Parliament to bring end to Restricted Residence and Banishment Acts next week
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KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will table the motion to repeal the Restricted Residence Act and Banishment Act in Parliament next week.
Najib said the Internal Security Act (ISA) would be repealed when the House sits in March next year.
He said the Government needed time to repeal the ISA as the two new Acts would have to be in place first.
On Sept 15, Najib announced that the ISA and Banishment Act would be abolished and that several laws would be reviewed as part of the Government's political transformation efforts.
On another matter, Najib said the Government would not abolish quotas for the bumiputra but had instead asked they not be too dependent on the authorities.
“I want bumiputra businessmen to be independent and be willing to compete with the rest.
“I did not say that quotas will be done away with,” he said after chairing the Umno supreme council meeting yesterday.
At the recent Khazanah Megatrends Forum 2011, Najib had said that any affirmative action to help the bumiputra should be based on meritocracy to ensure the deserving ones are promoted.
On the controversial Undilah video, Najib said it had not been banned and that it was up to television stations to air the clip.
“There is no ban on the video. I haven't seen it but we don't ban things like that,” he said.
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission had stated the public service announcement clip calling on the public to register as voters could not be aired on television as the Film Censorship Board had not approved it.
Najib said what was important is for those involved in the video to continue supporting the government's efforts to develop the nation.
“I understand that Namewee is a strong supporter of the 1Malaysia concept and I encourage him to give his views either as a blogger or by other means,” he said.
In reply to a question on the spate of recent corporate takeover bids by GLCs, Najib said that government-linked companies has the capacity to take over companies, based on “willing buyer willing seller”.
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