Workers’ representatives should be treated with dignity

The issue arose out of a statement made by J Solomon , concerning the report that Malaysia would hire 100,000 to 150,000 security guards from Pakistan. Solomon, as any trade union leader should do, rightly raised the issue, as the foreign worker situation in the country has been controversial from a human rights perspective for decades.

If Kulasegaran were right, it would mean that the ministers and their ministries are operating in silos and the right hand of the government does not know what the left hand is about? Also agonisingly frustrating is the lack of respect shown by the government towards civil society leaders and organisations. It is clear that the present government is uninterested in fulfilling its promise to establish a vibrant democracy. If the merits are ignored and the airing of dissenting views is taken personally, we are fast sliding into a dictatorship.

It seems to be the case that the government either can’t respond and deal with the merits of the matter or quiver every time an issue is raised by the MTUC. It is probably a case of both.

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