In the evening-news yesterday, I heard Najib nailing the challenge Malaysia has when it comes to spending:

If we subsidise oil more, people:

 

• don’t know the real value of oil and
• won’t be making efforts to consume less

For example the MRR2 cracks AGAIN

• … don’t know the real value of construction works and
• won’t be making efforts to pay less …

If we follow Najib’s logic the scenario would be like this:

1. First of all you need to know why there are cracks, then
2. you need to know how to solve the problem
3. you buy your solution
4. the repairs get done
5. you inspect the repairs
6. you pay for good work and you don’t pay for bad work

The real money wasting scenario went like this:

In 2004, residents noticed cracks in 31 of the 33 pillars supporting the flyover.

1. Works Minister, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu at first maintained that the cracks were not due to any design flaw.

RED FLAG

With all respect for the person Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu: how can he simply say this? Is he an authority on construction, in other words, is he an engineer with experience in the field?

No, he has to rely on what other people say… hearsay…

So let’s do the scenario the Najib way and get somebody with knowledge in:

1. … consultants’ study later found that design deficiencies and improper anchoring at the crossbeams were responsible for the cracks.

Unfortunately, there is no guideline describing how to solve the problem but:

3. The Government spends RM70mil “to undo the damage”.

RED FLAG

The government pays without inspecting the work…

And now 4 years later the cracks re-appear…

Our PM today repeats the obvious logic we stipulated above:

… this could have been avoided if parties responsible had ensured earlier repair works were done accordingly and properly so that damage does not occur again in such a short span of time…

RED FLAG

Is PM just saying this or is he going to grab the bull by the horns, go after the culprits to set an example in:

Najib wants less subsidises in order to educate people about prices

I so agree with Najib, he just needs to go all the way:

• education starts by explaining why the price of oil is high in an oil producing country
• education starts by having a clear view about the national and international economical systems
• education finishes by evaluating if the subsidises do reach the goal they were implemented for:

  in other words:

  What do we gain by giving subsidies compared by not giving subsidises and invest the money somewhere else

So if I understand Najib well all he needs to implement is:

• education so people using the money can buy value for money
   
• education so people not getting subsidies understand why it is in the benefit of the whole country
   

Education is the keyword here:

only well educated and well informed citizens can make wise decisions

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How can Abdullah Badawi:

a PM who was given his seat in 2003 by Tun Mahathir speak about

Wan Azizah who was chosen

… simply say the following?

Wan Azizah was most irresponsible to resign as MP for Permatang Pauh since the voters there had chosen her.

Wan Azizah is the president of PKR. After a huge victory of PKR in the latest national elections, she shows by example that stepping down could be in the best interest for the party.

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One or two more things we need to look into…

Students queried prime minister Seri Abdullah Badawi at the Malaysian Student Leaders Summit in Kuala Lumpur. try to find one fact in PM’s answer:

Question: How do you feel about the promises that you have made to us but haven’t kept?

Answer:

…. The reform of the police force has already started but we still have one or two more things that we need to look into, so we’ll continue with that.

The reform of the financial and education sectors has already started.

There are challenges we have to face.

I’ve chosen a very important agenda, which is transparency and accountability…

As an observer I would love to see some transparency into:

• which one or two things need to be looked into?
   
• what has been done in the reforms and how do you evaluate these reforms so far?
   
• which challenges are you still facing and didn’t address yet?
   
• what is in your very important agenda?
   

Did you get any wiser with this answer?

We know this political strategy very well in Europe. It can be used to gain some time when politicians get delayed a bit in executing promises. But after 4 years, this strategy looses its power and credibility.

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