人民力量、倒 TOLL 功成 Peoples' Power Ends Tolls

二零一二年三月二日02032012

The announcement by Prime Minister YAB Dato Seri Najib Bin Abdul Razak to abolish half of Cheras-Kajang Highway, Batu 9 Cheras toll heading Kuala Lumpur direction and Batu 11 Cheras toll heading Kajang direction has again proven that the peoples’ power has succeed to pressure the PM.

As the Chief of Dusun Tua DAP Action Team which initiated the ‘Penderitaan Warga Cheras, Kami Tak Nak Tol’ I welcome the announcement and praise Najib for his efficiency as we submitted 100,000 signatures’ petition to him December last year. The decision and effort to halve the charges for vehicles travelling Cheras –kajang Highway is commendable that Najib made this decision within three months. Anyhow, he may made a mistake or misunderstood it that we demand to abolish all tolls at Cheras-Kajang Highway. Our demand is very reasonable that the Grand Saga concessionaire has made a profit out of the highway collection since 1999. We understand that the government may face financial problems to develop highways and we, as responsible Malaysians are more than happy to help government to ease their burden but to certain extend. They shall stop collection once they made enough profit. Take example, China, a Communism country without any election in the country, passed a bill in 2004 to limit all highway concessionaires to a maximum 15 years collection. The collection shall stop immediately if the collection exceeded the cost within 15 years. That is a win-win solution which I feel Najib should follow and it also shows that China government do better in ‘Rakyat didahulukan’ than Najib’s government. We help the government to ease their burden and the government help us to ease our burden when the cost are recovered. That shall be the true meaning of ‘You help me, I help you’. Unlike as what Najib interpreted it.

We hold a countdown party at Batu 9 Cheras toll plaza last night and more than 200 peoples attended. Some 50 BN supporters were also there celebrating among themselves opposite us. Although Najib said ‘that efforts in reducing toll charges had long been championed by Umno, MCA and other Barisan Nasional members’ and described our antics as merely “sandiwara” (drama), it is proven from the attendance of both sides because the Rakyat knows who contributed most in the effort to abolish the toll. Our team members has been collecting signatures since June 2011 at various pasar pagi, pasar malam and different functions organized by NGOs.

No matter how, the celebration is over and let’s come back to reality. We are happy to hear the good news but we don’t know what we have to pay for it. We want Najib to announce the terms or benefit given to Grand Saga Sdn Bhd, the Cheras_kajang Highway concessionaire for the abolition. The concessionaire, which suppose to end by 2025 was extended due to restructure of highway collection rates in 2004. It was extended again to 2030 last year as compensation for the opening of access road connecting Bandar Mahkota Cheras to Bandar Tun Hussien Onn at Batu 11 Cheras. Najib must tell us how much of Rakyat’s money will be spent to compensate Grand Saga Sdn Bhd for the abolition and when will the other half of the tolls be abolish. If he is unable to abolish it, let’s wait for Pakatan Rakyat to march in to Putrajaya and we will abolish it as promised in the Orange Book.

昨天首相到双溪龙为双溪龙华小动土礼时宣布, 癈除蕉加大道的两个收费各來回的其中一个收费站.

火箭行动队大队長黄田志發表文告表示, 他非常欢迎首相的宣布, 对于首相的宣布他表示赞揚, 因为自杜順大火箭行动队在2011年6月展开 “不要收费站”签名运动以來, 总共用了6个月的时间收集 “不要收费站”的签名. 当火箭行动队在去年12月提呈了10万仲签名给首相后, 在短短的3个月就落实了这项诉求.

“纳吉宣布废除蕉赖加影大道两个收费站，再度证明人民力量成功向首相施压.我们感到开心之余, 却心中又有一点失望, 因为在我们签名运动的備忘錄內注明, 我们求的是一举癈除蕉加大道全部的收费站, 不是首相所宣布的那样, 9英哩一个, 11英哩一个.”

“如果在国陣任內无法完成人民的愿望, 那就等民联下一屆大选入主布城后完成不要收费站的使命吧!”

蕉加收费站于2004年收费重组后, 就从2025年延長至2027年, 在去年政府宣布再批准延長3年至2030年, 以赔償由于皇冠城开路事件后所造成的损失. 黄田志表示欢迎首相的宣布但是却要求首相交待癈除后所需要付出的代价是延長收费还是赔款?

“倘若是赔款的话, 首相要向广大的纳稅人交待此项宣布需要赔多少錢?”

他们理解政府要发展大道可能会面对财务问题，而人民亦愿意在一定程度上替政府减轻负担，但是一旦获得足够盈利，他们就该停止征收过路费；就算是中国这个没有选举的共产国家亦已在2004年立法限制大道特许经营者只能征收15年过路费。为此，他认为，纳吉应该参照中国的作法，限定特许经营公司在征收15年过路费之后停止收费。黄田志表示, 蕉賴人是明白事理的人, 首相名言是 “You help me, I help you.” 蕉賴人也一样, 在發展蕉加大道时, 人民愿意替政府负担费用, 所以在过去10年蕉賴人並沒有抗议收费站的问题, 但是經过10年收费后, 大道公司已經从这10年收费中获取巨大的营利, 所以这时政府应该幫助人民, 立该全面癈除蕉加大道, 而不是只癈除一半而已.