KUALA LUMPUR - Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s interpretation of the “social contract” that focuses on Islam and the Malays would be abhorrent to Malaysia’s founding fathers, a constitutional expert said today.
Lawyer Tommy Thomas said that Zahid, who is also Umno vice-president, has distorted history by claiming that the so-called “social contract” has “four key thrusts”, which the latter listed as the constitutional provisions on Islam as the religion of the federation, Malay rulers, Malay special privileges, and Bahasa Malaysia as the national language.
“Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Razak, Tun Ismail and the founding fathers of this nation would be turning in their graves on hearing this version,” Thomas said in a session on the Federal Constitution at the International Malaysia Law Conference here today.
“In Zahid’s narration, non-Malays have no place in the social contract. This is a complete distortion. It is partial, selective and inaccurate,” he added.
-Malay Mail
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