“The theme is based on religious principles. We (BN) struggle to fulfil our promises to the people.Najib said that in Islam if any pledge was not fulfilled, it could be construed as being hypocritical.The basis of an equitable democracy is that the various communities — ethnic and relegious — get representation in the political decision making process. In a non-equitable democracy like India where intimidation and influence peddling on the basis of religious and ethnic origin often happens and is compounded by the fact that there are over a dozen major linguistic and ethnic communities, a multiplicity of race and over half a dozen relegious communities, it is difficult to build an equitable, enlightened and secular democracy.
Are the Imams really stupid to listen to Najib?
“We will fulfil our pledges to give confidence to the people. We want to prove that our country is a model of an Islamic nation,”
It is right to topple any Govt that is unjust to it’s people, irrespective of whether it is Muslim or not. Govt is of the people, by the people and for the people. Religion has a place in putting moral boundaries in the process of governance. This is true of any worthwhile religion. Injustice, victimization of the poor, corruption and cheating are condemned by any religion including I am sure, Islam. So how could changing a corrupt unjust government by the due process of a lawful electoral process be anti-Islam?
Regardless of whether one believes in one God or no god or many Gods or Goddesses, it is one’s duty to oust an unjust government. BN is an unjust government that has to be ousted for all believers or unbelievers to survive. Bloody hypocrite of a PM talks with a forked tongue. Bersih rallies are haram but he sponsors and supports Perkasa, Pekida, mat rempit rallies. All these are encouraged because they are orchestrated to glorify PM and UMNO.READMORE readmorehttp://themalay-chronicle.blogspot.com/2012/08/najib-we-will-fulfil-our-pledges-true.html
WELCOME TO NAJISLANDHERE YOU CAN SEE FROGS JUMPING BACK AND FORTH! COURTESY OF NAJIS’S DIRTY TACTICS.
Never before have we witnessed the kind of paranormal activity as we have in the last few months and that too in a rather racy succession. All activities have been conducted with the primary motive of spooking us, we the gullible and horror stricken people. The ghost vessel sails aimlessly; the Captain wears a beleaguered and tired look as the crew continues with its unruly behavior and makes merry under the auspices of the Mother ship from where all power is drawn.
‘Umno has some reflection to do’The 76-year-old poet and novelist said it was time Umno took responsibility and stopped blaming others for its failure.“When they are pressed, they use racial politics and the Emergency Ordinance (EO) for convenience, which is unhealthy.“The Malay leadership has to take responsibility for the ills in the Malay community. They are the cause of these ills.“It’s been (more than) 50 years (since independence), if they cannot galvanise (the Malay community), then they should reflect, not use racial politics to strengthen their position,” Samad said.Despite the attacks against Bersih 2.0, he believes that the best in Malaysian unity was seen on July 9.“During the demonstration, there were Indians, Chinese, and Malays – you don’t feel nervous standing by them, all of them wanted to membersihkan (clean) our democracy.“It’s something good, it’s a very good start,” he added.
Umno Youth will give extra focus on 90 constituencies currently held by the opposition in which Barisan Nasional (BN) can conquer and win, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin said.
He said this was because based on its recent survey, most of the voters in the constituencies were fence sitters.
“Through our survey, BN have a good chance of winning in 90 constituencies currently held by the opposition. Voters in the areas are categorised as fence sitters and if given more focus and efforts, I believe BN can win.
“Furthermore, BN had lost those constituencies with just a narrow margin in the last general election,” he told reporters after presenting Umno Youth Ramadan aid to 350 poor people, senior citizens and persons with disabilities here.
Khairy Jamaluddin said the survey also revealed that at least 50 per cent of the 90 constituencies could be won back by BN in the next general election.
ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY, VOTERS ARE CAUTIOUS WITH UMNO’S SAPU BERSIH EMPTY SAFE
DECLINE OF THE POLITICIAN
In a democracy, it’s the politicians who hold the reins of power. And, that’s why it’s said that democracy is only as good as its politicians. Sadly, over time, during the past 64 years, our democracy has been eroded by its very guardians — the politicians whom the people voted for, to run the country.
It’s an open secret that many people enter politics because they know a lot of easy money can be made out there. Not surprisingly, the quality of political class deteriorated over time, and people, each time they were presented a set of leaders to vote for, had little choice. During each election, the frustration was very much evident — the increasing demands for either an option to mark “none of the above” or the “right to recall” legislators. Indian democracy has been trampled over and converted into a free-for-all joke.
The entire political class has now been brought to its knees. For the first time ever, the government and Parliament — the august body people elected — is being told what to do by the people themselves. Team Anna wants the official Lokpal Bill withdrawn, and “people’s” version — Jan Lokpal bill — introduced and passed.
Anna, backed by the surging humanity has presented Parliament with not many options — pass the Jan Lokpal Bill within a time-frame. The government says this is tantamount to blackmail, undemocratic, and unconstitutional. But then, who cares — people had since long lost its faith in government, parliament, and the politicians that it comprises.
What we may see over the coming days, could be historic, seeing the buoyancy Team Anna is getting. The politicians — who till now have been either hiding or scoring political brownie points — will now have to come clean. For the first time, politicians have been held accountable. They will no longer be able to hoodwink people. They will have to answer quite a few tough questions. This agitation has left them with no options.
This is the first time ever in Turkey of so many top commanders wanting to step down together [Reuters] . General Isik Kosaner, the head of the Turkish armed forces, has quit along with the heads of the ground, naval and air forces. The country’s state-run Anatolia news agency said on Friday that the military chiefs
It will be interesting to see how the government wriggles out of this highly embarrassing situation, and also how the entire political class will react, now that it’s clear as daylight who really holds the reins of power, the people.
This is the first time ever in Turkey of so many top commanders wanting to step down together [Reuters] . General Isik Kosaner, the head of the Turkish armed forces, has quit along with the heads of the ground, naval and air forces. The country’s state-run Anatolia news agency said on Friday that the military chiefs
It will be interesting to see how the government wriggles out of this highly embarrassing situation, and also how the entire political class will react, now that it’s clear as daylight who really holds the reins of power, the people.
