Written by Wong Ho Leng
March 29, 2008
仅仅10个月前，冠英要我向砂州党员与支持者传达一个讯息：“告诉他们不要对我的命运绝望！请告诉他们，他们可以打断我的背，就是不能摧残我的灵魂！”
那时候，张守江与我到加影监狱，跟冠英针对其法律案件交流了1时45分钟。这个案件导致冠英丧失自由、国会议员资格、专业职务、退休金，还有很多很多东西。这是政治领袖所作的最大牺牲。整个见面的过程让人伤感却不失其意义。
1999年8月25日标志着整整一年的监刑结束。当时，张守江、黄新楠与我很荣幸地代表砂州民主行动党前往加影欢迎冠英归队。
平时寂静的加影市镇当天显得非常热闹。数千个男女老少沿着路旁一直列队到加影监狱。他们来自社会各阶层，包括马来人、华人与印裔社群。整个路段到处可见用英文、华文、马来文与淡米尔文字眼书写的布条。与此同时，放眼可见民主行动党、人民公正党、回教党、人民党的党旗。这是非常历史性的一天。在马来西亚历史上，从来没有数千名各族同胞与各政党支持者，自愿前来欢迎一个服刑出狱的罪犯。从来没有国人能够抬头挺胸，毫不羞耻地欢迎一个刚出狱的罪犯。当然，从来没有国人会公开对一个出狱的囚犯喜极而泣！
然而，这个囚犯并非一般的罪犯。他是林冠英！他就是国际大赦组织所宣布的良心犯！
我们几个人在一大片人潮中缓慢前进。我们根本没有选择，只好慢慢地走着走着。
我忽然看到有个失明男子持着拐杖走在我前面。我不曾见过他。我直觉地牵着他的手，引领他慢慢地走下去。数十架相机对准这个镜头拼命按下快门。我问他是否能看到周遭发生什么事吗？他给了我一个很惊讶的答案：“不，我根本看不到，但我可以感觉到。我可以感受到自由的空气。我可以感受到冠英自由了。这就是我所要的一切。”
随着越来越多人围住我们，我不知道我牵着他的手何时被甩掉了。不过，我肯定还会有其他人愿意充当他的眼睛。
大约9时45分，冠英抵达了。当他在数千人的欢呼声中，站上马赛迪宾士轿车的顶部时，他挥拳并以坚定的语气向在场所有人高喊：“冠英克服了所有的苦难。没有人能够折断他的腰，更何况是摧残他的灵魂。”
正当冠英用三语发表演说时，群众欢呼及不停地高喊。我们到处可听到“烈火莫熄”的呼声。距离现场50尺，联邦后备队整装并全神聆听。他们根本不担心整个场面会出乱子。他们旁边站着整辆罗里的印裔园丘工友。我们很少有机会看到这些人竟会聆听一个囚犯所发表的演讲。
当冠英演讲时，不见任何交通工具移动。在不远处，有一辆加影监狱的巴士困在人潮当中。坐在巴士车内的狱卒摇下车窗，专心聆听其曾经看管的囚犯正在说些什么。
由始至终，林吉祥站在冠英背后，就是为了确保冠英能够在车顶上站稳脚步。当时的林吉祥似乎很难控制其情绪。这些年来，他一直是个具有爱心及慈祥的父亲。
如今，冠英不再是个犯罪的囚鸟，反而是个英雄，更是一个奇迹！
冠英升放上空的数百粒的汽球，象征着其个人解放及迈向自由之路。
随着这些汽球在加影市镇的上空徐徐上升后，人潮是时候解散了。除了高喊“烈火莫熄”及“粉碎国阵”之外，许多不曾见过的人还纷纷向我们道别！我们这几个人竟要耗超过一个小时才能离开加影。
我们永远会记得加影这个小镇，曾经在如此重要的日子促使种族团结及互助。
当我们抵步时，民主行动党总部安排了许多的仪式和节目。
中午12时30分左右，冠英及其家人抵达民主行动党总部，获得在场所有领袖、党员与支持者报以如雷掌声。这些挤在红色帐蓬下的人物，无不钦佩冠英所展现的勇气和抱负。
当然，他们更对冠英尽管要面对长达12个月的监刑，却没有放弃其政治信仰感到骄傲。
这又是另一场铿锵有力的演讲。跟他入狱前一样，整篇演讲不乏爆发力、尖锐度及敏感性。这就是他所发表的最佳例证：
今天，我没有以低头丧气的姿态，更没有以动摇的信念从加影监狱走了出来。就像十多年前一样，监狱的围墙从来没有办法阻止真理、公正及正直的火焰，在我们的内心深处不断燃烧。监狱的围墙绝对无法恐吓我们，或扼杀我们要为正义奋斗到底的决心，直至法治而非残暴统治的局面得以在马来西亚彰显……今天，我以一般平民的身分从围墙内走了出来。我失去了很多，我同时也学会更加懂得忍耐。然而，我要感谢双亲、兄弟姐妹、太太及孩子在心痛之余，仍然给予我无限的支持。若没有他们，我今天绝不可能站在这里……
滴答……滴答……眼泪不听使唤地掉到其摆在桌面上的讲稿。这些眼泪都是为其个人及家人所要承受的种种不公平待遇而掉的。
冠英没有被这些泪水所击垮。他咬紧牙关地讲下去：
我要告诉在场的所有朋友，尤其是民主行动党亲爱的同志，不要对我个人的遭遇感到绝望。任何没有代价的成功是没有价值的！
请以我所承受的遭遇为荣，并让我们继续为民主、真理与正义斗争下去。我坚信这些困着我的铁窗及围墙，将能够激励你更加勇敢及毫无害怕地为党继续奋斗。
我们有理由对本身长期为是非对错而斗争感到骄傲。让我们感化所有马来西亚同胞，要他们跟我们一样：为真理斗争并严惩犯错者！
马来西亚的明天肯定会更好！
有谁能够怀疑他的诚意？当然，有谁能够怀疑当时在场给予丈夫无限量支持，让他出狱后可以继续展开政治斗争生涯的周玉清呢？
对冠英而言，这一天是非常感动人心的。当然，争取自由是要我们付出代价的。当他的话刺透在场每个人的赤子之心时，我可以听到周围许多人的泪水都掉了下来。
我再看看前方，竟然发现那位持着拐杖的失明男子，再次出现并坐在我前面。他低着头，把一只手掩在鼻尖上，而泪水却不听使唤地掉了下来，湿透了其裤管的一端。我敢肯定他体验到自由的可贵，及因争取自由而要付出的代价。
“冠英同志，欢迎回来！”这是我唯一可以对他脱口而出的一句话。
1999年8月25日（吉隆坡完稿）
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Untold Stories about Guan Eng
Written by Wong Ho Leng
March 28, 2008
Untold Story about Guan EngI had written 2 paragraphs about my visit to Guan Eng when he was serving his sentence in Kajang Prison. I made that visit in October 1998 together with Chong Siew Chiang.
I had merely written that during that visit in Kajang Prison, Chong Siew Chiang and I had a heart to heart talk with Guan Eng for 1 hr. 45 minutes in respect of his legal case which had cost him his freedom, political office, professional career, pension and much else besides.
I had merely written that during that visit in Kajang Prison, Chong Siew Chiang and I had a heart to heart talk with Guan Eng for 1 hr. 45 minutes in respect of his legal case which had cost him his freedom, political office, professional career, pension and much else besides.
I had said that it was a sad but eventful meeting. I was economical in my words.
There is one aspect of my visit to Guan Eng that day that I did not write about. Actually, I could not write about it, because it was so, so humiliating and sad. I did not write about it because Kit Siang did not want me to see it. But I did see what Kit Siang desperately tried to let me not see it.Kit Siang was supposed to drive us to Kajang Prison. He was busy that morning and our departure from our HQ was delayed a little. Kit Siang was speeding like nobody’s business. When we arrived at the Prison, we “checked” in at the office. It was at this time that I saw the prisoners walking out in their prison uniform for row calls at the wardens’ office. They had to squat in rows, every time and every day that they did so, and the prison wardens would call their numbers.
As I walked in, I saw the familiar face of a prisoner with an unfamiliar crew hair cut. He was squatting at the front row. Both his hands were placed over the back of his head …
We had a split second eye contact but I pretended not to see … It was very dissimilar to those other cases when I was required to visit the prison as a lawyer.
Half an hour later, we met. Kit Siang did not join us. I would not know where he had gone to. Guan Eng started by saying that he wanted me to send a message to Party members and supporters in Sarawak not to despair over his fate. “Tell them that they can break my back, but they cannot break my soul.”
As we discussed his case, I knew that he was not well at all. He was pale and complained of body pain. He also complained that he had not consumed sufficient salt, the food being tasteless. We were worried that his fragile body won’t take him through. We were concerned about his safety in there. He assured us that the inmates there had treated him alright, that they all knew that he was wronged.
It was unbelievable that even when he was at the pit of his life, he had his heart for the Party members, in our case, the comrades in Sarawak.
We told him our view about the legal case. It was clear to us that he was fated to sit behind bars for another 10 months. He knew as much. Royal pardon was out of question.
As Kit Siang drove us away from the Kajang Prison, he made sure that we had a taste of the signature food of Kajang town – satay. At the coffee shop, Kit Siang greeted the town folks who wished him well and to remain strong, but in his leaner body frame, I saw the pains that he had endured. Political adversaries had long accused him of cronyism and nepotism, and the building of a Lim dynasty. The fate of his son losing everything after standing up for a Malay girl who was raped by a Chief Minister, and having to languish in jail for 18 months, showed the cruelty and venom of those accusations.
Siew Chiang was habouring many questions inside his chest and it took a long time for him to break his silence. He asked Kit Siang why he was speeding desperately this morning. Kit Siang then told us. He wanted to make it to the Prison before the row call. If we had made it in time, our meeting could begin, and Guan Eng would not have to take part in the row call. During the row calls, the prisoner had to squat in a row, hands behind the head … As the father, Kit Siang did not want us to see his son in that moment of ultimate humiliation.
Siew Chiang told Kit Siang that he did not see Guan Eng in the row. I said I did not also. Then Kit Siang told us where Guan Eng was squatted. He sped, because he had not wanted us to see the ultimate humiliation to his son, but I had sinned with my eyes.
The signature satay was tasteless to me amidst cries of injustice that innocent people had to suffer. On our way home, there was hardly any communication between us. Our hearts were heavier than lead. In my mind, I saw the flashes of a prisoner, hands behind his head, his face so familiar, squatting in the row like other inmates. I repeatedly asked myself whether Guan Eng deserved this. Why should I see that moment in his life when his father had wanted me not to? But that was what it was, for Guan Eng had endured that humiliation for 365 days.
It was after midnight in Kuching not long after Guan Eng’s release. We had finished our party function and all were hungry for supper. We found a little place in order to replenish our tummies. There was no food left except plain porridge. I ordered some, teasing Guan Eng that the porridge must be better than what he was used to in Kajang. Guan Eng cursed me for reminding him of what he had gone through.
That day about 2 weeks ago, when I stood for photograph with YAB Lim Guan Eng behind his Chief Minister’s desk in Penang, I recalled what I had seen of this man. From a humiliated prisoner, he had been vindicated by the powers in the people’s hands.
Much that YAB Lim had never responded to anything I said about his less than glamorous times behind bars, he will always remember the ultimate humiliation that a person had gone through. He will know the true meaning of justice.
In less than 10 years, God has shown YAB Lim Guan Eng the way. May YAB Lim now shower mercy and love to the great people of Penang.
Why does Najib look so glum?
Written by MalaysianInsider
March 29, 2008
He looks glum in every photograph, as if he carries the weight of the world on his shoulders. Why is Malaysia’s prime minister-in-waiting Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak so downcast? To be sure, every Barisan National leader has looked dejected after Election 2008 destroyed forever the myth of the invincibility of the ruling coalition and its power-sharing formula.
But Malaysia’s Number 2 was one of the few BN politicians to come out of the polls with some credit. He retained his Pekan seat by a solid 26,000 majority and is being acknowledged by the grassroots as the one Umno senior politician who has shown leadership qualities over the past 24 months. And despite some political careers lying in ruin after the polls, he is closer to the top job than ever before (the smart money says that Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will pass the baton to Najib in mid-term). So then why does he look so down?
