Antara Kuasa, Kemenangan dan Perjuangan
Posted by Super Admin
Thursday, 13 March 2008
Alahamdulillah kita menang di Kedah dan mengekalkan Kelantan dengan cemerlang. Adalah tugas dan tanggungjawab kita untuk melaksanakan segala janji-janji manifesto dan perjuangan yang telah kita tanamkan bukan sahaja kepada pengundi tetapi juga ahli-ahli jamaah.
Namun di Pulau Pinang, Perak dan Selangor, kita hanyalah parti minoriti yang sedang diperhatikan oleh orang Islam, terutamanya orang Melayu. Apakah demi kuasa dan kedudukan kita akan mengorbankan kepentingan orang melayu dan orang Islam?
Sebagai orang Melayu yang percaya Pas adalah alternatif kepada UMNO, saya tidak mahu melihat hak-hak kepentingan dan kedudukan kuasa politik Melayu di negeri-negeri ini terutamanya di Selangor dan Perak akan dijadikan bahan ejekan.
Apa relevannya Pas mencalonkan diri untuk Menjadi Menteri Besar di Perak sedangkan kita hanya menang 7 kerusi DUN berbanding DAP 18 kerusi? Apakah kita mahu menjadi Menteri Besar boneka kepada DAP?
Memang benar kita menyampah dan benci dengan UMNO, tetapi apakah rasional kita sebagai orang Islam lebih sanggup mengadakan perjanjian dengan DAP yang terang-terangan menentang kedudukan istimewa Islam di Malaysia?
Apakah kita lebih sanggup bekerjasama dengan DAP sehingga memberi jawatan Timbalan Menteri Besar kepada DAP di Selangor?
Ramai pengundi Pas yang mengundi parti ini atas kepercayaan perjuangan dan kedudukan orang Islam lebih penting daripada kuasa, apatah lagi berkompromi dengan DAP. Sedangkan dalam kempen-kempen kita, kita menyatakan kepada pengundi bahawa tiada kerjasama dengan DAP. Di mana maruah dan air muka kita bila berhadapan dengan orang Melayu nanti?
Kita adalah parti minoriti di Selangor dan Perak. Terima hakikat tersebut dan jangan sekali-kali gadaikan kedudukan orang Melayu dan Islam di kedua negeri ini hanya untuk kuasa.
Jangan sampai tercatat dalam sejarah bahawa Pas lah yang bertanggungjawab meruntuhkan status quo orang Islam dan Melayu di kedua-dua negeri ini. - SUARA ISLAH PAS
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Angkat Sumpah MB Perak Ditangguh :Rakyat Kutuk Kit Siang
Angkat Sumpah MB Perak Ditangguh :Rakyat Kutuk Kit Siang PDF Print E-mail
Posted by Erin
Thursday, 13 March 2008
(GB/tranungkite) - Rakyat seluruh negara hari ini kecewa dan mengutuk keras tindakan Lim Kit Siang, Penasihat DAP yang sebelum ini memanggil ahli-ahli dewan undangan negeri daripada Parti Tindakan Demokratik (DAP) untuk memboikot majlis istiadat angkat sumpah Menteri Besar Perak yang baru, Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin daripada PAS.
Ekoran itu, Sultan Perak telah mengambil keputusan istiadat mengangkat sumpah anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri daripada PAS sebagai Menteri Besar Perak yang dijadual berlangsung di Istana Iskandariah, Kuala Kangsar petang ini telah ditangguhkan.
Penangguhan itu diumumkan oleh Datuk Pengelola Bijaya Diraja Datuk Seri Raja Mansor Raja Razman di Istana Iskandariah.
Lim Kit Siang yang biadab lagi celupar itu sekalipun telah menarik balik keputusannya, namun akibat daripada hebahan besar-besaran olewh media arus perdana (cetak dn eletronik) menyebabkan tindakan pemboikotan yang diwarwarkan oleh pemimpin DAP itu telah mendapat liputan meluas sehingga telah menyebabkan keresahan di kalangan rakyat dan juga pihak istana.
Ini bukanlah kali pertama Lim Kit Siang bertindak biadab dan tidak lansung mengindahkan orang Melayu yang berugama Islam yang telah sama-sama berjuang di dalam Barisan Alternaif.
Malah pemerhati politik berpendapat keangkuhan Lim Kit Siang kerana kemenangan besar partinya di dalam pilihanraya umum ke 12 yang baru lalu menyaksikan bahawa beliau telah cuba untuk mempersendakan sentimen malah ada banyak ketikanya mencabar maruah dan kedaulatan sistem beraja khususnya dan seluruh orang Melayu amnya dengan melupakan hakikat bahawa kemenangan besar partinya itu juga adalah sebahagian bsarnya sokongan yang diberikan oleh orang Mealyu yang menyokong PAS dan dari ahli UMNO yang memprotes partinya.
Beliau cuba menjadi jaguh di dalam memperjuangkan hak kaum Cina sedangkan masyarakat kaum Cina sendiri sebenarnya meluat dengan indakan dan sikap Lim Kit Siang yang keterlauan dan emosional itu dan tidak layak untuk menjadi wakil kepada suara kaum Cina di negara ini.
Ini dapat dikesani daripada komentar-komentar yang terdapat di dalam blognya dimana ramai pengunjung blognya itu telah melahirkan kekecewaan yang teramat sangat terhadap tindakan Lim Kit Siang yang dirasakan merupakan ancaman besar terhadap perpaduan yang terjalin di kalangan anggota Barisan Alternatif.
Salah seorang pengunjung blognya pernah menyatakan :
"If DAP starts this internal bickering 3 days after election then I beg you, please let DAP gulung tikar ‘coz it will prove DAP never meant to work with others."
(Jika DAP mula menimbulkan kekecohan dalaman 3 hari selepas pilihanraya, saya ingin menyatakan, sila DAP untuk gulung tikar kerana ia membuktikan DAP tidak mungkin boleh berkejasama dengan orang lain)
"Jelas tindakan Lim Kit Siang itu adalah satu percubaan untuk mewujudkan ketegangan kaum di negara ini dan tentunya seluruh rakyat perlu mengutuk sekeras-kerasnya tindakan biadab lagi angkuh Penasihat DAP itu," tegas seorang pemerhati politik di sini.
Posted by Erin
Thursday, 13 March 2008
(GB/tranungkite) - Rakyat seluruh negara hari ini kecewa dan mengutuk keras tindakan Lim Kit Siang, Penasihat DAP yang sebelum ini memanggil ahli-ahli dewan undangan negeri daripada Parti Tindakan Demokratik (DAP) untuk memboikot majlis istiadat angkat sumpah Menteri Besar Perak yang baru, Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin daripada PAS.
Ekoran itu, Sultan Perak telah mengambil keputusan istiadat mengangkat sumpah anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri daripada PAS sebagai Menteri Besar Perak yang dijadual berlangsung di Istana Iskandariah, Kuala Kangsar petang ini telah ditangguhkan.
