Ong: Perak voters cheated
KUALA LUMPUR: DAP has cheated its voters as a PAS state assemblyman will be sworn in as the Perak mentri besar today, Perak MCA chief Datuk Ong Ka Chuan said.
Ong, who is also the MCA secretary-general, said DAP should apologise to its voters, saying it was sad to hear that Perak PAS secretary Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin will be the mentri besar.
He said Mohammad's appointment went against the wishes of voters, especially non-Muslims.
“Having a mentri besar from PAS creates fear among non-Muslims. This also creates political instability.”
Ong, who is also the newly-elected Tanjong Malim MP, said the Chinese in Perak voted for DAP to uphold justice and change for the better but the opposite seemed to have happened.
On Perak DAP chief Ngeh Koo Ham as the Deputy Mentri Besar (I), Ong said the Perak constitution states that the MB must be a Malay, though the Sultan has the discretion to waive this.
However, it did not state the existence of a deputy MB post, said Ong.
“There is no such post in the Perak constitution,” said Ong.
The Regent of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, met the three nominated candidates for the mentri besar’s post at 5pm yesterday.
The candidates were Ngeh (Sitiawan), state PKR treasurer Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi (Behrang) and Mohammad (Pasir Panjang).
Pak Lah warns Guan Eng
PUTRAJAYA: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was warned by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi not to make statements that could stoke racial tensions.
Lim, after his swearing-in as the new Penang Chief Minister on Tuesday, told reporters that the DAP-led state government would not practise the New Economic Policy (NEP).
Lim had also said that the NEP, which was introduced in 1971 after the May 13, 1969, racial riots to eradicate poverty and restructure society, was the source of “cronyism, corruption and inefficiency.”
Abdullah told Bernama in between meetings with top civil servants at his office here that the NEP had in fact benefited everyone.
“I would like to ask the DAP which community has been made poorer because of the NEP,” he said.
“The (Penang) state government must not try to create an atmosphere which can cause racial tensions,” warned Abdullah, who is also head of Penang Umno.
He also said that the new state government in Penang should not marginalise the Malays, who are the minority in the state, and other minority groups like the Indians.
“Do not marginalise the Malays. I want to ask Lim Guan Eng what his plans are for the Malays in Penang What are his plans for the Indians in Penang? What are his plans for other minority groups in Penang?”
The prime minister gave an assurance that the federal Government would continue to look after the lower-income groups in the state and would also continue with the special assistance programmes for the bumiputras. – Bernama
Now who is stoking racial sentiments??? It's all about the power play, isn't it? No NEP, so what? As long as the poor is helped, that is what should be. If NEP does that for every single needy person in Malaysia, it's fine. But it has become a tool for only certain quarters to enrich themselves at the expense of the needy and it has also made certain quarters less competitive in the global stage. Is that good? At least BR has been quite consistent on their stand. What are our parties trying to tell us? I mean as long as we keep practising all these double standards, the principles of fairness and justices would just be out of our reach...
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