Sunday, September 28, 2008
More Nation Heroz joining Pakatan=)
FT Gerakan members defect to PKR
PETALING JAYA: More than 20 Federal Territory Gerakan members have defected to Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) with “more expected in the coming weeks.”
Former Federal Territory Gerakan information bureau chief Gan Kok Keng said there would be at least 300 members from four divisions joining the opposition party soon.
The divisions involved are the Setiawangsa, Wangsa Maju, Bukit Bintang and Kepong divisions.
Gan, who had been with Gerakan for 24 years, said their desire to leave Gerakan stemmed from the inability of the party to play a meaningful role in Barisan Nasional.
“We have no decision-making powers and have been ignored and insulted many times,” he said.
Gan said what bothered him the most was the belief that the comments of former Bukit Bendera Umno chief Ahmad Ismail was not his own personal opinion but those of the party.
“Gerakan should not be appealing for action to be taken in any scenario but should be asking firmly instead,” he said at a press conference at the PKR headquarters here Sunday.
Also leaving Gerakan for PKR is their former Federal Territories Youth chief Tan Kang Ho, Federal Territories Economic Bureau chief Julian Leong, and Wangsa Maju secretary Azali Omar.
PKR vice-president and Subang Member of Parliament R. Sivarasa said the move by the Gerakan members to join PKR was something that was not easy to do.
“It is brave of them. There was also no offer of money and no discussion about positions in the party,” he said.
Earlier this month, former Segambut MP and Federal Territories Gerakan chief Datuk Dr Tan Kee Kwong also joined PKR.
http://hopemalaysia.blogspot.com/2008/09/more-nation-heroz-joining-pakatan.html
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
SAPP Supreme Council declares that SAPP is no longer a member of the Barisan Nasional
Press statement by SAPP President Datuk Yong Teck Lee after the SAPP Supreme Council Meeting at Party HQ, Kota Kinabalu on September 17, 2008 (4:30 pm)
The BN has lost its "BN spirit". It was not that the people who did not want the BN, it was the BN who abandoned the people. In spite of repeated appeals from some BN members to other BN leaders to be more sensitive to the peoples' feelings, these leaders continue to treat the people with contempt. Perhaps, after 50 years of uninterrupted government, some BN leaders have got it in their heads that they have a divine right to rule.
On March 8, the people had spoken out loud and clear. The BN paid a heavy price. But yet the BN refuses to learn. The ruthless increase in fuel prices on June 4 and the failure to tackle inflation and economic slowdown have dealt a severe blow to ordinary people. The recent blatant abuse of the ISA against an innocent journalist, an MP and a blogger only confirms that the BN leadership has not learned from their mistakes. The shameful Taiwan trip by 49 BN MPs and the instigation of racial animosities have aggravated the collapse of confidence among the people and leaders, not only on the PM but the BN as well. The PM's budget 2009 was totally uninspiring and has already been discredited even before it was debated in Parliament. The BN has lost its moral authority to rule. Numerical majority in Parliament means little if the people no longer respect you.
Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim's resignation only confirms what many lawyers already knew that is that the Prime Minister and his government has never had the intention to reform the judiciary. Datuk Zaid's exposure about "the BN government being paralysed by internal strife and divisions" has also been known to many people in the BN. In many other countries, such paralysis of government will lead to fresh general elections.
The PM himself appeared drifting, not knowing what has been happening around him. SAPP has nothing personal against the PM and family. None of the matters raised by SAPP concerns his person, his family, son, daughter, son-in-law or businesses. SAPP is only concerned about the issues affecting the country such as the need for good governance, the dangers of racial polarization and injustice of economic imbalances to be tackled effectively.
SAPP hereby proudly dissociates ourselves from these shameful wrong doings of the BN government. SAPP further believes that the BN is not capable of practicing good governance and non-racial politics; that BN has no intention in granting autonomy to Sabah, returning 20% of oil royalties and Labuan to Sabah, implement Borneonisation, review unfair federal laws and departments in Sabah, solve the illegal immigrants problems and remove social and economic imbalances. The BN leadership even refused to recognize historical facts by denying September 16 as Malaysia Day, 45 years.
SAPP had only wanted to see that the legitimate rights of Sabah and the unfairness suffered by Malaysians in Sabah be given due attention with results. The BN must realize that, if not for Sabah and Sarawak, BN would be in the opposition today. But instead of sincerely working to solve the issues raised by SAPP, the BN has chosen to embark on a course of action to destroy SAPP. The SAPP Supreme Council hereby condemns the attempts of BN operatives to destroy SAPP through divide and rule tactics and by abusing the economic resources of the BN State and Federal Governments aimed at instigating SAPP members and leaders to destroy SAPP.
As a matter of fact, by deliberately excluding SAPP from four consecutive meetings of the Dewan Tertinggi and two meetings of the Management Committee ever since the announcement of no confidence on the Prime Minister on June 18, the BN has effectively terminated the membership of SAPP. The SAPP Supreme Council hereby declares that SAPP is no longer a member of the Barisan Nasional coalition of parties.
SAPP is now free from the BN. SAPP shall henceforth use this freedom to pursue our autonomous political path to fulfill our mission to establish a trustworthy government and a progressive, just and harmonious society. We are no longer subservient to BN. We now have the master key to our own house. We shall build a brighter future for our people and the younger generations to come.
SAPP members who hold political appointments in the executive branch of Government shall relinquish their posts by giving the due notice under the constitution and relevant rules and regulations, starting at the Cabinet level.
With our experienced MPs, ADUNs and other party colleagues, SAPP shall provide quality opposition in and outside the Parliament and State Legislative Assembly until the time comes when SAPP is ready to be back in government.
I call on our members to be brave. Do not despair. Remember that one of our party culture seven values is Resilience. From the day we join the party, we knew that things can get very rough for us. Yes, together we shall overcome this difficult period because the people are with us. With the strong encouragement and support of the people, SAPP will succeed in our struggle.
