THIS BUNCH OF ANIMALS BELONGS SOLELY AT THE GALLOWS AND NOT THOSE LUXURY CONDOMINIUMS! JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED AND DO REMEMBER TO RETRIEVE THE STOLEN $$ BEFORE GETTING RID OF THIS THIEVING FAMILY! HOPE THIS IS NO PLAY-ACTING AGAIN!
Making markets work for the poor is primarily a function of political reform, leading to good governance, comprising clarity on policy goals, good policy design, accountability in execution and efficiency in administration. Wouldn’t such an attempt to find markets through regulation constitute muddled thinking, if not a contradiction in terms? Not at all. Financial markets function because they are well-regulated. If regulation is deficient, the market, instead of finding a socially benign equilibrium on its own, goes off kilter, as we saw in the 2008 crisis. Policy decides whether there would be competing stock exchanges or whether there would be a monopoly, whether there would be regulatory dark areas or overlap between the jurisdiction, leading to turf wars among regulators
I find it shocking that even till the last, the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak wanted the last stab to insult Malaysians.
At least we deserve some modicum of respect from the prime minister. Throughout the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC), he and his government have insulted us with their indifference to the glaring fact that the BN government granted RM250 million to a family who were ill-equipped to run this feedlot business. Instead, they used the funds to buy properties and live comfortable lives.
Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil’s culpability starts and ends with several facts and assumptions including that her expenses were paid by the NFC and that it is likely that her connections allowed her family to get the contract.
It is impossible to believe that the decision makers ,who included Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Najib, gave the contract and the soft loan to greenhorns with no consideration to the fact that Shahrizat leads Wanita Umno.
But I dare say that Najib’s behaviour and response to this whole scandal has been poor, hardly becoming of someone whom we hope can be trusted to make tough and correct decisions.
Till today, he has not said anything worthwhile about the loss of taxpayers’ money. But yesterday’s comments take the prize of being inane.
He said that Shahrizat sacrificed herself for the good of government and party and that though she was not guilty of any offence, she was willing to quit Cabinet.
She did not sacrifice herself. She was forced out by an administration and political party that had run out of excuses and wayang kulit plays but yet did not have the guts to remove her.
And this is the problem with the PM. He did not remove her earlier because he did not want to upset Umno rank and file and he could not get her to go earlier because only those without skeletons in their closets can act with strength and clarity in difficult situations.
Till the last, Najib could not act decisively or in a principled manner in handling Shahrizat or the NFC.
Worse yet, he tried to put a spin on the political sacrifice made by Shahrizat.
That must have been part of the going away deal.
“I am tired of smiling, after this…” Shahrizat threatened, rolling up her sleeves to cheering supporters before adding “and I have not even shifted my sarong yet”.
another source of side income for our elected representatives. And, it won`t invite disciplinary action from whichever form, shape and collar size we finally get.
Corporators, MLAs and MPs may have entered education big time and made big bucks, but they haven`t set up schools to impart the skills they have picked up in the course of their day job. This transfer of technique has happened only unintentionally and unfavourably.
They have been branded the brand ambassadors of crime, creative accountancy, and customised suitcases designed to fit any requirement for currency notes of any denomination for the discerning VIP. But how could they be turned into worthy and hands-on teachers to serve a primordial schoolboy need?
The answer came to us in a week of front pages filled with the usual suspects of political sleazepertise —
How Shahrizat got into the picture
Umno Women’s chief Shahrizat Jalil, who is now a senator and appointed minister in the Najib administration, was at that time overshadowed by Wanita veteran Rafidah Aziz aka Mrs AP or Authorised Permits (for motor vehicles). To be under the shadow of such a tough and bossy Rafidah is not easy at all.
For Shahrizat, it was indeed the lowest ebb of her political life; nothing she did turned out right. She was defeated by PKR’s Nurul Izzah Anwar in her long-held Lembah Pantai parliamentary seat during the 2008 general election. She also no longer held much interest in her old law firm. Her husband, Salleh Ismail, was also at the end of his academic and research career while their three young children had not started out on their own careers yet.
Indeed, the situation was so bad for Shahrizat that she had to approach her boss Badawi for some kind of help. She did not know it then but she was going to be very fortunate.Muhyiddin part of th KJ jigsaw puzzle
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