The aspiration of our founding fathers was equality
The People’s Parliament
Below is a video clip containing excerpts of some of the presentations at the recently concluded Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia Roadshow in Ipoh. Many thanks to Victor Chin.
Prof Azmi Sharom appears from around minute 4.24 to a little after minute 6.
Round about minute 6 , you will catch Azmi confirming that in our Constitution, there is no such thing as Malay rights, but seemingly conceding that there are Malay privileges.
I just got off the phone with Azmi and he confirms that by ‘Malay privileges’, he had actually meant to refer to the ’special position’ of the Malays and the natives of Sabah and Sarawak as provided for under Article 153 and which, in his presentation, he had, by reference to pronouncements of our earliest political leaders, confirmed was intended to be temporary.
So, no special Malay rights and no Malay privileges.
Let’s look at two constitutional provisions to try and appreciate the difference between a constitutional conferment of a right and the ’special position’ provision of Article 153.
