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Azmin unleashes ‘friendly fire’ on Selangor government PDF Print
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Thursday, 09 July 2009 20:16

By Neville Spykerman, The Malaysian Insider

Appearing to don an opposition mindset, PKR’s Azmin Ali broke party ranks and attacked the policies of his own Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state administration today and called for a reshuffle of Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim’s executive council.

The Bukit Antarabangsa lawmaker said the members of the state executive council were “getting too big for their boots” and were refusing to listen to others.

The PR backbencher chief and PKR party whip today did a better job at pointing out the shortcomings of the state government in the legislative assembly than the 20 Barisan National (BN) opposition members combined during a supplementary budget debate.

The disgruntled state lawmaker said he had been receiving a lot of complaints from the business community on excessive delays in approvals and this was stifling the economy of the state.

According to Azmin, the State Economic Action Council, which is supposed to facilitate approval of licences, had been turned into a court which also conducts investigations and prosecution.

Azmin also hit out at the state’s sand mining policy and claimed that the state had only managed to gain RM4 million from the activity although the mentri besar had projected RM150 million last year.

He also criticised the appointments of local councillors and said the process was conducted in a haphazard manner.

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written by Hakim Joe, July 09, 2009 21:17:22
The Bukit Antarabangsa lawmaker said the members of the state executive council were “getting too big for their boots” and were refusing to listen to others.

Thank you Azmin Ali, for having the guts to tell the truth.
However, I must append to the statement that you just made.
Not only are the Selangor state EXCO members unwilling to listen to anybody,
Quite a lot of the state representatives are behaving exactly the same.
Power is definitely getting to their lofty heads, especially the first term reps.
No longer are the voters good enough to be in the same room with them.
Neither are we seen as fit enough to breathe the same air as they do.
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Azmin, I salute you for speaking out the truth.
Thank you, sir!

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written by Hakim Joe, July 09, 2009 21:19:13
Here we go again. The auto-censor is playing up again.
The word being censored is h-e-a-d-s.

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written by joeawk, July 09, 2009 23:36:20
No, I don't agree that they are getting too big for their boots. They are just plain too inexperience and too idealistic and that has hampered their performance.

It is necessary to be transparent and acoountable but in business, decision must be made efficiently and speedily. It is hope that the civil service is not sabotaging them.
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written by C360, July 09, 2009 23:47:18
While u are at it ... reshufle the MB, who has said "there is no proof of irregularities" relating to PKA/PKFZ
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written by mowadoha, July 10, 2009 02:04:43
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written by freerpk, July 10, 2009 08:14:43
This is the difference between PR & BN governance. If something is not right it is only right to point it out....NO YESMAN here....well done...PR wakil rakyat
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