Where’s the beef – Stampede! (Part XII)

by Dr R@28

Where’s the beef Part 1

Where’s the beef Part 2

Where’s the beef Part 3

Where’s the beef Part 4

Where’s the beef Part 5

Where’s the beef Part 6

Where’s the beef Part 7

Where’s the beef Part 8

Where’s the beef Part 9

Where’s the beef Part 10

Where’s the beef Part 11

• The PM announced yesterday that the NFC asset has been frozen. Hours before that Shahrizat went on leave. I am sure many can put the pieces together. The investigation has been completed. Prof Salleh who is under a lot of pressure has been making a lot of wrong moves. Today NFC is beyond salvage. It is a political disaster. NFC is a BN liability. The DPM who is the former MOA minister is answerable. Shahrizat who is the wife of the cattle farmer had to be burned. In my assessment the NFC leaked was done on purpose. PKR was fed with the bullets. The intended target was not Shahrizat unfortunately in war there are collateral damages. The country has lost one capable minister.

• Unfortunately, our PM biggest weakness is his inability to act fast enough. He is moving like a sloth. His failure is giving room to PR to further exploit the issues. It is sending a message that that UMNO-BN is protecting their fold when it comes to issues related to corruption and abuse of power. From Dec 2009, I have said that NFC will fail and indeed it has failed. The underlying cause of the failure is because the lack of independence of the government agencies that is involved in the project. They could not challenge their political masters. They gave money to an academician with zero background in cattle ranching. They failed to monitor and failed to ensure money that has been released was used for intended purposes. For that they should also shoulder the blame. In my opinion Najib deserves an F for his slow reaction in handling the case. Najib failed to capitalize an opportunity to show his firmness in addressing inefficiencies and power and position abuse.

• The PM has instructed the DPM and Dato’ Noh to look on what can be done with NFC. I don’t know what the government plans are but I expect NFC to payback the loan with interest immediately. This must be made public. The government needs to revisit their objectives again and revised their plan on how to meet the agenda of reducing meat import. Let the company decides on how and what it wants to do with the beef valley. The original objectives are good and achievable. The only thing wrong with it is the way it is done. I believe I can do it and willing to take the challenge with a salary of RM1 per month. In the meantime, I hope Najib will also look into the government investment in the  “prawn farming business” in Pitas, Sungai Telaga and Sungai Padas in Sabah before RR decides to take fly there