The Star: Najib praised, Pakatan faulted
by Baradan Kuppusamy
"Academics and other opinion makers said to be close to Pakatan Rakyat praise the Prime Minister’s reformist credentials while questioning Pakatan’s readiness to rule the country."
"...Lawyer Andrew Khoo's quote : “Although they have a common policy in Buku Jingga,” Khoo said, “their inability or reluctance to form a shadow Cabinet has meant they are unable to articulate what their policy is going to be,” website thechoice.my quoted him..."
More:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/9/22/focus/12061001&sec=focus
Kee Thuan Chye's opinion:
"...Meanwhile, the state governments of Penang and Selangor have shown their abilities to rule in their first time out. There is a buzz of excitement about Penang these days that had not been there for at least a couple of decades. Lim Guan Eng’s government attracted investments totalling RM10 billion in 2011.
But more than that, the Penang and Selangor state governments have won plaudits from the Auditor-General for their financial management. They have succeeded in increasing revenue and reducing public debt. As a Selangor resident, I can say that the government under Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has not done anything I would object to. In fact, among other things, I support its bid to take over the four water concessionaires in the state.
Were they ready to rule before 2008? Did either one have a shadow executive council prior to that year’s general election?
So I’m surprised that lawyer Andrew Khoo, whose views I usually hold in high regard, expressed at last Sunday’s forum his reservations about PR’s readiness to govern.
I’m sure Khoo’s concern is not a misplaced one and could be easily misinterpreted in the way the report on the forum was angled and written. I also believe that he was not writing off PR as an entity incapable of governing but was instead urging the coalition to get its act together. I base this on what he said: “To me, the great tragedy of Malaysia would be if PR won and then failed as a government.”
My only quarrel with that quote is that it is too pessimistic and drastic. And it is too broad. How does one determine such failure anyway? By the same token, is the current BN government a “failed” one? If it is, would a PR government not do better? If it isn’t, would a PR government, at the very least, not do as well?
More:
Should Pakatan Reveal its Shadow Cabinet?
http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2012/09/21/should-pakatan-reveal-its-shadow-cabinet/
Judge for yourself.
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by Baradan Kuppusamy
"Academics and other opinion makers said to be close to Pakatan Rakyat praise the Prime Minister’s reformist credentials while questioning Pakatan’s readiness to rule the country."
"...Lawyer Andrew Khoo's quote : “Although they have a common policy in Buku Jingga,” Khoo said, “their inability or reluctance to form a shadow Cabinet has meant they are unable to articulate what their policy is going to be,” website thechoice.my quoted him..."
More:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/9/22/focus/12061001&sec=focus
Kee Thuan Chye's opinion:
"...Meanwhile, the state governments of Penang and Selangor have shown their abilities to rule in their first time out. There is a buzz of excitement about Penang these days that had not been there for at least a couple of decades. Lim Guan Eng’s government attracted investments totalling RM10 billion in 2011.
But more than that, the Penang and Selangor state governments have won plaudits from the Auditor-General for their financial management. They have succeeded in increasing revenue and reducing public debt. As a Selangor resident, I can say that the government under Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has not done anything I would object to. In fact, among other things, I support its bid to take over the four water concessionaires in the state.
Were they ready to rule before 2008? Did either one have a shadow executive council prior to that year’s general election?
So I’m surprised that lawyer Andrew Khoo, whose views I usually hold in high regard, expressed at last Sunday’s forum his reservations about PR’s readiness to govern.
I’m sure Khoo’s concern is not a misplaced one and could be easily misinterpreted in the way the report on the forum was angled and written. I also believe that he was not writing off PR as an entity incapable of governing but was instead urging the coalition to get its act together. I base this on what he said: “To me, the great tragedy of Malaysia would be if PR won and then failed as a government.”
My only quarrel with that quote is that it is too pessimistic and drastic. And it is too broad. How does one determine such failure anyway? By the same token, is the current BN government a “failed” one? If it is, would a PR government not do better? If it isn’t, would a PR government, at the very least, not do as well?
More:
Should Pakatan Reveal its Shadow Cabinet?
http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2012/09/21/should-pakatan-reveal-its-shadow-cabinet/
Judge for yourself.
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