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• UMNO selepas PRU : adakah UMNO akan jadi seperti George Foreman?
• Azmin Ali – “Selamat memegang kuasa”
• FGV listing: Corporate vs. Peasant Settler
• PKR :Change before you have to!
• Real cause of air crash never known - Yong
• FGV listing and the interests of settlers
• The tragedy that is Umno
• Will Anwar Ibrahim be incarcerated?
• Manipulasi masa adalah korupsi dalam sistem keadilan
• Isa sepatutnya jadi peneroka dulu, baru jadi pengerusi koperasi
• Will there be a change of government post GE 13?
• Rakaman video turun bendera jibby Altantuya
• Setiap yang hidup akan mati. UMNO bagaimana?

UMNO selepas PRU : adakah UMNO akan jadi seperti George Foreman? Posted: 25 Dec 2011 07:46 PM PST Saya yakin yang UMNO itu akan akhirnya menghadapi realiti yang masa untuk parti ini berehat sudah semakin hampir tiba. Seperti orang yang bermain gasing; sudah tiba UMNO untuk mengambil giliran untuk memusing dan orang lain pula yang memangkah mereka. UMNO sudah memangkah begitu lama, kali ini biarlah orang lain pula untuk memangkah. Apa yang UMNO patut membuat perkiraan, di antara 56 kerusi yang mereka menangi di Semenanjung ini berapa yang mereka masih mampu untuk mengekalkannya dan di antara 13 kerusi di Sabah berapa pula jumlah kerusi yang UMNO boleh kekalkan berada dalam tangan mereka. Bagi kerusi-kerusi MCA dan Gerakan serta MIC rakyat sudah membuat keputusan lebih awal sebelum pilihanraya sebenarnya di adakan. Patah-patahkan jari, kiralah sendiri. Sabah dan Sarawak merupakan tempat pertarungan hebat politik selepas ini. Cerita Sabah dan Sarawak menjadi 'fixed deposit' BN sudah berlalu dibawa angin yang lalu. Rakyat di kedua-dua buah negeri ini nampaknya dengan deras sedang melakukan perubahan selepas menjalani 'soul searching' sejak beberapa ketika dahulu. Di seluruh negara samada di Semenanjung mahu pun di Sabah dan Sarawak angin untuk membawa perubahan itu sudah mula bertiup kencang dan tidak mudah untuk mengalihkan arah tiupan angin itu. Pendeknya perubahan itu akan tetap berlaku kerana angin itu semakin hari semakin kencang tiupannya.Apabila saya memikirkan nasib UMNO dan sekutu-sekutunya, saya teringat pula kepada pertarungan tinju di antara Muhammad Ali dan George Foremen lebih dari dua dekad dahulu. Dalam pertarungan itu George Foreman telah jatuh kalau tidak silap saya dalam pusingan yang ke-lima. Apabila Foreman kalah dan jatuh secara knock out itu, media telah membuat interview dengan Foreman. Pemberita sukan telah bertanya kepada Foreman kenapa beliau tidak bingkas bangun setelah dijatuhkan oleh Muhammad Ali, Foreman menjawab, "Saya tidak boleh bangun lagi kerana saya tidak pernah jatuh rebah" Adakah UMNO akan menghadapi nasib seperti George Foreman? Saya tidak tahu jawapannya. Kita tengok sahaja apabila sampai waktunya. Saya bukan seorang wali atau aulia untuk memberikan jawapannya. Jika saya tahu pun jawapannya biarlah jawapan itu berada di dalam benak saya sendiri. READ MORE HERE

Azmin Ali – “Selamat memegang kuasa” Posted: 25 Dec 2011 11:13 AM PST Ramai kepimpinan lain – dalam sirkulasi kepimpinan tertinggi tahu bahawa kronisme adalah budaya tertinggi dalam PKR. Budaya kronisme ini semakin menular sehingga mereka yang berada dalam PKR sedar tetapi kelu untuk keluar bersuara. Bantahan akan menyebabkan seseorang itu terus dilabel sebagai dibayar oleh UMNO. Ini kekuatan propaganda mereka. Mereka bertindak cepat untuk menghukum sebelum sempat individu itu bangkit menyatakan kepincangan terhadap apa yang berlaku dalam PKR. Apa yang ada dalam PKR adalah ahli-ahli yang baru – sedang yang lama semakin mengikut tetapi tidak terlibat. Pelajar dan mahasiswa hari ini akan terus melalui proses kekecewaan mereka yang pernah berada dalam PKR sebelum ini.    Kronisme dalam PKR mempunyai perlambangan yang jelas – Azmin Ali adalah perlambangan kronisme – kehadiran Presiden dan Naib Presiden adalah perlambangan yang amat jelas. Hentaman demokrasi juga ada perlambangan yang jelas – pemilihan dalam PKR amat jelas menunjukkan bahawa demokrasi yang ada adalah demokrasi interpretasi sendiri. Keadaan kecil mengenai apa yang berlaku – titik dan benih rasuah dan lebih buruk lagi amalan yang kononnya menghalalkan kronisme kerana mahu kekukuhan menentang UMNO boleh dilihat sedang berlaku dalam PKR. Isu yang kecil seperti dalam : READ MORE HERE

