Program Janji dicapati - Najib 'offer' wang tunai dan cenderahati kepada mereka yang nak sambut Hari Kebangsaan...

Satu e-mel dari Jabatan Perdana Menteri (JPM) telah mendedahkan bahawa Putrajaya akan menawarkan ganjaran wang tunai dan cenderamata kepada kira-kira 1,000 pelajar universiti yang bersetuju untuk mengambil bahagian dalam sambutan Hari Kebangsaan di sini.

Logo Hari Kebangsaan Putrajaya

Dalam e-mel dari jabatan Perpaduan Negara dan unit Integrasi dilihat semalam oleh The Malaysian Insider, pelajar dijangka mengibarkan bendera atau “melakukan beberapa pembentukan bendera mudah” apabila lagu kebangsaan 

“Negaraku” atau lagu 1Malaysia yang dimainkan semasa dua peristiwa diambang Merdeka — satu di Dataran Merdeka pada waktu pagi dan kedua di Stadium Bukit Jalil pada waktu petang.

“T-shirt disediakan pada waktu pagi dan wang tunai sebagai penghargaan akan diberikan kepada setiap peserta,” kata seorang pegawai dalam satu kiriman e-mel kepada sebuah universiti. “Untuk waktu petang, tiada T-shirt disediakan.”

Ketika dihubungi, pegawai itu memberitahu The Malaysian Insider bahawa peserta dijangka menghadiri raptai selama lima hari daripada hari ini, akan dibayar RM20 dan makan tengah hari disediakan untuk setiap hari.

“Jadi, untuk lima hari setiap peserta akan dibayar RM100,” kata pegawai tersebut.

Pegawai tersebut menambah, jabatan berharap untuk mendapatkan sekurang-kurangnya 1,000 orang peserta berumur dari 18 hingga 35 tahun dari beberapa universiti sepanjang bandar ini.

Sejumlah 25 buah bas akan disediakan untuk membawa peserta dari beberapa checkpoint sepanjang bandar ke dua tempat acara itu.

E-mel dari pegawai itu juga secara spesifik menyebut hanya Cina dan India yang diperlukan untuk acara tersebut.

Apabila ditanya mengapa, pegawai tersebut mengatakan bahawa beliau tidak tahu apakah sebabnya.

“Mungkin mereka (jabatan) sudah mempunyai bilangan orang Melayu yang mencukupi,” kata beliau.

Logo Hari Kebangsaan Pakatan Rakyat

Tawaran ganjaran tunai Putrajaya untuk menarik peserta menyertai sambutan Hari Merdeka sudah pasti akan menyebabkan kemarahan daripada pembangkang persekutuan, apalagi di tengah-tengah kritikan meluas bahawa Barisan Nasional (BN) telah mempolitikkan sambutan hari kebangsaan.

Kabinet Najib telah memilih “55 tahun kemerdekaan, Janji Ditepati” sebagai tema Hari Merdeka yang telah mendapat tentangan oleh kerana pengkritik mengatakan tema tidak sesuai oleh kerana ianya lebih kepada agenda politik BN.

Logo “Janji Ditepati” dan lagu tema telah mendapat reaksi hebat oleh kerana terdapat dakwaan bahawa lagu tersebut ditiru daripada lagu gospel Indonesia.

Pemimpin-pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat (PR) telah menuduh kerajaan BN merampas perayaan hari kebangsaan demi mengetengahkan agenda politik dan menyalahgunakan sumber kerajaan untuk tujuan berkempen.

Sebagai tindak balas, pakatan pembangkang PKR, DAP dan PAS mengumumkan tema alternatif sendiri pada hari Rabu — “Sebangsa, Senegara, Sejiwa” — cadangan diterima daripada orang ramai awal bulan ini.- malaysian insider

Pemberian tunai kepada peserta bukti kegagalan 1Malaysia, kata Kit Siang

 

  “Rent-a-crowd” for the two events on the eve of National Day...

An email from the Prime Minister’s Department has revealed that Putrajaya will offer cash rewards and souvenirs to some 1,000 university students who agree to participate in the coming National Day celebrations here. 

