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Wednesday 9 February 2011

And now, expect Perkasa to protest

'This clearly indicates Najib is not the man for the job as he is unable to implement his own policies without having to kowtow to racist groups.'

Perkasa hijacked NEM, says NEAC man

Anonymous_3f96: Finally, some government insiders like National Economic Advisory Council member Zainal Aznam Mohd Yusof are opening up. Perhaps it is the Egypt factor, and people are gradually becoming less fearful.

Has Perkasa and its ilk like Utusan Malaysia ever made any constructive suggestion as to how we can achieve Vision 2020? Or maybe they are happy with the status quo? How will the government pay for the 1.3 million government servants (90 percent of whom are bumiputeras) and the billions in handouts once the country's oil reserves are depleted?

The biggest danger will come from the unemployed and underemployed graduates. With the mushrooming of universities and colleges, tens of thousands of young Malaysians will be joining these ranks.

Remember the Egyptian revolution is being led by the unemployed graduates. Hosni Mubarak built hundreds of universities in Egypt but couldn't provide the graduates with jobs. The same thing may happen here if the economic reform is stifled by vested interests like Perkasa. A stagnant economy cannot provide jobs for our graduates.

Pakman: Unfortunately the extreme wing of Umno is more powerful then the whole kitchen cabinet under PM Najib Razak. So how do we progress from here? Except to change the government which is willing to implement a new economic policy which encompasses the full Malaysian spirit.

JBGuy: I am shocked that Najib is powerless against Perkasa. This clearly indicates he is not the man for the job as he is unable to implement his own policies without having to kowtow to racist groups. If Najib cannot even make the reforms he promised, he should make way for a PM who can.

DragonStar: Of the RM54 billion shares allocated to the bumiputera, only RM2 billion remain in their hands. No one claimed responsibility and no one is willing to initiate an investigation but some are now even asking for more.

The 30 percent share that is reserved for the so-called bumi is actually benefiting the Umnoputras. In other words, Umnoputras are a burden to the Malaysia economy.

Limml: Sad. BN controls the government, Unmo controls BN, Perkasa controls Umno and finally, TDM (Dr Mahathir Mohamad) controls Perkasa.

Anonymous_408d: Of course, the old man (Mahathir) knows more than Najib. He has Malaysian politics in his stranglehold and is playing the country and the rakyat like a chess board. Najib timidly does what he is told. Mahathir believes the country and the people are his to do as he pleases.

What is surprising is that Rosmah Mansor has not put a halt to this. She is not my favourite person, but for all the unpopularity she has earned, it is obvious that she is not a pushover, so her submission here is odd. She takes her husband's post very seriously as it gives her the status she craves and this brings out all the protectionist instincts in her, even if for the wrong reasons.

At any rate, she is not a wallflower. Much as her ambitious nature is seen as ruthless, she is a go-getter and one can only imagine what milestones she would achieve if she wanted to take this country to higher ground.

Maybe she will surprise us all, but none of us is holding our breath. Meanwhile, why she lets the old man control her husband is a mystery.

Loyal Malaysian: So now we have confirmation what has been reported in the alternative media - that the New Economic Model is new only in name.

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