Of special deals : Time, acceptance, hot item and...

There you have it, the special deals for the month of October. And comes 24th October 2009, there might be some icing on the cake for public servants, as well...Beware of these handouts as are mere baits to get us all hooked up...again.

1. Now that UMNO circus has left the KL scene, some form of tranquility has returned to this financial hub of Malaysia. However, the calmness is only at the surface whilst there is still major underground movements ready to explode the surface. Time? Unknown. Venue? All over the place. The same as seismologists could not predict exactly the time and the location of the next "big one".
   
2. Let's start with time. MACC chief effectively says that the people needs more time to judge its effectiveness. Essentially, MACC chief said :-
   • MACC wanted to be more professional in its work to gain the peoples' trust;
   • MACC are aware of the public's reduced confidence in the system;
   • Arrest of individuals from the ruling party does not get printed in the media because the ruling party members are media shy and does not want to publicise the matter;
   • MACC (then-ACA) arrested 3 BN members compared to 2 opposition members in 2008;
     
   • MACC arrested 7 BN members compared to none from opposition members in 2009;

3. Reciprocating what MACC chief said, consider these :-
   • MACC should not only issue the statement that they want to be professional but they must also act professionally in dispensing their duties;
   • Being aware of public's reduce confidence is not the answer. MACC must also take radical steps to gain the public's confidence in the system;
   • MACC must take the necessary steps to hold PCs' revealing those prosecuted MACC to both MSM and alternative media as well as publish and update the names of those arrested in their official web-page;
   • It is not that the ruling party members are media shy. Has MACC thinks of the possibility of "intentional news black-out" so that those ruling party members names were not exposed?
   • On the numbers of BN members caught in 2008 and 2009, did the arrest take place during the party election? Is this not a method to "eliminate" those seeking better positions in the ruling party?
   • Is this another subtle way for the MACC chief to ask for "extension" of service?
     

4. Next comes acceptance. No...it is not directly connected to MACC's request for more time to prove their worth. This is something to do with the coming Halloween galore in Perak's assembly sitting. After giving a rousing speech to the more than 2,000 delegates in UMNO's AGM, 1MPM6 Najib focussed Perak.
5. Malaysian Insider carried a newsreport regarding some who claimed that they were paid to attend 1Malaysia launch in Ipoh, Perak. Even if we assume that 60 % of the 30,000 spectators (as counted by MSM) were paid RM 30 per head to attend the launch, it has already comes up to RM 540,000. That's a lot of money to maintain an already swelling ego. But 1MPM6 Najib's trip to Perak is not solely on 1Malaysia launching...his main agenda is to boost Zambry's fortunes in Perak and to prepare BN for the coming 28th October state budget sitting.
6. In defending BN Perak, 1MPM6 Najib start the offense moving when he said :-
   • BN (Perak) have already formed the state government and this has been sanctioned by the law although certain processes are still incomplete;
     
   • The laws must be respected;
   • No reason for disturbances or conduct that should otherwise create a wrong impression about politics in Perak;
   • BN will follow the rules and conduct the sitting according to the law;
   • Whatever action taken will be within the ambit of the law;
   • BN will not do anything that is against the provisions of the law;
   • Najib claimed that the starting point is when they (PR) stole one of our assemblymen;
     

7. As they say it "Offense is the best option of defense". That's what 1MPM6 did to defend Perak's BN's government. However, "there's always the other side of the coin" such as :-
   • Granted that BN has already formed the government, but isn't it also a fact that PR has formed Perak state government prior to this? Isn't PR's Perak state government sanctioned by the law too?
   • Najib admitted that certain processes of the law are still incomplete - if this is so, will it be better for both BN and PR to let the court decides and let all processes of the law be complete? In fact 1MPM6 Najib can help to accelerate the processes of the law by getting the courts to sit and issue final judgements with respect to Perak's rightfil government of the day;
   • There is a distinct separation between judiciary and legislative. It is common belief that the legislative reigns supreme within the assembly. Why wasn't this respected by 1MPM6 Najib? Or is Najib only interested and binding to laws that benefitted him?
   • If both parties strive to resolve the problems in Perak then I am sure that undue disturbances and misconducts will not surface in the assembly sitting. The question is - can both parties put aside their egos for the benefit of Perakians?
   • Since when did BN follow the rule and conduct of the sitting? Isn't BN the one who started the ruckus in May when the "legitimate" speaker was forcibly removed from his chair? And when did the "other speaker" sworn in? Which rule is BN following?;
   • Action taken within the ambit of the law? In May when PR speaker was conducting the assembly sitting, why didn't the assembly bentara follow his instructions? Whose instructions is he following?
   • 1MPM6 talked about starting point. When did PR stole BN's assembly man from Perak? Isn't it the other way round? The BN assemblyman declare that he left BN for PR. On the point of who stole who, isnt it another fact that both Behrang and Changkat assemblymen from PR "kept" in Pekan? Isn't that "stealing"? Or is it "turning over";
   • Why repeat the same defensive statement of "I did it because he did it first"? Or is it a syndrome? If it is, two wrongs does not make a right...
   • since this is currently on Perak, is there any truth in MT's claim on "concessions" given to the Yussuf Izzuddin's lineage? If there is a grain of truth, then the Perak fiasco happens not because BN has the law on their side but BN has a chokehold on a royal household. I am not saying that it's tru nor do I say it's false. You know that 2 plus 2 equals 4, so figure it out...
     

