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Philosophy Politics Economics

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 05:09 PM PST

As reported by Bernama on Saturday, the Prime Minister Dato' Seri Najib Razak made the momentous apology to all Malaysians "on behalf of the Barisan Nasional (BN) for the coalition's mistakes in the last general election, which cost it several electoral seats and states, including Kedah."

Today, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin tried to make light of the apology by boasting of Barisan Nasional's (BN) achievement in the past few decades. He said "…during the 54-year period, no one can deny the fact, despite the weaknesses, we have made huge progress in the fields of socio-economy, culture, education, international relations and various others."

Muhyiddin had further wanted to avoid the subject by adding that "there is no need to list out our weaknesses; that is in the past."

UMNO Information Chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan was even more dismissive of the Prime Minister's apology. He had urged Malaysians "to provide BN the mandate to rule following the promise by Najib Abdul Razak that the coalition will fix its past mistakes".

Their statements today have single-handedly destroyed any goodwill which may have arisen out of Najib's apology made to Malaysian's the previous day. It demonstrates that BN remains as arrogant and as dismissive of Malaysian criticisms as ever and any chance of change will not happen if BN were to remain in power.

Muhyiddin made light of the need to list BN's weakness because it was in the past and not present. Ahmad Maslan on the other hand claimed that without return BN's two-third majority in Parliament, the coalition is unable to fix its past mistakes.

The above only demonstrates the utter disarray and panic in the UMNO top leadership in facing the upcoming General Elections as all parties are contradicting each other over the same message to win votes. While not wanting to contradict the Prime Minister directly over the apology which was made, UMNO leaders appear to be scrambling to contain its impact by making irrelevant the apology.

All UMNO leaders including the Prime Minister had missed the point that the apology is completely useless and lacks any semblance of credibility if it is not matched with deeds. In fact it is rather late for Najib to be apologizing for the "past mistakes" prior to 2008, when he should be apologizing for not being able to correct these mistakes despite having been the Prime Minister for the past 3 years!

Malaysians vented their frustration at the BN government in 2008 over rampant corruption, cronyism and abuse of power. Malaysians became more divided than ever due to BN's divide-and-rule policies which plays off one race against the other.

However, after ascending the premiership for 3 years, Malaysians are not witnessing any improvements but only worsening conditions in the country. Malaysia has dropped further in the Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) from 56th to 60th. The BN government still lacks the political will to tackle grand corruption and cases of abuse of power as can be seen in recent scandals such as the RM250 million National Feedlot Corporation project.
On top of that, Najib is perpetuating patronage and cronyism in its administration by awarding mega-projects and concessions without any competitive tenders to well-known associates of the BN Government – such as the 60-year RM7.1 billion West Coast Expressway project. The Government has also in the past year awarded many mega-contracts to entities related to Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary - the RM7.55 billion contract to DRB Hicom to supply 257 armoured personnel carriers, the new 1,000 Megawatt coal-powered plant concession to Malakoff Bhd and the appointment of MMC-Gamuda as the Project Development Partner of the RM53 billion Klang Valley MRT project.

Worse, instead of improving inter-faith and inter-racial relations over the past 3 years, the conditions have worsened with the Government's obstinate insistence on banning the use of the term "Allah" by Christians while both the Prime Minister and the First Lady of Malaysia continued to lend support and give legitimacy to the right-wing Perkasa to fan racist sentiments and encourage violent behaviour.

There is much for the BN to apologise for to all Malaysians, not just prior to 2008, but particularly for the past 3 wasted years. UMNO's most unapologetic "apology" just before the upcoming elections will hence not change how the rakyat perceives BN, especially since the BN leaders are not even willing to recognize the faults in the system.

Parliamentary Questions 2012 (I)

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 07:17 AM PST

Parliament commences again on 12 March 2012. It will most certainly be the final session before the next general elections, so it should be pretty exciting and eventful. The following are the list of 15 oral and written questions I have submitted for the coming session.

Parliamentary Questions for 2012 Session I

Soalan Jawapan Lisan

1. Tony Pua meminta Perdana Menteri menyatakan terma-terma penyelesaian kes mahkamah antara Tajudin Ramli dengan Danaharta/Prokhas. Adakah jumlah hutang Tajudin RM589.15 juta telah dilupuskan dan apakah sebab langkah penyelesaian diambil tanpa bicara.

