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RM400, 000 for a dinner that was attended by Anwar Ibrahim and rich tycoons
DAP: Punishing teens will torch BN’s non-Malay support
UN rep: OK for NGOs to get foreign funding
Suaram firm to face 5 CCM charges, says minister
1 Malaysia, 2 Laws
Time to re-define development
Soliciting money: ‘Wipe out this scam’
When nothing works, do nothing
Kalau Dr M sokong Najib…
Dr Asri jelaskan pendirian ‘double standard’ dalam artikel ‘Politik Carca Merba’
Double standard, one-sided, 7.25%

RM400, 000 for a dinner that was attended by Anwar Ibrahim and rich tycoons

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 05:54 AM PDT

(Kuala Lumpur Post) - A whopping RM400,000 for a fund-raising gala dinner? According to blogger Yuseri Yusoff, that was the amount spent on Malam Gala Keadilan 2012, a PKR fund-raising dinner which was held in May.

The blogger has also attached a formal letter sent by PKR's president Datuk Sri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to the event organising chairman Datuk Dr Tan Tee Kwong, seeking clarification and financial details.

"RM400, 000 for a dinner that was attended by PKR top leadership and rich tycoons, is that not a big waste?

"Its an irony as they (PKR) have always been accusing Barisan Nasional (BN) for being lavish and for wasting people's money, but now they are the ones doing it. Where did the money come from…from Anwar (PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim)'s salary of RM1 per month as Selangor's economic advisor? the blogger questioned.

Meanwhile, Anwar, as reported in a pro-opposition blog Merah Tinta MSO, had praised the organisers for the event.

The blogger said that Anwar, in his fiery opening speech, had slammed the BN-led federal government and federal institutions. He had also singled out the Royal Malaysian Police force for allegedly not handling the Bersih rallies accordingly.

Another blog, Gelagat Anwar, pointed out that the fund-raising dinner was meant to raise sympathy from the people and also to boost up Anwar's declining popularity.

PKR vice-president Tian Chua, when contacted, claimed that the fund raising dinner was successfull due to the high turn-out.

Asked about the details of the expenditure, Tian Chua kept it short: "All the fund raised were from private firms and individuals. The difference nowadays is that many big corporate players are willing to support us".

Other top PKR leaders refused to comment on the matter.

DAP: Punishing teens will torch BN’s non-Malay support

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 05:50 AM PDT

Teenager Ong Sing Yee reacts after offering her apology for stepping on the pictures, during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur September 6, 2012.—Picture by Saw Siow Feng

Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider

Lim Guan Eng today suggested that Barisan Nasional's (BN) harsh treatment of those responsible for last week's Merdeka Day misadventures despite a failure to address similar transgressions by hardliners in Umno and Perkasa will alienate its non-Malay support.

The DAP secretary-general said the action will also serve to highlight the government's apparent bias after having ignored unruly behaviour displayed previously by to Malay right wingers.

Lim pointed out that unlike the political leaders, the youths who mooned over or trampled on photographs of the country's leaders and raised a pre-independence flag during last week's Merdeka Day celebrations had not committed the acts with malicious intent.

"But this Perkasa... they are extremists. These youths, they just want to have fun, they do not know what they are doing.

"But others, they have done this three, four times. Not only stepping and burning photographs but even performing Hindu funeral rites for me. This is not just an insult to the Hindus but also to the Muslims," he said in a press conference in Penang earlier today.

The Bagan MP pointed out that unlike the young mischief makers, several of whom have apologised for their actions over the week, those from Perkasa and other pro-Umno supporters have yet to come forward to do the same.

Despite this, Lim said the authorities appeared overly determined to throw the book at the youths, even opening a probe against them under the Sedition Act, a law that the government has promised it will repeal soon.

He urged the government to have a "big heart" and accept the apologies offered by the two teenagers over the picture-stomping incident, saying it was punishment enough their actions were heavily publicised.

In a separate statement here, DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang suggested the same, and urged a Cheras-based private college to reverse its decision to expel one of the teenagers, the 19-year old boy from Batu Pahat.

"This incident just shows that Perkasa is Umno and Umno is Perkasa. Clearly, they do not need the non-Malay votes," Guan Eng said.

"The way they behave... BN does not need the non-Malay votes, they do not want the non-Malay votes and I think this message has been passed throughout Malaysia."