8. 1M PM6 Najib uses BN's "charming ways" to first "pursuade" the royal lineage to accept BN as the "rightful" government of the day for Perak. Then, BN use the courts as tools to continuously frustrates PR in lengthy legal battles that is surprisingly slow in disposing cases involving interpreting Perak constitution. At the same time, BN is using its powerful machineries and MSM to paint the picture that everything is OK in Perak.
9. Thus far, 1M PM6 did not walk the talk in Perak. He may hide behind the throne and he may pass the baton to Zambry but the best option to resolve Perak's case is to return to the rakyat to decide. That means dissolving the state assembly, something that PR has been calling for, something that BN is not willing (although they have openly declared that the rakyat has return to BN's fold).
   
10. It would not be complete if Sabah or Sarawak is left out of the picture. It is not enough when 1M PM6 Najib announced that 16th September will be a public holiday from 2010 henceforth. Whilst some claimed that Sabah's PKR is having differences in opinion, Zaid Ibrahim's sabbatical leave should not be taken at face value. Malaysian Mirror's scoop should be given some weight because :-
    • Sarawak PKR leader, Gabriel Adit, is said to be ready to abandon PKR;
    • Adit is ready to launch a new party;
    • 1MPM6 Najib is said to be dealing directly with Adit who is facing personal problems and financial debts;
    • Adit is given a good offer to return to BN with promises of help that benefits Adit;
    • Adit may bring with him 12,000 supporters to cross over to BN;
    • If Adit did cross over, BN can safely call for state election and bury PR in Sarawak for years to come;
      

11. Credit should be given where it is due. If Malaysian Mirror is correct, then 1M PM6 Najib has finally wear down his former mentor Anwar and in the process expose Anwar to his weaknesses. On that note, PR is bruising deep and the internal injuries may be too much for PR to absorb the continuous blows from 1M PM6.
12. If Adit will really return to BN, then PR can say goodbye to their dreams of wresting Sarawak from BN. Pure and simple.
    
13. There you have it, the special deals for the month of October. And comes 24th October 2009, there might be some icing on the cake for public servants, as well...Beware of these handouts as are mere baits to get us all hooked up...again.
    

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1 Malaysia 2 Perak : Where are we going to.....?

Perak speaker, Siva, manhandled in Ipoh

1. By this time, there will be countless reports, comments on what transpired during Perak assembly sitting yesterday. Who is right and who is wrong is no longer important but what is more important is whether we, as Malaysians, feel that what happen yesterday is justifiable or not.
2. The writings are on the walls. Something is going to snap and the authorities started it by arresting Wong Chin Huat of Bersih. They then follow up with arresting Mat Sabu of PAS, and both arrests were made before 7th May 2009.
3. In response to Chin Huat's arrest, his friends and NGOs' conducted candlelight vigil in Brickfield where some were arrested by the authorities.
4. 7th May 2009, as someone termed it 1 Black Malaysia, will now be forever etched as the day Siva was dragged from his seat in Perak assembly. It will also be remembered as the day Raja Nazrin had to wait for almost 6 hours to deliver his opening speech to Perak state assembly.
   
