WARKAH ZAID KEPADA PAK LAH

SENATOR Zaid Ibrahim dua hari lalu mengutuskan sepucuk surat terbuka kepada Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Apakah tindakan Senator Zaid akan dikecam seperti mana Musa Hitam mengecam Dr Mahathir Mohamad sebagai "duri dalam daging"? Kita tunggu reaksi Musa dan pemimpin Umno yang lain...

Surat terbuka Zaid:

29 September 2008

YAB Dato’ Seri Abdullah Badawi
Prime Minister of Malaysia
5th Floor,
East WingPerdana Putra Building
Putrajaya
Malaysia

Dear Mr Prime Minister
In our proclamation of independence, our first Prime Minister gave voice to the lofty aspirations and dreams of the people of Malaya: that Malaya was founded on the principles of liberty and justice, and the promise that collectively we would always strive to improve the welfare and happiness of its people.

Many years have passed since that momentous occasion and those aspirations and dreams remain true and are as relevant to us today as they were then. This was made possible by a strong grasp of fundamentals in the early period of this nation.

The Federal Constitution and the laws made pursuant to it were well founded; they embodied the key elements of a democracy built on the Rule of Law.

The Malaysian Judiciary once commanded great respect from Malaysians and was hailed as a beacon for other nations. Our earlier Prime Ministers, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Razak and Tun Hussein Onn were truly leaders of integrity, patriots in their own right and most importantly, men of humility.

They believed in and built this nation on the principles and values enunciated in our Constitution.

Even when they had to enact the Internal Security Act (ISA) 1960, they were very cautious and apologetic about it.

Tunku stated clearly that the Act was passed to deal with the communist threat.

“My cabinet colleagues and I gave a solemn promise to Parliament and the nation that the immense powers given to the Government under the ISA would never be used to stifle legitimate opposition and silent lawful dissent”, was what the Tunku said.

Our third Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn reinforced this position by saying that the ISA was not intended to repress lawful political opposition and democratic activity on the part of the citizenry.

The events of the last three weeks have compelled me to review the way in which the ISA has been used. This exercise has sadly led me to the conclusion that the Government has time and time again failed the people of this country in repeatedly reneging on that solemn promise made by Tunku Abdul Rahman.

This has been made possible because the Government and the law have mistakenly allowed the Minister of Home Affairs to detain anyone for whatever reason he thinks fit.

This subjective discretion has been abused to further certain political interests.

History is the great teacher and speaks volumes in this regard. Even a cursory examination of the manner in which the ISA has been used almost from its inception would reveal the extent to which its intended purpose has been subjugated to the politics of the day.

Regrettably, Tunku Abdul Rahman himself reneged on his promise. In 1965, his administration detained Burhanuddin Helmi, the truly towering Malay intellectual, a nationalist who happened to be a PAS leader.

He was kept in detention until his death in 1969. Helmi was a political opponent and could by no stretch of the imagination be considered to have been involved in the armed rebellion or communism that the ISA was designed to deal with.

This detention was an aberration, a regrettable moment where politics had been permitted to trump the rule of law. It unfortunately appears to have set a precedent and many detentions of persons viewed as having been threatening to the incumbent administration followed through the years.

Even our literary giant, ‘sasterawan negara’ the late Tan Sri A Samad Ismail was subjected to the ISA in 1976. How could he have been a threat to national security?

I need not remind you of the terrible impact of the 1987 Operasi Lalang. Its spectre haunts the Government as much as it does the peace loving people of this nation, casting a gloom over all of us.

There were and still are many unanswered questions about those dark hours when more than a hundred persons were detained for purportedly being threats to national security.

Why they were detained has never been made clear to Malaysians. Similarly, no explanation has been forthcoming as to why they were never charged in court.

Those detainees included amongst their numbers senior opposition Members of Parliament who are still active in Parliament today. The only thing that is certain about that period was that UMNO was facing a leadership crisis.

Isn’t it coincidental that the recent spate of ISA arrests has occurred when UMNO is again having a leadership crisis?

In 2001, Keadilan ‘reformasi’ activists were detained in an exercise that the Federal Court declared was in bad faith and unlawful. The continued detention of those that were not released earlier in the Kamunting detention facility was made possible only by the fact that the ISA had been questionably amended in 1988 to preclude judicial review of the Minister’s order to detain.

Malaysians were told that these detainees had been attempting to overthrow the Government via militant means and violent demonstrations.

Seven years have gone and yet no evidence in support of this assertion has been presented. Compounding the confusion even further, one of these so-called militants, Ezam Mohamad Noor, recently rejoined UMNO to great fanfare, as a prized catch it would seem.

At around the same time, members of PAS were also detained for purportedly being militant and allegedly having links to international terrorist networks.

Those detained included Nik Adli, the son of Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat the Menteri Besar of Kelantan. Malaysians were made a promise by the Government that evidence of the alleged terrorist activities and links of these detainees would be disclosed. To date no such evidence has been produced.

The same formula was used in late 2007 when the HINDRAF 5 were detained. Malaysians were told once again that these individuals were involved in efforts to overthrow the Government and had links with the militant Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam of Sri Lanka.

To date no concrete evidence have been presented to support this assertion. It would seem therefore that the five were detained for their involvement in efforts that led to a mobilisation of Malaysian Indians to express, through peaceful means, their frustration against the way in which their community had been allowed to be marginalised.

This cause has since been recognised as a legitimate one. The HINDRAF demonstration is nothing extraordinary as such assemblies are universally recognised as being a legitimate means of expression.

In the same vein, the grounds advanced in support of the most recent detentions of Tan Hoon Cheng, Teresa Kok and Raja Petra Kamarudin leave much to be desired.

The explanation that Tan Hoon Cheng was detained for her own safety was farcical. The suggestion that Teresa Kok had been inciting religious sentiments was unfounded as was evinced by her subsequent release.

As for Raja Petra Kamarudin, the prominent critic of the Government, a perusal of his writings would show that he might have been insulting of the Government and certain individuals within it. However, being critical and insulting could not in any way amount to a threat to national security.

If his writings are viewed as being insulting of Islam, Muslims or the Holy Prophet (pbuh), he should instead be charged under the Penal Code and not under the ISA. In any event, he had already been charged for sedition and criminal defamation in respect of some of his statements.

He had claimed trial, indicating as such his readiness and ability to defend himself. Justice would best be served by allowing him his day in court more so where, in the minds of the public, the Government is in a position of conflict for having been the target of his strident criticism.

The instances cited above strongly suggest that the Government is undemocratic. It is this perspective that has over the last 25 plus years led to the Government seemingly arbitrarily detaining political opponents, civil society and consumer advocates, writers, businessmen, students, journalists whose crime, if it could be called that, was to have been critical of the Government.

How it is these individuals can be perceived as being threats to national security is beyond my comprehension. The self-evident reality is that legitimate dissent was and is quashed through the heavy-handed use of the ISA.

There are those who support and advocate this carte-blanche reading of the ISA. They will seek to persuade you that the interests of the country demand that such power be retained, that Malaysians owe their peace and stability to laws such as the ISA.

This overlooks the simple truth that Malaysians of all races cherish peace. We lived together harmoniously for the last 400 years, not because of these laws but in spite of them.

I believe the people of this country are mature and intelligent enough to distinguish actions that constitute a ‘real’ threat to the country from those that threaten political interests. Malaysians have come know that the ISA is used against political opponents and, it would seem, when the leadership is under challenge either from within the ruling party or from external elements.

Malaysians today want to see a Government that is committed to the court process to determine guilt or innocence even for alleged acts of incitement of racial or religious sentiment. They are less willing to believe, as they once did, that a single individual, namely the Minister of Home Affairs, knows best about matters of national security.

They value freedom and the protection of civil liberties and this is true of people of other nations too.

Mr Prime Minister, the results of the last General Election are clear indication that the people of Malaysia are demanding a reinstatement of the Rule of Law.

I was appointed as your, albeit short-lived, Minister in charge of legal affairs and judicial reform. In that capacity, I came to understand more keenly how many of us want reform, not for the sake of it, but for the extent to which our institutions have been undermined by events and the impact this has had on society.