Other opposition politicians have railed against the authorities for the speed with which they have reprimanded the youths for the incident, noting a failure to do the same against pro-Umno, pro-BN and Perkasa activists who previously committed the comparable offences.

Malay right wing group Perkasa had in May this year organised a mock funeral for Lim.

The group's leaders, as well as other pro-Umno activists have also held numerous protests where the photographs of prominent Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders and civil society activists like Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan were trampled on or even torched.

Shortly after the April 28 Bersih rally in the city, a group of army veterans had also performed butt exercises outside Ambiga's home.

UN rep: OK for NGOs to get foreign funding

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:37 PM PDT

Even the Malaysia government received foreign funding but nobody has accused it of being a 'foreign agent', argues United Nations Special Rapporteur, Maina Kiai.

Teoh El Sen, FMT

There is nothing wrong for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to receive foreign funding, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association, Maina Kiai, said today.

The prominent human rights activist and lawyer from Kenya said that if governments and businesses can receive foreign funding, the same standards should also be applied to NGOs or associations.

"If the work of an association demands funding, there should no restriction about funding, whether domestic or international," he said at a forum here about international standards and practices in exercising freedom of assembly and association.

"Just the same way government receive funding… I know Malaysia received a lot of foreign funding in its early days, it should now be a provider of funding. Nobody accused the government of being a
foreign agent," he said.

"The same standards that apply to the state, must also be extended to NGOs or businesses. I can bet you that more than half of these companies access foreign funding, that's the way the world works, that's what globalisation is about…" he said.

Kiai said that people would not be able to exercise their fundamental right to freedom of associations without any funding.

However, he also reminded that there was also the duty for civil society to be accountable.

But, he added that such accountability must be independently done, and not forced upon in a manner that restricts or controls the society. "The demands to be accountable must be made by citizens, that's what the international law says," he said.

The UN expert's views come in the wake of recent public scrutiny over the funding and organisational structure of a popular human rights body, Suaram, since July.

Suaram's "independence" was questioned after some quarters revealed that it was consistently a recipient of annual allocations from the US-based National Endowment for Democracy (NED) organisation since 2006.

Foreign powers

Pro-establishment Malay rights groups demanded to know why Suaram was registered as a company, Suara Inisiatif Sdn Bhd, with a paid-up capital of RM2.

Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM) and Perkasa have accused the NGO of being funded by foreign powers to "destabilise the peace of the country".

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:35 PM PDT

(Bernama) - Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) had identified five charges under the Companies Act 1965 to be made against Suara Inisiatif Sdn Bhd (Suara Inisiatif).

The first charge would be made in court in about a week or two, he told reporters after opening the Pekan Umno Youth, Wanita and Puteri delegates meeting here today.

He said the action taken against Suara Inisiatif was not politically motivated, but because of the offence it allegedly committed.

Prior to this, the CCM was criticised by several quarters for failing to act against Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram), which confessed to receiving funds from foreign countries and individuals.

This followed a report that claimed that Suaram was not a non-governmental organisation, but a company registered with the CCM.

1 Malaysia, 2 Laws

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:11 PM PDT

Anwar Ibrahim has raised a very valid point. Malaysia is one country with two sets of laws. Hence '1 Malaysia, 2 undang-undang' is very apt to describe Malaysia. And these are the kind of things I wish to hear from the opposition and the Opposition Leader in Parliament.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

1 Malaysia 2 undang-undang

Orang kecil dan miskin namanya 'corruption'. Orang besar curi namanya 'komisyen'. Komisyen halal. 'Corruption' haram, kata Anwar Ibrahim.

(Free Malaysia Today) - Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menyifatkan negara mengamalkan dua undang-undang yang berbeza ketika mengulas tindakan pantas pihak berkuasa ke atas individu-individu yang memijak gambar Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

"Malaysia mengamalkan konsep '1 Malaysia 2 undang-undang'," katanya pada majlis ceramah 'Jelajah Merdeka Rakyat' di Rantau dekat sini malam tadi.

Tegas beliau, "saya tidak setuju tindakan anak muda yang memijak gambar Najib. Tapi kalau orang lain kencing gambar Menteri Besar Kelantan, Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, tak apa? Tunjuk punggung kepada Pengerusi Bersih, Dato' S Ambiga tak apa?"

