Jib, hang nak debat ke tak nak? tanya Anwar...

Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sekali lagi dengan sinis mempersoalkan sama ada Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak ingin berdebat dengannya atau tidak.

Anwar berkata, kenyataan Najib sebelum ini yang mengatakan bahawa debat bukan satu budaya juga merupakan helah untuk mengelak daripada berdebat dengan beliau.

"Dia nak debat ke tak nak? Dia anjurkan debat-debat di seluruh sekolah. Hadiah (yang diperolehi ialah piala) perdana menteri. Debat-hadiah-perdana menteri. Di sekolah minta anak-anak untuk berdebat. Hadiahnya (piala) perdana menteri. Tapi perdana menteri kata bukan budaya. Habis yang diajar di sekolah itu apa?

"Itu cuma helah nak elak untuk berdebat," kata Anwar ketika ditemui pemberita selepas menyampaikan pidato aspresiasi di majlis pelancaran dan diskusi buku Islam dan Melayu: Martabat Umat dan Daulat Rakyat malam tadi.

Majlis pelancaran dan diskusi buku hasil tulisan Datuk Dr Siddiq Fadzil itu juga turut dihadiri  Presiden PKR, Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail dan anaknya yang juga naib presiden PKR, Nurul Izzah Anwar dan Timbalan Presiden PKR, Azmin Ali.

Jumaat lalu, Najib terus mengelak apabila ditanya mengenai cabaran yang dikemukakan Anwar  untuk mengadakan debat.

Katanya, debat tidak semestinya dilihat sebagai satu budaya tetapi mesti dilihat mengikut kepada keadaan.

Sementara itu, ketika ditanya mengenai kenyataan Ketua Pemuda Umno, Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar yang mengatakan perbahasan di Parlimen ada unsur perdebatan, Anwar menafikan perkara tersebut.

"Debat... bila Datuk Najib datang? nak debat atau tidak. Bagi alasan Parlimen ada debat. Tak ada.

"Kedua ini bukan budaya Melayu. Maki orang, pukul orang, bunuh, hina itu budaya Melayu ke? Guna media untuk aibkan orang itu budaya Melayu?" soal Anwar.

Dalam pada itu, mengulas mengenai kemenangan pemimpin baru Mesir, Mohamed Morsi, Anwar berkata, perkara tersebut membuktikan bahawa suara rakyat harus dihormati.

Menurut Anwar, presiden Mesir yang baru itu telah menghadapi pelbagai tuduhan tetapi masih ada kekuatan dan sambutan daripada rakyat negara itu.

"Rakyat Mesir dah buat keputusan. Ini tunjukkan bahawa suara rakyat harus dihormati. Beliau telah dipenjara dan dihina dengan pelbagai tuduhan tetapi masih lagi ada kekuatan dan mendapat sambutan rakyat," kata Anwar.

Ketika mengulas kenyataan Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mengenai usaha menjatuhkan kerajaan ala 'Arab Spring' tidak seharusnya berlaku di negara ini, Anwar berkata, mantan perdana menteri itu masih mewakili zaman lampau.

Sambil menyifatkan bapa pemodenan itu mewakili pandangan bekas presiden Mesir, Hosni Mubarak, Anwar berkata, Mahathir masih lagi merasai kehilangan Hosni.

"Mahathir mewakili zaman lampau dan mewakili pandangan Husni Mubarak. Jadi kawan kita Tun Mahathir masih rasa kehilangan Hosni sedangkan rakyat Mesir bergembira," kata Anwar.- malaysiakini

 Anwar to Najib: Do you want to debate or not?...

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has again thrown down the gauntlet, challenging Prime Minister Naji Abdul Razak to an open debate.

Najib's response - that it is not the Malaysian political culture to hold debates - is just another excuse to avoid the challenge, Anwar said.

“Does he want to debate or not? He has been organising debates in all schools.... students are told to debate... The prize is the Prime Minister's Debate Cup, yet the prime minister says it is not our culture (to debate). Then what is being taught in schools?

Anwar was speaking to the media after delivering a speech last night at the launch of a book entitled ‘Islam dan Melayu: Martabat Umat dan Daulat Rakyat’, written by Siddiq Fadzil.

Also present were Anwar's wife and PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, their daughter and party vice-president Nurul Izzah, and deputy president Azmin Ali.

Najib last Friday brushed aside the series of debates between BN and Pakatan Rakyat representatives.

"It is not necessarily a culture, depending on the situation. If there is a need for debate among leaders, then there can be debates. But it is not a political culture as a whole in our country's system," he had said.

Anwar also disagreed with Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar's argument that Parliament is already a debate platform between the two leaders.

“Debate... when did Najib come (to Parliament)? (Does he) want to debate or not? (He) gave the excuse that there is already debate in Parliament, (but there is) none.

“Is cursing people, beating up people, murder and insulting Malay culture (part of debate)? Abusing the media to victimise people, is this Malay culture?”

Responding to Dr Mahathir Mohamad's remark that toppling the government through 'Arab Spring' style protests should not happen in Malaysia, Anwar said the former prime minister was still living in the past.

“Mahathir represents the past ... Our friend Mahathir still feels the loss of (former Egypt president) Hosni (Mubarak) although the people of Egypt are happy about it,” he added.- malaysiakini

 

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