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Open Letter to Dr. UMNO

April 13, 2012

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Open Letter to Dr. UMNO

My dear Tun Dr Mahathir,

I'm during a detriment as to either we have been hallucinating or unwell to see a reality.Your views upon Penang as well as Selangor have been misconceived as well as misplaced.

You come opposite as a prejudiced politician dynamic to score domestic points as well as mislead Malaysian voters. You do no credit to yourself nor do we live up to your repute as an elder politician (Bernama, Jan 29,2012).

Your statement, "They have already been since a lot of chances. A lot of unfortunate things have happened in Penang, a same (is happening) in Selangor," does not have any sense during all. "They have been since a lot of chances", we unreasonably claim.

Pakatan usually came to power upon Mar 8, 2008. They have been in bureau usually for 4 reduced years. What chances were since to them as well as who gave them those chances? What have been we talking about? What miracles were we awaiting them to perform in this reduced duration of time?

Compare their reduced term of bureau to a Barisan Nasional's nearly 55 years of reign truthfully as well as honestly. We can justifiably throw back during a BN a unequivocally difference we had uttered: "They (BN) have already been since a lot of chances. A lot of unfortunate things have happened in Penang, a same (is happening) in Selangor." This is indeed a valid regard requiring an honest answer from you, dear Tun.

More than half a century

Indeed, 55 years is a unequivocally long time. It is some-more than half a century. The BN have been since all a chances it longed for as well as needed. But what have a BN achieved during their ! long rei gn in bureau solely undermining a unity as well as gripping a people apart? Our unity has been destroyed by meaningless as well as careless policies as well as statements but a caring for a gratification of a majority of Malaysians who have been peace-loving as well as poor.

Yes, Tun, if anybody had been since too much possibility it is a BN. Indeed, what some-more can a BN do which they had failed to do during these 55 years? What miracles can a BN now perform to renovate this country in to a haven for all adults as well as provide them with a cool livelihood?

What do we actually mean by claiming, "They have been since a chance. What's there left to try. If we concede a incident to mellow badly, it will be formidable to repair."

Your wayward statement, "If we concede a incident to mellow badly, it will be formidable to repair" comes opposite as silly as well as garrulous. What has a Pakatan done which has brought about a deterioration? What is which they have been we do which would render a complaint over repair? Please be specific as well as refer to a source a wrongdoings of a Pakatan.

Don't have statements we can't back up

Tun, we should not have sweeping claims which have been but merit. Many Malaysians have been truly unhappy as well as disillusioned with we as well as justifiably feel which we have out-lived your utility as a domestic leader. You had your time as well as we did things a approach we longed for to. That duration is over as well as done with. There is nothing some-more for we to do.

Both Penang as well as Selangor have captivated a greatest FDIs totalling some-more than RM15bn, which is unmatched by a BN-controlled states. Doesn't this indicate definitely which a Pakatan-controlled states have been performing unequivocally much improved in spite of their reduced term of reign as well as lack of administrative knowledge as well as expertise? Honestly, dear Tun, doesn't which merit some praise?

You kept ever! ything u nder wraps as well as resorted to a Official Secrets Act (OSA) to repudiate adults their right to be informed. A lot of scandals as well as crime prevailed because they have been kept from a reach of open inspection as well as guarded as state secrets.

The Pakatan-controlled states in Selangor as well as Penang, upon a alternative hand, have promulgated a Freedom of Information Act in sequence to be transparent as well as accountable. Tun, isn't this something which has to be complimented?

Cronies as well as corruption

Under your reign for twenty-two years, most crony politicians became wealthy over aptitude as well as but being under obligation for their wealth. Elected member as well as cabinet ministers spoken their assets usually to we and, according to sure well-informed circles, we had used this report to secure their unquestioning loyalty. That was how we had your approach it was your approach as well as no alternative way!

We have been reminded of a episode connected with a dismissal of Osman Aroff, a afterwards Menteri Besar of Kedah, who had enjoyed a await of a majority of open members in Kedah. These open members went to see you, dear Tun, to plead for a influence of their MB. You, reportedly saw them individually as well as after which they all returned to Kedah abandoning Osman Aroff. Rumour had it afterwards which we had a record upon any of them as well as which forced them to tumble in line behind you.

Dear Tun, Pakatan-controlled states of Selangor as well as Penang did something which we wouldn't brave mental condition of doing. All their Exco members spoken their assets publically. This is something which polite society of Malaysia has been campaigning for, for a unequivocally long time, claiming which this would quell crime as well as check abuse of governance.

But we would not be persuaded. You longed for to be a sole privy to a crime as well as abuse so which we would have comprehensive carry out over politici! ans land open positions.

Many Malaysians, in a past, have worked loyally as well as faithfully as well as had contributed to a progress of this country. These aged timers who late most years ago have been forced to onslaught to live a hard life with their meagre pensions in these times of hardships. Their counterparts of modern times, upon a alternative hand, pull in accord with pensions to lead a decent life. The hardships suffered by these comparison adults have not been addressed. Their contributions were not even acknowledged.

