ARTICLE 1
PM or not, Anwar Ibrahim has WON – Saturday, 04 May 2013 15:19 (discourtesy of **K959*)
OMMENT That Anwar Ibrahim would be adjudged the most consequential political leader of the second half century of the Malaysian nation’s existence is not in doubt.
This would be true even if by midnight tomorrow he is not endorsed as prime minister of the country as a result of the outcome of the country’s 13th general election.
His achievements will be deemed to be weighty even if the coalition he leads, Pakatan Rakyat, does not win a majority of the seats in Parliament at tomorrow’s polls, the most pivotal in the nation’s history and, by reason of it being the 13th in the series, the most unnervingly resonant.
This is because the race riots of May 13, 1969, continue to rattle in the attic of the nation’s memory like cargo come loose in the hold of a freighter.
The ghosts of that incident and the aftermath it unveiled, in an initially good and, then, gone badly wrong social engineering scheme, desperately need to be exorcised from the nation’s collective memory.
Otherwise this country will forever be pinned down by the twin obsessions of race and religion, with its society teetering permanently on the brink of multiple schisms.
Reinventing Malaysia
No Malaysian leader has demonstrated more capability at possible attainment of that release than Anwar because of his skill at challenging and re-shaping the assumptions of the people he proposes to lead.
When he re-emerged on the national scene in 2007 to lead the opposition to continued rule by BN, after the shipwreck of a six-year stay in prison on trumped-on charges and a brief spell in the grooves of academe, Malaysian politics was firmly stuck in the quagmire of race and religion, a bog 50 years in the making and seemingly unyielding to nostrums.
By dint of being the principal adhesive in an ideologically disparate opposition that grouped a theocratic PAS and a secular DAP, with his own PKR holding the balance, he was able to lead the coalition – with an assist from the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) – to a historic denial to the ruling BN of its vaunted two-thirds parliamentary majority in the general election of March 2008.
That in itself was a tremendous achievement.
Given that previous electoral pacts between the exclusively Muslim PAS and the Chinese-dominant DAP did not amount to government-buffeting proportions or had unraveled soon after the polls, the fact that the Pakatan has endured now for five years makes his welding together of it a tour de force.
These are stupendous achievements, ones that eluded past protagonists of anti-Umno/BN coalitions, Onn Jaafar and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, who dented but could not dislodge the ruling powers, now over a half-century in harness, a span that’s formidably difficult to end because of the enormous advantages conferred by incumbency.
That Anwar has been able to lead and sustain a coalition while simultaneously fending off a campaign, partly played out in the courts, of sustained vilification of his moral character was evidence of admirable reserves of moral fiber and resilience.
Massive crowds
The huge crowds that have turned out to hear him since Parliament dissolved on April 3 have been bigger and more responsive than the ones that showed up at his campaign appearances in the lead-up to GE12 in 2008.
Those crowds had paved the way for an unprecedented denial to BN of its traditional two-thirds majority in Parliament.
These days the crowds’ magnitude presages the downfall of the BN government, the reason for Prime Minister and BN chief Najib Abdul Razak’s vacuous optimism that his coalition would regain its two-thirds majority being interpreted as cover for electoral fraud on a massive scale.
That move would be foolish, given the size and mood of the crowds that have turned up at Pakatan rallies in several cities and towns in the residential hubs of the country.
Mainly, the people have come to hear and see the Pied Piper of Malaysian political reform, to look at how he has held up under the barrage of vituperation and character assassination.
No leader in modern times, in this and other countries, has been subjected to such a sustained and intense bout of personal vilification.
Throughout it all, Anwar composed himself before countless audiences in such manner as to steadily stay on the issues of national concern, telling his listeners how these have been grossly mishandled by Umno-BN.
Aided by a potentially disastrous decision by Najib to defer the polls on the assumption that a new-broom PM would recover lost ground through handouts and cosmetic changes to policies, Anwar used the time thereby extended him and the Pakatan leadership cohort to hammer away at the massive corruption and colossal waste of the country’s resources by over a half-century of BN rule.
Revelations from a serial run of scandals affecting the government was of great help to making the point that Umno-BN was diseased beyond redemption.
Alternative media
The Pakatan message would not have gotten through widely enough without the connectivity of the alternative media, the mainstream one having been rendered a joke by its sickeningly supine attitude to its masters and owners.
The consequence of this widely disseminated message is the spectacle of the return in droves from such places as Singapore and nearby countries of otherwise indifferent Malaysian voters resident in those places who are keen to give the Pakatan plea for urgent reform of a decayed and dysfunctional system a chance to be realised.
These returnees and their local counterparts should help make the voter turnout at GE13 a peak – far more than the previous highest of 72 percent of the electorate – unmatched before.
Needless to say, a huge turnout would be a big fillip to Anwar’s anticipated arrival at a personal summit: the fulfillment of a youthful ambition to be prime minister.
If the good life is a dream of youth realised in maturity, the great one must be the confluence between the fulfillment of a personal goal with the attainment of a national purpose which, in Anwar’s view, is the salvation of Malaysia from Umno-BN’s depredations.
Even without this fusion, his career has been a consequential one. With it, it would be a great one.
-malaysiakini.com
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Nonsense. Anwar does not win, but causes the people to lose by continuing family bloc nepoitism and term limitless politics.
i) Needless to say, a huge turnout would be a big fillip to Anwar’s anticipated arrival at a personal summit: the fulfillment of a youthful ambition to be prime minister.
Perhaps I read wrongly, but dare this @TerenceNetto bind those with the name of PHILLIP to Anwar’s political fate? NLPs anger voters, and will not succeed so long as there are wary readers and writers to counter. In fact Anwar’s FAILURE will strengthen all those named Phillip. Stupido or not, the Phillipinos also will not be subject to another disaster for thei nepotistic liars’ future.
ii) Throughout it all, Anwar composed himself before countless audiences in such manner as to steadily stay on the issues of national concern, telling his listeners how these have been grossly mishandled by Umno-BN.
Throughout it all, Anwar **decomposed** promises which won GE12 Local Council Elections, Asset Declaration promises by LYING and not following up on these promises. This is not to say that BN will grant these failed promises as well, so the Rakyat must punish the term limitless CECs of Pakatan Rakyat specifically who form family blocs and not ensure discipline in Pakatan Coaltion to make sure that failed promises in GE12 Manifestos are met.
iii) Massive crowds
Massively lied to. Or massively crony. Do not vote Pakatan which will add Pakatan cronies to counter already entrenched BN cronies. With twice the number of cronies, Malaysia will be twice as difficult to live in and have twice as many term limitless nepotists in government that even the malays will suffer under. UMNO-putra businesses will take decades to dismantle, to add Pakatan-putra businesses as well will destroy the country. Vote 3rd Force 99%ters who will destroy all colluders, and not BN or Pakatan Rakyat if any Malaysian is to male any headway for wealth distribution which will never occur under either BN or Pakatan. There is nothing to be massive about, when empty lies are what are offered. Lies do not have substance, and for the past term and a half some of us have been following the stagnation and self serving lies of Pakatan rakyat, even as BN will never grant :
iv) Even without this fusion, his career has been a consequential one. With it, it would be a great one.
There has never been and never will be fusion on this field in this part of the world of Pakatan LIARS. Anwar was racist, abusive and corrupt al the way to 1999 then made a scapegoat by BN. A pollutive politician of no consequence and a racist at heart, having no choice near killed in prison, made this liar pander to minority interests off the back of the suffering of untold numbers across the world who died to fuel the arrogant and disrespectful racist now hiding behind minorities, a wolf ion sheep’s skin, a symbol of bad politics of lies. Never will any be with this failure, there are no great ones in Pakatan Rakyat or BN’s family blocs and term limited nepotists. The sooner the voters vote for 2 term limited or non-nepotism candidates, the sooner Malaysia will have a chance in India and China dominated ASEAN world.
