Katakan "TAK NAK" pada Najib - malaysiakini

Sebagai anak Pahang, dilahirkan di Pahang, bersekolah di Pahang, ibu bapa saya hidup dan mati di Pahang, atuk-atuk dan nenek-nenek saya semuanya dikebumikan di Pahang, sepatutnya saya berbangga jika anak Pahang jadi PM. Saya berbangga kerana Tun Razak anak Pahang menjadi PM kedua, seorang pemimpin yang berkualiti dan menjadi kebanggaan Malaysia.
Tapi kalau Najib anak Tun Razak jadi PM, saya berasa sangat malu! Malu kerana semua skandal yang dikatakan dikaitkan dengan Najib semuanya disapu dibawah carpet.
Saya tak kata Najib bersalah. Saya kata ada tuduhan-tuduhan, tapi tak satu pun tuduhan-tuduhan terhadapnya itu disiasat dan diselesaikan di Mahkamah.
Ada orang kata kedatangan Altantuya ke Malaysia ada kaitan dengan Najib. Betul ke? Kenapa perkara ini tak disiasat. Entah ya entah tidak. Tapi siapa nak tahu kalau kes ini tak disiasat.
Ada orang kata kematian Altantuya dikaitakan dengan Najib, dan bomb c4 adalah dari Kementerian Pertahanan. Ini tuduhan, tapi selagi tak disiasat, siapa nak tahu betul atau tidak?
Entah betul, entah tidak! Bukan saya saja nak tahu, seluruh rakyat Malaysia nak tahu, entah betul entah tidak!
Tiba-tiba timbul pula kes Bala, dia kata Najib ada kena-mengena dengan kes Altantuya, dia buat Statory Declaration. Hari ini dia buat Surat Sumpah, hari esok dia hilang diawa polis dan keluar dia di TV menarik balik akuannya, dan selepas itu dia terus hilang! Dimana dia sekarang? Hidup ke, mati ke? Takkan polis tak boleh jumpa dia kalau dia masih hidup! Apa gunanya ada Interpol kalau seorang Bala pun boleh hilang, dan Bala ini hilang dengan satu keluarga!
Kenapa bila tuduh saja Najib, Bala ini boleh jadi hilang? Aii, orang kampong pun boleh teka apa cerita sebenarnya! Semua ini kerana dan disebabkan oleh Najib!
Kemudian timbul pula cerita Saiful diliwat, dia ada cerita liwat selepas jumpa Najib untuk minta biasiswa, Saiful ini nak sekolah dimana minta biasiswa dari Najib nih? Kenapa sekarang tak sekolah-sekolah pun!
Saiful ini pergi jumpa doktor, dan doktor yang mempunyai pengalaman yang lama kata dia tidak diliwat! Tapi, kerana kes ini bermula dengan Najib, Anwar Ibrahim tetap dituduh liwat? Apa jenis manusianya Najib ni? Orang boleh hilang dan orang boleh kena liwat kerana sentuhannya.
Kita mahu PM yang ada digniti, menang dengan digniti, kalah dengan digniti, hidup sebagai seorang demokrat ulung!
Dia kalah 5 Negeri pd 8.3.2008, dia kalah di Permatang Pauh, dia kalah di KT. Kemudian serata-rata tempat kita dengar Wakil Rakyat PR mendapat tawaran juta-juta ringgit untuk cross ke BN, dan seorang Ketua Bahagian PKR di Perak kata dia ditawarkan RM50 juta oleh Najib supaya 2 Mamat di Negeri itu cross ke BN.
Tiba-tiba kita dengar 2 Mamat itu dituduh rasuah suatu tuduhan yang sengaja diada-adakan, rupa-rupanya ada cerita besar, 2 Mamat yang tak ada kualiti itu hilang, 5 hari hilang. Isteri masing-masing pun tak dapt hubungi mereka. Mereka lari dari tugas. Rupa-rupanya ada di Pekan, kampong Najib! Bila surat letak jawatan mereka di serah kepada Speaker, tiba-tiba menjelma balik dua Mamat itu.
SPR kata tak letak jawatan, SPR ini bertindak sebagai parti komponen BN. Tiba-tiba 2 Mamat itu menjelma bersama Najib, kata mereka keluar dari PKR.
2 Mamat ini hilang, angkara Najib! Krisis di Perak sekarang ini berlaku angkara Najib. Huru-hara di Perak sekarang kerana angkara Najib.
Rakyat Perak sangat benci kepada Najib, dan kalau Pilihanraya Negeri Perak diadakan sekarang, hampir keseluruhan ADUN-ADUN BN Perak akan kecundang. Kredibiliti dan imej BN Perak telah dihancurkan oleh Najib.
Tak mahu cerita panjang lagi. Apa saja nak disebut tentang Najib tidak dapat dilarikan dengan kes-kes terhadapnya yang tidak selesai. Nak jadi PM macam mana? PM yang tak ada kualiti!

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Sultan sympathises with Eli but won't interfere - malaysiakini

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 – The Sultan of Selangor is unhappy that Eli Wong’s privacy has been violated but he does not want to be involved in a decision about her political career.

The sultan’s private secretary, Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani, said this was expressed by the sultan when Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim had an audience with the ruler today to brief him on the political developments in the state and to get his advice on the issue involving Wong, who had offered to resign because of the pictures.

“The sultan had commanded me to inform that his royal highness could not offer any guidance or advice to the menteri besar in the matter related to Wong as it was still under police investigation and that it involved her political position.

“It is his stance as the Sultan of Selangor to be above politics,” Mohamad Munir said in a statement sent to Bernama here today.

Following is the full statement by the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, over the controversy involving Bukit Lanjan state assemblyman Elizabeth Wong.

I am pleased to inform that Yang Amat Berhormat Tan Sri Dato’ Abdul Khalid Bin Ibrahim, the Dato’ Menteri Besar Selangor has sought an audience with His Royal Highness, The Sultan of Selangor, on Wednesday, 25th February 2009 and duly informed His Royal Highness on the political development and the issue which involved Yang Berhormat Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping, the Selangor State Assemblyman for Bukit Lanjan who is also the State Selangor Exco Member.

His Royal Highness, The Sultan of Selangor, has commanded me to inform that His Royal Highness could not offer any guidance or advice to the Yang Berhormat Dato’ Menteri Besar of Selangor in the matter related to the issue of Yang Berhormat Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping as it was still under police investigation and it involved her political position. It is His Royal Highness’ stance as the Sultan of Selangor to be above politics.

His Royal Highness believes that whatever decision that is going to be made by the Yang Amat Berhormat Dato’ Menteri Besar of Selangor will made with accurateness, fair and with wisdom by taking into consideration the interest of the Rakyat in particular and the State of Selangor generally. His Royal Highness is upset and worried as of late the intrusion of someone’s privacy and private rights was being used to destroy one’s dignity and reputation. It is a sad thing as one’s life and private rights were being made public and subject to public scrutiny by publicising in the mass media.

To Yang Berhormat Elizabeth Wong, His Royal Highness felt sad and sympathised with her as to the unfortunate event she had suffered and hoped that Yang Berhormat Elizabeth Wong will remain calm and be patient in continuing with her life henceforth.

Dato’ Haji Mohamad Munir bin Bani

Dato’ Lela Bakti Private Secretary to His Royal Highness

The Sultan Of Selangor

Wong, 37, tendered her resignation to Khalid on Feb 17.

She is now believed to be abroad and has reiterated her stand to resign as state assemblyman and also state executive councillor despite advice from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) leadership to reconsider her decision while on leave.

Wong, who is Wanita PKR information chief, won the Bukit Lanjan state seat in the March 2008 general election after defeating Barisan Nasional's Datin Paduka Yong Dai Ying with a 5,155-votes majority. – Bernama

Polis Henti Siasatan Kes Penggantungan Zambry dan Exco - malaysiakini

Hasil lebih dua jam siasatan terhadap V Sivakumar.

Polis telah mengarahkan semua siasatan terhadap pengantungan Menteri Besar BN Zambry Kadir dan enam exconya dihentikan serta-merta setelah lebih dua jam menjalankan siasatan terhadap Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak V Sivakumar.

Dalam satu kenyataan yang di keluarkan selepas empat angota polis dari Jabatan Siasiatan Jenayah Komersial di pejabat peguam Sivakumar dekat Ipoh, Siva menjelaskan bahawa walaupun beliau telah berkerja sama dengan pihak polis namun pihak polis mungkin telah bertindak dengan ‘ultra-vires’.

“Saya merasa lega sebab semua siasatan keatas exconya adalah melanggar peruntukan undang-undang sah di negara ini,” kata Sivakumar.

Menurutnya lagi, di bawah pembentukan undang-undang dewan enakmen 1959 dan artikel 72 Kerajaan Pusat telam memberi imuniti mutlak kepada Speaker dan hak istimewa ahli dari semua tindakan keatas undang-undang sivil dan jenayah.

Laporan media telah menyatakan seramai 19 orang angota polis telah membuat laporan polis menganai Sivakumar yang menggantung dan mangharamkan Zambry dan enam exconya untuk menghadiri persidangan selama 12 sehingga 18 bulan. Satu lagi kegagalan institusi

Siasatan polis telah di buka di bawah section 124/120B Penal kod. Tertuduh di bawah Sesyen 124, yang memaksa wakil yang di pilih di gugurkan dari tugas dan kuasa sah boleh menerima hukuman maksima tujuh tahun penjara dan denda jika disabitkan kesalahan.Sementara itu, pengamal undang-undang dan pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat telah mengecam tindakan polis dan manyatakan bahawa ini merupakan satu kelemahan institusi awam yang seharusnya bertindak bebas politik.

Bekas Perdana Menteri Mahathir Mohamad juga mengkritik bahawa laporan polis bekenaan.
Di dalam bolg beliau ww.chedet.com: “jika keputusan oleh Speaker itu dianggap jenayah, apa akan terjadi bila Seaker di Parlimen menggantung ahli pembangkang atas apa jua alasan,”

“Dan perkara ini sering berlaku. Adakah setiap ahli pembangkang itu akan membuat laporan polis? Jika mereka boleh, adakah kita boleh menggangap bahawa pihak polis ada kuasaa untuk mengambil alih kedudukan Speaker Parlimen?” jelas Mahathir di dalam bolgnya.

Minggu lalu, Majlis Peguam telah mengeluarkan satu kenyataan berkata tindakan Sivakumar tidak boleh di bawa ke mahkamah.

“Tidak kira juka apa jenis prosidur yang di ikuti Speaker dan ahli keistimewaannya di bawah artikel 72 konstitusi pusat, tindakan Speaker dan kesahihan tindakan undang-undang adalah harus di buat di luar mahkamah,” Kata President Majlis Peguam Ambiga Sreenevasan.

