PAGOH, Aug 7 (Bernama)
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin on Saturday described as apt the statement by PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang on the need to retain the rights and privileges of the Malays and bumiputeras, including the discount for purchase of commercial and residential properties.
Muhyiddin said Abdul Hadi would have surely made reference to the Federal Constitution although his statement might seem to be contrary to the stand of the opposition Pakatan Rakyat, of which PAS is a partner along with the DAP and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).
"However, from the viewpoint of the DAP, it seems that there is a contradiction in terms of the stand in the Pakatan Rakyat. They (PAS and DAP) do not have the same view on the matter and there seems to be a drastic difference," he said to reporters after launching the National Crime Prevention Carnival organised by the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) in collaboration with the police, here.
Hadi had said to reporters in Marang, Terengganu, yesterday that the rights and privileges of the Malays and the bumiputeras should be retained because the majority of the poor in the country were bumiputeras and that they had a right to the privileges.
The PAS president had been asked to comment on the proposal by Petaling Jaya Utara Member of Parliament, Tony Pua of the DAP, to the Selangor PKR government to abolish the bumiputera discounts for purchase of houses costing more than RM500,000 and commercial properties costing more than RM2 million.
Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said it was left to the people to evaluate the stand of Pakatan Rakyat to determine whether its partners adopted a common position or had differing views.
On crime prevention, the deputy prime minister, who is the MP for Pagoh, said all community leaders, and not the police alone, had a role to play in maintaining and stepping up security both in the urban and rural areas.
"We also want the community leaders to be involved because various issues have to be attended to at their level in the urban and rural areas," he said.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan and MCPF vice-chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye were also present at the event.
-- BERNAMA
mukapetang: Hak yang betul kita puji, hak yang salah kita ----. Bukan semua kita nak kata tak betul. Syabas TPM! We are moving forward. Hopefully rakyat is aware about this instead of supporting blindly their political leaders without proper directions. Please rakyat set your mind clearly, know what is in for you when you choose. Who is on your mind?
Disini kita harus sedar bahawa pimpinan Kerajaan Barisan Nasional memang bertujuan ke arah kebaikan. Balik kepada asas perjuangan untuk kemerdekaan yang masih dapat dipertahankan dan tidak dipersia-siakan untuk kepentingan masing-masing. Kita sedar bahawa Malaysia merupakan satu-satunya negara di dunia yang mengamalkan sistem pemerintahan yang saksama. Kalau diikutkan definisi Amerika Al Kafir, semua pendatang asing adalah 'alien'. Bersyukurlah kita ini kaya dengan pelbagai kebudayaan dan dapat menyambut perayaan pelbagai kaum masing-masing di bawah satu bumbung, kemungkinan sekiranya tampuk pemerintahan bertukar mungkin tidak dapat lagi mengecapi hari perayaan dengan suasana indah dan meriah yang hanya dapat dikecapi di Malaysia. Cintailah Malaysia hargailah perjuangan tokoh-tokoh kemerdekaan kita yang berjuang untuk mempersaudarakan semua kaum di bawah satu panji kebesaran. Memetik teks ucapan teks Tun Sambathan di Parlimen pada tahun 1965..ala cari sendiri la 1 Jun 1965...
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