28 February 2009

Karpal Singh says,"Investigate Zaki for corruption".............

DAP chairperson Karpal Singh today handed over to the King a tape recording of Chief Justice Zaki Azmi’s alleged admission that he had bribed a court staff.

The senior lawyer handed over the audio evidence to a palace staff at 4.45pm. He was denied entry into the tightly guarded Istana Negara.

The Yang di Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, and his personal secretary are not in the country.

The veteran opposition leader said that with the evidence, the King should convene a special rulers session to sack Zaki.

"I submitted the audio tape and another letter seeking for the special Rulers sessions to sack Zaki. This is a follow-up to the letter which I gave to the King last month over the same matter.

"Zaki has not denied what I have said nor has he relayed any intention to sue me for defamation. Hence, the tape recording proves that my claim is correct. I state it again, I challenge Zaki to sue me, for what I allege," he said.

Karpal also called on the newly formed Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to investigate Zaki under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1961.

On Feb 18, the DAP chairperson had revealed the audio recording to the media.

The recording was of Zaki's speech at a convention in Kuching last November on 'Integrity - the Catalyst of Sustainable Development'.

The recording, which is of poor quality, was said to consist of the part where Zaki talked about bribing court staff when he was a lawyer.

Ever since his appointment as the head of the judiciary, Zaki has come under constant fire from the Bukit Gelugor MP, who strongly believes that he is not fit to be chief justice in light of this open admission of having indulged in corrupt practices.

Zaki, however, has previously clarified the matter, claiming that the media had misinterpreted his comments at the Kuching conference in November.

Karpal had also lodged a police report against Zaki on Nov 13. However, till today Karpal said he had never been questioned by the police or the MACC.

Investigate Zaki for corruption

"I cannot understand why the authorities practise double standards. Here we have an allegation of corruption against Zaki, with his own voice admitting to it and yet the police and MACC have not began any investigations," he said.

"The CJ is an important and respected position in any country. If the CJ has admitted to corruption how can foreign investors have the confidence of placing their capital here?" he asked, adding that it would be wise for Zaki to step down.

Karpal also disclosed that he expects to meet with Zaki when the chief justice is scheduled to be in Penang to officiate the refurbishment of the High Courts there.

"I was invited personally by the CJ, and I will be present," he said.

Asked whether he expects fireworks, Karpal said there could be a war of words but he was a man of dignity and would not be involved in fights with the CJ.

If Zaki attends the function in Penang, it would be the second meeting between the two as Karpal and the chief justice were at the Federal court in Putrajaya two weeks ago for a case.

The Bar Council has also called on the chief justice to set the record straight.

source:malaysiakini

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And Zaki will say, "It sounds like me but its not me!" This is the hallmark of our judicial system. Luckily we have an old man in a wheelchair taking potshot on the whole corrupted system.......

cheers.

27 February 2009

UMNO Youth after Karpal's blood.....

DAP chairman and Bukit Gelugor Karpal Singh was confronted by a group of Selangor Pemuda Umno members at the Parliament tower block this afternoon. The shouting session culminated in a scuffle with the Segambut member Lim Lip Eng having his shirt tugged.

The group had been waiting at the parliament tower for Karpal and as soon as he arrived they surrounded him and started heckling him over his warning to Pemuda Umno yesterday.

He accused Umno Youth of having sent him two bullets while debating the Royal Address.

"Where did the celaka Pemuda Umno fellows get the bullets?" he had asked while pronouncing himself not afraid.

This afternoon, Karpal's aide finding his boss surrounded immediately summoned help and several DAP members came to the rescue.

They immediately got into a shouting session with the youth and that is when Lim's shirt was tugged.

However, by then the House security had summoned police help and the Karpal was escorted into the lobby.

BNBBC chief Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing who came to the tower building immediately condemned the Pemuda action.

"This is not the way. In politics there are bound to be people who provoke. We have to accept that this part and parcel of politics," he said.

Tiong lamented the security arrangement in the parliament and called on the Dewan Rakyat to immediately tighten arrangement.

In the chamber, Karpal and DAP members immediately raised a stink and demanded to know how the group could have made it into the compound and wait for Karpal.

Chong Chieng Jen (DAP-Bandar Kuching) said that they have been waiting since morning.

"What security is the House providing," he asked speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia.

Pandikar Amin said he will have to investigate but assured members everything was done to protect them.

"I am disabled but not intimidated by this. The police were there and they just watched," he said.

Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said not agreeing with Karpal was not an excuse to get physical with him.

"We must come up with a ruling that all parliamentarians must be protected," he said.

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Sekalipun Karpal Singh memang suka mencari pasal, PAS dan kebanyakan penyokong Pakatan Rakyat faham bahawa Karpal mewakili sebahagian suara kecil pengundi yang memang selama ini tidak puas hati dengan pelbagai isu. Dalam negara demokrasi, kita tidak sewajarnya menggunakan kekerasan sesuka hati.

Sebelum ini, UMNO cuba memprovokasi Tok Guru Nik Aziz dengan menzalimi dan menyiksa anaknya dengan memasukkan anaknya ke dalam ISA. Sekiranya Tok Guru Nik Aziz ketika itu mengarahkan penyokong PAS untuk mengangkat senjata dan berjihad, nescaya akan berlaku pertumpahan darah dari Kedah hingga ke Johor.

Sekiranya Anwar sewaktu reformasi dahulu mengarahkan penyokongnya mengangkat senjata menentang kezaliman BN, nescaya bergelimpangan mati penyokong UMNO dan golongan yang menentang UMNO.Tetapi, atas kebijaksanaan kepimpinan Pakatan Rakyat, kaedah aman digunapakai.

Ini berbeza dengan Najib dan UMNO suka benar mengugut bunuh. Nampaknya, UMNO sudah memulakan operasinya.........

This is getting out of control.The fact that the police should have chased away these intruders, but amazingly, even the police did not know how much of a breach of security happened. This thuggish and samseng attitude cannot be tolerated.

What would have happened if someone threw a C4 or attack with a parang?

I'm sure these UMNO youths will be let off with just a tap on their back. No action will be taken at all just like in the Lingam video case all marked NFA(No Further Action)

How's Najib gonna explain this?

Read here.

cheers.

26 February 2009

Hadiah Pat Lah kpd rakyat Malaysia sebelum bersara .........

Inilah hadiah Pat Lah kepada rakyat Malaysia sebelum bersara Mac ini..............


* Kadar tol bagi lima lebuhraya, termasuk Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (Plus) naik sebanyak 5 peratus mulai 1 Mac ini.

* Empat lagi leburaya ialah Lebuhraya Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat (Sprint), Lebuhraya Bertingkat Ampang-Kuala Lumpur (Akleh), Lebuhraya Sungai Besi (Besraya) dan Lebuhraya Baru Pantai (NPE).


* Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan (Plus): Kadar kenaikan tol untuk sistem kutipan tol tertutup Plus dinaikkan 0.68 sen sekilometer bagi kereta. Bagaimanapun, kenaikan ini tidak membabitkan tol di Plaza Tol Bukit Kayu Hitam, Tambak Johor dan Bangunan Sultan Iskandar.

* Lebuhraya Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat (Sprint). Plaza tol Pantai: naik 50 sen dari RM1.50 kepada RM2 (naik 33) dan Plaza tol Damansara: naik 30 sen dari RM1 kepada RM1.30 (naik 30%).


* Lebuhraya Bertingkat Ampang-Kuala Lumpur (Akleh)(Lebuhraya E12): Kadar tol dinaikkan sebanyak 50 sen bagi kereta - dari RM1.50 hingga RM2 (naik 33%).


* Kadar tol Lebuhraya Sungai Besi (Besraya): Kadar tol dinaikkan sebanyak 10 sen bagi kereta - dari RM1.30 kepada RM1.40 (naik 7.7%). Bayaran hanya dibuat di Plaza Tol Mines kerana Tol Salak Selatan Jaya telah ditutup mulai semalam.


* Lebuhraya Baru Pantai (NPE): Kadar tol dinaikkan sebanyak 40 sen bagi kereta - dari RM1.60 kepada RM2 (naik 25%).


Gomen Pat Lah menegaskan bahawa:

* "Sebenarnya kadar tol di lebuhraya Plus, Sprint dan Akleh sepatutnya dinaikkan pada 1 Januari 2008, tetapi telah ditangguhkan kepada 28 Februari lalu."


* "Berikutan penangguhan itu, kerajaan terpaksa membayar pampasan berjumlah RM245 juta, iaitu RM177 juta kepada Plus, RM38 kepada Sprint dan RM30 juta kepada Akleh,"


* "Kenaikan kadar tol itu tidak seharusnya dilihat sebagai membebankan kerana mutu dan kualiti lebuhraya berkenaan terjamin, selain menjadi laluan altenatif di kawasan berkenaan."


* "Kewujudan lebuhraya berkenaan juga telah membawa rahmat kepada rakyat dan negara, dengan menggalakkan pembangunan, perumahan, perniagaan dan juga meningkatkan sosio-ekonomi penduduk sekitar.


Sekali lagi ucapan tahniah kepada mereka yang telah memberi mandat kepada UMNO/BN untuk menubuhkan gomen pada PRU-12 yang lalu seterusnya membolehkan UMNO/BN meneruskan agenda mereka.


cheers.

Correct..Correct...Correct "NFA" on three in Lingam probe...

Three out of four persons being investigated in relation to the infamous V. K. Lingam video clip case, have been cleared of graft charges, the prime minister told Parliament today.

Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi told Wee Choo Keong (PKR-Wangsa Maju) in a written reply that the three cases had been marked “NFA” — which means no further action will be taken.

The file on one of the four persons originally investigated remain open. The PM did not name any of the four persons.

Abdullah said there was insufficient evidence to charge the three persons under the Anti-Corruption Act 1997.

The Lingam video clip was widely circulated on the Internet in 2007.

In the grainy clip, Lingam is recorded having a telephone conversation apparently with a minister and appears to be brokering judicial appointments.

The video clip which was recorded by Loh Gwo Burne, who is now the PKR MP for Kelana Jaya, sparked a major public outcry.

A Royal Commission was set up to investigate the videp clip but the findings were inconclusive regarding Lingam’s role in any alleged brokering of judicial appointment.

During the hearing, Lingam famously said “it looks like me, it sounds like me,” when questioned if he was indeed the man in the clip.

The V. K. Lingam video clip scandal was a significant contributing factor towards the Barisan Nasional (BN) government’s poor performance in last year’s general elections.

Four investigation files were opened by anti-corruption officers, the prime minister said in Parliament today.

Three of the cases were “deferred” to the Attorney-General’s Chambers, while one was marked “NFA” by the director of the legal and prosecution department in the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.

Of the three cases “deferred” to the Attorney-General’s Chambers, two were marked “NFA” while the remaining case remains open.

Wee told reporters later that the director of the legal and prosecution department did not have the power to decide on a case but to only investigate.

“This is unheard of and first time as a lawyer. Why are they taking so long? The last time they said that the paper has already been sent but now they say it is for further investigation,” he said.

source: malaysian insider

Those implicated are orang-orang UMNO dan kroni-kroninya. Siapa berani ambil tindakan. Pak Lah pun kecut teloq bila menghadapi masalah ini.............

Read here.

cheers.

UMNO/BN offers RM20 million to jump ship.......

Two Pakatan Rakyat state assemblypersons today filed a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) claiming that they were offered millions to quit their respective parties and become independents or join Barisan Nasional.

According to a Bernama report, DAP's Keshvinder Singh (Malim Nawar) and PKR’s Abdul Yunus Jamsari (Kuala Kurau) filed the report at the MACC office in Ipoh.

Speaking to reporters later, Keshvinder alleged that he received various offers from numerous agents claiming to represent Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

One of the agents, he said, was a local freelance Chinese-language journalist. Among others, the DAP leader claimed that he was offered RM20 million to quit his party and declare himself as an independent as well as express support for BN.

The lawyer-turned-politician also claimed that he had received other offers such as being appointed Perak MIC chief if he chose to join the BN component party as well as being appointed as a state executive councillor.

He said the exco appointment offer was the latest since BN seized control of the state government earlier this month.

"I urge Najib to come forward and explain the matter because this shows that the federal government is corrupt and desperate," he added.

Logging concessions

Meanwhile, Abdul Yunus claimed that he was offered cash between RM3 and RM8 million. Apart from this, the PKR politician also claimed that he was offered logging concessions if he agreed to quit his party.

He alleged that the offer was made by several agents comprising businessmen who claimed to be representing the Perak leadership.

The duo were accompanied by seven Pakatan Rakyat representatives - Ramli Tusin (Semanggol), A Sivasubramaniam (Buntong), Chan Ming Kai (Simpang Pulai), Chang Lih Kang (Teja), Sum Cheok Leng (Bercham), Leong Mee Meng (Jalong) and Khalil Idham Lim Abdullah (Titi Serong).

BN took control of the state after four Pakatan Rakyat reps quit their respective parties. Three later declared themselves 'BN-friendly' independents while the other rejoined Umno.

source:malaysiakini

Will they or wont they............... you guys should play smart. Let them, esp. when Najib is about delivers the RM20 million, take a few photos or video and pass it to MACC.

However with that evidence too, I doubt MACC will act. In fact MACC wont have the balls to take any action. There goes MACC short for Malaysian Agency for Cows and Cars.............

cheers.

25 February 2009

2 bukit & 1 batang........

As if it is not enough, even Sarawak is now putting a leg in it.Could it have been destiny? I have no idea. Perhaps BN's leaders should consult the feng shui masters what the Year of Ox has in bag for it.

If we include the Bukit Lanjan state assembly seat in Selangor, the upcoming four by-elections have their own significance, not unlike a mini general election.

The Bukit Selambau state seat in Kedah is a predominatly rural mixed constituency with Malay and non-Malay voters making up approximately half of the electorate. Bukit Gantang in Perak is a semi-rural Malay-dominated mixed constituency. Bukit Lanjan in Selangor, meanwhile, is an urban predominantly Chinese mixed constituency.

Batang Ai in Sarawak is an inland Dayak constituency. Although there are fewer than 10,000 voters in Batang Ai, this constituency carries enough weight to create phenomenal changes. BN's fortress lies across the South China Sea, and while a storm may be fermenting in East Malaysia, Batang Ai could as well be the catalyst.

From the northern part to the central part of peninsular Malaysia, and across the South China Sea to the tiny inland constituency in Sarawak, this battle front forms the Maginot Line for Barisan Nasional.

Prior to the second world war, France built the world famous Maginot Line aimed at checking the advances of German troops. The French government was well aware that this was going to be the lifeline of national defence, and the survival of the republic was very much tied to the integrity of this defence line.

However, this defence line finally gave in to the advancing German troops, forcing the French to retreat in all the subsequent battles, eventually leading to the downfall of the country.

From Kedah to Sarawak, these four by-elections have one significance. If BN loses all four, or most of the battles, a domino effect is well forming.

The consequence: the public will turn away from the ruling coalition for Pakatan Rakyat. Besides, the morale within BN will also be crushed, and the rift among its component parties widening. But will things really happen this way?

Judging from the prevailing atmosphere now, indeed things don't seem to work in BN's favour. There are plenty of dissatisfaction among the people. This, coupled with BN's sluggish pace of reform, will very likely develop into some kind of massive tidal wave.

UMNO is too preoccupied with taking over the Perak state administration, while its leaders engrossed with party elections--not much time to bother about what the public feel.

Such shortsighted and short-term manoeuvres have their shares of lapses and oversights. Perhaps, this is what we call "destiny," which could never be exempted nor evaded. - Tay Tian Yan/Translated by Dominic Loh/Sin Chew Daily

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Apa yang jelas sebab musabab pilihanraya kecil di dua bukit dilambatkan adalah bertujuan;

1. SPR sekarang bertungkus lumus cuba menghilangkan daftar pemilih yang memihak kepada PR. Sudah pasti nanti ramai hantu-hantu, jembalang dan toyol tetiba hidup bergentayangan di Bukit Selambau & Bkt Gantang.

2. UMNO paksa SPR mengadakan PRK ini ikut agenda mereka sendiri. SPR sekadar pengampu UMNO dan bukan lagi sebuah badan bebas.

3. Propaganda gila-gila yang digembar gembur oleh media siang malam dan banyak lagi isu-isu sedang dikorek untuk memburukkan PR.

4. UMNO terpaksa menggunakan SPRM sebagai agen untuk memburukkan tokoh-tokoh pembangkang.

5. UMNO dah ketaq atas bawah kerana rakyat dah tahu tembelang mereka. Bulan Mac ini dapat pula saf-saf pemimpin baru yang rekod buruk sudah diketahui orang ramai.

Berdasarkan kepada pengalaman kita semua, banyak jabatan gomen termasuk SPR dan SPRM di pergunakan untuk tujuan politik gomen khususnya UMNO.

Malaysia is getting famous these days for the wrong reasons.

cheers.

24 February 2009

DUN Batang Ai, Sarawak - pilihanraya kecil..........

Dublin Unting Ingkot ADUN Batang Ai merangkap Timbalan Menteri Sukan dan Petanian bagi negeri Sarawak meninggal dunia jam 1.26 pagi tadi.

Unting adalah Naib Presiden kepada Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS). Beliau koma apabila diserang stroke tahun lalu selepas ditemuramah oleh stesen radio tempatan.

Dijangkakan SPR akan mengadakan pilihanraya kecil di Batang Ai selepas 60 hari.

Kerusi DUN Batang Ai terletak dalam bahagian Parlimen Lubok Antu, Sarawak.

ADUN dua penggal itu mempertahankan kerusinya pada 2006 dengan menewaskan calon Parti Nasional Sarawak (Snap), Bawin Anggat.

Perkembangan terbaru ini membuka laluan kepada pilihan raya kecil dalam masa 60 hari memandangkan tempoh mandat semasa kerajaan negeri Sarawak hanya akan berakhir pada Mei 2011.

Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd. Yusof ketika dihubungi mengesahkan sudah memperolehi maklumat mengenai perkembangan terbaru ini.

cheers.

23 February 2009

What's in store when Najib becomes PM...............

Datuk Johan Jaafar, the ex-editor-in-chief of Utusan Malaysia who was once identified as being close to former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, has been designated as the new media czar for the in-coming administration of Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

The Malaysian Insider understands that Johan will be appointed a director of The New Straits Times Press Berhad (NSTP) and chairman of Media Prima Berhad. Johan is expected to be appointed an executive director in NSTP, the publisher of the New Straits Times, Berita Harian and Harian Metro.

