PAS melahirkan kekesalan kerana Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) dan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) menjadi 'kayu mati' yang gagal menghalang rasuah pilihan raya yang berlaku secara berleluasa dalam PRK N20 Sungai Limau.
“Pemberian dilakukan secara terang-terangan dalam bentuk pemberian wang ringgit, dan barangan atas pelbagai nama,” ujar Ketua Penerangan PAS Pusat, Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.
Katanya, ia dilakukan secara terbuka oleh pimpinan kerajaan, di samping penggunaan hampir seluruh jentera kerajaan kecuali Jabatan Kaji Cuaca sahaja yang tidak kelihatan.
Tambahnya, SPRM yang diharap menjadi agensi penguatkuasaan pencegahan rasuah serta pihak polis menjadi pemerhati kosong di atas apa yang berlaku.
“Alasan bodoh yang sering kali didengar ialah ianya bukan diberi oleh calon atau wakil calon, maka ianya bukanlah rasuah,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan.
Kata beliau lagi, kegagalan Malaysia untuk mengambil contoh pencegahan rasuah negara luar telah jadi bahan ketawa pemerhati asing.
Kini, ujarnya ia telah menjadi budaya yang diterima oleh umum, menyebabkan penduduk yang terpinggir dan miskin akan bergantung kepada pilihanraya kecil untuk kawasan mereka diberi perhatian, paling tidak, pelbagai janji yang memenuhi impian mereka.
Beliau menambah, bila mana kekuasaan diperolehi melalui rasuah dan salah guna kuasa, bagaimana pemimpin tersebut akan tampil menentang rasuah.
Akibatnya, kata Tuan Ibrahim rasuah semakin membesar dan kini menjadi barah dalam setiap sektor.
Tambah beliau lagi, ternyata perubahan nama Badan Pencegah Rasuah (BPR) kepada SPRM hanyalah sekadar penukaran botol tapi isinya masih sama, kerana pemimpin yang rasuah tidak akan menggubal peraturan dan undang-undang bagi mencegah rasuah, dan agensi yang diamanah pula terikat dengan peraturan yang ada.
“Ada yang berkata rakyat akan berubah apabila pemimpin berubah. Tapi bagi PAS, pemimpin akan berubah kalau rakyat berubah.
“Budaya salah guna jentera kerajaan untuk kempen BN akan berhenti jika rakyat ambil pendekatan tidak menyokong penyalahgunaan sebegini,” ujar beliau lagi.
Justeru, beliau berharap para pengundi Dun Sungai Limau dapat menghantar isyarat jelas menolak calon BN bagi menyatakan tentangan mereka kepada amalan rasuah.
Seramai 27,222 pengundi di Sungai Limau akan membuang undi pada esok hari bagi memilih wakil rakyat mereka.
Kerusi Dewan Undangan (DUN) Sungai Limau kosong selepas penyandangnya Tan Sri Azizan Razak meninggal dunia pada 26 September lepas. Azizan merupakan penyandang kerusi DUN itu sejak pilihan raya umum 1995.
Pada PRU13 lepas, Azizan mengekalkan DUN Sungai Limau bagi penggal kelima berturut-turut dengan majoriti 2,774 undi dalam saingan empat penjuru termasuk sepupunya Mohd Fazillah Mohd Ali yang mewakili BN.-harakahdaily
Keadaan di Sungai Limau tidak sehangat stadium Shah Alam
BN and PR all out to ensure victory in Sg. Limau...
Today is the day of reckoning for Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in Sungai Limau, as more than 27,000 voters cast their votes for the constituency seat made vacant following the death of incumbent Tan Sri Azizan Abdul Razak.
Undoubtedly, the stakes are high for both parties, as a win here brings extra political mileage.
For the governing coalition, victory will cement their claim that Kedah voters have shifted their trust to BN, after a five-year administration by the PAS-led PR government which was widely perceived to have been resting on its laurels post 2008.
A loss for BN will not see the state administration change hands but the reverberations will be felt in its failure to strengthen their psychological hold in the 36-seat state legislature, in which they hold 23 seats.
For the national opposition, a loss will deny PR the platform and the momentum they need to make a run to regain administrative control of the state in the 14th general election.
Both BN and PR have focused a lot of manpower and money into the town, that is better known for its paddy fields and cheap street food, rather than politics.
BN, which wields federal power and enjoy the benefits conferred by such authority, have wasted no time in trying to get votes on their side, as reportedly some RM15 million has been promised for development in the area, including funds for fishermen, padi farmers, Felda settlers and Chinese schools.
They have gone all out to woo the 2,000-plus voters from the Chinese community as they are seen as the kingmakers, by targeting education – the community's soft spot – with an immediate on-the-spot approval of RM2.25 million for three schools to upgrade their facilities.
PR has been active as well, with their campaign touching on national issues which may sound foreign to rural ears but nonetheless, the message sent is that these matters have a bread-and-butter impact on everyday life.
Issues raised by the Opposition centered around padi, an important economic driver of the state, and the dreaded Goods and Service Tax (GST), which they claim will drive up the cost of living in an area used to low prices.
Of course, both sides spared no expense in bringing their top guns to bear, with BN fielding Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the deputy prime minister, as their vanguard in bringing BN's message of development, backed by a supporting cast of federal ministers conducting almost daily visits.
On the other side, prime minister aspirant Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is the biggest gun employed but other top names like PAS president Datuk Seri Hadi Awang and DAP's Lim Kit Siang have also made their presence felt.
In the end, the winner will be decided by whose message the electorate chooses to believe.
Will it be BN's oft-repeated mantra of development or will it be PR's "Kekal" (steadfast) promise? The odds seem to be in PR's favour due to the benefit of incumbency, but there is no ruling out the experienced and politically-seasoned BN.-theSundaily
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We do not need a business friendly government. We need a government that fgoes about its business based on the rule of law and not rule by law of the ruling party.All publically officers must be put on notice that any abuse of the law will result in the dissmissal from service without pension.
The greatest deterrant to corruption and abuse of power is knowing that you will be caught and sent to jail. Not to mention you will also lose your job.
We as a nition are dithering on this and and we will apy the price. We will be left like all other third world countries where the poor will have nothiong to eat butRICH.
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