Datuk Johari Umno supreme council member said electoral tsunami coming to deny DAP's Ramkarpal Singh from the anti Muslim family

What MCA need is not to conserve its energy for other battles" just vanish from face Malaysian politics

MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek had also demanded the Titiwangsa Umno leader to retire from politics.Several other Umno leaders, especially from the Federal Territory, had agreed that Johari’s comment can affect support from Chinese and Indian voters toward BN in the future.They said this meant that BN will find it difficult to win areas where non-Malay voters make up to about 20 to 30 per cent of the electorate.
They had also admitted that not all Malay voters will vote for BN or Umno as the Malay votes are now divided between Umno, PAS and PKR. then why MCA  After MCA vice-president Chew Mei Fun lost big in the Kajang by-election, the party has totally lost its confidence in nominating a candidate for the Bukit Gelugor seat, giving such a silly excuse as focusing on the hudud issue.

Who are you trying to fool, MCA president Liow Tiong Lai, the hudud issue is not something new and former MCA president Chua Soi Lek was right when he labeled Liow as a weak leader.

MCA has a pool of strong leaders who are good at bragging in front of the news media especially MCA Youth chief Chong Sin Woon. Let him stand against Ramkapal Singh of DAP to test his popularity amongst the Chinese voters.

Never in the history of Malaysian politics did we dream that BN under Umno Baru would give a walkover to Pakatan. Surely the tides of change and the cry for ‘Ubah’ is near.

Former MCA president Ong Tee Keat has been knocked out twice by his members and party. Now from the outside he can talk big, but he knows the score just like everyone here.

During a speech at a private function broadcasted on YouTube.com, Johari was reported as saying that Titiwangsa Umno does not need Chinese and Indian votes if 70 per cent of the voters are Malays.Titiwangsa MP Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani said Looking for a scapegoat: It’s about Malays are hurting their fellow Malay prefers to wait and see before deciding.

It’s extremely hard to reason with such emotionally charged people. Hence, arguments about all Malaysia being equal, or the national economy and workforce being one and seamless, won’t be bought. So, while radical politici-ans thrive, reasonable ones sink.Who is hurting whom here? Is it really DAP hurting we Malays? Or is it time to swallow the bitter pill and accept this  Whether it is placing blind faith in divisive or corrupt leaders simply because they are Malays; or whether it is the wrong criterion of identity vs issues, when it comes to voting, the damage to UMNOs are causing to themselves is immense. What is shocking is Chinese are one of the most forward-looking, culturally rich, modern communities. And yet, there has been little introspection on what has gone wrong in state politics and community values.The suspicion among some Umno politicians is that PAS is once again using hudud to divide the hearts and minds of the Malays.

“When Barisan Nasional initiates a Bill, we would have secured the support of our coalition MPs. If PAS is really committed, they should show that they have the support of their own Pakatan Rakyat MPs. When that happens, I will tell whether they have my support,” Johari said. community lead an introspection drive. Let us reclaim the glory of a community that has been eroded by some who betrayed their trust. And let us realise that what matters more in life is good people or bad people, not Malays or non-Malays

Johari, who is also Titiwangsa Umno chief, said that implementing hudud must be about “doing the right thing” for the brethren and not about scoring political points.

They may have crossed swords on several occasions over a variety of issues, but senior  UMNO leader praised  Najib saying the Prime Minister's personal integrity was always above board.
He also termed him  a wise man, saying with an element of scholarship, he was always be well read and well prepared on any subject that he dealt with.period of providing leadership to the government, the Prime Minister with dignity and grace unlike Mahathir. has two strong qualities. "Firstly, whenever you discussed a serious subject with the Prime Minister he came out as a man of scholarship. He was what we call to as a Malay leader with Malay leadership.

