SIBU: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim should be lauded for his efforts to assembly a team that could compromise the differences of ideologies of all political parties that helped to form this Unity Cabinet said Voon Lee Shan.
The Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) president noted that the whole team was picked with the mission to clear the national debts and to save the nation’s economy first and to leave all political differences aside.
Hence, he hoped that politicking in the Cabinet will be kept to the minimum and the focus is to save the economy and seek a common good for all citizens.
“Since the mission is to clear national debts and to save the nation’s economy, ‘goodies’ for the state could be compromised.
“I could not see Sarawak will get any increment of its annual budget under this Cabinet or unity government. All these years Sarawak normally got less than RM5 billion as its annual budget from the federal government. Without adequate funds, development in Sarawak would be slow.
Voon said that the prime minister had hinted on austerity drive and it signals to all citizens to tighten their belts and no unnecessary spending.
“In line with this austerity drive, I hope annual bonus for government servants be scrapped and the funds be used to help stall holders and unlicensed traders and hawkers to boost ‘street businesses.
“Street business can help public to enjoy availability of cheaper goods and food,” he said.
