Mahathir – nak selamatkan UMNO atau menjaga egonya….

Selepas bersara, Mahathir fikir Anwar tidak lagi boleh bangkit, tetapi sangkaan Mahathir jauh terpesong. Mahathir marah Pat Lah kerana terlalu lalai dengan tugas-tugasnya, hinggakan memerlukan nasihat anak dan menantunya serta kumpulan Tingkat 4 JPM untuk mentadbir Negara. Mahathir bertambah marah bila prestasi UMNO/BN yang diterajui Pat Lah hampir-hampir tersungkur dalam pemilu bulan March 2008 lalu dan orang membuat UMNO hampir tersungkor,tak lain tak bukan Anwar Ibrahim and Mahathir lost his cool...

Mahathir bangkit menerusi forum-forum pasca-pilihanraya untuk mengutuk kekalahan tersebut sehinggalah ke tahap meminta Pat Lah meletakkan jawatannya sebagai PM dan bertanggungjawab terhadap apa yang telah berlaku. Tapi,who is he to tell Pat Lah to resign as PM, for he is not even an advisor to the gomen or nothing near then that? Mahathir juga guna forum-forum ini untuk memperlekeh Anwar sambil berkata, "the general election results do not reflect PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim’s popularity. On the contrary, he said Anwar was not at all popular.“He didn’t get this huge majority that you mentioned. People didn’t like him."

Sebenarnya, Mahathir tidak sayang kepada UMNO, apa yang Mahathir bimbang adalah Pat Lah yang memimpin UMNO tidak akan bertahan lama dan jika ini berlaku,pembangkang akan memerintah negara ini. Kalau setakat Hj.Abdul Hadi Awang atau Lim Kit Siang atau Wan Azizah menjadi PM,Mahathir masih boleh terima,tetapi kalaulah Anwar Ibrahim naik menjadi Perdana Menteri dekat mana Mahathir nak sorok mukanya?

Mahathir, dengan skrip drama yang disusun oleh para konspirator, dibantu oleh PDRM,Peguam Negara serta Hakim-hakim yang “correct…correct…” dia berjaya menghumban Anwar Ibrahim ke Sungai Buluh. Mungkin Mahathir terlupa bahawa adengan membawa tilam buruk dari rumahnya "Seri Perdana” oleh pihak polis naik turun mahkamah itu serta kempen memburukan Anwar Ibrahim melalui ketua-ketua cawangan dan bahagian-bahagian UMNO dahulu tidak memberi apa-apa kesan terhadap minda rakyat jelata. Sebaliknya rakyat tahu motif sebenar kenapa Mahathir beberbuat demikian, semata-mata demi menjaga dirinya serta kroninya yang menjadi memperolehi keuntungan berlipat ganda daripada projek dan tender yang diberi kepada mereka.

Tetapi, sampai bila konspirasi ini boleh bertahan? Enam tahun di Sungai Buluh bukanlah lama tetapi sudah cukup bagi Anwar Ibrahim untuk menyusun strateginya untuk kembali ke persada politik negara.

Mahathir khuatir jika Anwar Ibrahim menjadi PM,nasib diri akan berubah,mungkin Mahathir rasa dirinya pula akan terhumban ke dalam bilik gelap di Sungai Buluh,setelah segala angkara kejahatan,rasuah dan salah guna kuasa dibongkar oleh gomen pembangkang yang baru naik.

Tetapi ini hanya satu igauan Mahathir, serta reaksi seorang yang rasa diri dan kedudukannya yang kian cemas. Apakah gomen pembangkang yang bakal naik itu sekejam Mahathir? Anwar pernah menasihati Mahathir supaya memberikan tumpuan menjaga kesihatan dirinya dan memohon maaf kepada rakyat atas kezaliman yang telah dilakukannya.

He is also trying to cool his restless soul and arrest his fear that if Anwar becomes PM he got to lick his own words for telling tales about the possibility of Anwar not becoming a PM in the near future. Sama ada Anwar boleh menjadi PM adalah ditentukan oleh kuasa Illahi bukannya Mahathir.......

cheers.

Melayu obsess dengan Jom Heboh & Akademi Fantasia bukan ketuanan Melayu….

