YOURSAY 'MTEM is absolutely right when it demands that the government should be more transparent. Why is Miti so secretive?'

Miti mum on Trans-Pacific deal, Malay panel walks out

Tell the Truth: Well done, Malay Economic Action Council (MTEM). You are truly looking after the interests of all Malaysians.

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) is seeking to hide the truth about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).

Why all the secrecy? The rakyat will definitely suffer if Malaysia signs this agreement. If it is so good, why is the ministry keeping mum on the pact?

Let's go to the streets to demand an explanation. The poor will be deprived of cheaper medication and whatever else the West is going to impose on us.

Ferdtan: MTEM chief executive officer Mohd Nizam Mahshar, you have raised some relevant points here. However, you are not the only stakeholder here - all of us are. If the terms of TPPA are bad, all the Malaysians will suffer the consequences.

We expect all MPs, including from the opposition, to deliberate this transparently. It is our lives and welfare that the government is negotiating with the superpowers.

TehTarik: MTEM is absolutely right when it demands that the government should be more transparent. Why is Miti so secretive, when TPPA is going to affect many facets of our socio-economic life?

And to further worsen the matter, Miti wants to have the next meeting in East Malaysia. Whatever happened to Prime Minister Najib Razak's call for a more open and transparent government?

Rosogolla: I fully support what Mohd Nizam has stated. His suspicions and fears are justified.

The United States is a bankrupt nation which is good at printing fiat money. China is their largest creditor and hence they are openly selling their technology to pay for their debt.

MockingYou: US sells outdated technologies anyway, and suckers buy them at a premium. Anyone remembers which prime minister bought the lousy Skyhawk jetfighters for Malaysia?

Ourvotesdecide: That's how the BN government operates: maximum secrecy on matters involving the interest of the rakyat. BN's motive is to keep the rakyat in the dark, so that the BN can carry on cheating.

Nicholas Lim: The non-transparency of the TPPA negotiations is also the fault of the American government. Blame them too, don't just conveniently slam the Malaysian government only.

All TPPA discussions with the 12 countries are being done in secret, even the American public do not fully know what they entail.

Antibody: BN accuses Pakatan Rakyat of being influenced by the West, especially the US. Doesn't BN realise that they are also hoodwinked by the West, especially the US?

The BN of today is no different from that of yesterday - always secretive, non-transparent and have the "we know best" attitude.

The elite in the BN still assume that the silent majority are stupid and can be led by the nose. How mistaken they are. We must support Nizam and his team.

Kazakh: There is no transparency in our Umno-BN government. Why? Because they want to pick the choicest goodies for themselves.

Malaysia belongs to Umno-BN, not Malaysians. After the GE, they are the masters for another five years and we are the idiots.

Ynwa: Globalisation is about meritocracy and not piracy or favouring one group. If other nations including Turkey, Taiwan and South Korea can compete and are working harder than us, can't we do the same?

Wake up, BN. You have made the rakyat lazy and now you cannot face the realities of the international community that Malaysia's business model is a fake, a failed model that's not acceptable in any nation except in corrupt Bolehland.

US is asking to get rid of corruption, cronyism for our own long-term good. Sustainability means to teach the people to fish and not just wait for handouts.

Two Eye Ball: This is one ‘janji di tepati' of the minority BN government - that is, to fool the rakyat. We cannot do anything because all the institutions are controlled by them. We are all doomed.

What I can foresee what would happen is that when the rakyat will have to fork out RM20,000 to buy a plate of ‘char kuey teow' in future, and perhaps then the angry rakyat would really take to the street.

Temenggong: We have come to the end of the road. Malays have a simple choice - live under Chinese economic dominance or American/international dominance.

Nearly 80 percent of listed companies will close or change hands and become a subsidiary of multinationals. This is your checkmate - for both Malays and Chinese.

The Americans are saying they also want to plant rice, bring in large fishing trawlers, make a bid for listed companies in the same way we bid for Guthries, buy land without any Malay land reservation in the same way Malaysian citizens buy land and companies in the US - in other words, no trade barriers, which all third world citizens so cleverly put up, thinking it will last for eternity. Eternity comes to an end this year.

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