Monday, March 03, 2008

投你该投的票,做你该做的事

投票要投两次,一张票投给国会选区,另一张票投给州选区。你是否知道两者的差别?

本来,我天真地以为国会议员就是在国会里辩论、为民传心声的代仪士;而州议员只是负责地方政府事务,解决民生问题如垃圾问题、道路问题、排水问题、卫生问题等。但其实,我只答对了一半。

根据选举委员会的网站资料,大马目前一共有222个国会议席,576个州议席。每次的大选,选民从每一国、州议席各选出一位国、州议员。国、州议员其实都是人民的代仪士,差别在于国会议员代表人民在(下议院)国会里发言,行使立法权,州议员也会在州立法议会里发言,但其侧重于关心州政府课题与事务,委任县市议会及行使州立法权。(详文可参阅谢光亮撰写的议员、政党及政府一文)

像我一样有这种误解的人民应该还有一箩筐。这也多亏了许多当今勤于“看马路、量龙沟”的国、州议员们的不良示范所致——每每某区民生问题无法解决时,人民都惯于求助于国州议员(“沟渠议员”的雅号因此应运而生)。当然,议员们肯做事好过不做事,至少他们的的确确帮了人民解决难题,不至于让人民投诉无门。

但是,放着国州议员们本来应当做的正事——“监督政府,及行使立法的权力”——不做,却去做了其他本来应该由地方政府 / 县市议会官员们做的事。执政政府少了牵制与抗衡的力量,不就容易变得嚣张跋扈起来,进而不把本来应该是主人的“人民”放在眼里?

所以,我们投票选国州议员时,应该把重点放在如何选出一名能够真正代民表心声,能站在国家、经济、教育、政治、环境等大课题上看问题的代仪士。不论他们是在野党还是执政党,他们都要有能力也有义务抗辩政府 / 内阁(上议院)的任何荒谬、不合理、不利国家利益与发展的立法课题、政策及法案编订。

那些
涉及到每日老百姓生活起居的 切身事务,就交给应该做事的地方政府的县市议会的议员吧!他们应该处理的事务与责任包括:规划地方发展、妥善使用联邦政府的拨款、处理垃圾和清洁服务、控制污染及公共卫生、美化环境、修建排水系统、修建道路、处 理执照申请、提供及管理公共设施(如体育馆、宗教场所、休闲公园、菜市场、小贩中心、公共厕所、图书馆、义山)。

本来,当
县市议会无法有效执行任务及解决民生问题时,理应向人民负责,因为纳税人民才是县市议会的衣食父母!可是,自从1970年代国会废除了地方政府(县市议会)选举,改为州政府委任之,县市议会就再也不须向人民负责了。这也难怪已届79岁高龄的前教总副主席陆庭瑜,特地搭巴士从吉隆坡南下到古来选区为在野党站台拉票,他更不惜呛声高呼政府恢复地方选举制度!

我们这些4、5年才能作主的人民,只好希望来届的新政府、新国会、新州议会能有点像样的代仪士,能做到真正站出来为民请愿,为民监督国家的发展,让大马能继续和平、繁荣、昌盛下去。

更重要的,州议员代表们记得要委任一些真正肯为民服务的县市议会议员。千万不要在纳税人有难时摆高姿势,对纳税人不闻不问啊!


9 comments:

hh said...

昨天选举委员会宣布取消用点墨。

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/79162

"He also said that the decision to cancel the use of indelible ink meant that the EC was wasting the RM2 million spent on buying 47,000
bottles of indelible ink."

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/79147

又两百万不见了

belle said...

...... (无言以对) i read the news last night.

in fact, the more i read, the more i feel how ridiculous the current msian govt is doing. nvm, the will trigger another post of mine tonight.

Anonymous said...

你们一定要坚信,不管做什么,他们一定有他们的道理的。。。哇哈哈。。。

好好生活吧,愤青们。 努力赚钱,因为这是华人与生俱来的本能。 嗯。。还有。。这是你唯一能做的。。不要再浪费时间了。

Anonymous said...

to gav: money is impt. but rem why would you want to earn so much $$? i'm sure it's for yourself and your family, that includes your future children. if the home country is corrupted, how would you want them to stay there and grow up? unless, of course, you can migrate them as well. but, if everyone is thinking like that, our home country is doomed!

Anonymous said...

Hello gav,

i may not know u but i am just feel that u should keep these comment to urelf and shouldn't post in here, especially in this period.

my advise to u is: this blog not suitable to u, it wasting ur time becoz it doesnt teach us how to earn money but it only can show how people concerning abt their home country.

hope with the money that u hv can help u forever.

Gd luck
- Weed

Anonymous said...

LOL...
果然是一群愤青,还是非常年轻人的思想与抱负啊。牛的。多么令人羡慕。好,努力吧。就当我说的是错的。没事。在过几年,可能你就会了解。好好的投票。

祝大选快乐。

Anonymous said...

Hello gav,

Have been waiting for ur comment, and its what i predicted :)

Whether I am younger or u r older, it's not the point and u cant seem to understand my word.

well, i am not here to show that i am "older", "wiser" or perhaps with much more "experienced" than u, but when i first look at ur comment, i can imagine u r still young, becoz u never choose ur word carefully, u can LOL in cyber world, u can try to show how "advanced thinking" of u r but u doesnt fit to gv any advise to people who r still concern with the home country here, at least they r still love the country, before u can do anything to help the situation, u already give up and now u r trying to pull down others people with selfish and negative thinking.. what do u think? u r older/wiser with ??

lets look at what u commented here:
好好生活吧,愤青们。 努力赚钱,因为这是华人与生俱来的本能。 嗯。。还有。。这是你唯一能做的。。不要再浪费时间了。

Beside earn money, is this what the only thing that Chinese citizen can do in malaysia? Dont waste people time or ur time for reading others blog?

Let me repeat my word again, this place (maybe ur home country) is not suitable to u and u shouldn't waste ur time here.

Oh ya, "牛" is a good thing especially to u (fyi, i visited ur blog)

Happy reading.

Cheers,
- Weed

Anonymous said...

LOL...waiting for my comment? What da...You are waiting for an argument I guess. LOL..
Whatever..(To be frank, I 'm having problem understand your English)

I was just reading a blog of friend, and left some thought. I didn't know there are politicians here. And start accusing. LOL...

Btw, hey, whether the place/blog is suitable for me or not, I guess I have my answer. Anyway, leave your advise to your kids.

Belle,
Uhm...apologies to you, I shouldn't have talked too much here. I guess you know who I am, as usual, tons of nonsense. LOL...

Anonymous said...

Hello gav,

Not against u but as a reader here i just want to point out the thing that I can see in ur comments.

think I should give Belle face also and stop it here :)

btw, i am not a politician but normal office worker. Hope my english dont gv u a headache, i am too used to type in shortform, just like sms.


Hello Belle,
Apologies for making a trouble to ur blog.

i shared ur blog to my office colleague and some of my frd, they like to read ur article, especially people who r originally from msia and working oversea :)

cheers,
- Weed

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