Najib Tun Razak menolak andaian kerajaan akan ditumbangkan dalam waktu terdekat ekoran ‘perang saraf’ yang dijalankan oleh pihak pembangkang yang kononnya ada kalangan ahli-ahli Parlimen BN akan melompat parti. Katanya, sehingga kini tidak ada bukti atau petanda perkara berkenaan akan berlaku. “Ini adalah permainan perang saraf mereka tetapi kita tidak mengambil mudah mengenai perkara ini, kita tidak akan ditumbangkan, saya tidak percaya itu akan berlaku,” jelasnya ketika ditanya pemberita mengenai dakwaan Anwar Ibrahim yang begitu yakin kerajaan BN akan ditumbangkan kerana ada ahli-ahli Parlimen BN yang akan menyertai mereka tidak lama lagi.

Pakatan Rakyat tak perlu menunggu wakil rakyat dari Sabah dan Sarawak untuk crossover, malah ramai wakil rakyat BN dari Semenanjung yang bosan dengan telatah pemimpin UMNO/BN akan berbuat demikian.Baca di sini.

Begitu perihal Ku Li yang mahu menentang Pat Lah untuk merebut presiden UMNO. Ku Li tak perlu tunggu sampai bulan december untuk bertanding jawatan presiden UMNO,itu pun kalu dia boleh dapat 60 pencalonan,baru dia boleh lawan - menang kalah belum tentu. Untuk mendapat 60 pencalonan bukanlah tugas yang mudah memandangkan Ku Li bukan setakat melawan Pat Lah tetapi juga Najib dan Mahyuddin Yassin yang masing-masing bercita-cita menjadi PM. Sikap Pat Lah hendak mempertahankan kerusi presiden december ini dengan mengekalkan keperluan untuk mendapatan 30% pencalonan secara tak langsung sudah memberi advantage kepada Pat Lah untuk terus menerajui UMNO. Apakah peralihan kuasa akan berlaku selepas itu masih menjadi tanda tanya. Kemungkinan besar Pat Lah will go for another term.

Jalan pintas yang terbaik bagi Ku Li,kalu dia rasa hendak menyelamatkan UMNO ialah menarik berapa ramai wakil rakyat UMNO di Parlimen ke sebelahnya dan berpakat dengan pembangkang mengenakan undi tak percaya bersama-sama, untuk menjatuhkan gomen Pat Lah.


UMNO mungkin berpecah akibat dari tindakan nekad ini dan Ku Li pun tak mungkin jadi PM. Namun pokoknya,tindakan begitu sajalah yang membolehkan Ku Li lakukan bagi memusnahkan harapan Pat Lah untuk terus menerajui UMNO dan setelah tewas Pat Lah akan mengundur diri secara terhormat. Selagi Pat Lah masih jadi PM dan presiden UMNO,no one can shake him,not even UMNO stalwarts from inside. Hari ini Pat Lah tetap mahu mempertahankan jawatan presiden Umno pada pemilihan parti 16-20 Disember ini. Bila ini berlaku maka cycle of leadership change dalam UMNO tetap sama,kerana orang-orang Pat Lah yang naik dan masa depan menantunya sekurang-kurangnya terjamin.

"Mereka (pemimpin Umno) kata mereka serahkan kepada saya dan mereka akan menyokong saya dan timbalan saya dalam pemilihan parti," katanya, mengulas desakan agar peralihan parti disegerakan. "Kenapa saya tidak boleh bertanding dalam pemilihan parti?" "Selepas itu, saya dan Najib akan putuskan tentang peralihan kuasa," katanya lagi.

“Saya dengar…saya bukan pekak,” itulah kenyataan spontan Pat Lah ketika diajukan soalan mengenai desakan supaya beliau mengemukakan pelan peralihan kuasa sebagai usaha untuk memulihkan UMNO. Pat Lah berkata, dia faham dengan pandangan yang diberikan dan mendengar pandangan pihak-pihak tertentu dalam soal peralihan kuasa tetapi dia mahu proses berkenaan berjalan dengan lancar dan parti berada dalam keadaan baik. “Takkan saya nak serahkan kepada Najib begitu sahaja. Saya mahu peralihan kuasa itu berjalan dengan baik bukan tinggal begitu saja,” katanya lagi.

