Category: Social Contract and National Unity

http://malaysianunplug.blogspot.com/2008/11/must-read-article-umnos-mythical.html Ketuanan Melayuby Art Harun Excerpts: Read here for more I am normally very good at grasping a concept, understanding it, differentiating it from other not dissimilar concept, identifying it’s positive and negative points and using it. However, try as I might, I just could NOT understand the concept of Ketuanan Melayu aka Malay Supremacy akaMalay Dominance. Let alone identify it. Now I… Continue reading ESSAY SERIES: Social Contract and National Unity (5)

This fourth posting in the Essay Series combines the thoughts of two articulate writers driven by passion for Negaraku, presenting sometimes truly out-of-the-box ideas that make this Editor sit up, and ponder. I hope you do too — especially in this running essay series where CPI makes a special effort , in concert with the writer-contributors… Continue reading ESSAY SERIES: Social Contract and National Unity (4)

We continue the Essay Series today with two articles, the first from The Nut Graph, which features several interviewees who are of similar observation that nowhere in the Federal Constituion is stated the term “Social Contract” and that it was/is mainly an UMNO construct to serve certain political interests for the covenience of a minority… Continue reading ESSAY SERIES: Social Contract and National Unity (III)

The second of the Essay Series on the Featured Theme focuses on the thoughts of one of CPI’s directors, Dr Azly Rahman, whose writings as a columnist under “Illuminations” have been well read and discussed via Malaysia Today and malaysiakini.com. The second article is a rare opportunity to read an English translation of from a… Continue reading SOCIAL CONTRACT AND NATIONAL UNITY (2)

CPI will be running a series of articles on the Theme — Social Contract and National Unity, covering a wide spectrum of views to encourage Malaysians to think and share their views in an open and rational discourse. There have been certain quarters declaring that discussions on certain socalled “sensitive” issues affecting Malaysians should be… Continue reading Social Contract and National Unity