tumpang sekole...?: Din sembunyi di balik sehelai lalang...

Umno harus memanggil mesyuarat tergempar Majlis Tertinggi (MT) susulan pendirian keras Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yang mahukan semua anggota lembaga 1MDB dipecat.

Bekas menteri penerangan Tan Sri Zainuddin Maidin berkata kenyataan itu menimbulkan keraguan pemimpin dan anggota Umno terhadap ikrar taat setianya kepada presiden parti itu Datuk Seri Najib Razak

“Muhyiddin tidak lagi dapat berselindung di sebalik sehelai lalang atas sokongannya terhadap Tun Mahathir yang mahukan kekotoran 1MDB dibersihkan sebelum wabaknya menghancurkan Umno dan kerajaan,” katanya.

Ketika Najib membentangkan Rancangan Malaysia ke-11 di Parlimen hari ini, sebuah video dimuat naik di Internet yang memaparkan ucapan Muhyiddin yang mahu semua lembaga pengarah 1MDB dipecat.

Beliau kemudian menjelaskan perkara itu cuma pandangannya dan bukan perkara baru.

Kenyataan itu dilihat memberi tamparan kepada Najib memandang 1MDB lahir hasil cetusan ilhamnya.

Dalam kenyataannya hari ini, Zainuddin (atas, bertali leher) berkata Muhyiddin mempamerkan dirinya sebaris dengan Mahathir yang tidak mahu menunggu hasil siasatan rasmi terhadap syarikat pelaburan negara itu.

'Pelampau' rampas kuasa 1969

Zainuddin juga berkata Umno juga harus membincangkan sama ada Muhyiddin harus dipecat daripada MT seperti nasib yang menimpa Mahathir pada 1969.

Katanya, Mahathir ketika itu dipecat setelah presiden Umno ketika itu Tunku Abdul Rahman (bawah, kanan) mendakwa ada pelampau hendak merampas kuasa dalam parti.

“Sekiranya Muhyiddin tidak dipecat maka jalan penyelesaian mestilah dicari bagi memastikan kesepaduan Umno jika salah seorang iaitu Muhyiddin atau Najib terpaksa berundur,” katanya.

Zainuddin yang juga bekas ketua pengarang Kumpulan Utusan Melayu berkata Najib tidak lagi dapat mengekalkan keyakinan rakyat bahawa beliau mendapat sokongan daripada dalam parti.

“Dengan kenyataan Muhyiddin itu membuktikan tidak ada perpaduan dalam parti dalam menghadapi ancaman Mahathir,1MDB, krisis politik dan ekonomi sekarang,” katanya lagi.

Zainuddin juga berkata pendirian Muhyiddin itu juga tidak boleh diperkecil kerana beliau juga mempunyai pengaruh kuat dalam parti dan telah menimbulkan kegemparan, malah mengggoncang keyakinan dalam Umno dan di kalangan rakyat.

“Keraguan rakyat terhadap kesepaduan pucuk pimpinan dan kestabilan parti berkuasa tidak boleh dibiarkan terus berlaku sehingga pilihan raya umum akan datang kerana wabaknya sedang merebak melibatkan kestabilan ekonomi negara dan juga masa depan Umno,” katanya.- mk

Din,but Najib sits on top of 1MDB board,he got to be sacked too...

As Finance Minister, the 1Malaysia Development Bhd buck stops at Najib Abdul Razak, and so he should be sacked along with the state investment firm’s board of directors, PAS said.

PAS vice president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man(pix,below) said this after a video of Muhyiddin calling for the sacking of 1MDB board members uploaded online made waves today.

"Muhyiddin’s move to blame the 1MDB board of directors without linking Najib is Umno’s short cut to find a scapegoat.

"1MDB is wholly-owned by the Finance Ministry, so whatever decisions made by the board cannot have been made without the knowledge of the ministry, headed by Najib," he said in a statement.

As such, he urged 1MDB directors to come forward to "tell all before it is too late".

