Debate cancellation unfair, lost opportunity for smaller parties

Debate cancellation unfair, lost opportunity for smaller parties

Source: Malaysiakini

SEMENYIH POLLS | PSM is upset by the decision to cancel the proposed debate between Semenyih by-election candidates.

In a statement today, its election director S Arutchelvan said it was unfair for electoral watchdog Bersih to call off the event just because BN and Pakatan Harapan had turned down the debate invitation.

“Why do you need to cancel it just because BN and Harapan candidates declined to join? The PSM and independent candidate are ready to debate.”

In allowing the big parties to dictate whether or not a debate occurs, Bersih was denying democratic space to other voices, he contended.

“This shows that only big and powerful parties can influence whether a debate happens or not,” he said.

“The debate would have given smaller parties and the independent candidate a fairer chance to communicate their views to a wider audience,” Arutchelvan added.

Yesterday, Bersih had thanked PSM candidate Nik Aziz Afiq Abdul and independent candidate Kuan Chee Heng for agreeing but explained that it “would not be meaningful” to hold the debate and air it on national television if candidates from the country’s two main coalitions did not participate.

BN’s Zakaria Hanafi had turned down the offer citing he wanted to focus on solving the people’s problems, saying that a debate was merely a popularity contest among individuals.

Harapan’s Muhammad Aiman Zainal said no apparently because Zakaria, his main contender, would not be debating.

It’s not just BN and Harapan contesting

Arutchelvan said he was disappointed in BN and Harapan’s stance, but contended that Bersih should have allowed the debate to continue among “the brave”.

“By cancelling it, this means those who turned down the debate have won.

“This by-election is not just between Harapan and BN, alternative parties should also be given the chance to debate.

“Perhaps this can teach Harapan and BN a lesson,” he said, adding that a debate would have shown the ability of candidates to represent their constituents in a state assembly.

With this, Harapan could not longer claim the higher ground when it came to debates, Arutchelvan also said.

“With Harapan’s decision to not debate, they do not have any legitimacy to criticise or berate any Opposition parties who refuse to debate them on any issues in the future,” he quipped.

During the Cameron Highlands by-election last month, Harapan candidate M Manogaran had criticised BN’s Ramli Mohd Nor for excusing himself from their debate, questioning his ability to raise issues in Parliament.

PSM boleh menerajui ‘Kuasa Progresif Ketiga’ dalam PRK Semenyih – oleh Kua Kia Soong

PSM boleh menerajui ‘Kuasa Progresif Ketiga’ dalam PRK Semenyih – oleh Kua Kia Soong

Pada 9 Mei 2018, rakyat Malaysia telah memilih untuk mengundi Pakatan Harapan (PH) kerana Manifesto PRU-14 mereka telah berjanji untuk melaksanakan reformasi secara meluas, menyebabkan mereka kelihatan amat berbeza daripada pemerintahan yang dialami di bawah BN. Selepas masa berlalu, PH seperti telah menjadi BN 2.0, terutamanya apabila ahli parlimem UMNO memasuki Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM). Adakah ini pembaharuan yang kita undi dalam PRU-14? PH sudi untuk bekerjasama dengan Perdana Menteri, semasa pemerintahannya 22 tahun, yang bertanggungjawab menswastakan hampir semua industri Malaysia dan memusnahkan demokrasi kita. Lebih serius lagi, PH telah mendorong PAS untuk bekerjasama dengan UMNO.

Tiada komitmen terhadap manifesto PRU-14

Lebih mengecewakan lagi adalah komitmen lemah terhadap pelaksanaan beberapa janji manifesto mereka. Kita telah melihat kerajaan sela-menyela terhadap janji mereka untuk memansuhkan institusi dan undang-undang yang toksik seperti Akta Kesalahan Keselamatan (SOSMA) dan undang-undang penahanan tanpa bicara yang lain dalam negara ini. Malah, janji mereka tidak berfokus terhadap pembaharuan yang paling mendesak dan menyeluruh yang telah lama dihujahkan oleh masyarat sivil sebagai keutamaan tertinggi. Lebih-lebih lagi, kita telah mula melihat dasar dan proses pembuatan keputusan yang autokratik, seperti semasa dalam era Mahathir 1.0.

