Category: CPI Press Releases

Kami adalah sekumpulan rakyat Malaysia berbilang kaum dan pelbagai agama serta mempunyai latarbelakang yang berbeza-beza termasuk dari bidang akademik, perniagaan, profesional, tentera dan sukarelawan. Kami tergerak hati untuk berkongsi rasa bimbang kami terhadap kesan negatif ke atas masyarakat kita akibat daripada perjalanan pilihan raya umum kali ini. Kami menyuarakan keprihatinan kami atas dasar cintakan negara… Continue reading Kenyataan akhbar oleh kumpulan warga prihatin tentang pilihan raya umum

Press statement of Group of Concerned Citizens on the General Election  (BM version here…) We are a group of Malaysians from diverse ethnicities, religions and backgrounds including military, academic, business, professional and the not-for-profit sector. We have been drawn together by our love for our country and our concern that this general election may see further… Continue reading Vote to ensure a better Malaysia

The Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed the appeal by Lynas Corporation of Australia and Lynas Malaysia in their defamation proceeding against the Save Malaysia Stop Lynas (SMSL) group of activists. The three-member panel ruled that High Court judge John Louis O’Hara was correct in earlier allowing SMSL’s application to transfer the case to the Kuantan… Continue reading Lynas’ appeal on court venue in defamation case dismissed

  5th March, 2013 GBM statement on 13th general election The Gabungan Bertindak Malaysia [GBM] a multi-ethnic, multi-faith, non-partisan Coalition of 25 NGOs is committed to the goal of Building a Better Malaysia. Fully cognizant that the General Election 13 represents a historic crossroad in our Nation’s journey to become a viable and mature democratic… Continue reading GBM statement on 13th general election

  The Centre for Policy Initiatives urges leaders from both sides of the political divide to pay heed to the urgent concerns expressed by educationists and civil society organizations with regard to the National Educational Blueprint 2013-2025. Since its release more than a month ago on Sept 12, the blueprint has drawn markedly little response… Continue reading Call to extend deadline for consultation on education blueprint

In their joint statement recently released on Sept 28, IDEAS (Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs) and not-for-profit research institute Refsa (Research for Social Advancement) drew attention to the “shocking federal government subsidy bill for 2012” which according to them is now expected to hit RM42 billion, a massive RM9 billion or 27% above the… Continue reading Refsa and IDEAS’s misplaced focus on critiquing subsidies in the 2013 budget

  In his presentation at a forum discussing the blueprint recently unveiled by the Ministry of Education, Dr Lim Teck Ghee called on the government to see the document as a first step towards resolving the longstanding crisis in the education system but to avoid treating it as a roadmap that must be strictly imposed.… Continue reading Do not rush the education blueprint

CPI foreword The Tanda Putera filmmakers are marketing their movie as an educational product on the claim that the events they have depicted are based on established truth. “My team and I did a lot of research, such as studying documented materials and photographs, to make sure the scenes were backed by historical facts,” its… Continue reading If Tanda Putera blatantly lied about Kit Siang, what else is dangerous about this May 13 film?

  We the undersigned wish to express our profound disappointment at the numerous obstacles that have been put in place by government agencies, especially the Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) and Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), to prevent the planned peaceful gathering of Bersih 3.0 on 28 April 2012. We recognise that these agencies are either… Continue reading Concerned citizens call on Prime Minister Najib Razak to allow Bersih 3.0 to go ahead peacefully at Dataran Merdeka on April 28

The Human Rights Party – a political arm of Hindraf – documents in its website the oppression suffered by the Indian poor on a day-to-day basis and which is not getting the attention it deserves. The issues highlighted by HRP, says its pro-tem secretary P. Uthayakumar, are “diverted, diluted and dismissed” by the expedient of… Continue reading Hindraf lends its weight to ABU