"Baling batu di ceramah saya dan Nurul Izzah (Ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai) di Lembah Pantai. Pecah cermin kereta saya….pasal apa? Apa jenis manusia macam ini? Kamu ingat kamu orang besar hukum lain?" soal Ketua Umum PKR itu.

"Hukum ini tidak kenal pangkat. Ini 1 Malaysia! 1 Malaysia apa? Satu undang-undang untuk orang kaya, satu undang-undang untuk orang miskin."

"Satu undang-undang untuk menteri Umno, rasuah pun tidak apa, tutup semua. Satu undang-undang untuk orang dibawah. Polis ambil 100 ringgit, 'charge',' katanya.

Anwar yang juga Ahli Parlimen Permatang Pauh berkata sepatutnya undang-undang ini tidak kenal keturunan dan pangkat.

"Seperti saya kata rasuah 200 ringgit polis, tangkap! Rasuah setengah bilion ringgit kapal selam, lepas!"

"Orang kecil dan miskin namanya 'corruption' (rasuah). Orang besar curi namanya 'komisyen'. Komisyen halal. 'Corruption' haram."

"Pemimpin yang tidak sanggup laksanakan ilmu 'rule of law' tetapi ikut 'law of the jungle' mesti diturunkan ke bawah dan ditumbangkan", kata Anwar.

Anwar juga berkata perangai pemimpin Umno ibarat 'baling batu sembunyi tangan' dan seterusnya rakaman video perbahasan di parlimen ditayangkan kepada orang ramai.

Beliau menegaskan, "mereka menfitnah saya memiliki RM3 bilion, ketika saya berbahas di parlimen ada di antara mereka menjerit tiga bilion!"

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Anwar Ibrahim has raised a very valid point. Malaysia is one country with two sets of laws. Hence '1 Malaysia, 2 undang-undang' is very apt to describe Malaysia. And these are the kind of things I wish to hear from the opposition and the Opposition Leader in Parliament.

Malaysia practices selective prosecution, or more aptly, persecution. Friends are spared and enemies are crucified. And this is not a new phenomenon. This has been going on for quite some time, 30 years to be exact.

In the beginning, for the first 25 years or so, it was not too bad. And that was because we had noble men and gentlemen (and women) to lead the nation -- not only as Prime Minister, but in the Cabinet, civil service, police force, military, etc., as well.

In those days, you were put in charge based on meritocracy. Today, it is based on your political affiliation. And don't just look at Barisan Nasional when I say this. This is the current Malaysian culture. So it means the opposition practices this as well.

And that was one of my grouses with Pakatan Rakyat when I revealed that lawyers aligned to Pakatan Rakyat or leaders of Pakatan Rakyat were getting the legal work from the Pakatan Rakyat-led state governments. Even the DAP leaders have come out to reveal this.

Some may argue that when Barisan Nasional was running those states the Barisan Nasional lawyers were getting this legal work. So what is wrong if Pakatan Rakyat lawyers get the legal work now that Pakatan Rakyat is in charge?

If I really need to reply to that question then Malaysia is in far greater trouble than I originally thought. It is like trying to reply to a question from an Atheist asking me whether I can prove that God exists. The fact that that question has even been raised means that person is already convinced that God does not exist. Hence would it not be futile to even attempt to reply?

This is not just about corruption and abuse of power. This extends farther than that. It is about what you perceive as moral and what you perceive as immoral. And if I need to give you a lesson in morality then I am doomed from the start. To a prostitute, offering sex for money has nothing to do with morality but is all about earning a living.

And are they not called 'sex workers' instead of 'prostitutes' in some countries? Hence they are workers just like you and me who work in an office or do a blue-collar job. It is about cari makan (look for food) and is therefore not in the least immoral. After all, everyone has a mouth or mouths to feed. So is not spreading one's leg better than robbing a bank or selling drugs to children?

As Anwar said, Malaysia has 2 legal systems -- that's for sure. And Anwar has offered some examples to support this point. I would like to highlight some others, which Anwar has missed.

If you are a non-Muslim who is caught having illicit sex with a Muslim only the Muslim goes to jail. If you are non-Muslims drinking beer or having lunch with Muslims during the fasting month of Ramadhan only the Muslims get arrested.

If you are a non-Muslim owner of a hotel, restaurant, bar, pub, disco, etc., that sells liquor and you employ Muslim staff they would be arrested. But if you are a Muslim owner, your Muslim staff would not be arrested.