Najib's words, said,Titiwangsa MP Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani were measured and he would reflect before making a comment. "Secondly, his personal integrity was always above board. With an element of scholarship he was always be well read and well prepared on any subject that he dealt with."Johari  said he had the opportunity of observing the Prime Minister from close quarters for the last ten years. He said in the last 2 years as , he virtually had heard his every intervention in Parliament and dissected each one of his performances."Unquestionably Najib a very good finance minister. for initiating the economic reforms . For UMNO which had always professed the virtues of regulation a reformist approach was creditable The footprints he left behind as a finance minister during this period will be remembered for a long time," Johari said.

Datuk Johari Umno supreme council member said  electoral tsunami coming to deny  DAP's Ramkarpal Singh from the anti Muslim family Will Youth heed Najib’s call for a record turnout

Throughout his eight-month whirlwind campaign, Narendra Modi exhorted India's youth to come out and vote in large numbers given that their future would be shaped by this game-changer of an election. Mumbai's youth, particularly first-time voters, heeded his call for 'development and good governance', and thronged polling booths to drive a record turnout.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (today warned youths to stay away from liberalism or pluralism, calling such ideologies a threat to the country’s peace and security.

He said youths needed to embrace the concept of "wasatiyah" or moderation and avoid being influenced by “militant and extremist ideologies”.Youths must distance themselves from extreme and militant ideologies which could harm the country.“They must also avoid from being trapped by liberalism or pluralism. The best approach is moderation or 'wasatiyah',” said Najib in his speech during the National Youth Day 2014 in Putrajaya today.
 DAP’s candidate Ramkarpal Singh is not in the least threatened by the “Hudud in Penang 2020” campaign of his opponent, Mohamed Nabi Bux Mohd Nabi Sathar.

He does not consider Nabi Bux’s campaign to be a threat to DAP, even as the party strongly opposes the implementation of the Islamic penal code that its ally PAS is seeking. hushed tones speak of a new bugbear in town. Such is the fear that even ardent and otherwise proud DAP will try and  avoid uttering the word – lest they be shunned and ridiculed. The word is hudud 

But is DAP really anti-liberal? Or does it denote one of the most tolerant faith/belief system, a tradition that can provide moral order and an ethical compass for the planet? How did a word that literally means the essence of HUD become so mangled?What is the essence of these traditions? I believe the essence is ‘freedom’. Freedom of thought, of belief, of practice.  Freedom is what underpins this great belief system. So deeply ingrained significant challenge and one that has got underlined in recent days is the more fundamental question of what constitutes public will and whether that idea needs to be contained in a larger framework of values. On the one hand, there is the belief that decentralisation and putting the power of determining one’s own destiny must lie with local communities, and on the other a great sense of anxiety about the many instances of communities making choices that are troubling to the idea of a modern liberal democracy. Promises of a new kind of politics have regularly been belied- the great Mandal experiment might have increased the representativeness of democracy in the country, but otherwise merely ensured that power would be exercised by a different social constituency, for similar purposes. By legitimising the ability of the state to offer patronage to specific groups based on identity, it strengthened the hands of a political system that found a way of separating the act of governing from that of winning elections. The Najib model restores to democracy the idea of power with some purpose, but locates the assignment of purpose within himself, making him synonymous with what is legitimate. 

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Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told a press conference recently that militants were targeting humanitarian missions as a vehicle to increase their numbers.

The media also reported the existence of Muslim militants in Malaysia interested in joining the war in Syria.

He said while the government will not prevent the public from carrying out aid missions to other countries, organisers must be held liable should they be found guilty of harbouring terrorists.

“We are concerned that organisations are using humanitarian missions as a cover to train militant groups, and the police are constantly monitoring this.

“We encourage humanitarian missions, but we will not allow them to use the missions to train members for militant activity,” Zahid told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on May 2, 2014.

Zahid’s remarks were in response to Malay daily Utusan Malaysia’s report that many Malaysians, including a former musician from a popular 90s rock band, were believed to be involved with a militant group in Syria.

Quoting a security source, the paper said the Malaysians were purportedly influenced by the fight for “jihad”, which they believed would allow them to die as martyrs in the civil war waging in the Muslim country.

Fighting under the banner of “jihad”, they were believed to be trained to use firearms, before departing to Syria through flights in Turkey, Jordan or Lebanon.

