MCA: Guan Eng "naive" on corruption, "Godly-man" Nik Aziz making a mess in Kelantan

It is ridiculous that Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng can sing the praises of Pakatan Rakyat but chooses to turn a blind eye towards the corruption within the Pakatan parties which is happening in the states under their control and tries to cover up the issue.

MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has pointed out that there are elements of corruption in both Barisan Nasional as well as Pakatan Rakyat. This is an indisputable fact. However, Guan Eng tries to ignore the corruption within Pakatan Rakyat and continues to deceive himself that Pakatan Rakyat is clean, but everybody knows that beneath a clear river there are dirt and sediments on the riverbed which pollutes the river.

Naive

Guan Eng is naïve to believe that Pakatan Rakyat is free from corruption, but the fact is that he cannot accept the fact that corruption is prevalent. For example, in Kedah, Pakatan Rakyat representatives had asked for a 30% rebate on allocations to Chinese associations, proving that the Kedah Pakatan state government is guilty of corruption and abuse of power, but Guan Eng chose to ignore this issue.

Recently, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had also reopened the case involving the Selangor sand mining scandal in 2009 where two PKR state assemblymen were suspected of receiving kickbacks from a sand mining contractor, and in Perak, there was a controversy surrounding a tailoring contract involving the wife of a state assemblyman. Both these examples prove that Pakatan Rakyat is not completely free of corruption.

Godly

Kelantan Menteri Besar Dato’ Nik Abdul Aziz is always portrayed as a godly man, but his state government is in a mess. Under his rule, Kelantan has imposed a theocratic Islamic state, making speeches which discriminate against women, prohibiting all activities considered unclean by Islam such as alcohol, gambling and forcibly separating for men and women. All these are elements of poor policy management and administration but yet Guan Eng still chooses to ignore these facts.

Guan Eng must be aware that people are not saints, but if they commit an error then they must own up and admit to being at fault. They should not be fooling around, using all sorts of tactics to get themselves into Putrajaya but should instead live up to the expectations of the people.

Tan Cheng Liang is the Wanita MCA Deputy Secretary General