Tuan Ibrahim said ministry backing allowed 1MDB to buy prime land for the Tun Razak Exchange and Bandar Malaysia projects for cheap from the government, and obtain government guaranteed bonds.

So the finance ministry, and thus Najib, cannot say they have little dealings with 1MDB.

Najib, who is also prime minister and chairperson of the 1MDB board of advisors, earlier said 1MDB's business decisions are made by its top management.

"Did 1MDB (do everything) on their own? No one will believe this to be so," he said.

In the leaked video depicting a closed-door meeting between Muhyiddin and the Umno grassroots in Pahang last week, the deputy prime minister says the authorities must wait no longer.

"We have to take action, we cannot be, 'Nevermind, give a bit more time'. No!" Muhyiddin says, exasperatedly.

The event was believed to have taken place at Umno's training centre in Janda Baik, Pahang, last Saturday, just a day after 1MDB urged the public to wait for the outcome of the Auditor-General Department's audit.

"We request that no one should prejudge the matter without thorough facts, ahead of the reviews being made public," 1MDB earlier said in a statement.

This was echoed by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak on Sunday, a day after Muhyiddin's speech in Janda Baik, through his 'frequently asked questions' article posted on his blog.

"It is unfair for certain politicians to convict the government in the court of public opinion before the facts are presented by the authorities, which are the auditor-general and bi-partisan Public Accounts Committee," Najib said.

The seven-minute video was uploaded yesterday by former New Straits Times editor Firdaus Abdullah.

The video appeared to have diverted attention from Parliament today, where Najib presented the 11th Malaysia Plan.

Parliament reporters swarmed Muhyiddin about the leaked video, which he confirmed to be authentic.- mk

Donate RM10 to 'close down' 1MDB...

Affected depositors have been urged to donate RM10 to propel a campaign to pull the plug on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

The donation is to fund the legal fees that will be incurred, as well as research conducted on the matter.

National Oversight and Whistleblowers (NOW), which initiated the campaign, hopes to raise RM20,000 from depositors with the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Lembaga Tabung Haji (Pilgrims' Fund Board) and Retirement Fund Incorporated (KWAP).

Donations can be banked into NOW’s Maybank account number, 562441603039 under the name “Oversight and Whistleblowers Sdn Bhd”.

The RM10 donation can also be made via credit card through Now’s website at http://donate.nowmalaysia.org/.

The campaign, called 'Close down 1MDB, return rakyat's money', is aimed at, among others, filing injunctions against EPF, Tabung Haji and KWAP, as well as other government agencies found to have invested in 1MDB.

Several lawmakers also assisting

The NGO's executive directors, Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli and PKR Youth chief strategist Akmal Nasir, said several lawmakers are also assisting the campaign.

"This is so that government agencies do not make any investment or loans to 1MDB from today onwards," Rafizi and Akmal told reporters in Kuala Lumpur today.

The move comes after Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak confirmed that EPF, Tabung Haji and KWAP had invested in 1MDB and in subsidiaries related to the state investment fund.

The injunction is expected to be filed on May 29 in the High Court in Kuala Lumpur, on the basis that the above mentioned government agencies were negligent and not careful when they invested in 1MDB, Rafizi said.

“I will file the injunction in my capacity as an EPF and TH depositer,” he said.

The injunction against KWAP will be filed together with Sungai Petani MP Johari Abdul and former Machang MP Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

The NOW campaign also aims to appoint an independent research team to determine whether depositers want the three government agencies to dispose of all existing investments in 1MDB.

“We also hope to appoint an independent research team to determine whether the rakyat agree on calls for 1MDB to be closed down.

Briefings for depositers will also be conducted in major cities to encourage the people to take part in the campaign.

“The first briefing will be conducted at 8.30pm on June 3, at the MPAJ auditorium in Pandan Indah.

“I invite as many depositers of EPF, TH and KWAP to attend the briefing to listen for themselves the steps that can be taken to ensure that there will be no risk of losses by the funds,” Rafizi added.- mk