Court of Appeal decision on vernacular schools should not be disputed, says MCA sec-gen

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The Court of Appeal’s ruling that vernacular schools are constitutional should not be disputed and should put an end to notions that multiple education streams would create polarisation, MCA secretary-general Datuk Chong Sin Woon  told reporters at the Palace of Justice on Thursday (Nov 23).   He said that it is clear that vernacular schools are enshrined by the Federal Constitution and had existed before Independence.  Meanwhile, Deputy Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister K. Saraswathy, who also spoke at the press conference, called the decision historic.   Read more at https://shorturl.at/mtv02  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 The decision today, we will evaluate the decision made by Arif,

00:07 who has given a very clear decision.

00:11 Not only did we win in this case, but Arif in his speech, his decision said

00:18 that the school of vernacular, not only can't be divided, but it is protected

00:28 by the state institution and its existence before independence.

00:36 So I think this is a very clear decision and we hope that this will clear up the air.

00:47 That no one else doubts the existence of this system of education for the various generations.

00:57 And it will not cause polarization like the one that was decided.

01:04 And we hope that the community is enough here, we should focus and move on.

01:10 Let's not play around with issues like this anymore. There is no issue between all of us.

01:21 This is a historic decision that has recognized the existence of Tamil schools and Chinese schools,

01:31 which are called schools of vernacular.

01:34 As it was explained that the existence of the school existed before independence,

01:40 and when the institution was abolished and implemented,

01:44 these schools continued to exist and did not need to be divided at this time.

01:50 And this existence has been guaranteed under the constitution.

01:58 So it does not need to be divided anymore.

02:01 With such strong and clear words, with such a clear and clear decision made by the court of appeal today,

02:13 we hope that the plaintiffs will not make any appeal after this.

02:19 Because it has been decided that this is the right of the institution.

02:26 And the right of the institution is one that does not need to be divided by any party.

02:34 And it will not bring any benefit to the country.

02:40 So I, as a member of the government, am very pleased with this decision.

02:51 And this is a good victory for the Ministry of Education as well.

02:56 Thank you.

02:57 [Applause]

03:00 [Silence]

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