“Dalam perkara ini kita melihat perbezaan kuasa di antara pentadbir dan undang-undang. Menteri Besar mungkin orang yang paling berkuasa di dalam pentadbiran manakala undang-undang di tentukan oleh Speaker,” jelas peguam hak asasi manusia Malik Imtiaz Sarwar. -- Suara Keadilan

Khalid strikes back - malaysiakini

By Neville Spykerman

SHAH ALAM, Feb 24 – The gloves have come off in the battle for Selangor.

Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim who is being accused of abuse of power by Umno and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC) has started to hit back at his detractors.

Yesterday, two top officials from state investment arm Permodalan Negeri Selangor Berhad (PNSB) were ordered to go on a month’s paid leave to facilitate investigations into “irregularities and weaknesses” in the company’s financial accounts.

The pair are chief executive Datin Khairiyah Abu Hassan and finance manager Nora Azmin Radzuan, who is also Selangor Puteri Umno chief.

The Malaysian Insider has learnt that among the irregularities detected in the financial accounts is non-disclosure of perks and bonuses paid to former top officials of PNSB, as well as declarations to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB).

Sources told The Malaysian Insider there was also a probe on irregularities in the financial accounts involving an RM159,250 Patek Philippe watch which was returned to PNSB by Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo, the former Umno menteri besar.

The former menteri besar was initially given the gold watch as a sign of gratitude by the state investment agency before the March 8 general elections but it was reported that he declined to accept it.

The watch was reported to have been sold at the same price two months later but a probe is underway into the possibility of manipulation of PNSB’s accounts.

In a statement yesterday the state government indicated they were also investigating discrepancies in the sale and purchase of real estate in Mecca, between 2006 and 2007.

The Malaysian Insider has learnt that the state investment agency had purchased property in Saudi Arabia but these were later sold at cost price, without the knowledge of PNSB’s board.
Last Friday, the MACC revealed that there was strong evidence to show that Khalid had used state funds to purchase cattle for mosques in his parliamentary constituency and to pay for the maintenance of his personal car.

But yesterday’s revelation of irregularities is an indication that Khalid is prepared to go toe-to-toe with Umno and this may mean more dirt on the previous administration may soon be exposed. -- The Malaysian Insider

Perak Speaker: Police cannot investigate me - malaysiakini

IPOH, Feb 23 — Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar today condemned the police for investigating his role in suspending the Barisan Nasional (BN) executive council from the state legislature.

Saying that it contravened provisions in both state and federal law, he demanded police halt investigations against him.

“It is clear that the conduct of any member of the legislative assembly in his or her capacity as a member and the validity of their proceedings are absolutely protected by immunity from civil or criminal proceedings for anything said and done.

“It is my belief that any investigation by the police against any member of this assembly is a violation of existing laws and legal provisions of this country,” he said in a statement.

He cited Section 3 of the Legislative Assembly (Privileges) Enactment 1959 and Article 72(2) of the Federal Constitution which protect members of legislative bodies from civil or criminal proceedings arising from his actions with respect to the legislative body or any of its committees.

He released the statement shortly after police recorded his statement for two hours today based on 19 reports lodged against him for suspending Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and his six executive council members.

Sivakumar, who suspended them in his capacity as chairman of the privileges committee, told reporters however that he had cooperated with the police “as it was my responsibility to tell them what I needed to tell them.”

“I cooperated with them and they cooperated with me. There was no problem,” he said and declined to comment further. -- The Malaysian Insider

Inikah dia SPRM? - malaysiakini

Gendang perang yang dipalu kerajaan amat menarik dan ramai mula bernafas lega. Namun sejak gendang itu dipalu seolah tiada tindakan konkrit sehinggalah Badan Pencegah Rasuah (BPR) ditukar kepada Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) diwujudkan.

Walaupun SPRM gagal menjawab dua persoalan penting yang menjadi punca utama kelemahan BRP iaitu

• masih tidak bebas semua lantikan dan kenaikan pangkat masih dibawah ketiak Perdana Menteri seharusnya diletakkan terus di bawah Parlimen Malaysia untuk menjamin kebebasan.
• masih terikat iaitu tidak punya kuasa pendakwaan. Maknanya kejadian siasatan keatas menteri boleh disiapkan namun tidak boleg didakwa kerana Peguam Negara mendapat arahan dari atas boleh berulang.Namun ramai yang masih cuba melihat positif.

Saya sendiri telah menjadi individu pertama menghantar laporan beserta bukti rasuah kepada SPRM pada hari pertama kewujudanya.

Laporan ini menguji sejauh mana efisyensi SPRM yang menggunakan buget wang rakyat yang jauh lebih banyak dari BPR.Namun setelah namun setelah masuk bulan ketiga langsung tiada khabar dari laporan yang mengandungi bukti dan kes rasuah yang amat mudah diselesaikan itu.

Ada maklumat dalaman yang diperolehi ada antara kes yang dihantar tersebut ditutup begitu sahaja. Malah jauh dari itu SPRM kelihatan lebih berminat bertindak berdasarkan kepentingan politik pihak tertentu.

Kes 1

• 10 orang pegawai SPRM telah menahan ahli Puteri Umno di bahagian Jempol, lalu sesi soal siasat dijalankan di sebuah hotel murah di Bahau. Ahli Puteri ini yang dikerutung oleh 10 lelaki pegawai SPRM tanpa ditemani sesiapa ketakutan dan dipaksa menandatangani surat akuan palsu bahawa dia menerima rasuah. Selepas perkara ini terdedah Setiausaha KEADILAN Rembau telah membuat laporan polis sebaliknya SPRM telah membuat laporan balas dan mengugut untuk saman. Kes ini disenyapkan begitu sahaja.

Kes 2

• Seorang AJK Umno Bahagian Temerloh telah diseksa 'ala siksaan Abu Gharib' untuk mendapatkan tandatanganya dalam satu akuan 'palsu' yang mengakui dia menerima wang dari seorang pemimpin Umno.

Setelah diselidiki dua kes ini bukan kes terpencil. Banyak kes berlaku lagi namun ahli Umno yang 'terkena' takut untuk tampil ke depan. Perkembangan ini membuktikan SPRM kelihatan seronok diperkudakan oleh kumpulan politik tertentu untuk mencapai kehendak politik mereka.

Dalam perkembangan antara parti pula SPRM jelas menjalankan kerja politik bagi pihak Bn.

Kes 1

Seorang ahli KEADILAN bahagian Kuala Pilah pilah telah ditangkap ekoran laporan Ahli Parlimen Kuala Pilah. Kononya dia yang bekerja sebagai budak pejabat di sebuah institusi kewangan menawarkan jumlah wang mencecah jutaan ringgit untuk memujuk ahli parlimen Kuala Pilah untuk keluar Bn.

Ahli KEADILAN yang ditahan ketika bekerja di pejabatnya ini dibawa ke Pejabat SPRM Seremban untuk sesi soal siasat. Namun amat menyedihkan sesi soal siasat ini bertukar menjadi sesi brain wash atau turn over dimana Pegawai Penyiasat menyerang peribadi Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Kes 2

Dalam isu hangat bertukar parti akhir - akhir ini, Ketua Pengarah SPRM secara tiba - tiba mengeluarkan kenyataan berminat untuk menyiasat ADUN Bota apabila beliau mengistiharkan masuk KEADILAN. Namun apabila 4 ADUN Pakatan Rakyat masuk Bn, SPRM seolah seronok dengan perkembangan tersebut dan tidak pun keluar kenyataan minat untuk siasat.

Kes 3 dan seterusnya berkaitan dengan ratusan malah mungkin mencecah ribuan laporan yang dibuat semenjak BPR dan kini di bawa kehadapan atas nama SPRM mengenai salahguna kuasa pemimpin politik Bn mahupun pegawai tinggi kerajaan. Namun seolah tiada tindakan diambil.

Saya pernah menghantar semula kertas siasatan dimana BPR pernah menyelesaikan kertas siasatan dengan mendapati 2 menteri bersalah kerana rasuah namun BPR sendiri dalam kertas siasatan yang sama menyarankan agar pendakwaan tidak dilakukan jika menteri tersebut meletakkan jawatan dalam kerajaan dan parti politik. Nampaknya SPRM juga gagal berbuat apa-apa ke atas kertas siasatan tersebut.

Laporan kes penglibatan Peguam Negara dan Ketua Polis negara mereka bukti dalam kes Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim juga gagal disiasat. Kes Pita Linggam SPRM diamkan. Malah dalam kes melibatkan Ketua Hakim Negara SPRM langsung tidak menunjukkan minat walaupun YB Karpal Sigh telah mendedahkan bukti rakaman suara Tun Zaki mengaku menerima rasuah.

Pendedahan terbaru Datuk Seri Anwar di parlimen juga memeranjatkan dimana SPRM punya bukti pernah memerangkap Bn Kedah ketika sedang dalam operasi membeli ADUN Kulim.Di Selangor tentu ramai yang pertikaikan sebelum PRU 12, terlalu banyak tuduhan rasuah ke atas Khir Toyo tetapi selepas Khir Toyo tumbang sebagai MB kenapa tiada pendakwaan. Untuk pengetahuan semua Khir masih selamat kerana dilindungi aparat kerajaan seperti SPRM.

Selepas kalah polis mengepung bangunan yang menempatkan SUK dan Pejabat MB Selangor untuk operasi musnahkan dokumen. Laporan rasuah telah dibuat bukan dalam satu isu tetapi berpuluh isu ke atas Khir Toyo namun SPRM kelihatan mandul.

Jika BPR kelihatan sebagai kuda tunggangan Bn tapi kini SPRM ini kelihatan bukan setakat jadi kuda tetapi kelihatan seronok dan bersungguh untuk jadi kuda terbaik kumpulan politik tertentu dalam Bn.

Sehubungan dengan itu, atas nama Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia, sebuah badan gabungan 'tanpa ikatan' yang menggabungkan anak muda Malaysia yang mempunyai cita - cita perubahan (tanpa kira latar politik, kaum dsb) mengajak anak - anak muda Malaysia untuk hadir di depan Pejabat SPRM Putrajaya memprotes dan memberi amaran kepada SPRM.

Himpunan Anak Muda Malaysia

Protes SPRM - seronok jadi kuda kelompok politik

25 Febuari 2009, Rabu11.00 pagi

Depan Pejabat SPRM Putrajaya.

Sumber: chegubard

DAP Sokong TGNA: Ibrahim Ali Patut Letak Jawatan - malaysiakini

KOTA BAHARU: DAP Kelantan menyokong saranan Menteri Besar Kelantan, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat supaya Anggota Parlimen Pasir Mas, Datuk Ibrahim Ali meletak jawatan bagi membolehkan pilihan raya kecil diadakan.

