Pengundi #JohorJaya yang saya kasihi,
Rakyat telah membuat pilihan, dan saya menerima keputusan ini sepenuhnya. Saya mengucapkan tahniah kepada Puan Chan San San daripada Barisan Nasional atas kemenangan yang jelas dan saya doakan beliau dikurniakan kekuatan untuk berkhidmat kepada kawasan ini dengan sebaik-baiknya.
Sejujurnya, saya langsung tidak berasa sedih.
Kepada 2,051 pengundi yang menandakan undi di sebelah nama kami, terima kasih. Anda bukan mengundi sebuah jentera kemenangan. Anda mengundi nilai yang kami perjuangkan, walaupun tahu peluangnya tipis. Pada fasa yang penuh ketidaktentuan ini, yang paling menyentuh hati saya ialah kalian, penyokong awal yang sanggup meletakkan kepercayaan kepada kami. Pada tahun-tahun mendatang, BERSAMA akan berusaha agar tidak mengecewakan kepercayaan ini.
BERSAMA hanya digerakkan lebih kurang empat puluh hari sebelum hari penamaan calon usianya kini baru lima puluh hari lebih. Tanpa dana besar, tanpa kelebihan penyandang; yang ada hanyalah keyakinan dan kerja keras. Seperti yang saya tegaskan sepanjang kempen: BERSAMA tidak mengambil jalan pintas. Kami memilih jalan yang paling sukar tetapi paling kukuh, selangkah demi selangkah, membina sebuah parti yang benar-benar profesional, pelbagai dan rasional, serta menyampaikan idea dasar yang ingin kami bawa untuk Malaysia dengan jelas kepada para pengundi. Kami semua sedia maklum bahawa ini adalah perjalanan jangka panjang sekurang-kurangnya sepuluh tahun.
Justeru, walaupun kami belum memenangi kerusi, Johor Jaya kini mengenali BERSAMA.
Sama ada keputusan hari ini ditafsirkan sebagai baik atau buruk, bagi saya ia tetap satu permulaan yang berani.
Kepada para sukarelawan BERSAMA:
Kalian yang mengorbankan malam dan hujung minggu untuk berkempen dari pintu ke pintu; yang meredah panas terik menyusuri rumah pangsa, taman perumahan dan kampung; yang memanjat tangga dan bekerja hingga lewat malam agar bendera dan kain rentang kita berkibar di seluruh Johor Jaya. Keputusan ini tanggungjawab saya seorang; pengorbanan kalian adalah tanda kasih kepada komuniti ini dan ia tidak dapat dinafikan oleh sebarang keputusan pilihan raya.
Kepada para penyokong BERSAMA:
Janganlah berdendam dan jangan berpaling daripada proses demokrasi ini. Respons yang betul terhadap kekalahan ialah bekerja lebih keras, mendengar dengan lebih teliti dan kembali sebagai pihak yang lebih layak diberi amanah.
Akhir sekali, dua patah kata secara rasional: PRN Johor kali ini sekurang-kurangnya memperlihatkan bahawa gabungan-gabungan parti utama telah kehilangan sifat kepelbagaian.
Inilah yang perlu dimuhasabahkan oleh Barisan Nasional dan Pakatan Harapan; dan inilah juga ruang yang perlu diisi oleh BERSAMA dengan usaha berganda.
@partibersamamy akan terus berakar, terus berusaha.
Johor Jaya, kita akan bertemu lagi.
PRESS STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
9 July 2026
AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORT EXPOSES PAJ GOVERNANCE FAILURES: RM60 MILLION IN ARREARS, RM80 MILLION PAID WITHOUT APPROVAL
SIX REFORMS JOHOR STATE ASSEMBLY MUST DELIVER
1. I refer to the Auditor-General's Report (LKAN) 1/2026 on Perbadanan Pengangkutan Awam Johor Sdn. Bhd. (PAJ). The findings of this report deserve the serious attention of every Johorean, because they concern public money and a service that ordinary people depend on every single day.
2. PAJ, a company wholly owned by the Johor State Government through the State Secretary Incorporated (SSI), operates the Bas Muafakat Johor (BMJ) service used by millions of Johoreans.
3. The Auditor-General found that RM9.22 million was paid to operator companies without formal contracts, involving 41 BMJ routes. Paying RM9.22 million of public funds reflects basic failure of governance that leaves the people of Johor with no legal protection if things go wrong.
4. The Auditor-General further found that changes to routes, kilometres and trips were implemented without approval for periods of between 167 and 1,508 days (more than four years in some cases) involving payments of RM80.63 million. Eighty million ringgit was paid out for service changes that no one had approved, and no one noticed until the Auditor-General stepped in.
5. Most troubling of all, payments to bus operators were delayed by between 100 and 717 days, with arrears totalling RM60.10 million. An operator who is not paid for nearly two years cannot buy new buses, cannot maintain existing ones, and cannot pay drivers properly. It is no coincidence that the same audit found 12 of PAJ's 78 buses have exceeded five years of age, some as old as 12 years.