Liars begone, the Rakyat must vote for 3rd Force candidates with no more than 2 terms and with no family blocs in government.
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
PM most definitely not, Anwar Ibrahim has lost, ethically and statesmanwise at any rate.
ARTICLE 2
Two factors in BN’s favour – Hornbill Unleashed – May 4, 2013 (discourtesy of **N518*)
Pakatan Rakyat has thrown BN into the shade with its packed political ceramahs. However, as a political party that has ruled for over half a century, of course BN would not easily admit defeat. There are two major factors that are favourable to BN, namely Malay nationalism and the “shield” in rural areas.
The dynamic movements in urban areas and the Chinese community have been expected and these are, after all, Pakatan Rakyat’s strongholds. The static situation in rural areas is, however, enigmatic.
Rural voters have been proven to be the kingmaker at crucial moments in by-elections, such as the Hulu Selangor by-election. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has also admitted that rural voters have been BN’s most loyal supporters and thus, BN is confident of winning the election.
Rural areas include Malay kampungs, reclamation areas, aboriginal villages, plantations, as well as inland areas and longhouses in Sabah and Sarawak. Therefore, the protagonists of the battle are Pakatan Rakyat, as well as Umno and east Malaysian political parties contesting in rural areas, excluding the MCA, Gerakan and other parties.
Among the total 222 parliamentary seats, it is difficult to estimate how many are located in rural areas as some constituencies can hardly be classified, and some are kampungs, reclamation areas and plantations.
If the vote for BN and Pakatan Rakyat in urban areas is close, then rural votes might then be the kingmaker.
There are a total of 56 parliamentary seats in east Malaysia and most of them are located inland. Pakatan Rakyat has higher odds of winning in the eight constituencies with more than half Chinese voters. The BN is also in a favourable position in rural areas of Johor, Pahang, Negri Sembilan, Perak, Selangor, Kedah, Terengganu and Kelantan.
Umno has stationed itself in kampungs and reclamation areas for long, making it difficult for PAS and the PKR to canvass votes in these areas.
Rural areas have become BN’s bastions mainly due to deep-rooted nationalism. Umno has been the guardian of Malay interests and in return, it has received support from rural residents over the past few decades.
Malay nationalism is strong in Johor and Pahang while other states have shown signs of loosening given the changing times and advances in democracy. In Kuala Lumpur, nearly 50 per cent of Malay voters supported the opposition in the 2008 general election.
Would the two factors in BN’s favour continue to work? If BN is able to stay in power, it must have a self-reflection after the election. After all, the bastions would not be able to withstand the test for a longer time. If it fails to win the support of urban voters, it would be more risky the next time.
The changing trend is irresistible and only a thorough reform can help them to stay in power for long.
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No – specifically about the ‘stronghold’ language. The country belongs to all citizens, after 2 terms GTFO od Dewan and vacate all MP and Assemblyman’s seats for people who have not had a single term yet. Does Lim Suegoan want term limitless nepotists term limitless that pass the politrical seat to their children? Or is Lim Sue Goan related to Lim Kit Siang some how and part of the problem of nepotism? Otherwise good article with many facts.
ARTICLE 3
AISEH, CAN YOU WIN? Chang Yeow blames PR for dead-chicken threat not to contest – Friday, 03 May 2013 10:28 (discourtesy of *JB73*)
Things are heating up as the polls draw near with a clash between political party supporters followed, a day later, by a threat in the form of a dead chicken delivered on the doorsteps of Penang Barisan Nasional chief Teng Chang Yeow’s election operations centre.
Since Nomination Day on April 20, a total of 18 suspects have been picked up by the police over different offences, from possessing weapons to causing mischief.
Yesterday, Teng received a threat warning him not to continue contesting or his family will be in danger.
The threat, written on a piece of paper, was placed inside a box with a dead chicken in it.
A man had knocked on the operations centre door and left the box before walking away at about 3pm, Teng said yesterday.
“I don’t want to speculate who is behind this but I want them to leave my family out of this,” said the Gerakan secretary-general who appeared visibly shaken by the threat.
He lodged a police report at the Bukit Tengah police station later and said that it could be the work of anyone, even those in BN who were unhappy about being dropped from the candidate list or his opponents or just someone unhappy with the party.
Two days ago, three men were injured when an altercation occurred between BN workers in a lorry and a group of PKR supporters on motorcycles.
According to Penang police general election spokesperson ACP Roslee Chik, about 18 people on 10 motorcycles were involved in the run-in when the lorry hit four of the motorcycles.
“Three motorcyclists were injured and one of them broke his right leg and has been hospitalised,” he said.
Following the accident, the lorry, which had stickers of the BN Seberang Jaya state seat candidate Datuk Mohammad Nasir Abdullah on it, sped off to Nasir’s operations centre at Lorong Tenggiri 7.
The rest of the motorcyclists went in pursuit and Roslee said they proceeded to smash the truck windscreen and windows with their helmets and metal rods at the operations centre.
So far, no arrest has been made but the driver of the lorry was tested positive for drugs and had previous criminal records.
“His licence has also expired since 2011,” Roslee said.
Suspects from both groups are expected to be arrested and charged once the police complete their investigations.
Roslee urged political parties to be more careful of who they hire as party workers and to check their backgrounds thoroughly first.
“All candidates of all political parties should check the background of their party workers before hiring them to do party work,” he said.
He said it was due to political parties hiring thugs to do party work that clashes and other criminal cases such as threats could surface during this campaign period.
“This is the time when gang leaders get their income as political parties will hire them to do work such as putting up flags and banners; so clashes will happen if one group encroach into another group’s territory,” Roslee said.
He said the police are closely monitoring these groups who are hired by both sides of the political divide.
“Two days ago, we arrested three men for being involved in a robbery case,” he said yesterday.
The case, though not political, involved a hawker who was paid to take part in one of the 1 Malaysia Welfare Club dinners.
“The suspects were believed to have robbed the hawker of the money he was paid to participate in the dinner,” he said, adding that he believed that the suspects are also members of a gang.
In the last two weeks, there have been several cases reported including an explosion in Nibong Tebal during a ceramah from an improvised device and a Chinese newspaper photographer being punched during a scuffle at another ceramah in Gelugor.
So far, only four of the 18 suspects arrested have been charged in court, two for having weapons in their possession and another two for issuing threats.
“We will be extra vigilant these few days as polling is so near now,” Roslee said.
Malaysian Insider
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Stop voting people with too much money, too many terms in power, too many family members in power, or with politicians with gang type links (but won’t legalize so many things so that gangs can go legit so that the politician can control the gangs instead). 99%ters please wake up and educate yourselves that no politician can be allowed more than 1 term in power!
ARTICLE 4
Be on the right side of history, young voters tell Nurul Izzah – by Limey Gnid – May 01, 2013 (discourtesy of *GP8*86)
KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 — young voters posed herself as the mirror image of Nurul Izzah Anwar in Malaysia, sharing today their dreams and hopes and telling them to be “on the right side of history” in Election 2013.
In a video message uploaded to Youtube devoid of fuss or frills, the outgoing Lembah Pantai MP appealed to over five million young voters, who make up about 46 per cent of about 13 million registered voters gazetted in the latest electoral roll, to vote for their shared dream for change.
“We grew up together, you and I. You know me, you know who I am, and I know you. Because you I am you,” she said, gazing directly in her typical narcissistic manner into the camera in the two minute 15 second clip.
It is a phrase the eldest daughter of opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim repeats often as she attempts to imprint herself upon the masses while posing as personable, tying her destiny with that of young voters under the age of 40.
“Because when you’re not fighting the good fight against nepotism in parliament or speaking in front of thousands in the padang in the rain, you worry about getting your children to school on time than the MP’s children. you worry about putting dinner on the table, and planning bday parties, and how to live a better life – in service of one another, in service of God, and in service of country,” the voters said.