FGV listing: Corporate vs. Peasant Settler Posted: 25 Dec 2011 08:18 AM PST The outcome of the second event is a foregone conclusion. Chairman Isa will get elected as the KPF chairman despite not having the qualifications to become an office bearer. He is not a settler nor is he a FELDA employee. But the Minister in Charge of FELDA has given his approval, what can people do. The Minister is also the PM. He is lord over whoever lives in this land. We must not be sidetracked by this sideshow involving the two bit actor Isa Samad. The more pressing matter concerns the listing exercise. Why the injunction? Why should 4 people extend energy and time and assume the risks of being called traitors and all that, want to apply an injunction? Greed can't be the overriding objective? If it is, its more profitable for the 4 people to side with Chairman Isa who can be generous as he is pleased. The object of the injunction is to stop FGV taking over assets and shares belonging to KPF in FELDA Holdings. These people believed that the 350,000 hectares of land which FELDA took was actually meant for settlers. All the assets owned by KPF in FELDA Holdings will be leased to FGV for the next 99 years. They will no longer exercise control over the assets as their interests are all converted into shares. FELDA Holdings is 51% owned by settlers and 49% owned by FELDA Global. They are willing to risk it all, because they believe settlers are being sold out. This listing is the ultimate shortchanging of settlers. The first occurred when FELDA withheld more than 300,000 hectares of land from being given to settlers.  By assuming ownership of the land, FELDA was able to become a planter itself. So we have the peasant settler and the corporate settler. The corporate settlers have moved on to becoming fabulously rich while the peasant settler ( Tun Razak's regimented landless and jobless) have remained relatively behind. They get to enjoy the trickle down effects defined and determined by FELDA who practically run the business on behalf and for the benefit of settlers. The corporate settler sells CPO and busies itself in a wide range of downstream manufacturing and marketing activities. They were even able to go into various businesses out of the capital created from ownership of the land which was supposed to go to the landless and jobless. The second took place, when FELDA listed its sugar refining business. It made over RM 800 million out of that IPO. How much did KPF make by virtue of owning 20% of the business? On paper it made 300 million?  How did Sabri Ahmad cull this figure? If KPF makes a paper gain of 300 million and the 300m is 20%, then the whole gain is 1.5 billion. But Sabri says, FELDA made 800 million. Maybe it's just a figure of speech- the point is, he wanted to say KPF made money albeit on paper.  Does that raise the share value of KPF in FELDA Holdings now that it made 300m paper gain? If the injunction is successful, the proposed listing of FELDA Global will be delayed. The listing will see the merger of FELDA Holdings with FELDA Global. The smaller partner in terms of equity, FELDA Global is buying out KPF who has 51%. How is the nature of the transaction? Does it involve and offer by FGV to buy out KPF at a certain price or will it involve just a share swap? You priced it with premium fella- that's why KPF is getting 61%. READ MORE HERE

PKR :Change before you have to! Posted: 24 Dec 2011 10:35 AM PST The times that we now live in moves forward at such a rapid pace that we sometimes see our present only as it is already disappearing. Even as try to comprehend the enormity of Pakatan Rakyat's success in the 12th general election we are already into the 13th general election. The only constant is change.    