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  • Write To MP Against Upcoming Reserved Election

    Write To MP Against Upcoming Reserved Election

    Earlier today, I wrote an e-mail to my MP and Speaker of Parliament, Mdm Halimah Yacob, to express my total disagreement on the coming Reserved Presidential Election.

    Even though I know that what I wrote to her maybe put aside, I still feel that as her resident and as a Singaporean, she should know and be aware of the sentiment on the ground.

    Not all Malays are supporting this reserved Election, as it is a big insult to the community by the PAP Government.

    I will like to urge all who are against the reserved Election to write in to your MPs too.

     

    Abdul Rashid

    Reader’s Contribution

  • Ismail Kassim: Reserved Elected Presidency Is Backward Step For Multiracialism, Meritocracy And Democracy

    Ismail Kassim: Reserved Elected Presidency Is Backward Step For Multiracialism, Meritocracy And Democracy

    Thank you PM for your unsolicited gift
    But we don’t want and don’t need it
    Do you realise that your gift will only
    Reinforce the negative images of us
    And undermine our past progress

    What we want, you don’t want to give
    Full equality for our males in National Service
    And in all sectors of the Armed Forces
    Full employment opportunities for all our
    Women including the tudung-clad ones
    We have waited for 50 years for equal
    Treatment and equal opportunities
    Do we have to wait for another 50 years?

    If there has been no Malay president for
    More than four decades, whose fault is it?
    Is it the Malays, the People, or the PAP?
    If it is so important to you
    Why give SR a second term?
    Why not a Malay then?

    You have assumed that no Malay
    Can ever be elected in an open race
    But have you tried? Why not?
    After winning 70% the last round,
    Why the lack of confidence?
    Why the haste to admit defeat?
    Or maybe the gift to us is nothing more than
    Political expediency to avoid a tough opponent
    And to thwart the will of the people

    On the day a Malay assumes the EP
    Through a reserved race will be
    A Day of Shame for us and for all the people
    It will be a step backward for multiracialism
    And meritocracy and democracy

     

    Source: Ismail Kassim