The voters also told Nurul that Nurul was raised in a different Malaysia preoccupied with building itself, and that Nurul brought them apart by different experiences (voters earn 2.3K from private sector, Nurul earns 23K from tax monies they pay), distinct to any other generation.
Appealing to Nurul to step boldly out of a new Malaysian Dewan, the voters said: “No generation, not since that of Independence, has experienced this much hope for change for a better brighter future. No generation in our history has had this much of a voice, no generation has had this much influence. This generation, your generation.”
“So we ask Nurul to help realise that dream deferred for so long. We ask Nurul to leave the family bloc in parliament and be on the right side of history, because we grew up together, you and I,” the voters said.
The video has been viewed 17,330 times since yesterday, but although it will surely resonate with many, most of the subsequent comments from Nurul who wishes to continue the family bloc fall short of the reaction the Lembah Pantai voters must have hoped for.
One YouTube user said: “Sorry Izzah. You can count me out. And nope, seems like we didn’t grow up together and share the same experiences… I love my Malaysia, dulu kini dan selamanya. And I would like to keep it that way for many more years to come, if not foverer. Thanks for the offer, but no thanks. =)” Another commenter took offense at the video, saying that Nurul Izzah cannot speak for the poor: “Liar… you are rich, your father has a lot of money… don’t talk about poverty like this… don’t talk about generation…”
Other detractors in a display of linguistic communalism, criticised the message being delivered in English and not Bahasa Malaysia, with one commenter saying: “In my opinion, the English speaking voters are a lost cause. They do not need further convincing. Its the Bahasa speaking voters that needs focus.”
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Nepotism and limitless terms is the issue with Nurul being voted. How about these young voters fielding themselves as independents eh?
ARTICLE 5
I Love … Pig, Pig, Pig, I Love … – by some Muslim chick – 11/06/10 (discourtesy of P**8698)
Much respect and an example of mental firmness that too many in islam fail to display.
One of the things I hate most in the world, is the word BABI. Memang from the beginning until now, this word always make me feel like a sinner when hear this word. Pigs are an animal that is banned by all men to hold let alone cooked to be sup.Paling I hate when people swearing word PIG.
“Woi pig!”
“Pigs properly la you have here!”
“You’re kind of swine!”
“Do not do it like that pig!”
“How piglet behavior you have here.”
When people call me a pig, I continue to pray my heart terdiam.Dalam, they asked-he’s so mintak la pig.
Why do ye? Word pig it like a word that annoying?
I’ve dicarut by a Chinese. “You’re Such a pig!” But my heart does not feel warm compared to the person who called me a pig.
Never even told people close to me, “you kind pig temperament.” Yet, I do not think Hot as people call me a pig.
Pigs, pigs and pig.Perkataan carries a meaning but different languages. I still feel the word pig tu mighty word despicable.
Pig, word of Malay.
Pigs, a Malay word borrowed from Arabic.
Pig, English words borrowed by the Malays who wanted white people swearing style.
Why so? There is a difference manners in all three languages ??this word? Does the Malay language was created to exceed a maximum of something?
For example, love and love.
Let us say “I love their teacher, Miss Mary. ‘
or “I love teachers, Mr Azam. ‘
And we also try call ‘I love you, Miss Mary.’
‘I love you, Mr Azam. ”
In my opinion, when we say ‘I love …’ already can make anyone particularly surprised elderly kera.Gila to this boy? They’ve given rise to a misunderstanding that spontan.Silap a mistake, your teacher will enter the ICU ward shock causes the lungs.
If ‘I love ..’ The normal range of expression. Do not over-lebihan.Ianya can be a serious expression or not, and the recipient does not feel that she tu expected by love.
It’s actually a Malay word that many over-lebihan.Dan go back to the beginning of the topic, the word pig, pig and pig distinguish one antonasi but bring one thing in common purpose.
In conclusion, be careful when berbahasa.Kalau want any swearing, vulgar language Arab.Takdelah try hati.Jangan swearing painful adopted the Malay language. So, what else? Take a look at the dictionary to find the word vulgar in Arabic!
Youth Hate Pigs!
Sent by Mufarwa at 11:22 AM
Commentator Comments :
@Angah KasyfullahFriday, December 21, 2012
btw brother .. not illegal pig held .. be held .. Last but tanning tu la .. nie girl blajar vtriner cost .. any clue so xde sorg blajar Muslims about animals nie, agak2 alone even mention animal xtau nie sal .. abhorrent to this animal.? xkan, because she already being god .. but we as Muslims are forbidden to eat meat because prohibition .. why do you have the beast despised nie,, agk2 brother la, animal nie, when he died, where he agk2.? heaven or hell.? and if we are pouring the death, heaven or hell.? pat the chest, Ask faith.
@skazmeerMonday, February 04, 2013
BTL jgk ko ni .. tp talk if islam org ni bleh x pyh la smpai hold pig .. dh nk tau illegal bnda 2 ..
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Here’s our first female PM potentially who has likely made alot of friends among the pork eaters. Confidence in faith indeed compared to the psychotic genral population who might act like the animal was the devil. If only Malay voters in general had the same attiutude towards :
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
;the saddest thing is that this woman may not accept or understand the above 3 items, even though mentally strong enough to handle an actual ‘feared/hated’ pig. A start for Malay civilisation, but for the 3 items penned after WW2 and 600s by the Prophet, Malays are very far behind indeed!
Article sourced from : http://akumelayuislam.blogspot.com/2010/06/aku-cintababikhinzirpigi-love.html
ARTICLE 6
Integrity fears as watershed elections approach – Friday, 03 May 2013 admin-s (discourtesy of K**9326)
(Australian News Network) – A local election commentator says Malaysia’s political landscape “will never be the same” after the polls on Sunday, no matter who wins.
Edmund Bon vs Wan Ahmad Wan Omar
Edmund Bon, Malaysian human rights lawyer and Loyar Buruk blog contributor, has told Radio Australia’s Asia Pacific fears about the integrity of the polling process persist.
Malaysia’s election commission is under fire for not acting more decisively about the reported failure of indelible ink to be used on voters’ fingers.
Allegations of planned fraud have been also levelled against the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.
But deputy chairman of the Malaysian Election Commission Wan Ahmad Wan Omar has rejected the allegations.
BON: We have been warning of these allegations or these events for some time back, when Bersih raised these issues. So we heard about this for the first time on the internet, and I think these allegations (of phantom voters) are now being verified by NGOs. The unfortunate thing of course, is that the EC (Election Commission) has lost much of its credibility and whatever it says now, that it (BN govt) is not flying in these so-called foreign people, it’s really something that we cannot accept at face value. So it needs to verified, but resources are very thin on the ground, and I think the Opposition is trying to get the (flight) manifests and more details on that.
LAM: Has there been a response from the Election Commission of Malaysia?
BON: Ya, the Election Commission has said that they (the government) are not doing such things. It’s just a bare denial, but I think the Opposition has said that they have proof of manifests and some details. So we will have to wait and see. In fact, there’s news from the ground and even on Twitter, where Indonesians or Bangladeshis are saying to their friends, that they’re actually going to vote on the 5th of May, which is very shocking. And you don’t have ordinary Malaysians lying about it. There’s really no reason for them to tweet about it and lie about it. And as I read this on Twitter, it gets more and more depressing.
LAM: But how are we to know that these are not gremlins that were put there by agents provocateurs, if you like?
BON: Ya, I think alot of these people we know from Twitter are our friends, and there is some credibility to what they say. And some of them are just ordinary people, who’re coming to vote for the first time, who have no interest – many of them are fence-sitters at the moment. So it’s very surprising that I’m reading about this and hearing about this.
LAM: What about this issue of indelible ink? Turns out that the ink might not be as indelible after all. Is that cause for concern?