Penangguhan itu diumumkan oleh Datuk Pengelola Bijaya Diraja Datuk Seri Raja Mansor Raja Razman di Istana Iskandariah.
Lim Kit Siang yang biadab lagi celupar itu sekalipun telah menarik balik keputusannya, namun akibat daripada hebahan besar-besaran olewh media arus perdana (cetak dn eletronik) menyebabkan tindakan pemboikotan yang diwarwarkan oleh pemimpin DAP itu telah mendapat liputan meluas sehingga telah menyebabkan keresahan di kalangan rakyat dan juga pihak istana.
Ini bukanlah kali pertama Lim Kit Siang bertindak biadab dan tidak lansung mengindahkan orang Melayu yang berugama Islam yang telah sama-sama berjuang di dalam Barisan Alternaif.
Malah pemerhati politik berpendapat keangkuhan Lim Kit Siang kerana kemenangan besar partinya di dalam pilihanraya umum ke 12 yang baru lalu menyaksikan bahawa beliau telah cuba untuk mempersendakan sentimen malah ada banyak ketikanya mencabar maruah dan kedaulatan sistem beraja khususnya dan seluruh orang Melayu amnya dengan melupakan hakikat bahawa kemenangan besar partinya itu juga adalah sebahagian bsarnya sokongan yang diberikan oleh orang Mealyu yang menyokong PAS dan dari ahli UMNO yang memprotes partinya.
Beliau cuba menjadi jaguh di dalam memperjuangkan hak kaum Cina sedangkan masyarakat kaum Cina sendiri sebenarnya meluat dengan indakan dan sikap Lim Kit Siang yang keterlauan dan emosional itu dan tidak layak untuk menjadi wakil kepada suara kaum Cina di negara ini.
Ini dapat dikesani daripada komentar-komentar yang terdapat di dalam blognya dimana ramai pengunjung blognya itu telah melahirkan kekecewaan yang teramat sangat terhadap tindakan Lim Kit Siang yang dirasakan merupakan ancaman besar terhadap perpaduan yang terjalin di kalangan anggota Barisan Alternatif.
Salah seorang pengunjung blognya pernah menyatakan :
"If DAP starts this internal bickering 3 days after election then I beg you, please let DAP gulung tikar ‘coz it will prove DAP never meant to work with others."
(Jika DAP mula menimbulkan kekecohan dalaman 3 hari selepas pilihanraya, saya ingin menyatakan, sila DAP untuk gulung tikar kerana ia membuktikan DAP tidak mungkin boleh berkejasama dengan orang lain)
"Jelas tindakan Lim Kit Siang itu adalah satu percubaan untuk mewujudkan ketegangan kaum di negara ini dan tentunya seluruh rakyat perlu mengutuk sekeras-kerasnya tindakan biadab lagi angkuh Penasihat DAP itu," tegas seorang pemerhati politik di sini.
Barisan "Harapan" Rakyat: It's Your Last Chance! Grow or Get Wiped Out!
Thursday, March 13, 2008 .. Surind ..
Barisan "Harapan" Rakyat: It's Your Last Chance! Grow or Get Wiped Out!
This is a final warning to all & I don't care who you are! Don't Mess With "Barisan Rakyat" (The People's Front) & The Political Tsunami That It (Increasingly) Brings! Hero / flag worship, racial politics & fear mongering is dead! Performance, contribution (giving), consistency, walking the talk, following through on "The People's Declaration" & "being" are all that counts! 5 years will fly... "listen"!
To truly understand politics, the Yang Berhormat's, the Rakyat, the Boss, needs to think like politicians - & yet have enough control & personal security not to completely "go over". There is an element of truth in the famous saying... "It takes one, to know one." If there is one thing this whole fiasco has thought us... be patient & think before you speak! See the big picture & think long-term!
Politics man, politics... do not completely trust any politician! Remember, it is us, the rakyat, whom have to speak up & pressure for systems of checks & balance - "Balance of Powers". We will have "birth pains" in creating BR & we too must walk the talk, for action speaks louder than words ever will.
I'm no political scientist (my degree is in Management), but you don't have to be an unbalanced smart ass to see the truth! Remember that DAP is an old party; & just like any old organisation, there is past (heritage) that it comes along with it. It would most likely have different movements & groups / bandwagons within. Ideologies, mentality, maturity, comfort zones, etc. Evidence... the infighting! & duality that you, or at least "some" see.
Going deeper, I don't like to stereotype & it's not actually an age thing, though you will most likely tend to see more of certain age group in any 1 of the bandwagons mentioned above. To digress a little, I would like to see an end to "Auntie" politics! We have had enough of your Oprah (Chat Show) busy-body, ladies night, cocktail party, gossipy, over emotional, sympathy (vs. empathy), etc. conduct!
We want young, brave, intelligent, courageous, matured & balanced women with some "balls" metaphorically speaking, whom are not afraid to rock the boat! I would like to see more young professional women getting involved in Barisan Rakyat. People like Hannah Yeoh. Dear ladies, if DAP or any other political party marginalises you or you suffer discrimination (like they have done in the past) let us know. Death to "Auntie" politics, especially those whom get nothing done in Parliament!
I would also like to take some time to remember the contributions of V David.
Moving on respectfully, LKS is sharp, with good experience & still shows no signs of slowing down. Having said that, I do think that the older generation in DAP needs to take more of a back bench when it comes to giving statements & addressing the press (PC). Let the young(er) mature guys in DAP handle it, Guan Eng included.
Next... chauvinistic attitudes, blind spots (lack of awareness) & "taking the easy way out", is apparent both in DAP & PAS. Just like any other corporation (corrupt-ration) in this country, whom wants to stay in business (win votes) & keep its customers satisfied. It takes a shock & big smack in the face to wake some of this people / groups up & for them to get out of their comfort zone! We have just demonstrated how we slapped their face, grabbed their balls & moved them to a better place, for our vision to become a reality: Anak Bangsa Malaysia & Barisan Rakyat (The People's Front)!
At this point (in my opinion), I would also like to say that Bahasa "Malaysia & English" is our "Anak Bangsa Malaysia" language! Every other language should take a back seat in this country & highly specialised & globalising learning world / economy that we live in! There is simply not enough time & the ethnic Chinese, Indians, DLL should not be wasting time fighting for Tamil & Chinese schools! We should be working towards (transition stage), only 1 type of school system where these languages & more, should be offered as a full examinable subject. Practice is important & for a child, it is the parents responsibility to use these languages at home. Do not underestimate the importance of this & working towards it!
Moving on, Barisan Rakyat damage control & the group of Malaysians (ethnic Chinese mainly) whom are still anti PAS. Trust me when I say, that we need to have faith in PAS (a moderate group of them within at least), be proactive & empower this group of Malaysians, whom still have these immature feelings in their hearts & thoughts in their minds. A strong, progressive, fair, transparent, accountable & moderate (balanced) PAS, is our only hope in overthrowing UMNO! 2 party system, DAP & PKR merger, & PAS on the other side. A professional, prosperous & harmonious working relationship!
