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<\/a><\/p>\nGBM urges all Malaysians to stand firm in rejecting cheap and unethical attempts by groups and politicians to question the mother tongue education system that has evolved over the years to provide Malaysia the uniqueness in linguistic and cultural diversity.\u00a0 Just last Saturday, BN vice chairman\u00a0 Muhyiddin Yassin reassured that\u00a0 he would take firm actions to protect all the institutions that had been established to look after the development, harmony, solidarity, security and peace in the country. (Malaysiakini, 8 June 2013)<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n It is disheartening that the process of reconciliation post-GE13 is continuously jeopardised by unscrupulous groups bent on tainting the colourful and multi-ethnic fabric of Malaysia society with their parochial call to abolish Chinese and Tamil school systems.<\/p>\n These groups need to truly appreciate the processes of democracy which embraces and operationalizes the will of the people through the elected government of the day. It is an irony that the government elected by the people, for the people, is now being coerced by certain irresponsible quarters to act against the will of the very people who elected them.<\/p>\n The government must admonish these racial sentiments, redress its shortcomings and move forward with a progressive national educational agenda. Despite the multiple issues in the nation\u2019s educational system, GBM is optimistic that we can overcome them and benchmark ours against the best in the world.\u00a0 But acting against the aspirations of the people for linguistic diversity and mother tongue education is unequivocally self-defeating, retrogressive and morally wrong.<\/p>\n List of 25 GBM\u2019s Organisation Members:<\/strong><\/span> Gabungan Bertindak Malaysia (GBM) is surprised and shocked over the call by 130 pro-UMNO NGOs, led by the Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia (PPIM) yesterday to\u00a0 abolish mother-tongue education as a new height of the post-GE13 blaming game. That the PPIM has adopted a racist stance instead of enhancing its Islamic and universal endeavours is most unfortunate and extremely disappointing. These groups are calling upon the BN chairman, Najib Abdul Razak to renege on his promise to upgrade Chinese-medium higher education institutions since the Chinese voters \u201cbroke their promise\u201d to support the BN. GBM stresses that, the right to learn and practice one\u2019s mother tongue is an inalienable right of Malaysians and is protected by the Federal Constitution. Linguistic diversity and multi-culturalism are celebrated and mutually respected by all religions and faiths. It has become part of our education system in terms of delivering social justice, moral, spiritual and ethical […]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,164],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-joint-statements","category-statements-announcements"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/iphone_notes1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6600,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6598\/revisions\/6600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH)
\n2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Aliran
\n3)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Tamil Foundation
\n4)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Pertubuhan IKRAM Malaysia (IKRAM)
\n5)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Majlis Perundingan Malaysia Agama Buddha; Krisitian; Hindu; Sikh dan Tao (MPMA-BKHST)
\n6)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Negeri Sembilan Chinese Assembly Hall (NSCAH)
\n7)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Penang Chinese Town Hall (PGCTH)
\n8)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The Federation of Chinese Associations Johore State (FCAJ)
\n9)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Lim Lian Geok Cultural Development Centre (LLG)
\n10)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0United Chinese School Alumni Association of Malaysia (UCSAAM)
\n11)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF)
\n12)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM)
\n13)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Pusat Komunikasi Masyarakat (KOMAS)
\n14)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia (SABM)
\n15)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Persatuan Masyarakat Selangor dan Wilayah Persekutuan (Permas)
\n16)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0National Indian Rights Action Team (NIAT)
\n17)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0People\u2019s Green Coalition (PGC)
\n18)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Anak Muda Sarawak (AMS)
\n19)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0All Women\u2019s Action Society (AWAM)
\n20)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Partners in Community Organising (Pacos Trust)
\n21)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Persatuan Bekas Siswazah Universiti dan Kelej di China, Malaysia (Liu-Hua)
\n22)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Nanyang University Alumni Malaya (Nanda)
\n23)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Japan Graduates Association, Malayia (JAGAM)
\n24)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Gabungan Persatuan Alumni Uniersiti Taiwan Malaysia (GPAUTM)
\n25)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Islamic Renaissance Front\u00a0 (IRF)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"