With your blessing, I attempted to push for reform. High on my list of priorities was a reinstatement of the inherent right of judicial review that could be enabled through a reversion of the key constitutional provision to its form prior to the controversial amendment in 1988.

I need not remind you that that constitutional amendment was prompted by the same series of events that led not only to Operasi Lalang but the sacking of the then Lord President and two supreme court justices.

Chief amongst my concerns was the way in which the jurisdiction and the power of the Courts to grant remedy against unconstitutional and arbitrary action of the Executive had been removed by Parliament and the extent to which this had permitted an erosion of the civil liberties of Malaysians.

It was this constitutional amendment that paved the way for the ouster provision in the ISA that virtually immunises the Minister from judicial review, a provision which exemplifies the injustice the constitutional amendment of 1988 has lent itself.

I also sought to introduce means by which steps could be taken to assist the Judiciary to regain the reputation for independence and competence it once had. Unfortunately, this was viewed as undesirable by some since an independent Judiciary would mean that the Executive would be less ‘influential’.

I attempted to do these things and more because of the realisation that Malaysia’s democratic traditions and the Rule of Law are under siege.

Anyway, there is nothing wrong with giving everyone an independent Judiciary and the opportunity to a fair trial. This is consistent with the universal norms of human rights as it is with the tenets of Islam, the religion of the Federation.

Unchecked power to detain at the whim of one man is oppressiveness at its highest. Even in Israel, a nation that is perpetually at war, the power to detain is not vested in one man and detention orders require endorsement from a judge.

If there are national security considerations, then these can be approached without jettisoning the safeguards intended to protect individual citizens from being penalised wrongfully. In other jurisdictions involved in armed conflicts, trials are held in camera to allow for judicial scrutiny of evidence considered too sensitive for public disclosure so as to satisfy the ends of justice.

If this can be done in these jurisdictions, why not here where the last armed struggle we saw, the very one that precipitated the need for the ISA, came to an end in the 1980s?

Any doubts as to the continued relevance of the ISA in its present form should have been put to rest by the recommendation by the National Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) that the ISA be repealed and an anti-terror legislation suited to the times enacted in its place.

Containing as it did a sunset clause in its original times, the ISA was never intended to be a permanent feature on the Malaysian legal landscape.

Through its continued use in the manner described above and in the face of public sentiment, it is only natural that the ISA has become in the mind of the people an instrument of oppression and the Government is one that lends itself to oppressiveness. Its continued use does not bode well for a society that is struggling to find its place in the global arena. It does not bode well for the democracy that is so vital for us to develop sustainably.

Mr Prime Minister, I remember very clearly what you once said; that if one has the opportunity to do what is good and right for the country, then he must take on the task.

I respect you deeply for that and if I were confident that I would have been able to do some good for Malaysia, I would have remained on your team.

Sir, you are still the Prime Minister and you still have the opportunity to leave your footprint in Malaysian history. I urge you to do so by repealing the ISA once and for all.

Let us attempt to fulfil that solemn promise made by our beloved first Prime Minister to the people of this country.

Yours sincerely
ZAID IBRAHIM
Kuala Lumpur

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI

MUHAMMAD MUHD TAIB TIMBALAN PM?

MUHAMMAD Taib bakal Timbalan Perdana Menteri? SMS tersebar luas Muhammad Taib berminat bertanding jawatan kedua tertinggi dalam pemilihan Umno Mac depan.

Bolehkah Muhammad Taib, yang pernah dihadapkan ke mahkamah di Australia kerana gagal mengisytiharkan jutaan ringgit wang tunai yang dibawa beliau, menang?

SIAPA KUDA HITAM YANG AKAN MENCABAR MUHYIDDIN YASSIN?

Beberapa hari lalu, JELAPANG meramalkan Zahid Hamidi sebagai calon yang akan menentang Muhyiddin Yassin untuk jawatan Timbalan Presiden Umno Mac depan.

Semalam, Shabery Cheek membuat kenyataan yang pasti menimbulkan pelbagai spekulasi akan siapa yang akan bertanding jawatan tersebut.

Shabery yang jelas bukan dari kem Najib Razak berkata: "Selepas hari raya ini, dua atau tiga nama baru dijangka timbul untuk berada dalam persaingan, nama-nama ini akan memeranjatkan masyarakat umum."

"Jawatan nombor satu mungkin tidak (ditandingi) kerana Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak sudah dilihat sebagai pengganti jawatan berkenaan," tambah Shabery yang menggunakan terminologi "calon kuda hitam" bagi bakal pencabar Muhyiddin Yassin.

Mungkinkah calon kuda hitam yang dimaksudkan Shabery ialah Khaled Nordin? Khaled dilihat sebagai anak denak Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Sebelum isu peralihan kuasa bermula, ada spekulasi bahawa Khaled dididik Abdullah sebagai bakal Timbalan Presiden Umno.

Harapan Khaled atau Zahid untuk bertanding jawatan nombor dua dalam Umno bergantung kepada siapa pilihan Najib.

Sekiranya bahagian Pekan mencalonkan Muhyiddin, sukar buat Khaled dan Zahid untuk meraih pencalonan dari bahagian-bahagian kecuali bahagian mereka sendiri dan Kepala Batas. Lazimnya, ketua bahagian atau bahagian akan patuh kepada pilihan bakal presiden Umno.

Jika tradisi ini berterusan, harapan Muhyiddin untuk menjadi Perdana Menteri cerah. Malah ada berpendapat Najib tiada pilihan kecuali memilih Muhyiddin atas "inisiatif" beliau memberi tekanan kepada Abdullah.

P/S: Ketua Bahagian Cheras dan Batu Pahat sudahpun membuat keputusan untuk mencalonkan Najib sebagai Presiden dan Muhyiddin ke jawatan Timbalan Presiden.

Kuda Hitam: http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2008&dt=0928&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Politik&pg=po_01.htm

POLITIK ANNUAR MUSA

IKUT ANGIN: Tidak sukar untuk kita memahami perilaku orang politik. Sekejap ke hulu, sekejap ke hilir. Annuar Musa adalah antara ahli politik yang tahu yang mana "dahan reput dan mudah patah" dan dahan mana yang patut beliau berpaut.

Kenyataan Annuar pada 21 September, 2008:
KOTA BAHARU: Umno Kelantan menyokong penuh penyerahan kuasa daripada Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi kepada Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak seperti yang dijadualkan pada 2010.

Pengerusinya Tan Sri Annuar Musa berkata mesyuarat Badan Perhubungan Umno Kelantan hari ini yang dihadiri hampir kesemua ketua Umno bahagian mencapai kata sepakat mengenai pelan peralihan kuasa itu.

Ketua Umno Bahagian Gua Musang, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, yang telah menyatakan hasrat bertanding jawatan Presiden Umno, tidak hadir.

Annuar berkata Umno Kelantan akan terus menyokong kepimpinan Abdullah dan Najib agar peralihan kuasa itu berjalan dengan lancar.

“Kita mahu Datuk Seri Najib mengambil alih kepimpinan dalam keadaan Umno kuat,” katanya. - Bernama

Kenyataan Annuar semalam:
Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Kelantan, Tan Sri Annuar Musa, berkata keputusan Abdullah untuk mempercepatkan peralihan kuasa amat tepat bagi membolehkan parti itu membuat persediaan awal menghadapi pilihan raya umum ke-13.

Beliau berkata, berdasarkan keadaan sekarang, banyak perkara perlu dilakukan Umno bagi mendapatkan semula kepercayaan rakyat.

“Kita lihat banyak perkara perlu dilakukan oleh Umno sebab itu kita mahu Najib mendapat sokongan padu dan walaupun berundur, kita berharap Pak Lah akan terus memberi sokongan. Kita mahu semua tenaga Umno digemblengkan baik Pak Lah, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad atau Tun Musa Hitam,” katanya kepada pemberita di sini, semalam.
http://www.bharian.com.my/Sunday/BeritaUtama/20080927232322/Article/index_html

Jelapang: Itulah resam orang politik.

