: Kedah PR Govt contrived people's needs for road maintenance

Dr Cheah: Kedah PR Govt contrived people's needs

 

Press Statement in regard to the Kedah State Road Maintenance Trust Fund

by Kedah Gerakan Chairman & Derga State Assemblyman

Dr Cheah Soon Hai

29 March 2012

 
 

The Barisan Nasional government is the government of the people. Although Barisan Nasional has lost the Kedah in 308, the federal government of Barisan Nasional still cares about the people, never forget the welfare of the people. In order to make sure that the road is safe and smooth for the road users, a big sum of allocations have directed to the Kedah state government for road maintenance.

 
 

According to the data released by the federal government and the state government, in three years time based on what was needed by the state of Kedah, the federal government has allocated RM221 million to the Kedah state government for the purpose of road maintenance, but that the state government only used RM75.74 million.

 

                                                                             RM

Allocation from federal government        221,000,000

Road maintenance in Kedah                      75,740,000

Balance                                                     145,260,000  (145.26 million)

 

 

 
 

The allocation is not motivated by any political agenda, moreover it is a humanitarian assistance handed out by the Barisan Nasional federal government once it had acknowledged that the state government is incapable to fund itself with the amount needed.

 

The Barisan Nasional government has given out assistance to help out on the livelihood problems of the state, providing timely help, to understand the needs of the people and to put the people first as the righteous model.

 
 

However the Pakatan Rakyat state did not managed properly the allocation given to them in accordance to the road maintenance plan as scheduled earlier to carry out road maintenance, resulted a the roads in the state are in a bad condition with potholes which is endangering.

 
 

Such a move is further instigating our suspicion towards the Pakatan Rakyat state government that the allocation for the urgent maintenance has been diverted to support the political advisory funds established by PAS and selectively using part of the allocation to carry out maintenance that will be giving political advantage to the party.

 
 

The people have the right to know and the Pakatan Rakyat state government is liable to reveal the truth about the whereabouts of the allocation to the people transparently.

 

1. Clearly aver which roads are needed for maintenance?

2. Clarify which roads have been repaired under the given allocation?

3. Identify roads which are yet to be repaired? Reason why?

4. When the state government has set up a Trust Fund for Road Maintenance?

5. When the state government has deposited the RM100 million to the Trust Fund?

6. Does the Foundation Trust involved in the RM6 billion project tender for road maintenance?

 
 

Money given by the Barisan Nasional federal government, the Pakatan Rakyat state government not just failed to carry out road maintenance, instead some of its supporters spreading rumors to attack maliciously on the Barisan Nasional government, the people have been deceived and thus blaming the Barisan Nasional MPs and state assemblymen. 

 
 

Having no choice under the increasingly poor condition of the road urgent request has been made to the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development, Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Implementation Coordination Unit of the Prime Minister Department as well as the Muda Agricultural Development Authority (MADA) to solve the livelihood problems.

 
 

The additional allocation requested is not included in the RM221 million road maintenance handed out earlier.

 

Pakatan Rakyat state government had accepted the RM221 million allocation and only carried out maintenance work selectively which shows that the state government politicized the humanitarian assistance given to them and desperately trying to divert the charges to Barisan Nasional.

 
 

Pakatan Rakyat leaders kept their hands folded with no repairing or maintenance works carried out to solve the livelihood problems after receiving a great sum of allocation, they contrived the people's needs by ignoring them .

The Pakatan Rakyat govt then deposited the great sum of money into the newly founded Trust Fund of Road Maintenance(Tabung Jalanraya), distorting the original intention that came along with the allocation.

 
 

The people of Kedah must be very anxious for a real answer.