Hisham, why is Bersih still outlawed?

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vox populi small thumbnail 'Will the IGP Ismail Omar tell the people how it is possible for an illegal organisation to hold a rally, whether at a stadium or otherwise?'

PM gives nod to rally in stadium

DannyLoHH: So the Umno regime agrees to meet Bersih. But wait, hasn't Bersih been outlawed by the regime? Aren't their so-called ‘members' of Bersih being charged for involvement in illegal society under the societies Act?

So, what is the status of Bersih now? Legal? Illegal? What would happened to all those detained, arrested, and charged for wearing the Bersih T-shirts, or for wearing yellow, or for not wearing yellow even but on the ground of being suspected in promoting the Bersih rally?

What about the legal status of the Bersih rally then? Is it a legal rally now? If so, doesn't that make all the wrongful arrest and all the charges, dubious charges? Kudos to PM Najib Razak for manage to land himself in so much legal hot soup with his high-handed crackdown on Bersih.

Montie: Now Najib has agreed that Bersih can hold the rally in the stadium it means Bersih is no more illegal. It has to be recognised in order that it is allowed to hold rally in the stadium, correct?

This is a real slap on the face of the Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein who harps on anyone wearing yellow T-shirt belongs to Bersih and would be arrested to protect the security of the state. Ridiculous.

Flabbergasted: The government is going to have a real problem over this, isn't it? On the one hand, it has declared Bersih an illegal organisation, on the other, it says it will consider a request to hold a rally at a stadium.

Will the IGP Ismail Omar tell the people how it is possible for an illegal organisation to hold a rally, whether at a stadium or otherwise? Or will the IGP say Bersih is now legal, therefore it can hold a rally?

Brain drain: 'Don't blame gov't alone'

Philip Khoo: Idris Jala is leading the Government Transformation Programme when he can't even read the World Bank's recent report? It's clear from the report that issues of governance, justice and the quality of life, including of education, trump the pay issue.

He thinks it's so generous to allow children of foreign spouses to go to school when the schools are in such a mess?

And now, after the repressive actions of the past week, we can be sure that many who might be thinking of coming back will think again, and many who might have thought of living will likely act on it.

Who wants to come back to, or live in, a country ruled by goons and thugs, a ruling party which lets a chief minister threaten others with violence and wants to revoke a patriotic citizen's citizenship?

Avatar1: The issue of brain drain is just not about pay or jobs or even related to any one race. Even the Malays refuse to return back to Malaysia after enjoying all the scholarships and per'ks granted to them.

As for other races, its just survival of the fittest. When the non-Malays are discriminated in the government jobs while the Malays are sidelined in the private sector, seeking elsewhere is the best option.

But then there are many other factors besides just this... Here the history books are distorted, race politics sidelines the good talents.

Fairness for all: The government is to be blamed because they started this nonsense of giving people jobs based on race. Now most companies which are Chinese-controlled do the same.

They only want to employ Chinese, even if an Indian is more qualified and more experience, the company does not care about experience. Their priority is always race, age and cheap labour. That is why we have such low-quality of people in many companies.

Look at most ads for job vacancy available, requirements are always must be able to speak Chinese, even for administrative positions. Then most companies also only want young people, failing to realise that older people are more experienced. So if you are above 40, you can forget about getting a decent job despite the vast experience you may have.

The government has encouraged racism in employment. Hence many of those who are really good and experienced end up leaving the country as they are unable to get jobs here simply because they are not the right race or age.

The Tarik: Jala, for heavens sake, don't pull wool over your eyes. The major reason for the brain drain is the social injustice practised by the government over the past three decades or so.

It is government polices like New Economic Policy (NEP), National Civics Bureau (BTN), falling standards in education, ethnic cleansing of the civil service and other ethnocentric policies that have alienated millions of young Malaysians.

It also includes the failure of the government to rein in extremists who preach hatred against minorities. It is the award of lucrative contracts by the government to rent seekers that has raised the cost of business.

It is the government policy of allowing millions of foreigners to work as cheap labour that has depressed wages. It is not the private sector, but rather years of corruption and misguided ethnocentric policies of the government that is the primary cause of the brain drain.

 


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