SPR - Holding elections separately will cost RM 30 million, hei!! what about Sharizat's RM250 million and Tajuddin's RM589 million debt...

Pakatan Rakyat's proposal not to hold polls for Selangor simultaneously with the next general election will cost taxpayers RM30mil, said Electoral Commission Deputy Chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar.

To hold separate state elections for all Pakatan-controlled states would cost up to RM100mil.

"I'd advise all state governments not to play politics with taxpayers money. Why? To show you don't want to do what the Federal Government does? Not holding them at the same time will result in double the training, preparation, budget," he told The Star.

"It's their right to do so as long as they get consent, but what difference does it make to hold the elections later? The rakyat already knows the candidates and the policies."

"And what if when the time comes the Finance Minister says there is not enough money in the Treasury? We will have to ask the state government for the funds," he said.- malaysian insider

 Meanwhile, the Election Commission (EC) can avoid having to conduct separate polls for Selangor provided it “cleaned up” the electoral roll first.

In a statement today, Faekah Husin, the political secretary to Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim, said this should be the EC’s priority and not harp on how much it would cost ratepayers if polls were not held concurrently.

“Holding elections separately (from the general election) will not arise if the EC vigorously clean the electoral roll which is increasingly (tainted).

“Even though a lot of evidence have been adduced, but the EC has failed to take appropriate action and instead gave strange excuses which are unreasonable,” she said.

Faekah was responding on a report carried by mStar, which quotes deputy EC chief Wan Ahmad Wan Omar warning that separate polls for Selangor would cost RM30 million.

Commenting on the price tag, Faekah said that the EC cannot use this excuse to restrict the state government from exercising its right to decide when to go to polls.

'Stop being BN's spokesperson'

She said that the EC must realised that the decision to hold off the polls stems from EC’s failures, which includes ignoring recommendations by election reform pressure group Bersih 2.0.

“If they want to talk about tax money, what about the RM250 million of tax money abused by the NFC (National Feedlot Corporation) and the Tajuddin Ramli’s RM589 million debt written off by the federal government?

“What about the sale of the MEX Highway? Will the federal government recover its RM900 million grant from Maju Holdings? Are these not a waste of tax payer funds?” she asked.

Faekah said that Wan Ahmad’s comments were political in nature and he should resign from his position if he insists on doing so.

“We urge the EC to stop being BN’s spokesperson. If the EC wants to be respected, it must do its job responsibly and honestly because they would be repaid in kind,” she said.- malaysiakini

Pilihan raya berasingan kerana kelemahan SPR...

Kerajaan negeri Selangor membayangkan kemungkinan mengadakan pilihan raya negeri yang berasingan ekoran kegagalan Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya (SPR) membersihkan senarai daftar pemilih yang meningkat secara mendadak di negeri itu.

Setiausaha Politik Menteri Besar negeri itu, Faekah Husin berkata, hak mengadakan pilihan raya umum (PRU) bersama atau berasingan adalah terletak sepenuhnya pada kerajaan negeri.

“SPR tidak boleh menggunakan alasan belanja RM30 juta untuk menyekat hak tersebut,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan media hari ini.

Beliau menegaskan mereka harus sedar tindakan mengadakan pilihan raya berasingan adalah akibat dari kegagalan SPR membersihkan dan mengambil langkah berkesan sebagaimana unjuran Bersih 2.0.

“Jika kita mahu berbicara soal wang rakyat, bagaimana pula dengan RM250 juta wang rakyat yang disalahguna NFC (National Feedlot Corporation) dan RM589 juta hutang (bekas pengerusi MAS) Tan Sri Tajuddin Ramli yang dilupuskan oleh kerajaan?

“Bagaimana pula dengan urusniaga penjualan Lebuh Raya MEX? Adakah geran kerajaan yakni duit rakyat yang diberikan kepada Maju Holdings berjumlah lebih RM900 juta telah dikembalikan? Bukankah ini semua melibatkan pembaziran wang rakyat?,” soal beliau.
‘Seperti lembu dicucuk hidung’

Isu pilihan raya berasingan katanya, tidak akan timbul sekiranya SPR bersungguh-sungguh membersihkan senarai daftar pemilih yang meningkat mendadak.

“Walaupun telah banyak bukti yang dikemukakan namun SPR masih gagal bertindak sewajarnya sebaliknya memberikan alasan yang pelik dan tidak munasabah.

Ujar beliau, “kita mahu SPR melaksanakan tanggungjawab secara bebas dan jangan mengikut telunjuk Barisan Nasional (BN) atau mana -mana parti politik seperti lembu dicucuk hidung.

“Kita amat kecewa apabila SPR tanpa berselindung menunjukkan sokongan kepada BN. Jika ada pegawai tertinggi SPR mahu berpolitik, sila letak jawatan dan bertanding sebagai calon BN.

“Kita mendesak SPR berhenti menjadi jurucakap BN. Jika SPR mahu dihormati seluruh masyarakat Malaysia, laksanakan tugas dan tanggungjawab yang diamanahkan dengan jujur kerana setiap perbuatan kita pasti akan mendapat balasan dariNYA,” tambahnya.- FMT

Jangan lupa 28 April 2012...

 

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