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Tarikh: 23 Ogos 2009
KENYATAAN MEDIA - MAJLIS PIMPINAN NEGERI KEADILAN KEDAH BERHUBUNG ISU KELUAR PARTI ADUN LUNAS
Pihak Parti Keadilan Rakyat (KEADILAN) menerima maklum bahawa Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) kawasan Lunas yang juga Exco Kerajaan Negeri Kedah, YB Mohammad Radzhi Salleh, ADUN daripada KEADILAN dan memegang portfolio Exco Pelancongan dan Pembangunan Masyarakat Serta Sumber Tenaga Manusia dalam kerajaan negeri Kedah telah mengumumkan pendiriannya pada sidang media di Kuala Lumpur, hari ini mengisytiharkan dirinya keluar parti dan menjadi ADUN Bebas.
Bagi pihak Parti Keadilan Rakyat Kedah kita amat kesal dengan sikap yang tidak bertanggungjawab ini. Telah menjadi satu kebiasaan apabila ada pilihanraya kecil, akan ada isu-isu lompat parti. Kita menjangkakan ini adalah sebahagian daripada tindakan yang dirancang oleh Barisan Nasional untuk memanipulasi isu menjelang pilihanraya kecil Permatang Pasir pada 25 Ogos nanti.
Prestasi lemah beliau dalam kerajaan negeri juga amat mengecewakan pimpinan parti, ini termasuklah tuntutan perbelanjaan beliau yang tidak munasabah, dan masalah perkahwinannya di Thailand yang kini sedang dalam proses di Mahkamah. Kami juga telah memberi amaran keras kepada beliau untuk membuat perubahan prestasi kerja beliau dan khidmatnya di kawasan, namum beliau tidak bersedia untuk melakukan perubahan yang membuatkan ia mengistiharkan keluar dari parti hari ini. Ekoran daripada itu juga Cabang Padang Serai telah digantung oleh Majlis Pimpinan Pusat (MPP) dan diambil-alih pengurusan dan pentadbirannya oleh Majlis Pimpinan Negeri sehingga mesyuarat agung cabang yang akan diadakan nanti. Keputusan ini dibuat pada mesyuarat MPP 26 Julai 2009 yang lalu.
Sehubungan dengan itu kepimpinan KEADILAN Kedah berdiri teguh mendokong dan menyokong kepimpinan YAB Datuk Seri Ust. Azizan bin Abd. Razak sebagai Menteri Besar dan selanjutnya mencadangkan kepada YAB Menteri Besar untuk memohon pekenan KDYMM Tuanku Sultan Kedah mengugurkan jawatan beliau sebagai Ahli Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri. Pimpinan Parti Keadilan Kedah juga dengan ini mendesak YB Radzi juga untuk meletak jawatan sebagai ADUN Lunas.
YB. HJ. AHMAD BIN KASIM
Pengerusi Majlis Pimpinan Negeri
Parti Keadilan Rakyat Negeri Kedah
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Mahkamah arah pilihanraya kecil DUN kota Si Puteh
Monday, November 16, 2009
Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur mengarahkan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) mengadakan pilihan raya kecil untuk Dun Kota Seputeh Kedah.
Arahan itu dibuat oleh hakim Datuk Alizatul Khair Osman Khairuddin.
Menurut hakim itu, Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya telah melanggar sempadan kuasanya apabila menolak permohonan Speaker Dun Kedah agar diadakan pilihan raya semula di situ.
Menurut beliau, peguam plaintif (Speaker Dun Kedah) telah berjaya membuktikan bahawa Datuk Abu Hassan Sarif, Adun Kota Seputeh telah tidak hadir dua kali sidang berturut-turut tanpa kebenaran Speaker.
Ini bermakna, mahkamah bersetuju dengan keputusan Speaker Dun Kedah, yang memutuskan kerusi itu kosong berikutan kegagalan Abu Hasan (gambar) hadir dua kali berturut-turut ke sidangnya.
Speaker DUN, Datuk Dr. Abdul Isa Ismail menghantar surat kepada SPR memaklumkan mengenai kegagalan Abu Hassan hadir sidang DUN pada 19 April dan 16 Ogos lalu.
Mengikut Undang-undang Tubuh Kerajaan Negeri Kedah, mana-mana ahli dewan yang tidak hadir pada sidang DUN selama dua kali berturut-turut tanpa kebenaran Speaker, tempatnya hendaklah dikosongkan.
Kerusi itu dimenangi Abu Hasan dengan majorti 495 undi. Lawannnya, Ismail Wan Teh dari PAS menerima 7,665 undi.
Dalam sidang Dun Kedah baru-baru ini, Speaker menyifatkan Abu Hasan bukan lagi Adun Kedah yang sah.
Mengulas mengenainya, Pengerusi SPR, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, berkata pegawai undang-undang SPR perlu meneliti secara terperinci desakan dibangkitkan Speaker DUN Kedah, Datuk Dr Abdul Isa Ismail sebelum membuat sebarang keputusan.
Pada 18 Ogos lalu Abd Isa meminta SPR mengisytiharkan kerusi itu kosong atas alasan Abu Hasan tidak menghadiri sidang Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) dua kali berturut-turut tahun ini.
Peguam bagi Speaker, Sulaiman Abdullah memberitahu mahkamah, Artikel 51 Undang Undang Tubuh Kerajaan Kedah menyebut bahawa “sekiranya mana-mana anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri tidak menghadiri dua sidang berturut-turut tanpa kebenaran Speaker, kerusi mereka seharusnya dianggap kosong.”
Abu Hasan tidak hadir pada sidang 19 April dan kemudian pada 9 Ogos tanpa izin Speaker.
Sulaiman berkata, Abu Hasan tidak menafikan fakta itu.
“Apabila syarat-syarat ini dipenuhi, kemudian perjalanan undang-undang ialah Artikel 51, di mana kerusi itu dengan sendirinya menjadi kosong,” kata Abdullah yang juga bekas Presiden Majlis Peguam di mahkamah sebelum ini.
Namun, Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin mengarahkan Abu Hasan agar terus menghadiri sidang DUN negeri itu yang dijadualkan hari ini.
Katanya, walaupun Speaker menganggap wakil rakyat itu hilang kelayakan sebagai Adun, namun BN memegang prinsip apa yang diputuskan oleh SPR bahawa tiada berlaku kekosongan kerusi DUN Kota Seputeh dan Abu Hasan adalah wakil rakyat BN yang sah.
“Abu Hasan masih ahli Yang Berhormat secara sah dan Speaker (DUN) tidak boleh menghalang beliau dari menghadiri sidang dewan itu.
“SPR umum tiada kekosongan dan tidak ada pilihan raya kecil, jadi apa kuasa Speaker itu saya tak tahu,” katanya selepas melawat mangsa banjir di Sekolah Kebangsaan Gunung, Alor Setar.
Muhyiddin berkata, Abu Hasan harus menghadiri sidang DUN itu bagi mengetahui apa yang sedang berlaku kerana beliau masih seorang Adun sehinggalah mahkamah memutuskan kedudukannya kelak.
Abd Isa baru-baru ini berkata, beliau menyifatkan Abu Hasan bukan lagi Adun walaupun mahkamah belum membuat sebarang keputusan mengenai kedudukan wakil rakyat itu.
Beliau sebelum ini memfailkan permohonan semakan kehakiman terhadap keputusan SPR yang mengekalkan Abu Hasan sebagai Adun kawasan Kota Seputeh.
Posted by Siasah at 7:57 PM
Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur mengarahkan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) mengadakan pilihan raya kecil untuk Dun Kota Seputeh Kedah.
Arahan itu dibuat oleh hakim Datuk Alizatul Khair Osman Khairuddin.
Menurut hakim itu, Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya telah melanggar sempadan kuasanya apabila menolak permohonan Speaker Dun Kedah agar diadakan pilihan raya semula di situ.
Menurut beliau, peguam plaintif (Speaker Dun Kedah) telah berjaya membuktikan bahawa Datuk Abu Hassan Sarif, Adun Kota Seputeh telah tidak hadir dua kali sidang berturut-turut tanpa kebenaran Speaker.
Ini bermakna, mahkamah bersetuju dengan keputusan Speaker Dun Kedah, yang memutuskan kerusi itu kosong berikutan kegagalan Abu Hasan (gambar) hadir dua kali berturut-turut ke sidangnya.
Speaker DUN, Datuk Dr. Abdul Isa Ismail menghantar surat kepada SPR memaklumkan mengenai kegagalan Abu Hassan hadir sidang DUN pada 19 April dan 16 Ogos lalu.
Mengikut Undang-undang Tubuh Kerajaan Negeri Kedah, mana-mana ahli dewan yang tidak hadir pada sidang DUN selama dua kali berturut-turut tanpa kebenaran Speaker, tempatnya hendaklah dikosongkan.
