PETALING JAYA: MCA will seek to be an intervener should the Federal Court hear the suit to challenge the status of vernacular schools in the Federal Constitution. Its secretary-general Datuk Chong Sin Woon said the party took the position that the continued existence of vernacular schools in the country is in line with the Federal Constitution and the spirit of “muhibbah” in a pluralistic society.
“Should leave be granted on Nov 4, MCA would seek to join the proceedings as a party, either via an intervener’s application to challenge this application, or as an amicus curae (friend of the court) to assist in this matter, ” he said in a statement yesterday.