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- NS seats: Pakatan done, BN still uncertain
- What if Najib decides on NS first?
- Pakatan and Kit Siang Take the Offensive
- Star, Is the Current Government in Sabah Illegal or Not?
- Umno akan menang percuma di 10 kawasan keselamatan khas?
| NS seats: Pakatan done, BN still uncertain Posted: 26 Mar 2013 08:42 PM PDT While Pakatan Rakyat has completed seat distribution and selection of candidates in Negeri Sembilan, Barisan Nasional is still searching for the best solution for all. Zefry Dahalan, FMT SEREMBAN: Today is the last day of Negeri Sembilan's 12th State Legislative Assembly term. Starting tomorrow, the state will be under a caretaker government prior to the state election to be held within the next 60 days. With the automatic dissolution of the state assembly, the focus now has shifted to the all- important state polls. How will the votes go? Who will form the next state government? Will the opposition pact, Pakatan Rakyat, make tangible inroads in the land of the Minangkabau? Will the state get a new menteri besar? All these questions would be answered only after voters of Negeri Sembilan cast their ballots. But before this, both sides of the political divide need to put up "winnable" candidates. The candidates picked would do battle on the front line. They will be the ones carrying the torch of their respective parties in battle. The talk on the ground here is that both sides of the political divide are eagerly awaiting the Election Commission (EC) to announce nomination and election dates. Their preparation for the polls is almost complete minus a few issues which need to be ironed out. An interesting subject discussed by both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan supporters is seat allocation: who will be dropped as a candidate, who will remain and who are the new ones to replace those dropped. On the seat allocation, sources said Pakatan has finalised its seat distribution among its three component parties – DAP, PAS and PKR. Compared to the seats allocated in 2008, sources said PKR will contest an extra seat courtesy of PAS. At the last state assembly election, which was held simultaneously with the general election, PAS contested in 13 seats, PKR (12) and DAP (11). But seat swapping among PAS and PKR has resulted in PAS contesting 12 seats and PKR 13 seats this time around. Pakatan's list As for the parliamentary seats, PKR contested three (Telok Kemang, Rembau and Kuala Pilah), PAS three (Jempol, Jelebu and Tampin) and DAP two (Seremban and Rasah). Although the Pakatan leadership is yet to officially announce its list of candidates for the state polls, most of its supporters know which component party will contest which seat. The status quo for Pakatan parliamentary seats in Negeri Sembilan remains unchanged. From the eight parliamentaty seats in the state, Pakatan won three – Telok Kemang (PKR), Seremban and Rasah (both DAP). PAS has given up two seats – Gemas and Sri Menanti – in exchange for the Labu state constituency with PKR. In the final count, PKR will contest the Port Dickson, Chuah and Linggi state seats (under the Telok Kemang parliamentary constituency), Ampangan and Sikamat (Seremban); Rantau (Rembau), Gemas (Tampin), Palong and Jeram Padang (Jempol), Pertang (Jelebu); Sri Menanti, Pilah and Juasseh (Kuala Pilah). In 2008, PKR won the Port Dickson, Chuah, Ampangan and Sikamat state seats. PAS, on the other hand, will contest the Paroi, Chembong and Kota state seats (in the Rembau parliamentary constituency), Gemencheh (Tampin), Serting (Jempol), Sungai Lui and Klawang (Jelebu), Senaling and Johol (Kuala Pilah), Lenggeng (Seremban), Labu (Rasah) and Bagan Pinang (Telok Kemang). PAS only managed to win in Paroi in the 2008 election. Meanwhile, DAP would contest the Lobak, Temiang and Nilai state seats (in the Seremban parliamentary constituency), Senawang, Bukit Kepayang, Mambau and Rahang (Rasah), Lukut (Telok Kemang), Repah (Tampin), Chennah (Jelebu) and Bahau (Jempol). The party won all its seats at the last election except Chennah. While Pakatan seems to have finalised its candidates' list and seat allocation among component parties, the same cannot be said of Barisan Nasional.