Setiausaha Jawatankuasa Penaja DAP Kelantan, Sew Kok Beng berkata langkah itu sejajar dengan hasrat pengundi di kawasan itu yang mahukan seorang pemimpin 'berwibawa dan mengenang budi'.

"Ibrahim patut meletak jawatan sebagai wakil rakyat kerana sebelum ini kemenangannya atas lambang Pas," katanya ketika ditemui di sini, hari ini.

Kok Beng mengulas saranan Mursyidul Am Pas itu bahawa pengundi di kawasan Pasir Mas perlu diberi peluang bagi menentukan siapa pemimpin yang dikehendaki.

Kok Beng berkata bekas ketua Umno bahagian Pasir Mas itu sepatutnya menghormati Pas yang memberi laluan mudah bertanding di kawasan itu sekaligus mencatat nama sebagai wakil rakyat bebas.

Ibrahim berkata, jika beliau melepaskan jawatan Anggota Parlimen, beliau perlu menunggu lima tahun lagi untuk melayakkannya bertanding. -- BERNAMA

Dr M mocks BN over Perak deadlock - malaysiakini

By Leslie Lau
Consultant Editor

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has ridiculed Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi for asking Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadir to lodge a police report against the Perak State Assembly Speaker.

Writing in his popular chedet.cc blog, he said that while it was possible for the Speaker to commit a crime, “the suspension of any assemblyman is not a crime which the police can take action against.”

Known for his acerbic criticism, the former prime minister has been a thorn in Abdullah’s side in recent years.

But in previous remarks, he has also expressed his disapproval over Barisan’s move to court the defections of the two former PKR Perak assemblymen – Osman Jailu and Jamaludin Mohd Radzi.

The resignation from PKR of the two men and their backing for Barisan Nasional (BN) sparked the downfall of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Perak government but it has also drawn criticism because the two men are facing graft charges in court.

In his latest blog post, Dr Mahathir poured scorn on Abdullah’s suggestion for Zambry to lodge a police report against Speaker V Sivakumar over the suspension of the Perak MB and his entire state executive council.

“If the decision of the Speaker can be considered a crime, then what will happen when the Parliamentary Speaker suspends opposition members for whatever reasons?

“And this happens frequently. Will opposition members lodge police reports? If they can, then can we consider the police to have powers over the Parliamentary Speaker?”

The former PM also commented on Zambry’s statement that he would attend the state assembly sitting despite the suspension.

He said that under the legislature’s standing orders, the Speaker can direct officers of the assembly to remove Zambry.

“Also, where will Zambry sit? What if Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin sits in the mentri besar’s chair? Will the Speaker ask his officers to force Nizar to vacate the chair?

“Let us all as citizens watch what happens next.” -- The Malaysian Insider

Pakatan to move no-confidence vote against Zambry’s team - malaysiakini

Datuk Seri Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin, his wife and their seven children loading up their family vehicle in preparation to move out of the Perak mentri besar's official residence today. – Pic by Choo Choy May

By Debra Chong

IPOH, Feb 22 – Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin said today Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will table a vote of no-confidence in the Perak state assembly against the Barisan Nasional (BN) government of Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadir.

And the Pas man anticipates turmoil because of the expected challenges from BN to the move.
He said PR expects to win such a vote as Perak Speaker V Sivakumar is likely to bar Zambry and his state executive councillors from attending proceedings after recently meting out suspensions against them.

This means PR will have the advantage with 28 assemblyman against BN’s 21 allowed to vote.
“We will table the motion of no confidence and see who will get the majority,” Nizar told reporters today before moving out of the official mentri besar’s residence here.

Sivakumar will seek consent from the Sultan of Perak to convene a sitting of the legislature, Nizar said.

Under the Perak state constitution, not more than six months can elapse between sittings of the assembly. While only the Sultan can convene sittings, he is bound by the constitution to call for an assembly by early May.

Nizar also brushed aside Zambry’s remarks yesterday that he would still attend proceedings.
“They have been suspended by the Speaker,” he said, referring to the six exco members as well as Zambry.

He argued that the Speaker had full powers to suspend or expel lawmakers and that the decision is final.

Umno and BN leaders are disputing this assertion, and are contending that suspensions must be voted on by the assembly.

The Perak state constitution says that the assembly may regulate its own procedure.

Umno is expected to attempt to challenge the Speaker’s decision in court, but it is still unclear if such decisions are subject to judicial review.

“Umno is now terrified and worried,” Nizar told reporters. -- The Malaysian Insider

DSAI: Apa Jadi Dengan Ratusan Lapuran Pimpinan UMNO/BN? - malaysiakini

Saya kesal dengan kenyataan politik Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) yang telah bertindak menghukum Tan Sri Khalid sebelum sebarang pendakwaan dan perbicaraan bersabit dengan kenderaan dan juga lembu.

Sikap pilih kasih dan pendakwaan selektif yang begitu ketara ini sangat menjijikkan, tatkala puluhan, malahan ratusan laporan polis serta laporan rasuah yang dikemukakan kepada SPRM melibatkan pimpinan Umno-BN, dibakulsampahkan dan senyap sunyi tanpa berita!

Reformasi apa yang dijanjikan kini? SPRM ghairah memperjuangkan kes lembu, walhasil mereka menampakkan diri mereka ibarat lembu dicucuk hidung.

Cara jelek sebegini pastinya satu percaturan jelek yang diatur bagi memenuhi agenda peribadi Datuk Seri Najib untuk memastikan suara rakyat dilenyapkan.

KeADILan dan Pakatan Rakyat ingin menegaskan bahawa kita komited dengan agenda membanteras rasuah ke akar umbi dan menentang sistem yang rakus dan zalim.

ANWAR IBRAHIM

Sumber: anwaribrahimblog

MS: Selagi BN/UMNO yang terus menerajui pemerintahan negara ini, tubuhkanlah apa saja Suruhanjaya, apa saja Badan ianya tetap dipengaruhi pemerintah. Tetap tidak akan ada ketelusan, tetap tidak akan bebas. Hanya pada nama saja ianya Badan Bebas. Lihat saja lah Suruhanjaya Pencegah Rasuah Malaysia, apa dah jadi????

Buat lah apa saja laporan, selagi ianya datang dari bukan pihak pemerintah pasti lah laporan tersebut akan di"bakulsampah"kan atau dilengah-lengahkan, melainkan ianya datang dari juak-juak UMNO/BN, maka akan cepat lah pihak-pihak terbabit bertindak, tak kiralah samada PDRM atau SPRM. Semuanya sama, tak boleh di percaya langsung.

Bukan setakat laporan yang dibuat akan di"bakulsampah"kan, silap-silap pelapor pula akan didakwa seperti kes RPK. Oleh itu hati-hati lah .... dan berusaha lah kearah kerajaan yang baru yang lebih telus dan boleh dipercayai

Mahfuz: Najib Punca Istana Diheret Ke Kancah Politik - malaysiakini

Najib lah yang memulakan segala-galanya. Najib yang telah "merampas kuasa" di Perak dengan menggunakan Istana demi kepentingan politik mereka.

"Punca kepada kekalutan yang berlaku hari ini ialah tindakan Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak yang menggunakan istana bagi merampas Perak, kemudiannnya beliau berselindung di sebalik istana dan menuduh Pakatan Rakyat penderhaka" kata Mahfuz

"Walhal beliaulah yang memulakan segala-galanya, mereka menggunakan kedudukan dan kuasa untuk mempengaruhi istana, ini satu helah yang digunakan Umno/BN terutamanya Najib untuk memuaskan hati dan cita-cita politiknya menjelang Mac ini. --- seterusnya di Utara Online

Who is Elizabeth Wong @ Eli? - malaysiakini

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 - Elizabeth Wong was better noted for her passion for the environment and commitment to social justice and human rights before pictures of her semi-naked were circulated on the Internet.

Now, friends have started to flesh out the unusual life of the 38-year-old Selangor assemblywoman better known as Eli.

A graduate in fine arts from Sydney University, Wong is said to chain smoke, and play the guitar, violin and piano. She loves cats and was once a national swimmer.

Friends also spoke of her as “highly principled” – she refused bribes from developers when she was in charge of the environment portfolio.

“Her habits such as sleeping late at 2am or 3am, waking up late, chain smoking and everything else are things that her activist friends are used to,” said a former colleague, S. Arutchelvan, who has known Wong for more than 12 years.

“But behind her public image, she is an environment lover, a cat lover, a musician ... and a human rights defender, whether for illegal immigrants or anyone who is a victim.”

Former executive director Cynthia Gabriel from the human rights group Suaram described her as fearless.

“She’s uncompromising when it comes to what she believes in,” said Gabriel, who has known the opposition politician for more than a decade.

“She had performed excellently in her portfolio and seeing what happened to her is very difficult to accept.”

Wong rose to political stardom when she contested last year’s March polls for a state seat in Selangor on the opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) ticket for the first time and won.

She was then appointed the state executive councillor in charge of environment, tourism and consumer affairs.

But her political career came to a grinding halt on Feb 13 when some newspapers published pictures of her sleeping alone in her sarong.

The pictures were believed to have been taken by her former boyfriend Hilmi Malek, who is believed to be in Indonesia now.

She offered to relinquish her posts. But the PKR said no and she is said to be on holiday at present.

Friends and former colleagues believe that she will soon return to action.

Indeed, Arutchelvan said that Wong is dedicated to her work and principles.

“When I was working with her, she would spend the nights in the office if she had to,” he said. “If I were to call someone in the middle of the night or early morning, I would call Eli because she would be one of the only comrades still awake.”

Wong was also a human rights fellow of Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

“After she became a state executive councillor, she complained to me that developers tried to offer her gifts and expensive chocolates but she said she totally ignored them,” Arutchelvan said.
He also described her as well read.

“In fact, she is one of the most intelligent state executive councillors in Selangor,” he said. “Her house usually looks as if it has been hit by a typhoon with her things sprawled everywhere. But the only two things that stand out as they are neatly arranged are her books and her photos.

“She loves taking photographs as a hobby and she has a passion for the arts.”

Her blog has a section titled Aufheben, which she says is a German term that the philosopher Hegel used “to explain the synthesis one would come upon after creating thesis and antithesis”.

A section about herself says she “enjoys looking at the paradoxes and intricacies of democracy and politics. In her spare time, she researches and writes on the War on Terror and security in the region. Her interests are in political imagery and symbolism, history, South Asian politics, resistance and Islamism in South-east Asia, technology and the politics of change”.

Another old friend, Anne James, questioned the motives behind the release of the photos.

