Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email GMI (not Gerakan Mansuh ISA, but Gerakan Masyarakat India, which in English is stated as Selangor Indian Community) is a Hindraf lookalike. They handed in memorandum to Selangor government containing 13 items (Hindraf had 18). Among their demands are:
– appoint another Indian EXCO
– at least 6 Indian reps in each local councils
– appoint Indian mayor for Shah Alam or Petaling Jaya
– allocate 25% positions in state government for Indians
NST mentioned another two demands:
– free education
– conversion of tamil schools to fully-aided status
Another candidate for ISA? Whatever it is, Indian mayor for Shah Alam is impossible. The place is about 90++% Malays!
Read the news from Star and Malaysiakini below:
SHAH ALAM: Some 80 people from an Indian group gathered in front of the state secretariat building here on Monday to voice their dissatisfaction over what they said was a failure of the newly-elect state government to deliver on its campaign promises.
The unregistered society, the Selangor Indian Community Selangor led by K. Gunasegaran, said they hoped the government would attend to its pledges made before the March 8 general election.
The group handed a memorandum covering 13 issues to the office of Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim.
The group called for the appointment of another Indian representative in the state executive council, at least six Indian representatives in each local council, and an Indian mayor for either the Shah Alam or Petaling Jaya city councils. The group also asked that at least 25% of positions in the state government be allocated to Indians.
Special task officer Yahya Sahri received the memorandum on behalf of the Mentri Besar and said the state government would look into the demands.
Meanwhile, a group of Indian protested at the Selangor state secretariat in Shah Alam to express their disappointment with the failures of the state government in fulfilling election pledges.
The group, numbering about 80 and calling themselves Selangor Indian Community, handed a memorandum covering 13 issues to the office of Khalid.
They want the appointment of another Indian representative in the state executive council, at least six Indian representatives in each local council, and an Indian mayor for either the Shah Alam or Petaling Jaya city councils.
The group also asked that at least 25 percent of positions in the state government be allocated to Indians.
http://malaysiakini.com/news/83457
Meanwhile, Gerakan Masyarakat India pro-tem president K. Gunasegaran said the memorandum, among others, highlighted the need for free education for students in the state and for Tamil schools to be upgraded to fully-aided schools.
He said the organisation also wanted 25 per cent of posts in the state government and public sector in the state to be reserved for Indians.
“We want every municipality to have at least six Indian representatives and the mayor of Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya to be Indians.”
GMI should give more time for the new State government to make changes.They must give support and understand the difficulties to induce changes.
Just ask yourself how long do you need to change ALL your bad habits?Well,you know the answer.Changes need time !
Hmm who are they?? kinda surprise with their action