My persistent follow up with both the Chief Secretary and the Public Complaints Head, with c.c. to the Prime Minister over the past two to three weeks, shows that despite the poor performance of MPS Enforcement officers who, being civil servants, are part of the 1.2 million civil servants in this country directly under the command of the Chief Secretary to the State Government and Chief Secretary to the Federal Government (both of whom are part of the civil service in this country), my conclusion is: Najib cannot live up to his own slogan. Hence, (my foot!) only the Barisan Government can bring development is nothing but a myth.
Wangsa Permai comes under Paya Jeras, whose State Assemblyman is Bushro. Although Najib and his men would have been aware of the lackasaidal attitude shown by the Selayang Municipal Council enforcement people, Najib did not instruct Bushro to tackle the people's complaints.
I was initially impressed with Datuk Dr Tam's hands-on approach when he personally came down to investigate the complaint. He, too, found the service lane (Jalan Wangsa 2/6) was occupied with chairs, tables and hawker stalls on both sides of the road. In fact, he pointed out that there was a car wash operator just next to one of the restaurants.
At the end of the day, despite all the efforts by Datuk Dr. Tam, to my horror,there was nothing but finger pointing at the State administration. I explained to Datuk Dr Tam that at the end of the day, if I find a civil servant to be ineffective in carrying out his job, my complaint would have to reach the ears of his bosses up there -- and ultimately to Prime Minister Najib. Despite telling him that I am not interested in politics and that I was fed up with the empty slogans sung by Najib, till now, nothing has been done to solve the problem.
If the highest authority in this country cannot solve an issue like this, I am not sure who can!
(a) Defiant restaurant operators who occupy many parking lots in Jalan Wangsa 2/6 (being a service lane, it is already very narrow, since car parks are on both sides of the lane) with chairs, tables and hawker stalls.
(b) This has forced many drivers to park their cars here
(c) The drains here are dirty and smelly
This service lane is already too narrow that you cannot imagine anyone would even think of driving in the opposite direction. In all my 10 years of living here, I have never seen any car driving in the opposite direction. No, not a single one!
Instead of penalising the restaurant operators, MPS enforcement officers did everything on the contrary. Its enforcement director told The Malay Mail recently (20 Aug 2010) -- and I quote this for your own judgement:
● Selayang Municipal Council enforcement and security director Azmi Ismail says: "On Aug 12, we conducted Ops Saman and compounded 42 cars parked on both sides of the road while one hawker was fined RM1,000 for conducting business without a licence.
"Hawkers and restaurant owners are allowed to place tables and chairs on the parking lots from 6pm to midnight daily. An offence is committed if they place them outside the stipulated areas.
"Most of the hawkers applied for the Permit Meja or Table Permit. For the first 10 tables, they have to pay RM30. During our Ops Saman, no such offence was committed."
Azmi says the council is looking at turning Jalan Wangsa 2/6 into a one-way street if the traffic problem persists.
Now, to me, Najib has failed terribly! As I told Datuk Dr Tam, "Bapa borek, anaknya rintik." When the civil servants under the Najib as Prime Minister and Sidek as Chief Secretary cannot or chooses not to perform, please do not blame it on their elder brothers and sisters at the State Government. No, not when the complaint is directed to the Sidek and the Prime Minister himself.
I am saddened that after 53 years in power, Barisan Nasional has failed to walk the talk. Where is the performance first, and people first?
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