In view of the current fasting month of Ramadhan, SAPP shall only embark on a series of political activities two weeks after Hari Raya. We shall plan a road map to victory in future elections. We shall elaborate how we plan to achieve the eight-points declaration, namely:
(i) Good governance and non-racial politics,
(ii) Autonomy for Sabah,
(iii) 20% oil royalties,
(iv) Return of Labuan,
(v) Review of unfair laws and detrimental departments,
(vi) Borneonisation of the federal civil service,
(vii) Solution to the illegal immigrants issue, and
(viii) Redress economic and social imbalances.
Issued by SAPP HQ.
The BN has lost its "BN spirit". It was not that the people who did not want the BN, it was the BN who abandoned the people. In spite of repeated appeals from some BN members to other BN leaders to be more sensitive to the peoples' feelings, these leaders continue to treat the people with contempt. Perhaps, after 50 years of uninterrupted government, some BN leaders have got it in their heads that they have a divine right to rule.
On March 8, the people had spoken out loud and clear. The BN paid a heavy price. But yet the BN refuses to learn. The ruthless increase in fuel prices on June 4 and the failure to tackle inflation and economic slowdown have dealt a severe blow to ordinary people. The recent blatant abuse of the ISA against an innocent journalist, an MP and a blogger only confirms that the BN leadership has not learned from their mistakes. The shameful Taiwan trip by 49 BN MPs and the instigation of racial animosities have aggravated the collapse of confidence among the people and leaders, not only on the PM but the BN as well. The PM's budget 2009 was totally uninspiring and has already been discredited even before it was debated in Parliament. The BN has lost its moral authority to rule. Numerical majority in Parliament means little if the people no longer respect you.
Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim's resignation only confirms what many lawyers already knew that is that the Prime Minister and his government has never had the intention to reform the judiciary. Datuk Zaid's exposure about "the BN government being paralysed by internal strife and divisions" has also been known to many people in the BN. In many other countries, such paralysis of government will lead to fresh general elections.
The PM himself appeared drifting, not knowing what has been happening around him. SAPP has nothing personal against the PM and family. None of the matters raised by SAPP concerns his person, his family, son, daughter, son-in-law or businesses. SAPP is only concerned about the issues affecting the country such as the need for good governance, the dangers of racial polarization and injustice of economic imbalances to be tackled effectively.
SAPP hereby proudly dissociates ourselves from these shameful wrong doings of the BN government. SAPP further believes that the BN is not capable of practicing good governance and non-racial politics; that BN has no intention in granting autonomy to Sabah, returning 20% of oil royalties and Labuan to Sabah, implement Borneonisation, review unfair federal laws and departments in Sabah, solve the illegal immigrants problems and remove social and economic imbalances. The BN leadership even refused to recognize historical facts by denying September 16 as Malaysia Day, 45 years.
SAPP had only wanted to see that the legitimate rights of Sabah and the unfairness suffered by Malaysians in Sabah be given due attention with results. The BN must realize that, if not for Sabah and Sarawak, BN would be in the opposition today. But instead of sincerely working to solve the issues raised by SAPP, the BN has chosen to embark on a course of action to destroy SAPP. The SAPP Supreme Council hereby condemns the attempts of BN operatives to destroy SAPP through divide and rule tactics and by abusing the economic resources of the BN State and Federal Governments aimed at instigating SAPP members and leaders to destroy SAPP.
As a matter of fact, by deliberately excluding SAPP from four consecutive meetings of the Dewan Tertinggi and two meetings of the Management Committee ever since the announcement of no confidence on the Prime Minister on June 18, the BN has effectively terminated the membership of SAPP. The SAPP Supreme Council hereby declares that SAPP is no longer a member of the Barisan Nasional coalition of parties.
SAPP is now free from the BN. SAPP shall henceforth use this freedom to pursue our autonomous political path to fulfill our mission to establish a trustworthy government and a progressive, just and harmonious society. We are no longer subservient to BN. We now have the master key to our own house. We shall build a brighter future for our people and the younger generations to come.
SAPP members who hold political appointments in the executive branch of Government shall relinquish their posts by giving the due notice under the constitution and relevant rules and regulations, starting at the Cabinet level.
With our experienced MPs, ADUNs and other party colleagues, SAPP shall provide quality opposition in and outside the Parliament and State Legislative Assembly until the time comes when SAPP is ready to be back in government.
I call on our members to be brave. Do not despair. Remember that one of our party culture seven values is Resilience. From the day we join the party, we knew that things can get very rough for us. Yes, together we shall overcome this difficult period because the people are with us. With the strong encouragement and support of the people, SAPP will succeed in our struggle.
In view of the current fasting month of Ramadhan, SAPP shall only embark on a series of political activities two weeks after Hari Raya. We shall plan a road map to victory in future elections. We shall elaborate how we plan to achieve the eight-points declaration, namely:
(i) Good governance and non-racial politics,
(ii) Autonomy for Sabah,
(iii) 20% oil royalties,
(iv) Return of Labuan,
(v) Review of unfair laws and detrimental departments,
(vi) Borneonisation of the federal civil service,
(vii) Solution to the illegal immigrants issue, and
(viii) Redress economic and social imbalances.
Issued by SAPP HQ.
SAPP keluar BN
Sep 17, 08 4:59pm
Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) telah memutuskan untuk keluar dari Barisan Nasional.
Majlis Tertinggi SAPP yang bermesyuarat hari ini, bagaimanapun memutuskan bahawa ia tidak akan menyertai Pakatan Rakyat.
Timbalan Presiden SAPP, Datuk Raymond Tan yang kecewa dengan keputusan itu, telah meninggalkan mesyuarat tersebut.
Katanya, beliau akan meletak jawatan timbalan ketua menteri dan menteri pembangunan infrastruktur negeri.
