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00:06 It's a very landmark decision by the Court of Appeal today.
00:09 Not only did the Court of Appeal rule that vernacular schools
00:13 and the use of Tamil and Mandarin in these schools are not unconstitutional,
00:18 it also upholds that the vernacular schools are protected,
00:23 are subject to protection under Article 152 of the Federal Constitution.
00:27 This is a very resounding and clear judgment.
00:30 We hope that this puts a stop to any future challenges to the existence of vernacular schools.
00:35 Vernacular schools existed even before Merdeka.
00:38 And when our drafters of the Federal Constitution drafted the Federal Constitution,
00:42 it had the vernacular schools in mind.
00:44 It was meant to protect the status and the right to exist,
00:49 the vernacular schools' existence in Malaysia.
00:51 And we believe that the Court's decision today not only affirms the KL High Court's decision
00:56 that was in favour of vernacular schools,
00:58 it underscores a very important feature of our Federal Constitution.
01:02 That is, the schools, in today's decision, it's very clear that they said
01:08 the schools, all schools, not just vernacular schools, any school,
01:11 is not considered a public authority or statutory authority,
01:15 meaning that the medium, the teaching language,
01:18 shouldn't be made compulsory in the national language,
01:22 which means that the schools have the freedom to utilise Mandarin, English,
01:27 any other languages to teach, because knowledge should not be discriminatory.
01:32 And it should be, and the people, and the rakyat should have access and freedom
01:36 to send their kids to vernacular schools, to receive the mother tongue education.
01:40 So that is something that we welcome, and we hope that the appellants
01:44 would respect the decision of the Court of Appeal,
01:46 and we hope that, of course, they do not further appeal.
01:49 We at MCA remain steadfast, we remain steadfast in upholding
01:53 this constitutional right for vernacular schools to continue to exist,
01:56 not just exist, continue to develop, to assist the country
02:00 in producing more quality nation builders.
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