Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts

Thursday, April 15, 2010

There is an outbreak

I feel ashamed and disgust to work in an institution which has no proper management. I agree that they are still developing and they have time but at what cost? The day I got appointed I was told no politics among the lecturers and noting rude and all. But from the first day I got here, all I see is politics, cronyism, favoritism and nepotism. Just stop there, Sharwin ! What is this ism- ism? Are you saying the people there have some sort of sickness or something? Yeah, very funny. Come to think of it, Yes! It is a sickness and it is happening all around me and my nation. The most pissing thing is that I feel like I too got infected . So what is all this ism-ism I have been babbling just now?

Let’s look at the definition of favoritism. I got this from the net posted by this researcher called Nadler. J from Santa Clara University. Basically favoritism is favoring a person not because he or she is doing the best job but rather because of some extraneous feature-membership in a favored group, personal likes and dislikes, etc. Favoritism can be demonstrated in hiring, honoring, or awarding contracts. A related idea is patronage, giving public service jobs to those who may have helped elect the person who has the power of appointment.

Favoritism has always been a complaint in government service. I do not have a track record of the stats on how far favoritism is bad in my nation but please answer my question. If you all know anyone who works in the public sector, how did they get the job? Please ask they and you will know and I think some of us will be surprised. Let me start, since I am writing about this issue, let me tell you my part of answering the question. I come from a big family. Loads of uncles, aunties and cousins in my family. Some of them work in the public sector. Every one of them did not get their jobs based on their qualifications or skills. All of them got recommendations from someone higher and all sorts of crap. Don’t give me the reason I am trying to bring up the people of my race. I get that a lot when I ask my relations about this matter. Another problem is cronyism.

Cronyism is a more specific form of favoritism, referring to partiality towards friends and associates. Cronyism occurs within an organization when someone does a favor for someone else. It is something like I am helping you because you are a close from of my family. “Sharwin, I am taking you in my institution, you can teach and learn from other seniors. So, Sharwin, how is your father ? I will see him today and will tell him about your appointment. I hope he is happy. “Damn you all, they are happy but clearly I am not."

Nepotism is an even narrower form of favoritism. Coming from the Italian word for nephew, it covers favoritism to members of the family. Both nepotism and cronyism are often at work when political parties recruit candidates for public office. Oh my god, why do I think of Dato Seri Razidah Aziz when I am typing this? Hahahaha. Anyone wants AP? Hey come to think of it, what did happen to the case and till today she did not give any explanation on that issue. Anyone got updates?
What do favoritism, cronyism, and nepotism have to do with ethics?

One of the most basic themes in ethics is fairness. Favoritism, cronyism, and nepotism all interfere with fairness because they give undue advantage to someone who does not necessarily merit this treatment. Favoritism, cronyism, and nepotism also undermine the common good. When someone is granted a position because of connections rather than because he or she has the best credentials and experience, the service that person renders to the public may be inferior. Also, because favoritism is often covert, this practice undercuts the transparency that should be part of governmental hiring and contracting processes.

It becomes a problem when you are trying to be honest, well respected but at the same time you think your family member can be trusted more that some other guy you are going to hire. But even at that situation you trust your family members because they are close to you and frankly speaking it is not fair. Probably the biggest dilemma presented by favoritism is that, under various other names, few people see it as a problem. Connections, networking, family-almost everyone has drawn on these sources of support in job hunting in the private sphere.

So what's the problem?

The first issue is competence. For cabinet level positions, an executive will probably be drawn to experienced, qualified candidates, but historically, the lower down the ladder, the more likely for someone's son-in-law to be slipped into a job for which he is not qualified. Also, the appearance of favoritism weakens morale in government service, not to mention public faith in the integrity of government.
Reasonable people will differ about the appointment of friends and family in high-level positions, but public officials should be aware that such choices can give the appearance of unfairness. Others may restrict the hiring of relatives or friends in more general conflict-of-interest rules.

Public officials should also note that dilemmas involving favoritism extend beyond hiring and contracting practices to the more general problem of influence. Golfing partners, people who come over for Sunday dinner, members of the same club, housing area all are likely to exert a greater influence over an official than a stranger might.

