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PKR to have multiracial task force to help Bumi
SUN, 30 MAY 2010 18:48
KOTA BAHARU: Non-Muslim PKR leaders have pledged to set up a task force help resolve issues involving the Malay and Bumiputera communities “marginalised” under Barisan Nasional. PKR leaders, MP Tian Chua and Selangor councillor Dr Xavier Jeyakumar, in pledging their assistance, said the task force would work with any individual or organisation towards this aim.

Yesterday, PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail in her opening speech at the national PKR convention, had asked for the setting up of a special team to focus on the issues of Malay and Bumiputera communities.

She said the team should be multiracial because the problems of a single community is not necessarily their own and others must share the burden of finding a solution.

Different from BN

“PKR is different from Umno and BN which considers the problems of one community as their own headache. Our approach is universal. We will not marginalise the Bumiputeras.”

Tian Chua said the special team will comprise members of all races. “We will share our experiences and hopefully find solutions to resolve their issues.”

Jayakumar, meanwhile, said Selangor already had a committee overseeing the poor in the state.

He said in Selangor, aid was available irrespective of race and 80% of the recipients were from the Malay community.

“I welcome the president’s suggestion. In Selangor I head the portfolio on poverty which involves the poor and low income earners. We already have a committee that oversees poverty in the state,” he said