P94: Untuk BN, permulaan yang terdesak...

PRK P94 Hulu Selangor kali ini melibatkan empat calun iaitu Kamalanathan dari BN-MIC, Zaid Ibrahim dari PR-PKR, V. Chandran dari Bebas-MIC dan Johan Md Diah dari Bebas-UMNO. Mereka berempat mempunyai tempoh sehingga 24hb April untuk memenangi hati pengundi dan mempengaruhi undian mereka pada 25hb April nanti.

Kali ini, sekali lagi BN berada didalam keadaan terdesak dan hampir nazak apabila 2 calun bebas yang menghantar pencalunan mereka merupakan ahli parti komponen BN. Ini sedikit sebanyak akan memecah undi BN. Sejauh mana Chandran dan Johan dapat mempengaruhi pengundi akan menyaksikan samada BN berada dizon selesa atau tidak.

Buat masa ini, mari kita menilai kedudukan BN yang terdesak berpandukan kepada fakta-fakta berikut :-

1. Calun bebas dari MIC - V. Chandran

   19% dari 63,593 atau 12,082 pengundi berdaftar terdiri dari keturunan India. Barang diingat bahwa Kamalanathan merupakan calun "kompromi". Meskipun Samy Vellu akhirnya bersetuju dengan cadangan Muhyiddin memilih Kamalanathan sebagai calun BN di Hulu Selangor, pemimpin pertengahan dan bawahan MIC belum tentu dapat menelan ego mereka yang begitu beriya-iya mempertahankan keputusan awal MIC yang bermati-matian mempertahankan hak mereka untuk menamakan Palanivel sebagai calun BN di P94.

   Lapuran awal menunjukkan4 cawangan MIC akan dibubarkan sementara pusat operasi MIC kelihatan lenggang. Bukan itu saja, kehadiran ahli MIC dihari pencalunan tidak menggambarkan bahwa MIC bersatu dalam isu pemilihan calun.

   Berdasarkan pemerhatian tersebut, faktor V Chandran mungkin akan menentukan siapa layak mewakili Hulu Selangor di Parlimen. Masih terlalu awal untuk menganggarkan penyokong setia V Chandran dan pastinya MIC serta UMNO akan bekerja keras untuk "memujuk" V Chandran menarik borang pencalunan dan seterusnya memberi sokongan "tidak berbelah bagi" kepada BN. Ia bergantung kepada berapa banyak "durian runtuh" yang akan diperolehi V Chandran...
   

2. Calun bebas dari UMNO - Johan Md Diah

   Lebih dari 50 % pengundi P94 berketurunan Melayu. Walaupun Noh Omar, Khir Toyo memperjuangkan peluang untuk wakil dari UMNO dipilih sbagai calun, Najib dengan tegas berkehendakkan MIC menjadi calun. Maka terlukalah hati para pemimpin UMNO Selangor dan berkuburlah hasrat Mohamad Mohamad Taib dipilih sebagai calun BN di P94.
   

   Apakah UMNO Selangor akan terus berdiam diri? Apakah dengan memilih Kamalanathan dapat meredakan keresahan UMNO Selangor? Apatah lagi, calun MIC yang disokong UMNO Selangor ialah Murali tetapi cadangan tersebut ditolak mentah-mentah oleh Samy Vellu dan pusat kepimpinan tertinggi MIC. Dimana UMNO Selangor nak menyembunyikan aib mereka?
   

   Kehadiran Johan Md Diah memberi nafas baru kepada UMNO. Seandainya Johan bijak mengatur langkah dan dibantu oleh Perkasa, tidak mustahil untuk Johan meraih undi protes dari pengudi tegar UMNO yang ingin mengajarpinan BN dan MIC ertikata "bertolakansur".

   Saperti juga V Chandran, ketahanan mental Johan akan diuji dengan pelbagai bentuk "durian runtuh" dari BN.Sekiranya Johan dapat bertahan sehingga 21hb April, tidak mustahil sekiranya Johan dapat meraih undi dalam sekitar 10,000.
   