The rich are getting richer by hours and poor people are getting poorer. I can’t find the proper vocab to fit in. Some of us want to change but how serious are we. How can we change when some of us ourselves have been infecting others with the 3 sickness I mentioned above. When are we going to change?

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

It's election time...

7th April by-elections has opened my eyes to many things. Pakatan Rakyat has control over Bukit Gantang and aslo Bukit Selambau once again but Batang Ai in Sarawak still belongs to Barisan Nasional.


I find it rather amusing that, Pakatan Rakyat could afford to win those two seats with a larger majority than the general elections. In Bukit Gantang,Mohd Jamaluddin Nizar (PAS) obtained 21,860 votes and won with a majority of 2,789 votes. In 2008, the majority was 1,566. In Bukit Selambau, there were 15 candidates. It is so silly to see 15 candidates competing. I think all of us are seen as a bunch of stupid and ignorant people. Some might think, 15 candidates mean finally there are people who have decided to take action. It is so obvious that those other 13 candidates had hidden agendas of their own. S. Manikumar (PKR) got 12,632 votes and won with a majority of 2,403 votes.


As for Batang Ai, I do not wish to say anything.


For the by-elections, Barisan Nasional used so many different techniques to topple the opposition. They even went to the extreme of using a video of Anwar Ibrahim talking bad about PAS and DAP 14 years ago. Personally I felt that Pakatan Rakyat was going to loose this battle after being bombard by Barisan. But it didn’t happen. Pakatan managed to win. If some were to say there were phantom voters or Pakatan members bribed votes, I would ask, Pakatan does not have that much money to do so.  

Everyday, I see Pakatan members fighting among themselves, or is that what the media wants us to see? Barisan came up with the idea of have three girls dancing is a seductive way to get voters and yet claim it’s the Chinese culture. "What Malay knows about the Chinese culture? He is not a Chinese therefore how can he say that? Who is he?" I ask this question because Islamic leaders claim its wrong for a non-Muslim to talk about the Al-Quran. This came out in the news on the 6th of April. A DAP speaker quoted something from the Quran and it was seen as a humiliation to the Islam. Therefore, I assume, by saying Chinese likes to see half naked girls dancing and it’s their culture is humiliation as well. So what do they have to say for themselves? 


It is clear that people are very unhappy with the current political scenario. Even when the leadership has changed, people still disagree with the politics happening around us. Everyone should be aware that, the people as in the citizens are not satisfied with and by reforming a new cabinet will not solve this mess. Day by day, it gets worst. Its seems to me that, our politicians don’t seem to bother what the voters think. In the last general elections, we have expressed our dissatisfaction with the leadership and now again the same outcome even after a change in the leadership. 


What does this mean?Are the people saying they don’t want Barisan to lead them or they are just not satisfied with the leaders?


It’s a pity but I have to say this, “Corruption is the foundation of this country" Lets be practical. Who wants a prime minister who sleeps during meetings? I know I don’t. What about having a leader who had uttered racist remarks which led to the 1969 racial riots? What about a leader who has been accused twice of homosexual activities? A leader who lies? Who wants all this kind of leaders?


I believe that a leader is supposed to be a good example for others not acting good infront and having a dark side. To gain peoples trust one should either clear their allegations or be truthful to the people. It is better to tell the truth and seek forgiveness than to lie. 


Malaysians are just unhappy with politics. Just look at the media, even an uneducated can see that the media is one sided. Look at the news on television during the 6th April. Everything was against the opposition, all I could hear is PKR this, that. Anwar this, that, support Barisan, we are Barisan. How can we say its a democratic country, when we only hear from one side. How about the opposition? Dont they have anything to say. Even if they want to say, Barisan Stupid! Dont vote them! Let them say it out. That is what we call as freedom of speech and democracy. Each party has equal rights to get the voters attention.


Let us all not be as if the citizens are stupid and ignorant about what happens around them. There needs to be change, major changes or else we the citizens and leaders of the nation about the witness a great riot the destruction of our nation. Bear in mind that, the rich ones might just walk away from the country. It is us the middle class and the lower class who will suffer the most. What does it take to make changes?


 Parties can make changes little by little. For starters, UMNO should stop taking old people. I get the fact that past leaders have experience but they are still in their own world where they still follow their old mentality. Now I am not saying the old mentality is wrong but in this fast pace nation where we talk and deal with technology, how can we follow the old thinking and beliefs! 

