PKR: S’gor water crisis a political sabotage
PKR’s Rafizi Ramli claims the Selangor water crisis is politically motivated and announces steps to combat Putrajaya and Syabas’ ‘sabotage’.
Lisa J. Ariffin, FMT
PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli today claimed Selangor’s water crisis is a political sabotage by Putrajaya to cultivate hatred among the people towards Pakatan Rakyat.
Rafizi claimed Putrajaya was resorting to dirty politics under the leadership of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to garner more votes for the ruling coalition ahead of the upcoming general election.
He claimed the only way for Putrajaya to get votes was to “make the people’s life as difficult as possible” in Selangor.
Rafizi made this statement today in response to Syabas chairman Rozali Ismail’s claim on Tuesday that the water problem may extend until the Chinese New Year period.
Residents in Gombak, Ampang and Pandan have been facing intermittent water supply since Dec 29 last year after the Wangsa Maju water pump house broke down.
Najib had previously said that BN would do its best to wrest Selangor away from Pakatan in the next general election.
Pakatan’s game plan
Rafizi today revealed Pakatan’s immediate actions to combat BN and Syabas’ “sabotage”.
The opposition’s action plan includes:
- PKR and PAS have formed a Water Squad in every affected constituency to ease the burden of those who have to transport water to their respective households. The squad will also provide water pumps so water can be transported directly into homes.
- PKR will fund entirely new pumps to replace those that are broken or not in full working order.
- Talks with Syabas and the relevant authorities will continue to ensure water transporting trucks are adequate and following its schedule.
- A specialist group will be voluntarily formed to study the technical aspects of the problem and to answer Syabas’ accusations.
- A campaign to expose Umno and Syabas’ sabotage will be held concurrently across all affected areas.
