‘NEP MUST BE BASED ON NEED, NOT RACE’: AZMIN PROPOUNDS THE HARAPAN MANTRA – BUT WILL HE TAKE CONCRETE STEPS OR IS THIS ANOTHER SELF-GLORIFYING EFFORT TO GAIN ATTENTION

KUALA LUMPUR – Putrajaya’s review of the New Economic Policy (NEP) will ensure that the affirmative action is dispensed according to need rather than racial considerations, Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said today.

The minister disclosed yesterday that the government will review the technically defunct policy as part of a larger examination of previously introduced measures.

“We are still discussing the review because we strongly believe Pakatan Harapan’s economic policies should not be based on race,” he told reporters in Parliament today.

“It should be based on needs instead,” he added.

Azmin however insisted that new economic policies would not jeopardise Bumiputera rights.

“Bumiputera needs are guaranteed. We want to make sure they get their rights but we must also be fair to all Malaysians,” he added.

He said that economic distribution must be fair and just to all segments of the society.

– Malay Mail