Budaya UMNO sudah lama dah...sokong ketua secara buta tuli,jangan tegur dan jangan lawan towkay...akibatnya ketua membina satu dynasty dalam parti,maka ‘presidentship’ parti tak akan lari ke mana hanya kepada orang-orang terpilih saja. Tindakan UMNO melarang adanya pertandingan atau teguran telah membuat ahli-ahlinya menjadi bosan dan berpaling tadah. Apa yang berlaku pada 8 Mac 2008 adalah bukti perasaan meluat itu.

Bila UMNO hilang kuasa dan tersungkur di persada politik tanah airnya sendiri baru UMNO nak cakap pasai ketuanan Melayu,kuasa Melayu terhakis,buat forum di sana sini,buat resolusi itu dan ini...in the end apa pun tak ada bak kata orang.... balik pulau,bayan lepas, di sini terpelahau di sana terlepas.

Minda Melayu hari tidak semacam tahun 60an,70an. Orang Melayu sekarang tidak kisah lagi pasal politik atau memikirkan tentang masa depan mereka. Sebaliknya orang Melayu sekarang terlalu taksub kepada show,karnival,anugerah dan hiburan. Karnival Jom Heboh ,Anugerah Bintang Filem,Konsert Perdana,Akademi Fantasia sudah cukup membelenggui minda mereka. Lihat saja di mana saja ada karnival Jom Heboh lautan manusia membanjirinya,semuanya orang Melayu,tak kira tua dan muda,lelaki dan perempuan. Menggunakan Siti Norhaliza,Mawi dan penyanyi dan pelakon-pelakon untuk berkempen bagi calon-calon UMNO/BN adalah satu manifestasi yang dijelmakan dari budaya hiburan itu. Semua ini angkara sapa? bukankah towkay yang promote itu adalah terdiri daripada pembodek-pembodek UMNO menerusi media massa,RTM-TV1,TV2,TV3,Ria dan seterusnya?

Orang Melayu yang takut pasal hilang ketuanan Melayu adalah orang Melayu UMNO sendiri, kerana kalau orang Melayu tak memberi sokongan kepada mereka, maka tenggelamlah bahtera yang menjadi sumber rezki UMNO itu. Pemimpinnya akan hilang arah tujuan,hidup menjadi lintang pukang macam pemimpin-pemimpin UMNO Pulau Pinang yang berdemonstrasi dijalanan baru-baru ini,walaupun Pat Lah dan Najib pernah berkata "demonstrasi jalanan bukanlah budaya UMNO" namun UMNO Pulau Pinang buat juga. Mereka ini tahu DEB itu dah tamat diganti dengan NEP yang tujuan dan matlamat adalah berbeda. Namun mereka buat-buat lupa kerana tindakan mereka itu ibarat,"bila penyamun hilang kuasa menyamun..." maka otak mereka dah jadi tak center.

Pendek kata orang-orang Melayu sekarang terlalu obsess dengan hiburan yang berbagai-bagai hinggakan lupa soal ketuanan Melayu. Ketuanan Melayu hanyalah slogan UMNO yang bertujuan untuk meraih sokongan orang-orang Melayu saja. In reality,pemimpin-pemimpin UMNO ini berbuat demikian untuk secure kedudukan mereka serta anak pinak dan kroni-kroninya.

Bercakap pasal projek-projek mega siapakah yang paling beruntung? adakah pemandu teksi di kota raya KL, penoreh getah di Baling atau pesawah padi di Gurun Kedah? Setahu aku yang beruntung adalah Patrick Lim,Vincent Tan, Eric Chia, Ting Pek King, Ananda Krishan,Lim Kok Wing, di antara nama-nama lanun besar,disamping Khairy Jamaluddin,Kamaludin,Kalimullah serta anggota-anggota dalam gomen empat serangkai itu. Inikah yang dikatakan ketuanan Melayu?

UMNO patut belajar how to be a good loser and win the heart and mind of the rakyat. Jangan dok asyik main soal ketuanan Melayu,orang Melayu dah naik boring. Nama Melayu yang tinggal pun hanya pada KTM(Keretapi Tanah Melayu), yang lain habis disonglap dan tergadai. Angkara siapa? Tanyalah orang di atas itu.....

cheers.

The Next PM - Muhyiddin or Anwar......

Got this piece from Agenda Daily.........

No, it's not going to be Najib Tun Razak, according to Umno graybeards who have been reading their tea leaves and coffee beans at Starbucks.

Umno had, for a long time, superstitiously believed in the RAHMAN Theory when talking about who would be the next prime minister.

