerajaan bukan sahaja tidak membawa sebarang makna kepada kampus demokrasi, malah tidak bertepatan dengan permintaan rakyat untuk menjalankan reformasi yang tulen.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Dr.Jeffry Kitingan is a Christian Kadazan from Sabah. But is he in favor of Bersih 3.0 or not? He is either pro-Bersih 3.0 or anti-Bersih 3.0. If you are pro-Bersih 3.0, then you are not anti-Bersih 3.0. If you are anti-Bersih 3.0, then you are not pro-Bersih 3.0. I do have a lot of respect for Dr.Jeffry Kitingan, but on this important moment in history, he and other Sabahans and Sarawakians must make a clear unambiguous public stand. I think the Malaysian citizens need to know.

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The UMNO government agreed to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on the large presence of illegal foreigners in Sabah and the widespread issuance of Malaysian Mykads and identification documents. But UMNO has yet to do something concrete. UMNO has to do something concrete before the General Elections(GE13). Starting the RCI work after the GE13 is a joke.

The Hindu Malaysians have the same problem. There is a UMNO minister who asked the Hindu Malaysians to have "nambikei" in UMNO. The word "nambikei" means "faith" in Tamil language. The reality is that due cronyism and favoritism, most Hindu Malaysians were sidelined. Now an UMNO Minister is asking Hindu Malaysians to put faith in him. It means that if the Hindu Malaysians vote for UMNO in GE13, then UMNO will respond by helping to uplift the Hindu Malaysians out of poverty. But faith can be given to the Almighty, not human beings because human beings do err all the time. It is dangerous to put faith in human beings because they may betray you too. What Hindu Malaysians need is equal rights and meritocracy.

At some point in time Sabahans must draw the line somewhere. Waiting for GE13 to be over before the RCI can do what they should do may not be a good idea. Any way, its up to Sabahans to decide. Should the RCI do its work before GE13 or after GE13 is the burning question. If the Sabahans continue to tolerate and have faith in UMNO, then it is their own problem. It is for Sabahans to wise up. It is for Sabahans to realize that they have been shortchanged. It is for Sabahans to decide their own future. Sabahans cannot and should not wait and wait for the RCI to do its work. I say that the RCI should do its work before GE13; and this should be the ultimatum.

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The political history of Malaysia can be divided into two chapters: that is, chapter one and chapter two. Chapter One is about UMNO rule with a 2/3 majority in Parliament. Chapter Two is about UMNO rule without a 2/3 majority in Parliament. We are now in Chapter Two. The beginning of Chapter Two is the end of Chapter One. Similarly, the end of Chapter One is the beginning of Chapter Two.

Chapter One had its social, political, and economic implications for the nation. Chapter Two has just begun and its social, political, and economic changes are something we have to wait and see.