Nov 1, 2000
Ungku Aziz agrees to chair PAS-Umno debate
Zakiah Koya
1pm, WED: Royal Professor Ungku Aziz has agreed to be the moderator for the
debate on Malay rights to be held between Umno Youth chief Hishamuddin
Hussein and PAS Youth chief Mahfuz Omar.
"I have received the requests to be the moderator from both parties and in
principle, I have said 'yes' to the parties concerned," Ungku Aziz told
malaysiakini today.
Ungku Aziz, a former vice-chancellor of University of Malaya,. said that he
will only be able to give his agreement in black and white after "all the
political and technical matters have been sorted out".
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Last month, Mahfuz accepted the challenge by Hishamuddin (photo) for a
one-to-one debate following the controversy surrounding the 17-point appeals
by Suqiu, a coalition of Chinese
organisations.
Suqiu is alleged to have questioned Malay rights and this led to a rowdy
Umno Youth demonstration against the coalition.
The main issue to be debated will!
be the Malay rights as PAS is said to have
constantly criticised Umno of having misused the Malay rights for their own
benefits.
Earlier efforts to hold a debate fell through due to disagreement over
conditions, venue and that the debate be carried live over television.
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However, in a surprising about-turn early last month, Mahfuz said he was
willing to debate Hishamuddin condition-free (Mahfuz ready to take on
Hishamuddin
, Oct 9).
Umno Youth secretary-general Mohd Zulkifli Alwi had said that no specific
date has been fixed but it is expected to be held before Nov 27, the start
of the fasting month for Muslims.
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