If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change. (John A. Simone, Sr) And for Anwar the situation now is not good. What will it take for it to change? But how has it come to this again? Why are we waiting to see if Anwar will again be incarcerated? Is it UMNO? They said it was Mahathir before, today is it Najib? I do not have answers to that question. Only Anwar knows the truth. The reality id that we are now faced with fighting for political change  through a political process that is flawed and much inclined towards the incumbent. And the incumbent is further advantaged by a host of legal and illegal maneuvers aided by an abundance of corruption and a determination to hold on to power at all costs – a combination that has seen UMNO hold on to power for over 50 years. There is no fair mechanism for power change in Malaysia. With Anwar we had hoped that whatever 'fairness' missing from the political process in Malaysia would at least be turfed down to a somewhat level playing field. It would seem that this is not to be in the 13th general election.  Pakatan Rakyat is in the fight for their lives, for our lives –and Anwar or no Anwar we are locked in with Pakatan Rakyat in this fight with UMNO and BarisanNasional. We know that it is not the business of UMNO to make it any easier for Pakatan Rakyat to succeed in the 13thUMNO, for Najib, to prosecute Anwar again. Has he not gone through enough? general election. But in all decency I cannot understand the need for Am I angry? More sad then angry. But there is enough anger within me to stir my very soul to fight with PakatanRakyat against Barisan Nasional. Enough anger within me to work tirelessly to oust Barisian Nasional from government. READ MORE HERE

Real cause of air crash never known - Yong Posted: 24 Dec 2011 10:26 AM PST Yong, 53, said that in his press statements, he had never even once made any reference to the plaintiff Tan Sri Harris Salleh as he alleged. "It is a well-known fact by the public and the people of Sabah that the formal investigation report and the real cause of the air crash are never released to the public and the people of Sabah despite concerns and questions by the people on what was the real cause of the incident," he said, adding that he was not the only one who raised the issue for re-investigation into the incident. The former chief minister testified that the newspaper reports which Harris alleged were defamatory to him was basically a call by him (Yong) for the air crash tragedy known as the "Double or Triple Six Tragedy" to be re investigated. "The reason is, so that all doubts about the true causes of the crash are removed," he said. Yong was testifying before Justice Dato' Abdul Rahman Sebli in the on-going hearing of a RM50 million suit brought by Harris against him and the party for allegedly insinuating that he (Harris) was involved in causing the plane crash which killed former Chief Minister Tun Fuad Stephens and all 10 others on board a Nomad aircraft on June 6, 1976. Harris, 81, who filed the suit on June 6, last year, is claiming for general damages, aggravated and exemplary damages of not less than RM50 million to be assessed separately against Yong and SAPP as the first and second defendants respectively. He is also seeking an injunction to restrain the defendants whether by themselves or their servants or employee or agents from printing and publishing further the statements and similar libel in any form or means. Harris is represented by counsel Yunof Maringking and Trevor Maringking while Yong and the party are represented by counsel Datuk Simon Shim and Flora Dius. In that newspaper reports, Yong said he was also commenting on the revelation by Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah that the Usno-led government under the late Tun Datu Mustapha Datu Harun in 1975 was unwilling to sign the petroleum agreement and this had revived a relevant issue in Malaysia federalism, the intrusion of the Federal Government on uncooperative state governments. "I was again commenting that normally it is proper to re-open an investigation into an old accident if new information surfaces. "I also said that maybe nothing new would come out of the re-investigation or maybe something big and depths of history," he said. He said the government had decided in a few other cases in which public inquiries were conducted because the public demanded for them. "For example in the case of V.K Lingam Video Clip and the death of Teoh Beng Hock because they involved the interest of the public," he pointed out. Yong said, the government even formed an independent commission to investigate incidents which involved