   Sekiranya Ibrahim Ali, Zul Nordin dan Zahrain bergabung tenaga untuk membantu Johan di P94, tidak mustahil kalau P94 mencipta sejarah dimana calun bebas menang dalam PRK tersebut. Itupun kalau Johan Md Diah mempunyai pakej yang lengkap termasuk dana yang mencukupi untuk bersaing bersama BN dan PR.
   

3. Calun sebenar BN - Kamalanathan

   Jelas sekali bahwa BN kali ini begitu terdesak sehinggakan terpaksa menongkah arus. Muhyiddin telah berjanji bahwa calun MIC akan dipilih dari pemimpin tempatan. Kamalanathan bukan orang tempatan Hulu Selangor. Apakah Muhyiddin sudah lupa pada kata-kata beliau? Apakah Muhyiddin fikir pengundi buta?
   

   Mungkin Kamalanathan tidur sebantal dengan Palanivel dan makan sedulang bersama Murali tetapi tidak mustahil untuk Palanivel dan Murali berkerja "kuat" untuk memenangkan calun lain. Najib dan Muhyiddin telah secara terang dan bersuluh menolak timbalan presiden MIC sebagai calun BN. Dimanakan maruah MIC, Samy Vellu, Palanivel, Murali? Apakah mereka sanggup menelan air liur dan bersetuju dangan tanggapan Najib dan Muhyiddin bahwa Palanivel tidak layak dipilih sebagai calun P94. Apakah BN memang benar-benar memberi hak samarata kepada parti komponen mereka atau UMNO mempunyai kelebihan hak dalam BN, sebagaimana UMNO melabelkan keturunan lain sebagai "pendatang", apakah BN juga beranggapan bahwa parti komponen lain sebagai "melukut ditepi gantang" dan hanya suara UMNO merupakan suara BN - parti komponen lain adalah sekadar pelakun cacak atau pelakun tambahan yang boleh dipulas telinga dan dizip mulut mereka?
   

   BN sekarang begitu bekerja keras untuk menonjolkan Kamalanathan sehingga sanggup menamakan beliau sebagai "Kamal" untuk mengabui mata pengundi Melayu. MSM juga begitu kuat mempromosikan Kamalanathan sebagai anak kelahiran Selangor yang ingin berjasa di Hulu Selangor. Apakah pengundi Hulu Selangor begitu senang untuk diperbudak-budakkan?

   
   3 faktor ini sudah cukup merungsingkan BN. Dalam keadaan yang terdesak ini, BN mula "buang batu, sembunyi tangan"apabila menyerang peribadi calun PR. Apakah pengundi HUlu Selangor akan "melepas anjing tersepit" bernama BN? Hari hari berikutnya akan memberi gambaran awal kemungkinan kekalahan BN...
   

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Of P94: First round belongs to PR...