 
Besides, they are old, why do you need to join a political party and work, at your age you are supposed to sit back and relax and enjoy life. As for Pakatan Rakyat, there is a need to reform the party and members. There needs to be a stop of hopping parties. What kind of childish game is this, hopping parties? If a member is not satisfied with his or her party talk between them and solve it not by hopping to the opposition and then hop back to the previous one. What games are they trying to play here? We are dealing with a nation where there are millions of people who want their voice to be heard and promises to be done. 


What do we want? We want safe roads. We want our children to have good education. We want police to be nicer and better. We want politicians to stop playing race cards. Most important, we want a nation where government staffs and the government itself do not use the citizens for their personal interest.





Thursday, April 2, 2009

Cara mudah dapatkan undian

Kehadiran Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi dan Ismail Saffian di majlis makan malam di Kampung Baru Kuala Sepetang - sebuah perkampungan nelayan di DUN Kuala Sepetang di parlimen Bukit Gantang - kini menjadi bahan perbualan.

Apa yang dikatakan sedih ialah cara BN mandapat sambutan penundi Cina.Majlis tersebut diserikan dengan konsert tiga gadis manis berimej seksi selepas Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri itu dan calon BN selesai menyampai ucapan meminta hadirin menyokong BN dalam pilihanraya kecil parlimen itu. Tiga artis Cina berseluar pendek dan singlet biru itu menari dan menyanyi lagu rancak sewaktu Zahid sedang mengadakan sidang media di depan pentas. Saya rasa ini adalah cara bodoh untuk mendapat undian. Bodoh, macam orang cina suka perempuan yang seksi. Apa hal nie! Taraka teknik lain ke. Pi balik lah.

Beliau juga menegaskan bahawa "di kawasan saya, saya bukan memenangi hati orang Cina dengan tarian rancak begini. "Tetapi kita mesti hormat, ini adalah satu kebudayaan orang Cina.
"Di kawasan saya ada 20 peratus pengundi Cina, saya juga pergi ke tokong Cina dan menghadiri majlis pengkebumian orang Cina.

"Saya tahu bagaimana hendak menghormati keluarga orang Cina dan orang mudanya," tegas Zahid, yang juga timbalan pengerusi perhubungan Umno Perak.

Pada pendapat saya, undi promosi BN tidak perlu hadir perempuan seksi. Macam bodoh, Di manakah letaknya prinsip-prinsip Barisan Nasional adat baik perlu ditonjolkan.

Untuk berita sepenuhnya, sila rujuk:http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/101495

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Perak and Politics

 
This is just a gentle reminder to ALL PERAKIANS. The bushfires in Australia is still raging and so should the fire in the Silver State. Our Prime Minister has stated that all those found guilty of having started these "bush fires" should be left to rot in jail. I just hope your own PM agrees. They are of the same intellect aren't they? I think the ones started the fire in Perak also should rot in jail. 
 
 The title of this article was 5 FROGS but I disagree. It would be perfect with the title: 4 FROGS and 1 BIG FAT TOAD!
 
  According to sources from MCA that the PAY off is financed by some rich Chinese businessmen in Perak. Probably, Najib approached these rich Chinese Business men to do the needful for him.
 
 The First - Two frogs, were  Mohd Osman and  Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi -

 (he is greedier than the rest). These two got RM1 - RM2 million each.  Hee Yit Foong - She got the most RM10 million. Well her days are numbered! Her husband is a business man in Jelapang worth RM1.5million. Nasharuddin Hashim - probably got only a few millions. His political career will be his last term in office, if he ever serves the constituency again.

 The 5th FROG is the ruler of Perak - He also received a few million cash more than the rest of the FROGS except not more than RM4.0 million. (If the ruler of Perak decides to dissolve the
 State Assembly he gets noth€ing from UMNO). Further the ruler of Perak through his private vehicle companies will receive some major contracts from the Federal Government.
 
 With the new incoming state government of Perak, it can pay $ up RM300 million (which is funded by the federal Government) to kick start the WEST COAST highway. KEURO is the concessionaire. The stakeholders are the Selangor state government who has to fork out RM300
 million, the Perak state government also has to come up with RM300 million and the balance RM400 million will be from KEURO. (IJM Berhad is a major shareholder wanting to secure the WEST COAST highway - to make money) the deadline to fulfill this entire financial obligation is MARCH 2009.
Read The Edge magazine that was on sale Saturday 31st January 2009.
 
