Zairil Khir Johari MP DAP Bukit Bendera hari ini menafikan tuduhan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia Menteri Ahmad Shabery Cheek kononnya berlaku perkauman halus terhadap orang Melayu oleh kerajaan Pulau Pinang, sebaliknya Zairil berkata bahawa BN lah yang bertanggungjawab untuk meletakkan orang Melayu dalam keadaan mereka hari ini.
Tambahnya, sejak Pakatan Rakyat mengambil alih dari BN pada tahun 2008, ia telah bekerja keras untuk membasmi kemiskinan, yang kebanyakannya melibatkan orang Melayu.
"Adalah amat memalukan bahawa orang Melayu kekal miskin di Pulau Pinang selepas 50 tahun di bawah pemerintahan BN - ini adalah satu keadaan yang kita warisi dan kita cuba yang terbaik untuk membantu golongan miskin," katanya kepada Malaysiakini.
Beliau menjawab tuduhan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia Menteri,Ahmad Shabery Cheek yang semalam dipetik sebagai berkata bahawa ada "sebuah negeri" yang bersembunyi di sebalik dasar meritokrasi dengan secara halus mendiskriminasi orang Melayu.
"Mereka tidak mengatakan ia secara terang-terangan - bahawa tempat ini adalah hanya untuk bangsa kita, dan orang Melayu tidak boleh datang ke sini.
"Tetapi mereka menggunakan pendekatan tertentu di mana, akhirnya, hanya satu kaum akan menikmati (pembangunan) dan ini adalah satu bentuk perkauman halus," Ahmad Shabery Cheek dipetik sebagai berkata dalam Umno Online.
Shabery tidak secara khusus menyebut Pulau Pinang tetapi ia adalah satu-satunya negeri yang majoriti penduduk bukan Melayu atau bumiputera dan kerajaan pimpinan DAP itu telah penyokong kuat meritokrasi.
'Pulau Pinang bukan saja mengenai meritokrasi'
Zairil menafikan tuduhan yang tidak berasas itu, sambil berkata kerajaan Pakatan di Pulau Pinang tidak semata-mata mempromosikan dasar meritokrasi tetapi juga dasar-dasar berasaskan keperluan.
"Sebagai contoh, kita memberikan bantuan kebajikan kepada semua keluarga yang berpendapatan isi rumah di bawah RM790 sebulan. Ini adalah yang tertinggi di Malaysia.
"Keluarga Melayu merupakan sebahagian besar daripada penerima kerana mereka adalah yang paling miskin dan paling memerlukannya, bukan kerana mereka adalah orang Melayu," katanya.
Beliau berkata satu lagi contoh ialah projek-projek kerajaan negeri di mana 70 peratus daripada kerja2 projek dapat kepada kontraktor bumiputera walaupun ia berdasarkan tender terbuka.
"Ini bermakna bahawa tidak ada masalah dengan kontraktor Melayu bersaing dengan orang lain.
"Hanya kerana ada orang2 UMNO yang tidak berjaya memperolehi kontrak kerana mereka tidak berdaya saing, itu bukan masalah kami," katanya.
Begitu juga, beliau berkata, ini juga dicerminkan dalam dasar perumahan di negeri ini yang mensasarkan golongan pertengahan dan golongan berpendapatan rendah di mana orang Melayu juga akan mendapat manfaat.
"Kami mengamalkan keadilan melalui kerajaan yang telus dan bertanggungjawab," katanya.
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Pak Samad: Jangan taksub 'Melayu terancam'...
Katanya, masyarakat perlu memahami bahawa Malaysia diperintah oleh seorang pemimpin Melayu yang turut mewakili parti yang dikatakan memperjuangkan bangsa itu.
Oleh itu, beliau hairan kerana masih timbul dakwaan dakwaan masih timbul bahawa kedudukan orang Melayu kini terancam, katanya yang lebih mesra dengan panggilan Pak Samad.
"Saya harapkan masyarakat Melayu janganlah terlalu taksub dengan hebahan bahawa orang Melayu sedang terancam.
Macam mana orang Melayu terancam? Macam mana agama, Melayu terancam apabila orang yang berkuasa di atas adalah orang Melayu selama lima dekad. Apa yang dia buat duduk di atas selama lima dekad itu?
"Kalau kedudukannya itu tidak mampu membuat orang Melayu berfikir secara waras, keluar (turun) sahaja.
“Biar orang Melayu lain (yang tadbir). Dia tadbir lima dekad. Bukan satu dekad," katanya dalam satu temubual dengan Malaysiakini.
Kebimbangan seperti itu antara lainnya dibangkitkan oleh anggota majlis tertinggi Umno, Tan Sri Ibrahim Abu Shah yang percaya orang Melayu tidak akan dapat menguasai pentadbiran sekiranya Umno dan BN tewas dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang.
