Monday August 6, 2007
Umno is not racist, says Khairy
KLANG: Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaludin has refuted allegations by the Opposition that the movement practises racism.
“I don’t understand how the accusation come about – calling us racist. In fact, Umno always emphasises on the power-sharing concept and history has proven it.
“Ijok is a good example, where an Indian candidate was nominated despite a Malay majority in the constituency. This had been repeated in many other constituencies.
“How can we be racist, when we are defending equality?” he asked after opening the Kapar Umno division youth delegates meeting here yesterday.
Khairy also said that Selangor did not need a comprehensive development blueprint from the Federal Government as it was already a well-developed state.
He said such development plans should be channelled to the less developed states such Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang.
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