2. Tony Pua meminta Perdana Menteri menyatakan sebab konsesi lebuhraya Pantai Barat
(a) ditawarkan kepada anak syarikat Kumpulan Europlus Bhd tanpa sebarang tender terbuka.
(b) memerlukan kos sebanyak RM7.07 bilion dan pinjaman kerajaan sebanyak RM2.24 bilion

3. Tony Pua meminta Menteri Pertanian menyatakan kedudukan abatoir yang diperlukan dalam projek Pusat Fidlot Negara, berapakah jumlah wang yang diperuntukkan oleh Kementerian Kewangan dan adakah wang tersebut telah digunakan.

4. Tony Pua meminta Menteri Pengangkutan menyatakan
(a) sebab Lapangan Terbang KLIA2 dipindah daripada tapak asal KLIA Utara ke KLIA Barat yang telah dikenali sebagai tapak yang paling tidak sesuai untuk membina lapangan terbang.
(b) kos kerja tanah di tapak KLIA Barat dan pembinaan menara kawalan baru di KLIA2.

5. Tony Pua meminta Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri menyatakan
(a) jumlah subsidi dan geran R&D kepada Perusahan Otomobil Negara (PROTON) dan industri pembuatan kereta setiap tahun sejak 2000
(b) adakah subsidi dan geran ini akan diteruskan setelah PROTON dijual kepada DRB Hicom.

6. Tony Pua meminta Menteri Kewangan menyatakan
(a) cara gula mentah diperolehi oleh Kerajaan dan pengiraan subsidi gula yang diberikan kepada syarikat penapisan gula
(b) sebab kerajaan membeli gula mentah dengan harga US$0.26 setiap paun walaupun harga pasaran dunia tidak melebihi US$0.24.

7. Tony Pua meminta Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri, Koperasi dan Kepenggunaan menyatakan
(a) senarai nilai geran yang telah diberikan kepada Juta Bersih Sdn Bhd bagi setiap Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia (KR1M) yang dibuka
(b) nilai "revenue" jualan produk berjenama 1Malaysia berbanding dengan produk jenama lain yang dijual dalam KR1M sehingga Februari 2012

8. Tony Pua meminta Menteri Pengangkutan menyatakan kedudukan terperinci projek "Automated Fare Collection" (AFC) yang tidak dapat disiapkan dalam jangka masa yang ditetapkan dan memerlukan pelanjutan masa diberikan beberapa kali dan jumlah wang yang telah dibayar kepada pihak kontraktor.

9. Tony Pua meminta Menteri Pengangkutan menyatakan
(a) kedudukan projek Zon Bebas Pelabuhan Klang (PKFZ) termasuk keluasan yang telah disewa, kadar sewaan kaki persegi dan jumlah sewa yang dikutip
(b) sama ada PKFZ dapat mencapai sewaan dan pendapatan mengikut pelan perniagaan dan pengaliran tunai yang diberi kepada syarikat audit PricewaterhouseCoopers.

10. Tony Pua meminta Perdana Menteri menyatakan sebab projek MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang diberikan kontingensi kos tambahan sebanyak 15% yang tidak akan mengenakan sebarang penalty ke atas pihak "Project Delivery Partner" (PDP) yang akan mengurus projek tersebut.

Soalan Bertulis

11. Tony Pua meminta Menteri Kewangan menyatakan senarai terperinci semua pinjaman agensi kerajaan atau syarikat swasta yang diberi jaminan oleh kerajaan yang merupakan "contingent liability" untuk setiap tahun sejak 2001.

12. Tony Pua meminta Perdana Menteri menyatakan dengan jadual terperinci (bukan rencana) jumlah pengundi baru yang didaftarkan
(a) Oleh setiap parti politik untuk setiap suku tahun sejak 2008
(b) Oleh setiap parti politik mengikut negeri sejak 2008

13. Tony Pua meminta Menteri Dalam Negeri menyatakan dengan jadual terperinci (bukan rencana), statistik jenayah setiap tahun sejak 2006 bagi
(a) Negeri Selangor mengikut daerah dan jenis jenayah
(b) Seluruh negara mengikut negeri dan jenis jenayah

14. Tony Pua meminta Perdana Menteri menyatakan senarai semua petender dan harga yang dibekalkan untuk projek MRT bagi
(a) pakej V5: Pembinaan jejambat dan lain-lain dari Portal Maluri ke Stesyen Plaza Phoenix
(b) Pakej V6: Pembinaan jejambat dan lain-lain dari Plaza Phoenix ke Stesyen Taman Tun Hussein Onn

15. Tony Pua meminta Menteri Luar Negeri menyatakan
(a) sebab perkhidmatan memproses permohonan visa melawat Malaysia di negara Cina diswastakan dan apakah syarat-syarat utama penswastaan termasuk kadar yuran yang perlu dibayar
(b) berapa permohonan yang diproses oleh syarikat tersebut setiap bulan mengikut jenis visa dan kawasan/daerah di Cina

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