Rebuilding Malaysia Mariam Mokhtar
The Malaysian King wants Mahiaddin Yassin to reconvene parliament as soon as possible.
The ministers have been vaccinated, can travel overseas, break the social distancing rules, and yet, parliament cannot open. What a joke!
“Soon” is too vague. People are suffering and dying. Many have been made homeless, used up their savings, relationship are broken, families are destroyed. Suicides are up. Hunger will kill more people than Coronavirus.
‘Soon” is a daft word to use. Just be firm and name a date.
The King has issued three statements about reconvening parliament, but Mahiaddin refuses to budge. It’s because he has everything to lose.
The so-called Ministry for Entrepreneur Development And Co-operatives (MEDAC) set up by the PH government in 2018 saw some brutal management changes shortly after the backdoor coup was staged early last year.
MEDAC last year received a budget of some RM320 million, all of which was purportedly spent on deserving local entrepreneurs. However, certain insiders have described the ministry as a nice source of ‘easy money’ for well-connected individuals who know how to work the system to obtain substantial grants from public money.
“Politicians leverage their opportunities and get friends to go and ask for grants” opines one such disenchanted source.
The London case in which Malaysia was suing IPIC for billions over 1MDB has now been put on ice for over a year. However, promises of an imminent settlement have sunk into the sands....