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  • Mohamed Jufrie: Takkanlah Presiden Bertudung Tapi Sesetengah Jawatan Lain Tidak Dibenarkan Kerana ‘Problematic’

    Mohamed Jufrie: Takkanlah Presiden Bertudung Tapi Sesetengah Jawatan Lain Tidak Dibenarkan Kerana ‘Problematic’

    Terdapat harapan di sebahagian masyarakat Melayu Islam agar isu-isu yang membelenggu masyarakat kita itu, seperti pemakain tudung, diskriminasi dalam perkhidmatan negara dan banyak lagi, akan terhurai semasa tempuh perkhidmatan seorang Presiden Melayu Islam.
    Jika benar berlaku ia akan memberi makna kepada pindaan perlembagaan yang memberi giliran kepada masyarakat minoriti menyandang jawatan tertinggi negara itu.
    Sangat anih dan menghampakan jika peluang yang diberi ini tidak membuahkan perubahan yang diharapkan dan ianya hanya untuk dipamir-pamirkan kepada dunia tentang kewujudan masyarakat berbilang bangsa di Singapura.
    Takkanlah presiden bertudung tetapi sesetengah jawatan lain tidak dibenarkan pemakain tudung kerana akan menimbulkan masalah (problematic kata mereka)? Dan presiden seorang Melayu Islam tetapi masyarakat Melayu Islam didiskriminasi dalam angkatan bersenjata? Lucukan?
    Sama-samalah kita tunggu dan lihat. Tariklah nafas panjang-panjang dan urut dada sementara menanti. Bukankah penantian seperti ini, yang berdekad-dekad lamanya, satu penyiksaan batin?

     

    Source: Mohamed Jufrie Bin Mahmood

  • Damanhuri Abas: If There Is No By-Election In MYT GRC, The Malays Are Triple Short-Changed

    Damanhuri Abas: If There Is No By-Election In MYT GRC, The Malays Are Triple Short-Changed

    If there is no By-Election in MYT GRC, the Malays are triple short-changed.

    1. Our race used for EP reserved justification when in reality it don’t matter to us as we were never honestly asked for nor about it. It is all about preventing Dr TCB his last shot not about us lah (jangan shiok sendrik). We are used BIG time guys.

    2. End up now we probably will get a genetically bad-deal, you know what i mean. I know of someone who could have made it (the re-EP) at least all worth while (true blue Malay, my takraw buddy in campus, me NUS and he NTU, very good man) but it was not meant to be i guess.

    3. Race card evoked and the PAP got a 2 year free-Malay (minority) ride for a GRC with a substantial number of Malays in Marsiling. This proves once again this Minority representation thingey is but a convenient bogeyman wagged on command to serve political ends.

    Kudos to us the Malays. 52 years on. We got it made bro.

    Fortunately there is God and HIS justice!!! There ain’t No free ride up there bros. Patient i am and in God i put my trust and whose help i seek, for this country and the truly multi-racial people in it that we love and want to see.

    Happy National Day my fellow Singaporeans.

     

    Source: Damanhuri Bin Abas

  • No By-Election If Mdm President Halimah Yacob (Minority MP) Leaves GRC, Explained Chan Chun Sing

    No By-Election If Mdm President Halimah Yacob (Minority MP) Leaves GRC, Explained Chan Chun Sing

    If a minority candidate leaves his group representation constituency (GRC), a by-election will not be called, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Chan Chun Sing said in February 2017.

    That was the response he gave to the opposition Workers’ Party’s Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied GRC), who wanted to know what would happen if a minority member of a GRC were to step down to run for presidency.

    Mr Singh specifically used Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob as an example in his question.

    As most Singaporeans have known, Madam Halimah, the minority member of Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, has been tipped as a potential candidate for the upcoming election, which is reserved for Malays since months ago.

    Mr Chan said that when Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong explained the GRC system in Parliament decades back, he said its intent was to achieve two purposes:

    One, to ensure enough minority members in the House. This, Mr Chan said, had been achieved over the years.

    Two, to ensure no political campaign on issues of race and religion, “that we will all, regardless of party lines, campaign on the basis that we are all Singaporeans, that we will not use race, language or religion for political reasons”, Mr Chan said.