Perhaps he knows that he will not come out of any political battle for Umno unscathed. Since the Abdullah-Mahathir spat erupted into the open two years ago, there have been feelers from the Mahathir camp for Najib to show his independence. In political parlance, it means to distance himself from the Prime Minister. The DPM ignored these messages.
But after March 8, several messages have been sent to Najib and his friends through intermediaries, who say they are acting on behalf of Dr Mahathir. Some of them have been of the harmless variety, suggesting that he set a timetable for the handover of power from Abdullah. Others have carried more menace for Najib.
Political pundits and Umno politicians argue that it makes little sense for Najib to move against Abdullah for several reasons. He knows that the party is in a bad state, disoriented by the new political terrain, hungry for a scapegoat and fearful of Anwar Ibrahim’s re-emergence. If he takes on Abdullah and wins, he could end up inheriting a shell of a political party.
If he plays the loyal deputy, it will be a matter of only one or two years before he takes over. And even if Abdullah fails to strengthen the party and is dumped unceremoniously just after the general assembly in December, Najib will be given the benefit of doubt by the party faithful. So in theory, Najib is in a good place.
But in the cut-throat world of Malaysian politics, Najib knows that he is facing the most challenging time of his political career, which began abruptly at the age of 23 after the death of his father, Tun Abdul Razak, Malaysia’s second prime minister.
He knows that by choosing to remain loyal to Abdullah, he is now fair game for Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. When Mahathir unloads next against Abdullah as he will with increased frequency and intensity, there could be some choice references to the Number two.
This could be related to the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shariibuu. Najib’s confidante Abdul Razak Baginda had an affair with the woman and is among those implicated in this case which drew international media attention. The DPM has been accused by the opposition of knowing Altantuya and being involved in a move to cover-up her murder. He has denied these allegations fervently. But if Dr Mahathir and his supporters in Umno raise questions about the murder, it could carry more sting because the accusations are being made by party men.
Also, there is a possibility that Dr Mahathir and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah could question Najib’s fitness for top office by raking up some accusations of the past about defence contracts, his wife’s role in business, etc.
So some say maybe the easiest option for Najib is to throw in his lot behind Mahathir and Ku Li and force Abdullah out of office. But this equation may not be helpful to the suave Defence Minister because he may have to accept Ku Li as the president of Umno and Mahathir as the power behind the throne. Effectively, this will relegate him to third in line.
So some say maybe the easiest option for Najib is to throw in his lot behind Mahathir and Ku Li and force Abdullah out of office. But this equation may not be helpful to the suave Defence Minister because he may have to accept Ku Li as the president of Umno and Mahathir as the power behind the throne. Effectively, this will relegate him to third in line.
Also, it would be unrealistic to think that Abdullah and his supporters will remain silent if Najib decides to switch camps.
So perhaps now we can understand why the glum look. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Najib knows that in this season of fighting and contests, he will be hit by shrapnel from the enemy attack. The question is how severe will the wounds be.
PM visits Penang, greeted by CM
By PRISCILLA DIELENBERG , The Star
March 29, 2008
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was greeted by a crowd of about 300 people, including Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and his wife Betty Chew, when he returned to Penang for the first time since the general election.
Also present to greet Abdullah upon his arrival at the Penang International Airport at 6.15pm Saturday were Deputy Chief Ministers Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin and Dr P. Ramasamy, former Chief Minister and state Barisan Nasional chief Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, state Umno liaison committee deputy chief Datuk Abdul Rashid Abdullah and secretary Datuk Azhar Ibrahim who is state Opposition Leader, and various elected representatives and political party leaders.
Lim said Abdullah was gracious and congratulated him and Dr Ramasamy, and he introduced Mohammad Fairus to the premier.
He also mentioned that he would be calling on Abdullah in Putrajaya at 10am on Thursday to discuss state-federal relations.
Abdullah then proceeded to Tasek Gelugor for a thanksgiving dinner.
杜乾焕为两线制提出谏言：行动党公正党合并不容缓
《当今大马》
3月29日 傍晚6点25分
前民政党槟州行政议员杜乾焕博士公开向民主行动党和人民公正党提出谏言，认为两党最低程度应该要进行合并，以及和回教党保持合作，组成一个强大的在野阵线，以便继续施压国阵更趋向开放、透明和实践问责制。他指出，我国过去由巫统一党独大，加上国阵内部其他领袖无法针对巫统的无理之处争辩和提出反对，在野党上台执政后应把握好的开始。
壮大中间势力制衡回教党
他认为，两党不必对回教党有所恐惧，若合并后能够壮大中间势力，就可以反对回教国的概念，更何况回教党内的不同派系也不全然认同保守派建立回教国的概念。杜乾焕是昨晚在槟州华人大会堂，为人民之声槟城支部主办的《大马民主路在何方？》讲座会上主讲时，如此表示。
另两名主讲人是选举政治学者暨维护媒体独立自由撰稿人联盟主席黄进发及日落洞国会议员黄泉安，主持人为前学运组织秘书李发成。此场讲座共吸引约400人踊跃出席聆听。他说，民政党遭受创党40年以来最糟糕的挫败，主要是老百姓在经济上面对通货膨胀、财富分配鸿沟扩大、治安不靖及公正党实权领袖安华发挥其领袖魅力，而得到各族支持所致。“这次的选举成绩是项好成绩，虽然身为民政党员，我应该感到伤心，但作为一名爱国者及从拥护民主的角度来看，我欢迎这样的成绩。”“国阵在国会被否决2/3多数议席的成绩告诉我们，两线制有可能在大马落实，我也希望如此。唯有两线制，才可开创一个更具竞争性的政治制度。” “若两大阵线能真正针对国家发展趋势等议题，如通货膨胀、制造就业机会、开拓民主空间进行辩论，就可巩固我国的民主制度和提供更多意见和出路。”
摆脱种族政治赢混合选区
杜乾焕也提到，现今的局势显示，大马可能摆脱种族政治。根据他在选前研究雪兰莪的选民结构，一直认为行动党难以在马来选民占35%至40%的选区胜出，毕竟类似的混合区一向都是国阵的堡垒选区。他进一步指出，马华民政以前都抢在这些选区上阵，但是这两个国阵成员党却在这届大选近乎全输，只有翁诗杰频着个人鲜明的形象，成功在班登国会选区微差胜出。“所以，有勇气站出来讲话和反对的领袖，将得到人民的支持。”
忧巫统极右派“搞事情”
然而，杜乾焕也提出其对我国政局发展趋势的忧虑。他担心，巫统党内种族主义的极右份子或会“搞事情”，即藉著进行党内的恶斗，而朝往更种族主义和独裁的路线，毕竟他们心中所属意的是过去的霸权政府。
讲座遭“小拿破仑”
阻挠原本这场由人民之声槟城支部主办的讲座，本欲借用槟城政府属下的爱心大厦举办，不过却遭槟州秘书处副秘书莫哈末尤索夫（Muhammad Yusoff Wazir）强行取消。人民之声槟城支部协调员刘素希指出，主办单位是在3月26日晚上近10时才接获爱心大厦的电话，宣传接获指示取消人民之声讲座。刘素希向《当今大马》表示，槟州秘书处副秘书莫哈末尤索夫（Muhammad Yusoff Wazir）是在一封公函中声称人民之声租借场地的申请违反了两项条例：
（一）任何与政治有关的活动不可以使用爱心大厦的设施；
（二）政府或公共建筑物不可用于举办质疑，或反对联邦或州政府政策的活动。
题为“第十二届大选分析--马来西亚民主路在何方？”的讲座，分为华语环节及英语环节，分别原定在3月28日及29日于爱心大厦举办。随着这项变化，这两场讲座将会移到槟州华人大会堂进行。华语环节的主讲人包括杜干焕、黄进发及黄泉安。隔日举行举行的英文讲座主讲人则是黄进发及国民醒觉运动（Aliran）执委阿尼尔涅多（Anil Netto）。刘素希强烈谴责强行取消人民之声主办的讲座有违民主法则，同时也是毁约的行为。她指出，身为州秘书处却如此树立不良的典范，甚至通过爱心大厦的工作人员放话，说他们有权力随时取消任何一场的活动，“州秘书处不应该禁止人民讨论大选的课题，更何况，关心国家政治是每个市民都应尽的责任。”
3月29日 傍晚6点25分
前民政党槟州行政议员杜乾焕博士公开向民主行动党和人民公正党提出谏言，认为两党最低程度应该要进行合并，以及和回教党保持合作，组成一个强大的在野阵线，以便继续施压国阵更趋向开放、透明和实践问责制。他指出，我国过去由巫统一党独大，加上国阵内部其他领袖无法针对巫统的无理之处争辩和提出反对，在野党上台执政后应把握好的开始。
壮大中间势力制衡回教党
他认为，两党不必对回教党有所恐惧，若合并后能够壮大中间势力，就可以反对回教国的概念，更何况回教党内的不同派系也不全然认同保守派建立回教国的概念。杜乾焕是昨晚在槟州华人大会堂，为人民之声槟城支部主办的《大马民主路在何方？》讲座会上主讲时，如此表示。
另两名主讲人是选举政治学者暨维护媒体独立自由撰稿人联盟主席黄进发及日落洞国会议员黄泉安，主持人为前学运组织秘书李发成。此场讲座共吸引约400人踊跃出席聆听。他说，民政党遭受创党40年以来最糟糕的挫败，主要是老百姓在经济上面对通货膨胀、财富分配鸿沟扩大、治安不靖及公正党实权领袖安华发挥其领袖魅力，而得到各族支持所致。“这次的选举成绩是项好成绩，虽然身为民政党员，我应该感到伤心，但作为一名爱国者及从拥护民主的角度来看，我欢迎这样的成绩。”“国阵在国会被否决2/3多数议席的成绩告诉我们，两线制有可能在大马落实，我也希望如此。唯有两线制，才可开创一个更具竞争性的政治制度。” “若两大阵线能真正针对国家发展趋势等议题，如通货膨胀、制造就业机会、开拓民主空间进行辩论，就可巩固我国的民主制度和提供更多意见和出路。”
摆脱种族政治赢混合选区
杜乾焕也提到，现今的局势显示，大马可能摆脱种族政治。根据他在选前研究雪兰莪的选民结构，一直认为行动党难以在马来选民占35%至40%的选区胜出，毕竟类似的混合区一向都是国阵的堡垒选区。他进一步指出，马华民政以前都抢在这些选区上阵，但是这两个国阵成员党却在这届大选近乎全输，只有翁诗杰频着个人鲜明的形象，成功在班登国会选区微差胜出。“所以，有勇气站出来讲话和反对的领袖，将得到人民的支持。”
忧巫统极右派“搞事情”
然而，杜乾焕也提出其对我国政局发展趋势的忧虑。他担心，巫统党内种族主义的极右份子或会“搞事情”，即藉著进行党内的恶斗，而朝往更种族主义和独裁的路线，毕竟他们心中所属意的是过去的霸权政府。
讲座遭“小拿破仑”
阻挠原本这场由人民之声槟城支部主办的讲座，本欲借用槟城政府属下的爱心大厦举办，不过却遭槟州秘书处副秘书莫哈末尤索夫（Muhammad Yusoff Wazir）强行取消。人民之声槟城支部协调员刘素希指出，主办单位是在3月26日晚上近10时才接获爱心大厦的电话，宣传接获指示取消人民之声讲座。刘素希向《当今大马》表示，槟州秘书处副秘书莫哈末尤索夫（Muhammad Yusoff Wazir）是在一封公函中声称人民之声租借场地的申请违反了两项条例：
（一）任何与政治有关的活动不可以使用爱心大厦的设施；
（二）政府或公共建筑物不可用于举办质疑，或反对联邦或州政府政策的活动。
题为“第十二届大选分析--马来西亚民主路在何方？”的讲座，分为华语环节及英语环节，分别原定在3月28日及29日于爱心大厦举办。随着这项变化，这两场讲座将会移到槟州华人大会堂进行。华语环节的主讲人包括杜干焕、黄进发及黄泉安。隔日举行举行的英文讲座主讲人则是黄进发及国民醒觉运动（Aliran）执委阿尼尔涅多（Anil Netto）。刘素希强烈谴责强行取消人民之声主办的讲座有违民主法则，同时也是毁约的行为。她指出，身为州秘书处却如此树立不良的典范，甚至通过爱心大厦的工作人员放话，说他们有权力随时取消任何一场的活动，“州秘书处不应该禁止人民讨论大选的课题，更何况，关心国家政治是每个市民都应尽的责任。”
主流媒体充国阵竞选喉舌 选民不受影响反站对立面
特约周泽南 3月29日 下午4点14分
