BN government’s change is in small doses: Anwar
SEREMBAN: Parti Keadilan Rakyat adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pointed out today that indeed, the Barisan Nasional government under Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is making changes, but the changes are delivered in small doses while the corruption and leakages continue on a big scale.
The government would implement programmes which bring only small benefits to the people and the local mainstream media would highlight these projects, but ignoring the wayward spending by the government ministers and the huge losses due to corruption, leakages and malpractices, he added.
“The BN-controlled media like Utusan Malaysia and RTM would play up the weaknesses of the Pakatan-Rakyat governments, especially in Selangor, as well as controversies involving PKR and its leaders,” Anwar said in his keynote address at the one-day PKR NS State Convention held at the Chung Hwa High School here.
Anwar stated that the party is committed to change the whole corrupt system represented by the BN throughout the nation. When he and other opposition leaders tried highlight to the people the present government’s wrongdoings and excesses, the mainstream press would completely black out their statements or continue to distort the messages.
Another big omission by the MSM is they would give scant or no coverage at all on the high-profile corruption cases like Port Klang Free Zone, wrongful or illegal acts by investigative agencies like the Police and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, including the lack of follow-up actions on the VK Lingam judicial scandal.
On the PKFZ, the MSM would report on action being taken against the lesser officials, but they don’t question why no action is being talen against ex-Transport Ministers like Dr Ling Liong Sik and other big guns, Anwar noted.
