PETALING JAYA: Malay rights group Perkasa has hit out at the New Economic Model (NEM) for its lack of Malay agenda and ambiguity of the affirmative action policy. Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali said providing assistance to the lower 40% of the population with a monthly income of RM1,500 or less per month is regarded as a poverty eradication programme.“Where is the stake for the Malays in the distribution of the country’s economic cake? What’s important is fairness and not equity,” he said in a statement yesterday. “Foreigners who were involved in formulating the NEM will not be bothered about the indigenous people. If strategic areas are developed under the open tender system, the Malays will not be able to compete.
The NEM has given rise to many questions and Perkasa is not happy in the issue of Malay agenda,” he added. Perkasa or Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia had earlier commended Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak for guaranteeing that bumiputras including those from Sabah and Sarawak had not been left behind under the NEM.
Source : www.thestar.com.my
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