PKR strategists have also said that its newly launched Demi Rakyat campaign seeks to tap into the economic frustrations of the urban and semi-urban working class, a demographic the party says forms over 60 per cent of the electorate in seats it contested.
Gentlemen, we have a problem. It seems that once again our rights have come under attack. What rights, you ask? Why, only the right to be thoughtless, juvenile, unkempt, out-of-shape pigs. The right to ignore our spouses and children for hours at a time in favor of the Internet or the idiot box. The right, in short, to be the men we truly are inside. That’s what’s at stake here.
In the past, fortunately, we’ve been able to overcome similar assaults on our masculinity. For example, in the late ’80s, just when it seemed bands such as Poison and Motley Crue were going to make it necessary for all men to spend thousands of dollars on makeup and hair-care products, grunge came along and made it OK to wear filthy flannel shirts again. More recently, I’d like to commend you all for helping to counter the metrosexual menace by refusing to trim your eyebrows and ear hair. Well done, gents.
TWO DAYS OF DRAMA AND TRUCKLOADS OF POLITICS LATER, THE QUESTION COMES UP: WHAT NEXT? A BUMBLING GOVERNMENT ADDED THE INGREDIENTS OF PANIC AND INEPTNESS, MAKING THE ALREADY WELL WRITTEN SCRIPT OF THE DRAMA EVEN MORE ENTERTAINING POLITICIANS OF ALL HUES AND PARTIES – REFUSING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOVEMENT IS AGAINST THEM COLLECTIVELY, AND NOT JUST AGAINST THE RULING GOVERNMENT – ADDED THEIR OWN COMICAL SITUATIONS TO THE DRAMA. BUT NOW THAT ALL THIS IS ABOUT TO END, IT BRINGS US BACK TO THE STARTING POINT. HOW DO WE MOVE AHEAD ON ENSURING A GOOD ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW COMES OUT? FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS ONE WOULD BE FORGIVEN FOR BELIEVING THAT THE LUNATICS HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE ASYLUM CALLED THE UMNO, SO INCONSISTENT AND MUDDLED THEIR ACTIONS HAVE BEEN. BUT AFTER YESTERDAY, IT IS WORTH ASKING IF EVEN THE LUNATICS ARE IN CHARGE. ENOUGH HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE STRANGENESS OF THE GOVERNMENT’S ACTIONS, AND IN ANY CASE THIS LEVEL OF MISMANAGEMENT IS SO SELF-EVIDENT THAT ADDITIONAL COMMENT IS UNNECESSARY. WHAT IS INTERESTING HOWEVER IS TO ASK WHAT WOULD MAKE A GROUP OF REASONABLY SAVVY, SEASONED POLITICIANS USED TO EXERCISING AND STAYING IN POWER ACT IN SUCH A SELF-DEFEATING MANNER.
These talks about looking for winnable candidates is fast becoming into a self-righteous smug — as though mentioning it somehow distinguish the speakers from the rest and therefore, solves the actual and real problem — the search for winnable candidates is designed for what purpose?
It is first of all necessary to frame the question right — the search for winnable candidates is for what purpose — the answer that springs to mind, seems to be, search for winnable candidates is to create a winnable political party that can make this government a winnable government and therefore a winnable country. Just what are winnable candidates?
It can only mean one thing. It’s a search for leadership material which is committed to a plan into making this government into a good government with good governance.
Surely this must be the foundation of a leadership committed to transforming the country. Barely what? — 2 years into his premiership, already the PM is hailed as the father of Transformation? What has been transformed other that a copious amount of announcements that don’t seem to subside, we haven’t seen transformation yet in the fundamentals — the leadership material for example.
The transformation must begin with the search for leadership material to achieve a quality of government with equally high standard of governance. It must never be the search of winnable candidates as in the artful party operative who can work the crowd into ecstasy or emotional convulsions. We have these duds running around by the dozen — those who prey upon ethnic insecurities and emotions and those who prey open the religiosity of the masses. These are never nor can ever be winnable candidates.
The search for winnable candidates must be part of the overall strategy- positioning of leadership committed to a plan to make a high quality government with high quality governance. Hence it must necessarily involve first, the search for the ablest and most dedicated and committed to the cause of the country.
I am gratified to hear one of the latest statements by the PM who says, We want WHOEVER rules this country to be elected according to the true wishes of the people,” he told a large crowd gathered for a buka puasa function at Pangsapuri Seri Perantau, an 11-block row of low-cost flats built by the Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS).
The MCA announces also its plan to look for winnable candidates — although that announcement by the MCA president sounds like saying out loud of plans to phase out recalcitrant rivals in the party? As early as last year, the Umno president spoke of the same desire to filed winnable candidates. If he goes to the Umno ground, every incumbent ketua bahagian and sitting office bearers say, their areas are winnable provided it is they who stand as candidates.
Unless you come out with clear guidelines what the criteria of winnable candidates, the phrase just becomes an excuse for so many things by so many people not to work on the most important thing in our politics — finding the ablest and most dedicated to make this government, any government a high quality one with high quality governance.
It is first of all necessary to frame the question right — the search for winnable candidates is for what purpose — the answer that springs to mind, seems to be, search for winnable candidates is to create a winnable political party that can make this government a winnable government and therefore a winnable country. Just what are winnable candidates?
It can only mean one thing. It’s a search for leadership material which is committed to a plan into making this government into a good government with good governance.
Surely this must be the foundation of a leadership committed to transforming the country. Barely what? — 2 years into his premiership, already the PM is hailed as the father of Transformation? What has been transformed other that a copious amount of announcements that don’t seem to subside, we haven’t seen transformation yet in the fundamentals — the leadership material for example.
The transformation must begin with the search for leadership material to achieve a quality of government with equally high standard of governance. It must never be the search of winnable candidates as in the artful party operative who can work the crowd into ecstasy or emotional convulsions. We have these duds running around by the dozen — those who prey upon ethnic insecurities and emotions and those who prey open the religiosity of the masses. These are never nor can ever be winnable candidates.
The search for winnable candidates must be part of the overall strategy- positioning of leadership committed to a plan to make a high quality government with high quality governance. Hence it must necessarily involve first, the search for the ablest and most dedicated and committed to the cause of the country.
