KUALA LUMPUR, November 8 – Barisan Nasional launch its manifesto with five main focus and ninety nine offers which include people’s well-being, stable economic growth, creating more job opportunities and education, are among the priorities of the Barisan Nasional (BN) manifesto in the 15th General Election (GE15). Its chairman, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said, the manifesto called BN’s Charitable and Endeavor Planning (PADU) outlines five main focuses and 99 offers that will be enjoyed by various groups of people, especially the B40 and M40 groups, as well as not forgetting the T20 group.
He said, BN’s first focus is to eliminate absolute poverty through the Basic Income Assistance Scheme which is automatically credited every month to all households with an income of less than RM2,208 per month. BN also promised a 2 percent income tax cut specifically for the M40 group, with an income range of RM50,000 to RM100,000 per year. Barisan Nasional (BN) is determined to ensure that political practices in Malaysia are carried out in a responsible and transparent manner through the formulation of the Political Funding Act, said its chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
This is in line with the reforms that BN wants to bring through the coalition’s manifesto for the 15th general election (GE15), featuring ‘Perancangan Amal dan Usaha’ (PADU) launched by Ahmad Zahid online tonight. He said PADU is a doubling of efforts by BN to lay important foundations to create a better future for all. The process of building a successful nation and a prosperous society is a task and responsibility that takes time…However, that does not mean that we (BN) should not start work from now. A good future for all should commence now.
“For that, BN is determined to ensure that political practices in this country are carried out only in a responsible and transparent manner through the drafting of the Political Funding Act,” he said during the launch of the manifesto. Ahmad Zahid also said at the same time, the appointment of key national positions such as the chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the chairman of the Election Commission will be screened by a special parliamentary committee.
“Through their representatives in Parliament, the people will be given a mandate to scrutinise and be involved in the screening of appointments to the most important public positions in the country,” he said. Based on the PADU document, it outlines BN’s efforts to ensure political stability and improve the performance efficiency of public institutions, including studying the devolution of power from the federal government to the state governments to enhance efficiency and strengthen the Federation-States spirit.
Apart from that, it is to eliminate conflicts of interest through the implementation of the separation of positions and functions of the Attorney General and Public Prosecutor, establishing a Youth Committee for Policy Review in Parliament and upgrading the Malaysian Integrity Institute (IIM) as an independent commission to strengthen the integrity ethics of public institutions and society.