“The scoundrels who are accusing her should look in the mirror themselves,” she said. “Is lying in the nude worse than raiding the state coffers?”

James said she hoped Wong would return to her post soon.

“Politicians like her are few and far between,” she said. – Straits Times

TGNA Cabar Ibrahim Ali Letak Jawatan - malaysiakini

KOTA BAHARU: Mursyidul Am PAS, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat berkata, parti itu tidak bimbang jika Ahli Parlimen Pasir Mas, Datuk Ibrahim Ali meletakkan jawatan, malah mencabarnya menguji kekuatan pengaruh politik dengan bertanding atas tiket Bebas dalam pilihan raya kecil.

Nik Aziz yakin Ibrahim tidak akan memperoleh kemenangan atau majoriti sebesar majoriti yang diperoleh dalam pilihan raya umum Mac tahun lalu jika tidak kerana sokongan daripada anggota PAS.

Pesuruhjaya PAS negeri itu berkata: "Keputusan PAS mencabar beliau (Ibrahim) supaya meletakkan jawatan kerana mengkritik PAS daripada belakang adalah keputusan PAS negeri yang dibuat dalam mesyuarat perhubungan negeri yang saya sendiri selaku Pengerusi (perhubungan)."

"PAS tidak bimbang jika Ibrahim letak jawatan dan bertanding semula atas tiket Bebas jika benar-benar ingin menguji kekuatan pengaruhnya dalam politik kerusi Parlimen itu jika ia mahu menyahut cabaran PAS supaya meletakkan jawatan," katanya kepada pemberita ketika ditemui di rumahnya di Pulau Melaka, di sini hari ini.

Pagi ini ketika ditemui pemberita selepas merasmikan kursus kakitangan awam kerajaan negeri, Nik Aziz enggan memberikan sebarang ulasan mengenai desakan PAS Kelantan yang mahukan Ibrahim meletak jawatan.

"Tok se, tok se (tak nak, tak nak)," kata Menteri Besar Kelantan itu.

Semalam, Setiausaha Badan Perhubungan PAS, Kelantan Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan berkata, PAS Kelantan meminta Ibrahim meletak jawatan sebagai wakil rakyat berikutan tindakannya yang kebelakangan ini sering mengkritik PAS.

Takiyuddin menyifatkan kelantangan Ibrahim itu sebagai tidak mengenang budi sedangkan anggota Parlimen Bebas itu diberi peluang bertanding atas tiket PAS pada pilihan raya umum 2008.

Dalam reaksi spontan semalam, Ibrahim berkata, beliau tidak akan meletakkan jawatan kecuali diminta berbuat demikian oleh pengundi di kawasannya.

Ibrahim, 57, digugurkan dari jawatan Ketua Umno Pasir Mas pada 22 November 2003 dan kemudian digantung keanggotaannya dalam Umno seumur hidup kerana bertanding sebagai calon bebas pada pilihan raya umum ke-11, Mei 2004.

Ibrahim bagaimanapun tewas kepada calon PAS, Ismail Noh.

Ibrahim turut hilang wang pertaruhan selepas mendapat 415 undi semasa pilihan raya kecil kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri Pangkalan Pasir pada 2005 yang dimenangi oleh calon Barisan Nasional, Hanafi Mamat.

Ditanya mengapa PAS bertindak mencabar Anggota Parlimen itu meletakkan jawatan, Nik Aziz berkata, ini disebabkan Ibrahim mengkritik kepimpinan PAS dari belakang.

Nik Aziz berkata, walaupun Ibrahim calon Bebas, tetapi bukan bererti beliau boleh bebas tanpa sekatan.

"Kalau lembu pun kita kena ikat dengan tali, mana boleh manusia bebas tanpa sekatan.

"Sebagai pemimpin, Ibrahim tidak boleh mengkritik dan menyerang PAS dan pemimpinnya bukan-bukan.

"Ini bukan bererti PAS tidak boleh ditegur. Yang berhak mengkritik dan menegur (pemimpin dan parti) ialah rakyat," katanya.

Kepada soalan lain, jika Ibrahim enggan berundur dan meletakkan jawatan walaupun dicabar berbuat demikian oleh PAS, Nik Aziz berkata: "Memanglah, biasanya manusia tidak mudah mengaku kalah. Macamlah kita jadi menantu, kalau mentua bencipun kita tetap tinggal rumah itu kerana sayangkan anaknya..." BERNAMA

"Saya bukan manusia boleh digertak sesuka hati": Khalid - malaysiakini

Oleh NURUL AIN MOHD. HUSSAIN

PETALING JAYA: Menteri Besar Selangor, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim yang sedang berhadapan dengan tuduhan menyalahgunakan kuasanya dalam penyelenggaraan kereta peribadinya dan pembelian lembu korban pada Disember tahun lalu menyifatkan tuduhan yang dikenakan ke atasnya sebagai tidak berasas.

Menurut Khalid taktik mengenakan rasuah ke atas beliau merupakan tindakan terdesak daripada kerjaaan Barisan Nasional (BN) yang mahu merampas kerajaan Selangor daripada Pakatan Rakyat.

"Saya tidak takut dengan desakan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) kerana percaya tindakan yang dilakukan itu adalah untuk membantu rakyat yang susah dan bukan untuk diri sendiri.

"Saya tidak makan lembu itu, tapi saya beri kepada rakyat miskin, saya guna kereta Lexus saya sendiri supaya kerajaan negeri tidak perlu keluarkan perbelanjaan untuk itu," katanya ketika berucap pada majlis makan malam bersama Pemimpin Tertinggi Pakatan Rakyat di Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur di sini malam tadi.

Semalam, Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) berkata wujud bukti kukuh yang menunjukkan Menteri Besar Selangor, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim menyalahgunakan kuasanya dalam isu penyelenggaraan kereta dan pembelian lembu korban.

Ketua Pesuruhjaya SPRM, Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan berkata, pihaknya mendapati terdapat bukti bahawa Khalid telah menyalahgunakan kuasanya dalam penyelenggaraan kereta peribadinya dan pembelian 46 ekor lembu korban bernilai RM110,400 untuk sambutan Aidiladha pada Disember tahun lalu di kawasan Parlimen beliau di Bandar Tun Razak.

Khalid yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri kawasan Ijok menegaskan beliau bukan seorang manusia yang boleh digertak sesuka hati.

“Makin digertak saya akan terus buktikan kerajaan Pakatan lebih baik daripada BN yang telah memerintah negera ini selama 51 tahun.

“Kita tahu kerajaan BN akan tumbang jadi mereka akan guna apa-apa cara sekali pun untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan Pakatan di Selangor,” katanya.

Tambah beliau, rakyat akan dapat menilai taktik kotor BN seperti itu untuk menguasai negeri ini namun tegasnya kerajaan PR akan terus membela nasib rakyat di negeri itu.

Turut hadir pada majlis tersebut ialah Ketua Umum Pakatan Rakyat, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim; Presiden PKR, Datuk Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail; Timbalan Presiden PKR, Prof. Dr. Syed Husin Ali; Naib-naib Presiden PKR, Azmin Ali dan R. Sivarasa serta Ketua Penerangan PKR, Tian Chua -- mStar

Umno’s pro-royalty stance in question - malaysiakini

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — Umno has rushed to the defence of the monarchy that is being blamed for the Perak political turmoil, but the concept of blind loyalty to the Rulers is not washing well on the ground.
In the name of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, Umno organised a rally on Thursday night to demonstrate the “people's anger”.
But cynicism abounds as it was the Malay political party that had, in the 1993 constitutional crisis, campaigned against the Rulers' alleged excesses and wrongdoings, analysts say.
“The monarchy is the backbone of the nation, and we will defend it through and through. If we let things continue as they are, innocent people will suffer and it will be chaos,” Umno Youth chief Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said at the rally.
He was cheered by about 3,000 people, most of them dressed in yellow — the colour of royalty — and wearing headbands with the words Daulat Tuanku (Long live the King).
The political turmoil in Perak started when opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat lost the support of four lawmakers to BN.
But PR refused to admit defeat when Perak Ruler, Sultan Azlan Shah, did not call for fresh state polls, and instead gave his consent to BN to form the state government.
The fight for Perak is continuing with state assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar, who belongs to the opposition, suspending the BN-appointed menteri besar and his six new executive council members.
Emotions ran so high that opposition party chief Karpal Singh received bullets in the mail yesterday. An accompanying letter warned him not to challenge the Malays and the royalty. He had said the Sultan could be taken to court for not acting in accordance with the Perak Constitution.
But there seems to be many who also think that Umno's current pro-royalty stance is a matter of political expediency.
“Everything has been politicised but to the people of Perak, there is nothing wrong actually. We, of course, would like to have fresh polls but since the Sultan has made his decision, we have to abide by it whether we like it or not,” said contract worker Mohd Aswani Arshad, 41.
Independent pollster Merdeka Centre revealed that 74 per cent of those surveyed in Perak wanted fresh polls.
Many Malaysians have not forgotten that in 1993, Umno took the exact opposite position regarding the monarchy.
Among the changes Umno pushed for then were to lift Malay Rulers' immunity from being tried in a special court, and to withdraw unscheduled and unbudgeted allocations and perks to the nine royal houses.
The Mahathir administration had revealed in Parliament a long list of alleged criminal acts by the Sultan of Johor between March 1972 and November 1992.
This has coloured public perception of the monarchy.
Fast forward to today, and there are some Malaysians who have pushed the limits in their anger against the Perak Ruler over the political turmoil, but most take a temperate line. They merely want their democratic rights.
Haris Ibrahim, who runs The People's Parliament blog, wrote: “Had His Royal Highness decreed the current (Perak) assembly be dissolved, paving the way for fresh elections, he would have... left it to the only authority there is to resolve the question of who should administer the state — the people.”
But Hishammuddin has vowed to continue attacking the opposition for “betraying the Rulers”. Meanwhile, opposition leaders have written to the Perak Ruler to seek an audience.
The turmoil is set to continue. — Straits Times -- The Malaysian Insider

DSAI LODGES REPORT AGAINST AG, IGP FOR FABRICATING ARREST WARRANT - malaysiakini

By SK English Team

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has lodged a police report against the Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail and Inspector General of Police Musa Hassan, alleging they had conspired to fabricate an arrest warrant issued on him in 1998.

According to Anwar, the then assistant commissioner of police Koh Hang San had arrested him under Section 377B of the Penal Code, but later lodged a police report that he was arrested under the Internal Security Act.

“This was done in a conspiracy to prevent the fact of my assault and injuries being made known to the public, as I would not have been produced in court subsequently,” Anwar said.

“I have today lodged a police report in relation to their role in the conspiracy resulting in Koh lodging a false police report against me on Sept 21, 1998. I say that this further confirms their role in the conspiracy behind the police report by Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan on June 28, 2008, as a fabricated report.