Walaupun manifesto PH melarang Perdana Menteri daripada memegang portfolio Kewangan, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad dalam 100 hari pertamanya telah mengambilalih syarikat berkaitan kerajaan (GLC) pilihannya, seperti Khazanah, PNB dan Petronas, di bawah kuasa Pejabat Perdana Menteri. Ini merupakan pengembalian kepada autokrasi Mahathir yang lama. Adakah Kabinet Menteri dibawa berunding untuk menubuhkan Proton 2, menswastakan Khazanah, Malaysia Incorporated dan menghidupkan semula litar F1 yang gagal? Perlantikan Perdana Menteri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad dan Menteri Hal Ehwal Ekonomi Azmin Ali dalam lembaga Khazanah Nasional Berhad juga bertentangan dengan janji manifesto PH untuk mengharamkan ahli politik daripada pelaburan awam, kerana ini akan menyebabkan kebertanggungjawaban yang lemah. Hanya dengan ahli lembaga profesional dan kewujudan sistem semak dan imbang yang kukuh dapat kita memastikan tahap ketelusan dan akauntabiliti yang tinggi.

PH telah menjadi BN 2.0

Sekarang, kerajaan PH baharu tidak menunjukkan perbezaan ketara dalam dasar ekonomi mereka daripada rejim BN yang lama. Selepas kegagalan Proton 1.0 yang menyebabkan kos yang tinggi terhadap pembayar cukai Malaysia, sistem pengangkutan awam dan pengguna Malaysia, memang susah untuk mempercayai bahawa projek yang gagal ini akan disokong oleh pemimpin-pemimpin PH yang sebelum ini ialah pengkritik terhadap projek Proton pertama. Satu lagi projek kereta kebangsaan akan tentulah gagal dengan kerugian selanjutnya terhadap kerajaan dan kita sebagai rakyat akan menanggung kerugiannya.

Kerajaan PH yang baharu telah berjanji untuk menghapuskan kleptokrasi. Janji itu merupakan satu kunci kepada kemenangan mereka dalam PRU-14. Mereka telah mengecewakan rakyat Malaysia, terutamanya orang Sarawak yang dapat melihat kekayaan negeri mereka dihisap sepenuhnya oleh ketamakan kleptokrat di situ. Kerajaan PH belum lagi memaksakan mantan Ketua Menteri Abdul Taib Mahmud untuk mengisytihar semua hartanya dan juga isteri dan keluarganya. Dengan melepaskan sekutu lamanya di Sarawak, Taib Mahmud, yang dikatakan sebagai orang terkaya di Malaysia, Perdana Menteri telah menjalankan kempennya terhadap bekas PM Najib Razak seperti dendam peribadi.

Penggunaan alasan hutang kerajaan untuk melambatkan pilihanraya kerajaan tempatan yang telah digantung di negara kita sejak tahun 1965 memang tidak boleh diterima. Ini merupakan satu perkara yang mudah dilakukan dengan memansuhkan peruntukan di bawah Akta Kerajaan Tempatan 1976 dan memulihkan semula Akta Pilihan Raya Kerajaan Tempatan untuk memperkenalkan pilihan raya tempatan. Jika pendapatan per kapita kita pada tahun 1957 hanya US $800 dan kita mampu menjalankan pilihan raya majlis tempatan, janganlah kata bahawa kita  tidak mampu menjalankan pilihan raya tempatan apabila pendapatan per kapita kita kini AS$ 10,000.

Ia juga tidak masuk akal untuk memberitahu pada graduan Sekolah Menengah Persendirian Cina bahawa sijil UEC mereka hanya boleh diiktiraf dalam masa lima tahun. Ini adalah pelanggaran serius terhadap manifesto PH PRU-14 kerana lebih daripada 80 peratus pengundi Cina mengundi PH berdasarkan janji ini.

Ramai peguam telah membawa perhatian bahawa pemansuhan atau kajian semula undang-undang kita yang melanggar hak asasi manusia boleh dilakukan dengan cepat dalam tempoh 100 hari pertama kerajaan PH yang baharu. Ini termasuk pemansuhan undang-undang yang membenarkan penahanan tanpa perbicaraan, iaitu Akta Kesalahan Keselamatan (Langkah Khas) 2012 (SOSMA), Akta Pencegahan Jenayah 1959 (POCA), dan Akta Pencegahan Keganasan 2015 (POTA) 2015. Kegagalan in satu tanda pengunduran yang tidak beretika terhadap manifesto PH PRU-14.