I am gratified to hear one of the latest statements by the PM who says, We want WHOEVER rules this country to be elected according to the true wishes of the people,” he told a large crowd gathered for a buka puasa function at Pangsapuri Seri Perantau, an 11-block row of low-cost flats built by the Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS).
The MCA announces also its plan to look for winnable candidates — although that announcement by the MCA president sounds like saying out loud of plans to phase out recalcitrant rivals in the party? As early as last year, the Umno president spoke of the same desire to filed winnable candidates. If he goes to the Umno ground, every incumbent ketua bahagian and sitting office bearers say, their areas are winnable provided it is they who stand as candidates.
Unless you come out with clear guidelines what the criteria of winnable candidates, the phrase just becomes an excuse for so many things by so many people not to work on the most important thing in our politics — finding the ablest and most dedicated to make this government, any government a high quality one with high quality governance.
Our Prime Minister also has broken records of all sorts by becoming the first of his kind to be referred to as a ‘Poodle’ by The Independent. Embarrassing as it may seem for us and surely for him, there is much truth to it. Little wonder that our Prime Minister looks more and more like a victim from Hitchcock’s blood curdling stories and continues bearing a haunted look. He remains motionless, expressionless and speechless, even as the cookie crumbles all around him. Where else but in Malaysia where policy paralysis is no longer a cliché do we see a Prime Minister who remains in a perpetual transcendental state? Staggering amounts of corruption never witnessed before in the history of Malaysia’s political history accentuates the paranormal activities to horrendous proportions as tainted Ministers continue to fly around like free birds even as rousing receptions are organized for them after a tea party in Sarawak. Men and women who have mastered the art of fawning continue to wag their tails in the most obsequious of manner in front of Rosma the first family. Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin So much so, that ‘young Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin ’who has neither demonstrated able leadership, intellect or oratory prowess is being begged to lead this country by the stooges. If this is not paranormal what is?
MAHATIR’S HITMAN ABD AZIZ SHAMSUDDIN SAYS UMNO’S KNIFE IS OUT FOR NAJIB
observers point out, Muhyiddin hasn’t been publicly defending either Najib or Rosmah lately. One businessman in Kuala Lumpur told Asia Sentinel: “Mahathir and
muhyiddin are both working towards the same objective together – get Najib out.”
Najib’s Last Stand
FILTH AND EVIL NEVER EVER CHANGES – IT CAN HIDE, CAMOUFLAGE ITSELF, BUT WILL NEVER DELIVER BENEFITS.
Change of guard in UMNO inevitable
The 64-year Muhyiddin, who is Deputy Prime Minister and Education minister, is now in London for a 4-day official visit. A career politician from Johor, his low-profile style has not exactly taken Malaysians by storm. Neither has he captured their imagination. But Najib did not either.
Given the huge scandals dogging Najib and wife Rosmah Mansor, few Malaysians or UMNO members would be sorry to see the back of the extravagant couple, although they don’t expect much leadership or reforms from Muhyiddin either.
“Muhyiddin won’t be a breath of fresh air. But within UMNO, he is seen as the steadier option rather than Najib who has put his own interests first. There is also the question of Rosmah adding to his unpopularity,” Eddie Lee, a PKR veteran, told Malaysia Chronicle.
“For Malaysians, if UMNO wins GE-13, they already know there won’t be any changes coming from any UMNO in any case. So it doesn’t matter it is Muhyiddin. At least, there is less damage to the country’s international image and all the wild spending will be reduced. Most people also guess that Muhyiddin will only be PM for one term if UMNO wins the GE, that is.”
- An influential international weekly took aim at Malaysia’s lop-sided racial policies in its latest issue and expects both the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) and the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) to pander to the Malay vote despite the risk of further damage to already frail ethnic ties.
In its September 10 issue, The Economist Online said the signs pointed to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak calling for a general elections as early as end of this year, ahead of the 2013 expiry of his government’s mandate, for three reasons.
It observed that Najib was still popular; that the national economy was upbeat now but may not be next year because of the global economic storm gathering in the West; and that the still fledgling PR pact was caught in a mess over the possibility that their leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim may end up in jail soon for sodomy without leaving a clear alternative candidate to be prime minister.
The widely-read news magazine said it expected Najib to win, but noted his government has been giving away free bullets to the opposition, most notably through its “cack-handed crackdown” on electoral reform movement Bersih 2.0’s July 9 rally in the capital city.
It went on and listed too Najib’s seeming back-track and delay over a laundry list of electoral, economic and government reform policies to improve Malaysians’ lives, including the PM’s failure to follow through and postpone elections to after a bipartisan parliamentary review panel — mooted by the PM as an acknowledgement of his administration’s mishandling of the Bersih rally.
It highlighted, however, that the heart of the problem lay in the long-expired, racially discriminatory New Economic Policy (NEP), introduced by Najib’s father and the country’s second prime minister Tun Razak Hussein designed to soothe Malay fears of being sidelined by the Chinese and the Indians.
“Whatever technical reforms are made before the next election, it will still be dominated by the original sin of ethnic discrimination set out in the country’s 1957 constitution,” it said in its Banyan column.
The Economist, however, did not free from responsibility the three-party PR pact in the article headlined “The haze and the malaise: Ethnic politics makes Malaysia’s transition to a contested democracy fraught and ugly”.
“Both government and opposition talk of dismantling these privileges, which have contributed to corruption and large-scale emigration,” it said, and added that with elections looming, “it is the Malay voter whose opinion matters, and he is assumed to resent any effort to curtail his privileges”.
“And that means that both coalitions have to resort to defending the indefensible: a system in which families that have lived in Malaysia for generations are told to tolerate discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, to bolster allegedly fragile racial harmony,” it said.
It observed that the division between Malay and non-Malay was worsened because the Malays, who must constitutionally be Muslim, have become more conservative in their religion.
“It is alarming that, instead of seeing competitive politics as a way of bridging the ethnic divide, too many Malaysian politicians see the ethnic divide as a way of winning the political competition,” it concluded.
“This has been blamed on (Prime Minister) Datuk Seri Najib but I do not know what Datuk Seri (Najib) did by ordering that people could not wear yellow shirts.