ZAHID HAMIDI AKAN CABAR MUHYIDDIN UNTUK JAWATAN TIMBALAN PRESIDEN!

Apapun keputusan Abdullah Ahmad Badawi sebelum 9 Oktober nanti, tempoh beliau sebagai Perdana Menteri akan berakhir. Penyokong-penyokong Pak Lah masih menaruh harapan agar Perdana Menteri bertanding mengekalkan jawatan walaupun dengan hanya berbekal 58 pencalonan.

Masalahnya penyokong-penyokong Pak Lah ini terdiri dari mereka-mereka yang cetek ilmu politik. Politik orang Umno tidak sama dengan politik White House.

Dalam Umno, pemimpin lemah dipinggirkan. Tanyalah Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. Pada 2004, Ku Li mengumumkan bertanding jawatan Presiden. Ketika itu pengaruh Ku Li hanya sebesar tapak tangan. Hanya segelintir ketua-ketua bahagian Umno sanggup menyatakan sokongan kepada Ku Li.

Akhirnya, Ku Lu hanya mendapat satu sahaja pencalonan untuk jawatan Presiden. Itu pun datangnya dari bahagian beliau sendiri - Gua Musang. 190 bahagian lain mencalonkan Abdullah.

Percayalah, Abdullah akan menghadapi nasib dan hukuman yang sama dari akar umbi Umno. Kesetiaan bukan budaya Umno. Apakah budaya Umno? Wang dan kuasa.

Abdullah bakal menjadi mantan Perdana Menteri sementara Najib Razak, bakal Perdana Menteri. Kuasa dan wang akan ada pada Najib. Bagi ketua-ketua bahagian, sokongan mereka kepada Najib mungkin boleh mendatangkan hasil. Harapan mereka, sokongan ini akan dibayar kembali dalam bentuk projek.

Kesimpulannya, harapan Abdullah, sekiranya membuat keputusan untuk bertanding sekalipun, untuk kekal berkuasa tipis. Silap hari, tidak cukup pencalonan untuk mempertahankan jawatan.

Tetapi adakah Abdullah dan penyokong-penyokongnya akan berdiam diri? Pastinya tidak. Penyokong-penyokong Abdullah berpendapat Muhyiddin Yassin adalah punca Abdullah akan dicabut nyawa politiknya.

Kini tiba masanya untuk membalas dendam. Muhyiddin bercita-cita untuk menjadi Timbalan Presiden dan Timbalan Perdana Menteri. Jalan buat beliau akan dipenuhi duri yang akan ditabur oleh penyokong-penyokong Pak Lah.

Siapa yang akan mencabar Muhyiddin? Desas-desus mengatakan beliau ialah Zahid Hamidi (gambar), bekas setiausaha politik Najib, bekas penyokong kuat Anwar Ibrahim, bekas Ketua Pemuda Umno semasa Anwar mencabar Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dan kini berjawatan Menteri.

Zahid merupakan orang pertama memberikan tepukan kepada Abdullah semasa mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi sejurus selepas pilihanraya walaupun BN tumbang di 5 negeri dan Wilayah Persekutuan.

Zahid bakal memberi tentangan hebat kepada Muhyiddin dan kepada penyokong-penyokong Pak Lah, inilah masanya untuk memenuhi dendam mereka kepada Muhyiddin.

Zahid bukan calang-calang orangnya. Beliau mengetuai bala tentera Anwar pada 1998 dan hampir-hampir menjatuhkan Dr Mahathir sekiranya Anwar tidak dipenjarakan.

Zahid lah orangnya yang membangkitkan isu kronisme dan nepotisme ketika itu. Dalam laporan akhbar pada Jun, 1999, Zahid mengaku disuruh oleh Anwar untuk membangkitkan isu tersebut pada Perhimpunan Agung Umno 1998 dan memohon maaf secara terbuka kepada Dr Mahathir.

Bekas Ketua Pemuda Umno itu juga mengakui Anwar memberinya peluang perniagaan termasuk dalam pemilikan beberapa saham yang tersenarai di Bursa Saham Kuala Lumpur.

Katanya pada ketika itu: "Saya mengakui Anwar telah meminta saya untuk membangkitkan isu nepotisme dan kronisme serta ketidaktelusan amalan dalam pengagihan saham dan kontrak kerajaan ketika beliau menjadi Timbalan Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Kewangan."

Kesan dari isu yang dibangkit oleh Zahid yang ketika itu memegang jawatan Ketua Pemuda Umno menyebabkan Dr Mahathir terpaksa mengeluarkan senarai pemimpin Umno yang mempunyai kepentingan perniagaan.

Di dalam senarai tersebut, ramai kroni Anwar didapati hidup mewah. Dr Mahathir turut mendedahkan seorang kroni Anwar memiliki wang tunai berjumlah RM230juta ketika itu.

Semasa satu sidang akhbar, Dr Mahathir berkata: "Kroni Anwar yang memiliki wang RM230 juta itu adalah bekas pemimpin Umno yang terbabit dalam percubaan menggulingkannya sebagai Perdana Menteri ketika Perhimpunan Agung Umno, tahun lalu."

Lawan Muhyiddin adalah seorang yang cukup hebat. Menjelang Mac tahun depan, belum tentu Muhyiddin akan menyandang jawatan Timbalan Presiden. Silap haribulan Zahid menjawat jawatan tersebut. Itupun kalau betul desas-desus mengatakan penyokong-penyokong Pak Lah mahukan Zahid sebagai calon mereka untuk jawatan tersebut.

MALAYSIA BUKAN TEMPATNYA UNTUK KULIT HITAM?

Artikel berikut perlu diteliti oleh Kerajaan, Wisma Putra, polis dan kita semua. Ia mengenai rintihan rakyat Afrika yang berhijrah ke Malaysia.

Malaysia: Not A Country To Go

In the wake of recent serial killings and severe discrimination of the Africans by mainly the Malaysians I wish to advice my fellow Africans who were made to believe that Malaysia is a “humble” destination for foreigners to consider Malaysia as “not a place to go”.

Malaysia appeared to be a country of mixed races namely, the Malays, Indians, and the Chinese. One would expect that there should be high degree of racial tolerance. One would also expect that Africans or foreigners in general should be tolerated under normal circumstances.

We once heard of our own Kofi Anan urging other countries to emulate Malaysia due to her racial harmony. I wish to tell him and all Africans that “she” cannot be our role model. We should not forget that a country that is racially harmonious must tolerate people from all walks of life. Malaysia is not such a place, this is due to the fact that (1) Africans are regarded as social misfits (2) we are not protected by the law and (3) we don’t have job security.

SOCIAL MISFITS

The African had been and continues to be a “nuisance” in the eyes and minds of the citizens of Malaysia, not excluding the police personnel. Do not be astonished if you realize that the moment they see any black color from Africa he or she is perceived to be a criminal. Their conclusion is that all blacks are criminals. This perception was long ago infused in their minds by the media.
The media always portray the negative and the deplorable states as well as the conflict zones of Africa.

The youth always refer to us as “Negros”. These very bad remarks ended in the painful death of many Africans in Malaysia. In the recent periods two Nigerians were poisoned in a restaurant, a Yemeni guy lost 3 fingers as he was trying to block a knife that was aimed at his chest, 2 Egyptians were asked by some locals to give whatever they have, when they refused, a fight broke out and all the locals at that area came to fight the Egyptians without knowing the reason!!!

Another Egyptian was robbed of RM4000 and beaten up. In Melati Utama, bikers usually rampage the net cafes from time to time with knifes and baseball sticks frightening the people in it and taking whatever they have. These are just very few of the cases.Let me give you a recent case in Wangsa Maju that has led to the untimely death of an African student from Chad. African undergraduate, HELP University College, Abdel Aziz Hassan Abdraman, 22, (his picture shown above) was brutally murdered just because of his color.

Untuk laporan penuh: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/diaspora/artikel.php?ID=150654

MALAYSIAN INSIDER PERLEKEH PAK LAH!

JUMAAT, 10 PAGI: Ada yang berpendapat esok akan menentukan nasib Abdullah Ahmad Badawi sebagai Presiden Umno.