1. 17th April 2010 is an unusually busy day for Kuala Kubu Baru. As reports have it, cars and buses makes its way into this quaint town as early as 2 am in the morning with masjids and suraus opened its doors to travellers who came to offer moral support to the party of their choice.
2. An officer from one of the government agencies casually told me taht he has been camping in Kuala Kubu Baru since the past 2 weeks and he has anotehr 8 days to go before he packed his bags and report back to his office along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur.
3. Kudos to the many police personnel who have provided their best to accomodate the continuous streaming cars making theri way to Kuala Kubu Baru. On one part, the police action plan of separating the party supporters from direct confrontation is highly appreciated and has largely confined the verbal exchanges (and missiles) to the minimum.
4. Yes, BN supporters came in full force but strategically they lost the first round during the nomination day. Be patient, we will be there in due course.
5. Honestly, BN came out roaring when they assembled on the road next to the masjid. Their singing and slogan chatting is loud but then it started to fizzle when BN supporters reach the nomination center.
6. What started as a long column of supporters actually started on the wrong footing. This observer is amused to see the apathy shown by BN facilitators and co-ordinators. Why didn't they notice a group of people carrying banners of independent candidate is within their midst? Is this a "back-up" plan just in case Kamalanathan's nomination papers has technical problems and rejected by the RO?
7. Then the IPF supporters. No doubt they have declared their support to BN but the question is - where were MIC party members? On this day, IPF members easily outnumbered sari-clad MIC women and men. Don't tell me that MIC branches in Hulu Selangor get the date wrong!
8. Malaysian Makkal Sakhti Party? What are they doing joining BN's procession? Have they resolved who is the righful president of the party? The banner clearly stated that! What MMSP is doing is more of self-promoting their lost cause.
9. What started with a bang ended like a whimper. BN supporters were left to dry under the scorching sun whilst PR supporters were having a carnival-like stalls with speakers boosting their morale and the "black" umbrella with BN sins were seen to be making its entrance here. Even issues like the TNB transmission lines, Bukit Koman gold mine were making its rounds to educate the supporters.
10. BN's gimmick of using motor driven paragliders is something new on by-elections. But that's about all than BN can be proud of.
11. PR supporters took control of the hill overlooking the nomination centre, again leaving BN supporters standing on the lower ground. To me...that's bad feng shui!
12. Even with shouting matches between the supporters were handsomely won by PR. The way I see it, BN supporters left the nomination centre with tails between their legs...tsk tsk looks beaten before the war...
13. After the nomination process and passing-by Serendah, Rasa, Bukit Beruntung, the poster wars are just erupting with DAP taking lead over MCA in Chinese dominated areas.
14. As for the Malay dominated housing, there is not much BN and UMNO flags. Maybe, poster wars have not really started for them...
15. For the orang asli votes, there is some good omen for PR when several orang aslis supporters were seen on PR side during the nomination process. Anotehr chink in BN's bastion. perhaps?
16. Yes, this writer has some photos and it will be uploaded here in due course...suffice to say that for today, clearly round 1 belongs to PR.
17. BN needs to exercise major damage control. With 2 independents each formerly from MIC and UMNO, a considerable votes meant for BN will be lost through protest votes. So, you guys better watch out for "jackpots" in either 4D or sports toto. Someone may "strike" before the polling day. Mark my word because my Chinese friends have linked "jackpots" with "froggies" and elections.

Let's stop here for day one...the fun has just started. My next trip to P94? Heh heh heh...let's not break teh suspense, ok?

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Of P94: Pala Mugil MIC...

1. In politics, everything is possible. If it is true that Malaysia paid RM 76M to get Najib on the world stage with Obama and then with the 40 minute meeting 1MPM6 suspends gasoline supplies to Iran, it shows how low one can go to be in the good books of big brother. But that is a different story which will be attended to later.
2. For now, the one that interest me more is BN's choice for P94. By nomination day Palanivel will just be Pala who? The same for Mugilan. He will just be plain Mugil! Unfortunately P94 is not in Penang. If not, someone will have a field day saying Pala mugil or is it Buah Pala murah?
3. Who actually strike with BN's choice for P94? Is it Palanivel? Samy Vellu?, MIC? Kamalnathan? UMNO? The only losers thus far is Mugilan and KJ. Believe me, after this KJ will be getting more desperate to be in Najib's good books. Let's go for the losers first...
4. After careful orchastration in promoting Murali, MIC top leadership slammed UMNO's choice and threatened to expel Mugilan from MIC if he were hosen above Palanivel. Who are Mugilan backers? The answer is simple - UMNO Selangor and KJ.
   
