Defence contracts
Mar 5th, 2009 by Tian
On 3 March, I received a written answer from the Ministry of Defence on defence purchases.
My question was:
Request the Minister of Defence to list down the number and value of military purchases or projects that had been conducted through direct negotiation from year 2006-2008.
The answer was rather disappointing. The Defence Minister who is the outgoing PM did not give me any detail of purchase or project. However, the information I received is quiet revealing.
The Ministry claimed that:
In 2006, the military purchases totaled to 607 contracts, out of that 52 (8.54%) were condiucted through direct negotiation.
2007: 497 contracts in total, and out of which 95 (19.11%) were purchased through direct negotiation.
2008: 477 contracts in which 100 (20.95%) through direct negotiation.
Superficially, we only seen a double-fold leap in direct negotiation in our defence contracts, viz. from 8.54% to about 20%.
Nevertheless, if we compared the values, the picture is very different.
2006: out of total RM6.726 billion, the purchase through direct negotiation valued RM2.113 billion. In fact it is 31.42% of total value of our defence contracts.
2007: of RM5.119 billion, direct negotiation valued RM1.686 billion; amount to 32.94%.
2008: our military purchases shot up to RM8.116 billion. In other words, 54.12% of purchases were obtained from direct negotiation.
Two observations here:
1) Why our defence purchases increased to RM8 billion? A 63% rise from 2007, and 83% rise from 2006.
Perhaps it has to do with our payment for submarines? Unfortunately the Ministry’s provided no details.
2) It is an unhealthy trend that proportion of direct negotiation contracts keep rising. 2008 more than half of the contracts were awarded without tender.
Under such circumstances, we can be assured that more taxpayers’ money will go down with the submarine.
Anonymous Says:
Bandit Najis had been cheating and robbing the Nation’s Coffers for years with fictitious and non existent Defence Contracts by awarding these to his wife’s nominee Companies.
Loser, Loser & Loser Najis UMNO & BN therefore the biased EC must choose the same date so that they can try to cheat by using Phantom Voters if the Pakatan is not too careful on all three fronts.
History will repeat itself the most corrupted of all, implicated in Corruption & Murder, call Najis will helm UMNO to oblivion.
Beware of the Najis & UMNO underhand deceits, filthy lies and dirty tactics which must be exposed so that they will be shunned by all Rakyats in order to be thrown out in the next GE.
The Era of Anarchy has just begun in the coming Premiership of Najis, the most corrupted of all corrupters, all Malaysians beware that they, Najis & UMNO, will spend Government Money to buy Chaos in order to impose Dictatorial Government without election or after they have lost the Election in GE 13, we have all learnt from Perak Government’s takeover by deceit and by force of using the Police Force which could be bought and the Assemblymen who were bought either with money or in kind like no case in court for their corruptions’ cases pending trials if they defect from Pakatan and of course the sole DAP betrayer could be bought with a great sum of money as Najis knew and as well as the betrayer that she could never be elected ever again in Jelapang and of course the pension sum must be huge including allowance for her permanent retirement for making a betrayal to Pakatan for short term benefiting of Najis?
There must be a good reason for the Sultan well learned in law and also once holding the highest office in Supreme Court took a lowly decision in support of the most corrupted Politician call Najis, PeeM in awaiting. No offence intended to the Sultan who was highly regarded until just now only, it is either he has been threatened with some secret files on him held by Najis, or like all the other froggies that had been lured by huge sums of money offered by the most greedy of Corrupters called Najis who used the nation’s coffers as his own kitty bank. Knowing very well that Najis would not last the next GE, this is the best opportunity to make some good cash funds for keeps as the next Government under PKR will be clean and righteous for the God, King, People and Country.
Not realizing that Corruptions breed even more Corruptions and this is the vicious circle and the people of Perak are ones who would suffer in the long run and they will not forget what a Sultan they have had. If Najis and UMNO is in Power it is most likely that the nation’s coffers would be decimated and there will be nothing left for our Children’s Children, therefore make sure the UMNO along with all their goons are thrown out the next election.
God bless you the people of Malaysia
These are all Najib’s doing….
Should His Royal Highness Sultan Azlan Shah have taken an ideal step to dissolve the Perak State Assembly when he was pleaded to do such by the Perak Menteri Besar Ir. Nizar, the present deteriorating crisis might have been avoided.
…..the rest of the article in my blog…Looking for your say.
Submarines- a rtd senior naval officer adviced against the purchase of the French subs which cost more that other more functional subs from other reliable & reputable sources. The award of service and maintenance contract for these subs is also in question. If all 3 are out of commission at the same time, so much for our naval security…….
itsvery simple its the people’spower that will bring the bn down and i can see cracks appearing in the bn.run for your life bn minister’s anddon’t forget to take your dirty underwear along with you. it may reveal altantuya’s vaginal fluid
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