Agong kata boleh, gomen kata tak boleh...

 

Bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tun Musa Hitam berpendapat Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sepatutnya sudah menjadi Perdana Menteri. Pengerusi Forum Ekonomi Islam Sedunia (WIEF) berkenaan berkata, beliau tanpa keraguan menyifatkan Anwar memiliki kewibawaan untuk jawatan itu.

“Saya boleh cakap tanpa keraguan, dia layak sebagai Perdana Menteri". “Dia ada karisma dan bagi saya, dia patutnya dah jadi Perdana Menteri,” katanya dipetik dari wawancara Mingguan Malaysia hari ini.

Walau bagaimanapun, beliau berkata, “orang” yang berjanji kepada Anwar untuk jawatan itu tidak mengotakan janji tersebut.“… ada seorang yang berjanji pada dia (Anwar), beberapa kali, kawan itu (Anwar) tunggu punya tunggu, akhirnya tetap tak jadi. “Dulu kalau orang yang berjanji itu kasi pada dia, saya kata boleh, good idea. Tapi malangnya, orang yang berjanji itu tak kasi (tertawa),” katanya.

Musa sebelum ini sudah berbelas tahun tidak mahu mengulas mengenai politik tanah air dalam media arus perdana dan media sosial. Bekas Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (SUHAKAM) itu meletakkan jawatannya sebagai Timbalan Perdana Menteri pada 1986. - MD

Malaysian politics now a joke, 

no longer about philosophy or ideology...

Malaysian politics is no longer about philosophy or ideologies and instead has become a “joke” with a large number of political defectors, said veteran politician Musa Hitam. The former deputy prime minister said the obsession with politicking never ceased in former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

"These days, no one is leaning towards political philosophy or ideology, none. Instead, everyone is busy with how many 'seats' they have and who is siding with who. People on this side will jump to the other, and that is the only issue. "From Mahathir to Muhyiddin to Anwar, all of them. In this obsession with politics, even (Women, Family and Community Development Minister) Rina Harun is dragged in," Musa was quoted as saying by Mingguan Malaysia.

The World Islamic Economic Forum chairperson said current politicians are focused only on seats to secure their political livelihoods, to the extent of becoming "political frogs" and adopting money politics as an ideology.

"Malaysia is a country where there are too many political defectors. To the point, it has become a joke, and we label the defectors as frogs. People in the cities or villages, when they see these defected elected representatives, they will call them frogs.

"In the issue of political defections, in my view, it is not about politics or ideology. "People are saying the money is not in small amounts like in the past. And there will be more incidents as the general election approaches," he added.

On Feb 28, two PKR lawmakers - Julau MP Larry Sng and Tebrau MP Steven Choong - left the party to be independent parliamentarians aligned to Perikatan Nasional, as they submitted their pledge of support to Muhyiddin.

The duo insisted they left not for personal gains but to serve the people, although rumours persist of alleged enticement attempts that targeted PKR elected representatives.

Sekijang MP Natrah Ismail claimed there was an attempt to poach her to support Muhyiddin, an offer which she rejected.

In response, the MACC urged anyone with information on attempts to buy over parliamentarians to lodge a report with the anti-graft agency. - mk 

Meanwhile,Tun Musa Hitam said Umno needs to put aside its leaders who are facing criminal charges, until proven innocent, as a means to revitalise the party. “Firstly, Umno has to take the stance that whoever is related to [criminal] charges in court, has to be put aside until they can prove their innocence. Only with that can the public respect us,” he was quoted saying, referring to Umno.

Musa also explained that severe infighting within Umno has caused the party to be splintered into three factions.One faction he described as Umno puritans who believe in the spirit of the party, the second faction are those who side with the party leaders such as its current president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamid, and the third consists of capable leaders that were not given the opportunities to step forward.

Musa explained that another step to allow the party to regain public trust is also to allow young and capable leaders to lead the party. Commenting on the current political “musical chairs” affecting the country, Musa expresses his disgust, stating politicians who switch sides are making a mockery of national politics. They are fooling around with politics, for their own interest. “I’m bored of the whole situation.

“With the issue of switching parties that is out of control now, in my opinion it’s not about politics or ideology. If it can be an ideology by gaining money, it could be the ideology of money. That is possibly what is happening now. - mmail

cheers.

Nasib hangpa orang Kedah ooi..bila dapat MB balak...

Penduduk Kuala Kedah terus mengamok pasai ayaq takdak...

Bijak sungguh parti lebai tangani krisis air Kedah...

Padanlah muka hangpa undi UMNOPAS...

The 4th March earthquake 

its and aftershock...

Malaysian politics has entered into a new and challenging phase. On 4 March 2021, exactly five years after the Citizens’ Declaration realignment, two parties in the ruling Perikatan Nasional coalition, namely Bersatu and UMNO, have officially severed ties and vowed to contest each other in the next general election.

As a result of the 4 March 2016 realignment between UMNO dissidents particularly Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and the originally opposition parties especially DAP’s Lim Kit Siang, the decaying and corrupt one-party state under prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak fell on 9 May 2018. In a normal democracy, when a governing party loses election, the discredited leaders stepped aside for renewal. New leaders play the role of constructive opposition with the aim of winning the next election.

But Najib and president Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi refused to let go. From October 2018 onwards UMNO, together with PAS, launched a campaign to burn the house down. The then Pakatan Harapan foreign minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah pushed for the ratification of ICERD, which was first seized upon by self-styled progressive Khairy Jamaluddin, who alleged that the move was anti-Malay. A massive demonstration on 8 December 2018 cemented the alliance between UMNO and PAS, which was formally established in October 2019.

The aim was to seize power mid-way and not to win an election. To win an election, one needs to be able to win across a multi-ethnic population. A Malay-only alliance is not going to be electorally viable, a fact that I told Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on 5 February 2020, my last meeting with him.

