By : CHONG PIT FAH
SAPP urges both the BN and
Pakatan governments to dissolve their respective legislatures so that the
general elections can be held within the 60-day period as provided for under
the constitutions.
This is because the long
delay in having the elections is causing a fatigue in Malaysian society,
triggering an economic slowdown with many investment decisions being held back
and many people and organisations putting back their programmes pending the
elections.
"With the assurance of
the Election Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof that the 'Ops
Daulat' at Lahad Datu is not a problem to holding the general elections, there
is no valid excuse for either the BN or Pakatan governments not to dissolve the
legislatures.
The 5-year mandate granted
to the current government on 8 March 2008 has already expired. The longer the
delay, the more people are entitled to think that there are ulterior motives of
"abusing powers and money raising" by the ruling parties at both
federal and state levels.
The eleventh hour approval
and signing of the RM8 billion mega infrastructure project by the Penang
government last week is one example.
(NOTE
: Chong Pit Fah is Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Information Chief)
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