From The Star, By Loh Foon Fong
KUALA LUMPUR: Dewan Rakyat Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim filed an emergency motion in Parliament on Wednesday to call for a Royal Commission to be established to investigate the doubts and controversies over the Federal Government’s decision to spend on three controversial mega projects.
The three mega projects are the RM11.31bil High Speed Broadband Project, the RM4.26bil purchase of the Bank Internasional Indonesia by Maybank and the RM1.7bil procurement of 12 units of the Eurocopter Cougar EC 725 helicopters.
Anwar said this in the motion addressed to the Dewan Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia.
Anwar claimed that on Sept 16, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is also the Finance Minister, had approved the High Speed Broadband hastily at a price deemed too high and without any open tender process.
On Sept 30, Najib had also approved the purchase of 56% of the shares in the Bank International Indonesia through Maybank and it was a waste of the nation’s funds because the shares were bought at a price five times higher than the book value, he said.
Two days before he moved from the Defence Ministry to the Finance Ministry, a letter of intent was issued for the purchase of 12 helicopters, a deal made in a dubious manner, said Anwar.
“Although the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi had on Oct 28 announced that the Government had decided to postpone the purchase, it had not removed people’s doubt over the earlier decision to purchase the Eurocopter helicopters,” he said in the motion.
The Dewan Rakyat will decide Thursday whether the emergency motion will be accepted.
terima kasih DSAI bagi depa kaw kaw.
why do we need the RM11.31 bil. high speed broad band now?
why do we need the RM1.7 bil. helicopters?
why do we need to spend RM4.26 bil. to buy a bank in Indonesia?
do we really need the submarine?
do we really need to send someone to space?
if all the above is shelved, there’s no need for Najis to “borrow” RM5 bil. from EPF.
please DSAI, change the Malaysian Management ASAP.
the Rakyat’s hard earned money is being mismanaged.
anakdemokrasi Reply:
October 30th, 2008 at 3:46 am
If there is a Malay manager who cannot benefit the Malays, then this is something we should view seriously,” he said.
“People are angry because we changed the people, but are they not angry about the billions lost? Which is better? Think about this,” he urged those who challenged the decision.(mb selangor)
sian betul aku tengok orang melayu dalam pkr dan PAS..TAK DE SORANG PUN LAYAK RUPANYA NAK JADI manegerrrr PKNS…
NAH KALAU AMENO TAK NGUNTUNGKAN MELAYU KATANYA..SO MANA DIA..MELAYU PKR DAN PAS..
EMM..PASNI..AKAN DATANG LAK TAK DE MENTERI MELAYU YANG LAYAK JADI MENTERI KERANA RUGIKAN MELAYU..
SO PILIHLAH MENTERI BUKAN MELAYU PERINTAH EKONOMI..PERTAHANAN..DAN PENDIDIKAN DI MALAYSIA NI KERANA MEREKA MEMPUNYAI CIRI2 KHALIFAH UMAR ABDUL AZIZ DAN SENTIASA BERKEMPEN ATAS NAMA AMAR MAKRUF NAHI MUNGKAR…….
Ahmad Reply:
October 30th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Salam anakdemokrasi…jangan cakap macam orang tak baca buku…bukan takde melayu PKR dan PAS yang boleh jadi pengerusi PKNS, cuma dimana-mana organisasi pun keutamaan perlu diberikan pada orang yang telah lama berkhidmat dalam organisasi tersebut dan mempunyai reputasi yang baik dalam menguruskan organisasi. Pelantikan sementara tersebut hanya bersifat sementara sebelum calon bumiputera yang benar-benar layak dapat dikenalpasti. PKNS telah lama diperkudakan UMNO Selangor jadi ada kemungkinan pemimpin kanan bumiputera dalam PKNS cenderung untuk memberikan masalah kepada MB seperti yang berlaku pada SYABAS. Sila baca betul-betul sebelum bagi pandangan: http://www.suarakeadilan.com/sk/berita-utama/2008/10/1497
anakdemokrasi Reply:
November 2nd, 2008 at 4:23 am
W’KUM SALAM SAHABATKU AHMAD..TERIMA KASIH ATAS PENJELASAN ANDA WALAUPUN SAYA BERBEZA PENDAPAT TAPI MUDAH2AN TAK DE TULISAN JAWI DALAM PKNS TU YANG AKAN DIBUANG…
BUKAN APA DALAM PEPATAH ADA MENGATAKAN
“SEPERTI BELANDA DAPAT TANAH”….
