Azmin Cabar Muhyiddin Dan Zahid Hamidi Berdebat

Naib Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat Azmin Ali mencabar Timbalan Presiden Umno Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dan Pengerusi Perhubungan Umno Pulau Pinang Datok Zahid Hamidi untuk mengadakan debat terbuka.

Azmin dalam siri penerangan rakyat menawarkan diri untuk berdebat dengan kedua-dua pimpinan Umno-BN ini di Permatang Pasir dengan debat bertajuk Siapa Pengkhianat Melayu.

“Saya ada empat hari lagi, saya minta Muhyiddin dan Zahid jangan berselindung di sebalik Utusan Malaysia dan TV3, kalau kamu anak jantan, kalau kamu pejuang Melayu mari adakan debat terbuka di Permatang Pasir bertajuk Siapa Pengkhianat Melayu,” katanya.

Di hadapan hampir seribu hadirin di Kubang Semang, Azmin berkata jika dua pemimpin Umno itu enggan terima cabaran ini, rakyat diminta bangkit membawa prinsip perubahan dengan memberi sokongan kepada calon yang dikemukakan Pakatan Rakyat, Salleh Man Mat Aji.

Azmin dalam sesi penerangannya mengumumkan bahawa pengkhianat sebenar kepada orang Melayu adalah Umno-BN yang mengadaikan tanah milik orang Melayu di Johor.

Bagaimanapun Muhyiddin dikatakan bersikap defensif dengan menyalahkan mantan Perdana Menteri Tun Mahathir Mohamad di atas tindakan berkenaan.

Menurut Azmin, Muhyiddin dalam ceramahnya kepada rakyat di Permatang Pasir mengatakan Tun

Mahathir mengarahkan beliau berbuat demikian setelah diugut Perdana Menteri Singapura Lee Kuan Yu untuk melancarkan perang sekiranya tuntutan beliau ditolak.

Azmin berkata, pihaknya sedang bersiap sedia mengumpulkan segala dokumen bagi membongkarkan siapa sebenarnya pengkhianat Melayu.

“Bagaimana pemimpin Umno boleh buat keputusan gadai tanah Melayu kepada Singapura semata-mata kerana Lee Kuan Yu. Di mana maruah kita sebagai Melayu di mana kedaulatan kita sebagai rakyat Malaysia. Le Kuan Yu ugut tak bagi air aku isytihar perang, menggegar kepala lutut,” katanya.

“Saya beri amaran kepada Muhyiddin nak perang cakap nak perang kita akan londehkan siapa Muhyiddin sebenarnya dalam Umno,” katanya.

Dalam pada itu juga, Azmin mencabar polis untuk menyiasat pertemuan tertutup Menteri Pertahanan Datuk Zahid Hamidi bersama menteri Pertahanan Israel.

Beliau meminta Zahid memberikan jawapan apakah hak beliau untuk mengadakan pertemuan dengan penjajah bumi Palestin itu dan apakah agenda yang dibincangkan mereka.

“Orang ini kini menjadi Ketua Perhubungan Umno Pulau Pinang. Bagi saya ketua pengkhianat kepada umat Islam. Ketua pengkhianat kepada orang Melayu adalah yang bersekongkol dengan kerajaan Yahudi Israel,” katanya.

Azmin dalam ucapan beliau juga menyentuh serangan terancang Umno-BN terhadap kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat. Menurutnya, BN melampaui batas apabila rakyat biasa bukan sahaja mati dalam tahanan polis malahan kini mati dalam tahanan SPRM.

“Sudah melampau, sekarang mereka menggunakan SPRM untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan Pakatan. Kalau dulu SPRM digunakan untuk perangi rasuah kini SPRM digunakan untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat,” katanya.

Sumber : tvantara

Ahli Parlimen PKR terima SMS ugutan

SHAH ALAM – Ancaman bunuh dalam dunia politik kini dilihat menjadi-jadi, terbaru Gwo Burne Loh menerima khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS) berbaur ugutan daripada individu yang tidak dikenali.

Ahli Parlimen Kelana Jaya itu menerima SMS tersebut pada hari Ahad lalu ketika berada di Sri Hartamas.

“SMS itu dihantar oleh individu yang tidak saya kenali dan antara kandungannya ialah agar saya tidak ‘bermain dengan api’.

“Selain itu, individu itu turut mengaitkan beberapa pemimpin dan bekas pemimpin seperti mantan Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dan Ketua Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim,” katanya ketika dihubungi Sinar Harian, semalam.

Gwo Burne berkata, SMS itu turut mengecam beberapa pihak lain seperti Majlis Peguam serta pihak polis yang tidak dapat mengesannya sekiranya dibunuh.

Menurutnya, dia tidak akan tunduk dengan ugutan SMS tersebut dan akan terus menjalankan tugasnya sebagai Ahli Parlimen.

“SMS itu turut mengatakan kematian Teoh Beng Hock yang sehingga kini masih lagi belum diketahui sebab kematiannya,” katanya.

Berikutan ugutan SMS berkenaan, Gwo Burne telah membuat laporan polis di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Petaling Jaya.

“Bagaimanapun, saya diminta membuat laporan polis di Balai Polis Travers berikutan saya menerima ugutan itu ketika berada di Sri Hartamas,” katanya.

Gwo Burne berkata, polis telah menerima laporannya dan akan mengambil tindakan.

Sumber : Sinar Harian

Umno nak ajar Afrika perangi rasuah?

Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin baru baru ini pergi ke Afrika. Maka disana bertemulah dia dengan pemimpin beberapa Negara benua itu.

Menurut laporan media suruhan BN, Muhyiddin mendakwa pemimpin Afrika mahu tahu bagaimana kerajaan Malaysia ( maknanya BN lahtu) memerangi rasuah di Malaysia.Mereka kagum sehingga mahu belajar daripada kerajaan Malaysia. Itu kata Muhyiddin seperti yang dilapor media suruhan BN.

Laporan itu trut disiar dalam alam siber menerusi laman web dan blog.Dan ramai lah rakyat Malaysia yang respon dengan mengulas dan memberi komen. Rata rata negatif. Dan menurut seorang responden ,beliau “hampir jatuh daripada kerusi ”apabila membaca laporan itu ”.Tentunya umum boleh faham mengapa beliau berkata demikian.

Umno sendiri yang menjadi tunjang BN mengalami masalah rasuah yang cukup serius. Orang Umno guna istilah “politik wang”.Rasuah lah tu.Istilah lain makna sama.

Itu sindrom penafian dalam Umno,Tapi tiap kali ada pemilihan parti mereka mengakui “politik wang’ bermaharajalela. Daripada dulu hingga lah sekarang.Semua pemimpin Umno bercakap mengenai gejala itu.

Yang hebatnya ada yang mengutuk dan membidas rusuah , mereka sendiri pun melakukan politik wang.Hulur wang untuk mendapat sokongan dan “membunuh” karier politik rakan separti.Tun Mahathir Mohamad sendiri mendakwa beliau sendiri menjadi mangsa politik wang apabila gagal memenangi pemilihan Umno bahagian Kubang Pasu. Mahathir mendakwa perwakilan dibayar RM200 seorang supaya jangan mengundinya.

Itu zaman beliau bukan lagi PM dan presiden Umno.Masa Mahathir jadi presiden Umno,beliau mendakwa telah “berusaha” membasmi rasuah dalam Umno tetapi gagal.

“ Saya telah marah, rayu, menanggis, berdoa , tetapi tak berjaya juga”. Kata kata Mahathir itu kerap kita baca dalam akhbar suruhan Umno/BN. Hakikatnya rasuah sudah menjadi amalan Umno.

Sekarang Umno sedang meminda perlembagaan parti dan menggubal peraturan baru kononnya untuk “berubah” kerana menurut pemimpin Umno sendiri “politik wang sudah menjadi budaya dalam Umno”.

Ini semua sudah tahu. Orang Malaysia tahu, orang Afrika pun tahu.Orang Malaysia tahu kerana melihat sendiri apa yang berlaku.Orang luar tahu kerana berita rasuah Umno telah tersebar seantero dunia.

Zaman dunia tanpa sempadan informasi diperolehi dengan mudah.Orang Afrika turut melayari Internet.Mereka tahu apa yang berlaku di Malaysia.Mereka tahu politik wang budaya Umno. Tentunya mereka tahu ramai dalam Umno menggalakkan amalan buruk itu walaupun memberi gambaran mereka benci rasuah. Jadi mengapa pemimpin Afrika mahu belajar dariapda kerajaan Malaysia cara memerangi rasuah ? Seperti yang didakwa Muhyiddin ?

Sepatutunya mereka memberi tahu Muhyiddin “ parti sendiri pun tak boleh kawal nak ajar kami pulak?”. Tapi mereka tidak berkata demikian.Mungkin kerana untuk menjaga hati Muhyiddin.Maklumlah,.kan Muhyiddin tetamu mereka ? Jadi mereka kata mahu belajar daripada kerajaan Malaysia .Bak kata Inggeris “good PR.” Orang berbudi kita berbahasa .Takkan Muhyiddin tak tahu itu semua ?

Sumber : tvantara

UMNO terdesak jalin kerjasama dengan Pas

SHAH ALAM – UMNO terdesak mahu menjalinkan kerjasama dengan Pas kerana parti itu semakin lemah dan tidak mendapat sokongan daripada majoriti rakyat.

Naib Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Dr Jeffrey Kitingan berkata, atas alasan itu juga UMNO sengaja menyalahtafsirkan kenyataan Menteri Besar Kelantan, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat konononnya mahu berbaik-baik dengan parti itu.

Menurutnya, Nik Aziz sebenarnya merujuk hubungan baik membabitkan Kerajaan Negeri dan Pusat tetapi pemimpin Barisan Nasional menganggap kenyataan itu lebih kepada kerjasama melibatkan kedua-dua parti itu.

“Nik Aziz hanya jalankan tanggungjawab sebagai Menteri Besar Kelantan. Beliau usulkan kesediaan untuk bekerjasama antara dua kerajaan itu kerana Kerajaan Negeri atau Pusat mempunyai kewajipan masing-masing,” katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika mengulas kenyataan Mursyidul Am Pas itu berkenaan perbincangan Kerajaan Negeri dengan Kerajaan Pusat dan bukannya kerjasama antara Pas dan UMNO.

Dr Jeffrey berkata, cadangan Nik Aziz itu adalah wajar dan bukan berunsurkan politik semata-mata.

Dr Jeffrey berkata, Kerajaan Pusat perlu melihat dari sudut positif tentang kesediaan Menteri Besar Kelantan itu untuk mengadakan perbincangan.

“Kerajaan Pusat mesti jalankan tanggungjawab dia, bagi peruntukan pada Kerajaan Negeri, jangan ada pilih kasih. Ini kerana peruntukan yang disalurkan itu untuk rakyat,” katanya.

Ketika ditanya berkenaan parti UMNO yang kian terhakis, Dr Jeffrey berkata: “Antaranya, keadaan sekarang tidak sama seperti keadaan lalu. Rakyat kini lebih bijak dan bermaklumat.”

“Sebab kedua, kepimpinan sekarang lemah dan kelemahan itu ada kaitan dengan penurunan dan kehakisan UMNO berbanding zaman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad,” katanya.

