Gelang Patah - Kit Siang dah cabar, towkay projek IC ada beranikah...

Penasihat DAP Lim Kit Siang mencabar Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad untuk bertanding di kawasan Parlimen Gelang Patah untuk membolehkan rakyat Johor memilih sama ada untuk menguburkan kerjaya politik beliau atau masa depan bekas perdana menteri tersebut.

Cabaran itu disuarakannya bagi menjawab kenyataan Mahathir di negeri tersebut pada malam tadi, yang menggesa agar rakyat Johor menjadikan pilihan raya umum kali ini sebagai medan untuk menguburkan kerjaya politiknya.

Lim (kanan) berkata, beliau juga mencabar demikian memandangkan Mahathir belum benar-benar bersara dari politik.

"Malah, beliau lebih kuat berbanding pada masa lain dari belakang tabir kuasa, dan lebih sibuk berbanding semasa beliau menjadi perdana menteri selama 22 tahun, dengan kenyataan harian untuk menyusun atur kepimpinan Umno dan BN.

"Mahathir menggulingkan Tun Abdullah (Ahmad Badawi) sebagai perdana menteri dalam pilihan raya umum 2008 dan mengancam secara terbuka untuk menjatuhkan Datuk Seri Najib Razak sebagai perdana menteri sekiranya gagal meraih keputusan pilihan ray alebih baik berbanding Abdullah.

"Tidak berlebihan jika dikatakan bahawa Mahathir sebenarnya perdana menteri sebenar, orang yang paling digeruni Najib kerana Mahathir adalah orang yang masih boleh menentukan masa depan politik Najib," katanya dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.

Dalam ucapan pada malam tadi, Mahathir (kiri) turut meminta rakyat Malaysia memastikan karier politik penasihat PKR Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan Mursyidul Am PAS Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat ditamatkan menerusi peti undi pada PRU13 kelak.

"Lim Kit Siang mahu datang (bertanding) di sini. Saya minta rakyat negeri Johor, semua kaum bergabung tenaga untuk pastikan negeri Johor menjadi 'kubur' kepada Lim Kit Siang.

"Kita perlu memastikan dia (Lim) kalah di Johor. Johor akan terus menjadi simpanan tetap BN," katanya seperti dilaporkan Bernama.-malaysiakini

Lim to Mahathir - I'm waiting for you in Gelang Patah...

In a tit-for-tat move, DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang has challenged former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad to also stand in Gelang Patah to decide whose “political kubur” it would be.

Lim, in throwing down the gauntlet, said the ex-prime minister had come to Johor to help Umno-BN fight Pakatan Rakyat’s battle of Gelang Patah, in urging Johor people to end the veteran DAP leader’s political career.

The DAP parliamentary leader and Ipoh Timor MP asked whether Mahathir, who has given himself the best description of “the devil you know”, had really retired from politics

“I am sure everybody would answer “No”. In fact, Mahathir is more powerful than ever from ‘behind the curtains of power’, with him as busy as when he was prime minister for 22 years, with daily statements or speeches laying the ‘law’ for the Umno or BN leadership.

“Mahathir (right) toppled Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as the PM after the 2008 general election and has openly threatened to bring down Najib Abdul Razak as the PM if the latter fails to secure a better win in the 13th general election. 

It is no exaggeration to say that Mahathir is in fact the ‘de facto’ PM, the person whom Najib fears the most as Mahathir is the man who could still decide Najib’s political fate!”

Lim said Mahathir is still so active in Malaysian and Umno politics, despite retiring in 2003.

“For this, I invite Mahathir to come to Gelang Patah to contest in the parliamentary elections and let the people of Johor decide whose political life should be ended, and whether Gelang Patah should the political ‘kubur’ for me or for him.”

“I am prepared to submit my political life to the people of Gelang Patah, a microcosm of Malaysian society, comprising some 53 percent Chinese voters, 33 percent Malay voters and over 12 percent Indian voters. Is Mahathir prepared to submit his political life to the voters of Gelang Patah?” he asked.

Gelang Patah had always been a BN fortress - with the ruling coalition winning with a majority of around 9,000 votes in the last general election, and a humongous 31,666 vote majority in 2004, said Lim.

Putting his head on the chopping block

Lim said he is putting his head on the chopping block by leaving Ipoh Timor, which he won with a majority of over 21,000 votes in the last general election, to contest in Gelang Patah.

“With such a history of Gelang Patah general election results, Mahathir should win very comfortably with a stunning majority in Gelang Patah. I await Mahathir in Gelang Patah,” he challenged.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, has announced Lim as the candidate for the Gelang Patah parliamentary seat as the opposition Pakatan Rakyat mounts a move into Johor, which is recognised as the bastion for Umno and BN.

During the last general election, Lim was instrumental in seizing the silver state to Pakatan when he led the opposition’s challenge, resulting in it forming the state government.

The PKR de facto leader in announcing Lim as the Pakatan candidate had said that although Gelang Patah is a PKR seat, it was willing to make way for the DAP parliamentary leader to assist Pakatan in the assault.

However, Lim’s candidacy in Gelang Patah is not without problems as a furore had resulted as Johor PKR chief Chua Jui Meng was said to be eyeing the seat.-malaysiakini

Taman Wira,Bakar Bata,Kedah

Siri Jelajah Merdeka Rakyat Anwar Ibrahim & Jeneral (B) Tan Sri Md Hashim Hussein Ke Johor

2 April 2013 (Selasa)

1) 8.00-12.00 mlm – Ceramah Perdana Pakatan Harapan Rakyat
Lokasi: Jalan Berlian 10, Taman Cahaya, Masai

2) 8.30-12.00 mlm – Ceramah Perdana Merdeka Rakyat
Lokasi: Jalan Kemboja, Kg Dato’ Sulaiman Menteri,
Majidee, Johor Bahru

3) Barisan Penceramah:

a.YB Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim
b.Jeneral (B) Tan Sri Md Hashim Hussein
c.YB Lim Kit Siang
d.YB Sallehuddin Ayub
e.YB Dato’ Saifuddin Nasution
f.YB Sivarasa
g.YBhg Idris Jauzi
h.YBhg Jimmy Puah Wee Tse
i.YBhg Selvakumar

cheers.