PAS vs PKR di Sg. Acheh, apa kata Cikgu Bard...

Pada 27 Mac 2013 lalu Che'GuBard telah membuat kenyataan yang menegaskan...

Sedia menjadi jentera biasa dalam PRU akan datang, menyeru seamua anak muda perbagai peringkat menyatukan kekuatan bagi menumbang regim. PRU 13 merupakan PRU penting untuk membuat perubahan besar.

Tidak punya jawatan dalam parti politik cuma anggota biasa dalam Parti Keadilan Rakyat, namun sedar tetap terikat dengan disiplin parti. Apa keputusan parti dan keperluan parti untuk peranan yang cheGuBard harus mainkan dalam PRU ke 13 , pasti akan akur.

Selaku anggota parti akan akur dan terikat dengan disiplin parti namun ditegaskan bersedia dan lebih selesa menjadi jentera biasa.

Namun pada 9 April lepas...

Parti Keadilan Rakyat melalui kenyataan Pengerusi MPN Pulau Pinang telah mengumumkan che'GuBard dipilih menggalas amanah parti bagi mewakili PR di DUN Sg. Acheh, P.Pinang Kawasan Sungai Acheh dalam Parlimen N.Tebal bukan asing bagi che'GuBard.

Rumah kedua che'GuBard di N.Tebal,ia merupakan kampung mertua che'GuBard. Jaringan keluarga besar isteri banyak mengakibatkan che'GuBard terlibat dalam banyak aktiviti parti dan masyarakat di N.Tebal sejak awal lagi khususnya Sg. Acheh.

Bapa mertua merupakan pengasas Parti Keadilan Nasional N.Tebal. Melalui perbagai aktiviti che'Gubard punya ramai juga kenalan di sini, pada tahun 2002 pernah sehingga ditahan polis di Sungai Acheh kerana menjalankan aktiviti parti.

Dari segi perjuangan bersama masyarakat banyak terlibat antaranya memperjuangkan isu tanah penternakan kerang, menggunakan hubungan baik dengan pimpinan kerajaan negeri akhirnya tuntutan penternak kerang di Sungai Udang (dalam kawasan Sungai Acheh) berjaya ditunaikan oleh kerajaan negeri setelah tidak didengari pun oleh kerajaan negeri (Bn) sebelum ini sekian lama.

Awal tahun 2012, che'GuBard sudah mula bermastautin di N.Tebal atas arahan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sendiri, malah atas pelawaan dan permintaan Datuk Dr. Mansor Othman sendiri secara berdepan untuk che'GuBard turun membantu di kawasan tersebut khususnya kerana ahli parlimen PKR telah meninggalkan parti.

Semenjak itu bukan sedikit program yang dibuat dari sumbangan kebajikan hinggalah kepada program anak muda dipergiat. Bukan sahaja program berbuka puasa tetapi kubu Umno di tembusi dengan ziarah dan bersahur bersama keluarga yang kurang bernasib baik. Jentera PR banyak membantu dari perbagai segi.

Satu pusat khidmat dan pejabat aktiviti Parlimen N.Tebal telah dibuka dan aktif di rumah kedai dua tingkat. Puluhan aduan tiap minggu diuruskan.

Namun apabila parti mengumumkan Datuk Dr. Mansor yang menjemput che'GuBard ke N.Tebal sebagai calon, che'GuBard menyambut dengan baik. Jentera sedikit sebanyak yang terbina terus bergerak agresif bagi membantu calon PR.

Memahami soal kerusi dan siapa bukan soal utama tetapi pembelaan rakyat dan memperkukuh parti (PR) dalam menumbangkan regim harus dijadikan matlamat utama. Siapa pun dalam beroganisasi harus akur dengan keputusan siapa terpilih mewakili.

Kenyataan 2 April, Pengerusi MPN P.Pinang diangkat sebagai arahan parti dan akur dengan amanah yang diberikan.

Melihat ruang dan peluang untuk mengembeling Suara dan idealisma muda untuk P.Pinang seterusnya menjadikan kawasan paling selatan di Pulau Pinang bangun seiring dengan arus pembangunan negeri yang diiktiraf sebagai antara negeri yang ditadbir dengan cara terbaik berdasar rekod laporan audit negara.

Namun 10 April 2013 PAS pula telah membuat pengumuman nama calon di kawasan DUN Sg. Acheh juga.

Respon che'GuBard mudah, yang kita harus hadapi ialah regim BN, cabaran kita ialah memperkasakan kuasa rakyat. che'GuBard sedia dan akur dengan apa juga keputusan pucuk pimpinan parti. che'GuBard meletakkan sepenuh kepercayaan dengan pimpinan utama Pakatan Rakyat menyelesaikan isu ini.

Seperti yang pernah tegaskan bertanding bukan sasaran, sedia menjadi jentera biasa membantu kemenangan Pakatan Rakyat.

Semua jentera dan aktivis PR serta rakyat yang cintakan perubahan, che'GuBard memberikan jaminan pasti tidak akan berlaku pertembungan 3 penjuru melibatkan sesama Pakatan Rakyat.

Percaya dan yakinlah PR ialah gabungan kukuh yang lahir dari keputusan gelombang rakyat 2008, telah teruji dengan perbagai mehnah dan cukup matang untuk berdepan dengan PRU ke 13 sebagai sebuah gabungan yang bakal mentadbir negara.

Semua jentera PR dan aktivis rakyat harus bersekutu demi menghadapi regim. Ini masa terbaik.

Ini kalilah!!

Che'GuBard

Plot to ‘finish off’ Anwar...

Umno likely to pull out all the stops in the battle for Permatang Pauh, but observers say it will be difficult to dislodge the opposition leader. Many local Umno chieftains believe that the forthcoming general election would be the best chance to unseat Pakatan Rakyat de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim in his home turf – Permatang Pauh.