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| What if Najib decides on NS first? Posted: 26 Mar 2013 06:04 PM PDT The question is will the PM, in an attempt to stymie the opposition, decide to hold the Negeri Sembilan state election first, before dissolving parliament. Zefry Dahalan, FMT The Negeri Sembilan state assembly will be the first to be dissolved on Thursday (March 28). The five-year term of the legislative body expires midnight today. Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Mohamad Hasan, in explaining how the dissolution terms work, said the day (March 27, 2008), the 36 state assemblymen took their oaths is not counted as the first day of the state assembly sitting. The next day is considered the first. "So the five-year term ends at 12 midnight on March 27, 2013 and the Negeri Sembilan state assembly sitting will be dissolved automatically on March 28, 2013," said Mohamad. In the meantime, Mohamad added he will manage the caretaker government until the election, which must be held within 60 days of the date of the dissolution. This situation in Negeri Sembilan now poses a question if PM Najib Tun Razak, in an attempt to stymie the opposition, will hold the Negeri Sembilan state election first before dissolving parliament. It may look strange but there is nothing wrong with the move if he were to do so, according to the law. Parliament will be dissolved automatically on April 28. Technically state elections can be concluded by then, as the Election Commission needs less than 30 days to announce the nomination day, conduct the nomination process and hold the election. Najib has a good reason to deal with Negeri Sembilan first. He and his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin have put in extraordinary effort to woo voters in Negeri Sembilan for the past 13 months. The premier and his deputy, seeing it as the most fragile state likely to fall to Pakatan, have set a record of sorts, visiting it 11 times between themselves. Strategically it will be a wise move for Najib and Muhyiddin to wrest the 'nine states' and go into a bigger contest, sending out a signal that Barisan Nasional is in driving seat. However it will be an interesting scenerio and Pakatan leaders definitely can't wait to see the Election Commission's reaction if such scenario really happens.
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| Pakatan and Kit Siang Take the Offensive Posted: 26 Mar 2013 01:09 PM PDT
MCA President Chua Soi Lek has come out to call Kit Siang a "touch and go" politician. And this, he says, is the rude way of putting it, as compared to the polite one of "hit and run" politician. Soi Lek is one to talk. He hasn't even stated where he is going to stand. Will he even stand? Kee Thuan Chye It looks like Pakatan Rakyat is driving the 13th general election. As this most crucial of Malaysian elections draws near, the Opposition coalition is the more gung-ho in leading the way into battle. It is initiating the charge, taking the offensive, scoring the psychological points. While the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition is led by a leader who has been tardy in calling for the general election partly because he has been humming and hawing about wanting the rakyat to feel the effects of his transformation programmes first, Pakatan has already shown its preparedness by coming out with its manifesto a few weeks ago, way ahead of BN. In football terms, this is like the away team, despite its disadvantageous position, taking the play to the home team and attacking its goalmouth. Sometimes, this can end in a victory for the outsiders. DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang's decision to stand in Gelang Patah – in BN's impregnable state, Johor – is another courageous offensive. It is a risky move by the DAP veteran who has never fought shy of engaging in difficult battles. In the most famous of his encounters, he took on Lim Chong Eu, the Chief Minister of Penang then, at Padang Kota in 1990 and won. Nonetheless, it was a huge gamble for Kit Siang, who has not always been victorious. He lost when he came out of his comfortable position as Kubu state assemblyman in 1982 to try and capture Bandar Hilir, and again when he took on the risky seat of Tanjung Bungah in 1995 against yet another chief minister, Koh Tsu Koon. In fact, throughout his political career, Kit Siang has lost five times. More than its just being another manifestation of his penchant for rushing into areas where angels fear to tread, Kit Siang's current foray into Gelang Patah is a forceful demonstration of psychological one-upmanship. It is sending out the signal that Pakatan is not afraid of BN. It is a demonstration of sheer confidence. Read more at: http://my.news.yahoo.com/blogs/bull-bashing/pakatan-kit-siang-offensive-151420989.html
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| Star, Is the Current Government in Sabah Illegal or Not? Posted: 26 Mar 2013 12:32 PM PDT
