KUCHING, 28 Julai -- Reaksi Ketua Umum Pakatan Harapan (PH) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim ketika menyampaikan ucapan pada Majlis Makan Malam 'Harapan Sarawak Baru' malam ini.
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KUALA LUMPUR— The position of finance minister should go to the best qualified candidate regardless of race, said PKR president Datuk Seti Anwar Ibrahim.
Responding to the suggestion raised during the Malay Dignity Congress yesterday, the former finance minister said the holder’s ethnicity should not matter so long as he did not sideline any community.
“The finance minister must be a person who is qualified, a competent professional, who cares for the Malays and Bumi, and cares for all Malaysians,” he told reporters in the lobby of Parliament today.
On Sunday, PAS’ Pasir Mas MP Ahmad Fadhli Shaari demanded that key portfolios and official positions be reserved for Malays and Muslims, specifically those of the Sunni denomination of Islam.
The positions are prime minister, deputy prime minister, finance minister, home minister, education minister and the attorney general (AG).
Currently, the finance minister is Lim Guan Eng and the AG is Tan Sri Tommy Thomas.
Despite contemporary claims that non-Malay holders of the positions were unprecedented, Malaysia’s first and second finance minister were Tun Henry Lee Hau Shik and Tun Tan Siew Sin.
However, they are the only non-Malays to have held the position prior to Lim.
Anwar also denied that he had not been invited to attend yesterday’s congress but conceded that the invitation only came after the snub had been perceived last week.
“By then, I already had programmes in Port Dickson,” said Anwar of his federal constituency. -MALAY MAIL
Azmin: Govt prepared to consider some Malay Dignity Congress demands
KUALA LUMPUR: The government is prepared to listen to and consider some of the demands made by the Malay Dignity Congress on Sunday (Oct 6), says Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali.
“As mentioned by the Prime Minister, these are the sentiments and feelings of the Malay community.
“As a responsible government, we will listen to all Malaysians.
“The Prime Minister and ministers have dialogues and meetings with all groups.
“In that context, the feelings of the Malay community was translated into the form of document that had been submitted to the Prime Minister.
“We will listen and see what the demands are, and some of them can and will be considered, ” Azmin told the media at the Parliament lobby on Monday (Oct 7).
The Malay Dignity Congress, which was attended by prominent leaders from both sides of the political divide, had demands across five general areas.
The five general areas were separated into religion, politics, the economy, education, and culture.
Among the resolutions proposed by Pasir Mas MP Ahmad Fadhli Shaari at the gathering under the religion cluster were calls for top government positions to be held only by Malay-Muslims.
The PAS Youth vice-chief said that these are positions such as the Chief Justice, Attorney General and Chief Secretary to the Government.
He also said that key positions in the government, such as the prime minister, deputy prime minister, mentris besar, chief ministers, as well as the finance, education, defence and home ministries, should be headed by Malay-Muslims.
Asked if he agreed with the demands to close down vernacular schools, Azmin said those were among the many issues, adding that “the media should not harp on the issue alone”.
“Let the government study the proposals and issues raised by the group and we will respond to that, ” he added. – THE STAR
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