Wednesday, July 9, 2008

BADAWI CANNOT BE TRUSTED WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCIAL MATTERS AND OUR ECONOMY

BADAWI CANNOT BE TRUSTED WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCIAL MATTERS AND OUR ECONOMY! RM 5,000 TO ANYONE WHO CAN SHOW THAT THE MUCH-TOUTED 5 DEVELOPMENT CORRIDORS WERE PART OF THE 9TH MALAYSIA PLAN WHEN LAUNCHED ON 31/03/06
by Matthias Chang
Future FastForward, Tuesday,



Badawi’s Complaint

The headlines of the Sun newspaper screamed: “It’s treachery: PM Abdullah slams slander and lies spread in cyberspace.”
Badawi is quoted as saying:
“Conduct attributed to the truth is not appreciated. What is appreciated is the perception, and along with it the lies. Perception negates the truth. The truth is no longer talked about. The important thing is the perception.”
In my previous articles, I have exposed the lies and misrepresentation of Badawi and his cahoots.
Therefore, can the rakyat be blamed for calling him a liar and or perceived as a dishonest Prime Minister. The issue of the price hike for petrol is just one example. Prior to the General Elections, he said that there would be no more price hike for the remainder of the year. He then raised the price of petrol and assured us that there would not be anymore increase till end of 2008. A week later, Datuk Shahrir Samad, said that the price will hold until August only.
My Challenge to Badawi
Prove to me in an Open Public Debate that when you announced the 9th Malaysia Plan, the Economic Planning Unit had incorporated your super-mega projects more commonly known as the five development corridors in the said 9th Malaysia Plan.
Please show me where were the allocations in the 9th Malaysia Plan for all these development corridors.
Since I am not very clever with figures and do not have the benefit of experts, I may not have read properly and or understood the 9th Malaysia Plan.
So, I am more than willing to prove myself wrong by offering a RM5,000 reward to anyone who can show me with documentary evidence that your super-mega projects referred to above have been budgeted for in the 9th Malaysia Plan.
You have therefore an advantage in this public debate to determine whether you are dishonest in your public announcements and that you indulge in spin to gain popularity and public approval.
Notice to the Public
If you have any documentary evidence from the 9th Malaysia Plan to support the contention that the super-mega projects have been budgeted, and formally and expressly stated in the 9th Malaysian Plan, a reward of RM5,000 will be paid to the first person to deliver the evidence by courier service to my solicitors(Matthias Chang)at:
Messrs Suhaimi Khor Zulkifli & Chang
Suite 10.01, 10th Floor
Plaza Permata
Jalan Kampar
50400 Kuala Lumpur


Rules for Eligibility:
1) You must be an adult of 21 years and above.
2) The documentary evidence must be found within the pages of the 9th Malaysia Plan as published by the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister Department and not in any other documents not considered part of the 9th Malaysia Plan.
3) The names of the 5 development corridors must be directly referred to in your documentary evidence.
4) The evidence must be couriered to the above address, properly dated and signed by you. You must also provide your NRIC number and address.
5) The documentary evidence must be a certified true copy of the relevant page or ages of the 9th Malaysia Plan and duly certified and attested by a Commissioner for Oaths.
6) My decision as to who is the first person to have provided the evidence shall be final and conclusive and not subject to any challenge whatsoever in any legal proceedings or otherwise.
7) Payment will be made within 48 hours from the date of announcement in my website as to the person who succeeded in proving the above challenge.
8) This invitation is for the duration of 7 days from the date of posting in my website and shall expire at the end of the 7th business day.

In the Event No Evidence is Adduced
In the event that no one in Malaysia can establish that Badawi’s super-mega projects are part of the 9th Malaysia Plan, I would be most obliged if you could write to me to confirm that you share my contention that the rakyat is entitled to hold the view and to perceive Badawi as being dishonest and that he resorts to spin and propaganda to gain popularity and public approval.
I thank you in anticipation.
Do not be intimidated. Be resilient and fight for honesty and transparency!

tunku : anyone has what he's asking for? this is chance for you to make RM5k but i doubt there is any evidence on it.we share matthias chang contention that the rakyat is entitled to hold the view and to perceive Badawi as being dishonest and that he resorts to spin and propaganda to gain popularity and public approval.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are policy makers not entitled to be flexible in drawing out their plans? isn't that the whole point of giving them the flexibility? the oil price globally has been volatile since recent years, and the recent steep conditions just made haste what was inevitable anyway. I don't see why he's to be termed a liar because of that. His attackers are so desparate that they'll hang onto anything to discredit him. He's not concerned about building legacy and gaining popularity, that he's willing to greenlight Zaid's reform despite resistance from his own party is a proof of that.

Anonymous said...

Hello tunku,

Wow, that's a big issue there."BADAWI CANNOT BE TRUSTED WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCIAL MATTERS AND OUR ECONOMY"? I don think so.

Moonspec said did make sense. Just because of the escalation of fuel prices, current economy growth you put the whole blame to him.

And yes, he did promise major reforms in november 2003, it ijust that his pace is agonisingly slow and needs to speed up.

Previously he had appointed the critics and reform minded lawyer which is Datuk Zaid Ibrahim and Datuk Shahrir Samad to initiate the reforms.

AAB just need to increase the pace of reforms which is changing the fundamental needs, putting the deadlines in achieving the reforms and allow credibility individual charge in the reform institutions.

He has to definitely pin down every resistance and show strong leadership with his initiate action towards reforms.

Anonymous said...

Flexibility has it's limits.
When the Corridors are not in the 9th M'sian Plan and you do it surprisingly near the election, that's gaining popularity.
Rocko

HeroTamil said...

Yep...he's not concern of building legacy..and gaining popularity??

He's into having a lot of corridors, oh yes.... he was given a HUMUNGOUS MANDATE...and HE IS THE PRIME MINISTER!!
Dont we know that already,(aaargghhhh!!!) he need not REMIND us that (aaarrrrgghhhh...again)!!


Ohh..OK ..flexibility.
I do understand the meaning ..
Part of my job is into Planning and Cost Projection too.

So moonspec, dear or sir,
Are you going to collect the 5 grand??

Resistance from his own PARTY??
Hahahahahahahaha!! So funny lah you!!
Since when??
Everyone loves him... He has got FULL SUPPORT from All the MT and the CABINET!!(No lah ...i am not talking about the KITCHEN CABINET lahh)
Tak percaya ka??

yeeeehhhha...!!
dollah hadhari, Prime Minister for LIFE!!