独立新闻中心执行主任雅嘉特莉（V. Gayathry）指出，尽管国内主流媒体尤其是电视台和报章在第12届大选的报导中明显的倾向国阵，可是选民的选择不仅不受这些媒体影响，反而站在主流新闻和报导的对立面。“这现象显示人民不再相信受政府控制的媒体，媒体业者若要继续生存和发展，就必须站稳捍卫新闻自由的立场，为读者提供不偏颇的报导和言论，并促进媒体之间的良性竞争。”她是于今日上午11时假该中心办公处举行的记者会上，公布“2008年大选媒体监督”报告时作出上述表示。独立新闻中心联同媒体独立撰稿人联盟(WAMI) 和人民醒决运动2000年宣言(CHARTER 2000-ALIRAN)针对六大主流报章在第12届大选中的新闻报导和言论处理，进行了数量和质性的研究及监督。媒体放大国阵对选民的恐吓雅嘉特莉表示，和1999年与2004年的大选比较，主流媒体受制于政府言论和立场的限制和偏颇并没有改善，她还观察到这些媒体甚至有意放大国阵对选民所进行的恐吓，充当国阵议程的传声筒，因此她表示，“人民在3月8日对国阵的否决其实也是对主流媒体的否决。”纳入这项监督范围的“主流媒体”包括主要的英文、国文和淡米尔文报章，不含中文报章。它们是英文报章《新海峡时报》、《星报》、《太阳报》、马来文报章《马来前锋报》和淡米尔文报章《马来西亚南班》(Malaysia Nanban)和《麦卡奥赛》（Makka Osai）。雅嘉特莉透露，志愿工作人员针对该六分主流报章的选举新闻、评论、编辑言论、读者来函及图片的３千８０８个项目进行了监督和分析。监督日期是从提名日（２月２４日）截至投票日（３月８日）。星报新海峡时报最亲国阵她透露道，“调查显示在所有英文报章中，《星报》的立场最倾向国阵，它提供给国阵内容的版位多达６３．１２％，在野党的版位仅５．５％，其余的３１．３１％版位则为中立的资讯。”她揶揄的说，“这份由马华拥有的报章给予巫统的版位比马华还多，分别为15.60%和12.42%，他们为攻击安华的言论所提供的版位也多达2.49%。另外，《新海峡时报》为在野党提供的版位稍微多一些，但也只占５．９％，反观其支持国阵的版位高达６０．２９％。和前两者相比，《太阳报》的偏颇情况相对的不那么严重，它倾向在野党和国阵的版位分别占１６％和４０．８７％。”雅嘉特莉也表示，淡米尔文报章并不如想像中那样的突显兴权会（ＨＩＮＤＲＡＦ）事件的报导和言论，它们大量报导印裔社群所面对的问题，和兴权会有关的版位却只有３％。她说，整体上两分淡米尔文报，既《马来西亚南班》及《马嘉欧赛》和国文报《马来前锋报》一样，倾向于国阵的报导和言论都非常高，各占７０％、６６％和８２．２９％。雅嘉特莉表示，除了上述问题，主流媒体对议题和竞选宣言缺乏深入的分析和评论；它们花更多篇幅在讨论候选人的个性和一些缺乏根据的猜测上，而甚少对议题进行有意义的辩论和探讨。放大报道詹德拉对安华指责该项媒体监督也对ＮＴＶ７电视台和ＲＡＤＩＯ２４的报导进行了一些观察，发现两者在竞选初期都有为在野党的声音提供管道，可是一旦靠近投票日，在野党的新闻就彻底被封杀了。雅嘉特莉表示，“有趣的是，《新海峡时报》为民主行动党提供的版位比人民公正党多，尽管如此，所有在野党的版位加起来还不及阿都拉和纳吉版位的一半。”“我们也观察到，沙巴和砂拉越的主流媒体大量刊出一些恐吓选民的国阵广告和言论，而詹德拉对安华的指责也获得大篇幅的报导。”肯定《当今大马》持平报道至于网路媒体方面，雅嘉特莉充份肯定了《当今大马》等英文媒体的表现(未对中文网路媒体作观察)，她说，“虽然有人声称《当今大马》明显的倾向人民公正党，可是我并不这么认为，基本上它的报导还是持平的。不过，或许是因为时间的限制，而无法从更广的角度出发，来提供报导”。雅嘉特莉还提出了至今她还是感到不解的现象，她说：“很多主流媒体的记者似乎对人民公正党特别排挤，这是我百思不得其解的”。她表示，一项值得关注的事是，未来媒体将如何对待国阵的态度。“人民已表明了态度，他们需要公正的媒体，而各主流媒体的总编辑和它们的业者要么迁就读者，提供批判性的报导和言论，要么继续屈服在国阵所设下的种种限制中。”因此，她给主流媒体提出了三项建议：(1)做回传媒的本分─意味著尊守媒体从业的操守和道德准则乃改进媒体公信力的第一步。虽然90%以上的主流媒体报导皆偏向国阵，却无法影响选民的现象，应证了媒体没有扮演好本分。(2)竞争并非坏事─是时候鼓励更多的出版和传媒的产生，以便能促成媒体的良性竞争。(3)废除限制新闻和言论自由的诸恶法。
MSM Boycott : A reader’s suggestion to hit BN companies where it hurts
Written by Harism Ibrahim
March 29, 2008
I am writing in response to your call to boycott the local newspapers.
Since the end of last year, I have stopped subscribing to any local newspapers. However, even if everyone were to boycott the MSM, I believe that this would not be enough.
The point of a boycott is to punish the newspapers for spreading lies. The boycott would deprive them of profits and put a halt to the propagation of the newspapers. The further boycott by the advertisers would hurt them even more. Nevertheless, this is a corrupt government that we are dealing with who would stop at nothing to see their propaganda go through including diverting public funds to the newspapers to ensure publication continues.
Therefore, it is imperative that we call for a boycott of not only the newspapers and TV stations, but all BN owned businesses and companies. This would deplete their coffers faster. Without money, their efforts to smear and discredit the others, who are truly working towards a better Malaysia, cannot continue.
I urge you to consider what I have said here.
I am currently compiling a list of companies and businesses owned by these goons. Hopefully, soon I will have enough on my list to publish for the public to take action against them. Smaller companies will feel the effects sooner than the larger public listed companies.
Nevertheless, the effects will soon be felt by all if we persist and fight hard to bring down the liars.
Mahathir lambasts Abdullah over fight with palace
Written By Carolyn Hong, THE STRAITS TIMES
March 29, 2008
ANOTHER arrow was shot yesterday at embattled Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi - this time, it came from his predecessor Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
The former premier wrote a letter, published on the front page of the Sun newspaper, lambasting Datuk Seri Abdullah's clash with the palace in the appointment of the Terengganu chief minister.
The Sun, a feisty free tabloid, was in January bought by Tan Sri Vincent Tan, a tycoon said to be close to Tun Dr Mahathir.
The Sun, a feisty free tabloid, was in January bought by Tan Sri Vincent Tan, a tycoon said to be close to Tun Dr Mahathir.
Tun Dr Mahathir in his letter referred to talk about the Sultan rejecting Datuk Seri Abdullah's choice for menteri besar because the Premier had allowed a businessman with ties to the 'first family' to benefit almost entirely from the billions of ringgit squandered on lavish projects in the state.
'These are all rumours. It will be quite impossible to prove anything as the perpetrators are skilled at hiding themselves,' Tun Dr Mahathir wrote.
The former premier, who has called on his successor to resign after a disastrous March 8 election result, added that people were trying to find evidence of his misdeeds to 'ask me to shut up'.
ATTACK: Tun Dr Mahathir says the unnamed businessman benefited from state projects.
Unless there is a frame-up, I think there should be nothing to pin on me,' he wrote.
Unless there is a frame-up, I think there should be nothing to pin on me,' he wrote.
Tun Dr Mahathir's latest salvo piles the pressure on Datuk Seri Abdullah, who is fending off several attacks following the election, which saw his ruling Barisan Nasional coalition lose control of five states and its two-thirds majority in parliament. The former premier said billions of ringgit in oil royalties to Terengganu had been squandered.
He wrote, 'They say the contracts all went to one person and they are suspicious that behind this person are members of the first family', meaning Datuk Seri Abdullah's family.
He added that, according to rumours, the former chief minister who was Datuk Seri Abdullah's candidate might have benefited financially, and that the Prime Minister may have influenced him into 'doing wrong things'.
Tun Dr Mahathir, 82, is clearly back in the fray after his second heart bypass operation last September.
He first launched an attack on his successor two years ago after several of his initiatives were scrapped, including a bridge to replace the Causeway to Singapore.
The government initially refuted some of his criticisms but eventually ignored them as Umno leaders rallied around Datuk Seri Abdullah.
There was a belief in the party that his influence had waned after he failed to win a low-level election for a delegate's post to the Umno General Assembly in 2006.
But this turned out to be erroneous.
A number of his complaints stuck, especially those relating to former minister of international trade and industry Rafidah Aziz's involvement in giving out car import permits, and the Prime Minister's family.
It was the former premier who first pointed a finger at the Prime Minister's son and son-in-law as having allegedly inordinate influence over him.
They became some of the biggest election issues.
Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin, a popular speaker at opposition election rallies, said one of Tun Dr Mahathir's statements asking people to vote for the best candidate had wide impact.
The implication was that party loyalty was of secondary importance.
'Whether you want to question his sincerity, that's beside the point. The message reached the ground,' Raja Petra said.
Part of Datuk Seri Abdullah's problems stem from his weak grip on power unlike his predecessor whose strongman abilities kept the country's institutions firmly under control.
Datuk Seri Abdullah's looser grip has allowed the monarchy to assert its power in recent weeks and rebellion to fester in his party and ruling coalition.
The Prime Minister is now facing a possible leadership challenge from Kelantan prince Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. The prince's chances could be bolstered by an endorsement from Tun Dr Mahathir.
The former premier is, however, still holding off as he prefers Datuk Seri Abdullah's current deputy, Datuk Seri Najib Razak. But Tun Dr Mahathir has not ruled out endorsing Tengku Razaleigh.
Get credible foreign agencies to investigate, says Mahathir
Get credible foreign agencies to investigate, says Mahathir
ALL THAT GILTTERS: The Crystal Mosque and surrounding theme park in Kuala Terengganu were built after BN regained control of the state in 2004. Glass panels and lighting make the mosque glow and glitter like a crystal at night.
EXCERPTS of the letter by former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, which was published on the front page of The Sun newspaper yesterday.
EXCERPTS of the letter by former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, which was published on the front page of The Sun newspaper yesterday.
HIS Royal Highnesses have clearly refused to take the advice of the Prime Minister...
We hear a lot of opinions on the propriety of the action by the Sultan. Some say he has the right to do this while others point out that as a constitutional ruler he could not do this...
It should be noted that this kind of thing never happened during the premiership of the four previous prime ministers...
Is it just that the particular ruler is being difficult, unwilling to accept the principles of democracy, wanting to return to feudalism and the absolute authority of the monarch? I do not think so. There must be a reason why the ruler refuses to accept the candidate named.
But the ruler chooses not to reveal the reasons and indulge in public debates... There is a lot of talk in the town.
Terengganu is blessed with petroleum deposits. It should get 5 per cent of the total earnings from oil production...
When Barisan Nasional regained Terengganu, the money, now called 'Wang Ehsan' (Goodwill Money, in Malay) was lavishly spent by the federal government on Terengganu. Over these years, (it) totalled several billion ringgit...
Since Barisan Nasional regained Terengganu in 2004 all kinds of projects have been developed. These include The Monsoon Cup, luxury housing for sale to foreigners, Crystal Mosque and theme park, university, etc.