Sumber : Sinar Harian

Kit Siang: I will lodge police report to protect Tee Keat’s life

By Lim Kit Siang

I will lodge a police report tomorrow to protect MCA President and Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat’s life as well as to ensure that “dark forces” of politico-business underground do not extend their tentacles to compromise decision-making all the way to the Cabinet.

In the past week, Ong had publicly alleged “politico-business forces” connected to the RM12.5 billion Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal and “certain quarters in the ruling coalition” who have threatened his personal safety.

In an interview with Sin Chew Daily last Thursday and his various speeches at MCA functions since then, Ong had made the most serious allegations about corruption and abuses of power in the highest levels of government decision-making all the way to the Cabinet, that corruption had emerged under the Najib premiership from the “darkness” into the open to do their evil work.

Ong even claimed that he was now “under siege” from people with vested interests in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal, including some from within BN, revealing that he had received death threat delivered him in a message through some “secret society brothers”.

The MCA Sunday Star today reported that the death threat read: “If you’re wiped out from this world some day, you should know why this has happened.”

I had yesterday given him 48 hours to lodge police report about the death threat to a Cabinet Minister and the extension of underground forces in politico-business reaching all the way to the Cabinet, and that I will lodge a police report on his behalf if he dared not do so.

Unless Ong reports a report within the 48 hours deadline, I will lodge a police report to protect Ong’s life as well as to ensure that the dark forces of politico-business underground do not compromise the integrity of the government and Cabinet decision-making process.

Stop the theatrics, don’t be an empty vessel

I regret that Ong continues to imply that I am one of the “external forces” which has put him under siege in facing his “life-and-death” political crisis to avert a “Topple Ong” campaign.

Let me reiterate that I have no interest or role whatsoever in MCA politics, and I am in the least bothered whether there is a “Topple Ong” and there is no “Topple Ong” campaign in the MCA, aswhether Ong or Datuk Seri Dr. Chua Soi Lek becomes the MCA President is utterly inconsequential to Malaysians who do not see any difference between the two.

Ong wants to be a hero without heroism – which is why I had lambasted him for being a “hero outside, coward inside (Parliament and Cabinet)” – and there is a lengthening list of instances to substantiate this, the latest being the failure of MCA Ministers to ensure that the Cabinet sets up a comprehensive Royal Commission of Inquiry into Teoh Beng Hock’s unusual death at the MACC.

What Malaysians and I are interested are the full facts, uncensored disclosures and no-holds-barred investigations into the RM12.5 billion PKFZ scandal – how a RM1.088 billion scandal in 2002 under Tun Dr. Ling Liong Sik could quadruple to RM4.6 billion scandal under Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy in 2006 and now set to become a RM12.5 billion scandal under Ong.

Although Liong Sik had appeared before the Public Accounts Committee inquiring into the PKFZ scandal, the former MCA President and Transport Minister had thrown no new light – preferring to emulate the example of his former boss, Tun Dr. Mahathir, claiming convenient selective amnesia!

The second MCA Transport Minister, Chan Kong Choy, will appear before the Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday. Is he going to emulate Mahathir and Liong Sik and also become a candidate for “convenient selective amnesia”?

I am very disappointed with Ong because he had pledged to “tell all” about the PKFZ scandal, hiding nothing, when he became Transport Minister after the March 2008 general election, but he failed to honour his pledge.

Although he had made public the PricewaterhouseCoopers audit report in the PKFZ, the PwC inquiry was not allowed to delve into the root causes of the RM12.5 billion PKFZ scandal.

So far, Ong has revealed no more than 10% of the PKFZ scandal. Malaysians want the rest of the 90% of the PKFZ scandal to be made public – in particular who are the culprits responsible for the “mother of all scandals” in Malaysia and why no action has been taken against a single one of them all these years?

If Ong is going to be toppled as MCA President and Transport Minister for trying to reveal less than 10 per cent of the PKFZ scandal, why don’t he go the whole way to expose 100% of the PKFZ scandal and accept all consequences for such a principled and courageous act.

If Ong is prepared to expose 100% of the PKFZ scandal and just be content with expose of less than 10% of the scandal, I am prepared to support him to the hilt, even if it means consolidating his position as MCA President and Transport Minister.

I am prepared to co-operate with Ong to uncover the full story of the PKFZ scandal. Dare Ong accept my offer of co-operation?

Sumber : Suara Keadilan

Kewibawaan institusi kerajaan dan pembelaan orang Melayu: Nila di tangan siapa?

Azam Aris, penulis “The Quintessential Man” — biografi bekas Pengerusi Petronas, MAS dan Putrajaya Holdings, Allahyarham Tan Sri Azizan Zainul Abidin — menukilkan kata-kata Allahyarham sebaik sahaja mendengar kenyataan Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad pada 1998 bahawa mata lebam Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim akibat tindakannya sendiri:

“Mustahil mata lebam tersebut akibat tindakan Anwar sendiri.”

Azizan dikenali sebagai orang kanan Dr Mahathir, yang pernah menjadi Ketua Setiausaha Sulit kepada Perdana Menteri. Namun episod yang dirakam di dalam biografinya itu menjadi bukti integritinya yang menjadi lagenda di dalam institusi kerajaan.

Kita baru sahaja dikejutkan dengan kematian pembantu Exco Kerajaan Negeri Selangor, mendiang Teoh Beng Hock selepas disoalsiasat SPRM. Media arus perdana menegaskan beliau bunuh diri, sedangkan beliau dijadualkan mendaftarkan perkahwinannya keesokan hari dan bakal mendapat anak tidak lama lagi. Prosedur siasatan SPRM juga meninggalkan tandatanya, sehingga ramai mendesak dibentuk Suruhanjaya DiRaja. Akhirnya, Kerajaan mengakui bahawa terlalu banyak persoalan timbul tentang kematian Teoh dan menubuhkan Suruhanjaya DiRaja (walaupun bidangkuasanya terhad berbanding apa yang diminta orang ramai).

Pengarang Urusan Kumpulan New Straits Times, Zainul Ariffin dalam tulisannya di Berita Harian menuduh bahawa pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat mempertikaikan kewibawaan orang Melayu apabila mengkritik institusi kerajaan. Tulisannya mengingatkan saya tentang bagaimana propaganda kerajaan disumbat kepada mahasiswa di dalam Biro Tatanegara.

Adakah beliau lupa kenyataan Dr Mahathir tentang kes Anwar? Waktu itu pihak polis menjamin Anwar dalam keadaan selamat, namun rupa-rupanya Ketua Polis Negara sendiri, Tan Sri Rahim Noor memukul Anwar. Bukan seorang polis berpangkat rendah, tetapi pegawai polis nombor wahid!

Tiada siapa suka-suka mempertikaikan institusi kerajaan. Secara peribadi institusi kerajaan mempunyai hubungkait rapat dengan saya memandangkan bapa saya seorang Pegawai Tadbir dan Diplomatik seangkatan Allahyarham Azizan yang berkhidmat selama tiga dekad daripada negara kita mula-mula merdeka. Isteri saya seorang kakitangan kerajaan. Apatah lagi untuk mengkritik institusi kerajaan atas sebab perkauman memandangkan saya pun orang Melayu.

Saya mengenali ramai kakitangan kerajaan hari ini — Melayu dan bukan Melayu — yang berani melaksanakan amanah mereka untuk rakyat. Ramai yang berkebolehan dan berwibawa. Ramai yang melihat tugas ini bukan sekadar “makan gaji” tetapi tugas mereka kepada Raja dan negara. Ada rakan-rakan saya yang menolak peluang pekerjaan lebih lumayan, termasuk di luar negara, semata-mata untuk menyertai perkhidmatan awam.

Namun, sebagaimana tergambar kes Anwar dan Beng Hock, kewibawaan institusi-institusi kerajaan telah tercemar. Bak pepatah Melayu, kerana nila setitik, rosak susu sebelanga. Inikan pula selepas begitu banyak nila, bukan lagi setitik, tumpah ke dalam belanga tersebut, walaupun hakikatnya susunya asalnya putih bersih. Persoalannya siapakah yang telah menuang nila tersebut sehingga kita hingga kewibawaan institusi kerajaan dipersoalkan semua pihak? Siapakah yang menjejaskan kredibiliti institusi kerajaan sehingga pegawai-pegawai berdedikasi ditukarkan ke jabatan lain ataupun dibekukan kenaikan pangkat kerana kesetiaan mereka terhadap amanah mereka tersebut?

Kewibawaan institusi kehakiman yang dahulunya antara paling dihormati di negara-negara Komanwel tercemar apabila Tun Salleh Abas dipecat sebagai Ketua Hakim Negara pada 1988. Apabila Mahkamah Agung bersidang dan memberikan ruang kepada Tun Salleh Abas mempertikaian keputusan tribunal yang memecatnya, hakim-hakim Mahkamah Agung pula digantung. Empat daripada lima mereka merupakan Melayu. Dua daripada mereka kemudian dipecat terus, dan salah seorang daripadanya adalah Melayu.

Kemudian kita ada kes pemecatan Anwar pada 1998, yang ketika itu merupakan Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Menteri Kewangan dan Timbalan Presiden Umno di atas tuduhan-tuduhan yang luarbiasa. Sistem kehakiman — termasuk hakim bukan Melayu — digunakan bagi memastikan Anwar dipenjarakan sedangkan kes pendakwaraya jelas tempang.

Baru-baru ini, lima orang peguam muda — empat daripadanya gadis-gadis Melayu — mencipta sejarah sebagai peguam pertama dalam sejarah Malaysia yang ditahan ketika menjalankan tugas mereka untuk membela tahanan polis.

Jangan kita lupa, pembongkaran video V.K. Lingam oleh Anwar pada tahun 2007 yang mendedahkan bahawa seorang towkay judi Cina — Vincent Tan — bersama seorang peguam India — V.K. Lingam — bersubahat bagi mengatur perlantikan hakim bersama dengan Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Halim. Ahmad Fairuz memegang jawatan Ketua Hakim Negara ketika skandal tersebut dibongkarkan.

Dalam pelbagai skandal dan kes rasuah, pegawai kerajaanlah dihukum — menjadi kambing hitam apabila keadaan memerlukannya. Namun acapkali ahli politik Umno dan BN lepas begitu sahaja. Malah yang diisytiharkan bersalah politik wang, tidak pula disiasat oleh SPRM.

Di manakah Zainul Ariffin ketika insiden-insiden ini terjadi sehingga menjejaskan kewibawaan institusi kerajaan kita? Jelas dengan insiden-insiden ini, bukan institusi Melayu yang dipersoalkan, tetapi integriti institusi kerajaan yang dibentuk bapa-bapa kemerdekaan kita untuk menjadi asas sebuah negara merdeka dan berdaulat yang dihormati.

Kerajaan Persekutuan pimpinan Umno dan Barisan Nasional juga tidak dapat menerima prinsip Federalisme yang termaktub dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan kita.

Lihat sahaja Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan, negeri yang penduduknya 90 peratus Melayu. PAS menyertai Kerajaan Campuran bersama Parti Perikatan pimpinan Umno dan seterusnya menjadi anggota Barisan Nasional berikutan rusuhan kaum 13 Mei 1969. Antara hujah yang menarik perhatian Datuk Asri Muda, Presiden PAS ketika itu adalah perpaduan Melayu.

Namun selepas pemergian Allahyarham Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, Kerajaan Negeri PAS Kelantan telah ditumbangkan dengan taktik kotor berikutan irihati pimpinan Umno.