He will take over from Datuk Abdul Mutalib Mohamed Razak as chairman of Media Prima, which operates all of Malaysia’s private terresterial television stations – TV3, 8TV, TV9 and NTV7 – as well as two radio stations – Hot FM and Fly FM. The group also owns outdoor advertising giants Big Tree and UPD.

Johan is expected to set the tone for the Najib administration at NSTP and Media Prima.Johan’s appointments mark the first time a former head of Utusan Malaysia, which is owned by Umno, has been tapped to helm NSTP and Media Prima.Johan is also a well-known figure in the local Malay literary and cultural scene.

In 2004, when Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi took over the helm from Tun Mahathir, there emerged a new group of elite businessmen. The most visible of them were Equine Capital Bhd's Datuk Patrick Lim, ECM Libra Group's Datuk seri Kalimullah Hassan and Scomi Group's Datuk Kamaluddin Abdullah (also PM's son). Scomi (7158), who IPO at RM 1.38 in year 2003, saw the share price rocketed to all time high of RM 2after 1-10 split.

The Prime Minister in waiting, after taking over the role of Finance Minister in mid-September, had organised a corporate roundtable session. 6 individuals, each with deep knowledge of his field, were personally chose by Najib. They were tapped for ideas on how to address issues ranging from the economy, capital markets and business in general.

The 6 were............

1. Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar, MD of Khazanah Nasional Bhd.
2. Tan Sri Md Nor Yusof, director and chairman of Khazanah's executive committee
3. Datuk Mohd Nadzmi Mohd Salleh, chairman and MD of express bus operator, Konsortium Transnational Bhd.
4. Datuk Shahril Shamsuddin, Sapura group
5. Datuk Mohamed Azman Yahya, director of Khazanah, and founder and group chieft executive of Symphony House Bhd.
6. Dr Gan Wee Beng, the executive director of CIMB group. He was a consultant to Bank Negara, the Economic Planning Unit, finance ministry and the World Bank.

Names linked to Najib........

- Tan Sri Tan Kay Hock, Johan Holdings Bhd Chairman and Chief executive, golf buddy
- Tan Sri Robert Kuok & family, Tun Abdul Razak & Tun Hussein Onn were good friends of Tan Sri Robert Kuok.
- Datuk Shahril & family, Sapura group
- Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary, MMC group, DRB-HICOM has a huge vehicle assembly plant and is one of the largest employers in Pekan, Pahang, Najib's mainstay political base.
- Rohana Mahmood, chairman and partner of Ethos Capital, a RM 200mil private equity firm. Rohana and Omar Mustapha Ong, a former special assistant to Najib, are co-founders of the boutique advisory firm Ethos & Co. Rohana sits on the boards of Paramount Corp Bhd, TH Group Bhd, and Dijaya Bhd.

Razak Brothers..........

- Datuk Johari Razak, senior partner at Shern Delamore & Co. a large firm in KL. He is also a non executive director in several publicly listed companies including, being chairman of Ancom Bhd, deputy chairman of related Nylex (M) Bhd, and directorships in Hong Leong Industries Bhd and Daiman Development Berhad. He is also a director of Deutsche Bank (M) Bhd.

- Datuk Mohamed Nizam Razak, non executive director in several publicly listed companies including Hiap Teck Venture Bhd, Mamee Double Decker Bhd, Delloyd Ventures Bhd, and Yeo Hiap Seng Bhd. He is also a director of Deutsche Bank Bhd.- Datuk Mohamed Nazim Razak, an architect.

- Datuk Nazir Razak, CIMB group CEO

So what's then............

Come March, DPM Datuk Seri Najib Razak will take over from Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi as Malaysia's sixth Prime Minister.

1. What change will bring along with him? How will the leadership affect business?

2. CIMB, GLC, Symphony House Bhd, Johan Holdings Bhd, Sapura group, Hong Leong group, Paramount Corp Bhd, TH Group Bhd, Dijaya Bhd, MMC group, DRB-HICOM, Hiap Teck Venture Bhd, Mamee Double Decker Bhd, Delloyd Ventures Bhd, Yeo Hiap Seng Bhd, Nylex Bhd, Hong Leong Industries Bhd, Daiman Development Berhad. These are the names that has connections with him, will they benefit from the change? Which family will arise from the change?

3. Razak brothers has been involving in banking, will they have the upper hand in the bank mergers? Obviously, there are conflict of interest between PM in waiting/Finance minister with CIMB CEO, how are they going to resolve this conflict?

4. Kuok's Hong Leong bank will have upper hand in bank merger? (Rumour on merger of Hong Leong and Public bank)

5. Will Second Finance Minister, Tan Sri Mohamed Nor Yakop stay on?n

6. Will Khairy Jamaluddin and his 4th floor goons be around?

source: malaysia insider & an anonymous email

its all in the family...........

Read here, here, here and here.

cheers.

22 February 2009

Kisah benar Nizar dan Paduka Seri Sultan Perak.......

Assalamualaikum,

Terlebih dahulu saya bermohon beribu kemaafan. Situasi semasa memerlukan saya sepenuh masa menangani beberapa permasalah akibat rampasan kuasa (coup d”etat) oleh UMNO BN pada 5 februari 2009.

Ini sejarah hitam bagi rakyat negeri Perak apabila dengan zalim dan rakusnya Timbalan Presiden UMNO, Najib Tun Razak mengadap DYMM Sultan Perak pada pagi 5 Feb. 2009 untuk merompak hak rakyat tersebut melalui pintu belakang.

Pada 2 Feb 2009 (Isnin) , saya mengadap DYMM Sultan Perak di Istana Kinta bagi mempersembahkan 2 pucuk salinan surat perletakan jawatan YB Jamaluddin(Behrang) dan YB Osman (Changkat Jering) bertarikh 30 Jan 2009, dan surat dari YDP Dewan (Speaker) YB Sivakumar kepada SPR memohon di laksanakan pilihanraya kecil kedua-dua DUN tersebut.

Ketika itu UMNO-BN di ketuai oleh Najib Tun Razak masih dalam proses memerangkap beberapa wakil rakyat PR khususnya YB Dato’ Nasaruddin (ADUN Bota yang telah menyeberangi ke PKR) pada 25 Jan 2009, dan ADUN Jelapang YB Hee Yit Fong.

Perhubungan dengan YB Jamaluddin dan YB Osman telah terputus mulai 26 Jan 2009. Keluarga dan orang terdekat termasuk ketua umum PKR, DSAI, juga gagal. Hanya setelah surat perletakan jawatan dikemukakan baharulah kedua mereka muncul bersama Najib Tun Razak. Semasa kemelut itu juga YB Dato Nasaruddin (BOTA) dilapurkan hilang dibawa oleh 2 orang ADUN UMNO yang kononya mereka diarah menjemput YB Dato Nasa bertemu Raja Muda. Dia akur dengan pelawaan palsu tersebut dan bersetuju bersama kedua-dua adun umno menaiki pacuan empat roda dan trus hilang entah kemana, khabarnya dilarikan kepada dakapan Najib Tun Razak.

Dilaporkan oleh isteri YB Dato’ Nasa, Datin UMI bahawa suaminya hilang mengikut dua orang adun umno pergi bertemu Raja Muda tetapi rupa-rupanya untuk dibelutkan oleh umno agar YB Dato’ Nasa kembali semula kepada umno-BN walaupun telah bersumpah dikhalayak ramai 10,000-15,000 orang pengundi Bota pada 30 Jan 2009 untuk tidak akan berganjak dan kembali kepada UMNO. Pertemuan YB Dato Nasa denga saya di pejabat MB pada 29 Jan 2009 bersama ahli-ahli exco dan pimpinan PKR Perak juga menjanjikan benda yang sama. Bila ditanya oleh warga media adakah YB Dato Nasa akan kembali kepada UMNO oleh kerana pertukaran Pengerusi Perhubungan UMNO negeri kepada Najib Tun Razak, namun jawab YB Dato Nasa, “Insya Allah, tidak”.

Ketika itu kedapatan YB Hee dari Jelapang juga turut lesap dan putus hubungan, sehingga YAB ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang selaku SU Agong DAP memberi amaran mana-mana ADUN DAP yang putus hubungan dalam tempoh 24 jam di kira telah meletak jawatan.

Ketika itu, keputusan SRP pula menafikan hak dan permohonan YB Speaker untuk diadakan PRK di Behrang dan CGKT Jering. Maka tiada pilihanraya kecil, ini pula atas desakan dan campur tangan UMNO BN mengarahkan pengerusi SPR yang baru dilantik (tetapi diberi amaran kerana bertanggungjawab tersungkurnya UMNO BN di KT ) untuk jangan diadakan PRK di Behrang dan Cgkt Jering. (Bertentangan dgn Perlembagaan Persekutuan 113). Untuk pengetahuan semua, SPR tidak boleh menolak mana-mana permohonan dari mana-mana Speaker di Malaysia untuk isytihar PRK apabila ada surat dari wakil rakyat tersebut yang meletak jawatan. Peranan SPR dalam Perlembagaan Malaysia hanyalah sebagai pelaksana sahaja dan bukanya pemutus untuk tolak atau meragukan mana-mana surat yang pada pandangan Speaker adalah sah.

Maka pada 4 Feb 2009, selaku MB serta ketua DUN, saya mengadap DYMM memohon perkenan agar dibubarkan DUN Perak untuk mengembalikan hak rakyat Perak membuat pilihanraya baru dan secara sahnya memilih kerajaan baru. DYMM Sultan menyatakan akan mengkaji dan menghubungi saya kemudian, saya akur. DYMM Tuanku mengucapkan kepada saya, “Innallaha maa Sobirin” (Sesungguhnya Allah bersama orang2 yang sabar) dengan senyuman sambil menggoyang-goyangkan kedua tangan Tuanku.

Kesokan harinya 5 Feb 2009, (khamis) jam 10.00 saya bersama-sama YAB PM Pak Lah berada di Bgn Serai merasmikan majlis mekanisasi pertanian penanaman padi seluas sekitar 200 ekar secara moden oleh Sime Darby. Namun keseluruhan berita telah digelapkan walaupun ada liputan media meluas. Jam 11.45 pagi saya menerima perintah DYMM Sultan untuk mengadap di Istana Kinta. Maka saya memohon laluan dari YAB PM dan terus menuju Istana . Sesampainya di Istana, DYMM Sultan telah sedia menanti bersama Penasihat Undang-undang, (LA).

Saya terus angkat sembah dan duduk (cukup luar biasa sebab yang biasa apabila dititah atau mohon mengadap, sayalah yang akan menunggu DYMM Sultan didalam bilik khas). DYMM menyatakan kepada saya:-

1. Kesemua 27 ADUN BN telah dipanggil mengadap dan setuju trus dengan BN

2. Adun Bota (YB dato Nasa) telah bersetuju kembali kepada UMNO-BN

3. Ketiga Adun Behrang, Cgkt jering dan Jelapang juga telah dipanggil mengadap dan bersetuju keluar PR dan menjadi ahli Bebas serta menyokong BN, menjadikan 31 orang. (28 +3)

4. Maka sekarang BN ada majoriti dan PR cuma ada 28 ADUN.

Saya sudah terlintas dihati yang sesuatu tak kena akan terjadi makanya ,
saya mohon mencelah dari DYMM Sultan dan mengambil masa sekitar 15 minit untuk mengutarakan hujah dan point berikut:-

i. Saya hanya memohon perkenan kebawah DYMM Tuanku untuk dibubarkan DUN Perak dalam hak dan kuasa yang dianugerahkan saya sebagai MB dan ketua DUN.

ii. Kembalikanlah hak rakyat untuk memilih kerajaan baru yang sah dan bermaruah.

iii. Saya mahu mendaulat dan memartabatkan institusi Istana sebagai institusi ulung dan teragung di kacamata rakyat.

iv. Bila DUN dibubarkan, rakyat akan lihat bahawa Tuanku cukup adil dan tidak menyebelahi mana-mana pihak sekali gus rakyat akan menjulang dan menghormati institusi Istana kerana mengembalikan hak rakyat untuk membuat pilihan semula. Ini Keadilan yang kita laung-laungkan.

v. Saya ajak DYMM Tuanku Sultan meredhai dan bersyukur di atas anugerah Ilahi dalam sambutan Jubli Perak dengan Allah SWT memanjangkan usia DYMM Tuanku hingga ke 82 tahun. Saya seru agar merealisasikan kesyukuran atas nikmat ini dengan mengembalikan hak rakyat serta pengampunan dari Allah SWT

vi. Saya nyatakan dengan jelas jika Tuanku bubarkan DUN, rakyat akan turut bersyukur dan berterima kasih tidak terhingga kepada Tuanku dan rakyat akan menjulang institusi Istana.

vii. Disebaliknya saya nyatakan bahawa jika hak rakyat ini tidak diberi (dengan tidak membubarkan DUN) maka dikhuatiri rakyat akan menghina dan hilang hormat kepada institusi di Raja dan Tuanku sendiri.

viii. Saya zahirkan kepada DYMM Tuanku dimanakah maruah kerajaan UMNO BN dengan mengambil 3 orang wakil rakyat (Jamaluddin, Kapt Osman dan Hee) sebagai penyokong mereka semata-mata hendakkan simple majoriti, yang mana 2 daripada mereka (Jamaluddin dan Osman) telah dituduh oleh pimpinan UMNO terdahulu dari itu sebagai mengambil rasuah meluluskan projek perumahan di Perak Tengah bernilai RM180juta dan menerima habuan serta sedekah seks (yang mana projek tersebut tidak wujud pun! Sengaja diada-adakan oleh pihak BPR pusat untuk mejatuhkan kerajaan PR). Kedua mereka akan menghadapi perbicaraan di mahkamah session Ipoh pada 10 Feb 2009. Saya juga katakan kepada DYMM Sultan seandainya pertuduhan ke atas mereka lekat, maka apa akan terjadi kepada kerajaan itu kelak. Dan jika pertuduhan itu digugurkan oleh mahkamah, sudah tentu rakyat jelata akan melihat sebagai campurtangan pihak Istana dan ini akan mencemarkan imej dan kedaulatan Istana.

ix. Saya beri maklum bahawa jika dibubarkan DUN Perak seluruh institusi Istana di Malaysia pasti akan mendapat penghormatan tertinggi dikacamata rakyat jelata dan masyarakat dunia dalam dan luar negeri akan turut menghormati DYMM Tuanku. Kekebalan dan kekuasaan diraja telah lama dirobek dan cuba dihapuskan oleh UMNO sewaktu dibawah pimpinan Tun Dr Mahathir. Semua institusi kesultanan di Malaysia akan mendapat imej baik dek keputusan bijak dan arif oleh Tuanku.

x. Saya sebut secara verbatim kata-kata DYMM dalam sebuah buku yang Tuanku hadiahkan kepada saya sewaktu menjawat jawatan MB pada bulan Mac 2008 dahulu. Buku berjodol “Constitutional Monarchy, Rule of Law and Good Governance” (Selected essays and speeches,by HRH Sultan Azlan Shah, edited by Professor Dato’ Seri Visu Sinnadurai, tahun 2004, saya bacakan kepada Tuanku berbunyi, “under normal circumstances, it is taken for granted that the Yang di Pertuan Agong would not withold his consent to a request for the dissolution of Parliament. His role is purely formal”.

Selepas saya baca ayat tersebut sepatah demi sepatah, maka dengan penuh takzim dan lembut ungkap, saya merayu agar Tuanku berpegang dan mengotakan kata-kata Tuanku tersebut. Bahkan saya sebut bahawa buku tersebut dan kata-kata Tuanku di dalamnya menjadi rujukan penghakiman semua negara Commonwealth sebagai suatu peradaban undang-undang yang luhur.

xi. Saya mengingatkan kepada DYMM Tuanku bahawa banyak negara seperti Singapura, Indonesia, Filipina, Mesir dan Iran yang dahulunya ada institusi di Raja, namun apabila keputusan Istana berpihak kepada mana-mana kumpulan dan mengenepikan kehendak hak rakyat, maka kini institusi tersebut telah hilang.

xii Saya merayu bahawa pada ucapan sambutan Jubli Perak pada 3 Feb 2009, di Istana Iskandariah Kuala Kangsar, ucapan Tuanku, ucapan Raja Muda dan juga ucapan saya telah menitik beratkan soal keadilan, hak rakyat dan good governance. Siaran tersebut telah dibuat liputan langsung oleh TV Bernama dan akhirnya saya dengan penuh rendah diri dengan Nama Allah, memohon kepada DYMM Tuanku agar di bubarkan DUN Perak.

Sebaik-baik sahaja habis saya sebut perkara di atas, DYMM Tuanku telah mengangkat sedikit wajahnya dan melihat saya sambil bertitah, “Saya tidak akan bubarkan DUN dan MB kena letak jawatan”.

Dengan spontan saya terus mengangkat sembah keampunan seraya berkata, “Ampun Tuanku, patik pohon sembah derhaka”.

DYMM Tuanku bangun meninggalkan majlis dan seperti biasa, saya bersalam dengan Tuanku sambil mencium tangan Tuanku dan beredar bersama LA. ( Perbualan saya dengan LA selepas insiden ini akan saya lakarkan sedikit masa lagi).

Maka bermulalah suatu cetusan krisis perlembagaan (Constitutional Crisis) yang amat menyedihkan sehingga kini. Kesemuanya ini berlaku oleh kerana kebiadaban UMNO BN pimpinan Najib altantuya memperkakaskan SPR yang enggan mengisytiharkan PRK di DUN Behrang dan Cgkt Jering dan seterusnya rampasan kuasa ikut pintu belakang oleh Najib altantuya pimpinan UMNO BN. Ini tindakan tidak bermoral UMNO yang merampas hak rakyat.

Kini kenyataan-kenyatan dari pimpinan UMNO yang menyanggah dan mengecam hebat tindakan jahat Najib altantuya membuat rampasan kuasa kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat negeri Perak, seperti dari Tengku Razaleigh, Tun Dr Mahathir, Rais Yatim dan ramai pakar perlembagaan seperti Dr Abd Aziz Bari dari UIAM, menyatakan bahawa saya masih MB yang sah disegi undang-undang dan kes seperti ini pernah terjadi kepada Almarhum Sultan Idris pada tahun 1974, yang mana almarhum Sultan tidak boleh menyuruh atau memecat MB ketika itu Allahyarham Tan Seri Ghazali Jawi (bapa YB Tajol Rosli). Tuanku terpaksa bernazar untuk menyimpan misai dan janggut selagi MB ketika itu tidak mahu letak jawatan.