Some of these projects are very good but many are totally unnecessary and wasteful...
The Terengganu people say the contracts all went to one person and they are suspicious that behind this person are members of the first family.
The rumours also say that the previous menteri besar was responsible for these things happening and of course they think that he might have benefited financially. The rumours went on to say that the Prime Minister might have influenced the menteri besar into doing wrong things.
These are all rumours. It will be quite impossible to prove anything as the perpetrators are skilled in hiding themselves. This is not good for a government keen to abolish corruption and be transparent. To clear its name, an investigation should be made.
But the public is leery of investigations by government agencies and departments.
Even royal commissions are not highly regarded. The people believe, not true of course, that the government has been interfering with the work of the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA), the police and the Attorney-General's Chambers. They say this is borne out by the results of investigations by these agencies.
When a deputy minister was accused of accepting money for the release of a detainee, the A-G said there was no case because the detainee said he did not give any money to the deputy minister. It is so easy.
If you have a case involving someone, all the enforcement agencies need to do is to ask him whether he was involved. If he says 'no', then there is no case.
For some reason, judges are finding that people accused of murder are not guilty because of insufficient evidence by the police. Yet people who are totally not involved in a case, who were not accused of any misdeeds and who did not appear in court at all and been given a hearing are found guilty and publicly condemned...
To clear its good name, the government should get credible foreign agencies to conduct the investigations. Of course they must be given full access to the documents, etc.
Now my detractors are going to say I did worse things when I was prime minister. Well if that is so let us have the foreign agencies investigate me also...
Friday, March 28, 2008
DrM speaks up on Rulers and politicians
Written by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
A Concerned Malaysian has expressed his worry over the role being played by Sultans in the appointment of the Mentri Besar.
After that, another member can be appointed by the Ruler to take his place. But if for some reason, there is no other candidate or the candidate with majority support is considered unsuitable by the Ruler, a new Government cannot be formed. The Ruler may then dissolve the legislative body and a new election may be held.
Is it just that the particular Ruler is being difficult, unwilling to accept the principles of democracy, wanting to return to feudalism and the absolute authority of the monarch?
Concerned Malaysians must ask what has the particular candidate done which is so wrong that it incurs the displeasure of the Ruler.
We know that since the BN regained Terengganu in 2004, all kinds of projects have been developed in Terengganu. This includes The Monsoon Cup, luxury housing for sale to foreigners, Crystal Mosque and theme park, university, etc. Some of these projects are very good but many are totally unnecessary and wasteful.
But additionally, they say the contracts all went to one person and they are suspicious that behind this person are members of the first family.The rumours also say that the previous Mentri Besar was responsible for these things happening and of course, they think that he might have benefited financially.
This is not good for a Government keen to abolish corruption and be transparent. To clear its name, an investigation should be made.
When a Deputy Minister was accused of accepting money for the release of a detainee, the A-G said there was no case because the detainee said he did not give any money to the Deputy Minister. It is so easy. If you have a case involving someone, all the enforcement agencies need to do is to ask him whether he was involved. If he says "no", then there is no case.
March 28, 2008
A Concerned Malaysian has expressed his worry over the role being played by Sultans in the appointment of the Mentri Besar.
His Royal Highnesses have clearly refused to take the advice of the Chief Minister i.e. the Prime Minister. Instead, they have chosen on their own a member of the state legislature to head the Government.
We hear a lot of opinions on the propriety of the action by the Sultan. Some say he has the right to do this while others point out that as a constitutional ruler, he could not do this.
The Constitution says that the Ruler or Head of State must choose the elected member who enjoys the support of the majority of members in the legislative body to be the Prime Minister or the Mentri Besar. Subject to this provision, the Ruler it is who chooses and appoints the Prime Minister or Mentri Besar.
The Prime Minister, as Prime Minister, has no role in the choice of the State Mentri Besar or Ketua Menteri. His naming of candidate who should be the Mentri Besar is purely a party matter. Obviously, if the State is captured by the Opposition Party, he cannot name the candidate.
However, if the Ruler chooses someone who does not enjoy majority support, he could be deposed at a sitting of the legislative body through a vote of "no confidence".
After that, another member can be appointed by the Ruler to take his place. But if for some reason, there is no other candidate or the candidate with majority support is considered unsuitable by the Ruler, a new Government cannot be formed. The Ruler may then dissolve the legislative body and a new election may be held.
This new election may lead to the same impasse. The Ruler may not like the member with majority support.
However, it should be noted that this kind of thing had never happened during the premiership of the four previous Prime Ministers. Concerned Malaysians should wonder why.
Is it just that the particular Ruler is being difficult, unwilling to accept the principles of democracy, wanting to return to feudalism and the absolute authority of the monarch?
I do not think so. There must be a reason why the Ruler refuses to accept the candidate named by the party. But the Ruler chooses not to reveal the reasons and indulge in public debates. He merely expresses his displeasure by refusing to do what normally the Rulers would do.
Concerned Malaysians must ask what has the particular candidate done which is so wrong that it incurs the displeasure of the Ruler.
There are lots of talks in the town. Terengganu is blessed with petroleum deposits. It should get 5% of the total earning from oil production. The Federal Government; fearing the previous PAS government might use this money wrongly had withheld payment.
But when the Barisan Nasional (BN) regained Terengganu the money, now called "Wang Ehsan", was lavishly spent by the Federal Government on Terengganu. It is not a small sum. Over these years "Wang Ehsan" totalled several billion.
We know that since the BN regained Terengganu in 2004, all kinds of projects have been developed in Terengganu. This includes The Monsoon Cup, luxury housing for sale to foreigners, Crystal Mosque and theme park, university, etc. Some of these projects are very good but many are totally unnecessary and wasteful.
But what the Terengganu people are saying is that all these mega projects costing billions of Ringgit have been contracted out to people outside Terengganu. Terengganu contractors got practically nothing.
But additionally, they say the contracts all went to one person and they are suspicious that behind this person are members of the first family.The rumours also say that the previous Mentri Besar was responsible for these things happening and of course, they think that he might have benefited financially.
The rumours went on to say that the Prime Minister might have influenced the Mentri Besar into doing wrong things. These are all rumours. It will be quite impossible to prove anything as the perpetrators are skilled in hiding themselves.
This is not good for a Government keen to abolish corruption and be transparent. To clear its name, an investigation should be made.
But the public is leery of investigations by Government agencies and departments. Even Royal Commissions are not highly regarded. The people believe, not true of course, that the Government has been interfering with the work of the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA), the Police and the Attorney General (A-G)'s Chambers. The say this is borne out by the results of investigations by these agencies.
When a Deputy Minister was accused of accepting money for the release of a detainee, the A-G said there was no case because the detainee said he did not give any money to the Deputy Minister. It is so easy. If you have a case involving someone, all the enforcement agencies need to do is to ask him whether he was involved. If he says "no", then there is no case.
For some reason, judges are finding that people accused of murder are not guilty because of insufficient evidence by the police. Yet people who are totally not involved in a case, who were not accused of any misdeeds and who did not appear in court at all and been given a hearing are found guilty and publicly condemned.
The public cannot be blamed for not having faith in Government agencies doing investigations.
The public cannot be blamed for suspecting cover-ups by the Government or worse still the Government may be using these enforcement agencies to threaten people.
To clear its good name, the Government should get credible foreign agencies to do the investigation. Of course, they must be given full access to the documents etc.
Now my detractors are going to say I did worse things when I was Prime Minister. Well, if that is so, let us have the foreign agencies investigate me also. I am aware that people are looking into possible misdeeds by me during my 22 years so as to threaten me and ask me to shut up. So far they have not found anything.
Not only have I not taken anything that was not due to me while I was Prime Minister but I have given back to the Government and the people everything that I had received as gifts during my tenure of office.
The Government had offered me land in Kedah and Langkawi and I had refused to accept. I have a 5-acre plot in Putrajaya which I paid for even though the Government was offering it to me free.
Unless there is a frame-up, I think there should be nothing to pin on me. Even other accusations against me, including the dismissal of judges, were not my doing and I do not feel obliged to apologise. Ask the Tribunal to apologise.
The person asking that the Government should apologise for what happened to Tun Salleh Abbas may have forgotten that as President of the Muslim Lawyers Association, he fully supported the action that was taken.
He castigated the Bar Council for condemning Tun Hamid Omar over the dismissal of judges. Now he wants to be more correct than correct. I wonder why.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Earth Hour 2008
Earth Hour 2007 was a Sydney event. Earth Hour 2008 is a global movement.
Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming.
About Earth Hour
On March 31 2007, for one hour, Sydney made a powerful statement about the greatest contributor to global warming – coal-fired electricity – by turning off its lights. Over 2.2 million Sydney residents and over 2,100 businesses switched off, leading to a 10.2% energy reduction across the city. What began as one city taking a stand against global warming caught the attention of the world.
In 2008, 24 global cities will participate in Earth Hour at 8pm on March 29. Earth Hour is the highlight of a major campaign to encourage businesses, communities and individuals to take the simple steps needed to cut their emissions on an ongoing basis. It is about simple changes that will collectively make a difference – from businesses turning off their lights when their offices are empty, to households turning off appliances rather than leaving them on standby.
Lights off for an hour, please
PENANGITES have been urged to turn off their home lights for an hour, between 8pm and 9pm on Satruday, to participate in the Earth Hour campaign in conjunction with Malaysia's first Earth Day.
Penang Family Planning Association’s (FPA) Youth Advisor Centre (YAC) chairman Oh Chin Eng said they aimed at achieving 5% reduction in electricity usage on that day.
“We want to join 24 other cities worldwide to reduce global warming,” he said.
Earth Hour started as a joint initiative among WWF-Australia, Fairfax Media and Leo Burnett for the city of Sydney with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Sydney by 5% in 2007.
But when some 2.2 million Sydney residents participated in Earth Hour on March 31 last year by switching off their lights for an hour, it resulted in 10.2%. reduction in electricity usage.
“It will be a relaxing moment and by doing nothing, we are actually doing something,” he said at a press conference at FPA in Jelutong yesterday .
He said those interested could sign up for Earth Hour at www.earthhour.org/user/SLC6.
Tanjong Bungah assemblyman Teh Yee Cheu, who was also at the press conference, said he would call on the state government to support the campaign.
According to a report by Reuters, as many as 30 million people from 24 cities are expected to switch off lights and televisions around the world to help fight climate change by joining the campaign.
Among the cities joining Earth Hour are Atlanta, San Francisco, Bangkok, Ottawa, Dublin, Vancouver, Montreal, Phoenix, Copen-hagen and Aarhus, Manila, Fiji’s capital Suva, Chicago, Tel Aviv, Christchurch, Toronto, Odense and Aalborg, as well as several major Australian cities.
Andy Ridley, who is Earth Hour’s executive director, said other iconic buildings to be plunged into darkness this year include San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, Chicago’s Sears Tower and Soldier Field Stadium football ground, as well as the 553m CN Tower in Toronto.
UUM and vice-chancellor win RM7m in slander case
Written by The Star
March 26, 2008
A High Court here has ordered blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin as well as the group chief editor and editor of PKR’s Suara Keadilan to pay a total of RM7mil to Universiti Utara Malaysia and its vice-chancellor Tan Sri Dr Nordin Kardi for libel.
High Court deputy registrar Priscilla Gengadaran made the order Wednesday following a judgment in default she handed down on Feb 26 after the three had failed to file their defence within the required period.
She ordered the damages to be paid to the plaintiffs for claiming that Dr Nordin was a plagiarist on the Malaysia Today website and in the 98th edition of Suara Keadilan in November 2006.
Nordin and UUM had filed a lawsuit against Raja Petra, PKR, Suara Keadilan group chief editor and the editor. Only PKR had submitted its defence.
Priscilla ordered Raja Petra to pay RM2mil to Nordin and UUM, respectively. She also ordered each of the editors to pay RM1mil and RM500,000 to Nordin and UUM, respectively.
High Court deputy registrar Priscilla Gengadaran made the order Wednesday following a judgment in default she handed down on Feb 26 after the three had failed to file their defence within the required period.
She ordered the damages to be paid to the plaintiffs for claiming that Dr Nordin was a plagiarist on the Malaysia Today website and in the 98th edition of Suara Keadilan in November 2006.