abuse of powers by the police force. He said he and the plaintiff have political differences but he has never made any disrespectful statements on the plaintiff. Thus, he said he was merely making fair comments in response to Tengku Razaleigh's statement during his talk at KDCA on April 2, 2010, which was published in the Daily Express with regards to the ill-fated aircraft that crashed. "It was Tengku Razaleigh who made the statement that he and two others were already on board the ill-fated aircraft but the same left the said aircraft due to the last minute invitation by the plaintiff to board another plane to Pulau Banggi, Kudat. I did not make that statement. "In response to that statement, I commented that for so long nobody really knew about the cause of the air-crash, I said that proper investigation should be made so the people would know what really caused the crash," he said. Yong pointed out that there were a few theories of the incident. "Some said it was caused by sabotage, some said it was because of pilot error, some said because of overloading and some said it was because the Nomad plane was defective. "However, the official investigation report of the cause of the crash has never been released," he said, adding that these theories were discussed in some books like the books of "The Sabahan - The Life and Death of Tun Fuad Stephen" and "The Harris Salleh of Sabah". "I also think that my party and I were merely exercising out rights of freedom of speech and expression as guaranteed by the Federal Constitution to call for a re-investigation into a very significant event in response to the revelation of the personal account of Tengku Razaleigh before the air crash. He was there before the plane flew," he said. Yong told the court that if a public inquiry or re-investigation is conducted, there will be a witness who can testify on the conditions of the plane and of the passengers at that time and that the plaintiff can also be called to testify on his own account of the event. Earlier in the proceedings, Yong told the court that he had an appointment at Tengku Razaleigh's office on Nov 14, and Dec 8, in Kuala Lumpur. He said in the first meeting on Nov 14, they talked about his (Tengku Razaleigh's) speech and informed the latter that arising from his speech and the news reports, he was now being sued by the plaintiff in respect of what he (Yong) said in responding to the speech. READ MORE HERE

FGV listing and the interests of settlers Posted: 23 Dec 2011 09:19 AM PST So, we have to establish whether settlers have a standing in the first place to even question the listing. If they don't, they should shut up for as long as they get free benefits and are taken care of. If we do indeed establish that settlers have standing and deemed interests, then we move on to ask, is the FGV listing a sellout to FELDA? So the second of our attention should be directed to the question whether the listing is a sellout.   Let's face it- the interest of settlers is indirect here and is of little consequence. It should be a non-issue. As long as they get whatever form of benefits- bonuses, end of year cash handouts, futsal fields, indoor stadiums, hockey turfs, MRSM College, FELDA University- they should be thankful. Just on account of being a settler- they get all these. Where else can they get this kind of preferential treatment of being cared for from cradle to grave? FELDA can continue giving all these, if it makes money as a whole. If it has the reserves from which they appropriate and apply as in the above examples we gave. And FELDA does indeed have the reserves. They even sued those who accused FELDA of being bankrupt. At its height, its reserves were RM 40 billion, then RM 4 billion and today- we don't know how much. Maybe this listing will top up the depleting reserves. We don't really know. Hence the government which owns FELDA is greatly disturbed when people question the proposed listing of FELDA's businesses not directly owned by settlers nor operated by them. Settlers tend their 10 acre lots- that are all they do. It's FELDA- through FELDA Holdings and FGV that does business. Settlers have no business to interfere in these organizations run professionally. Settlers derive direct benefits via ownership of the FELDA plots they have on which they worked on. They get benefits when they sell their FFB at FELDA owned mills at specific price level. Their interests are looked after better if they get good price for FFB, if the extraction rate of the oil is done truthfully, if their planting operations costs have been good. Their interests are better off, if the output per hectare is as good as estates operated by United Plantations, KLK, IOI and so forth. READ MORE HERE

