The new federal government leadership should act fast to resolve sensitive public issues to prevent them from blowing out of proportion and becoming a political dragger against Barisan Nasional.
Penang MIC youth chief M Suresh said the Putrajaya leadership under premier Najib Abdul Razak cannot afford to sweep major issues, especially those affecting the people's sensitivity, under the carpet anymore without addressing them effectively and decisively.
"Otherwise BN cannot restore public confidence on the coalition," he told a press conference after chairing the movement meeting in George Town last night.
The youth leader said Najib's cabinet, which was sworn in today, must implement comprehensive long term policies and remedies to resolve such contentious issues.
"This would thwart untoward incidents and restore public confidence in BN federal government," he said, adding that government leaders can no longer turn a blind eye on such issues.
In welcoming the appointment of Najib as the country's sixth prime minister, Suresh said the new leadership should not waste anytime and should get to the ground immediately to address and resolve all persisting issues.
"BN component parties shall refrain from capitalising on contentious issues to outscore each other for political mileage like now.
"The parties should work together and demonstrate the coalition solidarity to resolve public issues involving any community in the country," he said.
He also called on both the ruling BN and opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalitions to work together to assist all Malaysians to overcome the current global financial crisis.
He said parliamentary opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim could play a pivotal role in rallying his opposition troop to back the government's efforts to tackle the crisis.
"Besides giving constructive criticisms on government steps and policies, Anwar and other opposition leaders should give alternative ideas and views to the government," he said.
Change the campaigning methods
Touching on the recent BN by-election defeats in Bukit Selambau and Bukit Gantang, he claimed it was more a protest vote against the coalition for poor and indecisive performance over the past few years, rather than a pro-Pakatan Rakyat vote.
He claimed that MIC had actually made major inroads to regain the confidence of Indian electorates in Bukit Selambau in last Tuesday's poll, compared with the last general election.
"In last year's election, the Indian electorates were swayed away from BN because they were confused by Pakatan's campaign embarking on several sensitive issues.
"This time MIC managed to bring back some voters to its fold," he claimed, adding that the party national youth movement would soon carry out post mortem on Bukit Selambau electoral defeat.
He said this when asked whether MIC had lost its relevance among the Indian community given that the poll results showed Pakatan candidate S Manikumar secured nearly two-third of the Indian votes compared with MIC candidate S Ganesan in Bukit Selambau.
Suresh said BN affiliates should conduct more aggressive election campaigns in future as a single coalition team, not on individual party basis like now.
"Currently each BN party is only keen to campaign and attend to respective community issues.
"This must change. BN partners must work as a single team tackling and resolving issues pertaining to all Malaysians, not just a particular community," the youth pointed out.
Penang MIC youth chief M Suresh said the Putrajaya leadership under premier Najib Abdul Razak cannot afford to sweep major issues, especially those affecting the people's sensitivity, under the carpet anymore without addressing them effectively and decisively.
"Otherwise BN cannot restore public confidence on the coalition," he told a press conference after chairing the movement meeting in George Town last night.The youth leader said Najib's cabinet, which was sworn in today, must implement comprehensive long term policies and remedies to resolve such contentious issues.
"This would thwart untoward incidents and restore public confidence in BN federal government," he said, adding that government leaders can no longer turn a blind eye on such issues.
In welcoming the appointment of Najib as the country's sixth prime minister, Suresh said the new leadership should not waste anytime and should get to the ground immediately to address and resolve all persisting issues.
"BN component parties shall refrain from capitalising on contentious issues to outscore each other for political mileage like now.
"The parties should work together and demonstrate the coalition solidarity to resolve public issues involving any community in the country," he said.
He also called on both the ruling BN and opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalitions to work together to assist all Malaysians to overcome the current global financial crisis.He said parliamentary opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim could play a pivotal role in rallying his opposition troop to back the government's efforts to tackle the crisis.
"Besides giving constructive criticisms on government steps and policies, Anwar and other opposition leaders should give alternative ideas and views to the government," he said.
Change the campaigning methods
Touching on the recent BN by-election defeats in Bukit Selambau and Bukit Gantang, he claimed it was more a protest vote against the coalition for poor and indecisive performance over the past few years, rather than a pro-Pakatan Rakyat vote.
He claimed that MIC had actually made major inroads to regain the confidence of Indian electorates in Bukit Selambau in last Tuesday's poll, compared with the last general election.
"In last year's election, the Indian electorates were swayed away from BN because they were confused by Pakatan's campaign embarking on several sensitive issues.
"This time MIC managed to bring back some voters to its fold," he claimed, adding that the party national youth movement would soon carry out post mortem on Bukit Selambau electoral defeat.
He said this when asked whether MIC had lost its relevance among the Indian community given that the poll results showed Pakatan candidate S Manikumar secured nearly two-third of the Indian votes compared with MIC candidate S Ganesan in Bukit Selambau.Suresh said BN affiliates should conduct more aggressive election campaigns in future as a single coalition team, not on individual party basis like now.
"Currently each BN party is only keen to campaign and attend to respective community issues.
"This must change. BN partners must work as a single team tackling and resolving issues pertaining to all Malaysians, not just a particular community," the youth pointed out.
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