Nordin and UUM had filed a lawsuit against Raja Petra, PKR, Suara Keadilan group chief editor and the editor. Only PKR had submitted its defence.
Priscilla ordered Raja Petra to pay RM2mil to Nordin and UUM, respectively. She also ordered each of the editors to pay RM1mil and RM500,000 to Nordin and UUM, respectively.
Najib membisu
Written by Aspan Alias
March 26, 2008
Najib Razak menyepi seribu bahasa seolah-olah beliau sudah tiada lagi dalam politik tanahair. Negara sedang dilanda krisis demi krisis tetapi tiada berita baik daripada beliau yang boleh menjadi penawar kepada rakyat khususnya ahli-ahli UMNO yang sedang menderita hasil kekalahan teruk pada pilihanraya yang baru selesai ini.
Najib sudah kembali menunjukkan sifat tidak bertanggungjawab beliau yang begitu terkenal dengan sifat pengecut dan bacul apabila berada di dalam sesuatu krisis. Yang kedengaran hanya cakap-cakap yang tidak boleh dipakai daripada pemimpin ‘capcai’ di dalam UMNO seperti Mat Taib, Noh Omar, Tengku Adnan dan beberapa yang lain yang mana rakyat tidak hormat dan ambil pusing dengan kata-kata mereka. Seorang lagi pemimpin yang sudah mula bercakap ialah Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yang tidak memberi apa-apa ‘consequence’ dengan memberi alasan lapuk kenapa pemilihan parti perlu ditangguhkan ke tahun hadapan.
Rakyat, khususnya orang melayu sedang dahagakan berita yang boleh menjadi ubat bagi penyelesaian kepada perasaan tidak menentu sekarang ini. Pucuk pimpinan kita seperti Pak Lah dan Najib sudah nyata hilang punca dan tidak mampu untuk bertindak secara bijak setelah begitu lama duduk di atas singgahsana kepimpinan kita.
Saya sendiri selalu bersuara sejak beberapa tahun dahulu sehinggalah sekarang menzahirkan perasaan curiga saya tentang kemampuan mereka menerajui negara ini. Mereka berdua ini sebenarnya bukanlah ‘material’ perdana menteri kerana pada asasnya mereka tidak mempunyai ‘attributes’ seorang pemimpin besar. Mereka naik semata-mata budaya dan sistem pemilihan UMNO yang diubah sejak 1988 dahulu, di mana seseorang yang hendak menawarkan diri untuk bertanding jawatan tertinggi parti perlu mendapat pencalonan sebanyak 30%.
Akhirnya sistem ini menjadikan UMNO sebagai tempat paling enak bagi pemimpin-pemimpin yang lemah, rasuah dan yang menggunakan kuasa seluas-luasnya untuk kepentingan peribadi. Malahan sistem dan budaya inilah yang menjadi penyumbang terbesar kepada kekalahan BN baru-baru ini kerana UMNO sudah menjadi lemah.
Pemimpin-pemimpin berbakat terhumban keluar daripada UMNO.Akhirnya yang tinggal hanyalah sampah-sarap dari yang besar-besar hinggalah ke peringkat bawah yang tidak berguna kepada bangsa dan agamanya. Mereka inilah yang UMNO tonjolkan kepada rakyat dalam pilihanraya baru-baru ini dengan janji-janji manis yang tidak pernah dikotakan.
Maka, rakyat menolak calon-calon BN termasuklah di kalangan ahli-ahli UMNO itu sendiri. Penawaran Tengku Razaleigh untuk menerajui UMNO amat memberangsangkan ramai ahli UMNO dan rakyat jelata secara amnya.
Setidak-tidaknya ada juga seorang yang berani ke hadapan untuk membantu keresahan rakyat jelata yang merasakan kekosongan yang begitu ketara di peringkat pucuk pimpinan negara. Beliau merupakan seorang ahli siasah yang berpengalaman dan seorang teknokrat yang telah meletakkan asas ekonomi negara yang teguh semasa beliau menjadi orang penting di dalam kerajaan dahulu. Tuhan memanjangkan usia beliau, mungkin untuk dijadikan ‘medium’ Nya bagi menyelamatkan bangsa melayu yang keramat ini.
Semoga Tengku Razaleigh diberi kekuatan untuk mengharungi ranjau-ranjau sepanjang jalan beliau untuk menyelamatkan bangsa kita.
Undi tidak percaya Muhammad Taib kepada Pak Lah
Written by Aspan Alias
March 25, 2008
Muhammad Taib berkata bahawa berpuluh-puluh bahagian menyuarakan pendapat yang pemilihan parti patut ditangguhkan sehingga Jun tahun hadapan untuk meredakan keadaan. Kononnya jika buat pemilihan sekarang ditakuti akan timbul malapetaka.Kita nak bertanya kepada Mat Taib, apa malapetakanya, selain daripada kemungkinan pimpinan ditolak oleh perwakilan?
Malapetaka yang mungkin dimaksudkan oleh Mat Taib ialah kekalahan pihaknya dalam pemilihan itu.Jika pimpinan hari ini ditolak, mereka mesti menerimanya dengan baik dan malapetaka itu tidak akan wujud. Sebenarnya, Muhammad Taib sudah mula hendak berbohong lagi dan memutarbelitkan isu. Beliau ini memang terkenal dengan kemahiran berbohong sehinggakan Tuanku Sultan Selangor pun pernah dibohonginya.
Kepada Mat Taib, saya ingin memberi sedikit nasihat. Jika dia mencadangkan pemilihan di dalam UMNO ini ditangguhkan, ianya membayangkan dia tidak ada keyakinan untuk kekal berkuasa. Ini bermakna Mat Taib sendiri menzahirkan undi tidak percaya kepada Pak Lah secara langsung. Saya tidak tahu sama ada Mat Taib sedar atau tidak tindakan beliau ini merupakan tindakan yang dianggap bodoh sebagai seorang pemimpin sebuah parti siasah terbesar negara ini.
Saya sanggup memberikan kursus kepada Mat Taib kerana setakat mengajar ilmu yang sekecil ini tak perlu orang yang bijak pandai. Cukup sekadar saya yang tidak bijak ini untuk memberi kursus kepadanya. Sekarang ini kekuatan individu di dalam UMNO tidak ada gunanya sekiranya UMNO itu sendiri ditolak rakyat. Jika benar Mat Taib ini seorang yang boleh berfikir, beliau tidak akan bercakap seperti orang yang mabuk. Seseorang yang tidak tahu apa yang dilakukannya adalah tergolong dalam kumpulan orang yang mabuk.
Amalan dan ibadah orang-orang mabuk tidak diterima Tuhan. Mat Taib mesti sedar jika pemilihan ditangguhkan dan berjaya mengekalkan kepimpinan hari ini, bermakna dia mahu mengekalkan kebencian rakyat kepada barisan pimpinan UMNO seperti apa yang berlaku sekarang.
Jika kebencian ini berlarutan, maka pada pilihanraya yang akan datang UMNO/BN akan ditolak sekali lagi dan kali ini banyak lagi negeri akan hilang ke tangan pembangkang. Mat Taib perlu faham bahawa pemimpin yang ditolak tidak akan mampu memperbetulkan parti kita ini. Usaha untuk memperbetulkan UMNO hanya boleh dilakukan oleh pemimpin yang berpengalaman dan yang tidak ada dalam kepimpinan tertinggi pada hari ini.
Ketua penerangan kita ini seolah-olah ingin sangat melihat UMNO menghadapi kegagalan lagi dengan membawa cadangan yang mengarut ini untuk diluluskan oleh MT parti. Saya begitu hairan kenapalah orang-orang seperti Mat Taib ini masih ada lagi dalam barisan kepimpinan kita?
Kenapakah orang yang mempunyai imej yang meragukan ini diberikan lagi tempat? Bukankah orang seperti ini akan membuatkan kita susah untuk menghidangkan kepada rakyat UMNO yang baik dan ber’dignity’? Jika cadangan untuk menangguhkan pemilihan dalam parti semata-mata untuk mengekalkan kepimpinan yang telah ditolak rakyat, maka UMNO akan kekal ditolak dan beberapa buah negeri lagi akan jatuh ke tangan pembangkang.
Apa yang cuba dilakukan oleh Mat Taib ini seolah-olah dia sedang menggali liang lahat untuk UMNO pada pilihanraya akan datang. Nampaknya, bersungguh-sungguh benar Mat Taib dan rakan-rakannya nak kuburkan UMNO ini.
Apabila parti sudah terkubur nanti, kita akan ingat siapa yang menguburkan UMNO kesayangan kita ini!Tentulah salah seorang yang bertanggung jawab menguburkan UMNO ialah Mat Taib selain daripada Pak Lah, Najib, Tengku Adnan dan lain-lain yang ramai di antaranya kita kenal.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Understanding the Terengganu MB issue
Written by Raja Petra Kamarudin
Let us look at what the mainstream media has erroneously dubbed a 'Constitutional Crisis' in Terengganu. It may certainly be a Crisis of sorts but far from a Constitutional Crisis. It is merely the Ruler rejecting the Prime Minister's choice of Menteri Besar on grounds that the candidate is tainted and therefore not suitable to head the state government.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Ahmad disambut meriah di Kemaman
Written by Malaysiakini
Mar 24, 08 6:14pm
Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Kijal, Datuk Ahmad Said, akan memulakan khidmatnya esok sebagai menteri besar baru Terengganu, katanya dalam ucapan di kediamannya di Telok Kalong, Kemaman. Beliau sebelum itu menerima sambutan meriah kira-kira lebih 2,000 penyokongnya sejauh kira-kira 10 kilometer bermula dari sempadan Kuantan-Kemaman sehingga ke rumahnya kira jam 5.30 petang tadi.
Mar 24, 08 6:14pm
Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Kijal, Datuk Ahmad Said, akan memulakan khidmatnya esok sebagai menteri besar baru Terengganu, katanya dalam ucapan di kediamannya di Telok Kalong, Kemaman. Beliau sebelum itu menerima sambutan meriah kira-kira lebih 2,000 penyokongnya sejauh kira-kira 10 kilometer bermula dari sempadan Kuantan-Kemaman sehingga ke rumahnya kira jam 5.30 petang tadi.
Dalam ucapan kira-kira 20 minit, Ahmad menyampaikan ucapan terima kasih kepada penyokong dan rakyat kerana sedia bersamanya. "Saya tidak pernah bermimpi hendak menjadi pemimpin Terengganu. Ini semua kehendak Allah," katanya, yang juga ketua bahagian Kemaman, di depan penyokongnya. "Saya akan bekerja sebaik mungkin.
"Menurut sumber-sumber yang hadir di majlis itu, Ahmad juga berkata beliau akan ke pejabat menteri besar esok di Wisma Darul Iman, Kuala Terengganu. Ahmad diiringi oleh kawalan ketat polis, termasuk pasukan Unit Simpanan Persekutuan (FRU) dan unit udara, sumber-sumber itu memberitahu Malaysiakini.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Terengganu MB Appointment Unconstitutional, Says Abdullah
Written by Bernama
March 23, 2008
The appointment of Kijal assemblyman Datuk Ahmad Said as the new Menteri Besar of Terengganu is unconstitutional, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
"Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh (who was slated for the post) commands majority support (among the elected representatives). This has not changed."
"As such, the appointment of any other person to the post is unconstitutional," Abdullah said when asked to comment on the action by 22 Terengganu Barisan Nasional assemblyman in the state who have protested Ahmad's appointment to lead the state.
Earlier, Abdullah had witnessed the 2008 Petronas Formula One Grand Prix held at the Sepang Circuit here, Sunday. He had also presented the winner's trophy to the race's winner, Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro's Kimi Raikkonen.
The Kijal assemblyman received the letter of appointment as the new Terengganu Menteri Besar from the state's Regency Advisory Council at a closed-door meeting at Istana Tetamu in Kuala Terengganu this morning.
The date for his swearing-in, however, had yet to be fixed.
Mengapa Khir Toyo Lepas Jawatan Dalam Parti?
