The government is dragging its feet and reneging on election promises.
After a year of Pakatan Harapan rule, the euphoria that followed the May 9 general election is rapidly evaporating. The anti-kleptocracy campaign appears to have been selective as crony capitalism is again the name of the game especially with regard to the mega projects up for grabs and Mahathir’s penchant for privatisation holding sway.
The PH government has not yet acted to make former chief minister Taib Mahmud declare his assets and those of his spouse and family’s. The PH government has shown us that where there is a political will in getting to the root of the 1MDB scandal, there is a way to rid Malaysia of corruption and kleptocracy across the board.
Another national car project will surely fail with further losses to the national coffers and we will have to underwrite the losses. The PH government won’t have 1MDB to blame for that anymore.
Then, the Penang Transport Master Plan costing RM46 billion involving the reclamation of three man-made islands gives no indication of how much the cost of reclamation would be, the time period the reclamation would take place nor feasibility reports or environmental impact assessments .Using the excuse of the government debt to delay local government elections which have been suspended in our country since 1965 is not acceptable.
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