The 32nd US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared and waged war against Germany, Japan and their allies from his wheelchair.
With this reminder, DAP chairperson Karpal Singh said the remark by a Barisan Nasional MP that the former should ‘act’ as a disabled by keeping his mouth shut is a condemnation and insult to all disabled persons.
karpal singh pc on perak sultan 090508 02Karpal quoted Bung Mokhtar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) as having said: “As a disabled, he should act like one, but his mouth is not like a disabled.”
Speaking at a press conference in his office in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, Karpal said Roosevelt not only directed the Second World War from his wheelchair, “but also spoke his mind on the necessity of American intervention in the Second World War after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, ultimately defeating the Germans, the Japanese and their allies.”
Equal rights
As such, Bung Mokhtar’s statements not only “demeans his own status as an MP, but also brings disrepute to the august Parliament.”
“The disabled are entitled to equal rights with those who are not. They have a right to speak. Disability should not be taken as a sign of inferiority or weakness,” said Karpal.
He also described as “valiant” the effort by the group of disabled activists in Parliament yesterday to demand Bung Mohtar and Ibrahim Ali (Independent-Pasir Mas) to apologise for their statements referring him as a disabled.
“I am deeply moved ... I thank them for their valiant effort in the defence of the disabled,” said Karpal.
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The people who use the wheelchair also has the same rights as with the other people. There should be no discrimination against them.
The people who use the wheelchair also has the same rights as with the other people. There should be no discrimination against them.
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