Perkara sama turut dibangkitkan oleh Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek yang dilaporkan mendakwa orang Melayu kini berasa tidak dialu-alukan di sebuah negeri yang dipimpin sebuah parti pembangkang.
Walau tidak menyatakan parti khusus, beliau dipercayai membayangkan negeri Pulau Pinang yang diterajui DAP.- mk
Penang inherited poor Malays from BN...
He added that since Pakatan Rakyat took over from BN in 2008, it has worked hard to uplift the poor, many of whom are Malays.
"It's a shame that Malays remain so poor in Penang after 50 years of BN rule - this is a situation we inherited and we are trying our best to help the poor," he told Malaysiakini.
He was responding to Communications and Multimedia Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek (right)
who was yesterday quoted as saying that a "particular state" was hiding
behind the policy of meritocracy in order to subtly discriminate
Malays."They don't say it outright - that this place is only for our race, and the Malays cannot come here.
"But they use certain approaches where, eventually, only one race will enjoy (the development) and this is a form of subtle racism," he was quoted as saying in Umno Online.
Shabery did not specifically mention Penang but it is the only state which majority population is not Malay or bumiputera and its DAP-led government has been a strong proponent of meritocracy.
'Penang not only about meritocracy'
Calling the claim baseless, Zairil said the Pakatan government in Penang does not purely promote meritocratic policies but also need-based policies.
"For example we give welfare aid to all families with household income below RM790 a month. This is the highest in Malaysia.
"Malay
families form the bulk of recipients because they are the poorest and
need it the most, not because they are Malays," he said.He said another example was state government projects where 70 percent of them go to bumiputera contractors even though it is based on open tender.
"That means that there is no problem with Malay contractors competing with others.
"Just because Umno people lose their contracts due to their uncompetitiveness, that's not our problem," he said.
Likewise, he said this is also reflected in the state's housing policies which target middle and lower income groups where Malays would also stand to benefit.
"We practise fairness and justice through a transparent and accountable government," he said.- mk
People of Selangor - UMNO, MCA and GERAKAN only take care of their cronies and friends. they dont care about the poor. Everyone of them in politic because of self $$$ interest. this is BN
mushiro - Zairil, you are slightly wrong. Penang DAP inherited the very poor Malays and the other states inherited poor Malays. UMNO's 56 years rule and with the NEP of 40 years created only very very filthy rich Umnoputras. These Umnoputras only know to siphon money through negotiated overinflated projects, grants and embezzlement.
Anonymous #03913649 - I thnk UMNO/BN need to learn from Penang Govt....Don't be shy UMNO/BN if you failed in the past 60 years ...ask for helping hand !!! Penang Govt will show you how to help the Malays..
Shabery's cheeky remark calculated mischief...
DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang has slammed
Communication and Multimedia Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek and other Umno
leaders for their "Chinese bashing" over the past week, asking if it is
a prelude to the coming Umno meet.
"The question many are asking is whether another ferocious bout of Chinese-bashing is in the works - just like the orgy of Chinese-bashing immediately after the 13th general elections," said Lim in his speech today.
He was referring to Shabery's (right) claim that Malays now feel unwelcome
in an opposition-run state, insinuating DAP-held Penang, and Umno
supreme council member Ibrahim Abu Shah warning that Malays may never rule again should BN lose power.
Lim said such remarks were "twisted, irresponsible, dangerous and wicked", and "calculated" to create havoc.
"These were variations of a constant theme of the rhetoric and politics of hatred, intolerance and extremism that has haunted Malaysia - that Malays and Islam are under siege, that the end of Umno rule would mean the end of Malay political power, that the Chinese are out to grab the political power of the Malays and make the Malays the 'refugees' in their own land, that the country would be turned into a Christian Malaysia - which are not only wild, baseless, far-fetched but downright mischievous, malicious, vile and seditious as calculated to cause maximum unrest and havoc in the country," he said.
Umno
vice president and Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein confirming
that the upcoming Umno assembly will discuss the relevance of
maintaining the Chinese school system, said Lim, is further evidence that race will take centrestage.
Lim, who is Gelang Patah MP, said it was therefore refreshing that in contrast to Umno leaders, Lembah Pantai MP and PKR vice president Nurul Izzah Anwar has launched her book 'Masa Depan, Masa Kita' in Chinese.
"This is particularly significant as recent years have witnessed an unprecedented upsurge of the rhetoric and politics of hatred, intolerance and extremism causing the worst racial and religious polarization for over four decades.
"We must take heart that the voices of hatred, extremism and intolerance come from a raucous minority," he added in his speech for the launch of Nurul Izzah's book in Kuala Lumpur. - mk
"The question many are asking is whether another ferocious bout of Chinese-bashing is in the works - just like the orgy of Chinese-bashing immediately after the 13th general elections," said Lim in his speech today.