Apabila PAS menang semula pada 1990, Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan telah dianaktirikan. Rakyat Kelantan yang majoriti besarnya Melayu itu dihukum kerana mengundi pembangkang sehingga Sultan Kelantan pun hendak digulingkan! Malah kini, hasil gas dan minyak yang berada di persisiran air Kelantan pun tidak diberikan royalti (ingat lagi penarikan balik royalti minyak Petronas ketika PAS memerintah Terengganu pada 1999?) semata-mata kerana pandangan politik sempit pimpinan Umno.

Ketika Datuk Seri Khir Toyo yang hari ini mendabik dada menjadi pejuang Melayu, memegang jawatan Menteri Besar, beliau telah mengambil tindakan menggantung Jawatankuasa Masjid yang berani membebaskan diri mereka daripada campurtangan politik Umno. Malah, Surau Flat Jubli Perak di Bangi pernah dirobohkan kerana berani mengundang penceramah yang kritikal terhadap Umno. Jangan pula kita lupa dasar setinggan sifar di bawah Khir Toyo yang mana institusi kerajaan digunakan untuk merobohkan kawasan setinggan seperti Kampung Berembang yang didiami majoriti orang Melayu secara zalim semata-mata untuk memberi ruang kepada pemaju-pemaju besar mengaut keuntungan besar.

Hari ini kampung-kampung Melayu di negeri-negeri Pakatan Rakyat berpecah belah kerana ada dua Ketua Kampung dan dua JKKK. JKKK jelas berada di bawah bidang kuasa Kerajaan Negeri, sebagaimana pernah disuarakan DYMM Sultan Selangor tahun lepas. Namun atas kegagalan BN memahami realiti demokrasi, maka mereka berkeras mahu melantik JKKKP sekaligus mengucar-kacirkan masyarakat kampung.

Terbaru sekali, Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani merangkap Timbalan Pengerusi Umno Selangor, Datuk Noh Omar melarang pegawai-pegawai Kementeriannya menghadiri mesyuarat-mesyuarat Kerajaan-Kerajaan Negeri Pakatan Rakyat. Majoriti besar pegawai-pegawai ini Melayu, dan banyak projek-projek pertanian melibatkan masyarakat Melayu yang daif dan perlu pembelaan. Namun mengapa Noh mengambil pendirian cetek demikian? Adakah Noh iri hati terhadap kejayaan projek melipatgandakan hasil padi yang memberi kesan positif kepada penanam-penanam padi di Selangor termasuk penanam Melayu? Adakah Noh khuatir jika orang Melayu di desa pun melihat keberkesanan dasar Kerajaan Negeri yang baru, Umno akan tumbang di kubu kuatnya tidak lama lagi?

Malah, ramai pegawai-pegawai kerajaan yang mengucapkan penghargaannya kepada Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat di Selangor kerana kali ini pandangan mereka sebagai penjawat awam dihormati. Dahulu di bawah BN mereka cuma diminta menurut perintah ahli politik tanpa soal, kali ini mereka ada ruang untuk menyuarakan pandangan mereka.

Umno tidak lagi boleh merencatkan pemikiran orang Melayu dengan dakyah-dakyah sempit mereka. Dengan menyamakan kita mengkritik institusi-institusi ini sebagai mempertikaikan kewibawaan Melayu, Umno cuba berselindung daripada menyelesaikan isu sebenar di sebalik propaganda perkauman. Selama ini, itulah strategi Umno. Tetapi orang Melayu tidak akan bergerak ke hadapan dengan pandangan-pandangan begitu.

Tidak timbul kita tidak percaya kepada institusi “Melayu” — kita juga tegas dalam isu PKFZ yang melibatkan ramai pemimpin MCA (dan juga Umno — semangat tulen perkongsian kuasa BN!) dan Maika Holdings yang melibatkan MIC. Rakyat Malaysia hari ini mahukan institusi kerajaan yang berwibawa, yang dapat menjalankan tugas “without fear or favour” dan tidak menjadi perkakas politik pihak-pihak tertentu. Kita mahu kebolehan pegawai-pegawai kerajaan diiktiraf.

Jika Pakatan Rakyat tidak menyuarakan perkara ini, kewibawaan institusi kerajaan kita akan jatuh ke tahap yang lebih dasyat lagi. Siapakah yang bertanggungjawab merosakkan kewibawaan institusi-institusi ini kalau bukan Umno dan BN sendiri?

Mungkin bagi mengingatkan Zainul, bapa saya sendiri yang begitu setia membaca New Straits Times yang dikenali sebagai akhbar berbahasa Inggeris pro-establishment begitu jelek dengan propaganda kerajaan sehingga berhenti membelinya pada 1998! Jika beliau menonton Buletin Utama pun beliau sudah berhenti mempercayai propaganda politik yang dilaporkan. Kalau pegawai kerajaan pun tidak membeli propaganda BN, siapa lagi yang percaya dakyah Zainul?

Jangan dalam keghairahan kita menjadi penulis upahan Umno, kita buta kepada kesan-kesan nila yang mewarnai tangan-tangan penguasa!

Sumber : tvantara

Komen negatif Najib: Pengacara ntv7 kena tukar

Semuanya berpunca daripada kenyataan salah seorang tetamu jemputan dalam programnya - Point of View - di ntv7 yang memberi pemeringkatan 'C' atau 'D' terhadap prestasi Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak bagi 100 hari pentadbirannya.

Ekoran itu, pengacaranya, Florence Looi menerima surat amaran dan terus ditukar ke meja berita stesen swasta tersebut.

Looi didakwa telah melanggar dasar redaksi pengarangnya, kata sumber-sumber ntv7.

Dua tetamu jemputan program tersebut - yang dipancarkan pada 5 Julai lalu - ialah penulis Syed Akhbar Ali dan editor perunding, Leslie Lau dari Malaysian Insider. Lau yang memberi pemeringkatan 'C' atau 'D' bagi pentadbiran Najib.

Sumber-sumber itu berkata, Looi selepas itu diberitahu secara lisan bahawa dia tidak seharusnya meminta mereka memberi pemeringkatan terhadap prestasi Najib,

Oleh kerana Looi merupakan pengacara yang juga penerbit program tersebut, maka hanya dia seorang sahaja yang diberi surat amaran tersebut.

Looi, yang merupakan editor tugasan, kemudiannya telah ditugaskan untuk membuat liputan berita, atas alasan kekurangan petugas di meja berita.

Insiden tersebut mungkin 'menguburkan' program 'Point of View', yang baru tamat musim keduanya. Sehingga ini, belum ada pengumuman sama ada program itu akan dilanjutkan ke musim ketiganya.

Bagaimanapun, sumber-sumber itu percaya, sekiranya program itu diteruskan, ia akan dikendalikan oleh pengaracara baru.

Ketika dihubungi, Looi enggan mengulas mengenainya dan usaha untuk menghubungi pihak pengurusannya juga belum berhasil.

Ntv7 adalah salah sebuah daripada empat stesen TV swasta milik syarikat gergasi media - Media Prima Bhd - yang ada kaitan dengan Umno. Tiga lagi stesen miliknya ialah TV3, 8TV dan tv9.

Begitu juga dengan berita mengenai banglo mewah milik bekas menteri besar Selangor, Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo di Shah Alam di mana ianya hanya sempat disiarkan dalam berita Mandarin jam 5.30 petang di ntv7.

Selepas itu, berita itu tidak lagi disiarkan oleh buletin berita di stesen lain milik Media Prima.

'Hanya satu pandangan'

Sementara itu, pengarah eksekutif Pusat Kewartawan Bebas, V Gayathry membidas ntv7 kerana mengamalkan saringan kendiri.

“Komen oleh tetamu jemputan mengenai pretasi (Najib) bukanlah sesuatu yang kritikal, tetapi hanya satu pandangan,” katanya.

Menurutnya, Looi dihukum kerana bertanyakan satu soalan penting ketika semua orang lain membuat penilaian tentang prestasi Najib.

“Program tersebut telah memberi ruang yang baik untuk perbincangan (dan Looi menjalankan tugasnya dengan baik),” tegasnya.

Menurut Gayathry lagi, ketika Najib dilantik perdana menteri, Media Prima telah mengeluarkan arahan kepada empat stesen TV miliknya itu supaya tidak menyebut nama penganalisis politik - Abdul Razak Baginda - ketika melaporkan perbicaraan kes pembunuhan Altantuya Shaariibuu. Razak merupakan teman karib Najib.

"Kita ingin bertanya sama ada menjadi dasar Najib di mana mereka yang ditempatkan di stesen TV, mengamalkan saringan kendiri,” tambah Gayathri.

Program 'Point of View' disiarkan jam 6 petang hari Ahad. Tetamu jemputannya membincangkan tajuk-tajuk panas seperti Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA), dasar penukaran bahasa, pendidikan bahasa ibunda, tanggungjawab pihak polis dan yang terbaru, skandal PKFZ.

Sejak Najib mengambil alih kuasa, pegawan tinggi media yang ada kaitan dengan mantan perdana menteri, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi telah diganti.

Mereka yang berkhidmat sewaktu pentadbiran Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad telah dilantik semula menerajui media, sehingga mencetuskan persepsi akan mewujudkan suasana media yang lebih banyak sekatan.

Bekas pengarang kumpulan New Straits Times, Datuk Ahmad Talib kini dilantik sebagai pengarah eksekutif berita dan operasi jabatan pengarang di Media Prima, serta sebagai pengarah ksekutif (jabatan pengarang) di New Straits Times Press.

Bekas pengarang kumpulan Berita Harian, Datuk Manja Ismail dilantik sebagai pengarang kumpulan NTV7, 8TV, TV9 dan rangkaian radio, bagi membantu Ahmad.

Sumber : Malaysiakini

Kerajaan Akur Pada Tuntutan Rakyat Hapus PPSMI

Kerajaan Umno-BN selepas 6 tahun akhirnya mengakui bahawa program Pembelajaran dan Pengajaran Sains dan Matematik Dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI) gagal mencapai matlamat yang disasarkan kerajaan, sebaliknya ia menjejaskan pembelajaran murid-murid.

Menteri Pendidikan Muhyiddin Yassin mengumumkan program ini akan dihapuskan bermula 2012 dan matapelajaran Sains dan Matematik di sekolah kebangsaan akan diajar dalam bahasa kebangsaan.

Manakala di sekolah-sekolah jenis kebangsaan ia akan diajar dalam bahasa ibunda masing-masing.

PPSMI dilaksanakan pada 2003 dibawah pentadbiran Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Cendekiawan dan para pendidik tempatan memberi amaran program ini akan menjejaskan pembelajaran murid-murid, namun bantahan rakyat dijawab dengan ledakan gas pemedih mata dan semburan meriam air dalam satu perhimpunan aman 8 Mac lalu.

Sumber : tvantara

Dr M pushes crooked bridge to Singapore once again

By Wong Choon Mei


Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is not about to give up on his “crooked bridge” idea to replace the existing Causeway link to Singapore.

In fact, the wily veteran may be trying to ride the current wave of negative reaction to Singapore’s demand for sand to revive his own frozen S-shaped bridge.

After a recent official visit, Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew had said his government could only consider a new third link project proposed by Prime Minister Najib Razak if a 12-year ban on sand export to the island-state was lifted.