If you are of Chinese or Indian descent whose forefathers came to Malaya 500 years ago you will not be a Bumiputera or son/daughter of the soil. If you were born in Indonesia or the Philippines and are of Muslim persuasion and you migrated to Malaysia yesterday you will be given citizenship with a Bumiputera status thrown in.

Yes, I can go on and on and bore you to death. Suffice to say that Malaysia may be 1 Malaysia but it has two sets of undang-undang. Hence Anwar is right. But Anwar needs to educate Malaysians on how far this sickness extends.

Anwar needs to also explain that Muslims can preach Islam to Christians but Christians cannot preach Christianity to Muslims. Qur'ans can be printed in English but Bibles cannot be printed in Malay. Christians can convert to Islam but Muslims cannot convert to Christianity.

And the list goes on, examples of 1 Malaysia but 2 undang-undang.

I am beginning to like what Anwar says. So I might yet support him in his bid to become Malaysia's next Prime Minister. We only need Anwar to take that one more step in calling a spade a spade and tell us in detail why Malaysia might be 1 Malaysia but has 2 undang-undang.

And when that happens you will then see me appealing to Malaysians to support Anwar as the next Prime Minister of Malaysia. But I first need to see Anwar take that one extra step so that Malaysians can get a better grasp of what he means when he says '1 Malaysia 2 undang-undang'.

Time to re-define development

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:08 PM PDT

Development is reaching saturation level in many parts of the country, says PKR MP Yusmadi Yusoff.

Hawkeye, FMT

There is a need to re-define what development means to the average Malaysians given the rapid pace of modernisation, a PKR parliamentarian said.

Balik Pulau MP Yusmadi Yusoff said development has reached saturation level in many parts of the country and hence, there is a need to re-define development.

He said this is necessary in view of the rapid growth of infrastructure, industries, roadworks, housing and social amenities over the last 50 years.

Citing Penang, Yusmadi said there is now a widespread sense of unhappiness over the level of development taking place here.

Penang is said to be over-devloped to the extent that even hillslopes are not spared in the hectic race to modernisation.

This has caused some adverse effects: environmental degradation, traffic congestion and the emergence of slums in midst of luxurious condominiums and landed bungalows.

Pockets of squatters are also facing eviction as developers scurry around to ensure their projects get underway before the effects of global recession set in.

Yusmadi said the country can no longer deal with development through half-baked solutions and an unholistic approach.

The time has come to re-visit development in the proper context.

Don't give in to greed

"What does development mean to Malaysians? Is more wealth generated from it? Have we progressed in our own age of industralisation, or are we slowly but surely becoming the urban poor?" Yusmadi asked.

"Do Malaysians want to see their green lungs disappear or do they want to salvage them?"

He said he would raise this matter in Parlaiment when it convenes this month.

READ MORE HERE

Soliciting money: ‘Wipe out this scam’

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:03 PM PDT

Senior lawyer Karpal Singh wants the Attorney-General's Chambers to investigate a scam where lawyers allegedly solicit big bucks to secure release of criminal detainees.

Athi Shankar, FMT

The Attorney-General's Chambers must investigate an alleged scam where lawyers allegedly solicit big bucks to secure release of criminal detainees via the back door, senior lawyer and veteran MP Karpal Singh said today.

Under the scam, lawyers signed agreement with those charged with criminal offences, especially major crimes, or their representatives promising to "somehow secure the accused release" with a big cash payout to the main players in the case.

Karpal, whose client was directly affected by it, wants the AG's Chambers to get to bottom of this scam and wipe it out once and for all.

He criticised lawyers who enter into such agreements, saying they are being unprofessional and unethical, and bringing the legal system into disrepute.

"It gives the impression that prosecutors and witnesses can be bought over. Such agreements are shocking, which the AG must probe immediately.

"With so many capital cases in the country, if it [this practice] is not stopped, we are heading for a lot of trouble," said Karpal.

He claimed that his client, an Iraqi businessman Sayed Omeid facing extradition to Australia, was a victim of this scam.

Omeid lodged a report at Dangi Wangi police station last Thursday accusing two lawyers of fleecing his family of US$50,000 by falsely promising to secure his release through their contacts in the Home Ministry.

Omeid's family agreed to pay the lawyers US$100,000, with 27% to be paid upon signing the agreement and 23% within eight days of the first payment. The balance of 50% was to be kept in a joint account until Omeid was freed.

