张庆信不满SST少收250亿 砂行动党 : 难道要人民承担更多？

销售与服务税（SST）较销售税（GST）少收250亿令吉，不仅显示我国中下阶级人民无需承担更多税务，也曝露前朝国阵过去挥霍无度的恶习。遗憾的是，民都鲁区国会议员兼民进党主席张庆信却对过往消费税一年可收取约460亿令吉，如今销售税仅收210亿令吉左右而感到不满。砂拉越行动党宣传部今日作出反驳，反问张庆信难道乐见人民缴付这250亿令吉的庞大差距吗？

前朝政府过去推行消费税举措，是全民都无法脱逃的税务之一，消费税收取乃涵盖所有各阶层人士。反观，随着政党轮替，在希盟新政府施政下，以销售与服务税取代消费税，这意味中下阶级是无须承担这些税收。砂拉越行动党也对于张庆信的不满感到不解，特别是在收取约460亿令吉消费税、和210亿令吉的销售与服务税，当中的250亿令吉差距都是人民被迫要多缴还的，尤其是对中下阶级人民的经济负担影响甚大。更甚的是，人民被迫多缴还的消费税，大部分的税收却被前朝贪官及国阵朋党中饱私囊“吃掉”。

前朝国阵执政期间，人民生活非常艰苦，当时政府却不顾人民的水生火热，执意将消费税转嫁在人民身上，导致全民都要缴税给国阵政府，无一幸免。不但如此，就连商家还要千辛万苦的动用许多的人力和财力被逼替国阵政府抽税。这使每个商家现在都成为替国阵政府抽税的税务官员。让人愤怒的是，砂劳越人民当时在生活拮据情况下所缴付的近3亿令吉消费税，却不足让纳吉去购买一架逾4亿令吉的豪华私人喷射飞机，这绝对是令人民感到最痛恨的。

“可恨的是砂国阵却为虎作伥，支持纳吉政权向全民征税。如果国阵在第14届国选没有倒台，相信砂国阵还是会继续和纳吉巫统抱在一起，继续以GST向人民征税，而且极可能税率更会增至10%！”前朝国阵执政期间一直嚷嚷钱不够用，进而向人民开刀，却不改他们一贯的挥霍成性的恶习，即使收取再多税务也无法满足他们的贪婪。

纳吉父子到金马仑助选 借助重选政治回归

民主行动党依斯干达公主城国会议员林吉祥于2018年1月13日（星期日）在吉隆坡发布的媒体文告：前首相纳吉正在试图通过国阵在金马仑高原补选中获胜的政治回归，使他的“全球盗贼统治”和一马公司丑闻合法化。看看这两件事件就很明显了。首先，他在吉隆坡班底谷的“会见支持者”活动上，被介绍为“休假的首相”；以及第二，他的长子莫哈末尼查出现在金马仑高原补选的国阵竞选活动中。虽然尼查没有发言，他在金马仑国阵候选人南利的故乡Pos Mensun的一个活动中，被介绍为其中一名贵宾。

在拜访甘榜格林芝时，纳吉被问及他是否会为国阵在金马仑高原补选助选，纳吉故作神秘，说他还在考虑是否接受彭亨州务大臣旺罗斯迪旺依斯迈要他助选的请求。纳吉不应该故作神秘，因为我收到消息，纳吉已经定下在1月18日和19日跟彭亨州务大臣一起在金马仑高原为国阵助选。纳吉在周五和周六为国阵在金马仑高原补选助选时，应该做的第一件事就是，向金马仑高原的选民道歉，因为国阵在上届全国大选的金钱政治和腐败选举行为，导致选举法庭宣布2018年5月9日举行的第14届全国大选的选举结果无效，而导致目前的补选。

纳吉出现在国阵补选的助选活动时，也是让彭亨州务大臣兼日赖州议员旺罗斯迪解释的适当时机——为什么他没有出现在选举法庭作证，并反驳早前原住民证人的证词，指国阵涉及金钱政治和腐败选举行为，虽然选举法庭展延了听证会三次，以让旺罗斯迪出庭作证。在导致第14届全国大选的金马仑高原选举结果被宣布无效的选举上诉里，所提供的证词证明原住民村长受要求从他们各自的甘榜为国阵提供原住民选票——明显违反和滥用了民主程序。

选举法庭法官阿兹莎纳瓦威（Azizah binti Haji Nawawi）在判决里点名彭亨州务大臣兼日赖州议员旺罗斯迪和国会议员西华拉兹，涉及发生在原住民村落和甘榜的腐败选举行为。例如，2018年5月6日，旺罗斯迪和西华拉兹使用直升机访问了Pos Lenjang并交给原住民村长们约25,000令吉以分发给各个村庄的所有选民，此外还支付每个原住民村长200令吉。旺罗斯迪是否会承诺在补选中不会重复这种金钱政治和腐败的选举行为，以及没有国阵领袖，包括纳吉会用直升机来助选吗？

