On 7 April 2016, Kesatuan Mahasiswa Malaysia organized a
Dialog Anak Muda (Youth’s Dialogue) at the UM Alumni Clubhouse to discuss on
the tagline of the event; “Citizen’s Declaration: Is it a Fantasy or Reality?”.
In March 2016, a movement called the Citizen’s Declaration (named Save Malaysia
campaign later on) was led by former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad; comprising
Barisan Nasional (BN) veterans, opposition leaders and human rights activists.
The movement focuses on the deteriorating political,
economic and social conditions in the country and calls for the resignation of
the premiership of Dato Seri Najib Abdullah.
During this event, Tun Dr Mahathir, Former Bersih
Chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan and Bersih 2.0 Chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah
were present on the panel of guest speakers.
Among the highlights of the dialogue, the president of
Kesatuan Mahasiswa Malaysia, Asheeq Ali questioned on the vagueness of the
movement. He opined that there is no existence of a solid structured plan after
the removal of the Prime Minister, as stipulated in the movement. This would
then cause a huge prejudice in our country.
The suggestions KMM has made in questioning the statements
of the declaration includes:
1.
The
removal of all those who have acted in concert with the Prime Minister.
Who will be identifying all those who
have acted in concert with him? There was no any vote of no confident against the
Prime Minister made by any one of the members of the parliament. Thus, everyone
in the parliament should be held responsible and accountable for the current
condition of Malaysia.
2.
A
repeal of all recent laws and agreements that violate the fundamental rights
guaranteed by the federal constitution and undermine policy choices.
I am really off the opinion that only old laws are
violating human rights. Tun,
what happened to the laws enacted during your time? Are we supposed to ignore
that? I am dare to say that the people n Malaysia had enough excess to
substantial freedom during the British Colonisation era. People were free to
express opinions on Malayan Union, Public rallies prior to the first Federal
elections held in July 1955 for a new Federal Legislative Council and an independent Commonwealth
Constitutional Commission chaired by Lord Reid is appointed in March 1956.
Since we got independence, and since UMNO came into power, Malaysians access to
human rights has been denied a little by a little.
For example, : The Sedition Act, The Official Secrets Act and the Printing Presses and Publications Act.
It controls everyone. It controls the media from revealing the true
story. It controls an individual from revealing a secret, although the secret
is about laundering millions of money. These are not new laws Tun.
Akta University dan
kolej university AUKU is another major concern of us, the students. We are not
aallowed to express anything in the compound of the university. It can be said
that university is a place to learn, but Tun, politics is also a process of learning.
In the period of 2
years, we have 71 cases all together
under AUKU. Ladies and gentleman, we, the students, fought for Wifi supply, we
fought for water supply for almost a month. Aren’t these our rights? And yet we
are sentenced under AUKU. This is completely violating human rights.
3.
A
restoration of the integrity of the institutions that have been undermined,
such as the police, the MACC, Bank Negara and the PAC.
Suruhanjaya
Pilihanraya, Attorney General chambers and SPRM have to be restored too.
Precisely, the institution need to be reformed fully. Removing the Prime
Minister is not going to change anything, because another person will be taking
over his position and the same cycle will be going on. We need the institution
to be reformed fully so that we can have a better future for Malaysia.
So today, as the
representative from Kesatuan Mahasiswa Malaysia, I would like to declare few
claims from us. This is our stand, this is our vision and we will strongly hold
on it.
1. Establishment of an independent panel to
review and audit the entire account of Government of Malaysia. This is to
ensure that not only 1MDB skandal is revealed, but also every other money
laundering scandal that is happening behind the wall of Putrajaya. This panel
must consist of both local and international experienced auditors.
2. Establishment of an independent panel to
review all the laws in Malaysia and this panel must be consist of local
representatives such as SUHAKAM and also international representative.
3. Establishment of a “coalition government
after the removal of our PM. This government will consist of representatives
from all party and this government will be in power till the next election is
being held.
4. A clean and transparent polls.
5. Restore all the human rights of the
Malaysians by abolishing all the draconian laws that violates human rights.
Let us work together
and live the real meaning of “SAVE MALAYSIA”.
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