The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, has called on the people to stop excessive politiking over the status and eminence of the Malay Rulers, Islam, the Malay language, the special position of the Malays and legitimate interests of other communities as enshrine in the Federal Constitution.
He said the interest of the people who elected the government should be given priority, and the country's peace and harmony should not be sacrificed in the name of power struggle among certain leaders and groups.
"if there are mistakes and derailment in the implementation of certain policies, what needs rectification is the implimentation mechanism. The core policies, which form the fountation of this independent country, should not be touched, tested or challenged at all. It is is feared that such actions, if not stopped, will hurt the feelings and emotions of the Malays," he said at the handing over of a memorandum by Gabungan Melayu Perak(GMP) at the Istana Iskandariah yesterday. Also present were the raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah and Raja di-Hilir Perak Raja Jaafar Raja Muda Musa.
Sultan Azlan said any amendment to the constitution pertaining to Malay Rulers and their jurisdiction over Islam, the national language, the position of the Malays, and bumiputra in Sabah and Sarawak should be consented to first by the Rulers.
He said the Malay Rulers understood that the Federal Constitution also recognised and safeguarged the interests of the various races, religions, languages and cultures.
About 2000 representatives of Malays non-governmental organisations, silat and arts associations throughout the state , headed by GMP chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Hilmi Ismail, participated in a peaceful march from the Ubudiah Mosque to the palace to hand over the memorandum.
Mohd Hilmi said the memorandum ,among other things, expressed gratitude for the special statement issued by the Malay Rulers last month which touched on issues related to the privileges of the Malays and the interests of other communities.
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As a Malaysian Indian, I would agree that Social Contract may still be relevant but only if relevant parties adhere to principles and practise what they preach.
At the moment that is not the case. With rights comes responsibility.
Everyone should strive to uphold the priciple agreed upon wihout being suspicious with each other. Honesty and not greed should be the key here.
And relationship between races should start from the young which means they should all go to one school so that they can understand each other better, get comfortable, know each other's beliefs and culture.
This would also mean only one school for all malaysia, national school (not malay school). I for one when to a national school and benefitted tremendously. What I gained can be never experienced by those who went to a vernacular school.
This would mean closing down all Chinese and Tamil school, Will education groups, parents and politicans agree to this??
Regards
http://balankumarpremakumaran.blogspot.com/2008/11/close-down-all-tamil-schools.html
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