“The reason why I am repeatedly lodging these reports is because if things like this can happen to me, and I was once the deputy prime minister and now the Opposition Leader, the faith of the people would not be protected in this institution.

“There are police officers who are committed to their tasks, I don’t deny that, otherwise I wouldn’t be lodging this report. However, because the police chief is involved, it seems like they are attempting to erase this case.”Even Royal Commission of Inquiry found evidence of fabrication

Anwar also referred to a report by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the ‘black eye’ incident to back up his allegation.

“The facts in the royal commission report also showed that Abdul Gani and Musa had fabricated a false police report in relation to my arrest made by Koh, stating that I was arrested under the ISA instead of the sodomy allegations that were cited to me by Koh when he arrested me at my home a few hours earlier on Sept 21, 1998,” said Anwar.

The Royal Inquiry’s report contained Koh’s statement to the commission stating that he had informed his superior, then Deputy Criminal Investigation Department director Ramli Yusoff, that Anwar was arrested under the Penal Code.

Koh had also stated that Ramli told him that a “formal arrest under ISA” should be made.

Anwar also slammed the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission for not acting on a report he lodged in July last year, where he accused Abdul Gani and Musa of manipulating evidence during an investigation into an alleged beating he received from former Inspector General of Police Rahim Noor while in police custody a decade ago.

“I regret that it has been over eight months now and there is no sign of any action being taken by the Anti-Corruption Agency, now the much touted Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission. The MACC has completed its task and I believe their recommendation is naturally to prosecute.
“I don’t think they have any other choice as the facts are clear and incontrovertible and cannot be challenged. The only issue is that there is no political will and criminals are being protected by the institution of governance.

“How do you then defend a situation where there is clear evidence of a criminal act by the AG and the IGP, and there is a recommendation to prosecute by the commission, but until today no action has been taken!” -- Suara Keadilan

Zambry Takut Rakyat: Polis Kawal Sembahyang Jumaat - malaysiakini

IPOH: Zambry Abdul Kadir muncul bersembahyang di Masjid Sultan Yusuf, Rapat Setia Ipoh dengan dikawal ketat oleh polis . satu situasi yang mengambarkan ketakutannya untuk bertemu dengan rakyat." Mungkin dia takut dilempar dengan kasut ?" kata seorang warga setempat yang bersembahyang bersama Zambry dan mengirim maklumat ini kepada kami.
"Macam mana nak jadi MB kalau kemana pun kena dikawal ketat oleh polis" Kata penalifon tersebut.
Beliau berkata kepada wartawan bahawa beliau dan enam Exco Kudeta kerajaan negeri tidak mahu mengambil tindakan melulu berhubung tindakan Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Perak V.Sivakumar yang menggantung mereka daripada menghadiri sidang DUN.
Beliau juga mengatakan akan menggunakan saluran undang-undang sedia ada bagi menyelesaikan kemelut berkenaan.
Mengenai kenyataan presiden Majlis Peguam Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan yang mengatakan keputusan penggantungan terhadap beliau dan enam Exco berkenaan tidak boleh dicabar di mahkamah, Zambry menyifatkan ia hanya satu pandangan.
"Banyak dan pelbagai lagi pandangan yang dapat dilihat hari ini, apapun saya tidak mahu diseret dalam persoalan ini kerana yang penting saya meneruskan tanggungjawab sebagai menteri besar yang dilantik dan diperkenan oleh Sultan Perak Sultan Azlan Shah," katanya.
Dalam perkembangan lain, Zambry kesal dan kecewa terhadap pihak tertentu yang didakwanya melemparkan pandangan hina dan rendah terhadap institusi mufti dan Mufti Perak Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria.

Dakwanya rakyat sepatutnya tidak terjerumus dalam polemik sehingga menyebabkan peribadi mufti yang mulia dicemarkan dan institusi mufti tidak dihormati. -- Cina Islam

SPRM adalah pelacur yang memuaskan nafsu Umno - Badrul : Malaysiakini

KUALA LUMPUR, 20 FEBRUARI (SK) - Ahli Majlis Pimpinan Tertinggi KeADILan Badrul Hisham Shahrin menyifatkan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) sama seperti pelacur yang menjadi pemuas nafsu pemimpin Umno.

ketika dihubungi Suara Keadilan, SPRM harus malu dalam agendanya untuk mencegah rasuah didalam Malaysia sedangkan rasuah didalam parti pemerintah semakin berleluasa.

“SPRM harus malu dengan Barisan Nasional, mereka menjadikan SPRM seperti pelacur untuk memuaskan nafsu sesetengah ahli politik Malaysia,” katanya tegas hari ini

Katanya, SPRM hanya membazirkan wang rakyat kerana sejak penubuhan badan berkenaan tidak menjalankan tugas yang dengan dedikasi dan seperti yang diharapkan.

Pada 2 Januari lalu, Badrul telah menyerahkan kira-kira 60 mukasurat yang mengandungi pelbagai laporan rasuah lama dan baru kepada SPRM.

Walaubagaimanapun menurutnya sehingga kini tidak ada sebarang jalan penyelesaian yang dilihat untuk menangani rasuah yang telah dilaporkan.

“Kita telah menghantar bukti rasuah kepada SPRM pada awal penubuhanya untuk menguji sebagaimana kredibiliti SPRM dalam menangani masalah, namun apa yang saya lihat SPRM gagal melaksanakanya,”katanya.

Oleh yang demikian, Badrul bersama-sama kumpulan anak mudanya akan membakar bukti-bukti rasuah yang berada ditangan beliau sebagai tanda kemarahan terhadap SPRM.

“Apa yang saya buat ini bukan seorang, bukan kerana parti, tapi ini adalah tanda kemarahan rakyat yang melihat SPRM gagal menangani gejala rasuah,” katanya lagi.

Menurut blog beliau, pada 26 Februari ini beliau akan ke Pejabat SPRM di Putrajaya utnuk membakar salinan dokumen dan bukti rasuah yang pernah dihantar beliau semenjak 1998. -- Suara Keadilan

PM in contempt, says Ngeh - malaysiakini

By Adip Zalkapli

KUALA LUMPUR, 20 — Perak DAP chief Ngeh Koo Ham accused Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi of being in contempt of the Perak state assembly privilege committee because the prime minister had admitted asking Perak menteri besar Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadir to defy his suspension.

Perak Speaker V Sivakumar has suspended Zambry and the entire state executive council from the assembly for between 12 and 18 months, in the latest development of the Perak constitutional crisis.

Ngeh alleged today that Abdullah had broken the law when he asked Zambry to lodge a police report against the speaker, as he argued such an act contravened Section 3 of the Perak Legislative Assembly (Privileges) 1959.

According to him, the section states that no member of the legislative assembly, which also includes the speaker, shall be liable to any civil suit or criminal proceedings, arrest, imprisonment or damages for anything done or said by them in the state assembly or any committee.

“It is totally disappointing to note that our prime minister has asked Zambry to defy the law,” Ngeh said in a statement to the media.

“The Perak assembly speaker and the privilege committee make their decisions based on the Perak state constitution and the laws governing them.”

“When is Pak Lah and BN going to respect the law of this land? To BN only BN can rule and not others,” said Ngeh.

“So they use all ways and means to frustrate the Perak Pakatan Rakyat government. Laws only apply to others and not to BN. I call on all parties to uphold the rule of law in this beloved land.”

He added that action could be taken against Abdullah.

Sivakumar announced the suspensions Wednesday after the special privileges committee found them guilty of contempt of the assembly.

Zambry has disputed the suspension, saying that he had provided an explanation regarding the complaint filed against him and his councillors. - The Malaysian Insider

BN, opposition hit by fallout from Wong scandal - malaysiakini

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — The storm over the semi-naked photographs of an opposition assemblywoman may have started as a private matter, but it has now become a complicated political mess for both sides.

Bullets have been fired at the Barisan Nasional for using it as a political weapon. But the opposition Pakatan Rakyat is also grappling with the difficulties of defending its assemblywoman without alienating the conservatives in its midst.

The BN took the first hit after the photographs of Elizabeth Wong began circulating. Some even called it a BN conspiracy, despite the lack of evidence.

“This is a nasty, humiliating personal attack on her and we have seen this pattern of attack in Perak, Kedah and now, in Selangor,” opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was quoted as saying in The Star daily yesterday.

Asked for proof that the BN was responsible, he reportedly said several blogs had made the link.
Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday denied that the BN was behind the scandal, and told the opposition to stop making baseless accusations.

“Where is the proof? Who did it? I don't know anything about it and suddenly the issue exploded in the papers. If they want to accuse us, please show proof,” he said.

There seems to be widespread belief in a conspiracy. This is not surprising as the BN is carrying the heavy burden of a loss of public confidence.

The timing of the photographs comes close to the toppling of the opposition government in Perak, and the resignation of an opposition assemblyman in Kedah. V. Arumugam resigned abruptly after being accused of marrying another woman without divorcing his first wife.
“He was targeted, and it turned into a morality issue,” said political analyst Khoo Kay Peng.

In fact, many BN leaders, including MCA women's chief Datuk Chew Mei Fun and Gerakan women's chief Tan Lian Hoe, have been sympathetic to Wong.

They were swift to support her when the photographs of her asleep, partially naked, surfaced.
Wong, 37, who tendered her resignation on Tuesday, did not say who took the photographs, but police are looking to question her former boyfriend Hilmi Malek, 32.

But what caught attention was Umno Youth chief aspirant Datuk Seri Dr Khir Toyo's call for Wong's resignation. “She is a single person. How can she allow a man into her room when they are not married?” he was quoted as saying.

There is vast sympathy for Wong from the public, and Dr Khir was slammed by many for his remarks.

But the opposition is also aware that there is a segment of Malaysian society who thinks like him, and views premarital sex as a sin.

“Wong the politician understands that there are people who do mind, and some could be in her constituency, hence her offer to resign,” columnist Zainul Arifin wrote in the New Straits Times.

Wong had said she wanted to resign because she believed the attacks by the BN would continue with greater intensity.

But even within her coalition, there appears to be difficulties.

The conservative Pas has not spoken with one voice. While its women's chief Nuridah Salleh supported Wong, its Selangor leadership has been ambivalent.

“If investigations reveal any moral transgression on the part of Wong, we feel that appropriate action must be taken against her to safeguard the integrity and good name of Pakatan Rakyat and the Selangor government,” it said in a statement on Tuesday.

The issue is complicated by the fact that Wong's former boyfriend is Muslim, and is subject to Islamic laws on morality, such as those on close proximity.

“The matter could take on a new dimension,” said an MCA politician.