    Elected members are also expected to serve all residents, regardless of race, language and religion.

    These key goals would not be affected if one member of the GRC left, Mr Chan added.

     

    Source: http://www.straitstimes.com

  • Halimah Yacob: My Father Is Indian, I’m Malay

    Halimah Yacob: My Father Is Indian, I’m Malay

    PAP MP Halimah Yacob spoke to state media Straits Times distancing herself from her Indian father by insisting that she is Malay and that she qualifies to stand for President:

    “I have been certified as a member of the Malay community four times in the past general elections: in 2015, 2011, 2006 and 2001.”

    However the half Indian-Malay PAP MP has an Indian father and a Malay mother, and hence she should be defined as a minority race, thereby disqualifying her from the racist Presidential election reserved for only the Malays. In fact, the Malay culture dictates that children of mixed marriages follow their father’s race and not their mother. This further disqualifies Halimah Yacob as a Malay.

    A minority group comprises of Indians and mixed blood like Eurasians. Under Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s newly-written Constitution, S R Nathan’s two-time presidency exhausted the turns of minority races. Also, according to Malay welfare group Mendaki, mixed blood Indian-Malays do not fall under the “Malay” category and these mixed blood were referred to the Indian welfare group Sinda.

    Although PAP MP Halimah Yacob qualified as a Malay candidate in four general election occasions under the PAP GRC ticket, it appears her identity card does not specify “Malay”.

    Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong broke the Constitution demanding that a racist election be held that disqualify candidates by their race. The dictator made arrangements to re-write the Constitution to his interpretation and pushed for his preferred PAP candidate, Halimah Yacob to contest.

    However, the clumsy Prime Minister made a serious mistake without checking that Haliamh Yacob actually belongs to the minority race. The dictator PM had to revise the definition of “Malay” for Halimah Yacob to qualify. According to the Lee Hsien Loong-controlled presidential committee, any non-Malay who identifies as a “Malay” and “belong” to the Malay community will be a Malay.

    Halimah Yacob is Lee Hsien Loong’s first choice as she is a woman and she wears a tudung in office. The Singapore dictator wants to be praised for letting the first Muslim woman become a head of state for the country.

     

    Source: http://statestimesreview.com

  • Flashback 1988: Definition of Malay Was Debated In Parliament (In The Context Of GRC System)

    Flashback 1988: Definition of Malay Was Debated In Parliament (In The Context Of GRC System)

    The issue on the definition of Malay was debated earlier in Parliament (in the context of the GRC system) back in 1988.

    It was an exchange involving Goh Chok Tong, Chiam See Tong and Ahmad Mattar.

     

    Part of the excerpt read;

    Can a Maori be a “Malay” Member of Parliament? Will the day come when five Europeans enter the Singapore Parliament as “Malay” MPs?

    Opposition MP Chiam See Tong posed these questions to his Select Committee colleagues as he questioned the revised definition of a Malay in the Team MP legislation.

    First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong’s reply: Anyone who feels he is part of the Malay community and is accepted by the community as such can be a “Malay” MP.

    “If indeed five Europeans are accepted by members of the Malay community to be members of the community, they will be so put up by the community as candidates, because they are regarded as members of that community,” he said.

    The same goes for even a Maori, said Mr Goh.

     

    In another part;

    If the day came when five or seven such Europeans entered Parliament as “Malay” MPs, he asked, where was the minority representation the GRCs were meant to ensure?

    Dr Mattar told him that Malay candidates must first be cleared by the Malay Community Committee.

    “If the Malay community thinks that it is best represented by the Europeans, so be it. I do not think it will happen,” he said.

    Mr Sidek said that while the revised definition embraced other races, the real objectives was to avoid complaints from groups like the Banjaris or Achenese, who were not included in the original definition.

     

    Also;

    Mr Goh pointed out that the purpose of the GRCs was to ensure Malay representation in Parliament and the definition was crafted to include anyone who believes he is part of the community and is accepted as such by it.

    He said that if Europeans are accepted as members of the Malay community, they are free to stand as “Malay” candidates.

    “If the Malay community is happy, who are we to say they should not represent them? Because they are regarded by the Malay community as members of the Malay community.”

     

    Source: Abdul Rohim Sarip