YANG TINGGAL PADA ORG MELAYU SKRG NI HANYA KUASA “POLITIK DAN TENTERA”..
(”PKNS telah lama diperkudakan UMNO”)..SEMOGA KITA TAK “DIPERKUDAKAN” SEHINGGA KUASA POLITIK MELAYU MENJADI SPT DI SPORE!
SILENT MAJORITY GROUP Reply:
October 30th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
KAMI SANGAT PELIK DGN SIKAP UMNO SELANGOR & UNION2 DALAM PKNS
YG BANTAH MB SELANGOR MELANTIK SEORANG BUKAN MELAYU MENJADI PENGURUS
BESAR PKNS..itu pon HANYA SEMENTARA!
APA SALAHNYA PEREMPUAN ITU MENJADI PENGURUS???
MAJORITY KAKITANGAN MASIH MELAYU! YG PENTING BELIAU DAPAT
MENGURUS PKNS DGN SEMPURNA!
BELIAU TELAH BERKHIDMAT DI PKNS SELAMA 35 TAHUN…BERMAKNA DIA
LAYAK UTK MEMIMPIN PKNS! DIA BUKAN DIKUTIP DR JALANAN!
SUSAHLAH KALAU LANTIKAN JAWATAN KECIL BUKAN POLITIK INI JADI
HEBOH SATU MALAYSIA???
KAMI JANGKA MANUSIA MELAYU YG BERBAUR PERKAUMAN INI BILA MATI PON
AKAN MINTAK LOT KUBUR YANG ADA PAPAN TANDA CAP BUMIPUTRA………
pebblesbesidetheroad Reply:
October 30th, 2008 at 4:45 am
sy rsa, bab helikopter tu memg patut tukar bru, NURI dh tua sgt.. brapa ramai lg wira angkasa kta nk terkorban..
sending astronout, the idea seems very promising, but i really think we can wait..we must focus to the education issue first,about how to produce astronout and experties in this field..
kita bleh ada kpal selam,bleh wat broad band , tp caranya kna betul..bukannya asyik suap kroni ja..kna fikir jgak kesesuaian masa.. tengah kemelut mcm ni, kepentingan rkyat prlu diutamakan..
but i bet, they will reject this motion, same as what they’ve done before concerning about other issues..if they are brave enough, just face this motion.come clean about everything if there’s no hidden agenda whatsoever..
people deserve to know since the money will flow from the federal fund..duit rkyat tu!!
PR Sokmo Reply:
October 30th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
memangler patut tukar tapi kenapa mahal sangat, tak pandai negotiate ke…ataupun kita beli eurocopter tuh special edition, tingkap otomatik, ada reverse sensor, ABS, leather seat, CD changer….tu yang mahal tuh…
hanye pendapat Reply:
October 30th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
sangat lah setuju aku dgn pendapat ko….
yg terkorban kebanyakan Melayu Professional
tapi Kerajaan dan ATM perlu telus dengan pemberian TENDER
jauh kan KORUP, SALAH GUNA KUASA dan NILAI PEMBELIAN
kalau kita bleh beli Kapal Selam & Shukoi malah menghantar anak Malaysia ke Angkasas Lepas…kenapa ditangguh pembalian Helikopter untuk kegunaan ATM membantu Rakyat
layman Reply:
October 31st, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Salam.
Kita pun tidak membantah pesawat Nuri perlu ditukar. Tetapi mestilah telus.
Fungsi helikopter Nuri adalah untuk pengangkutan dan misi menyelamat. Maka ia perlulah diganti dengan helikopter yang sama fungsinya.
Yang Pak lah kata helikopter Cougar tu mahal sebab termasuk kelengkapan tempur sangat mengelirukan. Kalau nak beli helikopter tempur, keluarkan tender untuk helikopter tempur, bukan untuk pengangkutan/menyelamat.
