KUALA LUMPUR – The next Dewan Rakyat sitting, scheduled from May 22 to June 15, will be crucial for the unity government to set itself apart from the previous administration, according to DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang.
To this effect, the DAP veteran said the cabinet under Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim should pay extra attention to the coming Dewan Rakyat sitting if it wishes to fulfil its objective of transitioning the country into a developed nation with a high-income economy.
“Will Malaysians enhance the hope for a national renaissance from Anwar’s unity government after Parliament’s May/June meeting, or will they feel that nothing great can be expected?
“Will Malaysia be capable of world-class standards and be a role model for the world for inter-ethnic, inter-religious, inter-cultural and inter-civilisational dialogue, understanding, tolerance and harmony, or is Malaysia fated to end up as a divided, failed and kleptocratic state in the next few decades?
“Can we halt the national decline, which saw the failure of Vision 2020 and its nine strategic objectives to build a Bangsa Malaysia from 1991 to 2020, resulting in Malaysia growing at a slower pace economically than in the 30 years of Vision 2020 than China, India and Indonesia, to the extent that we have now lost out to China in per capita GDP and will lose out to India and Indonesia in the next few decades?” Lim questioned in a statement today.
Lim also cautioned that the nation’s reputation is at stake, whether it will be labelled as a “world-class nation” or remain as a “second-class mediocre nation” or worse a “divided, failed and kleptocratic state in the future”.
“For this reason, the cabinet should give special attention to the Parliament May/June meeting, to make sure that it can inspire and elevate the national hopes and the Malaysian Dream for Malaysia to become a first-rate world-class nation, especially in the areas of restoring judicial independence, good governance and the fight against corruption and start the process to have a world-class economic, educational, health and social system.
“The three-week parliamentary meeting in May/June should be one of the high-water marks of the Anwar-led unity government,’’ he added. – The Vibes, April 23, 2023
