by Joseph Sipalan Malaysiakini 13.10.2010
DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang today challenged MCA’s ministers to take a clear stand and demand for action to be taken against two headmasters charged for racism and the closure of the National Civics Bureau (BTN).
He said Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had already given them the green light to make their position known, when the latter said that MCA should be given “space” within the BN coalition when officiating at their annual general meeting last weekend.
“Here you have the prime minister saying ‘give space to MCA’, and although he said that, you don’t see any MCA minister daring to stand up to make a clear stand to demand that action must be taken against the two headmasters,” Kit Siang (right) said at a press conference in the Parliament lobby.
“Even after Umno gave space to MCA, they don’t use the space. I call on MCA ministers to demand that action be taken against the headmasters and close down the BTN, which is a poisonous anti-Malaysia organisation.”
Lim also took a swipe at federal chief secretary Mohd Sidek Hassan, saying the top civil servant contradicted the statement by Parliament speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia, who when rejecting an emergency motion tabled by Lim on Monday, said he was informed by both the Education Ministry and Public Services Department that disciplinary action was on-going against the two headmasters.
Mohd Sidek (right) said yesterday that the government needs to follow proper procedure in dealing with the two headmasters and the BTN official, but would not say whether the trio had been found guilty or disciplined.
“This makes a mockery of the government transformation plan, when two months have elapsed and no action (has been taken) against the two headmasters. Two months and nothing has been done.
“Here the chief secretary declined to say whether they committed any breach of discipline. Has the speaker been misinformed? “If the speaker is misinformed, then Parliament is misinformed and the chief secretary must be hauled up to Parliament to be disciplined himself,” he said.