Persoalannya:
-Apakah fungsi utama helikopter yang hendak dibeli, untuk bertempur atau pengangkutan/menyelamat?
-Apakah tender dokumen yang dikeluarkan kepada penender-penender speksifikasi di dalamnya berbeza di antara satu sama lain?
-Apakah penender lain terlepas pandang speksifikasi yang diinginkan?
-Apakah speksifikasi helikopter yang inginkan? Nak angkat gajah? Orang, boleh muat berapa? Land Rover? Scorpion? Kereta kancil?
-Adakah dengan pandu-uji hanya sebuah helikopter sudah memadai untuk menolak tawaran penender lain? Adakah ini telus?
The Dewan Rakyat will decide Thursday whether the emergency motion will be accepted……
Let me guess……….eeemmmmmmmmm???????
lanwm Reply:
October 30th, 2008 at 7:42 am
Sorry no time to debate..
Obviously the government have no idea what they are doing…
They are splurging public funding for projects that do not help the low to middle income bracket ie: the majority.
Do you know what the majority of Singapore’s expenses are?
Expansion of public subway transportation… in fact there are subway stations that have been created that have not yet been utilised because the subway station construction is ahead of schedule.
And this government believes it needs to spend more on helicopters, broad band and bank acquisitions?
What about investing in the future? What about controlling inflation through less reliance on motor vehicles? What about education? What about welfare for the hardcore impoverished? What about maintenance of basic foot paths that are falling apart? There are so many things that can be listed that have a higher priority over the governments decisions…
Sure broadband may need to be upgraded, but is this a national priority?
The Priority now is to spend money on public infrastructure and maintenance!
Not to blow it on defence expenditure that will not assist the Rakyat in these trying times!
This is the government that is in Power! You would think Malaysian leaders were the cream of the crop in Malaysian society.. the movers.. the shakers.. the elite…. But no…
They are the builders of a motor that runs… an achievement in itself.. but the only problem is.. the motor is stuck in reverse..
It’s Time for Change!
Proton - A Malaysian Government owned company Acquires MV Augusta 70 Million EUROS
Proton - A Malaysian Government owned company sells MV Augusta for 1 EURO
MayBank - A Malaysian Government owned company acquires Bank International Indonesia for 4.26 BILLION RINGGIT
Maybank - A Malaysian Government owned company sells Bank International Indonesia for ?????
What do you think? 1 Ringgit?
I have no idea how this government could have stayed in power for 51 years? It boggles the mind.
DATO’ SERI,
U CAN FILE NO MATTER HOW MANY EMERGENCY MOTIONS THAT U WISH, BOTTOM LINE IS THEY R NOT GOING TO LISTEN.IT’D SLOW EM DOWN A LITTLE, THAT’S IT,AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY’D STILL GO AHEAD WITH IT/THEM.
UNLESS AND UNTIL U TAKE OVER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEN ONLY A BONA FIDE CHANGE WILL TAKE EFFECT.
Andrew Reply:
October 30th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Yeah. It’s been the same old broken record that’s been playing for the last 51 years. When are we going to hear some new CDs?
If Tan Sri Pendekar reject the motion, Pakatan must not stop and keep the pressure.
Any other options apart from Emergency motion?.
Will it not be better if the money spent for the benefit of the poor especially those in Sabah and Sarawak?
Some hidden hand must be behind the Couger helicopter deal or otherwise how could they issue the LOI.Despite knowing the state of the nation economy and the financial turmoil all over the world, and yet the gomen proceed with the decision to purchase the 12 helicopters. This is really ridiculous and a clear indication of irresponsible and arrogant gomen.
The possible economic crisis were all too evident, other nations are scrambling to respond to the crisis but in Malaysia we find the gomen is approving and making decision to spend money on mega projects. PM explanation on the Eurocopter deal was unsatisfactory, show the rakyat or at least to all MPs as to how they arrived to a decision and don’t simply say the present helis are ageing and the are too many crashes, so just because the chopper crash, we buy new helicopter.
