MCA: Split over Rapid shows Pakatan can't govern
Pakatan Rakyat's inconsistency over the new petro-chemical plant in Pegerang, Johor proves that the coalition will be unable to govern and is thus unworthy of a mandate, said MCA.
In a press release today, MCA deputy publicity chief Loh Seng Kok said leaders from Pakatan's three component parties have been issuing conflicting statements on the project of late.
"Pakatan has always taken different stands between each other, and should they take over the federal government they will start to argue amongst themselves, with each party refusing to compromise.
"They have no common goal or policies.
"Even their Prime Minister candidate remains unsettled till this day, along with their plans for social and economic development.
"Thus, they are not fit to govern the country and the people should not leave the fate of the country to Pakatan," said Loh.
PAS vice-president Salahuddin Ayub, who is leading the party's campaign machinery in Johor, said his party was not opposed to the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (Rapid).
Instead, he said his party is campaigning for 10 villages affected by the project to be protected.
Johor PKR is of the view that the project should be scrapped altogether while PKR's investment and trade bureau chief Wong Chen mooted that the project should be moved to Kerteh, Terengganu.
As for Johor DAP, its leader Dr Boo Cheng Hau said his party disagrees with the project but would leave it to the locals to decide if it should proceed.
The RM60 billion Rapid project will force dozens of villages in the Pengerang area to be relocatted. There are also concerns that the project would affect the delicate ecosystem in the area, famed for its lobsters.
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