But now the ground is trembling a bit (only if you are one of its 3.2 million members can you feel it lah), because another new name has been picked, as this new guy's name does not start with N.

The RAHMAN Theory is this. The PMs of Malaysia 'must' follow the letters of the first PM.

R = T.A.Rahman (Tunku).
A = Abdul Razak Hussein.
H = Hussein Onn.
M = Mahathir.
A = supposed to be Anwar, but someone else came along. Abdullah.
N = Najib? (Now we must add question mark to his name).

RAHMAN is also Arabic for Most Merciful, one of the name of God, according to Islamic belief.

Now, the reason for this BIG question mark is because Mahathir Mohamad, after promoting Najib for a long time, has decided to drop the Deputy PM from his list of possible next PMs.

He said he has 'changed his mind' about Najib.

The whispers say this was because, after seeing Abdullah Badawi at his weakest point now, Najib should've made his move. But he is ever-cautious.

Or, if the nasty whispers have it, Najib cannot move because of 'files' stacked up against him (ie alleged scandals - the words of Umno insiders, not mine).

So, if the time is ripe but the main actor does not want to move, Mahathir and other impatient Umno gods have decided to pick the next most senior man, Muhyiddin.

You can see that the Johore minister has already been making statements to slightly move him away from the failed Umno leadership, while at the same time being careful enough not to sound disloyal. Not yet.

And Muhyiddin, Tan Sri to mere red-bloods like us, also has been given the powerful post of International Trade and Industry Minister.

By no less than Abdullah. According to one Putrajaya bird, the reason is because PM Abdullah too would rather that Muhyiddin take up the PM's post than give it to Najib.

So, if that is true - that both Abdullah and bitter-foe Mahathir agree on Muhyiddin - the RAHMAN theory will be chucked out the window.

Because RAHMAM - apa itu?

WAIT A MINUTE. You forgot Anwar Ibrahim, you said!

I didn't. That is for another posting lah, where the RAHMAN theory could still be fulfilled by becoming RAHMAAN (still same meaning, Most Merciful, in Arabic!)

Aiyoyo Samy, so complicated lah. Later.

Actually, the RAHMAN Theory could still go on if something else were to happen, and that is if Anwar were to become PM.

Incredible things would have to happen first:

- Anwar would have to bring in 30 Barisan Nasional MPs into his Pakatan Rakyat (comprising DAP-PKR-PAS).

- And we have to assume that the BN government, knowing that it would fall and give the reins of federal power to Pakatan, does not dissolve parliament and call for another general election.

- And then, we also had to assume that there won't be chaos (because the voting public is not ready for a change of government), thus allowing Anwar to become PM.

And only then the formula would become RAHMAA...

Someone could still complete the N later, whether Najib, or ahem, Nurul Izzah.

You see, in Arabic, the word Rahman could be pronounced as RAHMAAN, or even RAHMAAAN.

Or maybe another scenario could happen.

Anwar could rejoin Umno, unlikely as that may seem. This would cause Pakatan to shatter, and there will be a serious fight in Umno too, because Mahathir and the anti-Anwar faction won't sit idly by.

A more likely thing is for Muhyiddin to jump above Abdullah and Najib and become PM.

What would Najib do? Sulk and sit in one corner? He would likely have to come out, guns blazing to stop this. But can he? Do they have enough 'files' against him as alleged? Time will tell.

But more importantly, what about the People of Malaysia!?

Many people voted AGAINST Abdullah and BN/Umno to send the government a message. They got fed up with high crime rates, nonsense pronouncements by idiot ministers and their spin doctors, and the sheer arrogance of those in power - including the mainstream media who think that people are stupid to swallow the shallow government crap.

Most people did NOT vote FOR Anwar, or to strengthen PKR-DAP-PAS.

The Chinese who voted in Dr Lo Lo Ghazali of PAS in KL did not vote to bring in a PAS Islamic state in Malaysia.

The Malays who voted for Teresa Kok of DAP in KL did not do so because they love the left-leaning Chinese-based DAP.

They did so out of a protest against the BN.

So it would be foolish for the top people now, whether Mahathir, Abdullah, Najib, Muhyiddin, Anwar etc to now battle for power without thinking of these voters.

They voted for a better future for their children, not for these top idiots to go kill each other in public for power, while the country continues to suffer.


So for Anwar to make a power grab to form the federal government would be foolish. People are not ready for a total change of government.