Kerusi itu dimenangi Abu Hasan dengan majorti 495 undi. Lawannnya, Ismail Wan Teh dari PAS menerima 7,665 undi.
Dalam sidang Dun Kedah baru-baru ini, Speaker menyifatkan Abu Hasan bukan lagi Adun Kedah yang sah.
Mengulas mengenainya, Pengerusi SPR, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, berkata pegawai undang-undang SPR perlu meneliti secara terperinci desakan dibangkitkan Speaker DUN Kedah, Datuk Dr Abdul Isa Ismail sebelum membuat sebarang keputusan.
Pada 18 Ogos lalu Abd Isa meminta SPR mengisytiharkan kerusi itu kosong atas alasan Abu Hasan tidak menghadiri sidang Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) dua kali berturut-turut tahun ini.
Peguam bagi Speaker, Sulaiman Abdullah memberitahu mahkamah, Artikel 51 Undang Undang Tubuh Kerajaan Kedah menyebut bahawa “sekiranya mana-mana anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri tidak menghadiri dua sidang berturut-turut tanpa kebenaran Speaker, kerusi mereka seharusnya dianggap kosong.”
Abu Hasan tidak hadir pada sidang 19 April dan kemudian pada 9 Ogos tanpa izin Speaker.
Sulaiman berkata, Abu Hasan tidak menafikan fakta itu.
“Apabila syarat-syarat ini dipenuhi, kemudian perjalanan undang-undang ialah Artikel 51, di mana kerusi itu dengan sendirinya menjadi kosong,” kata Abdullah yang juga bekas Presiden Majlis Peguam di mahkamah sebelum ini.
Namun, Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin mengarahkan Abu Hasan agar terus menghadiri sidang DUN negeri itu yang dijadualkan hari ini.
Katanya, walaupun Speaker menganggap wakil rakyat itu hilang kelayakan sebagai Adun, namun BN memegang prinsip apa yang diputuskan oleh SPR bahawa tiada berlaku kekosongan kerusi DUN Kota Seputeh dan Abu Hasan adalah wakil rakyat BN yang sah.
“Abu Hasan masih ahli Yang Berhormat secara sah dan Speaker (DUN) tidak boleh menghalang beliau dari menghadiri sidang dewan itu.
“SPR umum tiada kekosongan dan tidak ada pilihan raya kecil, jadi apa kuasa Speaker itu saya tak tahu,” katanya selepas melawat mangsa banjir di Sekolah Kebangsaan Gunung, Alor Setar.
Muhyiddin berkata, Abu Hasan harus menghadiri sidang DUN itu bagi mengetahui apa yang sedang berlaku kerana beliau masih seorang Adun sehinggalah mahkamah memutuskan kedudukannya kelak.
Abd Isa baru-baru ini berkata, beliau menyifatkan Abu Hasan bukan lagi Adun walaupun mahkamah belum membuat sebarang keputusan mengenai kedudukan wakil rakyat itu.
Beliau sebelum ini memfailkan permohonan semakan kehakiman terhadap keputusan SPR yang mengekalkan Abu Hasan sebagai Adun kawasan Kota Seputeh.
Posted by Siasah at 7:57 PM
Tiiiiim-ber! Auditor's report exposes forest loss
What happens when the Auditor General comes up with a report critical of areas under your ministry’s jurisdiction? Why, you ask for it to be amended, of course!
That’s what Sarawak State Second Minister of Planning and Resource Management Awang Tengah Ali Hassan reportedly did when he asked the Auditor General to amend its Annual Report for 2008. Awang Tengah was unhappy about the bit that cited Sarawak along with Kelantan, Pahang and Johor as having poor forest management that led to river pollution, erosion, landslides and destruction of flora and fauna, according to the Malaysian Mirror.
Here’s one such excerpt from the Auditor’s Report that might help to explain the fuss: the report noted that in Nov 2007 and March 2008, the Sarawak Minister of Planning and Resource Management had fixed six million hectares as the target for permanent forest reserves. But the report added that the Ministry did not say when this announcement would come into effect.
The report continued:
Semakan Audit mendapati setakat akhir tahun 2008, Negeri Sarawak mempunyai HSK (permanent forest reserve) seluas 5.56 juta hektar yang telah diwartakan. Bagaimanapun, bagi tahun 1990 hingga 2008 sebanyak 0.96 juta hektar HSK telah dimansuhkan di mana 18,352 hektar dimansuhkan bagi tahun 2006 hingga 2008. Baki keluasan kawasan HSK adalah sejumlah 4.60 juta hektar. Kawasan HSK yang telah dimansuhkan dan belum diganti adalah seperti di Jadual 5.8….
Pada pendapat Audit, matlamat untuk mencapai sasaran enam juta hektar HSK tidak akan tercapai sekiranya usaha segera tidak diambil untuk mewartakan kawasan hutan yang telah dikenal pasti sebagai menggantikan HSK yang telah dimansuhkan. Peruntukan Undang-undang yang sedia ada hendaklah diperkemas dengan mewajibkan setiap HSK yang dimansuhkan diganti dengan segera.
You can see why this Sarawak leader seems ruffled by the Auditor General’s report. There’s a lot more stuff in the report about how logging and forest clearing have contributed to all sorts of pollution and other environmental degradation.
But you get the idea.
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What happens when the Auditor General comes up with a report critical of areas under your ministry’s jurisdiction? Why, you ask for it to be amended, of course!
That’s what Sarawak State Second Minister of Planning and Resource Management Awang Tengah Ali Hassan reportedly did when he asked the Auditor General to amend its Annual Report for 2008. Awang Tengah was unhappy about the bit that cited Sarawak along with Kelantan, Pahang and Johor as having poor forest management that led to river pollution, erosion, landslides and destruction of flora and fauna, according to the Malaysian Mirror.
Here’s one such excerpt from the Auditor’s Report that might help to explain the fuss: the report noted that in Nov 2007 and March 2008, the Sarawak Minister of Planning and Resource Management had fixed six million hectares as the target for permanent forest reserves. But the report added that the Ministry did not say when this announcement would come into effect.
The report continued:
Semakan Audit mendapati setakat akhir tahun 2008, Negeri Sarawak mempunyai HSK (permanent forest reserve) seluas 5.56 juta hektar yang telah diwartakan. Bagaimanapun, bagi tahun 1990 hingga 2008 sebanyak 0.96 juta hektar HSK telah dimansuhkan di mana 18,352 hektar dimansuhkan bagi tahun 2006 hingga 2008. Baki keluasan kawasan HSK adalah sejumlah 4.60 juta hektar. Kawasan HSK yang telah dimansuhkan dan belum diganti adalah seperti di Jadual 5.8….
Pada pendapat Audit, matlamat untuk mencapai sasaran enam juta hektar HSK tidak akan tercapai sekiranya usaha segera tidak diambil untuk mewartakan kawasan hutan yang telah dikenal pasti sebagai menggantikan HSK yang telah dimansuhkan. Peruntukan Undang-undang yang sedia ada hendaklah diperkemas dengan mewajibkan setiap HSK yang dimansuhkan diganti dengan segera.
You can see why this Sarawak leader seems ruffled by the Auditor General’s report. There’s a lot more stuff in the report about how logging and forest clearing have contributed to all sorts of pollution and other environmental degradation.
But you get the idea.
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Pakatan Rakyat and the making of a two party system PDF | Print | E-mail
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It is a great honour to stand before you to talk about what can be described as a revolution in the collective consciousness of this nation. Last March, by the stroke of the pen, the people of Malaysia shattered all of the preconceived notions that denied the possibility of political change. In place of these old assumptions a new memory of our nation’s heritage and the self-image of its people has emerged.
Until now many of our elected representatives have failed to uphold the mantle of public office. Their interest has been an exercise in greed and avarice and not what Vaclav Havel described as a heightened responsibility for the moral state of society, and to seek out the best in that society and to develop and strengthen it. For it is only with leaders of such caliber that we can expect a government that is fair and abides by the Rules of Law, outlined in a Constitution that grants legitimacy to the very existence of that government. Anything short of this would be an injustice that approaches tyranny.
We had been weaned for many years on the notion that submissiveness and frailty were a prerequisite for the stability of the nation. Our diverse ethnic makeup, rather than an asset, was treated as a powder keg that could be ignited by the slightest spark. Economic development was not compatible with the freedoms that have been established in other democratic nations. On the contrary Malaysian democracy would be circumscribed by profoundly un-democratic rules. There was a freedom of speech but only on certain subjects. The freedom to associate was granted, but only with approved license. Due process, a fair and an impartial judiciary were granted only insofar as they did not encroach upon the vested interests of the rich and powerful. These measures were taken unscrupulously in the name of security and peace.
of democracy, there is no monopoly on the principles of political freedom and liberty. The tradition of public discussion can be found across the world such that Tocqueville in his observations on American political culture said that democracy can be seen as part of “the most continuous, ancient and permanent tendency known to history.” What Locke said in the 18th century we can find explicit precursors in the Muslim tradition. Consider the Prophet Muhammad’s Last Sermon in which he asserts the importance of property rights and the sanctity of contracts, women’s rights and racial equality. Remember this was 1400 years ago! The narrative does not stop there. al-Shatibi, the Andalusian legal scholar, articulated more completely the maqasid al-Sharia, the Higher Objectives of the Islamic Law, which sanctify the preservation of religion, life, intellect, family, and wealth; objectives that bear striking resemblance to Enlightenment ideals that would be expounded centuries later.