6. The audit also identified the root of the problem: after 13 years of operation, PAJ has still not achieved its founding objective of building a comprehensive public transport system for Johor. It has no Strategic Plan whatsoever. This is a company operating without direction and without discipline, using public money.
7. The BMJ service itself is a good product. The same audit confirms ridership grew by 1.08 million between 2021 and 2024, and passengers save RM1 to RM5 per trip compared to commercial fares. I do not attack the bus. I attack the management behind the bus because a good product wrapped in bad governance will eventually fail the very people it serves.
8. Here is a question worth asking: why has this report not become a campaign issue? Throughout this campaign, I have not heard either Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Harapan address these findings. The answer, I believe, is uncomfortable for both. For Barisan Nasional, this report is a verdict on governance at the state level: PAJ is wholly owned by the State Government that BN leads, and every failure documented in this report e.g. payments without contracts, two-year arrears, a company with no strategic plan, all of these happened under the state's watch as sole shareholder.
9. For Pakatan Harapan, the findings raise serious questions in the other direction. Bus operators and stage bus routes in Peninsular Malaysia are licensed and regulated by APAD, an agency under the Ministry of Transport which is a ministry held by Pakatan Harapan. The public deserves an explanation of how changes to routes, kilometres and trips could run unapproved for as long as 1,508 days under the nose of the federal regulator responsible for land public transport. When the state's failures embarrass one coalition and the regulator's blind spots embarrass the other, silence becomes a shared strategy. Only a party such as BERSAMA with no stake in either government is free to put this report before the people, and that is exactly what BERSAMA is doing today.
10. In this election, every party has promised more bus routes and better first-mile, last-mile connectivity. But bus route licensing is a federal matter under the Land Public Transport Act 2010. BN who promise more routes is promising what they cannot deliver. What BERSAMA promise is what the Johor State Legislative Assembly can actually do, and we set out six reforms below.
11. First, refer this audit to the Public Accounts Committee immediately, and establish a dedicated Select Committee on Public Transport. The DUN's existing PAC should examine LKAN 1/2026 with a fixed reporting deadline. But a PAC looks backward at money already spent. Johor needs a standing Select Committee on Public Transport that looks forward, with power to summon PAJ directors, SSI officers and operators, to scrutinise contracts before they fail, and to monitor the critical transition years ahead.
12. Second, impose payment discipline on PAJ through the instruments the State Government controls. The principle is simple: no contract, no payment. and operators must be paid within 30 days. As the sole shareholder through SSI, the State Government can write these conditions directly into its annual grant agreement with PAJ tomorrow. In the Assembly, if given the mandate, BERSAMA will use every tool available to a backbencher to force this including cut motions during the Committee of Supply to compel debate on the PAJ allocation and direct questions requiring the State Government to commit, on the record, that no payment will be made without an executed contract.
13. Third, legislate a Johor Public Transport Fund with multi-year funding commitments. The audit itself identified the year-to-year allocation cycle as the source of PAJ's financial instability as 89.2% of its operating income depends on annual state and local government allocations. A dedicated fund established by enactment, with statutory conditions on disbursement will end this cycle and makes proper planning possible.
14. Fourth, restructure PAJ from a company under SSI into a statutory body answerable to the DUN, with a statutory duty to prepare a five-year strategic plan and to table an annual report before the Assembly. A company answers only to its shareholder behind closed doors. A statutory body answers to the people's representatives in open session. If Johor Jaya gives me the mandate, I will work with the Government of the Day to bring this enactment forward, and if it will not act, I will table a Private Member's Bill myself.
15. Fifth, use the state's land-planning and local-government powers which belong fully to Johor to solve first-mile, last-mile connectivity properly. Transit-oriented development around the 32 planned E-ART stations and Bukit Chagar, walkways, safe and sheltered stops, feeder bus infrastructure through the local authorities: this is where the first-mile, last-mile problem is genuinely won or lost.
16. Sixth, guard the 2027β2030 transition with close oversight. The RTS Link is expected to begin operations in January 2027. The E-ART is only expected to complete around 2030. For at least three years, the entire burden of dispersing RTS passengers and serving Johor Bahru will fall on buses, to be administered through exactly the kind of contracting that this audit has just found to be broken. If we do not fix PAJ's governance now, Johor will squander a multi-billion ringgit investment at the moment it matters most.
17. These oversight mechanisms e.g. committees, questions etc only work if the Assembly actually sits. The Johor DUN must convene enough sitting days each year for real scrutiny to take place. Oversight that exists on paper but never convenes is not oversight.
18. An audit report like this should be the beginning of accountability. The people of Johor deserve representatives who treats it that way, regardless of which party forms the government. That is the work BERSAMA is asking for the mandate to do.
