Despite the hue and cry by the BN Federal government that the Selangor state government's free water policy is a recipe for bankruptcy, Selangor BN today announced that it too would continue the policy if Selangorians reverted to the coalition at the coming polls.
The free water policy was introduced by the PR state government in 2008, soon after wresting the state from fifty years of BN control.
Not surprisingly, PR leaders immediately went to town mocking the latest 'copycat' announcement.
"They (BN) alleged that the country will be bankrupt because of PR’s manifesto, then why copy our manifesto at the Federal and state level which will bankrupt the country?” asked PAS Research Centre director Dzulkefly Ahmad.
“In the early days of PR’s administration, they made all sorts of allegations and criticism of the free water policy, claiming the state government was losing out. Why still copy Selangor PR’s programme and manifesto?”
In 2011, Energy, Green Technology and Water minister had argued that the free water policy was untenable and not beneficial to any parties.
On BN's offer to continue the policy, Dzulkefly reminded that the culture of cronyism and monopolisation was still thriving within the coalition.
“They can promise to give free water but the water management is still given to the water concessionaire (SYABAS), which is their crony. They should have been giving free water to people much earlier, but they had not because they had wanted to enrich their cronies,” he said. -HD
Friday, April 19, 2013
In Selangor, another 'copycat' policy by BN
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Selain itu, manifesto untuk pilihan raya umum kali ini juga dilancarkan lebih awal berbanding kebiasaan, bertujuan membolehkan rakyat menghayati, memahami dan menilai sendiri komitmen kerajaan BN yang sudah terbukti sejak empat tahun lalu.
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Katanya, selain manifesto induk, bagi manifesto negeri misalnya, BN berjanji menyelesaikan masalah air di Selangor; pembinaan stadium baharu, masjid terbesar serta lebuh raya Kuala Krai-Kota Bharu di Kelantan jika negeri tersebut berjaya dirampas.
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ReplyDeleteRakyat perlu memandang serius aku janji Barisan Nasional (BN) kerana ia menyebut dengan jelas apa yang akan dilakukan parti itu dalam tempoh lima tahun akan datang jika diberi mandat memimpin negara.
Ini kerana berbeza dengan manifesto populis pembangkang yang terbukti sekadar janji kosong kerana banyak tidak ditunaikan sejak 2008, aku janji BN dinyatakan secara hitam putih bagi memperlihat komitmen serta iltizam parti itu.
Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin berkata, aku janji tersebut dibuat dengan komprehensif bagi menerangkan kepada rakyat satu persatu mengenai 17 bidang utama yang bakal dilaksanakan untuk penggal akan datang.
ReplyDelete"Tentu rakyat yang bijaksana dapat menilai antara aku janji BN dengan manifesto pembangkang, mana satu yang boleh diyakini dan ditepati. Pastinya rakyat sedar bahawa hanya BN sahaja yang komited menunaikan segala janji-janji.
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Dalam perkembangan yang sama Muhyiddin berkata, rekod pentadbiran BN di bawah kepimpinan Perdana Menteri dalam menunai janji sejak empat tahun lalu harus menjadi panduan kepada rakyat ketika membuat penilaian.
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A multi-faith society needs three things in order to be successful. Yes, it needs a constitution that guarantees freedom of religion – that's a given. But it also needs the rakyat to accept this idea at a personal level and the political parties agreeing to it at an ideological level. Only then can followers of minority faiths feel safe and at ease in their worship.
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ReplyDeleteThis youth was been targeted because his behaviour didn't fit with a particular religious group's beliefs and that is, by definition, imposing one set of religious values on an individual of another faith. It is also known as religious intolerance.
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ReplyDeleteDatuk Seri Najib Razak today kicked off his nationwide “go down to the grassroots” tour to garner support for Barisan Nasional (BN) in the May 5 general election.
ReplyDeleteThe prime minister’s first stop was in Selangor where he met constituents in the Selayang parliamentary constituency at Bandar Baru Selayang this morning.
ReplyDeleteNajib, who arrived on a special bus bearing the inspirational phrase “Menepati Janji Membawa Harapan (Promises Fulfilled Giving Hope), was greeted by come 2,000 enthusiastic and cheerful people.
Clad in a dark blue shirt and a white cap, Najib spent about 30 minutes shaking hands and mingling with the crowd before having breakfast with the people at Restoran Rumpun Selera.
ReplyDeleteThe BN candidate for Selayang is Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai and the aspirants for the three state seats are Datuk Abdul Shukur Idrus (Kuang), Lee Li Yew (Rawang) and Datuk Seri Subahan Kamal (Taman Templer).
ReplyDeleteNajib, who is also BN chairman, has a tight programme in Selangor today.
Later, he proceeded to the neighbouring Gombak parliamentary constituency to meet the electorate there.
ReplyDeleteNajib, who is also Selangor BN chairman, will also meet the people in Kota Raja, Shah Alam and Subang parliamentary constituencies later today
Isu air harus ditanggani dengan wajar.
ReplyDeleteAdakah pembangkang gagal melaksanakan tanggung jawabnya?
ReplyDeleteManifesto BN amat positif.
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ReplyDeleteKenyataan pembangkang bahawa Barisan Nasional meniru manifesto Pakatan Rakyat adalah tidak berasas.-Ahmad Maslan
ReplyDelete17 perkara yang diketengahkan dalam manifesto BN yang diumumkan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak sangat berbeza dengan manifesto pembangkang.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan membuat kajian dalam tempoh yang agak panjang dan ia melambangkan kekuatan kerajaan dalam masa empat tahun memerintah.
ReplyDelete“Kita bukan tiru dia. Manifesto mereka baru beberapa minggu yang lepas sedangkan dalam manifesto kita ini telah tercatat perkara-perkara semenjak Datuk Seri Najib mula memerintah negara ini,” kata Ahmad Maslan.
ReplyDeleteBN bakal menempatkan seramai 10 penceramah di setiap Parlimen bagi tujuan pendedahan umum untuk memahami manifesto yang telah dilancarkan.
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