Umno leader questions NEP
Posted by Raja Petra
Saturday, 15 March 2008
A SENIOR Umno leader has come out to say that it might be time to scrap the New Economic Policy (NEP), the first Malay leader from the ruling coalition to say so.
The poll results signal the beginning of the possible demise of the positive affirmation policy and special rights for the Malays, said Acting Law Minister Nazri Aziz on Thursday.
'We (Umno) have to really sit down and think. It looks like the educated Malays do not care about Malay rights any more,' he said.
His comments come just after the Barisan Nasional attacked the opposition for wanting to scrap the controversial policy. Penang's newly appointed Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng of the Democratic Action Party said earlier that his state government would dismantle the NEP, drawing warnings from the country's leaders.
But yesterday, Datuk Seri Nazri, an Umno Supreme Council member, said it appeared that the Malays, especially those in urban areas, had become more confident and felt they could compete with the other races on a level playing field. 'The Malays are saying 'you can't scare us by talking about us losing our rights, because we are here on our own merit',' he said.
BERNAMA, REUTERS
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