Utusan Malaysia also reported that some Malaysians involved with the Syrian militant groups had died in battle.

The Malaysian Insider reported on May 2 that the 10 militants arrested last month intended to take part in the ongoing civil war in Syria.

Zahid also said that another militant was later arrested in Segambut, bringing the total number of arrests to 11. 

Ghatkopar residents Meeta Dave and Rinkle Thakkar are thrilled that their maiden vote saw the BJP's Kirit Somaiya through with a decisive majority. Rinkle (25) got married in February and is upset to see how middleclass homes are forced to spend a major share of the household income on merely buying food and paying bills. "For me, Narendra Modi is like Anil Kapoor in the film 'Nayak'," she said. "I hope he manages to control inflation and corruption, which are the two factors that have driven people away from the UPA. Even well-to-do households are worrying about which vegetable to cook and whether to buy fruit."

Meeta (21) said, "In recent months, Somaiya has been doing visibly good work like helping amputee Monica More. He reflects the good intentions of Modi, who turned Gujarat into a prosperous state. At this stage India needs development and that drove my vote."

Advertising professional Shaarika Pandit (23) from Andheri made sure to vote Gajanan Kirtikar of the Shiv Sena, just to help the Modi combine. "It is a small price to pay for the larger good. The country needs change. We need a leader we can respect for his dynamism," she said. Nearby in Amboli, Shane Santos, brother of Keenan who was killed in the infamous Amboli streetfight, wants "change" as well.

Several young voters missed the opportunity to vote because their names were absent from the electoral rolls. In Byculla, law student Misbaah Solkar (22) could not vote and is not enthused by the outcome of the election. "All of India seems to have voted just one candidate, that is Narendra Modi. It is sad that Indian politics has descended into a celebration of personality cult. People are unwilling to consider that a local candidate from another party can do good work."

Misbaah campaigned for AAP and was closely associated with Milind Deora's campaign and is shocked to see him lose. Young Apurva Shetty who did not get her voter card either agrees. "I'd vote anybody but Modi given the insinuations that follow him," she said.moment

Here are columns that get you into trouble, and this might just be one of them. However, some things must be said simply because too many hypocrites have run the minorities agenda for too long. The results are there for all to see. PM Najib, if my memory didn't fail me, was it your Deputy Muhyiddin Yassin who declared during the Kajang by-election that BN will never give up any election without a fight and a walk-over? Why is he silent this time round, and is this what BN under Umno is famous for - worse off than the proverbial ostrich? Don't talk about MCA cos it had lost all the teeth to bite because of your making it useless to the Chinese Community. Now is the test of your popularity like your slogan  MCA need not "conserve its energy for other battles"MCA is not sitting out the by-election - but shitting it out! While many individual success stories exist,Chineses, the largest minority, are still well below the national average in terms of income, education and levels of influence in society. It isn’t easy for Chineses to live in a society that discriminates against them.Hate is a powerful emotion. A sense of rejection, powerlessness, consistent negative discrimination or perceived persecution; any of these can invoke it. In Malaysiait is a common, albeit not a publicly expressed sentiment. But it lurks very close to the surface.Who hates whom, is an easily answered question. But why the poor do not hate the rich remains a puzzle. Much of the notional “plurality” of Chinese politics Race or religion based political parties derives from this cynical use of “traditional identities” by politicians as electoral instruments to create “vote banks”. The result is an “empowered” group of elites in each caste; religion and region and in the many sub groups that coexis


However, even many so-called ‘keepers’ of Chinese causes (the same ones who will attack me on this column) have done little for the community other than suggestions such as: “Never vote DAP, always vote MCAs” .
Such over-simplification and politicization has done more harm than good. It pains me to see a talented community being represented by regressive, parochial and divisive leaders who frankly do not care about Chinese or its youth, and therefore, don’t care about Next gerneration. With the intent to get through to some positive thinking, open-minded people, I give some suggestions. Take a leaf out of the book of other successful communities. The Jews in America, and the Parsis and Sikhs in India are examples of minorities that have done extremely well in their respective countries. Jews form less than 2% of American population, but dominate lists of Forbes billionaires, Nobel laureates, media moguls and Hollywood bigwigs. How did this happen? Several theories abound. However, some factors seem firmly in place.


