Dari aspek kepimpinan sehinggalah soal kesederhanaan hidupnya termasuk cara pemakaian, terpahat dalam ingatan.
Antara yang mungkin tidak melupakan pemimpin yang mesra disapa Ustaz Azizan itu ialah Pengurus Pusat Pakaian dan Jam Timor di Simpang Empat Kangkong dekat sini, Loh Fook Siang, 45.
Cerita Fook Siang, perkenalannya dengan Azizan bermula lebih sembilan tahun lalu apabila beliau sering berkunjung ke kedainya untuk membeli kelengkapan dan pakaian sekolah anak-anak.
“Dia adalah seorang pemimpin yang sederhana. Pertama kali dia datang ke kedai ini selepas PRU12, saya terkejut sebab dia masih berkunjung ke kedai saya walaupun sudah menjadi seorang pemimpin utama negeri ini.
“Tambahan pula, dia datang dengan menaiki kenderaan sendiri dan tidak menggunakan kenderaan rasmi,” katanya kepada Sinar Harian semalam.
Fook Siang, mesra dipanggil Ah Siang berkata, Azizan adalah seorang pemimpin yang tidak mementingkan jenama, sebaliknya mengambil kira faktor harga pada barangan itu asalkan berpatutan dan tidak membazir.
“Setiap kali datang, dia akan berbelanja tidak lebih RM200 untuk keperluan anak-anak. Kalau untuk dirinya pula tidak lebih RM150.
Selalunya, dia akan beli baju kemeja putih lengan panjang untuk dipakai bersama blazer.
“Baju kemeja itu saya jual pada harga RM20 sehelai. Dia tidak memilih jenama, asalkan murah dan berkualiti. Setiap kali datang, dia akan beli sekurang-kurangnya dua atau tiga helai baju berserta dengan sehelai seluar slack berwarna hitam,” katanya merintis kenangan terhadap Azizan.
Ujar Ah Siang, atas kerana itu, dia juga kerap membuat pesanan tambahan untuk baju kemeja putih bagi memastikan Azizan tidak kecewa datang ke kedainya pada bila-bila masa.
“Kadang-kadang kalau nak pakai cermin mata pun, dia suka pakai yang berharga RM12. Dia beli cermin mata hitam di kedai saya. Sekali sekala itu ada juga dia beli baju batik berharga bawah RM50. Macam-macam corak dia beli, tapi tidak banyak, yang banyak dibeli ialah kemeja putih lengan panjang,” katanya.
“Satu perkara saya tidak dapat lupa adalah sewaktu melawatnya di rumah. Saya lihat keadaan dalam rumah dia begitu sederhana. Perabot dan televisyen juga semuanya barangan lama, tidak ada yang baru.
“Apa saya saksikan, sikap dia tidak seperti pemimpin lain yang suka bermegah dengan kekayaan. Saya ceritakan kepada rakan-rakan mengenai kehidupannya, mereka terkejut malah ada yang tidak percaya,” katanya.
Bagaimanapun, sangat menyedihkan apabila pertemuan pada jam 11 malam di rumahnya itu, Azizan sudah tidak berapa sihat dan kelihatan murung di dalam bilik.
“Saya lihat dia seperti sedang kesedihan. Terkejut juga saya apabila ternampak ibu jari kakinya bertukar jadi hitam seolah-olah membengkak. Bila ditanya, Azizan kata tidak ada apa perlu dirisaukan,” katanya.
Menurutnya, pemergian Azizan amat mengejutkan apabila dimaklumkan sendiri wakil Pas yang mengunjunginya di kedai kira-kira jam 12 tengah hari.
“Saya terkejut dengan berita itu, tetapi saya tidak dapat hadir majlis pengebumiannya sebab pekerja lain sedang cuti sakit, tidak ada orang nak jaga kedai. Bagaimanapun, saya doakan supaya rohnya aman di sana,” katanya.-juragan@karatijau.blogspot
Post-polls, an air of vindication in DAP...
As DAP retained the exact 20-member central executive committee (CEC) line-up from the last election, it was apparent that delegates were determined to send a signal to the Registrar of Societies (ROS) that had created a host of problems for the party.
There was a sense of vindication among DAP delegates after the election results were announced this evening - that there was absolutely no manipulation of its CEC election held last December.
"Basically, it is a slap in the face of the ROS," a delegate from Selangor told Malaysiakini.
The drama over the CEC election began in January after DAP admitted that there was a tabulation error resulting in Zairil Khir Johari being wrongfully excluded from the CEC.
After the results were rectified, there were claims that the results were intentionally manipulated in order to include a token Malay into the Chinese-dominated CEC.
