{"id":587,"date":"2011-08-03T15:56:54","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T07:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=587"},"modified":"2013-02-20T16:30:22","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T08:30:22","slug":"sorry-najib-i-can%e2%80%99t-vote-for-you%e2%80%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/sorry-najib-i-can%e2%80%99t-vote-for-you%e2%80%a6\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorry Najib, I can\u2019t vote for you\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng addresses current issues and allegations by the less and less relevant Barisan Nasional and its dominant partner UMNO as well as its other servile followers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What they did<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali\u2019s recent vile actions and malicious remarks at the launch of the Bersih 2.0 counter-protest at Kampung Baru are nothing short of seditious. Not only were pictures of Bersih chairperson Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan burned and stomped upon, flyers were distributed describing her as a \u2018dangerous Hindu woman\u2019.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Ibrahim Ali also then raised the threat of another May 13, by proclaiming himself a \u2018war general\u2019 and warning of severe repercussion for the Chinese community if they proceed with the Bersih march. He also suggested that the Chinese community may have to stock up on food should anything happen.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DAP-supporters-Sarawak-election.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1074\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DAP-supporters-Sarawak-election-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DAP-supporters-Sarawak-election-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DAP-supporters-Sarawak-election-247x175.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/DAP-supporters-Sarawak-election.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>What must be done<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn its refusal to take action (against Ibrahim Ali), UMNO is therefore guilty of supporting Perkasa and its stand. In fact, this has been obvious for quite some time, as demonstrated by UMNO\u2019s lack of will in taking action in numerous cases such as the cow\u2019s head protest in 2009 and various remarks by their leaders equating Indians to beggars and Chinese women to prostitutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis clearly proves that 1 Malaysia is nothing more than an exercise in self-delusion and mass deception.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUMNO must stop fanning racial and religious sentiments, as it is extremely dangerous and will lead to unrest. The fact of the matter is that Malaysians all live peacefully and have no problem with each other\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What they did<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek was reported as saying that DAP may fail to repeat its Sarawak polls success in peninsular Malaysia as the Chinese vote swing there was based on dissatisfaction against cronyism and an allegedly corrupt state administration.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What must be done<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of attacking corruption, Dr Chua has chosen to attack the Chinese voters for voting against BN by threatening to withdraw from government if MCA loses again in the next general elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, Dr Chua\u2019s was only forced to this tacit admission of the stench of corruption hanging over (Sarawak Chief Minister) Tan Sri Abdul Taib after Switzerland President Micheline Calmy-Rey ordered a full investigation of money laundering against Abdul Taib to demonstrate the Swiss government\u2019s commitment to fighting against corruption and the restitution of embezzled funds to respective countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr Chua\u2019s desperate attempt at damage control is no different from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). MACC only confirmed its investigation into Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud over allegations of timber corruption only after the Swiss\u2019 investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a shameful example of trying to `bolt the stable doors after the horses have bolted\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What they did<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Gerakan President and Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Department, Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon claimed that he played a major role as an adviser to an American company in making its decision to invest RM4 billion to set up a Global Excellence Centre in Penang.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What must be done<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo-date there is no news and concrete evidence of this new RM4 billion investment in a Global Excellence Center by the American company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Penang state government would appreciate Koh\u2019s efforts to deliver on this important RM 4 billion promise, which would spur innovation and the growth of Penang as a hub of research and development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of delivering on his RM4 billion promise, Koh has launched an attack against the State government for not delivering our Penang Blueprint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had explained that the Penang state government had completed our preparation for our Penang Blueprint but had decided to shelve it to work together with Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala on the GPM. The GPM is an initiative by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to make Penang the third megapolis in Malaysia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What they did<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak claimed that DAP \u201cwon\u201d in the recent PAS leadership elections because of PAS\u2019 emphasis on a negara berkebajikan or welfare state\/nation of care. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What must be done<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Prime Minister claims that subsidies are akin to \u2018opium\u2019, then why not first remove the \u2018Big Opium\u2019 like corruption that costs RM 28 billion yearly or gas mega subsidies to independent power producers (IPPs) that would cost RM25 billion this year?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny people-centric government would do that first before removing the \u2018Small Opium\u2019 of subsidies in sugar, diesel and petrol which hurt directly the masses, 10 million Malaysians who does not even earn enough to pay taxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBN appears to be more interested in helping IPPs. Up to end 2010, Petronas has extended about RM131.3 billion in gas subsidy to both the power and non-power sectors. The greatest beneficiaries of the RM131.3 billion gas subsidies are IPPs who also benefit from a guranteed buyer through the compulsory Power Purchase Agreement signed by Tenaga Nasional Bhd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA minimum wage and increasing real wages is necessary towards a fairer and more prosperous society. Najib\u2019s admission that less than two million of the 12 million workers pay taxes demonstrates the severity of wage disparities and caused by the lack of minimum wage and rising real wages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a need to develop the services sector and a consumption-based economy to graduate to a high-income economy, therefore requiring economic policies that leads to job creation, wage increases, sustainable industries and innovation is essential\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What they did<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz announced that 500 special education grants would be disbursed by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) to the rejected SPM top scorer applicants. The scholarships to public universities would be worth RM7,500 a year and scholarships for study of critical courses in private universities would be worth RM15,000 a year while grants for non-critical courses would be worth RM7,500.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What must be done<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDAP insists that all top SPM scorers should get an overseas Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships and not 1MDB grants to study in local public and private universities in the interests of fairplay, reward performance based on excellence not mediocrity and demonstrate the country\u2019s commitment to retain our human talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, DAP condemns the BN government for failing to uphold transparency and accountability by making public the detailed results of all those who were awarded overseas scholarships\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng addresses current issues and allegations by the less and less relevant Barisan Nasional and its dominant partner UMNO as well as its other servile followers &nbsp; What they did Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali\u2019s recent vile actions and malicious remarks at the launch of the Bersih 2.0 counter-protest at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[19,63,61,65,13,60,64,62,78,66,31],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-columns","tag-cec","tag-gerakan","tag-ibrahim-ali","tag-ipp","tag-lim-guan-eng","tag-najib","tag-pas","tag-perkasa","tag-race","tag-scholarships","tag-umno"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}