Show the people in the next five years what this Pakatan can do. If they could indeed improve lives - from town council transparency to reducing crime and inflation to less greedy politicians - then perhaps people would vote Anwar and his group in at the next elections.- Agenda Daily

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Kalu benar teori R.A.H.M.A.N ini menjadi maka PM yang akan ganti Pat Lah ialah Najib. Tapi nama Najib sebenarnya ialah Mohd.Najib b Tun Abdul Razak,iaitu huruf pertama namanya ialah "M". Begitu juga dengan Tengku Abdul Rahman Putra, huruf pertama nama Tengku ialah "A" bukan "R". Sama ada Najib akan bernasib baik macam Allahyarham Tengku Abdul Rahman tiada siapa yang akan tahu.

Pelukis Zunar pula melihat dari prespektif lain pula, Menurutnya,huruf N dalam perkataan RAHMAN itu bermaksud "New Dawn for Malaysia". Maybe the next PM of Malaysia 'must' not necessarily follow the last alphabet of the first PM. If that happens Najib can kiss goodbye. As for Mahyuddin, he is neither here or there.

Satu pendapat lain pula berkata putaran teori RAHMAN akan berakhir dengan huruf "A" saja. Dalam ertikata lain Pat Lah adalah PM yang terakhir dari UMNO. Selepas itu UMNO tewas dan menjadi lintang pukang seperti mana yang sedang berlaku sekarang. Sesiapa saja yang menjadi PM selepas itu tidak semestinya mengikut teori RAHMAN itu.

Hey, what about Wan Azizah or Nurul Izzah or Raja Nazrin? Wan Azizah can be Malaysia's first woman PM and sorry for makchik tembam, Rafidah... or for that matter it could be Nurul Izzah, instead of Najib, and poor Rosmah will be crying for 40 days and 40 nights. Raja Nazrin is a good candidate however his highness got a state to rule.

So you see in politics anything goes....

cheers.

Anwar got an early morning visit from the police.....

(Kyodo) - Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim claimed late Monday he could form the government anytime as there are enough support from parliamentarians in the ruling National Front coalition.

"Now I can say for the first time that we are ready to govern the country. We have the numbers," he told a press conference after making a speech to his supporters, which was halted midway by police as it was taken as marking his official return to politics. "Some have had discussions with us but we are not in a hurry," the former deputy prime minister said, adding the opposition prefers to wait until it has a comfortable majority.

Anwar, 60, who was once relegated to the dustbin of history after he was sacked by then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in 1998 and subsequently jailed for a total of 15 years on corruption and sodomy charges, has made a spectacular comeback after the March 8 general election. He was widely credited with galvanizing the ideologically disparate opposition parties to their best-ever showing in the election, winning 82 seats in the 222-seat Parliament and seizing control of five of Malaysia's 13 state assemblies. His own party, the People's Justice Party, won 31, the most seats among the opposition.

But Anwar was personally barred from running in the election due to his criminal convictions which he has always maintained were cooked up by Mahathir to ruin his political career.

Anwar had spent six years in jail before he was released in 2004, after the court acquitted him of sodomy. Under the Federal Constitution, he could not run for office until five years after his release, a deadline that passed Monday.

To celebrate the end of the ban, over 10,000 supporters swamped a field in downtown Kuala Lumpur for what has been billed as "Freedom Rally" and to hear Anwar's first public speech after the election. But toward the tail-end of his speech, police suddenly came in to break up the party.

The police had earlier warned of "stern action" against those attending the "illegal gathering." as the organizer did not apply for a permit which is required under the law for any public gathering of more than five persons. Dozens of riot police personnel were on guard around the venue but Anwar's supporters dispersed peacefully.

Now that Anwar could seek political office, the question most frequently asked of him is when he would intend to return to parliament and become the next prime minister.

The police this morning visited the homes of PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim, Selangor menteri besar Khalid Ibrahim and party vice-president Azmin Ali over the Black 14 rally in Kampung Baru.A three-member police team arrived at Anwar’s house in Bukit Segambut at about 6.30am to give notice of inquiry to his wife and party president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail on the gathering held to welcome the expiry on the five-year political ban on Anwar.

However, when the police were told that Wan Azizah was unavailable, she was then asked to be present at the Dang Wangi police station at 3.30pm today to give a statement.The police have told her that the statement was relating to an investigation into a gathering which took place without a police permit.