But a Pakatan supervision in Penang has been giving out RM100 once a year for a last three years to demonstrate their appreciation to these comparison citizens. Admittedly, this isn't unequivocally much but a unequivocally thought of appreciation unequivocally warms a hearts of these people. With a immeasurable resources accessible to a BN, they have been placed in a far improved incident to do some-more to help these unfortunate people. But why, dear Tun, did a BN supervision not bother we do this? They could have shown a inexhaustible face as well as since some-more to these people with all a resources during their disposal. But they did nothing!

Corruption has turn so rampant which so much of a resources is either mislaid or stolen to the detriment of a nation. Contracts since to crony companies with inflated costs have emptied a wealth.

Highway fee agreements, a Tajuddin Raml-Malaysia Airlines out-of-court settlement, a rescue of Bank Rakyat as well as Bank Bumiputra, a forward forex disaster in a UK, a clumsy Maminco tin-buying spree, to name a couple of they have all resulted in a detriment of billions of ringgit which could have alleviated a plight of a poor.

These are, unfortunately, dear Tun, your legacies which brought distressing hardships for a homeless! as well as a helpless.

Uplifting a People

You wouldn't have open tenders for projects which would have saved billions of ringgit as well as secured a services of contractors with ability as well as proven expertise. That would have prevented some contractors from running divided but completing their projects as well as ensured which buildings wouldn't fall because of bad workmanship as well as defective materials. But steady episodes of intrigue contractors as well as uncompleted projects did not seem to disturb a demur of those in charge. It was commercial operation as usual as well as billions of ringgit were continually consumed but a caring in a world.

On a alternative hand, now we have open tenders in a Pakatan states as well as Class F contractors have been unequivocally happy as well as contented with this arrangement. According to these contractors, under a prior BN government, a single had to have connections to get a contract as well as a single had to give inducements to be deliberate favourably.

Otherwise, removing contracts would have been impossible. But now, with open tenders, a deserving have been rewarded with contracts as well as they have delivered a finished projects upon time. Isn't this something which has to be appreciated, dear Tun?

Malaysian workers have been struggling for years for a smallest income policy. The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has been championing this issue for decades. But it was opposed vehemently by a Malaysian Employers Federation, which longed for to reap hefty increase from a sweat of a workers. And a Malaysian supervision did not have a domestic will to exercise a smallest income policy. Thus we mislaid a local learned workers as well as builders who left a country to work elsewhere. But a exploitation continues to this day with a employment of unfamiliar workers.

Isn't it praiseworthy which a Pakatan supervision in Selangor has implemented a smallest income process for all a employe! es in GL Cs as from Jan this year? They have been paid a smallest income of RM1,500. Shouldn't a employees enjoy a fruit of their labour, dear Tun?

Farmers in a new villages of Perak who have been tilling a land as well as flourishing vegetables as well as fruit for a country for generations were exploited as well as kept in a state of doubt as to their livelihood as they did not own a land. Every election this became a indecisive point for a farmers. Whether their TOL would be lengthened or cancelled was a worrying knowledge for these farmers. And when a BN wins a election in Perak, a TOL of these farmers would be renewed. The summary was unequivocally clear. Vote for a BN or your TOL would not be renewed. They were beholden to a BN for a extension of their TOL.

The Pakatan supervision gave them a land titles as well as their dignity as well as liberated them from their nonessential anxiety. The receptive was these farmers have been upon a land for generations as well as have been serving a republic with their produce as well as they deserved a land titles. Isn't this something smashing which deserves to be congratulated, dear Tun?

Every voter who dies in Penang as well as Selangor is since RM1,000 as well as RM2,500 respectively for funeral expenses. This assistance is greatly appreciated, especially by a poor. For a first time a voter receives something unequivocally specific as well as substantial when he or she dies. This had never happened under BN rule. They cheat a vital for their vote as well as dont think about them when they have been dead. Under a Pakatan order they take caring of a vital as well as a dead! Don't they merit a pat upon their back, dear Tun?

All this caring as well as giving contingency have a great impact upon a people. If since some-more time there will be alternative good policies which will benefit a people as well as perhaps have it formidable for a BN to have any headway in a future. Is which what is worrying you, dear Tun? Is this what we meant when we! sounded a warning to a BN, "If we concede a incident to deteriorate, it will be formidable to repair"?

You have correctly prepared for a unavoidable doom for a BN. You have realised which it will be formidable to undo a good deeds of a Pakatan. In comparison, a BN will be expel in bad light as well as cursed for neglecting a majority of a deserving Malaysians who have been poor. You have been saying what is imminent as well as we have a right to fright a inevitable, dear Tun!

P Ramakrishnan is a Past President of Aliran