Selasa, 5 Februari 2013

Anwar Ibrahim

Anwar Ibrahim

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Najib Cut Education Budget Allocation By 20 percent

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 05:42 AM PST

Malaysiakini

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has accused Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak of reducing the budget allocation for education by 20 percent, thus showing that the BN government is undermining the role of education.

Giving his keynote address on free education at Universiti Industri Selangor today, Anwar (right), who is also Permatang Pauh MP, said when he was the deputy prime minister and finance minister, the two highest allocations went to the education and health sectors as it is for the people’s benefit.

"Ideally, a nation should allocate 20 percent of its Gross Domestic Product to education. However, in Malaysia, we see the BN government reducing its budget in education.

"In 2012, the Education Ministry was allocated RM50 billion for education purposes and in 2013, the BN government had reduced it to RM37 (actually it is RM38.7) billion. Never before has a government reduced its allocation towards education, and this is about a 20 percent reduction," he said.

Anwar added that focus should be towards proper management and good governance, as the Pakatan government aspires to provide free education up to the university level.

He said that it is only through good and quality education, that one can build a good civilisation that a nation aspires to become.

Showing the examples of the Selangor and Penang governments which have managed to increase their reserves to RM2.5 billion and RM2 billion respectively, Anwar said that Malaysia as a whole has suffered a deficit in excess of RM500 billion, which is worrying.

Plugging leakages

To help provide free education, Anwar said Pakatan proposes that if it wins the impending elections, it will plug the leakages through good governance and proper management.

This will include renegotiating with the independent power producers which are purchasing diesel at subsidised rates and selling energy to Tenaga Nasional Berhad at a high price.

"In the end, we as consumers have to fork out more due to the higher price of electricity and this is not right and proper for the well-being of the country," he said.

Pakatan, he said, will also cut or eliminate corruption which is seen as enriching crony companies like the Selangor Umno Wanita chief (Raja Ropiaah Raja Abdullah) where Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera funds had to be used to support and bail out the alleged crony.

In addition, Anwar said they will curb the illicit transfer of funds to foreign countries which in 2010, accounted to RM190 billion, and also use funds derived from oil and palm oil exports which account for RM150 billion.

"We would rely on our domestic resources to provide the facilities for free education. These include doing away with the National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN). When the PTPTN was introduced by me in 1997 it was to help students to gain education in private institutions of higher learning as there was a mushrooming of private institutions.

"It is not meant to be expanded to public institutions which we see today, where students at public universities are having to take the PTPTN loan under the BN government," he said.

Challenge by Turkish PM

Anwar said when he was released from Sungai Buloh prison, he and his wife Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail went to meet Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, where he recounted the challenges of having to provide free tertiary education to Turkish villagers.

"That is his ambition and this differs from the BN government which ignores the plight of its people in receiving quality tertiary education. Recep has also challenged me to provide free education in a race with Turkey if I become prime minister.

"I think Malaysia with its vast resources, and with proper management and good governance, this (free education) is attainable," he said.

Not only that, he said maybe we (Pakatan) would also look into providing free computers to university students.

Maybe, he said, this can be achieved with the Selangor Pakatan government, he said in hinting to Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, who was also present.

Delegasi Muslim Eropah Dedah Nazri Aziz Akui Media Jadi ‘Alat Kerajaan’

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 05:36 AM PST

The Malaysian Insider

Jawatankuasa Pilihan Raya Muslim Eropah (European Muslim Election Comittee) yang selesai dalam lawatan ke Malaysia hari ini mendedahkan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz mengakui media arus perdana di dalam negara ini adalah "alat kerajaan" dan menyatakan ia berbeza dengan media di luar negara.

Dua delegasi Drs Fadime Orgu yang merupakan bekas ahli parlimen Belanda dan Zouhair Amri, wakil dari Perancis berada di Malaysia dalam lawatan 3 hari di atas jemputan ketua pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan telah bertemu dengan beberapa badan bukan kerajaan(NGO), pemimpin politik dan juga melawat Parlimen untuk bertemu Nazri.