Tiba masanya untuk membina Kuasa Progresif Ketiga untuk 99%

Setelah melalui “Sistem Dua Barisan”, kita mendapati autokrat yang sama cuba untuk melaksanakan dasar yang sama yang diperkenalkan pada tahun 1981. Tambahan lagi, PH telah berjaya memaksakan PAS untuk mendekati UMNO, terutamanya selepas PRU-14. Sudah tiba masanya untuk semua orang yang mengharapkanpembaharuan sebenar di Malaysia untuk membina ‘Kuasa Progresif Ketiga’ untuk masa depan yang benar-benar adil, demokratik dan mampan yang gagal disampaikan oleh BN dan PH.

Oleh itulah, dalam PRK di Semenyih, PSM boleh menerajui ‘Kuasa Progresif Ketiga’ yang telah lama diperlukan untuk menawarkan pilihan yang bersifat bukan-perkauman, progresif dan mampan yang berbeza daripada BN 1.0 dan BN 2.0 untuk generasi masa depan rakyat Malaysia:

Menghapuskan perkauman dan diskriminasi perkauman di Malaysia – Mungkin sebab yang paling kuat untuk keluar daripada Sistem Dua Barisan, adalah hakikatnya kedua-dua BN dan PH didominasi parti-parti politik berasaskan kaum untuk mendapatkan undi dan populariti. Komponen baru PH adalah PPBM berdasarkan kaum semata-mata yang menganggap dirinya sebagai pejuang ‘sebenar’ untuk ‘Agenda Bumiputera’ berbanding dengan UMNO. Akibatnya, tiada satu pun parti politik dalam kedua-dua pakatan sekalipun itu menimbulkan persoalan bilakah Dasar Ekonomi Baru yang bersifat mendiskriminasi kaum yang dijadualkan berakhir pada tahun 1990 akan berakhir. Perikatan Progresif memanggil untuk dasar berasaskan keperluan dan bukan dasar berasaskan kaum. Akta Kesaksamaan akan menjadikan dasar diskriminasi perkauman sesuatu yang kuno dan kesaksamaan akan menjadi bahagian intrinsik Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia. Alternatif Progresif yang kita cuba untuk membina akan mengambil kira hak asasi manusia dengan serius dan menghormati hak-hak semua warganegara Malaysia tanpa mengira etnik, kepercayaan agama, jantina ataupun seksualiti supaya kita boleh maju sebagai sebuah negara.

Pengagihan semula kekayaan untuk 99% – Kedua-dua BN dan PH bersaing untuk menunjukkan pakatan mana yang boleh mengalahkan yang lain untuk melaksanakan dasar paling neo-liberal yang menawarkan pelabur peluang menarik yang mereka tidak boleh tolak, melaksanakan projek ‘pembangunan’ yang melibatkan pemusnahan hutan, menuntut semula tanah dan mengambilalih aset-aset awam lain. Kita tidak melihat pakatan-pakatan ini mengemukakan dasar yang baik untuk mengagih semula kekayaan di negara ini. Adakah mereka mencadangkan dasar fiskal progresif untuk mengenakan cukai terhadap golongan 1% teratas yang memiliki lebih banyak kekayaan daripada 40% terbawah dan 40% pertengahan di negara kita, seperti kadar cukai marginal atas pendapatan mereka, cukai keuntungan modal, pewarisan dan kemewahan yang lebih tinggi? Kekayaan 50 rakyat Malaysia yang terkaya (teratas 0.00017%) berjumlah hampir RM300 bilion merupakan satu perempat daripada jumlah keseluruhan KDNK negara bernilai RM1 trilion!

Perumahan awam, kesihatan, pengangkutan dan pendidikan dengan hargaberpatutan – Satu alternatif yang adil, demokratik dan progresif memberikan upah dan hak untuk semua pekerja; pencen yang munasabah semasa bersara untuk semua; perumahan awam dengan harga berpatutan dan selesa didiami; kesihatan dan pengangkutan awam yang berpatutan dan cekap; pendidikan tinggi percuma (menjalankan uji upaya untuk orang kaya), dan lain-lain. Kita hendak menuntut semula aset awam daripada penswastaan, menghentikan apa-apa penswastaan aset awam, memiliknegarakan kemudahan awam seperti air dan tenaga, dan mendemokrasikan GLC; membahagikan lebih banyak pendapatan daripada sumber minyak dan gas kepada negeri pengeluar minyak dan gas dan memastikan pengeluaran minyak dan gas dan rekod pelaburan Petronas adalah telus dan bertanggungjawab kepada parlimen dan orang ramai.