5. UMNO Selangor's dream of putting an UMNO candidate was shredded by Najib and at the same time Najib openly warned UMNO Selangor warlords to toe the line during the recently concluded Selangor BN convention. With that, Noh Omar and Khir Toyo ran helter shelter back to the safety of their coccoons and reluctantly agree that P94 candidate shall be from MIC.
6. For KJ, promoting Mugilan as the candidate is to show that he has the influence as BN youth head. Alas, all his rhetorics and camourflaging that Mugilan's youth is a great asset has been brutally shot down by MIC supremo, Samy Vellu and his band of usual "groupies". Like it or not, KJ is left standing to lick his own battered ego. A lesson to be learnt by KJ - never cross Samy's path. Better still - don't ever think of forwarding proposals. It is better for KJ to keep away peeping Tom during Isa Samad's honeymoon trip to Hulu Selangor.
7. MIC? They are the real winners! Say what you want but MIC manage to maximise their gains in P94. Just look at the goodies lining MIC's hallway. First they have Kamalanathan, a non-Hulu Selangor local to be chosen as P94 BN candidate.
8. Then, they manage to "force" Najib to pave the way for Palanivel to be elected as senator and later promoted to deputy minister. What MIC did is killing two birds with ne stone - MIC manage to get another senatorial chair and an additional deputy ministerial post. MCA cannot do that, Gerakan can dream for it, PPP salivate for the chance but it's MIC who hits the jackpot.
9. But MIC is not done yet. MIC is using P94 and Palanivel as bargaining tools for more! Although the news are not confirmed (yet), it is believed that MIC is using P94 to set the terms for Samy's political exit by rewarding him with a post as ambassador-at-large for South Asia (and that includes India) with senior ministerial rank equivalent to JJ in USA.
10. That is not all. To placate MIC's central leaders, it is widely believed that something is in the works for Maika holdings. Somethig that will be rewarding to MIC members and at the same time douse Subramaniam's claims on Maika mismanagement et al. This is designed to paint a better picture and act as a sprngboard for Palanaivel to take over MIC.
11. In return, MIC may "surrender" Hulu Selangor to UMNO in GE13. That will not ruffle any feather in MIC as they know that when MIC "relinquish" one parliamentary seat in Hulu Selangor, they may be further "rewarded" with alternative parliamentary seats elsewhere. Maybe at the expense of PPP or Gerakan.
12. It is worrisome to read about Muhyiddin getting sleepless nights just thinking about MIC candidate for P94. If P94 by-election is giving him sleepless nights, then i,agine what will happen to him when GE13 comes! He may be having nightmares...
13. Muhyiddin himself admitted that the moment he woke up, he saw Samy Vellu. What does that mean? Is Muhyiddin sleeping with Samy Vellu ? Or is Muhyiddin hinting that his sleeping partner looks like Samy? If the latter is true, then all the cosmetics in the world will not change the facial and "wigged" look ala-Samy...pity Muhyiddin.
14. Whatever it is, P94 will see UMNO working their butts off to win over the voters whilst MIC will be giggling and calculating their windfall - at UMNO's expense. MCA, Gerakan will still have to make their rounds in Chinese-concentrated areas whilst PPP may be working "in protest".
15. Win or lose - MIC is actually the winner now. Even Berjaya's million ringgit jacpot is chickenfeed compared to MIC's pot of gold. At the end of the day, it is not Pala who nor Mugil who matters. It all boils down to what Samy wants, he will get through his SPV named MIC. The rest like Noh Omar, Khir Toyo, KJ, Muhyiddin and even Najib can fly kite...
    

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P94 Hulu Selangor : A trip before a trip...it's the 1M flag!

They say " A picture paints a thousand words" and borrowing from the Love story song, I say "Where do I begin?"...

In one of last week's posting, NC mentioned that NC was let down by something in Pejabat Daerah/Tanah Hulu Selangor in Kuala Kubu Baru. A week has passed and yesterday NC make another unannounced call to Pejabat Daerah/Tanah Kuala Hulu Selangor.

On the left is the entrance to Pejabat Daerah/Tanah Hulu Selangor. Let me assured you that those in the pictures are not linked to NC :)




This is the lobby area to Pejabat Daerah/Tanah Hulu Selangor, complete with banners. The numbering system works and the services are pleasantly efficient :)

Maybe it's the P94 by-election or maybe because of it's sudden prominence, there is a sudden surge of interest for TOL applications, land status application, application to extend leasing years. Everybody has something in need and the politicians are just a call away - be it BN or PR :) How's that for people friendly service? But, no worry - it will be back to normal after 25th April 2010...:(

1M flag at the left side of the reception counter.

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HORRORS... 1M FLAG AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE COUNTER

As I have said earlier, I am proud to be a Malaysian and what I see is just simply unbelievable! For those unfamiliar with 1M flag, notice that star comes before the crescent and that is WRONG!

Is it apathy? Is it insensitivity? Is it indifference?

