by Lim Guan Eng
Will the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak apologise
over the flip-flop whether he is going to abolish bumi quotas or ask the press
to correct their false reporting?
The Prime Minister was reported by Malaysiakini on 27
September and in Bernama on 28 September 2011 that that there was a need to
"run or go away" from quotas for Bumiputeras.
However on 30.9.2011 Friday, Najib insisted that he
absolutely did not say that bumi quotas will be abolished. Since Bernama had
reported on the need to “run or go away” from bumi quotas, will action then be
taken against Bernama or any other BN-controlled paper for false reporting?
As it is hard to imagine a government news department like
Bernama daring to misquote or misrepresent what the Prime Minister said, will
the Prime Minister be compelled to apologise for saying the wrong thing?
Failure to fully and comprehensively implement open tenders
has led to scepticism amongst many investors of the seriousness of Najib in
implementing the New Economic Model.
Open tenders can lead not only to record budget surpluses by
cutting down costs but also help to cut down corruption. Penang's adoption of
an open tender system has led to record budget surpluses, the top investment
destination in Malaysia for 2010 and praise from Transparency International.
The Malaysian economy can do even better especially when at
least RM 28 billion have been lost annually from waste and corruption. In fact
the Global Financial Integrity Report prepared by World Bank economists gave an
even more horrifying estimate of RM888 billion of "illicit
money"(black or corruption money) secretly taken out of the country over a
9 year period.
- Lim Guan Eng is the DAP sec-gen and the Penang Chief Minister
Source : MC
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