Najib Tells People To Make Unity Main National Agenda - Bernama

PUTRAJAYA, May 25 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Sunday launched National Unity Month with a call to the people to make unity the main national agenda, saying it was an important basis for a nation's success.

The deputy prime minister said the people were not prohibited from having differences of opinion but they should express them with consideration.

"They must be aware of the racial sensitivities. They must not hurt the feelings of other communities. They must ensure that their demands are reasonable," he said at the launch at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre, here.

Najib said every community would not necessarily get to fulfill all its demands, and must continue to maintain a give-and-take attitude.

The very existence of the Federal Constitution reflected the spirit of compromise and placed unity as the main basis of the nation, he said.

Najib said the spirit of consensus among the people was clearly evident, for example, in the presence of vernacular schools which did not exist in Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia.

Speaking to reporters later, Najib said unity among the people was getting more resolute.

He said the concept of "bangsa Malaysia" (Malaysian race) was in the minds of the people regardless of race because the people regarded an individual based on his or her nobility of character rather than racial background.

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