The 4 March 2021 official break between Bersatu and UMNO is an earthquake which will have multiple aftershocks:

First, UMNO will break internally. UMNO is now in a precarious yet interesting position. I have long argued that the moment UMNO lost power in 2018, the party should look at Indonesia’s Golkar for ideas to survive in the long haul. Golkar continues to be relevant and winning about 1/5 of the votes in all the elections post-reformasi. UMNO will have to first disavowed the one-party “taikor” (big brother) mentality which imagined that it has the birth right to rule. UMNO has to learn to compete in a normal democracy without the aid of government machinery and cash.

Anyway, now that Bersatu is ready to use the full weight of the state apparatus to finish off UMNO, UMNO now enters into a civil war of who is to control UMNO. Those who support Muhyiddin would want to remove those who are against Muhyiddin. If pro-Muhyiddin leaders Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein and Annuar Musa prevail, UMNO the brand will be Muhyiddin’s loyal servant and there will be exodus of those who lost.

But the likeliest situation would be those who are against Muhyiddin would prevail. Among those who are against Muhyiddin are leaders like Najib, Zahid and the court cluster who are toxic electorally as the Malay middle ground would still not accept them. Those who are anti-Bersatu will have to decide who would be the face to lead UMNO into the next general election when UMNO has to campaign as opposition party without the aid of government machinery and less cash compared to its time in power. 

Second, PAS will have to choose. My bet is that, as long as Datuk Seri Hadi Awang is still around, most of PAS top leaders will stick with Muhyiddin though there are some who continue to press for collaboration with UMNO in futility. Since the exodus of the progressives in 2015, PAS has no more “assets” to realistically compete in states outside Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah and Perlis. Therefore, the current PAS leadership is only seeking dominance in Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah. UMNO has been permanent rival of PAS in these states in the past 60 years yet Bersatu has practically no bases there. What it means is that Bersatu could concede almost all seats in Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah to PAS. In PAS’ calculus, as long as the party could win around 30 parliamentary seats, it would be a kingmaker in any government.  

The risk is that in a straight fight with UMNO in Kelantan, PAS, which has governed Kelantan since 1990, may lose power and thus rendering the whole kingmaker strategy defective. In the 2018 general election, PAS was campaigning in Kelantan against Najib’s grand corruption and many of the votes PAS received were from outstation voters who went home to cast their protest votes against Najib.

If the Malay swing voters’ anger is now against Muhyiddin, PAS is tying its fate to a sinking ship. There will be many confused PAS members and supporters, some of whom would jump off the sinking ship to find sanity. 

Third, Bersatu is akin to a dying patient on life support but with a machine gun in hand and tons of gold by the hospital bed. The Perikatan Nasional government is now in the danger zone of Najib’s government back in the last quarter of 2017. Nothing it does will gain any traction anymore. The swing voters have formed the opinion that it is the government that they would want to get rid of. The question is then, how?  

While no swing voters would vote for Perikatan, compared to Najib in 2018, Perikatan has an added trouble: it has no base vote whereas Najib’s UMNO still won a sizable one-third of the votes cast.

What would Bersatu do? The ruling party has power and money. It has no love from the voters. The danger is that the party would use all means available to the incumbent government to continue its rule. UMNO may have to anticipate that it will be banned. There will be more buying of elected reps. Emergency may be prolonged. More opposition figures will be charged in courts on flimsy charges.

Malaysia will have to brace for aftershocks of 4 March 2021 but like any earthquakes, it is also an opportunity to build back better. Liew Chin Tong

UMNO has fired the first shot...

Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has officially announced to sever ties with Bersatu, not going to work with the party in the next general election. However, Umno will stay in the PN government until the parliament is dissolved. This was the decision made in Umno's supreme council meeting on Feb 19.

Strictly speaking, this should not come as a surprise to anyone. Umno has long hoped to cut it ties with Bersatu, and making this official is only a matter of time, from the strategic point of view. As a matter of fact, neither Umno nor BN is a component of the PN coalition. It has become a part of the existing government by virtue of individual reps' support of PN.

Umno is now in a state of total disunity. Rival factions within the party do share the common goal of commanding political dominance, even as they have their own calculations as to when and how to act. They forged the Muafakat Nasional alliance with PAS in the beginning, seeing that this was going to be a winning combination. But now, as the situation shifts, this has now become dubious.

Umno has planned to make a decision on its relationship with Bersatu in the party's AGM scheduled for end of this month, but the impatient Ahmad Zahid has decided to send an early divorce letter to Bersatu, and the move is expected to aggravate the division, which is not going to augur well for the party in the run-up to GE15.

Umno's biggest problem is that it lacks a strong leader to guide the party after its humiliating defeat in the last election. Even if Umno eventually gets to come together as one solid team again, it may not bring back the glory of BN during its heyday.

PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim has asserted that his party will not take sides and will continue to cooperate with both Bersatu and Umno towards a grand Malay government, and this goes well with the party's consistent fence-sitting strategy to bag the max benefits.

There is no question that many of these three parties' seats are overlapping, and seat negotiations remain very much inconclusive to this day, showing that cooperation may not be a pragmatic option for them. Since joining the PN coalition, PAS has growingly tilted towards Bersatu to pave way for advancing its political ambitions.

Bersatu seems to be the weakest among the three from the sheer number of seats they're now holding. But, the party has the powers and resources that the PM can exploit to secure more political allegiance. It nevertheless must be wary of possible public backlash from bad political maneuvers. Shielded by the emergency decree, the vulnerable PN government is now buying time to strengthen itself, at least until August!