As Khoo noted, the political twist in this private matter has merely reinforced the belief that sex scandals are the most potent tool to destroy political rivals in Malaysia. — The Straits Times

UMNO Sebenarnya Derhaka Pada Raja

Berikut sedikit sedutan resolusi UMNO Selangor pada 1991..masa Mat Taib jadi MB.La ni dia nak jadi TPM pulak..Hampeh punya malaun!Resolusi empat perkara yang dikemukakan oleh Umno Selangor kepada Perhimpunan Agong Umno semalam (1991):

Pertama- Menubuhkan satu jawatankuasa untuk menyiasat dan menyenaraikan semua harta, tanah dan projek yang telah diluluskan kepada raja secara langsung atau tidak melalui 'Kapitan Cina'.

Kedua- Meminta Presiden Umno supaya bertindak tegas atau memecat mana-mana ahli exco atau wakil rakyat yang hipokrit dan bermuka-muka – yang terlibat menghasut raja-raja untuk kepentingan diri sendiri.

Ketiga-Meminda perlembagaan supaya kuasa mutlak melantik Menteri Besar, ahli mesyuarat kerajaan negeri, setiausaha kerajaan, penasihat undang-undang dan pegawai kewangan negeri adalah dalam bidang kuasa pucuk pimpinan parti yang memerintah.

Keempat-Supaya Perhimpunan Agong Umno memberi mandat penuh kepada Dato' Sri Dr Mahathir dalam menghadapi dan mengetuai isu raja-raja ini secara umumnya samada menerusi pindaan perlembagaan dan segala langkah yang perlu.

Sumber : Al Husseyn

Perak Speaker suspends Zambry and his 6 EXCOs - malaysiakini

By Leslie Lau

IPOH, Feb 18 — Perak state assembly speaker V Sivakumar has suspended Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and his six state executive councillors from the state assembly for 18 and 12 months respectively for contempt of the assembly.

The move appears designed to force either the downfall of the Barisan Nasional (BN) state government, or a dissolution of the state assembly to pave the way for fresh elections.

Sivakumar is a member of DAP, which is part of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state government that was dismissed by Sultan Azlan Shah following a number of defections.

The suspensions throwns up a number of constitutional conundrums, not the least of which will be who is in charge of Perak now.

Since Zambry and his executive councillors cannot attend the state legislature, there is a question mark over whether their government can function.

There are also questions as to whether PR assemblymen will try to table a vote of no-confidence against Zambry.

However Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin still maintains he is the legitimate menteri besar because he has not resigned. This morning, a court in Kuala Lumpur began hearing his suit against Zambry to have himself declared the MB.

The state assembly must be convened by April, as the state constitution stipulates that the period between sittings cannot extend beyond six months.

In a printed statement released to the press this evening, Sivakumar, as chairman of the committee, said that this was because the seven BN lawmakers failed to give any explanation during the inquiry convened after Wong Kah Woh (DAP-Canning) had last Thursday made an official complaint.

“I have decided to bar Datuk Zambry with immediate effect from attending any assembly session for the next 18 months and the six exco members have also been barred for 12 months,” stated Sivakumar.

Earlier, Wong told reporters that he had “presented my complaint against the appointments of Zambry and the six excos which were unconstitutional before the committee,” before leaving the inquiry held at the state secretariat.

Arriving at 3pm, Zambry and his six state executive councillors spent just half an hour before the state assembly’s privileges committee before leaving without speaking to reporters today.

The committee remained holed out in a meeting room at the state secretariat after Zambry and his exco left and exited at 6.30pm.

Sivakumar was quizzed as to whether he or the committee had the power to suspend the assemblymen without first bringing it before the assembly as he left the state secretariat building.

“I will notify the assembly,” he told reporters before leaving in his car.

When Sivakumar had told the press last Saturday that the committee was summoning Zambry and his exco, he had said that the committee can only carry out an investigation and table a report and proposal at the next assembly sitting for the assembly to decide on.

Referring the BN government to the committee is one of Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) last-gasp strategies to reverse the Feb 5 power grab masterminded by BN chairman-elect Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

The ousted mentri besar, Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin has also filed a legal suit in the Kuala Kumpur High Court to declare Zambry’s administration illegal.

The privileges committee is made up of PR assemblymen with only one representative from BN, Temenggor’s Datuk Hasbullah Osman who was absent from today’s hearing.

The six exco members are Perak MCA Youth chief Dr Mah Hang Soon (Chenderiang), Perak Umno Youth chief Zainol Fadzi Paharudin (Sungai Manik), Hamidah Osman (Sungai Rapat), Mohammad Zahir Abdul Khalid (Kamunting), Datuk Ramly Zahari (Manong) and Datuk Saarani Mohamad (Kota Tampan). - The Malaysian Insider

No end in sight to Perak standoff - malaysiakini

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13 — The political stand-off in Perak is unlikely to end soon as opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat keeps up the pressure despite former Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin's decision to leave his official residence.

PR filed a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission in Ipoh yesterday against new Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, accusing him of abusing his power by appointing three advisers and a state information chief with state executive councillor status.

Nizar said he would file a suit in Kuala Lumpur High Court today to seek legal redress on Zambry's appointment. He said moving out did not mean that he or PR had conceded defeat to Barisan Nasional.

His state government was toppled when three opposition lawmakers and an assemblyman quit PR and pledged their support for BN.

BN's move is seen as a coup by the people and has upset many, including some Malays who had been supporting Umno until the polls last March.

The Perak community, dominated by the Malays, is now divided, with half of them disagreeing with the way the new state government was formed.

A survey released ahead of two key by-elections by the independent body Merdeka Centre, showed that 59 per cent of the 238 Malays interviewed supported the call for fresh polls.

The Election Commission will announce the dates today for the Bukit Gantang poll in Perak and the Bukit Selambau by-election in Kedah, which fell vacant after the death of an MP and the resignation of an assemblyman.

Survey also found that 74 per cent of 504 Perak voters felt the assembly should be dissolved, while 76 per cent said “the people, through elections” should decide on forming government. Sixty-two per cent of the respondents felt that the role of the palace — by ordering Nizar to resign — “does not reflect the will of the people of Perak”. — The Straits Times

Kajian: 76% Pengundi mahu DUN Perak dibubar - malaysiakini

Oleh G. MANIMARAN

PETALING JAYA: Hampir dua pertiga pengundi Perak mahu Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) dibubarkan bagi membolehkan pilihan raya tergempar diadakan di negeri itu ekoran krisis politik sejak penghujung bulan lalu.

Kajian pendapat umum kendalian Merdeka Center, yang dikeluarkan hari ini, menunjukkan hampir 74 peratus mahukan DUN dibubarkan manakala 76 peratus pengundi juga ingin melihat "pilihan raya menerusi rakyat" diadakan untuk menentukan kerajaan pilihan mereka.

Hanya 21 peratus responden mengatakan bahawa pihak istana mempunyai "hak" untuk menentukan kerajaan bagi rakyat jelata.

"Malah, 62 peratus lagi responden merasakan bahawa peranan istana dalam kes ini (perubahan kerajaan) tidak mencerminkan kehendak rakyat negeri Perak," kata kenyataan yang dikeluarkan oleh Merdeka Center hari ini.

Hanya 29 peratus yang mengatakan peranan istana menggambarkan kehendak rakyat.

Pendapat umum itu dikendalikan oleh firma tersebut antara 6 dan 8 Februari lalu untuk mengukur percepsi pandangan orang ramai berhubung perkembangan politik di Perak.

Seramai 507 pengundi berdaftar di Perak dipilih untuk mengambil bahagian dalam kajian tersebut.

Kerajaan negeri pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat, berusia 11 bulan, telah tumbang apabila tiga wakil rakyatnya keluar Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) dan DAP untuk bertindak sebagai Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Bebas dan menyokong Barisan Nasional (BN).

Kini Pakatan Rakyat dan BN mempunyai anggota sama rata iaitu 28 orang.Menteri Besar Perak yang baru mengangkat sumpah Jumaat lalu manakala barisan exconya pula Selasa lalu.

Mengenai penyelesaikan kepada krisis politik ini, seramai 33 peratus responden mahu pilihan raya yang baru dilangsungkan, 35 peratus lagi mengatakan pilihan raya kecil wajar diadakan di kawasan yang ADUNnya keluar parti manakala 28 peratus mahu kerajaan baru dibenarkan terus memimpin negeri itu. -- mStar

Bn panik : akhbar dirampas, ceramah dibekukan

Nampaknya peristiwa 1998 berulang cuma dalam 'scale' yang sedikit berbeza. Jika 1998, Dr.Mahathir tersilap kira. Dia sendiri tidak menjangkakan pemecatan Timbalanya mampu mencetuskan kebangkitan rakyat yang cukup hebat. Begitu juga dengan tragedi 'rampasan kuasa' di Perak, mungkin Najib memang menjangkakan protes namun dia sudah pasti tidak menjangkakan suhu protes sebegini hebat hingga menjadikan dia sebagai sasaran 'penghinaan yang tidak kurang hebat'.

Bn tidak banyak belajar, cara mereka berdepan dengan kebangkitan rakyat juga masih sama. 1998 mereka terus hebat menyerang Anwar dan 2009 ini mereka terus menerus menyerang Nizar yang kononya derhaka.Media perdana dan keseluruhan instrumen kerajaan khususnya polis dipergunakan sepenuhnya.

Tidak tahan dengan suhu kebangkitan rakyat, maka diharamkanlah semua bentuk perhimpunan termasuk ceramah politik di Perak (tetapi mengikut maklumat juga melibatkan banyak kawasan di luar Perak) sila klik untuk bacaan lanjut. Akhbar Harakah dan Suara Keadilan dirampas (sila klik sini untuk bacaan lanjut).Semalam dalam satu sidang media menurut YB Tian Chua, Ketua Penerangan KEADILAN menyatakan tidak kurang dari 20,000 akhbar Suara Keadilan telah dirampas di seluruh negara tanpa alasan.

Selain dari bertujuan menghalang maklumat tersebar mungkin rampasan besar - besaran ini juga bertujuan untuk melumpuhkan Suara Keadilan dalam aspek perniagaan dengan merugikan syarikat ini. Bayangkan bukan sedikit kerugian apabila akhbar dirampas. Siapa yang akan membayar gaji pekerja, kos cetakan dan banyak lagi kos yang telah dikeluarkan.

Kita menjangkakan perkara ini akan berterusan, rasanya tidak guna kita cuma merungut dan mengutuk tindakan panik Bn ini. Bagi pihak KEADILAN cheGuBard mohon semua untuk membantu penyebaran maklumat dengan melanggan terus Suara Keadilan. sila klik sini untuk melanggan terus Suara Keadilan, dan klik sini untuk mendapatkan berita terkini melalui sistem sms ADIL News Net.