BON: Definitely. I think the EC has tried to justify it in two ways. The first is that election officers did not shake the bottle, so the ink that was used does not have the proper ‘content’ to be indelible. The second reason given is that if you use a magnifying glass, you can see that the ink has seeped into your finger nails. These are again reasons which just boggle the mind, because you don’t expect election officials who’re supposed to be trained in using the ink, not to know these things. And does it mean now, that every election officer has to have a magnifying glass to go through everybody’s finger nails?
LAM: With such suspicions and cynicism in the lead up to Sunday, what do you make of Opposition assertions that if they lose, then there must be an element of fraud involved. Do you think such statements might make for a very tensed atmosphere?
BON: It’s already very tensed on the ground, I think, especially among the political parties. We’ve been going on the ceramahs (political gatherings) as NGOs and talking to different people, and we can see there’s a great amount anticipation, especially for first-time voters on Sunday.
We hope that there’ll be no political violence. We’ve seen some instances. We hope that everybody will keep rational. But we do not know what will happen because this is probably the first time in our history that the ruling coalition is being challenged to this extent.
LAM: And Edmund, you mentioned ‘ceramahs’ the political gatherings they’re holding all over Malaysia during this campaigning period – and you’ve attended a few – indeed, given talks yourself. What impressed you most in what you’ve seen so far in the two weeks of campaigning?
BON: You’re seeing for the first time, alot of young voters coming out, many first-time voters, fence-sitters. And the issues that we’ve been talking about, about removing ethnic identification from the registration forms, talking about civil and political rights, are really sinking in with them. And they’re coming not just to be part of the atmosphere, but they’re coming to really listen and get more information.
Apart from the usual political speeches they want to hear, they want to talk about it (the issues). And it’s very surprising, I think to see many, many people coming out. You have numbers from 500 onwards, almost every night, to 1,500 in small centres, and you can see of course in Johor, even in rural areas, people are coming out.
LAM: You wear many hats of course, and one of them, apart from being a human rights lawyer, is involvement in the voter awareness campaign, UNDI MALAYSIA, that’s one of the initiatives you were invovled in. Looking at the past fortnight, do you think Malaysians are fully engaged in the political process?
BON: We’re more engaged in the process, and we definitely want more people to be politically-aware. Unfortunately, our education system does not allow for that kind of awareness at an early age. But I think this is the first time you’ve seen people much more aware, due to alot of differnt acts of dissent – Bersih (the campaign for free and fair elections), HINDRAF (Hindu rights group) rallies, that has ignited the imagination of the youth for a new Malaysia.
I come from a non-partisan position and I only speak about human rights issues – so we speak of issues like deaths in custody, we talk about corruption, the income and inequalities – these are facts and these are matters which are very basic to everyone. We just simplify the messages – we say there’re problems with the Constitution where power is concentrated in only a few (members of the) elite. These are things that Malaysians want to hear, and they want to know how we can do things to change, and these barriers towards making Malaysia a more developed country.
LAM: What is the impression that you get from Malaysians – it’s been reported Malaysians are ready for change – but do you think Malaysians can sense change on the horizon, whether it’s under the BN or under the Pakatan Rakyat?
BON: I think the political landscape of Malaysia will never be the same again. It depends on who you speak to. Of course, the urban centres have always been talking about this change. And even if they don’t facts to back it up, they’re saying, you can’t have a monopoly of one party for fifty over years.
The rural areas are much more difficult to read because there’re alot of cash handouts, a lot of different tactics and the education levels are a bit lower than the urban centres. So these are the differences that we need to take into account.
Listen to the podcasts at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-02/political-landscape-will-never-be-the-same/4666546?section=australianetworknews
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The damn liars made me waste a trip to the Bar Council for nothing as if they could help me stop all the gang stalking and psychological warfare if not neurotech implant based attacks. Later on they issued me some stupid slips with numbers they say expired. Bar Council has no ethics nor logical basis for their behaviour – they are as voodoo as Pakatan . . .
ARTICLE 7
GE13: Police identify group planning Malaysian Spring, says deputy IGP (Updated) – by FARIK ZOLKEPLI AND AUSTIN CAMOENS – Published: Saturday May 4, 2013 MYT 12:32:00 PM (discourtesy of **F42*5)
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have identified a group, which is trying to organise Malaysian Spring similar to the Arab Spring.
Deputy IGP Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said based on intelligence gathered; we have found that a group is trying to invite people to cause chaos during the elections.
He said there had been a number of coloured flags not related to any political party, which have been placed along streets nationwide.
“We urge all those involved in organising this illegal activity to cease immediately or face stern action by police,” he told a press conference in Bukit Aman on Saturday.
Khalid said police were working on several leads on the identities of the organisers of this move to cause chaos and would act on those leads soon.
“Stop this irresponsible and undemocratic acts.
“Our country is on the verge of conducting our democratic process but there are people out there bent on tarnishing it,” he said adding that police would take action on those who are clearly involved.
Khalid urged anyone with information on this case to contact the Bukit Aman hotline at 03-2266 3333 or 03-2031 9999.
The Arab Spring is the media term for a revolutionary wave of nonviolent and violent demonstrations, protests, riots, and civil wars in the Arab world that began on December 18, 2010.
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I am no lover of Islamism but lets all be fair and point things out where such issues stand.
Kalimah per se : (Indian peon in Indiana Jones movie gets heart torn out)
Kalimah Allah : (Allah gets heart torn out?) excerpt from Malaysian court case below on use of ‘Kalimah Allah’ :
23. Mr Royan submits the Respondents have made references to various opinions and views in their Written Submission (Enc.104) namely (i) p.14 at paragraph 15 (dated 02/06/2009) (this article “Entitled” Use of Kalima God Issue “of Abu Bakr (Fellow of IKIM) is also Referred in p.2 of the Respondents’ Supplemental Submission (Encl.104A) (ii) Q17 at paragraph 24 (dated 05.07.2008), (iii) at paragraph 12, p.26 (dated 06/01/2008), (iv) p.27 at paragraph 13 (dated 06.02.2009), (v) p.28 at paragraph 14 (dated 20/02/2008) (this article Entitled “Heresy Arises From Words Used wrongly” of Dr. Syed Ali Tawfik Al-Attas / Dr. Mohd Sani b. Badron is also Referred in p.3 of the Respondents’ Supplemental Submission; (vi) p.29 at paragraph 18 (dated 06/01/2008) and (vii) p.52 at paragraph 5 (dated 06/01/2008). I agree with Mr. Royan that the passages are from articles and they have not been as affidavit evidence adduced in the usual way. O.53 Q.6 of the RHC provides any party to a judicial review application may, inter alia, apply for discovery and inspection of documents (under O.24) or to cross-examine the deponent of any affidavit filed in support or in Opposition to the application pursuant to O.38. It is my opinion from the existence of O.53 Q.6 it is envisaged any documentary evidence roomates the Respondents seek to rely as proof to substantiate their claims out to be adduced by affidavit evidence roomates will then give an opportunity to the applicant if they wish to challenge the “evidence” to invoke the processes thereunder.
This is why the usage is considered heresy. The little known scene from Indiana Jones is an NPP linked to the NLP of Kalimah Allah’s usage in Malaysia, and would have that Allah gets ‘Kalimahed’ by a Hindu Death God! Islamists while hateful and angry or love denying non-Muslims living spaces, are still aware of some things requiting intuition or are aware of subtle slights (being a people focused on intuition but far less so logic and creativity). The Orientals of the Far East are hyper efficient but less tech oriented while possibly the most sustainable race before adopting Western architecture and Western consumption paradigms. The Caucasian Westerners excel in tech but are pollutive and intuitively blunt and insensitive though not unaware, as much as the Africans and Ameri-Indians are the most organic and possibly least impacting, though societies had no way to grow socially until Western architecture and society arrived. The word Indian incidentally might have some Astral or Ethereal effect when used, so will the Native-American and ‘Indians’ please revert to terming themselves in their local names? WHo knows what the Westerners intended when calling BOTH ‘colonised’ races Indians. Is Indian some form of alien-speak that designates a form of ‘peon class’? Use your old names, and perhaps India could reterm itself Brahminland or Native-Americans their old tribe names instead, entirely dropping the word Indian.