Esok juga dikatakan hari di mana Pak Lah akan mengetahui siapa di kalangan ahli Kabinet dan Majlis Tertinggi yang masih setia kepada beliau di saat-saat getir ini - samada Muhammad Muhamad Taib, Azalina Othman Said, Nazri Aziz, Khaled Nordin, Ismail Sabri dan Shabery Cheek masih setia kepada Pak Lah.

Amat jelas Pak Lah kini tertekan. Malaysian Insider, portal yang diterajui oleh penyokong Pak Lah, mengambarkan bagaimana Pak Lah kini diambang kejatuhan.

Malaysian Insider acap kali memperlekehkan Abdullah dengan menyatakan bahawa beliau akan berjaya mendapat 58 pencalonan untuk mempertahankan jawatan sebagai presiden. Jelas sekali, Abdullah merupakan presiden Umno yang pertama bertarung nyawa politik menagih pencalonan untuk kekal berkuasa.

Malaysian Insider tidak kenal sejarah. Sistem kuota yang diperkenalkan oleh Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad adalah untuk memastikan presiden kekal berkuasa selama mungkin. Jika dahulu pencabar merupakan underdog untuk meraih cukup pencalonan, kini ia berlainan.

Abdullah sebagai presiden tercungap-cungap dalam mencari pencalonan yang cukup untuk mempertahankan jawatan.

Jadi tidak menghairankan sekiranya di dalam keadaan tertekan ini, Malaysian Insider sanggup memutarbelitkan fakta.

Di dalam satu komentar semalam, Malaysian Insider berkata Najib kini mencadangkan supaya mesyuarat bahagian yang dijadualkan dari Okt 9-Nov 9 ditangguhkan untuk memastikan Umno terus bersatu. Bagaimana pun Pak Lah menentang cadangan tersebut kerana ia akan menggambarkan Pak Lah lemah dan terdesak. http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/9583-playing-safe-by-putting-off-umno-polls

Blogger Rocky's bru mengambarkan ianya sebagai satu pembohongan oleh penyokong Pak Lah.

Menurut Rocky, Pak Lah yang mencadangkan supaya mesyuarat bahagian ditangguhkan untuk menyelamatkan karier politik beliau. Komen Rocky's bru: http://www.rockybru.com.my/2008/09/pak-lahs-insider.html

Esok ahli Majlis Tertinggi akan menentukan hayat politik Pak Lah. Sekiranya Jun 2009 dijadikan tarikh peralihan kuasa yang baru, jelas sekali ia hanya untuk memastikan turun takhta secara bermaruah.

Sekiranya mesyuarat bahagian diteruskan, Pak Lah akan diaibkan. Bagaimanapun ia adalah pilihan Pak Lah sendiri kerana ahli-ahli Majlis Tertinggi sudah memperingati beliau akan sentimen akar umbi.

Harapan Pak Lah untuk kekal sehingga 2010 kini tinggal impian.

48 JAM PENUH DEBARAN!

Selasa (Malam): Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan Najib Razak mengadakan pertemuan empat mata.

Rabu (pagi) : Abdullah mempengerusikan mesyuarat Kabinet.

Rabu (petang) : Najib batalkan lawatan ke Amerika Syarikat dan Cuba.

Rabu (petang) : Najib mempengerusikan Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Umno.

Rabu (petang) : Abdullah batalkan mesyuarat ICT yang dijadualkan pagi ini.

HARI INI (pagi): Abdullah bertemu Najib sekali lagi?

48 jam penuh debaran! Adakah Abdullah akan mengumumkan penarikan diri dari bertanding jawatan presiden dalam masa 48 jam ini? Adakah Najib akan meminta bahagian-bahagian supaya tidak mencalonkan beliau jawatan presiden? 48 jam penuh debaran!

KEPUTUSAN MENGEJUT PIMPINAN UMNO?

SETELAH membatalkan lawatan ke Arab Saudi dan Bahrain, kini Najib Razak membatalkan lawatannya ke Amerika Syarikat di mana Timbalan Perdana Menteri sepatutnya berucap di PBB.

Laporan Bernama: KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Sept (Bernama) -- Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak membatalkan lawatan kerjanya ke Amerika Syarikat, yang sepatutnya bermula esok hingga 1 Okt.Kenyataan akhbar yang dikeluarkan oleh Pejabat Timbalan Perdana Menteri petang ini menyebut pembatalan lawatan kerja itu telah dipersetujui oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi."Ini ekoran keadaan ekonomi di peringkat antarabangsa yang menuntut perhatian Timbalan Perdana Menteri untuk menjamin keadaan ekonomi negara terus kukuh," kata kenyataan itu. http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/bm/news_lite.php?id=361121

Keputusan Najib ini mengundang pelbagai spekulasi dan khabar angin.

Khabar Angin 1: Najib dan Abdullah Ahmad Badawi mengadakan rundingan mempercepatkan peralihan kuasa malam semalam.

Khabar Angin 2: Abdullah bersetuju menyerahkan kuasa kepada Najib Jun tahun hadapan.

Khabar Angin 3: Pemilihan bahagian ditangguhkan ke tahun hadapan.

Khabar Angin 4: Perhimpunan Agung Umno akan ditangguhkan ke Jun tahun hadapan di mana Abdullah akan menyerahkan kuasa kepada Najib di Perhimpunan Agung dan disaksikan lebih 3,000 perwakilan.

Khabar Angin 5: Najib bersetuju untuk mengambil alih Jun tahun hadapan.

Wallahuallam

BAHAGIAN AZALINA MAHU PAK LAH BERUNDUR.

"Orang Umno dah kurang yakin dan kurang percaya dengan perdana menteri kita sekarang. Buat apa lagi beliau perlu menunggu hingga dua tahun kerana dalam politik, pelbagai perkara boleh berlaku. Orang anggap semua ini hanya permainan politik untuk mencari ruang untuk kekal dengan jawatan sekarang." - AJK Bahagian Pengerang Abdul Kader Basok.

Komen Kader ini pasti meresahkan Ketua Bahagian Pengerang yang baru, Azalina Othman Said, yang jelas orang kuat Pak Lah.

Apakah reaksi Azalina? Adakah suara Kader mewakili suara akar umbi yang dimaksudkan oleh Najib Razak dan Muhyiddin Yassin? Mampukah Azalina menahan badai yang bakal melanda Umno?

Sukar mengetahui latarbelakang Kader samada beliau orang Datuk Harun Abdullah yang gagal mendapat cukup pencalonan untuk mempertahankan jawatan Ketua Bahagiannya.

Kenyataan ini cukup untuk mengambarkan situasi akar umbi di bahagian Pengerang.

Laporan Malaysiakini: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/90262

MUSA HITAM: TUKARLAH DIRI-SENDIRI SEBELUM DITUKARKAN!

KETIKA Umno mengharungi polemik baru dalam menentukan pucuk pimpinan, terkenang kita kepada ucapan dan pesanan Musa Hitam lapan tahun yang lalu.

Antaranya, "Jagalah Umno baik-baik" dan "Tukarlah diri-sendiri sebelum ditukarkan."

Antara petikan ucapan beliau ketika itu:

1. Kuasa sememangnya mengkhayalkan. Selagi bertambahnya seseorang manusia itu dengan kuasa selagi itu jugalah pula ianya bertambah tamakkan kuasa itu. Lebih-lebih lagi di dalam keadaan di mana sesuatu masyarakat itu mengukur kejayaan berasaskan pencapaian kebendaan, kuasa semakin lama semakin semakin digunakan sebagai alat pencapaian kebendaan dan seterusnya pula, pencapaian kebendaan itu sendiri pula digunakan untuk mengekalkan kuasaatau menambah kuasa.