“I do not think he would tell the police not to allow yellow shirts. But the fact is that those who wore yellow shirts were seen as enemies. This is a move by the Malaysian government and that gave a bad image to the government,” the country’s longest-serving prime minister said.
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers have basked in the aftermath of the survey results, claiming it indicated a clear voter swing towards the federal opposition, while Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders chose to stay indignant, saying the poll may not have been an accurate reflection of voter sentiment
The survey involved respondents aged 21 and above across the peninsula who were selected through random stratified sampling along the lines of ethnicity, gender, age and state of residency. Of the 1,027 polled, 59 per cent were Malays, 32 per cent Chinese and nine per cent Indians.
Dr Mahathir said that as a result of the rally, the Bersih 2.0 organisers had succeeded in what he called their objective of attacking the government’s image and Najib’s leadership.
“I feel that Bersih succeeded in achieving its mission to discredit the government’s image. They knew that if they did a demonstration, the government would place teams to prevent it. Because of this, the government’s image is affected because of its actions such as banning people from wearing yellow shirts and so on,” Dr Mahathir added.
When asked to comment on his own daughter’s (Datuk Seri Marina Mahathir) involvement in the rally, the former PM said that he respected her freedom to do what she wanted.
“I did not say my daughter had to follow me. They can think for themselves. Alhamdulillah, she joined but she was unharmed,” he added.
Some sketchy and anecdotal evidence tells us that all seats won by those lawmakers who had decided to hop or leave party after the 2008 general election would be swept clean by those contesting against them in the next general election. Apparently, the general perception on the grounds is that none of those who jumped or left the party would even want to contest again in any election knowing pretty well that they would not get the support of the voters.
Those respondents not in favour of these politicians had many insalubrious things to say. These are but a few selected remarks from the respondents:
“Being party friendly may not guarantee that the party the lawmakers are friendly to would decide to field them as candidates in the next general election. They have betrayed the party that allowed them to contest under its flag and for this reason they might not be forgiven by the party voters. The best option would now be for them to contest as independent candidates or under the banner of another political party. Prove to the people that they are still relevant in politics. Their chance of winning a seat would be very slim, though.”
It could be Nurul Nuha or other viable candidates in any of the contentious constituencies in the next general election. The candidate contesting against an errant incumbent lawmaker could in all probability win hands down.
In a democracy, a politician owes so much to those who have voted him in. A politician who fails to lend his ears to the voice of the people and even the party he belongs to could be unforgivably cast off. Being a politician is not one’s birth right. The moment he incurs the wrath of the people or party, it’s time for him to look for a quick trail out.
Deluding the voters and letting down the hope of the party is not a promising premonition in politics. The sign foretells that he would be booted out from his seat in any future political contest. If a lawmaker thinks otherwise – after betraying the party and voters – he should then have the decorum to go back to the people to get a fresh mandate to crown himself back as the rightful choice of the voters.
A number of politicians left the party they were affiliated with after winning the 2008 General Election. After the much touted split-up divulged by party insiders and the media, some of these politicians chose to become friendly lawmakers to other political entities, a few became independents and some others decided to join or form new political parties. The much hyped and unanticipated drift also involved politicians who failed to win any seat in that general election. Other than this delinquent sort, there were lawmakers who shirked their duties by not attending state assembly and parliamentary sessions regularly – in some cases, deliberately absenting themselves consecutively from these esteemed halls. When reproached by party leaders some took the harsh approach of leaving the party.
The problem even goes beyond this parameter, as some lawmakers had not served or attended to the wishes of the people in their constituencies. These politicians have even been perceived as being feckless by the voters. Little do they realise that as taxpayers, the people who had voted them in have all the rights to query about them on their misdemeanour.
Voters’ perception
Some sketchy and anecdotal evidence tells us that all seats won by those lawmakers who had decided to hop or leave party after the 2008 general election would be swept clean by those contesting against them in the next general election. Apparently, the general perception on the grounds is that none of those who jumped or left the party would even want to contest again in any election knowing pretty well that they would not get the support of the voters.In other words, the next general election should see these lawmakers and those who have exhibited a lackadaisical attitude in performing their duty as people’s representative would be left with an empty plate on their table. Nonetheless, there are some politicians among them who have a faint hope that the people would still vote for them if they were to contest in the next general election.
An online open-ended survey and Face-book responses showed a significant number of voters in those affected constituencies putting across some noteworthy analysis of these lawmakers. Over 93 percent of those who responded to the survey had inauspicious opinions about these lawmakers. Less than 5 percent were willing to condone their conduct. The others preferred to be neutral.
Earning the wrath of the people
Those respondents not in favour of these politicians had many insalubrious things to say. These are but a few selected remarks from the respondents:“We see that some of these lawmakers left taking a lot of baggage with them. They left with not only physical but psychological baggage and they are now seeking help from sympathisers outside their former party. Some before this could not get along with their party leaders. Some others wanted too much reward for being chosen as representatives and when they could not obtain this favour they jilted the party. They have no choice but to jump or become friendly to the ruling party. It’s a short-term help for the ruling party. Their political career is over and they would most likely not contest in any election in the future. No sane voter would vote for them anymore.”
Datuk Seri Najib Razak kept mum today when asked to state whether he was a proponent of his own two-year-old 1 Malaysia policy that espouses being “Malaysian first”.
The country’s sixth prime minister was responding to questions posed by Malaysian students at the Malaysian Student Leaders Summit (MSLS) here.
A student had asked Najib whether he was prepared to state that he was Malaysian first and what he thought of his deputy, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s infamous remark of being “Malay first and Malaysian next.”
Najib did not answer the question directed at him.
“I don’t want to respond in a way that will divide me from my deputy.
“1 Malaysia is our guiding philosophy. It does not matter what you say, just as long as you follow (the 1 Malaysia concept),” he said today.
PRIME MINISTER NAJIB
Is this the man?
The custodian of the dying ember?
The man who generations to come will remember as the last man standing, before the new dawn set in?
OR
Is this the man who is going to set in an even more harsh regime?
To ensure he and his team will have a long run on the nation?
Driven by chauvinism, and detested by the international as well as the domestic society?
Is this the start of a dynasty in the Malaysian Public Life?
Does this mean that we Malaysians are so incapable that we need a select few families to tell us how to live our lives?
