14 November 2020
Urgent call to support Senator Eric Abetz in his open
confrontation of totalitarian regimes
Dear Prime Minister,
We, as
members of the Australian Values Alliance (AVA), express grave concerns at the
unfounded attacks against Senator Eric Abetz for his open confrontation of the
Chinese Totalitarian Regime.
AVA is an advocacy NGO aspiring to safeguard and
promote Australian core values. Most of our members are of Chinese origin with
a mainland China background.
We would also like to take this opportunity
to commend the Australian Government for their recent actions and policies to
address Foreign Interference and protecting Australia’s sovereignty and values.
This letter is to request the Australian Government to address the contents of
the petition from the Asian
Australian Alliance (“AAA”) against Senator Eric Abetz dated 12 Nov 2020.
Key Concerns:
·
We are
alarmed by the accusation that “racism” was the driving force for Senator
Abetz’s valid questions posed at the October 14 Senate Inquiry.
·
The
three witnesses at the inquiry participated in “individual capacity” as
Australian-Chinese. Their views do not represent the entire community and
subsequent accusations published in the media should be viewed with
caution.
·
They
acknowledged that the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a dismal human
rights record, yet stopped short of condemning the regime - a point the Senator
Abetz made in context of other similar regimes and without disrespecting the
witnesses.
·
We
unequivocally believe that condemning the CCP is not racist, as it does not
represent the Chinese people. The unfounded attacks on Senator Abetz have
misled the public and members of Government.
·
The CCP
is not a democratically elected government, and the Chinese people are the very
victims of the regime. Over 70 million Chinese nationals and overseas
Chinese died from the CCP brutality.
·
It
appears that like many other Chinese Australians, the three witnesses were
reluctant to express their view due to their fear of the CCP, which
demonstrates the CCP’s infiltration in Australia have reached an alarming level.
The Asian Australian Alliance (“AAA”) has
falsely accused Senator Eric Abetz using the racism
blame card. We remain deeply
concerned and hope that the Australian Government be
alerted about the danger when the racism is being weaponised in the political
arena. This is a common tactic of the CCP, which we have observed in recent
years since the Australian Government has taken important steps to protect our
freedoms.
We are further appalled that the Asian Australian Alliance (“AAA”) has requested
Prime Minister Scott Morrison to reassure Chinese Australian community that the
line of “loyalty testing” to be unacceptable behaviour. The motives of such
request raise more concerns about the source of their allegiance, and it proved to be the perfect litmus test of the individuals.
Senator Abetz’s question has no reference to one’s ethnic heritage, race or
loyalty. The questions were evidently asked because of the three named individuals’ responsibility as working in the public
office. We encourage member of the Australian Government and public to view his
statements in the context in which they were asked, as is documented in the Hansard
transcript.
“That is why, might I add, that in nearly
every single interview that I do unequivocally condemning the Chinese Communist
Party I stress that this is not a condemnation of the Chinese people—because I
believe that they are just as freedom loving as every other human being on the
planet—but that I am condemning the regime under which they suffer, just as
much as not all Germans were Nazis, or all Russians communists, or all Italians
part of the Mafioso or Vietnamese part of the triads. But, as German-born, can
I say that I have no difficulty in saying unequivocally that the Nazi regime
deserved to be condemned. I'm just concerned that some of our witnesses have
great difficulty in condemning a regime that has been responsible for millions
of deaths; incarceration of millions; forced organ harvesting; illegal land
grabs; ripping up of an international—UN sanctioned, even—agreement between the
UK and China in relation to Hong Kong; and the list goes on.”
As stated in Senate
Abetz’s full statement dated 15 October 2020,
“Standing firm against ugly dictatorships is everyone’s duty” . Labelling the request of condemnation of the CCP to be “racism” is
fallacious and causes danger to Australia’s sovereignty.
The three individuals are not qualified to represent the voice from the Australian
Chinese community. The Chinese people are the very victims of the CCP
dictatorship and hope that the Australian government will stand firm against
CCP’s threats and coercions.
It
is vital that the Australians should not be misled by their false
representation, which compromises social cohesion and undermine Australia’s
parliamentary democracy. If this
unfounded campaign against Senator Abetz silenced public criticism of CCP
tyranny within the Australian Parliament, there will be even fewer
Australian-Chinese citizens who would be willing to have faith in or participate
in Australian politics.
The fact that the CCP’s infiltration threatens
the sovereignty of democratic countries is acknowledged internationally, and is
well documented in the reports such as “The
Party Speaks for You”
by Alex Joske of ASPI and “Mind Your Tongue”
by Professor John Fitzgerald.
We are grateful for Senator Eric Abetz’s courage in defending the
honour of Australia and its values. His position is commendable, and other
Australian politicians should be encouraged to follow accordingly.
We
request the government to immediately:
1)
Acknowledge
condemnation of any
totalitarian dictatorship, including the CCP,
to be necessary when protecting Australia’s sovereignty and democratic values.
2)
Ensure the
safety of the Australian citizens by identifying any false representations of racism which
compromises social cohesion.
AVA
has lodged E-petition no EN2110
to the government and call the public to sign and show support.
Best regards,
Australian Values Alliance
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