SAPP mempunyai dua ahli parlimen dan empat anggota dewan undangan negeri.
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Malaysian party quits coalition, PM says may step down earlier
3 hours ago
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Malaysia's premier, who is facing an opposition bid to seize power, was hit Wednesday with the departure of a party in his coalition, and said he may step down earlier than planned.
The resignation of the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP), which has two lawmakers in parliament, comes after opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he has signed up enough defectors to topple the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
SAPP president Yong Teck Lee said the party would become independent and was not applying to join Anwar's three-member Pakatan Rakyat opposition alliance, but he launched a withering attack on the government.
"The BN has lost its moral authority to rule," he said of the coalition that has dominated Malaysian politics since independence from Britain.
"Perhaps, after 50 years of uninterrupted government, some BN leaders have got it in their heads that they have a divine right to rule," he said, accusing it of mismanaging the economy and abusing security laws to arrest opponents.
SAPP has been an irritant to the 14-member coalition since June, when it called for a vote of no confidence in Abdullah. Its departure from the coalition was not unexpected.
But its decision was another body blow for an administration that has been in disarray since March elections, which handed the opposition control of five states and a third of parliament -- its best ever result.
Abdullah, who had announced a plan to hand over to his deputy Najib Razak by mid-2010 in an effort to silence calls for his resignation after the polls debacle, said he could depart sooner than planned.
"I will decide when I want to go... I will not be staying more than 2010," he told a press conference on Wednesday.
"If I should want to go earlier, that is flexible. That is the flexibility we have arranged," he said. "It depends on the progress of the role I am giving to Najib. Let's see what he can do."
There had been speculation that Najib and other figures in the ruling party were preparing to challenge Abdullah, whose popularity has tumbled due to a weakening economy and broken promises for reform.
In a move seen as an attempt to quell any rebellion in the ruling party, which will hold leadership elections in December, Abdullah also said he was passing his finance portfolio to Najib with immediate effect.
James Chin, a political analyst from Monash University's campus in Kuala Lumpur, said Abdullah had been forced to rethink the handover date because of a groundswell against him in the ruling party.
"The pressure is building up and it is getting to him," he said.
Anwar said this week that he has the support of more than 31 lawmakers from the coalition, giving him a small majority in parliament.
He has called for a meeting with Abdullah to arrange a smooth transition of power, but the premier has refused and demanded he release the names of the defectors.
Abdullah on Wednesday delivered a warning to Anwar, a former deputy premier who was sacked and jailed a decade ago, accusing him of "lying to the public and confusing the people."
"He has become a threat to the economy and national security," he said in what is a serious allegation in Malaysia, where the government can use draconian internal security laws to detain its opponents without trial.
"I will not indicate what plan I will take, what I do will be in the best interests of the people and the country," Abdullah said.
Chin said the comments were a clear warning that Anwar could face arrest under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
"If they arrest Anwar under ISA it will not be accepted by both Malaysians and the international community," he said.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
29 pemimpin BN di NS sertai PKR
29 pemimpin BN di NS sertai PKR
Muda Mohd Noor | Sep 11, 08 3:51pm
Seramai 29 pemimpin cawangan dan bahagian parti komponen Barisan Nasional (BN) termasuk seorang timbalan ketua bahagian Parti Progresif Penduduk (PPP), telah menyertai PKR Negeri Sembilan hari ini.
Seramai 19 pemimpin PPP di peringkat dewan undangan negeri (DUN) di Parlimen Teluk Kemang, yang diketuai oleh timbalan ketua bahagian PPP Teluk Kemang, S Karupusammy, menyerahkan borang keahlian kepada pengerusi PKR Negeri Sembilan, Datuk Kamarul Baharin Abas dalam satu majlis di Seremban pagi tadi.
Turut menyertai PKR hari ini ialah tujuh pemimpin cawangan dan ahli jawatankuasa (AJK) MCA bahagian Seremban, Teluk Kemang, Jempol dan Kuala Pilah.
Selain mereka, tiga AJK cawangan Pemuda Umno di Rembau dan Kuala Pilah, turut berbuat demikian.
Setiausaha PKR Negeri Sembilan, Sabaruddin Mohd Yassin berkata, parti itu mengalu-alukan kemasukan mereka bagi menguatkan kedudukan parti itu di negeri tersebut.
"Kita mengamalkan sikap tangan terbuka dan menggalakkan sesiapa sahaja untuk menyertai PKR.
"Kemasukan Karupusammy penting kerana kekuatan PPP Negeri Sembilan ialah di bahagian Teluk Kemang.
"Berikutan itu, kita menjangka sebahagian besar daripada 2,000 ahli PPP Teluk Kemang, akan menyertai PKR tidak lama lagi," katanya.
Beliau berkata, berdasarkan pengakuan pemimpin berkenaan, lebih ramai ahli ketiga-tiga parti komponen BN itu akan menyertai PKR.
Sabaruddin berkata, kemasukan ahli Umno melalui bahagian PKR di Negeri Sembilan amat menggalakkan.
"Jumlahnya ramai sehingga membimbangkan pemimpin Umno termasuk Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan," katanya.
Muda Mohd Noor | Sep 11, 08 3:51pm
Seramai 29 pemimpin cawangan dan bahagian parti komponen Barisan Nasional (BN) termasuk seorang timbalan ketua bahagian Parti Progresif Penduduk (PPP), telah menyertai PKR Negeri Sembilan hari ini.
Seramai 19 pemimpin PPP di peringkat dewan undangan negeri (DUN) di Parlimen Teluk Kemang, yang diketuai oleh timbalan ketua bahagian PPP Teluk Kemang, S Karupusammy, menyerahkan borang keahlian kepada pengerusi PKR Negeri Sembilan, Datuk Kamarul Baharin Abas dalam satu majlis di Seremban pagi tadi.