5. With over 60 arrests in Ipoh on 7th May 2009, including elected parliamentarians, elected reps, bloggers and public, the authorities over-reacted. Whilst it is correct for the authorities to gain court order barring the public from approaching 500 m from the state assembly building, the authorities should have taken a softer approach by shooing the public and the blackshirts away. With the combined might of uniformed police personnel, SBs', FRUs' and the assurance of PAS leaders in Perak, the arrests can be averted.
   
6. Maybe the intelligence had different and alarming reports but by and large, Malaysians are law abiding citizens who will move off if shooed. Presenting the stick to disperse the motley crowd of 200 ~ 400 protestors is not a good strategy. It is a bad choice.
7. Most important, I expected a better performance by BN (read UMNO) who had governed Malaysia since 1957 i.e. over 50 years. BN (UMNO), it seems are so hell bent in winning at all cost, that they had taken everything for granted. UMNO think that they can sweep everything under the carpet, but not this time. This is a blunder, a big time blunder that may return and haunt BN and UMNO for years.
8. As I say it, what happened on 7th May 2009 in Ipoh can be averted. Why did I say so? First, the whole issue is raised out of the defection of 3 elected reps who wanted to be BN friendly. And with that, BN gained the advantage to "reclaim" Perak from PR. To do that, BN (and UMNO) should use the state legislative to call for "vote of no confidence" on MB Nizar. And the high court has decided to give its judgement on 11th May 2009. So, why the rush?....
9. Once the court judgement is out, let's look nto two possible scenarios...1. If the court decides that MB Nizar is still the MB of Perak. What BN (and UMNO) can do is to seek audience with HRH requesting for a special assembly to execute the "vote of no confidence". MB Nizar may be calling for DUN dissolution but,I am in the opinion, HRH may go for "vote of no confidence" to settle the issue. The best trade off that MB Nizar may get is for HRH to orders the 3 state reps "turncoats" to vacate their seats. In this way, BN andf PR will slog for the 3 seats which will determine who governs Perak.
10. 2nd scenario is when the court's judgement is in favour of MB Zambry then MB Zambry seeks audience with HRH to get the assembly sitting so that BN can remove Siva from his seat, legally.
11. So, in the end, the Perak crisis is coming to an end soon. But something that still confounds me are these......1. Why Zambry resort to appointing Ganesan as speaker when he can still make use of Hee, the deputy speaker to oust Siva? What Zambry orchastrated yesterday is not out of his compassion to Perak but out of self-inflated ego because Siva has ordered him and his 6 EXCOs' out of the assembly sitting. Is that true?
12. 2nd - Why are there so many plainclothes policemen inside the assembly hall? And why did they switch off Siva's mic? Is that necessary?
13. 3rd - Why did Raja Nazrin indicated to MB Nizar to accompany him off after the royal speech? Is there something brewing?
14. 4th - Where is Zahid hamidi, Anwar Ibrahim and Hadi Awang? Why were they absent in Ipoh? Is 7th May 2009 a setpiece, to something bigger?
15. 5th - The way MB Nizar (PAS) handles the situation is commendable. He showed his leadership skills when he managed to calm his colleagues to sit and listen to the royal speech. And most of all, what UMNO did in Ipoh on 7th May 2009 indicated that the idea of unity government of PAS-UMNO will never be achieved as long as UMNO behaved and acted the way they did on 7th May 2009.
16. 6th - Lim KS is in Ipoh but where is the Tiger of Jelutong? Is PR having something up their sleeves?
17. What transpired on 7th May 2009 is something that I am not proud of. We used to smiled when we see how the Taiwan parliamentarians argue and fight in TV...but I guess, we never expected the same almost happened in Ipoh Mali, Malaysia. It is indeed 1 Malaysia but is it black or is it white? You guys are the experts...go figure it out...and best yet, let's eat popcorns and drink sodas whilst waiting for the 11th may 2009 "grand finale" to be perfomed by the high court judge in his "famous" monotone dialogue, 1 man show.
    

Till then...G'nite M'sia...wherever u are...

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Apabila agama jadi dagangan...