In his latest blog posting, the fiesty Dr M – known for his 22-year ham-fisted rule of the country – also fired several missiles at his successor-turned-foe Abdullah Badawi for pulling the plug on his idea launched towards the tail-end of his premiership.

“The work was started during my time. Had Abdullah not stopped it, the bridge would have been almost complete by now,” Mahathir said.

“Since Singapore would only agree to a straight bridge if one billion cubic metre of sand is sold to it; since the people of Johore are against selling sand and allowing Singapore fighter planes to practice over Johore, the option for the Malaysian Government is to revert to building the scenic bridge in our territorial waters. This is the sovereign right of an independent nation.”

Not all about sand but Dr M is striking while the iron is hot

By scenic bridge, Mahathir was referring to the curve-shape that his bridge would have to adopt.
It must be mentioned that this crooked shape came about not just because Singapore would not agree to a straight bridge unless Malaysia sold it sand, but also because Mahathir himself wanted to boost traffic between the country’s fast-rising ports at Pasir Gudang and Tanjung Pelepas.

For this to happen, the bridge replacing the Causeway must be high enough for ships to pass under it. Currently, they are forced to re-route all the way around Singapore because the Causeway is too low.

Hence, the dramatic curve shape to allow for the road to gain the necessary height needed to overcome the short distance between the two coasts.

“If the Causeway is opened up there would be constant flow of water in both direction, thus flushing out the water in the strait. Without the Causeway boats and yachts can sail in either direction.

“Transport of goods and people between Pasir Gudang Port to Tanjung Pelepas Port would be facilitated. This would be good for the growth of both ports – something which perhaps Singapore would not like to see.

“The free movements of boats along the strait would itself create business. The bridge which would be wider than the causeway would speed up the flow of traffic. The CIQ was designed to handle this increasingly heavier traffic.

Najib had proposed a totally different third link, from an eastern point in Johor linking the eastern coast of Singapore nearby Changi to tap the international airport’s traffic. The existing Causeway Bridge links Johor Baru to Woodlands while the Second Link connects Nusajaya to Tuas.

But for Najib’s idea to take off, he may have to agree to Kuan Yew’s request and lift the sand ban imposed by Mahathir in 1997, an idea that has been emotionally rejected by many in Johor. In fact, the Johor Sultan has already shot down the proposal.

Amid the politicking and as Malaysian policy-makers look for other ways to resolve the traffic woes at the new Immigration checkpoint, the ancillary infrastructure already put in to support Mahathir’s un-built crooked bridge may force a rethink of the idea described by many as “harebrained”.

Who knows the indefatigable Dr M may actually get his own way in the end – harebrained or not! But of course, the key question remains – does Malaysia need this sort of mega-project right now or would a simpler more down-to-earth solution be wiser?

Sumber : Suara Keadilan

Najib slithers around 1Malaysia but offers no answers still

By Wong Choon Mei

Since coming into office on April 3, Prime Minister Najib Razak has tried to rally popular support with his ‘unifying’ 1Malaysia. People First. Performance Now slogan, but after nearly three months, none of his countrymen including himself is any wiser as to what it means and how it can take the country forward.

On Monday, at the start of a two-week parliamentary sitting, he was grilled by fellow lawmakers.

The 55-year old PM tried to slither his way around racial issues but met his match in DAP chairman Karpal Singh, who caught him out after an intense session on the much-criticised 1Malaysia concept.

Sadly, Najib’s 1Malaysia has become the butt of jokes around the country, with even his mentor, ex-premier Mahathir Mohamad, saying he had no idea what it meant. And this despite Najib mounting a multi-million ringgit no-costs-spared publicity campaign.

Perhaps it is time for Najib to learn that he cannot gloss over tough issues with cosmetics. Substance prevails over form, especially in an increasingly young and educated Malaysia.

Even more ineffective than Abdullah

As the PM approaches his 100 days in office, he has little to show to the nation except a penchant to resort to force and harsh police crackdowns to quell dissent, as witness the nearly 200 arrests over the Perak crisis.

Likely to leave behind even less legacy than his predecessor Abdullah Badawi, his regime stands in danger of being remembered only for clamping down on other countrymen, especially the Chinese for wearing black, drinking kopi ‘O’ or wearing black headbands to signify solidarity with the Perak folk - victims of a power grab he staged in February.

Najib is the sixth Umno prime minister to govern the country since independence from British rule in 1957. He is also the most unpopular and the least trusted by the people.

According to Karpal, Najib had vowed to bathe the keris or small sword with Chinese blood in a speech in 1987.

The Bukit Gelugor MP demanded the PM apologised for the racist remark or be exposed as a hypocrite and the 1Malaysia slogan as meaningless verbose.

However, Najib denied the accusation and refused to apologise.

He also denied that his 1Malaysia plagiarized chunks of the DAP’s Malaysia for all Malaysians concept, counter-accusing DAP of deviating from the ’spirit of the constitution’.

“There is a vast difference in the concepts. Malaysians Malaysia is not drafted based on the constitution,” Najib told Parliament.

“People should not be fearful or be apprehensive because 1Malaysia ensures the ethnic identity of each race is respected and it is an asset which we are proud of.”

Gush of hot air and hypocrisy

His comments imply that he would defend Ketuanan Melayu or Malay supremacy - a controversial issue that has not been spelt out in the country’s constitution but somehow is often used by his Umno party to rally support against the other ethnic groups.

And this would be in direct contrast with what he has said about 1Malaysia so far. Up till now, Najib has tried to imply the slogan envisioned a seamless society with equal rights for all citizens.

But today in the august house, he rubbished his own slogan.

No wonder, the PM has not been in a hurry to clarify what 1Malaysia is about. Even after his session in Parliament today, no one - including himself - has any idea what the slogan is about.

And the reason is simple.

It is meant to be a nice-sounding slogan and much like a chameleon, meaning whatever that should be meant in different situations at different times.

Yes - pretty much a gush of hot air and hypocrisy, plus a convenient political tool to mask his inadequacy.

“If Bangsa Malaysia, inspired by Vision 2020, is in its final stages, then 1Malaysia is a guide to help speed us to towards achieving the goal,” the PM expounded.

Source : Suarakeadilan

Will the BN lose power in the next general election? Part 2

By Kenny Gan

Any party which has to stand for elections should be mindful of public opinion, but Umno does things which no other democratic government would dare to do.

Acts like the Perak power grab, Anwar’s trumped up sodomy charges and the PKFZ scandal show a cavalier disregard for public opinion.

Nowadays, the judiciary does not even pretend to be fair, the MACC is almost a laughing stock in the way it chases after opposition politicians and the police make no pretence of taking sides.

I can only explain this strange disregard for public opinion by concluding that Umno’s mentality is still trapped in a one-party system, in which it can never lose, while in fact, a two-party system has existed since the formation of PR.

In this respect, Umno is still in denial that it can lose Federal power. This will be its undoing when the day of reckoning comes and Umno finds that bulldozing away public opinion can be fatal in a two-party system.

Perak Power Grab and the PKFZ Scandal

The Perak power grab is nothing more than a naked display of raw power. Umno used the police, the judiciary, the MACC, and the Election Commission to usurp power in the state and hold on to it, in the most unethical and immoral way. Umno maintains it was legitimately done, but this claim is irrelevant. The bare facts are that the public cannot accept a change of government, effected by the defection of three morally tainted assemblymen – two of whom were facing corruption charges – and that the public suspect bribery and blackmail were involved.

Failure to rectify this moral, ethical and constitutional outrage, by holding fresh elections in Perak, will impact on BN negatively in the next election, not only within Perak, but throughout the Peninsula.

Although some still expect Umno to have a change of heart and bow to the people’s will for new elections, I believe this is unlikely to happen, because of Umno’s arrogance in power and its attitude of “might makes right.” Umno is also infantile in that immediate direct rewards are more important than future intangible benefits.

The PKFZ scandal, where the project cost over-run ballooned to RM12 billion due to poor governance, conflict of interest and just plain corruption, is too big to be swept under the carpet. PKFZ will be a millstone around BN’s neck unless stern action is taken against the culprits. But don’t hold your breath for MACC to demonstrate the same efficiency as they do against opposition politicians. Reports have been made by the opposition years ago with no action taken, and it is likely that none will be forthcoming.

As with other scandals, Umno’s strategy is to hope that Malaysians have short memories. But the opposition will certainly remind them come the next election. In fact, a good battle cry for PR during the next election would be: “Remember Perak! Remember PKFZ! Remember !”

The Economy

To a large extent, the economy will determine BN’s fate. A moribund economy coupled with a rising cost of living, leading up to the next general elections, would bleed Umno’s core support in the Malay heartlands and spell doom for BN.

On the other hand, if Najib can engineer strong economic growth, similar to what the country enjoyed in the 1990’s during the Mahathir era, then maybe, just maybe, BN may scrape through with a thin majority.

But such strong growth was probably a one-off phenomenon in response to the world economy at that time, and is unlikely to be repeated. Other East Asian countries also experienced strong growth and were called the Asian Tigers. Mahathir received much undeserved credit for it, allowing him to get away with authoritarianism and excesses.

Inability to institute real reforms, to remove uncompetitive economic policies dealing with racial quota and lack of meritocracy, will also impact on growth, as will abuse of democratic institutions and curtailing of democratic space. Nothing has been done to reverse a crippling brain drain of the country’s best and brightest. leading to negative effects on the country’s dynamism and competitiveness.

Crime and the Police

Rising and rampant crime will dent the government’s image and have a negative effect on voters’ sentiment towards BN. In addition, the police have discredited themselves in the public eye, by giving priority to harassing peaceful activists rather than fighting crime. Victims of crime invariably blame the government for not being able to provide security, and become opposition supporters along with their friends and families.

In this area, the police can do much better, but they have lost their professionalism and neutrality by acting as bodyguards and protectors of the ruling party, a prime example being the Perak power grab fiasco. Laws applied selectively also induce widespread public disgust, as Umno leaders and members seem to be above the law, especially the laws on public assembly and sedition. Lack of political will to take action against police abuses, such as the Kugan case, has also had a detrimental effect on BN.

This undesirable state of affairs is likely to continue unless the IGP is replaced, an overhaul of the police is conducted and an independent police complaints commission established. None of these are likely to happen in Najib’s Malaysia.

Sodomy II

The establishment seems to think that all it has to do to deal the opposition a political death blow is to put Anwar away, but this is entirely misguided. The PR coalition has grown beyond Anwar, and is no longer dependent on Anwar’s personal involvement to be the glue that holds the parties together.

Umno is treading on dangerous ground here. They can get any decision they want from their kangaroo courts, but unless Anwar’s conviction is seen to be completely fair and his guilt proven beyond reasonable doubt, this affair will explode in their faces like C4.

If Anwar is convicted by anything resembling the much-ridiculed court in Sodomy I, the intended political death blow may morph into a powerful rejuvenating boost to for the opposition, as PR rides the wave of sympathy and outrage to the next general election.

Even before the case reaches the court, this affair has already shaped up in the public mind to be a badly stage-managed, bumbling political conspiracy with more holes than Swiss cheese. It should have been dropped when the good doctor at Pusrawi Medical Centre certified that no sodomy had occurred. Yet the Attorney-General saw fit to ram through a charge of consensual sodomy, never mind that the alleged victim had insisted publicly that he had been raped.