The press release was made October 20, 2012. It is now 27th March 2013. This gives me the impression that he has all the ideas but it remains just that. Ideas. No actions. Borodungal Borneo I am impressed with the boldness of Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, who did a Press Conference on 21 January 2013 at the Sabah Oriental Hotel, Kota Kinabalu. He voiced out the illegitimacy of the current government of Sabah as a result of 'Project IC'. However, pray tell why was it only released in March? 27dBP3WeyJ0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27dBP3WeyJ0 Also, confessions on the alleged Mahathir's Project namely 'IC Project' aka 'Ops Durian Burok' by En. Hassanar who used to be the District Officer of Sandakan claiming that the said project went as far back as 1981. Tweeted about this and a certain minister replied. Disputed it, of course. oj6dyodFI_I Confessions of an ex District Officer of Sandakan about IC giveaways since 1981 in Sabah and this lady, Puan Siti Aminah TrUgLObm3DM In the matter of the first video, Datuk Dr Jeffrey G Kitingan said that he was not doing the Press Conference to show the current local leaders what to do. He is merely initiating a discussion process with all the local leaders to get them to unite and acknowledge the illegitimacy of the current government in Sabah and to become a pressure group to oust them and replace them with a 'national non-partisan' group comprising of the current local leaders as a temporary measure. Datuk Jeffrey Kitingan also suggested that the GE13 for Sabah be postponed until the electoral roll is cleaned up. Nevertheless, until today, I haven't heard anything on any 'initiation process', 'discussion' or any of the sort mentioned by Datuk Dr Jeffrey. Was all he said in the video only hot air? This reminded me of another Press Conference he did somewhere in Kota Kinabalu as well (see here: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2012/10/20/jeffrey-maps-out-sabah-oil-battle-plan/). In this statement, Jeffrey mentioned that should the State Government ignore this issue, STAR Sabah would consider taking legal action. The press release was made October 20, 2012. Now is 27th March 2013. Until today, not even a whisper of the so-called legal action is heard anywhere be it cyberspace or the local dailies. This gives me the impression that he has all the ideas but it remains just that. Ideas. No actions. OR are they actually in the process of (still?) executing all these 'ideas'? Curious indeed. To be fair, all of STAR's 'warriors' (as they call themselves) are working voluntarily. Even up to the point of forking out their own money to finance most of the activities done all over Sabah. It was even reported that some of these people are currently facing 'financial' problems due to the fact that all their monies have been sacrificed 'demi perjuangan'. I am sad when I came about to know this because it seems to me that so many people are depending on this party to win. What if they don't? What will happen to these 'warriors'? Back to square one? STAR Sabah should start a fund-raising campaign to help these warriors out. In fact, this is plain common sense because the party really does not have much funds to distribute all over. As a true Sabahan, this is my advice to STAR Sabah - please 'Walk the Talk'! If you mean it, then by all means DO it! The amount of people believing in the struggle escalates every day. I would like to quote from an article I read a few months ago which amused me in so many ways. It said, "We are fed-up of being governed by BOYS in Sabah ... this time around we want MEN to do it!". Sincerely, Borodungal Borneo I am a Sabahan who is fighting for what's true. Not a politician. A realist, if you prefer. Some of the things that STAR Sabah voiced out are true ie No referendum prior to the formation of Malaysia, No compliance mechanism to the pre-conditions agreed upon to protect Sabah's safeguards, loose ends in the MA63 that was violated through the Federal Constitution and many more. However, not many of the issues brought up were properly explained. My truth, once revealed, will be the people's truth ... for I too seek justice for Sabahans ... through the eyes of a Sabahan, NOT a Sabahan politician. Stay tuned for more revelations of the political on-goings in Sabah.
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| Umno akan menang percuma di 10 kawasan keselamatan khas? Posted: 26 Mar 2013 11:30 AM PDT
Mungkin ramai yang tidak sedar didalam 10 daerah itu ia merangkumi tujuh kerusi Parlimen dan 15 kerusi DUN Sabah. Kerusi-kerusi Parlimen yang termasuk dalam zon keselamatan khas ini ialah, P167 Kudat, P168 Kota Merudu, P183 Baluran, P187 Kinabatangan, P 189 Semporna dan P190 Tawau. Mohd Sayuti Omar, The Malaysian Insider Semalam Najib Razak mengistyharkan 10 daerah di Timur Sabah menjadi kawasan Selamat di Sabah. Sepuluh daerah itu ialah Kudat, Kota Marudu, Pitas, Baluran, Sandakan, Kinabatangan, Lahad Datu, Kunak, Semporna dan Tawau. Pemilihan kawasan itu sebagai kawasan keselamatan khas yang membawa kepada penubuhan satu jawatankuasa menurut Peraturan-Peraturan Pemeliharaan Keselamatan Awam 2013 yang digubal oleh Menteri Dalam Negeri. Jawatankuasa berkenaan akan dipengerusikan oleh Ketua Menteri manakala Najib selaku perdana menteri akan menjadi pemantau. Jawatankuasa lain akan diumum perlatikannya nanti. Menurut Najib beliau sendiri telah memohon perkenan Yang di-Pertuan Agong supaya Ordinan Pemeliharaan Keselamatan Awam 1962 dikuatkuasakan bagi memastikan keselamatan rakyat di Sabah terus terjamin. Sememang tidak siapa dapat menyangkal hasrat kerajaan untuk mewujudkan keadaan selamat dan damai di Timur Sabah itu waktu ini. Sewajarnya kalau kerajaan mengambil langkah-langkah perlu seperti mengistyharkan atau meletakkan 10 kawasan itu dalam zon yang diberi kawalan keselamatan khas. Tindakan itu diambil semuanya gara-gara meletusnya tragedi pencerobohan yang menelan lebih 50 korban termasuk sembilan orang anggota keselamatan kita manakala ratusan yang ditangkap. Namun betapa suci usaha kerajaann itu ia tetap akan disuluh dengan berbagai maksud kerana ianya dibuat dalam edah pilihan raya umum akan menjelang tiba bila-bila masa saja. Read more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/rencana/article/umno-akan-menang-percuma-di-10-kawasan-keselamatan-khas-mohd-sayuti-omar/
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