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Resolusi diserah kepada Sultan Johor
Monday, 05 May 2008 07:09am
• Kontrak sosial paksi kuasa Melayu
• Usaha martabat kedaulatan ketuanan Melayu perlu jujur

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JOHOR BAHRU: Sultan Johor, Sultan Iskandar semalam berkenan menerima menghadap ahli jawatankuasa penganjur Kongres Permuafakatan Melayu di Istana Bukit Serene, di sini dan menerima resolusi yang dihasilkan pada akhir kongres dua hari itu.

Rombongan diketuai Ketua Satu Gabungan Persatuan Penulis Nasional Malaysia (Gapena), Tan Sri Prof Dr Ismail Hussein bersama lima ahli jawatankuasa, dibenar menyampaikan resolusi itu, termasuk piagam dan ikrar bangsa Melayu kepada Sultan Iskandar kira-kira jam 12.30 tengah hari.

Ismail pada sidang media sebelum itu, berkata beliau yang mewakili bangsa Melayu berharap Sultan Iskandar dapat membawa resolusi dan tuntutannya kepada perhatian semua Sultan dan Raja menerusi Majlis Raja-Raja.

“Saya yakin dengan adanya campur tangan Majlis Raja-Raja, resolusi itu signifikan dan boleh dikemukakan terus kepada parti pemerintah yang mempunyai kuasa eksekutif bagi melaksanakannya.

"Kita berharap resolusi kongres ini dapat sampai kepada semua pihak berkepentingan. Kita juga akan menghantar resolusi ini kepada semua parti politik Melayu, tanpa mengira ia pemerintah atau pembangkang," katanya.

Kongres itu yang bermula Jumaat lalu dihadiri 2,100 peserta mewakili 200 badan bukan kerajaan (BBK) Melayu di seluruh negara. Turut dibentangkan empat kertas kerja menyentuh isu kedaulatan politik Melayu, Perlembagaan Malaysia, kedaulatan agama, budaya dan pendidikan serta ekonomi Melayu.

Ismail berkata, kongres juga sepakat untuk menubuhkan sebuah sekretariat tetap yang dinamakan Majlis Muafakat Melayu Malaysia (MPMM) bertujuan memperjuangkan resolusi dalam mempertahankan kedaulatan Melayu.

"Penubuhan majlis ini berlaku kerana Umno dan Pas yang mewakili parti politik Melayu sudah menjadi parti nasional menyebabkan mereka tidak lagi boleh memberi tumpuan kepada orang Melayu. Namun, hasrat kami di sini bukan bersifat perkauman," katanya.


Comments (4)

Doesn't The Constitution Protect Malays?
written by Annou Xavier, 05 May, 2008 at 04:52 pm

Post 8.3.2008 tsunami, we now have a growing trend of apartheid in Malaysia with more and more Malay groups forming some what of a coalition to uphold Malay sovereignty.

1. Is this necessary when Article 8 Federal Constitution states "...all persons are equal before the law and entitled to the equal protection of the law...".

2. Our forefathers, who assisted the Reid Commission in the drafting of the Constitution, agreed that Malays shall have special position in Malaya in terms of rights, land ownership. This is entrenched in Article 153 which states the Yang Dipertuan Agong is responsible to safeguard the special positions of the Malays...

So my question is, doesn't the constipated Constitution protect the Malay rights after all??

Annou Xavier

ITS INDEED ENTRENCHED...
written by Nik Elin Zurina Bt Nik Abdul Rashid, 05 May, 2008 at 07:53 pm

Yes Annou, it is very clear that the constitution has entrenched protection of the Malay special position. And until the constitution is amended, Malay special position is here to stay, irrespective of all other races objections.

In reply to YOUR constipated question, although the Malay special position has been deeply entrenched and guaranteed in the Federal Constitution, there are STILL people who CHOOSE to question that Malay special position, thus requiring the Malays to group together to ensure that that special position is not forgotten. Our forefathers (yours and mine) had INDEED agreed that Malays shall have THAT special position.

In all honesty, Annou, I am a firm believer of equal rights for all irrespective of race, religion, faith or creed. I don't believe that any human being has a better right than another human being. I subscribe to that notion. The only thing that sets us apart is how much faith we have in the Almighty. For as long as you don't steal, rob, kill, rape, etc, you are every bit entitled to what you have worked for.

But I would leave what has been deeply entrenched in the constitution unquestioned.

As such, if someone chooses to question that "simple" special position, then I would quickly stand up to protect it as I am protecting the supremacy of the Federal Constitution and the Malay special position which is still relevant.

I believe that the orang asli's who have been here in Malaya, or whatever name this place was called then, since time immemorial, have more rights to this land than me.

According to my lineage through http://pesaka.net my forefathers were of Thai, Chinese, Turkish origin mixed together with my Malay blood (my maternal grandfather looks very much an Indian, my maternal grandmother looks every bit an Arab, my father looks very Chinese, my children look Siamese). This is due to the centuries of cross cultural inter racial marriages. I very much would encourage this. I know that religion is a constraint for you.

Perhaps Annou, we should encourage more non Malays to marry natives from Sabah and Sarawak, so that one need not have to change religion, which would make the children Bumiputras too, and have equal special position and protection.

Because soon, very soon, the Bangladeshi's, Indonesians, Myanmar are going to flood Malaysia and ask for the same position, priviledge that you are now asking us Malays to let go of.

Nik Elin Zurina Bt Nik Abdul Rashid

WE BECOME MORE RESILIENT...
written by Nik Elin Zurina Bt Nik Abdul Rashid, 05 May, 2008 at 07:58 pm

Oh forgot to add.

The more challenges that a Malay faces, the more resilient and stronger we Malays become to stand united together to protect the Constitution and hence our race.

So we have every bit to thank you for that.

Nik Elin Zurina Bt Nik Abdul Rashid

The Malay origin...
written by Nik Elin Zurina Bt Nik Abdul Rashid, 05 May, 2008 at 08:20 pm

From a page of my family website...
at
http://pesaka.net/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=331&p=8984#p8984

what my late uncle, Nik Mohamed Nik Abdul Majid wrote,

"Since the Indians and the Chinese were renowned travellers in the olden days I would postulate that the Malays were a product of the union of this two races. If you have friends that have parents from this two races (interracial marriages) you will see that they have a distinct Melayu look."

"Thats a thought. The product of this mixed marriage produces more beautiful offsprings. However, the Law of Check and Balance applies. We Melayus are generally dumber than either of the two. The coming of Arabs later on, further complicate matters. They impose strict new rules upon us."

Nik Elin Zurina Bt Nik Abdul Rashid