“Kalau kamu sanggup untuk kritik, maka kamu perlu sanggup untuk berdebat. Tapi (kalau) kamu tak sanggup untuk respons cabaran.
Kamu (Najib) tidak datang ucapan saya (di Dewan Rakyat) pada Isnin jam 11.30 pagi, tapi saya sanggup duduk dengar kritikan.
“Separuh dari ucapan (penggulungan) Najib kritik Pakatan Rakyat. Ayuh kita berdebat, Pakatan Rakyat lawan Barisan Nasional. Kamu kata kamu demokrat bukan,” kata Anwar kepada pemberita di Lobby Parliament.
Dalam pada itu, jelas Anwar, belanjawan kali ini tidak meletakkan keutamaan kepada rakyat terbanyak melainkan insentif kepada kroni dan golongan atasan.
“Insentif untuk Tun Razak Exchange (TRX), itu insentif kewangan untuk orang kaya. Tak disentuh tentang IPP (Penjana Tenaga Bebas). Harga gula disentuh, tetapi monopoli gula tak disentuh.
“Perubahan struktur tidak dilakukan.. ini masalah besar. PTPTN diminta untuk bayar balik, tetapi hutang (kroni) berbilion tak disentuh. Tidak ada tindakan dan cadangan (dalam Belanjawan),” tegasnya.
Sementara itu, katanya, tidak ada yang baru dalam belanjawan dibentangkan untuk manfaat golongan berpendapatan sederhana dan pertengahan seperti Skim Rumah Pertamaku.-keadilandaily
Najib Cabut Lari Bila Ajak Debat...
Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak sekali lagi menolak cabaran debat dilontarkan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim selepas pembentangan bajet 2013 dibuatnya di Parlimen Jumaat lalu.
Anwar yang juga Ketua Pembangkang mengulangi cabarannya itu selepas Menteri Kewangan itu menggunakan sebahagian masa dalam tempoh pembentangan bajet tersebut bagi menyerang dirinya dan pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat(PR).
“Saya secara bergurau berkata kepada Najib dalam masa lebih kurang setengah jam saudara menyerang saya. Apa kata kalau kita debat Najib dengan tajuk belanjawan? Dia sambil ketawa pegang beg terus blah (berlalu).
“Pimpinan ini dia mesti berani pertahankan hujahnya. Itu prinsipnya. Jadi kalau kita gunakan media untuk meuar-uarkan jadi alat propaganda dan tidak boleh diulas itu jadi masalah,” katanya ketika berucap dalam majlis Makan Malam Perdana Bersama Pimpinan PR di Stadium Malawati di sini malam Jumaat lalu.
Beliau berkata, selaku Ketua Pembangkang dia akan mengulas secara panjang lebar mengenai bajet 2013 yang dibentangkan Najib dalam sidang dewan pada Isnin ini serta berharap Perdana Menteri menghadirinya.
“Saya masih ingat semasa saya jadi Menteri Kewangan, saya tidak pernah tidak hadir ulasan awal Ketua Pembangkang walaupun pedih telinga (mendengar). Masa itu YB Lim Kit Siang jadi Ketua Pembangkang.
“Bukan senang nak dengar tetapi saya fikir oleh kerana dia dengar ucapan kita selaku Menteri Kewangan maka wajarlah untuk menghormati sistem demokrasi dan memuliakan Parlimen,” lata bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri itu.- selangorku
Bajet 2013, bajet ‘bunga telor’
Anwar 'invites' Najib to his parliament rebuttal...
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has "invited" Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to be present in Parliament on Monday to listen to his address on the latest budget.
"Because I have heard Najib's (budget) speech, and I have requested him to listen to my speech on Monday 11.30 am commenting on the budget.
"As the finance minister, I hope he will accept my invitation. If he doesn't want to debate it, doesn't matter," said Anwar (left) at the Pakatan Rakyat dinner at the Stadium Melawati Shah Alam last night."Let's wait and see if he dares to come or not," he said.
Anwar added that he is prepared to allow Najib, who is Pekan MP, to comment and intervene in his parliamentary speech.
The prime minister may not attend all parliamentary sessions. Anwar, who is Permatang Pauh MP, however said he, as former finance minister, has never missed attending an opposition leader's rebuttal speech.
"When I was finance minister, I had never absented myself from a rebuttal speech by the opposition leader. I feel that by listening to his/her speech, we are showing for the democratic system," he said.
