For Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, desperate time calls for desperate measure. He had prayed for Najib's political career and Umno’s future to be destroyed if the federal government refused to pay oil royalty to Kelantan.
Najib responded, “I cannot understand the need for such prayer because we have actually provided a compassionate fund for the people of Kelantan."
“By whatever name it is called, royalty or compassionate fund, the amount is still the same. And it is the people of Kelantan who are getting it; we will not be using it for other purposes.”
Najib clearly cannot differentiate between 'compassionate' and 'royalty'. The former is a voluntary but the latter is compulsory.
His word speaks volume of his deed. His government has a problem to respect and to comply with conventions, agreements, rule of law and the federal constitution.
No, you cannot simply call anything by whatever name. The consequence is crystal clear.
You cannot call us non-bumiputera or 'pendatang' (migrants) when we are really Malaysians.
No, it is not the same.
You cannot equate the BTN courses to your 1Malaysia slogan when these courses are divisive and racist.
You cannot call the sugar coated deals given to Naza and MRCB as privatization when they are clearly crony deals.
You cannot call the PKFZ financial fiasco as cost overrun when it was clearly corruption.
No, they are not the same.
When your government has denied Kelantan and other states' right to share their resources with the federal government, we call it ARROGANCE, ILLEGAL & UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
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