None stood up for me when Dr M shot down local govt elections - Zuraida
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Guan Eng sang a different song after PH won GE14, saying he would continue to push it, but only AFTER delivering on manifesto promises (which was anyway capati-ed) takut Atuk kah? |
Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said none of her former Pakatan Harapan colleagues had stood up for her when then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad shot down her push for local government elections.
She said this after Mahfuz Omar (Amanah-Pokok Sena), in a follow-up question in the Dewan Rakyat, quizzed if Zuraida's new colleagues, particularly those from PAS, were agreeable to her push for local government elections.
"PAS objects to you... Have you got agreement from them? Because they are worried the kafirs (non-Muslims) will take over Malaysia," Mahfuz said.
Zuraida (above) said she had predicted the question pitting her against her new PAS colleagues.
"I would like to point out that when I pursued this (local government elections) agenda, I was contradicted by Langkawi (Mahathir) and no one dared to support me. It's supposed to be in the Pakatan Harapan manifesto.
"However, I believe with a more meticulous, holistic, and informative approach, we can put forward this agenda," she said during Minister's Question Time in Parliament today.
The topic came up after Wong Hon Wai (DAP-Bukit Bendera) asked for an update on the status to implement local government elections.
Zuraida also mentioned the cost of RM2 million per council election which will amount to RM308 million for 154 local councils. She lamented: “No one from that side had the courage to support me, even when this was in the PH manifesto.”
He said DAP was making a “mistake” by only considering the aspect of urban residents for the purpose of winning elections in the short term.
“We should not only be considering political victory and economic domination for one party in a multi-racial society.
“We should not be proposing something that will only cause instability, and widen the urban-rural divide. And worse still, such tension could result in a repeat of the May 13 tragedy, which remains a ‘black dot’ in our country’s history,” Hadi said in a statement on Friday.
Local council elections was standard in Malaysia until the BN government abolished it under the Local Government Act 1976, and have since been based on appointments by the political party ruling the state.
Dr Mahathir asserted that the so-called third vote may produce the “wrong results” that would create divisions between cities and less developed parts of the country.
Long before GE14, DAP and PAS (then still in Pakatan Rakyat) came to blows over local council elections. PAS aware it only has support from the rural Malays realised it was likely to be left out on representatives in urban councils. It even threatened its partner the DAP in PR.
On 23 Jan 2015, Star Online reported:
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The "Dignified" Malays, Ass-binte, Pak Hadi, Atuk |
PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has warned DAP that their push for local council elections in Penang could spark racial polarisation in Chinese-majority urban areas, and eventually lead to a repeat of the May 13 riots.
He said DAP was making a “mistake” by only considering the aspect of urban residents for the purpose of winning elections in the short term.
“We should not only be considering political victory and economic domination for one party in a multi-racial society.
“We should not be proposing something that will only cause instability, and widen the urban-rural divide. And worse still, such tension could result in a repeat of the May 13 tragedy, which remains a ‘black dot’ in our country’s history,” Hadi said in a statement on Friday.
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... implying if PAS didn't automatically get some council seats, there'd be May 13 hell |
Local council elections was standard in Malaysia until the BN government abolished it under the Local Government Act 1976, and have since been based on appointments by the political party ruling the state.
In December 2018, Lim Guan Eng said the DAP would push for the restoration of local council elections despite PM Atuk’s announcement that the government has no plans for this, wakakaka.
So if what Zuraida said has been true, and remembering she said it in parliament, as well as Guan Eng in December 2018 acknowledging Atuk's announcement (echoing the essence of Pak Hadi's May 13 threat) that:
So if what Zuraida said has been true, and remembering she said it in parliament, as well as Guan Eng in December 2018 acknowledging Atuk's announcement (echoing the essence of Pak Hadi's May 13 threat) that:
Putrajaya will not reintroduce local council elections due to concerns of possible communal strife between rural and urban areas.
Dr Mahathir asserted that the so-called third vote may produce the “wrong results” that would create divisions between cities and less developed parts of the country.
Well, Guan Eng had obviously and kuai kuai go-starn-ed after Atuk nix-ed the 3rd tier elections. Atuk never did like democracy and (to him) its nonsensical farce.
What a cringing craven coward, and to be called out by despicable Zuraida must really be the pits for Guan Eng.
When Guanee support Toonsie kena hentam, when don't support oso kena hentam, KT despicable or not...ha ha ha....
ReplyDeleteLocal Elections is DAP's agenda but I could not find it in the 150-page Harapan Manifesto. It probably isn't a Harapan Manifesto Promise, so what Guanee said is Correct.
ReplyDeleteZuraidah is telling a lie when she cunningly said "...local elections is part of the Harapan Manifesto...)
She is also quoted as saying
“No one from that side had the courage to support me, even when this was in the PH manifesto.”
This is also a blatant lie.
KT is also cunningly misleading and/or perpetuating Zuraidah's LIE to his readers by highlighting Zuraidah's comments above.
Prove Me Wrong (cite the Manifesto Promise number) or Shame on KT. His blog is a litany of half-truths and no-truths.