According to Works Minister Fadillah Yusof, his ministry has yet to study the reason that the developer of the Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (Kidex) is seeking an extension and will have to consult the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) first before making any decision on the matter.

The final approval for the controversial highway project, the minister pointed out, ultimately lies with the Selangor government.

Football crazy Malaysians, the Kidex ball is still being kicked round and about while the rakyat suffers the agony of the wait.

The ball is now with Selangor... it is a penalty, a penalty, the whistle has been heard - stop everything.

Mohamed Azmin Ali, the Selangor team captain, moves up to take the kick -  all eyes are on him. Some say they want a goal with Kidex, others say no goal with Kidex. The supporters are up there feeling the brunt of the kidex - some say Ki(ller) dex Ki(ller) dex Ki(ller) dex Ki(ller) dex Ki(ller) dex Ki(ller) dex Ki(ller) dex Ki(ller) dex Ki(ller) dex  Ki(ller) dex Ki(ller) dex Ki(ller) dex Ki(ller) dex.

Azmin Ali picks up the ball, places it on the spot, looks around - in his mind flashes all those years of hard work, bitterness, swimming against the tide, standing up against the odds. Why me?  I must serve my destiny, however hard. I must do this for the rakyat. Onwards to Putrajaya.... for my party, for my rakyat, for Malaysia. God willing.

He shoots... Goal! Kidex stopped.

No he misses... ball over the bar... the rakyat’s hopes and aspirations gone...

Kidex will be built.

What are you waiting for? The cart has moved with or without the horses. Stop juggling the ball and take the shot, show us how you stand together with the rakyat, shoulder to shoulder, on Kidex. We have stood by you - Reformasi, Sodomy I - when your party had one parliamentary seat. When the odds were all against your party and the ketua umum. The rakyat were needed.  

Now the rakyat need you. Your leadership, foresight, honesty and hopes for a better Selangor.

You have said “no kickbacks”... Now kick the ball, we the rakyat will stand with you.

Govern for the rakyat not for the cronies of Barisan Nasional, however high they might have been.


SELVE SUGUMARAN PERUMAL is vice-chairperson of the NGO Say No To Kidex.