Turut menyertai PKR hari ini ialah tujuh pemimpin cawangan dan ahli jawatankuasa (AJK) MCA bahagian Seremban, Teluk Kemang, Jempol dan Kuala Pilah.
Selain mereka, tiga AJK cawangan Pemuda Umno di Rembau dan Kuala Pilah, turut berbuat demikian.
Setiausaha PKR Negeri Sembilan, Sabaruddin Mohd Yassin berkata, parti itu mengalu-alukan kemasukan mereka bagi menguatkan kedudukan parti itu di negeri tersebut.
"Kita mengamalkan sikap tangan terbuka dan menggalakkan sesiapa sahaja untuk menyertai PKR.
"Kemasukan Karupusammy penting kerana kekuatan PPP Negeri Sembilan ialah di bahagian Teluk Kemang.
"Berikutan itu, kita menjangka sebahagian besar daripada 2,000 ahli PPP Teluk Kemang, akan menyertai PKR tidak lama lagi," katanya.
Beliau berkata, berdasarkan pengakuan pemimpin berkenaan, lebih ramai ahli ketiga-tiga parti komponen BN itu akan menyertai PKR.
Sabaruddin berkata, kemasukan ahli Umno melalui bahagian PKR di Negeri Sembilan amat menggalakkan.
"Jumlahnya ramai sehingga membimbangkan pemimpin Umno termasuk Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan," katanya.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Menanti detik 16 September Posted by Skuad Dun Batu Caves
Menanti detik 16 September Posted by Skuad Dun Batu Caves
SEPT 6 — "Tidak semestinya 16 September ini bertukar kerajaan, tetapi saya yakin suatu perkara besar akan berlaku 16 September ini," kata Ketua Penerangan PKR, Tian Chua kepada saya pagi semalam ketika kami sama-sama menziarahi jenazah tokoh wartawan negara, Tan Sri Samad Ismail.
Tian Chua secara spontan menyebut hal itu tanpa ditanya secara khusus. Mungkin dia telah faham, semua orang tertanya-tanya apakah akan berlaku pada 16 September ini.
Apakah kerajaan BN akan jatuh dengan digantikan oleh Pakatan Rakyat dan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim akan menjadi perdana menteri pada tarikh itu. Semua orang mahu tahu apakah ia bakal menjadi realiti atau tidak.
Bagi Tian Chua, apa yang berlaku sekarang sekurang-kurang menunjukkan kejayaan bagi pihaknya.
"Kalau selama ini tidak ada orang yang yakin kerajaan akan bertukar 16 September ini, sekurang-kurangnya sekarang, lapan dari 10 orang yang ditanya akan berkata, mereka yakin ia akan berlaku. Ini satu kejayaan bagi kita dalam membina pendapat rakyat. Ini bermakna rakyat sudah bersama kita," kata Tian Chua.
Namun bagi strategis PKR, Saifudin Nasution Ismail, beliau penuh yakin pertukaran kerajaan akan berlaku pada 16 September ini.
Bagi menggambarkan keyakinannyan, Saifudin dengan jelas berkata, "Berdasarkan dokumen yang saya lihat, peristiwa yang saya saksikan, apa yang kami rancangkan, saya yakin ia akan berlaku."
Menurut Saifudin, bilangan anggota Parlimen yang ada untuk membolehkan kerajaan Malaysia yang ada ini bertukar tangan, sudah melebihi dari mencukupi.
Berdasarkan bilangan anggota Dewan Rakyat, Pakatan Rakyat memerlukan sekurang-kurangnya 112 dari 222 kerusi yang ada untuk mendapat majoriti mudah bagi membolehkan kerajaan baru dibentuk.
Kini, BN mempunyai 141 kerusi manakala Pakatan mempunyai 81 kerusi. Ini bermakna, Pakatan memerlukan sekurang-kurangnya 30 anggota Parlimen lagi untuk mendapat majoriti mudah.
"Kita (PKR) yakin akan dapat realisasikan rancangan peralihan kerajaan kepada Pakatan Rakyat dengan kemasukkan semula Datuk Seri Anwar ke dalam Parlimen sekarang.
"Kita juga lebih yakin dengan senario itu kerana daripada sumber-sumber tidak rasmi kini sudah ada seramai 43 Ahli Parlimen yang akan menyertai Pakatan Rakyat termasuk di kalangan MP Terengganu," kata Ketua Angkatan Muda PKR Terengganu, Faris Musa sebagaimana dilaporkan Harakadaily.
Itu adalah sikap dan pandangan pemimpin PKR. Bagaimana pula dengan rakan-rakannya dalam Pakatan Rakyat.
Pesuruhjaya Pas Negeri Sembilan, Zulkefli Mohd Omar memberikan tiga sebab kenapa kerajaan BN akan jatuh pada 16 September ini. Beliau juga menunggu jatuhnya kerajaan Negeri Sembilan yang ada ekoran krisis dalaman mereka. Pakatan Negeri Negeri Sembilan memerlukan tiga sahaja wakil rakyat BN menyertai mereka untuk membentuk kerajaan baru di negeri itu.
"Pertama, krisis dalam BN terlalu besar untuk dipertahankan. Mereka saling serang menyerang antara satu sama lain. Yang kedua, ramai pemimpin BN terlibat dalam perniagaan. Mereka tidak akan biarkan krisis ini berterusan kerana ia tidak baik untuk perniagaan mereka. Sebab yang ketiga adalah tidak ada pemimpin dalam BN yang diyakini dapat menyatukan Malaysia. Mereka melihat Anwar sebagai alternatifnya," kata Zul kepada saya.
"Jika awak terpaksa membuat pilihan untuk menyertai Pakatan Rakyat atau bersama dengn Umno dalam BN untuk membentuk kerajaan, apa pilihan awak," tanya saya secara nakal kepada beliau.
