Pastikan peruntukan tak sangkut, sampai kepada rakyat
Malaysia's Budget 2027 was tabled in Parliament, and the reaction from the public has split in every direction. Some people are busy adding up the handouts headed their way. Others are combing through the allocations for whatever the government left out. The columnist Belalang likens the budget to a cake cut for a crowded table. Someone always feels their slice came out thin, and even a generous slice rarely leaves everyone happy. His real concern is not the dividing but the plumbing. Money announced on stage can snag in red tape and never arrive where it was promised. The column presses the government to monitor delivery closely so the allocations just tabled actually reach ordinary Malaysians.
BELALANG tengok macam-macam reaksi umum selepas pembentangan Belanjawan 2027, kelmarin. Ada sibuk mengira berapa banyak dapat, ada pula mencari-cari apa yang tak cukup. Maklumlah, belanjawan ini macam membahagikan kek, tak mustahil ada yang rasa potongan untuknya kecil, tetapi kadang-kadang dapat besar pun belum tentu puas hati.