难道不是巫统不允许国大党对选举法庭的判决提出上诉，以便旺罗斯迪的所有腐败选举行为不会引起更大的关注？身为第14届全国大选时的首相和国阵主席，纳吉是否愿意示范“以身作则”的领导，就第14届全国大选时，在日赖和金马仑高原发生的金钱政治和腐败选举行为而道歉？看来纳吉在遴选南利成为金马仑高原补选的国阵候选人一事，扮演了主要角色，这也解释了迄今为止的许多既争议又让人困惑的补选问题——为什么国大党主席兼上议院主席丹斯里维尼斯瓦兰轻易地放弃安排国大党候选人上阵金马仑高原补选；以及为什么马华公会总会长拿督斯里魏家祥下令马华公会在提名日，由马华公会署理主席、两名马华公会副主席、马华公会总秘书和马华公会青年团和妇女组各自的首领带领下，全力出动支持南利，即使早前马华公会代表大会上，毫无意义地宣扬要求解散国阵！

不论纳吉最终是否为国阵在金马仑高原补选中助选，他首相任期内的盗贼统治和骇人听闻的一马公司腐败和洗钱丑闻，必须成为补选的关键课题。因此，我第3次询问，国阵候选人南利是否准备把打击腐败列为金马仑高原补选的其中一个重要问题。南利首先可以谴责两件事：一马公司丑闻和纳吉在首相任期内导致马来西亚被全世界谴责为全球盗贼统治国家，遭受了数年的骂名、污名和恶名。

华裔小贩微型贷款和华商中小型企业微型贷款正式开跑！

马来西亚财政部长林冠英于2019年1月14日在布城发表文告：3000万令吉“华裔小贩微型贷款”以及5000万令吉“华商中小型企业微型贷款”已经于2019年1月1日起在全国400家国民储蓄银行（BSN）的各分行正式开跑，即日起协助欲借贷民众！为协助民众解答有关微型贷款的疑问，财政部委任了财政部长办公室两名谙中文的特别官员负责处理民众的咨询。这两名财政部特别官员分别是杜炎祗（电话：012-276 1681）以及赵凯彦（电话：019-770 5695），有疑惑的民众可在上午9时至下午6时之间联系上述两名特别官员。

我已在去年年底宣布，“华裔小贩微型贷款”将继续获得3000万令吉的拨款，而“华商中小型企业微型贷款”也将获得5000万令吉的拨款。有意者可在今年1月起向国民储蓄银行（BSN）提出申请，年利率为4%，民众无需通过任何中介，更无须缴付任何佣金就能申请相关贷款。这两项微型贷款已编列于马来西亚2018年预算案之内，即便去年509我国历经政权转移，有关项目一样继续获得拨款，显示出联邦依旧关注华裔小贩和中小型企业。和过往不同的是，这笔国家拨款将会输送到国民储蓄银行（BSN），由该银行来承办借贷事项。

“华裔小贩微型贷款”和“华商中小型企业微型贷款”将分别提供5000令吉到最多5万令吉的贷款予有需要者，以便协助他们周转或拓展生意。该贷款的年利率为4%，申请条件相对宽松，欢迎全国各地的华裔小贩或华商向国民储蓄银行申请。政府将致力确保上进的华裔业者能够依据他们的能力与需求获得相应的贷款便利。和过往不同的是，政府不再将“华商中小型企业微型贷款”的5000万令吉交由马华所拥有的自立合作社（KOJADI），而是转交国民储蓄银行处理。

虽然马华一直否认涉及自立合作社的控制权，但是自立合作社里的15个董事局成员中，其中6名来自马华合作社（KOMAWAH），他们拥有321个投票权，而5万9937个人会员却只有265个投票权。换言之，马华合作社的投票权是超越个人会员。我们认为，政治与经济商业必须分开，国家才能健康成长，经济才能够百花齐放，若搞政治的人也搞经济，也许最终会导致贪污腐败。联邦政府希望，透过这两个微型贷款可以提升业者的竞争力，以便在2019年能够拥有更好的表现，为马来西亚的经济作出贡献。

Cameron Highlands by-election is in fact the opening shot of PH for the 15th General Election to capture the Pahang State Government to be able to resolve the land problem of the Orang Asli

Cameron Highlands is the cynosure of the country for a historic by-election which will be held this month to determine who will be the Member of Parliament for Cameron Highlands. Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is confident that Barisan Nasional will have an easy victory in the by-election. But just as he was proven wrong in the last general election in May last year when he was confident of an easy and great victory to the extent of BN winning back the two-thirds parliamentary majority, I hope that Najib will be proven wrong again that BN will have a victory in the Cameron Highlands by-election.