READ MORE HERE

When nothing works, do nothing

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:37 PM PDT

But Dr Mahathir is old and senile. Nik Aziz is a country bumpkin. Saudi Arabia is crazy. It is our civil right to watch porn. No one should stop us from watching porn. So we have children also watching porn. But that is the price of freedom of information. There should be no censorship.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

More than 11 years ago, back in early 2001, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad explained why Malaysia needs a detention without trial law.

The Internal Security Act (ISA) is a preventive law, explained Dr Mahathir. It is a law that makes it possible to detain people before they commit a crime. If they have already committed a crime then they can be arrested and charged in court.

But it is better to detain these people before they commit a crime, Dr Mathathir said. Once they have already committed the crime they would probably be far away from the scene of the crime and would have escaped by the time the police arrive.

Even if they are arrested and charged they may get off. Maybe there is not enough evidence to get a conviction or a smart lawyer would get them acquitted. Hence, even if they are arrested, there is no guarantee they would be punished.

This makes the ISA necessary, said Dr Mahathir. People can be detained even before they commit a crime. Even while they are still thinking of committing a crime they can already be detained. Once they have committed a crime the damage would have already be done. Better we prevent the damage before it happens.

Then 911 happened. And this allowed Dr Mahathir to gloat and tell us 'I told you so'.

Our Twin Towers is still standing because Malaysia has a detention without trial law, said Dr Mahathir. The US does not have such a law so their Twin Towers is gone. That shows how useful the ISA is to preserve peace, order and stability. The US too needs a preventive detention law like Malaysia, Dr Mahathir counselled that great power.

Then the US 'followed' Malaysia's 'advice' by introducing their version of a detention without trial law. And the western countries too started embarking on preventive detention. They detained suspected terrorists who had yet to commit any crime but were suspected of planning or thinking of committing a crime.

So the world proved Dr Mahathir right in the end.

And now we find that adults who have sex with children escape punishment. Then we say that Malaysia's legal system stinks. People who should be punished are not punished and people who should not be punished are punished. It is the world upside down. And, of course, we are not happy about this.

So what do we do? Do we detain without trial people who are suspected of planning to commit a crime or do we wait until they do commit the crime and then arrest and charge them and see them get acquitted and escape punishment?

Then we have people like Tok Guru Nik Aziz Nik Mat who says that boys and girls (or men and women) should not be allowed to mix freely. In fact, countries like Saudi Arabia do not allow girls or women to leave the house unless escorted or chaperoned by male members of their family. This is to prevent girls or women from being raped or duped into having sex with horny male predators.

But we call Nik Aziz an idiot and Saudi Arabia a backward country. We do not want segregation of the sexes or separate swimming pools and checkout counters for males and females. We want males and females the freedom to mix and not having to endure forced segregation by the state.

Yes, we want this and we want that. We want everything. We also want race-free political parties that will uphold the interest of our race. Hmm…that sounds like we want virgin prostitutes.

Then we have a 14-year old girl who has sex with a 13-year old boy. Do we now charge the girl for sex with a minor since she is one-year older than the boy? Or will this apply only if an 18-year old girl has sex with a 17-year old boy and then the 18-year old girl gets sent to jail in the interest of the 17-year old boy?

But it was the boy who seduced the girl. So how can the girl be punished? Yes, but it is the age that counts. And since the girl is older than the boy then she and not the boy has to be punished.

But why, in the first place, do children of 12 or 13 have sex? Well, this could be because children of nine or ten have access to the Internet and they get to see porn on the Internet. So they want to try out all those exciting things they see every day on the Internet.

So it is the Internet then that has to be blamed? Or is it because boys and girls or men and women are allowed to mix freely? Would barring girls from leaving the house without a chaperone or having separate swimming pools and checkout counters for males and females help? Or do we just arrest more people and charge them in court and see them get acquitted and go unpunished?

Phew…what a dilemma we are facing. Then Dr Mahathir comes out and makes a statement that the Internet needs to be regulated. Then we whack Dr Mahathir and call him all sorts of names.

But there is just too much porn on the Internet, argues Dr Mahathir. We are allowing children to see things they should not be allowed to see. And if we allow children free access to porn sites then they might want to try what they see on the Internet. And then we will have children indulging in sex.