Pakatan Rakyat over to you and tell Pak Lah no more cover up and no more excuses.
its quit good when malaysia have a broadband…all people will surf tvpas.com for viewing live parliament session…they will know whats going on compare to 30minutes RTM and bull shit newspaper and tv…
now they build a platform for us to rulling them…wait and see..whatever they do now,its really unlogical..how the leader are going thinking like that?fuh..
Jgn berhenti berdoa dan memohon pd Allah SWT agar Allah beri kerajaan ini kepada PAKATAN RAKYAT…
HANYA DENGAN IZIN ALLAH SAHAJA PERUBAHAN INI AKAN BERLAKU.. KERANA KERAJAAN ITU MILIK ALLAH..
“Katakan Ya Allah pemilik kekuasaan(KERAJAAN) alam buana. Engkau memberi kekuasaan kepada sesiapa yang engkau suka. Engkau merampas kekuasaan itu dari siapa sahaja yang engkau mahu. Engkau berkuasa memuliakan dan menghinakan siapa yang engkau mahu..”
Goes 5 TImes above MArket Value. 1 is the real Value the rest of the 4 Value is in Najib pocket.
Honourable Speaker Dewan Rakyat was an ex Ketua Bahagian UMNO ? Betul ke….
taru
30 Oct 2008
Halik Zaman Reply:
October 30th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
TARU
Ya betul. Pendekar Amin Mulia Ketua Bahagian UMNO Kota Merudu Kudat Sabah.
I can tell you lah that Amin will consult his superior first prior to decision making. I can tell you that the motion will be rejected.
joe-kedah Reply:
October 30th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
JS!
Jika dinilai YANG DIPERTUA DEWAN RAKYAT DAN TIMBALAN-TIMBALAN YANG DIPERTUA DEWAN RAKYAT SEKARANG, MP-MP BN sudah mula kelihatan rimas, Lihat saja YB Pasir Salak, dia tidak ada ruang langsong untuk melalak, sehinggakan banyak kali dia pertikai dan menuduk Yang dipertua tidak adil!.
Diatas kepimpinan YB. PENDIKAR AMIN MULIA menerajui Dewan Rakyat yang mulia ini, saya rasa penuh yakin, usul dari DSAI (Ketua Pembangkang) diterima dan kita tunggulah hari isnin. Ketegasan beliau mengendalikan persidangan dewan, bolih membantu usul itu dibahaskan.
Harapan dan doa seluruh rakyat malaysia saja lah dapat merubah suasana untuk mengembalikan MALAYSIA kita bersih dari segala penyelewengan dan korupsi!
Don’t let the Sabahan blame the Warrior(Pendekar)
TARU
Saya sahkan betul. Pendekar Amin Bin Haji Mulia bekas Ketua Bahagian UMNO Kota Marudu Kudat.
Terima kasih, DSAI, kerana sentiasa meletakkan hak rakyat di hadapan…teruskan perjuanganmu, kami akan sokong. Usah hiraukan suara-suara sumbang yang memperlekeh perjuangan untuk kebebasan. 10 kali mereka memperlekeh usaha DSAI, kami doakan 1000 kali ganda Allah SWT akan memberi keberanian dan semangat waja untuk DSAI. All the best, and thank you very much, kerana berjuang untuk kebebasan dan keadilan kami.
RM1.7bil procurement of 12 units of the Eurocopter Cougar EC 725 helicopters. Hey, are we going for WAR???
Who’s RM is this, the first or the second asshole? You sit there b’cause of us. Don’t go around spending OUR RM AS YOU IDIOT’S PLEASE.
It’s proven in AFGINASTAN, but it’s PROVEN IN HINDUSTAN. Why the hell do we need this? You say again that the army (it’s OUR ARMY) not your’s, they need to use 20 of the special effects rather than only 10 of them of the copters. My GOD you waiting for WORLD WAR OR WHAT? The word is going through a financial crisis for GOD’s sake not a war.
Who’s making the MILLIONS/BILLIONS HERE?
