We are used to bias reporting from the mainstream media, last minute re-surfacing of roads and maintenance of other needed public works, which seem as always, scheduled and happened to fall within the campaign period. But the latest method was blatant and with a ‘so what’ attitude (and coming from someone who just stated ‘we do not discriminate’:
From Nathaniel Tan’s blog:
This comes a little late, but if what is reported below is true, I think it truly, madly, deeply speaks for itself.
Kuala Terengganu:
In the most daring act to ‘bribe’ the electorate of Kuala Terengganu (KT) to date, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak dished out 583 government contracts in a “lucky draw” fashion to each and every Class F contractor present at the Wisma Darul Iman in Kuala Terengganu on Jan 10, the fifth day of the KT by-election campaign.
These contracts (valued between RM30,000 to RM200,000 each), which were claimed to be for infrastructure works in the local township, were distributed in random by having the contractors come on stage to click on the computer.
And upon pressing the button, a contract would be awarded to the contractor, details of which - nature of works and contract price - would instantly appear in a big screen in the hall. Thus the contractor would walk home with his “prize” (a contract with a pre-determined price), with no question asked on his track record or suitability for the works assigned.
Najib, who launched these innovative awards, proudly claimed this as “a world record”, saying that: “In this lucky draw, everyone wins. Everyone gets a contract.”
The BN antics get a bit boring after so many elections.
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