Malaysiakini - Najib vouches for Tony Pua to deliver toll abolition promise (extracts):
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Najib's Revenge Tony Pua - from Chicken Little to Tua P'au Sian (Raja Tembak) to Struck-Dumb (like a mute stung by bee) How can TP be a financial whiz kid? Eric See-To (BN deputy Comms Boss) informed us (and not denied by TP) that prior to TP's political involvement, TP’s Cybervillage suffered six straight years of continued losses from 2002 to 2007, whereafter he packed his bags, left Singapore for Selangor and joined DAP to bless the party with 'his technical expertise on financial matters', wakakaka.Yes, when TP's company got into some cash-flow issues in 2005 or 2006, he called Eric See-To for a loan for (sic) RM100k, and within hours, Eric gave it to him See-to further wrote that despite their political differences, he was one of the first to congratulate Pua when the latter was elected MP in 2008. Later, he also helped out by arranging fund-raising golf tournaments, he added. Eric lamented: “But I guess now he is a high-flying Member of Parliament, he can dismiss me as a nobody and no longer considers me as a friend." |
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Eric See-To said he was disappointed that DAP lawmaker Tony Pua declined his invitation to debate over the Penang Tunnel project and even called the former a "nobody". The Barisan Nasional strategic communications (BNSC) deputy director said that despite their political differences, he had thought Pua and him were friends and that Pua's remark saddened him. |
Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak has vouched for Damansara MP Tony Pua to deliver on Pakatan Harapan’s promise of abolishing tolled highways.
(Wakakaka)
He noted that in 2009, Pua had claimed that it would only cost RM25 billion to abolish tolled highways – much cheaper than the RM231 billion cited by the government at the time, or the RM400 billion cited by the current government.
“Therefore, I propose that the Pakatan government should task Tony Pua in the effort to abolish all highway tolls to deliver on one of the main promises in their manifesto.
“I believe that Pua and DAP are not liars and their far cheaper estimate is correct, and not made merely to cheat people of their votes.
“Now, I am a road user paying tolls. Therefore, I too would be happy if all tolls are abolished as promised by Pakatan Harapan’s manifesto. Moreover, the toll concessionaires are neither my friends or my cronies, but are from the era of a prime minister who came before me,” he said in a Facebook post today.
(Wakakaka)
Pua was among the DAP parliamentarians who studied highway concession agreements signed by the government when it was declassified by the then finance minister Najib in 2009.
Later that year, he disputed the RM231 billion figure cited by the government as being the supposed cost of buying back 26 highway concessionaires.
He claimed at the time that it would only cost RM25 billion, considering the following factors:
1. The declassified highway concession contracts have revealed clearly under the expropriation terms of the highways that the government does not have to pay compensation for future profits, with the exception (being) the North-South Expressway (Plus) and the Penang Bridge.
2. The government does not need to buy back all highways but only those which are (clearly) making astronomical profits at the expense of daily commuters.
3. Litrak, the owner of LDP (Damansara-Puchong Highway) had for example, projected total profits of RM18.8 billion for the LDP concession, despite the cost of the highway, including interest, amounting to only RM1.327 billion.
However, Pua had only outlined the figures with the aim of maintaining or reducing toll rates, rather than eliminating it altogether.
In its 2018 election manifesto, Harapan had promised to review all highway concession agreements and negotiate its takeover, with the aim of abolishing tolls gradually while providing fair compensation for the affected companies.
Yesterday, Works Minister Baru Bian told the Dewan Rakyat that the government will postpone its plans to abolish tolls until it is more financially viable to do so.
He said that one of the main reasons is because it would cost over RM400 billion to do so, and the promise was made before Harapan knew of the full extent of Malaysia’s financial situation.
KT reminder: Pua had claimed that it would only cost RM25 billion to abolish tolled highways– much cheaper than the RM231 billion cited by the government at the time, or the RM400 billion cited by the current government.
(Wakakaka)
He noted that in 2009, Pua had claimed that it would only cost RM25 billion to abolish tolled highways – much cheaper than the RM231 billion cited by the government at the time, or the RM400 billion cited by the current government.
“Therefore, I propose that the Pakatan government should task Tony Pua in the effort to abolish all highway tolls to deliver on one of the main promises in their manifesto.
“I believe that Pua and DAP are not liars and their far cheaper estimate is correct, and not made merely to cheat people of their votes.
“Now, I am a road user paying tolls. Therefore, I too would be happy if all tolls are abolished as promised by Pakatan Harapan’s manifesto. Moreover, the toll concessionaires are neither my friends or my cronies, but are from the era of a prime minister who came before me,” he said in a Facebook post today.
(Wakakaka)
Pua was among the DAP parliamentarians who studied highway concession agreements signed by the government when it was declassified by the then finance minister Najib in 2009.
Later that year, he disputed the RM231 billion figure cited by the government as being the supposed cost of buying back 26 highway concessionaires.
He claimed at the time that it would only cost RM25 billion, considering the following factors:
1. The declassified highway concession contracts have revealed clearly under the expropriation terms of the highways that the government does not have to pay compensation for future profits, with the exception (being) the North-South Expressway (Plus) and the Penang Bridge.
2. The government does not need to buy back all highways but only those which are (clearly) making astronomical profits at the expense of daily commuters.
3. Litrak, the owner of LDP (Damansara-Puchong Highway) had for example, projected total profits of RM18.8 billion for the LDP concession, despite the cost of the highway, including interest, amounting to only RM1.327 billion.
However, Pua had only outlined the figures with the aim of maintaining or reducing toll rates, rather than eliminating it altogether.
In its 2018 election manifesto, Harapan had promised to review all highway concession agreements and negotiate its takeover, with the aim of abolishing tolls gradually while providing fair compensation for the affected companies.
Yesterday, Works Minister Baru Bian told the Dewan Rakyat that the government will postpone its plans to abolish tolls until it is more financially viable to do so.
He said that one of the main reasons is because it would cost over RM400 billion to do so, and the promise was made before Harapan knew of the full extent of Malaysia’s financial situation.
KT reminder: Pua had claimed that it would only cost RM25 billion to abolish tolled highways– much cheaper than the RM231 billion cited by the government at the time, or the RM400 billion cited by the current government.
(Wakakaka)
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keep in cold storage and recycle for GE15 |
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but it's OK if they are gullible guppies they will even make excuses for your broken promises that's precisely why they are gullible |