This is of course all theoretical. Even the Malaysian Constitution talks about equal protection under the law and proposed a system of checks and balances on power. Yet 52 years later, and after nearly 700 amendments to the original text of that document, few would argue that the original spirit of the Constitution remains intact. The upshot is that Malaysia’s experience as a pseudo democracy has been a utter disaster.
A nation blessed with vast wealth and a people with the ability to learn and excel has been left in the lurch by decades of failed policies. Hope in a brighter future has been snuffed out by the blunt instrument of state power and the cancer of corruption. Certainly the thin veneer of success has been made our country appealing to the eye. As far as developing countries go we are far ahead of the pack. But when we look under the hood, as Malaysian citizens must do on a daily basis, we are confronted with myriad contradictions – a crumbling education system, second rate health care, massive shortcomings in public transportation and crime rates which are perpetually on the rise.
It is no surprise when we see recent figures citing nearly 800,000 Malaysians professionals now working abroad.
The idea of a two party system has been talked about ad infinitum since the Spring of last year. The excitement many have expressed over the advent of this new dimension in Malaysian politics might suggest that the mere existence of a viable second party is itself the holy grail of a democratic state. Some might even draw the conclusion that once in power this alternative voice would swiftly rectify the monumental ills that have been heaped upon Malaysian society by the Barisan Nasional.
A vibrant opposition is of course synonymous with democracy itself. Yale based political scientist Ian Shapiro has contended that “democracy is an ideology of opposition as much as it is one of government”. Yet we would be in a state of self-deception, however if we pinned the hopes for healthy democracies on just one of its attributes. The same mistake has already been made with elections. The mere happening of elections says little about the condition of democracy unless we know that they are conducted fairly and freely and there is a level playing field on which all political views can compete.
In Malaysia multiple parties have existed for many years and the opposition has held seats in Parliament since the very first days of the Federation. We cannot say that the two party system was borne on March 8th for its existence coincides with the birth of the nation itself. The two party system that we recognize today is something different from the style of political participation that is already in place. The difference, simply stated, is greater space that is afforded to public deliberation, the exchange of ideas and the possibility of new choices and alternatives.
In this light, our fundamental concern is not with political parties but rather with accountability. A society, according to ibn Khaldun, must be able to combat the corrosive effects of unmitigated power, corruption and moral decadence. Otherwise it may succumb to what Thomas Jefferson time and again warned, that the abuse of unlimited powers by elected despots would lead to a time “when corruption in this, as in the country from which we derive our origin, will have seized the heads of government, and be spread by them through the body of the people; when they will purchase the voices of the people, and make them pay the price.”
To understand these concepts better it may be wise to map out the province of liberal democracy and reiterate the role of the opposition, lest we place the cart before the horse. The main pillars on which democratic societies are built are liberty, social pluralism and political constitutionalism. The intent of these values and the institutions that mediate the relationship between the citizen and government is to guard against the exercise of tyranny. Lord Acton was right when he spoke of the corrupting influence of power.
When bestowing upon a political entity the power to make laws and to coerce citizens to obey those laws, safeguards must be put in place. Herein we look at Constitutions to delineate the extent of the government’s power to impose laws, and also at the edifice built around the exercise of that power so that there is adequate protection from its abuse.
Constitutions define for us the Rule of Law and the parameters within which government can operate. Dicey stipulates that it is the Rule of Law which would ensure that “powers of officials, and official bodies of persons entrusted with government, are not exceeded and are not abused, and that the rights of citizens are determined in accordance with the law enacted and unenacted.” The Rule of Law is therefore a two way street – defining for us the limitations of government and the rights of the citizen.
With these fundamentals in place we would then look at the branches of government which are created not only to carry out the business of the state but also to act as further restraints on its power. In the case of the Executive, we are all well acquainted with the phenomenon of power run amok.
Countries that masquerade as democracies often pay lip service to freedom and justice, while power is consolidated in the hands of a few elites who plunder the country’s wealth at the expense of the masses. They are able to quash opposition by invoking draconian laws and have made frequent use of preventative detentions to muzzle dissident voices. Herein lies a pivotal role of the opposition in a liberal democracy which is to be the voice of public reason and ensure that the “exercise of public political power is fully proper” and it can only be so if and “when it is exercised in accordance with a constitution the principles and ideals of which are endorsed by common human reason”.
A strong legislature is a sword that can cut both ways as well. It was Tocqueville who said, “the concentration of power [in the legislature] is at once very prejudicial to a well conducted administration and favorable to the despotism of the majority.” Once again Malaysia offers sundry examples of a legislature which, despite allowing for some semblance of multi-party participation, acts as a rubber stamp on legislation presented by the majority. Despite the rules and traditions of the Westminster system, common sense and precedent dictate that even with a clear majority in the legislature there should be a meaningful debate on issues. The Parliament should be used effectively as a constant critique of policy, executive power and the institutions of governance.
Where the legislature may exceed its bounds in passing into law edicts that transgress the bounds of the constitution, it is the role of the judiciary to interpret redress mistakes that may have been made by legislators. For this to happen the judiciary must be independent of influence from the other branches and from vested interests in the society at large. In resolving disputes between the people and the government, judges must act impartially. They must administer justice according to law, not according to the dictates of political masters.
A strong opposition must demand these prerequisites from the executive and legislative branches until such time as they are implemented.
Another crucial criterion for constitutional government is that the discretion of law enforcement agencies must not be allowed to pervert the cause of justice. The office of the Public Prosecutor, the police and the anti-corruption agency, all these bodies, play essential roles in the preservation of the rule of law, failing which they are easily used to pervert the law. As absolute power corrupts absolutely, the arrogance of power left unchecked renders these agencies absolutely impermeable to public opinion and criticism.
While there has been a sea change in the political landscape, Malaysia has not changed overnight. Despite the euphoria of last March, and the clear progress that is being made in the Pakatan states, we still face a federal government mired in corruption. The media is shackled and unfree – incapable of fulfilling the sacred and solemn mandate bestowed upon the noble profession of journalism.
The work is clearly unfinished. For the two party system to survive, let alone thrive, certain constraints must be lifted such as the limited access granted to the information held tightly by government ministries. We know that under the guise of national security many a scandal and abuse has gone unreported and this is contrary to the spirit of public disclosure and accountability. The institutions are in desperate need of reform so that they serve the common good and not the parochial interests of political and corporate elites.
The renewal in consciousness that has given hope to generations both old and new must be made a reality through action. At a very fundamental level this would require fuller and more profound political participation. Voting, as it turns out, does matter. The millions of currently unregistered voters in this country, by most estimations, will play a key role in the next general election. But, they can only do so if they exercise that right.
There is space now for the governments in power in the Pakatan states to carry forward this spirit renewal and renovation. Our governments must adhere strictly to the Rule of Law. We should strive to exceed the daily routine of dispute resolution and the issuance of licenses but govern with enlightenment. Our policies must emphasise good governance, the sanctity of the family, tolerance towards diversity, compassion for the weak and the unfortunate and the safeguarding of our environment and natural resources.
In between elections the new consciousness that has emerged must be nurtured. Civil society has space to grow and new associations can form and take part in the process of educating and empowering the public. In these states we must demonstrate that the pursuit of excellence and the cultivation of innovation and creativity across all sectors will yield enormous benefit for the society. And for this to happen we must retrieve, revive and reinvigorate the spirit of liberty, individualism, humanism and tolerance.
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It is a great honour to stand before you to talk about what can be described as a revolution in the collective consciousness of this nation. Last March, by the stroke of the pen, the people of Malaysia shattered all of the preconceived notions that denied the possibility of political change. In place of these old assumptions a new memory of our nation’s heritage and the self-image of its people has emerged.
Until now many of our elected representatives have failed to uphold the mantle of public office. Their interest has been an exercise in greed and avarice and not what Vaclav Havel described as a heightened responsibility for the moral state of society, and to seek out the best in that society and to develop and strengthen it. For it is only with leaders of such caliber that we can expect a government that is fair and abides by the Rules of Law, outlined in a Constitution that grants legitimacy to the very existence of that government. Anything short of this would be an injustice that approaches tyranny.