Okay, the downside is children who watch porn indulge in sex. But we do not agree to chaperoning girls or women. We also do not agree to segregation of the sexes. We want more policemen on the streets arresting adults who have sex with children and strict judges who are prepared to send these people to jail. And if a 19-year old girl has sex with a 17-year old boy then the girl must be locked up even if it was the boy who seduced the girl.

And since Barisan Nasional cannot do this then we must kick out Barisan Nasional and replace the government with Pakatan Rakyat. And how will Pakatan Rakyat solve this problem that Barisan Nasional cannot?

That is not important. What is important is we gave Barisan Nasional 55 years and they could not solve the problem. No doubt Pakatan Rakyat has not told us yet how they are going to solve the problem that Barisan Nasional could not solve. But we will talk about that later. Let's vote them into office first and then we will discuss how Pakatan Rakyat is going to solve the problem that Barisan Nasional cannot solve.

Maybe we will do what Dr Mahathir suggests. Maybe we will listen to Nik Aziz. Maybe we will follow what Saudi Arabia does. Maybe we can show children various verses of the Qur'an and Bible that say sex outside marriage is forbidden and that they will go to hell if they violate God's command. Maybe we can detain without trial suspected sex offenders before they commit a crime. Or maybe we will do nothing and the problem will just continue. But let's vote first and find out later.

Kalau Dr M sokong Najib…

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:55 PM PDT

Kalau kita ikut kehendak Dr Mahathir untuk menyokong Najib, ia bermakna kita menyokong calon yang salah seperti yang terbukti dengan pewaris-pewaris kepimpinan Dr M yang lalu. Ini merupakan satu kebenaran dan Dr Mahathir sendiri mengakuinya semalam.

Aspan Alias, The Malaysian Insider

Cebisan fakta yang saya tulis tentang Umno sejak dua hari yang lepas, susah untuk Umno memahaminya. Dalam Umno hanya seorang sahaja ahli yang bekerja keras, iaitu Najib, Presidennya sekarang. Penjelajahan Najib keseluruh negara telah membelanjakan wang rakyat ratusan juta ringgit. Di sini Umno juga terlupa yang rakyat sedang memerhatikan tindakan pimpinan Umno dalam usaha mendapatkan mandat dalam PRU kali ini. Akhir-akhir ini Dr Mahthir sahaja yang keluar untuk menyokong Najib habis-habisan seorang sahabat saya berseloroh, "sokongan Mahathir itu ada makna tu!"

Dalam dua posting saya yang terdahulu, saya telah melepaskan apa yang ada tersimpan di dalam jiwa saya dan orang-orang yang sama pemikiran seperti saya memahaminya. Seperti biasa orang-orang Umno tidak akan faham sampai bila-bila.

Dalam keadaan yang tidak menentu Umno sendiri tidak dapat meyakinkan partinya sendiri yang mereka akan berjaya mengekalkan kuasa di Putrajaya. Dr Mahathir kali ini bekerja keras untuk mempertahankan Umno, parti yang beliau tubuhkan dan juga parti yang beliau sendiri mengakui sebagai sebuah pertubuhan yang telah busuk sampai ke ususnya.

Hasil dari warisan pimpinan Umno yang begitu lemah oleh Dr Mahathir, rakyat tidak lagi memberikan penghormatan yang tinggi kepada parti itu lagi. Di sinilah kegagalan Dr Mahathir kerana semasa beliau berkuasa beliau tidak pernah memikirkan nasib masa depan Umno itu sendiri. Beliau terlalu tertumpu untuk menguatkan kekuatan peribadi beliau dan mengorbankan masa depan partinya. Beliau sendiri tidak dapat menerima kenyataan yang pimpinan negara mesti dibentuk dan dibina.

Justeru apabila beliau meletakkan jawatan maka yang ada di keliling beliau hanyalah kumpulan pemimpin yang tidak sepatutnya menjadi pemimpin. Terlalu "engrossed" untuk memperkuatkan kekuatan peribadi beliau maka partinya secara tidak di sedari telah menghadapi "vacuum" kepimpinan yang serius. Maka Pak Lah lah yang beliau lantik untuk menggantikan beliau berdasarkan kepada kenyataan yang Pak Lah merupakan Naib Presiden yang tertinggi semasa itu.

