The politics of ceremonies
From earth breaking ceremony to project completion ceremony to official opening ceremony and then the first usage ceremony, theses show us how hard working are the BN leaders in Malaysia. It takes 4 ceremonies for a project to be completed. Don't we wonder how much resources and money was spent becuase of these ceremonies with VVIPs such as the PM and he CM gracing the occasions and thousands of civil servants and privetae sectors employees forced to attend the ceremonoies. The reason given for the attendant was to show the VVIPs how important they were and how "popular" they were.
Third world mentality creates third world coutry
The third world mentality of the BN leaders made them think that the development projects were gifts to the people when in actual fact those are the reponsibility of the governmnet of the day as custodian and trustee of the people. But we frequently see BN Logo being displayed prominently on the signboard "another project by the Barisan Nasional." It is a shame to the country that the leaders have no shame and know no integrity.
YBs work for their parties' boss only
Now when we complain that the BN YBs are not working and the delay in completion of the projects, think again! They are working their butts off attending ceremonies because they have to accompany their bosses around and that is the "real" job of the BN YBs, that is to please their political boss of the BN and not the rakyat who elected them.
No transparancy
Now, stop and think about the process of awarding the projects; there are so much bureaucratic red-tapes that it would suffocate most civil servants and professionals in any of the G7 nations. There are government directives (mostly secretive) and policies (such as the quota system under the NEP) matters to consider and then there are the political patronage( muscles from the federal to the state and then the locals) to be contended with.
Open tender is fast becoming the thing of the past
Then there are the so-called closed-tender system whereby the negotiations can take place even after the datelines (many of them). Most of the licencees hold more then 3 Ali-baba licences and submitted them under different company names to block-off others. Sometimes they will form packs so that they can make sure that the projects would be given to them at the "right price'. But these licencees are normally not the one who undertake the project at all and they simply subcontract out the project at 40-50% of the awarded price.
The Auditor-general reports, 2006
The Auditor-general's reports for 2006 speak volume about the corrupt practises of the governmental ministries and we are still waiting for the ACA to act accordingly. But if the recently concluded UMNO general assembly is any indication at all, the government is not serious about declaring war against corruption as the topic escapes the attention of the PM. Even the UMNO's supremo like Tengku Razaleigh commented “he did not say a word on corruption."
All is not well for Malaysia
Malaysia Boleh is a slogan the ruling elites use as the tool to fool the people. And if you ask me "does it work?", the answer is "yes, certainly!" and the fact that the country has been governed and ruled by the BN since Merdeka is proof to my theory. The BN says "everything is fine, tomorrow will be better." But for how long can the country substain under such a mentality of denial and corrupt practises? Your answer is as good as anyone's!
David Wong
DAP Sarawak publicity sec.
14-11-2007
From earth breaking ceremony to project completion ceremony to official opening ceremony and then the first usage ceremony, theses show us how hard working are the BN leaders in Malaysia. It takes 4 ceremonies for a project to be completed. Don't we wonder how much resources and money was spent becuase of these ceremonies with VVIPs such as the PM and he CM gracing the occasions and thousands of civil servants and privetae sectors employees forced to attend the ceremonoies. The reason given for the attendant was to show the VVIPs how important they were and how "popular" they were.
Third world mentality creates third world coutry
The third world mentality of the BN leaders made them think that the development projects were gifts to the people when in actual fact those are the reponsibility of the governmnet of the day as custodian and trustee of the people. But we frequently see BN Logo being displayed prominently on the signboard "another project by the Barisan Nasional." It is a shame to the country that the leaders have no shame and know no integrity.
YBs work for their parties' boss only
Now when we complain that the BN YBs are not working and the delay in completion of the projects, think again! They are working their butts off attending ceremonies because they have to accompany their bosses around and that is the "real" job of the BN YBs, that is to please their political boss of the BN and not the rakyat who elected them.
No transparancy
Now, stop and think about the process of awarding the projects; there are so much bureaucratic red-tapes that it would suffocate most civil servants and professionals in any of the G7 nations. There are government directives (mostly secretive) and policies (such as the quota system under the NEP) matters to consider and then there are the political patronage( muscles from the federal to the state and then the locals) to be contended with.
Open tender is fast becoming the thing of the past
Then there are the so-called closed-tender system whereby the negotiations can take place even after the datelines (many of them). Most of the licencees hold more then 3 Ali-baba licences and submitted them under different company names to block-off others. Sometimes they will form packs so that they can make sure that the projects would be given to them at the "right price'. But these licencees are normally not the one who undertake the project at all and they simply subcontract out the project at 40-50% of the awarded price.
The Auditor-general reports, 2006
The Auditor-general's reports for 2006 speak volume about the corrupt practises of the governmental ministries and we are still waiting for the ACA to act accordingly. But if the recently concluded UMNO general assembly is any indication at all, the government is not serious about declaring war against corruption as the topic escapes the attention of the PM. Even the UMNO's supremo like Tengku Razaleigh commented “he did not say a word on corruption."
All is not well for Malaysia
Malaysia Boleh is a slogan the ruling elites use as the tool to fool the people. And if you ask me "does it work?", the answer is "yes, certainly!" and the fact that the country has been governed and ruled by the BN since Merdeka is proof to my theory. The BN says "everything is fine, tomorrow will be better." But for how long can the country substain under such a mentality of denial and corrupt practises? Your answer is as good as anyone's!
David Wong
DAP Sarawak publicity sec.
14-11-2007
3 comments:
i like the ostriches better than any of the BN politicians as these ostriches are much more productive than most politicians.
BN politicians are 3rd class people who can't find a decent way of living and resorted to enter politics to cheat their ways to the banks, some as far as the Swiss.
Hahaha...
David, did "they" hack http://english.dapsarawak.com?
The site's been inaccesible for the last 24 hours!
Sorry, i only managed to access it just now. I have to find out the reason as i am not the administrator for DAP sarawak.
Thks for your feedback.
DW
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