Written by MSO
Mar 22, 2008
AWAL-AWAL lagi saya sudah merasakan pengakuan Mohamad Khir Toyo dalam tv sewaktu mengumumkan beliau melepaskan jawatan Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Selangor kononnya atas kerelaan beliau dan tidak ada sebarang tekanan ke atasnya saya tidak mempercayainya. Sebabnya, masakan semudah itu Khir melepaskan jawatan yang cukup berprestaj itu.
Semua orang bermati-matian berusaha untuk memegang jawatan itu. Khir pula dengan senang melepaskanya, macam melepas merpati putih tanda kedamaian! Alasan Khir Toyo beliau lepas kerana ambil tanggungjawab atas kekalahan teruk BN/Umno di Selangor. Benarkah?
Tidak masuk akal alasan berkenaan. Khir sengaja mencari alasan untuk menghalalkan tindakannya. Dalam soal ini bekas MB Selangor itu ada menyembunyikan sesuatu daripada pengetahuan umum. Khir tidak jujur kepada dirinya sendiri.Dalam keadaan sekrang beliau seharusnya tidak menjadi pandir. Beliau harus berani berterus terang dan membela diri sendiri. Dalam keadaan sekarang tidak ada gunanya ikhlas dan berkorban untuk kesejahteraan parti. Umno dalam apa keadaan dan lakulah apa sekalipun ia tidak akan sejahtera lagi. Umno sudah parah!Bagi saya Khir tetap kena tekan. Atau kena masukkan dalam botol dan mulut botol ditutup! Ini menyebabkan Khir tidak dapat bernyawa dan menjadi sempuk. Kalau beliau tidak ditekan dan diasak, saya kira bukan semudah itu untuk Khir keluar dari pintu pejabat Umno Selangor.Kalau benar alasan yang dikatakan Khir itu, ini bermakna bukan beliau saja yang kena berbuat begitu. Orang lain juga yang partinyanya kalah perlu berbuat demikian.Mahadzir Khalid di Kedah kena lepaskan jawatan Pengerusi Umno Kedah. Kedah juga mengalami nasib sama dengan Selangor. Kedah juga terlepas kepada pembangkang. Pas telah membentuk kerajaan di sana. Menteri Besarnya, Azizan Abdul Razak.
Menangis dua jam
Begitu juga dengan Perak. Tajol Rosli Ghazali bukan saja perlu menangis kerana tidak mahu tinggalkan kediaman Menteri Besar atau menangis dua jam kerana nak serahkan kerusi Gerik kepada MCA. Tetapi beliau juga kena menangis dan lepaskan jawatan pengerusi perhubungan Umno Perak. Perak juga bukan menang. Pembangkang, PKR-Pas-DAP telah menubuhkan kerajaan di negeri berkenaan. Mohd Nizal Jamaluddin sudah menjadi Menteri Besar.
Begitu juga dengan Annuar Musa di Kelantan. Annuar Musa dan Awang Adek Hussein juga gagal untuk merampas Kelantan. Annuar juga perlu melepaskan jawatan Pengerusi Perhubungan Umno Kelantan. Bukan itu saja jawatan-jawatan lain juga perlu dilepaskan termasuk jawatan Presiden Kafa, pengerusi surau Bukit Marak dan sebagainya. Sebab tanggungjawab dan malu Annuar sangat besar di Kelantan. Selain dia kalah taukeh dia juga kalah!Di Kelantan MBnya ialah, *****.... eh... bukan...bukan masih lagi Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, dan bukan Awang Adek, Awang Adek sudah terkorban khbarnya masih nanar sampai hari ini.
Tetapi kenapa mereka tidak ambil tanggungjawab seperti Khir Toyo? Apakah mereka itu tidak ada muka atau jenis muka ditampal dengan belulang biawak? Tidak tahu malu muka! Manakala Khir pula yang suka makan tempe itu tahu malu dan ada perasaan bertanggungjawab?
Justeru apa yang Khir kata itu hanya alasan sahaja. Apa yang berlaku beliau kena tekan agar melepaskan jawatan Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Selangor. Kalau bukan kena tekan tidak semudah itu Khir bersedia untuk berundur. Masakan sebagai bekas MB beliau hilang penyokongnya sekelip mata sahaja. Ke mana menghilangnya Exco yang mengelilingi beliau selama ini?
Khir ini pun satu jenis manusia juga, orang tekan sikit sudah mengaduh, sudah mengaku kalah. Apalah jenis ahli politik kalau serapuh itu! Jelas Khir bukan seorang fighter.
Siapa yang menekan Khir Toyo di Selangor? Untuk mengetahuinya cukup mudah. Tenguk siapa yang dilantik oleh Abdullah Ahmad Badawi mengetahui Umno Selangor. Dia ialah Muhammad Mohd Taib bekas menantu Sultan.
Suara ghaib jadi orang yang menekan Khir tidak lain dan tidak bukan, ialah bekas MB Selangor itu. Dalam hal ini sudah pasti Muhammad Taib akan gunakan suara ghib untuk tidak menampakknya. Mungkin Muhammad Taib ada sound sesuatu kepada Abdullah mengenai Khir sehingga Abdullah merestui agar Khir Toyo berundur.
Abdullah yang terkenal dengan hobi suka tidur itu tidak akan mengetahui apa yang berlaku di Selangor kecuali ada orang yang memberi tahu dan membisikan sesuatu di telinganya. Selalunya Abdullah mengendorsekan sahaja apa-apa yang telah diputuskan.
Kemalangan yang menimpa Khir Toyo itu ialah kerana beliau kurang cekap dan tidak dapat membaca riak dalam ombak. Beliau kurang bijak membaca teka teki politik. Beliau seperti jahil dengan Machiavellism. Jadi ada apa yang berlaku di Selangor terhadap Khir Toyo ialah beliau telah menjadi mangsa permainan politik gertak dan kodeta. Sesiapa yang mudah gelabah dan cemas maka mudahlah pula kuasa yang digenggamnya akan dikodeta!
The Sultan of Terengganu, Our King
Written by Aisehman Bukumuka
23 March 2008
That means he is now an independent state assemblyman. So he can’t be Menteri Besar now because he definitely does not command the support of the majority of the assembly.
The thing is, he didn’t even have the support of the majority when he was still an Umno assemblyman. The Umno buggers in the state wanted Idris Jusoh; they still do.
Idris Jusoh commands the support of the majority, and therefore he should be sworn in as Menteri Besar, not the now-independent ADUN from Kijal. That is the law.
What’s with the Sultan? I’ll tell you what’s with the Sultan, who is also the Agong.
His objections to swearing in Idris Jusoh might not be legal, but they sure are moral and ethical.
The Sultan is sick and tired of Idris Jusoh, not only because he is corrupted, but also because he’s amounted to nothing more than KJ’s errand boy.
The Sultan is sick and tired of Idris Jusoh, not only because he is corrupted, but also because he’s amounted to nothing more than KJ’s errand boy.
He’s sick and tired of the state’s petroleum royalties being used to fund ostentatious and over-priced projects that have brought very little direct benefit to the people of Terengganu, the second poorest state in the country, but have enriched Umno buggers in the state.
He’s sick and tired that people like KJ and Patrick Lim (aka Patrick Badawi, who is now in deep shit as his Penang projects look like they will be shelved) are running riot all over the place while Idris Jusoh the running dog does and can do nothing much but merely rub himself against their ankles.
The Sultan has had enough of all of this, and that’s why he doesn’t want Idris Jusoh.
That’s why he is even risking legal action against his person for not wanting to swear in the bugger.
That’s why he is even risking legal action against his person for not wanting to swear in the bugger.
It is all for the people of Terengganu, and heck, the rest of us will also benefit from the King’s display of — pardon my language — balls and spine.
Daulat Tuanku.
Mirror! Mirror! On the wall… who’s the fairest among them all
Written by drrafick
March 23, 2008
For the past few days, I have been busy with my children annual school sports day. Being the chairman of the PTA, we the exco members has been trying very hard to ensure that the games being a memorable one. So much so, I have loss touch with the happening in the local political scene as I had very little time to read the papers or listen to the media. I had been under the impression that the government that has been appointed has gone back to work and life is about to go on as usual.
I was taken aback when I read an article on Malaysiakini under the heading “ T’ganu MB: Palace appoints Ahmad Said, boycott looms” last night. This morning I saw another article that seems have put a greater wedge on the governance of the people when Malaysiakini reported that “MB crisis deepens in Terengganu” where it was said that the Kijal State Assemblyman has been sacked from UMNO. Somehow another, I thought that Ideris Jusoh has been appointed by the Regency Advisory Council and all the state government has been formed. Hmmm, I missed something… this is what happen when news are not reported on the primetime news. Well, maybe the editor felt the story is not a very interesting news that worth the primetime exposure! Doh!
I was taken aback when I read an article on Malaysiakini under the heading “ T’ganu MB: Palace appoints Ahmad Said, boycott looms” last night. This morning I saw another article that seems have put a greater wedge on the governance of the people when Malaysiakini reported that “MB crisis deepens in Terengganu” where it was said that the Kijal State Assemblyman has been sacked from UMNO. Somehow another, I thought that Ideris Jusoh has been appointed by the Regency Advisory Council and all the state government has been formed. Hmmm, I missed something… this is what happen when news are not reported on the primetime news. Well, maybe the editor felt the story is not a very interesting news that worth the primetime exposure! Doh!
The fact of the case is clear i.e. the Palace (i.e. Sultan Mizan) does not want Ideris Jusoh. What is not clear is the reason why? It is also not clear on whether there is any breach of law by both the palace officials and the government. I also wonders whether Hadi Awang, the PAS President is involved in anyway, knowing the close relationship between the Sultan Mizan (DYMM) and himself which goes back a long way.
Why there is a problem?
It is quite certain that the actual reason is only known to the DYMM, the caretaker MB Ideris and maybe some top UMNO officials and PM. My research on the internet seems to point to a lot of rumours and no concrete fact. SMS has been spreading around that the DYMM is angry because Ideris failed to give his brother some business. Another rumour is that, the DYMM was upset because his brother was dropped as a candidate in the recent GE. It was reported in Malaysia Today that the sultan disapproves of Idris because he feels that Idris did not show enough respect to the royal household during his first term as MB.A new rumour is now spreading saying that DYMM was upset because Ideris did not respect HIM in the religious capacity as the Head of State. There is also a rumour that DYMM was actually acting on Instruction of fellow Sultans in other State to put pressure on UMNO whom they felt has been sidelining the power of the Royal Household over the years.
What ever it is, the actual reason will never be known as no one has come forward to give the official reason why? In light of this, both the Federal Government (or the PM) and the Regency Advisory Council must issue official statement to the matter. Rumours is unhealthy to all parties concern as well as the people in the state. It also reflects badly in the international scene.
What happen to the Law!
What ever it is, the actual reason will never be known as no one has come forward to give the official reason why? In light of this, both the Federal Government (or the PM) and the Regency Advisory Council must issue official statement to the matter. Rumours is unhealthy to all parties concern as well as the people in the state. It also reflects badly in the international scene.
What happen to the Law!
This is what exactly happen when, we seems to put the law in the second place compared to personality. In the case of Terengganu, the AG (Ghani Patail – who seems to be very careful off late) has made it very clear that under Item 34 (1) of the Federal Constitution, the King cannot perform as the Sultan of Terengganu except in the capacity of the State Head of Islam. As such the King has no power in determining who should become the MB.
I am not sure about the state laws of Terengganu with regards to the appointment of the MB. I have been searching the internet but failed to find anything. Based on the assumption that the State laws are the same, then the argument in Perak, Selangor and Perlis where it says that the Sultan must appoint the candidate that is most popular among the state assemblyman. The MB then will appoint the state cabinet. The power of the Sultan and the King is well define and it cannot interfere in the matters related to the state administration. Why is that everyone seems to have some difficulty in understanding the law. The law in this matte is very clear. The problem seems to be lies to the different interpretation by different people in the different state. The interpretation seems to be made to suit the situation. If this continues, it will disrupt the governance of the people.
The Impact
The Impact
While everyone is dwelling on the political impact, I choose to analyze from the point of the state and the people. After 2 weeks of the GE, the state government has yet to be formed. The efficiency of running the government is affected. Election was done to elect representative to serve the people. People decide who they want to govern them. The people decide on the mode of governance. If this continues then governing is interrupted and matters of the state is not being managed properly.