Zul dengan tegas dan jelas berkata, "Saya tidak akan membuat pilihan itu. Pilihan yang ada adalah saya akan bersama-sama dengan semua pimpinan untuk membuat satu keputusan sahaja. Keputusan yang ada sekarang adalah kami bersama dengan Pakatan Rakyat dan saya yakin keputusan ini akan kekal."
Sikap yang ditunjukan PJ Negeri Sembilan ini adalah sikap kebanyakan pimpinan Pas. Namun, senario yang ada kurang menyenangkan beberapa pihak.
Menurut satu laporan, DAP belum lagi diajak berunding dengan jelas tentang perancangan 16 September ini.
Pendek kata, mereka tidak jelas apa sebenarnya yang akan berlaku pada 16 September ini. Begitu juga Pas. Saya difahamkan, kebanyakan pemimpin parti itu juga tidak tahu dengan jelas apa akan berlaku pada 16 September ini.
Saya difahamkan, beberapa siri perbincangan telah dibuat oleh pemimpin tertinggi Pakatan Rakyat sebelum pilihan raya kecil Permatang Pauh. Namun, secara rasminya tidak ada sebarang perbincangan lagi selepas kemenangan besar Anwar di Permatang Pauh itu. Bagi saya perbincangan ini penting kerana Permatang Pauhlah yang menyebabkan keyakinan rakyat naik menjulang bahawa 16 September akan berlaku.
Lajnah Politik Pas akan bermesyuarat 13 September ini. Kebiasaannya lajnah yang paling berkuasa dalam membuat keputusan mengenai politik dalam Pas ini akan bermesyuarat apabila keputusan penting mahu dibuat mengenai senario politik di negara ini.
13 September bermakna tiga hari menjelang hari penting yang dikatakan bakal merubah lanskap politik Malaysia.
"Jika mesyuarat ini dibuat untuk memutuskan keadaan 16 September, ia terlalu lewat," kata saya kepada salah seorang anggota lajnah berkenaan. Dia bersetuju dengan pandangan saya.
Namun, katanya, itulah tarikh yang telah ditetapkan untuk mesyuarat lajnah ini.
Hampir kesemua tokoh penting Pas menjadi anggota lajnah ini. Ia dipengerusikan oleh Presiden Pas, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang.
Kenapa saya katakan ia terlalu lewat? Bagi saya, pemimpin kanan Pas perlu berada bersama-sama dalam team Anwar untuk merangka bersama-sama, apa yang akan berlaku pada 16 September ini. Begitu juga pemimpin kanan DAP sesuai dengan mereka adalah rakan kongsi utama dalam kerajaan baru yang hendak dibentuk nanti.
Jika Pas dan DAP tidak terlibat dalam merancang, sudah tentu hasilnya nanti tidaklah sebaik jika mereka bersama-sama dalam pasukan itu. Tak kan Pas dan DAP mahu memetik hasilnya sahaja tanpa turut serta bekerja keras untuk mendapatkannya.
Harapan saya, maklumat bahawa pemimpin kanan Pas dan DAP tidak terlibat dalam perancangan projek 16 September ini adalah maklumat yang tidak tepat. Jika tidak, Pas dan DAP bakal menjadi gerabak sahaja dalam kerajaan baru itu nanti.
SEPT 6 — "Tidak semestinya 16 September ini bertukar kerajaan, tetapi saya yakin suatu perkara besar akan berlaku 16 September ini," kata Ketua Penerangan PKR, Tian Chua kepada saya pagi semalam ketika kami sama-sama menziarahi jenazah tokoh wartawan negara, Tan Sri Samad Ismail.
Tian Chua secara spontan menyebut hal itu tanpa ditanya secara khusus. Mungkin dia telah faham, semua orang tertanya-tanya apakah akan berlaku pada 16 September ini.
Apakah kerajaan BN akan jatuh dengan digantikan oleh Pakatan Rakyat dan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim akan menjadi perdana menteri pada tarikh itu. Semua orang mahu tahu apakah ia bakal menjadi realiti atau tidak.
Bagi Tian Chua, apa yang berlaku sekarang sekurang-kurang menunjukkan kejayaan bagi pihaknya.
"Kalau selama ini tidak ada orang yang yakin kerajaan akan bertukar 16 September ini, sekurang-kurangnya sekarang, lapan dari 10 orang yang ditanya akan berkata, mereka yakin ia akan berlaku. Ini satu kejayaan bagi kita dalam membina pendapat rakyat. Ini bermakna rakyat sudah bersama kita," kata Tian Chua.
Namun bagi strategis PKR, Saifudin Nasution Ismail, beliau penuh yakin pertukaran kerajaan akan berlaku pada 16 September ini.
Bagi menggambarkan keyakinannyan, Saifudin dengan jelas berkata, "Berdasarkan dokumen yang saya lihat, peristiwa yang saya saksikan, apa yang kami rancangkan, saya yakin ia akan berlaku."
Menurut Saifudin, bilangan anggota Parlimen yang ada untuk membolehkan kerajaan Malaysia yang ada ini bertukar tangan, sudah melebihi dari mencukupi.
Berdasarkan bilangan anggota Dewan Rakyat, Pakatan Rakyat memerlukan sekurang-kurangnya 112 dari 222 kerusi yang ada untuk mendapat majoriti mudah bagi membolehkan kerajaan baru dibentuk.
Kini, BN mempunyai 141 kerusi manakala Pakatan mempunyai 81 kerusi. Ini bermakna, Pakatan memerlukan sekurang-kurangnya 30 anggota Parlimen lagi untuk mendapat majoriti mudah.
"Kita (PKR) yakin akan dapat realisasikan rancangan peralihan kerajaan kepada Pakatan Rakyat dengan kemasukkan semula Datuk Seri Anwar ke dalam Parlimen sekarang.
