Guan Eng questioned Backdoor Finance Minister on govt’s decision to cancel RM2b guarantee for Penang
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Guan Eng questions govt’s decision to cancel RM2b guarantee for Penang, accuses Tengku Zafrul of double standards
DAP secretary general Lim Guan Eng speaks during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur August 28, 2020. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today questioned and demanded answers from Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz as to why a US$500 million (RM2 billion) loan guarantee requested by Penang from the federal government was recently cancelled.
The former finance minister explained how the government guarantee was only requested to act as a guarantor for the Penang state government against a loan obtained from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a requirement of ADB, for the Penang Light Transit Rail (LRT) project.
Lim then accused the government of practicing vengeful politics by blocking aid to states led by Pakatan Harapan.
The former finance minister explained how the government guarantee was only requested to act as a guarantor for the Penang state government against a loan obtained from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a requirement of ADB, for the Penang Light Transit Rail (LRT) project.
Lim then accused the government of practicing vengeful politics by blocking aid to states led by Pakatan Harapan.
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Ask Guan Eng about political revenge, Najib tells DAP
Ask Guan Eng about political revenge, Najib tells DAP
Najib Razak said Lim Guan Eng played politics by cancelling a RM1 billion allocation to repair dilapidated schools in Sarawak.
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Najib Razak, responding to DAP allegations of political revenge over a cancelled loan, said the party should instead consider Lim Guan Eng’s actions against the Kelantan state government when he was finance minister.
Najib said Lim had publicly criticised Kelantan as a failed government in 2018 when he announced approval of a RM22.5 million federal loan to the state.
“The saddest thing is that Kelantan actually asked for an advance of RM24.5 million but the ‘minister of shadow play’ only approved RM22.5 million to pay the salaries of Kelantan civil servants,” said Najib.
“He was willing to dicker over RM2 million for Kelantan and even mentioned it at a press conference. But he was quiet about approving a guarantee for a RM2 billion foreign loan to Penang,” Najib said.
The federal government had been accused of taking political revenge against the DAP by cancelling the guarantee for the loan from the Asian Development Bank, which Najib revealed in a posting on Friday.
Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim of the DAP had described the move as a “disappointing, despicable act of political vendetta” against the state and people of Penang.
Najib said the RM2 billion loan was never announced to Malaysians and was never reported in the media at that time. “It was only made public last week in the Dewan Rakyat,” Najib said.
He reminded the DAP that the Pakatan Harapan government had cancelled a RM1 billion allocation to repair dilapidated schools in Sarawak which he had approved in the 2018 budget.
He said Lim had then demanded that Sarawak repay its debt to the federal government if the state wanted the money for the schools, even though the allocation had been approved in the 2018 budget.
“Has DAP forgotten what the real meaning of political revenge is? Try asking Guan Eng,” said Najib.
Najib said Lim had publicly criticised Kelantan as a failed government in 2018 when he announced approval of a RM22.5 million federal loan to the state.
“The saddest thing is that Kelantan actually asked for an advance of RM24.5 million but the ‘minister of shadow play’ only approved RM22.5 million to pay the salaries of Kelantan civil servants,” said Najib.
“He was willing to dicker over RM2 million for Kelantan and even mentioned it at a press conference. But he was quiet about approving a guarantee for a RM2 billion foreign loan to Penang,” Najib said.
The federal government had been accused of taking political revenge against the DAP by cancelling the guarantee for the loan from the Asian Development Bank, which Najib revealed in a posting on Friday.
Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim of the DAP had described the move as a “disappointing, despicable act of political vendetta” against the state and people of Penang.
Najib said the RM2 billion loan was never announced to Malaysians and was never reported in the media at that time. “It was only made public last week in the Dewan Rakyat,” Najib said.
He reminded the DAP that the Pakatan Harapan government had cancelled a RM1 billion allocation to repair dilapidated schools in Sarawak which he had approved in the 2018 budget.
He said Lim had then demanded that Sarawak repay its debt to the federal government if the state wanted the money for the schools, even though the allocation had been approved in the 2018 budget.
“Has DAP forgotten what the real meaning of political revenge is? Try asking Guan Eng,” said Najib.
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Also, don't forget TAR-UC, wakakaka.
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Penang hawker donated 1 day's earnings to TAR-UC when Pakatan's FM Lim GE removed the government’s matching grant of RM30mil for Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) and a 82% cut in the development fund for this education institution to RM1mil |
The answer to repairing dilapidated Sarawak schools is to give them solar power via a car rental company (Jepak Holdings) with wifey getting 15%.....ha ha ha...
ReplyDeleteKalau you go after my wifey I go after yours, how's that for revenge politics, but Betty ony got half an old bungalow, kolam ikan pun takde...sob sob....ha ha ha
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Rosmah charged with corruption over Sarawak rural schools project
10 Apr 2019
Emmanuel Santa Maria Chin
KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 — Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor was formally accused today of bribery in relation to a Sarawak rural schools project awarded when her husband was still the prime minister.
After the charge was read out in Malay to her at the Sessions Court here, the wife of Datuk Seri Najib Razak nodded to indicate she understood.
She is accused of receiving RM5 million as inducement from one Saidi Abang Samsuddin at Jalan Langgak Duta on December 20, 2016, for the award of the project.
Rosmah was accused of accepting the Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd managing director’s bribe through her former aide, Datuk Rizal Mansor.
According to the charge sheet, the bribe was meant to help Jepak Holdings secure the contract for the Projek Bersepadu Sistem Solar Photovoltaic Hibrid contract and be the appointed contractor to operate and maintain diesel generators for some 369 rural schools in Sarawak, worth RM1.25 billion.
She was accused of assisting Jepak Holdings obtain the appointment by way of a direct negotiation with the Education Ministry.
The charge was proffered under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act and is punishable under Section 24(1) of the same law.
The offence is punishable by up to 20 years’ imprisonment and a fine of RM10,000 or five times the value of the bribe, whichever is higher.
In November last year, Rosmah and Rizal were charged with soliciting bribes from Jepak Holdings’ director, to the tune of about one-sixth of a government contract’s value, just for helping the company win the RM1.25 billion project.
Rosmah had then claimed trial for one charge for soliciting a bribe of RM187.5 million and one charge for receiving a bribe of RM1.5 million from the company.
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Look who's talking about dilapidated schools in Sarawak.
ReplyDeleteHow many decades had Sarawak been ruled by Barisan Nasional, both at State and Federal level ?
Why blame Lim Guan Eng, the failed accountant who was only Finance Minuster for 2 years.
guan eng always remind me those old school day friends that is narrow minded, petty n calculative, n always want to win no matter how, however most of them grown up n become more mature, only one or two remain who they are after all this years despite the age. its a trait or upbringing?
ReplyDeleteR u talking about itself while facing that cracked mirror?
Deleteask yr daddy, he knows.
DeleteOf course he knows. That's why I'm my own man!
DeleteU?
Katak fed & 犬养.