Let's say, I have already looked into my crystal ball & seen our new Perak MB doing a great job in the months & years to come! How... that's my little secret.
Please commit to this & get the ball rolling. Hidup Barisan Rakyat!
from:
Malaysia today
Perak’s Barisan Rakyat will care for all, says new MB
Thursday, 13 March 2008
IPOH: Policies of the new ruling coalition in Perak will not marginalise any one race in the state, newly-appointed Mentri Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said.
Calling the new government “Barisan Rakyat” (People’s Front), he said: “We will take into account the interest of the people when we make decisions or formulate policies.”
“We will not marginalise any community in the state. This is the government of the people, for the people and by the people. We will protect the rights of all races,” he said.
He told a press conference at the PAS headquarters here after being named the ninth Mentri Besar of Perak that the people should not feel worried, unhappy or anxious about the new government and his appointment.
Urging the people to give their full cooperation and support to the new government, Mohammad Nizar said he hoped the people would accept it as the “people’s victory.”
“Please do not harbour any suspicions or doubts about the new government,” he said.
On concerns over the implementation of Islamic rules, he said the policies would take into account the people's interests. - STAR
Excerpt from a comment here:
The Opposition should understand that one of the factors that caused the down fall of BN was not because the Rakyat loved the Opposition so much that it voted for them. It is because the Rakyat hated the BN and would have voted for a ‘Piece of Wood’ if it was nominated as a candidate. I am so sure if UMNO forces Pak Lah and KJ out,if MCA and MIC treatens to pull out of BN if those 2 dont remove themself from the BN, come next election, the Opposition will loose all 4 the states it gained this time.
Therefore, now is the only opportunity for the Opposition to show how well it can work together and put the well being of the Rakyat as the No.1 agenda of each party. This will make them be seen as a true alternative for the Rakyat no matter how much BN changes its ways to appeal to the Rakyat. One must not forget that most part of the Rakyat still loves the BN but not the people in it who have become arrogant over the years. This election was just a punishment to the BN, and by no means a shoe of Love to the Opposition.
Next, the Opposition must remember that the country has lived under the NEP environment for many years. Trying to totally abolish this system all of a sudden is not at all a good idea. It will be like Indonesia when Suharto resigned and democratic values was suddenly introduced. It was a shock to the system. People were going crazy with their new found freedom and this caused a lot of social difficulties. People are not ready for it (although they think there are). It has to be clearly thought out, planned and introduced in small doses.
Hence, the opposition should fucking stop this infighting, racial politics, talk of abolishing the NEP, scare mongerring the non-muslims against PAS, and starting working for the Rakyat. If you guys continue this way, by God you can be sure that come the next election, if BN nominates a ‘Piece of Wood’ (like they normally do) the Rakyat will vote for it just to teach the Opposition a lesson.
Could it be that the DAP was using this as a measure - a cheeky referendum of sorts - to prove to its hardcore supporters and all BRakyat politicans that the rakyat wants a coalition? This way, all three parties can comfortably form the Barisan Rakyat! It could be an Anwar-Kit-Nik Aziz behind-the-scenes plan. If that's even remotely the case, i must say that we have geniuses in our midst.
Excellent, Must Read! from:
Malaysia Today
The Malay Votes DAP!
Barisan "Harapan" Rakyat: It's Your Last Chance! Grow or Get Wiped Out!
This is a final warning to all & I don't care who you are! Don't Mess With "Barisan Rakyat" (The People's Front) & The Political Tsunami That It (Increasingly) Brings! Hero / flag worship, racial politics & fear mongering is dead! Performance, contribution (giving), consistency, walking the talk, following through on "The People's Declaration" & "being" are all that counts! 5 years will fly... "listen"!
To truly understand politics, the Yang Berhormat's, the Rakyat, the Boss, needs to think like politicians - & yet have enough control & personal security not to completely "go over". There is an element of truth in the famous saying... "It takes one, to know one." If there is one thing this whole fiasco has thought us... be patient & think before you speak! See the big picture & think long-term!
Politics man, politics... do not completely trust any politician! Remember, it is us, the rakyat, whom have to speak up & pressure for systems of checks & balance - "Balance of Powers". We will have "birth pains" in creating BR & we too must walk the talk, for action speaks louder than words ever will.
I'm no political scientist (my degree is in Management), but you don't have to be an unbalanced smart ass to see the truth! Remember that DAP is an old party; & just like any old organisation, there is past (heritage) that it comes along with it. It would most likely have different movements & groups / bandwagons within. Ideologies, mentality, maturity, comfort zones, etc. Evidence... the infighting! & duality that you, or at least "some" see.
Going deeper, I don't like to stereotype & it's not actually an age thing, though you will most likely tend to see more of certain age group in any 1 of the bandwagons mentioned above. To digress a little, I would like to see an end to "Auntie" politics! We have had enough of your Oprah (Chat Show) busy-body, ladies night, cocktail party, gossipy, over emotional, sympathy (vs. empathy), etc. conduct!
We want young, brave, intelligent, courageous, matured & balanced women with some "balls" metaphorically speaking, whom are not afraid to rock the boat! I would like to see more young professional women getting involved in Barisan Rakyat. People like Hannah Yeoh. Dear ladies, if DAP or any other political party marginalises you or you suffer discrimination (like they have done in the past) let us know. Death to "Auntie" politics, especially those whom get nothing done in Parliament!
I would also like to take some time to remember the contributions of V David.
Moving on respectfully, LKS is sharp, with good experience & still shows no signs of slowing down. Having said that, I do think that the older generation in DAP needs to take more of a back bench when it comes to giving statements & addressing the press (PC). Let the young(er) mature guys in DAP handle it, Guan Eng included.
Next... chauvinistic attitudes, blind spots (lack of awareness) & "taking the easy way out", is apparent both in DAP & PAS. Just like any other corporation (corrupt-ration) in this country, whom wants to stay in business (win votes) & keep its customers satisfied. It takes a shock & big smack in the face to wake some of this people / groups up & for them to get out of their comfort zone! We have just demonstrated how we slapped their face, grabbed their balls & moved them to a better place, for our vision to become a reality: Anak Bangsa Malaysia & Barisan Rakyat (The People's Front)!
At this point (in my opinion), I would also like to say that Bahasa "Malaysia & English" is our "Anak Bangsa Malaysia" language! Every other language should take a back seat in this country & highly specialised & globalising learning world / economy that we live in! There is simply not enough time & the ethnic Chinese, Indians, DLL should not be wasting time fighting for Tamil & Chinese schools! We should be working towards (transition stage), only 1 type of school system where these languages & more, should be offered as a full examinable subject. Practice is important & for a child, it is the parents responsibility to use these languages at home. Do not underestimate the importance of this & working towards it!
