DAP today called on the government to establish an all party-cum- non-governmental organisations like a national youth service commission to study the recently proposed national service for Malaysian youths.

The party's national chairperson Lim Kit Siang said the commission can make recommendations to ensure that the proposed program does not "degenerate into a national disservice or Barisan Nasional service".

"This is imperative as there has not been sufficient national debate or consensus as to the real purpose and objective of the national service," Lim said in a press statement today.

"The Cabinet also cannot ignore the fact that two opposition parties, PAS and Keadilan, have openly declared their opposition to the BN's concept of national service," he added.

Recently, the Cabinet Committee on National Service has proposed that all Malaysians reaching the age of 18 be required to undergo six months of national service.