Are we so dependent that all aspects of our lives need to be controlled?
Are we so handicapped that we need these political dynasties to teach how to interact with each other?
CAN WE THE MALAYSIAN PEOPLE RISE TO THE OCCASSION WHEN THE NATION NEEDS US?
CAN MALAYSIA DEPEND ON US?
Najib is now forced to endure screaming volleys of epithets,. HE ADMITTED HE SENT THOSE SMS THE HIS LAWYER.
WHY Razak Baginda, the fall guy, with no further obstacles or hindrances in sight for Najis in his ascending to the Top Power, has now been released??? The real murderers whose identities are obvious but are still at large, with RPK detained under ISA but just released and PI Balasundram exiled overseas there are no other major obstacles and hindrances to Najis’ ascendancy to the pinnacle of his power come March 2009. This is only obvious that UMNO has now the final say in justice with their man Zaki as the Chief Justice. This is the obvious Justice of Malaysia, the laughing stock of the whole world, Malaysia should be boycotted by the world communities for their greatest injustices towards human rights and common normal justices.
The custodian of the dying ember?
The man who generations to come will remember as the last man standing, before the new dawn set in?
OR
Is this the man who is going to set in an even more harsh regime?
To ensure he and his team will have a long run on the nation?
Driven by chauvinism, and detested by the international as well as the domestic society?
Is this the start of a dynasty in the Malaysian Public Life?
Does this mean that we Malaysians are so incapable that we need a select few families to tell us how to live our lives?
Are we so dependent that all aspects of our lives need to be controlled?
Are we so handicapped that we need these political dynasties to teach how to interact with each other?
CAN WE THE MALAYSIAN PEOPLE RISE TO THE OCCASSION WHEN THE NATION NEEDS US?
CAN MALAYSIA DEPEND ON US?
Najib is now forced to endure screaming volleys of epithets,. HE ADMITTED HE SENT THOSE SMS THE HIS LAWYER.
WHY Razak Baginda, the fall guy, with no further obstacles or hindrances in sight for Najis in his ascending to the Top Power, has now been released??? The real murderers whose identities are obvious but are still at large, with RPK detained under ISA but just released and PI Balasundram exiled overseas there are no other major obstacles and hindrances to Najis’ ascendancy to the pinnacle of his power come March 2009. This is only obvious that UMNO has now the final say in justice with their man Zaki as the Chief Justice. This is the obvious Justice of Malaysia, the laughing stock of the whole world, Malaysia should be boycotted by the world communities for their greatest injustices towards human rights and common normal justices.
But if the 13th GE is Pakatan’s last stand it is also Najib’s last stand. The writing on the wall is clear. Get back BN’s two-third majority or be pulled down.
Throughout most of Najib’s troubled premiership he has been dogged with odd acts of sabotage by his subordinates especially with regards to his 1Malaysia concept. Things have come to a head now and it is no longer possible to ignore the rumblings of a power struggle in Umno.
Recent events point to this tumult in the corridors of power. The police’s heavy oppression of the Bersih rally bordering on the ludicrous as if to enrage civil society, the flip-flop by Najib on the stadium offer to Bersih (probably forced by hardliners), the leakage to the media of Rosmah’s RM24 million diamond ring, the formation of Amanah and Najib’s cutting short his family holiday to rush back to Malaysia are symptoms of this struggle.
The unjust and illogical detention of the PSM-6 for frivolous reasons can only be intended to weaken Najib politically. Although they have released the damage has already been done. When a deputy Minister starts criticizing the handling of the Bersih rally the fight has shifted to the public arena.
The anti-Najib faction cannot allow him to win two-thirds majority in the next general election or his job will be safe. The conspirators have to weaken him politically and limit the extent of cheating in the polls to give PR a chance.
But they walk a fine line as there is a danger of overdoing things. The 13th G.E. is a David vs. Goliath battle but when two giants battle David may sneak in and run away with the crown.
Civil Society Strikes Back
On his first day as Prime Minister, Najib Razak said:
“Economic progress and better education have directly resulted in the birth of a class of voters who are better informed, very demanding and highly critical. If we do not heed this message, their seething anger will become hatred and in the end this may cause them to abandon us altogether.”
Unfortunately Najib did not follow his own advice nor did he impose this on his subordinates or the instruments of government. The intelligence of Malaysians are being insulted on an almost daily basis as if our society exists in the time warp of the 1970s when access to information was limited and the word of the government was trusted. Whether it is the imaginative reasons manufactured to demonize the Bersih rally, Anwar’s shaky sodomy trial held together by a compliant judge or the speculative suicide verdict of the Teoh RCI, Malaysians are being treated as gullible simpletons.
Civil society is frustrated and infuriated at the government’s lack of respect for them. The government is behaving like a dictatorship and not a democracy. They have taken their frustration to cyberspace and the social media and will find an outlet in the next general election. BN has completely lost the urban middle class. They have also lost the Chinese, the Indians, Christian, the fence sitters and the young voters.
But the people who talk down to others are themselves not smart enough to realize the effect they are causing. There is a sharp disconnect between state and society fostered no doubt by a sycophantic press which deprives the government of valuable feedback. The stage is set for a swing of anti-BN votes to PR by those who want an alternative to an abusive and corrupt government, any alternative as long as it is not BN
BUT WHO ORDERED THIS?
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The last words from her grave. Spoken ferociously with a firm intent and purpose. The conspiracy revealed. Common intention with the sole pupose of committing a cruel cold-blooded murder. And raping her before the ultimate crime. The soul of justice would pervade in the corridors of Bukit Aman and Putrajaya. And pollute the AG Chambers. Criminal conspiracy. Concealing the truth with such deliberateness and a political agenda. Millions of $ at stake. Corruption and abuses of power at its absolute core. Malaysia shall pay a heavy price for this injustice. Because the corrupt politicians dictate the course. The rakyat is like the sacrificed lamb. All else is dispensable. The position of the PM must never be compromised. UMNO must remain the dominant force in this country. At all costs. At whatever costs. Nothing else matters. The Almighty had since given His blessing for these corrupt devils to be the supreme rulers. Not what is stated in my version of the Bible. Who cares?
