Call on the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib to do what is right and announce in Parliament tomorrow that he will boycott the CHOGM meeting.
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Statement by M Kula Segaran, DAP National Vice Chairman and MP for Ipoh Barat
at Parliament House, Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Call on the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib to do what
is right and announce in Parliament tomorrow that he will boycott the CHOGM meeting.
Yesterday, BBC news reported that Mauritian
Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam became the third leader to announce a boycott of
this week’s CHOGM summit in Colombo over Sri Lanka's human rights record. Indian
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper are
also staying away.
I welcome the announcement by the
Mauritian Prime Minister as this is certainly a right step to take as a
humanitarian protest against the Sri Lanka government.
The
DAP Central Executive Committee has on October 23, 2013 decided that DAP would
call for the boycott of the CHOGM summit scheduled to take place in Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
DAP
Secretary General Lim Guan Eng has in a recent statement announced the Party’s
decision and stated the following:-
DAP regards
CHOGM as an important forum to articulate and highlight a wide range issues
such as human rights, democracy, justice, and governance. DAP has supported
CHOGM’s earlier initiatives to oppose the apartheid regime in South Africa and
military interventions in Fiji and Pakistan. DAP has consistently opposed
regimes that violate human rights and place constraints on democracy.
In this respect, DAP thinks that holding of CHOGM in Colombo is not an appropriate thing to do. To date, the Sri Lanka government has not taken any initiative to investigate and prosecute those responsible for crimes against innocent Tamils during the civil war in 2009. Beyond the killings, hundreds and thousands of Tamils who disappeared during the civil war have not been accounted for by the government. Those responsible for the rapes against Tamil women and girls have not been brought to justice
Hence, Malaysia and the international community must send a clear message to the recalcitrant Sri Lanka government by boycotting the CHOGM meeting. I call on the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib to do what is right and announce in Parliament tomorrow that he will boycott the meeting.
In this respect, DAP thinks that holding of CHOGM in Colombo is not an appropriate thing to do. To date, the Sri Lanka government has not taken any initiative to investigate and prosecute those responsible for crimes against innocent Tamils during the civil war in 2009. Beyond the killings, hundreds and thousands of Tamils who disappeared during the civil war have not been accounted for by the government. Those responsible for the rapes against Tamil women and girls have not been brought to justice
Hence, Malaysia and the international community must send a clear message to the recalcitrant Sri Lanka government by boycotting the CHOGM meeting. I call on the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib to do what is right and announce in Parliament tomorrow that he will boycott the meeting.
I wonder if Palanivel is aware that CHOGM meeting will be held from November 15 to 17?
Is it not too late for him to wait till coming Friday to raise the issue? Why can’t he make an urgent appointment to see the Prime Minister?
Can Palanivel also explain why MIC central leadership has not discussed and taken a stand on this important issue?
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