PENANGITES, ARISE - REJECT BN'S ELECTION BLACKMAIL : Chin Tong

I call upon all Penang electorate to opinion for Pakatan Rakyat both during a state as well as during a sovereign levels in a coming general choosing to finish a charade of Barisan Nasional's choosing blackmail. And, past promises must not be "recycled".

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak voiced in Penang currently that "Not less than 20,000 units of affordable housing will be built in Penang" if BN wins a state in a subsequent election; as well as "if Penangites give us their trust again, we will resolve a trade overload complaint by introducing a monorail complement here."

Such a LIAR!

It is an utter disregard of a knowledge of Penang voters.

The Prime Minister is announcing sovereign projects funded by sovereign resources, that should be implemented immediately regardless of who runs a state government.

The people of Penang minister during least RM 3 billion annually by direct tax, only around RM 100 million is returned to a State Government in a form of bound grants.

Federal Government runs a budget of RM 252 billion in 2013 while a Penang State Government runs a budget of RM1.1 billion. In other words, sovereign budget amounts to 230 years of a Penang State Government expenditure.

Housing as well as open transportation have often been within a remits of a Federal Government though in a prolonged run resources as well as powers for those policy ar! eas shou ld be decentralised to a State level.

Free of corruption, cronyism as well as nepotism, a Pakatan Rakyat Federal Government will deliver some-more services as well as benefits to a Penang voters.

Recycled promise

The monorail announcement is a further deference of a Penang voters. It is a "recycled" promise. Former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Badawi promised Penang a monorail complement in 2006.

Also, Najib voiced in a 10th Malaysia Plan in June 2010 that 200 brand new buses will be combined to RapidPenang's fleet. As of currently a promise has not been fulfilled. There is an allegation that a little of a allocated buses were "hijacked" to Kuantan.

It is time Penang Barisan Nasional to stand on its own feet to contest with a Penang Pakatan Rakyat on state policies as well as finish this farce of using a financial prowess of a Federal Government to extort a Penang voters.

Liew Chin Tong is a DAP MP for Bukit Bendera

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