If he reject it is truely he is also another “goon”. This is clearly and is a concern of Malaysian….Me for once my hard earn money should not be use to rescue an organization that I know nothing of.
DSAI I pray too for your success we have no one else to turn to at the moment.
confirm, it will be rejected… pandikar baitu…… pandikar yg inda mulia……
Yet they ask the non bumi company to accept more percentage of bumi workers. Where is so call the leader who said going to support and make sure the wellfare of bumiputera MELAYU now…..? Where is the KETUA PEMUDA that always waving the KERIS….? I agree with Raja Petra… LET SEND ALL THIS CULPRIT UMNO - MALAY BN LEADERS TO HELL…..?
I have been following the recent development of the Eurocopter purchase and the removal of the minimum 30% bumiputra equity on public listed companies.
Please don’t fall into the BN trap.
MCA when making this proposal to remove the mimimun 30% bumiputra equity on public listed companies is under the instruction from AAB. Having been under the spot light for the failed scam on the Eurocopter deal and many other fiasco, he has to divert the heat to other issues . So he ask MCA to raise this 30% notion and hence diverting the attention. Of course, he has already informed MCA before hand not to worry , you scratch my back and I will lick yours.
DSAI , please don’t give up on this . Dig up all the skeletons over this purchase of the Eurocopter. AAB and Najis must be brought down. RM2.3b is not a small amount of money. Bring AAB and Najis to the book.
Given the fact that Brazil can buy 50 units of the same helicopter for the price of 12 units which Malaysia is paying, the 12 units that AAB has approved to purchase must be the best in the world : gold plated guns and gold main and auxilliary engines.
Please don’t squabble internally ( DAP and PAS ) over the 30% equity issue. I am a Malaysian Chinese and working overseas but I kept myself updated on the political developments in my own country. To me the 30% equity, the social contract , etc is not an issue. I know that all these are already in the Constitution and I have accepted what is laid down in the Constitution so do most Malaysians for that matter.
The reason all these subjects are brought up time and again by BN is because BN is trying to divert the common Malaysian attention to these racial issues in order to camoflage their misdeeds of putting their hands in the till for themselves.
AAB is not stupid but he is acting stupid in order to gain sympathy while he rob the nation further. Every move that he make has an ulterior motive. Watch him closely.
Bumi Ownz U Reply:
October 31st, 2008 at 6:25 pm
I’m sorry but I have to disagree with you in relation to the 30% equity issue.
We can not ignore and forget the fact that the Indian community being the poorest have 0 equity in anything….BTW..I am chinese.
Sure, this government knows that when the next election is held, it will lose…
So what is it doing now? Its trying to get cashed up for their early retirement.
I do not understand how anybody could be sympathetic to the leader of the Malaysian people… does Malaysia feel no sympathy for the Poor indiansm chinese and Malays struggling to survive?
Or do we live in a society where we should look out for our own…
That has been Malaysia’s problem for far too long… the chinese just want to get rich, the malays just want a fair go and the indians just want their voices heard….
The key is not forgetting about the injustices inherent in the constitution… the key is how do we bring abouts change of this government, when the political machinery is geared to keep them in power?
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Is outcome of Munawar’s appeal indicative of what we can expect from Zaki Azmi…new Boss of the Malaysian Judiciary
Chief Justice Zaki Azmi beginning to throw his true colours…
Will he be able to be INDEPENDENT of UMNO and his past friends, and be able to be concerned only with justice…
Will he be a progressive judge only concerned with JUSTICE - not fearful of developing the law so that justice be done…or will he just remain a tool of UMNO and his ‘old friends’.
Also noted that Zaki Azmi was a businessman with involvement in a string of companies - and if so, he must recuse himself from any case involving those companies and/or related companies or even companies whereby his once fellow member of the Board of Directors or management is involved.
Website - http://mybaru.blogspot.com/
Sometimes ago i did mention the eurocopter issue whereby the indian govt.acquired the same state of the art model,same cost but they get very much more compared to malaysian 12.bravo lim kit siang please nailed this coffin real hard this time.the carrying of justice in malaysian courts is not about to establish the earned justice without fear and favour but is more about fear and favour for who is in court.