1. Posting kali ini agak sensitif bagi penulis. Selama ini, penulis cuba menjauhkan diri dari terjerumus didalam isu yang melibatkan perbedaan pendapat dalam hal-hal bersangkutan agama. Walaupun demikian, ada masanya, isu saperti ini perlu diketengahkan dan dibincang dengan cara rasional.
2. Isu pertukaran agama yang melibatkan kanak-kanak dibawah umur telah dibincangkan hingga ke tahap kabinet dimana akhirnya satu jawatankuasa telah ditubuhkan untuk membincangkan dan mencari penyelesaian kepada masaalah yang ditimbulkan.
3. Secara ringkasnya, ia membabitkan pasangan Mohd Ridzuan Abdullah seorang saudara baru dengan isterinya Puan Indra Ghandhi. Mohd Ridzuan telah memeluk agama Islam dan didakwa memaksa anak-anaknya memeluk Islam.
4. Nazri Aziz, Menteri diJPM, berkata jemaah kabinet memutuskan kanak-kanak kekal menganut agama asal ketika ibubapa mereka berkahwin. Apakah keputusan kabinet adalah sebulat suara? Apa kata Jamil Khir Baharom, menteri diJPM yang ditugaskan untuk menjaga hal ehwal agama Islam? Apa kata Naib Presiden UMNO, Zahid Hamidi, yang pada satu ketika ditugaskan untuk menjaga hal ehwal agama Islam?
5. Anihnya, Malaysiakini melapurkan bahwa Koh Tsu Koon mengatakan bahwa semua ahli mesyuarat lebih memahami keadaan dengan lebih mendalam. Tsu Koon tidak pula mengatakan bahwa kabinet telah memberi keputusan sebagaimana yang dinyatakan oleh Nazri, walhal Tsu Koon ialah pengerusi mesyuarat yang dihadiri oleh Shahrizat, S Subramaniam, Jamil Khir Baharom, Presiden Malaysia Hindu Sangam, dan pemimpin MHS Perak. Apakah JAKIM dan JAIP tidak dipanggil sama? Jika tidak, mengapa?
6. Didalam isu ini, adalah diharapkan bahwa kedua-dua ibubapa dapat berbincang dengan rasional demi masa depan anak-anak mereka. Persoalannya, apakah pihak-pihak berkuasa yang terbabit tidak memberi kounseling kepada kedua-dua Mohd Ridzuan dan Puan Indra.
7. Bagi pendapat penulis, Mohd Ridzuan perlu berbincang dengan tenang dengan isteri beliau sebelum membuat keputusan. MHS tidak perlu terlibat secara langsung. Seharusnya, MHS dan JAIP perlu memberi ruang untuk Mohd Ridzuan dan Puan Indira berbincang. Sesungguhnya, kanak-kanak dari keluarga yang pincang akan menghadapi masalah. Jangan ditambah pada masaalah kanak-kanak tersebut dengan memberi tekanan yang tidak tertanggung oleh mereka.
8. Sekiranya benar apa yang dikatakan oleh Nazri Aziz, maka sesungguhnya ia merupakan hari yang malang bagi Malaysia. Apa-apa keputusan kabinet yang melibatkan isu tukar agama perlu diluluskan oleh parlimen.
   
9. Penulis bersetuju dengan saranan mufti Perak. Didalam hal yang sensitif ini, kabinet perlu merujuk kepada majlis fatwa atau kepada mufti. Begitu juga dengan pegangan Islam dalam anakanak dimana ibu bapa mereka menganut agama Islam.
10. Penulis menunggu beberapa hari sebelum menulis posting ini dan mencari-cari sekiranya ada blog-blog terkemuka Malaysia membincangkan perkara ini. Setakat ini, tidak ada blog yang secara langsung membincangkan perkara ini. Penarik beca ada menyebut isu ini dari sudut pandang Mohd Sabu, Timbalan Presiden PAS. Bagaimana pula pandangan pemimpin UMNO? Sunyi tanpa berita...
11. Mahaguru58 tidak membincangkan isu tukar agama tetapi membangkitkan kes pertunjukan fesyen yang disulami dengan hidangan arak ditempat awam yakni di KLCC.
12. Satu persoalan yang timbul dibenak penulis ialah , apakah jabatan agama islam negeri akan bertindak sebagaimana MHS sekiranya ada penganut Islam yang ingin menukar agama?
    
13. Penulis teringat tentang hadis yang mengatakan bahwa di akhir zaman umat islam melata dimuka bumi tetapi hanyalah sebagai buih-buih yang senang ditiup angin....fikir-fikirkanlah......
14. Penulis juga menanti dan sentiasa mencari pendapat dan pandangan penulis blog lain termasuk sakmongkol, rockybru, raja petra, merah hitam, WJ khairy, marina mahathir, nuraina samad, norisha. Apakah mereka peka kepada isu ini? Penulis menanti dengan sabar dan tabah...

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