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| NEP no longer works, says Nazir Razak |
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Posted by: superadmin - 03-30-2021, 10:23 AM - Forum: Politics
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PETALING JAYA: Many of the principles in the New Economic Policy (NEP) no longer work and have instead led to dysfunctional politics and growing divisions among Malaysia’s communities, according to corporate figure Nazir Razak.
Nazir, the son of Malaysia’s second prime minister and NEP architect Abdul Razak Hussein, said the status quo was quickly becoming untenable and asked if the country’s leaders had the initiative to develop and implement new political, economic and social systems.
He said the NEP was not meant to be a permanent solution.
The former CIMB group chairman said the NEP principles, many of which have remained since its institution in 1970, had manifested themselves in “our dysfunctional politics, our economic data and the growing divisions”.
“It’s not surprising because the system that was put in place was meant to be an experiment and to be temporary,” he told FMT.
He warned that festering issues would boil over if the country’s leaders failed to act with urgency to institute reforms.
“Do we have to wait for fighting in the streets or for us to be a failed state before we deal with reforms?”
Nasir said the current state of emergency, political instability and public frustrations should be proof enough that changes were needed.
“Shouldn’t our leaders sit down, recognise the problems and go through these reforms now? They should not selfishly say: ‘I’m a beneficiary of the system; so I don’t want to change anything.’
“That’s always the problem with reform. The people in power are kind of saying, ‘This is the system that got me here. Why would I want to change it?’”
He said there was a need to form a group of experts to examine the country’s most pressing and divisive issues. This is a call Nazir has repeatedly made.
He said the group could be akin to the National Consultative Council formed following the May 13 riots.
“Vernacular schools, affirmative action, this whole issue of secular versus Islamic state – all these things have to be on the table and discussed,” he said.
“Get community leaders, intellectuals, and so on to debate and come up with a new system that can set us on a better path.
“Today, the world waits for no one. The dynamics are such that if we don’t sort out our democracy and society and collaborate across identity borders now, we are going to get further and further left behind.”
Nazir noted that new forms of policymaking were being explored around the world and said it had been shown that elected representatives were increasingly losing touch with voters.
“For long-term structural issues, you cannot rely on parliament or on political parties, which basically have very short-term agendas,” he said.
“The person you elect is going to vote according to what his party tells him, not what his constituents want.
“They are also always affected by the election cycle.”
Referring to an Irish experience, he said a panel of citizens, intellectuals and community leaders were told by parliamentarians that the public would never accept its recommendation to legalise abortion. But the referendum passed with nearly two-thirds of the vote.
“Are politicians the right people to deal with long-term structural issues to better the nation? I think not,” he said.
Source: FMT
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| US ‘finds’ evidence of Top Glove forced labour, goods banned |
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Posted by: superadmin - 03-29-2021, 07:44 PM - Forum: Business. Economy and Investment
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PETALING JAYA: The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says it has found “conclusive evidence” that certain products by Top Glove Corp Bhd have been manufactured with the use of convict, forced or indentured labour.
A notice published today in the US Federal Register notified the public that CBP, with the approval of the Secretary of Homeland Security, has determined that “certain disposable gloves have been mined, produced, or manufactured in Malaysia by Top Glove Corporation Bhd with the use of convict, forced or indentured labor, and are being, or are likely to be, imported into the United States.”
It said it can now seize and forfeit all the gloves which have entered the US or those that may enter in the future.
In July, the CBP issued an import order restriction on two subsidiaries of Top Glove, the world’s largest medical glove maker, after stating that it had reasonable, but not conclusive information, to indicate that it produced goods with forced labour.
Under the latest move, products from all subsidiaries have been banned.
Top Glove has 60 companies within its group and exports to more than 195 countries.
Source: FMT
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| Why is PAS president Hadi opposing Undi18 when 90pc of OIC states allow voting at 18? |
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Posted by: superadmin - 03-29-2021, 07:37 PM - Forum: Politics
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Kit Siang: Why is PAS president Hadi opposing Undi18 when 90pc of OIC states allow voting at 18?
KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — DAP’s Lim Kit Siang questioned today PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang’s support for delaying the enfranchisement of 18-year-olds, suggesting the latter’s 2019 vote for constitutional amendments to lower the voting age was insincere.
Lim quoted Hadi’s arguments that Malaysia should not be influenced by the Western concept of democracy where voting is based on age instead of maturity, as well as the idea that maturity can come at any age.
Lim also quoted Hadi’s arguments on the need for mature voters when the Islamist party’s president agreed with the Election Commission’s (EC) delayed implementation of allowing Malaysians aged 18 to sign up as voters.
However, Lim pointed out that almost all of the countries in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) — in which Malaysia is a member — allow citizens as young as 18 to vote.
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| If you want shariah, give Sabah and Sarawak autonomy, Upko tells Umno |
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Posted by: superadmin - 03-29-2021, 06:45 PM - Forum: Politics
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PETALING JAYA: If Umno wants to amend the constitution to expand shariah law, it must first give Sabah and Sarawak greater autonomy so the states can be kept free of religious influence, the United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (Upko) says.
Responding to Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s vow to “empower” shariah law should they achieve a two-thirds parliamentary majority at the next election, Upko said this vision runs counter to the guarantee of religious freedom upon which Malaysia was formed.
“The commitment for a secular and liberal society is reflected in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 and enshrined in the Federal Constitution, which all Malaysian parliamentarians have sworn to uphold,” Upko said in a statement.
It said that those instrumental in the formation of Sabah and Sarawak, who came from various religious backgrounds, would have rejected the formation of Malaysia had they known “their countries would become part of an Islamic federation where personal sins would be slapped with heavy shariah punishments.”
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| Implement Undi18 by July, NGOs tell govt |
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Posted by: superadmin - 03-29-2021, 06:38 PM - Forum: Politics
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PUTRAJAYA: A coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has sent a memorandum to the government urging it to expedite the implementation of Undi18 and automatic registration of 18-year-olds as voters.
The coalition handed the memorandum to the Election Commission today asking that the policy be implemented by July.
“We are wondering whether the government is serious about implementing Undi18. Parliament passed the Bill in 2019 before the implementation of the movement control order,” Gerakan Belia 4B acting president Fahami Ashrof Badaruddin said after the memorandum was handed over to the EC.
Keilmuan Nasional chairman Zambri Mohd Isa said the implementation of Undi18 should not be delayed to protect the rights of about 1.2 million young voters.
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| Just resign, PPBM man tells ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ Umno ministers |
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Posted by: superadmin - 03-29-2021, 02:42 PM - Forum: Politics
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PETALING JAYA: A senior PPBM leader has launched a scathing attack on some of his Cabinet colleagues from Umno, describing them as warlords who were no better than “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”.
However, special functions minister Redzuan Yusof stopped short of naming the ministers he likened to the two-faced character in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, saying it was clear who they were from their speeches at the weekend’s Umno annual general assembly.
“These ministers behave one way in front of (Prime Minister) Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, but when they are among their own party members, they behave very differently.
“To me, these ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ ministers can leave. If you do not want to be part of the government, don’t be,” he told FMT.
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