TAKE for instance, agriculture minister Mohamad Sabu's latest initiative. READ : Projek tanam bawang mula bulan lepas..
MAT Sabu , wants to focus now on ONIONS when the paddy situation here is getting worst by the day. READ : Kedah, Malaysia's rice bowl hasn't seen raid since mid December.
EL nino climate patterns, obviously is going to effect paddy out out within the next two months for sure , by merely peeking at what is happening to our neighbours is anything to go by.
SO how have the Philippines and Indonesia reacted to this impending crisis?
HERE in Putrajaya, our agriculture minister Mat Sabu actually said the following with a straight face in Parliament, that READ : Bernas role as the nation's, sole rice importer is very relevant says Mat Sabu.
HOW relevant can this be, when rice importers and exporters favour GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT DEALs. BERNAS is not the Government not does it have embassies in New Delhi, Hanoi or in Bangkok to get any rice deals done way below market price.
MAT Sabu , should NOT be thinking of ways to justify Syed Mokthar making billions out of a trade where even the Government's of RICE exporting nations favour GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT contractual obligations.
INSTEAD of feeding Syed Mokthar with a silver spoon, why doesnt Mat Sabu, just go learn from Indonesia on why Jokowi's popularity is still soaring in those part of the archipelago. READ : Indonesia's Rice Crop Insurance (AUTP) scheme has successfully protected farmers from significant crop losses due to natural disasters.
SINCE, Jokowi rolled out this scheme over a decade ago, the Indonesian President has been unshakable in the rural Indonesian farm land.
PERHAPS if Mat Sabu does his job, Anwar Ibrahim too can have the same effect, considering that the Malaysian Prime Minister's strongest and earliest base were from the Malay rural heartland.
TO bring that base back to life, and get them re acquainted to Anwar Ibrahim, having a Bernas YES MEN is not going to do the trick. READ :BERNAS owner Syed Mokthar funneled up to RM195 million in cash to Bersatu , FIVE months before GE15.
A closer look to Syed Mokthar's so called philanthropy ways over the years raises more questions then answers. READ :Flashback ; The 2009 RM200 million Syed Mokthar Gave Albukhary International University ended in tears in 2014
ANWAR Ibrahim, completely removing Fahmi Fadzil from any role or publicity on Najib Razak's, sentence and fine reductuon pardon today, goes to show now that the question of Najib Razak as a political force is in the history books, the Prime Minister is free from so many legacies.
HE no longer need to carry Zahid Hamidi's burden within UMNO on getting Najib Razak a deal, something which a sitting UMNO Prime Minister Ismail Sabri, boosted by support from Muhyiddin Yassin and Abdul Hadi Awang could not or did not want to do.
ANWAR Ibrahim, as of now, will no longer be taking anymore prisoners in his on going war against the oligarch's and neither will he be giving deadwoods a free ride.READ : :Najib Razak's Pardon Statement Issued By PM's Department. No role for Menteri GAGAL Fahmi Fadzil
