Ramasamy’s confession exposes Pakatan Harapan’s inadequacy & inability to defend national sovereignty  

Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P. Ramasamy must be taken to task for demanding that former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad must answer for the colossal failure to defend the sovereignty of Pulau Batu Puteh.

In a Facebook posting Ramasamy tries to clarify that it is not up to the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government of Dr Mahathir to have decided against the appeal on the grounds that they had no chance whatsoever. He attempts to divert all responsibility unto the 7^th Prime Minister of Malaysia. However, his remarks score an own goal as they reflect the incompetence and lack of political and administrative power of DAP’s former Ministers within the PH Cabinet.

If Ramasamy’s remarks do not confirm the inadequacies of the six DAP Ministers ie Lim Guan Eng, Anthony Loke Siew Fook, Kulasegaran, Yeo Bee Yin, Gobind Singh and Theresa Kok in upholding Pulau Batu Puteh’s sovereignty, they only suggest these 6 DAP Ministers were in deep slumber in Cabinet, despite their mighty remuneration. One can’t help but wonder if PM7 Dr Mahathir made this unilateral decision!

While Ramasamy’s remarks attempt to dodge blame away from DAP, he is advised to not use this crass method as DAP cannot evade responsibility too. In fact, responsibility for losing Pulau Batu Puteh does not rest solely on Dr Mahathir but the entire former Pakatan Harapan government is equally accountable.

On 2 February 2017, Malaysia under the Barisan Nasional government filed an application for revision of the Judgment rendered by the International Court of Justice on 23 May 2008 on Pulau Batu Puteh. However, on 28 May 2018, it was the PH government which decided to withdraw this review application filed by the BN government. This withdrawal by the PH government caused Malaysia to lose our right to claim Pulau Batu Puteh.

PH’s decision to drop the Pulau Batu Puteh territorial claim is exactly identical to the cabotage exemption approval by DAP’s then Transport Minister Anthony Loke for foreign registered vessels to perform undersea cable maintenance in Malaysian waters.

Both these decisions disregarded the importance of upholding national sovereignty. Removing the requirement that foreign-registered vessels apply for a Domestic Shipping Licence (DSL) before entering Malaysian waters to repair undersea cables, sacrificing the sovereignty of our nation and the safety of our citizens' data are akin to derhaka!

Datuk Tan Teik Cheng
MCA Vice President

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