“How can the colour of one’s skin be used to determine citizenship in M’sia?”
By Prof Ramasamy Palanisamy
SOMETIMES I wonder as to whether there is any difference between some of our elected representatives and the former diehard proponents of the apartheid system in South Africa.
Maran MP Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Muttalib recently asked a few questions in the Parliament as to whether there is a skin colour criteria to the provision of citizenship, whether the Chinese new villages are infested by communists and if the DAP government in Penang asked for the ban on azan (Muslim call for prayer) in Penang.
It is strange that after more than six decades of independence, the country being a signatory to various United Nation (UN) conventions on human rights, having opposed the apartheid system in South Africa and defender of other emancipation movements, a sitting MP not surprisingly a PAS member, has the temerity to raise such obnoxious if not downright stupid questions.
Such questions raise doubts not just about his education and exposure but, more importantly as to why he gravitated from UMNO to PAS.
If the green wave is sourced from the decadent ideas of Ismail and the likes of him, then how short-lived will be the bubble of the green wave. I seriously doubt that the PAS or PN leadership will shoulder the primary responsibility to discipline Ismail or even sack him from the party.
Maybe under the once-practised apartheid system in South Africa, the colour of the person’s skin had a direct bearing on citizenship.
SOMETIMES I wonder as to whether there is any difference between some of our elected representatives and the former diehard proponents of the apartheid system in South Africa.
Maran MP Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Muttalib recently asked a few questions in the Parliament as to whether there is a skin colour criteria to the provision of citizenship, whether the Chinese new villages are infested by communists and if the DAP government in Penang asked for the ban on azan (Muslim call for prayer) in Penang.
It is strange that after more than six decades of independence, the country being a signatory to various United Nation (UN) conventions on human rights, having opposed the apartheid system in South Africa and defender of other emancipation movements, a sitting MP not surprisingly a PAS member, has the temerity to raise such obnoxious if not downright stupid questions.
Such questions raise doubts not just about his education and exposure but, more importantly as to why he gravitated from UMNO to PAS.
If the green wave is sourced from the decadent ideas of Ismail and the likes of him, then how short-lived will be the bubble of the green wave. I seriously doubt that the PAS or PN leadership will shoulder the primary responsibility to discipline Ismail or even sack him from the party.
Maybe under the once-practised apartheid system in South Africa, the colour of the person’s skin had a direct bearing on citizenship.
Prof Ramasamy Palanisamy
Moreover, colour determined the place of a person or community in society, unfortunately at the lowest end.
Malaysians are not white but have different shades of skin colour. It does not take rocket science to realise that citizenship is conferred on those who are eligible and has nothing to do with the colour of their skin.
Chinese new villages were set up during the emergency to stop the communist harassment of the new villagers.
Today, many of the new villages have been transformed into thriving urban areas. For Ismail to say that there are communists in the new villages is nothing but plain stupidity. He is trying to cast racial aspersions on the hardworking and diligent Chinese community.
If he doesn’t know about the current political situation in the country, he should tender his resignation. He is not fit to be an MP. There are neither communists nor their influence in the country.
If the earlier two questions were not bad enough, his allegation against the Penang DAP government of stopping the azan was seditious and highly inflammatory. There is no such thing as absolute free speech in the Parliament.
In fact, Ismail can be prosecuted for sedition. — April 13, 2023
Prof Ramasamy Palanisamy is the state assemblyperson for Perai. He is also deputy chief minister II of Penang.
Moreover, colour determined the place of a person or community in society, unfortunately at the lowest end.
Malaysians are not white but have different shades of skin colour. It does not take rocket science to realise that citizenship is conferred on those who are eligible and has nothing to do with the colour of their skin.
Chinese new villages were set up during the emergency to stop the communist harassment of the new villagers.
Today, many of the new villages have been transformed into thriving urban areas. For Ismail to say that there are communists in the new villages is nothing but plain stupidity. He is trying to cast racial aspersions on the hardworking and diligent Chinese community.
If he doesn’t know about the current political situation in the country, he should tender his resignation. He is not fit to be an MP. There are neither communists nor their influence in the country.
If the earlier two questions were not bad enough, his allegation against the Penang DAP government of stopping the azan was seditious and highly inflammatory. There is no such thing as absolute free speech in the Parliament.
In fact, Ismail can be prosecuted for sedition. — April 13, 2023
Prof Ramasamy Palanisamy is the state assemblyperson for Perai. He is also deputy chief minister II of Penang.
The PN Government was willing to self-destruct the MM2H scheme simply to address concerns among some Race and Religion hardliners that the high number of applicants were of a "Wrong Ethnicity".
ReplyDeletePAS and PN don't really consider the overall National Interest, what benefits the Nation, it's all about Race and Religion.
1) "For Ismail to say that there are communists in the new villages is nothing but plain stupidity."
ReplyDeleteComment: Dear Prof, it is NOT a case of stupidity. This is a deliberate move to create racial tension. We know PAS members feel invincible thus, they feel free to utter seditious and race baiting statements. Will there be any action against Ismail? Wait long, long.
2) "his allegation against the Penang DAP government of stopping the azan was seditious and highly inflammatory. There is no such thing as absolute free speech in the Parliament.
In fact, Ismail can be prosecuted for sedition. — April 13, 2023
Comment: again, will he be arrested for fanning racial and religious sentiments? Malaysia Madani will remain as quiet as a church mouse!