In the email from the department’s National Unity and Integration unit sighted yesterday by The Malaysian Insider, the students are expected to wave flags or “do some simple flag formation” when the national anthem “Negaraku” or 1 Malaysia songs are played during two events on National Day eve — one at Dataran Merdeka in the morning and the second at the Bukit Jalil Stadium in the evening. 

“A T-shirt is provided in the morning and a token of appreciation in cash is rewarded to each participant.

“For the evening event, no T-shirt is provided,” a department official said in the email addressed to a university here.

When contacted, the official told The Malaysian Insider that the participants are expected to attend five days of rehearsal from today, and will be paid RM20 and provided lunch for each day.

“So for five days, each participant will be paid RM100,” the official said.

The official added that the department hopes to rope in at least 1,000 participants aged between 18 and 35 years from several universities across the city.

A total of 25 buses will be provided to ferry the participants from various checkpoints across the city to the two event venues.

The official’s email also specified that only Chinese and Indian participants were required for the functions.

Asked why, the official said he was not aware of the reason.

“Maybe they (the department) already have enough Malays,” he suggested.

Putrajaya’s offer of cash rewards to entice participants to its National Day celebrations will likely draw more flak from the federal opposition, particularly as it comes amid widespread criticism that the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) pact has been politicising the national event for political reasons.

Already the Najib Cabinet’s chosen “55 Years Of Independence, Promises Fulfilled” theme for National Day has come under heavy fire, with critics saying the contentious slogan was unsuitable as it reflected BN’s political agenda.

The “Janji Ditepati” (Promises Fulfilled) logo and theme song have also attracted intense mockery and scrutiny, with claims that the latter was copied from an Indonesian gospel song.

Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders have accused the BN government of hijacking the national celebration to promote its political agenda and of abusing government resources for campaigning purposes.

In retaliation, the opposition pact of PKR, the DAP and PAS announced its own alternative theme ― “Sebangsa, Senegara, Sejiwa” (One Nation, One Country, One Soul) ― following suggestions from the public earlier this month. - malaysian insider

N-Day cash rewards prove 1 Malaysia’s failure, says Kit Siang...

Putrajaya is offering cash rewards and souvenirs to some 1,000 university students who agree to participate in the coming National Day celebrations here.

In an email from the Prime Minister’s Department’s National Unity and Integration unit sighted yesterday by The Malaysian Insider, the students are expected to wave flags or “do some simple flag formation” when the national anthem “Negaraku” or 1 Malaysia songs are played during two events on National Day eve — one at Dataran Merdeka in the morning and the second at the Bukit Jalil Stadium in the evening.

Putrajaya’s use of cash rewards to draw a bigger crowd to its National Day events next week proves that Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1 Malaysia policy has failed to unite Malaysians, Lim Kit Siang said today.

The DAP adviser scoffed at what he labelled as a “rent-a-crowd” for the two events on the eve of National Day, saying it was a typical practice of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government to fork out money just to create massive attendance at its functions.

“This is a National Day event... it should be a spontaneous thing. When it becomes so artificial, it loses its meaning,” Lim (right) told The Malaysian Insider when contacted here.

The Ipoh Timor MP said that the need to pay participants to attend the functions was also a clear reflection of how the prime minister’s attempt at nation building had failed to unite Malaysians, despite his “1 Malaysia, People First, Performance Now” concept.

He said the often-promoted “1 Malaysia” platform was supposed to inspire Malaysians of all races and religions to come together, particularly for functions like National Day, which should spark a sense of patriotism in them.

“This in itself is a sad reflection of the failure of 1 Malaysia to aspire Malaysians to come together as one, especially during national events like these,” he said.

Lim said the BN government had been handling this year’s National Day events in the wrong way, pointing to the recent uproar over the use of “Janji Ditepati” (Promises Fulfilled) for the National Day theme.

“It has been so divisive. Instead of encouraging people to come together, it has had the opposite effect,” he said.- malaysian insider

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