民政党今日对于选举委员会不允许没有缴税的海外马来西亚公民投票的提议表示反对。该党署理主席拿督郑可扬表示，此举将颠覆民主制度，并阻碍海外的马来西亚人参与我国的选举，间接造成他们不愿意回国。

民政党的立场是应该依照原则与宪法来处理此事。根据我国联邦宪法第119条文， 任何公民只要满21岁，并且是某选区的居民或缺席选民，即不居住于该区，但却隶属于该选区的选民，都有权利登记为选民，并在该选区投票。

Gerakan Youth Secretary General Dr. Dominic Lau is deeply regrets on the announcement to grant a temporary operating license to Lynas rare earth plant in Kuantan, Pahang by Atomic Energy Licensing Board’s (AELB) yesterday.

Dominic Lau said that in view of the constant worries of the people of Pahang and Kuantan on the potential negative health impact caused by the rare earth plant on the public, Gerakan Youth deeply regrets on the decision made by the AELB and feels that the government should not approved the granting of a temporary operating license to the corporation, the government should place the health of the people as the top priority and the safety elements should always come at first.

民青团总秘书刘华才博士今日针对原子能执照局昨日宣布批准莱纳斯公司位于彭亨州关丹的稀土厂临时营运执照一事深表遗憾。

刘华才表示，鉴于彭亨和关丹人民频频担忧稀土提炼厂将冲击公众健康，民青团感到遗憾原子能执照局作出有关决定，并认为政府不应该批准发出临时营运执照给有关公司，政府应该以人民的健康为大前提，安全因素为依归。

Gerakan today declared that it is against the proposal by the Election Commission disallowing none tax paying Malaysians living overseas to voting in elections. Its Deputy National President, Dato' Chang Ko Youn said in a statement that such a move would stifle democracy and discourage Malaysians living abroad from participating in the electoral process thus discouraging their eventual return to Malaysia.

Gerakan goes at principle which is by following what is stipulated in the Federal Constitution. Section 1 of Article 119 of the Federal Constitution provided that “every citizen who has attained the age of twenty- one years on the qualifying date and is resident in a constituency on such qualifying date or, if not so resident, is an absent voter, is entitled to vote in that constituency in any election to the House of Representatives or the Legislative Assembly unless he is disqualified under Clause (3) or under any law relating to offences committed in connection with elections; but no person shall in the same election vote in more than one constituency.”

The 1Malaysia spirit and adherence to the true teachings of the great religions form the solid basis for inter-faith harmony in Malaysia and elsewhere, said Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of national unity.
 
Dr Koh, who is also Gerakan President, today conveyed his best wishes to all Malaysians as people of faith in conjunction with the United Nations World Inter-faith Harmony Week which is celebrated in the first week of February.
 
To promote understanding among believers of the world’s religions and to take a united stand against any form of extremism and violence in the name of religion, the United Nations, through an initiative proposed by King Abdullah II of Jordan, kicked off the first World Inter-faith Harmony Week in 1 - 7 February, 2011.

掌管国民团结事务的首相署部长丹斯里许子根博士表示， 一个马来西亚精神和遵守各大宗教正信教义奠定了马来西亚各大不同宗教教徒之间的和谐基础。

二月份的第一个星期是联合国的世界宗教和谐周，为此，民政党主席许子根博士今天向马来西亚的各宗教信徒献上他的祝福。

联合国为了推崇世界各大宗教信仰者之间的谅解，并与他们采取反对任何以宗教为理由的极端和暴力行为的共同立场，在约旦国王阿都拉二世的推荐下，将2011年2月1日至7日列为首个世界宗教和谐周。