Kontrak Sosial...

Mendiang Tun Tan Siew Sin,Mantan Presiden MCA dalam akhbar tempatan bertajuk'' Tun Tan Answers Critics On Special Privileges'' dalam ucapan pada 30 April 1969.

''The Malays,through UMNO,were generous enough to relax the citizenship laws of this country to such an extent that within 12 months of independence,90% of the non-Malays had become citizenswhereas before indipendence 90% were still non citizens after nearly 100 years of colonial rules in the Malay States.In return in this major concession,the MCA and the MIC agreed to continue the policy of preserving the special position of the Malays while at the same time upholding the legitimate interests of other communities.'' 

Ucapan Mendiang Tun V.T Sambanthan,Mantan Presiden MIC merangkap Mantan Menteri Kerja Raya,Pos dan Telekom di Dewan Rakyat pada 01 Jun 1965.

''Now,in 1955 we won the elections with a great majority.Then we obtained freedom in two years time.During this period,we had to discuss citizenship and various other things.Now,what did the Malays do-since we are speaking on racial lines -what did the Malay leadership do?They had 88% of the electorate still with them.What did they do with citizenship?
If we look around in Asia and East Asia,particularly,you will find that my race the Indian race ,is not welcomed in Burma.Look at my brother Chinese race,it is not welcomed in Thailand,in Vietnam,in Cambodia,in all the others areas.What help do they get for citizenship in all this territories?In Burma,as we know,Indian have been send packing ,in Ceylon they refused them citizenship and in Burma it is likewise.I know it, you know it.And yet in Malaya what happened?Here,we found that the Malay leadership said,''We shall take them unto ourselves as brothers,we shall give them full opportunity to live in this country ,we shall give them every opportunity to become citizens.''And so,in 1957,for the whole year,we waived language qualifications ,and tens of thousands of Indians,Chinese,Ceylonese and others became citizens...
As i said,it has been my great good fortune to have been born in this country.Where else you can find a more charitable,a more polite,a more decent race than the Malay race?Where else you can get such politically decent treatment for any immigrant race?Where else in the history of the world?I ask you.these are facts.Who are you to safeguard us?I am 10 % minority race here.But I am happy here.''

 Kontrak sosial merupakan perjanjian yang dibuat oleh bapa-bapa kemerdekaan negara kita.Dan kebanyakan orang Melayu mempergunakan kontrak sosial ini untuk mempertahankan Ketuanan Melayu.Terdapat segelintir pemimpin yang tidak menyenangi kontrak sosial ini.Antaranya Lee Kuan Yew,Mantan Perdana Menteri Singapura telah mempersoalkan kontrak sosial dan juga Artikel 153 didalam Perlembagaan Negara.Beliau mengatakan bahawa orang Melayu juga merupakan imigran kira-kira 700 tahum dahulu.Namun sebenarnya kita perlu sedar bahawa kontak sosial ini amat penting kepada keamanan dan kestabilan negara.Mana-mana pihak tidak sepatutnya mempersoal atau memperlekeh kontrak sosial ini kerana ianya telah dipersetujui lebih daripada 50 tahun dan ia masih relevan sehingga kini.Sultan Perak,DYMM Sultan Azlan Shah juga pernah mengemukakan cadangan supaya subjek kontrak sosial diperkenaalkan di sekolah supaya generasi muda faham akan tujuan sebenar kontrak sosial ini dengan lebih mendalam.