Gerakan Youth chief Tan Keng Liang has expressed dismay at the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu), which oversees the Government Transformation Programme (GTP).

On Twitter yesterday, Tan said he is exiting the programme’s official Twitter handle @gtp_roadmap, having seen its “true colours”.

“I have just unfollowed @gtp_roadmap… It's good that I see the true colours of this agency. Thank you for enlightening me. Salam!

“I will support any government agency that helps all Malaysians. But I am strictly against those which cater for the rich!” he said in consecutive tweets posted at around noon yesterday.

When contacted for an explanation today, Tan however declined to comment.

“I just prefer to unfollow them, no further comment on that. I’d just leave it as it is,” he told Malaysiakini.

Several other Twitter users also asked Tan to explain his tweets, but no public response was given.

The GTP is Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s brainchild. Launched on Jan 28, 2010, it comprises six (later seven) National Key Result Areas (NKRA) aimed to help Malaysia become a developed nation by 2020.

These areas are: to reduce crime, fight corruption, improve student outcomes, raise the standard of living of low-income households, improve rural infrastructure, improve urban public transport, and address the rising cost of living.

The program is overseen by Pemandu under the Prime Minister’s Department, while the cabinet is collectively responsible to ensure that targets are met.

Ministers also have their own targets to meet under the GTP.

While the programme is still active, the Twitter handle @gtp_roadmap is no longer in use. Instead, it has migrated to a new Twitter handle @NTPMalaysia, where NTP stands for National Transformation Programme.

In another series of tweets later, Tan said a reason why he was upset with Pemandu was the amount it charged for entry to the Global Transformation Forum which will take place from March 22 to 23.

“Example of why I’m against Pemandu (not PM’s GTP)... charging RM4,000 per person.

“Are you catering for super rich or Malaysians?” he said.

Tan then shared the website of the Global Transformation Forum which showed ticket prices ranging from RM4,000 to RM10,000.

“I hope (Pemandu chief executive officer) Idris Jala will remember that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had done so much for all Malaysians.

“Not just to cater for the rich. Please remember that,” he said.