Dalam perkembangan berkaitan KEADILAN Rembau akan mengadakan sesi Himpunan Rakyat 'Penerangan Isu Perak' pada 13 Febuari 2009 bermula jam 8.45 malam di depan Pejabat KEADILAN Rembau, Taman Seri Rembau (bersebelahan Pejabat Daerah Rembau). Program ini akan dihadiri oleh beberapa ADUN PAKATAN dari Perak selain tokoh tempatan seperti YB Dato Kamarul Baharin Abbas (Pengerusi KEADILAN Negeri Sembilan), YB Taufek Ghani (ADUN Paroi) dan selain itu akan ditayangkan video masej khas dari YAB Datuk Seri Nizar (Menteri Besar Perak). Majlis ini terbuka dan semua dijemput hadir. -- CheguBard

PR to ‘lodge report with graft agency’ - malaysiakini

IPOH, Feb 12 — Opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat will lodge a report with the anti-corruption agency against Perak's new Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir.

Perak DAP secretary Nga Kor Ming said PR would lodge the report today, but he did not explain the reason for the move.

This came just hours after the opposition coalition announced it would file a legal suit to challenge the legitimacy of Zambry as Perak's new menteri besar.

Nga had said the coalition would file the suit in Kuala Lumpur as it was worried about the impartiality of High Court judges in Ipoh. “All the documents related to the suit are ready,” he added.

PR has refused to acknowledge Zambry as the menteri besar, and it proclaimed that it was still the government of the day.

Former Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin and his state executive councillors continued reporting for work until they were barred from entering the state secretariat building on Tuesday. They instead turned the MB’s official residence, currently occupied by Nizar, into their office to “run state matters and meet investors”.

Nga said the Perak Constitution states that Nizar is still the legitimate MB unless there is a vote of no-confidence in the state assembly against him, The Star reported. He argued that any government formed without the approval of the assembly is illegal.

State Ruler Sultan Azlan Shah appointed Zambry as the new MB after Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak informed him that the Barisan Nasional had gained enough support to form a new government. This was after three opposition lawmakers quit their parties and supported BN, giving it the necessary three seats to form the government.

But PR had wanted the Ruler to dissolve the state assembly and call for by-elections. It believes that is the only democratic way to form the government. Nizar had earlier said he would resign if there was a vote of no-confidence.

He also refused to move out from the official residence. But in an exclusive interview with online portal The Malaysian Insider yesterday, Nizar said he would move out of the house “in dignity” at the “golden moment” if he is given a notice to leave.

He explained that he did not receive any notice to leave except a phone call. “I have my own dignity. I am not going to be like a stupid, mad boy staying forever until I am officially evicted.” — The Straits Times

Pakatan to defy ceramah ban in Perak - malaysiakini

By Adib Zalkapli and Lee Wei Lian

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Despite a state-wide ban on political ceramahs, Pakatan Rakyat leaders vowed to defy police orders in Perak and said the ban was a sign of Barisan Nasional’s desperation to win the upcoming Bukit Gantang by election.

“We will defy this unfair rule. This is a calculated move to curb dissenting voices,” said PKR information chief Chua Tian Chang, adding that the ban would not stop the party from campaigning.

“I have expected the whole scenario; it is like a replay of Mahathir era in 1999 to 2000. This is a start of the series of crackdown. They want to have an unfair edge,” the Batu MP told The Malaysian Insider.

“It is a reflection of how desperate the government is,” said PKR vice president Dr Lee Boon Chye.

The Gopeng MP said the party would proceed with all the planned rallies in the state, but admitted that the ban would affect the party’s machinery in the Bukit Gantang by-election.

"Certainly it will affect our machinery with attacks from mainstream media, we will be at a disadvantage, but I don’t think voters will be fooled,” said Lee.

Meanwhile, Pas’ Asmuni Awi said the ban should not include ceramahs inside the party’s premises.

“Then it is too much and would be like putting Perak under siege. It won’t do any good. They are doing this due to impending elections in Bukit Gantang. We always do ceramahs well in advance and do not wait till after nomination day,” said the Perak Pas deputy chief.

Asmuni said ceramahs are the only way for the party to reach out to the public.

“The mainstream media is slandering us saying things like we are betraying the Sultan. But it is our right to defend ourselves. The mainstream media is very much influenced by the ruling party,” he said.

However Perak Umno believes that holding ceramahs is not the only way to campaign in a by-election.

“We can always do house to house visits, ceramah is only one of many things you can do in a campaign,” said Perak Umno secretary Datuk Ramly Zahari in urging all parties to abide by the rules.

Earlier today, Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan reportedly said that the police have banned any political rally in Perak until the political situation in the state improves.

Perak is in a constitutional crisis and political impasse as Pakatan Rakyat Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin has refused a royal command to resign after the coalition lost its slim majority to Barisan Nasional when three lawmakers defected.

Sultan Azlan Shah has sworn in Barisan Nasional’s Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadir as the state’s 11th Menteri Besar. -- The Malaysian Insider

Siapa beradab dan siapa khianat? - malaysiakini

FEB 11 — Perak kini berada di dalam kemelut perlembagaan. Media massa yang dikuasai Barisan Nasional sudah dikerahkan untuk memutarbelitkan fakta bagi mengelirukan rakyat dalam perang propaganda. Pertama, dikatakan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yang memulakan insiden lompat ini dahulu. Kedua, Pakatan Rakyat dikatakan khianat terhadap DYMM Sultan Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah.

Sememangnya Anwar telah memulakan jemputan kepada wakil-wakil rakyat BN untuk menyertai Pakatan bagi peralihan kuasa Kerajaan Persekutuan. Tetapi jemputan Anwar ini dibuat dari awal, secara terbuka.

Malangnya, kali ini tindakan rampasan kuasa BN pimpinan Dato' Seri Najib Razak diselubungi tipu daya, ancaman dan rasuah. Mula-mula, Dato' Zainal Abidin Zin, mantan Timbalan Menteri Pertahanan mengakui membawa seorang pemimpin Keadilan Perak berjumpa Najib sejurus selepas pilihan raya umum 8 Mac 2008. Pemimpin tersebut mendakwa Najib menawarkan wang RM50 juta untuk mendapatkan beberapa wakil rakyat sekaligus menjatuhkan Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat Perak.

Selepas itu, YB Osman Jailu dan YB Jamaluddin Osman ditekan dengan pertuduhan rasuah ketika menjadi exco Kerajaan Negeri Pakatan Rakyat. Kemudian, mereka hilang tanpa diketahui semua. Mereka mendakwa mereka cuti sakit, tetapi isteri mereka pun tidak tahu ke mana mereka pergi.

Kini, apakah status pertuduhan rasuah Osman dan Jamaluddin? Dahulu BN bermati-matian menuduh mereka bersalah, tetapi kini wujud dilema: jika mereka didapati tidak bersalah, rakyat akan menganggap itu sebahagian dari perjanjian untuk menyokong kerajaan BN. Jika bersalah dan dihukum, mereka boleh kehilangan kerusi mereka, dan lebih parah lagi, BN akan dianggap sanggup menerima sesiapa sahaja untuk mendapatkan kuasa mereka.

Anwar turut menulis kepada Yang Dipertua Dewan Rakyat untuk memanggil sidang khas bagi membuat undi tidak percaya kepada kerajaan dalam dewan. Tawaran Anwar juga dibuat dengan tekad untuk membubarkan Parlimen selepas peralihan kuasa agar tindakan itu mendapat mandat rakyat. Tindakan Anwar penuh adab kepada keluhuran perlembagaan dan prinsip demokrasi.

Namun, BN yang sebelum ini berhasrat menggubal undang-undang lompat parti kini diam membisu tentang mendapat mandat rakyat. Dewan Undangan Negeri sebagai institusi legislatif negeri dibelakangkan. Apatah lagi apabila Speaker DUN telah pun memutuskan Osman dan Jamaluddin meletak jawatan. BN boleh mempertikaikan hakikat tersebut, tetapi mereka hendaklah ambil tindakan mahkamah memandangkan Speaker sudah pun membuat keputusan.

Pandangan peribadi saya, tindakan menukar parti bagi seorang wakil rakyat seiring dengan prinsip kebebasan berpersatuan dalam perlembagaan. Pilihan ini membolehkan wakil rakyat mempunyai kuasa ketika berhadapan dengan kuasa eksekutif dan pimpinan parti. Tetapi mereka seharusnya berani berhadapan dengan penilaian rakyat yang boleh mengukur sama ada tindakan mereka dibuat di atas prinsip atau tidak. Tindakan mereka juga hendaklah bebas dari sebarang tekanan, ugutan mahupun habuan.

Tentang persoalan kedua, tindakan ghairah Najib lah yang mahukan peralihan kuasa dibuat dengan apa jua cara yang telah mencemarkan kemuliaan institusi raja berperlembagaan di negara kita. Sekiranya Najib sanggup menggunakan tindakan beradab dengan meminta pembubaran DUN atau persidangan khas DUN seperti Anwar, institusi raja tidak akan terheret di dalam kontroversi ini. Tetapi beliau terlalu ghairah setelah gagal bertarung di dalam gelanggang pilihan raya di Permatang Pauh dan Kuala Terengganu.

Khairy Jamaluddin pula cuba mengapi-apikan sentimen kononnya Pakatan khianat. Sebelum Mac 2008, Khairy cuba memakai topeng Ultra Melayu agar meraih sokongan. Tetapi selepas 8 Mac yang mana keangkuhan beliau turut dikatakan penyebab kehilangan sokongan BN, beliau berubah watak sehingga kelihatan pandangannya umpama pimpinan Pakatan. Tetapi sekali lagi dalam usaha mendapat sorakan orang ramai, beliau kecundang, memilih jalan pintas.

Pada Mac tahun lepas, penyokong parti mana yang mengibarkan kain rentang memanggil DYMM Sultan Terengganu “natang” (binatang)? Melayu hari ini tidak mudah lupa. Jelas, siapa beradab dan siapa khianat.

Najib menyatakan beliau bukan memulakan peristiwa lompat-melompat. Tetapi Najiblah yang memulakannya secara khianat dan tidak beradab. Pakatan menganjurkan peralihan kuasa, Najib memulakan rampasan kuasa.

NIK NAZMI NIK AHMAD merupakan ADUN Seri Setia, Selangor dan turut menjawat Setiausaha Politik kepada Menteri Besar Selangor serta Exco Angkatan Muda Keadilan Malaysia. Beliau menulis blog di www.niknazmi.com. Pandangan ini merupakan pandangan peribadi. - The Malaysian Insider

Jangan sebar khabar-khabar angin! - PerakExpress

Feb 10th, 2009

Macam-macam cerita yang aku dengar berkenaan SMS yang mengatakan macam-macam cerita. Ada yang kata kediaman MB dikepung. Ada yang kata Nizar sudah ditangkap.

