Najib Should Set An Example And Be Forthcoming And Honest For Once.
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Sunday warned all quarters not to depict the government as not being transparent about the equity share in the national economy by the various races based on the figures arrived at by the Economic Planning Unit (EPU).
"The government is indeed transparent about it. Statements are being made to the contrary," he said in response to the remarks by Gerakan president Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik who wanted the EPU to reveal its methodology how it arrived at the Bumiputera share of the national economy at only 18.9 per cent. The Deputy Prime Minister also said that government did not have any problem in making public the method used if there was still doubts.
"The government's figure (on the Bumiputera share) is based on detailed and objective studies. We have no problems (revealing how the figure was arrived), but we don't want cynical remarks made that the government is not transparent or the like," he told reporters here. Najib also stressed that the calculations were based on the overall figure and not modified to reflect the interests of any one community.
Lim yesterday had said that the methodology used by EPU should be revealed as Gerakan was of the view that something was not right with the 18.9 per cent figure as it had not shown any improvement since the New Economic Policy (NEP) was introduced in 1970. He also wanted the EPU to issue the figures on equity control of companies held by Bumiputeras since the NEP was introduced.
The issue of the Bumiputera control of equity in the national economy became a controversy when the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) claimed that the community's share had reached 45 per cent. It was rebutted by the government as the EPU had calculated the bumiputera portion to be only 18.9 per cent. ASLI later apologised and retracted its report on the issue.
**** I have only one thing to say to Najib. If you and the government have no problem with transparency and revealing the figures, then release the damn data of the 'detailed and objective studies.' Let the people decide on its accuracy.
The more Najib tries to hush things up and serve warnings on a daily basis to not discuss this or not question that, the more suspicious the people get and indeed it is becoming very tiresome to hear him speaking in that vein. No one is listening to his advice or caution, that is for sure. As it is there is probably not a single non-Malay in the country who believes him or the so-called transparency he touts or the EPU figures he refers to.
It is a good thing that Dr Lim Keng Yaik came out with his comments on the subject, which is more than what can be said for the political hermaphrodites in the MCA, MIC and other minor players in the BN.
Najib should also listen to the advice of several prominent Malaysians who asked him not to simply give gag orders. Sweeping inconvenient issues under the carpet may be Najib's preferred strategy but it won't cut ice with the rest of the population. If you claim to be transparent then walk the talk and prove that you indeed are.
"The government is indeed transparent about it. Statements are being made to the contrary," he said in response to the remarks by Gerakan president Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik who wanted the EPU to reveal its methodology how it arrived at the Bumiputera share of the national economy at only 18.9 per cent. The Deputy Prime Minister also said that government did not have any problem in making public the method used if there was still doubts.
"The government's figure (on the Bumiputera share) is based on detailed and objective studies. We have no problems (revealing how the figure was arrived), but we don't want cynical remarks made that the government is not transparent or the like," he told reporters here. Najib also stressed that the calculations were based on the overall figure and not modified to reflect the interests of any one community.
Lim yesterday had said that the methodology used by EPU should be revealed as Gerakan was of the view that something was not right with the 18.9 per cent figure as it had not shown any improvement since the New Economic Policy (NEP) was introduced in 1970. He also wanted the EPU to issue the figures on equity control of companies held by Bumiputeras since the NEP was introduced.
The issue of the Bumiputera control of equity in the national economy became a controversy when the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) claimed that the community's share had reached 45 per cent. It was rebutted by the government as the EPU had calculated the bumiputera portion to be only 18.9 per cent. ASLI later apologised and retracted its report on the issue.
**** I have only one thing to say to Najib. If you and the government have no problem with transparency and revealing the figures, then release the damn data of the 'detailed and objective studies.' Let the people decide on its accuracy.
The more Najib tries to hush things up and serve warnings on a daily basis to not discuss this or not question that, the more suspicious the people get and indeed it is becoming very tiresome to hear him speaking in that vein. No one is listening to his advice or caution, that is for sure. As it is there is probably not a single non-Malay in the country who believes him or the so-called transparency he touts or the EPU figures he refers to.
It is a good thing that Dr Lim Keng Yaik came out with his comments on the subject, which is more than what can be said for the political hermaphrodites in the MCA, MIC and other minor players in the BN.
Najib should also listen to the advice of several prominent Malaysians who asked him not to simply give gag orders. Sweeping inconvenient issues under the carpet may be Najib's preferred strategy but it won't cut ice with the rest of the population. If you claim to be transparent then walk the talk and prove that you indeed are.
posted by The Malaysian. at 10/15/2006 04:38:00 PM
2 Comments:
Show us how you get the figures, Najeeb the cross-dresser! Unless he failed Statistic paper like Bodowi too. Tak tahu nak kira, beb!
I am less interested in the methodilogies used by anybody but more interested in who are the beneficiaries of the 18.9% or 45% bumiputra equity ownership. Are they the Tan Sri Syed Mokhtars, the mahathirs, the badawis, the najibs, the Razalis, the rozalis, The Basirs, the muhyiddins, the rafidahs, the KFCs, the malakoffs.......
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