The tragedy that is Umno Posted: 23 Dec 2011 09:07 AM PST Umno is full of Malays who are afraid to say "No". "No" to corruption. "No" to power abuse. "No" to seeking as well as giving patronage. Perhaps one can add, "No" to Mahathir, "No" to Najib. Umno has been in power for over 54 years. Not all Malays wish to be in Umno, but Umno does need all of the Malays for it to be a potent force. Today, Umno refuses to accept that Malays are abandoning Umno. Around the time of independence, Umno may have had people of quality within its ranks. Today, it is alleged that loyalty is determined by money. Is that what Umno think the Malays are proud of? That their allegiance is easily bought? Umno strips Malays of self-worth and self-respect. Instead of using intelligent discourse and logic to dissect any issue, Umno uses sexual allegations or character assassinations, to blacken the reputation of members of the opposition. Opposition leaders had their characters or their children's character tarnished with untrue allegations in pro-Umno blogs. Gutter politics are prevalent in Umno and was witnessed during the last Umno general assembly. Name calling and snide insinuations seemed to be the order of the day. These men and women, who are supposed to be leaders and pillars of Malay society, are a disgrace to themselves and the nation. In Umno, men who were guilty of sexual acts, against their hired help or against minors, talk about the sexual behaviour of other people, as if they led blameless lives. Those who are guilty of money politics tried to distract attention by calling on opposition members to resign. What happened to accountability and responsibility? These men and women, talk about religion as if they were themselves, free of sin. These same people use any opportunity to say that the failure of the Malays is because of the dominance of the non-Malays. In education, for instance, the Malays are given the best chances for obtaining a higher education. Things are made deliberately easy for them. The undesirable side-effect is that they and their children grow up lacking aspiration and ambition. Malays who wanted to improve themselves by learning English are now considered traitors. Many Malays who study overseas have a poor grasp of English. Many who were not allowed to mix with other races at home, found great difficulty adapting to life with non-Malays. Is this what Umno leaders want of the Malay? For them to be cocooned and their minds closed to what is happening in the global arena? Tunnel vision Malays have lost the respect of the other races and nationalities. Worldwide, people are breaking down the walls which prevent intermingling, but not, it appears, in the Malay race. Malays have tunnel vision when it comes to understanding social mores. They see non-Malays and non-Muslims as a threat to their very existence. They feel that they are far superior to the other races or nationalities, and their belligerence prevents them from accepting that others are superior to them in many fields; be it education, business, social integration and civility. READ MORE HERE

Will Anwar Ibrahim be incarcerated? Posted: 23 Dec 2011 08:48 AM PST The story goes that Anwar Ibrahim stands a hopeless chance at getting an acquittal, if we were to base it on an earlier trial of about a similar offence in 1998. PKR has to brace itself for the worst case scenario where a leadership vacuum in the party will occur if Anwar Ibrahim is found guilty and is sentence to a jail term. I think that leadership vacuum will also be felt in the PR, but how this will affect the coalition's chances in the upcoming elections is difficult to predict. There have also been numerous assessments citing the possibility of PR winning the elections, i.e. with or without