RASUAH BN DI PRK BATANG AI - Lapuran Mafrel

KETUA RUMAH PANJANG DIBAWA TINGGAL DI HOTEL HILTON KUCING DENGAN WANG SAKU RM1,OOO SEORANG - Lapuran dari Mafrel

LUBOK ANTU, 4 April (SK) : Suruhanjaya Badan Pemerhati Bebas Pilihanraya (Mafrel) melaporkan bahawa beberapa 'Rumah Tuai' (ketua rumah panjang) telah dicolek dan dibawa ke Hotel Hilton bertaraf lima bintang di Batang Ai dan diberi layanan istimewa serta wang saku sebanyak RM1,000 seorang.

Separuh dari mereka memilih percutian berbayar ke bandaraya Kuching untuk bersiar-siar dan bersantai di sana."Dalam permerhatin kami, ini dilihat seperti merasuah dan politik wang oleh kerajaan Barisan Nasional telah menular Dun N29 Batang Ai ini," kata seorang pemerhati kepada laman blog The Broken Shield hari ini.

"Seperti yang kami jangkakan, menteri BN tanpa segan silu menghamburkan 'projek mee segera' kepada hampir 121 rumah panjang di Batang Ai ini. Apa yang kami dapat katakan ini adalah satu rasuah terang-terangan oleh menteri BN," jelas pemerhati tersebut.

Menurut pemerhati tersebut, mafrel mempunyai banyak bukti untuk mengukuhkan dakwaan ini, terpulang kepada pihak ibupejabat untuk mengumumkan perlakuan rasuah tersebut," jelas beliau lagi.Perkataan 'Bersih, Telus dan Pilihanraya Bebas' sudah tidak ujud lagi di Dun N29 Batang Ai ini.

"Kami berani menyatakan bahawa pilihanraya kecil Batang Ai kini sudah dicemari rasuah dan yang piling tidak adil dalam sejarah pilihanraya kecil di Malaysia," tegas pemerhati Mafrel itu dengan nada kesal.

Sementara itu, hasil dari laporan unit pemantauan kami ini menyatakan bahawa kempen BN juga telah melanggar syarat akta kempen pilihanraya kecil dimana mereka telah memasang bendera BN di tempat-tempat yang di larang seperti di atas jambatan.

"Kami juga menerima banyak laporan bahawa penyokong Bn telah membuang dan manarik turun bendera KeADILan di pintu masuk beberapa rumah panjang,"jelas beliau.Mafrel juga merakamkan ceramah menteri-menteri BN termasuk Alfred Jabu, Masing, Awang Tengah, Awang Asfia, Joseph Salang, Entulu, Gramong Juna dan lain-lain telah mengugut pengundi dengan ugutan untuk memberi tekanan kepada mereka yang tidak mengundi BN.

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BN loses badly in key by-elections

TAIPING/ALOR SETAR, April 8 – The momentum that Malaysia’s new Premier Najib Razak had hoped to create came to an abrupt halt last night, after the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) suffered two heavy defeats in three by-elections.

At both Bukit Gantang in Perak and Bukit Selambau in Kedah, the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) increased its majorities over the BN.

The only silver lining for a dismal night for the BN was the fact that it easily retained control of its stronghold of Batang Ai in Sarawak, in effect meaning that the opposition had failed to live up to its boast to make inroads into East Malaysia.

The results, which some have painted as a referendum on Datuk Seri Najib’s rule, came just four days after he was sworn in as the country’s sixth premier.

They indicated that the BN has not been able to woo back voters in the peninsula after its huge losses in the 2008 general election.

Najib’s charm offensive in the run-up to the polls also appeared to have had little effect on voters.

He had talked about reforms and multi-racialism, released 13 people detained under the Internal Security Act, and also lifted the ban on two opposition papers.

Najib denied that these were election ploys. In any case, voters did not buy them.

BN’s most significant defeat was in Bukit Gantang. In the general election in March 2008, the opposition won with a majority of 1,566. Yesterday, it almost doubled its winning margin to 2,789, sweeping former Perak menteri besar Nizar Jamaluddin into parliament.

It was a moral victory for the man who used to lead the PR state government, until four of its assemblymen defected and the BN capitalised on it by seizing power – a move that triggered much unhappiness among Malaysians.

PR had lobbied for the state assembly to be dissolved and fresh polls held in the wake of the saga, but this was rejected by the Perak sultan.

With fireworks lighting up the sky after his victory, Nizar said that he plans to return to the sultan to request a dissolution again, to “stabilise the political situation in Perak”.

BN’s Perak Menteri Besar Zambry Kadir, in his response to the poll result, however told Agence France-Presse that the ruling coalition had to “work harder”.

He claimed that Malay votes in Bukit Gantang had increased for his coalition but that support from the Chinese, comprising 27 per cent of the federal parliamentary constituency, “fell sharply”.

