To: Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia
The Selangor State Government calls upon the Prime Minister to release the elected representative for Kota Alam Shah, M Manoharan, all other ISA detainees as well as abolish the Internal Security Act.
Manoharan regrets his inability to effectively serve his constituents over the past 14 months given his incarceration at the Kamunting detention camp in Taiping, Perak.
"I feel a sense of guilt of being unable to serve the voters who have voted me as their respresentative in the Selangor state assembly. I feel I am being unfair to my constituents thus far," he said.
"I now have to consider resigning as a Selangor state assemblyman for Kota Alam Shah paving the way for a by-election in order for my constituents to re-elect their new representative who will be better able to serve them and who will be able to physically attend all the sittings of the Selangor state legislative assembly and matters arriving there from."
We call upon the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak to avoid in his own words, "too much time, energy and ringgit are being spent on by-elections" that are actually unnecessary. He had added that there had been too much "politicking in our country when right now we should focus on recovering our economy and taking care of the people’s interests and to move forward for the sake of our country and take Malaysia to a higher level of success".
We will also like to take this opportunity to voice our continued support for Manoharan to remain as the state assemblyman for Kota Alam Shah, as the rightful elected representative of the people.
Therefore, we the undersigned look forward to the unconditional release of Manoharan as well as the other ISA detainees immediately.
Sincerely,
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