First, let me thank YB Senator Datuk T Mohan on his concise statement that Pakatan Harapan should study something before making promises and not the other way around.
In the Pakatan Harapan’s manifesto themed REBUILDING OUR NATION FULFILLING OUR HOPES, under the subject titled ‘Special Commitment for the Indian Community’ at number 5 it clearly states the following;
5. Establishing a government funded Tamil secondary school.
Clearly it says ‘ESTABLISHING’ and what it means is to set up, start, begin, form, create and no where it has mentioned the word review or to consider.
So for the Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Education to say that a committee has been set up to review and consider in establishing a Tamil secondary school is not only a joke but taking the community for a ride to no where.
I would also like to show how hypocritical they are since they came into power.
I would like to refer to a statement made by YB Batu Kawan (YB Kasthuri Patto) on October 19th 2016;
“Without a doubt, that there is no political will by the minister and his Education Ministry, including the Deputy Education Minister in charge of Tamil schools P Kamalanathan, to even engage with the Penang state government when land has been allocated there to build a Tamil secondary school.
How can the Education Ministry supply MPs and the Parliament with such ridiculous contradictory answers on their disability in building the nations first Tamil school, when they clearly can do so. It is evident that the ministry has no intention nor plan to empower children in Malaysia to honour, save and keep their mother tongues alive, in this case, the Tamil language when there exists Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan for Chinese schools.” - Yb Kasthuri Patto, Malaysiakini. >LINK<
MY VIEWS;
Now after more than a year the Pakatan Harapan government is just going to form a committee to study the need. A very different tone when they were in opposition it was a definite need and urgent too? Maybe after winning no more a priority, I feel very bad for the Indians who voted them in as the secondary Tamil schools is just like many other promises, a work of deceit and fiction.
I quote another statement by YAB Penang Deputy Chief Minister II (Dr. P. Ramasamy) October 17th 2017;
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 2017: Penang Deputy Chief Minister II Dr P. Ramasamy has called on Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to approve the state government’s proposal to set up a Tamil secondary school in the state, if the Prime Minister is serious about the Indian community, he hoped that the PM gives Malaysian Indians a Deepavali present like the approval for a Tamil secondary school in Pulau Pinang. >Link<
MY VIEWS;
Last few years was a dark Deepavali according the YAB Deputy Chief Minister II, maybe this year DCM will get his government to make it a bright shining one with a secondary Tamil school, though I very much doubt it.
Finally, another quote by the Former Chief Minister YAB Lim Guan Eng on October 16th 2017
“The Penang chief minister said for Indians to be empowered, they required not only the proper maintenance of the many Tamil primary schools in the country, but also for a secondary school project to be given approval.
“There is no reason why the education ministry refuses to permit a secondary Tamil school even though there are secondary schools that use Arabic, English or Mandarin as a medium of instruction,” he said.
“The federal government only needs to spend on building the school since the Penang state government is willing to offer land for free,” he added in his Deepavali message today. YAB Lim Guan Eng, FMT >Link<
My Views;
Now as Finance Minister and his party controlling Pulau Pinang surely finance and land not a problem. Why the drama of a committee to study the need when already approved by you as CM. Now as Finance Minister so much easier to just allocated funds unless it’s another Lim Guan Eng special, lie and lie some more with extra topping of misinformation and false promises.
In conclusion Pakatan Harapan made promises they had no intention of keeping with the sole intention of misleading the people for their political expediency.
The people are the biggest victims of their lies and I hope the Pakatan Harapan politicians have the courage to stop cheating the people and start delivering on their promises.
P.Kamalanathan