2. Apa telah jadi? Apa telah jadi kepada Umno? Umno sudah menjadi partip olitik Melayu yang bergantung kepada sokongan orangChina? Apa salahnya orang-orang China menyokong parti Umno. Itu petandabaik. Tetapi dalam suasana politik sekarang dimana begitu ramai orang-orang Melayu yang telah lari daripada Umno dan menyokong parti-parti lawan, walau DAP pun, ahli-ahli Umno haruslah bertaffakur menginsafkan diri kita sendiri atas kelemahan-kelemahan sendiri, menganalisa diri sendiri. Barang siapa pemimpin-pemimpin yang tidak mahu berbuat demikian dan terus menyalahkan orang-orang lain sahaja dan faktor-faktor luar sahaja, pasti ini akan merupakan petanda buruk menjadikan Parti Umno tidak relevan tidak berapa lama lagi.

3. Konsep setia dalam Parti kita sudah bercelaru! Setia kepada parti seolah-olah dikelirukan dengan setia kepada pemimpin-pemimpin individu atau mereka yang memegang jawatan. Hanya mereka yang melaungkan“Sokong dan Setuju!” sahaja dianggap setia. Yang memberi pendapat kontra atau berlainan dipinggirkan atau diketepikanserta dicap sebagai pengacau. Di dalam pemilihan bakat-bakat baru atau pemilihan pucuk pimpinan Parti, ukuran sokongan berasas kepada “Dia ini boleh kita percayakah?” dan bukan “Dia ini boleh bekerja” bagi kepentingan rakyat atau tidak. Sindrom“Sokong dan Setuju” ini telah mematikan kesanggupan mengemukakan pendapat-pendapat bernas.

4. Tetapi, percayalah. Kalau pada tahun 1987 dahulu, ucapan penutup saya meminta semua para perwakilan "Jagalah UMNObaik-baik," pada hari ini, seruan saya ialah "Pulihkanlah UMNO baik-baik"dan "Tukarlah diri-sendiri sebelum ditukarkan".

P/S: Terima kasih kepada Sdr sany Izan Ihsan yang mengarkibkan teks ucapan Musa ini. Semuga pemimpin-pemimpin Umno sempat menghayatinya semula. Teks penuh ucapan Musa Hitam pada Mac 2000: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ingatan/message/630

P/S: Bagaimanapun, Musa kini menjadi penyokong kuat regu Najib Razak-Muhyiddin Yassin. Malahan Musa dikatakan orang yang instrumental dalam memastikan regu ini tidak dicabar semasa pemilihan Umno pada Disember nanti. Itulah yang diwarwarkan oleh Singapore Business Times.

Laporan Singapore Business Times: http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/sub/news/story/0,4574,298084,00.html?

KENAPA PAK LAH ENGGAN MENGALAH?

Reme Ahmad (gambar), wartawan Straits Times Singapura, mengupas sebab musabab Abdullah Ahmad Badawi akan terus melawan arus untuk kekal Presiden Umno sehingga 2010.

Artikel Reme boleh dibaca di sini: http://blogs.straitstimes.com/2008/9/21/legacy-why-abdullah-is-clinging-on-to-power

Atau blog Reme: http://remgold.blogspot.com/2008/09/legacy-why-abdullah-clings-on-to-power.html

PENYOKONG PAK LAH BERANG!

Begitulah mengikut laporan Malaysian Insider, portal berita pro-Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Menurut portal berita tersebut, beberapa ahli Majlis Tertinggi dan pejuang pro-Pak Lah "sudah mengasah parang" untuk menentang usaha menjatuhkan Perdana Menteri.

"Supporters of Abdullah displeased that some of the critics have gone overboard in their criticism of the prime minister have unsheathed their knives. They are urging him to disregard the pungent comments of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein, Datuk Rafidah Aziz and stick to his original plan of contesting the party presidency in December and handing over the power to Datuk Seri Najib Razak." - Malaysian Insider.

Terjemahan: Penyokong-penyokong Abdullah yang tidak senang dengan kritikan yang keterlaluan terhadap perdana menteri telah buang sarung parang masing-masing. Mereka mendesak Pak Lah untuk mengenepikan komen-komen pedas Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Datuk Hishamuddin Hussein dan Datuk (Tan Sri) Rafidah Aziz dan berpegang kepada pelan asal untuk bertanding jawatan presiden Disember ini dan menyerahkan kuasa kepada Datuk Seri Najib Razak."
Laporan Malaysian Insider: http://m.themalaysianinsider.com/articles.php?id=9344-umno-works-to-keep-it-together

Jelapang: Rasanya elok Pak Lah bertanding untuk mengekalkan jawatan. Sekurang-kurangnya beliau dapat menilai sejauhmana sokongan akar umbi terhadap beliau.

CUIT SIKIT: PAK LAH TAK JADI LETAK JAWATAN

100: Mengikut blogger Cuit Sikit, orang di sekeliling Pak Lah telah berjaya menyakinkan beliau bahawa 100 pencalonan dalam tangan untuk Abdullah Ahmad Badawi mempertahankan jawatan presiden Disember nanti.

Siapa orang-orang di sekeliling Pak Lah ini? Layarilah Cuit Sikit: http://cuitsikit.blogspot.com/2008/09/blogger-mt-dan-pergolakan-umno.html

KICKDEFELLA: SIAPA PM SEKARANG?

KICKDEFELLA memaparkan gambar ini sebagai bukti bahawa mengibarkan bendera terbalik merupakan perkara biasa apabila sesebuah negera berada di dalam kesusahan.

Menurut Sheih, kanak-kanak ini yang berarak bersama Yao Ming semasa Sukan Olimpik Beijing mengibarkan bendera terbalik mengenangkan penderitaan rakyat China selepas dilanda gempa bumi.

Sheih ditangkap di bawah Akta Hasutan atas dakwaan menghasut orangramai untuk mengibarkan Malaysia terbalik. Beliau di bebaskan semalam dan mungkin didakwa tidak lama lagi.

Bagaimanapun, di dalam blognya, Sheih dengan sinis mengkritik Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Sheih menulis:

KRITIKAN TERHADAP PAK LAH
As the reporters rushed to shoot question to me, I asked them, who is The Prime Minister, one reporter for a TV Station, smiled and said, “Pak Lah lagi”, and I said, “Kalau macam tu saya nak masuk lokap baliklah…”

Terjemahan: Ketika pemberita berebut-rebut untuk menanyakan saya soalan, saya bertanyakan kepada mereka, siapa Perdana Menteri sekarang, seorang pemberita dari sebuah stesyen TV sambil tersenyum menjawab, “Pak Lah lagi”, dan saya berkata “Kalau macam tu saya nak masuk lokap baliklah…”

TERESA KOK PATUT BACA PERENGGAN INI! (TERESA MENDAKWA DIHIDANGKAN MAKANAN YANG HANYA SESUAI UNTUK ANJING SEMASA DITAHAN)
I have no complaint about the food, as that is the reality of those poor and small people for which I am fighting. Of course I do not anticipate Ramadan Buffet during this holiday as that will be a sin for me because those people whom I fight for, never ever even heard the word buffet, leave aside imagining about it in their life’s.

Terjemahan: Saya tiada sebarang masalah dengan makanan (yang dihidangkan semasa ditahan) kerana ia adalah realiti mereka yang miskin dan rakyat marhaen yang saya perjuangkan. Saya juga tidak mengharapkan dihidangkan Buffet Ramadan semasa "cuti" (semasa dalam tahanan) ini kerana ianya satu dosa buat saya kerana mereka yang saya perjuangkan tidak pernah pun mengenali perkataan buffet, apatah lagi mengharapkannya dalam kehidupan mereka.

Tulisan Sheih: http://kickdefella.wordpress.com/

MUKHRIZ: BERUNDURLAH PAK LAH!

"Oleh kerana beliau (Abdullah) sudah mendapat maklum balas yang sama, saya berharap Presiden parti akan melepaskan kedudukan beliau dengan segera. Saya sangat berharap Pak Lah (Abdullah) sudah memahami akan kehendak akar umbi, menyerahkan kuasa." -
MUKHRIZ MAHATHIR

http://www1.mstar.com.my/cerita.asp?file=/2008/9/20/mstar_berita/20080920151239&sec=mstar_berita

KICKDEFELLA TIDAK SERIK

KICKDEFELLA dibebaskan hari ini. Nampaknya semangat juang Syed Azidi Sheikh Abdul Aziz masih utuh.

