2.5 Billion Cash Reserves He Toll Us…

I was following up on the news on the toll rates hike and found this article on Yahoo News.

Hah! So, yesterday I’ve said our ministers are no so brilliant, people surrounding our PM not so brilliant and all. But apparently, Menteri Besar Selangor is one brilliant guy. Not only is he pretending to be a hero by ‘giving out orders to the BOD representing the state to advise the concessionaires not to increase toll’. He’s also pretending to be rich and oh-so-efficient with the Rakyat’s money…RM2.5 Bil cash reserves…Berjaya tuuuu.

Auditor General’s report stated that Selangor used less than 50% of the funds given by the Federal Govt to maintain the roads. Total underspending of RM631 Mil. You guys can get the details in the article.

So that explains where the RM2.5 Bill cash reserves come from perhaps? This works out to be…a whopping 25% of the reserves! Hah! wonder where the remaining 75% comes from?

Oh wait, perhaps all the roads in Selangor are super smooth already? No potholes, no uneven roads, no broken signage at the side of the roads, no broken divider. Selangor roads are so good that we don’t need to spend the money to maintain the road.

Ask yourselves, are the roads in Selangor so good that we don’t need to maintain it anymore? I know that Shah Alam/Kelang area near my place certainly needs some repairing. Been like that for quite sometime already.You don’t believe what I say? Well the same report from the Auditor General stated that 545 respondents in Klang, Gombak and Shah Alam showed 80 percent of them expressing dissatisfaction with the condition of their local roads. I’m not the only one, hundreds of people are saying the same thing.

Basically, he’s not efficiently spending the money given by the Federal Govt. If this happens to me in my current company, the money will be taken away from my department for sure. Or worse, I will be deemed as unable to perform my duties effectively and efficiently.

So let me give you MB of Selangor some advise from a Rakyat Marhein point of view. First, During the time of The Caliph, the reserves are almost always zero. Meaning, it’s fully utilised to make sure the lives of the people are upheld. Simpan banyak buat buah berlagak buat apa? So, don’t boast that you have RM2.5 Bil reserves when your roads and Rakyat are still not living well. Secondly, Don’t boast to have huge reserves when it’s not your money to begin with. It’s the money given by Federal Govt for you to fix the road.  You’ve been shouting to the top of your lungs that the Govt is running on deficit, well, you Mr MB of Selangor, are hoarding the money. If you don’t need it, return it lah. Unless you want to use it for something else that’s good for the people…like raising your salary and also the rest of the EXCO/ADUN in Selangor. That will definitely help to repair all problems we have in maintaining the roads in Selangor.