The Green Questionnaire

What would you like to ask our country’s politicians?

We will be sending a questionnaire to the incumbent  Members of Parliament soon as well as the candidates for the next General Elections, once they are announced.

We have 14 questions so far, but only 7 will be short-listed, so we need your inputs on which questions work best. If you think you can come up with better questions, now is the time to suggest them before we do the selection. The 14 questions are:

1. Do you consider rubber plantations to be a kind of forest?
2. Do you agree that there should be mandatory public hearings before a forest reserve is excised/degazetted?
3. What is your stand on the importation of radioactive materials into Malaysia?
4. Do you agree that the Lynas project in Gebeng should go ahead?
5. Do you think Malaysia should have a nuclear power station?
6. Should petrol subsidies be continued or abolished?
7. Should the government provide subsidies for water supply or should the public be asked to pay more for their water?
8. Do you agree that forests and peatlands can continue to be cleared for oil palm plantations?
9. Do you eat shark’s fin soup?
10. Can we achieve Prime Minister Najib Razak’s pledge to reduce the country’s carbon emission intensity by 40%?
11. Do you think Malaysia should retain 50% of its land area under forest cover as previously pledged by Tun Mahathir?
12. What do you think is the current forest cover for Malaysia?
13. Do you think the reintroduction of local elections would improve environmental management in the country?
14. Did you have to consult your party superiors before answering these questions?
    

You can select your top six favorite questions, or amend or suggest new questions here. 

Note that the questions have been intentionally worded in a general manner (except for question 4 which is very specific) and are intended for Members of Parliament. In addition, separate sets of questions shall be developed for State Assemblymen. These will be more specific to each State e.g. dams and coal-fired plants for Sabah, dams and peat swamp forests for Sarawak and the KL Outer Ring Road for Selangor.