"Kita juga lebih yakin dengan senario itu kerana daripada sumber-sumber tidak rasmi kini sudah ada seramai 43 Ahli Parlimen yang akan menyertai Pakatan Rakyat termasuk di kalangan MP Terengganu," kata Ketua Angkatan Muda PKR Terengganu, Faris Musa sebagaimana dilaporkan Harakadaily.
Itu adalah sikap dan pandangan pemimpin PKR. Bagaimana pula dengan rakan-rakannya dalam Pakatan Rakyat.
Pesuruhjaya Pas Negeri Sembilan, Zulkefli Mohd Omar memberikan tiga sebab kenapa kerajaan BN akan jatuh pada 16 September ini. Beliau juga menunggu jatuhnya kerajaan Negeri Sembilan yang ada ekoran krisis dalaman mereka. Pakatan Negeri Negeri Sembilan memerlukan tiga sahaja wakil rakyat BN menyertai mereka untuk membentuk kerajaan baru di negeri itu.
"Pertama, krisis dalam BN terlalu besar untuk dipertahankan. Mereka saling serang menyerang antara satu sama lain. Yang kedua, ramai pemimpin BN terlibat dalam perniagaan. Mereka tidak akan biarkan krisis ini berterusan kerana ia tidak baik untuk perniagaan mereka. Sebab yang ketiga adalah tidak ada pemimpin dalam BN yang diyakini dapat menyatukan Malaysia. Mereka melihat Anwar sebagai alternatifnya," kata Zul kepada saya.
"Jika awak terpaksa membuat pilihan untuk menyertai Pakatan Rakyat atau bersama dengn Umno dalam BN untuk membentuk kerajaan, apa pilihan awak," tanya saya secara nakal kepada beliau.
Zul dengan tegas dan jelas berkata, "Saya tidak akan membuat pilihan itu. Pilihan yang ada adalah saya akan bersama-sama dengan semua pimpinan untuk membuat satu keputusan sahaja. Keputusan yang ada sekarang adalah kami bersama dengan Pakatan Rakyat dan saya yakin keputusan ini akan kekal."
Sikap yang ditunjukan PJ Negeri Sembilan ini adalah sikap kebanyakan pimpinan Pas. Namun, senario yang ada kurang menyenangkan beberapa pihak.
Menurut satu laporan, DAP belum lagi diajak berunding dengan jelas tentang perancangan 16 September ini.
Pendek kata, mereka tidak jelas apa sebenarnya yang akan berlaku pada 16 September ini. Begitu juga Pas. Saya difahamkan, kebanyakan pemimpin parti itu juga tidak tahu dengan jelas apa akan berlaku pada 16 September ini.
Saya difahamkan, beberapa siri perbincangan telah dibuat oleh pemimpin tertinggi Pakatan Rakyat sebelum pilihan raya kecil Permatang Pauh. Namun, secara rasminya tidak ada sebarang perbincangan lagi selepas kemenangan besar Anwar di Permatang Pauh itu. Bagi saya perbincangan ini penting kerana Permatang Pauhlah yang menyebabkan keyakinan rakyat naik menjulang bahawa 16 September akan berlaku.
Lajnah Politik Pas akan bermesyuarat 13 September ini. Kebiasaannya lajnah yang paling berkuasa dalam membuat keputusan mengenai politik dalam Pas ini akan bermesyuarat apabila keputusan penting mahu dibuat mengenai senario politik di negara ini.
13 September bermakna tiga hari menjelang hari penting yang dikatakan bakal merubah lanskap politik Malaysia.
"Jika mesyuarat ini dibuat untuk memutuskan keadaan 16 September, ia terlalu lewat," kata saya kepada salah seorang anggota lajnah berkenaan. Dia bersetuju dengan pandangan saya.
Namun, katanya, itulah tarikh yang telah ditetapkan untuk mesyuarat lajnah ini.
Hampir kesemua tokoh penting Pas menjadi anggota lajnah ini. Ia dipengerusikan oleh Presiden Pas, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang.
Kenapa saya katakan ia terlalu lewat? Bagi saya, pemimpin kanan Pas perlu berada bersama-sama dalam team Anwar untuk merangka bersama-sama, apa yang akan berlaku pada 16 September ini. Begitu juga pemimpin kanan DAP sesuai dengan mereka adalah rakan kongsi utama dalam kerajaan baru yang hendak dibentuk nanti.
Jika Pas dan DAP tidak terlibat dalam merancang, sudah tentu hasilnya nanti tidaklah sebaik jika mereka bersama-sama dalam pasukan itu. Tak kan Pas dan DAP mahu memetik hasilnya sahaja tanpa turut serta bekerja keras untuk mendapatkannya.
Harapan saya, maklumat bahawa pemimpin kanan Pas dan DAP tidak terlibat dalam perancangan projek 16 September ini adalah maklumat yang tidak tepat. Jika tidak, Pas dan DAP bakal menjadi gerabak sahaja dalam kerajaan baru itu nanti.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Former Segambut MP joins PKR
Former Segambut MP joins PKR
By ROYCE CHEAH
PETALING JAYA: Former Segambut MP and Federal Territories Gerakan chief Datuk Dr Tan Kee Kwong has joined PKR citing that he has lost faith in Barisan Nasional.
Speaking at a press conference Saturday together with PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Dr Tan said he had submitted his decision to resign from Gerakan via fax at 11am on Friday.
"The decision was not easy but the sentiments were there. I also received the support of my wife and close friends," he said, adding that the decision was made two days ago.
Dr Tan, 62, said that Gerakan had not contacted him since the letter was faxed and that the party had also not "talked about him" for the past six weeks.
"I joined PKR because I believe it is the party of the future and that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is leading the charge to make Malaysia a better country."
When asked if he was sad about leaving the party he had joined in 1995, Dr Tan said it was not about being sad but about doing what was right in the little time that anyone has in life.
"It is actually a breath of fresh air for me. I know that people might criticise me for being ungrateful but even in my previous party I was considered an irritant, a cancer in the party that refused to follow the mainstream."
