Category: Constitution

Dr. Mahathir should have sense of urgency to summon early Parliamentary meeting to address the many pressing problems in the country

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjong and Assemblyman for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Tuesday, August 12, 1986 at noon

Dr. Mahathir should have sense of urgency to summon early Parliamentary meeting to address the many pressing problems in the country

When announcing his post-1986 elections Cabinet, the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, said that Parliament could meet anytime from now to November. Continue reading Dr. Mahathir should have sense of urgency to summon early Parliamentary meeting to address the many pressing problems in the country

Datuk Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamed deferred the Parliamentary meeting of July 14 to avoid answering DAP questions

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Sandakan DAP Ceramah held in Sandakan on Friday, 11.7.1986 at 9 pm

Datuk Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamed deferred the Parliamentary meeting of July 14 to avoid answering DAP questions about the indefensible Barisan Nasional actions about unlawful assembly charges for the Sabah March criminals as well as about UMBC scandal, EPF scandal and the billion-dollar mysterious tin-buying scandal

Parliamentary was to meet for two weeks beginning from Monday, July 14 till July 25, but suddenly, for the first time in Parliamentary history, the first week of the two-week parliamentary meeting was cancelled. Continue reading Datuk Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamed deferred the Parliamentary meeting of July 14 to avoid answering DAP questions

DAP Central Execution Committee to meet on 18th July to decide on the question of United Opposition Front and the party’s election manifesto

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Kota Kinabalu Airport on Thursday, 10.7.1986 at 8.30 am

DAP Central Execution Committee to meet on 18th July to decide on the question of United Opposition Front and the party’s election manifesto

The DAP Central Execution Committee will meet on July 18 to decide on the question of United Opposition Front as well as on the party’s election manifesto. Continue reading DAP Central Execution Committee to meet on 18th July to decide on the question of United Opposition Front and the party’s election manifesto

DAP suggests that ALIRAN organises the Sixth Dialogue of Concern on the question of a Constitutional Review Commission on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Malaysian Constitution next year

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Subang International Airport before departure for a five-day pre-election political visit to Sarawak on Thursday, 19th June 1986 at 5 a.m.

DAP suggests that ALIRAN organises the Sixth Dialogue of Concern on the question of a Constitutional Review Commission on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Malaysian Constitution next year

In my five-day pre-election political visit to Sarawak beginning today, I will visit Miri, Bintulu, Sarikei, Sibu and Kuching. The DAP will follow very closely the Oya state by-election in Sarawak, which is a straight fight between the PBB candidate, Wan Madzihi Wan Mahdoz, and the former PBB Assemblyman, Datuk Salleh Jafaruddin, who is openly supported by the former Sarawak Governor and Chief Minister, Tun Rahman Yakub. Continue reading DAP suggests that ALIRAN organises the Sixth Dialogue of Concern on the question of a Constitutional Review Commission on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Malaysian Constitution next year

Call for a Constitution Review Commission of Eminent Malaysians to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Malaysian Constitution to conduct wide-ranging constitutional review on parliamentary democracy, human rights, federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances

PAPER by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Fourth DAP Human Rights Convention held at Hotel Excelsior, Ipoh on Sunday, 15th June 1986 on HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY AND THE MALAYSIAN CONSTITUTION in the session on CONSTITUTION DEVELOPMENTS in Malaysia – an Overview

Call for a Constitution Review Commission of Eminent Malaysians to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Malaysian Constitution to conduct wide-ranging constitutional review on parliamentary democracy, human rights, federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances

Next year will be the 30th anniversary of the Malaysian Constitution, which become a very different document from that of the Merdeka Constitution in 1957, having been amended in over a thousand places. Continue reading Call for a Constitution Review Commission of Eminent Malaysians to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Malaysian Constitution to conduct wide-ranging constitutional review on parliamentary democracy, human rights, federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances

Tan Koon Swan’s undertaking in Kluang on parental rights unconvincing unless the Prime Minister could give this undertaking

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, June 7, 1986:

Tan Koon Swan’s undertaking in Kluang on parental rights unconvincing unless the Prime Minister could give this undertaking

MCA President, Tan Koon Swan, said in Kluang yesterday that the MCA would take steps to amend the Federal Constitution if the Supreme Court rules that parents do not have a say in the choice of religion of their children. Continue reading Tan Koon Swan’s undertaking in Kluang on parental rights unconvincing unless the Prime Minister could give this undertaking

Call on Tan Koon Swan and Lim Keng Yaik to declare MCA and Gerakan stand whether they support DAP’s nation-wide signature campaign for Constitutional amendment to protect parental rights and family unit integrity

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Tuesday, 3.6.1986:

Call on Tan Koon Swan and Lim Keng Yaik to declare MCA and Gerakan stand whether they support DAP’s nation-wide signature campaign for Constitutional amendment to protect parental rights and family unit integrity

June 2, 1986 should become an important date in the political struggle of Malaysians, for it marked the launching of the nation-wide signature campaign for Constitutional amendment to preserve parental rights and family unit integrity, starting from Malacca. Continue reading Call on Tan Koon Swan and Lim Keng Yaik to declare MCA and Gerakan stand whether they support DAP’s nation-wide signature campaign for Constitutional amendment to protect parental rights and family unit integrity

DAP launches nation-wide signature campaign for Constitutional amendment to Article 11 on Freedom of Religion to entrench the parental right to decide the religion of children below 18 years

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Malacca Ceramah to launch the nation-wide signature campaign for Constitutional amendment to entrench the parental right to determine the religion of children below 18 years, held at Pay Fong Chinese Secondary School on Monday, 2nd June 1986 at 9 pm

DAP launches nation-wide signature campaign for Constitutional amendment to Article 11 on Freedom of Religion to entrench the parental right to decide the religion of children below 18 years

Recently, more and more parents have found that they had effectively been deprived of the parental right, not only to decide the religion of their children below 18 years, even lost right to the custody and control of their children. Continue reading DAP launches nation-wide signature campaign for Constitutional amendment to Article 11 on Freedom of Religion to entrench the parental right to decide the religion of children below 18 years

Call on Elections Commission to summon an all-party meeting to seek views before amending the elections regulations relating to campaign period and the deposits for parliamentary and State Assembly candidates

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP’s second ceramah in the nation-wide ‘Deny Barisan Nasional Two-Third Majority’ campaign held at Federal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, April 27, 1986 at 8 pm

Call on Elections Commission to summon an all-party meeting to seek views before amending the elections regulations relating to campaign period and the deposits for parliamentary and State Assembly candidates

The Malaysian Constitutin provides for an independent and impartial Elections Commission to conduct a fair, honest, clean and democratic elections. Continue reading Call on Elections Commission to summon an all-party meeting to seek views before amending the elections regulations relating to campaign period and the deposits for parliamentary and State Assembly candidates

DAP deplores Anwar Ibrahim’s warning and threat to raise ‘citizenship’ question as unworthy of a Minister who should know what is the law and Constitution

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya, 21st April 1986:

DAP deplores Anwar Ibrahim’s warning and threat to raise ‘citizenship’ question as unworthy of a Minister who should know what is the law and Constitution

I deplore the warning issued by the UMNO Youth Leader, Anwar Ibrahim, that UMNO Youth raise the question of citizenship if youth leaders of other communities continued to create from basic national policies. Continue reading DAP deplores Anwar Ibrahim’s warning and threat to raise ‘citizenship’ question as unworthy of a Minister who should know what is the law and Constitution