Why PKR MP's Hunts For Double Seat (DUN+Parlimen)? - Part 2

Manoharan, who supported the “one man – one seat” proposal, said dual seat holders should put public and party interests above their own interests by accepting Karpal’s formula.

He said double-hat wearers should not draw multiple perks while dishing out poor performance as elected representatives at the expense of other single seat representatives and taxpayers.

At a glance, double-seat holders earn nearly RM40,000 per month.

In Selangor, an assemblyman’s pay is about RM11,700, inclusive of allowances, while that of an executive councillor is about RM25,000 (inclusive of state assembly pay). A MP earns about RM15,000 a month.

Manoharan recalled that during the recent July parliamentary sitting, which coincided with the Selangor state assembly session, Kok was unable to perform her duties efficiently as a senior exco, state representative and parliamentarian.

“She was neither here nor there. She was missing most of the assembly sittings,” he claimed.

Manoharan said he was now fighting a court case against the demolishment of a Hindu temple – Seafield Maha Mariamman Kovil – which comes under Kok’s Kinrara constituency.

“The temple management told me that it had been difficult to get even an appointment to meet Kok and resolve the demolishment issue amicably,” he said.

He said Kok was not able to divide and devote her time for her constituents partly because she was a MP and an assemblywoman in two different territories.

Why PKR MP's Hunts For Double Seat (DUN+Parlimen)? - Part 1

Last Friday, Karpal called on the party’s nine double-hat wearers, who are both a parliamentarian and an assemblyman, to declare publicly that they would opt for only one seat in the next general election.

In other words, Karpal wanted them to show support to the proposed “one man – one seat” electoral formula.

Karpal, who first proposed the formula early last year, argued that the party now had enough capable and dynamic young grassroots leaders as candidates, unlike in previous elections.

But Kok, a double-seat holder herself, chided Karpal for highlighting “an old story” in the media.

The other DAP elected representatives who are both MPs and assemblymen are Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng (Bagan MP and Air Putih assemblyman), Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy (Batu Kawan MP and Prai assemblyman) and the state senior exco and party chief Chow Kon Yeow (Tanjung MP and Padang Kota assemblyman), all in Penang; Beruas MP and Sitiawan assemblyman Ngeh Koo Ham, Taiping MP and Pantai Remis assemblyman Nga Kor Ming, both Perak; and Rasah MP and Lobak assemblyman Anthony Loke Siew Fook (Negeri Sembilan).

In Sarawak, state DAP chairman Wong Ho Leng is the Sibu MP and Bukit Assek assemblyman while state party secretary Chong Chieng Jen is the Bandar Kuching MP and Kota Sentosa assemblyman.

8 out of 11 Hudud Countries Are Regarded As The Most Corrupted!!!

In 1996, Malaysia was ranked No. 26 out of 54 countries with a score of 5.32 – ahead of Jordan (No. 30 – score 4.89), Turkey (No. 33 – 3.54) and Egypt (No. 41 – 2.84).

Sixteen years later, in the 2011 TI CPI, Malaysia crashed to 60th placing with the lowest-ever score of 4.3 – losing out to six OIC countries and only one step ahead of Turkey, as illustrated as follows:

Qatar – No.22 (rank) 7.2 (score)

UAE – No.28 (6.8)

Bahrain- No.46 (5.1)

Oman – No.50 (4.8)

Kuwait – No.54 (4.6)

Jordan – No.56 (4.5)

Saudi Arabia – No.57 (4.4)

Malaysia – No.60 (4.3)

Turkey – No.61 (4.2)

The Dynasty Of PKR?

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Pakatan's Budget will cause RM200 Billion Loss?

The outrageous claim by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim that living standards are somehow falling was disproven on Tuesday, with figures showing that the average household income in Malaysia has increased by 7.2 per cent every year for the last four decades.

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department SK Devamany confirmed that Malaysian households’ buying power has risen by fifteen times between 1970 to 2009.

“From 1970 to 2009, the average household income has increased … from RM264 a month in 1970 to RM4,025 a month in 2009.

“The average increase is higher than the average inflation rate of 3.4 per cent a year and this reflects the rising buying power of Malaysian households amidst a controlled price level,” Devamany told Parliament.

This shows up Anwar’s earlier claim as a blatant political stunt. The de facto Opposition leader had told Parliament on Monday that not enough was being done by the Barisan Nasional Government to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor in Malaysia, and that household wages remained low.

This, despite the Government implementing a minimum wage policy that will benefit millions of hard-working Malaysians – in spite of Pakatan, which had at the time attacked the national minimum wage as damaging to businesses.

Now, Pakatan has done a complete U-turn and is chanting the “growth” mantra in a desperate attempt to counter Budget 2013. The Opposition’s shadow Budget even proposes a RM1,100 minimum wage for both the public and private sectors, the very idea of which they were criticising barely a few months ago.

The Opposition has always complained against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s cash handouts to underprivileged families in previous budgets as wasteful.

Yet lo and behold, Pakatan now proposes to increase welfare payment from RM300 to RM550 a month.

In fact, Anwar promises to raise the disposable income of Malaysians. How exactly? He claimed that disposable incomes would rise through measures such as cheaper car prices, the abolishment of tolls, and the waiver of student loans.

None of these are new – Pakatan had already announced these populist proposals in the past. But they have been criticised by economists and politicians alike, as Pakatan’s proposals would leave the country poorer by RM200 billion. Yes, RM200 billion.