In a statement today, its chairman P. Waytha Moorthy also called on Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin to stop reminding the non-Malays of “our promises” but to take a look into the pages of history to see how the Constitution has been manipulated.
“Hindraf is surprised by the polemics of ‘social contract’ often raised by leaders in government to further their political ambitions especially, during the annual Umno general assembly.”
Khairy had in his speech at the Umno general assembly today, reminded the non-Malays to remember the “original promise” to accept the special position of the Malays, the Malay language as the national language and the sovereignty of Malay rulers, as stated in the social contract.
Explaining that the non-Malay communities have often been branded as “anti-Malay” and “pendatang” and chided for being ungrateful for not supporting the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, Waytha said the non-Malays are in fact, assets to the country.
“Had the Indians and Chinese left in 1957, I can personally say Malaya would have been bankrupted instantly. I say these based on the documentary evidence I have seen and possessed,” he said.
Waytha then urged the Malaysian government to declassify documents pertaining to the Independence, which he alleged that the country’s first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman had colluded with the British government, by rewriting the Constitution.
Calling for an end to the “Malay Supremacy”, Waytha said the country would only progress and its society prosper, if the nation embraced an all-encompassing society where the wealth of the nation is shared by all citizens.
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