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THE EDITOR , NOW THEY ADMIT THAT THE SMS WAS IN NEED SENT BY THEM BUT IS A PRIVATE MATTER.WHY WILL SOMEONE ENROUTE TO PUTRJAYA WILL WANT TO GET INVOLVE IN THIS EPISODE . HOW CAN THEY SAY THAT HE DID NOT ABUSE THE POWER?
WHY THE P.M HAS TO GO ALONG HIS WAY ? WHERE IS HIS PROMISE TO THE RAAYAT THAT
HE WILL FIGHT THE ABUSE OF POWER?
1. Defence would say it’s all in the evidence. Let the laws take their course.
2. The Judiciary would say they are above Board and cannot make public comments.
3. The rakyat says it’s all politics and a big farce.
4. The Mongolians would say there’s no justice in Malaysia.
5. The 2 other co-accused would say they take the rap for someone else?
6. The incoming First Lady would enjoy more of her shopping with delight.
7. The incoming PM would continue to have nightmares and sleep uneasy.
8. RPK would probably have an updated write-up sooner than later.
9. Ian Chin has no comment because he’s resigning.
10.And the former loud-mouth PM? Yes, he never play any active role.
These are all the salients points of ‘Justice At Work’ in Malaysia.
malsia1206vote upI am not a defeatist by nature and I will stand my ground tremain stubborn and even obstinate in my fight for justice. However, I have of late been battling with a voice within me coercing me softly that our obstacles are just becoming too insurmountable. The boundaries and constrains that limit our investigations into alleged crimes of the government or individuals within the ruling party have resulted in all our painstaking efforts being dessimated by them.
2. The Judiciary would say they are above Board and cannot make public comments.
3. The rakyat says it’s all politics and a big farce.
4. The Mongolians would say there’s no justice in Malaysia.
5. The 2 other co-accused would say they take the rap for someone else?
6. The incoming First Lady would enjoy more of her shopping with delight.
7. The incoming PM would continue to have nightmares and sleep uneasy.
8. RPK would probably have an updated write-up sooner than later.
9. Ian Chin has no comment because he’s resigning.
10.And the former loud-mouth PM? Yes, he never play any active role.
These are all the salients points of ‘Justice At Work’ in Malaysia.
malsia1206vote upI am not a defeatist by nature and I will stand my ground tremain stubborn and even obstinate in my fight for justice. However, I have of late been battling with a voice within me coercing me softly that our obstacles are just becoming too insurmountable. The boundaries and constrains that limit our investigations into alleged crimes of the government or individuals within the ruling party have resulted in all our painstaking efforts being dessimated by them.
Without a fair and honest judiciary system in place, it would be foolhardy to think that justice will be served to the perperators of these crimes. We must realise that the whole government machinery is totally at their mercy to manipulate at their whims and fancy. It is a bitter pill to swallow; heck, a damned bitter pill at that.
Nonetheless, we shall remain united in our fight for justice with one heart, one mind, one soul. One day soon, I know the truth shall prevail through the power of PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE
Nonetheless, we shall remain united in our fight for justice with one heart, one mind, one soul. One day soon, I know the truth shall prevail through the power of PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE
It is true, Razak did NOT murder Altantuya.
However, Razak did call on Najib’s ‘men’ to assist him,
he should have known the worst case scenario - knocking off Altantuya!
In any case, getting ‘Najib’s men’ to forcefully remove or threaten a lady is certainly a crime, if one was to look at it from a civil right point of view.
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“Take on those who have shirked their duty as lawmakers. Take on those who have jumped party in any election. Whoever contests against them would win hands down. No voters should condone lawmakers who have not been responsible to the party or voters. They have embittered the party, voters and the taxpayers. They don’t deserve a second chance.”
“Lawmakers who left the party after winning electoral seats under their party’s tag in 2008 would soon be left with nothing on the plate. Their political shelf life is coming to an end soon. Their future in politics is a foregone conclusion. The sentiment on the grounds is that if they were to contest again in any election, none would be able to make it. There is an ongoing parley now that almost all the seats held by these candidates would be contested by earnest candidates to ensure the demise of these turncoats.”
“State assemblymen or members of parliament are supposedly the lawmakers and when they deceive the very people who voted them in, they are in spirit lawbreakers. They are, by virtue of being the people’s representatives, required to attend state assembly or parliamentary sessions. If they fail to do so, they should renounce their status as lawmakers.”
“The basic duty of a state assemblyman or a member of parliament is to serve the people, the party he represents and also duly respect the state assembly house or the parliament. If he fails in his duty to do so he is not spot on to be in his position as an elected representative in those esteemed halls. By dodging responsibility, as an elected representative he has ripped-off the people and taxpayers’ money has been wasted on him. This is immoral.”
Of disservice to the voters
“These are immature politicians who have deliberately ridden on the voters but to serve their own interests. They should not be given a second chance. They should immediately resign and leave politics, as they have conducted irresponsibly to the people who have expected so much from them. They are, in actuality, of disservice to the voters who have elected them.”
“Their despicable conduct would irrefutably incur the anger of the voters. No matter what excuses they come up with, and even if backed by some politicians they would not be re-elected by the people in future elections. They themselves are aware of the symptoms they are having now and history has shown that those recalcitrant lawmakers who derelict their duties and jump or leave party while serving could never be re-elected by the people even when they contest under a different political streamer.”
“Any assemblyman who has wriggled out of his or her duty as a representative of the people by not attending state assembly or parliamentary sessions for long should be ashamed of their behaviour and without further ado quit as people’s representative. They could never be the people’s choice anymore. This is a fact that they themselves are aware of. It is therefore discomfit for these people to stay on as lawmakers.”
“If those concerned have any sense of honour they should resign willingly and let others contest the seats and represent the people or the party they want to be affiliated with.”
“A few lawmakers have earned the wrath of the people for doing so and yet the law seems to be on their side and they cannot even be reprimanded by the state assembly speakers. Despite going to the court to be reinstated as lawmakers after shirking their responsibilities to the people, they have not changed their spots. They are still behaving the same, and are being wryly blessed by some inane political parties that favour their conduct. The taxpayers are taken for a ride by these unscrupulous politicians.”
