As the PJ Candlelight vigil was drawing to a close, I must confess when I stepped up on the little box to say a few words I was trembling a little (maybe it was cold or I was so humbled that Haris was holding the umbrella for me), and concerned whether I was rambling or saying anything coherent (partly because I was really exhausted). I’m glad a couple of bloggers captured the essence of it 🙂 The bonus reflection on RukunNegara in the Chinese comments are not mine, but I would heartily agree!
“After that Sivin, a Christian spoke “i believes that ISA is against the religion and human rights”. He said ISA sounds like Isa (Jesus) and he doesn’t want it to be related with anything about Jesus.”
“一位年轻的神职人员，Rev. Sivin，也站出来，发表自己的看法。
他说，I.S.A 除了代表“内安法令”以外，在基督徒眼里还代表了耶稣基督 – ISA。他认为，这个恶法的存在，并以这样的名字来命名，是一种亵渎，也是一种不敬。无论如何，不管站在哪一个角度，这个法令都违背了人道精神，法律精神和所有宗教教义。”
听了上个星期日 FATHER LIM，星期五在芙蓉回教党的 YB TAUFIK 和 Rev. Sivin 的一番话之后，突然想起从小到大，校园某个显眼角落都会写上《国家原则》。而自从当了巡查员，《国家原则》我背得滚瓜烂熟。我们国家的建国原则，是以这五条原则为基础：
KEPERCAYAAN KEPADA TUHAN （信奉上苍）
KESETIAAN KEPADA RAJA DAN NEGARA （忠于君国）
KELUHURAN PERLEMBAGAAN （维护宪法）
KEDAULATAN UNDANG-UNDANG （尊崇法制）
KESOPANAN DAN KESUSILAN （培养德行）
第一条：我们做到了吗？如果信奉上苍，相信举头三持有神明，那为什么要保留违背上苍教义的法令呢？
第二条：我们爱NEGARAKU，也一样爱 RAJA PETRA。。。有错吗？
第四条：法制？？？ 不尊崇法制的，不是人民。是那些把内安法令当令箭的人。一个人在毫不给予公平审讯的情况下被扣留；还有，记忆犹新的司法丑闻。这，就是尊崇法制的体现？
建国的五条基础当中，我们遵循了多少条？
是不是要等到某一天，五条基础荡然无存的时候， 才来后悔，遗憾？
这个法令，真的还有存在的意义吗？
我真的不相信人民在真正明白内安法令后，还有80%的大马人支持这个恶法。”
Thanks for the link.
It was a very nice speech from you.
After listening to so many religion experts speaking on the vigil nights. I can’t help thinking about our RUKUN NEGARA. Since i was a little girl, we read and recite it at least once in a week during school assembly. But how many of us still remember what does it mean?
The leaders, they claimed to be so “holy”, but why they still do not want to abolish something that against all religions law? Why don’t they try to hear real experts to talk about religion?
Disappointed…
it will be interesting to know what others spoke about.