COMMENT | It is encouraging to see Malay leaders come out to support the inclusion of non-bumiputera issues and concerns at the coming Bumiputera Economic Congress.

According to Umno secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, discussing the elevation of bumiputera rights does not negate non-bumiputera rights with the government's objective to focus on effectively strategising to empower its agenda for the majority of the population thus “elevating its dignity”.

As many participants will not have been born in 1970, revisiting the New Economic Policy (NEP) objectives that inspired the bumiputera and non-bumiputera policy construct can better assess the progress made on these two fronts.

It can also provide ideas on...