This report from tvantara.com on Anwar’s speech from the packed MBSA auditorium in Shah Alam this evening. Nothing really new; though there’s an acknowledgement that a serious economic crisis is at our door-step. At the same time, however, he is being overly optimistic in pointing to the record investment figures achieved by some of the Pakatan states. Many of these approved projects could be delayed or cancelled altogether in light of the global recession.
Anwar and his Pakatan colleagues need to develop a radical reorientation of the economy away from the FDI-driven model of economic growth, which in many countries has widened the gulf between the rich and the poor and severely degraded the environment. A more eco-friendly and people-friendly approach that includes promoting small to medium-scale local business activity and sustainable farming/food security as well as upgrading essential public services should be discussed and thought through.
We also need to reduce the “financialisation” of the economy and minimise the scope for speculation while focusing more on the real economy and empowering marginalised communities.
Masa sudah tiba untuk rakyat bangkit menghayati kembali erti perjuangan kemerdekaan yang bertunjangkan ketuanan rakyat dan menolak kepimpinan perasuah dan perompak harta benda.
Ketua Umum Parti Keadilan Rakyat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata ketuanan rakyat akan membawa kepada demokrasi matang di bawah naungan raja beperlembagaan.
“Kita mahukan demokrasi yang matang, bukan demokrasi yang tempang, bukan demokrasi yang kakinya dipatahkan oleh mereka yang terus ingin berkuasa meskipun telah tidak lagi didukung oleh rakyat,” kata
Anwar dalam Pidato Kebangsaan bertajuk “Ketuanan Rakyat” di Shah Alam sebentar tadi.
Lebih 1,000 pemimpin PKR, ketua masyarakat, dan wakil kedutaan asing hadir mendengar ucapan Anwar pada ulangtahun pertama pilihanraya umum ke 12.
