PM: Pakatan incapable of fulfilling 100-day reformation
(THE STAR) – Pakatan Rakyat’s proposal to conduct reforms in 10 areas within 100 days should it win over the Federal Government is unrealistic and not based on actual capabilities, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.
“The statement is unrealistic and is made without considering their capabilities first,” the Prime Minister told reporters yesterday.
The Pakatan Rakyat had said that if it formed the Federal Government after the next polls, it would, within 100 days, reform critical institutions like the police, Election Commission, the Attorney-General’s Chambers and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and reward teachers with an additional RM500 monthly remuneration.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said it was ironic that the Opposition was making “incredible promises” to the people but had failed to fulfil many of the pledges it made in the last election.
“The Opposition assumes the general election is approaching, so they start fishing for votes by making fantastic offers to the people.
“What Barisan Nasional will do is look at the promises made, evaluate them and tell the rakyat what lies behind these promises,” Muhyiddin, who is also Barisan Nasional deputy chairman, told reporters after chairing the Youth Development Cabinet committee meeting here yesterday.
On the remuneration to teachers, Muhyiddin said there were 400,000 teachers in the country and it would cost RM200mil a month to pay the remuneration. Fulfilling such a promise would be a burden to the Government.
“If they make promises to the teachers, then what about the rest of the civil servants? Surely they want to be rewarded as well. The Barisan-led Federal Government will not simply make promises,” he said.
On another matter, Muhyiddin said the Barisan had no problem with more parties contesting in the general election.
“This is a democratic country. The more the merrier. We are prepared to face anyone when the time comes,” he said.
He noted that many parties had entered the country’s political fray but only lasted a while due to lack of clear ideology, policies and vision among its leaders.
“Unlike the Barisan, the Prime Minister has outlined a long and clear roadmap on how we intend to take the country to achieve developed nation status,” he said.