Percubaan PH untuk menyelesaikan isu-isu perumahan dan kesihatan selalu melibatkan syarikat-syarikat swasta kroni yang biasa mengambil bahagian dengan rancangan ini seperti yang telah berlaku bawah BN. Namun, masalah perumahan dan kesihatan kita perlu diselesaikan melalui penglibatan sektor awam.

Oleh itulah, dengan kerajaan PH yang kian menjadi versi BN 2.0, hanya dengan membina Kuasa Progresif Ketiga, kita boleh membawa negara kita ke arah masa depan yang lebih cerah berdasarkan kesaksamaan, keadilan, demokrasi dan hak asasi manusia.

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Kua Kia Soong ialah Penasihat kepada Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM).

24 families of estate workers given new homes in Semenyih

24 families of estate workers given new homes in Semenyih

Source: The Star
SEMENYIH: After nearly two decades of struggle, 24 families from the Ladang Bangi estate have finally been offered keys to their new homes – thanks to assistance from Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM).

The 24 families were handed over the keys to their new homes last Thursday (Feb 14), just two days before the nomination day for the Semenyih by-election.

For 19 years, the 24 families faced court trials, constant harassment by gangsters to vacate their homes, and some were even thrown into jail by the authorities for fighting for their rights.

C Krishan, 64, who led the action committee for the Ladang Bangi estate workers, said he was touched by the occasion, as it has been an arduous journey.

“The house even came equipped with a refrigerator, TV, cabinet, and air-conditioners,” he said during a press conference, accompanied by PSM central committee member S. Arutchelvan at the Putra apartments on Wednesday (Feb 20).

Arutchelvan described the occasion as a victory for the people and expressed joy.

“Their units are special, they have free cabinets, TVs and fridges. Even I am staying in a low-cost unit and I don’t have such facilities,” he quipped.

Arutchelvan said that similar cases such as the families in the Ladang Bangi estate will keep on happening in future if the state government does not address the issue by enacting laws to protect estate workers.

He pointed out that in 1973, former premier Tun Abdul Razak had initiated the Estate Workers Scheme to ensure that workers were protected once they are evicted when development starts in an estate.

However, he lamented that because it’s merely a policy instead of a law, it had caused many developers to skip their responsibilities of providing homes for estate workers.

“99% of the time, estate owners don’t do it, simply because it’s not a law, but just a policy,” he added.

According to Arutchelvan, PSM had asked the state government to introduce laws to ensure that developers build houses for estate workers before evicting them.

“Most importantly, we must have laws to protect the marginalised communities. Of course, many other estate workers went empty-handed.

“But those who fought such as the Ladang Bangi estate workers ended up with a free house. So that is a big victory,” he said.

All the families will now be relocated by developer Trans Loyal Development Sdn Bhd to their new homes in Putra apartments in Taman Impian Putra Bangi, Kajang in March this year.

 

PSM berprotes bantah tol di Semenyih

PSM berprotes bantah tol di Semenyih

SEMENYIH, SELANGOR – 20 FEBRUARI 2019: Pemuda Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) telah mengadakan satu aksi protes pada hari ini untuk menuntut supaya salah satu tol lebuhraya di kawasan Semenyih dimansuhkan bagi meringankan beban rakyat Semenyih. Para peserta protes berhimpun di hadapan plaza tol Semenyih yang terletak di Lebuhraya Kajang-Seremban (LEKAS). Mereka memegang plakad yang tertulis tuntutan untuk memansuhkan tol dan meningkatkan perkhidmatan pengangkutan awam.

Turut hadir dalam aksi protes ini ialah Nik Aziz Afiq (calon PSM untuk PRK Semenyih) dan S. Arutchelvan (Ahli Jawatankuasa Pusat PSM).

Menurut S. Arutchelvan, Pakatan Harapan pernah menjanjikan untuk memansuhkan tol, tetapi gagal menunaikan janjinya. “Kami di sini mengingatkan pada mereka (Pakatan Harapan) supaya menunaikan janji mereka kerana nampaknya mereka telah mudah melupakannya.”