1 week has passed and nothing has been done. Correct, NC did not lodge a formal complain on last week's observation but the officer should have taken a liberty to correct the situation. Afterall, there are many mini 1M flags around the office. All he has to do is to replace the "defective" 1M flag with the crrect one. Is it so difficult?

And those who frequented the office - are they that insensitive or are they just don't care or not sensitive? Don't tell me that they are all did not observe!

We just could not rely on the cleaners to observe this trivial matter. They are Indonesian claeners and I will not blame them if they cannot differentiate our 1M flag with US flag... but what about those who claimed to be Malaysian citizens?

My hope? My hope is for the flag supplier to be more diligent and ensure that the flags are correct. History has shown how we struggle for 1M flag and gain independence. History has shown how proud we are when pur 1M flag flies high when Lee Choon Wei wins the All England or when Nichol David rules the squash courts or when our brave Malaysians conquers the Everest, the Artics and teh Antartic. Will we be as proud if in any of those occassions we find that they hoist the "wrong" 1M flag?

Will BN people be happy if they see their "dacing" tilting one way? Will DAP be happy of they see their "rocket" tilted? Will PKR ne happy if their "mata" is shaded differently? Maybe, only maybe PAS has no problem since whichever way you hoist their symbol, thei "bulan" is always round :)

There you have it. It's your choice on what you see with the "defective" 1M flag. Whatever it is, I hope that Pejabat Daerah/Tanah Hulu Selangor will take immediate corrective action to this issue. Me? I will be in Kuala Kubu Baru again this Saturday 17th April 2010 for another round of mass sun-bathing.

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P94: Malam masih panjang...

LATEST : Another by-election? This time Sibu P212 parliamentary seat...

1. Untuk PRK P94 Hulu Selangor, proses penamaan calun akan diadakan pada 17hb April dan sekiranya ada pertandingan, hari mengundi telah ditetapkan pada 25hb April 2010. Pendek kata, masih terlalu awal untuk menyingkap "mood" pengundi dan kearah mana kecenderongan mereka kali ini.
2. Walaupun demikian, BN dan PR sudah mula mengorak langkah dan mengerakkan jentera parti masing-masing meredah hutan, mengharung sungai, mendaki bukit dengan senyuman dalam usaha mereka untuk menambat hati pengundi berserta dengan taburan janji-janji manis yang sinonim dengan PRK.
3. Terkini, Malaysian Insider mengeluarkan artikel bertajuk Hulu Selangor Barisan's to lose yang antara lain menggambarkan kedudukan selesa BN untuk menawan kembali P94 dari tangan PR dengan menyiarkan pengakuan PR bahwa PR menghadapi kesukaran untuk mengekalkan P94.
4. Sahabat saya Sakmongkol AK47 membuat penganalisaan awal Siapa menang di Hulu Selangor dan saya bersetuju dengan pendapat beliau bahwa sebenarnya BN sedang berhadapan dengan masaalah dalam pemilihan calun kali ini.
5. Katalah apa pun, sebenarnya P94 mempunyai demographi yang unik dan ini memerlukan seorang calun Melayu tempatan sekiranya parti yang bertanding (atau bebas) ingin menang.
   
6. PRK memberi lebih peluang dan ruang untuk calun tempatan menyerlah dan menawarkan diri untuk berkhidmat kepada pengundi. Masaalahnya, ramai yang ingin bersuluh walaupun sudah terang dan nyata. Mungkinkah mereka tidak menyelami posting-posting terdahulu Najib sanggup dukung biawak hidup, Of 1MPM6 : Carroting the public sector to support GST..., P94 Hulu Selangor : First thoughts...sure no go.
7. Masaalah terbesar yang berhadapan dengan BN ialah kenyataan Najib bahwa calun BN untuk P94 akan datang dari MIC. Samy Vellu beriya-iya mahu meletakkan dan mengekalkan Palanivel sebagai calun walaupun mendapat tentangan dari UMNO dan akar umbi. Apakah cara untuk BN keluar dari kemelut ini? Senang saja...caranya begini :-
   • MIC dengan cara baik dan "demi kepentingan bersama BN" memberi laluan BN meletakkan calun dari UMNO. Ini akan menyelamatkan "maruah" Najib dengan MIC "mengorbankan" Palanivel" dan dalam masa yang sama membuka peluang untuk BN merampas P94 kembali;
     
