A seminar was held on the 25th of April 2010 in Penang for a small group of Indian Professionals and Businessmen with the aim of raising the awareness on the Malaysian Indian Political Empowerment Strategy. There were a total of around 30 attendees. The session was a substantial session of sharing of thoughts .
Uthayakumar spoke of the origin of the Empowerment strategy, in his Police Watch Malaysia days, when he began to see at first hand just how the system did not pay any heed at all to the Indian minority in the country, especially to the poorer segments of the community.He spoke of how he developed the idea while he was in detained in kamunting. He spoke of the project 15/38 which is the intermediate term goal of the Ploitical Empowerment Strategy.
In his usual style of not mincing words he told the group that there was just no other way forward for the Indian minority community than by creating Indian majority constituencies in the 15 Parliamentary constituencies and 38 State Constituencies. Uthayakumar emphasized that what we had was Indian representatives in the current halls of power but what we did not have in those halls of power was representation. only project 15/38 could achieve it.
Ganesan then spoke about the specific operationalization of the Indian Political Empowerment Strategy in the Batu Kawan and Prai constituencies in Penang state . He started by clarifying that many of the critical problems of the Indians are unique which required unique solutions, something that the present political arrangement could not provide. only which Empowered Indian representation could deal with. He talked about what was needed to be done in these two constituencies and the need for expanding the core of HRP in Penang. He appealed to all those present to volunteer for the various tasks on hand to create the Indian majority constituencies.
A lively Q &A session then ensued. The key questions asked were on the organizational aspects of HRP and Hindraf. Several key points relating the leadership challenges of the struggle were clarified.
The Seminar ended with the autographing of the Malaysian indian Political Empowerment Strategy book by Uthayakumar for the participants.
HRP
28/04/10
Uthayakumar spoke of the origin of the Empowerment strategy, in his Police Watch Malaysia days, when he began to see at first hand just how the system did not pay any heed at all to the Indian minority in the country, especially to the poorer segments of the community.He spoke of how he developed the idea while he was in detained in kamunting. He spoke of the project 15/38 which is the intermediate term goal of the Ploitical Empowerment Strategy.
In his usual style of not mincing words he told the group that there was just no other way forward for the Indian minority community than by creating Indian majority constituencies in the 15 Parliamentary constituencies and 38 State Constituencies. Uthayakumar emphasized that what we had was Indian representatives in the current halls of power but what we did not have in those halls of power was representation. only project 15/38 could achieve it.
Ganesan then spoke about the specific operationalization of the Indian Political Empowerment Strategy in the Batu Kawan and Prai constituencies in Penang state . He started by clarifying that many of the critical problems of the Indians are unique which required unique solutions, something that the present political arrangement could not provide. only which Empowered Indian representation could deal with. He talked about what was needed to be done in these two constituencies and the need for expanding the core of HRP in Penang. He appealed to all those present to volunteer for the various tasks on hand to create the Indian majority constituencies.
A lively Q &A session then ensued. The key questions asked were on the organizational aspects of HRP and Hindraf. Several key points relating the leadership challenges of the struggle were clarified.
The Seminar ended with the autographing of the Malaysian indian Political Empowerment Strategy book by Uthayakumar for the participants.
HRP
28/04/10
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