Gerakan Youth deputy chief Andy Yong says it is time the country values meritocracy and hard work over race, including on the appointment of key positions.
"Today, after so many years of independence does it still make sense to have racial policy or convention as a central basis for high positions such as the chief justice, attorney-general and inspector-general of police?
"It is high time in order for us to move forward progressively. We must truly value meritocracy and hard work," he said in a statement last night."