HRP MEDIA STATEMENT (20/3/10) Anwar Ibrahim cutting ties with Hindraf or with critical Indian problems?

HRP MEDIA STATEMENT (20^TH MARCH 2010)

Anwar Ibrahim cutting ties with Hindraf or with critical Indian problems?

In the Malaysian Insider newsreport yesterday (19^th March 2010) which caught headlines in today’s Malaysia Nanban Tamil daily (MN 20^th March 2010) Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim says Pakatan Rakyat cuts off ties with Hindraf? Because he does not know which Hindraf – Waytha, Uthaya, Thanindran or ASP Vasantha Kumar?

We could ask the same question – which PKR? Ezam, Zaharin, Chandra Muzaffar or Lokman Adam?

Anwar knows the real identity of the mysterious ASP Vasantha Kumar a Police Special Branch Operative in the E3M Division who with a mere 3 months stint in Hindraf was vide UMNOs’ print and electronic media declared a Hindraf leader on 13^th December 2007 when the Inspector General of Police announced his “detention under the ISA” together with the other Hindraf lawyers. It is common knowledge that this ASP’s job scope is to create confusion, break up and destroy Hindraf under “Ops Padam Hindarf”.

But being an ex-UMNO stalwart of 17 years standing it is not suprising that Anwar uses this ASP Vasantha Kumar irrespective to “neutralize” Hindraf and HRP and as a diverting tactic away from the critical Indian issues which had also been abandoned by PKR, DAP and PAS in their two year rule in Selangor, Kedah and Penang

“I don’t want to be engaged in debate with Hindraf but with issues”, said Anwar.

We now challenge Anwar to get on to the real issues and not deal through his Indian mandores or promote mandorism ala UMNO in P.R.

“Anwar says that Hindraf uses a racist agenda”. This is the 53 year old political rhetoric and gimmick used by UMNO that has led to the current critical Indian problems. This “racist agenda” definition is only heard of in Malay-sia and nowhere else in the world. Going by this Anwar’s “racist agenda” definition, South Africa would not have achieved independence and neither would black Barack Obama have become the President of the USA. But to the contrary there is no history of a Chinese or Indian becoming the President or Secretary General of PKR or PAS or a Malay or an Indian becoming the Secretary General of DAP racial and non racist PKR, DAP and PAS?

Putting aside (adding on to the UMNO created perception of) Hindraf being split and having lost the Indian support, Anwar must get to the point. PKR, PAS and DAP have full powers by virtue of Section 76 of the National Land Code to grant land to all 98, 58 and 28 Tamil Schools all in one go by merely the stroke of the pens of the Menteri Besars of Selangor and Kedah and the Chief Minister of Penang respectively. If Anwar Ibrahim and PR even refuses to do this because they may “lose Malay votes” and these Tamil schools are viewed as “profitable and lucrative” land banks to be exploited as and when necessary for their political party coffers then they are not even going to address the scores of the other critical Indian problems. What difference are they going to make vis a vis the Indians, when they get to Putrajaya?

(Note: The tip of the iceberg of the critical Indian problems are highlighted on a day to day basis in our website www.humanrightspartymalaysia.com.

“What do you want the State government to do Anwar asked, before adding that many problems were under the preview of the Federal government and out of PR’s hands”. As the Malay proverb goes “sudah gaharu cendana pula, sudah tahu bertanya pula” is our reply. Now the above is exactly what Anwar and P.R can do in their three PR rules states and which has nothing to do with the Federal Government.

It is a universally accepted norm that omission to fight against (UMNOs’) racism and silently watching the “blood letting” go by is tantamount to committing racism itself by PRK, DAP and PAS if not aiding and abetting the same. Because P.R. refuses to address these critical

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Indian problems like UMNO, they too try diverting attention by saying that Hindraf and HRP are raising racial (Indian) issues.

Anwar Ibrahim and the P.R. leaders Hadi Awang and Lim Guan Eng have even refused to meet the Hindraf and HRP leaders to address the critical Indian problems in the three P.R. ruled states vis a vis their 84 MP’s on the other national Indian issues. We have to end up championing Indian issues because for Anuar Ibrahim, P.R. and UMNO national issues seem to specifically exclude the Indian issues.

If only these supposed multi racial PKR, DAP and PAS had also addressed the critical Indian issues then 100,000 Indians would not have come out to the streets on the 25^th November 2007 Hindraf Rally. In fact Hindraf and HRP would long have been “out of a job” as PKR, DAP and PAS are “multi-racial” to have also championed the critical Malaysian Indian problems.

We will continue marching on irrespective with our Indian Political empowerment strategy – the way forward. This strategy would empower the Indians to vote for themselves and accordingly represent themselves at the highest political level vis a vis policy making and decision making levels as neither UMNO nor PR are going to champion or represent them.

Our next step is tomorrow in Johor Bahru ie the setting up of the General Elections 2012/2013 Operations Room (Bilek Gerakan) for DUN Ulu Tiram and Parliament Tebrau in Johor Bahru. Our critics have said this is not going to work. To us even we did not think the 25^th November 2007 Hindraf Rally would work. But it did. So will this Indian Political Empowerment Strategy. By the day we are inching in this direction.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

P. Uthayakumar

Secretary General (Pro-tem)

Pakatan cutting ties with Hindraf?

Hindraf members hold banners during a protest outside the PKR headquarters. — file pic

By Shannon Teoh

LONDON, March 19 — Citing its divisive nature and racist approach, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dismissed the influence of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) over the Indian community.

“Which Hindraf? Waytha’s? Uthaya’s? Vasantha’s? Thanenthiran’s?” he said last night, in reference to the many splits in the movement said to be responsible for the huge swing of Indian voters away from the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition in Election 2008.

“I don’t want to be engaged in debate with Hindraf, but with the issues. What is PR’s weapon? Pluralism. If Hindraf wants to use a racist agenda to battle Umno’s racism, then it is not tenable,” the opposition leader explained.

Earlier this month, Hindraf founder P. Uthayakumar and 200 supporters protested against PR outside the PKR headquarters, signalling that Hindraf was withdrawing its support for the coalition that won five states in the 2008 elections.

In particular, it has claimed that the DAP-led Penang state government had not done enough for Indians, with the demolition of the largely Indian-populated Kampung Buah Pala the main sore point.

“Why abuse Lim Guan Eng?” Anwar said, referring to the Penang chief minister.

“He has done much more than BN. It may not be to the full satisfaction of Indians but what do you want the state government to do?” Anwar asked, before adding that many problems were under the purview of the federal government and out of PR’s hands.

“Why not look at the things that have been implemented for all races, which include Indians as well.”

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