Harsh actions or crude statements made against the spirit of Barisan Nasional (BN) policies and practices must be stopped immediately if it wants to survive the next General Election (GE).
MCA Religious Harmony Bureau Chairman Datuk Sri Ti Lian Ker in a statement today said if such action continues, BN will soon disintegrate, and extremism will rule the day.
He added that one of the demonstrators Munaliza Hamzah was a Barisan Nasional candidate who lost to PKR's Taman Medan assemblywoman Haniza Talha in the 2008 GE.
“There is no law forbidding others to practice their religion in an area consisting of mainly Malays or Muslims majority. Similarly we do not want East Malaysian Christians to protest against Islamic practices in a constituency that is populated largely by Christians.
“Munaliza Hamzah, a protestor as reported by an online news portal being a candidate for BN must know the bottom line in her political posturing. How can she represent BN to seek public office if she cannot respect the Constitutional guarantees that she is suppose to uphold and safeguard as a Wakil Rakyat if elected?
“It is time BN exercise 'the whip' to put the party back to its order. Any waywardness must be cautioned or disciplined,” he said in a statement today.
READ: Taman Medan cross protest not seditious, says IGP
He added that MCA is urging for Umno to take actions on Munalisa as an example that Umno upholds the Consitutional rights of other freedoms to practice their religion.
“I called upon IGP (Inspector-General of Police) to investigate this travesty immediately irrespective of whether the perpetrators are from Umno, Pas or PKR.
“For BN to win, component parties must be mindful of their actions that may affect other component parties adversely,” said Ti Lian who also a MCA Central Committee Member.
Ti Lian was commenting on a group of 50 people who had gathered to protest the sign of cross outside a shop lot used as a church in Taman Medan.
The group had demanded for the cross to be taken down and argued that the sign influence the minds of the younger residents there.
Mariah Ahmad
Mon Apr 20 2015
TI LIAN KER: All thuggish, brutish actions or crude statements against the spirit must be stopped if BN wants to survive the next GE.
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