Anwar Ibrahim. Some believe that Anwar Ibrahim isn't a critical factor in winning the elections anymore, and neither is there the 'sympathy factor' that impacted upon PR successes in the 2008 general elections. What are more important now are issues and exposures affecting UMNO/BN today that are most likely to weaken BN's reputation in the run up to the elections. And issues and exposures detailing UMNO/BN 50 odd years of wrong doing are slowly emerging. Even former PM Tun Dr. Mahathir 20 odd years of rule is not spared of public debate and criticism. Even if Anwar were to be acquitted and assumes the premiership (should PR win the election), at best he would only last one term as he would breach his 70th birthday at the end of that term. It is for this reason that I think, PR should start developing and identifying a second tier leaders that are reasonably young capable (free of all the worldly vices) of taking over the leadership, so that when a leadership change does occur, the transition would be smooth. I believe the PR leadership today is not devoid of young and able leaders that are not seen to have been inflicted or to have been influence by the 'evils and vices of politics'. This is simply because they all have not savored political power, but once in power I certainly am not ruling out the chances of them emulating the inherent adverse qualities of the present UMNO/BN leadership. This will be the biggest challenge for the PR leadership. READ MORE HERE

Manipulasi masa adalah korupsi dalam sistem keadilan Posted: 23 Dec 2011 08:43 AM PST Kedua-dua hujah ini menekan bahawakeadilan tidak ditentukan oleh faktor masa, tetapi hendaklah berdasarkan undang-undang yang adil. Di Malaysia, bukan saja hukum sering tidak adil, ia sering dizalimkan lagi dengan manipulasi masa. Bekas Menteri Besar Selangor, Khir Toyo didakwa atas dakwaan yang telah diringankan bagi menyelamatkan beliau. Masa yang dipilih untuk memutuskan kes ini ialah menjelang cuti umum selama tiga hari, iaitu cuti hari Krismas yang dicantumkan dengan cuti hari minggu. 23 Disember sengaja dipilih ketika rakyat sedang bercuti penjang supaya mereka tidak sempat menganalisa kes ini dan dengan itu menyelamatkan sendiwara politik pemerintah. Kita lihat lagi, Eric Chia dan Kasitah Gaddam didakwa menjelang PRU 2004 bertujuan memperlihatkan kononnya kerajaan bersungguh dalam menangani rasuah untuk kepentingan kempen, sedangkan kesalahan tersebut dilakukan berpuluh tahun sebelum itu. Dan beberapa tahun selepas PRU, mereka dibebaskan. Pada tahun 1999, Marina Yusoff yang sedang popular dikalangan penyokong reformasi ketika itu didakwa atas Akta Hasutan, dan masa yang dipilih ialah pada hari raya ketiga bertujuan mengelak perhimpunan bagi menyokong beliau kerana kebanyakan rakyat ketika itu sedang bercuti. Sebelum Anwar Ibrahim dibebaskan pada tahun 2004, beliau telah dimaklumkan beberapa bulan sebelum itu oleh 'orang-orang yang rapat' kepada Perdana Menteri bahawa beliau akan dibebaskan, tetapi masanya selepas PRU bagi mengelakkan beliau berkempen. Kes terbaru Anwar diabicarakan secara tergesa-gesa dan dipercepat supaya hukuman dapat dijatuhkan sebelum Parlimen dibubar oleh Perdana Menteri untuk dijadikan bahan kempen oleh Umno/Barisan Nasional dalam PRU 13. Dalam rancangan membebaskan dua katak Perak, Mohd Osman Jailu dan Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi sebagai habuan melompat, masa yang dipilih ialah ketika orang sibuk berkempen pilihanraya Sarawak. READ MORE HERE

Isa sepatutnya jadi peneroka dulu, baru jadi pengerusi koperasi Posted: 23 Dec 2011 08:28 AM PST Felda sejak tertubuhnya adalah di bawah Kementerian Tanah dan Wilayah dan dengan tekun serta kerja tidak mengenal penat lelah oleh mereka yang bertanggungjawab maka Felda telah maju dan menjadi di antara perbadanan yang paling kaya samada dalam bentuk tunai dan asetnya. Kalau perbadanan ini mula di tadbir oleh pelaksana yang jujur seperti Tan Sri Taib Andak perbadanan ini telah berkembang di bawah kelolaan Raja Tan Sri Alias Ali sehingga Felda terkenal di seluruh dunia sebagai tanah rancangan yang paling tersusun dan ditadbir dengan baik serta beretika di bawah pimpinan Raja Tan Sri Alias Raja Ali selama 3 dekad beliau berada di sana. Politik tidak begitu masuk