We can say that there is an unacceptable degree of corruption, complacency or ineptitude in the profession. Yet, we must also accept that there must be many who are honest, brilliant or dedicated. In other words, the political arena will be quite reflective of the world outside it. In daily life we know good people, but we can with certainty say most of us have run into shopkeepers who fleece you, policemen who are not honest, empty desks or uncooperative staff in offices, sewage drains overflowing for weeks, roads with potholes days after being newly open, racism and so on and so forth.
How come, when we invest so much thought and energy in exercising political choice, we are not getting much in return? Are politicians really so immoral as to be immune to the lofty aspirations and appeals of their people?Learning pays:

The greater the emphasis on education, the greater the likelihood that members of a community will be successful.

Assimilating with the majority community :

Assimilation does not mean abandoning one’s culture, or bending to the majority. It simply means finding as much common ground as possible. It also means not heeding leaders who are encouraging people to vote along communal lines. Even if one ignores the right and wrong of communal voting, it’s also not a productive strategy. Instead, Chinese need to put forth a checklist – a set of conditions – on what it would take for them to trust  UMNO  again. They mustn’t only oppose the PAS They must also entice them with support if their conditions are met. Keeping all political parties on their toes, and lobbying for your own cause is perfectly acceptable and even necessary. However, taking permanent sides is not. Please note, this doesn’t mean Chinese should vote forPAS It just means they engage with it rather than shun it completely. There is another important point about assimilation. It can’t happen without trust, and assuming the best in people. It is understandably difficult to trust when that trust has been broken in the past. However, successful minority communities have been able to do that and allowed the wounds to heal.

Politicians often scare minorities, making them believe the worst in people. It isn’t a great way to live. Hope for, and spread as much goodness as possible in your lifetime.

Accepting liberal values and personal liberties:

Most minority communities that have done well have also represented the liberal cause. This helps increase influence in society for a simple reason: most intellectuals are liberal. The youth, too, is attracted to liberal values. If you have intellectuals and youth by your side, you already have a disproportionate influence compared to your actual population. Thus, the ultraconservative and orthodox interpretation of religion will not find as much traction as a modern, open-minded approach. 

Encouraging merit:

As a shortcut to appease Malay , too many politicians have been suggesting quotas and waivers for the community. What makes communities rise is their own internal talent and merit, not handouts. Reservations on offer are minuscule. However, it tags the community as in need of grace marks and antagonizes the majority. It isn’t worth it. Rise with education, hard work, creativity and business acumen. There really is no other way.

Our minorities are not minor; they are an important part of Malaysia. In their success lies ’s success. About time we focus on what would enable them to do so.

A day after saying it did not want to contest the  Bukit Gelugor by-election as it wanted to concentrate on the constitutional crisis triggered by PAS' plan to introduce hudud, the MCA today changed its story by saying it decided to stay out as it stood little chance of winning.

MCA secretary general Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan said after the 13th general election (GE13), there have been no positive factors that can give victory to MCA in the coming Bukit Gelugor by-election, and this is the main reason why the party decided not to contest in the by-election.

Ong said it was better for the party to concentrate on restoration and renewal efforts to strengthen it in facing the next general election.Ong said the party had weighed the good and bad in view of Penang being under the opposition's administration now.

"We think it's better for us to preserve the party's strength and improve its position so that it will become stronger,” he was quoted as saying by Bernama today in Ipoh.

The MCA has been put in a spot over its reason for staying out as today PAS president Datuk Seri Hadi Awang had said the party was postponing its tabling of two private member's bills, leaving it instead to the special technical committee formed by Putrajaya and the Kelantan government to study the feasibility of introducing hudud in the country.