The fallout from the botch up resulted in ROS initiating an investigation against the party that dragged on until the general election, raising fears that DAP may be de-registered on the eve of the national polls.
The poor timing also saw slighted DAP members who were dropped as general election candidates - most notably, former Teratai state assemblyperson Jenice Lee - challenging the authority of the party leadership due to the disputed CEC election results.
But now that the CEC election result has affirmed the rectified results of last year's party polls, there are DAP members who feel that ROS had purposely put the party in a bind for political reasons.
"What are they going to do now? Are they going to say that both elections were null and void?" asked a delegate from Johor.
There was a sense of vindication among DAP delegates after the election results were announced this evening - that there was absolutely no manipulation of its CEC election held last December.
"Basically, it is a slap in the face of the ROS," a delegate from Selangor told Malaysiakini.
The drama over the CEC election began in January after DAP admitted that there was a tabulation error resulting in Zairil Khir Johari being wrongfully excluded from the CEC.
After the results were rectified, there were claims that the results were intentionally manipulated in order to include a token Malay into the Chinese-dominated CEC.
The fallout from the botch up resulted in ROS initiating an investigation against the party that dragged on until the general election, raising fears that DAP may be de-registered on the eve of the national polls.
The poor timing also saw slighted DAP members who were dropped as general election candidates - most notably, former Teratai state assemblyperson Jenice Lee - challenging the authority of the party leadership due to the disputed CEC election results.
But now that the CEC election result has affirmed the rectified results of last year's party polls, there are DAP members who feel that ROS had purposely put the party in a bind for political reasons.
"What are they going to do now? Are they going to say that both elections were null and void?" asked a delegate from Johor.
'Rewards' for some
Although the line-up still remains essentially the same, delegates appear to have "rewarded" some leaders for their recent achievements, most notably being Liew Chin Tong and Zairil.
Zairil climbed eight spots from the last party polls to place 12th after winning the Bukit Bendera parliamentary constituency with a convincing majority.
"ROS helped make Zairil more famous among the delegates," summed up one delegate from Johor.
While Zairil's convincing win is an endorsement of his role in the party, it also appeared to be an attempt to ensure that the party's most prominent Malay face would safely make into the CEC this time.
But if there was one shocker during this election was Liew's meteoric rise in popularity among the delegates.
Liew climbed 13 spots since the last polls with his votes topping that of DAP veterans Karpal Singh, Lim Kit Siang and Lim Guan Eng who usually leads the pack.
Among party delegates, there has been talk about Liew being an efficient strategist and a "giant killer" for unseating MCA strongman Hou Kok Chung, a deputy minister in the previous federal government, in Kluang.
Although not as famous as Karpal, Kit Siang and Guan Eng outside the party, Liew's popularity within bodes well for the party which has long been criticised for allowing "dinosaurs" to rule the party for too long.
Liew in only 36 years old, making him among the youngest CEC member.
Cracks the whip, and votes dip
However, it was not all joy for everyone as DAP disciplinary board chairperson Tan Kok Wai who surprisingly fell 10 spots, placing 15th.
Tan's decline was likely due to his handling of disciplinary issues involving disgruntled DAP members which have not been smooth sailing as they relentlessly attacked the party.
When met, Tan conceded that this could have been a factor, but added another.
“By chance, I was also a member of the committee that selected candidates for the 13th general election. Some twenty incumbents were dropped,” he said.
The fact that at least two such disgruntled members, namely Jenice Lee and David Dass who turned up at the re-election and created a scene, did not help the party stalwart.
In his post-election press conference, newly re-appointed DAP secretary-general Guan Eng brushed off his slight drop in votes and instead urged the ROS to stop hounding the party.
"I hope they will stop oppressing us," he said.-malaysiakini
However, it was not all joy for everyone as DAP disciplinary board chairperson Tan Kok Wai who surprisingly fell 10 spots, placing 15th.
Tan's decline was likely due to his handling of disciplinary issues involving disgruntled DAP members which have not been smooth sailing as they relentlessly attacked the party.
When met, Tan conceded that this could have been a factor, but added another.
“By chance, I was also a member of the committee that selected candidates for the 13th general election. Some twenty incumbents were dropped,” he said.
The fact that at least two such disgruntled members, namely Jenice Lee and David Dass who turned up at the re-election and created a scene, did not help the party stalwart.
In his post-election press conference, newly re-appointed DAP secretary-general Guan Eng brushed off his slight drop in votes and instead urged the ROS to stop hounding the party.
"I hope they will stop oppressing us," he said.-malaysiakini
20 anggota CEC DAP kekal dalam j'kuasa
Penyamun tetap penyamun..
TANDAS PUTERA
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