Perhaps it is because of the public sentiment and the method used, Malaysian surveys are always not accurate. For example, a survey in Oct 2007 showed 71 per cent of voters supported former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi but it was not the case for the 8 March general elections.
However, it is undeniable that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has indeed done a lot of things within a year. The "1 Malaysia" concept, Government Transformation Plan (GTP) and New Economic Model (NEM) are able to gain some support. If he receives 68 per cent of support rate, with less than 10 per cent of error, BN should then be able to win the Hulu Selangor by-election.
If the by-election in Hulu Selangor is a mid-term assessment for both BN and Pakatan Rakyat, I am more worried about Pakatan Rakyat as looking at its performances over the past two years, it seems like Pakatan Rakyat is not doing as good as BN and opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is as well, not doing as good as Najib.
No matter whether BN's new measures are able to achieve the desired objectives, they make the people feel that BN is trying to do something. From Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that aimed to improve public services, to National Key Result Areas (NKRA) aimed to reduce crime rates, the people can see that police officers are now more diligent in patrolling while 24-hour operating mobile police stations have been set in crime hot spots and roadblocks are also set to maintain order.
Although some plans have been shelved or postponed, including the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the new petrol scheme, Najib still proposed new plans like NEM. Pakatan Rakyat may ridicule and call these "political propaganda" or accuse them to have copied Pakatan Rakyat's concept. But it is undeniable that BN is doing something and trying to change the country.
Relatively, Pakatan Rakyat is not as active as BN and it does not have any new plan. The people will make comparison and if it goes on like this, it may affect the future of Pakatan Rakyat and it will be quite difficult for them to seize the central power.
Even though some foreign politicians also play with politics by intentionally bickering and trying to be the limelight in the Parliament, the political tricks of Pakatan Rakyat are worse.
Before the 8 March general elections, the Opposition has no power but now, Pakatan Rakyat is governing four states. It can actually do more. But other than goodies to please the public, we can only see its governance weaknesses.
At least Pakatan Rakyat has no strategy to solve people's livelihood problems. They should set up a task force with various local units to solve local problems, including cleaning blocked drains, replacing stolen drain covers, cleaning up trash and repairing basic infrastructure from one district to another according to a timetable, so that the people can feel the differences between BN and Pakatan Rakyat.
In terms of revitalising economy and tourism, the four state governments of Pakatan Rakyat can combine their resources and launch incentive packages to attract investment. Unfortunately, Pakatan Rakyat has done nothing so far.
Generally, people think that Penang has done quite a good job while Selangor is still acceptable, but Kedah is not doing well. It is not easy to lose Penang, but it is difficult to say for Selangor and it will be hard to defend Kedah in the next general elections.
Pakatan Rakyat is still having one to two years to reverse the situation. If Anwar remains doing nothing, particularly not doing practical work, Putrajaya will leave Pakatan Rakyat even more far away. — mysinchew.com
MI
07/04/10
However, it is undeniable that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has indeed done a lot of things within a year. The "1 Malaysia" concept, Government Transformation Plan (GTP) and New Economic Model (NEM) are able to gain some support. If he receives 68 per cent of support rate, with less than 10 per cent of error, BN should then be able to win the Hulu Selangor by-election.
If the by-election in Hulu Selangor is a mid-term assessment for both BN and Pakatan Rakyat, I am more worried about Pakatan Rakyat as looking at its performances over the past two years, it seems like Pakatan Rakyat is not doing as good as BN and opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is as well, not doing as good as Najib.
No matter whether BN's new measures are able to achieve the desired objectives, they make the people feel that BN is trying to do something. From Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that aimed to improve public services, to National Key Result Areas (NKRA) aimed to reduce crime rates, the people can see that police officers are now more diligent in patrolling while 24-hour operating mobile police stations have been set in crime hot spots and roadblocks are also set to maintain order.
Although some plans have been shelved or postponed, including the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the new petrol scheme, Najib still proposed new plans like NEM. Pakatan Rakyat may ridicule and call these "political propaganda" or accuse them to have copied Pakatan Rakyat's concept. But it is undeniable that BN is doing something and trying to change the country.
Relatively, Pakatan Rakyat is not as active as BN and it does not have any new plan. The people will make comparison and if it goes on like this, it may affect the future of Pakatan Rakyat and it will be quite difficult for them to seize the central power.
Even though some foreign politicians also play with politics by intentionally bickering and trying to be the limelight in the Parliament, the political tricks of Pakatan Rakyat are worse.
Before the 8 March general elections, the Opposition has no power but now, Pakatan Rakyat is governing four states. It can actually do more. But other than goodies to please the public, we can only see its governance weaknesses.
At least Pakatan Rakyat has no strategy to solve people's livelihood problems. They should set up a task force with various local units to solve local problems, including cleaning blocked drains, replacing stolen drain covers, cleaning up trash and repairing basic infrastructure from one district to another according to a timetable, so that the people can feel the differences between BN and Pakatan Rakyat.
In terms of revitalising economy and tourism, the four state governments of Pakatan Rakyat can combine their resources and launch incentive packages to attract investment. Unfortunately, Pakatan Rakyat has done nothing so far.
Generally, people think that Penang has done quite a good job while Selangor is still acceptable, but Kedah is not doing well. It is not easy to lose Penang, but it is difficult to say for Selangor and it will be hard to defend Kedah in the next general elections.
Pakatan Rakyat is still having one to two years to reverse the situation. If Anwar remains doing nothing, particularly not doing practical work, Putrajaya will leave Pakatan Rakyat even more far away. — mysinchew.com
MI
07/04/10
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