FMT:
Why last-minute revamp of 13th Malaysia Plan, Rafizi asks govt
Rafizi Ramli says no one raised any issues with the contents of the 13MP when he and economy ministry officials tabled it
PETALING JAYA: Former economy minister Rafizi Ramli has questioned the government’s decision to revamp the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP), which is slated to be tabled in Parliament at the end of July.
Rafizi said the last-minute overhaul of the next five-year development plan for Malaysia would raise concerns among the civil servants who prepared the 13MP, market analysts, and Malaysians as a whole.
The PKR MP also asked whether the changes would be rushed since there would be insufficient time to refer the plan to the inter-agency planning group, technical working group, and experts who formulated the initial 13MP.
“Why is this overhaul of the 13MP arising now when there was no such issue raised when the economy ministry and I tabled the contents of the 13MP previously?
“The 13MP is an important document for the nation and Malaysians, developed by thousands of Malaysians from various segments of society. If we’re not careful, the 13MP will be dragged into political polemics which would end up affecting the people’s confidence in the final document.
“If this happens, it would be a great injustice to those who worked hard on the 13MP over the past year,” he said in a statement.
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Of course a new minister can and should review a plan that he now has responsibility over.
ReplyDeleteRafizi chose to leave the building, he should not try to interfere right now.
If unwise changes are actually made to the plan, he has the right, as with anyone else, to criticise later.
wakakakaka…do u actually know what u r farting about now?
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