Khairy: We’ll smash Opposition’s arguments
(The Star) – UMNO Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has issued the movement’s battle cry, promising to counter each of the Opposition’s attacks against Barisan Nasional and the Government.
“We will debate them in Parliament, we will smash their arguments in coffee shops, and we will expose their lies in cyberspace.
“We will defeat these traitors of the nation. We will fight, we will attack, we will lay this wretched Pakatan Rakyat coalition into the ground,” he said in his policy speech, drawing roars of approval from the delegates.
In the speech titled “Between Two Futures”, Khairy cautioned the people against believing Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who had painted a rosy picture if Pakatan won, including its promises of reduced fuel prices, abolishment of tolls payment and cheaper cars.
“The promises would cost more than RM200bil to fulfil in the first year alone,” he said.
“This is the crux of the matter. If they deliver on their populist promises, the nation will go bankrupt and drown in a sea of debt. Or it may well be their intention to fulfil the short-sighted wishes of their de facto leader to drive the country to the edge of ruin before being rescued by his band of friends at the IMF.”
Unity is strength: Khairy (centre) and his deputy Datuk Razali Ibrahim (fourth from left) together with top Umno council members posing for photographs during the Umno Assembly 2012 at PWTC. Khairy said the track record of Pakatan in its four states was rife with unfulfilled promises.
He cited the Selangor government’s Child Heritage Fund which promised to issue fixed deposit certificates of RM100 for every Selangor-born child. Despite 61,000 applications, he claimed only 36% were approved.
He noted how Universiti Selangor, which recorded RM5.97mil in profits in 2008, went into the red two years later.
As for Kelantan, Khairy noted the failure of the state government’s Ladang Rakyat project that was meant to assist the poor through dividends.
He also trained his guns on Kedah, which he said made investments overseas without proper internal approval and which had seen cases of unqualified contractors appointed to undertake projects.
“Such is the poor management of Pakatan, where lands are being confiscated, allocations are being sacrificed, the environment is disrespected and financial management severely compromised,” he said.