Muhyiddin must make sure he can continue to strengthen his PN coalition over the next few months, complete the vaccination program in achieving the herd immunity, and then try to capture the hearts of the electorate through various strategies so that a winnable election can be held soon. While Muhyiddin can defer the election, the longer it takes, the less favorable it will be to him.

So far GPS of Sarawak is the most likely partner to continue working with PN and will be the most formidable foundation to stabilize the PN structure. In the short term, the Umno decision appears to work in the favor of PH+, which will have boosted chances given the further split of Malay votes and possible three-cornered fights in predominantly Malay seats. But, this assumption is founded on the basis that PH+ parties will continue to work along well.

There are chances PH+ itself will restructure. Will the parties of Mahathir and Syed Saddiq be successfully registered, and will they ever reach a consensus with PH+? All these will decide how strong the opposition is going to be. No one can predict the final outcome of GE15. There is a strong likelihood no alliance will eventually claim the majority post-election, giving the party winning the most seats the opportunity to negotiate with other parties to form a coalition government.

In other words, no party will be the tai kor, and there could be a realignment of existing political pacts. - Sin Chew Daily

cheers.

Umpanan 10 juta Din tak disambaq...

Semalam, 3hb Mac, saya telah dikunjungi dua individu termasuk seorang yang bergelar ‘Dato’ Seri’. Dalam pertemuan itu, mereka menceritakan bagaimana saya telah melakukan kerja yang baik di Sekijang dan keinginan mereka untuk membantu saya meneruskan usaha sebagai seorang Ahli Parlimen.

Mereka bertanya apakah saya berminat untuk memberi sokongan kepada Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, serta manfaat yang boleh diperolehi dengan pemberian sokongan tersebut.

Saya dengan terang dan jelas menjawab bahawa saya tidak berminat untuk menyokong Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dan menolak tawaran mereka. 

Bagi saya, tiada erti mendapat manfaat apa sekalipun jika saya berpaling tadah dari perjuangan Reformasi dan melanggar sumpah yang telah saya lafaz apabila menjadi seorang Ahli Parlimen.

Jelas kerajaan minoriti hari ini bersedia melakukan apa sahaja, kecuali menasihati Yang di-Pertuan Agong untuk memanggil sidang Parlimen segera. - YB Hjh Natrah Ismail,MP Sekijang

Setelah gagal beli MP Sekijang,Johor,kini Din cuba pula nak beli MP Putatan,Awang Husaini...

Sejak Langkah Sheraton sehingga hari ini, saya dihubungi individu-individu yang berusaha untuk membuatkan saya menyatakan terhadap Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Sebagai balasan terhadap sokongan itu, saya dijanjikan pelbagai perkara.Walau bagaimanapun, saya telah menolak setiap usaha tersebut dan membuat ketetapan untuk tidak sekali-kali mengkhianati perjuangan Reformasi. Sokongan saya tatap buat Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan Parti Keadilan Rakyat.Kepada yang masih mencuba, hentikan lah. “I am not for sale.” -  YB Awang Husaini bin Sahari,MP Putatan

Muhyiddin vs Agong - Takiyuddin Rejects 

Royal Decree For Parliament Session...

De facto Law Minister Takiyuddin Hassan appears to have committed sedition with his latest remarks. If it were the opposition lawmakers who said what he had said today, you can bet your last penny that thousands of police reports would be lodged for sedition. Days after the King said Parliament can convene during the current State of Emergency, Takiyuddin has shot down the monarch’s decree.

 

Stunningly, Takiyuddin now rudely said the Cabinet has advised the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) that the Parliament sitting will not be held during the Emergency until August 1. He argued today (March 3) that the statement made by the Palace last week (February 24) was to explain that there will be no Parliament sitting, and any decision to do otherwise must be made by the Cabinet.

 

Not only the MP from PAS Islamist party tried to insult the people’s intelligence, but also has delivered a slap in the face of King Sultan Abdullah. If the real intention of the Palace was to tell all and sundry that Parliament will remain closed, exactly why did the monarch have to foolishly waste time explaining that despite the emergency rule, Parliament session can be reconvened?

Would it not be wise for the King to just say he has no power to say when the Parliament institution can be “unlocked” because the only man who can decide is Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin – the most powerful man in the country, even more powerful than the King and nine Malay Rulers in Malaysia? Heck, better still, the King should just keep his mouth shut.

That’s right, if the plan is to maintain the status quo, as suggested by the genius Takiyuddin, the Palace did not have to make any announcement or clarification in the first place on Feb 24. Imagine a restaurant is ordered to be closed by the prime minister, but the King suddenly said the restaurant’s food stalls can still sell “Wonton Noodle”, only to be told by the PM’s minions that no food can be sold.

The burning question is, why did Agong mention the magic words – “Parliament sessions can be held” – if indeed there was no intention whatsoever by the backdoor Perikatan Nasional government to conduct any meetings at all? One explanation is that the King has finally woken up and realized the mistake he had made in agreeing to the request for an Emergency Proclamation.

Therefore, the King expressed his displeasure for being ill-advised, to put it mildly, and wanted the democracy to be restored. He was also not impressed with the public perception that the monarch had been scammed or hoodwinked. The stubborn high number of Covid-19 new cases, despite MCO lockdown and Parliament shutdown from Jan 12 to Feb 24 did not help the situation either.

Takiyuddin Hassan - PAS Secretary-General

The prime minister reluctantly agreed to reconvene the Parliament, which was shut down to enable him to cling to power and had nothing to do with fighting Coronavirus pandemic. But the regime did not expect the Palace to pre-emptively make a public announcement suggesting that Parliament sessions can and will be held very soon, even during the State of Emergency.

 

Another explanation is that between February 24 and March 3, a substantial number of lawmakers aligned to PM Muhyiddin have agreed to betray him when the Parliament is reopened for business. And the premier has received the tips just in time to instruct Takiyuddin to make the spectacular announcement today to reverse the monarch’s decree.