How far is Umno prepared to go with this? Since the prosecution fought tooth and nail to transfer the case to the High Court, and presumably a more compliant judge than the original judge in the Sessions Court, it does not look like they will come to their senses. Never mind, it’s their funeral.

Reaching out to PAS

Like it or not, the success of the PR coalition will depend mainly on PAS. Will PAS become more centrist to appeal to all races, or will the ulamas take control and steer PAS back to being a religious extremist party feared by non-Muslims?

It is hard to predict the path PAS will take, as the battle for control of the party between the liberals and the conservatives is still being fought. However, it is unlikely for PAS to revert back to its old self, no matter which faction gets the upper hand.

PAS has travelled too far down the political road with its partners to go back to being a rural Malay party, appealing only to kampung Malays. The likelihood is that PAS will continue to recognize that its political future depends on being able to attract multi-racial support and stay close to the centre.

Non-Malays have also learned to ignore the occasional religious rhetoric spouted by PAS ulamas, regarding an Islamic state and Hudud laws, realizing that the intention may be there, but it remains academic.

To Umno, PAS is the opposition coalition’s weakest link. Lacking any ability or political will to execute real reforms, Umno’s best bet is to hope for PR to break up, and therefore it has tried to entice PAS away using the hollow concept of Malay unity.

Umno reaching out to PAS is nothing new. It has done so whenever it experienced weakened support, only to discard any cooperation when it regained its strength. PAS should know better than to even talk to Umno. But the fact that some of its leaders are receptive shows that not all in PAS are above worldly temptations of a shortcut to political power, or are free from primal instincts of race.

The fear is that Umno and PAS may form an unholy alliance to lock up the bulk of the Malay votes, in which case the ruling party can afford to ignore the other races. Umno and PAS can then rule Malaysia as ultra-nationalists and the other BN component parties can get lost if they disagree. This is plausible in theory but in practice this is only a pipe dream.

It is unlikely for PAS to form a pact with Umno. PAS will split if it tries. Such an alliance will be an unmitigated disaster for BN as it will frighten the non-Malays that an Islamic state is on the cards, and cause them to swing their votes completely to PR. Neither can Umno assume that the PAS Malay vote bank will add to Umno’s Malay vote bank. Aside from a likely split in PAS, many moderate Malays eschew an Islamic state, with strict gender segregation and dress code, and would switch their votes from Umno to PR.

So an Umno-PAS pact is nothing to worry about, and may even benefit PR. but But the real danger is that talks between the two may drive a wedge between PAS and its partners, by creating suspicion and mistrust, and drive voters away.

On the plus side, the PR coalition parties have shown good cohesiveness despite their diverse political backgrounds. In spite of their differences, they have more ideology in common than BN component parties who are united only by their greed for money and power.

There is a huge incentive for PKR, DAP and PAS to maintain their partnership to govern the states under them. An even bigger incentive is that Federal power is only within their reach if they stick together.

Return to Mahathirism

What else can Umno do as it hopes, prays and tries to engineer a PR breakup? Surely it can take a leaf from the longest serving Prime Minister to keep the opposition in check?

Mahathir created an atmosphere of fear. He used the ISA when it suited him and managed it properly, as a weapon of terror. Democratic space was restricted and the mass media held on a tight leash.

But times have changed and it is not possible to return to Mahathir’s iron-fisted methods. The people are now more connected, more demanding, more politically mature and less easily intimidated They have alternative sources of information. If there is any outstanding achievement of Badawi’s listless premiership, it was to give Malaysians a taste of democratic freedom (more through his inaction than any positive action), that will not be pried away easily from them.

We have seen the public outcry due to police abuses of power and widespread public anger over the Perak power grab. It is no longer acceptable to hold people under ISA and most of them have been released. To drag the country back to Mahathirism would cause the economy to plummet and seal BN’s fate completely.-Hornbill Unleashed

Source : Suarakeadilan

Bekas exco Pemuda PKR bidas Khalid

Oleh Abdul Rahim Sabri

Seorang bekas aktivis reformasi turut membuat laporan polis terhadap Menteri Besar Selangor, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim kerana meminta kerajaan persekutuan dan polis mengkaji semula undang-undang berkaitan perhimpunan awam di negara ini.

Beliau adalah bekas exco Pemuda PKR, Azwanddin Hamzah yang pernah menyertai siri demontrasi termasuk 'Black 14' dan demonstrasi 100,000 rakyat di Lebuh Raya Kesas pada tahun 2001.

'Black 14' adalah sambutan bantahan tahunan terhadap tindakan memenjarakan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim atas tuduhan rasuah.

Demonstrasi 100,000 rakyat pula diterajui gerakan reformasi yang turut disertai pemimpin PKR untuk terus mendesak Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad meletak jawatan perdana menteri.

Azwanddin (foto) membuat laporan polis itu di Ibu pejabat Polis Dang Wangi petang semalam.

Majlis Permuafakatan Ummah (Pewaris) dan Ikatan Rakyat Insan Muslim Malaysia (IRIMM) turut membuat laporan polis terhadap Khalid atas perkara yang sama.

Mesti ikut undang-undang

Ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini, Azwanddin tidak menolak demonstrasi tetapi hendaklah mengikut prosedur undang-undang yang betul.

"Saya tidak menolak demontrasi, sebab Umno sendiri pernah buat demontrasi tapi (perlu) mengikut prosedur dan mengikut undang-undang (dengan memohon permit).

"Kita perlu mengajar rakyat mendapatkan permit (untuk berhimpun) terutama sekali di Selangor.

"Berapa banyak stadium dan dewan di negeri ini (boleh digunakan untuk berhimpun)?" soalnya.

Azwanddin yang juga pengerusi sebuah NGO tempatan, mengikut jejak langkah mantan bosnya, Ezam Mohd Nor menyertai Umno tahun lalu.

Beliau bagaimanapun menolak tanggapan bahawa penyertaannya dalam Umno menyebabkan beliau tidak bersetuju perhimpunan atau demontrasi diadakan.

Sebaliknya, kata Azwanddin, perhimpunan yang hendak diadakan perlu menetapkan objektifnya yang tersendiri.

Khalid wakili rakyat S'gor

"Sebaiknya, perhimpunan perlu ada objektif. Apa objektif perhimpunan itu dibuat. Perhimpunan yang dilakukan sekarang tidak ada arah," katanya.

Sehubungan itu, beliau mencadangkan agar perhimpunan harus diadakan di dalam stadium atau kerana ia adalah tempat yang selamat dan tidak mengganggu orang lain.

Menurut Azwanddin, beliau tidak bersetuju dengan kenyataan Khalid, kerana sebagai menteri besar, kenyataannya perlu mewakili rakyat Selangor dan bukan Pakatan Rakyat sahaja.

"MB kena jaga keselamatan rakyat Selangor. Tidak semua rakyat di Selangor bersetuju dengan apa yang dicadangkan.

"MB sebagai ketua negeri, perlu jaga keselamatan rakyat. Dalam konteks di Selangor, beliau sebagai pemerintah.

"Beliau kena jaga hati rakyat yang tidak bersama dengan Pakatan Rakyat," katanya.

-admin-ini salah seorang dari 'pejuang kotak mat ezam'...sudahlah tu....dulu berhimpun masa reformasi boleh...erks...skg dah tak boleh pulak....GERAK jangan tak GERAK.....

Kenapa Sekarang UMNO Takut Pilihanraya..? - malaysiakini....

Pelik..! Tetapi inilah kenyataan yang dapat kita lihat. UMNO seolah-olah sekarang ini telah hilang jati dirinya. Hanya nak mempertahankan kuasa tanpa melalui Pilihanraya.

Setelah melihat perkembangan terkini, masyarakat tertanya-tanya apakah UMNO sekarang sudah kehilangan keris dan taring sehingga begitu fobia untuk berhadapan dalam pilihanraya.

Selama 51 tahun UMNO tidak pernah sekali pun mengelak untuk bertanding dalam Pilihanraya. Tetapi perkembangan mutakhir ini terutama dalam Krisis Politik di Perak dan Pilihanraya DUN Penanti telah membuktikan kebenarannya.

Masyarakat termasuk Parti Komponen BN sendiri telah membuat kesimpulan bahawa UMNO sekarang sudah terlalu Trauma dan Fobia untuk bertanding dalam Pilihanraya.

Apakah yang menyebabkan UMNO begitu fobia sekali untuk menghadapi Pilihanraya terutama sekali melibatkan DUN Perak yang menyebabkan Krisis ini berpanjangan..?

Berikut dihuraikan satu demi satu sebab-sebab yang mengakibatkan UMNO cuba mengelak Pilihanraya diadakan:

1) Sokongan Rakyat.

UMNO mengetahui dalam situasi sekarang, sokongan rakyat lebih memihak kepada PR. Ini tidak dapat dinafikan lagi, apabila berlaku pertembungan kedua-dua penyokong dalam keempat-empat PRK yang lepas. Ini jelas dapat dilihat apabila penyokong PR yang hadir pada hari Penamaan Calon dilihat lebih ramai dari penyokong BN itu sendiri.

Malah dalam PRK Bukit Gantang dan Bukit Selambau, Nisbah kehadiran penyokong PR dan BN yang hadir memberikan sokongan adalah : 10 PR kepada 1 BN. Inilah yang paling ditakuti oleh BN kerana dihari Penamaan calon sahaja mereka telah dimalukan sebegitu rupa.

Bayangkan kehadiran penyokong PR di Bukit Gantang sahaja mencecah lebih 50,000 orang. Sedangkan penyokong BN hanya dalam lingkungan 5 ke 6 ribu orang sahaja. Sudah tentulah semangat mereka akan jatuh dihari penamaan calon lagi.

2) Kekalahan demi kekalahan.

Umum mengetahui dalam keempat-empat pilihanraya yang dijalankan BN mengalami kekalahan demi kekalahan. Walaupun mereka menang di DUN Batang Ai yang kita ketahui bagitu mudah sekali mereka memanipulasi peti undi.

Kekalahan yang BN alami juga agak luar biasa, kerana majoriti undi yang dimenangi PR di keempat-empat PRK meningkat. Ini adalah petanda jelas yang rakyat semakin menolak BN. Perkembangan ini merisaukan mereka kerana bertambahnya rakyat yang menolak mereka.

Malah dalam PRK Kuala Terengganu yang dahulunya dimenangi UMNO dalam PRU12 juga jatuh ketangan PR,dengan majoriti yang meningkat. Ini menunjukkan tiada lagi kawasan selamat bagi mereka kerana di kubu mereka sendiri pun BN tewas kepada PR.

Apatah lagi jika DUN Perak dibubarkan dengan Perkembangan terkini yang lebih memihak kepada PR, sudah tentulah banyak kawasan-kawasan yang dimenangi UMNO/BN dalam PRU 12 akan dapat di tawan oleh PR. Dan perlu diingatkan bahawa ada kawasan-kawasan tertentu, UMNO menang dengan hanya Majoriti di bawah 500 undi.

3) Belum dapat modal PRU 12 lalu.

Kita sedia maklum BN akan mempergunakan berbagai jentera kerajaan malahan wang ringgit akan ditaburkan dalam PRU atau PRK.

Sedangkan kita tidak tahu selepas PRU atau PRK mereka akan mengambil balik modal yang mereka tanam dalam PRU atau PRK melalui projek-projek yang mereka dapat apabila mereka berkuasa.

