RPK: Selangor’s Watergate Why the urgency to remove Khalid? Most think it is because Anwar’s sodomy trial will soon be decided so he needs to settle this matter before then. But what has the sodomy trial got to do with appointing Dr Wan Azizah as the new Menteri Besar of Selangor? Is that going to influence the decision of the court? Actually this has nothing to do with the sodomy trial. It is more about the water agreements. Selangor is about to settle the water agreements with the federal government and Anwar wants Khalid out before that so that he can scuttle the deal. And this was confirmed today by no less than PKR’s political strategist Rafizi Ramli himself (READ HERE). Perangsang (the Selangor State Agency) owns 30% of Splash (Syarikat Pengeluar Air Sungai Selangor Sdn Bhd) while Tan Sri Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah (a Tun Daim Zainuddin protégé) owns 30% and Gamuda Berhad (a conglomerate linked to a certain Royal Family) owns 40%. Wan Azmi wants Selangor to buy over Splash for RM2.5 billion but its real value is only RM250 million, which is what Selangor is going to pay. Hence it is RM2.25 billion short of what Wan Azmi wants. Anwar brought Wan Azmi to meet Khalid to try to resolve this matter. Anwar supports the RM2.5 billion claim but Khalid is stubbornly sticking to the figure of RM250 million. And this is why Anwar is mad as hell and wants Khalid out. And this is also why Rafizi said today that once Dr Wan Azizah takes over as Menteri Besar they are going to review the water agreements. The billion-ringgit question is if they review the water agreements once Dr Wan Azizah takes over how much from that extra RM2.25 billion is going to end up as ‘under-the-table’ money and who are going to be the recipients of these kickbacks? Do I see a Selangor Watergate looming over the horizon? Or is it going to be a Rafizigate? I suppose we can say there are 2.5 billion reasons why Khalid Ibrahim has to go. And it all has to do with the price Selangor is going to pay for the water concessionaire. --- malaysia-today.net/selangors-watergate-about-to-explode/
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 07:58:04 +0000
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