Of wobbly budget 2021...

 

 

Abah Din is not getting it easy...  

All eyes on budget 2021. YDPA openly request politicians to work together to support budget 2021. It is not a carte blanche. Abah Din and his Finance Minister must earn it meaning they must come up with a reasonable budget workable, doable, practical in tune with pandemic COVID 19.

Monday 9th November indicate MPs may have the last say in passing budget 2021. Anwar Ibrahim, as opposition leader, blasted budget 2021 for being unreal, insensitive to the rakyats. He had his reasons...

Tuesday 11th November is Najib's turn as Chairman of BBC. He too pointed out the flaws of budget 2021 and he ended his speech with conditions :-

1. Withdrawal of one-off RM 10,000 from EPF instead of RM 500 per month for the next 12 months;
2. Automatic 6 month extension of loan moratorium;

Najib has his points. Something that abah Din need to consider seriously now that Najib declare BN's conditional support for budget 2021. It must be noted that without Najib's (read : Zahid and Co) BN, abah Din has only 50 MPs behind him since PAS has turn abah Din's lapdog.

It is sad to see some novice politicians who are syiok sendiri putting their wrong foot forward hen Najib delivers his views on budget 2021. Maria Chin is an example of this. Of course not everyone is happy with Najib roaming the parliament eventhough he was found guilty in court for his 1MDB cases. At the same time, we have to respect the court's decision to allow bail and to allow Najib to appeal his conviction. It is slow and it is tedious but we have to respect the court's decision. Walking off the parliament floor is the not the answer nor is it the best response available for Maria Chin.

On the other hand, it must be noted that abah Din needs Najib's support in parliament and if the court so decides that Najib's residence address is change to Sg Buloh,then abah Din will definitely lose his fragile so-called majority.

The other parliamentarian in this syiok sendiri category is RSN Nayer of Jelutong. He took all available opportunity to heckle Najib and to me. that is unnecessary. Nayer may have personal problems with BN but that should not spill whilst Najib is debating budget 2021. 

Nayer may be short sighted in his thinking. He should know that abah Din's PMship is surviving on borrowed times. That said, that is every opportunity that a parlimentarian vote of "confidence" or "non-confidence" will be called in the near future. That means, each vote counts. That also means if Nayer finds himself at the wrong end off the stick and get himself suspended, then it is his and his fault alone if abah Din clings to his PMship.

Another concerned voice on budget 2021 comes from Tun M. Love him or hate him, his view are important and carry some weights. He pointed out :-

1. The deficit is said to be about 85 billion Ringgit. It is bigger than the development budget of 69 billion;
2.  Income and corporate tax would amount to less than 2/3 of the normal figures during normal times;
3.  No inflow of investment funds in 2021;
4.  Estimated Government debt increase to 1.3 trillion;

In simplified words, Tun M is worried budget 2021 is too good to be true.

In coming days, maybe we will hear from Tg Razaleigh, Lim Guan Eng, Lim Kit Siang and if all of them is nervous with budget 2021, then we all should be... Forget about PAS as they are now too deeply entrenched in their dreams...

Me? I think abah Din better pay heed to what these bigwigs say. They have their points and they have their concern. All wants a better Malaysia but budget 2021 is too flimsy and too wishful thinking. It shows that Finance Minister is not doing his job but more to wet the appetites of the few politicians who want to keep their cabinet post, starting from abah din closely followed by Azmin.

It is time for Anwar, Tun M, BN (read : UMNO) and DAP to shed their pride and individually work collectively to defeat budget 2021. Budget 2021 needs major amendments.. and that amendment should be for the benefit of the people, not for fulfilling the lust of those few power-crazy politicians . Boleh atau tidak?

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