The day the prime minister shamefully suspended the Parliament on Jan 12 was also the same day UMNO MP Nazri Aziz withdrew his support, reducing Muhyiddin with only 109 seats in the 222-seat Parliament, of which two seats are currently vacant. That means the PM no longer had the majority to pass legislation without obtaining support from the Opposition.

 

However, the premier has regained his simple majority 3 days ago when two opposition lawmakers – Larry Sng Wei Shien and Steven Choong Shiau Yoon – were reportedly bribed with tens of millions of Ringgit to leave Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and pledged support for the illegitimate backdoor government. But even with 111 MPs, it is too close for comfort.

Fierce critics like former PM Najib Razak, UMNO president Zahid Hamidi and MP Ahmad Maslan are waiting for the strategic moment to withdraw their support for the prime minister. It’s everyone’s guess how many lawmakers among Najib and Zahid’s circles would follow suit once an order is given to cross the Rubicon – a point of no return.

Coincidentally, on Feb 26, just two days after the King gave hope that the Parliament would be reopened soon, UMNO sent a letter to the prime minister. Apparently, the premier was informed that as a result of UMNO Supreme Council’s meeting, UMNO would only work with the government until Parliament is dissolved, hence would not cooperate with Muhyiddin’s party PPBM in the next general election.

 

Malaysia 14th Parliament Session Dates and Timetable 2021

To justify the government’s refusal to reopen the Parliament, contrary to the King’s decree, Mr Takiyuddin comically said there was no need for Parliament to meet because the King is able to enact laws through the Emergency Ordinance. Again, if it’s true that Sultan Abdullah was interested to create laws in such undemocratic manner, why did he recklessly say Parliament meetings can be held?

But the biggest joke was when the PAS warlord claimed the decision not to convene the Parliament sitting was made based on science and data. Takiyuddin argued that Members of Parliament are at risk of becoming infected with Covid-19, based on their age – 77 MPs are aged between 61 and 69, while another 19 MPs are between 70 and 79 of age, as well as 4 MPs who are aged 80 and above. 

Did not Malaysia just receive two batches of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine already – first batch of 312,390 doses on Feb 21 and a second batch of 182,520 doses on Feb 23? The country also has received 300,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine on Feb 27. Does the brilliant government need a rocket scientist to tell them how to vaccinate the 220 MPs with the vaccine before reopen the Parliament?

Even before any of the vaccines were invented last year, not a single MP was infected during the 55 days of Parliament sessions. If SOPs (standard operating procedures) was what it took to effectively prevent infections last year, what are the chances of getting infected now that Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinovac vaccines are already secured in the backyard?

With the lifting of MCO (movement control order) lockdown effective this Friday (March 5), the worst is over under the “excellent leadership” of Muhyiddin Yassin. It’s both amusing and jaw-dropping  that when casinos, 4D and jackpot shops, cinemas, schools and even spas and reflexology as well as pedicure and manicure centres are allowed to reopen, Parliament remains closed indefinitely.

Besides admitting its own illegitimacy, it seems the backdoor government is shooting its own foot with its latest dramatic twists and spins. Foreign investors and powers would be left wondering why the Parliament of Malaysia appears to be haunted and dangerous, so much so that it must be blacklisted as if it attracts special attention of Coronavirus.

In fact, the government is considering the idea of reopening the country to foreign business travellers. Are Malaysian MPs more dangerous than foreigners, who might bring along more infectious variants of Covid-19? The backdoor government is running out of excuses to continue lock down Parliament. And in the process contradicts and disrespects the King, making him look like a clueless fool. - FT

New Zealand is his 1st home..

Segamat is f**k all shit...

Santhara has more than just kin in NZ, even applied for PR, govt docs show...

1. Santhara and his wife had initially planned to purchase a house and sought to emigrate there some time before 2011 

2. Santhara intended to purchase property in “sensitive land” at Lakes Hayes, Queenstown, as a lifestyle block for NZ$3.8 million (RM11.1 million today).

3. New Zealand’s Companies Register found that V3S Trustee Ltd was incorporated on September 27, 2019, with Santhara and his wife at the helm as directors. They held a 20% and 80% stake, respectively.

4. Santhara subsequently disposed of his shares and position in the company to D’Cruz on October 2, 2019, giving her full ownership of the firm.

5. The company filings also records that the couple currently reside at Cedar Road in Mount Eden, Auckland. The house is valued at NZ$4 million. - David Govind

Questions are being raised in New Zealand over how Datuk Seri Edmund Santhara Kumar secured a place in the country’s managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) system when many New Zealanders are unable to return home.

According to Kiwi news portal Stuff, National party Covid-19 Response spokesman Chris Bishop has called on the government to explain the details behind the Malaysian deputy Federal Territories minister’s entry into the country to visit his family. He was quoted as saying that many New Zealanders have been trying to get back, including circumstances where they have been trying to return to see dying loved ones.

“The real questions are around how he got into MIQ, there are a highly limited number of spaces, and so people will be pretty concerned if there is special treatment given to him, and the government needs to be up front about that.”

The Stuff report said it is not clear whether Santhara, who is also Segamat MP, travelled on a personal or diplomatic passport, noting that diplomats are exempt from paying MIQ fees. It also reported that the New Zealand government is refusing to confirm key details behind Santhara’s arrival in the country and isolation on Christmas Eve last year for 16 days. It said Kiwis wanting to return home from overseas have to likely wait months if they have not booked for the isolation.

The report added that Air New Zealand was ordered by the government to freeze international bookings as Kiwis were flocking home for Christmas. The Business, Innovation and Employment Ministry, which oversees MIQ facilities, and Immigration New Zealand both cited privacy in saying they are unable to disclose the information requested.