"I advise Najib to be present on Monday, and I will give him room to comment and rebut fully during that time," he added.
Turning back to world
Commenting on the PM's budget speech yesterday, Anwar said this was the first time that a budget presentation has failed to touch on the international economic scenario, that is an essentially tied to the country's economy.
"Najib's
budget is the first time it has been presented without giving the
international economic scenario. This is relevant because Malaysia is a
trading nation and it cannot run away from external issues."(Yesterday's) budget did not make any reference. We will address this on Monday," he said.
Instead, he said, the budget speech was spent attacking Pakatan from the outset.
"From start to finish, the budget speech attacked Pakatan Rakyat and myself. I was thinking to myself, when would we swap places?" he said, to thunderous applause from the participants of the fundraising event that drew about 2,500.
Najib's Budget 2013 speech has been roundly criticised not just for delivering what is said to be a vote-canvassing exercise lacking in real structural solutions for the country's economy, but for being more of a campaign speech.
The PM's presentation was peppered with attacks on the opposition coalition, firing salvo after salvo in his closing remarks and making repeated pleas for the BN to be returned in the polls so it may deliver "six more budgets".- malaysiakini
2013 Budget: A quick look at reactions...
Prime minister Najib Razak yesterday tabled his last budget before the next general election. Other than comments from Barisan Nasional leaders and MPs, here is a quick compilation of reactions from PR and civil society leaders.
A
budget is not mere numbers and figures amounting to billions for
projects. More importantly is the fact that its implementation and
results have never reached the masses. Mega projects are used to
generate profits for UMNO cronies... The people must realise that
billions of ringgit has vanished into thin air due to leakages. - Abdul Hadi Awang, PAS president
The
announcements of handouts to general Malaysians is just a small dosage
for the elections… but the basic structural problem of the country,
where the rich cronies and their family members amass millions of
dollars of profits through improper means ? that is left intact. - Anwar Ibrahim
Najib
made history turning his 2013 Budget into a blatant unashamed desperate
electioneering speech - debasing the budget and Prime Minister's
office! -Lim Kit Siang, DAP advisor
I
can't tell whether the budget tabled by Najib is a good and responsible
budget in the interest of the country and future generation, because
even (former prime minister) Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called it a
vote-buying budget. But even if Najib did manage to prepare a good
budget, it is of no use if the Auditor-General has revealed that RM28
billion is lost every year due to administration weaknesses. - Mohamad Sabu, PAS deputy president
This
is a farewell budget from Najib as prime minister and Finance minister.
Even if BN wins with all these tricks, it could be much smaller than
its 2008 performance. As a result, Najib will be thrown out just like
Pak Lah was thrown out by UMNO.- Mahfuz Omar
I
am taken aback by the allocation for women... this is what happens when
a man leads the Women [Family and Community Development] ministry. He
cannot relate to women's development. - Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff, PAS Muslimat leader
This
surely is an 'election budget' not just because of 'sweet goodies' to
the entire segments of voters but because Najib is not focussed on
solving structural economic problems like monopolistic and
rentier-system... but also because (he provides) 'panadol-like' economic
solutions.- Dr.Dzulkefly Ahmad, PAS Research Centre
The
one-off payments for those above 21 such as rebate for smartphone
purchase, RM100 for school students, RM250 book vouchers for tertiary
students, these are all the government's election target. They don't
solve the problem of financial burden. There is nothing new in this
budget. - Dr.Mujahid Yusof Rawa, Parit Buntar MP
The
people wonder what are the government's policies on eradicating poverty
and to defend the people. Rising living costs were not touched, as well
as high toll charges and car prices.-Kamaruddin Jaffar, Tumpat MP
We
have to really monitor the budget to make sure that it hits the
estimates, or else we have to be prepared for a mini budget after the
election to adjust for shortages. -Ramon Navaratnam, economist
It
is the first time since Independence in 1957 that the BN government is
giving out one-time and various forms of cash handouts in its Budget.