Akhirnya Perdana Menteri ketika itu Tun Hussein Onn terpaksa masuk campur dan mengarahkan MB letak jawatan. MB ikut perintah PM tetapi bersyarat. Lepas itu barulah Almarhum Tuanku Sultan mencukur janggut misainya di Pangkor. Cerita ini masyhur. Semua orang tahu bahawa Tuanku Sultan ketika itu juga akur kepada ketetapan di dalam Perlembagaan Perak. Krisis ini berpanjangan………..

Nizar Jamaluddin. - (ini adalah catatan peribadi dato seri ir haji mohamad nizar jamaludin sendiri)

source:perak express.com

cheers.

21 February 2009

Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia yang dwi-standard.........

Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) mendapati, wujud bukti kukuh yang menunjukkan Menteri Besar Selangor, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim menyalahgunakan kuasanya dalam isu penyelenggaraan kereta dan pembelian lembu korban. Ketua Pesuruhjaya SPRM, Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan berkata, pihaknya mendapati terdapat bukti bahawa Khalid telah menyalahgunakan kuasanya dalam penyelenggaraan kereta peribadinya dan pembelian 46 ekor lembu korban bernilai RM110,400 untuk sambutan Aidiladha pada Disember tahun lalu di kawasan Parlimen beliau di Bandar Tun Razak.

Ahmad Said berkata, perkara itu akan diserahkan kepada Jabatan Peguam Negara untuk tindakan susulan.

"Kita akan cadangkan tindakan undang-undang dan sebagainya diambil memandangkan kita mempunyai bukti yang kukuh terdapat penyalahgunaan kuasa bagi kedua-dua kes tersebut.

"Walaupun kita boleh membuat keputusan untuk membuat dakwaan tetapi suruhanjaya merasakan, adalah lebih baik jika Jabatan Peguam Negara yang membuat keputusan.

Khalid dalam satu kenyataan yang dikeluarkan hari ini di Shah Alam enggan mengulas mengenai kenyataan Ahmad Said itu.


Peguam Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim amat kesal dengan kenyataan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) yang dilaporkan berkata terdapat bukti kukuh menunjukkan menteri besar Selangor itu menyalahguna kuasanya berhubung penyelenggaran kereta peribadinya serta pembelian 46 lembu korban. Mengulas kenyataan Ketua Pesuruhjaya SPRM Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan pagi ini, Sankara Nair berkata, menjadi amalan suruhanjaya tersebut selama ini tidak mendedahkan pada umum hasil siasatan yang dijalankannya.

Peguam Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim amat kesal dengan kenyataan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) yang dilaporkan berkata terdapat bukti kukuh menunjukkan menteri besar Selangor itu menyalahguna kuasanya berhubung penyelenggaran kereta peribadinya serta pembelian 46 lembu korban. Mengulas kenyataan Ketua Pesuruhjaya SPRM Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan pagi ini, Sankara Nair berkata, menjadi amalan suruhanjaya tersebut selama ini tidak mendedahkan pada umum hasil siasatan yang dijalankannya.

source: mStar online


Aku juga hairan,kalulah SPRM mempunyai bukti yang cukup, dengan kuasa yang ada padanya dakwa sajalah Khlalid Ibrahim. Mahkamah yang akan menentukan sama ada SPRM mempunyai bukti yang cukup atau tidak dan mahkamah juga akan menjatuhkan hukuman. Tugas SPRM hanya untuk menyiasat bukan membuat kenyataan dan andaian secara terbuka seperti yang dilakukan oleh Ahmad Said.

Helloooo En. Ahmad Said sekiranya,setelah berpuluh laporan dibuat pasal isu rasuah serta penglibatan Najib Tun Razak,bakal PM dalam kes pembunuhan Altantuya dan engkau mendapati ada bukti-bukti yang cukup untuk mensabitkan Najib Tun Razak,bakal PM sudikah engkau bertemu dengan media dan menyatakan bahawa terdapat bukti yang cukup untuk mendakwa Najib Tun Razak,bakal PM Malaysia? Aku rasa tidak……pasai nanti teloq engkau jadi kecut…

Jadi cara Ahmad Said bercakap kepada media berkaitan dengan seorang MB bukan dari UMNO/BN menunjukkan pegangan politiknya yang sama sekali bertentangan dengan tanggungjawabnya supaya berkecuali.

Anwar Ibrahim said,"I regret that it has been over eight months now and there is no sign of any action being taken by the Anti-Corruption Agency, now the much touted Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission(MACC)."

"The MACC has completed its task and I believe their recommendation is naturally to prosecute. I don't think they have any other choice (as) the facts are clear (and) incontrovertible (and) cannot be challenged.

"The only issue is that there is no political will and criminals are being protected by the institution of governance.

"How do you then defend a situation where there is clear evidence of a criminal act by the AG and the IGP, and (there is a) recommendation to prosecute by the commission but until today no action has been taken?" he said.

cheers.


20 February 2009

Perak - another round of wayang kulit.......

One thing that Najib hasnt done after plotting the downfall of the PR gomen in Perak, is that he has not been able to buy the Speaker of DUN Perak, V Sivakumar.

The speaker V. Sivakumar has just suspended MB Zambry Abdul Kadir and his 6 excos members from attending the state legislative assembly for a period of 18 months and 12 months respectively – for contempt of the assembly.

How could Najib miss out this important aspect of the conniving scheme is rather puzzling? But one thing is sure that Najib and the federal gomen will have restless night trying to rescript the plot so as to avoid a snap election in Perak.

With the MB and his 6 excos suspended, the political equation has changed,which means that PR has regained its majority of 28 seats against BN’s 24 seats

The question now, will PR seeks an audience with Sultan of Perak to dissolve the assembly or MB Zambry will have the honour to do it? This impasse has a negative impact on the state and its people. Just hold snap polls to end this deadlock. However UMNO/BN is so intent on avoiding another electoral battle.

However, the gomen will find an even much faster way to rule the state indefinitely by means of declaring a state of emergency like it did in Kelantan in the 1978. But, hopefully it wont just happen yet.

According to Pat Lah, the move to suspend Perak MB Zambry Abdul Kadir and his 6 excos is tantamount to disrespecting the sultan's decision. "The speaker cannot do it (suspend the seven) - the menteri besar and excos were appointed by the sultan legally".
“This (the suspension) is a plot. It is a plot with bad intention to oust the BN government in Perak" he added.
MCPX"The speaker cannot do it (suspend the seven) - the MB and excos were appointed by the Sultan legally. This kind of action can be regarded as not respecting the sultan's decision.

Helloooooo......what about disrespecting the rakyat's decision? It was the rakyat who chose PR over BN to rule Perak, but Najib and his bag full of $$$ created pandemonium in the administration. Who initiated the plot? Who hijacked the PR wakil rakyat to Pekan and Putrajaya?

Meanwhile, Perak MB Zambry Abdul Kadir said he and the 6 exco members will take “follow-up” actions following their suspensions by the state legislative assembly’s Rights and Privileges Committee.

He declined to say what the actions would be but said that the suspensions were made “in total disregard to the power of the Sultan of Perak to appoint the Menteri Besar and the executive council.”

One wonders why Zambry didnt think about any "follow-up" action when he was 'illegally' installed as the Perak MB?

What's next for UMNO/BN?

Pat Lah wants the MB to make a police report and ultimately bring the issue to court. But does these action provide an effective and definitive solution? Article 72 spells out the privileges of the all state legislative assemblies, whereby the validity of its proceedings cannot be questioned in court. Thus going back to the Perakians will be much of a better choice.

Meanwhile Zambry and his goons will invoke the name of Sultan by accusing PR disrespecting the sultan's decision and at the same time will be chanting the UMNO mantra of “Hidup Melayu!” Again UMNO/BN is dragging the Sultan for another round of their wayang kulit..........

It sad to see that everything that UMNO/BN touches turn to shit..........

Read here and here.

cheers.

19 February 2009

Anwar laments inaction by MACC against BN agents involve of enticement............

Opposition leader and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) de-facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim alleged that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had yet to act against Barisan Nasional (BN) agents including former Kedah Menteri Besar and Kedah BN chairman Datuk Seri Mahazir Khalid despite concrete evidence of enticement recorded by commission officers themselves.

Revealing this in the Dewan Rakyat during his debate on the royal address, Anwar in speaking about the alleged bribes, kidnapping and threats used to lure Pakatan Rakyat (PR) elected representatives to leave the party or jump ship said Kulim assemblyman Lim Soo Nee who was one of those who were lured had been used as a bait by the commission to gather evidence against the agents.

“On April 11, 2008, I received a report that BN agents representing Mahazir had offered Lim RM4 million to defect to BN, and this sum was later raised to RM5 million,” he said.

“Arrangement to introduce Lim to Mahazir and the Deputy Prime Minister were also promised,” he added.

Anwar said Lim who was harassed with this offers and persuasions throughout April, May, June and July 2008 lodged a report with the MACC and collaborated with the commission which made a CCTV recording of a meeting between Lim and Mahazir arranged at a hotel in Seberang Jaya at the end of 2008.

“However till today there has been no follow up and I understand that the officer in charge of the investigations had been transferred out of Kedah,” he said.

Anwar when met outside the Dewan was however non-committal when asked if he had a copy of the CCTV recording saying: “You will know at the right time.”

“Lim told us the ACA did it professionally- the voices and visuals are clear,” he said adding that the party lawyer was also present at the time the recording of the negotiations was being taken.

Anwar claimed there was ample evidence, enough to prefer charge.

“This is a test for the MACC and its independence after all the support and belief that we have shown for the new council,” he said during the debate.

He said he had proof and statements to show that there have been attempts by BN agents to entice PR assemblymen in Kedah to leave the coalition and thus cause the downfall of the PR leadership in Kedah led by Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak.

Among these were Tan Wei Shu who received threats to his life in the form of bullets, while his colleague and Kedah executive council member V.Arumugam had received threats that he will face the same fate as the late Lunas assemblyman Joe Fernandez who was shot to death, harassed by two men and had the rear windscreen of his official car smashed with a brick. Anwar questioned the delays and lapses in police and MACC investigations into reports of these threats and harassment.

Immunity

Anwar also gave a lengthy history lesson on the immunity enjoyed by Malay Rulers quoting history books and his experience in drafting the amendments which led to the Rulers using this immunity when he was a minister in the government. “I know the history behind this and the
discussions that went on in Cabinet pertaining this,” he said.

Anwar also questioned UMNO over their failure to address the disrespect to the rulers when their party members protested in front of the palaces of Perlis and Kuala Terengganu when they disliked the rulers choice for Mentri Besars.

Now you are talking so much about supporting the rulers following the protests in front of the palace in Kuala Kangsar following the Sultan's decision to appoint BN as the new state government following the resignation of three PR state assemblymen from their respective parties to become independents aligned to the BN.

source: theSun

MACC only takes order from PM & the gomen..........

Read here and here.

cheers.

Perak - Zamry dan Exconya digantung...........

MB Perak Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir digantung serta merta dan dilarang daripada menghadiri sesi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Perak selama 18 bulan. Sementara enam Anggota Majlis Mesyuarat (Exco) kerajaan negeri digantung selama 12 bulan daripada menghadiri sesi DUN juga berkuatkuasa hari ini. Speaker DUN Perak V. Sivakumar mengumumkan keputusan itu selepas Zambry dan enam Exco berkenaan tampil di hadapan Jawatankuasa Hak dan Kebebasan DUN di sini hari ini.

Kesemua tujuh Adun BN itu sebelum ini diberi notis saman supaya tampil di hadapan jawatankuasa itu berikutan aduan Adun Canning (DAP), Wong Kah Woh, bahawa majlis angkat sumpah jawatan mereka bertentangan dengan Undang-undang Tubuh Negeri Perak dan menghina DUN kerana Menteri Besar Ke-10, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, belum meletak jawatan secara rasmi.

Sivakumar berkata setelah meneliti aduan tersebut, beliau mendapati satu kes prima facie terhadap Zambry (Adun Pangkor), Datuk Ramly Zahari (Manong), Datuk Saarani Mohamad (Kota Tampan), Hamidah Osman (Sungai Rapat), Zainol Fadzi Paharuddin (Sungai Manik), Mohd Zahir Abdul Khalid (Kamunting) dan Dr Mah Hang Soon (Chenderiang).

"Keputusan ini diambil selepas mendapati kesemua mereka gagal dan tidak memberikan sebarang penjelasan dalam Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Hak dan Kebebasan yang diadakan hari ini.

"Mereka telah gagal menawarkan sebarang penjelasan atas tindakan mereka yang menghina Dewan Undangan Negeri," kata Sivakumar dalam satu kenyataan akhbar empat perenggan di sini lewat petang ini.

Selain Sivakumar, Jawatankuasa Hak dan Kebebasan DUN dianggotai Husin Din (Pas-Selingsing), Chan Ming Kai (PKR-Simpang Pulai), Ong Boon Piow (DAP-Tebing Tinggi), Loke Chee Yan (DAP-Kepayang) dan Sum Chok Leng (DAP-Bercham), manakala wakil tunggal Barisan Nasional (BN) ialah Datuk Hasbullah Osman (Temenggor).

Sebelum itu, kesemua tujuh Adun terbabit telah dipanggil untuk memberi keterangan pada pukul 3 petang di Bilik Mesyuarat Bahagian Kewangan, Bangunan Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri di sini.

Zambry dan enam Exco itu yang dilihat keluar dari bilik mesyuarat itu pada kira-kira 3.30 petang enggan memberikan sebarang komen kepada pemberita yang menunggu.

source:mStar online


This is nothing new, the Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat has previously made some absurd and illogical decisions, such as rejecting motions and suspending members, among others. Now it is the turn of the BN to taste its own medicine. After all the new MB hasnt even warm his seat. Politics can be very amusing........

Gomen Perak dah jadi cacamerba. Tak tau siapakah MB yang sah. Jalan yang elok sekali adalah bubar saja DUN Perak dan adakan pilihanraya.

Saya harap gomen Pat Lah tidak akan cuba kekal kuasa dengan mengistiharkan darurat seperti pernah dilakukan di Kelantan pada tahun 80'an dulu...........

cheers.

18 February 2009

PKR's Elizabeth Wong offer her resignation........

Elizabeth Wong, who has been thrust into controversy following the release of her nude photographs, has offered to resign as Selangor state executive councillor and Bukit Lanjan state assemblyman. She told a news conference at the PKR headquarters today that she would discuss with Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim arrangements for the handover of her responsibilities.

Wong, 37, is the state executive councillor in charge of tourism, consumer affairs and environment. In an emotionally-charged news conference and surrounded by about 30 supporters, Wong said the incident was an underhanded attempt by certain quarters to smear her reputation.

"My personal life and privacy have been violated. These people have conspired to undermine my credibility both as a Selangor state executive council member as well as a Parti Keadilan Rakyat leader," she said.

Wong, who was intermittently wiping her tears throughout the news conference, also maintained that she did not break any law.

"I have done nothing wrong. I wish to state that I am not ashamed of my sexuality as a woman and as a single person. I have broken no law," she said.

"I stand by the fundamental principle in a democracy that everyone has a right to privacy," she added.

Wong said that the decision to offer her resignation as the Selangor executive councillor and state assemblyman was made in the interest of the party.

"Although the smear campaign directed towards me has caused me a lot of anguish, I am aware that the real objective is to discredit Parti Keadilan Rakyat," she claimed.

Wong said she believed that the "attacks" to discredit the party would continue with greater intensity.

"Accordingly, I have decided to make a stand in the interest of the party and its struggle for the people," she said.

Wong lodged a police report at the Damansara police station on Sunday following the circulation of her nude photographs.

source:BERNAMA

I despised people who would stoop so low to intrude and violate into one's privacy. At the same time I feel Eli Wong should be patient and wait until the police finish their investigation. Only then she should decide whether to stay or leave. She has done a wonderful job and with an excellent track record................

cheers.

17 February 2009

Ku Li - "Nizar masih MB Perak yang sah"...........

“Biar saya lanjutkan apa yang pernah saya katakan mengenai status Menteri Besar”

Perlembagaan adalah undang-undang tertinggi di negara ini. Ia merupakan asas dan sumber kepada kuasa undang-undang, dan Raja-Raja telah bersumpah untuk mempertahankannya.

Menurut Perlembagaan, Dato’ Seri Ir Haji Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin adalah Menteri Besar sehinggalah beliau meletak jawatan atas kerelaannya, atau disingkirkan melalui undi tidak percaya menerusi persidangan dewan undangan negeri. Perlembagaan tidak mempunyai sebarang peruntukan untuk menyingkirkannya melalui cara lain, termasuk melalui petisyen atau arahan daripada mana-mana pihak berkuasa.

Dua prinsip perlu dijelaskan:

Pertama, kerajaan yang memerintah diasaskan menurut undang-undang dan prinsip yang terdapat dalam Perlembagaan. Inilah yang membezakan di antara kerajaan yang dibentuk secara sah dan yang dibentuk secara kekerasan melalui undang-undang rimba.

Kedua, kerajaan yang dibentuk secara sah menurut Perlembagaan memperolehi kuasanya daripada mandat yang diberikan rakyat, hanya melalui cara itu. Mandat diberikan oleh rakyat kerana kerajaan itu dibentuk menurut Perlembagaan, dan pemimpin-pemimpinnya mereka pilih melalui pilihan raya yang bebas dan adil.

Kita perlu menguji mandat ini secara berkala. Pada waktu-waktu penting seperti apabila sesebuah kerajaan akan dibentuk atau dibubarkan, Perlembagaan memperuntukkan kaedah ujian yang formal dan definitif untuk mengukur sejauh mana mandat rakyat diperolehi oleh kerajaan berkenaan.

Jadi, kita adakan pilihan raya untuk menguji sejauh mana sokongan di kalangan rakyat yang diperolehi oleh seseorang calon pimimpin. Persoalan dikemukakan dalam pilihan raya yan dikawal oleh undang-undang dan persetujuan yang mendahului masa.

Jika pilihan raya tidak diadakan, atau sekiranya pilihan raya itu diragui kebebasan dan keadilannya, maka persoalankeabsahan kepimpinan tidak dapat ditentukan.

Walau seramai mana pun orang berarak dan meneriakkan nama anda, semuanya itu tidak diambil kira. Anda perlu membuktikan bahawa anda mempunyai sokongan pengundi melalui pilihan raya yang bebas dan adil.

Sama juga, Perlembagaan menyediakan satu kaedah definitif untuk menguji sama ada seseorang Menteri Besar atau Perdana Menteri masih mempunyai majoriti di Dun atau Parlimen. Kita akan kemukakan undi tidak percaya di Dun atau Parlimen.