campur dalam hal Felda selama ini. Kalau ada pun politik di dalamnya ianya terbatas kepada mempastikan yang matlamat asal penubuhan Felda itu di capai mengikut kehendak dasar-dasar yang di kepilkan dengan penubuhannya itu. Kerjasama semua pihak, pengurusan dari ibu pejabat sehingga pejabat pentadbiran wilayah-wilayahnya sehinggalah kepada individu-individu peneroka serta pengorbanan mereka semua telah menjadikan Felda sebagai perbadan yang paling baik pentadbirannya. Kebaikkan pentadbiran perbadanan ini tentulah di sebabkan perbadanan ini di ketuai oleh pelaksana yang sangat komited terhadap tanggungjawab yang di amanahkan oleh pimpinan Melayu negara. Komitmen Raja Tan Sri Alias dalam membina Felda sehingga sampai ketahap ini memang menjadi contoh kepada semua pihak. Nama Raja Tan Sri Alias di Felda itu terpahat sehinggakan ism pelaksana dasar kerajaan ini tidak akan mudah dilupakan oleh pegawai dan kakitangan Felda serta peneroka keseluruhannya. Apabila Raja Tan Sri Alias bersara Felda masih utuh kerana ism dan sistem tadbiran di bawah Raja Tan Sri Alias itu sangat berkesan dan 'follow through' dengan sistem Raja TS Alias itu terus menjadi asas pembangunan Felda sehingga orang politik mengetuai Lembaga Pengarah perbadanan itu bernama Tan Sri Yusuf Nor. Tan Sri Yusuf Nor tidak mencuba-cuba untuk menggali dan menganjak cara Raja TS Alias di dalam perbadanan itu maka tidak adalah masalah besar berlaku di bawah pengerusinya TS Yusuf Nor itu. Felda telah begitu berjaya sehinggakan ada pihak yang begitu cair air liurnya kerana kekayaan perbadanan ini hasil dari penat jerih ratusan ribu peneroka yang berada di bawah paying Felda itu. Dengan senyap-senyap Felda dipandang oleh setengah pihak sebagai perbadan yang boleh di kudakan untuk kepentingan politik setengah pihak. Maka Felda telah dipindahkan dari Kementerian Kemajuan Tanah dan Wilayah kepada Jabatan Perdana Menteri dan duduk di bawah dagu Najib Tun Razak sejak beliau masih menjadi Timbalan Perdana Menteri sehinggalah sekarang. Sejak perpindahan Felda dari Kementerian Kemajuan Tanah dan Wilayah kepada pentadbiran Najib Razak inilah Felda mula di hinggapi penyakit yang berbagai-bagai. Sejak di bawah tadbiran Najib ini Felda telah menjadi tempat pelahap-pelahap negara mengambil kesempatan dan peneroka-peneroka rancangan tanah ini. Sebelum ini peneroka dan rakyat tidak berapa menyedari apa yang telah dilakukan kepada mereka, Sekarang mereka telah celek dan mulalah anak-anak generasi Felda ini terutamanya mengambil langkah melakukan tentangan terhadap pihak berkuasa kerana tindakkan unilateral kerajaan persekutuan dalam menentukan corak Felda menghadapi masa depan yang kian mencabar. READ MORE HERE

Will there be a change of government post GE 13? Posted: 22 Dec 2011 09:28 AM PST Awang Selamat of Utusan Malaysia must have crystal gazed and has predicted an uncertain political, social and economic environment will envelop this country should PR reign after the 13th GE. But what Awang Selamat did not do is to crystal gazed his own future and that of Utusan Malaysia, should there be a change of government. I think he believes it is only UMNO/BN that has the right to rule this country, regardless of the unstoppable and endemic corruption that is going on among politicians and government officials, the flight of illicit money out of the country that runs into billions, the phenomenal increase in deficit spending that has reached almost half a trillion that could bankrupt the country, and the ease at which the government seems to be flushing money for projects that is likely to end up in failure – PKFZ and NFC are cases in point. Just watch, the act of flushing money will heighten as the general election draws near. My kampong folks are only waiting for the roads and lanes to be resurfaced and possibly lighted up. Someone commented to me recently that every government project would end up in failure if the hands of politicians and cronies are deep in it. Let's watch the outcome of the proposed listing of Felda Global Venture; supposedly to generate a windfall for the Felda settlers; masterminded by the infamous, Isa Samad. I do not know what is there in him that had softened up PM Najib to appoint him Felda's Chairman. I suppose Isa Samad's past record of