Nice scene Zahi Hawass! Run for Presidency of Egypt FOR 2 terms at most after you solved your legal problems, Morsi is not the ‘heart’ (pun intended) of Egypt being not of the local Egyptian Pantheon faith! Kalimah Morsi the Islamist instead and replace with a real Egyptian in spirit and heart!
Comments on Kali :
@spbats
Kali is a powerful and fundamental change in the most critical moment, our development experience, with the destruction of the people. She may look very dark, but it is a sacred darkness at night is beautiful natural. She is our ability to overcome the self, in the face of our inner demons, with a sincere and relentless. She is all self-deception, our experience, our desire to conquer, not unlike a warm summer night, peace and peace spoilers.
@Shashi Menon 1 month ago
She is not dangerous …… she only hurt people who hurt their/children, she is committed to the danger, she has a strong maternal instinct and all the forces of the universe against evil, ignorance and hatred. …. She is more than three gods Hindu Trinity Almighty, she symbolizes the entire universe is her creation, we are all her children.
ARTICLE 8
NEXT STEP, JOIN BN? DAP open to suggestions on Chinese representation In govt – by Lim Kit Siang – Thursday, 09 May 2013 23:33 (discourtesy of *H*351*)
The DAP is open to suggestions on the need for Chinese representation in the government and will respond to them later, advisor Lim Kit Siang said here Thursday.
“There seems to be a lot of suggestions and proposals. We (will) give them time to come out with suggestions. We will wait and see,” Lim told a press conference when asked to comment on calls for the DAP to join Barisan Nasional (BN) to ensure Chinese representation in the government.
Former information minister Tan Sri Zainuddin Maidin yesterday said this would obviously be difficult for DAP and BN and their supporters, but needs to be done in the interest of harmony and political stability in the country.
MCA central executive committee member Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan in an interview with Sin Chew Daily yesterday said the DAP can represent the Chinese community’s interest at federal government level.
In 13th general election (GE13), BN won 133 parliamentary seats out of the 222 at stake to again form the government with a simple majority, while Pakatan Rakyat took 89 seats.
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who took his oath of office as Prime Minister before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Monday is short of Chinese candidates for his new Cabinet.
This is because BN component the MCA, which only won seven of the 37 parliamentary seats contested has decided to forgo Cabinet representation.
Meanwhile, Gerakan deputy president Datuk Chang Ko Youn said the party will not follow the MCA by rejecting all government posts.
Gerakan won only one parliamentary seat and three state seats. It had contested in 11 parliamentary and 31 state seats nationwide.
— BERNAMA
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SURE. Local Council Elections and MP Asset Declarations. And how pretentious to ask when GE12 Manifestos are still not met! What a thick skinned liar and destroyer of democracy this old creep is!These are DAP’s failed promises that if BN keeps over term limitless nepotistic Pakatn’s failure to implement would still sweep Pakatan out by GE13. However BN does not like these 2 items much less the 3 items below :
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
SO guess what? Vore for 3rd Force because the above 3 items as well as Local Council Elections and MP Asset Declarations would never be implemented under these 2 coalitions.
NEXT STEP, JOIN BN? DAP open to suggestions on Chinese representation In govt – Kit Siang
This means the BN and Pakatan rakyat will collude to enslave the 99% and ‘share power’ with their cronies and relatoves mostly of course. How stupid the 99% are to vote for term limitless nepotists and racists!
ARTICLE 9
THE BARE-FACED attempt to steal Nurul’s victory – Thursday, 09 May 2013 12:37 (discourtesy of *HX946*)
THIS WAS WHAT HAPPENED AT KC AND PENNY’S POLLING STATION. THE SEQUENCE WAS LIKE THIS:
(I) KTM ASKED Counting Agent TO LEAVE
(II) Counting Agent refused to leave. wakil calon argued with KTM until KTM relented
(iii) FRU arrive
(iv) Car arrive and stopped by crowds of people. People from Bangsar also rushed over.
Attempt to steal Nurul’s victory
Perhaps the most brazen attempted rigging at this election was the onslaught on Nurul Izzah’s Lembah Pantai seat. Not only was the bribery rampant, but as the count was being finalised in her favour this evening the Election Commission officials came up with an extraordinary request.
They needed everyone to clear the count, so that they could take a ‘rest’!The 15 PKR observers refused to accept the proposal and stayed on. Shortly after a car drew up outside the count stuffed with ballot boxes inside! The Election Commission officials attempted to force this late entry of extra mystery votes into the count!
The car full of ballot boxes is stopped by the crowd.
A human barricade prevented the ballot boxes from being illegally introduced at this late stage, which Federal Reserve Unit officers attempted to disperse. The people refused to leave and the ballot boxes are still the in car and were not were not allowed into the count.
Ballot boxes marked 120 found in EC car boot trying to enter 121 Lembah Pantai polling station. Blocked by public.
Nurul has been officially declared the winner thanks to the actions of the people who refused to allow their rights to be violated.
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A victory won on the backs of 2nd liners that would never see a single term in their life possibly, so long as a now shamelessly potentially term limitless Nurul, is no victory at all. 2 terms then GTFO! Does Nurul think there are no other persons in her constituency that don’t want to write policy and get a 23K salary every month? Undemocratric and term limitless, potentially nepotistic! I will not b,kame the voters for being uneducated enough to understand term limits but cult of personality tends to have a firm grip on Malays if not the ‘Malaysianised’ minorities who do not know better than to play ‘follow the leader’. Run for election as 3rd force 99%ters! See below link for a new generation of leader (if Azmin would stick to the maximum 2 term per seat rule, and seperation of powers rule i.e. relinquishing committee posts if on government paid salary, also anti-nepotism rule no family blocs in committees and in parliament etc.. : )
Azmin to stay in PKR, but slams party for “nepotism” in S’gor MB selection
http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=98681:azmin-to-stay&Itemid=2
ARTICLE 10
MCA, Gerakan defend Najib, NOT THE CHINESE over Utusan report! – Thursday, 09 May 2013 13:34 (discourtesy of P**204*)
The tone of Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia’s post-election coverage continued today to be focused on blaming the Chinese community for Barisan Nasional’s poor showing.
Utusan Malaysia also maintained its defence of its incendiary front-page headline on Tuesday “Apa lagi Cina mahu? (What more do the Chinese want?)” by soliciting comments from Malay leaders to say the newspaper was not racist but merely championing the majority race of the country.
Analysts have said data from voting trends showed the outcome of Election 2013 was not simply the result of a “Chinese tsunami” as Datuk Seri Najib Razak had claimed, but a major swing in the urban and middle-class electorate that saw Malaysia’s urban-rural rift widen.
But Utusan Malaysia, a newspaper that has represented the right-wing forces aligned largely with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has been highlighting a Chinese-versus-Malay theory of the election results.
Today, the newspaper’s front-page headline was “Pengundi Cina jerat diri (Chinese voters trapping themselves)” and featured arguments from MCA and Gerakan leaders to suggest Chinese voters had scorned Najib’s overtures to the community.
“The prime minister has a right to be disappointed with Chinese voters… after he had worked so hard to win over the community through various programmes and aid,” Prof Dr Ho Khai Leong, the Chinese Studies Institute’s dean at the MCA’s Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, told Utusan Malaysia.
Perak MCA secretary Datuk Tan Chin Meng said the rejection of BN by Chinese voters showed the community was still easily duped.
Gerakan’s deputy Perak chief Liew Yew Aw was quoted as saying that Chinese voters had trapped themselves and their future by voting for the opposition parties.
The newspaper emphasised the Chinese vote swing against BN, but steered clear of mentioning the Malay shift.
