Spending big money on APCO - does the result commensurate?

Within less than a week from now we shall witness exciting and exhilarating happenings within the parameter and limits of Malaysian politics.

PERKASA will be having its first General Meeting scheduled to be attended and officiated by our former PM Dr Mahathir in place of the Sultan of Selangor who decided not to attend and officiate its maiden AGM after giving second thought.

The following day MCA will be having and concluding its EGM where there will be intense contest for the President and Deputy President post where the serenity of the party will be at touch-and go.

BUT more interesting is what would be the scene like in Parliament on Tuesday, the 29th where the opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim will be delivering his answer to the challenges put against him over the APCO issue.

Anwar Ibrahim will be giving a lengthy speech to the house on coming Tuesday on the APCO issue where he is going to prove that APCO was advising the current leadership to come out with the 1Malaysia slogan by the very same American PR company that formulated the concept of 1Israel.

The government bench has been incessantly trying to associate Anwar with the American, CIA, the Zionist and all other kinds of allegations for misdeed and Anwar was taking his turn to prove that Najib’ administration is unceremoniously cornered by APCO.

BUT Anwar, according to his aides have been well prepared to say it loudly in Parliament that the present government is more apparent in its association and working hand-in-glove with the American to the extent that even 1Malaysia was formulated by APCO an American Public Relation Company.

For the knowledge of everyone Malaysian government have signed a contract with APCO, for the company to exercise public relation job for the country internationally and Malaysian tax payers have to pay the bill of 60 million ringgit for it.

APCO, according to Anwar was the very same company advising and assisting the Israeli government under Ehud Barrak to subscribe to 1Israel slogan.

This is the subject that many people are enthusiastically and eagerly waiting to hear.

I am hopeful that Anwar will not be able to prove his allegations were true, but if he does than that would be a real slap to our faces and the shyness will be intolerable.

The rakyat would then asks, what has APCO organically done good to us? Does the 60 million ringgit spent on them commensurate with the result of its PR exercise on our behalf internationally?

60 million is absolutely too expensive isn’t it? AND in the first place why do we need to spend this disapproving amount to this lobbyist which has abortive records with no success to rest our laurels on?

Why must we be cornered to this length? That is the question that needs a good answer; not for good of anybody but for the good of our leaderships themselves

Don’t take me wrongly.


Thanks………………………………………………….Aspan Alias