KUALA LUMPUR: It is time for Malaysians to unite and back the current leadership to end corruption as well as racial and religious bigotry, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. “Remember, I need the full support of every Malaysian. It is time for Malaysia to chart a new history. “No more corruption. Stop racism and religious bigotry. Let us work together,” Anwar said to a standing ovation during a youth dialogue session at the Youth Empowerment Fair at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre here yesterday. Anwar said it was heart-warming that youth at the dialogue session supported his stand. “When I look at the innocent faces of youth, who were full of support, I’m telling you, you made my day. I love you guys,” he added. Earlier, the Prime Minister said it was fine for students to be involved in political activism as long as they did not end up as lackeys or staunch party loyalists. “You want to be an activist? Okay, but don’t be a ‘macai’ (lackey) or ‘walaun’,” he said. Walaun is a colloquial reference which describes individuals who are staunch PAS loyalists. Anwar also spoke about his experience as a student activist, which landed him two years in the Kamunting detention centre under the Internal Security Act (ISA) after he protested against rural poverty. He said the silver lining in his imprisonment was that he began reading books. “I started reading books that I didn’t read when I was at university. That is why I got a little smarter,” he added. Without naming names, Anwar also said a certain desperate leader who had fallen out of power had resorted to manipulating sensitive public issues. “He also resorted to religious bigotry without any understanding,” he said. The premier warned that stern action would be taken against those who stoked racial and religious flames. “For those expressing their opinions, we will protect your rights. “But those who are playing up racial and religious issues, dividing the people, and instigating violence – I will take stern action,” Anwar said. Last Friday, after chairing a Cabinet meeting, Anwar said he had ordered security forces to be on high alert against those stirring up racial and religious rhetoric ahead of a planned “Malay Proclamation” gathering that was to be attended by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The gathering was called off after its organisers failed to secure the venue for the second time. They were also rejected for a third time yesterday. At the dialogue yesterday, Anwar fielded questions from youth in the session moderated by actress Amelia Henderson. Various issues were raised, and he committed to addressing them, including the monopoly of Touch ‘n Go in the highway toll collection system. “Touch ‘n Go has operated for more than two decades, and there were no convincing developments in its system. “We will reconsider the Touch ‘n Go monopoly,” he added.
Other issues raised were the need to improve the public transport system and cannabis legalisation, to which he said he would consider all views.
Anwar wants a stop to racism and religious bigotry
Saya orang Melayu....but seriously Tun just where are you going with this?
If this is from Muhyiddin...yes. From Hadi? Also, a yes. ....but surely you would have more sense than to invite Malays to this event to proclaim that the Malays "menghadapi kemungkinan hilang kuasa". I am 75 Tun...and never in my life have I ever thought that the Malays "menghadapi kemungkinan hilang kuasa". Never ever...and it would be disingenuous...maybe even treasonous of you to suggest that the Malays now "menghadapi kemungkinan hilang kuasa". And the only reason for you to want to create these kinds of mischief is for personal political gain. Using race to further your own political gain, must surely be treason because it brings back shades of May 13 and the killing fields that came with May13. Are there Malays who will be with you in this endeavor to take back Malaysia from the non Malays? For sure there will be. Will there be Malays who can be whipped up into a frenzy of hate and loathing for the non-Malays to the extent that they will resort to physical violence to put the others in their place - as pendatangs to their Tanah Air? For sure there will be as there were, during May13. The line between love and hate among the Malays and the others in this wretched country of ours, alas, is so thin and fragile because that is how you have wanted it to be. And all it takes to take racial balance over the edge is for some Malay leader to do what you are doing now....ask the Malays to rally together because the Malays "menghadapi kemungkinan hilang kuasa". The Malays are not losing political power. *You, Tun M have lost political power. * The Malays have not lost their dignity. *You have lost your dignity, Tun. * The Malays have not lost their self-respect. You have lost yours. Personally, I am so, so disappointed by the things you have done after you lost your seat and your deposit in Langkawi. And, not only you, but everyone else in your Pejuang has also lost their seats and their deposit in GE15. So now there is only Putra and PAS left for you to go to. Damm dignity, damm self-respect and damm any trace of self-worth that you might still have left within you. You have now gone crawling to Hadi not to ask for help, but to beg. To beg Hadi to throw you a lifeline to save you from downing - drowning in a pool of political irrelevance that you are already drowning in.Hadi better help you Tun because God will surely not!
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