Pemudah: A political gimmick to distract public attention from the lame-duck PM

Pemudah, the special task force set up to facilitate business, has “adopted” Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) with immediate effect to make it more customer-friendly and improve its delivery services.

I am most surprised to note that Pemudah was so efficient that it also works on Sunday to announce this so-called adoption. Such a move by the lame-duck administration of Badawi is 4 years too late. If Badawi was really serious about making DBKL people-friendly he should have done it 4 years ago. It is clear that such a move at this stage is a political gimmick launched to divert people’s attention from the ailing PM, who is facing a serious crisis in UMNO.

It must be noted that under the law Datuk Bandar KL has the ultimate power to administer KL. We also have a Minister of Wilayah Persekutuan, who is supposed to oversee DBKL. Now we have Pemudah to oversee DBKL. Does this mean that the Minister of Wilayah Persekutuan is redundant?

Quite frankly, DBKL will remain as what it is i.e. people unfriendly because Datuk Bandar is not elected by the people. As long as Datuk Bandar is appointed under the patronage of the Prime Minister, Datuk Bandar will not be susceptible to public opinion i.e. made accountable.

If the Badawi administration is serious in making DBKL people-friendly then he should initiate the amendment to the law where Datuk Bandar had to be elected by KL residents. Once Datuk Bandar is an elected post then DBKL will automatically become people friendly for the simple reason that Datuk Bandar will have to be accountable like the Prime Minister and other Ministers whereby they will have to face General Elections.

– Terjemahan oleh Lee Wee Tak – Ucapan ribuan terima kasih dari Wee Choo Keong –

Pemudah: Alat yang menarik perhatian umum daripada perdana menteri yang lesu

Pemudah, pasukan petugas khas yang bertujuan memudahkan kegiatan perniagaan, telah mengambil DBKL sebagai “anak angkat” muali kini untuk mengubahnya kepada lebih peka kepada pengguna dan mencekapkan penyerahan perkhidmatannya.

Saya sangat hairan mendapati Pemudah begini cekap kerana ia berkerja pada hari Aha untuk mengumumkan langkah ini. Langkah ini oleh pentadbiran lemah Badawi telah empat tahun lewat. Jika Badawi beriya-iya hendak menjadikan DBKL peka kepada orang ramai, beliau patut berbuat ini 4 tahun lalu. Jelaslah langkah ini adalah percaturan politik bertujuan menarik perhatian orang ramai daripada PM yang kian lemah dan menghadapi masalah besar dalam UMNO.

Adalah penting mengetahui bahawa Datuk Bandar KL mempunyai kuasa mentadbir KL mengikut peruntukan undang-undang.. Kita juga mempunyai seorang Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan yang sepatutnya berkuasa menyelia DBKL. Adakah ini bermaksud Menteri WP tidak diperlukan lagi?

Sebenarnya, jika Datuk Bandar dipilih menerusi pilihanraya maka ia akan kekal peka kepada umum. Selagi Datuk Bandar dilantik oleh Perdana Menteri kerana naungannya, Datuk Bandar tidak peka dan tidak bertanggungjawab kepada umum.

Jika pentadbiran Badawi beriya-iya menjadikan DBKL peka kepada keperluan umum, maka beliau patut membuat rombakan kepada undang-undang membolehkan Datuk Bandar dipilih oleh penghuni Kuala Lumpur. Apabila jawatan Datuk Bandar diisi menerusi pilihanraya maka beliau akan menjadi peka kepada keperluan umum kerana Datuk Bandar akan, seperti Perdana Menteri dan lain-lain menteri, terpaksamenghadapi pilihanraya umum.

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