Apa yang akan diambil kira nanti ialah keputusan persidangan tersebut. Ia tidak mengambil kira sebanyak mana akuan bersumpah, peralihan sokongan, sidang media dan perisytiharan yang dibuat. Ia juga tidak mengambil kira berapa banyak bentuk pengiklanan, pameran, tarikan dan tenaga yang ditanggung bagi menghadapi persoalan tersebut.

Bagi menguji secara formal mandat kerajaan sekarang, sama ada di Perak, Sabah atau kerajaan Persekutuan, persoalan perlu dikemukakan kepada rakyat melalui pilihan raya negeri, atau menerusi persidangan melalui undi formal di dewan. Inilah ujian-ujian yang diambil kira dalam demokrasi berperlembagaan kita.

Inilah juga apa yang diertikan sebagai demokrasi berparlimen. Untuk menyingkir atau membentuk kerajaan melalui cara selain itu akan menyalahi Perlembagaan, melunturkan kuasa undang-undang dan berhadapan dengan risiko pembentukan kerajaan yang haram.

Pihak berkuasa yang sah hanya boleh ditubuhkan melalui kaedah demokratik seperti yang disebut oleh Perlembagaan. Kuasa yang sah dan betul berbeza sepenuhnya daripada kuasa buas yang boleh dibeli, jual atau dirampas menggunakan kekuatan.

source: Kenyataan Media Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah

Tapi,sayang cakap Ku Li ni sapa nak dengar. UMNO dah reject dia. Tak apalah Ku Li ooi...biaqlah rakyat menghukumkan depa(UMNO) nanti...........

Baca di sini.

cheers.

Peguam Sirul minta kes Altantuya dibicara semula.....


Koperal Sirul Azhar Umar, salah seorang tertuduh kes pembunuhan wanita Mongolia, Altantuya Shaariibuu hari ini meminta dia dibebaskan ataupun sebagai alternatif, mengisytiharkan sebagai kesilapan perbicaraan bagi membolehkan ia didengar semula membabitkan kesemua tiga tertuduh.

Peguamnya, Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin membuat penghujahan pagi ini di hadapan Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Mohd Zaki Md Yasin.

Selain Sirul, turut dituduh ialah anggota Unit Tindakan Khas, Cif Inspektor Azilah Hadri.

Azilah, 33, dan Sirul Azhar, 37, diperintahkan membela diri atas tuduhan membunuh Altantuya di lokasi antara lot 12843 dan 16735 Mukim Bukit Raja, Selangor antara 10 malam, 19 Oktober hingga 1 pagi 20 Oktober 2006.

Tertuduh ketiga, Abdul Razak Baginda, penganalisis politik, sudah pun dibebaskan akhir tahun lalu.

Awal bulan ini, Sirul berkata, dia telah "menjadi kambing hitam yang harus dikorbankan untuk melindungi rancangan dan niat jahat mereka."

Sirul yang juga tertuduh kedua dalam kes pembunuhan Altantuya berkata, dia tidak mempunyai sebab untuk mencederakan apatah lagi mengambil nyawa mangsa dengan begitu kejam.

"Saya tidak pernah mengenali mangsa di dalam kes ini dan tidak pernah mempunyai sebarang urusan peribadi atau sebaliknya dengannya. Saya juga tidak mengenali Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda dan tidak mempunyai urusan.

"Saya merayu kepada mahkamah ini untuk mengambil kira sepanjang perbicaraan kes ini, saya mengikuti prosiding dan menyaksikan bagaimana beberapa saksi penting pendakwaan terutama dari D9 Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen yang mereka cerita, tidak bercakap benar dan sentiasa mengubah cerita apabila disoal balas," katanya.

Sambil mengesat air mata, Sirul merayu kepada mahkamah yang katanya berada dalam kedudukan serta mempunyai kuasa untuk menentukan hidup dan matinya, supaya tidak menghukumnya.

Katanya, Azilah meminta pertolongannya untuk membuat rondaan di sebuah banglo di Bukit Damansara iaitu rumah rakan Deputi Superintendan (DSP) Musa Safri yang dimaklumkan mempunyai `masalah perempuan'.

source: mStar online

Dari awal lagi kes Altantuya ini telah menimbulkan banyak pertanyaan dan syak wasangka. Bermula dengan pertukaran hakim dan diikuti dengan pertukaran pasukan pendakwa seoalah-olah memberi gambaran bahawa ada sesuatu yang tidak kena.

Sirul sendiri pernah berkata,"
Saya merayu kepada mahkamah ini untuk mengambil kira sepanjang perbicaraan kes ini, saya mengikuti prosiding dan menyaksikan bagaimana beberapa saksi penting pendakwaan terutama dari D9 Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen yang mereka cerita, tidak bercakap benar dan sentiasa mengubah cerita apabila disoal balas."

Dalam keadaan kalam kabut ini maka tak hairanlah kalu mahkamah mengambil keputusan untuk membuang kes ini kerana tidak ada bukti-bukti sahih bagi membabitkan pihak tertuduh. Seorang tertuduh dah terlepas. Apakah mungkin dua tertuduh ini menerima nasib yang sama dengan Razak Baginda? Sebaliknya makhamah mungkin mendapati ada lembaga hitam yang tak dikenali yang pasang dan meletupkan C4 tersebut.

The unfortunate Altantuya was probably forced to go naked,raped before being murdered so brutally by these UTK gangsters........

Akhir cerita, Altantuya mati katak sajalah.....sedangkan pembunuh-pembunuhnya bebas & berketawa riang.........

Baca di sini dan sini.

cheers.


16 February 2009

Bila SPR berfikir macam budak-budak...........

Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) menafikan jurang tempoh hampir dua bulan berlangsungnya pilihan raya kecil Bukit Gantang dan Bukit Selambau dipengaruhi ataupun kerana tekanan Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN).

Sebaliknya, SPR menjelaskan, bulan Mac tidak sesuai untuk diadakan kedua-dua pilihan raya kecil berkenaan disebabkan pelbagai faktor termasuk keperluan suruhanjaya itu sendiri membuat persediaan.Sambil mengakui ini kali pertama sesuatu pilihan raya kecil diadakan dalam tempoh agak lama, hampir dua bulan sejak wujudnya kekosongan, Timbalan Pengerusi SPR, Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar berkata, hari pengundian 7 April merupakan masa yang sesuai dan selesa bagi semua pihak.

"Kita ada 60 hari (untuk mengadakan pilihan raya kecil), mengapa tidak menggunakan dengan baik 60 hari dan membolehkan semua orang gembira dan selesa membuat persiapan menghadapi pilihan raya kecil.

"Bulan Mac sebenarnya tidak sesuai kerana faktor keselamatan dan ketegangan serta banyak aktiviti dijalankan bulan depan," katanya beliau kepada mStar Onlinelewat malam tadi.

Mesyuarat penggal kedua Parlimen ke-12 bermula esok.SPR memutuskan tarikh pilihan raya kedua-dua kerusi berkenaan Jumaat lalu.Kedua-dua pilihan raya kecil berkenaan akan diadakan serentak pada 7 April dengan hari penamaan adalah 29 Mac iaitu sehari selepas berakhirnya Perhimpunan Agung Tahunan Umno.

Ketika ditanya sama ada keputusan SPR itu bertujuan memihak kepada Umno dan BN, Wan Ahmad berkata: "Itu tidak betul... ia tidak memberi kelebihan kepada BN, Umno."

"Itu tanggapan tidak betul, bahawa tempoh yang panjang ini memihak kepada BN sahaja, tetapi ia memberi peluang kepada mana-mana parti yang akan bertanding untuk bersedia dan menghadapi pilihan raya (kecil) ini," ujar beliau.

Malah tegas beliau, SPR memutuskan tarikh-tarikh berkenaan bukan kerana adanya tekanan daripada Umno dan BN.

"Faktor untuk mewujudkan keselesaan kepada semua, tidak kira kepada BN dan Umno.

"Semua pihak harus lihat dari sudut positif kerana keputusan SPR memberi kebaikan dan keselesaan kepada semua," katanya.

Beliau mengakui bahawa pihaknya juga mempertimbangkan laporan dalaman bahawa persekitaran semasa di Perak yang agak tegang tidak sesuai untuk mengadakan pilihan raya kecil.

"Suasana di negeri Perak... kita ada maklumat keadaan politik yang tidak stabil dan aktiviti politik yang panas, aktiviti kempen akan meningkat dan boleh mengancam ketenteraman awam kalau betul-betul tidak bersedia," katanya.

Beliau juga mengakui bahawa pihaknya mengambil kira pemilihan dan perhimpunan tahunan Umno hujung bulan depan.

"Kalau orang faham betul-betul... kita hendak semua orang selesa... Umno mengadakan pemilihan parti, jika BN menghadapi dalam keadaan tidak selesa... kita hendak semua parti selesa dan menghadapi pilihan raya dalam keadaan yang tenang," katanya.

Dari segi logistik, jelas Wan Ahmad, pihaknya memerlukan masa untuk melatih pekerja pilihan raya yang 90 peratus terdiri daripada guru. Katanya, sebahagian besar guru terbabit merupakan mereka yang baru diambil bertugas sempena pilihan raya kecil, pekerja-pekerja berkenaan memerlukan latihan secukupnya.

"Pegawai pilihan raya negeri telah meminta agar diberikan masa yang secukupnya untuk melatih mereka, yang akan melalui dua pusingan latihan iaitu latihan teori dan latihan amal sebab ramai pekerja pilihan raya adalah muka baru.

"Oleh itu, SPR juga mengambil kira aspek ini bagi membolehkan mereka menjalankan tugas dengan baik dan penuh keyakinan," katanya.

Kerusi Parlimen Bukit Gantang melibatkan 650 pekerja manakala kerusi Bukit Selambau pula kira-kira 450 orang.

source:mStar online

SPR boleh mengadakan PRK pada 21/3,22/3,28/3,29,4/4,5/4...semuanya tarikh hari sabtu dan ahad tetapi kenapa pilih 7/4?

Kononnya, 60 hari membolehkan semua orang gembira dan selesa membuat persiapan menghadapi PRK adalah alasan yang paling biol. Samada 60 hari,30 hari atau 10 hari orang tak pernah gembira dan selesa menghadapi sesuatu PRK.

Satu lagi alasan yang diberi SPR ialah bulan Mac tidak sesuai untuk diadakan kedua-dua pilihan raya kecil berkenaan disebabkan pelbagai faktor termasuk keperluan suruhanjaya itu sendiri membuat persediaan. Hellooooooo...tugas SPR adalah mengendalikan pemilu atau PRK dan mendaftar pemilih. Itu saja kerja SPR. Pemilu 5 tahu sekali. Pendaftaran pemilih ongoing dan PRK jika keadaan memerlukan. Jadi apakah jadah dibuatnya sepanjang masa ini? Cakap sajalah tak boleh buat bulan Mac,pasai UMNO nak adakan AGM....cukup!

SPR berkata"Pegawai pilihan raya negeri telah meminta agar diberikan masa yang secukupnya untuk melatih mereka....." Helloooo...pegawai pilihanraya ini 99% adalah orang yang sama,nak latih apa lagi? Mungkin SPR nak melatih macam mana nak menipu kot!

Kenapa hari mengundi dibuat pada hari Selasa 7 April 2009? Hari itu bukanlah hari yang sesuai kerana hari Selasa itu "a working day" dan sudah tentu majikan tak akan lepaskan pengundi untuk balik mengundi. Datuk Wan...U punya otak letak kat mana?

SPR boleh cakap apa saja,tapi yang jelas tingkahlaku SPR sememangnya menjadi pak turut UMNO/BN. Alasan yang Datuk Wan bagi tu macam budak-budak sekolah yang masih berhingus........... Pendek kata semua ini adalah diatur untuk memberi advantage kepada UMNO/BN, jangan dok mai kelentong di sini............

cheers.

14 February 2009

Malaysia's new PM faces referendum in April polls……….

Malaysia's incoming Prime Minister will face his first referendum in two simultaneous by-elections just days after taking office in early April.

The polls, to be held a month after the government's rollout of a second stimulus package, will also gauge public acceptance of Najib Razak's management of a country whose exports are tumbling and whose economy looks set to slide into its first likely recession in eight years.

The outcome of the votes will not alter the national political power balance, but opposition victory will keep Anwar Ibrahim and his alliance on track as contenders to win power in the next general elections due by 2013.

Anwar's People's Alliance won control of five of Malaysia's 13 states and denied the government its iron-clad two-thirds parliament majority in last year's general elections. It has also won two by-elections in the last six months, but suffered a recent setback after losing control of the state of Perak in a political coup by the National Front.

"Whether intended or not, the timing of the two polls means it will be seen as referendum on Najib as Prime Minister," said Ibrahim Suffian, director of respected opinion pollster the Merdeka Center for Opinion Research.

The by-elections, called after the death of an MP in Perak and the resignation of a state lawmaker in neighbouring Kedah state, will be held simultaneously on April 7, the Election Commission announced Friday. The polls are a just week after Najib takes office as Malaysia's sixth Prime Minister with poll ratings that stand at 41 percent versus 46 percent for incumbent Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

That the polls will happen only after Najib's United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party completes internal elections where Najib stands unopposed as party president, will allow the party to close ranks before heading for the vote. The Democratic Action Party (DAP), one of three members of the People's Alliance, accused the Election Commission of giving UMNO, the lead component in the National Front, an unfair advantage.

"The fractious and internecine UMNO party elections until March 28 had been the primary consideration of the Election Commission ... so that the campaign will be held after the UMNO elections and Najib has become the Prime Minister," said DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang.

Observers are keenly watching how voters will take to the second stimulus package that Najib, who is also finance minister, will table in parliament on March 10.

Najib has not revealed any details about the spending plans beyond the fact that it will be larger than the 7 billion Malaysian ringgit ($1.94 billion) stimulus announced in November. Najib on Thursday announced a 21 million ringgit allocation from the second stimulus package would be given to mission schools in the eastern states of Sabah and Sarawak, where Anwar has been trying to make inroads.

Campaigning will be especially intense for the Bukit Gantang parliament seat in Perak, where public anger over the coup against the Pakatan Rakyat remains high. Merdeka Center's poll of Perak residents released on Thursday found 66 percent of respondents said they rejected the Najib-engineered takeover.- by Razak Ahmad

source:Reuters India

cheers.

13 February 2009

PRK serentak pada April 7 2009..........

Pilihan raya kecil Parlimen Bukit Gantang dan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) akan diadakan serentak iaitu pada 7 April depan. Tarikh penamaan calon pula telah ditetapkan pada 29 Mac.

Perkara itu diumumkan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) di ibu pejabatnya di sini, hari ini.

Pilihan raya kecil bagi kawasan itu diadakan berikutan kematian penyandangnya, Roslan Shaharum daripada PAS akibat serangan jantung, selepas terjatuh daripada basikal yang dinaikinya ketika dalam perjalanan ke farmasi berdekatan Batu Gajah, Perak Isnin lalu.

(The Election Commission today announced that the by-elections for the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat in Perak and the Bukit Selambau state seat in Kedah will be held simultaneously on April 7.

Nomination day would be on March 29, Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said.)

cheers.

Gamuda - Politik & Perniagaan.............

It is a known fact that YM Raja Eleena is a major shareholder of Gamuda. Is it possible that this could have been a reason for Pakatan not to be in Perak Sultan’s good books?

Reformasi News Headlines Berita Reformasi Terkini
Tarungkite site by monazmuslim reports;

"Rupa-rupanya ada sesuatu yang tersembunyi di sebalik tindakan Sultan Azlan Shah ini. Mungkin fakta ini merupakan satu faktor yang mempengaruhi tindakan Sultan sehingga sanggup bertindak secara tidak profesional.

Untuk pengetahuan pembaca, Syarikat GAMUDA (M) Sd. Bhd. yang diberikan projek oleh Kerajaan Pusat bagi membina Landasan Keretapi dari Padang Besar ke Ipoh merupakan syarikat milik anak perempuan Sultan Perak, Raja Dato' Seri Eleena Azlan Shah. Raja Eleena merupakan pemegang saham terbesar dalam GAMUDA melalui syarikatnya Generasi Setia (M) Sdn. Bhd.

Projek Landasan Keretapi yang bernilai RM 12 bilion ini telah tergendala di kawasan Pulau Pinang. Ini berpunca apabila GAMUDA tidak mahu mematuhi prosedur yang ditetapkan oleh Kerajaan Pulau Pinang yang diperintah oleh Pakatan Rakyat.

Jika dilihat dari fakta ini, ianya tidak mustahil boleh mempengaruhi tindakan Sultan Perak dalam menangani isu rampasan kuasa ini. Secara logiknya, Sultan Azlan Shah marah dengan tindakan Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat Penang kerana menjadi punca projek puteri kesayangannya tergendala. Secara kebetulan berlaku isu lompat parti di Perak dan digunakan sepenuhnya oleh Sultan Azlan Shah untuk balas dendam kepada Pakatan Rakyat.

Sekiranya ini benar, adalah malang bagi kita rakyat Malaysia. Sultan yang menjadi payung kepada rakyat telah bertukar sikap hanya disebabkan kepentingan peribadi dan keluarga."

According to blogsite Stocktube:

"Another interesting fact about Gamuda - the largest shareholder is also the second richest woman on the 2008 Forbes 40 Richest Malaysians at #35 spot. She is Raja Datuk Seri Eleena Raja Azlan Shah, the daughter of the Sultan of Perak, Raja Azlan Shah. She was worth RM773 Million ($228 Million) at #25 spot in 2007’s 40 Richest Malaysians but this figure dropped to RM510 Million ($150 Million) in 2008 at #35 spot.

Based on today’s stock price of RM1.91 a share her fortune is only at RM287.46 million based on her remaining stake of 7.5% in Gamuda via Generasi Setia (M) Sdn Berhad. Naturally when his father refused to dissolve the state assembly for a fresh election various rumors and speculations began its circulation."

"Malaysian politics is perhaps the dirtiest but you can’t blame the public to have a perception that the federal government was twisting the arms of the Sultan (silly assumption, is it not?). However on the business perspective you do not need to wake Einstein up from his grave to tell you that Gamuda is basically at the mercy of the Federal government.

With water taps closed by the federal government to three of the most developed states, Selangor, Perak and Penang, Gamuda is screaming for projects. Certainly the nation has the money. In fact the country is flushed with more money than before the Mar 2008 general election simply because the federal government does not know where to pump the money to since the most developed states such as Selangor, Perak (was) and Penang are controlled by opposition parties."

source:kosong cafe

cheers.

12 February 2009

Nizar Jamaluddin ikon baru Pakatan Rakyat .........

