After leaving out Indian issues in the Pakatan manifesto, Anwar Ibrahim is making amends by having talks with the Indian community.
PETALING JAYA: After stinging criticisms for leaving Indians out of the Pakatan Rakyat manifesto, Anwar Ibrahim has started talking to the Indian community.
Since last week, Anwar has had many discussions with the Indian community to consider its viewpoints and to emphasise that it was not left out of the Pakatan manifesto.
The opposition leader’s announcement comes following heavy criticisms that Pakatan had left out the Indian community in its election manifesto but not Felda settlers and Orang Asli.
Anwar said in a press statement today he had many discussions with leaders of the community.
He promised the long-standing issue of stateless people residing in Malaysia,”without excluding Indians”, would be resolved in the first 100 days of Pakatan’s administration.
“Technical training, coupled with job opportunities, will be made available to school leavers, with the focus on helping those from poor families,” Anwar said.
“The Indian community will be major beneficiaries from these programmes to eradicate poverty and uplift socio-economic standing,” he added.
He also promised Pakatan would ensure all Tamil schools would be fully funded and that their infrastructure would be comparable to national education standards.
Anwar added that a National Housing Board would be formed to build affordable homes for the people and to help build freehold homes for former estate workers around the country.
“This declaration is clearly spelt out in Manifesto Rakyat,” he said.
Anwar claimed that the “failure of many BN programmes” was due to poor reception and lack of cooperation because each programme was race-based.
“That is why I defend a needs-based approach because only all-inclusive programmes can be implemented successfully,” he said.
“I am open to further proposals to refine further the manifesto, as long as they do not alter the policies of Pakatan to reject racial politics and prioritise good governance and justice for the people,” he added.
Anwar also rebutted “BN attacks” that his manifesto was based on outdated propaganda with deceiving figures, saying Pakatan had presented “a transparent financial calculation that RM45.7 billion would be required to fund our programmes”.
“Barisan Nasional should lay down the financial analysis it is adopting to support its accusations against us, so that the people can compare and decide.”
PETALING JAYA: After stinging criticisms for leaving Indians out of the Pakatan Rakyat manifesto, Anwar Ibrahim has started talking to the Indian community.Since last week, Anwar has had many discussions with the Indian community to consider its viewpoints and to emphasise that it was not left out of the Pakatan manifesto.
The opposition leader’s announcement comes following heavy criticisms that Pakatan had left out the Indian community in its election manifesto but not Felda settlers and Orang Asli.
Anwar said in a press statement today he had many discussions with leaders of the community.
He promised the long-standing issue of stateless people residing in Malaysia,”without excluding Indians”, would be resolved in the first 100 days of Pakatan’s administration.
“Technical training, coupled with job opportunities, will be made available to school leavers, with the focus on helping those from poor families,” Anwar said.
“The Indian community will be major beneficiaries from these programmes to eradicate poverty and uplift socio-economic standing,” he added.
He also promised Pakatan would ensure all Tamil schools would be fully funded and that their infrastructure would be comparable to national education standards.
Anwar added that a National Housing Board would be formed to build affordable homes for the people and to help build freehold homes for former estate workers around the country.
“This declaration is clearly spelt out in Manifesto Rakyat,” he said.
Anwar claimed that the “failure of many BN programmes” was due to poor reception and lack of cooperation because each programme was race-based.
“That is why I defend a needs-based approach because only all-inclusive programmes can be implemented successfully,” he said.
“I am open to further proposals to refine further the manifesto, as long as they do not alter the policies of Pakatan to reject racial politics and prioritise good governance and justice for the people,” he added.
Anwar also rebutted “BN attacks” that his manifesto was based on outdated propaganda with deceiving figures, saying Pakatan had presented “a transparent financial calculation that RM45.7 billion would be required to fund our programmes”.
“Barisan Nasional should lay down the financial analysis it is adopting to support its accusations against us, so that the people can compare and decide.”
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