It is also unclear why the PM and his DPM has chose to be silent in these matter. They need to solve this impasse without going against the law. Now all the 22 State assemblyman has signed a letter and had openly state in the media, that they want Ideris, then it would even make it very difficult for anyone to make a u turn and go towards a compromise that will not go against the laws. This is the problem in Malaysia. The law is always treated as a second class matter compared to personality… Maybe the state government of Perak, Perlis, Terengganu and Selangor need to revisit their laws and look on how to make it clearer for all people in the future and prevent the recurrence of such problems.
It is also unclear why the PM and his DPM has chose to be silent in these matter. They need to solve this impasse without going against the law. Now all the 22 State assemblyman has signed a letter and had openly state in the media, that they want Ideris, then it would even make it very difficult for anyone to make a u turn and go towards a compromise that will not go against the laws. This is the problem in Malaysia. The law is always treated as a second class matter compared to personality… Maybe the state government of Perak, Perlis, Terengganu and Selangor need to revisit their laws and look on how to make it clearer for all people in the future and prevent the recurrence of such problems.
Bakal MB terlucut keahlian Umno
Written by Malaysiakini
Mar 23, 08 10:35am (kemaskini 11.30am)
Dalam perkembangan yang semakin menggemparkan di Terengganu, calon menteri besar Datuk Ahmad Said telah terlucut keahliannya dalam Umno kerana mengengkari arahan Umno Malaysia supaya tidak menerima watikah pelantikannya itu.
Ahmad, yang gagal mengangkat sumpah jawatan tersebut hari ini akibat pemulauan 23 lagi wakil rakyat BN, menerima watikah pengisytiharan pelantikannya daripada Yang Dipertua Majlis Penasihat Pemangku Raja (MPPR), Tengku Sri Panglima Raja Tengku Baderulzaman Sultan Mahmud, di Istana Tetamu, Kuala Terengganu.
Bagaimanapun, tarikh upacara angkat sumpah belum ditentukan lagi.Arahan larangan tersebut dikeluarkan oleh Umno dan BN melalui setiausaha agungnya Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor malam tadi, beberapa jam selepas pejabat Sultan Terengganu mengumumkan Ahmad, 51, dilantik menggantikan Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh.Tengku Adnan dilaporkan berkata, Ahmad tidak berhak berbuat demikian kerana Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, yang juga presiden Umno, telah mengeluarkan surat cara pelantikan kepada Idris Jusoh untuk jawatan tersebut.
Tengku Adnan mengingatkan Ahmad bahawa Adun itu akan dikenakan tindakan disiplin Umno dan "menanggung akibat" jika menerima pelantikan dan mengangkat sumpah jawatan menteri besar.Surat rasmi Ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini pagi ini, setiausaha Umno Terengganu, Datuk Rosol Wahid berkata Ahmad terlucut keahlian dalam Umno kerana menerima watikah pelantikan tersebut pagi tadi.
Menurut Rosol lagi, surat rasmi pemecatan Ahmad akan dikeluarkan oleh pihak Umno Malaysia. Tambahnya, pagi tadi, beliau mewakili 22 Adun BN - tidak termasuk Idris - telah menyerahkan memorandum kepada MPPR, membantah pelantikan Ahmad sebagai menteri besar.Rosol berkata, beliau juga turut menyerahkan surat daripada badan perhubungan Umno Terengganu kepada Ahmad, mengingatkan bahawa beliau akan dipecat daripada Umno jika menerima pelantikan menteri besar. Katanya, surat peringatan tersebut dikeluarkan dengan restu presiden Umno.
Kedua-dua memorandum dan surat tersebut diserahkan melalui setiausaha MPPR, Shafie Ali pada kira-kira jam 7.55 pagi. Ditanya mengenai bagaimana sekiranya pihak istana meneruskan upacara mengangkat sumpah Ahmad sebagai menteri besar, Rosol menjawab: "Itu anda kena rujuk kepada pegawai undang-undang negeri".
Ahmad Said selamat terima watikah, Penyokong Idris buat Himpunan Haram
Written by Buletin Online
Kuala Terengganu, 23 Mac 2008
Dato’ Ahmad Said selamat menerima watikah perlantikan sebagai Menteri Besar Negeri Terengganu di Istana Tamu(Al-Muktafi BiLlah Shah).
Majlis perisytiharan dan penyampaian watikah ringkas disempurnakan oleh Yang Dipertua Majlis Penasihat Pemangku Raja (MPPR), Tengku Sri Panglima Raja Tengku Baderulzaman.Ahmad Said menerima watikah tersebut pada jam 8.15 pagi dan kelihatan meninggalkan istana pada jam 8.30 pagi, tanpa menemui pemberita.
Sebelum dari itu, Setiausaha Perhubungan UMNO Terengganu menyerahkan memeorandum 23 Adun BN kepada setiausaha MPPR Shafie Ali pada jam 7.55 pagi.
Dalam perkembangan lain, penyokong-penyokong Idris yang kebanyakkan datang dari Besut dilaporkan berhimpun di kediaman Idris dan juga Seri Iman di Batu Burok. Sekitar jam 9.45 pagi, Rosol telah mengadakan satu sidang akhbar di perkarangan Seri Iman.
Rosol menyatakan, selain boikot, mereka juga merancang mengusulkan undi tidak percaya di Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN). Beliau juga memberitahu pihak media bahawa wakil-wakil rakyat berkenaan juga sedia meletakkan jawatan jika diperlukan berbuat demikian. Bagaimanapun, apabila pemberita memaklumkan kepada beliau bahawa mereka yang telah meletakkan jawatan, tidak boleh bertanding semula, Rosol menjadi tersentak dan spontan menjawab "tengok dulu".
Selepas sidang media tersebut, kira-kira 100 penyokong Idris berarak keluar dari Seri Iman dan menyeberangi jalan menuju ke Taman Awam Batu Burok, sambil mengangkat kain rentang berbunyi "Kami menyokong penuh kepimpinan Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh" dan “Terengganu masih diperlukan Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh”.
SENARAI PENUH KABINET 2008
SENARAI PENUH KABINET 2008
Perdana Menteri : Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Timbalan Perdana Menteri: Datuk Seri Najib Razak
JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI
Menteri : Tan Sri Bernard Dompok
Menteri : Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
Menteri : Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Menteri : Datuk Zaid Ibrahim (senator)
Menteri : Datuk Amirsham A Aziz (senator)
Timbalan : Datuk Johari Baharum
Timbalan : Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim (senator)
Timbalan : S K Devamany
Timbalan : Datuk Hasan Malek
KEMENTERIAN DALAM NEGERI
Menteri : Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar
Timbalan : Datuk Chor Chee Heung
Timbalan : Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh (senator)
KEMENTERIAN KEWANGAN
Menteri : Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Menteri II : Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Timbalan : Datuk Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah
Timbalan : Datuk Kong Cho Ha
KEMENTERIAN PENGANGKUTAN
Menteri : Datuk Ong Tee Keat
Timbalan : Datuk Anifah Aman
KEMENTERIAN KERJA RAYA
Menteri : Datuk Ir. Mohd Zin Mohamed
Timbalan : Datuk Yong Khoon Seng
KEMENTERIAN PERUSAHAAN PERLADANGAN DAN KOMODITI
Menteri : Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui
Timbalan : A Kohilan Pillay (senator)
KEMENTERIAN TENAGA, AIR DAN KOMUNIKASI
Menteri : Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor
Timbalan : Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum
KEMENTERIAN PERDAGANGAN ANTARABANGSA DAN INDUSTRI
Menteri : Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
Timbalan : Datuk Liew Vui Keong
Timbalan : Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan
KEMENTERIAN PERTANIAN DAN INDUSTRI ASAS TANI
Menteri : Datuk Mustapa Mohamed
Timbalan : Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim
KEMENTERIAN PERDAGANGAN DALAM NEGERI DAN HAL EHWAL PENGGUNA
Menteri : Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad
Timbalan : Jelaing anak Mersat
KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN
Menteri : Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein
Timbalan : Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong
Timbalan : Datuk Razali Ismail
KEMENTERIAN PENERANGAN
Menteri : Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek
Timbalan : Datuk Tan Lian Hoe
KEMENTERIAN PERPADUAN, KEBUDAYAAN, KESENIAN DAN WARISAN
Menteri : Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal
Timbalan : Teng Boon Soon
KEMENTERIAN SUMBER MANUSIA
Menteri : Datuk Dr S Subramaniam
Timbalan : Datuk Noraini Ahmad
KEMENTERIAN SAINS TEKNOLOGI DAN INOVASI
Menteri : Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili
Timbalan : Fadillah Yusof
KEMENTERIAN PERUMAHAN DAN KERAJAAN TEMPATAN
Menteri : Datuk Ong Ka Chuan
Timbalan : Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew
Timbalan : Datuk Hamzah Zainudin
KEMENTERIAN PERTAHANAN
Menteri : Datuk Seri Najib Razak
Timbalan : Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop
KEMENTERIAN KEMAJUAN LUAR BANDAR DAN WILAYAH
Menteri : Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib
Timbalan : Tan Sri Joseph Kurup
Timbalan : Joseph Entulu Belaun
KEMENTERIAN LUAR NEGERI
Menteri : Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim
Timbalan : Datuk Seri Tengku Azlan Abu Bakar
KEMENTERIAN BELIA DAN SUKAN
Menteri : Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Timbalan : Wee Jeck Seng
KEMENTERIAN KESIHATAN
Menteri : Datuk Liow Tiong Lai
Timbalan : Datuk Dr. Abdul Latiff Ahmad
KEMENTERIAN PEMBANGUNAN USAHAWAN DAN KOPERASI
Menteri : Datuk Noh Omar
Timbalan : Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah
KEMENTERIAN PEMBANGUNAN WANITA,KELUARGA DAN MASYARAKAT
Menteri : Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen
Timbalan : Noriah Kasnon
KEMENTERIAN PELANCONGAN
Menteri : Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said
Timbalan : Datuk Seri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Abdul Taib
KEMENTERIAN WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN
Menteri : Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique
Timbalan : Datuk M Saravanan
KEMENTERIAN PENGAJIAN TINGGI
Menteri : Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin
Timbalan : Datuk Dr Hou Kok Chung
Timbalan : Datuk Idris Haron
KEMENTERIAN SUMBER ASLI DAN ALAM SEKITAR
Menteri : Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas
Timbalan : Datuk Seri Abdul Ghapur Salleh
Perdana Menteri : Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Timbalan Perdana Menteri: Datuk Seri Najib Razak
JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI
Menteri : Tan Sri Bernard Dompok
Menteri : Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
Menteri : Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Menteri : Datuk Zaid Ibrahim (senator)
Menteri : Datuk Amirsham A Aziz (senator)
Timbalan : Datuk Johari Baharum
Timbalan : Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim (senator)
Timbalan : S K Devamany
Timbalan : Datuk Hasan Malek
KEMENTERIAN DALAM NEGERI
Menteri : Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar
Timbalan : Datuk Chor Chee Heung
Timbalan : Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh (senator)
KEMENTERIAN KEWANGAN
Menteri : Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Menteri II : Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Timbalan : Datuk Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah
Timbalan : Datuk Kong Cho Ha
KEMENTERIAN PENGANGKUTAN
Menteri : Datuk Ong Tee Keat
Timbalan : Datuk Anifah Aman
KEMENTERIAN KERJA RAYA
Menteri : Datuk Ir. Mohd Zin Mohamed
Timbalan : Datuk Yong Khoon Seng
KEMENTERIAN PERUSAHAAN PERLADANGAN DAN KOMODITI
Menteri : Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui
Timbalan : A Kohilan Pillay (senator)
KEMENTERIAN TENAGA, AIR DAN KOMUNIKASI
Menteri : Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor
Timbalan : Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum
KEMENTERIAN PERDAGANGAN ANTARABANGSA DAN INDUSTRI
Menteri : Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
Timbalan : Datuk Liew Vui Keong
Timbalan : Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan
KEMENTERIAN PERTANIAN DAN INDUSTRI ASAS TANI
Menteri : Datuk Mustapa Mohamed
Timbalan : Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim
KEMENTERIAN PERDAGANGAN DALAM NEGERI DAN HAL EHWAL PENGGUNA
Menteri : Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad
Timbalan : Jelaing anak Mersat
KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN
Menteri : Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein
Timbalan : Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong
Timbalan : Datuk Razali Ismail
KEMENTERIAN PENERANGAN
Menteri : Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek
Timbalan : Datuk Tan Lian Hoe
KEMENTERIAN PERPADUAN, KEBUDAYAAN, KESENIAN DAN WARISAN
Menteri : Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal
Timbalan : Teng Boon Soon
KEMENTERIAN SUMBER MANUSIA
Menteri : Datuk Dr S Subramaniam
Timbalan : Datuk Noraini Ahmad
KEMENTERIAN SAINS TEKNOLOGI DAN INOVASI
Menteri : Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili
Timbalan : Fadillah Yusof
KEMENTERIAN PERUMAHAN DAN KERAJAAN TEMPATAN
Menteri : Datuk Ong Ka Chuan
Timbalan : Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew
Timbalan : Datuk Hamzah Zainudin
KEMENTERIAN PERTAHANAN
Menteri : Datuk Seri Najib Razak
Timbalan : Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop
KEMENTERIAN KEMAJUAN LUAR BANDAR DAN WILAYAH
Menteri : Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib
Timbalan : Tan Sri Joseph Kurup
Timbalan : Joseph Entulu Belaun
KEMENTERIAN LUAR NEGERI
Menteri : Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim
Timbalan : Datuk Seri Tengku Azlan Abu Bakar
KEMENTERIAN BELIA DAN SUKAN
Menteri : Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Timbalan : Wee Jeck Seng
KEMENTERIAN KESIHATAN
Menteri : Datuk Liow Tiong Lai
Timbalan : Datuk Dr. Abdul Latiff Ahmad
KEMENTERIAN PEMBANGUNAN USAHAWAN DAN KOPERASI
Menteri : Datuk Noh Omar
Timbalan : Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah
KEMENTERIAN PEMBANGUNAN WANITA,KELUARGA DAN MASYARAKAT
Menteri : Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen
Timbalan : Noriah Kasnon
KEMENTERIAN PELANCONGAN
Menteri : Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said
Timbalan : Datuk Seri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Abdul Taib
KEMENTERIAN WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN
Menteri : Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique
Timbalan : Datuk M Saravanan
KEMENTERIAN PENGAJIAN TINGGI
Menteri : Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin
Timbalan : Datuk Dr Hou Kok Chung
Timbalan : Datuk Idris Haron
KEMENTERIAN SUMBER ASLI DAN ALAM SEKITAR
Menteri : Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas
Timbalan : Datuk Seri Abdul Ghapur Salleh
Tindakan jika Ahmad jadi MB T'ganu
Written by Malaysiakini
Kemelut isu pelantikan menteri besar Terengganu berlarutan apabila setiausaha agung BN dan Umno, Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor berkata Datuk Ahmad Said akan dikenakan tindakan disiplin Umno dan "menanggung akibat" jika beliau menerima pelantikan dan mengangkat sumpah jawatan menteri besar esok.