Mungkin secara tidak langsung ada hikmah dengan hilangnya kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat Perak kepada Barisan Nasional. Mungkin kejayaan yang dijangka oleh Barisan Nasional yang diterajui oleh Najib Tun Abdul Razak dalam mengambil alih kuasa Negeri Perak bukan satu kejayaan menyeluruh. Mungkin implikasi dari tindakan tersebut memberi kesan yang lebih negatif kepada BN khususnya UMNO yang semakin ke tepi dalam membicarakan persoalan sokongan rakyat khususnya generasi muda.

Benar, Perak dapat di rampas dari Pakatan Rakyat. Namun hakikat sebenarnya adakah Perak menjadi peneroka jalan untuk mengembalikan sokongan rakyat kepada Barisan Nasional? Adakah ini akan menjadikan Barisan Nasional kembali diterima atau pengambilalihan Perak akan lebih menyulitkan Barisan Nasional.

Apa yang jelas dalam isu ini adalah kemunculan hero baru dalam Pakatan Rakyat yang mempunyai keserasian dengan mentor mereka Anwar Ibrahim. Kalau sebelum ini DAP ada Lim Guan Eng, hari ini PAS mungkin ada Nizar Jamaluddin yang mampu membawa arus Anwar Ibrahim dalam parti mereka masing-masing.

Nizar kini – dalam isu peralihan kuasa secara pintu belakang ini telah menjadi ikon perjuangan PAS dan Pakatan Rakyat. Sokongan semakin memuncak dan Nizar semakin rapat dengan apa yang penyokong Pakatan Rakyat definisikan makna pejuang. Nizar hari ini semakin popular dan semakin menampakkan diri dalam pembentukan ikon kepimpinan baru dalam Pakatan Rakyat. Nama yang sebelum ini tidak diketahui kini disebut-sebut di Perak dan negeri-negeri lain dalam Malaysia. Mungkin dengan populariti ini Nizar akan menjadi ikon pejuang baru yang mampu berdiri seiringan dengan Anwar Ibrahim di mata penyokong PR. Mungkin Pakatan Rakyat perlu berterima kasih dengan Najib Tun Razak kerana hari ini Nizar seakan popular dalam senario penyokong mereka sebagai pejuang dan Najib popular dengan kedudukan sebagai Timbalan Perdana Menteri yang akan menjadi Perdana Menteri.

Apa pun rakyat yang menjadi penyokong Pakatan Rakyat yang rata-rata di dokong oleh generasi baru ini khususnya PAS akan memperoleh seorang lagi ikon perjuangan mereka yakni Nizar Jamaluddin. Mungkin ketandusan persoalan yang sebelum ini meletakkan pengganti Anwar Ibrahim ialah Lim Guan Eng kini berubah dengan nama baru Nizar Jamaluddin. Mereka inilah, Anwar Ibrahim, Lim Guan Eng dan Nizar Jamaluddin akan menjadi faktor baru dalam pilihan raya ke 13 nanti. Adakah mereka ini dapat ditandingi oleh Najib, TS Muhyiddin Yassin atau Mohammad Taib atau Ali Rustam?

Ingat rakyat akan memilih pada PRU 13 nanti dan ini bukan macam pemilihan agung UMNO akan datang. Perbuatan BN khususnya UMNO akan terpahat menjadi pengukur rakyat untuk memilih siapa. Mungkin BN dan UMNO nampak berjaya menawan Perak tetapi Barisan Nasional masih dikerumuni oleh mereka yang retorik tanpa tindakan.- webmaster

source:umno reform 2

cheers.

Poll: 88% disagree with the Sultan's decision................

From the various protests and huge outcry over what many have called an undemocratic ousting of a legitimate state government, it would be safe to assume that a majority of Malaysians are unhappy over what has been going on in Perak.

A survey conducted by Malaysiakini saw an overwhelming majority of readers disagreeing with Sultan Azlan Shah's decision in the transfer of power in the silver state.

A total of 34,617 out of 39,411 readers, or 87.8 percent said they were against the sultan's decision in the four-day survey which ended yesterday.

Last Thursday, the sultan rejected the Pakatan Rakyat state government's request to dissolve the state assembly in view of defections by several of its state representatives.

The sultan, a former lord president, also asked Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin to resign as menteri besar, which the latter refused.

However, 3,862 (9.8 percent) survey respondents said they agreed with the sultan's decision while 932 readers (2.4 percent) answered "Don't know".

source: malaysiakini

Btw, can Karpal Singh sue a royalty? The answer is YES.

How? There was this law that was passed by Parliament, that allows ordinary citizens to sue royalty in a Special Court that will be determined by the judiciary.

Whose idea was this? UMNO and the BN gomen under Mahathir Mohamad off course.

So,who really is the 'Penderhaka' or 'Pengkhianat' here? UMNO.....sapa lagi......

Its like the pot calling the kettle black..........

Sementara itu sebanyak 97 peratus rakyat Perak mahukan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) dibubarkan iaitu sebagai cara terbaik mengatasi kemelut politik di negeri itu serta memberi peluang mereka 'meraikan' demokrasi. Demikian hasil kajian yang dilakukan oleh Penganalis Politik dan Pensyarah Kanan Jabatan Pengajian Media, Universiti Malaya, Prof Madya Dr Abu Hassan Hasbullah terhadap penduduk di negeri itu yang bermula di Pasir Salak sehingga ke Kuala Gula. Baca di sini.

Read here, here, here and here .

cheers.

11 February 2009

Perak : 4 PR ADUN to join BN..............

WITH the dust barely settling on last week's defections, speculation is now rife that another four could defect.

The four, also from the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition, are said to be ready to defect to the Barisan Nasional (BN), reported liberal news portal Malaysian Insider.

The report said that in text messages being circulated, four names are mentioned -

1.DAP's Keshvinder Singh of Malim Nawar,

2.DAP's A. Siva Subramanium of Buntong,

3.PKR's S. Kesavan of Hutan Melintang,

4.PKR's Tai Sing Ng of Kuala Sepetang.

The news portal said that 'well-informed sources' in Umno confirmed that discussions are ongoing with five more PR lawmakers. The sources were quoted saying that 'there is a good chance' that three of the five will cross over in the next two months.

'The timeline of two months could mean it could be tomorrow on in 60 days,' the Umno source said.

BN is said to be looking for Indian representatives to cross over in order to make its line-up more multi-ethnic.

The death of PAS MP for Bukit Gantang Roslan Shaharom yesterday means that a by-election may happen in Perak. The possible by-election will be a referendum on the political situation in Perak. And it will come at an awkward time for Umno, with the Umno general assembly due in late March.

Meantime, Kedah assemblyman V. Arumugam of PKR quit his seat and his position on the state's executive council yesterday afternoon. His resignation has sparked fears of defection, and of a similar scenario replaying in Kedah. Though he resigned amid allegations linking him to a 'marriage scandal', he said he has been under pressure to defect, claiming that he has received threats.

source:the electric newspaper,singapore

cheers.


UMNO offered PAS money for crossovers too........

As the ongoing political chaos in Perak shows no sign of abating, a Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) politician claimed Umno members had offered them money to defect last year. This happened last year, months after Barisan Nasional (BN), of which Umno is the leading party, suffered a crushing defeat at the March general elections, reported liberal news portal Malaysian Insider.

PAS commissioner for Perak, Ustaz Ahmad Awang(pic.left) told his party’s daily newspaper, Harakah: ‘At first, they offered a few PAS assemblymen millions of ringgit to cross over and join them.

‘The first person to get the offer was the Pasir Panjang state assemblyman who is now the Menteri Besar. But when this approach failed, they asked PAS Perak to form a coalition government with Umno and Barisan Nasional.‘

Mr Ahmad claimed that Umno used agents to meet him and party spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat to put forward this proposal.

He said: ‘They used a few muftis, senior government officials, NGOs and also a BN MP who is my relative… a senior Umno leader who hails from Perak and a senior government official whose wife is from Perak tried to meet me for discussions.

‘They were accompanied by a rector from a tertiary institution in Perak.’

He recalled: ‘This senior Umno official is a Cabinet minister who spoke to me on the phone and asked for a four-eyes meeting.’

When the meeting did not happen, Umno officials, including the minister’s delegation went to MrAhmad’s home, but was deterred by PAS volunteers. Mr Ahmad said that even after Mr Nizar was sworn in as the state’s chief minister, Umno agents continued to approach PAS members to leave Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and work together with Umno in the name of Malay unity.

Last July, The Straits Times reported how Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi revealed that he had held meetings with top leaders of PAS and discussed Malay unity. Datuk Nik Aziz was not among them.

Then, media reports pointed to a rift between Pas president Hadi Awang and Datuk Nik Aziz, who is against a return to a PAS-Umno coalition, which fell apart in 1978. These exposed a split in PAS over Mr Anwar Ibrahim’s role as the opposition coalition leader.

The PM had hoped to drive a wedge between the PAS leaders and bring about the collapse of the PR alliance, comprising PAS, PKR and DAP.

Better to merge

Last night, Mr Ahmad's revelation was followed by Mr Mukhriz Mahathir's calls for a unity government. The Umno Youth executive committee member said it is better for Perak PAS to join the BN to strengthen Malay unity, hence enabling a stronger state government, reported Bernama. Mr Mukhriz, a Member of Parliament for Jerlun, urged PAS to consider this as the combined seats of the BN, PAS and Independents in the Perak legislature would enable a strong government to be formed in the state.

At present, PAS holds six seats, PKR seven and DAP 18 out of the 59 seats in Perak's state assembly under the Pakatan Rakyat flag. The BN has 28 seats. However, defections from Pakatan Rakyat saw it losing its slim majority, enabling the BN to lead.

And with the death of PAS MP Roslan Shaharum of a heart attack yesterday, PR has another seat less.

source:the electric news paper,singapore

Malaysiakini reported today that the police have barred the holding of any political ceramah in Perak until the situation in the state is back to normal. Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan said he has already informed Perak police chief Zulkifli Abdullah regarding this.

"The police chief will issue an order. The ban will be in effect until the situation is back to normal," he added. However, Musa said the ban is only for Perak and those who want to hold such ceramah in other states have to follow the necessary guidelines. Perak has been enveloped in a political turmoil after Barisan Nasional seized control of the state last week.

cheers.

Najib tidak disiasat dan keterangan tidak diambil.....

Nama Timbalan Perdana Menteri (TPM) Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak disebut dalam kes perbicaraan blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin yang didakwa atas tuduhan menerbitkan sebuah artikel berbaur hasutan berhubung kes pembunuhan wanita Mongolia Altantuya Shaariibuu di Mahkamah Sesyen di sini, semalam.

Ini berikutan peguam bela Raja Petra, Gobind Singh Deo merujuk terhadap afidavit salah seorang tertuduh dalam kes berkenaan iaitu Abdul Razak Abdullah (Razak Baginda) yang kini bebas dari tuduhan di mana afidavit berkenaan menyatakan, pada 20 Oktober 2006, beliau (Razak) telah bertembung dengan Pembantu Khas ahli politik itu, Deputi Superintendan Musa Safri di pejabatnya.

Merujuk kepada siapa ‘TPM’ yang dimaksudkan itu, Deputi Superintendan Gan Tack Guan lantas memberitahu, individu terbabit adalah Najib dan selepas itu beliau kemudiannya diasak sama ada siasatan terhadap ahli politik berkenaan telah dilakukan pihak polis.

Penolong Pengarah Pusat Biro Nasional/Interpol itu bagaimanapun menjelaskan, Najib tidak disiasat dan keterangannya tidak diambil kerana hasil siasatan mengesahkan ahli politik berkenaan tidak terlibat langsung dalam kes yang sedang dibicarakan ini.

”Beliau (Najib) tidak dipanggil untuk memberi keterangan kerana hasil siasatan mendapati beliau tidak terlibat dalam kes ini,” kata Tack Guan.

Penyelia dalam siasatan kes pembunuhan Altantuya itu kemudiannya terus didesak dengan pelbagai soalan selepas Gobind menolak keterangannya dengan mendakwa Tack Guan tidak seharusnya menyatakan sedemikian sedangkan tiada sebarang keterangan direkodkan terhadap Timbalan Perdana Menteri itu.

“Kalau kamu tidak ambil sebarang keterangan daripada TPM tentang keseluruhan siasatan dan beliau (Najib) tidak disiasat langsung, bagaimana kamu tahu kandungan artikel ini (artikel ‘Let’s Send the Altantuya Murderers to Hell’) tidak benar?” soal Gobind.

Peguam itu menyatakan, selama 30 tahun berpengalaman menjadi anggota polis, Tack Guan seharusnya tahu, Najib merupakan saksi penting tetapi mengapa tidak disoal siasat secara menyeluruh bagi memperoleh kebenaran.

Beliau menyatakan saksi itu seperti hanya main-main sedangkan kes sudah teruk tetapi Tack Guan tetap pendirian dengan menyatakan tidak perlu untuk menyiasat atau mengambil sebarang kenyataan daripada Najib.

”Dalam proses siasatan kita perlu lihat pembabitan seseorang, semua saksi adalah penting tetapi dalam kes ini Najib tidak terlibat jadi tidak perlu untuk ambil kenyataan beliau,” kata Tack Guan yang merupakan pengadu terhadap kes yang dihadapi Raja Petra kini.

Beliau pada 30 April 2008 telah membuat laporan polis di Balai Polis Tun HS Lee mengenai artikel ‘Let’s Send Altantuya Murderers to Hell’ setelah mendakwa empat isu dalam artikel yang diterbitkan blogger berkenaan tidak benar dan diada-adakan.

Raja Petra, 59, kemudiannya dibicarakan selepas mengaku tidak salah terhadap tuduhan menerbitkan artikel berkenaan di laman web www.malaysia-today.net pada 25 April 2008.

Pada perbicaraan semalam, Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Roslan Mat Nor turut membantah apabila Gobind cuba mengaitkan kes berkenaan dengan campur tangan politik dan menegaskan saksi kelima itu tidak mempunyai sebarang kuasa untuk memberi jawapan terhadap perkara berkenaan.

“Saksi merupakan pengadu dalam kes ini bukannya pegawai penyiasat. Justeru beliau tidak ada bidang kuasa untuk membuat sebarang pendakwaan,” katanya.

Perbicaraan bersambung.

source:sinar harian

10 February 2009

P59 and N25 - Time for two referendums on Najib.....

Just when I thought that politics in Malaysia could not get more exciting, it does. Prime Minister in waiting, Najib Tun Razak, made a bold and successful maneuver to wrest the state of Perak from the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. He knew he would take a short-term hit to his popularity not only in the state of Perak but in other parts of the country as well. His strategy of buying time for now in hope that he can rebuild the support for Barisan Nasional in time for the next general elections, due in 2013, was contingent on exactly that - having time.

He did not count on an ‘act of God' on the one hand and an ‘act of indiscretion' on the other to throw two spanners into the works. The surprising death of PAS MP, Roslan Shaharum, in the Bukit Gantang constituency and the unexpected resignation of PKR assemblyperson, V Arumugam in the Bukit Selambau constituency in Kedah, has given voters an unique opportunity to, in effect, have two ‘referendums' on the recent events in Perak. It is likel
y that the BN and Najib will lose these two referendums, with perhaps larger majorities compared to March 2008.

The Election Commission will have 60 days to hold by-elections in both seats, which would likely occur before the Umno General Assembly at the end of March. With the events in Perak still fresh in the minds of voters, the issue dominating both by-elections would be the manner in which the BN formed the new state government in Perak and perhaps how the BN was trying to dislodge the state government in Kedah using similar tactics.

In a previous article, I wrote that BN's ‘coup' in Perak is actually advantageous to Pakatan from an electoral perspective. These two by-elections will put my assertions to the test. A closer examination of both seats will show the uphill task the BN faces in both of these seats.

When BN reigned
supreme

Before March 2008, it would have been ludicrous to even suggest that BN would lose these seats in any election. Even during the 1999 general elections, when Malay support for the BN fell dramatically, the BN managed to retain both Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau with a 5101 and 5984 majority respectively. The BN retained both seats with a 6702 and 7695 majority respectively in 2004. Both can be considered ethnically 'mixed' constituencies, the stronghold of the BN in previous elections save that of March 2008. Of the two, Bukit Gantang has a higher percentage of Malay voters at 63.4 percent, compared to 50.2 percent in Bukit Selambau.

Table 1 below shows the ethnic composition of both seats using data from the 2008 general elections.

BUKIT GANTANG

Malays - 63.5%
Chinese- 27.1%
Indians- 9.1%
Others- 0.2%
BUKIT SELAMBAU

Malays- 50.2%
Chinese-19.3%
Indians-29.5%
Others-1.0%

However, in March 2008, the BN managed to lose both seats with majorities of 1566 and 2362 respectively. The manner in which the BN lost both these seats is important in determining the results in the upcoming by elections.

Using results at the ‘saluran' level, I was able to estimate the level of Malay and non-Malay support for the BN in both seats in the 2008 general elections. The results are shown in Table 2 below.


BUKIT GANTANG

Malay BN support- 52.6%
Non-Malay BN support- 34.8%

BUKIT SELAMBAU

Malay BN support- 63.3%
Non-Malay BN support- 25.8%

In both seats, t
he BN managed to retain a majority of support among Malay voters. What caused the BN to lose both seats is the fact that its support among the non-Malay voters collapsed. This collapse is even more surprising given that the non-Malay voters in Bukit Gantang were voting for a PAS candidate and those in Bukit Selambau were voting for an independent candidate, who for all intents and purposes, was not that well qualified. (V Arumugam joined PKR when he won this seat). The hopes for BN to recapture any of these two seats rest on being able to win more of the Malay vote. The chances of BN recapturing any non-Malay support dissipated with the toppling of the Pakatan state government which was very popular among the non-Malays, many of whom were expecting a more relaxed attitude towards the renewal of land licenses.

BN ‘backlash'

The ISA arrest of popular DAP leader, Teresa Kok, will no doubt be used again by Pakatan in both these by-elections as will the more recent murder of A Kugan whilst under policy custody, whose case was not managed well at all by the Home Ministry. The non-Malay support for the BN will no doubt drop further in Bukit Gantang to perhaps as low as 20 percent, as may the level of non-Malay support in Bukit Selambau. It is unlikely that non-Malay voters in these two seats would repeat the voting behaviour of the non-Malays in the recent Kuala Terengganu by-election, where an anticipated swing against the BN did not materialise.

