日期:2024年1月1日
2024年新年联合献辞
2024 年,让我们强化君主立宪制、内阁制民主、联邦制和法治
从东欧、中东甚至到东亚的地缘政治冲突、全球暖化、其他环境破坏,到人工智能和其他技术进步造成的失业,2024 年将见证多重危机时代的延续,每个马来西亚人乃至整个国家的福祉都将受到全球因素的严重影响。
在这些全球性挑战面前,马来西亚人必须认识到,我们彼此不是敌人。事实上,我们应该记住,危机可以激发出我们最好的一面。在 Covid-19 疫情期间,马来西亚人本着 “kita jaga kita “(大家照顾大家)的精神,不分种族、宗教或政治派别,无私地互相帮助。
马来谚语有云:”赢了叫嚣,输了村庄(menang sorak kampung tergadai), 如此的胜利毫无意义。如果我们不能做好将逆境转化为机遇的准备,那么所有人都是输家。无论谁组建下一届政府,都将继承乏力的经济和不满的民众。
尽管我们作为个人或群体可能相互竞争,但我们的命运仍然彼此相连。当疫情、自然灾害和经济动荡袭击我们时,没有一个社群是安全的。我们祸福与共。
这一严峻的现实要求我们实现政治和解与民主稳定,这样我们才能肩并肩面对泰山压顶的全球挑战。
我们敦促所有热爱马来西亚的机构、组织和个人齐心协力,为实现以下原初的《联邦宪法》及 国家原则所高举的原则:
1. 君主立宪制,即所有统治者都不参与政治,让民选领导人来治理国家,以避免王室机构卷入政治纷争争论,从而能跨越社会政治分歧,团结所有马来西亚人或各州公民。
2. 议会民主制,即行政部门的权力明确来自于大多数议员的信任 —— 议员组织成政党,作为汇整政治愿望和偏好的载具——,并接受反对党议员和政府后座议员以专责委员会、议会辩论和议会质询等方式监督、检查和平衡。
3. 联邦制,即在联邦、各区/州和地方政府之间进行有意义的权力分配,以确保各区/州在一致与自治、均等与竞争之间取得适当平衡,并确保地方政府对居民负责和敏于回应。
4. 法治,即制定法律是为了保护基本人权,促进公民和居民的福祉,而非让当政者任意控制和压制民众; 并有效地适用于包括政府领导人在内的所有人,不进行选择性起诉或有罪不罚,以避免出现”人在掌权时就是无罪的,在重新掌权后有罪也能变成无罪 “的犬儒主义想法。
为此,我们呼吁朝野政党党展开谈判,以达成就 第15届国会至 2027 年 12 月 18 日的剩余任期内的政治改革裴涛进行谈判,其中应包括以下内容:
•政治稳定:制定《固定任期国会法令》,并在根据《联邦宪法》第 40(2)(a)条新首相被任命后对其进行信任投票;
•强化国会、州立法议会与政党:《国会专责公务员体系法令》、更多的议会特设委员会、国会议事的非政府事务时段、承认影子内阁/行政委员会、公平选区发展基金(CDF)法、《政治融资法》(并为政党提供公共资金)以及对议会负责的独立选举委员会;
•法治:将总检察长职能从律政司办公室(AGC)中分离出来,加强马来西亚反贪污委员会(MACC)的独立性和马来西亚皇家警察(PDRM)的公正性;
•分权:开展联邦政府、沙巴和沙捞越地区政府以及马来西亚半岛 11 个州政府之间的 “全马来西亚 “对话,以《1963 年马来西亚协定》(MA63)为主要支柱和核心指导文件,制定全面、审慎规划的分权路线图。
我们呼吁政府和反对党都邀请上议院主席丹斯里万-朱奈迪-图安库-加法尔(Tan Sri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar)和下议院议长丹斯里-乔哈里-阿卜杜勒(Tan Sri Johari Abdul)担任公正的调解人,而非等待朝野其中一方主动与另一方接触。
马来西亚属于我们所有人。我们呼吁所有马来西亚人,包括民间社会和私人界的行动者,支持这一谦卑的新年呼吁,促进稳定和问责。
本声明由 “马来西亚稳定与问责行动”(Projek SAMA)发起。当我国在民主化进程中进入悬峙国会与联合政府的新形势,本组织致力于倡导体制改革,以求推动政治稳定与问责,由饶兆颖出任召集人。身为马来西亚人,我们祸福与共。
团体联署:
- Project – Stability and Accountability for Malaysia (Projek SAMA)
- Architect for Diversity (AOD)
- Bait Al Amanah
- Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih)
- Centre for Electoral Education and Democracy (CEED)
- Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ)
- Citizens Against Enforced Disappearances (CAGED)
- Engage
- IMAN Research
- Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS)
- Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH)
- Lawyer Kamek
- LLG Cultural Development Centre
- Movement for Change Sarawak (MoCS)
- Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF)
- National Human Rights Society (HAKAM)
- Pergerakan Tenaga Akademik Malaysia (GERAK)
- Pacos Trust
- Persatuan Aliran Kesedaran Negara (Aliran)
- Persatuan Patriot Kebangsaan (Patriot)
- Persatuan Penulis Berbilang Bahasa (PEN Malaysia)
- Persatuan Pemangkin Daya Masyarakat (ROSE)
- Pusat Komas
- Sabah Action Body Advocating Rights (SABAR)
- Sarawak Dayak Iban Association
- Saudara.org
- Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia (SABM)
- Sisters in Islam (SIS)
- Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM)
- The Sarawak Initiative (TSI)
- Tindak Malaysia
- Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M)
- Workable Initiatives for Secularism, Decentralisation, Openness and Moderation (WISDOM) Foundation
个人联署:
- Beverly Joeman, Supreme Council Member, Kadazan Society Sabah (KSS)
- Brigadier-General (Retired) Dato’ Mohamad Arshad Raji, past President, Patriot
- Christopher Leong, past President, Malaysian Bar
- Dashran Yohan, journalist
- Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan, past President, Malaysian Bar
- Dato’ Dennis Ignatius, former Malaysian Ambassador
- Dato’ Mah Weng Kwai, retired Judge, Court of Appeal
- Dato’ Yeo Yang Poh, past President, Malaysian Bar
- Datuk Dr Johan Ariffin Samad, former CEO, Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Sabah
- Datuk John Tenewi Nuek, former Malaysian Ambassador
- Datuk Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari, past President, Malaysian Bar
- Dato’ Seri Mohd Hishamudin Yunus, retired Judge, Court of Appeal
- Datin Fazar Arif, founder, Pergerakan Wanita Empowerment Revolution (POW.ER)
- Dr Alek Tuen, former Professor, University of Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
- Dr Andrew Aeria, former Associate Professor, University of Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
- Dr Cecilia Ng, independent consultant
- Dr Edmund Terence Gomez, former Professor, University of Malaya (UM)
- Dr Francis Loh Kok Wah, retired Professor, University of Science Malaysia (USM)
- Dr Hatta Solhi, Former Chairman, Lembaga Pengarah, UNIMAS
- Dr Lim Teck Ghee, policy analyst
- Dr Peter Songan, retired Professor, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
- Dr Phoon Wing Keong, political scientist
- Dr S. Munirah Alatas, former Visiting Professor, Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII)
- Dr Toh Kin Woon, member, Board of Directors, Pusat Sejarah Rakyat
- Derek John Fernandez, Councillor, Petaling Jaya City Councillor
- Emeritus Professor Dato’ Abdul Rahman Embong, IKMAS, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
- Emeritus Professor Datuk Shad Saleem Faruqi, University of Malaya (UM)
- Faridah Tun Fuad Stephens, ex-publisher, Sabah
- Iqbal Fatkhi, Editor-in-Chief, Cilisos Media
- Jahabar Saddiq, Chief Editor, The Malaysian Insight
- Jayanath Appudurai, former Director, National Science Centre
- Jerald Joseph, former Commissioner, National Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam)
- Lim Hong Siang, columnist
- Maha Balakrishnan, parliamentary consultant and researcher
- Malek Ali, founder, BFM
- Martin Vengadesan, associate editor, Malaysiakini
- Nadira Ilana, filmmaker
- Professor Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, University of Science Malaysia (USM)
- Professor Wong Chin Huat, political scientist
- Professor Zaharom Nain, University of Nottingham in Malaysia
- Richard YW Yeoh, former Member, Electoral Reform Committee (2018-20), Prime Minister’s Department
- Sharaad Kuttan, journalist
- Stanley Yong, vice president, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH)
- Steven Thiru, past President, Malaysian Bar
- Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, former Chief Minister, Sabah
- Tan Sri Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim, former Secretary-General of Treasurer, Ministry of Finance
- Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff bin Md Yusof, former Speaker, Dewan Rakyat
- Tan Sri Simon Sipaun, former Secretary of State, Sabah
- Thomas Fann, former Chairperson, Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih)
- Tang Ah Chai, President, Persatuan Sahabat Warisan Kuala Lumpur and Selangor
- Yap Swee Seng, former Executive Director, Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih)
- Zikri Kamarulzaman, Journalist
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