Semasa Pilihanraya, mereka akan mengeluarkan balik Modal berupa wang ringgit untuk dilaburkan dan untuk mengaburi mata pengundi supaya menyokong mereka.

Sedangkan rakyat yang celik tahu dari mana datangnya sumber wang tersebut, kalau bukan wang rakyat sendiri. Dengan wang itulah mereka membayar upah poster, upah pekerja, upah kempen dan memberikan sumbangan kononnya mereka prihatin. walhal itu adalah rasuah politik yang nyata sekali.

Sebab itulah apabila mereka kalah, mereka akan melalak mencari kesalahan kerajaan PR disebabkan polisi pemberian kontrak yang tidak memihak kepada mereka.

Walaupun polisi itu menguntungkan rakyat contoh seperti isu sampah di Selangor dan Isu Pengambilan Pengurusan Air oleh kerajaan Selangor, yang mendapat tentangan hebat dari NGO-NGO yang kita ketahui adalah Pro BN.

Sebab itulah apabila mereka mendapat kuasa di Perak mereka bermati-matian mempertahankannya, walaupun jalan yang mereka pilih adalah salah disisi undang-undang. Tetapi mereka langgar juga demi mendapatkan balik modal yang mereka hilang semasa kejatuhan BN di Perak dalam PRU-12 lalu.

Jika mereka nafikan, mari kita cabar mereka isytiharkan harta setiap Pimpinan BN seperti yang di lakukan oleh kerajaan PR Selangor.

4) Takut berhadapan dengan rakyat.

BN sekarang amat memahami yang mereka sememangnya akan ditolak oleh rakyat dalam PRK lebih-lebih lagi apabila berlaku Krisis Politik Perak. Kata-kata Tun Mahatir juga telah mengambarkan kekalahan yang akan dialami BN jika Pilihanraya diadakan di Negeri Perak.

Krisis yang berlaku ini menyebabkan rakyat Perak berada dalam kekalutan, di mana mereka masih keliru mengenai status kerajaan yang layak memerintah Perak sekarang. Ini kerana kedua-dua pihak sama ada PR atau BN masing-masing mempunyai kerajaan yang tidak kukuh dan masing-masing tidak mahu mengalah.

Dalam hal ini rakyatlah yang sepatutnya menjadi hakim. Sepatutnya DUN dibubarkan dan memberi mereka pilihan memilih kerajaan yang disukai. Nada yang sama di mainkan oleh PR inilah yang menyebabkan rakyat lebih memihak kepada PR.

Sedangkan dalam masa yang sama BN masih meneruskan dasar memepertahankan kuasa mereka tanpa mengambil kira pandangan rakyat jelata. Mereka menggunakan berbagai cara yang umum ketahui amat biadap dengan menggunakan Polis sebagai pelindung mereka.

Faktor inilah yang menyebabkan rakyat semakin marah dan meluat kepada BN. Inilah masalah BN nanti apabila mereka akan berhadapan dengan rakyat sekirannya ditakdirkan Pilihanraya diadakan.

Buktinya sehingga ke hari ini ceramah PR di Perak telah mendapat sambutan yang hangat, dengan kehadiran berpuluh ribu rakyat untuk mendengar Penjelasan dari PR.

Sedangkan dalam masa yang sama BN masih lagi belum berani memberikan sebarang penjelasan kepada rakyat dan Program penerangannya juga masih tidak kelihatan, kerana mereka sedar situasi rakyat ketika ini yang sangat marah dengan tindakan mereka.

Mereka saat ini hanya selesa mengadakan sidang akhbar sahaja. Itulah tanda ketakutan BN yang sangat jelas sekali dapat dilihat. Malah Tinjauan yang diadakan oleh berbagai pihak termasuk NTV7 mengatakan majoriti rakyat Perak mahukan DUN di bubarkan.

5) Isu-isu yang lebih memihak PR.

Selepas PRU12,BN dilihat semakin layu dengan berbagai Isu yang melanda mereka.Isu berkenaan telah menyebabkan kapal BN semakin parah dipukul gelombang yang berpunca masalah dalaman mereka sendiri.

Isu perebutan kuasa PM antara Najib dan Pak Lah hampir-hampir menimbulkan keretakan yang besar jika tidak kerana kesudian Pak Lah meletak jawatan. Itu pun setelah Pak Lah disalahkan kerana menjadi punca kekalahan besar BN dalam PRU12 yang lalu. Tetapi yang pelik BN masih lagi kalah dalam PRK yang diadakan selepas itu.

Bebagai isu pula bertali arus melanda BN seperti pergeseran UMNO Bukit Bendera dengan Gerakan P.Pinang.

Isu komisen Kapal selam, Pembunuhan Altantuya, Rasuah dalam Pemilihan UMNO yang mana menyaksikan Ketua Pemudanya yang di sahkan rasuah menang dalam jawatan tersebut. Isu hampir 1000 lapuran rasuah dalam pemilihan UMNO yang tidak disiasat.

Malah Isu ADUN lompat juga telah mengaibkan nama UMNO sendiri apabila dua daripada tiga ADUN tersebut mempunyai kes mahkamah atas tuduhan yang UMNO sendiri dakwa dahulu. Isu ADUN inilah yang menyebabkan keadaan kucar-kacir di Perak sekarang ini.

Isu PPSMI yang mendapat tentangan golongan Sasterawan Negara sehingga rakyat bangkit membantah dengan mengadakan himpunan aman yang dihadiri lebih kurang 100,00 rakyat yang cintakan Bahasa Melayu.

Malah golongan ini berjuang pula diatas pentas bersama-sama PR yang tentunya memberikan kelebihan kepada PR itu sendiri.

Malah isu kemelesetan ekonomi juga menggangu BN, kerana rakyat melihat BN masih lagi terkapai-kapai dalam mengatur kembali ekonomi negara malahan krisis ekonomi tersebut semakin buruk melanda sekarang ini.Sehingga beribu-ribu warga Malaysia hilang pekerjaan.

Sudah tentulah isu-isu ini memihak kepada PR, ditambah dengan beberapa Program- programnya yang mendapat sokongan padu rakyat. Seperti program-program kebajikan yang diusahakan di setiap negeri yang di perintah PR seperti yang kita sedia maklum.

Isu-isu inilah yang akan memeningkan kepala dan memberikan tekanan kepada BN. sebaliknya memberikan kelebihan kepada PR apabila berhadapan dengan rakyat jika berlakunya PRK DUN Perak nanti.

6) Faktor Najib.

Ramai dikalangan ahli UMNO mengatakan Pak Lah adalah Punca kekalahan BN dalam PRU-12. Sedangkan mereka tidak sedar faktor kekalahan BN bukanlah berpunca dari Pak Lah seorang sahaja.

Jika dibandingkan Najib dengan Pak Lah, kita dapat lihat kepimpinan Pak Lah tidaklah seteruk Najib. Kelemahan Pak Lah adalah kerana suka tidur dan memimpin sambil lewa sahaja tetapi harus kita akui Beliau antara Pemimpin UMNO yang sangat kurang terpalit dengan skandal. Malah beliau dilantik dalam keadaan yang tidak terpalit dengan skandal.

Malah kejatuhannya bukanlah disebabkan beliau sendiri tetapi kerana kelakuan menantunya iaitu Khairy Jamaluddin yang lebih sudu dari kuah. Walhal Pak Lah adalah pemimpin UMNO yang dibawah kepimpinannya tidak terlalu kasar tindakan terhadap rakyat mahupun pembangkang.

Ini berbeza dengan Najib yang mula-mula dilantik sudah terpalit dengan berbagai skandal, malah bertindak keras terhadap rakyat dan pembangkang. Malah perlantikan beliau sendiri menimbulkan kecurigaan rakyat apabila tiada satu pun ucapan tahniah diterima daripada seluruh dunia.

Dalam masa yang sama, beliau dikutuk pula dengan laporan akhbar di 19 buah negara yang mengaitkan beliau dengan Pembunuhan Altantuya.

Ini menumbulkan keraguan kerana sehingga ke hari ini, beliau langsung tidak bertindak keatas akhbar tersebut malahan bersikap berdiam diri seperti seorang yang bersalah.

Pada mula memegang jawatan beliau mengumpan dengan membebaskan beberapa tahanan ISA. tetapi beberapa hari kemudian berlakulah pula pesta tangkapan yang bermotifkan politik. Malah pentadbirannya dikatakan dikuasai pengaruh Tun Mahathir yang cukup dikenali sebagai perosak sistem Pentadbiran di negara kita.

Ini menimbulkan kebencian rakyat dan mereka menyatakan kemarahan mereka dengan kekalahan BN di Bukit Gantang dan Bukit Selambau.

Malah jika dalam PRU-12 Undi Melayu memihak kepada BN di Zaman Pak Lah, tetapi di Zaman Najib Undi Melayu kepada BN semakin pupus dan berpihak kepada PR, Malah Undi Melayu meningkat pula kepada PR. Ini dibuktikan di PRK Permatang Pauh, PRK kuala Terengganu Dan PRK Bukit Gantang kubu kuat orang Melayu.

Maka Najiblah sebenarnya Punca kekalahan BN, kerana bukan sahaja sokongan orang Melayu semakin merosot. Malah pengundi bukan melayu pun telah menolak BN sejak PRU-12 lagi.

Jadi kesimpulannya disini dapatlah kita tafsirkan bahawa sememangnya jika dilihat kepada hujah-hujah diatas, BN sekarang ini memang layaklah untuk berasa fobia menghadapi Pilihanraya.

Tetapi harus di ingat, kuasa BN akan tamat juga. Apabila sampai masanya kita mengadakan PRU ke 13, yang mana di masa itu BN takkan dapat memberikan seribu alasan lagi, demi menyelamatkan diri dari menghadapi Pilihanraya.

Wassalam

Pakatan rubbishes Dr M’s call for assembly to vote out Nizar

By Wong Choon Mei

Pakatan Rakyat leaders have rubbished a recommendation by ex-premier Mahathir Mohamad to call for a state assembly sitting to vote out PAS leader Nizar Jamaluddin as Menteri Besar.

“He should be more responsible in what he says,” Gopeng MP Lee Boon Chye told Suara Keadilan. “The High Court has ruled that Nizar is the rightful Menteri Besar. This means that all decisions made by Zambry with effect from Feb 6 onwards are illegal, including the May 7 sitting.

“If Umno were to call for a sitting now, they would have to go through the proper Speaker, which is still Sivakumar. There are also 10 assemblymen, one of whom is Zambry, who are still suspended by the House committee of special privileges.”

Knowing that his protege, Prime Minister Najib Razak, may suffer stinging losses if fresh election were to be held in northwestern Perak state, Mahathir had scorned the notion of going back to the people.

Mahathir, who himself was investigated for judge-rigging, also advised against using the courts to seek a solution. He referred to the public uproar over a recent string of controversial rulings in relation to the Perak crisis. Malaysian courts are notorious for succumbing to political pressure.

Instead, the former Umno strongman urged his party to call for another assembly sitting to force through a no-confidence motion to knock out the immensely popular Nizar.

On May 7, Umno assemblymen convened an explosive assembly sitting where after failing to get their way, they used physical force to eject the Speaker V Sivakumar from the legislative hall. Media coverage of the event, which they tried to bar, captured on film the wild and lawless methods used to suppress their rivals from the Pakatan.

