An open and sincere dialogue is important to foster understanding and mutual respect among Malaysia’s diverse communities, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim during his keynote speech at the 30th International Conference on Civilisational Dialogue in Kuala Lumpur on April 15.
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00:00Should economic development and growth become fundamental to ensure our success as a nation?
00:16Affirmative.
00:19But what's the meaning of success and development and progress?
00:22When people become semi-literate and dogmatic, inhuman, and condone oppression, abuse of power, or endemic corruption, as you have seen.
00:38We're talking about some of the financial scandals and fiasco, including the YMDB.
00:43Don't blame just one person.
00:45System was at fault.
00:47We are the voices of reason.
00:49We're the voices who talk about values in the universities.
00:54Why the silence among those elites?
00:58So we have to actually answer this very fundamental pertinent question.
01:04What went wrong?
01:07Of course, because our education, what we promote, does not also promote understanding, tolerance, and good values.
01:19For us, to me, why we promote values like Ahmad Dhani?
01:23Because it's our survival.
01:25First, we are promoting what we believe as the truth.
01:29For the last 30 years, Osman, you've been preaching about dialogue.
01:33I want you to talk to some of our members of parliament to understand that.
01:38You have absolutely zero understanding about appreciating and understanding and respecting one another.
01:46Some of the speeches represent just the most extreme voice against reason.
01:55So that is why I come here, to show, to not only impress upon you, but to show that we are committed to this.
02:05And we cannot fail.
02:13This must be this voice of reason.
02:16I always say they challenge.
02:18He says, Anwar, under you, you are too multiracial, you are too kind to the rest, we will fail.
02:24I say, we fail not because we are friendly with the non-Malays.
02:29We fail because we condone corrupt leaders, responsible, and semi-literate leaders representing our cause.
02:38We fail because of that.
02:40We must succeed if we talk about reason, about respect, about good governance, and good values that transcend race.
02:50And that, to me, is what dialogue is all about.
02:56Not many who appreciate, but here comes the Prime Minister who wants to promote strongly dialogue between races, between religions, between civilizations.
03:06So it's not just a political gimmick.
03:12I don't think I can must gana more votes just because I think I need to promote this dialogue.
03:21Dalam keadaan pertembungan yang sengit, yang tidak menentu,
03:25perbenturan fahaman dan idea,
03:29masih ada upaya di kalangan yang mahu pertahankan prinsip hidup,
03:35kemurnian yang berdasarkan nilai sejagat.
03:40Terima kasih.
03:41Wassalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.