Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin challenged the opposition today to state its stand on freedom of expression following the Selangor government ban on use of the 1 Malaysia logo on billboards.
The ban is proof that the Selangor government is cowardly, he said, adding that the opposition should state their stand on freedom of expression to show whether they are consistent and sincere.
The Selangor government has banned the logo, saying that it is political and therefore not allowed under the state’s by-laws on advertising boards.
The Selangor government need not, and should not, go ahead with the ban, Khairy told reporters after presenting school bags and apparatus under the 1 Malaysia programme at Felda Chempelak here.
On the Tenang by-election on January 30, he said the Barisan Nasional youth committee should not rush to carry out its campaign programme.
Khairy (picture), who is BN youth head, said: “We are now in a good state of preparedness, but I hope we can arrange our programme well so as not to rush things and run out of steam towards the end.”
The by-election follows the death of BN assemblyman Datuk Sulaiman Taha at the Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital in Kuala Lumpur on December 17.
