Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said it was the right of a non-governmental organisation like Perkasa to express its views on certain issues to protect its interests.
“The same principle applies to other political parties which also have the right to make known its views. I don’t think the Government can direct either party to comply or toe the line."
It is heartening to hear what the DPM has said about the right of expression. Unfortunately, there are double standards in the actual practice and application of law in Malaysia.
A group such as Perkasa and other "independent" but BN linked politicians are able to get away with some of the most seditious and antagonizing statements but not the others.
Opposition newspapers and bloggers were harassed, detained or had their publication permit revoked for doing precisely what Perkasa did - expressing their political views.
It is very important for the BN government to be more consistent with their position. Otherwise, they should not blame observers for reading between the lines that this government is covertly and at times openly supporting organisations and individuals such as Perkasa, Ibrahim Ali, Zulkifli Nordin and others.
It is a shame for MCA trying to dump its responsibility on someone else. MCA vice president Donald Lim has mooted the establishment of a Chinese Perkasa. This is probably one of the biggest insults to the Chinese community.
Donald Lim Siang Chai, who suggested the idea, also gave a strong hint that the proper body to take the role would be the vocal Kuala Lumpur Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH).
The MCA was not suited to take on such a responsibility as political parties and NGOs operate at different levels, he pointed out.
MCA's inability to win back support from the Chinese community is precisely due to its lack of understanding of the Chinese psyche.
By suggesting a Chinese Perkasa, the vice president thinks that Chinese activists are as racist as those in Perkasa. Most Chinese activists would not fight for special status for the community. Most of them are fighting for a fair deal and an equitable citizenship. It is just a plain no to double standards and racism.
It is unfortunate to note that MCA's remedy to fight an organisation like Perkasa is to dump its political responsibility on someone else and worse the VP has insulted the KLSCAH in the process of making his silly suggestion.
MCA can continue to run away from its responsibility and hope to win more than 50% of Chinese support in the next general election.
For being outright silly, Donald should just resign from his positions as a deputy minister and a vice president of MCA.
MCA should push more greater liberalisation and the actualization of 1Malaysia in the BN and not trying to instigate the formation of another Perkasa, a Chinese centric one.
BN doublespeak and silly suggestions will continue to put off informed voters like myself.
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It is sheer moronic of such an idea and that coming from a Deputy Minister.
Cannot help but to notice that nowadays we are getting loads of so called 'leaders' opening their mouth before their brain is in gear ! And all that's uttered is faecal deserving spillage upon themselves.
Please spare us the right thinking Malaysians of such degrading competition with Perkasa.
Such ethno centric views only bespeaks of them 'still living in the dark ages'.
drop the lim and swap it with a duck. thats the quality of MCA leaders. truly Cartoon!
This double standard has been going on for decades.
When one side uses religion or race, they'll say its their right since it is in the constitution. However when the other side uses the same argument, then it is deemed sensitive and a threat to National unity.
Ini cerita lama!
Chinese have integrity and pride. They don't need to resort to gutter politics of Perkasa to shamelessly demand for 'free gifts and quotas'.
Why lower the status of the Chinese to those jaguh kampong like Ibrahim Ali.
Shane on you Donal, you have no ba**s.
Mr Khoo, until today nobody had the balls or answer to perkasa daily racist provocation, so why don't you give this new strategy a chance to shut those clowns' mouths?Those clowns wont give a damn if you try diplomatically to reason with them,they are also immune to arrest,they care not if the races go to war....so how to talk to them except to join them.
dear anon 931pm,
the best strategy to deal with perkasa & its likes of racists is to ignore them.
by responding, we only play into their mentor mahatir 513 siege mentality
Malays today are not very easily mislead :-)
Once MCA leaves BN, it will automatically get back lots of Chinese vote. Better, once it start to grow balls and appose UMNO, it will get DAP Chinese voters, and maybe even Malay voters.
dis duck-donal wants others to eat
dead-cats !!
ANOTHER RACIST WAY OF BN-BARISAN- NONOK,NAJIS,NERAKA,BABI NASIONAL,NIAMAAH,B.NAZI.THEIR ANOTOMY THINK USES THEIR BACKSIDE TALK USESTHE COCK.DONALD DUCK A DISGRACEFULL TO THE CHINESE AND HUMILATING THE HUMAN.
BY GOD'S GRACE JOIN IN THE BIGGEST RACE
Let's not join in the narrow mini-race
Merely to fight for one's own limited race
When we should participate in the biggest race
To really fight hard for the entire human race
(C) Samuel Goh Kim Eng - 110710
http://MotivationInMotion.blogspot.com
Sun. 11th July 2010.
This is another reason to have the corrupted Umno morons kicked out in the coming GE,
so don't forget to come out to cast your vote to have these corrupted morons voted out !
I don't normally would say anything harmful to an animal but I would curse these Umno morons thill the day they die !
First, it is plain clear that MCA is irrelevent and CSL is good for nothing! And that is why Donald is making such a public statement and pushing it to KLSCAH.MCA just dont have the balls!Ibrahim have TDM and Ultra support for now,so the present cabinet will try not to go head on with him.KJ is a good example.
Typical MCA! Keep quiet, balls dropping. But prod someone else to make noise. And then claim credit if anything obtained. Disband all racial organizations! Down with racists!
Ban race based party and all our problem will be solved. So who say when MCA leaves BN, all chinese will vote them? Not me. I just hate race based party!!! They are racists!!!
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