We had been weaned for many years on the notion that submissiveness and frailty were a prerequisite for the stability of the nation. Our diverse ethnic makeup, rather than an asset, was treated as a powder keg that could be ignited by the slightest spark. Economic development was not compatible with the freedoms that have been established in other democratic nations. On the contrary Malaysian democracy would be circumscribed by profoundly un-democratic rules. There was a freedom of speech but only on certain subjects. The freedom to associate was granted, but only with approved license. Due process, a fair and an impartial judiciary were granted only insofar as they did not encroach upon the vested interests of the rich and powerful. These measures were taken unscrupulously in the name of security and peace.
of democracy, there is no monopoly on the principles of political freedom and liberty. The tradition of public discussion can be found across the world such that Tocqueville in his observations on American political culture said that democracy can be seen as part of “the most continuous, ancient and permanent tendency known to history.” What Locke said in the 18th century we can find explicit precursors in the Muslim tradition. Consider the Prophet Muhammad’s Last Sermon in which he asserts the importance of property rights and the sanctity of contracts, women’s rights and racial equality. Remember this was 1400 years ago! The narrative does not stop there. al-Shatibi, the Andalusian legal scholar, articulated more completely the maqasid al-Sharia, the Higher Objectives of the Islamic Law, which sanctify the preservation of religion, life, intellect, family, and wealth; objectives that bear striking resemblance to Enlightenment ideals that would be expounded centuries later.
This is of course all theoretical. Even the Malaysian Constitution talks about equal protection under the law and proposed a system of checks and balances on power. Yet 52 years later, and after nearly 700 amendments to the original text of that document, few would argue that the original spirit of the Constitution remains intact. The upshot is that Malaysia’s experience as a pseudo democracy has been a utter disaster.
A nation blessed with vast wealth and a people with the ability to learn and excel has been left in the lurch by decades of failed policies. Hope in a brighter future has been snuffed out by the blunt instrument of state power and the cancer of corruption. Certainly the thin veneer of success has been made our country appealing to the eye. As far as developing countries go we are far ahead of the pack. But when we look under the hood, as Malaysian citizens must do on a daily basis, we are confronted with myriad contradictions – a crumbling education system, second rate health care, massive shortcomings in public transportation and crime rates which are perpetually on the rise.
It is no surprise when we see recent figures citing nearly 800,000 Malaysians professionals now working abroad.
The idea of a two party system has been talked about ad infinitum since the Spring of last year. The excitement many have expressed over the advent of this new dimension in Malaysian politics might suggest that the mere existence of a viable second party is itself the holy grail of a democratic state. Some might even draw the conclusion that once in power this alternative voice would swiftly rectify the monumental ills that have been heaped upon Malaysian society by the Barisan Nasional.
A vibrant opposition is of course synonymous with democracy itself. Yale based political scientist Ian Shapiro has contended that “democracy is an ideology of opposition as much as it is one of government”. Yet we would be in a state of self-deception, however if we pinned the hopes for healthy democracies on just one of its attributes. The same mistake has already been made with elections. The mere happening of elections says little about the condition of democracy unless we know that they are conducted fairly and freely and there is a level playing field on which all political views can compete.
In Malaysia multiple parties have existed for many years and the opposition has held seats in Parliament since the very first days of the Federation. We cannot say that the two party system was borne on March 8th for its existence coincides with the birth of the nation itself. The two party system that we recognize today is something different from the style of political participation that is already in place. The difference, simply stated, is greater space that is afforded to public deliberation, the exchange of ideas and the possibility of new choices and alternatives.
In this light, our fundamental concern is not with political parties but rather with accountability. A society, according to ibn Khaldun, must be able to combat the corrosive effects of unmitigated power, corruption and moral decadence. Otherwise it may succumb to what Thomas Jefferson time and again warned, that the abuse of unlimited powers by elected despots would lead to a time “when corruption in this, as in the country from which we derive our origin, will have seized the heads of government, and be spread by them through the body of the people; when they will purchase the voices of the people, and make them pay the price.”
To understand these concepts better it may be wise to map out the province of liberal democracy and reiterate the role of the opposition, lest we place the cart before the horse. The main pillars on which democratic societies are built are liberty, social pluralism and political constitutionalism. The intent of these values and the institutions that mediate the relationship between the citizen and government is to guard against the exercise of tyranny. Lord Acton was right when he spoke of the corrupting influence of power.
When bestowing upon a political entity the power to make laws and to coerce citizens to obey those laws, safeguards must be put in place. Herein we look at Constitutions to delineate the extent of the government’s power to impose laws, and also at the edifice built around the exercise of that power so that there is adequate protection from its abuse.
Constitutions define for us the Rule of Law and the parameters within which government can operate. Dicey stipulates that it is the Rule of Law which would ensure that “powers of officials, and official bodies of persons entrusted with government, are not exceeded and are not abused, and that the rights of citizens are determined in accordance with the law enacted and unenacted.” The Rule of Law is therefore a two way street – defining for us the limitations of government and the rights of the citizen.
With these fundamentals in place we would then look at the branches of government which are created not only to carry out the business of the state but also to act as further restraints on its power. In the case of the Executive, we are all well acquainted with the phenomenon of power run amok.
Countries that masquerade as democracies often pay lip service to freedom and justice, while power is consolidated in the hands of a few elites who plunder the country’s wealth at the expense of the masses. They are able to quash opposition by invoking draconian laws and have made frequent use of preventative detentions to muzzle dissident voices. Herein lies a pivotal role of the opposition in a liberal democracy which is to be the voice of public reason and ensure that the “exercise of public political power is fully proper” and it can only be so if and “when it is exercised in accordance with a constitution the principles and ideals of which are endorsed by common human reason”.
A strong legislature is a sword that can cut both ways as well. It was Tocqueville who said, “the concentration of power [in the legislature] is at once very prejudicial to a well conducted administration and favorable to the despotism of the majority.” Once again Malaysia offers sundry examples of a legislature which, despite allowing for some semblance of multi-party participation, acts as a rubber stamp on legislation presented by the majority. Despite the rules and traditions of the Westminster system, common sense and precedent dictate that even with a clear majority in the legislature there should be a meaningful debate on issues. The Parliament should be used effectively as a constant critique of policy, executive power and the institutions of governance.
Where the legislature may exceed its bounds in passing into law edicts that transgress the bounds of the constitution, it is the role of the judiciary to interpret redress mistakes that may have been made by legislators. For this to happen the judiciary must be independent of influence from the other branches and from vested interests in the society at large. In resolving disputes between the people and the government, judges must act impartially. They must administer justice according to law, not according to the dictates of political masters.
A strong opposition must demand these prerequisites from the executive and legislative branches until such time as they are implemented.
Another crucial criterion for constitutional government is that the discretion of law enforcement agencies must not be allowed to pervert the cause of justice. The office of the Public Prosecutor, the police and the anti-corruption agency, all these bodies, play essential roles in the preservation of the rule of law, failing which they are easily used to pervert the law. As absolute power corrupts absolutely, the arrogance of power left unchecked renders these agencies absolutely impermeable to public opinion and criticism.
While there has been a sea change in the political landscape, Malaysia has not changed overnight. Despite the euphoria of last March, and the clear progress that is being made in the Pakatan states, we still face a federal government mired in corruption. The media is shackled and unfree – incapable of fulfilling the sacred and solemn mandate bestowed upon the noble profession of journalism.
The work is clearly unfinished. For the two party system to survive, let alone thrive, certain constraints must be lifted such as the limited access granted to the information held tightly by government ministries. We know that under the guise of national security many a scandal and abuse has gone unreported and this is contrary to the spirit of public disclosure and accountability. The institutions are in desperate need of reform so that they serve the common good and not the parochial interests of political and corporate elites.
The renewal in consciousness that has given hope to generations both old and new must be made a reality through action. At a very fundamental level this would require fuller and more profound political participation. Voting, as it turns out, does matter. The millions of currently unregistered voters in this country, by most estimations, will play a key role in the next general election. But, they can only do so if they exercise that right.
There is space now for the governments in power in the Pakatan states to carry forward this spirit renewal and renovation. Our governments must adhere strictly to the Rule of Law. We should strive to exceed the daily routine of dispute resolution and the issuance of licenses but govern with enlightenment. Our policies must emphasise good governance, the sanctity of the family, tolerance towards diversity, compassion for the weak and the unfortunate and the safeguarding of our environment and natural resources.
In between elections the new consciousness that has emerged must be nurtured. Civil society has space to grow and new associations can form and take part in the process of educating and empowering the public. In these states we must demonstrate that the pursuit of excellence and the cultivation of innovation and creativity across all sectors will yield enormous benefit for the society. And for this to happen we must retrieve, revive and reinvigorate the spirit of liberty, individualism, humanism and tolerance.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
SOROS ON MAHATHIR ! A CLASSIC!