Moving on, Barisan Rakyat damage control & the group of Malaysians (ethnic Chinese mainly) whom are still anti PAS. Trust me when I say, that we need to have faith in PAS (a moderate group of them within at least), be proactive & empower this group of Malaysians, whom still have these immature feelings in their hearts & thoughts in their minds. A strong, progressive, fair, transparent, accountable & moderate (balanced) PAS, is our only hope in overthrowing UMNO! 2 party system, DAP & PKR merger, & PAS on the other side. A professional, prosperous & harmonious working relationship!
Let's say, I have already looked into my crystal ball & seen our new Perak MB doing a great job in the months & years to come! How... that's my little secret.
Please commit to this & get the ball rolling. Hidup Barisan Rakyat!
from:
Malaysia today
Perak’s Barisan Rakyat will care for all, says new MB
Thursday, 13 March 2008
IPOH: Policies of the new ruling coalition in Perak will not marginalise any one race in the state, newly-appointed Mentri Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said.
Calling the new government “Barisan Rakyat” (People’s Front), he said: “We will take into account the interest of the people when we make decisions or formulate policies.”
“We will not marginalise any community in the state. This is the government of the people, for the people and by the people. We will protect the rights of all races,” he said.
He told a press conference at the PAS headquarters here after being named the ninth Mentri Besar of Perak that the people should not feel worried, unhappy or anxious about the new government and his appointment.
Urging the people to give their full cooperation and support to the new government, Mohammad Nizar said he hoped the people would accept it as the “people’s victory.”
“Please do not harbour any suspicions or doubts about the new government,” he said.
On concerns over the implementation of Islamic rules, he said the policies would take into account the people's interests. - STAR
Excerpt from a comment here:
The Opposition should understand that one of the factors that caused the down fall of BN was not because the Rakyat loved the Opposition so much that it voted for them. It is because the Rakyat hated the BN and would have voted for a ‘Piece of Wood’ if it was nominated as a candidate. I am so sure if UMNO forces Pak Lah and KJ out,if MCA and MIC treatens to pull out of BN if those 2 dont remove themself from the BN, come next election, the Opposition will loose all 4 the states it gained this time.
Therefore, now is the only opportunity for the Opposition to show how well it can work together and put the well being of the Rakyat as the No.1 agenda of each party. This will make them be seen as a true alternative for the Rakyat no matter how much BN changes its ways to appeal to the Rakyat. One must not forget that most part of the Rakyat still loves the BN but not the people in it who have become arrogant over the years. This election was just a punishment to the BN, and by no means a shoe of Love to the Opposition.
Next, the Opposition must remember that the country has lived under the NEP environment for many years. Trying to totally abolish this system all of a sudden is not at all a good idea. It will be like Indonesia when Suharto resigned and democratic values was suddenly introduced. It was a shock to the system. People were going crazy with their new found freedom and this caused a lot of social difficulties. People are not ready for it (although they think there are). It has to be clearly thought out, planned and introduced in small doses.
Hence, the opposition should fucking stop this infighting, racial politics, talk of abolishing the NEP, scare mongerring the non-muslims against PAS, and starting working for the Rakyat. If you guys continue this way, by God you can be sure that come the next election, if BN nominates a ‘Piece of Wood’ (like they normally do) the Rakyat will vote for it just to teach the Opposition a lesson.
Could it be that the DAP was using this as a measure - a cheeky referendum of sorts - to prove to its hardcore supporters and all BRakyat politicans that the rakyat wants a coalition? This way, all three parties can comfortably form the Barisan Rakyat! It could be an Anwar-Kit-Nik Aziz behind-the-scenes plan. If that's even remotely the case, i must say that we have geniuses in our midst.
Excellent, Must Read! from:
Malaysia Today
The Malay Votes DAP!
Malaysia opposition patches up alliance
Malaysia opposition patches up alliance PDF Print E-mail
Posted by Super Admin
Thursday, 13 March 2008
MALAYSIA'S Chinese-based opposition party said on Thursday it will attend a ceremony after all to swear in a state government led by a hardline Islamist party allied to it in last weekend's elections.
DAP advisor and the opposition leader in the last parliament, Lim Kit Siang, said late on Wednesday the party had decided to boycott the ceremony after the Sultan of Perak, titular ruler of the state, named Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) as chief minister.
The appointment of Mohammad Nizar, 'has caused shock and consternation to DAP leaders, members and supporters", he said, since the DAP and a third party in the opposition alliance, People's Justice, had tallied more votes than PAS.
Mr Lim, however, issued a statement on Thursday, apologising to the sultan 'for any offence caused' and saying the party's position had changed.
Ngeh Koo Ham, DAP chairman for Perak deputy chief minister-designate for the state, said, it was all a 'little misunderstanding", noting that Perak's constitution requires a Muslim to be chief minister.
'Our party stand was that the DAP, having the most number of state seats should head the Perak coalition,' Mr Ngeh said.
'But we have to face reality, seeing the constitutional provision only allows for a Malay and a Muslim to be given preference, unless the sultan changes that. We have to accept the situation.' He said the squabble would not hurt his relationship with PAS.
'We sat down last night and he (Nizar Mohammad) has given his undertaking that all policy decisions before he implements them will have to go past the executive councillors (state cabinet). We will make up the majority of the executive councillors. So he cannot go along with policies without our approval.'
Most multi-racial
The secular DAP has long been deeply suspicious about PAS, which advocates sharia, or Islamic law, for Muslims and Islamic punishments such as stoning and amputations, though it downplayed that agenda in the election that saw dramatic gains for the opposition.
The three-party opposition alliance was pulled together by former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, whose People's Justice is now the largest opposition party in parliament with 31 seats.
It is also the most multi-racial in Malaysia's largely race-based political party system with 20 Malay, seven Chinese, and four Indian MPs in its line-up, a proportion that basically mirrors the population breakdown.
Prime Minister Abduallah Ahmad Badawi's Malay-dominated National Front coalition lost the ironclad two-thirds majority in parliament it had held for nearly 40 years, and an unprecedented five states fell under opposition control in the elections that have been dubbed a 'political tsunami'.
Chinese and Indians, accounting for a third of the population, voted in droves against Mr Abdullah's coalition, venting anger over the handouts for 'Bumiputras' (sons of the soil) and perceptions their religious freedoms were being squeezed.
The opposition alliance also won control of state governments in Penang, Kedah, Selangor and Kelantan. PAS has formed a single party government in Kelantan, while DAP leads Penang.
Mr Abdullah on Wednesday warned the opposition against provoking racial tensions after it announced plans to undo a controversial affirmative-action programme.
The opposition alliance has said it would dismantle the New Economic Policy (NEP) giving majority Malays preference - for jobs, housing, government contracts, educational opportunities, stocks - saying it breeds cronyism and corruption.
