KUALA LUMPUR — Singapore’s High Commissioner to Malaysia has slammed an editorial by the Utusan Malaysia newspaper on the changes to the Republic’s Elected Presidency scheme, which carried “several baseless and mischievous allegations”.
These include the claim that in Singapore, “meritocracy was always being used as an excuse to discriminate against Malays”, “meritocracy was also open to manipulation”, and that “Malays became weaker and marginalised from the corridors of power”, Mr Vanu Gopala Menon wrote in a letter to the Malaysian newspaper which was put up on Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
Adding that he wished to “set the record straight”, Mr Menon said: “Singapore’s meritocratic system has never been ‘manipulated’ or ‘used as an excuse to discriminate’ against Singapore’s Malay community, or any other community.”
The editorial in question, President Melayu ke-2 (2nd Malay President), looked at the upcoming presidential election in Singapore. It was written by Awang Selamat, the collective pseudonym of the newspaper’s editors, and published in its latest Sunday edition, Mingguan Malaysia.
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These include the claim that in Singapore, “meritocracy was always being used as an excuse to discriminate against Malays”, “meritocracy was also open to manipulation”, and that “Malays became weaker and marginalised from the corridors of power”, Mr Vanu Gopala Menon wrote in a letter to the Malaysian newspaper which was put up on Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
Adding that he wished to “set the record straight”, Mr Menon said: “Singapore’s meritocratic system has never been ‘manipulated’ or ‘used as an excuse to discriminate’ against Singapore’s Malay community, or any other community.”
The editorial in question, President Melayu ke-2 (2nd Malay President), looked at the upcoming presidential election in Singapore. It was written by Awang Selamat, the collective pseudonym of the newspaper’s editors, and published in its latest Sunday edition, Mingguan Malaysia.
More at http://www.todayonline.com/world/sp...per-baseless-allegations-against-republics-ep