On March 2, The Vibes reported that Santhara was a director of a New Zealand-based company, called V3S Trustees, and held a 20% share for a mere five days before the stake was transferred to his wife, Carline D’Cruz.

According to a document on the Land Information New Zealand portal, Santhara and his wife had initially planned to purchase a house and sought to emigrate to the Pacific country some time before 2011, with the purpose of educating and bringing up their family.

The filing stated that they applied to the New Zealand Immigration Department for permanent residency before “a change in circumstances” led them to reverse their intention. A Stuff representative, who enquired at a home in Auckland’s Epsom area listed as being owned by Carline, was told by a woman at the address: “We’re not interested in talking about it.” – The Vibes

cheers.

46% responden mahu Din letak jawatan...

Hanya 19 peratus responden dalam tinjauan oleh Institut Darul Ehsan (IDE) yang berpendapat bahawa Muhyiddin Yassin sepatutnya kekal sebagai perdana menteri sehingga tempoh Parlimen berakhir.

Hampir separuh (46 peratus) responden berkata Muhyiddin harus mengundurkan diri kerana dia tidak lagi menikmati sokongan majoriti sementara 29 peratus pula berkata, pilihan raya umum baru harus diadakan segera.

Dua peratus lagi berkata, bahawa Muhyiddin perlu meneruskan perisytiharaan darurat untuk terus berkuasa. Dapatan tinjauan itu dinyatakan dalam laporan "Mood Rakyat Malaysia Siri 1" IDE yang diterbitkan hari ini.

IDE mendakwa bahawa tinjauan dijalankan dalam talian antara 19 Februari dan 28 Februari, bertepatan dengan ulang tahun pertama “Langkah Sheraton" yang menyaksikan kejatuhan kerajaan Pakatan Harapan.

Ketika dihubungi, pengurus kanan bahagian penyelidikan IDE, Khairul Arifin Mohd Munir berkata, 8,352 sampel berkenaan diperoleh secara dalam talian melalui kaedah pensampelan pelbagai peringkat.

Tahap pertama persampelan bertujuan untuk memastikan bahawa responden mampu menjawab soalan diikuti dengan pensampelan berstrata rawak dan akhirnya persampelan kuota untuk mewakili setiap wilayah dan subkelompok.

Dalam perbincangan secara maya, dapatan tinjauan berkenaan, Khairul Arifin berkata, perincian persampelan akan didedahkan pada kemudian hari oleh Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif IDE, Mohammad Redzuan Othman.

Institut Darul Ehsan adalah badan pemikir yang dibiayai oleh kerajaan negeri Selangor yang ditubuhkan pada tahun 2015.

Tinjauan itu mendapati bahawa semua kumpulan etnik utama menyokong supaya Muhyiddin mengundurkan diri, walaupun kaum Cina lebih cenderung memilih supaya pilihan raya baru diadakan. (21 peratus).

Peratusan responden Melayu yang memilih supaya Muhyiddin kekal sehingga tempoh parlimen berakhir adalah lebih tinggi (22 peratus) berbanding kumpulan etnik lain. - mk

Din kelentong yang darurat 

takdak kaitan politik...

Perisytiharan darurat sama sekali tiada kaitan dengan politik atau untuk membolehkan Muhyiddin Yassin mengekalkan jawatan sebagai perdana menteri, sebaliknya langkah itu bagi membolehkan isu Covid-19 diuruskan secara berkesan dan segera.

Jadi, saya sebutkan ini bukan makna darurat itu untuk darurat supaya saya boleh duduk lama jadi perdana menteri, saya pun tak tahu parti mana sekarang yang mempunyai jumlah kerusi lebih besar daripada saya, dulu adalah contoh (cubaan) nak tunjukkan, tapi tak terbukti. - fmt

Kalau Din ada sokongan besar, tidak perlulah dia takut untuk adakan semula sidang Parlimen dan benarkan undi percaya atau tidak percaya terhadapnya. Dengan membenarkan sidang Parlimen serta undi percaya atau tidak percaya dapatlah dia tahu parti mana yang mempunyai jumlah kerusi lebih besar daripada dia. 

Tak payah susah-susah beli MP atau kumpul SD. Tak perlu buat macam-macam tipu-helah dan angkara yang menyusahkan rakyat jelata dan menjatuhkan imej negara di mata dunia. Hari ini, kalau ikut standard demokrasi Malaysia setaraf dengan Burma. Sama-sama rampas kuasa. - akj

Can two party-hoppers 

save Din after June 29?...

The hopping of Tebrau MP Steven Choong and Julau MP Larry Sng looks like Muhyiddin Yassin’s own present for the first anniversary of his government. That just technically restores Muhyiddin’s majority to 112* as before yesterday he had only 110 votes in the House, after the official exit of Machang MP Ahmad Jazlan and Padang Rengas MP Nazri Aziz on Jan 9 and 11.[Editor's note: This figure includes Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.]

However, the main threat to Muhyiddin’s survival is not Pakatan Harapan, (whose number of MPs drops from 91 to 89) or Harapan Plus (from 108 to 106). His main threat is Umno's remaining 36 seats counted as his fragile majority. Muhyiddin can work to get more hoppers from Harapan, Warisan or PSB, but how many can he get to fill the void if Umno pulls out?

Despite his shaky majority since last March 1, Muhyiddin has survived for one simple reason. There has only been a negative majority against him, not a positive majority for his successor. Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Anwar Ibrahim and Shafie Apdal have all failed to gather a positive majority of 112 to force Muhyiddin to resign or seek an election.

