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Posted: 08 Dec 2013 09:08 AM PST

The PKR official is confident that the reconciliation talks this time around will not fail, unlike the "unity government" talks between Umno and PAS during the administration of former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Amin Iskandar, TMI

On the sidelines of last week's Umno general assembly, a senior Palestinian leader got Umno and Parti Keadilan Rakyat to meet secretly to revive reconciliation talks that started after the 13th General Election, The Malaysian Insider has learnt.

It was the second reconciliation talks after the May 5 polls since former Indonesian vice-president Jusuf Kalla, who are close to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, acted as an intermediary between both leaders.

A senior PKR leader told The Malaysian Insider that this time, that role was taken over by leader of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, who was in Kuala Lumpur to attend the 2013 Umno International Forum.

"Khaled met Najib and Anwar separately. After his meeting with Anwar, Khaled had dinner with Najib before returning home," said the senior PKR leader.

The source, who also spoke to Meshaal, said the Hamas leader advised both Najib and Anwar that if they were indeed serious about reconciliation, they should forget past wrongs.

Najib met the Hamas leader for the first time when he visited Gaza in January this year, while Anwar met Meshaal early last year in Doha, Qatar.

Meshaal was instrumental in negotiating peace talks between his party and Fatah, a faction of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Liberation Organisation which retains control of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.

The senior PKR leader told The Malaysian Insider that he was contacted by a senior Umno official soon after Khaled left Kuala Lumpur.

"In my discussion with the senior Umno official, I told him that if Umno was serious in holding reconciliation talks, then all attacks against Anwar at the general assembly must stop," said the PKR leader, referring to Najib's attacks on Anwar during the Umno president's policy speech.

"I received his assurance that there will be no more attacks against Anwar and they kept their word."

"During that time, the discussions were behind closed doors with both sides clamouring for positions in the Government.

"Anwar knows that PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat will not accept secret discussions and that is why he has, on two occasions, called for a dialogue with Barisan Nasional."

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Umno to be more Malay-centric

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 08:54 AM PST

Call it the Chinese tsunami or whatever, the fact remains that rural Malays are still with Umno while the urban Malays have swung to the opposition — PAS and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).

(MM) - Umno concluded its annual general assembly on Saturday on a high note, pledging to transform itself into a political party that is fair to all Malaysians but with priority to empowering the economy of the Malays and Bumiputeras who form over 67 per cent of the population.

The emphasis will be to ensure economic parity so that no race will feel left out of the economic development of the country.

The party pledged other races would not be sidelined and that Umno would continue its fair and just policies for all Malaysians.

In facing the next general election, the party's political transformation will begin at branch level, where with immediate effect, the branches will have to follow the party constitution strictly to strengthen themselves.

Party president Datuk Seri Najib Razak said transformation begins with change in thoughts and attitudes of party members and stressed on the need for the party to be strong from the grassroots — where the 21,000 branches are.

The political reality now is Umno is the only flag-bearer of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) besides Parti Pesaka Bersatu Sarawak (PBB) in Sarawak while the component parties in the peninsula are still "searching their souls" after taking a beating in the May 5 general election.

Call it the Chinese tsunami or whatever, the fact remains that rural Malays are still with Umno while the urban Malays have swung to the opposition — PAS and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).

With Umno the only party still strong and standing upright in the winds of change after the general election, the responsibility is now on its shoulders to rally Malaysians, not just Malays, behind the BN.

At the recently-concluded general assembly, Najib, who is also Prime Minister, spoke on the need for Umno to transform into an inclusive party, struggling for the Malays and Bumiputeras, while ensuring other races were not sidelined and alienated.

In strengthening the party, efforts to ward off elements that weaken the party and its followers will have to be addressed and here is where the sanctity of Islam and the economic aspect need push and protection.

Umno concluded the party would protect the sanctity of Islam by defining clearly in the Federal Constitution that Malaysia follows the teachings of Sunnah Wal Jamaah.

The threat of Syiah is real and the claim that heads of government-linked companies (GLCs) not helping Malay and Bumiputera enterpreneurs is also real.

With Najib's commitment to see the two matters taken care of, Umno is off to a new start in transforming itself into a political party where the Malays and Bumiputeras can rest assured their support for the party all this while would not go to waste.

And Malaysians on the whole, can rest easy knowing Umno is not only a party for the Malays but for all Malaysians.

Can Khalid absorb the pressures to remain as MB?

Posted: 07 Dec 2013 03:49 PM PST

Since the last general election, in which Pakatan Rakyat managed to retain Selangor with an impressive two-thirds majority despite Selangorians being made to endure the tune of "Sayangi Selangor" in train coaches every morning, Khalid's future has remained unclear, according to many analysts.

Lokman Mustafa, The Ant Daily

A strong wind of discontent is blowing and it threatens to knock the Selangor chief executive off his perch.

No, I am not talking about the monsoon that brought with it heavy downfalls, submerging most parts of Kuantan and leaving thousands of people in the east coast capital deeply in distress.

Instead, I am equally alarmed by the dark clouds that hang over Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim's future as the sole Menteri Besar from PKR at the helm of the richest state in Malaysia.

Since his appointment as menteri besar for a second term, Khalid has constantly been on the receiving end of criticisms, ironically from certain quarters within his own party who continue to undermine his ability to lead the state.

Perhaps average Malaysians are not yet well acquainted with the political manoeuvrings in PKR, but there seems more than a hint that Khalid's time may be up soon.

The fiasco surrounding the state assemblymen's pay hike seems to further lend credence to rumours regarding the impending fall from grace of one of the architects of the great Dawn Raid.

As the future looks uncertain for Khalid, perhaps it is not such a bad idea to go through the list of candidates who can, or are eager to fill his shoes, in the event the Selangor menteri besar's post becomes vacant.

Obviously, the name that tops the list must be that of Azmin Ali.

The PKR deputy president and Bukit Antarabangsa assemblyman has been Khalid's enemy numero uno since the announcement of the latter's re-appointment to the post last May.

Azmin is widely viewed as an influential warlord in PKR and that perhaps may not sit well with most Selangorians who heaved a sigh of relief over the departure of previous warlords from Umno.

At the same time, claims by Wanita PKR chief that Selangor is a PKR state may yet be proven wrong if both PAS and DAP, coalition parties in Pakatan, disagree with the appointment of another PKR assemblyman to head the most developed state in the country.

What makes Khalid well-liked by most Selangorians was the fact that he fit the anti-hero description when he was first named as menteri besar in 2008.

Though most people knew he was a shrewd corporate figure, his low-profile image seemed to bode well for residents of the state who were used to seeing high-profile "leaders" letting them down.

Five years later, his most vocal critics are again highlighting the fact that Khalid is "slow" in his actions and incapable of getting the votes from Malay-majority constituencies such as Kuala Selangor, Sabak Bernam, Sungai Besar, Hulu Selangor and Tanjung Karang.

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Kredit: www.malaysia-today.net

Ahad, 8 Disember 2013

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