'The state government must not try to create an atmosphere which can cause racial tensions,' national news agency Bernama quoted Mr Abdullah as saying. 'Do not marginalise the Malays.' -- REUTERS
Posted by Super Admin
Thursday, 13 March 2008
MALAYSIA'S Chinese-based opposition party said on Thursday it will attend a ceremony after all to swear in a state government led by a hardline Islamist party allied to it in last weekend's elections.
DAP advisor and the opposition leader in the last parliament, Lim Kit Siang, said late on Wednesday the party had decided to boycott the ceremony after the Sultan of Perak, titular ruler of the state, named Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) as chief minister.
The appointment of Mohammad Nizar, 'has caused shock and consternation to DAP leaders, members and supporters", he said, since the DAP and a third party in the opposition alliance, People's Justice, had tallied more votes than PAS.
Mr Lim, however, issued a statement on Thursday, apologising to the sultan 'for any offence caused' and saying the party's position had changed.
Ngeh Koo Ham, DAP chairman for Perak deputy chief minister-designate for the state, said, it was all a 'little misunderstanding", noting that Perak's constitution requires a Muslim to be chief minister.
'Our party stand was that the DAP, having the most number of state seats should head the Perak coalition,' Mr Ngeh said.
'But we have to face reality, seeing the constitutional provision only allows for a Malay and a Muslim to be given preference, unless the sultan changes that. We have to accept the situation.' He said the squabble would not hurt his relationship with PAS.
'We sat down last night and he (Nizar Mohammad) has given his undertaking that all policy decisions before he implements them will have to go past the executive councillors (state cabinet). We will make up the majority of the executive councillors. So he cannot go along with policies without our approval.'
Most multi-racial
The secular DAP has long been deeply suspicious about PAS, which advocates sharia, or Islamic law, for Muslims and Islamic punishments such as stoning and amputations, though it downplayed that agenda in the election that saw dramatic gains for the opposition.
The three-party opposition alliance was pulled together by former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, whose People's Justice is now the largest opposition party in parliament with 31 seats.
It is also the most multi-racial in Malaysia's largely race-based political party system with 20 Malay, seven Chinese, and four Indian MPs in its line-up, a proportion that basically mirrors the population breakdown.
Prime Minister Abduallah Ahmad Badawi's Malay-dominated National Front coalition lost the ironclad two-thirds majority in parliament it had held for nearly 40 years, and an unprecedented five states fell under opposition control in the elections that have been dubbed a 'political tsunami'.
Chinese and Indians, accounting for a third of the population, voted in droves against Mr Abdullah's coalition, venting anger over the handouts for 'Bumiputras' (sons of the soil) and perceptions their religious freedoms were being squeezed.
The opposition alliance also won control of state governments in Penang, Kedah, Selangor and Kelantan. PAS has formed a single party government in Kelantan, while DAP leads Penang.
Mr Abdullah on Wednesday warned the opposition against provoking racial tensions after it announced plans to undo a controversial affirmative-action programme.
The opposition alliance has said it would dismantle the New Economic Policy (NEP) giving majority Malays preference - for jobs, housing, government contracts, educational opportunities, stocks - saying it breeds cronyism and corruption.
'The state government must not try to create an atmosphere which can cause racial tensions,' national news agency Bernama quoted Mr Abdullah as saying. 'Do not marginalise the Malays.' -- REUTERS
Knives are out for Abdullah’s boys
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For members of the fourth floor – Datuk Ahmad Zaki Zahid, Datuk Vincent Lim, Datuk Kamal Khalid and others – this is the latest instalment of an attack that began more than two years ago when politicians and Tun Mahathir Mohamad accused them of having too much influence on the PM.
His young advisers at receiving end of blame game
The knives are out – and they are being aimed at Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s circle of young advisers.
Gerakan’s Dr Lim Keng Yaik is blaming Abdullah’s political secretary for Chinese affairs for not reading the tea leaves correctly, and for interfering in the party’s election strategy in Penang. Wanita Umno chief Datuk Rafidah Aziz thrashed the head of his policy unit during the Umno Supreme Council meeting this week, and suggested that the PM should listen more to people like her than his advisers.
And on Tuesday night, a collection of the heads of government-linked companies led by UEM’s Datuk Ahmad Pardas Senin rounded on the performance of the advisers, known as the fourth floor, suggesting that they should take the fall for Barisan Nasional’s election results.
Yes, the blame game is alive and thriving in government circles today. It shows how a frustrated BN is lashing out in all directions in search of scapegoats. It is also a sign of why some BN component parties like Umno and Gerakan will have a gargantuan task reforming itself – they are unable to look themselves in the mirror and make an honest assessment of what they see, political parties which were rejected by Malaysians because they did not represent the hope and aspirations of the country.
But more than anything else, it shows the propensity of Malaysians to still blame those around Abdullah for all his mistakes and not hold the PM accountable for squandering a strong mandate in 2004 with indecision.
For members of the fourth floor – Datuk Ahmad Zaki Zahid, Datuk Vincent Lim, Datuk Kamal Khalid and others – this is the latest instalment of an attack that began more than two years ago when politicians and Tun Mahathir Mohamad accused them of having too much influence on the PM.
Graduates of good schools in the United Kingdom, they were portrayed as all powerful, having the ear of the PM and the architects behind policies that were unpopular in Umno.
Their critics slayed them for being inexperienced. Now Gerakan, Rafidah and others are saying that their inexperience led them to craft the wrong election strategy for the PM, and completely misread the mood on the ground.
Perhaps this is a diversionary tactic for Lim Keng Yaik – an easier option than having to explain why his party was deemed irrelevant by the people of Penang or why the DAP had more votes than those for MCA and Gerakan. He is seething that the PM’s Office tried to push Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon to name a Chief Minister before March 8, arguing that this was interference by Vincent Lim in the internal affairs of the party and sowed the seeds for Gerakan’s annihilation. He has a right to be sore about the interference but perhaps he did not read the mood in Han Chiang stadium that glorious night when 30,000 people turned up to listen to Lim Guan Eng and his gang. His party had become irrelevant to the voters of Penang.
For Rafidah, her attack on Abdullah’s advisers smells like an updated version of “better attack before being attacked’’. Umno strategists are wondering what went wrong with the vaunted Wanita Umno machinery that predicted that BN would sweep 196 parliamentary seats days before the polls. How could their reading of the Malay ground be so way off the mark? She knows that her time in government is drawing near but is making one last effort to stay in power. She is drawing up a dossier on the reasons for BN election failure and top of that list should be the simple fact that even Malay voters, especially those in urban areas, have only revulsion for the antics of Umno politicians, including their wanton flaunting of wealth. These voters are upset that Abdullah promised change but delivered very little of it.