Now I am wondering about those gatherings by UMNO or their agents at Komtar and in Shah Alam recently; were any permits issued by the police? If there were none,why were those leaders not being hauled up?

Probably there are 2 sets of laws here, one for UMNO and the other for the opposition....

It really sucks....

cheers.

The rise, fall and rise of Malaysia's Anwar......

Malaysian police have threatened supporters of politician Anwar Ibrahim with stern action over a planned Monday night rally in Kuala Lumpur to mark the former deputy premier's return to politics, newspapers said. The rally, which police say does not have a permit, is to celebratethe end of a five-year ban on Anwar, 60, taking political office, which expires on Tuesday.

Anwar is widely held to be eyeing the premiership, but has been in the political wilderness since being dumped from the ruling United Malays National Organisation (UNMO) party in 1998.

Here are some key dates in the career of one of Asia's best-known rebel politicians.

1971 - Joins Malaysia's ruling party, UMNO, in his
mid-20s.
1982 - Appointed junior minister in government.
1991 - Appointed finance minister.
1993 - Promoted to deputy prime minister.

Sept 2, 1998 - Sacked from all posts in government after a fallout with then prime minister Mahathir Mohamad.

Sept 3, 1998 - Anwar says he was the victim of a conspiracy at the highest level.

Sept 4, 1998 - UMNO expels Anwar. Mahathir, the party's president, says Anwar is "not suitable" to be leader.

Sept 20, 1998 - Anwar leads tens of thousands of supporters around Kuala Lumpur, calling on Mahathir to step down. Protesters converge on Mahathir's residence where riot police fire tear gas and water cannon. Police arrest Anwar at his home.

Sept 29, 1998 - Anwar arrives in court with a black eye, saying police beat him unconscious after his arrest. Pleads not guilty to five corruption and four sodomy charges.

Sept 30, 1998 - Anwar pleads not guilty to an additional sodomy charge.

Oct 2, 1998 - Leading world figures condemn the reported police assault on Anwar.

Nov 2, 1998 - Anwar goes on trial for abuse of power.

April 14, 1999 - Anwar convicted on four corruption counts and sentenced to six years in jail, triggering violent street protests that raged for four days. Conviction draws international criticism.

June 7, 1999 - Anwar and his adopted brother, Sukma Darmawan, go on trial for sodomising his family's former driver.

Aug 8, 2000 - Anwar sentenced to nine years in jail for sodomy.

July 10, 2002 - Federal Court, Malaysia's highest, rejects Anwar appeal on abuse of power case.

Oct 31, 2003 - Mahathir steps down as premier, hands power to his deputy, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Sept 2, 2004 - Released from jail as Federal Court acquits Anwar on sodomy charge. Five-year ban on holding party or political office,stemming from 2003 corruption charge, remains.

March 8, 2008 - Ban sees Anwar sit out election where opposition coalition of his Keadilan Party and allies capture five of the 13 states. UNMO thrown into disarray, dipping below two-thirds parliamentary majority for first time in four decades.

April 14 - Malaysian police threaten stern action against Monday night rally expected to draw thousands of Anwar supporters, one day before official end of his ban from political office on April 15. - Source: Reuters

Breaking News....

About 20,000 people thronged the Sultan Sulaiman Club tonight to welcome Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to electoral politics. Among the crowd was Parti Keadilan Rakyat president and Anwar's wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Ismail, daughter Nurul Izzah, Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, PKR vice president Azmin Ali and Batu MP Tian Chua. DAP and Pas leaders also turned up for the event.

When Anwar arrived at 8.50pm, there were shouts of reformasi but no untoward incidents. Police, including the Federal Reserve Unit and Light Strike Force patrolled the area but people were allowed to move about freely. There was also a large foreign media presence, including television crew.

Anwar, the PKR adviser, was banned from contesting any elections for five years after his release from jail following his conviction of corruption and abuse of power charges. Tonight, the ban expired and Anwar is legally allowed to be active in electoral politics.During the last general election he went around the country giving ceramah for his party's candidates as well as those from Pas and DAP.

However, when Anwar tried to deliver a speech, a dozen policemen went on stage to stop Anwar on grounds that he was addressing the rally.-AFP Read here,here and here.

cheers.

Lempar batu sembunyi tangan......

