Another letter to MCCBCHST
September 17, 2007
This time Gan wrote to MCCBCHST. The letter is reproduced with consent.
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Dear Messers Harcharan Singh, Goh Keat Peng and rest of Council members,
With ref to Anita Jay’s letter to both of you which was published with her consent by Haris Ibrahim at http://harismibrahim.wordpress.com/.
I, as a concerned Anak Bangsa Malaysia also shares her views and concern and am very interested to know too the stand and action to be adopted and taken by the MCCBCHST?
By token of your positions in the MCCBCHST and as stated representatives of the religions which the MCCBCHST profess to represent – I wish to remind you that you are duty bound and responsible to ensure that the santity of the Federal Constitution is upheld and preserved at all times, in all areas and for all Malaysians.
We, Anak Anak Bangsa Malaysia will pray that God will guide and bless the MCCBCHST Council members with the wisdom to “Be visible, be accountable, be effective” and do what is right by the people of Malaysia.
God Bless.
Regards,
Gan
Anak Bangsa Malaysia
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Thank you, Gan.
If any of you wish to write to the MCCBCHST to get them to do the right thing, send your ‘Will you defend our secular constitution? If so, how? When?’ letter to mccbchst@yahoo.com .
If you copy your letter to me with your consent, I will post it in this blog.
September 17, 2007 at 9:06 am
It seems to me the writers (and Haris too)do not understand the role of the MCCBCHST nor aware of what it has done for more than 20 years. (It started as MCCBCHS at first. The Taoist joined recently)
Libra, you are right. I am not aware of what it has done for more than 20years. If you do, perhaps you may want to enlighten us.
It is not hiding under any cloak. To impute any negative intentions to an organisation with lofty ideals and noble intentions is being mean, real mean.
You will forgive me for saying, but lofty ideals and noble intentions count for nothing in the face of an Islam-as I say-ist agenda that appears to have friends in high places and is psushing its initiative like there is no tomorrow.
If the writers are aware of the contributions of the personalities who had led it, they will know for a fact that all these men had defended our non-Muslim rights remarkably well.
I can’t speak for the others, but I certainly am not aware. Again, do you want to enlighten us?
Unfortunately, our mainstream media had never given them prominence nor carried their press statements.
It is a voluntary group of men and they are non political. To demand explanations is being naive and irresponsible.
Why is demanding explanations irresponsible? If you volunteer to lead, then you must lead. And if you choose to lead, whether gatuitiously or otherwise, you are liable to account to those who you purport to lead and represent.
It would be more apt to direct those questions to MCA, MIC or Gerakan because they are your elected representatives.
MCCBCHST is voluntary and they are not even represented in the Senate and they are NOT beholden to the likes of the these misinformed writers. Did you vote them in? Do you pay any membership fee to them?
And so they are only beholden to those who had a hand in outting them in office?
May I ask the writer ,”What have you done to defend your constitution????????????”
September 19, 2007 at 1:20 am
Dear Libra,
In my teeny weeny 1 vote, I hope it makes a difference through the 1 person I put in the Parliament.
That is the only one bit I can do.
September 19, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Dear Libra,
Apart from what Encik Haris has written which I totally agree with in response to your statement, I could add that I can very well reply with your own words – “Why should I tell you what I have done to defend the constitution since I am NOT beholden to the likes of you and you did not vote me into anything” – but I choose not to.
So let me answer your question on what I have done to defend OUR constitution (you seem to disassociate yourself from the country’s constitution for you used the term ‘your’ and not ‘OUR’ in your email ) .
1. I attended Article 11 sessions.
2. I signed the petition.
3. I photostated numerous copies of the petition and
gave batches to friends and relatives to distribute.
4. I collected signatures, stopped strangers in front
of shops to ask them to sign, and learnt to deal
with the rebukes of those who refused to sign and
instead told me I was asking for trouble
5. I wrote to mainstream media about our country’s
problems (never mind if they didn’t run them)
I could go on because there is much more that I am doing now, but I won’t.
It is my turn, Libra, to ask that same question of you but with a difference. “What have YOU done to defend OUR constitution?”