The non-Malay voters in both these constituencies have already shown that they are willing to vote for the opposition in large numbers. For example, in the new village of Kuala Sapetang in Bukit Gantang, which is 97 percent Chinese, the support for the BN in 2008 was 28.7 percent. Similarly in the polling station of
Bukit Rusa in Bukit Selambau, which is 71 percent Indian, the support for the BN in 2008 was 29.8 percent. No doubt the BN will attempt to ‘bribe' or perhaps ‘threaten' the non-Malay voters in Bukit Gantang on the issue of land licenses but it would be difficult to overcome the level of ‘betrayal' that many of these voters would be feeling after the ‘coup' in Perak.

The same strategy cannot be used in Kedah since the state government is still in the hands of the opposition, under a PAS-led government. There will not be the same kind of fear in facing a BN ‘backlash' in Bukit Selambau if the non-Malays there voted in an opposition candidate. Some may argue that the Malay vote in Bukit Gantang is fully capable of swinging at least a few percentage points in favour of the BN. The BN would campaign on the basis that the Perak government is now firmly back in the hands of the ‘Malays', making the not so subtle point that DAP was dominating the previous state government.

Furthermore, the rebellious actions of the former MB, Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin, and the threat by Karpal Singh to sue the Sultan of Perak may spur more Malays to back the BN candidate this time around. These campaign strategies may work but only if one believes the following: that the recently deposed Pakatan government was genuinely unpopular among the Malays, that Nizar himself enjoyed low approval ratings among the Malays, that the Malays in Perak are united in supporting the actions of the Sultan in the recent ‘coup', that the Malays in Perak were unambiguously supportive of how the two PKR and one DAP assemblypersons were ‘bought', all of which can be contested and challenged.

Who will be chosen?

And if Pakatan fields Nizar to run in this parliamentary constituency, which coincidentally is also where the state seat of one of the PKR defectors (Changkat Jering) lies, it will be difficult to stop Malay ‘sympathy' votes from going to the former PAS menteri besar. Thrown into this mix is the challenge of selecting a suitable BN candidate in the midst of an Umno election. This seat was ‘allocated' to Gerakan in 2004 in exchange for Gerakan ‘ceding' Taiping to PPP president, M Kayveas, and was ‘returned' to Umno in the 2008 elections.

This means that there is no ‘front-runner' within Umno to lay claim to this seat. If Abdul Azim Mohd Zabidi, the cu
rrent Umno treasurer, runs again in this seat, the opposition will likely have a field day in playing up all the 'scandals' associated with him. If another ‘lesser' Umno leader is chosen, he or she has to face the potential of disgruntled factions within Umno not campaigning for him or her as was the case in the recent KT by-election.

BN's challenge to win back the Bukit Selambau seat is even more challenging. There, PAS will make full use of the fact that the BN is trying to destabilise the Malay dominant state government of PAS by employing some of the same tactics used in Perak. The BN will have its hands full trying to retain the Malay vote in this PAS governed state. PAS can easily peel away some of the Malay vote for the BN, which at 63 percent in 2008, has little upside and lots of downside. There is very little which Pakatan actually needs to do except to show up and campaign in both by-elections. This is very much a referendum (or two) on the BN rather than on Anwar and Pakatan even though there is ample room to criticise the strategies and coherence of the opposition coalition and its de facto leader.


In other words, this is as close to a ‘nightmare' scenario as you can possibly get, from Najib's perspective. After losing Permatang Pauh and Kuala Terengganu, he faces the prospect of another two by-election losses, very likely with larger losses compared to March 2008. After the triumph of snatching back Perak, Najib and the BN will more than likely go into the Umno General Assembly ruing yet another political setback and loss of political momentum. - by Ong Kiang Ming

source: Malaysiakini

cheers.

Sah....PRK di Bukit Selambau..............

Selepas beberapa jam melepas jawatan exco kerajaan negeri Kedah, Menteri Besar Kedah, Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak mengumumkan malam ini bahawa V Arumugam turut meletakkan jawatan sebagai Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Bukit Selambau. Menurutnya, peletakan jawatan Arumugam itu berkuatkuasa serta merta.Sehubungan, Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Kedah, Dr Abd Isa Ismail akan memaklumkan kekosongan kerusi tersebut kepada Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya (SPR) untuk membolehkan pilihanraya kecil diadakan dalam masa 60 hari.

Petang tadi, Azizan mengumumkan bahawa Arumugam telah melepaskan jawatan exco kerajaan negeri. Ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini malam ini, Dr Abd Isa berkata beliau telah menerima surat peletakan jawatan Arumugam pada jam 6 petang tadi yang dihantar oleh wakilnya. Menurutnya, menteri besar telah menyembahkan perkara itu kepada Sultan Kedah tadi. Menurut Dr Abd Isa beliau akan menghantar surat kepada SPR esok untuk memaklumkan mengenai kekosongan kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Bukit Selambau itu.

Dalam sidang akhbar malam ini, menteri besar berkata Arumugam meletakkan jawatan akibat tekanan dari pihak Barisan Nasional. Katanya, tekanan itu agak berat sehingga mengancam dirinya (Arumugam) dan keluarganya. Oleh itu, katanya, Arumugam mengambil keputusan untuk melepaskan jawatan exco kerajaan negeri dan Adun Bukit Selambau. Keputusan Arumugam hari ini ekoran spekulasi sejak kebelakangan ini bahawa beliau akan menamatkan karier politiknya.

Baru-baru ini, beliau mendakwa berdepan dengan ugutan supaya meninggalkan Pakatan Rakyat untuk menyertai BN. Difahamkan Arumugam tunduk ekoran dakwaan tekanan hebat terhadapnya dan keluarganya supaya melompat menyertai BN. Awal bulan ini, Arumugam telah membuat laporan polis mendakwa, antara lain, terdapat percubaan untuk menculiknya. Arumugam juga mendakwa beliau dan pegawainya telah menerima banyak ugutan.

"Semua ini dilakukan untuk memaksa saya meninggalkan PKR dan menyertai BN," dakwanya dalam laporan polisnya itu.

Katanya, selain ugutan, beliau juga ditawarkan dengan tawaran lumayan untuk memujuknya meninggalkan PKR. Minggu lalu, desas-desus timbul semula mengenai Arumugam akan meninggalkan PKR, apabila beliau tidak dapat dihubungi. Rakan-rakannya dalam PKR berkata Arumugam sedang bercuti.Pakatan Rakyat memerintah selepas memenangi 22 daripada 36 kerusi di DUN negeri. BN pula mempunyai 14 kerusi. Daripada 22 kerusi tersebut, 16 dimenangi PAS, PKR (5) dan DAP (1). Arumugam yang bertanding sebagai calon bebas, kemudiannya menyertai PKR dan dilantik sbagai ahli exco kerajaan negeri.

Sementara itu, Bernama melaporkan Azizan berkata, beliau menerima surat peletakan jawatan Arumugam itu bertarikh 8 Februari dan diterima oleh beliau pada 5 petang tadi yang lengkap dengan tandatangan dan cop Pesuruhjaya Sumpah.

Ditanya mengenai sebab peletakan jawatan itu, Azizan berkata antara kandungan surat Arumugam ialah beliau mendakwa tidak lagi tahan dengan ugutan oleh pelbagai pihak, termasuklah kononnya terdapat individu tertentu yang mewakili pemimpin Barisan Nasional (BN) menawarkan habuan RM5 juta supaya beliau melompat parti.

"Saya hormati pendiriannya dan menolak habuan RM5 juta itu dan menurut surat itu, beliau (Arumugam) telah menerima pelbagai ugutan sejak Mac 2008 lagi dan disebabkan tidak lagi tahan dengan ugutan dan demi keselamatan keluarganya,

Azizan berkata beliau masih belum dapat menghubungi Arumugam sehingga sekarang dan beliau sedih dengan apa yang berlaku kerana menyifatkan Arumugam sebagai seorang wakil rakyat yang baik. Mengenai tindakan Arumugam yang meletak jawatan, Azizan berkata: "Ia adalah amalan biasa dalam kalangan ahli politik, ramai orang meletak jawatan dan ia bukanlah sesuatu yang baru."

Arumugam adalah pesara mekanik Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM) dan pada pilihanraya umum ke-12 tahun lepas, beliau bertanding atas tiket bebas serta memenangi kerusi DUN Bukit Selambau setelah mengalahkan calon BN S.Krishnan dengan majoriti 7,695 undi. Beliau muncul sebagai calon bebas di saat-saat akhir hari penamaan calon setelah borang pencalonan wakil PKR Saiful Izham Ramli ditolak oleh SPR atas masalah teknikal.

Arumugam kemudiannya menyertai PKR dan dilantik sebagai anggota exco kerajaan negeri dengan memegang portfolio pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna, Hal Ehwal Masyarakat Siam, Perpaduan, Pekerja Ladang dan Hal Ehwal Masyarakat India.

source: malaysiakini


Bagi gomen Pakatan Rakyat di Kedah... hangpa jangan terlalu dok syiok sangat konon-kononnya ADUN-ADUN hangpa yang kejap-kejap dok menghilangkan diri tu, katanya pi makan angin....

Boleh nak caya kah? Betoilah depa pi makan angin,tapi makan angin kat mana? Putrajaya,Pekan...Oooooi la ni bukan boleh percaya lagi.......

Jaga-jaga sikit penyamun tarbus dari UMNO ni suka dok intai-intai dan depa boleh bawa lari macam tu saja. Depa bawa pi bagi kena psiko sikit,ugut, dan dilobi.... dengan duit bermillion-million..... Al-maklum sajalah ADUN-ADUN ini semua first-timer,asainya orang biasa saja, tiba-tiba nampak duit bergoni-goni, tup...tup lompat kapai, macam 3 ekor di Perak tu.......

Lepaih tu hangpa yang gigit jari.........

Najib berusaha sedaya upaya untuk memanipulai keadaan di Perak dan dengan bantuan tiga ekor jalang politik dari PR dan seekor ular kepala dua dari UMNO, dia berjaya rampas kuasa di Perak....

Najib pikiaq dengan menggelakkan diri daripada mengadakan pilihanraya kecil di Perak, maruah dia akan terserlah lah serta dapat menjadi PM dengan senyuman panjang lebar bulan Mac ini.

Namun takdir tidak memihak Najib dan UMNO kerana tiba-tiba Najib dan UMNO terpaksa menghadapi dua PRK di Bukit Gantang dan Bukit Selambau dalam jangkamasa terdekat. Bagi pengundi-pengundi di Bukit Gantang dan Bukit Selambau tiba masanya kau orang mintalah apa saja termasuk bulan dan matahari, semuanya dapat. Duit yang depa simpan untuk beli wakil rakyat masih berlambak lagi, bertimbun-timbun dalam bank.

La ni kita nak tengok apakah tindakan Najib terhadap gomen Pakatan Rakyat di Perak diterima oleh rakyat Perak dan Kedah?

Apakah maruah Najib ini akan tersungkur dan dikuburkan di bukit-bukit ini?

Pakatan Rakyat perlu calon Nizar Jamaluddin sebagai calon di Bukit Gantang.........

Baca di sini,dan sini.

cheers.

09 February 2009

PAS Bukit Gantang MP Roslan Shaharum dies........

PAS member of Parliament for Bukit Gantang Roslan Shaharum passed away this morning. He was 50.

PAS Info chief Mahfuz Omar told Malaysiakini that Roslan was out cycling near his home in Changkat Lallang, Batu Gajah, when he suddenly collapsed.

Mahfuz said that the party is now gathering details of his death before issuing a statement. By 1.30pm, the party confirmed that Roslan suffered a heart attack.

He leaves behind 10 children. His body is now in the Batu Gajah Hospital

Roslan was formerly the human resource director of Perak Economic Development Corporation, and last July was named chairperson of Perak’s education foundation, Yayasan Perak.

In last March's election, Roslan defeated Umno treasurer Azim Zabidi by a majority of 1,566 votes. Bukit Gantang is a Malay majority seat with 27% Chinese and 10% Indian votes.

The by-election which must be held within 60 days will be a referendum on the political situation in Perak. It comes at an awkward time for Umno, with the Umno general assembly due in late March.

source: malaysiakini

Jenazah Allahyarham akan dibawa kerumahnya di Kampung Changkat Larang, Pengkalan Pegoh. Pengebumian akan dijalankan esok pagi di Tanah Perkuburan Kg Changkat Larang sementara menanti kepulangan anaknya dari Jordan. Allahyarham meninggalkan seorang balu dan 11 orang anak.

Semoga Allah mencucuri rahmat ke-atas rohnya.

You can visit his blog here.

Innalillahi Wainnailaihii Roji’un.....Al Fatihah
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Bukit Selambau - by-election in the making.........

PKR sources have informed Malaysiakini that the party's elected representative in Kedah V Arumugam has submitted his resignation, necessitating a by-election soon for the Bukit Selambau state seat.

It is leant that Arumugam had decided to throw in the towel following tremendous pressure on him and his family to defect to Barisan Nasional.

Arumugam,54, could not be contacted for confirmation but high level party sources said that the party would make the news official tomorrow.

It is learnt that Arumugam has submitted his resignation letter to the Kedah assembly speaker today and had gone overseas.

Arumugam's resignation, if it is confirmed tomorrow by state officials, brings an end to weeks of speculation that he would be tempted or forced to join the BN.

Police report lodged

Early this month, Arumugan had lodged a police report claiming, among others, that there was an attempt to kidnap him. He also claimed that he and his officers have received numerous threats.

"All of this is being done in order to force me to leave PKR and move to Barisan Nasional," he had said after lodging the police report.

He had said that apart from the threats, he was also approached with lucrative offers in order to coax him into leaving PKR.

Last week, talks of Arumugam leaving PKR heated up again, especially when he could not be contacted by anyone. His party colleagues then revealed that he was on leave.

Kedah - which was an Umno stronghold fell - into the hands of Pakatan Rakyat following the March 8 general election.

Arumugam was an independent candidate who joined the PKR after the general election. He was also a state executive councillor under the PAS-led Kedah government.

source:malaysiakini


YB. V. Arumugam a/l Vengatarakoo adalah Exco Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna Hal Ehwal Masyarakat Siam,Perpaduan, Pekerja Ladang dan Hal Ehwal Masyarakat India.

Desperate and power crazy BN/UMNO will do anything within their means that includes, to bribe, intimidate and kidnap so that they can be in power....

cheers.

06 February 2009

Anwar checkmated............

The people of Perak gave victory to Pakatan Rakyat(PR) on March 8 2008. However, the 10-month-old Perak PR state gomen fell into turmoil after three of its state assemblymen, two from PKR and one from DAP, quit their respective parties to become BN "friendly Independents".

What transpired in Perak should serve as a lesson for Pakatan Rakyat(PR) about forming governments through party hopping.

Anwar had repeatedly claimed that he would form the federal gomen on Sept 16 through the defection of more than 30 BN MPs.

Of course, September 16 came and nothing happened. Even my enthusiastic neighbour asked the postman who was delivering letter on that day, said," Itu gomen sulah tukar kah?"

His deadline had created much excitement in the nation but it had failed to materialise.

Suddenly,after losing in two free and fair by-elections, Najib finally claims victory in Perak by undemocratic means. Through tactful means, Najib manoeuvred the whole game to checkmate Anwar’s Pakatan Rakyat.

Najib had it all planned out. Najib planted a trojan horse that goes by the name of Nasharuddin Hashim, who craftily joined PKR but later made a U turn, when the road to trounce the Perak gomen was clear enough. Najib, with a stroke of dirty strategy staged a political coup d’état that toppled the Perak state gomen.

Najib needed this victory badly because his popularity within Umno was down the dumps, especially after the humiliating defeats BN/UMNO suffered at the hands of Pakatan Rakyat in Permatang Pauh and Kuala Terengganu. Najib and BN/UMNO know that BN/UMNO will be washed out if they have to face PR in a snap election in Perak now.

However, from the beginning, PR was handicapped. In Perak PR started had a very slim majority win over BN in the last general elections and any defections would have crumpled the PR gomen anyway and that is what had happened.

With both the PR and BN having 28 seats each, the right thing to do would have been to call for fresh elections. You can't include the 'Independents' in this equation. The only reason why the 3 "frogs" who call themselves as 'Independents' are not in BN is because they don't want to be seen as been bought over by Najib. Only an idiot will buy their crap that they are Independent.

A few days ago, Raja Nazrin said, "Sultan's must take a neutral position when political issues arise and even he have indicated the future of Royal family if they fail to stand neutral." But, its sad to note that the Sultan sees it differently for some reasons only known to his royal Highness.

I believe that the Dewan must called to order and then decide the MB’s fate. They should put the question to a vote of confidence on the floor of the Dewan. Only the answer of the assembly counts. You dont just simply fire the MB and has another one picked instantly.

Now, BN/UMNO is boasting that the 3 “ friendly independent” assemblymen is backing the BN/UMNO. For BN/UMNO, admitting these frogs into its fold, only demonstrates that BN/UMNO will compromise virtually anything to win the political game. These "frogs" were virtually bought over by UMNO and by turning their self as UMNO's political prostitutes, they lost all the respect and integrity to be a Yang Berhormat.

Remember two "frogs" are facing graft charges, while one "frog" jumped twice and the fourth "frog" seems lost and frustrated. But what is the guarantee that these "frogs" or anyone from BN would not jump ship in the near future and cause another political crisis to brew in Perak? This is anyone guess...... They may be happy now, but they will regret very soon. Lets pray that happens......

This is a lesson for Anwar and his Pakatan team. Please avoid this form of “hijacking” in politics. Instead Anwar should strengthen the Pakatan pact and mould it into a powerful coalition that will serve as an alternative party to make their journey to Putrajaya in the next general election.

Damn....politics is so dirty........

Read here, here , here, here and here.

cheers.

05 February 2009

Ku Li - "People will not believe that these crossovers were honest....."

Some BN leaders are already celebrating our ‘seizing power’ in the Perak state government via defections. One major newspaper, taking the matter as settled, is already devoting frontpage coverage to speculation about who will be the new Menteri Besar.

All this has happened because three state assemblymen from the Perak government have left their respective parties to become independents allied to BN, and the Bota state assemblyman has returned to BN.

A few words of caution are in order in in this extremely fluid situation. For constitutional, ethical and political reasons, I think celebrations are premature.

Constitutional points

The Constitution and the role of the Ruler in such crises must be respected.The defections may or may not topple the government of Perak, but some of us are behaving as if they have instantaneously transferred the government to BN. Defections are not the basis for the formation of a government. Elections are. Governments are formed after citizens have expressed their choice through free and fair elections. Our Constitution specifies a formal process for the formation of a government. The Ruler is sworn to uphold and protect this constitutional process. From among the elected representatives, the Ruler appoints as his Menteri Besar the individual who in his opinion commands the confidence of the majority in the assembly, or dewan. This choice belongs to him alone, although thereafter the Assembly may reject his choice by a vote of no confidence in the dewan. The Ruler’s powers and those of the legislative assembly act as checks and balances on each other.