Anwar, whose repeated claims of having the number, simply cannot do a Musa Aman, who lined up the 33 assemblypersons (out of the total of 65) in his camp holding a number card like farm animals in an auction on last 30 July. Musa made it unequivocal that he commanded a new positive majority, leaving the then chief minister Shafie no choice but to seek resolution. Friendly governor Juhar Mahiruddin also had no choice but to consent to it. In institutional term, Musa demonstrated his ability to pass a “constructive vote of no-confidence”, a majority that both ousts the incumbent and installs a replacement.

Anwar could only claim to have the number of MPs based on their statutory declarations in support of him, but could not reveal the names, because he only had a negative majority against Muhyiddin, not a positive majority for himself. That anti-Muhyiddin negative majority might turn into a pro-Anwar positive majority, but only if the former could become a fait accompli, which might first need a royal blessing that Anwar simply could not get.

“Constructive vote of no-confidence” is a constitutional tool to ensure political stability, invented by Germany and now also adopted by eight other countries. In Germany, a vote of no-confidence against the incumbent chancellor in the Bundestag (Parliament) is also a vote of confidence for a new chancellor. In other words, if a government loses its majority (for example due to pulling out of a coalition partner), but the opposition cannot agree to elect a new majority government, then the government can stay on as a minority government.

The idea is to avoid a void without government or frequent changes of unsustainable governments. The Germans learned the lesson dearly during the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) which had 14 chancellors in 14 years, paving way for the rise of the Nazi. 

Malaysia’s Federal Constitution require only a simple vote of no-confidence, meaning, a negative majority suffices. Article 43(4) is straightforward: “If the Prime Minister ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Houses of Representatives, then, unless at his request the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, dissolves the Parliament, the Prime Minister shall tender the resignation of the Cabinet.”

Before the Perak legislators’ coup in 2009, a Chief Executive can only lose his/her majority on the floor through a no-confidence vote (technically, including a rejection of the Royal/Governor’s Address) or rejection of budget, requiring only a negative majority.

With the submission of lawmakers’ statutory declaration emerging as the third way to oust a government post-Perak 2009, “the loss of confidence” (negative majority) is effectively interpreted as the emergence of a new positive majority, resulting in a “de facto” constructive vote of no confidence, which distinguishes the fates of Muhyiddin and Shafie.

It is clear to most people that the Emergency Ordinance 2021 is driven by politics, not pandemic. Most people only feel the presence of the movement control order, not of emergency. Its proclamation was upon prime-ministerial advice, not so much to save lives and livelihoods from Covid-19 but to save the life of Muhyiddin’s government from further machinations that its birth has inspired. Less clear to most people is that the real political goal of the Emergency proclamation is to stop parliamentary sitting, not to stop elections.

First, the federal election is completely optional now as its ultimate due date is Aug 16, 2023. While the Sarawak election is due this Aug 5, GPS is eager to have it, believing that it would perform better against Harapan.

Second, even (if) elections can be held now under strict SOPs, it would be greatly unpopular and voters tired of political bickering may just punish parties that trigger another election.

Third and most importantly, a snap poll cannot happen if either Muhyiddin does not request for it or the king does not consent to his request. As Bersatu would likely be annihilated in three-cornered fights against Umno and Harapan while PAS and GPS profit, why would Muhyiddin risk his top job unnecessarily?

So, the real motivation for the emergency is to avoid parliamentary sitting, which may allow a negative majority to emerge and oust Muhyiddin, even when Harapan and Umno cannot agree on the new prime minister.

Now, since the next budget is not to be voted before November, and Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azhar Harun has made it clear that no vote of no-confidence may take place without the government’s consent, what is there to fear?

One can only deduce, given today’s fluidly, Muhyiddin cannot trust all or some of the speaker and his two deputies to disallow any no-confidence ambush. Reasonably, he fears a replay of the ambush that finished his party deputy Ahmad Faisal Azumu’s career as Perak chief minister. 

Is June 29 the new deadline? Nothing in Article 150 of the Federal Constitution dictates suspension of a parliamentary government under the emergency proclamation. Technically speaking, an emergency may go on while the prime minister is changed.

The Muhyiddin government’s lifeline seemingly lies in Section 11(a) of the Emergency Ordinance 2021 which stipulates the continuity of the existing prime minister and cabinet, but that is justified only by Section 14(1)(a) which suspends the constitutional provisions on the summoning, proroguing and dissolution of the Parliament.

With the king’s unusual statement that the Parliament may convene during an emergency, it would be politically not viable for the Parliament not to be convened latest by 29 June, an exact six-month gap from Dec 29, 2020, when Dewan Negara (as part of the Parliament) was last adjourned.

Article 55(1) stipulates that the king “shall not allow six months to elapse between the last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first meeting in the next session”. When the Parliament reconvenes on June 29 (Tuesday) or earlier, can Muhyiddin trust the speaker and his deputies to always rule out a simple vote of no-confidence?

I will not be surprised that Muhyiddin gets more MPs from Harapan, Warisan or PSB in the next few days or weeks, but the question remains: how many MPs to fill the void if Umno decides to bring him down on the parliamentary floor? - Wong Chin Huat

Nurul Izzah, PKR did not 

defame NFCorp...

Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar and PKR did not defame National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) and its chairperson, the Federal Court in Putrajaya ruled today. In a unanimous verdict, the three-person apex court dismissed the appeal by NFCorp and Mohamad Salleh Ismail. The court also ordered the company and Salleh to pay RM50,000 in cost to Nurul Izzah and PKR.

They filed a suit against the PKR lawmaker and the political party for defamation over a press conference she held at Parliament in 2012. It involved an allegation that RM71.4 million of government funds for the feedlot project were used as leverage to purchase condominium units in KL Eco City.