This is clearly an election Budget to buy your votes in the next general
election so that they remain in power for another five years to plunder
...Take it and say goodbye to BN. - Chua Jui Meng, Johor PKR chairman
The
marked decline in revenue growth will have a very significant impact on
the government's ability to impact growth in the Malaysian economy
through fiscal means. The fact that we have not been able to reduce our
budget deficit below four percent over the past few years reflects the
years of wasted opportunities, where we have failed to curb our
expenditure through reduced wastage, abuses and corruption. - Tony Pua, Petaling Jaya Selatan MP
The
issue of subsidies has not been carefully handled... the truth is that
livings costs remain high in such matters as health, education and
transport. We are also disappointed that there was no hikes in taxes on
alcohol and cigarettes. The government has dismissed real issues on
rising medical, socialm cultural and environmental costs thanks to
lobbying by the alcohol and tobacco industries. - Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid, TERASThe government did address key issues such as transportation in major cities. But it's surprising that Johor Baru was not mentioned for this, given its size. Maybe the BN feels it's a safe area - or it is a strategy to make people vote for them. - Ibrahim Suffian, Merdeka Centre
Sabah and Sarawak continued to be sidelined. There is nothing mentioned other than to open paddy fields in Kota Belud and Batang Lupar. Despite the known fact that Sabah is a 'fixed deposit' for Barisan Nasional, there is no project specifically for Sabahans - Lajim Ukin, Beaufort MP
The BN government is scraping the bottom of the barrel. It tries to use cash handouts to influence the voters, but I feel it might backfire as people will realise that it was given purely for the elections and this may even make people more anti-establishment. - Lim Teck Ghee, Centre for Policy Initiatives
A ‘too sweet’ election budget, irresistible to the rakyat and fiscally-strained to the treasury as reflected in its 8.1% increase of overall allocation for the year 2013. Applaud the commitment to narrow the fiscal deficit towards 4.0% of GDP, though 3.5% deficit is still attainable upon more prudent government spending with no leakages...A budget with so much promises, but shall not be compensated with a vote. After all, it is our money. - Syahir Sulaiman, head of Policy Study, PAS Youth - harakahdaily
cheers
Ia
dibeli oleh Ketua Pemuda DHPP Selangor, Sri Jalaraman. Jalaraman ketika
ditemui berkata, beliau membelinya kerana penghormatan beliau kepada
Presiden PAS itu.
Though
the term "prized possession" took on a more personal meaning with DAP's
Seputeh MP Teresa Kok who auctioned off her sleeping partner she shared
the bed with for years, a fluffy white teddy bear.
Wan Azizah visibly emotional, read out the letter (left)
in English which details some of the ordeal her husband, and by
extension herself and her family had to bear when he was "a guest" of
the government in prison.
About 255 tables of varying prices were laid at the indoor stadium in Shah Alam for the opposition coalition's maiden political fundraising do, as announced by organising committee head PAS' Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli at a press conference last week.
The
roughly 2,500 audience in the hall who paid to be there at the dinner
and sundry supporters in the upper gallery who came to observe were also
treated to speeches by DAP general-secretary Lim Guan Eng, PAS
president Abdul Hadi Awang and de-facto PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim.
Belanjawan biasanya memberikan unjuran berdasarkan senario antarabangsa dan keupayaan domestik. 
Kalau
kita lihat belanja tahun lepas ia telah lebih belanja RM20 bilion....
Kalau kita lihat. Hutang naik 456 bilion tahun lepas kepada 502 bilion
untuk akhir tahun ini.
Ini
bajet panik kerajaan kerana ia berasaskan pemberian yang diumumkan dan
di akhirnya memang menyeru harapan rakyat supaya bagi peluang kepada
Umno-BN sekali lagi.
Jelas bahawa bajet PM seolah-olah tidak mengambil latar belakang fizikal dan hanya disusun untuk mendapatkan undi.
In
an immediate reaction to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s budget
speech this evening, Anwar said the budget contained elements of gimmick
that was “over the top”.
The announcement for the public in general seems attractive, with small doses for the elections.
Pakatan's budget prioritises the rakyat. We want to unwind the very activities that BN is maintaining.
Last year the government overspent by RM20 billion.
I
hope Malaysians know this is their own money. It may help Najib's
personal popularity (especially) among the poorer households, but people
have been talking about it for a whole year already.
(The budget) is to buy off many sectors of voters. 
State
DAP youth chief Tan Hong Pin said the alleged answer scheme and
questions were sent to him by an Internet user through email.
Tan said the party will study the examination paper in detail and lodge a police report.
The
question “Is it appropriate for a citizen to participate in an illegal
assembly?” was accompanied by two photographs of incidents during the
April 28 rally, while the answer given by the student - “tidak wajar
(not appropriate)” - was ticked as correct.
Kertas
soalan yang bersebar di laman sosial Facebook itu memuatkan dua gambar
semasa berlakunya perhimpunan BERSIH pada 28 April lalu.