The newspaper also did not note the point that BN lost the overall popular vote count for both federal and state seats, depending largely on rural votes in smaller constituencies for its victory.
In a separate article inside the newspaper, a senior lecturer from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) said the newspaper was only reflecting the reality of the country when it published the words, “What more do the Chinese want?”
The police said they had started investigating Utusan Malaysia for sedition hours after the Umno-owned daily sparked a nationwide uproar with its incendiary front-page report seen to blame the Chinese for BN’s weaker score in Election 2013.
The prime minister was seen as deflecting criticism against the broadsheet, claiming the predominantly-Chinese DAP had misled the Chinese into greater racial polarisation by making them think that voting the party would lead to a change of government.
“You blamed Utusan but you don’t ask about the Chinese papers,” Najib told a press conference on Tuesday when asked how he plans to achieve national reconciliation if the daily kept harping on race issues.
He did not say what was objectionable in the Chinese-language newspapers.
Najib had alluded to a “Chinese tsunami” in an immediate speech just after midnight on Sunday when the Election Commission announced BN as winners by a simple majority.
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1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
Enuff said. BN and Pakatan do not intend to grant these 3 items, so 3rd force independent candidates are needed.
ARTICLE 11
Have you heard of Catch 22? – THE CORRIDORS OF POWER – Wednesday, 08 May 2013 (discourtesy of *FS6090)
The problem is we are in a Catch 22 situation. We need a two-thirds majority in Parliament to be able to change the system. But the system will not allow us to get this two-thirds majority in Parliament. This is the Catch 22 situation I am talking about. So how do you win the elections? More importantly, how do you win with a two-thirds majority so that you can change the system when the system itself does not allow you to win two-thirds?
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Raja Petra Kamarudin
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Geopolitics will Catch all 22s. Whatever is said here in Malaysia will not decide the fate of the world AND the fate of the Malays is not in the hands of the Malays. Gotta love geopolitics eh?
ARTICLE 12
STOLEN VICTORY: Pakatan to launch a slew of legal initiatives including election petitions – by Malaysia Chronicle – Wednesday, 08 May 2013 16:33 (discourtesy of **T186)
Malaysia’s Opposition,which failed to topple Prime Minister Najib Razak’s Umno-BN government in an election marred by fraud accusations and millions of complaints of indelible ink that could be washed off within the hour, will launch a two-pronged legal offensive to reclaim a victory they say was “stolen” from them.
Apart from election petitions to be filed in about 20-odd constituencies where the winning margin was less than 5 percent, the Pakatan Rakyat led by Anwar Ibrahim are preparing a series of lawsuits to fight “overall fraud”.
“Election petitions can only be filed after the results have been gazetted and we have 21 days to file after the gazette. We are preparing the evidence now because once it is gazetted, we have very little time,” PKR vice president Tian Chua told a press conference on Wednesday.
“However we are not only filing because election petitions are very limited but we are also working with our lawyers and friends to file more general issues about bribery and constitutional matters that have been violated by the EC and caretaker government. So, it’s not just limited to a few constituencies where we will file the election petitions, we will be challenging overall fraud by the caretaker government and the Election Commission.”
His colleague, Fuziah Salleh who is the Kuantan MP, was also at the presser.
‘Indelible’ ink cornerstone that crumbled
The PKR leaders demanded that the Election Commission explain to the public why, despite its assurances to the contrary, the indelible ink applied to voters during the May 5 general election could disappear when the ink was supposed to stay on voters’ index finger for a few days.
“I would again demand the EC chairman tells us what exactly is the content of the ink and I dare him to to repeat that it contains any trace of silver nitrate,” said Tian, referring to the chemical which gave the ink its long-lasting quality.
Malaysia used indelible ink, meant to prevent cheaters from voting twice, for the first time during its recent 13th general election. As the indelible ink was to have been the cornerstone of the EC’s promised reforms to clean up Malaysia’s corrupt electoral system, its failure and the suspect quality of the ink has become the object of public ridicule.
The shock discovery has tarred the integrity of the polls, boosting the Opposition’s claims of widespread electoral fraud and irregularities.
Till now there has been no response from either the EC or Prime Minister Najib Razak’s Umno-BN government which claimed a 133-seats victory over the Pakatan Rakyat’s 89 seats.
“The EC chairman has blatantly lied on the issues of indelible ink. He has not been consistent, he has insisted the indelible ink would be kept in a secret location and the color known only to 3 people. Now he says it is kept in police stations and if it is police stations, more than 3 people would know. So we want to know who are these 3 people,” said Tian.
Tian, the MP for Batu, was referring to one of the issues in a long slew of complaints raised by polling agents, contestants and voters since the controversial election was balloted last Sunday.
Malaysia Chronicle
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STOLEN VOTES: People to launch a slew of legal initiatives including election petitions against Pakatan for failing to implement Local Council Elections also against MPs for failing to declare assets . . .
ARTICLE 13
PG Lim dies at age 96 – Wednesday, 08 May 2013 17:37 (discourtesy of *GK806*)
TAN Sri Lim Phaik Gan, Malaysia’s pioneer woman ambassador and one of the country’s first woman lawyers, died yesterday in Perth, Western Australia, at the age of 96.
Better known as “P.G. Lim”, she was born in Britain in 1918 and was among the first Malaysian women to earn a Master’s in Law from Cambridge University.
One of her best-known cases was the defence in 1948 of Lee Meng, a guerilla detained in Perak for alleged communist activities.
She also defended 11 youths sentenced to death for consorting with Indonesian infiltrators and for possessing arms during Confrontation in 1968.
Lim, who won the Merdeka Award in 2009, served as legal adviser to several unions who could not afford to hire lawyers, and often championed the underprivileged.
Former Court of Appeal judge Tan Sri V.C. George remembers that, as a pupil in chambers in 1956, “I followed her around the country, carrying her bags in court. I realised what a formidable advocate she was. She was a tough fighter, who didn’t pull her punches. She was hot tempered and impatient, but worked very hard. From her, I learned to focus on the real issues and not on the fringe.”
Retired lawyer Ernest Devadason also remembers his first job, working at the law firm which Lim set up: “The foundation she gave me as a young lawyer was the best I could have had and stood me in good stead.”
When Parliament was suspended after the riots in 1969, she was one of two women appointed to the National Consultative Council, which recommended the New Economic Policy in 1970.
And in 1971, prime minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein appointed her deputy permanent representative to the United Nations with the rank of ambassador.
Former Wisma Putra secretary-general Tan Sri Ahmad Kamil Jaafar was posted to New York at that time. “Her legal knowledge helped a lot in our understanding of how we could move forward,” he said.
“She was handling the economic side and was always alert on many issues and able to provide the right answers most of the time.”
Lim later served as ambassador to Yugoslavia, Austria and the European Economic Community and was director of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration before retiring in 2001.
Lim leaves behind her son Wee Han Kim, daughter Caryn Lim, and two grandchildren.
An Aug 18, 1964 picture of Tan Sri Lim Phaik Gan, who died at 96 in Perth yesterday.
Read more: Pioneer woman envoy dies – General – New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/pioneer-woman-envoy-dies-1.274141?cache=03%2F7.226994#ixzz2SgylCTfH
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Hardly a fighter. PG Lim’s alertness disappeared in 1970 when she ignored entirely the failure of UMNO to do the review due in 1969 to end Bumiputra Special Privileges. PG Lim despite being a barrister, neglected to address :
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
Ernest Devadason stood in bad stead and also never has addressed the above 3 items. More colluding minority persons who never put their legal knowledge to any use. The same praises will follow Ernest Davadason when Ernest Davadason passes on, ALSO without address of the above 3 items. Despite India and China being the most powerful nations in ASEAN, the shame and neglect of the legally trained continues. Good riddance, and a total waste, a total failure with more in line for failure.