   • MIC mengenepikan Palanivel dan memilih ahli MIC yang berketurunan India tempatan tetapi beragama Islam sebagai calun. Walaupun calunnya masih dari MIC tetapi peluang untuk BN akan menjadi lebih cerah kerana MIC memilih calun yang "lebih dekat dihati" dengan majoriti pengundi P94. Ini juga memerlukan "pengorbanan" Palanivel dan menyukarkan jalan beliau untuk mengambilalih tampuk Presiden MIC nanti;
   • membiarkan MIC untk bertanding atas tiket BN tetapi dalam masa yang sama UMNO "membenarkan" calun Melayu tempatan dari PERKASA untuk bertanding atas tiket bebas. Cara ini akan memecah undian Melayu dan memungkinkan calun BN memenangi PRK tersebut;
     
8. Begitu juga dengan PR. Desus-desus untuk mencalunkan Zaid Ibrahim sebagai calun perlu diketepikan sekiranya PR benar-benar ingin memenangi P94. Pengamatan ini berteraskan kemungkinan berikut :-
   
   • BN mungkin "mengumpan" dengan membuat kenyataan terbuka bahwa calun mereka akan datang dari MIC. Tatkala PR termakan umpan tersebut (kerana PR dijangka akan mengistiharkan calun mereka pada 13hb April), BN akan menyentak dengan menamakan calun mereka (yang dijangka akan diistiharkan pada 15hb April) dari UMNO. Ketika itu, hampir pasti P94 akan ditawan balik oleh BN;
   • BN membiarkan PR menamakan calun PR dahulu. Kemudian BN akan menamakan calun tempatan dari MIC dan BN akan memainkan sentimen "tempatan" untuk meraih undi dan menggambarkan PR sebagai parti yang ketandusan pemimpin sehingga terpaksa memilih calun "payung terjun" sebagai calun;
     
9. Untuk masa ini, cukup lah setakat ini. Apapun, malam masih panjang dan 17hb April masih seminggu lagi. Conggak politik masih berjalan dan coretan ini hanya sekadar membuka pemikiran tentang realiti PRK P94.
10. BN harus berani berubah dan keluar dari pemikiran sempit yang berlandaskan sensitiviti parti komponen.
11. PR pula harus lebih praktikal dan turun ke bumi nyata bahwa faktor tempatan masih lagi memainkan pernan dalam menentukan kalah menang PRK P94.
12. Secara jujur, pemanggil malam akan membuat kujungan hormat ke Kuala Kubu Bharu pada 17hb April ini sebagai pemerhati bebas. Apa kata, jom ke Kuala Kubu Bharu pada 17hb April untuk menikmati pemandangan indah di bawah pohon-pohon besar yang mengelilingi Jabatan Kerajaan disana?
    

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Of 1M : BN is not ready, parliament is not accomodating...

1. Only this morning I have a word with 1 E.P.I.C. volunteer and true enough, we are not ready...yet.
2. Let's start from the top. That means BN. Not because of anything personal against BN but BN has been in the corridors of power together with its predecessor, Perikatan since 1957.

   By chance, BN Selangor held its convention in Shah Alam on 7th April 2010, few days before the important P94 by-election. Noh Omar in his keynote address alluded that non-Malays should be grateful that they were granted Malaysian citizenship. 47 years after the formation of Malaysia , Noh Omar still brings out this issue and with that 15 delegates from MCA Kapar walked out of the convention in protest. Simple question really - is Noh Omar's non-Malays means Jawa? Is he implying that Khir Toyo should be grateful of being considered a Malaysian citizen when his father is born across the straits?

   Do you guys still remember Noh Omar? His controversial speech in parliament back then cause sight diplomatic riff with China. He never seems to learn from mistakes, did he?
   

3. From thereon, let's make a brief tour detour to parliament. Remember how Anwar Ibrahim was referred to the Rights and Priviledge committee for bringing up APCO? He was accussed of misleading the house and thus referred to the committee.

