Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Flip-Flop, again and again

In a desperate measure and pressure by so many factors, the Government did retract or rescind a few decisions on the country direction for the past few weeks. In what I can say is the flip-flop decision made by the cabinet which consist of ‘YES’ man law maker who did agree for a certain issue without considering “rakyat” or the people at the first place. They made a decision with a standby factor inside their mind in which if there is a protest by a big group of people, they are willing to reverse the decision spontaneously.
The drama was started with a decision to increase the Toll at 5 highways and day after the protest, the government decide to defer the decision to the following year, but this decision comes with a high price, the government need to compensate the highway concessioner for the sum of hundred million ringgit using our tax payer money. 
The second decision was really a big issue in which the decision to allow the gazetted use of Allah’s name for Christian. Without feeling guilty, Syed Hamid Albar admits the mistake but do not take the responsibility on the issue. If this is happen to other developed country or even Thailand, the minister was voluntarily offer to step down, but this is not happen in Malaysia because they feel so vulnerable and the rakyat will still vote for them no matter what the issue is. They are still in state of denial and comfortable enough in any decision they’ve made.
The third issue was on the Fish box in which the ruling were asking all the industry related to fish to use the designated box for all their transaction. The box was very expensive and was supplied by only one supplier. After a few protest, they are also rescind the decision. What a joke they are presenting to the people, which are an insult to our intelligence. Hope this is the last decision they made and after this, hopefully, the new government will replace all the jokers.... Malaysia Boleh...

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/2/28/nation/3369392&sec=nation

Saturday February 28, 2009 – The Star

Toll hike on hold indefinitely
By ROYCE CHEAH, MERGAWATI ZULFAKAR and MAZWIN NIK ANIS

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/1/nation/3376793&sec=nation

Sunday March 1, 2009 – The Star
Mistake in gazette, Christians still can’t use ‘Allah’

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/9/nation/3438269&sec=nation

Monday March 9, 2009 – The Star
Ministry reverses decision on insulated fish boxes
By SYED AZHAR, MANJIT KAUR, CHRISTINA TAN, YENG AI CHUN and YUEN MEIKING

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