The corruption of Mahathir
SOROS REPLY TO MAHATHIR
adapted from Bangkok Post
I have always said Dr Mahathir is a menace to his own people. Now only you can see the effects of his foolishness when the ringgit has halved its value overnight and your economy goes kaput. Single handedly you have caused hardship to millions of your own people. You have built useless mega projects at tremendous cost to the country.
The telecoms tower in Kuala Lumpur and the highest building in the world show how stupid you are. Not only does it cause massive traffic jam, it has totally no purpose. If you need high ground for telecoms antennae a nearby mountain is there for free. This tower has no purpose from the ground up to 300 metres. The satelites make this totally unneccesary.
A fool and his money are soon parted. The only thing is you are the fool and the money belongs to Malaysians. You make 20% in evey project, you have real estate in Japan and billions of shares corruptly acquired. Your 3 sons are worth 8 billion US$. Where do they get this money? Of course, corruption. You are known as the Marcos of Malaysia, having enriched yourself to the tune of billions.
You dare to shed crocodile tears during UMNO delegates meeting about the ills of corruption. Yet you are the most corrupt of all the prime ministers before you. A thief is crying thief and hopes people look the other way. Who dares to say anything when the chief is caught with his hands in the candy jar?
You said wisdom is not the monopoly of the West. So is foolishness.
You have more foolishness than most people would believe. Billions are used to build two high rise Petronas buildings that benefit nobody. It now stand tall, a symbol of stupidity and irresponsibility Instead they just add on to traffic jam. What is this reclamation of 10 islands off Kedah? Totally absurd and stupid. Of course your benefit is 20%. And the bridge across from Malacca to Sumatra across international waters? Why not build a bridge to the moon? I am sure you still can get your 20%.
You called me a Moron. How can a Moron make so much money. By allowing short selling and borrowing millions of shares from your banks we fund managers made millions out of your inexperience and poor regulations. You lose all Malaysians money, therefore you are the Moron. Now you know too late and start crying over split milk. In Australia you are known as the recalcitrant ego maniac; in UK the corrupt bastard because of your stupid purchase of our movie studio and the 290 million ringgit Lotus racing car plant and the shady Pergau dam loans from the UK. They are useless to us and you still want to buy them. What about buying British reject submarines through your agent, of course. The agent/ broker is designed to make millions out of Malaysian government. Your purchase of our battleships is at least 50% more than others are paying. Your purchase of 9 hospitals from UK lock, stock and barrel does not support your local architects or your industry and the British send you obsolete medical equipment.
The design is atrocious, one end to the other is half a kilometer and there is no CT-scan, an absolute necessity. In the Uk your face appears in no less than 17 newspapers as a corrupt dictator. In Malaysia you are known as the (IBM) International Big Mouth. In Japan they call him the 'smallest one' (brain size). In Pacific island the Santa Claus (giving advice left and right). In south America they call him the parrot (he talks a lot but does not know what it is about).
In Manila the living Marcos.
In Malaysia they are spending millions to lure tourists and you talk rubbish scaring every foreigner away. "When he is dumb he is doubted a fool, when he opens his mouth it removes all doubt."
While I agree the West does not have the monopoly to wisdom, your actions are not the wisest either. Your EAEC has totally no support even in Asean. Your South-South dialogue mets with the same fate and what is this I hear of the Bridge from Malaysia to Indonesia covering 20 miles across International shipping lanes? How crazy can one get?
Even the Japanese don't have the money. This world's stupidity seems to be concerntrated in one man's mind - yours.
The multimedia super corridor - MSC -. Well in USA its most stupid concept because we Americans, would have thought of it light years before. Even if it makes money, we can copy this concept can't we? Why do you want to spend your hard-earned money doing questionable projects? It will be like the Bakun project. Abandoned fund wasted and another white elephant. I always say politicians should not be involved in business. Your ministers are also businessmen and almost every official is enriching himself. Look at Rafidah Aziz, selling thousands of Approved Permit for cars each worth 20-30 thousand Malaysian dollars. Why not your government sell them and make the money?She has acquired millions of shares meant for bumis for free before she agrees to list them. Look at your Selangor Chief Minister collecting millions for approving high rise buildings from businessman. He is worth a few billions. Unfortunately he was caught with a few millions pocket money in Australia.Every Chief minister is awarding useless projects to his cronies then collecting secret pay offs on the side.The Land development Boards and the Economic Development Boards are used to bailout any loses suffered by politicians.The profits they keep, the loses they force the Government bodies to absorb.How can your poor ever close the gap when every good deal is snatched by your politicians?How can your country get out of poverty if all the billions of corruption money is taken out of the country?
Look at the Sarawak Chief Minister selling billions worth of timber concessions under the table; selling every piece of state land to businessman without tender; using his own companies to obtain lucrative government contracts; selling approval signatures for a fee 'you pay I approve'. He has 8 billion US stashes overseas. Thousands of acres of land are given to one or two companies while thousands of poor people still live in cardboard makeshift homes; have no water and shit into the river. Thousands of acres of land are sold to companies for plantations while the native don't have even one acre to their name. He is selling sand near the beaches to one company for earth filling and then ask the government to spend millions to protect the coastline when erosion occurs. He lost 300 millions of the sarawak government money trying to make computer chips. He has built a port in Northern sarawak town in water so shallow it needs dredging every year.
The Prime Minister built highways without tender, your cronies get the deal and the price double. Your Langkawi airport runway is built is double the cost by your own company Ekran.
The Malaysian nation has lost at least 30 billions during your last 10 years of corrupt rule. One billions lost from the purchase of phantom skyhawk war planes nobody has ever seen (are they still in the Nevada desert USA?). 3 billion lost from the London tin scandal (you thought you could corner the London tin market without knowing the Americans have a stockpile! Stupidity at its best. 6 billion Perwaja steel mill where nobody even know where the money goes, 3 billion bank Bumiputra scandal where George Tan bribed all the bank officials to lend him the money. 6 billion forex lost by Bank Negara (the fool and his money are soon parted) and 6 billion to build three of the worlds tallest buildings (built by Japanese and Koreans and furniture imported from France - not Malaysia) and 1 billion lost from purchase of British warship including fees paid to the broker and under the table. Add the 10 billion you stole and 5 billion taken by Ministers.
In the 1997 the World Journalists meeting voted Dr Mahathir the Prime Minister of the Decade. It sounded strange to everybody until it was revealed those who voted against are threatened by IRD officers and with losing their jobs. In New York the United Nations 1997 meeting,
the most corrupt Prime Minister of the decade is President Suharto and second Dr Mahathir (Actually Dr Mahathir should take first place but bribed the Indonesian to take honour of Number One.
There are Fifty thousand of your university students are not given places in Malaysia but are good enough for places overseas resulting in billion of dollars lost.The British and the Australians are thinking how stupid.Your best students are sent overseas raising their standards while as in most countries the best are kept in local universities and the rejects sent overseas. A university student in Hong Kong is much more prestigeous than any Australian counterpart.
You have been colonised by the British so long you cannot even educate your own people. Look at Hong Kong or Singapore less than 5% study overseas. All the money saved. Your country could save billions if every student overseas is recalled to a local university, and at the same time raising your own standards.
Your people are still without shoes, without land to farm, without homes, bathing in rivers shitting in hole in the ground, without water and electricity. Your cities are concrete jungles without greenery and open spaces. Your KL is jammed with traffic. Yet you still keep on building high rises. You should come down from the clouds and stop daydreaming and firmly plant your feet in the ground. Your schools are cramped 500 students to an acre and thousands of acres are given free to some politician who leaves them idle. Your parks are being taken by politicians to build shophouses and every cabinet minister is a landgrabbing businessman who build roads only to their cronies' land.
The Malaysians' prayer
"Ya Allah, we thank you for your gifts of timber, oil and grain. But then the devil sent us corrupt Mahathir without a Brain And look we are back to square one again So just take Dr Mahathir back to Hell And we will be alive and well."
In China people have been shot for embezzling one thousand dollars. With 8 billions you have stolen therefore you would be shot 80 thousand times.
Now you are leading an anti-corruption campaign. We all know what you should do. Look yourself in the mirror. You see the crook there? Then use your left hand and handcuff your right hand.
You have put the opposition leader and his son in jail when they said in parliament you are the richest PM in the world. And his colleague
Mr Karpal Singh too for 2 years. So I get a reward or bribe if I now say you are the poorest PM in this world?
Your 3 sons are sitting in the board of directors of more than 200 companies. They must have been educated in Harvard school of business and obtained distintions? Or is it "you don't know me you don't do business in Malaysia" law that applies. Billions of ringgit of Employee's Provident Funds and public Petonas funds are used to bail out your sons who make losses investing in every venture you thought you could make money. How unethical and corrupt.
Every one of your politicians are sitting on the boards of tens of companies making thousands without any effort, lending their VIP names to borrow millions from local banks without collateral. Now these have become non performing loans. Now you want 20 millions Malaysian to sacrifice for the folly of ONE man? Why not the fool resign and admit he wasted and took most of the money. I could teach you how to put your economy on tract but first you must apologize to the Jews and the Malaysian people as well.
