Wan Azizah outlines Opposition focus
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — Newly-appointed Opposition leader Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (picture) has thanked her colleagues from Parti Keadilan Rakyat, DAP and PAS for her appointment and outlined five issues that would be her main focus in the 12th Parliament.
She said the first focus would be on the economy, where the Opposition would continue to speak up against corruption and wastage to help guide Malaysia to have a more robust, poverty-free economy.
"Malaysia's economy must be safeguarded to ensure maximum growth, investor-friendliness and equitable distribution of the economic pie to all Malaysians," she said in a statement yesterday.
The second would be on harmony, she said, whereby Malaysians must continue to build genuine harmony from the country's rich diversity.
"While we will ensure that the position of the Malays will not be threatened, the rights and access to equal opportunities of the Chinese, Indians, Ibans, Kadazans and all Malaysians will be fully protected with equal vigour," she said.
Dr Wan Azizah said rebuilding the tarnished integrity of the country's judiciary would be the Opposition's third focus.
She said judicial institutions that could be relied upon to deliver judgments without fear or favour were essential for a democracy to function properly.
As for the fourth, she said this would be the media and that the Opposition would push for the Malaysian media to be given the freedom to report freely and fairly.
She said any government of the day, whether at state or federal level, must be subjected to unbiased scrutiny to ensure no abuses of power.
Dr Wan Azizah said the fifth was on human rights and in continuing to uphold human dignity and rights, laws that deprived Malaysians of their fundamental liberties should be abolished.
"Malaysians still detained without trial must be charged or released immediately, including newly-elected Kota Alam Shah state assemblyman M. Manoharan and the other four prisoners of conscience currently held in Kamunting," she said.
She said she would do her utmost to use the opportunity to move Malaysia forward while continuing to safeguard the rights of all Malaysians under the Constitution. — Bernama
Source: Bernama via The Malaysian Insider - http://themalaysianinsider.com/mni/wan-azizah-outlines-opposition-focus-in-parliament.html
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — Newly-appointed Opposition leader Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (picture) has thanked her colleagues from Parti Keadilan Rakyat, DAP and PAS for her appointment and outlined five issues that would be her main focus in the 12th Parliament.She said the first focus would be on the economy, where the Opposition would continue to speak up against corruption and wastage to help guide Malaysia to have a more robust, poverty-free economy.
"Malaysia's economy must be safeguarded to ensure maximum growth, investor-friendliness and equitable distribution of the economic pie to all Malaysians," she said in a statement yesterday.
The second would be on harmony, she said, whereby Malaysians must continue to build genuine harmony from the country's rich diversity.
"While we will ensure that the position of the Malays will not be threatened, the rights and access to equal opportunities of the Chinese, Indians, Ibans, Kadazans and all Malaysians will be fully protected with equal vigour," she said.
Dr Wan Azizah said rebuilding the tarnished integrity of the country's judiciary would be the Opposition's third focus.
She said judicial institutions that could be relied upon to deliver judgments without fear or favour were essential for a democracy to function properly.
As for the fourth, she said this would be the media and that the Opposition would push for the Malaysian media to be given the freedom to report freely and fairly.
She said any government of the day, whether at state or federal level, must be subjected to unbiased scrutiny to ensure no abuses of power.
Dr Wan Azizah said the fifth was on human rights and in continuing to uphold human dignity and rights, laws that deprived Malaysians of their fundamental liberties should be abolished.
"Malaysians still detained without trial must be charged or released immediately, including newly-elected Kota Alam Shah state assemblyman M. Manoharan and the other four prisoners of conscience currently held in Kamunting," she said.
She said she would do her utmost to use the opportunity to move Malaysia forward while continuing to safeguard the rights of all Malaysians under the Constitution. — Bernama
Source: Bernama via The Malaysian Insider - http://themalaysianinsider.com/mni/wan-azizah-outlines-opposition-focus-in-parliament.html
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