Prime Minister Najib Razak’s Bumiputera Economic Empowerment plan announced yesterday amounts to “race-based economic discrimination” said PKR today.

“This new racial economic plan is unreasonable, unlawful, unconstitutional and racist.

“Article 153 of the federal constitution which allows very specific and limited quotas for bumiputeras, does not permit wide-ranging race-based economic discrimination as set out in this new plan.

“The Bumiputera Economic Empowerment plan thus falls foul of Article 8 of the Federal Constitution and is blatantly discriminatory.

“Nothing in the constitution allows the government to set up massive funds, share schemes, housing developments and contracts, for the benefit of one race only,” said PKR vice president N Surendran (right) in a statement today.

He said the massive plan unveiled yesterday worth at the very least RM30 billion, which the PM unabashedly announced as a reward for Malay support during the last general election, “reeks of massive immorality” and breached international human rights standards.