Dalam Manifesto PSM untuk PRK Semenyih, salah satu isu utama yang diperjuangkan ialah menolak tol yang membebankan rakyat di samping menuntut penambahan perkhidmatan pengangkutan awam di kawasan Semenyih.

Kebanyakan penduduk di Semenyih bekerja di luar kawasan Semenyih. terutamanya di Kuala Lumpur dan Putrajaya. Namun, sebaik keluar dari Semenyih sahaja, pengguna jalanraya terpaksa membayar tol demi tol. Ini memang sesuatu yang membebankan untuk golongan pekerja yang berulang-alik dari rumah ke tempat kerja setiap hari. Oleh yang demikian, PSM bertekad untuk mendesak supaya tol dimansuhkan di sama ada di Silk highway, LEKAS Kajang Batu 3 atau Plus Putra Mahkota.

PSM juga menyeru supaya memulihkan perkhidmatan bas dari Semenyih ke Seremban, Beranang ke Putrajaya, dan Bukit Mahkota/Sri Putra ke Kajang, di samping mendesak penyediaan bas perantara MRT supaya dapat dinikmati oleh penduduk Semenyih dan Beranang.

Semenyih sedang mengalami pembangunan yang pesat dan pertambahan penduduk yang semakin ramai, namun, kekurangan sistem pengangkutan awam telah memaksa penduduk-penduduk di Semenyih terpaksa bergantung pada kenderaan persendirian. PSM telah mencadangkan supaya pengangkutan awam seperti Komuter dan MRT dibina di kawasan Semenyih supaya menyenangkan penduduk di sini untuk beredar dari satu tempat ke tempat yang lain. Kerajaan juga perlu memastikan supaya perkhidmatan bas yang berkesan dan memuaskan dapat disediakan di kawasan Semenyih ini.

Source: The Star Online

SEMENYIH: Being branded one of the “underdogs” in the four-cornered Semenyih by-election does not faze Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) candidate Nik Aziz Afiq Abdul (pic).

With an easy smile and calm demeanour, the first-time candidate said it may be to his advantage to be the fresh face in a battle among political giants such as Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional.

The 25-year-old, who owns and runs a reflexology centre, believes his youthfulness would appeal to Semenyih voters.

“PSM felt that it needed to put forward a young candidate because it sees that the youth have not been given enough of a role in politics,” he said.

Acknowledging that Pakatan and Barisan are popular, Nik Aziz said the two coalitions are “burdened with a lot of baggage”.

“When the rakyat see Barisan, they are reminded of the tales of corruption and 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)

“With Pakatan, there is dissatisfaction. People voted out Barisan, but one by one, former Umno MPs are entering Bersatu,” he said.

Nik Aziz added that PSM has a track record of over 20 years, and has held fast to its principles.

The party is able to provide an alternative voice to voters in Semenyih, he said, and they are targeting voters who are non-partisan and want to remain on the fence.

As for independent candidate Kuan Chee Heng or Uncle Kentang, Nik Aziz noted that most of the social activist’s projects are based in Puchong and not in Semenyih.

Nik Aziz, who has been with PSM for four years, has been assisting the party’s previous Semenyih conten­der S. Arutchelvan on the ground.

He said one of the cases PSM resolved was over the Dunedin Estate in Semenyih where they worked with the state government to provide evicted plantation workers with free landed property.

PSM had been lobbying for the workers’ rights for over 20 years, and the move finally benefitted 22 families.

He added that the case proved that he would have no issues working with a state government that he is not politically aligned to.

Top of Nik Aziz’s priorities is to reduce the gap between elected representatives and the people, and to instil the mindset that democratic processes do not just take place during elections.

“The rakyat is not involved in making decisions. The elected representative should unite the people and respect them. He is not their master and should work for the people,” he said.

Ex-PSM candidate hopes for change in party’s fortunes in Semenyih

Ex-PSM candidate hopes for change in party’s fortunes in Semenyih

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SEMENYIH: Although it is known as “the party that always loses”, PSM is hoping for a change in fortunes when voters in Semenyih head to the polling stations in the by-election for the state constituency on March 2.

PSM committee member S Arulchelvan said the party’s challenges, despite its work with the hardcore poor and those from the bottom 40 income group, were due to “election propaganda”, not public rejection of its socialist, left-wing agenda.