Some savoury words for them
On the contrary those respondents who favoured these politicians’ conduct, or those who stayed neutral, had some savoury words for them. These are but some of their remarks:
“The people voted them in and not the party. They have the right not to quit and they have all the rights to recontest the seats.”
“It’s a democracy. They can decide what’s best for them. Hope the voters can forgive and give them another chance. Or else their political career is doomed forever.”
“It’s a good move to weaken the opposition. That is to our advantage. They would never become our candidates in the next general election. It’s just impossible.”
They could still chance their luck
Suffice to conclude in this survey that the voters’ resentment is now nerve racking some politicians. This should not however demoralise them. They could still chance their luck by contesting the same seats in the next general election.
History has proven that many of those who had jumped party ended their political career prematurely. In all probability, all lawmakers – state and parliamentary – that left the party they had represented in the 2008 general election would face the wrath of the voters if they were to recontest their respective seats. Lawmakers in both political divides who have been shirking their responsibilities would likewise face the anger of the electorate. Such was the perception of the respondents. Nevertheless, the voters could decide on this concern comes the next general election.
Since the law is quite lax on those lawmakers who rampantly skip state assembly and parliamentary sessions, this has not deterred politicians from becoming hoppers of convenience. There is also no law in the country that makes it illegal for lawmakers to jump or quit party after winning a seat in an election. This is further perpetuated by the media – every so often faultily justifying the conduct by claiming that the lawmakers are representing the people and not the party that put them as candidates. Let the voters become the eventual adjudicator on this blotch comes the next general election.
Be that as it may, it would only be apposite for those incumbent politicians to recontest their same seat in the coming general election – to be held anytime before March 2013 – to see if they would still be accepted by the people. Let them again face the same electorate that had voted them in and see if they would vote for them again. Failing to recontest would be a halt in their political tracks and they would be branded as political opportunists or cowards. If they do contest but fail in their attempt to win the seat they should quit politics honourably.
He should have known the consequences of his action in employing ‘strong arm tactics’ to remove a defenseless women, who was demanding to see him. This is what lead to the death of the defenseless lady and for that alone, he MUST NOT …i agree with you. He’s just the ‘caretaker’ who makes a lot of dough along the way. He didn’t kill her!!!
I bet, at some point, he probably regretted being the reluctant caretaker at the 1st place n was willing to trade all the dough back for his freedom. But it’s not that simple, when power players is in play behind. There’re consequences judging from the background of that power player. Come to think of it, i personally don’t even know anyone who is capable of ordering the killing and was actually THERE to watch her blown to pieces…well, it bring chills down my spine. I don’t even have the stomach for that!!!
I’m of opinion, just let ARB of the hook. If we pursue to focus on him too much, then we might put his family in danger, then the real perpetrator might want him to swim with the fish at the bottom of the ocean.ARB, my advice to you. Disassociate yourself with them. Donate all your ill gotten wealth to charity and consider yourself reborn n lead a simple life with your family. It’s always not too late to do the right thing. Maybe someday, when circumstances allow, you might want to tell us the truth of what really happen. I understand that the safety of your family comes 1st at this point .
Talk of Prime Minister Najib Razak faltering is buzzing all round the coffee-shops that dot the nation, with all eyes wide open to catch a glimpse of who will succeeed him.
The feelings for Prime Minister Najib Razak are mixed. There were some people who believed that Najib should continue as president of UMNO while many more see his career as “finished”.
It is surprising to see that a hawker, a lecturer, a lawyer, a teacher and an IT analysis shared the same idea that Najib has to go, while a Malay professional and a BN leader think Najib is still the best man amongst the lot to continue as UMNO president and PM of Malaysia.
Change is necessary, step down graciously
With so much turbulence going on in the country, a lot of which is due to leadership mismanagement, many people are resigned to the fact that if the leadership of the country is not changed in the next general election, Malaysia will stand to lose big in terms of democracy and economy. It will also affect the growth of the nation, with more brain-drain bringing the reality of bankruptcy to the country’s door steps sooner than the officially predicted 2019.
Janet Edwin, a lecture from a college said Najib’s future as a leader in the country is gone, judging him from the way he handled the current crisis facing the country. She felt that he had failed in his role as a husband to the country’s top post. Janet said that Najib should gracefully step down instead of being booted out to ‘save face’. Seriously, she felt, he should go as he has made the country look like it’s being run by an amateur, and the nation has become a laughing stock to the world, she added.
“I felt sorry for him as he appeared to be ‘controlled’ in the home ground and he should give his wife a talking down, not the other way round,” she pointed out.
Muhyiddin and Mukhriz
Lau, an IT man, shared Janet ‘sidea about Najib and agreed that Muhyiddin should not be the next as he does not care much for racial integrity. “And he makes a mess of the education system being the top guy there, what with Interlok and all that. On Pak Lah who might make a comeback, Lau yawns and said, next,” When Mukhriz Mahathir was mentioned, Lau said he was too green in politics and too dependent on Daddy, Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Ah Lung who sells chicken rice ranted about Najib being born with a silver spoon. Ah Lung who praised to the skies the second Prime Minister said it is sad that a son seldom take after his father, especially one born with a silver spoon. “No lah, not his deputy, if he runs this country, there will be more people migrating especially the non Muslims,” said Ah Lung.
He believed that the best PM would be someone from Pakatan Rakyat.
“I don’t care who, just change the government. Let whoever want to be the president of UMNO take over, but the government, we need to change. Just like SUPP, whoever takes over as president is also going to go down like UMNO. They have all been too arrogant in the past,” he added.
Showed his real colours
Voon Shiak Ni, a PKR Women’s leader who is also a lawyer, said if Najib had been firm and did as he preached especially on his 1 Malaysia: People First, Performance Now concept, he would have been a great leader.
“Alas, he turned out to be the opposite, not wanting to hear what the masses said, rely on his ill-informed people around him and took a hard stand on issues that affected the people. That is not how a good PM acts,” Voon toldMalaysia Chronicle.
She said although Najib has the look of a kind person, his action said otherwise. “I think he won’t be the president again, too much internal rift in UMNO. And Mudyiddin is too racial to make a good president or PM. People will never forget his statement of Malay first, Malaysian next. Ku Li will not make it as he looks too ancient and Pak Lah would be too sleepy to do the job. I think there is no more capable leader who has a firm hand after Dr M but unfortunately he has turned too racial after stepping down,” she reasoned.
