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| Ibrahim Ali distributed money in white ang pow packets at Perkasa’s first-ever Chinese New Year open house today. |
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — Perkasa declared today it supports needs-based affirmative action but insists that the 30 per cent quota for Malays and Bumiputeras remains in place as they are still lagging behind economically.
“If there is still a wide income disparity between the Bumiputeras and other races in the future, this can affect the country’s security,” Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali said despite 40 years of pro-Bumiputera affirmative action under the New Economic Policy (NEP).
But the Pasir Mas MP also pledged that the Malay rights NGO will fight to make sure all races are not economically disadvantaged.
The Perkasa president went through great pains to state that his organisation is not racist, and that it generally supports a “needs-based” affirmative action for all Malaysians, especially the poor.
“Perkasa’s struggle is based on the tenets of the Constitution, the country’s social contract. It does not mean we are racist.
Perkasa: Affirmative action for all, but 30pc Bumi quota remains
