TONY PUA DROPS BOMBSHELL: ALL BIG SCANDALS ALREADY EXPOSED, GOVT CAN MOVE ON NOW

KUALA LUMPUR – All the big financial scandals from the previous BN-led government have more or less been exposed and the government can now move forward to set Malaysia on the right trajectory according to Tony Pua.

Pua, who is the special officer to Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng, said the government is now focused on drawing its baseline before it can begin to implement financial policies that benefit the nation and its people.

“I hope I’m not wrong here but I’m pleased to let you know, I think, that all the biggest scandals there are to be exposed have already been exposed, no more RM10 billion hidden somewhere in refunds that we didn’t know about,” he said today when he was speaking to members of the Rotary club of Pudu at a meeting.

Pua was referring to the latest expose in where the previous BN government had failed to refund the excess income tax and real property gains tax paid by taxpayers totalling RM16.046 billion as of 31 May 2018.

He said that the government is now formulating strategies to deal with these immediate problems.

“The fact that we are no longer tolerant to cronyism actually sets the agenda on what they can expect from our reform,” he said.

He said that government contracts are now given to the companies that have the best abilities which bodes well for the economy as it increases competitiveness.

“No longer are these contracts awarded based on relations. It’s awarded based on ability,” he said.

He also stressed that even though the previous government was involved in “unprecedented levels of corruption” and kleptocracy, there was still economic growth and with the new transparent government, Malaysia can soar to greater heights.

“If the previous corrupt and clearly kleptocratic government at a huge scale unprecedented scale can still create a Malaysia that has an economic growth of 5.6%. Despite whatever they were doing, the economy was doing good,” he said.

“Imagine a clean government who is bent on battling corruption and implementing policies which will benefit the people … I’m sure a clean government can do even better,” he said.

– Sundaily