{"id":23340,"date":"2018-11-21T09:49:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T01:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=23340"},"modified":"2018-11-21T12:52:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T04:52:53","slug":"supp-supports-the-ratification-of-icerd-and-challenges-dap-to-make-a-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=23340","title":{"rendered":"SUPP supports the ratification of ICERD and challenges DAP to make a stand"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new administration under Pakatan Harapan was meant to be a fresh\u00a0start for the country. This would mean looking at the fundamental\u00a0structure of the country. It was heartening to see the new government\u00a0willingness to tackle some \u201csacred cows\u201d issues, one of which is on\u00a0race by proposing to rectify ICERD, said Pujut SUPP Chairman, Adam\u00a0Yii.<\/p>\n

In the PH\u2019s Buku Harapan, also known as its Manifesto, that holds out\u00a0the vision for Malaysia to once again be an independent and respected\u00a0nation \u2013 a country founded upon the principles of liberty and justice.\u00a0It hopes to put Malaysia back to a stage we are once again the envy of\u00a0the world. It also highlighted the ills of UMNO that created the\u00a0situation where \u201cMalaysians are threatened with narrow racist rhetoric\u00a0such that we begin to distrust each other.\u201d One of the 5 Pillars of\u00a0its Manifesto promises to \u201ccreate a Malaysia that is inclusive,\u00a0moderate and respected globally\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

The PH Government commitment, added Yii was\u00a0 to reform as espoused in\u00a0its manifestos is now being put on the line for the convenience of the\u00a0day to day politics of race. There are very few countries left in the\u00a0world that do not agree with United Nations noble aim as laid out in\u00a0ICERD in 1965. Only two other countries in Asia have not ratified,\u00a0namely, Myanmar and North Korea. Myanmar\u2019s handling of its minority\u00a0Rohingyas was the obvious reason for the non-ratification.<\/p>\n

He expressed his sadness at\u00a0 the back paddling by the PH government\u00a0recently on this issue of ratification of ICERD. The biggest\u00a0disappointment was the statement by Lim Guan Eng on behalf of DAP\u00a0saying that it has no stand on this issue and would defer to Tun Dr\u00a0Mahathir. DAP has for more than half a century ostensibly stood and\u00a0fought for a fair, just and a secular society while they were in the \u00a0opposition. And now DAP has revealed its true face and happily\u00a0sacrificed its founding principles and chose to be silent for the\u00a0benefit of being in the government with several ministerial\u00a0portfolios. It has openly chosen to be the \u201cYes\u201d man in the coalition.\u00a0Where are all the brave voices and heroes in DAP now?<\/p>\n

Tun Dr Mahathir has just said it is impossible to ratify the ICERD\u00a0while at Papua New Guinea during the APEC Conference. DAP is now\u00a0deemed to support the stand just taken by Tun Dr Mahathir.<\/p>\n

“SUPP stand is to support the ratification of ICERD. This is the norm\u00a0and is of universal human values. While there are views that said\u00a0ICERD conflicts with Article 153 of the Federal Constitution, SUPP is\u00a0of the view that ICERD can reconcile with Article 153 of the\u00a0Constitution.We have to look at and discuss this issue rationally. A\u00a0good starting point is to look into the history for this article.\u00a0Article 153 was not designed to discriminate by enshrining certain\u00a0rights for one race. It was designed to rectify the perceived weakness\u00a0of the Malay community in the economic field and the public service.\u00a0This was expanded to the bumiputras in Sarawak and Sabah after 1963.\u00a0The affirmative action nature of Article 153 was meant to be\u00a0transition in nature. The Reid Commission (equivalent to the Cobbold\u00a0Commission in Sarawak) recommended a 15- year sunset clause for\u00a0Article 153. This was later further extended for another 20-year\u00a0period after the introduction of the national Economic Policy (NEP) in\u00a01990,” he stated.<\/p>\n

SUPP calls for the present PH Government to honour its promises and to\u00a0live up to its aspirations and vision as laid out in its Manifesto.\u00a0SUPP challenges DAP to make a clear and unequivocal stand on the\u00a0ratification of ICERD, and should not hide behind Tun Dr Mahathir and\u00a0be the \u201cYes\u201d man of PH. SUPP further call all political parties,\u00a0including DAP, to unite and to support the ratification of ICERD for a\u00a0fair, just and better Malaysia.<\/p>\n

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The new administration under Pakatan Harapan was meant to be a fresh\u00a0start for the country. This would mean looking at the fundamental\u00a0structure of the country. It was heartening to see the new government\u00a0willingness to tackle some \u201csacred cows\u201d issues, one of which is on\u00a0race by proposing to rectify ICERD, said Pujut SUPP Chairman, Adam\u00a0Yii. In the PH\u2019s Buku Harapan, also known as its Manifesto, that holds out\u00a0the vision for Malaysia to once again be an independent and respected\u00a0nation \u2013 a country founded upon the principles of liberty and justice.\u00a0It hopesRead More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23342,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23340\/revisions\/23342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}