   Then, what about Tajuddin Abdul Rahman? He claims that Penang DAP leaders frequented Hong Kong and Singapore to sell government secrets but he was spared from being referred to the Rights and Priviledge committee.
   

   Instead,Karpal Singh was suspended from parliament for 10 days. Not only that, Mahfudz was also referred to the Rights and Priviledge committee which was later withdrawn the day after.
   

   Just like that, the house speaker has effectively possibly "remove" 3 opposition votes by virtue of referring Anwar to the committee, suspending Karpal for 10 days and almost referring Mahfudz to the committee. Now, what happens if there is an important bill of say GST bill to be tabled. Will this effectively be passed as BN will surely scores a 2/3 majority by way of suspended opposition parliamentarians?

4. And do you think I will let PR off the hook? Sorry, no dice. PR parliamentarians are also at fault. Yes, Anwar did provide "documented" evidence to back up his claims. Whether the documents are genuine or hearsay is up to the people to judge.

   What I don't understand is - is there any need for Mahfudz to chant UMNO-APCO? If I want to have cheerleaders, I can easily go to Los Angeles and get the Laker girls here! What we want are responsible parliamentarians and not bunch of cheer-leading packs!

5. Where does that leads us? Are we really ready for 1Malaysia? If BN themselves are confused with the "pendatang" and "grateful" issue, then how can they live up to Najib's 1Malaysia's concept?

   Recalling back, Najib's 1Malaysia slogan is "rakyat didahulukan, prestasi diutamakan" which is translated as "people first, performance now". However, Selangor BN convention prove that for Noh Omar and his bunch of UMNOputras, it is "Melayu didahulukan, kedudukan diutamakan" which can be loosely translated as "Malay first, position now". It proves that UMNO has not change and is still living in their "UMNO is the world" syndrome!
   

   Our parliament is not ready. The parliamentarians are too busy accussing each other and thus spare less time in positively giving constructive and dynamic ideas to better the peoples' welfare. They are more adapted in turning the august house into an animal farm and the chairs have proven again and again that they are biased against the opposition MPs'. Is this the 1st world parliamentarian mentality that we are talking about? Honestly, I think the kids in kindergarten can discuss better and more matured than some of the parliamentarians!
   

   The opposition block? Obviously they are too engrossed in opposing everything that sometimes they forget that they are part of the team that should look into our well-being!

6. That said, should we encourage our young to register as voters? Surely, we have many ways to get the masses to register as voters but will that change the parliamentarian behaviour? Will that rid us of unnecessary "glamour seeking", "cheer-leading" rants? Will it guide our speakers from being overly biased?
7. Just try to understand why Najib is bringing along 2 independent MPs in the form of Zahrain and Zulkifli Noordin to be part of Malaysia-USA caucus. Why is Najib bringing along 2 independent MPs who are not party-driven to be part of the caucus? Are we leaving the caucus into the hands of 2 independent MPs' who are known to be individually motivated and who, on record, are fiercely championing the "Melayu didahulukan" and overtly strong stance on "Allah" issue?

   If that is Najib's line of thoughts, then I did not see his 1Malaysia concept live to celebrate a third annivesary and I am being modest when I said that.

8. Therefore, I believe we are not ready for 1Malaysia concept. We have not lived up to 1Malaysia concept. What we have now is just pure rhetorics...no action talk only. NATO!

   The way out from this quicksand is for us the rakyat to intelligently convey the message that we are looking for 1st world parliamentarians. The rest ie 2nd world and 3rd world parliamentarians can start queing up to collect their retirement cheques. We have to rid our parliament from those "rent-seekers" who gobble the highlights by accussing others without documented back-up and evidence, those who purposely create discord in parliaments and also to replace speakers with more fair and just people.
   

   If this is too hard to find,NC is just a call away and he will gladly share his list of preferred parliamentarians, regardless of their political affiliation...
   

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What has Julio Iglesias got to do with Najib's NEM and Ibrahim's Perkasa?