Dr Tan said in his time in Government, as a former Deputy Land and Cooperative Development Minister, he had tried his best to effect change from within but could not.
"And any effort to effect change now would be impossible."
He said all Barisan component parties ought to reassess themselves and be honest about what they stood for in politics, adding that he was not advocating mass defections.
By ROYCE CHEAH
PETALING JAYA: Former Segambut MP and Federal Territories Gerakan chief Datuk Dr Tan Kee Kwong has joined PKR citing that he has lost faith in Barisan Nasional.
Speaking at a press conference Saturday together with PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Dr Tan said he had submitted his decision to resign from Gerakan via fax at 11am on Friday.
"The decision was not easy but the sentiments were there. I also received the support of my wife and close friends," he said, adding that the decision was made two days ago.
Dr Tan, 62, said that Gerakan had not contacted him since the letter was faxed and that the party had also not "talked about him" for the past six weeks.
"I joined PKR because I believe it is the party of the future and that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is leading the charge to make Malaysia a better country."
When asked if he was sad about leaving the party he had joined in 1995, Dr Tan said it was not about being sad but about doing what was right in the little time that anyone has in life.
"It is actually a breath of fresh air for me. I know that people might criticise me for being ungrateful but even in my previous party I was considered an irritant, a cancer in the party that refused to follow the mainstream."
Dr Tan said in his time in Government, as a former Deputy Land and Cooperative Development Minister, he had tried his best to effect change from within but could not.
"And any effort to effect change now would be impossible."
He said all Barisan component parties ought to reassess themselves and be honest about what they stood for in politics, adding that he was not advocating mass defections.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Who Will Jump? BN Component Party Charts - Malaysiakini
Friday, September 5, 2008
Who Will Jump? BN Component Party Charts - Malaysiakini
Refer to yesterday article of Raja Petra Kamaruddin calculation on possibility of 30 to 40 MPs to cross over, here are the summary charts to show the exact numbers and position of all the Barisan Nasional Component Party.
Please refer :
http://malaysianshares.blogspot.com/2008/09/malaysiakini-30-to-40-mps-cross-over.html
If we analyze it from the chart, which political party will have the higher possibility to jump over?
Pakatan Rakyat now holds 82 parliamentary seats including one each in Sarawak and Sabah under DAP.
To form a government and go straight ahead to Putrajaya Administration Office, they just need 30 MPs but this would not be enough or unstable (Barisan Nasional 110 seats - 112 seats Pakatan Rakyat) unless Pakatan Rakyat managed to pull nearly to 40 MPs.
Barisan Nasional has 140 seats in Parliament. Here is the break up:
PENINSULAR MALAYSIA - 86 Parliamentary Seats.
1 ) UMNO 79 Seats
Peninsular Malaysia 66 Seats
Sabah 13 Seats
2 ) MCA 15 Seats
3 ) MIC 3 Seats
4 ) GERAKAN 2 Seats
SARAWAK - 30 Parliamentary Seats
5 ) PBB 14 Seats
6 ) SUPP 6 Seats
7 ) PRS 6 Seats
8 ) SPDP 4 Seats
SABAH - 24 Parliamentary Seats (13 UMNO Seats)
9 ) UPKO 4 Seats
10) PBS 3 Seats
11) SAPP 2 Seats
12) PBRS 1 Seat
13) LDP 1 Seat
Some people seeing this is just a tactical play in politics. To build an instablity political situation in Malaysia. To let people know how weak is Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Datuk Seri Najib compare to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Sept 16 might be a date to remember but don't forget about Sept 10 (Datuk Seri Anwar to attend court hearing on his case). It will not bring any major impact on him but for sure and definitely it will make those who had invested in the share market to keep on guessing and biting their finger nails.
Latest Developments : Barisan Nasional MPs being asked to hand in passports for study trip. It is understood that the trip, said to take place between Sept 7 and Sept 19. Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing (Bintulu MP) said the trip was the brainchild of the Backbenchers Club.
The purpose of this trip is to update every MPs with the latest information about agriculture and high tech food production so that they can debate better on the Budget when Parliament sits again in October.
"Wah..... this is nice because all the while I thought that Barisan Nasional just sit there without doing anything. Now they have started to pull out their SWORD and their SHEILD to prevent any further damages..... interesting."http://malaysianshares.blogspot.com/2008/09/who-will-jump-bn-component-party-charts.html
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Barisan reps asked to hand in passports for study trip
(The Star) - Barisan Nasional MPs have been asked to submit their passports for an overseas study trip ahead of Sept 16, the date that is being bandied about for supposed defections to take place.
Backbenchers Club chairman Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing said the trip was the brainchild of the club but rejected suggestions that it was organised because of the Sept 16 claim.
“The trip came about after a few of our members got talking. We wanted MPs to update themselves with the latest information about agriculture and high-tech food production so that we can debate better on the Budget when Parliament sits again in October.
“This is the best time for the trip although it is the fasting month because after that, Hari Raya celebrations begin and Parliament will meet again,” he told The Star here yesterday.
Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has been claiming that his plan to topple the Barisan government by Sept 16 was on track. He claimed that some 30 Barisan MPs, particularly from Sabah and Sarawak, were ready to defect.
It is understood that the trip, said to take place between Sept 7 and Sept 19, will be open to all MPs, especially those whose constituencies have agricultural concerns, and not just MPs from Sabah and Sarawak, said to be targets of PKR.
Tiong, the Bintulu MP, maintained that the trip “had nothing to do with Sept 16”, saying it was only natural to ask MPs to submit their passports for the purpose of visa applications and ticket bookings.
He said the club had not finalised how many MPs would be going on the trip or the actual date.
“We haven’t also decided on the destination country. You know me, I only like to announce something when all the details have been confirmed,” he said.
He stressed that it was not an “overseas retreat” but a study trip for MPs.
