2012 Mother's Day Message by DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 12^th May 2012: 

2012 Mother's Day Message  

All Malaysians regardless of race, religions or gender are treated as our children by embracing love and rejecting hate, would help to create a Malaysian nation that allows everyone to live with dignity. There is deep concern that public institutions either are involved in violence or condone violence by racist and extremist organisations such as Perkasa.

All mothers reject the language and actions of violence. The path towards non-violence is to embrace love and establish a civil society.

A civil society is a "shared society", would allow Malaysians to make diversity a positive force for equal opportunity and social justice. Four elements constitute such a "shared society" - democratic participation in decision-making, respect for diversity and the dignity of an individual, equal opportunity and the prohibition of discrimination.

We must stand together to fight corruption and abuse of power because only this success will build trust, provide progress and development to the people. Then only can the people live with dignity. Our children possesses the inalienable right to live in dignity in an environment that is clean, green, safe and healthy.

*Lim Guan Eng, DAP Secretary General & MP for Bagan