Former Penang chief minister Koh Tsu Koon's vow of a more aggressive role for Barisan Nasional to counter criticisms of its rivals in Penang seems to have backfired. His successor, Lim Guan Eng, today criticised him severely for keeping mum on alleged misdeeds the previous state government was said to have committed.
Koh, who is also a minister, said he had waited and given the opposition a chance to criticise him and the BN, however in March, the BN would be more active and aggressive in convincing Penangites on what BN has done for them and efforts would be made to regain public confidence and trust in the BN government's capability of bringing more development to the state. On Koh's tactic to regain public confidence in BN, Lim said there was nothing that would shock his administration as it had been practising good governance under the CAT (Competency, Accountability, Transparency) principles that resulted in being complimented by the auditor-general for two consecutive years for good financial management and also praised by Transparency International, a well-established organisation.
Lim said the state government can foresee what kind of tactics Koh and the BN would use on Penangites before the coming general election, likening them to the same kind of tactics that Utusan Malaysia uses - namely, to slander, threaten and make malicious claims.
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