Selepas keluar dari tahanan polis, Sheikh bantai Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Menerusi blog beliau Kickdefella, Sheikh berkata: "I have kicked Dollah again as soon as I was released. You can ask the press. (Saya telah "menyepak" Dollah sekali lagi sejurus saya dibebaskan. Tanyalah wartawan).

Dari penulisan Sheikh jelas polis sudah semakin matang dalam mengendali tahanan ISA dan Akta Hasutan.

Wartawan Sinchew Tan Hoon Cheng dan Ahli Parlimen Seputeh Teresa Kok memuji layanan polis kecuali makanan yang Teresa rasa hanya sesuai untuk anjing.

Sheikh turut memuji anggota polis: "The police has treated me well and most of the time, beyond the call of duty. I made lots of friends too." (Polis melayan saya dengan baik setiap masa dan diluar bidang kuasa mereka. Saya juga dapat ramai kawan baru).
http://kickdefella.wordpress.com/

SATU SOALAN BUAT TERESA KOK!

TERESA Kok dibebaskan hari ini selepas tujuh hari ditahan dibawah ISA.

Dalam kenyataan akhbar beliau yang dikeluarkan sejam yang lalu Ahli Parlimen Seputeh itu berkata:

"Ketiga-tiga soalan utama yang ditanya pegawai-pegawai penyiasat (polis) ialah:

1. Samada saya mengumpul sekumpulan penduduk Bandar Kinrara untuk menyampaikan petisyen kepada Masjid Bandar Kinrara untuk memprotes azan di masjid tersebut.

2. Samada saya ada membuat kenyataan bahawa 30 peratus dari peruntukan Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor untuk tujuan badan-badan bukan Islam, dan

3. Samada saya menentang diadakan papan tanda Jawi di Kuala Lumpur.

Saya menafikan kedua-dua tuduhan pertama kerana saya tidak melakukannya. Saya juga memberitahu mereka bahawa isu Papan Tanda Jawi itu dibangkitkan pada bulan Januari/Februari 2008 atas permintaan dan tekanan persatuan-persatuan penduduk.

Persatuan-persatuan penduduk terutamanya di Taman Seputeh tidak puashati kerana banyak tanda jalan ditukarkan tanpa dirujuk oleh DBKL beberapa bulan sebelumnya dan ditukarkan lagi, kali ini dengan mengandungi perkataan Jawi.

Mereka menentang pembaziran seumpama ini oleh DBKL.

Saya agak terperanjat apabila tiada soalan lain dikemukakan selain dari ketiga-tiga soalan tersebut."

Kenyataan penuh Teresa Kok: http://teresakok.com/2008/09/19/detention-is-political/#more-1417

P/S: Jelapang: Kita tidak setuju Teresa Kok ditahan di bawah ISA. Bagaimanapun Teresa perlu membuat penjelasan samada beliau menentang atau tidak penggunaan Jawi di papan-papan tanda jalan.

PAK LAH PERLU ELAK DIAIBKAN

Khamis lalu, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi hampir menitis air mata apabila diasak oleh ahli-ahli Majlis Tertinggi Umno yang mahukan beliau meletakkan jawatan sebelum bahagian-bahagian Umno bermesyuarat 9 Oktober ini.

Hanya dengan campurtangan Najib Razak, ahli-ahli MT menghentikan kritikan terhadap Presiden mereka.

Ada yang berpendapat Abdullah amat sedih bila diasak bukan sahaja oleh pengkritik beliau malah anak didiknya turut serta dalam mendesak beliau meletakkan jawatan.

Salah seorang dari ahli MT ini amat dihormati oleh Abdullah yang dididik beliau sebagai bakal Timbalan Presiden Umno. Menurut Malaysiakini asakan ini diketuai Muhyiddin Yassin yang dikritik hebat oleh penyokong Abdullah baru-baru ini kerana membuat kenyataan mengenai peralihan kuasa di Singapura.

Ahli-ahli MT mengingatkan Abdullah bahawa bukan tradisi dan sejarah Umno mengaibkan pemimpin. Mereka sayangkan Abdullah dan mereka tidak mahu beliau diaibkan dan terpaksa menuruni takhta Presiden dalam suasana memilukan dan memalukan. Ahli-ahli MT terus terang memberitahu Abdullah bahawa beliau besar kemungkinan tidak mendapat pencalonan yang cukup untuk bertanding jawatan Presiden.

Ahli-ahli MT sedar mereka tidak lagi dapat mengawal sentimen akar umbi yang mahukan perubahan di dalam pucuk pimpinan Umno selepas pencapaian buruk parti di dalam Piliharaya Umum Mac 8 yang lalu dan lebih membimbangkan lagi apabila sejumlah besar ahli Umno di Permatang Pauh memberi undi kepada Pakatan Rakyat semasa pilihanraya kecil yang dimenangi Anwar Ibrahim.

Adakah asakan ahli-ahli MT ini akan mempercepatkan peralihan kuasa di dalam Umno? Ramai berpendapat Abdullah akan mengumumkan selepas Hari Raya ini bahawa beliau tidak akan mempertahankan jawatan dan menyerahkannya kepada Najib pada perhimpunan agung Umno Disember ini.

Itulah sebabnya, kata pemerhati, Najib menangguhkan lawatan beliau ke Arab Saudi dan Bahrain kerana Abdullah mahu mengadakan perbincangan seterusnya mengenai peralihan kuasa ini.

Tetapi ramai juga yang berpendapat Abdullah tidak akan berganjak dari keputusan beliau untuk mempertahankan jawatan sehingga 2010. Kata mereka, ini bukanlah kali pertama Abdullah didesak meletakkan jawatan.

Setiap kali berhadapan dengan tekanan Abdullah dikatakan muram dan apabila bertemu dengan ahli keluarga, beliau kembali bersemangat untuk terus bertarung mempertahankan jawatan beliau.

Kenapa Abdullah masih enggan menerima hakikat beliau ditolak di peringkat akar umbi? Puncanya ialah orang-orang di sekelilingnya tidak jujur dalam menyatakan kebenaran kepada Abdullah.

Umno bukan calang-calang parti. Jenteranya hebat. Tidak mungkin organisasi seperti Kemas, Penerangan dan sebagainya tidak mempunyai maklumat yang tepat untuk disampaikan kepada Abdullah.

Malangnya orang-orang Pak Lah tidak mahu menerima hakikat bahawa sentimen akar umbi sudah berubah.

Seperti kata Annuar Zaini, penulis teks ucapan pertama Pak Lah sebagai Presiden Umno, "Managing Success", yang dikatakan ditulis selepas melawat ke beberapa benua, Pak Lah sebagai kapten kapal perlukan maklumat yang tepat untuk mengemudi di lautan gelora.

Seperti yang dilaporkan akhbar The Star hari ini, Annuar berkata: "Keputusan kini di tangan Pak Lah dan adalah baik Pak Lah tahu akan situasi di bawah."

Kita berharap Annuar, ahli-ahli keluarga Pak Lah dan penyokong beliau dapat menilai dan membantu Pak Lah membuat keputusan yang terbaik untuk Presiden parti kerana perkara yang terakhir yang mahu dilakukan oleh ahli-ahli Umno ialah mengaibkan Presiden mereka yang tidak pernah berlaku dalam sejarah Umno.

Sejarah akan berubah sekiranya ia terpaksa dilakukan demi masa depan parti dan orang-orang Melayu.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/9/20/nation/2081163&sec=nation

KACANG LUPAKAN KULIT

KACANG LUPAKAN KULIT: Ianya merupakan satu siri posting baru yang akan Jelapang perkenalkan bagi menyingkap hiprokrasi pemimpin-pemimpin Umno apabila berlaku peralihan kuasa.

Siri ini akan mengandungi ungkapan-ungkapan yang dibuat oleh pemimpin-pemimpin Umno mengikut musim.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi tidak akan bertahan lama sebagai Presiden Umno dan Perdana Menteri. Ramai menjangkakan selepas apa yang berlaku Khamis lalu di mana pemimpin-pemimpin Umno meminta beliau meletakkan jawatan, pemimpin-pemimpin Umno terutamanya para Menteri akan merapati Najib Razak.

