No witch-hunt if Pakatan wins, says Anwar
| February 25, 2013
The former deputy prime minister,
however, said that the opposition pact would take back money looted from the
public coffers.
SHAH
ALAM: Pakatan Rakyat will not go on a witch-hunt if the opposition pact wins
the general election, PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim said.
“We want to win so that we can
implement people’s friendly programmes for Malaysians, [and] not [seek]
vengeance,” Anwar said at the Pakatan Rakyat convention here today.
Anwar, a former deputy prime
minister, however, said that Pakatan would take back money stolen by
politicians and return it to the public coffers.
“For example, the millions used by
the National Feedlot Corporation was supposedly meant for genuine cattle farm
operators. We will take back the money and give it to those deserving.
“It is the same thing with taxi
permits. We will take the permits away from taxi companies owned by crony
companies and give them straight to the drivers,” said Anwar.
He, however, assured government
contractors that he would not revise any deals done based on the principles of
the rule of law.
“But we will review contracts if
they were found [to be awarded] under some dubious circumstances; for example,
the agreements signed with the independent power producers… [we will] weed out
monopoly in the country,” he said.
The opposition leader also
criticised Umno, saying the party now lacks good leaders in its ranks.
“Tell me, do they [Umno] have any
man of integrity like [Kelantan Menteri] Nik Aziz Nik Mat? Or do they have
anyone who is committed to transparency and efficiency like [Penang Chief
Minister] Lim Guan Eng?
“These are the leaders we provide in
Pakatan, who are also the pillar of our strength,” said Anwar.
He also defended Nik Aziz against
recent attacks by Umno which claimed that the veteran PAS leader had labelled
Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia recipients as animals.
“All Nik Aziz said was don’t treat
people as livestock but the Umno-controlled media continued to accuse him of
calling the people as animals,” he said.