Yang peliknya, orang Pakatan Rakyat sendiri yang jadi tukang sebar. Umno buat kerja kotor, sebarkan maklumat yang tak betul, orang PR jadi tukang sebar.

Rumah Menteri Besar masih selamat, yang kepung ialah Unit Amal. Nizar sedang berada di Stadium, tengok bola sekarang…bukan sudah ditangkap seperti yang di hebohkan .. seterusnya di SINI

Nik Aziz: Don’t be the candidate, Nizar - malaysiakini

KOTA BAHARU, Feb 10 — Pas spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said today he cannot agree to the suggestion by the DAP that Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin be fielded in the Bukit Gantang parliamentary by-election.
He said that so long as the Pakatan Rakyat regarded Mohammad Nizar as the Perak menteri besar, he should not be contesting in the by-election.
“If you ask me, I cannot accept a menteri besar contesting in a by-election. To me, it is not right for the ‘Perak MB’ to contest as he is already an elected representative.
“This is just like what the former Pas president (the late) Datuk Asri Muda did when he contested for both the state and parliamentary seats when he was the Kelantan menteri besar,” he told reporters in his office here today.
Nik Aziz also commended former Kedah state executive council member V. Arumugam for vacating his Bukit Selambau state seat, saying the former Parti Keadilan Rakyat assemblyman was a man with principle.
He also agreed if the Bukit Gantang parliamentary and Bukit Selambau stateby-elections were to be held simultaneously.
“Elections are the hallmark of a democratic system; I don’t have any objection if both by-elections are held simultaneously. I will be campaigining... if health permits,” he said.
The Bukit Gantang seat fell vacant following the death of Pas member of parliament Roslan Shaharum, 50, yesterday. Bukit Selambau was vacated by Arumugam, also effective yesterday.
Nik Aziz praised the people of Kelantan for their maturity which enabled Pas to defend its position in the state government “despite various obstacles from its political enemies.”
He was disappointed, however, with the attitude of several PKR leaders in Perak, whom he said “have succumbed to the pressure” when they should have kept on fighting.
But in Kelantan, he said, Pas remained strong despite all the badgering. — Bernama

Nizar akan di ISA kan?

Hamid Albar dikatakan sudah menandatangani surat arahan menahan beliau atas sebab alasan menimbulkan huru hara dan menderhaka pada Sultan."

"Sebelum berangkat pulang dari Kediaman Rasmi Menteri Besar Perak malam tadi seorang teman memaklumkan bahawa Menteri Besar Perak YAB Dato' Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin akan ditahan dibawah Akta ISA tak lama lagi. Dato' Syed Hamid Albar dikatakan sudah menandatangani surat arahan menahan beliau atas sebab alasan menimbulkan huru hara dan menderhaka pada Sultan. -- seterusnya DI SINI

Sumber: UmmiAnni

PIlihan Raya Kecil di 2 Bukit Bulan Depan - malaysiakini

[DIKEMAS KINI] PETALING JAYA: Seorang wakil rakyat meninggal dunia manakala seorang lagi meletakkan jawatan secara mengejut.

Kedua-dua peristiwa itu terjadi dalam tempoh 12 jam semalam, sekali gus perkembangan tersebut - sesuatu di luar jangkaan - memberi ruang untuk diadakan pilihan raya kecil.
Kedua-dua peristiwa itu juga melibatkan negeri jiran - Perak dan Kedah.

Malah, sebab bagi kedua-dua pilihan raya kecil kali ini dilihat sebagai "sesuatu yang bersejarah" dalam sistem pilihan raya negara ini.

Sejak pilihan raya umum ke-12 Mac lalu, dua pilihan raya kecil sudah ada diadakan iaitu kerusi Parlimen Permatang Pauh dan Kuala Terengganu. Kedua-duanya dimenangi oleh wakil Pakatan Rakyat.

Sambil mengakui kematian Ahli Parlimen dan tindakan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) meletakkan jawatan semalam sebagai sesuatu yang jarang berlaku secara serentak, Timbalan Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR), Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar berkata, pihaknya akan mengadakan mesyuarat secepat yang mungkin untuk mengambil tindakan susulan termasuk pilihan raya kecil.
Pilihan raya kecil Parlimen Bukit Gantang di Perak sudah pasti berlangsung dan ia akan diadakan dalam tempoh 60 hari selepas wujudnya kekosongan.

Pengerusi SPR, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Yusuf ketika dihubungi mStar Online malam tadi berkata, pihaknya akan meneliti segala dokumen sebelum menentukan tarikh pilihan raya.

Apabila ditanya sama ada akan mengadakan dua pilihan raya kecil serentak, beliau berkata: "Kami juga kena melihat Perlembagaan Negeri Kedah sebaik sahaja menerima notis kekosongan."

Beliau tidak menyatakan dengan lanjut.

Bagaimanapun difahamkan tindakan meneliti segala dokumen kemungkinan berkaitan dengan perkembangan membabitkan kerusi Changkat Jering dan Behrang di Perak minggu lalu.

Changkat Jering merupakan salah satu kerusi DUN dalam Parlimen Bukit Gantang.

SPR tidak mengadakan pilihan raya kecil selepas mendapati ada keraguan dalam dokumen peletakan jawatan membabitkan kedua-dua ADUN kerusi terbabit dan notis makluman yang dikemukakan oleh Speaker.

Ketika ditanya sama ada SPR akan mengadakan pilihan raya kecil serantak, Wan Ahmad yang dihubungi menjelaskan, "banyak aspek dan perkara perlu dipertimbangkan."

Apabila ditanya bila kemungkinan kedua-dua pilihan raya kecil akan diadakan, Wan Ahmad menjelaskan, terlalu awal untuk diperkatakan.

"Lagi pun ia perlu dibincang bersama melibatkan tujuh anggota panel SPR," katanya lewat malam tadi, yang turut terkejut apabila dimaklumkan sama ada suruhanjaya akan mengadakan dua pilihan raya kecil. -- mStar

Kerusi Bkt Selambau dikosongkan, KeADILan hargai Arumugam - malaysiakini

Selasa, 10 Februari 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 9 FEBRUARI (SK) - Perletakan jawatan V Arumugam sebagai Ahli Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Kedah dan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Bukit Selambau dihargai oleh kepimpinan KeADILan.

Dalam pesanan yang disampaikan Ketua Umum parti ini, Anwar Ibrahim, beliau berkata khidmat dan jasa yang telah dilaksanakan Arumugam diterima dan ianya dihargai oleh semua peringkat parti.

“Mewakili seluruh pimpinan Parti Keadilan Rakyat, saya mengucapkan setinggi-tinggi penghargaan kepada Saudara Arumugam di atas jasa dan khidmat yang beliau berikan,” menurut Anwar yang dipetik melalui blognya.

Arumugam bertanding dalam pilihanraya umum ke-12 tahun lepas, atas tiket bebas - sebelum menyertai KADILan selepas Pilihanraya - memenangi kerusi DUN Bukit Selambau setelah mengalahkan calon BN S.Krishnan dengan majoriti 7,695 undi.

Semalam, Menteri Besar Kedah Azizan Abdul Razak dalam sidang media mendedahkan perletakkan jawatan Arumugam adalah akibat tekanan dari pihak Barisan Nasional.

Azizan dipetik berkata, Arumugam mengambil keputusan untuk melepaskan jawatan exco kerajaan negeri dan Adun Bukit Selambau.

Menurut Anwar, pendedahan Azizan itu adalah sangat mengejutkan mengenai perletakan jawatan itu sangat mengejutkan.

“Nampaknya perubahan yang dijanjikan (BN) hanyalah gimik semata. Rakyat sedar akan permainan silap mata ini, dan rakyat jualah yang akan menentukan keputusannya,” tambah Anwar lagi.

Awal bulan ini, Arumugam telah mendedahkan bahawa keselamatan beliau dan keluarganya telah diancam oleh pihak Barisan Nasional semenjak pilihanraya umum 8 Mac tahun lalu.

Antara insiden-insiden yang dihadapi beliau ialah cubaan menculik beliau pada 17 Oktober lalu, mengugut pegawainya melalui beberapa panggilan telefon yang antaranya pada 31 Mac 2008, mengugut keselamatan keluarganya.

Selain itu insiden memecahkan cermin kereta rasmi Exco kerajaan negeri model Proton Perdana dengan meninggalkan nota ugutan yang diikat pada seketul bata pada 17 Disember lepas, dan juga menghantar beberapa beberapa individu untuk memujuk beliau keluar dari KeADILan serta menawarkan beliau habuan yang lumayan.

Selain kekosongan kerusi di Bukit Selambau, satu lagi kerusi Parlimen di Bukit Gantang, Perak telah kosong kerana penyandangnya, Roslan Shaharum dari PAS meninggal dunia semalam.

Dalam pada itu, dua pilihanraya kecil akan diadakan dalam masa 60 hari dari tarikh kekosongan berkenaan. -- Suara Keadilan

Pilihan Raya Kecil di 2 Bukit DI SINI

Another three in Perak to defect? - malaysiakini

By Lee Wei Lian
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Speculation is rife that four more state assemblymen from Pakatan Rakyat (PR) parties are ready to defect to the Barisan Nasional (BN).

The four names being cited in various text message exchanges are Keshvinder Singh (DAP) from Malim Nawar, A. Siva Subramanium (DAP) from Buntong and S. Kesavan (PKR) from Hutan Melintang and Tai Sing Ng (PKR) from Kuala Sepetang.

While it cannot be confirmed at this point if those named in the text messages are indeed going to defect, well informed sources in UMNO have confirmed that discussions are ongoing with five more PR lawmakers and that “there is a good chance” that three of the five will cross over in the next 2 months.

“The timeline of two months could mean it could be tomorrow on in 60 days,” the Umno source said.

The Malaysian Insider has also learnt that three of the Perak state executive committee positions have been left vacant for now and will be filled possibly only after the first seven have been sworn in tomorrow.

All of the two Chinese state representatives in BN Perak are expected to be in the state executive committee — newly independent Hee Yit Fong and Dr. Mah Hang Soon, MCA’s representative from Chenderiang.

Sungai Rapat representative Hamidah Osman has been made the senior state executive committee member.

BN is said to be looking for Indian representatives to cross over in order to make its line-up more multiethnic.

The death today of Pas MP for Bukit Gantang Roslan Shaharom today means that a by-election will happen in Perak and this will also be seen as a crucial referendum for both BN and PR. -- The Malaysian Insider