It is not difficult to see why GLCs are uneasy with the new political landscape. They thrived in the old environment, where all the plum government contracts were handed to them even though their ability paled in comparison with their competitors in the private sector. UEM, MRCB and UDA dominate the infrastructure sector while Telekom Malaysia and others occupy privileged positions in other fields. The rumbling about how they are crowding out other businesses and their preferential treatment has been growing louder and louder.
The GLCs know that their days of milking the gravy train are drawing to a close now that five states are under the Opposition and the BN does not have an overwhelming dominance in Parliament. They know that they are going to come under much scrutiny all over the country, and some of them are going to come up short. For example, it is an open secret that UEM’s Penang second bridge is behind schedule and that there could be cost issues.
Perhaps that explains why Ahmad Pardas was one of the louder voices at a dinner on Tuesday night attended by Khazanah Nasional’s Azman Mokhtar, MRCB’s Shahril Ridzuan, CIMB’s Nazir Razak and other GLC heads. He knows that the days of not delivering and still getting a steady flow of contracts from the government are over.
But like the BN, even the GLCs are delusional. Sitting around the table, they offered each other as potential Cabinet ministers. Not accepting the fact that they too were part of the landscape that was rejected by many Malaysians. - THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER
MEDIA-MALAYSIA: Bloggers On Opposition Benches
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Thursday, 13 March 2008
(IPS) - The presence of five bloggers on opposition benches in Malaysia’s newly elected parliament must be galling for the ruling National Front (NF) coalition, which was returned to power in Saturday’s general elections minus its long-held two-thirds majority.
Internationally renowned blogger Jeff Ooi, a 52-year-old former advertising copywriter, won a seat in the western island state of Penang, while Oxford University economics graduate Tony Pua, 34, claimed a seat in the bustling Kuala Lumpur suburb of Petaling Jaya with over a majority of over 19,000 votes. Both were candidates of the left-leaning Chinese Democratic Action Party (DAP).
Wining seats in state parliaments for the multi-racial Parti Kadilan Rakyat (PKR) were prominent bloggers Nik Azmi Nik Ahmed and Elizabeth Wong, a noted human rights activist and media reforms advocate. Tian Chua, a former political prisoner under the notorious Internal Security Act, was another claimant to a seat in the national parliament.
The only prominent blogger who lost a fight was Badrul Hisham Shaharin, who contested a semi-rural constituency south of Kuala Lumpur and lost to Khairy Jamaluddin, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi’s controversial son-in-law.
Prem Chandran, chief of the Internet news portal Malaysiakini, argues that the Internet had a major influence on the election outcome because the issues which make a difference, such as corruption and interference in the judiciary, were only carried on news sites like theirs.
There were large swings in urban and semi-urban areas, especially (to opposition) among first-time young voters, Chandran told IPS. Internet, he said, allowed political parties to reach out to a very important constituency which was non-existent in previous elections.
Raja Petra Kamaruddin, owner of malaysia-today.net, argues that the Internet’s biggest contribution was to get the middle-class to the ballot box. The opposition is infested with bloggers noted Raja Petra in an interview with Singapore’s ‘Strait Times’.
Alternative media cured the apathy the middle-class has. They were no longer saying: ‘’Let’s not bother. Suddenly, it was let’s go and give the opposition a chance.’’
Denying the NF (or Barisan Socialis) coalition two-thirds majority in the national parliament, which the party enjoyed for the past 40 years, is seen as a major victory for the opposition. The opposition also won majorities in five state parliaments, an act never before accomplished in Malaysia. Nationally, the government won only 51 percent of the vote and in fact would have lost the elections if not for the slew of seats they retained in the eastern Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah.
It was direct access to the Internet in urban areas -- ironically, because of the government’s policy of developing a Multimedia Super Corridor -- that allowed urban voters to access information not available in the government-controlled mainstream media.
Chandran pointed out that apart from the Internet, the use of SMS (telephone text messages) and photocopiers took information rural electorates, bridging the digital divide. He also said that Malaysiakini’s Internet-streamed television programmes were copied on to VCDs and circulated for viewing in rural homes (where VCD machines are popular).
More than the Internet, SMSs played a critical role in spreading the opposition message, says Sankaran Ramanathan, managing partner of Media Plus Research Consultants. Because rural people now have mobile phones, it was easy to break the urban-rural barrier.
"There were Internet groups which exchanged messages via e-mail, especially among the Hindu (Indian minority) community… I know at least half a dozen users," Ramanathan told IPS. "They were not registered organisations and were urban based. There were similar groups among the (minority) Chinese community," he added.
Ramanathan pointed out that both the information minister and his deputy were beaten by opposition candidates promoted by the Internet media.
Though Malaysia’s mainstream newspapers, radio and television, are mainly private-owned, their licenses are held by business people closely connected with the constituent parties of the NF.
But analysts argue that the poor reputation that Malaysia’s newspapers have, as mouthpieces of coalition parties, worked against them, and in favour of alternative media.
Malaysian mainstream media are directed and constrained by two interrelated entities; the state and the market, argues Zaharom Nain, associated professor of communication studies at the Science University of Malaysia. Through direct and indirect ownership there tends to be collusion between the state and the market.
What the alternative media has done, according to Nain, is improvise communication systems using a combination of the Internet, mobile phones, blogs, e-mails, SMS and the YouTube. They were not only used effectively by opposition parties but also by civil society to raise consciousness and create awareness, he noted.
Chandran feels the government may now be tempted to impose sanctions on the Internet media to protect them from further damage as Singapore has done. They have a tough decisions ahead of them, Chandran said, adding that it was best if they adopted path of reform by opening up the media and cracking down on corruption -- changes that people obviously want.
Ramanathan believes that the government will not take to the repressive path simply because they have already tried to take bloggers to courts, without much success, and failed in its attempts to police the Internet.
Gayathri Venkiteswaran, executive director of the Centre for Independent Journalism, believes that with five opposition-led state governments taking office in Malaysia it was now possible to completely reform the media scene.
‘’State governments can allocate grants and other financial support for communities to have their own newspapers and media, paving the way for more diverse and dynamic expression of views and exchange of information,’’ she said.
Set as favo
Posted by Raja Petra
Thursday, 13 March 2008
(IPS) - The presence of five bloggers on opposition benches in Malaysia’s newly elected parliament must be galling for the ruling National Front (NF) coalition, which was returned to power in Saturday’s general elections minus its long-held two-thirds majority.
Internationally renowned blogger Jeff Ooi, a 52-year-old former advertising copywriter, won a seat in the western island state of Penang, while Oxford University economics graduate Tony Pua, 34, claimed a seat in the bustling Kuala Lumpur suburb of Petaling Jaya with over a majority of over 19,000 votes. Both were candidates of the left-leaning Chinese Democratic Action Party (DAP).
Wining seats in state parliaments for the multi-racial Parti Kadilan Rakyat (PKR) were prominent bloggers Nik Azmi Nik Ahmed and Elizabeth Wong, a noted human rights activist and media reforms advocate. Tian Chua, a former political prisoner under the notorious Internal Security Act, was another claimant to a seat in the national parliament.
