Why should Hindraf talk with MIC?
YuvanPublished: May 18, 2009 8:41 AM | Updated: May 18, 2009 8:42 AM
I refer to the Malaysiakini report MIC leaders laud ISA release, praise PM.
What else can we expect from the MIC leaders? All MIC leaders should actually feel shy about this extremely sad episode in the history of Indian Malaysians.
The Indian community cannot and will not forget the fact that it was MIC's inefficiency and complete failure to recognise and understand the needs and sentiments of the Indian community that led to the formation of Hindraf.
I do not want to take sides here but what I can say for sure is that the community was frustrated and angry with MIC (as the only political party boasting to represent the Indian community in the government).
Frustrated over its ‘lack of spine' in dealing with issues affecting the Indian community in an effective and proactive manner and that was the cause for all the ‘chaos' since November 2007.
And now, MIC leaders want Hindraf leaders to ‘sit down and discuss' their problems and grouses with the government! Sit down and discuss with who?
With the MIC leaders? What for? By doing so, MIC leaders will only take things for granted again and take the community for a ride - maybe for another 50 years!
All issues affecting the community should be dealt with by the government directly, through a high-level committee consisting of leaders from all the political parties (both ruling and opposition) representing the community and leaders from all major NGOs of the community.
This committee should be empowered to formulate policies and proposals to resolve the issues and take them direct to the prime minister and the deputy prime minister for their attention and necessary action.
The MIC should not be the only one to propose and refer matters to the government.
Any memorandum or proposal should have the consensus of all the committee members and it should be duly attested by all of them.
The process may be quite tedious but for a minority community that is plagued with deep-rooted and serious economic and social issues, solutions found in any short-cut manner and implemented as a short-term measure will only be disastrous.
What else can we expect from the MIC leaders? All MIC leaders should actually feel shy about this extremely sad episode in the history of Indian Malaysians.
The Indian community cannot and will not forget the fact that it was MIC's inefficiency and complete failure to recognise and understand the needs and sentiments of the Indian community that led to the formation of Hindraf.
I do not want to take sides here but what I can say for sure is that the community was frustrated and angry with MIC (as the only political party boasting to represent the Indian community in the government).
Frustrated over its ‘lack of spine' in dealing with issues affecting the Indian community in an effective and proactive manner and that was the cause for all the ‘chaos' since November 2007.
And now, MIC leaders want Hindraf leaders to ‘sit down and discuss' their problems and grouses with the government! Sit down and discuss with who?
With the MIC leaders? What for? By doing so, MIC leaders will only take things for granted again and take the community for a ride - maybe for another 50 years!
All issues affecting the community should be dealt with by the government directly, through a high-level committee consisting of leaders from all the political parties (both ruling and opposition) representing the community and leaders from all major NGOs of the community.
This committee should be empowered to formulate policies and proposals to resolve the issues and take them direct to the prime minister and the deputy prime minister for their attention and necessary action.
The MIC should not be the only one to propose and refer matters to the government.
Any memorandum or proposal should have the consensus of all the committee members and it should be duly attested by all of them.
The process may be quite tedious but for a minority community that is plagued with deep-rooted and serious economic and social issues, solutions found in any short-cut manner and implemented as a short-term measure will only be disastrous.
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