PR to be a govt aspired to by Malaysians
By Chua Jui Meng
Chua delivering his ceramah in Kampung
Tanjong Kling, Malacca, on Feb 2, 2013.
A
PAKATAN Rakyat (PR) federal government will be one aspired by Malaysians.
It
will feature policies and actions prioritising integrity and separation of
powers.
We
have seen enough of the ills of power abuse and corruption under the Umno-led
Barisan Nasional (BN) after 55 years. Enough is enough.
That
is why PR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim has said that he will not helm the
Finance Ministry should he and PR get the rakyat’s
mandate to govern.
Anwar
has gone through “political hell” and he genuinely wants to lead a government
of integrity for Malaysians and Malaysia.
Malaccans
are urged to go for change and stop kissing the hands of Umno leaders.
Political
leaders are hamba rakyat (slaves of
the people), so stop being enslaved by Umno and its policy to divide Malaysians
to remain in power for personal enrichment.
Today,
we have a prime minister, Najib Abdul Razak, who is also the country’s finance
minister.
Yet,
he does not have the courage to debate with Anwar on Budget 2013 or explain the
hundreds of billions of ringgit in illicit capital out flows and federal debts.
Najib
says it is not Malaysian culture to debate. If so, what are our
parliamentarians doing in Parliament?
Malaccans listening attentively to what
Chua had to say to them in Kampung Tanjong Kling.
In
the March 2008 political tsunami, three major states kept BN in power – Sabah,
Sarawak and Johor.
Today,
the Sabahans’ political battle cry is Ini
Kalilah! Ini Kalilah Kita Ubah! (This Time It Is Change!)
The
winds of change are also blowing strongly in Sarawak. We certainly hope
Malaccans, especially the Malays, will be with us this time around.
BN-Umno’s
use of the Land Acquisition Act to “rob” land owners, the majority of whom are
Malays and especially in Johor, is clear that Umno is no champion of the
Malays.
Umno
is only a champion for itself, its families and cronies.
The
latest example of Umno’s sin is the plight of the Orang Asal Seleta in Nusajaya’s Kampung Simpang Arang.
Their
1,000-year-old ancestral mangrove burial ground was desecrated by a developer
who used sand to bury the tombstones.
They
have also lost their source of livelihood because marine life has been depleted
off Danga Bay by pollution caused by mangrove land reclamation.
Johor
BN is allowing factories and developers to reclaim some 15km of mangrove
reserve coastal land for industrial and property development.
It’s
a shame that the biggest mangrove in the world in Johor has to make way or
allowed to consume nature for BN-Umno’s greed.