Semalam Dr Mahathir mengaku kesilapan kerana memilih Pak Lah sebagai pengganti beliau. Kalau kita hendak tuai apa yang terbit, kata-kata Dr Mahathir kebenaran. Pak Lah kepada beliau merupakan pilihan yang salah. Dr Mahathir sedang mengalih dan menganjakkan semua kesalahan beliau kepada Pak Lah. Mentang-mentanglah Pak Lah tidak menjawab kerana beliau tidak mahu lagi menyibuk setelah beliau bersara.

Kalau Dr Mahathir tidak melantik Pak Lah semasa beliau bersara siapa pula yang sepatutnya mengambilalih beliau? Kalaulah beliau memilih Najib semasa itu, ramai merasakan yang keadaan sekarang akan lebih teruk dari sekarang. Jadi kenyataan Dr Mahathir yang beliau melakukan kesalahan kerana memilih Pak Lah untuk menggantikan beliau itu amat "personal" dan nampak sangat dendam kesumat beliau terhadap penggantinya itu.

Dr Mahathir tidak menyedari selembut-lembut Pak Lah, beliau adalah seorang yang degil dan sangkaan Dr Mahathir yang Pak Lah akan membenarkan beliau (Dr Mahathir) masuk campur dalam pentadbirannya adalah salah. Dr Mahathir tidak mengenali Pak Lah dengan sebenarnya. Walaupun Pak Lah itu seorang yang lembut, tetapi lembut beliau bukan untuk di sudu. Kalau Pak Lah itu keras orangnya, keras beliau itu bukan untuk di takek. Oleh kerana Pak Lah tidak membenarkan Dr Mahathir untuk menyudu atau menakek beliau (Pak Lah), maka Dr Mahathir kecewa dan mula membidas Pak Lah "without mercy". Kalaulah Pak Lah membenarkan Dr Mahathir masuk campur seperti Najib sekarang ini Dr Mahathir tidak akan mengkritik Pak Lah sedemikian rupa.

Menyalahkan Pak Lah seratus peratus adalah tidak rasional untuk Dr Mahathir melakukannya. Kecelaruan negara kita bukan di mulakan oleh Pak Lah. Ia bermula dari Dr Mahathir lagi. Pengakuan Dr Mahathir yang beliau selalu salah memilih penggantinya itu adalah benar. Musa adalah lantikan beliau, Ghafar Baba pun lantikan beliau. Selepas Ghafar, Anwar Ibrahim pula dan selepas Anwar, Pak Lah. Semua lantikan beliau akhirnya tidak bersesuaian dengan beliau (Dr Mahathir). Kalau beliau tidak suai dengan semua pihak, maka Dr Mahathir mesti melakukan introspeksi dirinya sendiri.

Sesungguhnya yang membuatkan beliau tidak bersesuaian dengan semua timbalan atau pengganti beliau itu sudah cukup membuktikan Dr Mahathir memang tidak boleh bersesuaian dengan semua orang terutamanya mereka yang mempunyai pengaruh yang Dr Mahathir takuti. Itu sahaja yang boleh membuktikan kenyataan ini.

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:50 PM PDT

Md Izwan, The Malaysian Insider

Mengulas laporan dalam The Malaysian Insider semalam yang bertajuk, "Asri selar ulama Umno membisu dalam isu melibatkan parti tersebut" bekas mufti Perlis Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin menjelaskan tentang pendirian 'double standard' oleh sesetengah ulama muda dalam isu menyuarakan pandangan agama.

Dr Asri juga berpendapat susulan laporan tesebut, ramai tersalah tafsir akan penulisannya dalam laman web rasmi www.drmaza.com dan menegaskan kenyataannya dalam artikel "Politik Caca Merba" tidak menujukan kepada mana-mana pihak sebaliknya lebih mengkhususkan kepada umum.

"Saya jelaskan disini pandangan saya tidak terarah kepada mana pihak tetapi ia ditujukan secara umum amnya.

"Perkara yg saya bangkitkan adalah mengenai pendirian double standard oleh segelintir pihak dalam menyuarakan pandangan agama," kata Dr Asri (gambar) ketika dihubungi oleh The Malaysian Insider pagi tadi.

Dalam laporan semalam yang bertajuk, "Asri selar ulama Umno membisu dalam isu melibatkan parti tersebut" Dr Asri dikatakan menyelar ulama muda dalam Umno yang mengambil sikap membisu terhadap budaya politik samseng yang semakin menjadi-jadi kebelakangan ini.

"Perbezaan politik bukan lagi membawa pertarungan minda dan tawaran khidmat pengurusan yang lebih baik, tetapi sebaliknya yang berlaku," kata Asri di laman rasminya.