Pemimpin-pemimpin ini pernah melaungkan kata-kata pujian terhadap Dr Mahathir Mohamad ketika beliau berkuasa dan melemparkan cemuhan penghinaan terhadap bekas Perdana Menteri itu apabila Abdullah dilantik Perdana Menteri.

Adakah peristiwa ini akan berulang selepas Abdullah meletakkan jawatan? Adakah para menteri ini akan mencemuh Abdullah pula seperti mana mereka mencemuh Dr Mahathir dahulu.

Rasanya eloklah kita menyingkap kenyataan-kenyataan mereka untuk memperingatkan kembali akan sikap kacang lupakan kulit pemimpin-pemimpin ini. Tidak mustahil Abdullah akan menjadi bahan cemuhan bila beliau bersara Disember ini.

MUHAMMAD TAIB TUKAR CITARASA?

8 JULAI 2008: KUALA LUMPUR: Badan Perhubungan Umno Selangor yang bermesyuarat di ShahAlam, malam kelmarin sebulat suara mencalonkan Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi sebagai Presiden Umno pada pemilihan parti itu, Disember ini.

Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno negeri, Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib, dalam kenyataan yang dikeluarkan di bangunan Parlimen, semalam berkata,Umno Selangor juga sebulat suara mencalonkan Datuk Seri Najib Razak sebagai Timbalan Presiden Umno.

Beliau berkata, keputusan itu dibuat dalam mesyuarat Badan Perhubungan Umno Selangor yang dihadiri ketua bahagian Umno dari negeri ini.

Itulah laporan sebuah akhbar pada 9 Julai 2008. Ketika itu Muhammad baru sahaja dilantik Menteri dan Pengerusi Perhubungan Selangor menggantikan Khir Toyo oleh Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan beliau merasakan KETIKA ITU perlu membalas jasa Perdana Menteri.

Maka walaupun kebanyakan ketua-ketua bahagian Selangor pada ketika itu terang-terangan menentang cadangan Muhammad untuk mencalonkan Abdullah, beliau membuat kenyataan akhbar kononnya kesemua bahagian sebulat suara mencalonkan Abdullah sebagai Presiden dan Najib Razak Timbalan Presiden .

Kapt (B) Zahar Hashim, ketua bahagian Petaling Jaya Selatan, pada malam itu menentang hasrat Muhammad untuk mengumumkan bahagian kesemua bahagian di Selangor mencalonkan Abdullah kerana ia adalah hak bahagian dan ahli-ahli Umno untuk menentukan siapa calon pilihan presiden mereka.

Pagi tadi, difahamkan Perhubungan Umno Selangor bersidang lagi. Kali ini untuk membincangkan apa yang berlaku semasa mesyuarat Majlis Tertingi Umno kelmarin.

Kali ini tidak ada lagi desakan dari Muhammad terhadap bahagian-bahagian untuk mencalonkan Abdullah sebagai presiden. Sebaliknya Muhammad meminta ketua-ketua bahagian memberi pendapat mengenai kepimpinan Abdullah.

Difahamkan 90 peratus yang menghadiri mesyuarat perhubungan Selangor pagi tadi mendesak Abdullah meletakkan jawatan.

Kenapa Muhammad berubah angin? Kenapa Muhammad pagi tadi tidak meyakinkan ketua-ketua bahagian ini supaya menyokong Pak Lah? Muhammad jelas orang Abdullah. Dilantik Menteri oleh Pak Lah. Di lantik Pengerusi Perhubungan oleh Pak Lah. Kenapa tiba-tiba Muhammad berlembut dengan bahagian-bahagian di Selangor?

Sebenarnya inilah resmi orang politik. Percayalah, beberapa hari lagi Pak Lah akan keseorangan seperti mana yang dirasai Dr Mahathir Mohamad selepas melepaskan jawatan Perdana Menteri.

Muhammad adalah antara mereka-mereka yang dahulunya orang Pak Lah tetapi kini membuat kenyataan-kenyataan dan tingkah laku yang nampaknya seolah-olah akan meminggirkan orang yang mereka sanjung selama ini.

Ada ahli politik Umno yang dahulunya menyokong Pak Lah, kini bertukar angin menyokong Najib. Dan kita yakin ada di kalangan Menteri yang kononnya penyokong kuat Pak Lah dan menentang Najib kini sedang memerah otak mencari jalan bagaimana hendak menyakinkan Najib bahawa mereka juga sebenarnya sayangkan Najib.

Itulah lumrah Umno. Ketika berkuasa, pemimpin disanjung. Bila tidak lagi berkuasa, mereka dicemuh.

Sama-samalah kita tunggu wayang kulit Umno ini. Kita perhatikan apakah tindakan Muhammad selanjutnya, begitu juga tingkah laku Ismail Sabri yang mengeji Dr Mahathir semasa bertemu pemimpin belia Kedah di Sungai Petani tidak lama dahulu, Shabery Cheek, Khaled Nordin dan Nazri Aziz yang satu ketika dulu melempar keji-kejian terhadap Dr Mahathir.

Sama-sama lah kita tunggu.

PAK LAH DIASAK SEMASA MESYUARAT MT!

9HB OKTOBER, 2008: Itulah kononnya tarikh akhir yang ditetapkan oleh sesetengah Ahli Majlis Tertinggi Umno untuk Abdullah Ahmad Badawi meletakkan jawatan secara terhormat sebagai Perdana Menteri dan Presiden Umno dan menyerahkan kuasa kepada Najib Tun Razak.

Terdengar desas-desus bahawa mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi semalam panas dengan majoriti Ahli mahukan Abdullah mengelakkan diri dari diaibkan oleh ahli-ahli Umno di akar umbi.

Ketua Wanita Umno Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz dikatakan paling lantang mendesak Abdullah berundur atau menghadapi risiko ditewaskan di peringkat bahagian apabila bahagian-bahagian Umno mula bermesyuarat pada 9hb Oktober nanti.

Mungkin itu lah sebabnya, Abdullah mengeluarkan kenyataan berikut selepas mesyuarat semalam.

"Sebab mesyuarat (bahagian) belum bermula lagi dan apa-apa yang perlu saya laksanakan, dan apa-apa tindakan yang akan saya buat sekali lagi ke, apa ke, itu terserah kepada sayalah. Saya akan cakap dengan (Timbalan Perdana Menteri) Datuk Seri Najib, tak payah ulang-ulanglah." http://www1.mstar.com.my/cerita.asp?file=/2008/9/18/mstar_berita/20080918193513&sec=mstar_berita

Kenyataan Abdullah semalam berbeza dengan kenyataan sebelum ini di mana Abdullah bertegas beliau akan mempertahankan jawatan Presiden Umno dan kekal sebagai Perdana Menteri sehingga 2010.

Blogger Apanama mempunyai maklumat mengenai apa yang berlaku semasa mesyuarat MT semalam. http://apanama2020.blogspot.com/

Bagaimanapun, portal pro-Abdullah, Malaysian Insider, yang biasanya menjadi portal pertama menyiarkan berita eksklusif mempertahankan Abdullah hari ini mengambil sikap berdiam diri.

KRISIS BARU EKONOMI DUNIA?

Pasaran saham Dow Jones merudum semalam selepas kerajaan Amerika Syarikat mengambil initiative menyelamatkan syarikat insurans, American International Group Inc. Dow Jones jatuh 450 mata semalam.

"Pelabur berada dalam keadaan ketakutan.'' - Bill Stone, Ketua Pakar Pelaburan PNC Wealth Management. http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/9/18/business/20080918072548&sec=business

Sementara Datuk Bandar New York Michael Bloomberg memberi amaran satu lagi pusingan krisis kewangan dijangka melanda dunia.
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/9/18/business/20080918074207&sec=business

Sementara Bursa Malaysia sudah pun merasa bahangnya. Semalam Indeks Komposit jatuh ke paras 1002.99.

NST, OH NST!