Menurut Fadime, semasa pertemuan dengan dengan NGO dan pemimpin politik, beliau diberikan taklimat mengenai perjalanan media di Malaysia semasa kempen pilihan raya dan mendapati beberapa perbezaan ketara dengan negara mereka.

"Berbeza dengan negara lain, sistem media beroperasi di Malaysia adalah berbeza dan media di sini adalah alat kerajaan.

"Itu yang diberitahu kepada kami oleh beliau (Nazri)," kata Fadime apabila disoal wartawan tentang perjumpaan dengan Nazri di Parlimen.

Walaubagaimanapun, Fadime berkata menteri tersebut menyatakan kerajaan telah mengambil beberapa langkah penstrukturan untuk memberikan masa kepada pembangkang di media arus perdana dalam kempen pilihan raya kali ini.

"Tetapi beliau juga memberitahu kami bahawa pada pilihan raya nanti pembangkang akan diberikan masa siaran di dalam media arus perdana," tambah Fadime menjelaskan langkah yang akan diambil kerajaan seperti yang dinyatakan oleh Nazri kepada beliau.

Dalam pada itu, Fadime juga berkata Nazri memberitahu jika pembangkang memegang kuasa mereka juga akan mengambil langkah sama dengan mengawal media arus perdana.

"Pembangkang juga akan buat perkara sama, Nazri beritahu kepada kami," terang Fadime lagi yang merupakan ahli parlimen Belanda dari 1998 hingga 2006.

Dalam perkembangan lain, kedua-dua delegasi tersebut memuji perkembangan demokrasi ketika ini di dalam negara sambil menyifatkan beberapa pergerakan seperti kumpulan pejuang alam sekitar, kumpulan reformasi pilihan raya Bersih dan kumpulan hak asasi manusia Suaram di Malaysia adalah petanda yang positif.

Zouhair dalam pada itu melahirkan kejutan terhadap proses pilihan raya di Malaysia di mana tempoh berkempennya dirasakan sangat singkat berbanding di Eropah yang memberi tempoh agak panjang iaitu selama dua bulan.

"Berbanding di Perancis, kami berkempen selama dua bulan. Di Malaysia, kami diberitahu tempoh berkempen adalah hanya untuk tempoh 15 hari sahaja," ujar beliau yang melahirkan kekecewaan kerana tidak dapat berjumpa dengan Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof kerana percanggahan jadual.

Apabila ditanya tentang kesediaan delegasi tersebut untuk menjadi pemantau dalam Pilihan Raya 2013, Fadime menjawab: "Ya, ya kami sudi untuk datang kembali sebagai pemantau. Tapi hanya jika dijemput."

SPR telahpun memberikan akreditasi kepada pemerhati tempatan antaranya ialah Merdeka Centre, Institut Demokrasi dan Hal Ehwal Ekonomi (IDEAS), Pusat Kajian Polisi Awam (CPPS), Majlis Belia Malaysia (MBM), dan Persatuan Promosi Hak Asasi Manusia (Proham).

PRU ke 13 perlu diadakan selewat-lewatnya sebelum April dan dianggap paling sengit dalam sejarah oleh kerana Barisan Nasiona yang memerintah Malaysia semenjak 1957 dicabar hebat oleh Pakatan Rakyat yang terdiri daripada PKR, DAP dan PAS.

Dalam pilihan raya 2008, buat pertama kalinya penguasaan tradisi majoriti dua pertiga BN dinafikan oleh PR dan beberapa negeri BN seperti Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Selangor dan Perak jatuh ke tangan PR.

Perak walaubagaimanapun kembali ke tangan BN pada tahun 2009 apabila tiga ahli dewan undangan negeri (Adun) PR keluar dari gabungan tersebut dan menjadi Adun bebas menyokong BN.

Hampir 13 juta pengundi layak untuk membuang undi mereka jika pilihan raya umum dipanggil melibatkan semua 222 kerusi persekutuan dan 505 kerusi di 12 negeri.
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