Don’t let Opposition use LCS scandal to attack Barisan, says Tok Mat
Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan gives a speech at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Centre during the Barisan Nasional 2022 Convention June 1, 2022. — Picture by Devan Manuel
Sunday, 14 Aug 2022 1:03 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 — Barisan Nasional (BN) should not allow the issue of littoral combat ships (LCS) to be used by the Opposition to attack the coalition, said its deputy chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.
Mohamad, who is also Umno deputy president, said that the LCS is a company administration issue and the BN machinery needs to aggressively explain the issue to prevent it from being used as a slander against BN ahead of the 15th General Election (GE15).
“This (LCS issue) has nothing to do with the party but the company's administration. If there is abuse, let the authorities take appropriate action,” he said when officiating the opening of the Wanita BN Convention at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur, here today.
Also present were Wanita BN chairman and Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad and Wanita BN secretary Datuk Rosni Sahar.
Meanwhile, Mohamad said BN needs to ensure that the people are not easily misled by the claims of a certain individual who needs to be confronted with facts.
“Money does not disappear. The ship is under construction. Don't let them spin the issue until it is out of control,” he said.
In the meantime, Mohamad, who is also BN election director, said that to win in GE15, each member needs to have the three W's which are 'winning mentality', ‘winning strategy', and 'winning move.' Mohamad said the BN machinery in eight states he has visited so far, including Penang, Perlis and Kedah, is at a good level and with a very high spirit to win.
“There must be a winning strategy. Don't go to war without tactics and strategy because that is suicide.
“Various strategies have been formulated by various states but it is not enough as they are just on paper,” he said.
In the meantime, Mohamad also asked all Umno members to conduct a dry run of attitude studies at the party's division and branch meetings which will take place from tomorrow until October.
“The (party) election will not be held this year, so stop campaigning first. We focus on GE15 first,” he said. — Bernama
Sunday, 14 Aug 2022 1:03 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 — Barisan Nasional (BN) should not allow the issue of littoral combat ships (LCS) to be used by the Opposition to attack the coalition, said its deputy chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.
Mohamad, who is also Umno deputy president, said that the LCS is a company administration issue and the BN machinery needs to aggressively explain the issue to prevent it from being used as a slander against BN ahead of the 15th General Election (GE15).
“This (LCS issue) has nothing to do with the party but the company's administration. If there is abuse, let the authorities take appropriate action,” he said when officiating the opening of the Wanita BN Convention at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur, here today.
Also present were Wanita BN chairman and Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad and Wanita BN secretary Datuk Rosni Sahar.
Meanwhile, Mohamad said BN needs to ensure that the people are not easily misled by the claims of a certain individual who needs to be confronted with facts.
“Money does not disappear. The ship is under construction. Don't let them spin the issue until it is out of control,” he said.
In the meantime, Mohamad, who is also BN election director, said that to win in GE15, each member needs to have the three W's which are 'winning mentality', ‘winning strategy', and 'winning move.' Mohamad said the BN machinery in eight states he has visited so far, including Penang, Perlis and Kedah, is at a good level and with a very high spirit to win.
“There must be a winning strategy. Don't go to war without tactics and strategy because that is suicide.
“Various strategies have been formulated by various states but it is not enough as they are just on paper,” he said.
In the meantime, Mohamad also asked all Umno members to conduct a dry run of attitude studies at the party's division and branch meetings which will take place from tomorrow until October.
“The (party) election will not be held this year, so stop campaigning first. We focus on GE15 first,” he said. — Bernama
Nevertheless, the company is closely connected to UMNO, and there is little doubt the company got awarded the contract to build the ships due to its close links to UMNO.
ReplyDeleteThis in spite of poor performance In previous RMN contracts.
Anyone who wants to delve into the subject must be aware of the context of the sad Kedah-Class OPV contracts issue from the early 2000s, also involving Boustead (sounds familiar)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kedah-class_offshore_patrol_vessel
Looks like UMNO is already waging a perception war regarding the LCS scandal.
ReplyDeleteIn the end, it would not surprise me if those caught in the net will be only those expendable.