UPDATED @ 12:50:09 PM 06-01-2012
By Clara Chooi
Jan 06, 2012
Najib told a settlers which a FGVH would not mellow their level of benefits. File pic
Speaking to hundreds of settlers from surrounding schemes here similar to Felda Gedangsa, Felda Soeharto, Felda Sungai Tengi as well as Felda Sungai Tengi Selatan, a prime minister said a colonists would go upon to reap long-term benefits as well as tall division payouts from a move, promising he would "never misuse a bequest of Felda".
"I give my pledge which Felda folk who have been reception bonuses, will go upon to get bonuses; those who have been reception 'duit raya' will go upon to do so; a RM40,000 interest-free loans will go upon to be given out and, Insya'Allah, you will go upon with socioeconomic projects similar to office building suraus as well as so on.
"As a son of Felda's founder, certainly I would not misuse my father's struggles... my father who has painstakingly grown Felda... I target to do my best so which a Tun Razak bequest will not only be protected though softened according to benefaction times," he said.
Najib had announced a inventory in his Budget 2012 speech.
But a offer has met with antithesis from a PAS-aligned National Association of Settlers (Anak), which claims a inventory will be inequitable to some 200,000 settlers tilling a land in Felda schemes across a nation.
Under a inventory proposal, settlers will swap their 51 per cent interest in Felda Holdings which made ! RM760 mi llion last year for a 61 per cent interest in FGVH, whose international subsidiaries mislaid some RM500 million up to 2010.Najib acknowledged antithesis to a government's plan, saying it was not unexpected, though combined which it was likely innate out of a miss of information.
"Whatever it is, you contingency trust which a government which has grown Felda [and] given 1,001 benefits to a Felda folk, would not misuse a bequest of Felda," he said.
Najib said inventory FGVH would assistance see a land development authority better managed as well as means to contest in a international market.
"It will be managed some-more professionally, you will benefit partners from international firms to work with us so you will no longer merely be just exporters of palm oil, you contingency additionally conquer a tellurian market... Only then you can reap greater returns," he said.
Najib combined which a inventory should be complete within "four to 5 months".
He indicted a antithesis of attempting to spread falsehoods as well as fear which a inventory would see settlers getting a wrong finish of a stick, claiming this was since they feared losing votes to a ruling coalition.
"They are fearful which when you do a promise, Felda folk will reap most benefits as well as this, in turn, would start their chances in a polls," he said.
Anak recently warned which Barisan Nasional (BN) could remove major electoral support from Felda settlers if it goes ahead with its controversial devise to list FGVH upon a bourse.
Anak boss Mazlan Aliman urged Najib to withdraw a proposal, as well as cautioned which failure to do so could result in Felda settlers voting opposite BN in a arriving ubiquitous election.
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