SUPP Youth derides DAP for opposing implementation of AES

KUCHING: SUPP Youth yesterday questioned DAP’s intention in opposing the implementation of Automated Enforcement System (AES).

“This has clearly shown that DAP is hell bent to oppose only for the sake of opposing and nothing more (than that),” said its chief Tan Kai in a statement yesterday.

“It also laid bare the fact that DAP’s populist approach was merely to please the people and not defending their wellbeing,” he said.

Tan, who is SUPP’s pick for Bandar Kuching in the impending 13th general election, also blasted Pakatan leaders for opposing the AES. He opined that they had no in-depth knowledge about traffic regulation offences.

“Undeniably, Pakatan Rakyat’s populist approach sounded much more pleasing to most people. But in the end, people are left to face the consequences alone,” Tan cautioned.

“To gain political mileage and to secure more ballots, DAP has never hesitated in exploiting and stirring up people’s emotions, instigating the road users to bend or even to break the rules, and causing chaos.”

Tan said in their eagerness to please the minor few who loved to speed and break the laws, the safety of the majority of road users was completely ignored.

“Do they even know which ones are the top priorities and which ones not?”

Though AES is admittedly far from perfect – especially on the part where speed limit at certain accident prone areas are restricted to a mere 30kmph which is nearly not feasible – Tan stressed that the purpose of this restriction was to ensure the safety of all road users.

“I feel sorry for the DAP. The number of cases of severe road traffic accidents is growing at an alarming rate nationwide and money and even lives were lost. Did DAP leaders choose to ignore this on purpose, or they simply wanted to oppose Barisan’s policies that are beneficial to the people?”

Tan went on to say that it had always been the opposition’s tactic to stir and play with people’s emotions in order to gain popularity.

SUPP Youth, on the other hand, is critical of the relevant enforcement authorities for not paying enough attention to curb traffic offences such as reckless driving, speeding and running red lights.

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