'SOROS'
SOROS ON MAHATHIR ! A CLASSIC!
The corruption of Mahathir
SOROS REPLY TO MAHATHIR
adapted from Bangkok Post
I have always said Dr Mahathir is a menace to his own people. Now only you can see the effects of his foolishness when the ringgit has halved its value overnight and your economy goes kaput. Single handedly you have caused hardship to millions of your own people. You have built useless mega projects at tremendous cost to the country.
The telecoms tower in Kuala Lumpur and the highest building in the world show how stupid you are. Not only does it cause massive traffic jam, it has totally no purpose. If you need high ground for telecoms antennae a nearby mountain is there for free. This tower has no purpose from the ground up to 300 metres. The satelites make this totally unneccesary.
A fool and his money are soon parted. The only thing is you are the fool and the money belongs to Malaysians. You make 20% in evey project, you have real estate in Japan and billions of shares corruptly acquired. Your 3 sons are worth 8 billion US$. Where do they get this money? Of course, corruption. You are known as the Marcos of Malaysia, having enriched yourself to the tune of billions.
You dare to shed crocodile tears during UMNO delegates meeting about the ills of corruption. Yet you are the most corrupt of all the prime ministers before you. A thief is crying thief and hopes people look the other way. Who dares to say anything when the chief is caught with his hands in the candy jar?
You said wisdom is not the monopoly of the West. So is foolishness.
You have more foolishness than most people would believe. Billions are used to build two high rise Petronas buildings that benefit nobody. It now stand tall, a symbol of stupidity and irresponsibility Instead they just add on to traffic jam. What is this reclamation of 10 islands off Kedah? Totally absurd and stupid. Of course your benefit is 20%. And the bridge across from Malacca to Sumatra across international waters? Why not build a bridge to the moon? I am sure you still can get your 20%.
You called me a Moron. How can a Moron make so much money. By allowing short selling and borrowing millions of shares from your banks we fund managers made millions out of your inexperience and poor regulations. You lose all Malaysians money, therefore you are the Moron. Now you know too late and start crying over split milk. In Australia you are known as the recalcitrant ego maniac; in UK the corrupt bastard because of your stupid purchase of our movie studio and the 290 million ringgit Lotus racing car plant and the shady Pergau dam loans from the UK. They are useless to us and you still want to buy them. What about buying British reject submarines through your agent, of course. The agent/ broker is designed to make millions out of Malaysian government. Your purchase of our battleships is at least 50% more than others are paying. Your purchase of 9 hospitals from UK lock, stock and barrel does not support your local architects or your industry and the British send you obsolete medical equipment.
The design is atrocious, one end to the other is half a kilometer and there is no CT-scan, an absolute necessity. In the Uk your face appears in no less than 17 newspapers as a corrupt dictator. In Malaysia you are known as the (IBM) International Big Mouth. In Japan they call him the 'smallest one' (brain size). In Pacific island the Santa Claus (giving advice left and right). In south America they call him the parrot (he talks a lot but does not know what it is about).
In Manila the living Marcos.
In Malaysia they are spending millions to lure tourists and you talk rubbish scaring every foreigner away. "When he is dumb he is doubted a fool, when he opens his mouth it removes all doubt."
While I agree the West does not have the monopoly to wisdom, your actions are not the wisest either. Your EAEC has totally no support even in Asean. Your South-South dialogue mets with the same fate and what is this I hear of the Bridge from Malaysia to Indonesia covering 20 miles across International shipping lanes? How crazy can one get?
Even the Japanese don't have the money. This world's stupidity seems to be concerntrated in one man's mind - yours.
The multimedia super corridor - MSC -. Well in USA its most stupid concept because we Americans, would have thought of it light years before. Even if it makes money, we can copy this concept can't we? Why do you want to spend your hard-earned money doing questionable projects? It will be like the Bakun project. Abandoned fund wasted and another white elephant. I always say politicians should not be involved in business. Your ministers are also businessmen and almost every official is enriching himself. Look at Rafidah Aziz, selling thousands of Approved Permit for cars each worth 20-30 thousand Malaysian dollars. Why not your government sell them and make the money?She has acquired millions of shares meant for bumis for free before she agrees to list them. Look at your Selangor Chief Minister collecting millions for approving high rise buildings from businessman. He is worth a few billions. Unfortunately he was caught with a few millions pocket money in Australia.Every Chief minister is awarding useless projects to his cronies then collecting secret pay offs on the side.The Land development Boards and the Economic Development Boards are used to bailout any loses suffered by politicians.The profits they keep, the loses they force the Government bodies to absorb.How can your poor ever close the gap when every good deal is snatched by your politicians?How can your country get out of poverty if all the billions of corruption money is taken out of the country?
Look at the Sarawak Chief Minister selling billions worth of timber concessions under the table; selling every piece of state land to businessman without tender; using his own companies to obtain lucrative government contracts; selling approval signatures for a fee 'you pay I approve'. He has 8 billion US stashes overseas. Thousands of acres of land are given to one or two companies while thousands of poor people still live in cardboard makeshift homes; have no water and shit into the river. Thousands of acres of land are sold to companies for plantations while the native don't have even one acre to their name. He is selling sand near the beaches to one company for earth filling and then ask the government to spend millions to protect the coastline when erosion occurs. He lost 300 millions of the sarawak government money trying to make computer chips. He has built a port in Northern sarawak town in water so shallow it needs dredging every year.
The Prime Minister built highways without tender, your cronies get the deal and the price double. Your Langkawi airport runway is built is double the cost by your own company Ekran.
The Malaysian nation has lost at least 30 billions during your last 10 years of corrupt rule. One billions lost from the purchase of phantom skyhawk war planes nobody has ever seen (are they still in the Nevada desert USA?). 3 billion lost from the London tin scandal (you thought you could corner the London tin market without knowing the Americans have a stockpile! Stupidity at its best. 6 billion Perwaja steel mill where nobody even know where the money goes, 3 billion bank Bumiputra scandal where George Tan bribed all the bank officials to lend him the money. 6 billion forex lost by Bank Negara (the fool and his money are soon parted) and 6 billion to build three of the worlds tallest buildings (built by Japanese and Koreans and furniture imported from France - not Malaysia) and 1 billion lost from purchase of British warship including fees paid to the broker and under the table. Add the 10 billion you stole and 5 billion taken by Ministers.
In the 1997 the World Journalists meeting voted Dr Mahathir the Prime Minister of the Decade. It sounded strange to everybody until it was revealed those who voted against are threatened by IRD officers and with losing their jobs. In New York the United Nations 1997 meeting,
the most corrupt Prime Minister of the decade is President Suharto and second Dr Mahathir (Actually Dr Mahathir should take first place but bribed the Indonesian to take honour of Number One.
There are Fifty thousand of your university students are not given places in Malaysia but are good enough for places overseas resulting in billion of dollars lost.The British and the Australians are thinking how stupid.Your best students are sent overseas raising their standards while as in most countries the best are kept in local universities and the rejects sent overseas. A university student in Hong Kong is much more prestigeous than any Australian counterpart.
You have been colonised by the British so long you cannot even educate your own people. Look at Hong Kong or Singapore less than 5% study overseas. All the money saved. Your country could save billions if every student overseas is recalled to a local university, and at the same time raising your own standards.
Your people are still without shoes, without land to farm, without homes, bathing in rivers shitting in hole in the ground, without water and electricity. Your cities are concrete jungles without greenery and open spaces. Your KL is jammed with traffic. Yet you still keep on building high rises. You should come down from the clouds and stop daydreaming and firmly plant your feet in the ground. Your schools are cramped 500 students to an acre and thousands of acres are given free to some politician who leaves them idle. Your parks are being taken by politicians to build shophouses and every cabinet minister is a landgrabbing businessman who build roads only to their cronies' land.
The Malaysians' prayer
"Ya Allah, we thank you for your gifts of timber, oil and grain. But then the devil sent us corrupt Mahathir without a Brain And look we are back to square one again So just take Dr Mahathir back to Hell And we will be alive and well."
In China people have been shot for embezzling one thousand dollars. With 8 billions you have stolen therefore you would be shot 80 thousand times.
Now you are leading an anti-corruption campaign. We all know what you should do. Look yourself in the mirror. You see the crook there? Then use your left hand and handcuff your right hand.
You have put the opposition leader and his son in jail when they said in parliament you are the richest PM in the world. And his colleague
Mr Karpal Singh too for 2 years. So I get a reward or bribe if I now say you are the poorest PM in this world?
Your 3 sons are sitting in the board of directors of more than 200 companies. They must have been educated in Harvard school of business and obtained distintions? Or is it "you don't know me you don't do business in Malaysia" law that applies. Billions of ringgit of Employee's Provident Funds and public Petonas funds are used to bail out your sons who make losses investing in every venture you thought you could make money. How unethical and corrupt.
