DAP lists promises in bid for Putrajaya

DAP lists promises in bid for Putrajaya

Cannot even rule Penang properly , now talking about taking over Putrajaya ? This is Cheap Skate talk cock by the Cheap Skate Minister . This Talk Cock Cheap Monyet is encouraging people to speed on the highways and roads by pledging to abolish the saman ekor (postal summons). Should people get accidents and die , just like the dragon boat incident , he will blame on the road condition and the Federal Govt . What a cheap skate moron !

To provide annual payments of RM1,000 to each senior citizen aged above 60 . Another political bribery , first he thinks he can buy votes with $100 to senior citizens in Penang , now this . Becoming damned arrogant . I hope someone will put him away in Alcatraz for good .

Free wi-fi ? More brain tumour cases ! maybe he is already suffering from it !

Clara Chooi, Malaysian Insider

PETALING JAYA, Aug 13 — The DAP has embarked on what appears to be a quest to boost its popularity ahead of the coming 13th general election, with three promises to the people should the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) capture Putrajaya.

The promises are — to abolish the saman ekor (postal summons) system, to provide annual payments of RM1,000 to each senior citizen aged above 60 and to provide free wi-fi or wireless broadband throughout Malaysia.

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said that the party’s central executive committee had agreed yesterday to issue a blanket directive to all party leaders to work on publicising these three promises during all political functions.

“These are the three policy initiatives that will bring benefit to the people that we are confident will be carried out by the PR should we win Putrajaya.

“We do not just want to harp on the corrupt practices of the Barisan Nasional but we also want to talk about what we can do for the people,” he told a press conference at the party headquarters here.

Lim noted that the practice of blacklisting owners of vehicles was not only unfair but should also be declared illegal by the courts for it was in contrary to the principles of natural justice.

“We also want to provide this annual payments of RM1,000 to senior citizens as a sign of appreciation for their past contributions to the country,” he said.

He noted that the policy would merely cost the government RM2.1 billion annually.

“What is RM2.1 billion when the country squanders RM28 billion annually to corruption,” he pointed out.

The Penang chief minister also cited an article from the global weekly magazine The Economist, pointing out that even the internationally renowned magazine was agreeable to the concept of providing money for the poor.

“This is a number one capitalist economic magazine who does not believe in giving money. But it is true that if you help those in need, there is a multiplier effect. People will spend the money and this will in turn help to generate and liven up the economy,” he said.

Lim pointed out that such a policy was also implemented in Thailand.

“In Thailand, they believe that it is the responsibility of the government to give people money when they need it. They believe that if the government does not adhere to this, they should change the government,” he said.

On the third promise to provide free wi-fi to throughout the country, Lim noted that the country needed to change with the moving times.

“We must innovate and only when you do that, you are racing to the top. If not, you are racing to the bottom,” he said.

The DAP leader denied that the three promises were merely populist measures or a form of vote-buying.

“What vote-buying? We are not even having an election now. Why is it wrong to give money to the people? To the BN, giving money to themselves is not wrong but giving money to the people is,” he claimed.

He noted that Malaysia was behind for it does not adopt international practices such as attempting to empower the poor and the elderly.

Lim also claimed that the DAP’s policy suggestions had been accepted by all PR parties and would duly be implemented should the fledgling coalition wrest Putrajaya from the BN in the coming general election.

“I have spoken to the other parties and it is not a problem. In any case, it is not about objecting, only on how to implement these policies,” he said, adding that he had also spoken with PR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Lim also said that the DAP, in introducing such promises, was showing its strong denial that it was anti-Malay and a communist party.

“Measures that we are taking now in Penang is to prove all these allegations wrong. We are distributing flyers to tell the people of these lies,” he said.

He said the flyers would explain the Komtar Ramadan bazaar debacle where the DAP state government was accused of banning the people from setting up stalls.

“The problem was on the money issue and how Komtar had not received the rental money from the stalls, but it turne dinto a racial one. We were also accused of being communists.

“But how can we be the communists when it is Umno who has ties with the communist party of China,” he said.