A reader commented at my post yesterday that he's PiSSED at the APs issue, who isn't? EXCEPT for the beneficiaries -- those privileged Approved Permit holders who don't have to do anything, yes, just sit back, rent out the APs at prices said to be someRM20,000, or more, per permit, according to news reports I have sighted.
Former PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was also PiSSED when the relevant minister disclosed to a Singapore press that his son was a beneficiary of the APs issued, in retort to her former boss' request that the Minister of International Trade and Industry disclose the AP permit holders and the numbers they received.
I support Dr Mahathir in his latest call, not because he was former PM and is now Proton adviser, but because IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, in line with the commitment to Open, Transparent and Accountable Governance and Government as pledged by Pak Lah on assuming the nation's CEO post about 21 months ago. (I do have a Soft Spot for Pak Lah, as indicated in my Post yesterday!)
• Hey, dear Minister Rafidah, if you say that the
matter had been said in Parliament many times, what is
the problem of saying it one more time for the benefit
of this one concerned citizen? (I am interested in the
names and details; I missed these partciculars in
Parliament, maybe the pliant media felt it not prudent
to pick it up!) A private letter of explanation to the Tun is NOT sufficient for you are a federal minister, therefore accountable to the Rakayt, not just to the Proton adviser! We the rakyat are impatient for you to come back from your holidays abroad while many issues remain on the boil.
• This episode is a sort of déjà vu for those people
(especially journalists like me with longer memory
than the average retention span) – remember the
allocation of public listed company shares, also under
Rafidah’s esteemed ministry, to some beneficiary who
is a close relative? Does a similar scenario apply
here where a key benefiacy of the APs is also a
relative?
.Of course, Dr Mahathir would have to answer to the
people why no action was taken on the "dereliction of
duty" by ministerial members and officials who did not
carry our his directive when he was the nation's CEO?
Are his public statements merely posturings by someone
hit by sudden bouts of a bad conscience?
If you still ENJOY a poem, here's with Desiderata's compliments:
Voices from Within
A former PM warns that Corruption has become a culture
The people Know who the Lambs are, but Not the Vulture
He said 'twas corruption under the table
Now it's above the table level
My inner voice tells me somethin' is not right
SomeOne ruled for 22 years with claimed vision and and
might
Telling us now that thatlong a gestation period from
under to above
For that bug of corruption to finally come into sight
The Other Voice took office from November 1,
two-Zero-OH-three
I for one had hoped he could attempt to set us a
"little" free
For he vowed his team would fight Corruption tooth and
nail
But alas the Earlier Voice declared 'tis now on a
higher scale
Somethin' somewher' is not right
Could it be me hard of hearing?
Or is it my Mr Average Citizen's heartstring
Fearful that that Earlier Voice is Still Might?
Am I glad I can expects some truths forthcoming and not spin
Malaysians are lucky to hear Some Voices of Conscience from Within
2 comments:
mitochondria...you seem to sound like the nick name...
the power generator of the cell. without you the cell can't continue to live.
continue to shout and knock some sense into the idiots' heads.
until one day when you are REALLY fed up, then you can have all the right to quit.
we are still battling...care to join this journey?
Hi mitochondria:
So true -- we get so Pissed Off on so many things that I too have gotten weary and tired -- like thee, sometimes tired of being tired. But the fact you came back here witha coment shows you still care as a Malaysian.
Towqering Malaysian aspirants don't give up easily, NO, Not without a fight.
Dont' worry, if you get sued for speaking out with a clear conscience, getting sued would be a badge of honour for thy country. Desiderata will stand beside thee with our heads high. OK?
Cliched maybe, the saying UNITY IS STRENGTH SOMETIMES WORKS!
Look to the Philippies.
So Sabrina -- always full of gumption and commitment:
I appreciate your contribuition -- if we can't fight physical battle, if we can't fight money politics, we can battle with god gifted words and INNER VOICES of conscience as full-blooded MALAYSIANS.
So mitochondria & sabrina: Stay the course ... Desiderata needs thy company.
I'm responding at 8.45pm July 19 -- ain't you a little glad that Pak Lah has indeed listened ... maybe you&I and other concerned Malaysians have lent strength to the PM's Inner Voice and ACTED?
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