Every one of your politicians are sitting on the boards of tens of companies making thousands without any effort, lending their VIP names to borrow millions from local banks without collateral. Now these have become non performing loans. Now you want 20 millions Malaysian to sacrifice for the folly of ONE man? Why not the fool resign and admit he wasted and took most of the money. I could teach you how to put your economy on tract but first you must apologize to the Jews and the Malaysian people as well.
'SOROS'
Sasterawan Negara jengah sendiri Sekolah Sri Perak
Salmiyah Harun
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Nov: Nasib 204 orang pelajar Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Perak, Bandar Baru Sentul yang masih meneruskan persekolahan mereka di bawah rumah pangsa 17 tingkat Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), mendapat perhatian Sasterawan Negara Datuk A. Samad Said semalam.
Selasa lalu, Samad yang lebih dikenali sebagai Pak Samad turun padang untuk melihat dari dekat suasana sekolah itu setelah membaca pendedahannya dari Harakah.
Beliau diiringi pengerusi dan setiausaha Lajnah Peneroka Bandar PAS Wilayah Persekutuan, Haji Ishak Surin dan Tarmizi Mohd Jam, Setiausaha Gerakan Mansuh PPSMI (GMP) Husni Abas dan beberapa Exco PAS Kawasan Batu.
Mereka sempat bertanya khabar dari beberapa guru di sekolah itu dan meninjau persekitaran yang kurang selesa yang tidak mencerminkan ia sebagai sebuah sekolah bantuan penuh kerajaan. Ketika kunjungan, semua pelajar dan guru sedang bersiap untuk latihan menyambut Hari Anugerah Pelajar.
Pak Samad melahirkan rasa sedih dan kecewa dengan nasib pelajar Melayu di sekolah itu, seolah-olah tanpa pembelaan untuk mendapatkan sekolah yang baru dan selesa. Beliau melihat sendiri keadaan yang tidak selesa, sesak, bising dan mempersoalkan tahap keselamatan sekolah tersebut, baik di dalam bangunan mahupun di luar.
"Kami tidak sempat berjumpa dengan guru besar. Begitu juga penolong guru besar. Kami hanya sempat bercakap dengan guru biasa di pejabat. Dia memang tidak boleh beri apa-apa ulasan. Itu kita tahu," katanya ketika ditemui sejurus melawat pejabat sekolah berkenaan.
Menurut Pak Samad, masalah sekolah ini wajar diambil perhatian yang serius oleh Kementerian Pelajaran memandangkan ia sudah lebih 20 tahun beroperasi.
Sebagai budayawan, mereka harus mengambil berat masalah ini kerana ia membabitkan orang Melayu tambahan pula para pelajar dan ibubapa mereka ini adalah rakyat yang bermaruah di negara ini.
"Kalau betul konsep 'rakyat didahulukan,' inilah masanya. Rakyat kena didahulukan. Kecuali mereka (kerajaan) tidak merasakan pelajar-pelajar di sini adalah rakyat. Kalau mereka rasa, pelajar ini adalah rakyat, kenalah rakyat di dahulukan," tegas beliau.
Kata Pak Samad, budayawan cuma datang untuk berbincang dan mengingatkan dan memberi kesedaran kepada pihak yang bertangungjawab bahawa masalah sekolah ini adalah isu besar dan tidak patut dibiarkan berlarutan hingga lebih 20 tahun sekolah di bawah flat.
"Kalau ada aliran lain, politik masuk (kawasan sekolah), budayawan masuk menunjukkan perhatian kita terhadap masalah ini amat besar, cukup serius" katanya.
Sementara itu, Pengerusi Lajnah Hal Ehwal Pekerja dan Peneroka Bandar, Ishak Surin dalam kenyataan medianya mendesak agar Menteri Pelajaran Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dan pengarah Jabatan Pelajaran Wilayah Persekutuan, Sulaiman Wak agar datang melawat ke sekolah ini bagi meninjau suasana sebenar dan tahap prasarana serta keselamatan di sini.
Beliau juga mendesak kedua-dua mereka, mengadakan rundingan semula, mengkaji pembatalan projek pembinaan sekolah yang baru bagi menggantikan penempatan Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Perak yang kini berada di bahagian bawah empat blok flat 17 tingkat milik DBKL itu.
Terdahulu, PAS Kawasan Batu telah menghantar memorandum berkaitan isu ini kepada Jabatan Pelajaran Wilayah Persekutuan dan mendedahkan masalah berhubung sekolah ini melalui media.
Ekoran itu, lima Ahli Parlimen PAS, Dato Mahfuz Omar (Pokok Sena), Datuk Seri Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin (Bukit Gantang), Firdaus Jaafar (Jerai), Siti Zailah Mohd Yusof (Rantau Panjang) dan Dr. Lo'lo' Mohd Ghazali (Titiwangsa), turut melawat.
Mereka turut melahirkan rasa terkejut kerana keadaan sekolah yang tidak menepati keadaan sebuah sekolah yang biasa.
Sekolah ini ditubuhkan sekitar tahun 1987 bagi menampung murid yang terlalu ramai. Bersebelahan rumah pangsa ini terdapat satu lagi sekolah rendah, Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Baru Sentul yang sarat dengan pelajar.
Terdapat 32 orang guru yang mengajar di sekolah ini, walaupun dalam suasana sekolah yang tidak memenuhi piawaian sistem pendidikan sebenar.
Sekolah ini diklasifikasikan sebagai gred A iaitu memiliki 700 orang murid dan ke atas.
Sebelum ini, cadangan membina dan menyiapkan sekolah mengandungi 30 bilik darjah di atas sebahagian lot 133, Sekyen 85A Kuala Lumpur itu telah diluluskan oleh Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia dan akan dilaksanakan oleh kontraktor Contracthouse Sdn Bhd.
Menurut papan tanda projek sekolah itu dijangka siap pada 30 September 2009 dan dimulakan pada 1 April 2008 kira-kira setahun yang lalu.
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Nov: Nasib 204 orang pelajar Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Perak, Bandar Baru Sentul yang masih meneruskan persekolahan mereka di bawah rumah pangsa 17 tingkat Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), mendapat perhatian Sasterawan Negara Datuk A. Samad Said semalam.
Selasa lalu, Samad yang lebih dikenali sebagai Pak Samad turun padang untuk melihat dari dekat suasana sekolah itu setelah membaca pendedahannya dari Harakah.
Beliau diiringi pengerusi dan setiausaha Lajnah Peneroka Bandar PAS Wilayah Persekutuan, Haji Ishak Surin dan Tarmizi Mohd Jam, Setiausaha Gerakan Mansuh PPSMI (GMP) Husni Abas dan beberapa Exco PAS Kawasan Batu.
Mereka sempat bertanya khabar dari beberapa guru di sekolah itu dan meninjau persekitaran yang kurang selesa yang tidak mencerminkan ia sebagai sebuah sekolah bantuan penuh kerajaan. Ketika kunjungan, semua pelajar dan guru sedang bersiap untuk latihan menyambut Hari Anugerah Pelajar.
Pak Samad melahirkan rasa sedih dan kecewa dengan nasib pelajar Melayu di sekolah itu, seolah-olah tanpa pembelaan untuk mendapatkan sekolah yang baru dan selesa. Beliau melihat sendiri keadaan yang tidak selesa, sesak, bising dan mempersoalkan tahap keselamatan sekolah tersebut, baik di dalam bangunan mahupun di luar.
"Kami tidak sempat berjumpa dengan guru besar. Begitu juga penolong guru besar. Kami hanya sempat bercakap dengan guru biasa di pejabat. Dia memang tidak boleh beri apa-apa ulasan. Itu kita tahu," katanya ketika ditemui sejurus melawat pejabat sekolah berkenaan.
Menurut Pak Samad, masalah sekolah ini wajar diambil perhatian yang serius oleh Kementerian Pelajaran memandangkan ia sudah lebih 20 tahun beroperasi.
Sebagai budayawan, mereka harus mengambil berat masalah ini kerana ia membabitkan orang Melayu tambahan pula para pelajar dan ibubapa mereka ini adalah rakyat yang bermaruah di negara ini.
"Kalau betul konsep 'rakyat didahulukan,' inilah masanya. Rakyat kena didahulukan. Kecuali mereka (kerajaan) tidak merasakan pelajar-pelajar di sini adalah rakyat. Kalau mereka rasa, pelajar ini adalah rakyat, kenalah rakyat di dahulukan," tegas beliau.
Kata Pak Samad, budayawan cuma datang untuk berbincang dan mengingatkan dan memberi kesedaran kepada pihak yang bertangungjawab bahawa masalah sekolah ini adalah isu besar dan tidak patut dibiarkan berlarutan hingga lebih 20 tahun sekolah di bawah flat.