“The public is told that PSM won’t win, and that we are here to split the popular vote – even though we’ve been here for many years already – and that we are the party that always loses,” he told FMT on the sidelines of PSM’s campaign trail for the by-election here.

But Arulchelvan, better known as Arul, said PSM had only lost its deposit for Semenyih in last year’s general election, not in the two previous elections when he contested as its candidate.

“We lost our deposit last year because of the huge wave for Pakatan Harapan.

“This was good because it was a chance to change the government,” he said, adding however that the tide had now changed.

He said there was strong discontent among Chinese voters, especially those who were upset with some of PPBM’s recent decisions including the move to accept ex-Umno leaders into the party.

He claimed there were similar sentiments among PAS supporters in Semenyih following Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s recent statement on the party’s collaboration with Umno in the by-election.

Ever since Mahathir said that PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang had told him the Islamist party would not back Umno in Semenyih, he said, PAS supporters had “gone missing”.

“I have not noticed any PAS machinery physically present on the ground. I don’t see them anywhere,” he said.

For PSM, he said, the by-election was an opportunity to step up and prove that it is not about “shameless politics”.

He added that PSM had never closed a service centre in any constituency where it had lost.

“I think what we are looking at now is a lot of young people who are beginning to reject this and understand what socialism, capitalism and things like that are. They also appreciate our volunteerism,” he said.

PSM’s candidate for Semenyih, Nik Aziz Afiq Abdul, got involved with the party around four years ago. His father was formerly the Selangor PAS election director and state party secretary.

Arul, who has been campaigning with the party and Nik Aziz, said they had received a warm welcome in Semenyih so far.

Come polling day, he hopes the sentiments translate into votes for PSM as well.

He said there was a need for more checks and balances by opposition assemblymen in Selangor.

He added that it was his duty to raise the alarm about government decisions.

“We will raise issues of local, state and national interests. It’s not just making empty promises and disregarding issues of national impact.

“We’ll be raising these issues throughout our campaign,” he said.

And if PSM loses?

“Not an issue at all,” he told FMT. “After that, don’t forget we’ll still be on the ground.”

 

PSM: Skim mySalam hanya untungkan syarikat insurans, bukan rakyat

PSM: Skim mySalam hanya untungkan syarikat insurans, bukan rakyat

Source: Wong Kai Hui; Malaysiakini

PRK SEMENYIH | Pelaksanaan skim insurans kesihatan mySalam oleh kerajaan Pakatan Harapan (PH) hanya memberi manfaat kepada sebuah syarikat insurans swasta, bukannya rakyat, kata anggota jawatankuasa pusat Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj.

MySalam, atau Skim Perlindungan Nasional B40 (berpendapatan rendah), diumumkan Menteri Kewangan Lim Guan Eng ketika pembentangan Belanjawan 2019 pada November lalu.

Ia didanai oleh syarikat insurans dan takaful Great Eastern dengan sumbangan RM2 bilion.

Terdahulu, Great Eastern yang merupakan syarikat berpangkalan di Singapura dilaporkan telah dikecualikan daripada syarat Bank Negara agar syarikat insurans luar di Malaysia perlu dimiliki sebanyak 30 peratus oleh pelabur tempatan, sebagai pertukaran untuk sumbangan itu.

“Bagi Great Eastern, mereka kini tidak perlu menjual 30 peratus pegangang kepada lembaga-lembaga di Malaysia.

“Pada masa sama, mereka juga mendapat perniagaan bernilai RM2 bilion dalam masa lima tahun,” dakwanya yang juga bekas anggot parliman Sungai Siput, dalam sidang media di Kampung Sungai Sireh, Semenyih, hari ini.

Katanya lagi, sebagai syarikat insurans untuk skim itu, Great Eastern kini mendapat akses terhadap pangkalan data golongan B40, yang menurutnya terdiri daripada tiga juga keluarga.

“Siapa beri (maklumat) ini kepada mereka? Adakah ini sumbangan untuk mereka, atau satu skandal?” soalnya.

Beliau mempersoalkan keputusan kerajaan memperkenalkan skim itu yang didakwanya tanpa melalui rundingan dengan pihak yang berkepentingan.

“Jika anda fikir tak perlu berbincang dengan PSM kerana kami parti politik, tak mengapa. Tetapi bagaimana dengan Persatuan Perubatan Malaysia (MMA)?”

Jeyakumar berkata kerajaan bersikap “angkuh” dan enggan membincangkan perkara itu.