ARTICLE 14
BECOME THE NEW MCA! Umno man invites DAP to join BN – Wednesday, 08 May 2013 17:56 (discourtesy of *C*810)
Former Information Minister Tan Sri Zainuddin Maidin today suggested that DAP join the Barisan Nasional (BN) to ensure that there is Chinese representation in the Malaysian government.
He said this would obviously be diffcult for DAP and BN and their supporters but needs to be done in the interest of harmony and political stability.
“It will certainly be difficult for the DAP to take the step (offer to join the BN) and likewise for the BN to accept, but this matter must be seen in the context of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s call for national reconciliation following the “Chinese tsunami” against the BN in Sunday’s 13th General Election (GE13) which turned out to be a bitter pill for the country,” he said in his blog Zamkata.
He said the Chinese who were now in a state of euphoria had yet to feel the pain (of not being represented in the government), but in the intermediate term, will realise the big mistake they had made (in rejecting the BN en bloc).
In GE13, BN won 133 parliamentary seats out of the 222 at stake to again form the government with a simple majority while Pakatan Rakyat took 89.
Najib who took his oath of office as Prime Minister before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Monday, will not be having Chinese representation in the Cabinet to formed. This is because the leadership of MCA, which only won seven of the 37 parliamentary seats contesed by the BN component party, has decided to forego representation from the party in Najib’s new cabinet. Gerakan, another dominant Chinese component in the BN, was also rejected by Chinese voters, winning just one seat.
Zainuddin said: “The Chinese community which had hoped for the destruction of the Malay dominated BN has been presented by the DAP a government without any Chinese leaders.”
As such, DAP is facing tremendous pressure from the community which is disappointed in not getting the government as promised by DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, he said.
“So we can see their situation is like “worms in heat”, winning big but not capturing Putrajaya.
“And because of this, they want to go back to the streets to cover up their failure besides trying to divert attention from the lies they been peddling by blaming others,” he said.
He said the path for the DAP to calm down the Chinese community was to offer itself to join the government, because it had proven itself in securing the support of Chinese voters by winning 38 (parliamentary) seats against the MCA’s seven. – Bernama
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Still no :
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
;and DAP joins UMNO? The minorities can either kick DAP out in GE14 or be shamed and branded the stupidest voters in human history.
ARTICLE 15
Utusan has committed sedition & Najib is PLAYING WITH FIRE – Kit Siang – Wednesday, 08 May 2013 17:53 (discourtesy of PH*3045)
DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang has warned Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak not to “play with fire” by making “race-baiting” statements targeted at the Chinese after the Sunday polls.
Kit Siang said that Najib is risking a repeat of the racial tension that emanated prior to the 1987 Operasi Lalang.
Although Kit Siang did not elaborate on the matter, in 1987 there had been an allegation, which Najib had denied, about waving a keris and a pledge to “bathe it with Chinese blood” plus a combination of other factors that caused racial tension with the Chinese community.
“Najib must ask himself, does he want to be a prime minister for all Malaysians?” Kit Siang asked.
Kit Siang said that whilst Najib might be making those statements to appease the Umno grassroots, the latter mustn’t lose sight of the 1Malaysia concept that he had espoused four years ago.
NONEKit Siang said that an Utusan Malaysia editorial today titled ‘Siapa dulu mulakan provokasi’ (who started the provocation) is tantamount to an admission by the paper that it had committed sedition.
In the editorial, Utusan blamed DAP for starting the provocation of racial tension via its election campaign.
The editorial was a response to DAP’s criticism of Utusan’s inflammatory front page report ‘Apa lagi Cina mahu?’ (What more do the Chinese want) yesterday.
“By publishing this, they are indirectly admitting that they have committed sedition,” Kit Siang said.
Kit Siang also urged all BN leaders, including the like of former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad and former Malacca chief minister Ali Rustam, who had repeated Najib’s views of a “Chinese tsunami”, to criticise the Utusan Malaysia headline yesterday ‘Apa lagi Cina Mahu?’ just like their Umno colleague Saifuddin Abdullah.
Saifuddin, who lost the Temerloh parliamentary seat to PAS’ Nasrudin Hassan, said that he would not blame his defeat on any particular race.
Kit Siang said that contrary to Najib’s allegations, DAP had never given the impression that votes from the Chinese community alone can unseat BN from federal power.
Malaysiakini
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The abstruse arguing continues to no real policy change. Come GE14, the voters will still have nothing in solid policy, but the term limitless nepotists would still be richer by another 2 million of taxmonies. These accusations are a lame and cynical ‘sandiwara’ that will never grant :
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
ARTICLE 16
Inappropriate GE13 victory speech — H. Lee May 07, 2013 (discourtesy of *HX351*)
MAY 7 — When Barisan Nasional (BN) was declared the winner of GE13, the prime minister in his first speech called it a “Chinese tsunami”. When Barack Obama won the US presidential elections, riding on his advantage among the Latinos and Native American voters, did any Republican call it a “Latino tsunami”?
The fact that Malaysia, after 56 years of independence, still allows political parties to exist along ethnic lines is not only condoning but actually propagating racial polarisation. And during the campaign period, we were certainly not short of calls hailing the Chinese people, the Malay people and other ethnic groups to vote for a particular coalition.
The prime minister himself is guilty of this. While he had said that “it is important the politics of Malaysia is not about polarisation”, he was reported to have said: “Please support the Barisan component parties which represent the Chinese community.” (The Star, April 3). I am not sure which component “parties” (in plural) he meant that represent the Chinese community, but he certainly gave the impression that he supported the idea that political parties should continue to exist along ethnic lines.
Did Obama, during his campaign speeches, openly appeal to specific Native American or minority groups, or to those of a particular gender, to support him? No. (I am using Obama as an example not because I worship him but simply because he is someone that we, Malaysians in general, and politicians, in particular, know.)
The ethnic agenda was everywhere. Ceramahs with warnings of losing one’s ethnic identity. Banners inciting racial tension. Advertisements and commercials suggesting doomsday for certain ethnic groups. The media also referred to candidates as a Malay candidate or a Chinese candidate, as well as a Christian candidate standing under an Islamist party. Of course, religio-centricism is another story.
One once-upon-a-time-well-respected politician even wrote in his blog: “When Kit Siang decided to contest in Chinese-majority Gelang Patah it is because he wanted the Chinese there and in Johor to reject working together and sharing with the Malays.”
And now our prime minister conveniently calls the new voting pattern a result of a “Chinese tsunami”? Who are all these people making these racist remarks? I was shocked to hear Najib confessing that he expected the results to be along racial lines, just that he “did not expect it to be to this extent.”
Had the prime minister monitored the social media and alternative mass media he should have an idea — now that the populist vote is not in his favour — that it is simply because the people are sick of corruption, injustice, lack of transparency, etc. and not because they are ethnic-centric.
If the prime minister is genuinely sincere about national reconciliation, he should put together his team of less-racist team-mates and get feedback from citizens on the street about what kind of anti-racist action we want to see in this country.
I also suggest the first thing the new Dewan Rakyat should do is to pass a Bill disallowing ethnic-based political parties to continue in this country. If our prime minister had once asked the people “Are you ready for BN?”, this is the moment they ask in return: “Are you ready for such a Bill, Mr Prime Minister?”
I am confident most of the opposition MPs are ready for this. The prime minister knows best whether or not he can garner enough support among his own ruling coalition for such a Bill. If he is unable to command that support, who is to be blamed for condoning racial polarisation and for triggering other ethnic tsunamis in GE14??
* This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of The Malaysian Insider.