“The outcome is a foregone conclusion. So why should we have fresh elections ?“ Mahathir said, adding that it was also costly to hold fresh polls.

Costly? Let the people have the full figures, then see what they say!

Both Mahathir and Najib have been citing unnecessary costs as a main reason why Malaysians should not demand clean and fair election.

Yet political watchers point it would cost Perak and indeed the rest of the nation much more not to hold fresh polls immediately. They also point to the huge amounts already spent by Najib, when he engineered the coup d’etat that toppled the Pakatan administration in Perak.

With the consent of the Sultan, Najib had installed Umno leader Zambry Kadir as chief minister to replace Nizar. And to increase the 28 seats held by his Umno-BN coalition, he persuaded three former Pakatan assemblymen to defect.

“I think everyone in Perak has heard the story of how RM25 million was paid to one of the assemblymen and RM10 million each to the other two. This alone comes up to RM45 million and we are still wondering, was there any other sums paid to other parties?,” said a political watcher following the case.

“We really should put it to Malaysians now. Let them decide which is more costly. And whether it is justified.”

Who really has the numbers?

In March, the House committee of special privileges had barred Zambry, six of his executive councillors and three former former Pakatan assemblymen - Hee Yit Foong, Mohd Osman Jailu and Jamaluddin Radzi - from legislative sittings for between 12 and 18 months.

In April, the Federal Court in two highly controversial decisions ruled that Sivakumar did not have the power to suspend the 10 of them.

But as the Pakatan has repeatedly announced - and which the Umno-BN media has kept suppressing - the suspension did not come from Sivakumar, but from the House. As such, both court declarations were wrong in their facts and could not be applied, they explained.

This would leave the Pakatan with 28 seats over the Umno-BN’s 21 in the 59-seat assembly.

“It is the BN press that keeps repeating it is the Umno that has the numbers. What numbers? Siva was acting in his capacity as head of the committee and Dewan and the suspension was issued by the House. It was the Umno lawyers who bungled. This is the plain and simple fact,” said Boon Chye.

Judge Ramly Mohd Ali and his one-man panel decision

All eyes are now on Monday’s court hearing, where Nizar has filed a suit to set aside a stay of execution granted to Zambry by Court of Appeal judge Ramly Mohd Ali, who sat as a one-man panel instead of as part of a traditional three-member bench.

Ramly’s decision - which reeked of bias towards the Umno - has been slammed left, right and centre by his own legal fraternity, who condemned both the federal government and Chief Justice Zaki Azmi, who himself is an Umno leader, for tarnishing the judiciary’s image.

Said Boon Chye: “We can only hope the court will be more independent and deliver justice. Nizar was always MB as the High Court has already declared. This means Zambry was an illegal usurper from Feb 6 onwards. How then can Zambry apply and worst still, get a stay? On what basis?

“Zambry was never MB for a single day. How can he just walk in and demand to be made MB, which is what the stay has effectively done - made Zambry the MB!

“Just as importantly, Malaysians must ask, on what basis did the Court of Appeal judge Ramly allow this? He must be accountable as our entire system of justice must be accountable. Nobody should be let off the hook.”

Source : Suara Keadilan

Pakatan menang jika p'raya di Perak

Oleh Andrew Ong

Tidak perlu pilihanraya negeri Perak untuk menyelesaikan perebutan kuasa antara Barisan Nasional dengan Pakatan Rakyat yang berlarutan sejak Februari lalu, kata mantan perdana menteri.

Jika ia diadakan, kata Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Pakatan Rakyat akan memenanginya dan sebab itu tidak perlu BN memanggil satu pilihanraya negeri.

Pilihanraya negeri itu, tambahnya, hanya membazirkan wang rakyat.

"Inilah tanggapan saya. Saya tidak membuat sebarang tinjauan.

"Hanya tanggapan selepas keputusan di (pilihanraya kecil) Bukit Gantang dan macam-macam lagi, dan juga dengan bercakap dengan orang lain," katanya di Cyberjaya hari ini.

Dr Mahathir merujuk kemenangan besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, menteri besar Pakatan di Perak, di kerusi parlimen tersebut pada 7 April lalu.

Nizar sekarang terus bertarung untuk mendapatkan jawatannya itu daripada menteri besar BN Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir selepas tiga ADUN Pakatan berpaling tadah, awal Februari lalu.

Sumber : Malaysiakini

Krisis MB: Che Det Kata Apa..? - malaysiakini

Sila baca dan fahamkan betul-betul......wahai ahli United Munafikun National Organization

* Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad berkata, Perlembagaan Persekutuan secara jelas menyatakan Yang di-Pertuan Agong tidak boleh memecat seseorang Perdana Menteri.

* Bekas Perdana Menteri berpendapat, perkara yang sama diaplikasikan di negeri-negeri iaitu raja tidak boleh menyingkirkan ketua kerajaan melainkan terdapat undi tidak percaya.

* Bagaimanapun beliau tidak merujuk perkara itu kepada kes di Perak sebaliknya menyerahkan kepada mahkamah berhubung pengesahan pelantikan Datuk Seri Dr. Zambry Abd. Kadir sebagai Menteri Besar yang baru.

* "Raja tidak boleh menolak untuk tidak melantik seseorang Perdana Menteri tetapi baginda tidak boleh memecat apabila sudah membuat pelantikan sehinggalah ada undi tidak percaya.

* "Saya fikir peraturan itu juga terpakai di negeri-negeri tetapi dalam kes Perak mungkin ada undang-undang lain, jadi ini saya boleh diperbetulkan," katanya.

* Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang akhbar selepas menyampaikan ucaptama pada siri wacana perdana bertajuk Peranan Eksekutif, Legislatif, Kehakiman dan Raja Berperlembagaan dalam pemerintahan di Malaysia di Yayasan Kepimpinan Perdana di sini hari ini.

* Mengulas mengenai krisis politik di Perak, Dr. Mahathir yang memimpin negara selama 22 tahun melihat Barisan Nasional (BN) tergesa-gesa bertindak mengambil alih kerajaan negeri itu daripada pakatan pembangkang.

* "Saya lihat begitu, ia agak tergesa-gesa. Mungkin mereka membuat sesuatu yang betul, tetapi ia agak terburu-buru," katanya.

* Dr. Mahathir menjelaskan, orang ramai perlu mengambil iktibar daripada apa yang telah berlaku di Perak iaitu mereka tidak seharusnya bertindak tergesa-gesa dalam membuat keputusan.

* "Sesuatu perkara itu mesti dipertimbangkan secara betul sebelum keputusan dibuat.

* "Ini kerana apabila kita dalam keadaan terlalu tergopoh-gapah, kita selalunya membuat silap, jadi dalam situasi apa sekali pun, sentiasalah ambil sedikit masa untuk berfikir," katanya.

* Kepada soalan adakah beliau merasakan Sultan Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah telah menyalahgunakan keistimewaan baginda berhubung kes politik di Perak, Dr. Mahathir menyerahkan kepada mahkamah untuk membuat keputusan.

* "Saya tidak mahu membuat keputusan tentang perkara ini. Biasanya apabila sesuatu perkara dirujuk kepada mahkamah, kita akan menutup mulut," katanya.

* Beliau juga enggan mengulas sama ada pilihan raya di seluruh Perak perlu diadakan bagi menyelesaikan krisis politik di negeri itu.

Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak dah mcm rojak petis,tempoyak,belacan.....Sistem Demokrasi korang dah cabul,rogol,bunuh dsb....Rakyat suruh bubar dun tak mau....laa ni..dah jd Dewan Raja Lawak...hahahahaha...

Penanti : Mansor Othman akhirnya terpilih...tahniah

Anwar picks Mansor Othman for Penanti by-election

By Wong Choon Mei


Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has named Mansor Othman, the Penang Parti Keadilan Rakyat deputy chief, as the Pakatan Rakyat candidate in the Penanti by-election due to be polled on May 31.

“Even though it is in Permatang Pauh, our stronghold, we shall not be complacent, arrogant and take things for granted. We must work harder to achieve a big win,” Anwar told a crowd of thousands at the Yayasan Aman in Penanti late on Tuesday night.

He also said Mansor would be selected as the PKR nominee for the Penang deputy chief minister (I) post if he won the state seat.

Mansor was formerly Anwar’s political secretary and has worked as a lecturer with Universiti Sains Malaysia.

News reports have tagged the 56-year old as the favourite to be picked as the coalition’s candidate after PKR president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail withdrew his nomination for a senatorship in the Penang state assembly at the eleventh hour.

“No reason was given in the letter but I know why,” Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng had said with a smile at a press conference held earlier in the day.

Both Penanti and the DCM post fell vacant when another PKR leader, Fairus Khairuddin, resigned amid a cloud of corruption allegations. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has cleared Fairus of any wrongdoing, but he is adamant to stick to his decision to quit.

As Najib ponders on whether to contest, the EC gets busy changing the rules

Located on the mainland, Penanti boasts a picturesque expanse of padi fields, with rubber and palm oil plantations dotting the constituency. It is made up of little villages with a smattering of commercial activities. Most of the residents are industrial workers and small businessmen.

In the 2008 general election, first-timer Fairus had thumped his Umno rival with a majority of 2,219 votes. He obtained 7,346 votes versus Abdul Jalil Abdul Majid’s 5,127. 73 percent or 11,296 voters are Malay, 24 percent or 3,732 are Chinese, and 2 percent or 371 are Indian.

Mansor, who had contested for the Pulau Betong seat, lost by 294 votes to Umno’s Muhammad Farid Saad.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Najib Razak is still undecided if Umno should take part in the Penanti contest. Nevertheless, despite wishing to avoid further electoral losses - having been beaten in four out of the past five by-elections - Najib is expected to field a candidate all the same.

To not do so would further invite criticism of cowardice - not so much from Pakatan, which has more to benefit if Najib abstained - but from within his party’s own rank and file.

Najib’s mentor, ex-premier Mahathir Mohamad, has urged greater fighting spirit and his son Mukhriz, the Jerlun MP and deputy international trade minister, today followed up with another call to the PM not to forsake the Penanti election.

“I believe it is good that we contest because we have plenty of supporters in Penanti and we do not want to disappoint them. Even though there are rumors that we are bound to lose but we take advantage as an underdogs and ask the voters in Penanti to vote for us,” Mukhriz said.

But despite Mukhriz taking the high moral ground, Pakatan leaders have already lashed out at the Election Commission for suddenly changing election rules to favour the Umno-BN.

On Monday, the EC banned the pondok panas or makeshift operation centres set up by political parties outside polling stations to help out voters.

“The ban is not consistent with the law and more shockingly, it is against their earlier stand,” said PKR vice president Sivarasa Rasiah.

Sumber : Suara Keadilan

BN wajar calon Dr Mahathir tanding di Dun Penanti

Oleh Ramli Yamat

BESUT, 27 April (Hrkh) - Umno wajar mencalonkan Tun Mahathir Mohamad bertanding pada pilihan raya kecil Dewan Undangan (Dun) Penanti 31 Mei depan memandangkan mantan perdana menteri itu ghairah mahu Barisan Nasional menyertai pilihan raya terbabit.

Anggota Parlimen Machang, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail berkata, pemilihan Dr Mahathir sebagai calon BN sesuai kerana pengaruhnya sudah ada dalam kepemimpinan Dato' Seri Najib Razak sekarang.