On March 4, 2016, the Kuala Lumpur High Court dismissed the defamation suit, ruling that the defendants succeeded in their defence of justification over the statement. The Court of Appeal upheld the High Court decision on July 10, 2017. On March 8, 2018, the Federal Court granted leave to NFCorp and Salleh to proceed with their appeal.

The apex bench was chaired by Federal Court judge Mohd Zawawi Mohd Salleh Zawawi. The other judges were Hasnah Mohammed Hashim and Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal. In reading out the unanimous verdict, Harmindar said Nurul Izzah and PKR have succeeded in relying on the defence of justification.

He noted that NFCorp and Salleh failed to dispel the assertion that the RM71.4 million public funds held in fixed deposit at Public Bank played a part in the bank’s loan facilities for the purchase of eight units of property at KL Eco City at the present market value of RM12 million.

The judge was referring to the appellants’ contention that it was misleading to state that the fixed deposit account was used as collateral or leverage to secure the loan facilities to purchase the eight property units.

NFCorp chairperson Mohamad Salleh Ismail

“With respect, the overwhelming inference from what transpired at the trial is that this cannot be true. It is certainly not a coincidence that the loan facilities came from the same bank where the RM71.4 million deposit was placed. “It is common knowledge that banks will not simply offer loans unless they are satisfied that the customer seeking the loans is in a position to repay them. “If it is true that the banks only require the security of the titles for loans to be provided, then anyone who buys property would ipso facto be granted a bank loan,” he said.

It was, therefore, a matter of some significance that when challenged to do so, the First Appellant (Salleh) failed to disclose his sources of income to finance the purchase of the eight units of condominiums apart from making bare assertions as duly noted by the High Court judge, he added.

“Considering the possible damaging inferences that may arise from the RM71.4 million deposit, the First Appellant ought to have called someone from Public Bank to support his claims. “It was therefore plain on the evidence that the appellants had used the RM71.4 million deposit as leverage for obtaining the loans from Public Bank.

“The fact that the loan offer had expired is of little consequence. In fact, it would not be farfetched to deduce, from the entirety of the evidence at the trial, and in the sense, as noted above, that there has been misuse of public funds for personal gain,” Harmindar said.

He added that the courts below were also correct in concluding the impugned 2012 statement has not defamed NFCorp and Salleh on the whole. He said the ordinary reasonable reader would not have arrived at the conclusion that the statement, upon being read in its entirety, was defamatory against the two appellants.

Harmindar noted that a reasonable reader would not pay any attention to a single sentence in the very lengthy impugned statement, which formed the crux of the entire defamation action in the first place. He said this is because such a reasonable reader would only be focused on the major part of the statement, which concerned Salleh’s wife Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, the then women, family and community development minister.

“That was the main sting, which, because of its focus ameliorated, the effect of the subject matter of complaint was, in effect, that one sentence. “It was meant to only be a precursor or introduction to the main sting in that it was the revelation by (then PKR lawmaker Mohd) Rafizi (Ramli) of the (allegation of) misuse of funds that led to the First Appellant (Salleh), raising new questions about the conflict of interest of Shahrizat in the purchase of the condominiums.

“No action has since been filed by Shahrizat in respect of these allegations although a suit was filed against Rafizi for the statements which he had made. “For these reasons, we would agree with the findings of the Court of Appeal and dismiss the appeal,” he said.

Counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah appeared for NFCorp and Salleh, while lawyer Razlan Hadri represented Nurul Izzah and PKR’s secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution. - mk

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Tanda2 sessi Parlimen akan bermula...

 

PM Muhyiddin Yassin sedang mengumpulkan anggota parlimen bagi meraih sokongan di tengah gesaan pembangkang bagi mengadakan sidang Parlimen sewaktu negara masih berada dalam darurat. Pada Disember tahun lalu, Muhyiddin bersama 111 anggota parlimen - jumlah minimum yang diperlukan bagi meraih majoriti dalam Dewan Rakyat - berhasil meluluskan Belanjawan 2021.

Sejak itu, dua lagi wakil rakyat kerajaan iaitu Anggota Parlimen Padang Rengas Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz dan Ahli Parlimen Machang Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub menarik balik sokongan, menyebabkan Muhyiddin hilang majoritinya.

Susulan itu, Muhyiddin cuma mendapat sokongan 109 wakil rakyat daripada jumlah keseluruhan 220 anggota parlimen. Bagaimanapun hari ini, Anggota Parlimen Tebrau Steven Choong dan Anggota Parlimen Julau Larry Sng pula meninggalkan PKR untuk menyokong Muhyiddin. Perdana menteri itu kembali meraih sokongan 111 ahli parlimen.

Namun, majoriti tipis itu kekal goyah ekoran tindakan segelintir ahli parlimen dari Umno yang meski bersama Muhyiddin sering mengeluarkan kenyataan mengkritik presiden Bersatu itu. Muhyiddin kemudian telah bertindak memotong peruntukan ahli parlimen Umno tertentu daripada RM3.7 juta kepada RM100,000.

Selain Nazri dan Jazlan yang telah menarik sokongan terhadap Muhyiddin, ahli parlimen lain yang turut dipotong peruntukkannya adalah Najib Razak (Pekan), Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (Bagan Datuk) dan Ahmad Maslan (Pontian). Najib, Zahid dan Ahmad belum menarik sokongannya ke atas Muhyiddin secara terang-terangan dan sekiranya mereka berbuat demikian, ia akan meruntuhkan majoriti tipis perdana menteri itu.

Walaupun Muhyiddin mempunyai majoriti tipis, dia juga ‘dibantu’ dengan situasi pembangkang yang sedang berpecah-belah. Pakatan Harapan (PH) kini tinggal 89 anggota parlimen susulan dua wakil rakyat dari PKR telah bertindak meninggalkan parti itu. - mk

Opposition MPs Jumping Ship...

