Wednesday 3 January 2024

I said it, and now Syed Mokthar's Utusan is echoing it.

ON  December 17, 2023 I had written, READ :  brace yourself for an acute shortage of rice, come April 2024, .

SYED  Mokthar's Malay platform media, Utusan Malaysia which is housed in the same building as Johari Abdul Ghani's Free Malaysia Today, is now  echoing READ ; Similar thoughts that a rice shortage will hit Malaysia on April 2024


I believe similar like minded reports will start overwhelming our reading space after Chinese New Year,  to prepare us mentally , for yet another round of RICE PRICE HIKES.

i am absolutely certain, BERNAS will go on a shopping spree to get their hands on imported rice for us , and then hold the Government to a subsidy ransom, using consumer anger as the bogeymen.

THIS drama will never end until the people manning the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry READ ; STOP playing the role of Bernas Chief Apologist by placing stumbling blocks on why the Bernas Concession should not be cancelled.



IT'S a no brainer that Government's will sell to other Government, at a lower cost then, the private sector for G to G dealings to be relevant.

COST  aside, any business men can tell you this much ,when the major  player in the Thailand  and India supply chain keep telling you, that they want to deal with you directly, and you keep pushing Bernas to their face, YOU ARE COURTING FOR TROUBLE.

IF the changed  external market dynamics ,are not convincing enough for the Federal Government to do away with BERNAS, branding  the  existence of ten year monopolistic agreement in place as a holy grail, I am sure people will eventually come to terms with it.

BUT ,  Anwar Ibrahim should ask himself, why did so many Malaysians, use the only power we  have ; a vote at the ballot box ,and why did  our Sultan's went out of their way to ensure , there was a level playing field, for the best candidate to be nation's PMX.

WE did so, not because we wanted to steer this nation away from the agreed  nation building and prosperity based economic vision, but rather on the government was going about in conducting the business of the state. READ :The Malaysian Civil Service, If You Allow Them, They Will Build It. Rafizi Ramli's Civil Service Built PADU system is a slap in the face for those who wasted hundreds of million ringgit on the out sourced My Sejahtera App

 UNFORTUNATELY,  for Malaysia not all the ministers under Anwar Ibrahim's watch, under stands the meaning of  Good Governance , with some still stuck on the mind set, once a contract is signed , regardless under  what circumstances, it must be upheld as the gospel truth.

CONSIDER the following,  and explain to yourself, what type of a Government,  would reward a business men with a ten year absolute monopoly , the audited figures clearly showing that the said business men READ : took out every single sen of Profit, Bernas had made between 2017 and 2021, via dividend payments, hence reinvesting ZERO amount of the profits he made back into the business ?.

THE answer is obvious, it must be  government led by Muhyiddin Yassin and his cheerleader Ismail Sabri. READ : Syed Mokthar emerges as patron saint of BERSATU with a RM195 million donation.

THE minister's serving on Anwar Ibrahim's watch, must act in the instrest of the people, and the country by understanding that good governance also means ; tearing up a signed contract,  CONTRACTED UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.