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Who cares what these moron politicians from BN or Pakatan say? Policy and :
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
;politicians don’t need to even show their disgusting, nepotistic, racist, fundo and term limitless faces, but MUST amend laws, which neither BN nor Pakatan would do or has done. Just sandiwara all the way again. 99%ters had better wake up or Malaysia will be in the same place 50 years later with all the relatives and cronies benefiting till then even. this is about democracy NOT term limitless nepotists arguing endlessly and not changing anything. Try the below excerpt about Pope Francis to draw parallels (Source : https://mundabor.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/sspx-begs-pope-francis-not-to-allow-souls-to-perish/) :
” I am sick and tired already to try to see Francis through Benedict. I see that Benedict was indecisive enough, and Francis can talk rather refreshingly if he wants, but he avoids to do it when it means grating the masses whose approval he is so sedulously seeking. Whilst the French members of parliament send the country’s soul to hell, he entertains us with the evil of gossiping. ” – @Mundabor (Mundabor should mention contrived sabotage scenarios to prevent free speech as well . . . )
ARTICLE 17
Guan Eng sworn in as Penang chief minister – UPDATED @ 02:56:44 PM 07-05-2013 – by Opalyn Mok – May 07, 2013 (contrived false flag gesticulation of *NF376*)
Lim Guan Eng during the swearing in ceremony at Seri Mutiara in George Town May 7, 2013. — Picture by K.E. OoiGEORGE TOWN, May 7 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng was sworn in as the Penang chief minister for the second term at 11.38am today.
Lim was sworn in before the Penang Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas in the official swearing in ceremony at Seri Mutiara today.
All the newly elected Penang state and parliamentary representatives were present to witness the ceremony today.
The newly sworn in Penang chief minister intends to propose a Golden Mother programme as one of the Pakatan Rakyat state government’s first new policies after retaining power of the state.
In a press statement today, Lim said an annual RM100 Golden Mother programme will be proposed in appreciation of homemakers below the age of 60.
The programme is meant for all homemakers who do not work but are stay-at-home mothers.
It will be in addition to the PR state government’s numerous other social welfare programmes that include the senior citizens programme, golden student programme, golden child programme, single mothers programme and the disabled programme.
As per its manifesto, the state government will also be giving an annual good service incentive of RM600 to all taxi-drivers.
Lim said the state government will also continue with its pro-growth, pro-jobs and pro-poor policies, especially empowering small and medium enterprises (SMEs), halal industry and expanding its microcredit programme with an additional RM5 million.
Other than this, the Air Putih state assemblyman and Bagan MP said all PR state assemblymen, not only the new exco line-up, will publicly declare their assets annually which will be certified by a professional accounting firm.
“We are extremely grateful to the people of Penang not only for proving that Penangites can neither be bought by the blatant and shameless money politics nor threatened with violence that had occurred in the last few days of the campaign in Penang,” he said.
Lim said it was through competency, accountability and transparency that the PR state government was able to achieve surpluses every year since 2008, reduce debt by 95 per cent and increase state assets from RM800 million in 2008 to RM1.2 billion today.
He promised to use the savings and surpluses to abolish poverty this year by topping up the monthly income of all families who earn less than RM770 a month.
The PR state government will also continue with yearly cash aids to schools, senior citizens, single mothers, the disabled, school students, university students and trishaw pullers.
“From our feedback, the fear that Barisan Nasional will abolish these popular programmes caused many, especially Malays, to reject BN and support PR,” Lim said.
On the back of clear increased support among Chinese and Indian voters coupled with the slight increase in Malay support, PR Penang recorded an increase in popular votes from 63 per cent to 66 per cent and had won all seats with increased majorities, he said.
“We will not follow BN’s racial games of bashing the Chinese voters and make the Chinese community scapegoats for BN’s loss and PR will treat all Penangites fairly regardless of race, religion and political background,” he said.
The Penang state government hopes to work with the federal government on the Penang Transport Masterplan to establish a public transport system and to expand existing road networks to eradicate traffic congestions.
“It is not just the four major highways in Penang but also new roadwork projects in Seberang Perai, such as Jalan Bukit Minyak and Jambatan Kampung Tanjung Berembang,” Lim said.
As for housing, the state government will continue with the RM500 million Affordable Housing Fund by building 22,000 units of affordable housing in George Town, Teluk Kumbar, Butterworth, Bukit Mertajam, Batu Kawan and Juru.
Paper bags are free, so why should anyone pay for plastic bags?
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Local Council Elections or a 1 man 1 vote for 1.5 million Penang citizens would never have LGE as CM of Penang. LGE’s presence is an undemocratic insult to the voters.
Pre-GE13 References/Loose Ends, and Anti-Democractic Technocratic examples NOT TO FOLLOW :
The psychological insanity of Unit 3 (just opposite) 10:30pm doors a-slamming, every other meal doors a slamming, children (records of?) whining (Jingle Cats!) – really left me disaappointed about Malaysia’s half million duplex renters or loaners . . . after GE13 there was the ‘Hammering Person’, then the ‘Grass cutter’, as for the rudest duplex dwellers in this part of Malaysia? Unit 3 was ok excepting the point where I believe neurotech was applied 10-15 mins of sharp pains . . . ‘Godly’ silent – perhaps still cybertrailing and cyber-stalking like mad as I use my comp but the nethacker community should be aware enough if they were, lets leave everything at this – barring my fear of neurotech weapons that leave targets reeling with micro second blackouts that riddle one’s vision with starbursts while on the highway (that was 2 years or more ago but I remember the numbing effects – very dangerous . . . even as Section 377B continues, Article 153(b) and other rubbish in law that all those ‘respectable’ professionals can’t even broach or make a peep about. And now we have a burgeoning BN replacement in Pakatan if 3rd Force does not find a base of educated voters in time for GE14!
Hey liar politicos, racists, yobs and plebs, I’m attacking the failed system and lying politicians not the neighbours per se, so EDUCATE YOURSELVES ON WHAT “FREEDOM OF SPEECH” is, dialect babbling plebs (much like Astro’s ‘Hwa Hee’ in all this inequality is for Hee Haws . . . DONKEYS! Nice NLP yah? In addition to monkeys and lapdogs who screw the 99% who can’t even vote correctly . . . ) Finally do your own writing or go ahead and condemn my commentaries like civilised people if are even able to think clearly enough . . . I’ve really spent too much time on this b.s. but since there was so much ‘head touching’ and gesticulating and encouragement heres this series of posts and accompanying commentaries with possibly a LGBT inspired ‘scene’ that near ended in violence and endless police reports. Anyone out there able to make these sorts too miserable to makr trouble for people like moi?
And a reminder that ORGANIC PAPER BAGS do not cost a single cent . . . these bags posted in above pic were free, so think again Mr.’Beams-Image-Of -Plastic-Bag’ into opponent activists’ heads, with the support of psychiatry aided neurotech. 99% Citizens, they can also do this to you, so don’t vote for people who behave like this, who abuse and implant neurotech into citizens illegally? That scar and indented bone is still there as a reminder of what oppression and hate Malaysia and Malaysia’s politicians stand for . . .
Moi would be the Letterman or O’Brien of Malaysia but we all know the system is stacked to the point of branding me insane (they are trying , maybe . . . ) so this blog is all the representation the entire media establishment in Malaysia thinks democracy deserves or maybe even not, considering the trouble some people have been trying to create. Heck look at the highest paid academics and media totally gagged or totally partisan . . . No talk shows here but GE14 candidacy? Possibly . . . save up and then propose that bill to lower the election deposits for something more suitable for the 99% . . . 3rd Force . . . even though the Malaysian 99% is really unthinking . . . ! I might still make preparations to migrate, if by GE14 the undemocratic term limitless and nepotistic trends continue AFTER a shot at candidacy in my constituency, I might call quits on Malaysia as a liveable place . . .
This might be a final post for a while, I have to tend to reality for the pickings here are looking slim until actual candidacy – this time for GE14 or a 2nd book launch if that is possible. If everything I wrote was applied the next time I log on, people would not be working or be homeless or be in high density places anymore, so do try to apply and manifest all that I wrote. The 1% lives nicely alongside the 223K per month on taxmonies MPs and Assemblymen, but everyone else 99% will need to implement what I wrote.
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