Another long discussion on the elections at a dinner. Corruption must go, good governance is key, people are fed up, and so on. The talk was of addressing everything from corruption to jobs to education to foreign relations with these elections. And, of course, all the ire was directed at MCA

This must be how it is in young democracies across the world. Still, it seems strange that when people vote so seriously and dedicatedly for good, how come every election reveals the same exasperation with the last government

This is shadow play par excellence by former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
 
His successor, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, had the biggest mandate in the history of the nation and but he made four mistakes:

Now can all of this be attributed to the politician? The common citizen suffers the consequences of poor decisions by political governments and politicians do often deserve the notoriety they suffer, but we might need to cast our glance a little wider. The people also suffer at the hands of unscrupulous employers, insensitive and inefficient public institutions and callous insincere private sector workers. Besides, is it the politician who tells us to cut the red light, drive the wrong way, jump the queue, urinate anywhere, pay a bribe for building licenses or getting a passport, take commissions, favour friends and family at work and so on? Political leaders can be blamed for perpetuating (in some states more than others) such behavior but the reality is that these ills exist with the complicity of the institutions of governance, the private sector and civil society.

There are failings in politics but also serious weaknesses in the other institutions of governance. There is much that is undesirable in the conduct of big business, but there is much to improve in how the rest of us do business. Finally, there is so much to find fault with and blame, but what about the impact of our own willingness to go along when it benefits us?

This way of thinking and living has become a way of life. It is an accepted system. In so many young democracies, this faceless system is the true problem, not the faces on campaign billboards.

So coming to Elections 2014, no matter how the present or future elections are portrayed, if we ignore our own institutional, professional and individual daily transgressions, then we will only be electing another group of politicians to be the punching bag for all the ills of the nation for five years. Little with change.

Great change is more likely to come when society and politics change together – when institutions and individuals subject themselves to the same scrutiny and criticism they impose on politicians. So the next time you are about to overtake on the wrong side, underpay your domestic help, take the easy way out on a tough decision at work, use connections or blame the politicians, remember Gandhiji said something to the effect of “Be the change you want to see …”

 
1) Enriching his own family members and not sharing the spoils of office evenly amongst Umno  MCA warlords.
 
2) Got sleepy on the job and enjoyed his office too much, forgetting to deliver his promises to the rakyat.
 
3) Let the right-wing Umno warlords threatened the minorities once too often.
 
4) Went against Mahathir's wishes that delivered the fatal blow to his political life.
 
Then Najib Razak was the next chosen one as president of Umno . Najib is very much aware of what can happen to him if he goes against the kingmaker.
 
Now Mahathir is talking why Najib is not capable of tackling racial and religious extremism because he does not have a strong mandate.
 
Whoever is the kingmaker he is using reverse psychology on us. Why?
 
1) Najib cannot act because he does not have a strong mandate from his own party, especially the hawks. The hawks will remove him like they did to Abdullah. Najib is very aware of this.
 
2) Religion-racist and fascist Malay groups like Perkasa and Isma are babies of right-wing Umnoputras created to do their dirty job of stirring racial and religious tensions to whip up ‘Malay; nationalism and to frighten the non-Malays into submission. Divide and rule tactic all over again.
 
3) Najib maybe given permission to act and some unlucky ones maybe sacrificed as scapegoats for the greater good of Umno Baru-BN hoping that voters would flock back to them to give them a strong mandate once again.
 
4) If nothing works, they might unleash their oft-repeated threat of another "May 13" onto the country and grab absolute power once again. History repeats itself once again in Bolehland.
 
 This is utter bunkum from Mahathir. In a healthy democracy, if you have more than 51% seats in the Parliament, you have a majority, and that's good enough to do your job.
 
What Dr M is really saying is, Najib does not dare the make the right decisions because he, just like other Umno leaders before him, lack principles and will sacrifice anything to stay in power.
 
To make it worse, he pretends he cares, pretends he is putting "correctness" before "popularity", but he can't even spin that right and anyone with a relatively keen sense of critical thinking can see through his scam.
 
Put someone there who only cares to do the best of the country, who does not want to, or need to be in power for himself or for his party in perpetuity, and see the kind of good that he can immediately bring to Malaysia.