Anwar and Shabery Cheek to debate on oil price issue......

If everything goes well, Information Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek and Anwar Ibrahim will debate on the oil price issue,titled “Hari Ini Membentuk Kerajaan, Esok Turun Harga Minyak " on July 15 at the Dewan Bahasa Pustaka in Kuala Lumpur with the possibility of it being broadcast live. Agenda Daily said both speakers have confirmed their attendance for the debate.

The Star newspaper quoted Ahmad Shabery as saying,"This is an opportunity to inform the people of the many misleading and irresponsible statements being made against government decisions. I am ready for the debate," Ahmad Shabery agreed to the debate, saying it was part of his responsibility to explain policies.

While Ahmad Shabery would not direct Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) to telecast the debate, Agenda Daily editor Hanafiah Man said negotiations were going on with a number of TV stations to air the debate live.

"This is an opportunity for each side to explain and defend their arguments — one side to justify the government's decision to raise fuel prices and the other claiming the prices will go down if the Opposition gets into power," Hanafiah told The Star.

It is understood that the debate would follow the US presidential election debates with a moderator to be joined by two journalists, one each selected by Anwar and Ahmad Shabery. However,only 200 people will be invited while our two debaters will be allowed to bring along 50 guests each.

Anwar,had recently said that if his Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition took over the government, it would cut fuel prices the very next day or he would quit the government.

source - the Star.

If Ahmad Shabery Cheek is honest and wants to inform the people of the many misleading and irresponsible statements being made against government decisions,the least he can do is to telecast the debate live on RTM(TV1 or TV2). If Ahmad Shabery Cheek has rejected a live telecast on RTM, even before the debate can take off, do your think TV3,7,8 & 9 or Astro got the balls to take up the offer? After all these TV stations are no better than RTM, the unofficial gomen's ball carrier. My 2 cents feeling, is that this is another sandiwara.......but, an UMNO 'pengecut' has a different opinion,read here.

I hope Anwar will not participate in the debate,unless the debate is telecasat live. There is no question of who win and who lose, but the rakyat want to know whats the gomen and the opposition stand on this very important issue that has affected them badly...........

cheers.