Dr Asri juga berkata budaya politik samseng seperti serangan ke atas bas, menunjukkan punggung pada gambar pemimpin, membaling kasut dalam masjid, tarian punggung dan lain-lain adalah bukti masyarakat kini semakin kehilangan adab sopan dan berakhlak buruk.

"Dalil-dalil agama dan nama 'salafussoleh' dikhianati atas kedangkalan pengetahuan, ataupun kepentingan politik 'orang muda agama'.

"Maka tidak pelik jika Allah menyifatkan golongan ulama yang menjual agamanya seperti anjing," tulisnya lagi.

Double standard, one-sided, 7.25%

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:40 PM PDT

The double-standard practice and one-sided action seen during the current tenure of the incumbent government should be put to a stop.

Selena Tay, FMT

It cannot be denied that the political temperature has gone up a notch after the recent Merdeka Day celebrations.

In taking a swipe at Pakatan Rakyat, Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi recently mentioned that Barisan Nasional has fulfilled more than 87% of its promises since the first parliamentary election in 1959 when it was known as the Alliance.

From the first parliamentary election till now, it has been 12 terms that BN has been in power.

"Take 87% divide 12 terms and you get 7.25%. This means that for each term BN only managed to fulfil 7.25% of its promises," said Mahfuz Omar, PAS MP for Pokok Sena in Kedah.

Zahid had also mentioned that Pakatan has fulfilled less than 15% of its promises.

Countered Mahfuz: "We still win hands down. Fulfilling 14% of our promises per one parliamentary term is still more than BN's 7.25% per term. That is if Zahid still wants to play with figures."

This is a clear indication that BN leaders are poor in maths. This is evident when Umno leaders also like to tell their Malay constituents that DAP wants to control the nation after the coming 13th general election.

How can DAP control the nation when it is contesting only 50 parliamentary seats? There are a total of 222 parliamentary seats and even if DAP were to win all its 50 seats, it is not even one-third of the total. Does this not show the mathematical skills of BN leaders?

To-date, BN has continued to harp on its "Janji Ditepati" (Promises Fulfilled) theme. This theme sounds foolish when there is still a lack of basic amenities, for instance, a regular supply of clean tap water in the interior areas of Sabah and Sarawak.

This problem also exists in Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's home state of Pahang, especially in the Jengka areas as reported by a local Malay daily.

Sabah and Sarawak are also lacking in good roads, especially in the rural and interior areas.

Another example is good bus transport; for instance, in the 1990s there was regular bus service for the Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong-KL route. Now there is no bus service for this route. Promises by the government to improve the bus service are nothing to shout about.

What about the oil royalty payments to the Kelantan government? Till today, there is absolute silence about making the payments except the setting up of an Oil Royalty Payments Committee.

"Is the committee nothing but an eyewash to dupe the Kelantan voters in view of the coming general election?" asked Dzulkefly Ahmad, the PAS Kuala Selangor MP.

Selective prosecution

On the promise of transparency in open tenders, this promise has not been kept. The National Feedlot Corporation contract is one such example.

"The mainstream media has blanked out the government's misdeeds, mistakes and failures in keeping promises. Therefore, the majority of the people especially those in the rural areas are kept in the dark. This is done with the intention of keeping them ignorant so that they will continue to vote for the incumbent government," said Dzulkefly.

One-sided media coverage during BN's tenure is one thing. Another thing is the misdeed of the current government in using its lackeys to bully opposition leaders.

These lackeys delivered "shit-cakes" to Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng as well as holding a mock funeral rite for him and stepping on his posters, yet these are not highlighted by the mainstream media.

In a recent incident earlier this month, another group of lackeys threw a shoe into a mosque in Kedah when Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim was giving a religious talk. Besides, the lights and loudspeaker were repeatedly switched off and when Anwar started to speak using a loudhailer, the mosque's siren was suddenly activated.

These lackeys seem to be above the law. Are they entitled to ride roughshod over the rakyat?

"No action is taken on these goons as they are the devil's own. Selective prosecution seems to be the order of the day but if the opposition makes a mistake, the government-controlled media will go to town over it," said Dzulkefly.

Finally, there is also the broken promise regarding the cleaning of the voter rolls. This issue needs no further elaboration.

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Kredit: www.malaysia-today.net

Sabtu, 8 September 2012

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