Compounding the concerns was the government’s expansionary budget for
1998. Unveiled on October 17 1997 by Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister
Anwar Ibrahim, the budget further disappointed the markets as it failed to
signal fiscal austerity. As Gomez and Jomo aptly noted “the mid-October 1997
budget announcement for 1998 was seen by foreign financial interests as further
evidence of official denial of the gravity of the crisis and its causes…. Notes
by Shalendra D.Sharma on Malaysian Capital Control during the 97 financial
crisis.
Does that ring the bell? Especially those who now know what
it did not know back then?
Who again? Anwar Ibrahim as the then Finance Minister
drilled down bitter IMF medicine which Tun Dr Mahathir recognised as Cyanide
instead of Penicilin.
Yet the very same person who seemed to have transformed
himself has this to say about Malaysia’s financial health. In fact he has gone on and on, about the 2012
budget but nothing about how he dished out his budget when he was at the helm
of the ever powerful MOF.
You might ask why if ever is this relevant.
I will give you an example, a glaring one too.
Instead of pointing out to PAS the importance of
safeguarding the constitution, he sent a message to PAS that if indeed PR would
ever cease power to rule over Malaysia, he would back PAS and the
implementation of Hudud no matter what.
And here you have Nik Aziz going on and on about how PAS did
never dropped their quest to defend Islam by implementing Hudud (although it
baffles me how that is relevant because we would end up burdening the federal
health program by introducing more ‘OKU’s into the population).
I was forewarned by a friend to stop commenting about Hudud
because I am a non-believer. But if I am another concerned citizen of the country
I so love, why can’t I speak out against a political party hell bent on
introducing something that even Muslims themselves condemn? What more to
introduce into law acts that human rights activists deplore?
My point? How is it that politicians can quickly forget
about how what they use to fight for? Don’t take my word for it, but do look up
the 1997 budget announcement and then tell me what Anwar is saying now, and
then look me straight in the eye and say, this is the man you want to see as
the head of state.
2 comments:
Agree with you 110%!
...that even Muslims themselves condemn?...
A little correction bro. We muslims recognize and does not condemn hudud per se (although there are many interpretations of it).But its not practical to implement it in a multiracial society like ours.
PAS are not representative of the Muslims here. What they say are just that...their own saying n nothing else. They r a political party. What Im worried is that the non-muslim will think that this are our views too.
The problem with our politicians is that they listen to their own kind or the minority. We the silent majority are never heard. Maybe thats why we r call 'silent'. But we will speak thru the ballot box.
Sir Pasha
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