The Menteri Besar has sought the Ruler’s consent for the dissolution of the State Legislative Assembly. The decision now rests with the Ruler. If the assembly is not dissolved, Dato’ Seri Nizar Jamaluddin remains as Menteri Besar until he resigns of his own accord, or is removed by a vote of no-confidence in a formal sitting of the assembly. The Constitution makes no provision for his removal by press conferences or newspaper headlines declaring victory.

Ethical and political issues

The ethical and political issues coincide because ethical failures are at the core of our political problem. Umno is in critical condition. Our biggest challenge, both as a party and as the governing party, is to tackle corruption at every level. We are under close public scrutiny in addressing this problem. Unless we implement radical reforms and are seen to be doing so, we are finished politically come next election.

Instead we are now seen to be “winning back” Perak with the crossover of exactly the kind of low calibre individuals, as one commentator has put it, that we should shun.

Two of the assemblymen whose allegiance we have suddenly gained are under investigation for corruption. I was clearly wrong about the integrity of the assemblyman from Bota. His justification for his record-breaking ten day double-hop is an insult to the public’s intelligence and nauseating in its insincerity. It is precisely this kind of open abuse of the public’s trust for the sake of personal gain that causes people to hate Umno.

The farcical circumstances of these defections, complete with mysterious disappearances, sudden reversals, and implausible explanations, show ample signs of illegal inducement. No matter what the truth of the matter, let us not fool ourselves. People will not believe that these crossovers were honest. This mistrust will taint any government formed on the back of these crossovers. Elections are the sole source of the government’s authority in a democratic society.

In the end we shall have to face elections

If the Ruler decides not to accede to the MB’s request for the dissolution of Parliament, and BN is invited to form a state government on the basis of defections, what more dubious ones, I think it would anger a large section of the Malaysian public.

Our taking control without resort to elections would cement the enmity of the very people we should be trying to win back at the next elections. Come next General Election, they are are likely to reject both our state and parliamentary candidates with greater vehemence, and not just in Perak.

Contests in a democracy are not a fight for survival in which anything goes. They are competitions to serve.

BN should reform to improve its ability to serve with distinction. This is a long-term project that requires immediate focus. We do not need the distraction of transient, shaky victories when our task is to upgrade ourselves to win elections again, fair and square.

The is the only sustainable way to win the public back to BN.

source:razaleigh.com

Read here.

This just demonstrate how corrupted our politics can be. The value of some of our MPs are so cheap. These are the people who one day be PM or DPM. I dont know how much will they sell the country per kilo then...........

cheers.

Boleh percayakah kepada si Nasaruddin ini........

Inilah 4 ekor ADUN laknat yang berpaling tadah............




Keempat ADUN ini adalah ibarat..............



lompat si katak lompat..............



Malang sekali tahun ini tahun kerbau kepala dua..........




ADUN Bote ini sekejap di sini(UMNO), sekejap di sana(PKR) dan balik ke sini(UMNO).........




Cakapannya ibarat...............



atau



kerana................

Ini apa si Nasaruddin berkata semasa masuk PKR pada Ahad,25 Januari, 2009

1. Saya amat yakin dengan kepimpinan Parti Keadilan Rakyat yang mempunyai iltizam dan idealisme yang kuat untuk memperjuangkan hak-hak dan kepentingan rakyat yang terdiri dari pelbagai kaum di negara ini.

2. Saya yakin Parti Keadilan Rakyat akan tetap menjunjung dan menghormati hak-hak yang termaktub dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan khususnya dalam kedudukan Bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa rasmi kebangsaan, kedaulatan Raja-Raja Melayu dan kedudukan Islam sebagai agama Persekutuan.

3. Saya percaya Parti Keadilan Rakyat dan rakan-rakan dalam Pakatan Rakyat mampu untuk menjadi sebuah permuafakatan komponen parti-parti yang lebih baik demi kepentingan rakyat seluruhnya.

4. Untuk membolehkan saya menjadi ADUN yang lebih berkesan dan memberi khidmat terbaik kepada penduduk setempat memandangkan Pakatan Rakyat sudah pun menubuhkan kerajaan di Negeri Perak.

Ini pula apa si Nasaruddin berkata ketika masuk UMNO pada Rabu,4 Feb.2009;

1. "Saya mengambil untuk kembali menyertai BN berdasarkan keadaan politik yang tidak menentu dan bercelaru sehingga wujud satu kerajaan yang tidak kukuh di Perak.

2. "Saya juga mengambil kira dan menghormati pengundi-pengundi di kawasan pilihan raya Bota serta menghormati prinsip-prinsip amalan demokrasi.

3. "Selain itu saya juga mengambil kira nasihat dan pandangan rakan-rakan politik dan orang-orang perseorangan yang ingin melihat wujudnya keadaan dan suasana politik dan kerajaan yang kukuh di Perak.

4. "Maka saya dengan penuh perasaan dan kesedaran serta tanggungjawab akan kembali semula menyertai Umno dan BN hari ini.

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Kalau otak tu UMNO ... sampai bila UMNO tetap UMNO, dulu,kini dan selama-lamanya.

Akibat angkara mereka ini gomen Perak tumbang, harap ADUN Pakatan Rakyat yang lain tidak akan ikut jejak mereka itu. Apa yang dikesali ialah Pakatan Rakyat kena tipu hidup-hidup........ dan sangat menguriskan hati rakyat yang menyokongnya.

Kepada Anwar... berhati-hati dengan mereka yang buat janji nak lompat, kerana akhirnya ia akan jadi kong kali kong......

Kepada Anwar... tak perlu ngorat penyamun-penyamun(BN/UMNO) ini untuk masuk PR, kerana otak mereka tak akan berubah walaupun badan mahu bergerak. Sabar tunggu pemilu ke-13 ini dan melalui sokongan rakyat kita berarak ke Putrajaya.......

Ambillah nasihat DYMM Sultan Perak yang bertitah,""INNALLAHA MA'AS SOBIRIIN" yang berkasud 'Sesungguh Allah bersama orang yang sabar'.........

Baca di sini, sini, sini, sini dan sini.

cheers.

04 February 2009

As the frogs jump,Perak gomen falls..........

Najib Tun Razak told reporters this evening that the Perak Pakatan Rakyat government had collapsed and that the BN had obtained a simple majority to form the new state government.

He said Behrang assemblyman Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi, Changkat Jering assemblyman Mohd Osman Jailu and t Jelapang assembly member, Hee Yit Foong of DAP, had left their respective parties while Bota assemblyman Datuk Nasaruddin Hashim who left BN to join Pakatan Rakyat a week ago had returned to Umno today.

He added that they had given him the mandate to appoint a new Menteri Besar and he would seek an audience with the Sultan of Perak to form a new state government soon.

Following the latest developments, the BN now has 28 seats, Pakatan Rakyat 28, independents, three, but according to Najib, although the BN and Pakatan Rakyat had the same number of seats, the BN could set up the state government because all the three independent assemblymen had expressed their support for the BN, including in the matter of appointment of a menteri besar from among BN members.

Earlier today, in an unprecedented move amid mounting political uncertainty in the state, Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin announced an immediate dissolution to the State Legislative Assembly prior to obtaining the consent of the Sultan of Perak.

Speaking at a news conference in his office at 3pm, Mohammad Nizar said, the state legislative assembly had been dissolved, effective immediately, and that he would seek an audience with Sultan Azlan Shah for his consent.

He said the state government had no option but to ask for the royal consent to dissolve the legislative assembly following mounting political uncertainty after two Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) assemblymen declared that they were now Independent assemblymen.

source:Bernama


Perak MB Nizar Jamaluddin also failed to secure consent from Sultan Azlan Shah to dissolve the state assembly in his last ditch attempt to have fresh polls and head off BN's attempt to seize power.

“The decision is now with the Sultan,” Nizar told reporters after an audience with Sultan Azlan Shah. Lets wait for the His Royal Highness the Sultan of Perak to decide whether to dissolve the Legislative Assembly or not. A dissolution means new elections in Perak.

If the Sultan refuses to dissolve the Perak Legislative Assembly, then the Menteri Besar who ceases to command the confidence of the majority shall tender his own resignation and the resignation of the rest of the Executive Council..

With the defections to BN, the PR will only have 28 seats to BN’s 31 in the 59-seat assembly. But with a four seat majority, and more defections likely, the Sultan looks likely to accept BN’s offer to form the next government.

Rumours has it that Nasaruddin Hashim, who left UMNO to join PKR earlier but later returned to UMNO, is most likely to be given the MB post, but, why these frogs decided to jump? Is it just because for "MONEY & POSITION"..........

Hey! what about the rakyat who voted you in......mereka tak pentingkah?

cheers.

Sultan Perkenan Diadakan Pilihan Raya Kecil.........

Pilihanraya kecil Dun Behrang dan Dun Changkat Jering memang pasti akan diadakan walaupun dua bekas adun kawasan itu membuat injuksi di mahkamah esok. Itu sekadar usaha dua bekas adun dan bekas exco yang kecewa. Segala-galanya telah terserlah. Yang tersirat telahpun tersurat. Sultan Perak Sultan Azlan Shah yang menerima mengadap Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ir Haji Mohamad Nizar Jamaludin hari ini (2 Feb) telah memperkenankan diadakan pilihan raya kecil.

Segala-galanya bermula dengan penyertaan Adun Bota Dato Nasharudin Hashim ke dalam PKR. Sepatutnya ia lebih dilihat dalam perpektif yang meluas dan positif oleh kesemua anggota dewan undangan negeri Pakatan Rakyat tetapi rupanya mencetuskan polemik politik yang lebih mengusarkan ekoran sikap kurang bijak dua ADUN yang sememangnya bermasalah kredibiliti itu.

Itulah turning point dua bekas Adun ini daripada PKR/Pakatan Rakyat. Mereka mempermain-mainkan kepercayaan DSAI dan Menteri Besar DS Ir Haji Mahamd Nizar Jamaludin. Empat hari menyorok dan enggan menjawab panggilan telefon. Apabila Nizar mencabar mereka mengumumkan jika mahu keluar PKR/Pakatan Rakyat sila berbuat demikian. Rupanya ikan mudah termakan umpan. Apabila diisytiharkan bahawa Adun Behrang Jamaludin Mohd Radzi (exco pertanian) dan Adun Cangkat Jering Kapt (B) Osman Jailu (Exco Pelancongan) menyertai Umno/Barisan Nasional, maka ia secara automatis mengesahkan bahawa mereka telah melompat parti.

Sesungguhnya Jamaludin yang juga Timbalan Pengerusi PKR negeri Perak kurang berhemah daripada segi tindakannya, manakala Osman adalah pak turut kepada Jamaludin, kerana sememangnya diketahui umum bahawa mereka berdua seakan belangkas, jarang kali berpisah walau ke mana jua. Osman sejak terjebak dengan kes rasuah yang akan dibacarakan pada 10hb Feb 2009 ini bersama-sama Jamaludin juga berada dalam alam trauma. Sejak ditahan BPR, Osman secara jelas tidak pernah pulih daripada trauma. Jarangkali turun kawasan sendiri.

Pelbagai andaian dibuat mengapa Jamal dan Osman meninggalkan PKR dan menyertai Umno. Salah satu telahan ialah kemasukan Nasharudin dilihat mencabar kedudukan dua bekas yang berhormat ini. Dua bekas exco ini ternyata gagal menjalankan tugas-tugas exco dengan sempurna, malahan ada portfolio yang belum lagi mereka laksanakan. Jamaludin dalam kebanyakan hal sentiasa menyalahkan keputusan Menteri Besar Dato Seri Mohamad Nizar Jamaludin kononnya lebih memihak pada DAP. Wal hal mengikut sumber Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri, Jamaludin dan Osman kurang bersuara dan memberi cadangan dalam MMK.

Sesungguhnya beberapa pegawai kerajaan khususnya pertanian dan perikanan sering menyuarakan bahawa dalam apa jua mesyuarat yang dipengerusi Jamaludin, bekas yang berhormat itu lebih banyak diam kecuali menyokong sahaja keputusan para pegawai tanpa member sebarang pandangan. Pun begitu jugalah dengan Osman, lebih teruk daripada Jamaludin. Dengan terkeluarnya Jamaludin dan Osman daripada PKR, ia umpama terlepaslah satu bebanan yang tertanggung dalam Pkr dan Pakatan Rakyat. Ia lebih banyak merosakkan daripada membina. Oleh kerana itulah, pada peringkat awalnya, Menteri Besar lebih banyak mendiamkan diri untuk melihat gelagat Jamaludin dan Osman yang kurang bijak mengatur strategi.

Kini Jamaludin dan Osman kehilangan segala-galanya dalam politik. Karier politiknya terus berkubur. Pengundi di kawasan mereka masing-masing juga sudah lama mencemuhi mereka. Kemana mereka akan membawa diri kerana pastinya tidak tertanggung rasa malu. Selepas tidak menjawab semua panggilan telefon Nizar dan DSAI yang bimbang akan kedudukan mereka bedua (sandiwara Jamaludin dan Osman) tiba-tiba diumumkan menyertai Umno. Memang itu mengesahkan mereka mencabar akuijanji sendiri jika keluar parti, maka akan mengosongkan kerusi dun.

Bagaimanapun, apabila speaker mengumumkan mereka berdua mengosongkan kerusi dan pilihanraya kecil wajar diadakan, sandiwara kedua-duanya berubah lagi.Mungkin terlupa atau tersentak. Jamal dan Osman memanggil sidang akhbar di KLIA hari ini (2 Feb) tetapi kemudian hanya wakilnya yang hadiri. Wakil itu mengumumkan mereka Jamaludin dan Osman tidak keluar PKR dan tidak meletak jawatan DUN. Jerat telah memakan diri.

Esok (3 Feb), peguam mereka akan memohon injuksi agar mahkamah menidakkan tindakan speaker dewan undangan negeri Perak yang mengisytiharkan kerusi mereka berdua kosong. Yang pastinya, PKR tak terima dan Umnopun tak mahu terima mereka lagi. Aduhai sekelip mata segalanya hilang begitu sahaja. Esok juga Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya Malaysia akan membuat keputusan dan sidang akhbar mengenai dua kerusi tersebut. Pada asasnya surat akujanji dua bekas yang berhormat itu memang boleh diguna pakai, dan SPR mesti mengambil tindakan untuk menetapkan tarikh pilihan raya, manakala injuksi itu akan diterima mahkamah dan diproses seperti biasa.

Aduhai bertambahlah kes mahkamah untuk Jamaludin dan Osman. Tengoklah nanti apa yang berlaku di mahkamah bagi perbicaraan mereka menghadapi rasuah, kerana yang pastinya Pakatan Rakyat tidak akan ambil peduli lagi, maka Umno kenalah menyediakan peguam mereka untuk membantu Jamaludin dan Osman yang selama ini Umno hina sebagai yang berhormat yang rasuah. Hari ini Jamaludin dan Osman menafikan menyertai Umno. Sebelum diumumkan menyertai Umno, mereka berdua mengeluarkan semua barangan di pejabat masing-masing dan menyerahkan kunci kereta rasmi exco. Apa cerita yob?

source:perakdaily.com

Baca di sini dan sini.

Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin has called for a press conference at 1pm where he is expected to make a major announcement on the political impasse in the state. He will make his announcement amid swirling rumours that the state assembly will be dissolved to make way for fresh polls.

If the sultan accedes to the request, a snap state election will have to be called in view of the present political uncertainty in Perak as a result of defections.

It is also learnt that three Pakatan Rakyat state assemblypersons - Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi (PKR-Behrang), Osman Jailu (PKR-Changkat Jering) and deputy assembly speaker Hee Yit Foong (DAP-Jelapang) - have submitted official letters to speaker V Sivakumar this morning to express their intention to become independent representatives.

cheers.

Perak MB considering a snap election..........

Perak Menteri Besar Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin has conceded that Pakatan Rakyat is considering the possibility of dissolving the state assembly to pave the way for a snap polls.

"We are in process of thinking about it. (You'll know) when the time comes," he said in response to a question.

Mohd Nizar was speaking to reporters late last night after chairing a meeting at his official residence in Ipoh attended by most of the Pakatan state reps and top state leaders from PAS, DAP and PKR.

Yesterday, two Pakatan state reps Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi (PKR-Behrang) and Osman Jailu (PKR-Changkat Jering) 'defected', leaving the coalition with just 30 seats in the 59 seat state assembly.

Barisan Nasional merely needs the duo and another rep to join the coalition in order to wrest back the state from Pakatan and bring an end to their 10-month reign.

Though the state government may call for a snap polls to prevent Barisan from enticing cross overs, Pakatan's next step to resolve the fragile situation is to seek legal redress against the Election Commission’s decision not to recognise the resignations of Jamaluddin and Osman.

'Hee's still with us'

Perak senior exco member Ngeh Khoo Ham, who was also at the press conference, said Pakatan intends to compel the EC into calling by-elections for the two seats 'vacated' by the duo.

"We will file for a judicial review and apply for leave to obtain a mandamus from the court to compel the EC to carry out its public duty," said the state DAP chair.

On Jelapang state rep Hee Yit Foong's subtle hints that she was unhappy with the Pakatan leadership, in particular DAP, Mohd Nizar said disagreements were normal in an alliance.

"That is very normal in Pakatan Rakyat. We are very happy with that actually. I have disagreed with my party and its leadership (before). It is part and parcel of the process," he said.

On Hee's whereabouts, since she did not attend the meeting, Mohd Nizar jokingly replied in Cantonese: "Ngor mm chee (I don't know)".

"We have contacted her. She has some matters to attend to. She is with us (as a team)," he said, adding that Hee was busy with family matters.

Rumours are rife that Hee would quit DAP and become an independent state rep. The rumours intensified after she skipped an important state function yesterday morning.

Attempts to contact Hee and her husband today had been futile. Media representatives had even staked out at her house and the DAP Jelapang service centre to no avail.

Speaker: I've absolute authority

Meanwhile, Perak state assembly speaker V Sivakumar told the same press conference that he had received the resignation letters from Jamaluddin and Osman in two separate envelopes at his house.

He said that the anonymous messenger came to his house in a car on Feb 1 and passed him the envelopes and said: "These are very important documents for you".

Sivakumar stressed that he had the absolute authority to declare the Behrang and Changkat Jering seats vacant after being satisfied with the letters.