The only prominent blogger who lost a fight was Badrul Hisham Shaharin, who contested a semi-rural constituency south of Kuala Lumpur and lost to Khairy Jamaluddin, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi’s controversial son-in-law.
Prem Chandran, chief of the Internet news portal Malaysiakini, argues that the Internet had a major influence on the election outcome because the issues which make a difference, such as corruption and interference in the judiciary, were only carried on news sites like theirs.
There were large swings in urban and semi-urban areas, especially (to opposition) among first-time young voters, Chandran told IPS. Internet, he said, allowed political parties to reach out to a very important constituency which was non-existent in previous elections.
Raja Petra Kamaruddin, owner of malaysia-today.net, argues that the Internet’s biggest contribution was to get the middle-class to the ballot box. The opposition is infested with bloggers noted Raja Petra in an interview with Singapore’s ‘Strait Times’.
Alternative media cured the apathy the middle-class has. They were no longer saying: ‘’Let’s not bother. Suddenly, it was let’s go and give the opposition a chance.’’
Denying the NF (or Barisan Socialis) coalition two-thirds majority in the national parliament, which the party enjoyed for the past 40 years, is seen as a major victory for the opposition. The opposition also won majorities in five state parliaments, an act never before accomplished in Malaysia. Nationally, the government won only 51 percent of the vote and in fact would have lost the elections if not for the slew of seats they retained in the eastern Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah.
It was direct access to the Internet in urban areas -- ironically, because of the government’s policy of developing a Multimedia Super Corridor -- that allowed urban voters to access information not available in the government-controlled mainstream media.
Chandran pointed out that apart from the Internet, the use of SMS (telephone text messages) and photocopiers took information rural electorates, bridging the digital divide. He also said that Malaysiakini’s Internet-streamed television programmes were copied on to VCDs and circulated for viewing in rural homes (where VCD machines are popular).
More than the Internet, SMSs played a critical role in spreading the opposition message, says Sankaran Ramanathan, managing partner of Media Plus Research Consultants. Because rural people now have mobile phones, it was easy to break the urban-rural barrier.
"There were Internet groups which exchanged messages via e-mail, especially among the Hindu (Indian minority) community… I know at least half a dozen users," Ramanathan told IPS. "They were not registered organisations and were urban based. There were similar groups among the (minority) Chinese community," he added.
Ramanathan pointed out that both the information minister and his deputy were beaten by opposition candidates promoted by the Internet media.
Though Malaysia’s mainstream newspapers, radio and television, are mainly private-owned, their licenses are held by business people closely connected with the constituent parties of the NF.
But analysts argue that the poor reputation that Malaysia’s newspapers have, as mouthpieces of coalition parties, worked against them, and in favour of alternative media.
Malaysian mainstream media are directed and constrained by two interrelated entities; the state and the market, argues Zaharom Nain, associated professor of communication studies at the Science University of Malaysia. Through direct and indirect ownership there tends to be collusion between the state and the market.
What the alternative media has done, according to Nain, is improvise communication systems using a combination of the Internet, mobile phones, blogs, e-mails, SMS and the YouTube. They were not only used effectively by opposition parties but also by civil society to raise consciousness and create awareness, he noted.
Chandran feels the government may now be tempted to impose sanctions on the Internet media to protect them from further damage as Singapore has done. They have a tough decisions ahead of them, Chandran said, adding that it was best if they adopted path of reform by opening up the media and cracking down on corruption -- changes that people obviously want.
Ramanathan believes that the government will not take to the repressive path simply because they have already tried to take bloggers to courts, without much success, and failed in its attempts to police the Internet.
Gayathri Venkiteswaran, executive director of the Centre for Independent Journalism, believes that with five opposition-led state governments taking office in Malaysia it was now possible to completely reform the media scene.
‘’State governments can allocate grants and other financial support for communities to have their own newspapers and media, paving the way for more diverse and dynamic expression of views and exchange of information,’’ she said.
Set as favo
Yellow card for the opposition
Yellow card for the opposition
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The market perception is that PKR can't be trusted. The common belief is that the people in PKR can be bought. But it appears like PAS and DAP are bigger slime-balls than PKR. At least PKR did not try to sabotage the forming of the Kelantan, Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor state governments.
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Lim Kit Siang is a passionate person. That is not crime I suppose because I too am a passionate person. I am passionate about my wife and I am passionate about Malaysia Today. I expect this passion is required in my line of work and to stay focused for decades on end. I have been with my wife since 1968, one year before May 13, and to spend 40 years with the same woman and still feel like we are on honeymoon does require a lot of passion. I may have been working on Malaysia Today just four years now, but it is four straight years, 365 days a year, morning till evening, with no holidays in between. And six years before that since 1998 I was working on www.freeanwar.com as well as my own website that carried my name. (I was hoping that after ten long, non-stop years I could go into retirement, but it now appears I have more work ahead of me compared to the first ten years before this).
Anyway, back to that passion bit. While Kit Siang and I share the same thing in common, we are both passionate, I would like to believe that my passion is positive while I am yet to decide how to categorise the Grand Old Man of DAP's passion. From where I am sitting, Kit Siang is passionately opposed to Islam and this does not bode well for DAP at all.
But Kit Siang is merely the 'non-executive' Chairman of DAP. Is it not the Secretary-General who has executive powers instead of the Chairman? Why then is Kit Siang making all these damaging statements when in the first place he should not be the one making them. When he was the Secretary-General, he was the one running the party while Chan Man Hin, the Chairman, sat quietly in the background and did not ruffle anyone's feathers. Now that he is the Chairman, Kit Siang should also sit quietly in the background and allow the Secretary-General to run the party like how he did before this when he was the Secretary-General. Kit Siang is not DAP and DAP is not Kit Siang. Apparently, this important fact seems to escape him.
For more than four years now PAS has never touted the Islamic State issue. For all intents and purposes, PAS has practically dropped the Islamic State issue, though they did so silently and gave the issue the decent burial it deserves. Apparently this is still not good enough for Kit Siang. He wants PAS to stand up on a soapbox and openly declare that it is abandoning Islam. Would in that same breath Kit Siang also want PAS to abandon the 'Islam' word in its party name and change the name to Parti Melayu or Parti Malaysia or something like that (because that would be what it would tantamount to)?
In the recent 2008 general election campaign, the DAP ceramahs were practically flooded with PAS flags and T-shirts. Motorcycle convoys with riders wearing PAS T-shirts and carrying PAS flags escorted the DAP candidates as they made their rounds to meet the voters and to speak at the ceramahs. Why did DAP not chase away these people? Some of them were Malays from PAS while many were Indians from Hindraf. Yes, Indians from Hindraf were wearing PAS T-shirts and carrying PAS flags at these DAP events. But no one chided these people or demanded that the 'offensive' PAS paraphernalia openly displayed by PAS and Hindraf activists be removed from sight.
