titled “Looks like we have to kick out the YBs before they’ll listen” must have hit a raw nerve to elicit a press statement from 10 DAP state assemblypersons on Feb 16.
And lest the cyber troopers misrepresent and mischievously accuse me, my statement is NOT a call, by any shot, to vote the previous corrupt regime back to power. It is a call for them to listen to people’s concerns.have a limited understanding of democracy. There are two aspects of democracy. The first is participatory democracy. The second is representative democracy, commonly in the form of electoral democracy. Most people equate democracy with electoral democracy.
The Penang Peduli Rakyat forum was organised by Penang Forum in that spirit – to provide a platform for citizens to articulate their concerns. It was an open platform and anyone could participate. It was not the usual Penang Forum meeting because of the 20 speakers, only five were members of Penang Forum. The vast majority of speakers I have only met the first time.
On top of that, I made a special effort to write personally to 40 ADUNs and about 10 MPs in Penang to invite them to attend. The email invitation was sent out on Feb 11, four days before the forum, not the night before. It would have been an excellent opportunity for them to listen to a vast spectrum of people.
How politicians change and forget their promises when they get into power. They do exactly what they said they objected to when they were in opposition. Ponder the statement of Chow Kon Yeow on May 29, 2002, when he was in opposition. “If the findings of the Halcrow report are true, Dr Koh would be irresponsible in pushing the PORR through as this will not be a long-term solution to the traffic congestion on the island.
As an example, back in 2015, we already questioned the validity of the SRS’s claim that the LRT would have 42 million ridership in its initial years of operations. We estimated that eight million ridership may be more realistic. With the forecasted annual operating and maintenance expenditure of RM170 million, the state would be staring at an annual deficit of RM140 million.
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