LAU YI LEONG
Candidate, N.42 Johor Jaya (BERSAMA)
9 July 2026
Saya Lau Yi Leong, Calon No. 2, mewakili BERSAMA, untuk DUN N.42 Johor Jaya.
Kerajaan perlu dipantau. Rakyat perlu wakil yang berani bersuara, bukan yang duduk diam.
11 Julai, Johor Jaya ada pilihan baharu.
Mari kita buat kerja.
#BERSAMA#JohorJaya#PRNJohor16
The Political Reality: Deconstructing the Trilemma
For years, the young Malay electorate has been trapped in a reactive voting pattern. In GE15, you didn't necessarily vote for a specific future, you voted to only eliminate options that went against your principles.
Before Parti Bersama Malaysia, PAS-PN was the only "safe out" on the ballot paper. It was a shelter to protect your identity and punish UMNO's corruption without handing power to a coalition you distrusted. But as highlighted in YBM Podcast Episode 52, that placeholder era is officially over.
The Analysis: Exposing the "Safe Out" Illusion
The central realization of the Anak Muda Memberontak (Youth Rebellion) is that the "Bersih dan Stabil" banner of the traditional opposition was a temporary aesthetic, not a structural reality.
The Recycle Ecosystem: Beneath the rhetoric, the traditional Malay-centric opposition remains tethered to old-guard political behavior. The fracturing, internal fighting, and tactical shifts in allegiance show that it is populated by the same establishment archetypes who prioritize factional survival over long-term socioeconomic policy.
The Cost of Identity Without Competence: Protecting identity is hollow if it comes at the expense of running water, local employment, and modern industrial infrastructure. For a professional living in a semi-urban or rural area, a protest vote that yields economic stagnation is no longer a viable strategy for personal or community survival.
The Appeal: Why Parti BERSAMA Is Your True Alternative
Parti BERSAMA Malaysia (led by Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Ahmad) is fundamentally shifting the battlefield. It offers a way to vote against the establishment without forcing you to compromise your values, your identity, or your economic future.
1. A Clean Slate, Free from the "Allergy" Columns
The greatest barrier to choosing a reformist platform has always been the political baggage attached to it. By contesting completely solo, BERSAMA eliminates the structural anxieties of the past:
You are not voting to sustain the old, corrupt UMNO-BN patronage networks.
You are not voting for the hyper-liberal, out-of-touch urban policies associated with PH-DAP.
You are voting for a dedicated, independent third vehicle designed purely to break the old binary system.
2. Systemic Integrity Over Rhetorical Piety
Traditional forces argue that personal or religious piety is the only defense against corruption. BERSAMA updates this logic for a professional generation: Integrity must be built into the system, not just promised in a speech.
Through its tech-driven platform, BERSAMA champions open-source fiscal transparency, digital open tenders, and automated public-aid tracking.
It proves that a party can respect your background while delivering a highly competent, resilient administration that actually understands modern economics.
3. Redefining Malay Dignity as Global Competitiveness
Traditional old-guard politics relies on a defensive posture telling you that your identity is constantly under threat so they can position themselves as your protectors. BERSAMA shifts this narrative toward an ambitious, capability-driven approach:
Real community protection isn't about isolation; it is about economic resilience.
BERSAMA focuses heavily on pocketbook realism (duit poket): high-growth local tech industries, modern agricultural supply chains for rural areas, venture capital for semi-urban entrepreneurs, and upward professional mobility based strictly on merit.
The Decision: Your vote in GE15 proved that you refuse to accept a corrupt status quo. But you no longer have to settle for a placeholder protest vote that keeps the country stuck in the past. Moving forward, voting for Parti BERSAMA Malaysia means choosing a future that is uncompromisingly clean, culturally respectful, and economically formidable, finally giving the Anak Muda Memberontak a vehicle that matches their aspirations and competence.
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Tahun pertama dia masuk, MDV untuk RM3 juta. Tahun kedua, MDV untuk naik pula RM7.5 juta. Tiba-tiba, dia dimaklumkan dipecat. Takde sebab, takde notis bagai. Hairan, yang membawa keuntungan pula ditendang. Yang kalah pilihanraya, diangkat. Malah yang konfirm scam seorang doktor RM5.5 juta dulu juga diangkat. π
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@syam_ghaz Sembang kencang. Lepas operasi, diorang kumpul balik. Kalau ya pun diorang kena cekup, mana nak simpan? Dlm jel? Pastu pembayar cukai nak suap makan? Cari la solusi, hantar balik ke, tangkap dan letak dlm kem ke pastu hantar pulang.
The response for @partibersamamy so far has been encouraging, particularly among young Malaysians and those who believe our country deserves better politics.
https://t.co/RyFRLzH3ds
But here with @BFMradio I address beyond the headlines and excitement, the real questions remain: What does Bersama stand for? Why did @rafiziramli & I choose to embark on this journey?
Will this split the progressive vote and give BN or PN an easy win? And how can we rebuild faith in politics at a time when many Malaysians are increasingly disillusioned with the political system?