BN had shocked Parliament and Malaysians by stating that “salt and bottles” used by Bersih protesters was evidence that the opposition had tried to use the April 28 rally to topple the government in the style of the Arab Spring protests. This is not just bizarre but insane for a government to fear its own citizens carrying salt and water bottles, especially when the only creature that fears salt are leeches.
The reason that people had brought salt and water was as a precautionary treatment and antidote against the ill-effects of tear gas. The fact that people had to bring in salt and water reveals the utter lack of confidence that people have on the rule of law, right of peaceful assembly and the fear of brutish and violent tactics by the police.
The truth is, as Bersih spokesperson Dr Wong Chin Huat said, “What we want is to ensure the legitimacy of the next government (federal and state) is beyond question by ensuring that the legitimacy of the conduct of the next elections is beyond question. Wong then added that the only way for BN to ensure its legitimacy was to implement all of Bersih’s eight electoral reform demands instead of “ordering another 967 tear gas canisters costing RM1.8 million.”
It is not enough that the government had infringed upon the basic constitutional right to freedom of assembly by barring Malaysians from entering Dataran Merdeka, which is a public square. To now claim that the 300,000 Malaysians who participated in the Bersih 3.0 “sit down protest” were trying to launch a coup against the government with salt and water bottles is sheer madness. The ancient Greek expression best captures BN’s behaviourial condition, “Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad”. Indeed BN has gone mad and is only awaiting destruction!
Liow Tiong Lai Must Explain Who Paid The 50% Deposit Of RM 12,100 on WWW 15 Number Plate?
Yesterday, Deputy Education Minister Mohd Puad Zarkashi said that when he received the letter of offer (surat tawaran) for the WWW 69 number from the Road Transport Department (RTD), he will be rejecting it because the dealer who made the RM 30,000 bid had misused his identity. Moh Puad further explained that the car dealer will lose the deposit of RM 15,000 or 50% of the bid, before the number is released for bidding again.
This raises questions about Health Minister Dato’ Sri LiowTiong Lai’s winning bid of RM 24,200 for the WWW 15 number plate. First, it was reported that Liow had won the bid for the WWW 15 number plate with a winning bid of RM 24,200. Then, RTD director-general Datuk Solah Mat Hassan stated that Liow had three options – to get it for free, to pay the highest offered bidding price, or reject the offer.
Liow has now said that he will reject the number plate. Hence, according to Puad Zarkashi’s explanation of the procedure, if the winning bid is rejected then the deposit of 50% or RM 12,100 must be forfeited. If this is the case, Tiong Lai must explain who paid the deposit, what is his relationship with the person who paid the deposit and whether the RM 12,100 has now been forfeited?
If Datuk Liow can not even explain a simple bid of RM 24,200, how can Malaysians trust him fully to account for RM 24 milllion or RM 24 billion worth of health contracts?
Lim Guan Eng
—–Mandarin Translation —-
民主行动党秘书长兼峇眼区国会议员林冠英于2012年6月14日在吉隆坡发表声明：
国阵是不是在彰显着“上帝要其灭亡，必先使其疯狂” 的症兆？首先荒谬地说净选盟3.0意图使用盐和矿泉水来推翻政府，然后，廖中莱也无法交代，究竟是谁在WWW15车牌竞标中缴付了50%的订金？
国阵是不是在彰显着“上帝要其灭亡，必先使其疯狂” 的症兆？首先荒谬地说净选盟3.0意图使用盐和矿泉水来推翻政府，然后，廖中莱也无法交代，究竟是谁在WWW15车牌竞标中缴付了50%的订金？
国阵令国会和全体国人吃惊，他们说净选盟支持者在428集会当天使用盐和水矿泉水瓶，就是在野党要模仿阿拉伯之春那样，推翻政府。这不只古怪的也是疯狂的，一个政府竟然害怕自己的人民携带盐和水瓶，特别是只有像水蛭那样的生物才会怕盐。
人们携带盐和水上街的真正原因，是做为预防及解救遭催泪弹袭击后的副作用。人民备带盐和水，证明了人们根本对法治、集会权利没有信心，也害怕被警方粗暴对待。
事实正如净选盟发言人黄进发所说：“毋庸质疑的，我们要确保下一任政府（联邦和州）的合法性；毋庸质疑的，我们要确保合法政府是在合法的选举中选出来的。”黄进发也说，国阵唯一可以确保其合法性的方法，就是执行净选盟的八项选举诉求，而不是“花费180万令吉预订另外967枚催泪弹。”
政府禁止马来西亚人进入独立广场、侵犯他们行使宪赋的集会自由权利还不足够。现在还谎称30万参与净选盟3.0静坐的集会者，企图使用盐和水推翻政府，简直是疯了。古希腊有一句名言正好可以形容国阵的这种状态：“上帝要其灭亡，必先使其疯狂”。国阵真的是疯了！它们正等待灭亡！
廖中莱必须解释谁支付了WWW15 车牌的50%订金1万2100令吉？
昨天，副教育部长莫哈末弗亚说，当他收到陆路交通局的车牌WWW69的许可信，他会拒绝，因为竞标者冒用他的身份。他也说，竞标者的1万5000令吉或50%订金将被当局充公，然后再公开竞标。
这让人想起卫生部长拿督斯里廖中莱以2万4200令吉标得WWW15的车牌，报道说廖中莱成功以2万4200令吉标得WWW 15的车牌。然后，陆路交通局总监拿督索拉说廖中莱有三个选择：申请免费获得这个车牌、或以最高价竞标、或者拒绝有关的献议。
廖中莱现在说他会拒绝这个车牌。因此，根据弗亚的解释，如果竞标被拒绝，那么50%或1万2100令吉的押金就会被充公。那么，廖中莱必须解释谁支付了押金、他和押金支付者关系、以及1万2100令吉是否已经被充公？
如果拿督廖中莱连这么简单的2万4200令吉的竞标都无法解释，我国人民要怎么相信他能够处理2400万令吉甚至是240亿令吉的卫生部合约？
林冠英