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| Aiyoyo Surendran! What are you talking? Posted: 20 Mar 2013 09:51 AM PDT Since nobody has taken up the effort to counter what PKR's vice-president N Surendran wrote in Malaysia Chronicle yesterday, let me give him a simple downright reply: Bro, Your allegation that the poverty rate in Malaysia is 19 per cent and not 1.7 per cent was in fact the biggest lie of an economic indicator for the country. You also failed to read, understand, digest and analyse the figures prepared by the Statistic Department in 2009 before making such a statement in the news portal.  And how could you make comparison between indexes of a developed country like Japan with a developing one like Malaysia? Even a developed nations like the US and Germany, the poverty rates are well above 10 per cent. I guess you are not happy with the fact that the poverty rate in Malaysia has dropped from 3.9 per cent in 2009 to below 2 per cent in 2012 due to the government's Economic Transformation Program (ETP), a vibrant economy, a well-managed monetary system and other policies that have brought it down. The 15.1 per cent and 15.5 per cent rates in the US and Germany sink you into disbelief that a developing country like Malaysia could managed to control its poverty rate better than the developed nations. What is your motive, anyway? However, the facts remain. Most developing nations saw their poverty rate well-kept below that of the developed nations. Do you accept the fact that China's poverty rate of 13.1 per cent is lower than that of Japan, South Korea (15 per cent) and Britain (19.1 per cent). Do you believe that there are millions of people in the US, Britain and France live below the poverty line (of their standard)? Not only that. You should also take into account that Poverty Headcount Ratio in Malaysia is ZERO per cent. In simple language, it means nobody here die of starvation! Please read this reports I don't see logic in your statement, and I believe our top economists would contest your point (or not at all as they don't to end up as a 'blank head' like you) but your argument didn't come with explanation or supporting analysis. You blasted PM Najib just because you are an opposition figure, and that your duty is to oppose everything the government does. I guess its time that you do more readings. Please refer to Bank Negara reports, if you trust the government's institution. If not, the IMF, the World Bank and other foreign embodiments and agencies are there to help you with the right reports. Or you prefer a thorough UNDP coverage on the subject. I do not wish to write more but I hope you could be wiser. If international organisations recognise the figure and the efforts that led to its success, why can't you as a Malaysian?  |
| GE13: Pakatan is far from ready Posted: 20 Mar 2013 12:22 AM PDT Pakatan Rakyat is not ready for general election. Not just yet. With teething problems plaguing the 3-party pact, the opposition is in limbos. Backbiting in PKR, DAP and PAS, the disagreement over major issues among them and the growing discontentment at grassroot level are making them groggy. PR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim is having difficulties to finalise PR seat allocation, hiding the fact that the problem may cost them crucial votes.  Although Anwar had recently said PR seat allocation was 'almost complete', he couldn't hide his frustration when his allies made their own decision, especially when Lim Kit Siang decided to contest in Gelang Patah while Nizar Jamaluddin has chosen Changkat Jering. The squabbles betwen PAS and DAP over 'Allah' - with PKR on the sideline - is far from over. Even the stance of few PAS leaders like Hadi Awang and Mat Sabu keep changing, reflecting their weak political standpoint which makes them look as losers to Lim Guan Eng and Karpal Singh. Without any effort to end the crisis, the action of PKR, headed by Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as president, which prefers to keep quiet, also raises question marks. Many grassroot members of the opposition pact are confused and question the accord achieved by PAS, PKR and DAP, which is purportedly strong. The opposition too has found itself seething in criticism of late, from brickbats hurled against their populist manifesto to accusations that alluded them to be involved in the Lahad Datu stand-off. And of course PKR vice-chairman Tian Chua is Pakatan's liability. His remarks about the Suluks intrusion in Sabah are making Malaysians - irrespective of their political ideologies - fuming mad, a factor that could drive away voters from PR's booths. The Opposition Leader himself has been widely-linked to the intrusion as the man who planned it with Nur Misuari and Jamalul Kiram, all for his politics. For the past two weeks, Anwar who is PR's head honcho and supposedly its prime minister candidate had been on the defensive in his nationwide ceramah rounds. His speech in Malacca recently was seen as an exasperated attempt to defuse tension pertaining to Tian Chua's blunder. And out of the blues, PKR strategic director Rafizi Ramli, when asked on Pakatan's approach in deflecting the issues, turned defensive himself, albeit denying that the opposition coalition had yet to suffer a twitch against putative accusations. Pakatan too suffers a double blow to wrest Putrajaya. The death of PI Balasubramaniam due to heart illness has not been a good timing as he was only about to 'reveal all' in a nationwide campaign. Then came a series of pictures purportedly taken from a video feed featuring two men in compromising positions where one of them appears to be of Anwar. Although Anwar has denied that the man in the video feed was him, investigation into the matter (which will take some time) is 'killing' him politically. After 2 major sodomy cases - one of which he won - and suing a blogger for RM100 million, such denial is still not sufficient to win back the peoples' trust. All these are pointing to a weakening Pakatan. The spats among PAS leadership after the sacking of deputy president Nasharuddin, and bickering in Johor DAP will further dampen PR's preparation for the national polls. So, Najib has valid reasons to dissolve the Parliament... anytime now!  |
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