He added that the duo would not be allowed to enter the House as elected reps when the state assembly reconvenes in April.

"They can sit at the public gallery," Mohd Nizar added.

source:malaysiakini

This move will put an end to the hopes of those money-grubbing thieves in PKR. It will also give the opportunity to end the days of those "UMNO penyamun" who have been threatening the stability of the Pakatan government with their $$$$$$.

However, the Sultan probably will not obliged to call for a by election unless the defections sparks a change in state government, even then its at the Sultans discretion.

Its sickening to see that the EC chairman is playing 'judge' this time..........

cheers.

03 February 2009

Ali Rustam overtakes Mahyuddin as favourite to win DPM post.....

The ground is abuzz with word that Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam has taken the lead in the lively contest for the Umno deputy president’s post. While there is no way of verifying this, a substantial number of political observers are convinced that Mohd Ali has overtaken International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, touted as the crowd favourite, to sit next to Datuk Seri Najib Razak in Umno’s highest ranks come March.

Muhyiddin, if one is to believe his detractors, has “lost quite a bit of ground”, despite being thought to be “invincible” after his call for the resignation of party president and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.Some are convinced that he would not be a good deputy as he is too strong a character and would challenge Najib. Others attribute his loss of ground in the Umno leadership battle to his purported “unfriendliness”.

“Muhyiddin’s lobbyists are still selling the same story of his calling on Pak Lah to step down, and for the handing over of power to Najib be sped up. It worked in the days leading to the nominations, but there are now other factors to be considered,” said a campaigner.

“During our meetings now, we talk about how a leader can contribute to strengthening Umno and the president’s position, how to defend the party and Barisan Nasional from attacks launched by the Opposition, among others,” said the campaigner.

“There is talk that the second highest ranked party man must not be too ambitious and pose the threat of unseating the number one man later. This is important because we want absolute loyalty, so that our energy can be focused on strengthening the party and not on internal squabbles.”

The campaigner said the word sombong (snobbish) is sometimes used to describe Muhyiddin’s character and this has worked against his acceptance by some delegates.
Mohd Ali, on the other hand, is said to be popular, approachable and “less threatening” than Muhyiddin.

“He is being aided by members of youth councils and other youth organisations who are also delegates to the party assembly,” said another campaigner.

Mohd Ali is the president of the Malaysian Youth Council and also the president of the World Association of Malaysian Youth (WAMY), and has been supportive of their causes for some time now. Campaigners said there were some 700 delegates under this category alone.- By Zainal Epi

source:Malay Mail


Najib will never want Mahyuddin as his deputy president of UMNO, because 3 years from now, Mahyuddin will go for broke and challenge Najib for the top post. To be safe, Najib would rather prefer Ali Rustam or Mat Tyson.

Only if Ali Rustam or Mat Tyson wins the new deputy president of UMNO by this March and becomes the new DPM,then, we will see the beginning of the demise of UMNO........

cheers.

02 February 2009

Pilihanraya kecil atau Pilihanraya Umum di Perak.... ?

Kerajaan negeri Perak pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat, yang berusia 11 bulan, kini menuju ketidaktentuan dengan dua Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN), yang diisytihar telah melepaskan kerusi masing-masing semalam, mahu mencabar kesahihan kenyataan Speaker. Pendirian kedua-dua ADUN Behrang dan Changkat Jering itu, dari Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), yang menafikan telah menghantar surat letak jawatan, dijangka mengusutkan senario politik Perak.

Dua Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Perak dari Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), yang didakwa "hilang" dan "tidak dapat dihubungi" sejak lima hari lalu, meletakkan jawatan sebagai wakil rakyat berkuat kuasa hari ini.

Bagaimanapun Jamaluddin ketika dihubungi sebentar tadi menafikan ada menghantar surat meletak jawatan hari ini. Sehubungan itu beliau mahu mencabar kesahihan makluman bahawa telah melepaskan kerusi DUN. Kata beliau, surat yang kandungannya dimaklumkan oleh Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri petang ini merupakan surat yang ditandatangani Mac lalu.

Adalah difahamkan ada wakil rakyat yang menandatangani surat letak jawatan sebagai ADUN, yang tidak bertarikh. Perkembangan terbaru itu diketahui kira-kira enam jam selepas Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi mengatakan ada kemungkinan mereka akan sertai BN manakala Menteri Besar Perak, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin pula mencabar kedua-dua ADUN berkenaa keluar dan mengisytiharkan jika benar telah memasuki BN.

Perkembangan petang ini membuka laluan kepada pilihan raya kecil - pilihan raya kecil peringkat negeri yang pertama sejak pilihan raya umum ke-12 Mac lalu. Dengan keputusan meletakkan jawatan itu, Jamaluddin dan Mohd. Osman tidak boleh bertanding semula dalam pilihan raya untuk tempoh lima tahun akan datang.

Jamaluddin, 52, adalah Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pembangunan Usahawan, Koperasi, Pertanian dan Perladangan manakala Osman, 57, pula pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pelancongan, Pembangunan Insan dan Pertubuhan Bukan Kerajaan. Sebelum ini kedua-dua mereka menghadapi tuduhan rasuah melibatkan kelulusan sebuah projek pembangunan bernilai RM180 juta di Seri Iskandar dan perbicaraan kes berkenaan akan didengar di Mahkamah Sesyen pada 10 Februari ini.

Pada pilihan raya umum 8 Mac lalu, Jamaluddin menerima 6,771 undi untuk menewaskan calon BN, Datuk M. Ramasamy yang mendapat 5,744 undi. Mohd. Osman pula menang dengan majoriti 1,102 undi bagi merampas kerusi DUN Changkat Jering. Beliau memperoleh 9,411 mengalahkan penyandang dari BN yang juga Yang Dipertua DUN Perak sebelum itu, Datuk Mat Isa Ismail yang mengumpul 8,309 undi.

Ia dinyatakan oleh Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak, V. Sivakumar di Ipoh pukul 5.45 petang tadi.Kata beliau, kedua-dua mereka menghantar surat menggariskan keputusan itu menerusi faks yang dihantar ke rumahnya.

"Kedua-dua Mohd. Osman dan Jamaluddin meletakkan jawatan sebagai ADUN berkuat kuasa serta-merta dan saya menerima peletakan jawatan mereka di bawah Perkara XXXV Perlembagaan Negeri.

"Sebagai Speaker, saya akan mengumumkan kedua-dua kerusi N14 Changkat Jering dan N59 Behrang kosong secepat yang mungkin," kata beliau dalam satu kenyataan yang dikeluarkan hari ini. Speaker akan memaklumkan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) secara rasmi esok untuk memaklumkan perkembangan tersebut.

Menteri Besar Perak, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin ketika dihubungi mStar Online berkata, pihaknya sudah dimaklumkan mengenai perkara itu dan akan meminta supaya SPR mengadakan pilihan raya kecil.

"Sah kedua-dua mereka (ADUN) letak jawatan... saya telah dimaklumkan mengenainya sebentar tadi," katanya.

Ketika ditanya sama ada kecewa dengan keputusan mereka, pemimpin dari PAS itu memberitahu: "Bukan soal kecewa tapi ini menunjukkan Umno dan BN bertindak jahat memancing orang kami."

Dalam pada itu, Timbalan Pengerusi SPR, Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar berkata, pihaknya akan mengambil tindakan susulan termasuk memanggil pilihan raya kecil jika menerima pengesahan rasmi mengenai kekosongan yang wujud.

Sementara itu, Anwar, ketika mengulas kenyataan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi di Kuala Lumpur awal semalam yang tidak menolak kemungkinan terdapat ADUN Pakatan Rakyat di Perak yang akan menyertai BN, rasa terkejut dengan kenyataan Abdullah kerana selama ini Perdana Menteri dan Timbalannya, Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak serta pemimpin Umno menganggap perbuatan melompat parti itu sebagai sesuatu yang tidak bermoral dan tidak mengikut peraturan.

source: mStar online


UMNO lompat tak bermoral, tapi kalau Pembangkang melompat OK mengikut Pat Lah dan Najib. Sehari dua lagi kita akan saksikan sandiwara politik daripada kedua-dua belah pihak. Soal moral atau tak bermoral bukan lagi menjadi perhitungan sekarang.......

Aku faham kenapa gomen PR mahu diadakan pilihanraya kecil ini,kerana selagi ada dua orang ahli PKR yang tidak tahu pendirian masing sudah tentu boleh terus mengugat gomen negeri Perak itu. Mana tahu,sungguhpun mereka berdua nafi nak lompat masuk UMNO, tiba-tiba one fine morning mereka umum tukar kapal setelah disuap dengan berbilion-bilion RM. Jadi lebih baik singgirkan mereka sekarang dengan demikian menafikan peluang UMNO dok tackle mereka macam dok gila talak. Adakan PRK supaya rakyat boleh memilih wakil rakyat yang mereka mahu.

Sanggupkah DYMM Sultan melihat kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat tumbang kerana dua orang ADUN PKR dari Behrang dan Changkat Jering, yang juga exco kerajaan negeri melompat masuk UMNO/BN dengan tujuan untuk menggelakkan diri mereka didakwa dalam kes rasuah mereka serta menerima imbuhan-imbuhan yang berupa wang ringgit?

Pilihan kedua adalah bubar saja dewan undangan negeri Perak dan adakan pilihanraya yang baru. Sudah tentu DYMM Sultan lebih arif dalam membuat keputusan yang bijak dan tak semestinya menerima tekanan dari Pat Lah..........

Baca di sini, sini, sini, sini dan sini.

cheers.

01 February 2009

Politik Perak dah lintang pukang............

These two PKR men are now missing. They have been missing since the last four days and no one knows where they are. But they are not really missing as such. They are safely in the hands of Umno. And Umno wants them to agree to a deal. Accept RM10 million each and cross over to Umno or else go to jail on corruption charges -- the same deal they offered me and which I declined and which resulted in my detention under the Internal Security Act on 12 September 2008.

The day the two PKR men were picked up and kept under ‘protective custody’, one Umno State Assemblyman crossed over to PKR. That spoilt the whole plan. They needed just two PKR State Assemblymen to bring down the Pakatan Rakyat state government in Perak. Now, with their own Umno man crossing over to PKR, two will no longer be possible. They now need three.

They offered the ex-Umno, now-PKR State Assemblyman the post of Menteri Besar. If he crosses back to Umno and Barisan Nasional grabs the state, he will be made the new Menteri Besar. They need him back or else it would be pointless to blackmail the two PKR State Assemblymen now facing the prospects of jail. Even if they took the RM10 million in exchange for jail, Umno would still not be the government in Perak. They are still one State Assemblyman short.

What irony. Even as they kidnap two PKR State Assemblymen and put a sword at their throats, an Umno State Assemblyman crosses over to thwart their plan. They ‘gently persuade’ the ex-Umno man in their efforts to get him to cross back to Umno. “Altantuya was killed and Bala has disappeared,’ they told him. They are ‘worried’ something may also happen to him if he does not cross back to Umno.

Yes, Umno is in the power business. They buy and sell power. They also buy and sell people in their effort to attain or maintain power. But even as they hatch their evil plots, their own people cross over to the other side. And that caught them with their pants down. Those who live by the sword die by the sword. And that is what happened to Umno in Perak.

Terjemahan:

(“Dua EXCO PKR ini telah hilang. Mereka telah hilang sejak empat hari lalu dan tiada sesiapa yang tahu dimana mereka tetapi mereka bukan ‘hilang’, sebaliknya berada didalam tangan pemimpin Umno. Dan UMNO mahukan mereka bersetuju kepada satu perjanjian. Terima RM10 juta seorang dan ‘menyeberang’ kedalam Umno ataupun dihantar kepenjara diatas tuduhan rasuah.

Pada hari dimana dua EXCO PKR ini ditahan dan di lindungi oleh Umno, seorang ADUN UMNO melompat kedalam PKR. Ini menghancurkan rancangan Umno. Mereka hanya memerlukan dua ADUN PKR untuk meruntuhkan Pakatan Rakyat diPerak. Tetapi apabila ADUN Umno menyeberang kedalam PR, perancangan ini tergendala. Sekarang mereka memerlukan tiga.


Mereka kemudianya menawarkan bekas ADUN Umno ini jawatan Menteri besar. Sekiranya dia bersedia kembali kedalam Umno dan BN merampas Perak dari PR, dia akan diberikan jawatan Menteri Besar. Umno memerlukan Nasruddin kembali kedalam Umno, kalau tidak…menahan dua EXCO PKR ini tidak memberi apa-apa makna. Walaupun dua EXCO ini bersetuju menerima RM10 juta, Umno masih gagal merampas Perak dari PR.

Walaupun mereka berjaya menahan dua EXCO PKR ini dan mengancam dengan pelbagai ugutan, Nasrudin telah menghalang perancangan mereka. Kini mereka mengugut Nasrudin..” Altantuya telah mati dan Bala telah hilang.” Apakah Nasrudin akan menerima nasib yang sama?”


Apa yang berlaku?


Perancangan Umno untuk memerangkap Jamaludin dan Osman telah dirancangkan sebaik saja Pilihanraya Kuala Terengganu berakhir. Pada masa itu, Umno tidak menyangka ADUN mereka sendiri akan menyeberang kedalam PKR. Najib mahukan Perak dirampas untuk menutup ‘kemaluan’ beliau yang hilang didalam dua pilihanraya kecil yang lalu.


Jamaludin dan Osman telah ditawarkan sejumlah RM10 juta setiap orang dan tuduhan mereka didalam kes rasuah akan digugurkan. Jamaludin dan Osman sudah bersedia untuk menerima tawaran ini dan hanya menunggu masa yang sesuai.


Walaubagaimanapun, perancangan ini telah dapat dihidu oleh Anwar dan Anwar telah mengarahkan Hj. Ismail untuk mempercepatkan usaha penyeberangan ADUN-ADUN Umno kedalam PKR untuk menghalang perancangan Umno ini.


Jamaludin dan Osman sebenarnya telah pun hilang pada hari Jumaat minggu lepas. Dan apabila mengetahui ‘kehilangan dua EXCO ini, Anwar telah mengarahkan Hj. Ismail membawa Nasrudin keKuala Lumpur dan terus mengumumkan kemasukan Nasrudin kedalam PKR. Ini telah menghancurkan perancangan Najib untuk merampas Perak dari PKR.


Sekiranya Anwar terlewat untuk bertindak, dan Jamaludin dan Osman bertindak lebih awal, maka Pakatan Rakyat Perak sudah pastinya tumbang. Sebenarnya, ada seorang lagi ADUN Umno yang menyertai Nasrudin ke Kuala Lumpur, tetapi hanya Nasrudin yang membuat pengumuman. Pasal apa? Yang tu aku tak dibenarkan cerita. Pandai-pandai la sendiri….


Selepas hari itu, pelbagai usaha telah dibuat oleh Umno untuk memujuk Nasrudin kembali kedalam Umno, malah telah di janjikan jawatan Menteri Besar sekiranya Nasrudin bersedia kembali kedalam Umno. Dan jangan terkejut…tawaran ini dibuat oleh Jamaludin sendiri yang menghubungi isteri Nasrudin!


Tidak diketahui sama ada Jamaludin diugut ataupun dengan kerelaan sendiri ketika membuat tawaran bagi pihak Umno ini. tetapi apa yang jelas, Umno begitu terdesak sehingga sanggup melakukan apa saja untuk merampas Perak dan mengembalikan ‘kemaluan’ Najib yang hilang.


Setakat ini, masih tidak diketahui apakah langkah Umno selanjutnya, dan aku jugak tak boleh nak cerita apakah yang sedang dilakukan oleh PKR. ramai yang menghantar email dan SMS bertanya, malah ada yang terlalu risau. Dan ada yang marah kat aku…bila aku kata ..”Relax!”


No.no.no….jangan risau! kalau setakat lompat melompat…aku tak risau. Ini macam main poker. Dan Anwar ada beberapa kad lagi yang masih belum dibuka.


Kecuali kalau Umno main kotor…. menggunakan kekerasan. Yang tu aku tak tau. Orang yang terdesak macam Najib mampu melakukan apa saja untuk mencapai cita-citanya.


Kalau Altantuya boleh mati…Bala boleh hilang…macam-macam boleh jadi. Mereka juga risau sesuatu akan terjadi padanya sekiranya dia tidak berpatah balik kepada UMNO.

Ya, UMNO sememangnya terlibat dalam urusniaga penentuan kuasa. UMNO jual dan beli kuasa.
UMNO juga terlibat dalam membeli dan mejual ahli-ahli politik dalam usaha mereka memantapkan kuasa. Tetapi,dalam usaha UMNO merancang plot jahat mereka itu, nyata tak disangka ada juga orang-orang mereka yang mahu bertukar kapal. Dalam ertikata lain orang-orang UMNO juga mahu beralih angin. Akibatnya, menyebabkan UMNO terperangkap dalam usaha jahatnya itu. Inilah apa yang sedang berlaku di Perak ketika ini)

source: Raja Petra's article "Live by the sword, die by the sword" in Malaysia Today.(https://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/17434/84/ dan Perakexpress.com)

Kedudukan kerusi PR dan BN yang terikat begitu hampir. 32 PR 27 BN sekarang, sekiranya 2 Adun PKR bertukar kapai ke UMNO menjadikan kedudukan kerusi 30 PR 29BN. Perbezaan 1 kerusi amat merbahaya kerana jika 1 lagi ahli PR berpaling tadah ke BN, maka kedudukan akan bertukar menjadi BN30 PR29.

Najib sememangnya bermain peranan yang penting dalam perhitungan ini. 2 exco PKR tersebut terlibat dengan kes rasuah yang akan didengar pada bulan ini. Nampaknya,tawaran Najib kepada 2 exco PKR ini ialah masuk UMNO, kes dibuang, sebaliknya jika kekal dalam PKR, kes akan diteruskan. Bukankah ini rasuah namanya. Kenapa SPRM dok diam saja? tetapi bila Nasaruddin masuk PKR dari UMNO,SPRM dengan lantang bersuara untuk siasat sama ada dia dirasuah.....

These PKR duo were at the centre of a bribery charge last year. Jamaludin and Osman, along with three others, were charged with 16 counts of corruption involving a RM180 million housing project spanning 36 hectares in Sri Iskandar. Their trial is scheduled to begin on Feb 10. If convicted, they could face a maximum of 20 years in jail and a fine of not less than five times the amount of gratification, or RM10,000, whichever is higher.

According to rumours, they were offered to have the corruption charges against them dropped if they switched camps.

Aku rasa,bubar saja Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak dan adakan satu pilihanraya yang baru............

Baca di sini dan sini.

cheers.