They claim that many constituents were unhappy with Anwar’s performance as their representative and realised that the opposition leader was just a “ceramah” man, who preferred to be in Kuala Lumpur.

They claimed that people had realised Anwar had used Permatang Pauh folk as mere pawns for his political chess game to be a national leader.

“Anwar should have left Permatang Pauh to contest elsewhere. He should not again ask Permatang Pauh folk to sacrifice for him. Because of him, Permatang Pauh folk are suffering from lack of business and development,” claimed Umno members.

Whether their claims hold water or not, Umno’s campaign against Anwar would be based on those lines. Umno chieftains claim that with the right candidate and strategies, BN would have the best opportunity to finally “kill off” Anwar’s political career.

They forecast that a defeat for Anwar would break up PKR and make the party redundant. PKR’s demise, they said, would then tear apart Pakatan Rakyat, the three-party coalition which had been gearing up all its machinery to capture Putrajaya.

Umno leaders are perhaps still living in dream world. Even after the 2008 electoral reverses, they still failed to learn and realise that the country’s political landscape is so divided, polarised and hypercritical that any ruling coalition would always face formidable opposition.

Stopping Pakatan’s march to Putrajaya is one thing while ending Anwar’s political career is a different ball game altogether. It would be easier to stop Pakatan, but beating Anwar in his home turf, where he started his political career with a victorious electoral debut in 1982, is a near impossible task.

The Permatang Pauh parliamentary constituency is on the world map today because of one man – its favourite son and opposition icon Anwar. Whether one likes him or not, he is the undisputed king of Permatang Pauh. He is always a newsmaker and a hot item for the media.

The affection between Permatang Pauh folk and Anwar is said to be too strong. Even when he was in jail, Permatang Pauh folk remained loyal to his family, voting in Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail in the 1999 and 2004 general elections. She also won in 2008 before resigning to pave the way for a by-election which Anwar won in style.

“Umno would need a miracle to topple Anwar,” said several constituents.

As of June 2012, Permatang Pauh has 70,667 registered voters, a huge leap of 12,208 within four years from 58,459 voters in 2008. Malay voters make up about 70%, Chinese 25% while Indians only six percent.

Permatang Pauh encompasses three state constituencies – Seberang Jaya, Permatang Pasir and Penanti. Seberang Jaya is the most urbanised of the three and is a cosmopolitan centre with industrial workers, professionals and businessmen making up the majority of its population. It has 29,397 voters with 1,200 postal votes.

Permatang Pasir is the rural part of Permatang Pauh with predominantly a Malay-voting population and its main economic activity is rice cultivation with some rubber and palm oil plantations. The constituency has 22,733 voters.

Semi-rural constituency Penanti emulates Permatang Pasir’s agricultural activities mixed with some commercial activities. It has 18,537 registered voters.

Sex videos an outdated strategy 

The incumbent assemblymen are Umno’s Arif Shah Omar Shah of Seberang Jaya, PKR state chairman Mansor Othman of Penanti and PAS state commissioner Mohd Salleh Man of Permatang Pasir.

Ironically Permatang Pauh is the only constituency in the country to have three representatives elected in by-elections post-March 2008. Anwar defeated Arif in a by-election in August, 2008 with a thumping majority of 15,671 votes. Mansor and Mohd Salleh won their seats in by-elections in 2009.

The 13th general election would mark the first time Anwar would contest in a general election since 1995. Umno Permatang Pauh, which has about 17,000 members from 95 branches, has urged Najib Tun Razak to field strong candidates in all constituencies to give the party a winnable electoral jigsaw.

Local leaders said that Umno’s chances in Permatang Pauh would be given a tremendous boost if a strong personality challenged Anwar. Although the party has not finalised its candidates, former state PAS leader and corporate figure Mazlan Ismail has been tipped as the favourite to be given the task to unseat Anwar.

Local Umno leaders hope that Mazlan candidature can woo PAS supporters in the area. But whether such optimism would materialise remains to be seen because for PAS, Umno is always its sworn enemy.

It seems there will be no massive swing of Malay and Indian voters for Pakatan, unlike 2008. Umno claims that Malay and Indian voters were flocking back to BN, and with party members being more united, it had more than a fighting chance to upset Anwar and company.

Umno, of course, with blogger Papagomo entering into the fray, will embark on a massive “sex video” campaign to tarnish Anwar’s image, but observers said it would not work – as it had never worked since 1998.

“It’s an outdated strategy. How can we use military strategy and weaponry of World War I and hope to win in World War III? Umno should be more realistic and practical,” said a businessman and Umno member.

Umno will also use the “Allah in Bible” controversy sparked by DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng against Anwar but that too, is unlikely to make an impact with the electorate.

One must expect the battle-hardened Anwar and PKR will be ever ready to face-off Umno’s strongest challenge in Permatang Pauh.

It’s not just another electoral duel. It’s a political battle for bragging rights, pride and dignity. Anwar must win at all costs.

“Never mind if Pakatan fails to win Putrajaya. But the Permatang Pauh battlefield must be won. Pakatan and PKR leaders, members and supporters know Anwar must not lose,” said an observer.

Ground study makes it difficult to envisage Permatang Pauh folk abandoning Anwar, especially when he is leading his troops and many Malaysians for a change of guards in Putrajaya. For many, Anwar is still a symbol of their pride, an icon of reform.

Many will not trade him for development promises ala Umno. It’s too premature to make a bold prediction, weighing all pros and cons, Anwar should be able to win, maybe with a reduced majority. Nomination day for the general election is Saturday, April 20. Polling is on Sunday, May 5.-FMT

 

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