"Kalau ada aliran lain, politik masuk (kawasan sekolah), budayawan masuk menunjukkan perhatian kita terhadap masalah ini amat besar, cukup serius" katanya.
Sementara itu, Pengerusi Lajnah Hal Ehwal Pekerja dan Peneroka Bandar, Ishak Surin dalam kenyataan medianya mendesak agar Menteri Pelajaran Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dan pengarah Jabatan Pelajaran Wilayah Persekutuan, Sulaiman Wak agar datang melawat ke sekolah ini bagi meninjau suasana sebenar dan tahap prasarana serta keselamatan di sini.
Beliau juga mendesak kedua-dua mereka, mengadakan rundingan semula, mengkaji pembatalan projek pembinaan sekolah yang baru bagi menggantikan penempatan Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Perak yang kini berada di bahagian bawah empat blok flat 17 tingkat milik DBKL itu.
Terdahulu, PAS Kawasan Batu telah menghantar memorandum berkaitan isu ini kepada Jabatan Pelajaran Wilayah Persekutuan dan mendedahkan masalah berhubung sekolah ini melalui media.
Ekoran itu, lima Ahli Parlimen PAS, Dato Mahfuz Omar (Pokok Sena), Datuk Seri Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin (Bukit Gantang), Firdaus Jaafar (Jerai), Siti Zailah Mohd Yusof (Rantau Panjang) dan Dr. Lo'lo' Mohd Ghazali (Titiwangsa), turut melawat.
Mereka turut melahirkan rasa terkejut kerana keadaan sekolah yang tidak menepati keadaan sebuah sekolah yang biasa.
Sekolah ini ditubuhkan sekitar tahun 1987 bagi menampung murid yang terlalu ramai. Bersebelahan rumah pangsa ini terdapat satu lagi sekolah rendah, Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Baru Sentul yang sarat dengan pelajar.
Terdapat 32 orang guru yang mengajar di sekolah ini, walaupun dalam suasana sekolah yang tidak memenuhi piawaian sistem pendidikan sebenar.
Sekolah ini diklasifikasikan sebagai gred A iaitu memiliki 700 orang murid dan ke atas.
Sebelum ini, cadangan membina dan menyiapkan sekolah mengandungi 30 bilik darjah di atas sebahagian lot 133, Sekyen 85A Kuala Lumpur itu telah diluluskan oleh Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia dan akan dilaksanakan oleh kontraktor Contracthouse Sdn Bhd.
Menurut papan tanda projek sekolah itu dijangka siap pada 30 September 2009 dan dimulakan pada 1 April 2008 kira-kira setahun yang lalu.
Suruhanjaya Pilahanraya Tidak Berhak Membantah Pilahanrya Kecil Kota Si Puteh
Teresa: SPR perlu tahu kuasa speaker.
Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) dilihat seolah-olah mahu menegakkan benang yang basah untuk mempertahankan kerusi wakil rakyat Barisan Nasional di Dewan Undangan Negeri Kota Siputeh.
Exco Kerajaan Negeri Selangor, Teresa Kok berkata, sebagai sebuah suruhanjaya yang mengendalikan pilihan raya di negara ini, SPR sepatutnya tahu mengenai undang-undang yang termaktub dalam DUN.
“Kita harus faham keputusan yang dibuat oleh mahkamah ini juga berdasarkan kepada peraturan mesyuarat Dewan Undangan Negeri. Jadi saya memang tak faham bila SPR buat keputusan bahawa tiada perlunya membuat pilihanraya kecil. Kerana ini menunjukkan yang pegawai SPR memang tidak mengikut peraturan mesyuarat dan juga undang-undang yang termaktub dalam dewan undangan negeri”, kata Teresa.
Tambahnya, pilihan raya kecil yang baru memang tepat pada masanya memandangkan sikap sambil lewa bekas ADUN Kota Siputeh, Datuk Abu Hassan Sarif dengan tidak menghadiri sidang DUN.
“Tapi bekas ADUN Umno ini dia memang tidak kisah langsung untuk hadir sidang DUN Kedah. Jadi bagi saya tibalah masanya kita untuk tukar wakil rakyat”, tambahnya lagi.
Beliau berkata demikian ketika mengulas mengenai keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi mengisytiharkan kerusi berkenaan kosong selepas penyandangnya Datuk Abu Hassan Sarif tidak menghadiri dua persidangan DUN tahun ini.
Dalam penghakimannya, Hakim Datuk Alizatul Khair Osman Khairuddin menegaskan bahawa SPR bertindak secara tidak rasional dan keputusan suruhanjaya harus dibatalkan.
Meskipun tidak menolak SPR mempunyai kuasa untuk menentukan kekosongan kerusi DUN Kota Siputeh, namun Alizatul berpendapat, kuasa yang dimiliki oleh SPR tidak dapat mengatasi kuasa Speaker.
Perkara 51 Undang-undang Tubuh Negeri Kedah memperuntukkan bahawa jika mana-mana anggota DUN tidak menghadiri persidangan dewan tanpa kebenaran Speaker selama dua persidangan berturut-turut, maka kerusi yang diwakilinya akan menjadi kosong.
Keputusan Mahkamah itu juga disambut baik, Setiausaha Politik Selangor, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad dan Exco Kerajaan Negeri, Yaakob Sapari.
“Saya rasa keputusan itu mahkamah yang dibuat menunjukkan keputusan speaker dewan undangan Negeri Kedah merupakan tindakan yang betul kerana beliau tidak hadir selama dua penggal berturut-turut tanpa sebarang kebenaran daripada speaker”.
“Saya daripada awal lagi patut SPR tahu kuasa speaker dan semalam mahkamah memutuskan memang ada kuasa speaker. Mana-mana ADUN yang tidak hadir selama enam bulan berturut-turut, maka kuasa speaker untuk memastikan keputusan tersebut
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Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) dilihat seolah-olah mahu menegakkan benang yang basah untuk mempertahankan kerusi wakil rakyat Barisan Nasional di Dewan Undangan Negeri Kota Siputeh.
Exco Kerajaan Negeri Selangor, Teresa Kok berkata, sebagai sebuah suruhanjaya yang mengendalikan pilihan raya di negara ini, SPR sepatutnya tahu mengenai undang-undang yang termaktub dalam DUN.
“Kita harus faham keputusan yang dibuat oleh mahkamah ini juga berdasarkan kepada peraturan mesyuarat Dewan Undangan Negeri. Jadi saya memang tak faham bila SPR buat keputusan bahawa tiada perlunya membuat pilihanraya kecil. Kerana ini menunjukkan yang pegawai SPR memang tidak mengikut peraturan mesyuarat dan juga undang-undang yang termaktub dalam dewan undangan negeri”, kata Teresa.
Tambahnya, pilihan raya kecil yang baru memang tepat pada masanya memandangkan sikap sambil lewa bekas ADUN Kota Siputeh, Datuk Abu Hassan Sarif dengan tidak menghadiri sidang DUN.
“Tapi bekas ADUN Umno ini dia memang tidak kisah langsung untuk hadir sidang DUN Kedah. Jadi bagi saya tibalah masanya kita untuk tukar wakil rakyat”, tambahnya lagi.
Beliau berkata demikian ketika mengulas mengenai keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi mengisytiharkan kerusi berkenaan kosong selepas penyandangnya Datuk Abu Hassan Sarif tidak menghadiri dua persidangan DUN tahun ini.
Dalam penghakimannya, Hakim Datuk Alizatul Khair Osman Khairuddin menegaskan bahawa SPR bertindak secara tidak rasional dan keputusan suruhanjaya harus dibatalkan.
Meskipun tidak menolak SPR mempunyai kuasa untuk menentukan kekosongan kerusi DUN Kota Siputeh, namun Alizatul berpendapat, kuasa yang dimiliki oleh SPR tidak dapat mengatasi kuasa Speaker.
Perkara 51 Undang-undang Tubuh Negeri Kedah memperuntukkan bahawa jika mana-mana anggota DUN tidak menghadiri persidangan dewan tanpa kebenaran Speaker selama dua persidangan berturut-turut, maka kerusi yang diwakilinya akan menjadi kosong.
Keputusan Mahkamah itu juga disambut baik, Setiausaha Politik Selangor, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad dan Exco Kerajaan Negeri, Yaakob Sapari.
“Saya rasa keputusan itu mahkamah yang dibuat menunjukkan keputusan speaker dewan undangan Negeri Kedah merupakan tindakan yang betul kerana beliau tidak hadir selama dua penggal berturut-turut tanpa sebarang kebenaran daripada speaker”.
“Saya daripada awal lagi patut SPR tahu kuasa speaker dan semalam mahkamah memutuskan memang ada kuasa speaker. Mana-mana ADUN yang tidak hadir selama enam bulan berturut-turut, maka kuasa speaker untuk memastikan keputusan tersebut
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