“Mereka melindungi syarikat swasta besar, bukannya menjaga kepentingan rakyat,” katanya lagi.

‘Klinik kesihatan jadi hospital’

Justeru, beliau menggesa pengundi di Semenyih agar memilih calon PSM Nik Aziz Afiq Abdul pada PRK 2 Mac ini sebagai bantahan kepada dasar PH.

“Maka kami menggesa pengundi Semenyih untuk menghantar mesej kepada PH, dengan mengurangkan undi mereka. Tolong undi Nik (Aziz) untuk tunjukkan (bantahan) kepada kerajaan,” katanya.

Sementara itu, Nik Aziz yang turut menyertai sidang media itu membangkitkan keperluan untuk menambah baik kemudahan perubatan di Semenyih dengan segera.

Katanya, klinik kesihatan Semenyih hanya memiliki lapan doktor untuk berkhidmat kepada semua penduduk di situ.

Dalam manifesto PRK, beliau mencadangkan agar klinik kesihatan dinaik taraf menjadi hospital.

 

 

 

 

Manifesto PSM desak kembalikan projek rumah kos rendah

Manifesto PSM desak kembalikan projek rumah kos rendah

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HULU LANGAT 18 Feb. – Mendesak supaya projek rumah kos rendah di kembalikan semula di Semenyih merupakan perkara yang ditawarkan Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) menerusi manifesto mereka untuk Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Semenyih.

Calon PSM, Nik Aziz Afiq Abdul berkata, Semenyih telah pesat membangun dan semakin banyak perumahan baharu dibuka  namun malangnga ia ditawarkan dengan harga yang tidak masuk akal.

“Lambakan perumahan mewah dengan harga tidak masuk akal, masih tak terjual bertahun-tahun. Generasi muda di Semenyih tidak mampu untuk membeli rumah dengan harga RM300,000 ke RM600,000 ini.

“Oleh itu, sekiranya dipilih sebagai wakil rakyat dan sekali gus sebagai penggubal polisi, kami akan menggesa pihak berwajib mengawal harga rumah dengan memperketatkan syarat buat pemaju sebelum projek dimulakan,” katanya.

Nik Aziz Afiq berkata demikian dalam sidang akhbar selepas melancarkan manifesto PSM untuk PRK Semenyih di pejabat parti itu di sini hari ini.

Yang hadir sama, Ahli Jawatankuasa Pusat PSM, S. Arutchelvan.

Tambah Nik Aziz Afiq, tawaran pembangunan terancang yang berpihak kepada rakyat tempatan merupakan satu daripada tujuh perkara yang  diberikan perhatian PSM menerusi manifesto tersebut.

“Selain itu, manifesto kami turut menyentuh bagi meningkatkan kemudahan kesihatan seiring pertambahan penduduk di Semenyih serta bagi menambahkan pengangkutan awam terutamanya kemudahan bas.

“Turut terkandung dalam manifesto ini adalah mengenai pendidikan buat generasi masa hadapan, pilihan raya majlis, kampung dan taman selain memberi penekanan bagi melindungi kawasan alam sekitar dan rekreasi seperti Bukit Broga,” katanya. – UTUSAN ONLINE

Manifesto PSM untuk PRK Semenyih (Video Manifesto Disertakan)

Manifesto PSM untuk PRK Semenyih (Video Manifesto Disertakan)

SEMENYIH, SELANGOR – 18 FEBRUARI 2019: Nik Aziz Afiq, calon Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) untuk Pilihanraya Kecil (PRK) kawasan DUN Semenyih, telah membentangkan Manifesto PSM untuk PRK Semenyih dalam satu sidang akhbar khas yang diadakan pada hari ini.

Walaupun Mahathir pernah mengatakan manifesto itu bukan kitab suci, tetapi PSM amat memandang serius tentang manifesto, kerana ia merupakan janji atau komitmen yang diberikan oleh parti politik yang bertanding dalam pilihanraya untuk dinilai oleh pengundi-pengundi supaya dapat memilih tawaran politik yang dipersetujui mereka. Manifesto merupakan dokumen yang penting untuk calon atau parti politik yang ingin merayu undi supaya dipilih ke dalam dewan perundangan. Jadi, golongan politikus yang tidak memandang serius terhadap manifesto hanyalah sekadar memancing undi sokongan untuk dirinya sendiri ataupun sekutunya berkuasa.

