Zaid pans Anwar for ‘brushing off’ call to review Bumiputera privileges

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Zaid Ibrahim asks why Article 153 of the Federal Constitution, which deals with the ‘special position’ of Bumiputeras, is being treated like the elephant in the room.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/02/21/zaid-pans-anwar-for-brushing-off-call-to-review-bumiputera-privileges/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #ZaidIbrahim #AnwarIbrahim #Bumiputera #Article153

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00:00 Former Law Minister Zayed Ibrahim has criticised Anwar Ibrahim's response to a call for a review

00:07 of Bumiputra privileges as enshrined in the federal constitution.

00:11 Zayed said the Prime Minister was too quick to dismantle and brush off the suggestion.

00:16 In a post on X, Zayed said PKI veteran Hassan Karim was not suggesting that the provision

00:21 be dispensed with or taken away.

00:24 Instead, he said Hassan wanted the government to take a critical look at Article 153 and

00:29 evaluate the impact of policies based on the provision.

00:33 The former MP said the fear of talking about Article 153, which deals with the special

00:38 position of the Malays and natives of Sabah and Sarawak, has brought Malaysia to a new

00:43 low.

00:45 He believed that people must be willing to discuss Article 153 rather than continuing

00:49 to sweep the matter under the carpet.

00:52 Yesterday Anwar said the unity government would defend the special position accorded

00:56 to Bumiputras.

00:58 He was responding to the call by Hassan to review if Bumiputra privileges had helped

01:02 the community's economic standing.

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