KUALA LUMPUR: Open debate on national harmony will allow the government to adopt the views of the people in drafting the new legislation, said MCA Youth.
Its Legal Bureau chief Eric Choo Wei Sern said the bureau believed that the debate would be more transparent and positive on the lawmaking process.
“It is similar to the green paper process adopted by many modern democracies such as the United Kingdom, thus pertinent that as our country’s democracy is maturing, we follow suit with such good practices.
“As such, we support the initiatives by the National Unity Consultative Council to continue engaging stakeholders, to listen and adopt the views of the people in drafting the bills that will govern, administer and promote greater national harmony, unity and equality in this country,” he said in a press statement.
Choo was responding to critics who had called for the details of the bills to be done behind closed doors.
The bureau urged both sides of the political divide to actively participate in this lawmaking process with a view of building this nation together.
“If at all there is a need for criticism, such criticism ought to be constructive and the government ought to listen and adopt such views in the same vein,” added Choo.
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