Voon felt that Mukhriz would be too green to go for the post. “Whatever it is, let them fight it out as whoever is the next President will face the lack of confidence like that of Najib. Pakatan Rakyat will get a PM ready to fill the post in the next general election,” she stated.
Muhyiddin also not popular
A teacher who declined to be named said he would pick Muhyiddin as the last person to be the country’s leader. The teacher said Muhyiddin proved to be a failure as an Education minister and the ministry was in a big mess. His racial tone certainly would not warm him to the Chinese and non-Muslims. “Even, I a Malay, is worried of the damage that would be caused if a country become too racial in nature.” he said. As far as he is concerned, Najib is the lesser devil of the two.
Azim, a professor from Semenanjung based in one of the institutes of higher learning here, believed Najib will make it and continue to be the president and PM.
“There is a deep respect for leadership amongst the Malays,” he said, adding that he does not think the DPM will challenge Najib. “And Ku Li has passed his time” too.
For the first timer voters, Azim said they tended to vote for Opposition but once they mature, they will realize that there is no need to oppose just for the sake of opposing.
“I am talking not only Malay but the younger ones, who are more gullible as a whole. When we were young, we were more rebellious but as we mature, we look at things in a broader manner,” he said. However, Azim, admitted that Kelantan youngsters will still think PAS is the best in the world.
Azim said in any country, no leader is perfect. And when the going gets tough, the people have to display a more mature outlook instead of worsening the situation. Bersih, he added, will not affect Najib in any way except for the young and internet savvy. “The conservative will still pick Najib over Muhyiddin,” he said.
Anxious to see change
As for Mukhriz, Azim thinks he is still young politically, despite the father’s ambition for him to be the PM in waiting.
A Dayak BN leader likes Najib because he has the “maturity”. Najib, said the BN leader, wants to do good but unfortunately, his Cabinet is not with him. Let him win in the next general election, and then he can pick his own cabinet and win the people back. At the moment, his own cabinet are creating problem for him, he added.
In summary, the overall sentiment after speaking to the various interviewees is that whether Najib, Muhyiddin or whoever takes over, Malaysians are wary after over 50 years of the BN regime, which has worsened since the last few years.
The people seem to be more anxious to see a change in the government to get the country out of the gutter to at least on a level as other neighbouring countries
News sources indicate that France has agreed to let Qaddafi remain in Libya if he cedes power. Qaddafi’s acquiescence notwithstanding, this is the best decision made by the Western powers so far in the Libyan conflict, not only because the offer presents a reasonable alternative to continued bloodshed in Libya, but because by discarding the politics of revenge for one of pragmatism, France may have created a powerful tool for negotiating with tyrants in other war-torn countries of the Middle East.
For many Muslim countries, successful revolutions lead to an endless quest for revenge on the ousted tyrant and his allies, which forestalls progress in the best case and begets new tyrants in the worst case. Egypt has not progressed since the removal of Mubarak, because a great deal of revolutionary energy is spent debating whether to hang Mubarak and his son, what to do with imprisoned cabinet members and other officials, and how to locate the fortunes stashed away by Mubarak and his family. Egypt is better off focusing on the future by strengthening its civil society, creating national unity, establishing viable political parties to contend with and beat the Wafd party and Muslim Brotherhood, and lastly, convening a robust and healthy election for the new parliament where the new constitution will be drafted. Instead of focusing on a deposed and dying general who is politically powerless, Egyptians need to put an end to the rule of a military that is more than happy to offer more sacrifices to the national appetite for revenge in exchange for a continuing lease on power.
It is unlikely that Syria’s Bashar Assad and Yemen’s Saleh would cease killing demonstrators and resign if granted permission to stay in their own homeland, protected by their own clan members. But the cost of making the offer is negligible. And no alternative approaches have worked. Caught between rock and hard place, the tyrants of the Muslim world choose terror.
Iran’s failed revolution for democracy in 1979 is instructive. The Shah fled the country relatively quickly, after less than a year of intensive street demonstrations and some casualties. At the time, the Shah was under the assumption that he could reside in the United States, where he had previously sought exile status (when the Shah fled the country in 1953 for the first time, he showed interest in living and working on his own farm in the US). Events did not turn out as he had planned, but had the Shah known of his impending demise in Mexico and Egypt, he almost certainly would have demonstrated more resilience against the uprising.
In the last days of his short career, Bakhtiar, the last prime minister of the Shah, made an offer to the mullahs that fell on the deaf ear of hectoring Khomeini. Bakhtiar suggested that he would turn the holy city of Qum into the “Vatican” of Shiite mullahs, where they could enjoy full sovereignty, similar to that of the pope and his entourage in the Vatican. Had the mullahs accepted the offer, a world of mayhem, suffering, and disorder inside and outside of Iran would have been prevented. And the Shiite clergy would have earned a great deal of prestige and power which would have enabled them to maintain their traditional status as the supporter of the poor and powerless, while exerting a great amount of leverage against the Shah’s regime. Ayatollah Khomeini would have gone to his grave as the Gandhi of Muslim world, and the Shiites would have fulfilled their historical yearning for moral superiority over the Sunnis.
Instead, the ayatollahs’ reign turned the politics of revenge into state policy. Donning the mantle of the avenger of the blood of the third Shiite Imam, the mullahs unleashed an enormous wave of state-sponsored atrocities on the Iranian populous. One of the first victims of the new regime, ordered to death by Khomeini himself, was a octogenarian general who faced the firing squad in his wheelchair. Since then, the politics of revenge have cascaded, and the ayatollahs today maintain their tenuous hold on power through sheer force and brutality, perpetually diminishing their claims to religious authority.
The offer to Qaddafi is a wise choice. In the future, similar offers can be improved by offering asylum outside of the tyrants’ home countries. The Iranian ayatollahs, for example, may feel more comfortable with offers of US protection in the Iraqi holy cities of Najaf and Karbala. Though granting a tyrant asylum will pose political and practical difficulties, they pale in comparison to the costs of maintaining the status quo — the politics of revenge.
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