KUALA LUMPUR: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong today endorsed the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC) as part of the government’s initiative to establish harmony in the country, and warned all quarters to stop provoking one another.
“In preserving the country’s harmony and seeking a common ground on various religious and ethnic matters, the government has established the National Unity Consultative Council.
“We call on all parties to refrain from making any statement or action that might be deemed provocative or sensitive. Be mindful that when unity disintegrates, the country will head towards destruction,” Tuanku Alhaj Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah said in his royal address to the first meeting of the second 13th Parliament session.
The Agong’s speech comes in the wake of the formation of the National Unity Front (NUF) to counter the NUCC by several Malay right-wing non-governmental organisations (NGO).
The Malay NGOs, which include Perkasa and Isma, had rejected the NUCC wholesale on the grounds that issues the council fought for were allegedly offensive to Malays.
Instead, NUF seeks to establish “Malay benevolant dominance”, believing that that is the answer to maintaining unity and harmony in Malaysia.
