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Thursday, January 8, 2015

UM BAN WILL ALSO INCREASE NO. OF LOW-IQ GRADS: Unconstitutional to bar staff from political activities - Surendran

I refer to UM's move to ban staff from organising 'political activities', as stated in a circular dated 23 Dec 2014.
This ban is unconstitutional and a serious threat to academic freedom.
Higher education teaching personnel and other staff are entitled to exercise their fundamental rights just like any other citizen. Article 10(1) of the Federal Constitution guarantees the right to freedom of speech and association. Organising or participating in political
activities is thus protected as freedom of association.
The UM circular is thus in blatant breach of the provisions of Article 10(1).
The UM administration cannot by circular take away from their staff what is guaranteed by the Federal Constitution!
It is particularly shocking that UM as the premier university in the country has disregarded UN standards and guidelines. Unesco recommendations provide that higher education teaching personnel ' should not be hindered or impeded in exercising their civil rights as citizens'.
Further, the ban goes even further than the restrictive UUCA 1971 which, through amendments passed in 2012, now allows students to carry out political activities outside campus.
We call upon the UM administration not to make a laughing stock of the university and of higher education in Malaysia. The circular must be withdrawn immediately, and academic freedom upheld and respected.
N Surendran
MP for Padang Serai,
Political Bureau Member, Keadilan

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