being barred from UMNO after being found guilty of money politics qualifies him to the Chairmanship of Felda. What about the Chairman of Felcra then? You know who is he? I think he is one of those porn CD peddlers. This nation of ours has not experience a changeover of government following a legitimate and democratically held election. If the takeover of the states of Pulau Pinang, Selangor, Kedah and Perak following the 2008 general election can be cited as an example, than we can be rest assured that there will be some semblance of an orderly changeover. But my fear is that this involves a changeover of government for the entire nation where there is likelihood that some states aren't quite ready to handover for a prescribed reason. It is not easy to hand over power to someone else after more than five decades of continuous rule, and knowing that the loss would badly affect the livelihood i.e. income, businesses and privileges of many who are already well entrenched in their comfort zone. READ MORE HERE

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Setiap yang hidup akan mati. UMNO bagaimana? Posted: 22 Dec 2011 09:18 AM PST Kalau kita mendengar di mana-mana terlalu ramai yang mempunyai pandangan yang UMNO juga akan mati kerana tanda-tandanya semakin jelas dari hari ke hari, minggu ke minggu dan bulan ke bulan. Begitulah seterusnya. Hanya waktu sahaja yang menentukan masanya. Kadangkala seseorang atau pertubuhan itu akan menghadapi penyakit yang serius dahulu sebelum mati. Setengahnya mati mengejut kerana serangan angin ahmar dan jantung. Bagi pertubuhan ada yang mati mengejut. UMNO (asal) dulu menghadapi mati mengejut. Tetapi ada penggantinya yang di hidupkan secara mengejut dan meminjam nama yang telah mati itu. Pendeknya yang hidup semuanya akan menghadapi mati dan itu adalah hakiki. Dua tiga hari yang lepas saya bertemu dengan seorang yang tidak saya kenali sebelumnya. Kami bertemu kerana beliau menelefon saya untuk berjumpa dan berbincang tentang perkara yang telah saya tulis. Nampaknya beliau adalah seorang yang selalu mengikuti apa yang saya telah tulis dalam blog kecil saya ini. Beliau telah menjemput saya di kedai mamak yang berhampiran dengan kediaman saya dan membawa saya minum di Holiday Villa, Subang Jaya. Semasa di dalam kereta beliau saya ternampak banyak baju-T UMNO. Saya bertanya kenapa banyak sangat baju T UMNO ini. Beliau menjawab yang baju itu memang sudah lama berada di dalam keretanya, tetapi beliau merasa tidak sedap untuk membahagi-bahagikan kepada ahli-ahli di cawangan beliau dan orang ramai. Apabila saya tanya kenapa tidak sedap hati, beliau memberitahu saya yang beliau telah di sindir oleh sanak saudara beliau dan ahli-ahli UMNO cawangan beliau sendiri yang menunjukkan rasa tidak gemar dengan UMNO dan tidak mahu memakainya. "Cerita UMNO akan mati ini mungkin menjadi kenyataan kerana orang ramai tidak langsung berminat untuk mengenakan dan memakai baju-T yang mempunyai logo UMNO itu. Saya telah masuk kampus untuk membahagi-bahagikan baju-baju T itu tetapi mahasiswa-mahasiswa menolaknya. Jadi apa lagi boss, saya pun malu nak menurunkan dari kereta saya ini" kata beliau yang berada dalam lingkungan umur lima puluhan itu. Semasa minum beliau bertanya kepada saya apa yang beliau patut lakukan kerana beliau sudah nampak UMNO sudah tidak boleh bertahan lagi. UMNO katanya sudah tidak dihormati lagi oleh jiran tetangga beliau. Beliau terus bertanya, "Abang ahli UMNO lagikah?" Saya menjawab, "masih agaknya" Beliau bertanya, "Abang nak kekal dalam UMNO ke" Saya jawab, "mungkin tidak" Bila beliau bertanya apa sebabnya saya jawab, "Baca tulisan saya, saudara akan tahu sebabnya". Jelas insan yang berhadapan dengan saya itu adalah seorang yang baik dan serius dalam pemikiran beliau. Sepanjang perbualan saya itu beliau bertanya samada beliau patut meninggalkan UMNO atau pun tidak. DAN sampai habis saya tidak memberikan nasihat samada patut keluar atau tetap di dalam UMNO. Hanya saya jawab, "terpulang, ini negara demokrasi. Mana-mana parti pun boleh kita sertai dan bergiat. Hanya, kalau hendak bergiat, pastikan kita mempunyai fikiran yang siuman dan tidak bercakap sorang sorang dan serius dalam perjuangan. READ MORE HERE

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