When DAP wants to win votes it does not mind the presence of PAS members or their T-shirts and flags. Now that it has won the votes DAP does not want to have anything to do with PAS. Hello....brother....it does not work that way. You won with the help of PAS members so now you have to live with them as partners for at least until the next election. Then, in the next election, maybe PAS and DAP can engage in three-corner fights and we shall see who wins the most number of seats.
In both the 1999 and 2004 general elections, DAP could only win 10 seats in Parliament and did not have enough state seats to form the government. Now, not only is DAP's 28 Parliament seats a new record for the party, but it even won enough seats to form the state government in Penang. And this was achieved not just on anti-Islam Chinese votes alone. It required Malay and Indian votes as well to achieve this.
DAP is not an anti-Islam Chinese party. It would get nowhere as an anti-Islam Chinese party. Even Chinese themselves do not want and will not support an anti-Islam Chinese party. Most Chinese are intelligent enough to know that DAP will not get anywhere as an anti-Islam Chinese party. So why this passionate anti-Islam stand?
Is Kit Siang's 'stage-show' merely a distraction from what ails DAP in Selangor? Supporters of Teng Chang Khim, Teresa Kok and Ronniu Liu are locked in battle. Each has their clique that wants to see their candidate installed as the Deputy Menteri Besar of Selangor. But there is no Deputy Menteri Besar post and His Highness the Sultan of Selangor will not appoint one. So why bother to squabble over who should be the candidate to fill a post that does not exist? Yesterday, Teng's supporters held a demonstration to demand that their man gets appointed as the Deputy Menteri Besar. In spite of the announcement that there shall not be any Deputy Menteri Besar, today, they plan to hold another demonstration and MCA and Gerakan are going to send their supporters to help Teng mobilise a crowd of 10,000 to prove that his support is overwhelming. Can we please remember this name and come next election we send him to where Zakaria Deros now resides?
Three names were submitted to His Highness the Sultan of Perak. As they could not agree who of the three should be the new Menteri Besar of Perak, they left it to Tuanku in his wisdom to decide who should be the Menteri Besar. Tuanku looked at the State Constitution and Tuanku looked at the candidates. PKR said their candidate is the least qualified of the three and it has no objections to one of the other two from PAS or DAP being selected. PKR does not want to insist on its candidate just for the sake that the Menteri Besar is a PKR man.
Before Tuanku could decide, Ahmad Awang jumped the gun and announced that the Menteri Besar will be from PAS. Even the PAS President was caught by surprise. But the damage had been done so all he could do was hold his tongue. PKR knows that PAS Perak has a mind of its own and is practically uncontrollable. The PAS party structure is such that each state is independent, practically autonomous, unlike Umno where the President rules with an iron fist like the true dictator that he is. Even the Umno President's son-in-law has more power than the state heads of Umno who most times would also be the Chief Minister (Menteri Besar) of that state. There is of course both good and bad in such an arrangement but there is certainly more good than bad as Umno has so many times proven.
So PAS Perak jumped the gun. The PAS central leadership bit their lips and allowed the 'transgression' to pass. PKR too, in the spirit of comradeship, decided to say nothing lest it upset the delicate partnership that was in the midst of being formed and had yet to take off. But DAP decided to oppose it and to boycott the swearing in of the new government, giving the impression it was still anti-Islam in spite of the strong presence of PAS in DAP's recent election campaign and in spite of the large number of Malay votes it garnered to be able to do as well as it did.
PAS too has not been too honest about what happened in Perak. It realises that DAP would not be too comfortable with a PAS Menteri Besar so it stole the thunder and hoped that the 'early announcement' would 'lock' DAP and PKR and leave them no more room for negotiations. PKR was quite happy to not negotiate the issue anyway so the 'hijacking' was totally unnecessary. It just made matters worse when the end result was a hopping mad DAP that would rather see Perak fall back to Barisan Nasional than a PAS Menteri Besar taking charge of the state.
In Selangor, Hassan Ali engaged in secret negotiations with Khir Toyo to explore the possibility of PAS forming an alliance with Umno to jointly rule the state. This alliance would of course exclude PKR and DAP who were going to be Menteri Besar and Deputy Menteri Besar respectively. The delay in forming the state government due to the disagreements and the DAP infighting about who should be the Deputy Menteri Besar meant that this would give Hassan and Khir time to come to an agreement. But they could not come to an agreement because both Hassan and Khir wanted to be Menteri Besar and none would back down in favour of the other.
This is treason of the highest degree and Hassan Ali should be tied to a tree and shot. I would do that myself if not for the fact that I would like to live a couple of years longer instead of being hanged by the neck until I die before the year is out.
The market perception is that PKR can't be trusted. The common belief is that the people in PKR can be bought. In fact, Azalina did buy off one PKR candidate for RM1 million so that she could win the election uncontested. And in other parts of Malaysia a couple of other PKR candidates were bought off as well, the going price being RM1 million per head. But it appears like PAS and DAP are bigger slime-balls than PKR. At least PKR did not try to sabotage the forming of the Kelantan, Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor state governments.
The opposition parties have disappointed more than 50% of Peninsular Malaysia voters who gave them five states and helped deny Barisan Nasional its two-thirds majority in Parliament. Consider this your yellow card. If you are not careful, Barisan Nasional can call for an election on 8 March 2011, the earliest legally allowed, and the voters will give the opposition its red card. Then the opposition can be sent back to where it came from, a dog barking at a hill (anjing salak bukit). Maybe that is all the opposition is good for. Maybe all the opposition is capable of doing is to bark at the hill while Barisan Nasional just laughs at them and asks them to go back to China or India or wherever it is that they came from.
Lim Kit Siang said Barisan Rakyat does not exist. Hello....brother.....it does exist lah. Barisan Rakyat is the people's front or people's movement. This is the people's power or makkal sakhti that we screamed at every ceramah for two weeks leading to the 8 March 2008 general election. Barisan Rakyat is not Barisan Alternatif lah. Barisan Alternatif is a two-party coalition comprising of PAS and PKR, which DAP was also once a member of. Barisan Rakyat, however, is the people's front. It is a movement of people who support all those six political parties which endorsed THE PEOPLE'S VOICE and THE PEOPLE'S DECLARATION just before the recent general election. Barisan Alternatif, the two-party coalition (plus DAP of course) did not win the recent general election. The recent general election was won by Barisan Rakyat, the people's movement, a coalition of all races.
Let me tell you, my dear Kit, that Barisan Rakyat not only does exist but is also a very potent force. Barisan Rakyat will decide who gets to form the government. And Barisan Rakyat can also kick you out and change the government if you do not perform or you misbehave. And, today, Barisan Rakyat has given you a yellow card. Don't force Barisan Rakyat to give you a red card the next time around.
Makkal sakhti. Suara rakyat, suara keramat. People's power.
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