In Bukit Selambau, in Kedah, PR’s S. Manikumar garnered 12,632 votes, beating BN’s S. Ganesan who polled 10,229 votes. The majority of 2,403 was slightly higher than the 2,362 polled by the opposition in March last year.

The presence of a record 13 independents, who garnered 1,326 votes between them, did not figure much in the final outcome.

The loss for BN’s candidate from the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) dealt another blow to the constituent party, whose candidates were heavily defeated at last year’s national polls.

BN’s only victory yesterday came in Sarawak, where its candidate Malcolm Mussen won comfortably by a majority of 1,854 votes, polling 3,907 votes against Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) candidate Jawah Gerang’s 2,053 votes.

The figure was more than double the 806-vote majority BN got in the last state elections, and appeared to quash opposition Anwar Ibrahim’s claims that the opposition had made inroads into the BN-dominated regions of East Malaysia.

Dr P. Sivamurugan, senior lecturer of the Social Science Studies Centre at Universiti Sains Malaysia, said the results suggest a long hard road ahead for Najib to win back voters.

“It is a clear signal that BN has to overhaul itself. They are saying they will change and help the people. But it has not been translated into action,” he said. – The Straits Times Singapore

Pakatan Rakyat yakin menang

Monday, 6 April 2009 •

Anna Yusof

KUALA LUMPUR, 6 April (SK) : PELUANG kemenangan bagi Pakatan Rakyat amat dirasai di ketiga-tiga kawasan pilihanraya kecil kali ini dengan jangkaan peratusan yang sentiasa melonjak naik di hari-hari terakhir kempen yang menampakan dan perkembangan begitu positif.

Di Dun N25 Bukit Selambau mencatatkan peratusan positif kerana gerak kerja yang mantap oleh Angkatan Muda KeADILan (AMK) dan Wanitanya yang begitu gigih memrangi pengundi hantu dan pengundi muda atas pagar.

“Keadaan yang ceria, meriah dan diterima baik degnan sambutan hangat oleh semua pengundi apabila ceramah dan lawatan rumah ke rumah yang diadakan oleh Ketua Umum KeADILan Anwar Ibrahim di sini,” jelas Ketua Penerangan KeADILan Tian Chua kepada Suara Keadilan.

“Rata-rata menyatakan sokongan kepada Pakatan Rakyat dan amat gembira dengan kedatangan Anwar yang meluangkan masa untuk menziarahi mereka,” jelas Tian.

Beliau menjangkan bahawa seramai 10,000 orang akan hadir untuk mendengar ceramah perdana yang akan di samapaikan oleh Anwar di Padang Lalang pada malam ini.

Ketua Wanita KeADILan Zuraidah Kamaruddin menjangkakan sebanyak 10 peratus pengundi muda atas pagar akan mengundi calon Pakatan Rakyat S Manikumar esok.

Laporan dari Dun P59 Bukit Gantang menyatakan bahawa Ketua Umno Cawangan Temerlok, Kampung Tengah, Trong, Md Desa Din, 72, telah membawa seramai 50 bekas ahli Umno untuk menyertai Pas.

“Beliau yang selama lebih 20 tahun menjadi ahli Umno namun tiada apa-apa perubahan yang dapat dinikmati di Kampung Tengah ini,” jelas Pengarah pilihanraya Pas Asmuni Awi.

“Perkembangan positif ini telah menaikan peratusan undian berpihak kepada calon Pakatan Rakyat Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin dan juga cara gerak kerja Pemuda, Wanita dan Angkatan Muda Pas yang cemerlang yang berjaya mendapat sokongan dari pengundi atas pagar, pengundi muda dan pengundi Cina,” kata Asmuni.

Menurut beliau, berdasarkan maklumat yang di terima oleh pasukan gerak kerja Pas, suasana ceria dan amat diterima baik dari setiap pengundi yang di temui di kawasan P59 ini,” tambah Asmini.

Manakala di Dun N29 Batang Ai, Pengarah Pilihanraya Pakatan Rakyat Batang Ai Dominique Ng melaporkan telah menampakan banyak tanda-tanda positif di kalangan pengundi Cina seramai 300 orang yang memihak kepada calon Pakatan Rakyat Jawah Gerang.

“Pengundi di sini sudah mulai sedar apabila mengikuti ceramah dan ucapan Anwar dan Menteri Besar Selangor Khalid Ibrahim yang datang berkempen disini,” jelas Dominique kepada Suara Keadilan.

“Kesibukan mulai terasa bila ramai yang berkunjung di bilik gerakan Pakatan Rakyat oleh pengundi-pengundi Iban di sini,” tambah beliau.

Domimique berkata, lawatan Khalid hari ke rumah-rumah panjang amat diterima baik dan memberi sambutan hangat kepada rombongan Pakatan Rakyat. Pengundi juga menampakan kesederan yangn positif,” kata beliau.

Lawan tetap lawan, kata beliau mengakhiri laporan.

-- Suara Keadilan