Just a few weeks back I was discussing this with a PPBM person. The  Emergency ends on August 6th, 2021. I dont think it will be extended. So what happens after August 6th? Does the "lets topple the prime minister" clown act start all over again?  For all you morons out there, please get it through your extremely very thick skulls that Dr Mahathir was not toppled. He R E S I G N E D.  Everyone was taken by surprise. Everyone. 

Fast forward - now the morons are saying its ok for them to try and topple the Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin. If they do it it becomes halal. When Dr Mahathir resigned and left the country in a lurch, and Muhyiddin patched together a coalition - that was not ok? Pi dah mabuk. If you can topple the prime minister go ahead. It is not a crime. Wish you all the best.

But back to the conversation I had a few weeks back. What are the contingency plans for the PN when the Emergency ends in August? Surely there must be Plan A, Plan B and Plan C? And  'Who is playing the role of Genda?' There must be a Genda in the background.

Who was 'Genda'?  Captain Minoru Genda (1904 - 1989) was the master tactician in naval aviation who planned the entire Japanese strike against Pearl Harbour on December 7th, 1941. He was a favorite of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Genda was also present at the Battle of Midway but he was taken ill and could not plan the strike. The Japanese were clobbered at Midway.

Talk is the 'Genda' who is planning the Perikatan Nasional's next moves is none other than Hamzah Zainuddin the Minister of Home Affairs.  If these EIGHT MPs jump ship *2 from PKR and SIX from Warisan' then it is game over. There will be no more talk about "toppling the PM". 

The PN will have 111 + 8 = 119 MPs while the Opposition will have 111 - 8 = 103 MPs.   The PN government will stay in power until 2023. 

That the two PKR MPs are jumping ship is old news. The 4 to 6 Warisan MPs jumping ship is bigger news. Are they jumping ship with or without Shafie Apdal's consent? I believe when they 'jump' it will be with Shafie Apdal's consent.  We will know if they still remain as Warisan members when they jump ship.

I have long ago heard that Shafie Apdal is a friendly party towards Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Shafie could yet be the Deputy PM (from Sabah).  Or Shafie may get back Sabah.  And folks, Atok is still in the background.  

Come August 6th the lines will get drawn again. Here is my suggestion - form a unity government lah. Why fight? What is the big difference? Umno can work with Pas. Dr Mahathir can work with Mr Lim and the DAP. Dr M can work with Pintu Belakang. 

Pintu Belakang was willing to dump all you Pakatan Harapan super morons and work with that naik-tangga-turun-tangga-Mahkamah-Tinggi-87-kali moron. Have you forgotten that? And now there is ample talk of "secret negotiations" between DAP and Umno !!! Even that Pasir Menyalak fellow said it was ok to ponder working with DAP.

Everyone is ready and willing to sleep with everyone else. So why fight? Just go and form a unity government lah. The outcome will still be the same...

Yang bodoh akan tetap bodoh. 

Yang kaya akan tetap kaya.

Nothing much will change. - Syed Akbar Ali 

Blackmail, Bribery And Bullying - It's 

Working On MPs But What About Angry Voters?...

Malaysia’s missing member for ‘New Zealand North’, Edmund Santhara MP, has reportedly cut a rescue deal with his new mates at PN, specifically Hamzah Zainuddin, Annuar Musa and Azmin Ali.

After a panicked series of calls from Auckland by the party hopping, country swapping Azmin ‘loyalist’ (following our expose of his ‘gone missing’ status) the party has agreed to release a bogus statement on Monday to suggest the ‘frog’ MP has taken a ministerial salary cut during his period of absence since last year.

Constituents should request a copy of Santhara’s bank statements to prove that claim – if come Monday he is still making it.

Meanwhile, the backdoor coup conspirators have been counting on their own weekend distractions to smooth the situation. Swinging Azmin Ali has been pulling out all stops to combat his deficiencies when it comes to working members, splashing money like Viagra to bring the situation up.

Minister - Missing in action...

Today he put on his latest show of young trophies – a couple of new MPs bought, bullied and blackmailed into deserting their colleagues and their electors and switching sides. Larry Sng and Steven Choong claim to have gone independent, but posed for photos in a line-up with the creepy political swingers from PN on Sunday evening.

The dirty old men are already zeroing in on their next targets using the PN signature sales pitch, comprising legal threats on the one hand and offers of cash injections on the other.

Take Larry Sng, Azmin had abused his office to direct the tax authorities to dredge up what they could to harass the businessman MP with bloated, trumped up demands that would cost him millions to fight. It’s an old BN trick designed to bring anyone with cash in the bank in line.

Consider Mr Sng’s tax worries to be over now. Instead, his businesses will flourish as projects come his way and rich flows of public money will be directed into his Julau constituency to charm and seduce the voters there as well.

Likewise, all the Sarawak MPs who jumped into PN during the earlier ‘recruitment drive’. They have been explaining openly to their constituents that now their hefty election expenses will be sorted out (from the public purse) and that their areas will now be blessed with ‘projects’ (paid for by the public) to pay off their retinues of hangers on, instead of being starved of funds.

Steven Choong will have his own issues, but the pattern repeats itself with an offer of becoming either the victim of a gross abuse of power (be it criminal charges or financial bullying) or to join the reconstituted political mafia that could not accept its rejection by the voters in 2018.

The remaining question is can this bunch of blatant villains afford to place their wares in front of Malaysia’s voting public ever again?

They may have the money to enrich themselves, which all are plainly doing, and to buy crucial votes to enable them to bring back Parliament. But does the economy they have crippled in the process have enough left in it to buy the angry public who have paid for this little party?

Or does Swinging Azmin Ali plan to abolish elections altogether and just pay his ‘proud boys’ to run the show? - SR

cheers.