Kedah State Road Maintenance Trust Fund

Statement in regard to the Kedah State Road Maintenance Trust Fund

by Kedah Gerakan Chairman & Derga State Assemblyman

Dr Cheah Soon Hai

 
 

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 and deposited the great sum of money into the newly founded Trust Fund of Road Maintenance by the state government, distorting the original intention that came along with the allocation.

 
 

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

 
 

 
 

 

民政党吉打州主席兼德卡区州议员谢顺海医生

针对吉打州道路维修信託基金会的文告:

 
 

国阵政府是人民的政府。虽然国阵在308大选失去了吉打州政权，国阵中央政府爱民如子，始终没忘记吉州人民的福祉。为了确保公路使用人民的道路安全和畅通，在2009至2011年间拨出大笔款项给吉州政府来维修州内道路。

 
 

根据中央政府与州政府数据，三年间根据吉打州的需求，中央政府总共拨出给吉打州政府2.21亿令吉供州内道路维修用途并已交付给吉州民联政府。惟吉打州政府只动用7574万令吉。

 
 

                        RM

中央政府拨出款项  221,000,000

吉州维修道路       75,740,000

余款                    145,260,000 （一亿四千五百二十六万）

 
 

这是一项不含政治议程的拨款，更多的是国阵中央政府在确认了州政府没能力提供是项民生款额时的一项人道主义，支援拯救州内民生问题，雪中送炭，问需于民，以民为本的义款。

 
 

但是民联州政府没有妥善地处理该笔拨款，依据州内早前监定的道路维修方案去进行维修，造成州内道路千苍万孔，危象群生。

 
 

这些行动更让我们质疑民联州政府反而将这项支援民生的紧急维修拨款，转移去支持伊斯兰党建立政治势头的政治导问基金，选择性地动用一部份的款项在有利该党的政治利益下进行维修。

 
 

人民是有知情权的，民联州政府有义务把事实和真相公布，透明地向人民交待该笔款项的来龙去脉。

 
 

1.    详细说明需要修补的道路是那一些？

 
 

2.    说明已经动用该笔拨款修补的道路是那一些？

 
 

3.    列出还没进行修补的道路又是那一些？原因是甚麽？

 
 

4.    州政府在什麼時候成立道路維修信託基金?

 
 

5.    州政府几时把這笔巨额一億令吉的餘款存入該信託基金會?

 
 

6.    这项基金會是否有牵涉到60亿零吉维修道路的招标工程?

 
 

国阵中央政府给了钱，民联州政府不把路修补反而一些其支持者妖言惑众诬赖国阵政府，人民误信为真，向国阵国州议员指责。

 
 

在无可奈何，道路情况实在恶劣的形势下只好再次向中央政府三个部门如；乡村及区域发展部门，房屋及地方政府部门及首相署执行协调局(ICU)申请特别的紧急款项及慕达农业发展局(MADA)，以利解决民生问题。

 
 

以上的格外款项并不包过中央所给的2.21亿款项的道路拨款之内。民联州政府接收了这项2.21亿令吉拨款而选择性地进行维修已尽显其把人道义款政治化，竭尽所能转嫁罪名于国阵。

 
 

民联领袖把紧急解决民生问题的巨额款项到手后不进行拯救和维修工作，反而耐人寻味地违反了人民的需求，视人民为无物，把这笔巨额的馀款存入州政府所设立新的"道路维修信託基金"会里，扭曲了该项拨款的原来用意。

 
 

吉打州人民群众必定期待着这一个真实的答案！