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| Dr Mahathir Mohamad. (Bloomberg pc) Dr M hopeful of reducing RM1 trillion debt in 1 or 2 years Bernama September 28, 2018 11:39 AM NEW YORK: Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad says Putrajaya is hopeful of a substantial reduction in government debt within the next one to two years. He said the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration would prioritise efforts to restore the wealth of the country and rescue its economy within this time frame. “Now we are the government. The first thing we have to do is to solve some of the problems created by the previous government. “The previous government borrowed huge sums of money, more than RM1 trillion. It is tough on us, but in one or two years we can reduce the amount,” he said at a dialogue with members of the Asia Society here, moderated by former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd. Mahathir said no country should accumulate debt beyond its means, voicing surprise that the previous administration had allowed this to happen … for more, go to https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/09/28/dr-m-hopeful-of-reducing-rm1-trillion-debt-in-1-or-2-years/ |
Good news for Malaysians and Malaysia! Comatose Umno still in dreamland!
More than 100 days after the corrupt-to-the-core Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) was unceremoniously given the boot by the majority of Malaysians in the May 9 14th General Election (GE14), it’s still in comatose.
What unity government is the directionless Umno president Zahid Hamidi talking about? Umno-PKR-PPBM-PAS?
What’s your bargaining chip? Are you still talking to yourself in dreamland?
Both Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim are still in full control of Pakatan Harapan (PH). They are also not politically threatened. So, why must the reunited duo even think of welcoming Umno leaders into the PH ruling coalition?
Approving those who wish to join PH as ordinary members are about the only political reality they (BN members) face now.
Instead of planning and engineering Umno to regain its political strength for GE15, the dreamland Umno leaders are still issuing statements to sow suspicion among PH leaders to divide and weaken the ruling coalition.
Unity government? The only unity are the Malaysians who united to give the Umno-led BN the boot in GE14.
Umno leaders are dreaming for scores of “frog” politicians to hop over to Umno and BN. Please continue doing so Umno, and carry on with your business-as-usual dirty backdoor “political strategy” in the hope to regain control of Putrajaya (federal government administration).
Malaysians do pray and hope for Umno to not wake up from its political comatose so that it heads for political extinction - just like the dinosaurs!
PH is expected to grow from strength to strength naturally by the day and months in Putrajaya until GE15 - many thanks to an Umno, and the Opposition as well, that is unable to wake up to face political reality, think out of the box and implement real reformation and change to win back the confidence and support of Malaysians.
Yes, Umno. Please don’t wake up, keep on dreaming!
Read on for the details:
"Unity government? Keep dreaming, MPs tell Zahid
Robin Augustin
September 28, 2018 3:09 PM
PETALING JAYA: Two Pakatan Harapan (PH) MPs have dismissed the possibility of Umno forming a coalition government with any PH component party, calling this a “bad idea”.
DAP’s Charles Santiago told FMT that Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi could keep “wishing” for a unity government, adding however that it was unlikely to materialise as the people would revolt against it.
“In the May 9 polls, the people voted for a manifesto which vowed to set up a government that was different, and a rejection of Umno.
“People couldn’t stomach former prime minister Najib Razak and Umno,” the Klang MP said in response to Zahid’s comments reported by the New Straits Times.
Given Umno’s many decades in power, he said it was natural that the party should wish to return to government. However, he urged the PH leadership to make clear to the people that there was no room in the coalition for Umno.
“PH and its component parties shouldn’t underestimate the people’s resolve and expectations. We shouldn’t take this for granted or get trapped in Umno’s game.”
While he did not rule out the possibility that Umno members might join PH parties, he said the coalition needed to be careful about this to avoid turning into “Barisan Nasional 2.0”.
Meanwhile, PKR’s Subang MP Wong Chen said it was a bad idea for any PH party to form a unity government with Umno, adding that there was a need to differentiate between working with the party in Parliament and as a government.
“If there are good laws which need their support in Parliament, it’s okay to work with them, but not as a unity government.”
He also dismissed rumours that PKR would work with Umno, noting that Umno leaders had not expressed any desire for this.
“That question is best addressed to PPBM because Umno members are leaving to join PPBM.”
Rumours have been swirling of a possible PKR-Umno tie-up due to Zahid’s close relationship with PKR president-elect Anwar Ibrahim. In the 1990s, Zahid served as Anwar’s deputy in Umno Youth.
However, in a separate interview, Zahid, the former deputy prime minister, said while he had met Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad twice since the May 9 polls, he had not met Anwar at all.
Zahid’s remarks came in the wake of Umno secretary-general Annuar Musa’s revelations that discussions between the party and PPBM had taken place.
Universiti Utara Malaysia political analyst Kamarul Zaman Yusoff also played down the possibility of a unity government with any PH component, saying this would be opposed by the other parties.
He added that this was also unlikely as Umno would have the greater share of influence if it formed a unity government with any member of the PH coalition.
In a statement on his Facebook page, Kamarul said it was more likely that Umno MPs would be absorbed en masse into a PH component.
“My advice to Umno is to accept the bitter reality that it has lost and work towards making itself a solid opposition.
“Just wait until the next election to regain power and stop dreaming of becoming the government through the back door as this would destroy Umno’s influence.” - FMT
DAP’s Charles Santiago told FMT that Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi could keep “wishing” for a unity government, adding however that it was unlikely to materialise as the people would revolt against it.