PSM telah menggariskan 7 perkara penting yang akan diperjuangkan untuk pengundi Semenyih.

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Perumahan Mampu Milik – Bukan Mampus Milik!

Generasi muda dan rakyat biasa Semenyih tidak mampu untuk membeli rumah-rumah mewah dengan harga mencecah tahap yang tidak masuk akal, iaitu RM 300,000 ke RM 600,000.

Oleh itu, PSM menggesa pihak berwajib untuk mengawal harga rumah dengan mengetatkan syarat kepada pemaju sebelum sesuatu projek dimulakan.

PSM juga menyarakan supaya diperkenalkan had kuota rumah mewah untuk satu kawasan.

PSM bertekad untuk menganjurkan satu kempen mendesak projek rumah kos rendah dikembalikan semula, setiap perumahan mesti memiliki satu fasa untuk rumah kos rendah dan sederhana.

Naiktaraf Klinik Kesihatan Semenyih ke status hospital 

Sehingga kini rakyat Semenyih tidak mempunyai hospital sendiri dan masih bergantung kepada Hospital Kajang, Hospital Serdang dan Hospital Seremban bagi mendapatkan rawatan. Namun, berlakunya kesesakan serius di Hospital Kajang, Serdang dan Seremban hingga mengambil masa begitu lama bagi mendapatkan rawatan.

Lokasi hospital sedia ada yang agak jauh menyukarkan bantuan kecemasan untuk diberikan segera. Oleh itu, PSM menuntut supaya mewujudkan pangkalan ambulans di kawasan Semenyih bagi mempercepatkan perjalanan kes kecemasan dan pengangkutan kereta percuma bagi warga emas untuk mendapatkan rawatan berkala.

Tambah pengangkutan awam – Tolak tol yang membebankan

Rata-rata penduduk Semenyih bekerja di luar kawasan Semenyih terutamanya di Kuala Lumpur dan Putrajaya. Malangnya sebaik keluar dari Semenyih, mahu tak mahu terpaksa membayar tol demi tol. Oleh yang demikian, PSM mendesak untuk pemansuhan satu tol (Silk highway / Lekas Kajang Batu 3 / Plus Putra Mahkota).

PSM menyeru supaya memulihkan perkhidmatan bas dari Semenyih ke Seremban, Beranang ke Putrajaya, dan Bukit Mahkota/Sri Putra ke Kajang, di samping mendesak penyediaan bas perantara MRT supaya dapat dinikmati oleh penduduk Semenyih dan Beranang.

Oleh sebab mempunyai penduduk yang pesat, pengangkutan awam seperti komuter dan MRT patut dibina di Semenyih. Kerajaan juga perlu memastikan supaya perkhidmatan bas yang berkesan dan memuaskan dapat disediakan.

Pilihanraya majlis tempatan, kampung dan taman untuk tangani salahguna kuasa dan rasuah

PSM mendesak untuk mewujudkan pilihanraya di semua taman, pangsapuri dan kampung untuk melantik ketua masing-masing supaya meningkatkan penyertaan penduduk dalam pentadbiran DUN Semenyih, termasuk dalam isu menyelaras taman permainan masing-masing dan memantau kontrak pembersihan penduduk tempatan.

Setiap kawasan perumahan harus mempunyai kuota 30% pemilikan lesen perniagaan untuk orang tempatan.

Rumah pangsa kos rendah 

PSM akan menggerakkan satu kempen untuk membatalkan bayaran penyelenggaraan (maintenance) bulanan pangsapuri kos rendah dan digantikan dengan cukai pintu setahun sekali.

Isu pendidikan

PSM akan mendesak supaya kelas tingkatan 6 di sekolah-sekolah Semenyih dibuka kembali. PSM juga menyeru supaya kerajaan mengambil tindakan untuk mengawal kos-kos yuran yang tinggi di kolej swasta dan kerajaan, termasuk institusi pengajian milik Kerajaan Negeri Selangor.

Kehidupan yang hijau dan sihat

PSM mendesak kerajaan supaya melindungi Bukit Broga sebagai kawasan alam sekitar dan kawasan rekreasi dan mengawal pembangunan di sana. Mempromosi kawasan pelancongan dan melindungi kawasan rekreasi hijau dan sihat seperti aktiviti mendaki gunung dan kolam air panas.