Let us work hard for M. Manogaram’s victory as Member of Parliament for Cameron Highlands in the by-election. The Cameron Highlands by-election will be an unique one. MIC wanted to appeal against the Election Court decision which ruled that MIC Vice President C. Sivarraajh’s election as Member of Parliament for Cameron Highlands in May last year was null and void because of corrupt election practices, but was overruled by UMNO to protect UMNO, in particular the Pahang Mentri Besar who is the Assemblyman for Jelai so that the Pahang Mentri Besar’s electoral corruption practices are not further highlighted. I will not be surprised if MIC is also not allowed to contest in the Cameron Highlands by-election by UMNO, for high stakes are involved in this by-election: it is not only a life-and-death political battle for the Pahang Mentri Besar, it is also a life-and-death political battle for UMNO and Barisan Nasional.

The Cameron Highlands by-election is also important for Pakatan Harapan, for it is the first by-election after the last general election involving a seat of Barisan Nasional as the previous three Selangor State Assembly by-elections and the Port Dickson parliamentary by-election involved Pakatan Harapan seats. I will go one step further – the Cameron Highlands by-election is in fact the opening shot of Pakatan Harapan for the 15th General Election to capture the Pahang State Governement to be able to resolve the land problem of the Orang Asli.

Lim Kit Siang : Najib had failed the Orang Aslis as Prime Minister

Najib had failed the Orang Aslis as Prime Minister by focusing on the international 1MDB corruption and money-laundering scandal instead of bringing the Orang Asli into the national mainstream of development. One question uppermost in the minds of the voters of Cameron Highlands is why the former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, is positioning himself as the primary spokesman for the Barisan Nasional in the Cameron Highlands by-election on January 26.

Najib said in Pekan yesterday that he is confident that the Barisan Nasional will retain its victory in the Cameron Highlands by-election on Jan 26. As former Prime Minister, why Najib had no sense of shame that the Cameron Highlands by-election is being held because of money-politics, vote-buying and corrupt electoral practices? I have said that it would require a miracle for the Pakatan Harapan to win the Cameron Highlands by-election, as the seat had always been one of the Barisan Nasional fortresses as evidenced by the fact that the seat had never been won by any other coalition in the nation’s history. But we are in the era of political miracles, starting with the historic result of the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018 despite Najib’s supreme confidence of an easy victory in the 14GE, even for Barisan Nasional to win back two-thirds parliamentary majority lost in the 12th General Election 10 years ago in 2008. The Cameron Highlands by-election is therefore a second opportunity to prove Najib wrong – and this time, by the voters of Cameron Highlands.

It is regrettable that Najib is resorting to cheap and low-class politics, which required the Director-General of the Department of Orang Asli Development (JAKOA), Datuk Ajis Sitin to issue a statement yesterday to refute the former Prime Minister’s allegation that the Pakatan Harapan government did not provide allocation for the Orang Asli community in Budget 2019. Ajis said the Pakatan Harapan government allocated RM100 million for the development and welfare of the Orang Asli community nationwide and the focus will be on the construction and upgrade of roads to facilitate Orang Asli in their daily activities to raise their socio-economic status. Najib also launched an attack on me for saying that the previous BN government had neglected the Orang Asli. There can be no doubt that Najib, as the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia for eight years, had failed the Orang Asli in the country by focusing on the international 1MDB corruption and money-laundering scandal and other 1MDB-line scandals in Felda, Felcra, MARA and Tabung Haji instead of bringing the Orang Asli into the national mainstream of development.

Is Najib prepared to compare the total amount of public funds squandered in the 1MDB scandal and the other 1MDB-like scandals with the total expenditures spent on Orang Asli development in his eight years as Prime Minister? It is a crying shame that after six decades of JAKOA history, only about 30 per cent of JAKOA staff are Orang Asli and only two JAKOA State Directors are from the Orang Asli community, when by now, after more than six decades of JOKOA, at least 70 per cent of the JAKOA staff and all State JOKOA Directors should have come from the Orang Asli community. There are 27 Orang Asli kampongs in the Cameron Highlands constituency, involving 1,637 families with a total population of 6,976 people. If Najib had not focused his attention and energies on tne 1MBD scandal and other 1MDB-linked scandals, bogged down in corruption and abuses of power to such extent that Malaysia was condemned by the world as a “global kleptocracy” and he had devoted more funding and resources for the development of the Orang Aslis, the plight of the Orang Aslis in Cameron Highlands today would be in a better position.

Does Najib deny that in this modern age of Internet where information travels at the speed of light, some 20 per cent of the Orang Aslis in the Cameron Highlands constituency live without electricity. Can Najib define what he understands as the meaning of the full success of JAKOA?