1. Who's Iglesias? Well! For those non-crooners, he stands for Julio Iglesias who performed in KLCC on 1st April 2010. And his quote for blogger Fi-sha is

   "Love is like wine. To sip is fine, but to empty the bottle is a headache." - Julio Iglesias

2. Najib? If you don't know him, then frankly I will say that you do not deserve to stay in his 1Malaysia :). On 30th March 2010, he announced NEM (New Economic Model) which is still a blurry vision of what he wanted to do to spur catapult Malaysia into a high-income based economy.
3. Ibrahim? No, not the Quranic or biblical Ibrahim (or Abraham) but this Ibrahim is the independent MP who spearhead PERKASA.
4. So, how is the three linked? Jeng, jeng jeng....
5. In announcing NEM, Najib declared that his aim is to help the lower 40 % of the population whose earnings are less than RM1500 per month. Najib vategorically mentioned that in implimenting NEM, his government will cut across board and will offer assisstance to households who earns less than RM 1500 per month regardless of race, religion and cultural barriers.
   
6. Along the same line, Najib re-assures all that he will not neglect Malays and other bumiputras when implementing NEM and gunning down "rent-seekers". In fact, Najib paints himself as being vulnerable to manipulative attacks from UMNO warlords. That's what Najib says to gain the peoples' trust and backing.
7. Ibrahim Ali wanted the government to continue with policies that will lift the Malays economically to match with the non-Malays and meet the NEP's aim of 30% equity for Malays (and Bumiputra?).
8. If that is the case for both Najib and Ibrahim Ali, then what about this? A friend who attended Julio Iglesias concert told me that 70 to 80 % of the concert goers are Malays (read: Bumiputra). And this friend vouched that the tickets are priced between RM 150 to RM 800 and they opted for RM 350 tickets. That's not cheap!
9. So, my reasoning this time is simple - if these Malays can spend RM 300 for a ticket and form 70 to 80 % of the concert goers in Julio Iglesias concert, then how do Najib and Ibrahim Ali justify that Bumiputras are still left behind in equity? It is not easy to spend RM 150 to RM 800 for a 90 minute concert unless you are damn well off and money is not a problem.
10. Another point to be considered. Remember MT's article on PJH (Putrajaya Holding) non-exec staff grumblings on their contract?
    
11. Well! Another friend confirmed to me that the salary range for PJH and PJCC for senior execs are crazy. Just imagine senior execs getting salaries ranging from RM 5K to RM 13K. Such a wide range of RM 8K difference and mind you that these are senior execs and not Managers, Project Managers, Site Managers yet! For this - maybe someone will come up to confirm how many of these PJH and PJC's taffs are non-Bumis!
    
12. What this means is that PJH and PJC is a goldmine for these Bumis to earn such high-income. The question is - are they worth that much? Or are these people earning what they have because they are part of the "rent-seekers" mentioned by Najib? No wonder, Putrajaya cost so much to build.
    
13. The dots are there. I leave it to you to join the dots and make you own conclusion...
14. Now, I must admit that I was in Kuala Kubu Bharu yesterday. And no, I was not part of Selangor's state govt which starts operating from Hulu Selangor's District Office nor was I part of BN's machinery who are making their rounds in the constituencies.
15. Suffice to say that what I noticed yesterday does not reflect BN's 1Malaysia concept or the "Save malaysia" slogan of PR. Let me state that I am a Malaysian and proud to be one. But something let me down yesterday and I have pointed that out to an officer in Pejabat daerah Kuala Kubu Bharu. He admitted that what I commented is right and he noticed the same thing. I will let it pass for a few days and I will purposely make a trip there and see whether it has been corrected or not.
16. If it is not corrected - let me assue you that I will post the photo for all to see. Let me give a clue : it has nothing to do with BN or PR. It has everything to do with being Malaysian regardless of race, religion or cultural diversity. Another clue : it is located on the ground floor of the Pejabat Tanah.
17. So, let's see whether the staff of Pejabat Tanah are sensitive or not. Let us see whether the patrons of Pejabat Tanah are sensitive or not and is there any souls out there, apart from Nightcaller who can detect what is not right there. For info, ground floor of Pejabat Tanah Kuala Kubu Bharu is not that big.
    
18. For those in the vicinity, please make an effort to take a short tour there and solve this simple puzzle - what is not right there?
    

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