Sambil mengingatkan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Kijal supaya mematuhi peraturan parti, Tengku Adnan berkata Ahmad sepatutnya meletakkan kepentingan parti terlebih dahulu dan bukan dirinya. Tengku Adnan berkata Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, yang juga presiden Umno, telah mengeluarkan suratcara pelantikan kepada Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh sebagai menteri besar dan tidak betul bagi Ahmad untuk mengangkat sumpah jawatan itu.
Pejabat Sultan Terengganu hari ini mengumumkan Ahmad, 51, dilantik menteri besar besar dan majlis mengangkat sumpah di Istana Tamu pagi esok. Menjelang keputusan istana itu, kesemua 23 Adun BN Terengganu dalam satu sidang akhbar memberi amaran untuk memboikot majlis esok atas alasan tidak menyokong calon lain selain Idris.
Bernama memetik Tengku Adnan sebagai berkata: "Kami semua adalah anggota komponen BN dan Umno. Oleh itu, adalah perlu bagi semua anggota untuk mematuhi keputusan yang diambil oleh pucuk pimpinan. Tidak kiralah apa hasilnya tetapi sekali keputusan telah dibuat, ia mesti dipatuhi semua anggota." Bagaimanapun, beliau enggan mendedahkan apakah bentuk tindakan disiplin yang akan diambil terhadap Ahmad, jika beliau terus menerima pelantikan dan mengangkat sumpah jawatan esok.
Sementara itu, Malaysiakini difahamkan ada pihak-pihak tertentu yang dekat dengan Umno bercadang mengadakan perhimpunan di sebuah hotel tidak jauh dari Istana Tamu.
Dalam perkembangan lain, Tengku Adnan berkata Abdullah telah mengadakan pertemuan dengan pemimpin Umno negeri-negeri di Seri Perdana mulai semalam untuk mendengar sendiri daripada mereka punca BN kalah di lima negeri pada pilihanraya umum 8 Mac. Semalam, Perdana Menteri menemui pemimpin dari Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan dan Melaka manakala hari ini, giliran pemimpin dari Perak, Pulau Pinang, Kedah dan Terengganu. "Ia adalah suatu bentuk sesi penjelasan. Terdapat juga sesi soal jawab. "Selepas ini, kami akan mengadakan pertemuan antara mereka dengan Timbalan Perdana Menteri (Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak) dan diikuti pertemuan dengan naib-naib presiden Umno," kata Tengku Adnan.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Written by drrafick
What a solid day of news past 72 hours. Suspense, drama and excitement were all present. A few days earlier, I received and SMS advising me to stop buying papers and not to listen to Government TV’s. I tried my level best not to buy any newspaper and I must say I have managed to overcome my addiction towards reading The Star in the morning. I don’t event take the free Sun Newspaper now days since it was taken over by Vincent Tan which I feel is now a crap. My daily saving on newspaper is now RM1.20 + maybe another 80 sen the fuel expenses to drive to the shop. I felt great. However, I cant break my addiction on watching TV at 800pm. Sorry guys I need to hear what the other are saying too and balance it with what MT, Malaysiakini and many other bloggers are saying. I find difficult to find bloggers who write balance news about the government.
One of the biggest challenge of new Alternative state government is to get things going in their respective state and second is to sustain their popularity amidst a pro BN government machinery . We have some leaders and their people who behave like children when they started tearing up government papers, taking home government files that belongs to the state and I guess it must be tough running a state especially when they never had done it before. While in the state of Penang, Koh Tsu Koon has shown an exemplary attitude towards handing over of the government, the same cannot be said about the rest. In the case of Selangor, Penang and Perak, it far more difficult because the separation of the state administration and UMNO is very fine. Over the last 50 years, the state administration has been “UMNOnised” .
I was very happy with the latest development in Perak where the state government was finally formed and it was discovered that the ability of the MB to be multilingual. YB, I salute you. You are on the right track. I feel sorry with Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim (TSKI) as he is facing an extremely uphill task. He has yet to form his own cabinet. He face the problem of appointing people because of interference from pro UMNO people around the Sultan who has been ditching out their own “fatwas” on the appointment of the deputy and exco. The law is very clear. The role of the Sultan is well defined in the state laws. The people in this country are educated, so those merry man around the Sultan, please stop giving the wrong advice.
The top state government servant in the state are mostly stalwart UMNO supporters and because of this no matter how good the intention maybe, this people will take measures to slow down the new administration. They will delay his instruction, loose files, sabotage projects and make life very difficult for him. It is not so much about TSKI but they just do not want PKR culture to be accepted in Selangor. There is a very strong worry if PKR are able to run the government efficiently then there are risk of the people in the other state wanting a similar change as well. Tan Sri, you are in one of the toughest state. I hope you will persevere under all this pressure.
Having been in the similar predicament with the MB before albeit at a smaller scale I felt it is my duty to call upon the MB and CM and share my experience with them. Since they are very busy and I understand it perfectly, I have decided to publish this letter in my blog with the hope that he or his advisers will read them. I know it is not so much that they needs it but I feel compelled to remind them as I and many others like me that put him there to run the state.
These strategies in my opinion are not much different new company business strategies.
The focus should be on people and not on development
One of the biggest brag of the BN government is the development that they have brought into the country a lot of FDI, development, tall buildings, longest bridge etc. Without doubt some of this development is relevant and some is not. If one is to analyze the many projects that was done, the real underlying need to do certain development ; it is not so much for the people but for monetary benefits to some people. Very little emphasis was given on the real benefit to the people. Please allow me to illustrate:
a. The privatisation deal of water – Selangor is a rich state with many resources. The government intentionally made JBA Selangor a weak and inefficient organization by reducing their operating budget and made the organization more beurocratic. In the end they use this excuse towards privatizing the water corporation. It is not that the corporation do not have the resources to raise money to buy pipes, to implement a call centre, to hire the right brains to run the organization. It was done with the intention to create an excuse for the water company to be privatize. Who benefits. Few people makes tonnes of money while the majority suffers from paying double of water. This is a country where rain is abundant, rivers run continuously and we even have water underground. Even the underground water now this few people wants to tap and make the users pay. We can the cost of treating water cheap if we keep our rivers clean.
This and many others projects was not done in focus of the people. Remember how the state government justified the “raped” of Bukit Cherakah forest reserves. I remember Khir Toyo said that he has the responsibility to create enough housing for the people. Issue is how many house does one family needs. In the interest of money and profit, the people were neglected. The environment where the people lives was neglected. I know for a matter of fact that Minister of KL also owns low cost shops in Ulu Kelang. I almost bought it from him. God knows how many more properties that he has. The system is not perfect and the system is now being manage to make it perfect. People need houses but houses should not be made as an investment tool. Some people owns 10-20 houses and then they rent it out. What the government is doing is actually creating the artificial demand where it exceed supplies and this contributes to higher cost of property. We can control the environment by creating a better environment for people if we implement one house one family policy. House is a basic need. It should not be made into an investment and bargaining chip. We can look at redevelopment of areas that is more than 50-75 years housing estate without opening up new land. This will create enough houses for everyone. I urge the new government to refocus and look at the people as their primary focus and not money as the focus.
Public Relations
Many successful corporations in the world stays successful because of public relations. Contrary to many people believes, PR is not about telling good stories for people to hear. It is a process where information is gathered from the people, it is analyzed and be turn into policies and actions. For the new government to succeed, this is their biggest challenge. They cannot depend on RTM or TV3 or any of the local papers. This media will certainly and has proven to be use as a tool to make damaging remarks about the Alternative government and their actions. This will make the new government less popular even though its intention is good. It is time that the new government find ways and means to reach every segment of the people to ensure that correct information is gathered and accurate information is disseminated.
Make the state government machinery a professional organization
There are many good and hardworking state civil servant. There are many employees that is impartial and are not goons of the previous government. It is the responsibility of the new government to convert the present government into a proper and professional government agencies. The state can start by working towards making a role model government. It must offer competitive salary structure and performance based rewards independent of the federal government. It must moved towards keeping good quality employees and removed the failed ones. Don’t use the broom, please! Do it professionally. Under perform employees must be removed and not transferred to another place. Pay them off and get rid of them. Keep and reward the good ones properly. Get rid those people who are the “bodek” type.
Under the previous government, many of the powers of the state executives has been taken over by the politicians. They transfer the powers by amending the laws so much so that the department like DOE, Forestry and many others has gone down to the level of advisory. Their powers need to be restored to ensure a need for check and balance. The new government must do this properly to ensure that they become the role model. Tell the public about all this and the public can judge my themselves.
Get the best return on the asset of the State.
On many occasion, the 2nd biggest value of the state asset i.e. the state land (people is the most valuable asset) is given out to certain people at dirt cheap price. If there are companies who wants to develop the state land, then the said piece of land must be place on open bidding. While the state can do the planning and zoning, the actual implementation is done by private sector on competitive bidding. This will ensure that the state income will be generated an this income will be used for the people.
Formation of Good Governance Commission
In Selangor, it is imperative to form a Good Governance Commission to ensure that that people can lodge official complains to an independent body that will act without fear and favour. In the past there are many people in powers that has stolen from the state and this people must be investigate by the commission and to be prosecuted to the full extend of the law. Corruption must be eradicated completely. Procedures must be tighten to ensure the possibility of corruption is zerorised.
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