A victory for the Pakatan Rakyat in the next general election would spell economic disaster for the country.
The weakness of the Pakatan Rakyat in formulating economic policies like the Alternative Budget 2012 is glaring and that even Opposition members have stopped talking about its contents.
It is well known among MPs and the media that the Alternative Budget was quickly put together.
But in reality there was nothing substantial in its contents beyond rhetoric and unrealistic populist promises.
The failure to formulate economic ideas and programmes by Pakatan is an issue that Malaysian voters needed to examine.
It is interesting to note that the lack of economic know-how was even revealed in a leaked US State Department cable by Wikileaks, as reported by the media.
It has been reported that the diplomatic cables exposed that “Pakatan lacked economic formulators and this shortcoming weighs on them as a coalition.”
The leaked cable also speculated why this was so and suggested that politics could be a reason why they could not engage experts.
It was reported the lack of economic expertise among them underlines some of the many difficulties Pakatan would encounter if they capture Putrajaya.
“This is what the US envoys have opinioned about the state of affairs in Pakatan and certainly we know about their weaknesses,’’ he said.
I understand the sentiments of some voters against the government but I wish to ask whether the Pakatan is a viable alternative.
In Kedah and Kelantan, it is clear that the governments are plain incompetent and yet the DAP asked voters to continue supporting these PAS governments.
With due respect, many of them may have religious credentials but modern economics and management is not their cup of tea.
The DAP in Penang has now adopted a “Developers First, People Last” slogan by ignoring the importance of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) reports even when the projects had ecological risks, citing the proposed tunnel and theme park.
The theme park in Teluk Bahang would be near a water catchment area but Lim Guan Eng had ignored the concerns of the non-governmental organisations like the Sahabat Alam Malaysia.
Datuk Seri Dr. Chua Soi Lek.
MCA President
NOvember 24th, 2011
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While if the U.S. does not like the economic policies, they then must be good for the rakyat, this last statement by Chua is very telling.
"The DAP in Penang has now adopted a “Developers First, People Last” slogan by ignoring the importance of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) reports even when the projects had ecological risks, citing the proposed tunnel and theme park.
The theme park in Teluk Bahang would be near a water catchment area but Lim Guan Eng had ignored the concerns of the non-governmental organisations like the Sahabat Alam Malaysia."
Yes. This shows that a Pakatan government won't be any better than a Barisan one and perhaps even worse.
I support SAM on this one.
bro unspin,
lge nak tinggalkan legasi yg akan menyebabkan melayu p.pinang hanya akan tinggal nama..nanti pengunjung ke pulau akan tanya mana melayunya? p.pinang pun dah jadi PENANG saja sekarang dimulut lge & dap
Voting Pakatan not only spells economic disaster but all disasters as well.
Majority of our NGO is like a opposition affilliate rather then a non bipartisan organisation which fight for the right course. Where is the other NGO like WWF; Malaysia Nature Society etc
Pakatan Rakyat is still not registered so it must be called Pakatan Rakyat Haram.
How to manage the nations economy when amongst them is `everybody for themselves`.