Deputy Backbenchers Club chairman Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin also confirmed there was such a trip to explore agricultural technology.
“Probably, the trip will be over this weekend. But we have not decided how many MPs will be participating,” the Kinabatangan MP said.
Kapit MP Alexander Nanta Linggi said he had been asked by fellow MPs from Sarawak if “he was available”.
“I told them that I was going on a trip with (Plantation Industries and Commodities) Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui on his palm oil campaign mission overseas to London and Belgium. They left it at that.”
Kimanis MP Datuk Anifah Aman and Muar MP Razali Ibrahim said they had not been contacted by anybody on the proposed trip.
“I don’t know anything. I’ve been in my constituency the whole day and Parliament has not asked for my passport,” said Anifah, who is known for his vocal views during debate in Dewan Rakyat.
Pasik Salak MP Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman also denied being asked to go for the trip.
“What trip? I was not approached for this,” he added.
Who Will Jump? BN Component Party Charts - Malaysiakini
Refer to yesterday article of Raja Petra Kamaruddin calculation on possibility of 30 to 40 MPs to cross over, here are the summary charts to show the exact numbers and position of all the Barisan Nasional Component Party.
Please refer :
http://malaysianshares.blogspot.com/2008/09/malaysiakini-30-to-40-mps-cross-over.html
If we analyze it from the chart, which political party will have the higher possibility to jump over?
Pakatan Rakyat now holds 82 parliamentary seats including one each in Sarawak and Sabah under DAP.
To form a government and go straight ahead to Putrajaya Administration Office, they just need 30 MPs but this would not be enough or unstable (Barisan Nasional 110 seats - 112 seats Pakatan Rakyat) unless Pakatan Rakyat managed to pull nearly to 40 MPs.
Barisan Nasional has 140 seats in Parliament. Here is the break up:
PENINSULAR MALAYSIA - 86 Parliamentary Seats.
1 ) UMNO 79 Seats
Peninsular Malaysia 66 Seats
Sabah 13 Seats
2 ) MCA 15 Seats
3 ) MIC 3 Seats
4 ) GERAKAN 2 Seats
SARAWAK - 30 Parliamentary Seats
5 ) PBB 14 Seats
6 ) SUPP 6 Seats
7 ) PRS 6 Seats
8 ) SPDP 4 Seats
SABAH - 24 Parliamentary Seats (13 UMNO Seats)
9 ) UPKO 4 Seats
10) PBS 3 Seats
11) SAPP 2 Seats
12) PBRS 1 Seat
13) LDP 1 Seat
Some people seeing this is just a tactical play in politics. To build an instablity political situation in Malaysia. To let people know how weak is Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Datuk Seri Najib compare to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Sept 16 might be a date to remember but don't forget about Sept 10 (Datuk Seri Anwar to attend court hearing on his case). It will not bring any major impact on him but for sure and definitely it will make those who had invested in the share market to keep on guessing and biting their finger nails.
Latest Developments : Barisan Nasional MPs being asked to hand in passports for study trip. It is understood that the trip, said to take place between Sept 7 and Sept 19. Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing (Bintulu MP) said the trip was the brainchild of the Backbenchers Club.
The purpose of this trip is to update every MPs with the latest information about agriculture and high tech food production so that they can debate better on the Budget when Parliament sits again in October.
"Wah..... this is nice because all the while I thought that Barisan Nasional just sit there without doing anything. Now they have started to pull out their SWORD and their SHEILD to prevent any further damages..... interesting."http://malaysianshares.blogspot.com/2008/09/who-will-jump-bn-component-party-charts.html
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Barisan reps asked to hand in passports for study trip
(The Star) - Barisan Nasional MPs have been asked to submit their passports for an overseas study trip ahead of Sept 16, the date that is being bandied about for supposed defections to take place.
Backbenchers Club chairman Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing said the trip was the brainchild of the club but rejected suggestions that it was organised because of the Sept 16 claim.
“The trip came about after a few of our members got talking. We wanted MPs to update themselves with the latest information about agriculture and high-tech food production so that we can debate better on the Budget when Parliament sits again in October.
“This is the best time for the trip although it is the fasting month because after that, Hari Raya celebrations begin and Parliament will meet again,” he told The Star here yesterday.
Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has been claiming that his plan to topple the Barisan government by Sept 16 was on track. He claimed that some 30 Barisan MPs, particularly from Sabah and Sarawak, were ready to defect.
It is understood that the trip, said to take place between Sept 7 and Sept 19, will be open to all MPs, especially those whose constituencies have agricultural concerns, and not just MPs from Sabah and Sarawak, said to be targets of PKR.
Tiong, the Bintulu MP, maintained that the trip “had nothing to do with Sept 16”, saying it was only natural to ask MPs to submit their passports for the purpose of visa applications and ticket bookings.
He said the club had not finalised how many MPs would be going on the trip or the actual date.
“We haven’t also decided on the destination country. You know me, I only like to announce something when all the details have been confirmed,” he said.
He stressed that it was not an “overseas retreat” but a study trip for MPs.
Deputy Backbenchers Club chairman Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin also confirmed there was such a trip to explore agricultural technology.
“Probably, the trip will be over this weekend. But we have not decided how many MPs will be participating,” the Kinabatangan MP said.
Kapit MP Alexander Nanta Linggi said he had been asked by fellow MPs from Sarawak if “he was available”.
“I told them that I was going on a trip with (Plantation Industries and Commodities) Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui on his palm oil campaign mission overseas to London and Belgium. They left it at that.”
Kimanis MP Datuk Anifah Aman and Muar MP Razali Ibrahim said they had not been contacted by anybody on the proposed trip.
“I don’t know anything. I’ve been in my constituency the whole day and Parliament has not asked for my passport,” said Anifah, who is known for his vocal views during debate in Dewan Rakyat.
Pasik Salak MP Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman also denied being asked to go for the trip.
“What trip? I was not approached for this,” he added.
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