The cancellation of water restructuring agreement between Selangor and the federal government seems to be dictated by political interests rather than fulfill the needs of the people.

 

According to political analysts, the state government, led by Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali, does not seem to be trying to solve the people's problems but instead are playing political games by challenging the federal government.

 

Indeed these political analysts anticipated that whatever deals the state government entered into or made with the federal government during the administration of former menteri besar, Abdul Khalid Ibrahim ( left ), would be challenged by Pakatan.

 

The dean of College of Law, Government and International Studies, University Utara Malaysia (UUM), Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani, said the decision by Azmin was as if it was made without thinking about the consequences to the people in Selangor.

 

"He was willing to do it (cancelling the water agreement) maybe because he thinks the effects of the revocation are not that bad. He also felt it would not affect Pakatan in Selangor.

 

"But we all know that Selangor has faced severe water problems before. I believe he is aware of that. But I'm not sure if he has alternative solutions," he said when contacted by Bernama yesterday.

 

Azmin ( right ) on Monday announced that the state government had decided to cancel the restructuring of water agreement with the federal government signed on Sept 12 last year.

 

Mohd Azizuddin said since becoming menteri besar, Azmin was seen trying to rectify 'administrative errors' done by the former menteri besar for the sake of satisfying Pakatan leaders.

"The former menteri besar tried to befriend the federal government to ensure that projects benefiting the people of Selangor can be implemented. But Azmin takes actions that will  backfire on Pakatan," he said.

 

'Azmin's actions predictable'

Another political analyst, Professor Azizul Sani, who is also a UUM lecturer, said the action taken by Azmin was predictable since the Pakatan camp, especially PKR, disagreed with certain matters done by Khalid during his administration.

 

"Now we can see that Pakatan does not agree with Khalid's policies and they take advantage of the opportunity to change what has been implemented in the previous administration.

 

"For example, the issues pertaining to compensation payment involving Khalid's former special officers, cancellation of Kidex and now water," he said, adding that Azmin seemed to be impatiently waiting to change all these upon taking office.

 

Azizul said the Pakatan seemed confident that the decision they made would not affect the people of Selangor, but its negative impact wiill be evident should a water supply crisis occur.

 

- Bernama