“In the May 9 polls, the people voted for a manifesto which vowed to set up a government that was different, and a rejection of Umno.
“People couldn’t stomach former prime minister Najib Razak and Umno,” the Klang MP said in response to Zahid’s comments reported by the New Straits Times.
Given Umno’s many decades in power, he said it was natural that the party should wish to return to government. However, he urged the PH leadership to make clear to the people that there was no room in the coalition for Umno.
“PH and its component parties shouldn’t underestimate the people’s resolve and expectations. We shouldn’t take this for granted or get trapped in Umno’s game.”
While he did not rule out the possibility that Umno members might join PH parties, he said the coalition needed to be careful about this to avoid turning into “Barisan Nasional 2.0”.
Meanwhile, PKR’s Subang MP Wong Chen said it was a bad idea for any PH party to form a unity government with Umno, adding that there was a need to differentiate between working with the party in Parliament and as a government.
“If there are good laws which need their support in Parliament, it’s okay to work with them, but not as a unity government.”
He also dismissed rumours that PKR would work with Umno, noting that Umno leaders had not expressed any desire for this.
“That question is best addressed to PPBM because Umno members are leaving to join PPBM.”
Rumours have been swirling of a possible PKR-Umno tie-up due to Zahid’s close relationship with PKR president-elect Anwar Ibrahim. In the 1990s, Zahid served as Anwar’s deputy in Umno Youth.
However, in a separate interview, Zahid, the former deputy prime minister, said while he had met Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad twice since the May 9 polls, he had not met Anwar at all.
Zahid’s remarks came in the wake of Umno secretary-general Annuar Musa’s revelations that discussions between the party and PPBM had taken place.
Universiti Utara Malaysia political analyst Kamarul Zaman Yusoff also played down the possibility of a unity government with any PH component, saying this would be opposed by the other parties.
He added that this was also unlikely as Umno would have the greater share of influence if it formed a unity government with any member of the PH coalition.
In a statement on his Facebook page, Kamarul said it was more likely that Umno MPs would be absorbed en masse into a PH component.
“My advice to Umno is to accept the bitter reality that it has lost and work towards making itself a solid opposition.
“Just wait until the next election to regain power and stop dreaming of becoming the government through the back door as this would destroy Umno’s influence.” - FMT
ANWAR: ‘NO NEED WHATSOEVER TO DISCUSS UNITY GOVERNMENT WITH UMNO’
Politics | September 28, 2018
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He insisted that the matter had never arisen in PH, thus he felt it was irrelevant to discuss it.
“As its stands, we are committed to PH and there is consensus that there is no need whatsoever to discuss that (cooperation with Umno). That is the proposition now… we have discussed among leaders and that is the general consensus,” he told reporters, here today.
He was approached after launching two books written by national laureate who is also senior lecturer of the Faculty of Creative Writing at the National Cultural and Heritage Academy Datuk Anwar Ridhwan titled Cerita Saya: Memoir Sehingga Tahun Tragedi 13 Mei 1969 and Bangsawan Helah Berhena.
Anwar said PH maintained the existing decision to continue to plan national governance and boost the national economy and there is no other suggestion made.
Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in a special interview with NSTP recently was reported to have said that Umno hoped the establishment of a solidarity government between the party and any other political party in the government could be realised immediately.
In another development, when asked on speculation that there would be a five-cornered contest in the Port Dickson by-election, Anwar who is also the PH candidate for the Parliamentary seat said that he was open to any contest.
“This is a democratic country, anyone can contest,” he said.
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On Sept 12, the incumbent for the Parliamentary seat Datuk Danyal Balagopal Abdullah vacated his seat to make way for Anwar to return to the Dewan Rakyat.
In the 14th General Election, Danyal Balagopal won the seat with a majority of 17,710 votes, to beat Barisan Nasional candidate Datuk VS Mogan and Mahfuz Roslan from PAS.
The Election Commission fixed Saturday for nomination day and Oct 13 as polling day for the by-election. — Bernama/Malaysia Chronicle"
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| Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Tun Daim Zainuddin have a discussion on the current economic conditions and the strengthening of Bumiputera agencies, including a number of contemporary development. — Picture via Facebook/Anwar Ibrahim Anwar meets Daim for chat on economy, stronger Bumiputera agencies Published 2 weeks ago on 08 September 2018 By Ida Lim KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 — PKR president-elect Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today he had met with the federal government’s influential adviser Tun Daim Zainuddin to talk about issues such as the economy. Sharing on his Facebook page a photo of the duo seemingly having a light-hearted moment, Anwar said in a brief description: “Discussion with Tun Daim on the current economic conditions and the strengthening of Bumiputera agencies, including a number of contemporary development.” Both of them are former finance ministers for more, go to https://www.malaymail.com/s/1670795/anwar-meets-daim-for-chat-on-economy-stronger-bumiputera-agencies Malaysia's Anwar on Trade War, Canceled Projects, Debt, Mahathir, Economy, 1MDB September 12th, 2018, 12:44 PM GMT+0800Malaysia has been relatively unscathed by the sell-off in emerging markets. The Mahathir government is charting a tricky path at a time when global risks are mounting. However, Malaysia's prime minister-in-waiting, Anwar Ibrahim, told Bloomberg the economy is managing to handle the escalating trade war between the US and China. (Source: Bloomberg) … for VIDEO, go to https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-09-12/anwar-on-trade-war-malaysia-china-deals-debt-mahathir-economy-1mdb-video |
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