PR 100-day promises

PR has made the following 10 promises to be carried out within 100-days of coming to power. Najib has called the 10 promises a bluff, claiming the Malaysia just can't afford them. PR says that if government corruption and wastages could be curbed, billions of ringgit could be saved and be used to make these 10 promises a reality.

I'm having a hard time believing both sides. PR sounds like it just took the Top Ten Grievances of the People and made a sweeping promise that these would be solved within 100 days. Najib counters with a simplistic answer that if these things were done, it would bankrupt the nation. Both are lying. No way these 10 things can be done in Malaysia in 100 days, not even if PR had completely wiped out BN from Parliament. And, there are some promises that don't require a sen to implement.

I'll agree that these 10 promises would be amazing, if they could be made and kept. They are certainly things weighing heavily on the minds of the ordinary citizen. Shall we give PR a chance to some of them? Even if they can't get all 10, even 1 success might be worth 4 years of PR rule. Despite deriding them as impossible, Najib hasn't said anything about their value or whether his BN government would tackle of them. Such a massive fail on his part -- he knows that these are the things on the minds of the common man, but chooses not to address them directly.

Pakatan Rakyat's 100-day 10 Promises.

1. A restructure of institutions including the Elections Commission (EC), the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), the Attorney-General's Chambers and the Royal Malaysian Police. During a debate on the policy framework, DAP's Anthony Loke said PR bring the MACC under the purview of Parliament.

2. A repeal of the Internal Security Act (ISA)

3. Instruct Khazanah Berhad, Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) and other government bodies to take over highway assets from the concessionaires in order to abolish the toll system.

4. A restructure of the country's subsidies, to lessen subsidies given to the private sector (such as the RM19 billion in gas subsidies given to independent power producers) and transferring these to subsidies for the man on the street.

5. Acknowledging the role and sacrifices of civil servants by studying the current pay schemes and increasing the incentives for teachers by RM500 a month

6. Transferring private water concessions to the government

7. Offering free wireless Internet access to those in urban and semi-urban areas

8. Cancelling Felda Plantations and opening up its farms to second- and third generation Felda settlers.

9. Increasing oil royalty payments to Sabah, Sarawak, Terengganu and Kelantan to 20 per cent from 5 per cent currently.

10. Formation of a Royal Commission to solve the problem of illegal immigrants and citizenship issues in Sabah and Sarawak.

courtesy of Volume of Interactions