My comment on http://mpkotabelud.blogspot.com/2011/03/buku-jingga-bankrapkan-negara-analisis.html
Dear DARD, MP Kota Belud
First, allow me to comment in English. I always admire politician like you. It is indeed very important and mature, whether in presenting propositions, argumentations, counter objections etc with well research facts and case studies rather than to resolve to name calling, smearing, character assassinations, gutter politics way.
I only hope more and more people like you will emerge from the ruling government.
Sir, you have to understand the resources, machineries and budget and the difference between the ruling government and the opposition pack in producing its blue print i.e. NEM or Orange Book (OB). It is unfair of you to mock or be so called disappointed with the OB contents. The way I interpret at it is the 17 pages of OB is just an executive summary of what to come if PR ever forms the government.
While the government uses its wide and limitless range of resources i.e. EPU, MOF, Ministries and the civil servant, special task set up committee i.e. PEMANDU, various handsomely paid organized workshops, polls supported by easy access of crucial information i.e. Petronas’ income statements, the opposition pack have none of this. I am not implying that their OB is lack of researches or data or economists consultations but I am certain they don’t have the resources and budgets of the present day government. You cannot equalize production of NEM and production of OB.
I suppose the same resources and budgets i.e. EPU, MOF, various ministries and its civil servant, special task set up committee i.e. PEMANDU, various handsomely paid organized workshops, polls would be directed to conceptualize OB into a in dept model once PR comes into power. I am not sure about your claims that PR’s drafting of OB lacks or without much public consultations and opinions. But I do know they have huge assistance and supports from public, intellectuals/ economics, student bodies and NGO (as in genuine NGOs and not Perkasa or GAPs etc), most of them voluntarily.
Your point of implying of throwing OB into a rubbish bin is also uncalled for the statement does not justice to reflect the professionalism and maturity of you Sir.
Then you went on to praise the government for its NEM and various policies that is benefiting rakyat regardless of their political belief. I disagree Sir…, as what had been practice does not justify your claims.
I cite a few policies or rather implementations when it comes to dealing with State government rules by PR. The thing with the government of the day is that politic never end even though election has ended.
If government policies are across the board regardless of political belief/ stand then why is it BN federal government depriving the state development fund to PR rules state?
A person of your intellect surely know how to differentiate between channelling state development fund to State government and channelling it through appointed civil servant or local political branches. The rakyat in PR state are also tax payers, in fact one of the biggest lot in contributing tax.
Already the distribution of power between State and Federal are so one sided in Malaysia, as compare to say the United States but now it gotten worse especially in its various implementations i.e. state development fund after these States lose power to Federal oppositions pack. This is what I meant politics never end. It has to be “either you with me or against me” attitudes. Why are the federal government so shallow in these aspects?
So Dato, I disagree the Federal is fair. I only cite one example i.e. the State development fund, which clearly deprives the Malaysian rakyat in Penang and other Pakatan rules States.
We all know the huge deprivations of Malaysian rakyat in Selangor the Federal did. Now please I hope you don’t cite construction of building roads and facilities as a benefits and fairness to the Malaysian rakyat in Pakatan states.
We all know Federal cannot completely deprive Pakatan states of complete infrastructures development as it would only back fire the country in a big time. So, what is being done is deprivation at its peak, in within the ambit of specific line that would not jeopardize country as a whole. The damages cause by these shallow practices is equally felt.
Credit must be given when it is due, so I do applaud slight changes of cooperation between the Penang state and Federal government. But by and large the unfairness and political based decisions is still at large. This is what we call political immaturity.
Kelantan had been depriving of Oil royalty for as long as it is under PAS rules. How do you explain this to Malaysian rakyat living in Kelantan? Are they not Malaysian? The clause of 5% is simple when Tun Razak introduced it, to share and distribute it equally among the rakyat. But sadly, the removal of this clause and other state development funds are being use as a punishment stick of rakyat supporting oppositions. Never mind the rakyat in Kelantan living in dire streets
And the same goes to Terengganu before and after 1999. They too deprived of Oil royalty and other state development funds post 1999 election. How is it that all the while they had been awarded oil royalty leading up to 1999..., and the moment the state fall under PAS, all hell break loose. Overnight there are new set of law that deprive Terengganu of the oil loyalty.
How do yours truly explain the suffering and tough life people of Terengganu at that time? Its effects them until now.
Talking about this, being a lawmaker, perhaps you should also pressuring euqally hard on corruptions and mismanagement in within the government and not just picking up on the oppositions. Perhaps since we talking about oil royalty in Terengganu may you might want to help explain what happen to the annual 5% oil royalty that was channel through the ex Menteri Besar or UMNO chapters in Terengganu??
I don’t know about you, but we all grow up thinking that Kelantan is a shit hole and all opposition politicians is as the worst characters ever walk thanks to the “spinning” by controlled media of your truly. The corrupt and tainting of public institutions and its affects to our economy and national growth is what I will come to that later.
I can see your acknowledgement on leakages, wastage of funds and corruptions i.e. PKFZ and the likes. I do agree with you that PR should not make this (saving) as major source of incomes to pay for its economic plans i.e. increment of salaries, acquisitions of tolls concessions etc.
However one thing we must note and acknowledge is that saving, economic expenditures, procurement process, good governance, system management, contract negotiations etc are paramount important, if not crucial. I believe the total of this amount if we do it could generate additional lot of incomes/ mind boggling figure. I mean PKFZ, Matrade building, purchase of sub marines, over expenditure of palace construction etc is just one of the thousands of government project/ procurement that we lay men knows.
I believe if proper system, procurement process is in place, couple with FDI and national incomes, Malaysia will have shit tons of money that the emirates could only jealous, pardon my French.
I quote you one case studies, prior to Idris Jala helming the top post of MAS, MAS was making a continuous loses year after year. MAS turnaround was positive shortly 2 years after Idris Jala took over…, and in one of his interview he humbly said he didn’t do much significant to turnover MAS, other than just to put the right system in places i.e. procurement and asset management. Unnecessary operation and procurement cost was significantly reduced without affecting quality of product and services and MAS achieve turn over without even incorporating their business profits.
Could it be that Malaysia might be like MAS, analogy wise?
So, I agree with you OB should not rely on saving from leakages to fund their policies. However it is significant as much as for strategies / policies for national incomes.
As for PR, they definitely need to rebut or counter your analysis, and now that they had to assure us what’s their strategies in terms of national incomes.
I think these 2 cents is getting way long, and I will write the rest of other issues in OB in next comment, which according to your opinion does not have much impact to the state of economy, which again I disagree.
Have a nice day and continue your good work as MP
Pete
