LAND ISSUE IN PERAK UNFOLD
The granting of many hectares of land to the Chinese communities in the New Villages as well as to Chinese schools and associations have alienated the Malay community who feel that they have been sidelined with the economic pie not being distributed evenly.
CAN THIS BE THE RATIONALE FOR IT?
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PAS influence in Perak is minimal as the party only won six state seats unlike their coalition partners DAP and PKR who won more seats than PAS.
But due to the state’s constitution, where it is stated that only a Malay Muslim can become the menteri besar of the state, Nizar Jamaluddin of PAS became the MB as there was no other qualified Malay candidates from PKR who fit the bill.He became a stooge of the DAP who called the shots in running the state.
As a result from the panuarama Bukit Gantang -
`Only temporary land titles can be issued, for now; ` ZAMBRY
Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir is actively holding discussions with all the relevant bodies to enable the Chinese and other communities to get titles to their land.
He, however, said there were certain issues that needed to be addressed first, especially when they went against the provisions of the National Land Code.
In some cases, he added, the state government had issued them with temporary land titles but many still questioned why they were only for 10 years.
“They need to understand that. That is the law. The provision says that even if the maximum is 60 years, it cannot be issued in one go,” he said.
He said the first instalment would be for a maximum of 10, followed by another 10 or 20 or 30, depending on the state government when for renewal came up.
He refuted allegations that he was anti-Chinese and had never tried to prevent the community from getting titles to their land.
The land issue is one of many raised by the opposition in their campaign rounds for the Bukit Gantang by-election.
On promises made by the previous government to issue permanent land title to various quarters, Zambry said he did not know how they had planned to implement them as they were against the provisions under the National Land Code.
“They forgot about the NLC. Although the state and mentris besar have certain power over land matters, when it come to policy matters, it must be agreed by all states.
“In this case, if Perak wants to do it, it must also be implemented by other states.
“Why did Penang, Kelantan, Kedah or Selangor not want to do it too? So this is a policy matter that must be clarified,” he added.
Yes, the three coming by-elections results will determine our country’s direction but past performance is not an indicator of future performance.
LAND is a limited comodity.Therefore it has to be used for national development for all and not as an agenda for political mileage by any parties.
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