He was referring to Shabery's (right) claim that Malays now feel unwelcome
in an opposition-run state, insinuating DAP-held Penang, and Umno
supreme council member Ibrahim Abu Shah warning that Malays may never rule again should BN lose power.Lim said such remarks were "twisted, irresponsible, dangerous and wicked", and "calculated" to create havoc.
"These were variations of a constant theme of the rhetoric and politics of hatred, intolerance and extremism that has haunted Malaysia - that Malays and Islam are under siege, that the end of Umno rule would mean the end of Malay political power, that the Chinese are out to grab the political power of the Malays and make the Malays the 'refugees' in their own land, that the country would be turned into a Christian Malaysia - which are not only wild, baseless, far-fetched but downright mischievous, malicious, vile and seditious as calculated to cause maximum unrest and havoc in the country," he said.
Umno
vice president and Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein confirming
that the upcoming Umno assembly will discuss the relevance of
maintaining the Chinese school system, said Lim, is further evidence that race will take centrestage.Lim, who is Gelang Patah MP, said it was therefore refreshing that in contrast to Umno leaders, Lembah Pantai MP and PKR vice president Nurul Izzah Anwar has launched her book 'Masa Depan, Masa Kita' in Chinese.
"This is particularly significant as recent years have witnessed an unprecedented upsurge of the rhetoric and politics of hatred, intolerance and extremism causing the worst racial and religious polarization for over four decades.
"We must take heart that the voices of hatred, extremism and intolerance come from a raucous minority," he added in his speech for the launch of Nurul Izzah's book in Kuala Lumpur. - mk
Stop obsessing about Malays under threat...
National
laureate A Samad Said had advised the Malay community not to be
obsessed over claims by certain quarters that Malays were under threat.
Samad said despite claims of a growing threat against the community, the country's leadership has remained in the hands of Malays and is still led by a party which claims to represent the Malay community.
The
well-respected writer, who is fondly known as Pak Samad, said it was
peculiar that allegations of Malays being under threat are constantly
played up.
"I hope the Malay community is not too obsessed about claims that Malays are under threat.
"How are Malays under threat? How can religion (Islam) and Malays be threatened when those in power have been Malay for over five decades?
"What have they (Malay leaders) been doing for five decades (if Malays can be under threat)?" he said.
In an apparent reference to Umno, Samad said if the country’s more than five-decade-old Malay leadership cannot put the Malay community at ease, then it should surrender power.
"Let other Malays (rule). They (Umno) have been there for five decades, not one decade," he told Malaysiakini in an interview.
Dark future
Yesterday, Communications and Multimedia Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek alluded that the Pakatan Rakyat Penang government was subtly discriminating Malays in the state.
He had accused the state government of hiding behind meritocracy policies to discriminate the Malay community.
"They don't say it outright - that this place is only for our race, and the Malays cannot come here.
"But they use certain approaches where, eventually, only one race will enjoy (the development) and this is a form of subtle racism," he was quoted as saying in Umno Online.
Umno supreme council member Ibrahim Abu Shah had also urged Malays to unite ahead of the next general election to ensure that the party remains relevant.
According to him, if Umno was defeated at the next general election, the future of Malays would be "dark and unfortunate". - mk
Samad said despite claims of a growing threat against the community, the country's leadership has remained in the hands of Malays and is still led by a party which claims to represent the Malay community.
The
well-respected writer, who is fondly known as Pak Samad, said it was
peculiar that allegations of Malays being under threat are constantly
played up."I hope the Malay community is not too obsessed about claims that Malays are under threat.
"How are Malays under threat? How can religion (Islam) and Malays be threatened when those in power have been Malay for over five decades?
"What have they (Malay leaders) been doing for five decades (if Malays can be under threat)?" he said.
In an apparent reference to Umno, Samad said if the country’s more than five-decade-old Malay leadership cannot put the Malay community at ease, then it should surrender power.
"Let other Malays (rule). They (Umno) have been there for five decades, not one decade," he told Malaysiakini in an interview.
Dark future
Yesterday, Communications and Multimedia Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek alluded that the Pakatan Rakyat Penang government was subtly discriminating Malays in the state.
He had accused the state government of hiding behind meritocracy policies to discriminate the Malay community.
"They don't say it outright - that this place is only for our race, and the Malays cannot come here.
"But they use certain approaches where, eventually, only one race will enjoy (the development) and this is a form of subtle racism," he was quoted as saying in Umno Online.
Umno supreme council member Ibrahim Abu Shah had also urged Malays to unite ahead of the next general election to ensure that the party remains relevant.
According to him, if Umno was defeated at the next general election, the future of Malays would be "dark and unfortunate". - mk
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