PETALING JAYA: DAP has been urged to sack P. Ramasamy (pic) as Penang Deputy Chief Minister over his remarks about breaking the Malays’ monopoly in the public sector, which has been seen as a liability to the unity government.
Pakatan Harapan’s Hulu Langat MP Mohd Sany Hamzan called for DAP to give Ramasamy the boot as it was not the first time that his statement has put Pakatan in hot water.
Ramasamy’s comments also go against the Malaysia Madani policy pioneered by the government under Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s leadership, said Mohd Sany.
He said this in reference to a Facebook post by Ramasamy suggesting that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim break the Malays’ dominance in the civil service.
“Ramasamy has once again looked for trouble and tries to become the hero of his race with cheap publicity.
“For me, such a statement should not come out of a citizen of this country if they want to preserve the harmony between races.
“I’m confident that DAP will be pressured with such a statement and the party must do something because this is not his first statement that has troubled DAP.
“For me the most appropriate action would be to fire him from the Penang Deputy Chief Minister post because I’m confident that there are many more eligible leaders to fill the position,” said Mohd Sany in a statement on Saturday (Feb 11).
Meanwhile, former education minister Dr Maszlee Malik said Ramasamy, who is also Penang DAP vice-chairman, has become the biggest liability to the unity government.
“DAP should do something to discipline him before it’s too late,” he said in a tweet on Saturday (Feb 11).
On Friday (Feb 10), Ramasamy in a Facebook post said that the Malaysian civil service is not only bloated in terms of the number of employed, but also consists of one ethnic group, predominantly the Malays.
He said the domination of the civil service by one ethnic community needs to be addressed by the new unity government of Anwar.
“It is not that Anwar is not aware, but under what political circumstances that he can slowly ensure that the civil service is reflective of the ethnic composition of the country.
“The often repeated apologetic reasoning that non-Malays shy away from the civil service because of the lack of promotional prospect cannot be sustained in view of the overt and covert forms of racial discrimination,” he said.
Ramasamy added that the new leadership under the concept of Masyarakat Madani cannot merely provide lip service to the one-sided nature of the civil service.