Annual report cards on MPs
Susan LoonePublished: Jan 11, 2001 10:18 AM | Updated: Jan 29, 2008 6:21 PM
The Malaysian Chinese Organisation Election Appeals Committee (Suqiu) will be conducting annual performance reports on members of parliament, said its chairperson Quek Suan Hiang.
To be launched at the end of the year, the exercise is Suqiu's next strategy as political observers since the last general election.
All the 193 MPs will be subjected to the annual performance appraisal, said Quek at Suqiu's first anniversary celebrations at the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall today.
They will receive a questionnaire on what they have done for their constituency. Their reports will then be compiled and evaluated according to the 17-point election appeals, said Quek.
Several non-governmental organisations will be roped in to help out in the compilation. A qualitative study will then be submitted to the government for review.
[#1]Suqiu[/#] launched its 17-point election appeals last year. The main objective of the agenda was to raise the concern of Chinese organisations on issues of equality between ethnic communities, democracy, human rights and judicial autonomy.
Only two endorsements
However, only DAP and Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM) have endorsed the appeals.
"Barisan Nasional has not endorsed our election appeals although MCA, Gerakan and Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) have agreed with us in principle," said Suqiu secretary-general Ser Choon Ing.
To a malaysiakini query on whether BN's reservations were due to the appeals being raised by only one ethnic group, Ser pointed out that although Suqiu's members are Chinese, the issues it raised were of national significance.
"Take the recent (Sungai Besi) cemetery issue, for example. It concerned several ethnic and religious groups," said Ser ([#2]Sungai Besi cemetery project being revived, claims SCAH[/#], June 21).
"We do not care who raises the issue or solves the problem as long as something is done for the people," he added.
Ser said that Suqiu was happy that Works Minister and MIC chief S Samy Vellu raised the cemetery issue at the Cabinet meeting although they had expected MCA to do the job ([#3]MIC leader receives rare honour from opposition MPs[/#], July 24).
Suqiu members lobbied MPs outside the parliament last month and gave them questionnaires to find out their views on the need to prevent the relocation of the Sungai Besi cemeteries as well as the proposal to turn the area into a historical site.
Only seven BN MPs responded - five out of 32 from MCA, one out of 11 from PBB (Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu) and one out of seven from Gerakan - compared with nine out of 10 DAP MPs and eight out of 27 PAS MPs.
To be launched at the end of the year, the exercise is Suqiu's next strategy as political observers since the last general election.
All the 193 MPs will be subjected to the annual performance appraisal, said Quek at Suqiu's first anniversary celebrations at the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall today.
They will receive a questionnaire on what they have done for their constituency. Their reports will then be compiled and evaluated according to the 17-point election appeals, said Quek.
Several non-governmental organisations will be roped in to help out in the compilation. A qualitative study will then be submitted to the government for review.
[#1]Suqiu[/#] launched its 17-point election appeals last year. The main objective of the agenda was to raise the concern of Chinese organisations on issues of equality between ethnic communities, democracy, human rights and judicial autonomy.
Only two endorsements
However, only DAP and Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM) have endorsed the appeals.
"Barisan Nasional has not endorsed our election appeals although MCA, Gerakan and Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) have agreed with us in principle," said Suqiu secretary-general Ser Choon Ing.
To a malaysiakini query on whether BN's reservations were due to the appeals being raised by only one ethnic group, Ser pointed out that although Suqiu's members are Chinese, the issues it raised were of national significance.
"Take the recent (Sungai Besi) cemetery issue, for example. It concerned several ethnic and religious groups," said Ser ([#2]Sungai Besi cemetery project being revived, claims SCAH[/#], June 21).
"We do not care who raises the issue or solves the problem as long as something is done for the people," he added.
Ser said that Suqiu was happy that Works Minister and MIC chief S Samy Vellu raised the cemetery issue at the Cabinet meeting although they had expected MCA to do the job ([#3]MIC leader receives rare honour from opposition MPs[/#], July 24).
Suqiu members lobbied MPs outside the parliament last month and gave them questionnaires to find out their views on the need to prevent the relocation of the Sungai Besi cemeteries as well as the proposal to turn the area into a historical site.
Only seven BN MPs responded - five out of 32 from MCA, one out of 11 from PBB (Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu) and one out of seven from Gerakan - compared with nine out of 10 DAP MPs and eight out of 27 PAS MPs.
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