Adakah Kerajaan Persekutuan telah menawarkan harga yang lebih tinggi kepada pemegang konsesi air di Selangor menyebabkan tawaran RM5.71B kerajaan Selangor ditolak? Adakah Kerajaan Persekutuan mahu menghabiskan kantong negara dengan memberi keuntungan yang berlebihan kepada pemegang konsesi? Adakah kerana pemegang konsesi merupakan penyokong BN hingga apa sahaja keputusan yang dibuat perlu memberi keuntungan kepada BN dan bakal menjadi modal pilihanraya yang akan datang?
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Selangor water tiff escalates
By Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 – Selangor is set to clash with the federal government in the dispute over the takeover of lucrative private water concessions in the state, with taxpayers expected to foot billions of ringgit to nationalise the sector.
Representatives from the Selangor water review panel indicated the state government would not rubber-stamp any deal made between the federal government and the concession holders.
Selangor has already offered RM5.71 billion to take over the four water concessionaires in the state along with their assets – dams, treatment plants and pipelines.
However, on Feb 18, the National Water Services Commission (Span), the regulatory body under the Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications, had announced that the federal government would proceed to negotiate directly with the concessionaires.
The promise of a competing offer meant that “Span intentionally threw a spanner in the works,” Petaling Jaya Utara DAP MP Pua, who is a member of the state’s water review panel, told reporters here today.
“With its interference, it was not surprising that the concessionaires rejected out offer,”
Dzulkifli Ahmad (Pas-Kuala Selangor), another panel member, called on the federal government to pressure the private companies to negotiate with the state.
“Instead of being competitors they should be supporting our bid,” he said, adding however, if the federal government could acquire the assets for a lower price, then Selangor would support it fully.
Pua added that the state would be happy to renegotiate the offer with the concessionaires but for now, the federal government’s move has blocked it from doing so.
“Under the law, especially the Water Services Industry Act 2006, as well as the terms of the current concession contracts, the Selangor government is a counter-party to all agreements.
“Hence, the attempt by the federal government to unilaterally negotiate with the concessionaires is illegal and will be subject to dispute and complications,” said Pua.
Pua cited Section 191 (4) of the Act which says that negotiations will include the federal government and other counter-parties “so as to address any national interest issues.”
Under the above Act, all water assets in Peninsular Malaysia must be transferred to the federal government before it then appoints a licensee to operate water services in the respective states.
Charles Santiago, (DAP-Klang), added that the state would have to be a signatory in the appointment of any licensees.
“We also still own 80 per cent of the water assets,” he said, implying that the federal government would eventually have to deal with the state.
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Selangor water tiff escalates
By Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 – Selangor is set to clash with the federal government in the dispute over the takeover of lucrative private water concessions in the state, with taxpayers expected to foot billions of ringgit to nationalise the sector.
Representatives from the Selangor water review panel indicated the state government would not rubber-stamp any deal made between the federal government and the concession holders.
Selangor has already offered RM5.71 billion to take over the four water concessionaires in the state along with their assets – dams, treatment plants and pipelines.
However, on Feb 18, the National Water Services Commission (Span), the regulatory body under the Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications, had announced that the federal government would proceed to negotiate directly with the concessionaires.
The promise of a competing offer meant that “Span intentionally threw a spanner in the works,” Petaling Jaya Utara DAP MP Pua, who is a member of the state’s water review panel, told reporters here today.
“With its interference, it was not surprising that the concessionaires rejected out offer,”
Dzulkifli Ahmad (Pas-Kuala Selangor), another panel member, called on the federal government to pressure the private companies to negotiate with the state.
“Instead of being competitors they should be supporting our bid,” he said, adding however, if the federal government could acquire the assets for a lower price, then Selangor would support it fully.
Pua added that the state would be happy to renegotiate the offer with the concessionaires but for now, the federal government’s move has blocked it from doing so.
“Under the law, especially the Water Services Industry Act 2006, as well as the terms of the current concession contracts, the Selangor government is a counter-party to all agreements.
“Hence, the attempt by the federal government to unilaterally negotiate with the concessionaires is illegal and will be subject to dispute and complications,” said Pua.
Pua cited Section 191 (4) of the Act which says that negotiations will include the federal government and other counter-parties “so as to address any national interest issues.”
Under the above Act, all water assets in Peninsular Malaysia must be transferred to the federal government before it then appoints a licensee to operate water services in the respective states.
Charles Santiago, (DAP-Klang), added that the state would have to be a signatory in the appointment of any licensees.
“We also still own 80 per cent of the water assets,” he said, implying that the federal government would eventually have to deal with the state.
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