BN Leadersip Tips #320 - Reasons Don't Have to Make Sense

Based on an explanation inspired presumably by turtle soup, the Terengganu state government has defended the purchase of 14 Mercedes E200 Kompressor cars at RM3.43mil for the use of its state executive councillors and senior officials.

Extracted here, the explanation goes:

Please understand that the Proton Perdanas go through continuous long-distance journeys. It’s costing us a lot of money due to high cost of maintenance.

“We are not saying that the national car is not good but in reality we are coughing up more money for maintaining the Proton Perdanas, particularly the gear boxes,” he said.

Ahmad cited the example of the Proton Perdana of state Commerce, Industry and Environment committee chairman Toh Chin Yaw, which has twice undergone expensive repairs costing RM50,000 within 36 months.

As an onwer and user of 2 proton cars in the past, I have some questions on my mind which I have no other choice but to put in bold:

#1 - Where on earth has Toh Chin Yaw been to carry out his duties?? Will giving him a vehicle that cost RM 245,000 solve the issue? Is his bill the highest? Where does he take the car for servicing? Surely it has to be EON... And if the problem lies in the make, then is Terengganu giving the national car a massive thumbs down?
#2 - The Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Hyundai Sonata cost approx. RM 150,000 for the 2 litre variant. What is the justification of spending RM 1.4 million extra since all these cars are recognized for reliability?
#3 - What is the cost of maintenance by breakdown? And what are the items most regularly changed? Also, since these are state reps and councillors, exactly how far does the MB refer to when he says "continuous long distance journeys"? Maybe there's a case in there for road upgrades too...
#4 - When quoted "The funds to procure the cars were from our own coffers and has nothing to do with the oil royalties” - exactly whose coffers? The officials or the state "rakyat" money? Either way, there's questions to be asked...
#5 - Exactly how dumb does the state government think Terengganu people are?

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