Dalang sebenar dalam kisah ternakan babi adalah Adun Tanjung Sepat,Dr.Karim Mansur(gambar di bawah) dan penghulu Ladang Tumbuk,Tarmudi Tushiran semasa zaman pemerintahan Mohd.Khir Toyo. Hal ini diceritakan oleh Dr.Lee Chong Meng yang telah disiarkan dalam ruangan Press Digest,The Sun 14/4/08. Baca di sini,sini,sini,sini dan sini.

Masalah ini boleh ditangani jika tempat ternakan itu didirikan di kawasan jauh daripada perkampungan orang-orang Melayu dan isu ini juga rundingan dan perancangan yang teliti harus dibuat oleh gomen Selangor. Jangan biar pihak pembangkang(BN) di Selangor memperkudakannya walaupun rata-rata tahu projek ini adalah lahir daripada idea gomen BN dahulu dan selama berpuluh-puluh tahun masalah ini dibiarkan begitu saja. Sekarang mereka nak jadi jaguh pula.

Namun demikian,tindakan media tempatan mensensasikan hal ini,seolah-olah gomen Pakatan Rakyat yang memulakan isu tersebut. Bak kata berpatah,lempar batu sembunyi tangan. Apa yang pelik,akhbar tempatan seperti Utusan Malaysia masih tidak mahu menerima hakikat bahawa UMNO/BN sudah tertonggeng di 5 + 1 negeri. Malah akhbar ini serta akhbar2 lain cuba mengambarkan bahawa gomen Pakatan Rakyat ini sudah lari daripada perjuangan asalnya.

Jagalah UMNO/BN tu sebelum berkecai daripada menjaga tepi kain orang.

cheers.

Anwar Ibrahim kembali ke persada politik tanah air......

Anwar Ibrahim berkata isu ketuanan Melayu semakin dimainkan oleh Umno bagi mengalih perhatian umum daripada masalah dalaman UMNO ekoran prestasi buruknya dalam pilihanraya umum lalu. Beliau, yang juga mantan timbalan presiden Umno, menegaskan demikian ketika ditanya mengenai berita muka depan Mingguan Malaysia bertajuk 'Ketuanan Melayu tercabar' hari ini.

"Kita tidak mendengar mengenai isu (hak Melayu) ini bulan lalu atau sebelum pilihanraya umum. Saya percaya niat mereka adalah untuk mengalih pandangan umum," kata Anwar.

Katanya, apa yang lebih penting ialah memperjuangkan 'ketuanan rakyat'. "Dan apabila kita sebut 'rakyat', ia termasuklah orang Melayu... terutama yang yang tertindas dan bukannya yang kaya," kata Anwar, yang juga bekas menteri kewangan.

"Pendekatan kita seharusnya untuk membantu rakyat yang dipinggirkan, yang dinafikan peluang dan hak mereka. Oleh itu, ia termasuklah orang Melayu, Cina, India dan rakyat Malaysia yang lain," katanya.

Anwar berkata, beliau yakin bahawa Pakatan Rakyat akan terbukti lebih berkesan dalam membantu rakyat, berbanding dengan Umno ataupun BN sebelum ini.

Dr Mahathir dalam ucapannya dalam forum "Krisis Kepimpinan Melayu Pasca Pilihanraaya Umum ke-12: Di Mana Silapnya" di Kajang, berkata hanya orang Israel yang akan mengundi Anwar jika beliau mahukan jawatan Perdana Menteri.

Menjawab telahan itu Anwar berkata, "Beliau (Dr Mahathir) nampaknya semakin letih dan keliru. Saya tidak pernah bertemu mana-mana pemimpin Israel, tetapi beliau ada berjumpa... secara diam-diam, ketika beliau menjadi perdana menteri," katanya.

Anwar berkata, Dr Mahathir berurusan dengan pihak Yahudi, membabitkan AS$1.2 juta yang didakwa telah dibayar kepada pelobi Amerika Syarikat, Abramoff untuk mengatur pertemuan beliau (Dr Mahathir) dengan presiden negara kuasa besar itu George W Bush pada 2002.

Anwar menasihati Dr Mahathir supaya memberikan tumpuan menjaga kesihatan dirinya dan memohon maaf kepada rakyat atas kezaliman yang telah dilakukannya.