"Oleh kerana Dr Mahathir bersungguh-sungguh meminta BN menyertai pilihan raya kecil tersebut walaupun Najib membayangkan BN mungkin tidak akan bertanding," katanya pada ceramah di Markaz PAS Dun Hulu Besut, baru-baru ini.

Bekas Perdana Menteri keempat itu sebelum ini mahu BN meletak calon pada pilihan raya kecil berkenaan tersebut.

Sedangkan Perdana Menteri baru mahu BN mengkaji sama ada menyertai atau tidak pilihan raya kecil Dun Penanti yang dianggap membazirkan duit.

Kenyataan Najib itu turut disokong Presiden Gerakan, Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon dan beberapa lagi pemimpin BN lain.

Kata Saifuddin pertama kali dalam sejarah negara apabila BN mengeluarkan kenyataan tidak berminat untuk menyertai pilihan raya kecil semenjak lebih 50 tahun memerintah negara ini.

Dun Penanti terletak di kawasan Parlimen Pemantang Pauh yang diwakili Penasihat Parti KeADIlan Rakyat, Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Manakala Dun Permatang Pasir diwakili PAS (Hamdan Abdul Rahman) dan Dun Seberang Jaya dimenangi melalui Dato' Arif Shah Omar Shah.

Turut hadir pada ceramah tersebut, penceramah bebas Ustaz Hamid Derani, Pengerusi MTD Dun Hulu Besut, Salahuddin Jaafar dan bekas calon PAS DUN Besut Ustaz Mohd Zain Hassan. - mj _

Sumber : Harakahdaily

Penghakiman kes Speaker Dun Perak, mahkamah salah masuk?

Oleh Tarmizi Mohd Jam

KUALA LUMPUR, 20 April (Hrkh) - Dalam membuat keputusan yang menghukumkan Speaker V. Sivakumar tidak mempunyai kuasa menggantung Dato Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, Mahkamah Persekutuan mengambil sikap yang berbeza dengan keputusan mahkamah sebelum ini yang mengambil kira kedudukan Perkara 72(1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

Kata Prof. Dr Abdul Aziz Bari ketika ditanya mengenai permohonan 10 perintah yang belum kesemuanya dikeluarkan. Perkara 72(1), kata Aziz, jelas memberi imuniti kepada prosiding dewan.

"Oleh kerana Tan Sri Alauddin Sheriff masih belum memberikan penghakiman bertulis, sebenarnya kita masih kabur. Tetapi ini mungkin dibangkitkan oleh peguam Sivakumar dalam prosiding di mahkamah berkenaan," katanya lagi.

Apa pun, kata pakar perlembagaan itu, keputusan mahkamah dalam kes-kes terdahulu seperti Lim Cho Hock (1979), Tun Datu Haji Mustapha (1986) dan Haji Salleh bin Jafarudin (1986) menjunjung peruntukan dan semangat Perkara 72(1) yang tidak membenarkan mahkamah menyentuh perjalanan dewan.

"Ini menyebabkan ramai yang terpinga-pinga dengan keputusan mahkamah berkenaan, sebab itu jelas menyalahi sesuatu yang telah termaktub dan diamalkan," kata beliau.

Aziz juga menimbulkan persoalan tentang kedudukan perintah-perintah yang dipohon itu di sisi undang-undang. Katanya mahkamah tidak boleh mempersoalkan kewajaran tindakan badan perundangan.

"Sebab itu mahkamah enggan membincangkan soal apakah sesuatu undang-undang itu adil atau sebaliknya", tambahnya.

Beliau berkata mahkamah, dalam melakukan semakan kehakiman, selalunya menangani soal bidang kuasa.

"Selagi sesuatu undang-undang itu masih di dalam bidang kuasa dewan berkenaan maka mahkamah akan melaksanakan undang-undang itu biar bagaimana tidak adil sekalipun", katanya.

Perintah-perintah seperti injuksi dan seumpamanya selalunya dikeluarkan ke atas badan-badan atau agensi yang diwujudkan oleh badan perundangan, baik parlimen maupun DUN.

"Jadi saya berasa musykil bagaimana peguam berkenaan boleh memohon supaya mahkamah mengeluarkan perintah ke atas speaker yang merupakan sebahagian daripada dewan", tambah Aziz.

Beliau berkata perintah juga boleh dikeluarkan ke atas menteri tetapi tidak ke atas kabinet yang merupakan badan eksekutif.

"Jadi keputusan Mahkamah Persekutuan di Perak ini amat ganjil kerana ia tidak selaras dengan peruntukan perlembagaan dan amalan yang telah berjalan selama ini".

Aziz juga menimbulkan sikap salah seorang hakim Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin yang bersetuju dengan Tan Sri Alauddin Sheriff. Kata Aziz ini tidak konsisten kerana di dalam kes Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (2006) Zulkefli tidak memberi perhatian kepada soal prosedur yang dibangkitkan oleh Anwar dalam pemecatannya oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad pada 1998.

"Dalam kes saman Anwar ke atas Mahathir itu Zulkefli merujuk kepada kuasa mutlak Perdana Menteri. Sepatutnya dalam kes Sivakumar ini Zulkefli harus mengambil pendekatan yang sama dan menentang keputusan Alauddin dan tiga hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan yang lain," katanya.

Aziz berkata kes-kes perlembagaan perlu ditangani dengan prioriti yang betul; soal prosedur harus tidak menjadi halangan kepada isu pokok.

"Prosedur dan isu teknikal bertujuan membantu dan meregulisasi bukan menafikan hak," tegasnya lagi.- TMJ_

Sumber : Harakahdaily

With Penanti, Najib tries to avoid Perak polls

By Wong Choon Mei

Even as Prime Minister Najib Razak says he may back down from contesting the Penanti by-election in Penang, political pundits are warning that it is a trick and he is trying to hoodwink the nation once again. There is also fear that his advisers may plot a reprisal of the May 13, 1969 incident as its 40th anniversary approaches.

Najib’s real objective, the pundits said, is to prevent snap election in Perak at all costs, although three-quarters of the people there want a fresh mandate to determine who they really want to lead their state.

After all, they reasoned, what is Penanti to Najib anyway? A mere state seat with an electorate of just 15,421 and located deep in the Malay heartland to boot. Victory for Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim and his Pakatan Rakyat is already a foregone conclusion.

But Perak is different. The former tin-mining state is a matter of ‘face’ for Najib. There is where on Feb 5, with the help of the Palace, he schemed a power grab that toppled the Pakatan Rakyat state government.

By abusing the might of the federal apparatus and bullying institutions like the police and the courts, he convinced the Sultan to ignore the Pakatan’s request for fresh state-wide polls and thereby, got his Umno-BN line-up made the new state administration.

This despite both coalitions having an equal 28 seats in the legislative assembly, with the status of three dubious independent assemblymen in still question. Perhaps this is also the reason why till now, his hand-picked chief minister Zambry Kadir has failed to gain the acceptance of the Perak people, even though the Sultan has tried to help by lavishing state decorations on him.

Because they lacked the legitimacy that can only come with being chosen by the people, Zambry and Najib have resorted to all ways and means to stay in power in Perak. Even to the extent of using foul means to fend off the barrage of legal suits filed against them by the Pakatan and vice-versa.

At one point, they actually dared to stop so low as to try to deny the Speaker of the assembly, V Sivakumar, the right to appoint his own counsel to represent him in the courts.

How to regain the respect of Malaysians if you keep on bluffing

It is no surprise then that public confidence has wore thin and few believe what they read in the BN-controlled media anymore. The series of declarations that Najib and Zambry have squeezed from the Federal Court were slammed left, right and centre by the legal fraternity.

Little better than cheating, their moves have made the entire national legal system a mockery, plunging it into such disrepute that it will indeed take long years and major repair before Malaysians can bring themselves to trust local laws once again. What more overseas investors?

“Out of desperation, Umno may say anything except the truth. What are the core truths of the Federal Court’s decisions? Let us share the truths which have been conveniently buried by Umno,” said prominent lawyer and PAS leader Hanipa Maidin.

“The truth is that out of 10 court orders sought by Zambry and his six exco members, only two orders were granted. The truth is that the Federal Court did not grant the other eight orders prayed for by Zambry and his six exco members in their summons against Sivakumar. These eight orders have been hidden from the public knowledge.

“The truth is that, despite the fact the court invalidated the decision of Sivakumar in suspending Zambry and his six exco members from attending the assembly for a period of 18 months and 12 months, respectively, the Federal Court also at one fell swoop refused to grant a declaratory order allowing Zambry and the exco to attend and participate in all of the proceedings in the assembly.

“Without this crucial court order, one fails to understand the basis on which Zambry’s lawyers have formed an opinion that Zambry et al could enter the assembly without any legal impediments blocking their entry.”
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Zambry needs to reconvene the state assembly by May 13, the deadline he has to conform to after the assembly adjourned sine die in November. Otherwise, the assembly will be automatically dissolved, paving the way for what the Perak people have been praying for - fresh polls!

And this is what Najib does not want. Thus, his bold-faced bluff and those by his Umno lawyers. Sadly for them, few - not just in Perak but the rest of the nation - believe in what they have to say anymore.

Theirs has actually been the dumbest of strategies - to think so poorly of the public’s intellect, or that they can keep bulldozing their way through by persistently abusing the federal apparatus without sparking nationwide resentment and distrust.

Even Najib’s mentor Mahathir Mohamad believes he blundered in the northwestern state. And as Pakatan Menteri Besar Nizar Jamaluddin said soon after the infamous Feb 5 coup, Perak could well be Najib’s political grave.

Will Najib reprise May 13?

As the 40th anniversary of May 13 approaches, rumors are rife that Najib and his advisers are plotting to reprise that black day, when Chinese and Malays clashed in the streets of Kuala Lumpur. But this time in Perak, and not just between the two races, given that Umno no longer has sole control over the Malays.

Hundreds had died in 1969, although the official count was a suspiciously low 196. Many of the dead had been quickly buried in the KL General Hospital grounds in unmarked graves.

At that time, Umno leaders led by Najib’s father - the second prime minister Abdul Razak - used the riots to impose emergency rule.

Again quickly to mask what was essentially a power grab, they introduced aggressive affirmative action policies favouring the Malays. The New Economic Policy, which was intended to eradicate poverty among all ethnic groups, was abused by the Umno regime and used as a cornerstone for their race-based politics.

“I hope Najib won’t be so foolish as to try to repeat what was a grave mistake of the past. It will destroy his Malaysia concept overnight,” said Ramon Navaratnam, the former president of Transparency International and government servant who helped author the NEP.

“Times have changed. Umno is no longer in sole control of the Malays, there is PAS and Anwar. If May 13 happens again, it will be the Malays who will lose the most, not the Chinese or the Indians. The Malays are now the biggest stakeholders in the economy and they actually stand to gain the most if the democratic process is further developed, allowing growth to continue.

“The only thing that is holding our nation back is the government’s refusal to recognise and respect the will of the people. We must get rid of this Ketuanan mentality - not just Ketuanan Melayu but Ketuanan Umno or Ketuanan BN or even Ketuanan Pakatan Rakyat.

“The people must be allowed to choose and decide which government they want and our institutions must be fiercely independent and developed to the point that they can take with ease the change of political governments - just like Japan, the US, Britain.”

Sumber : Suara Keadilan