Of GTP : Nice thoughts...but what about these...

Sometimes, 1MPM6 needs to rely on common folks to put things back to perspective. I do not see 1MPM6 spending millions to engage average Joes to scrutinise his GTP. If Putrajaya can respond to these average Joe's queries, then maybe 1MPM6 is on the right track. If not, it is time for him to return to the drawing boards and tossed the expensive Mc PR because it just do not work that way...at least not in my books.



Someone highlighted on the GTP. GTP? Yes, It stands for Government Transformation Programme with its two-fold objective ie

1. To transform the Government to be more effective in its delivery of services and accountable for outcomes that matter most to the rakyats;
2. To move Malaysia forward to become an advanced, united, and just society with high standards of living for all;
   

To spearhead the GTP which was introduced and announced by 1MPM6 in April 2009, the Government has identified 6 national Key Result Areas (NKRA) and one of them is fighting corruption. Nice words indeed...

How do we measure on GTP's achievement when the one of the 6 NKRA is already going down south...Just imagine within the space of less than 7 days, we are interlaced with unpleasant news of :-

1. The government has lost RM 80 M over abandoned SPNB's (Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad) busses which they bought in 2003;
2. Our 1st RM 1B submarine which arrived on Malaysian shores in 2009 has defects preventing it from diving for 3 months;
3. In 2004 NSC (National Sports Council) purchase RM 850K 2 premium chalets in PD secretly because they do not want the higher authorities to know or to "mis-use" them;
4. 2 sukhoi engines "lost" due to damage in 2007;
   

And the list can still go on. Granted that 1MPM6 announced the GTP in 2009 BUT that does not mean what happen prior to 2009 can be safely swept under carpet or keep under wraps. It just show that GTP may just be another rhetoric - "sedap didengar, pahit ditelan" or is it another of those "masuk telinga kanan, keluar telinga kiri" sort of things?

What piss me off more is this - why is these mismanagement filtered its way to both mainstream and alternative media now when all eyes are focussed on 9th Feb MB judgement and Sodomy II? Is this pre-planned so that the reports goes un-noticed?

Are we still in the "Jaguh kampung" zone where those with powers can bully the rakyat through and through? First, we have the sugar price going up, then we have the cigarretes price going up, then later we wil be having 2-tiered fuel price in May and whispers are getting stronger of the possible toll increase. And we have not been touching on GST (General Sales Tax) yet. And why do I say that Putrajaya are "jaguh kampung"?

Putrajaya can bulldoze on the price increase and sweetened it with talks that our fuel price is still the cheapest in the region or they can always rely on health reasons to increase the tobacco price, but how do they answer about Putrajaya's sacking of IAEA envoy after the Iran atomic vote? It is reported that Diplomats said that the Malaysian government acted after US "expressed" concern on the envoy's vote. Adding to that, is there any relation on the Nimitz carrier strike group 4 day port of call in Port Klang beginning 7th Feb 2010 and the government decision to sack the envoy? Is Putrajaya cowed by US concern to the extent that they are willing to forego Iran-Malaysia relationship? If that is the case, then "Malaysia memang boleh dan layak jadi jaguh kampung".

On domestic front, 1MPM6 can boast about his GTP but at the same time he must be ready with reality check. I have said countless time but 1MPM6 may not have the ears to listen. He only wants to hear the good things like BN still governs Perak or Permata (his pet project) buildings sprucing up everyhere. Do 1MPM6 really cares on the rakyat's suffering? How can we achieved high standards of living when Malaysia is losing the advantage over our neighbours? How do we maintain our competitiveness when we can't even manage our services well? How do we live in just societies when those entrusted with responsibilities abused their positions?

Sometimes, 1MPM6 needs to rely on common folks to put things back to perspective. I do not see 1MPM6 spending millions to engage average Joes to scrutinise his GTP. If Putrajaya can respond to these average Joe's queries, then maybe 1MPM6 is on the right track. If not, it is time for him to return to the drawing boards and tossed the expensive Mc PR because it just do not work that way...at least not in my books.

Till then...G'nite M'sia...wherever u are...