Dr Mahathir juga, tambah Anwar, perlu menjelaskan tentang bagaimana beliau telah memusnahkan badan kehakiman, mengawal media, bagaimana beliau menahan beratus-ratus orang bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA), termasuk ketika Operasi Lalang 1987.

Di samping itu, katanya, Dr Mahathir juga perlu menjelaskan pembabitannya dalam pelbagai amalan rasuah, salah urus, mencuri dana kerajaan melalui banyak syarikat milik kerajaan yang mengalami kerugian seperti Perwaja Steel.- Malaysiakini.

"I think it is better for him to deal with these issues. I’ve refrained for years, from responding to him, because I think I want to move on, but apparently he(Mahathir) is very scared about this new phenomenon of people speaking up and wanting to seek change," said Anwar, adding that Mahathir only wants to make sure his nominees take over to protect his and his family’s interests.

"I don’t believe Malaysians would allow that easily," said Anwar at a press conference after attending a leadership seminar organised by PKR for its newly elected MPs and state assemblymen.

Anwar Ibrahim will celebrate his official return to the political stage, as a ban from public office expires a decade after he was sacked as deputy prime minister,tomorrow.

The lifting of the ban marks the end of an extraordinary saga that saw Anwar convicted on sex and corruption charges and spend six years in jail, before storming back to prominence in historic March elections.

In an interview with the Star, Anwar said the expiry of the political ban "has no significance in my mind" because he does not recognise the decision of the court which convicted him of corruption.Anwar said in a recent interview in his office outside Kuala Lumpur. “I don’t need to be prime minister tomorrow.” He said he is in no hurry to act, but...time probably not on his side....read here.

Welcome back Anwar.........

cheers.

Apakah dosa mereka ini.....

Hari ini saya tak mahu bincang pasai politik. Saya terima beberapa gambar bayi mangsa kena buang. Saya tersentak bila melihat perbuatan 'binatang-binatang' yang hilang tujuan hidup mereka. Perbuatan ini menunjukkan bahawa ada juga manusia yang berperangai lebih teruk daripada binatang dan tidak berperikemanusiaan langsung. Binatang pun tahu sayangkan anaknya,tapi manusia seperti ini hendak dikelasifikasi sebagai spesis apa?


Sering kita dengar tragedi kematian bayi dibuang dengan sengaja ke dalam tong sampah atau dibungkus dengan plastik hitam dibuang tanpa ada sedikit pun rasa belas ihsan dan sifat kemanusiaan. Kes-kes begini adalah antara ribuan kes buang bayi hasil daripada perhubungan luar nikah yang dilakukan pasangan muda mudi yang sudah terlanjur.


Tanpa rasa belas kasihan si ibu atau pasangan terbabit sanggup membuang bayi yang dikandung ini ke dalam tong sampah, semak, tempat pembuangan sampah dan di tepi sungai untuk mengelakkan mereka dikesan. Manusia kini semakin hilang pertimbangan dan tidak lagi menggunakan kewarasan dalam tindakan mereka.


Mereka sanggup berbuat apa saja asalkan kenikmatan daripada perhubungan haram itu dapat dirasai secara berulang kali secara bebas tanpa apa-apa ikatan. Pasangan lelaki dan wanita yang selalu dikaitkan dengan isu pembuangan bayi ini ialah mereka yang tertekan dengan keterlanjuran terutama yang melahirkan bayi di luar nikah.


Statistik Ibu Pejabat Polis Bukit Aman mendapati sebanyak 65 kes buang bayi dicatat pada 2000 dan meningkat kepada 83 kes, tahun lalu. Selangor mencatatkan angka tertinggi iaitu 22 kes (2000) dan 24 kes (2006). Daripada jumlah 83 kes itu, 79 membabitkan kes pembuangan bayi yang baru dilahirkan dan empat kes pembuangan janin.


Al-Quran dan Sunnah sering memperingatkan betapa bernilai hidup setiap makhluk Allah. Janin yang baru berada dalam perut ibu walaupun masih pada proses awal, bahkan binatang dan tumbuh-tumbuhan dilarang untuk dicabut nyawa hidup-hidup, kecuali berdasarkan ketentuan yang dibenarkan Allah. Apakah salah insan kerdil ini sehinggakan ibubapa yang tidak berhati perut sanggup buat begini........kepada sikerdil yang tidak berdosa ini, moga Allah merahmati roh mereka, Al-Fatihah.......

wassalam.