Call upon the State Government to degazett the 6000 parking lots immediatelyThe Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh (MBI) scheduled implementation of the new coupon parking system on 1/9/06 has now been postponed to the 16th September06. The reason given by the MBI for the postponement is to restudy the areas where the coupon parking system would be implemented. The MBI is concerned with the wide objections by many quarters to the new coupon parking system. Many of the new lots proposed are in and around residential areas, new villages and non-commercial areas and this is an unnecessary inconvenience and a financial burden to residents.The DAP and also all its elected MP’s and Assemblyman have demanded the MBI should restudy and or cancel the proposed implementation of the new parking system. As this stand is what the ratepayers of Ipoh want and a popular issue some MCA and Gerakan assemblyman are also agreeing with our views. The MCA assemblymen for 1) Tebing Tinggi 2) Tronoh and Gerakan assemblyman for Canning Garden and the appointed MCA councilors of the MBI are also asking the MBI to restudy the implementation of the new coupon parking system. This assemblyman and local councilors “cannot blow hot and cold at the same time”. 1) Why did both political parties agree to the gazette of the new parking lots? When the MBI increase the gazette parking lots from 6000 to 12,000 why did the MCA and Gerakan politicians agree to the proposal? If they had objected to the increase of gazette parking lots from 6000 to 12,000 we would not be facing this issue. Thus the best option is to degazett the new 6000 parking lots.2) MCA Assemblyman supporting the new parking coupon system. We take it the other MCA assemblyman in the Kinta Valley area namely in the constituency of 1) Buntong 2) Kepayang 3) Simpang Pulai who are silent on this issue as agreeing to the implementation of the new coupon parking system.3) MCA and Gerakan -What is your policy, principle and stand on the issue of new parking coupon system ? Some assemblyman and appointed councilors are objecting to the new system while others are silent. We see an inconsistency on their policy, principle and stand on this issue. Don’t mislead the people. For political support the MCA and Gerakan are with the people by objecting to the coupon system. But they also owe an explanation as to why they agreed initially to the new 6000 parking lots?We challenge the MCA and the Gerakan to summon an emergency full board meeting of the MBI and cancel the new 6000 gazetted parking lots. Has the MCA and the Gerakan the political will to do this? Or they are just objecting as a way to divert and cover up the wrongs they have done by in the first place agreeing to the extension of the gazette parking lots from 6000 to 12,000? If the appointed councilors were unable to undo their mistake the best would be for them to honorably resign.We also ask all ratepayers to phone and ask their 22 appointed councilors to act in the interest of the ratepayers by 1) canceling the proposed new coupon parking system 2) take immediate steps to degazett the 6000 parking lots which are in residential or new villages areas or not in commercial areas and are out of the inner city area. Further the State Urban and Local Government Committee Chairman Datuk Chang should undo the grave mistake of the appointed councilors have done by agreeing with the MBI masters for the extension of gazetted parking lots from 6000 to 12,000. The other 2 exco-members from MCA should also raise this matter on 6/9/06 that is the next Perak exco-meeting and persuade the state government to degazett the 6000 lots.It also quiet clear that the MBI is interested in increasing its parking revenue. It now receives about RM250,000 a month. Datuk Bandar has confirmed that collection of parking monies will increase by an extra RM2million with the introduction of the coupon parking system. But this should not be the criteria. The Menteri Besar (MB)of Perak has said this “we are not supposed to make money from parking. The rates are supposed to discipline people so that they don’t park too long”. So what are the MBI masters and the 22 appointed councilors up to?
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