Bandingkan laporan Bernama yang disiarkan oleh agensi berita itu di website Bernama dengan laporan Bernama yang dikeluarkan New Straits Times. Selepas melihat perbandingan kita akan tertanya-tanya di mana kredibiliti akhbar arus perdana hari ini.

LAPORAN BERNAMA YANG DISIARKAN NEW STRAITS TIMES.

2008/09/17
ABDULLAH: Early leadership transition possible
BERNAMA

PUTRAJAYA, WED: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the leadership transition which had been agreed upon by him and his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in 2010 can take place much earlier.

“The timing is flexible. If I want to go earlier, it is possible,” the prime minister told a news conference at his office here. Najib was also present at the news conference.

Abdullah said the transition plan would depend, among others, on Najib’s performance. Pressed further on the timing, Abdullah said, “It could be between now and June 2010.”

Saying that both leaders were committed to the succession plan, Abdullah said he would defend the Umno presidency at party polls in December while Najib had also confirmed that he would not challenge Abdullah for the post.

When asked further on the timeframe, Abdullah said, “It is not for you to ask and for me to say.” Abdullah said the matter would be decided accordingly as the succession process takes place.

Meanwhile, Najib concurred with Abdullah, saying they both had reached an agreement on the matter. He hoped that the transition plan would be accepted by the party for the sake of the country’s stability and party solidarity.

Najib also said that he would not accept any nomination for the president’s post as he was commited to the succession plan.

When asked further on the timeframe, Abdullah said, “It is not for you to ask and for me to say.” Abdullah said the matter would be decided accordingly as the succession process takes place.

Meanwhile, Najib concurred with Abdullah, saying they both had reached an agreement on the matter.

He hoped that the transition plan would be accepted by the party for the sake of the country’s stability and party solidarity.

Najib also said that he would not accept any nomination for the president’s post as he was commited to the succession plan.
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/Frontpage/20080917162000/Article/index_html

BERITA YANG SAMA (ASAL) YANG DISIARKAN BERNAMA

Early Leadership Transition Possible - Abdullah

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 17 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the leadership transition which had been agreed upon by him and his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in 2010 can take place much earlier.

"The timing for the handing over of power to Najib is flexible. I will decide when to go; I will not be staying more than 2010, naturally.

"If I want to go earlier, it is possible," the prime minister told a news conference at his office here.Najib was also present at the news conference.

Abdullah said the transition plan would depend, among others, on Najib's performance.

Pressed further on the timing, Abdullah said, "It could be between now and June 2010.

"Saying that both leaders were committed to the succession plan, Abdullah said he would defend the Umno presidency at party polls in December while Najib had also confirmed that he would not challenge Abdullah for the post.

When asked further on the timeframe, Abdullah said, "It is not for you to ask and for me to say."Abdullah said the matter would be decided accordingly as the succession process progresses.

Najib concurred with Abdullah, saying they both had reached an agreement on the matter.

He hoped that the transition plan would be accepted by the party for the sake of the country's stability and solidarity within the party.

Asked whether he (Najib) would accept any nomination for the presidency, Najib said, "We have already agreed to it. We are leaving it to the party. We are offering ourselves, we hope the party will accept it."-- BERNAMA
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=359698

MUBARAK MAHU PM SERAH KUASA SEGERA!

17 September, 2008 22:52 PM

Mubarak Berpandangan Berbeza Mengenai Peralihan Kuasa

KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Sept (Bernama) -- Majlis Bekas Wakil Rakyat Malaysia (Mubarak) hari ini melahirkan pandangan berbeza daripada keputusan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan timbalannya Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mengenai peralihan kuasa yang dipersetujui kedua-dua mereka diadakan pada Jun 2010.

Mubarak, yang mengadakan mesyuarat khas Majlis Tertingginya hari ini sekali lagi berpendapat proses peralihan kuasa itu perlu diadakan dengan secepat mungkin, selewat-lewatnya sebelum Perhimpunan Agung Umno pada 16 Dis ini bagi mengelakkan pergolakan dalam parti.

Presidennya Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang berkata keputusan tersebut dicapai sebulat selepas mendengar pandangan dan rumusan 34 daripada 36 anggota Majlis Tertingginya. Dua lagi anggotanya tidak dapat hadir.

Abdullah dan Najib hari ini mengulangi komitmen mereka dengan tempoh peralihan kuasa seperti yang ditetapkan sebelum ini, dan untuk pemilihan Umno pada Disember ini kedua-dua mereka akan mempertahankan jawatan masing-masing sebagai Presiden dan Timbalan Presiden parti.

Abu Zahar berkata peralihan kuasa yang telahpun dipersetujui itu adalah satu persefahaman tetapi ia perlu dirujuk kepada perhimpunan agung Umno Disember ini.

"Pemimpin mestilah patuh dan hormati Perlembagaan parti Umno di mana semua hak ahli-ahli tidak boleh diketepikan," katanya kepada pemberita selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat itu di sini hari ini.

-- BERNAMA
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/bm/newsindex.php?id=359804

KENAPA SAPP KELUAR BN!

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)


1. 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.


2. 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.


3. 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.


4. 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.


5. 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.


6. 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.


7. 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.


8. 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.


9. 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.


10. 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.


11. 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.


12. 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.

http://www.sapp.org.my/default.asp?page=sapp080917

NAJIB SERAH PADA AHLI PARTI TENTUKAN SIAPA PATUT MEMIMPIN UMNO!

"Kami telah sama-sama bersetuju dengan perkara itu. Kami serahkannya kepada parti. Kami telah menawarkan diri masing-masing, kami harap parti akan menerimanya." - Najib Tun Razak.

Itulah kata Najib semasa Abdullah Ahmad Badawi terus mencuba sedaya upaya untuk memastikan pelan peralihan kuasa diterima ahli-ahli parti.

Kenyataan Najib ini jelas menunjukkan beliau mahukan ahli-ahli parti menentukan samada menerima atau menolak pelan tersebut.

Menerima bermaksud mahukan Abdullah kekal sebagai Presiden Umno dan Perdana Menteri sehingga 2010 atau sebaliknya.

Juga jelas Najib konsisten mahukan ahli parti tentukan sendiri pucuk pimpinan parti mereka.

Laporan Bernama: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/bm/news_lite.php?id=359680

KICKDEFELLA DITANGKAP!

TERKINI:
KOTA BAHARU, 17 Sept (Bernama) -- Polis hari ini menahan penulis blog "Kickdefella", Syed Azidi Syed Aziz, di rumahnya di Demit di sini mengikut Akta Hasutan.Isteri Syed Azidi, Bariah Ishak berkata polis yang datang ke rumah mereka dengan menaiki sebuah Pajero berwarna putih dan bercermin gelap, menahan suaminya 5.05 petang.

"Tiga lelaki, yang berpakaian preman, datang ke rumah kami dan memaklumkan bahawa mereka datang untuk menahan suami saya di bawah Akta Hasutan.

"Mereka datang dengan baik walaupun tidak mempunyai waran untuk menahan suami saya," katanya ketika dihubungi.

Beliau berkata salah seorang daripada pegawai polis itu memaklumkan suaminya akan dibawa ke Kuala Lumpur hari ini untuk siasatan lanjut.

Sementara itu, Timbalan Ketua Polis Kelantan SAC II Amir Hamzah Ibrahim ketika dihubungi tidak dapat mengesahkan mengenai tangkapan itu kerana tiada maklumat yang diterima oleh polis Kelantan mengenainya.

"Kita akan periksa dahulu mengenai perkara itu," katanya.

Syed Azidi, 38, adalah Pegawai Perhubungan Awam Perbadanan Menteri Besar Kelantan.
Menerusi blog Kickdefella, beliau pernah pernah mencadangkan agar bendera Malaysia dikibarkan secara terbalik semasa menyambut ulang tahun kemerdekaan negara.Beliau juga pernah mengarahkan filem pendek bertajuk 'Lautan Biru di Waktu Subuh'.-- BERNAMA

Blogger, Syed Azidi Syed Abdul Aziz, atau lebih dikenali sebagai Kickdefella ditangkap di rumahnya di Kota Baru dibawah Akta Hasutan sebentar tadi, menurut akhbar The Star.

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