 If you guys can recall or remember during the SABAH crisis Mustapha (who was then the opposition against BN) went to the SABAH ISTANA to be sworn in as the Chief Minister (at 4 or 5 am) and lay claim of it. Azlan Shah was the Agung; Mahathir was the then Prime Minister paid every ruler of the states 100,000 shares of Tenaga to entice these rulers and Agung to get their support to bring down Mustapaha. Later some of the Sabah state assemblymen defected to form the BN state government in Sabah.
 
 Azlan Shah and his family then controlled GAMUDA. Later when Azlan Shah retired as Agung, Gamuda received many projects and now his daughter is one of the biggest shareholders of the company. 

 WELL the Power Grab is all about MONEY. Najib wants POWER and fame. He has the money, if you can remember US$300 million commission from the Submarine deal. ALTANTUYA. Easily spent RM20 million or as little as US$5 million to settle all the 5 FROGS of PERAK.

by KellyvilleAce.

I got this mail in MSN so I reposted this in hoping that people will know what power our DPM holds. He is the most powerful politician in Malaysia. Since he took over the Finance Ministary, he is immortal. No one is able to go against him. Even the Perak ruler can't go against him.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Busy Body in Politics

I just don't understand why should Elizabeth Wong quit her post and why is BN and UMNO trying to involve? To a certain extend, they are able to give opinions but do not have any rights to ask her to step down. Arguments given was, when Chua Soi Lek's sex video came out, Pakatan Rakyat ask him to quit his post, yes I agree they may have said it, but we can't compare Eli's case to Chua Soi Lek.

Chua Soi Lek cheated on his family and had sex several times with a women and it was in a hotel. Where else Eli was at home, sleeping. She was not aware when the ex-boyfriend took the picture. Everyone came about saying its a nude picture. Please, I disagree. Nude means without clothes. In the picture speared the was with full dress and this happen in her home. Why all of a sudden we cant be naked in our own house? What is such a big deal ! Okay maybe her ex- was so horny and had to have a picture her and all but why spread it out ? Its either he got pissed at her for ditching him or something happened which i don't really want to say. I remember what Chua Soi Lek said, I know how Eli feels.

Yes but you Mr, ex Health Minister was a tangkap basah case. Remember that. My question is, Why should she step down from her posts? Is it because she was involved in a sex scandal. If that's the argument given, our Deputy PM should have stepped down the moment there were accusation about him have connection to the death of the Mongolian model. Its not the best example to some or rather explains the concept. So politians and BN/UMNO, shut up and prepare for the by-election.

There are certain things what upsets me about Pakatan Rakyat. Pas should get the hell out of Pakatan Rakyat. They are there just make things worst, so what if Elizabeth had a Muslim boyfriend. What is such a big deal in that? Before this Pas had made rather ridiculous about the Hudud laws and honestly they just complicate things, they want to have 1 nation but at the same time give importance to the Islam. What the hell is that? So no matter what happens Pas will be defending the Islam rights, I know for a fact that, Parti Keadilan Rakyat and DAP have had alot of quarreling and fights. Don't think we the citizens are ignorant. Just in case you forgot, we placed you all in the Parliament. So now what Pas is going to do against Elizabeth Wong, I have got no idea. I assume that they are going to threaten Anwar and Lim Kit Siang by saying they want to leave the party. This always happens. So I'm not over reacting.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Politics

Why lately there has been more politics news than others? Several weeks ago, politicians were obsessed with Gaza issue but how come now everything is about politics and to be more precise its about MP switching parties. Let me see how it goes before I post a follow up.

I was a bit sad to hear about the fire outbreak in Australia and I hope that people all around the world will help them.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

A. Kugan death case

Hey, A.Kugan a 22 year old boy was killed in police custody. Now its has become a big issue and there is involvement if political parties.

What I fear is that this is involvement of high profile politicians and police officers. Its a bit funny to see that members from the ruling goverment and Pakatan Rakyat are there to help the victims family. Today 28th January, the funeral is being held and the police officers involved will be charged. Lets see where this case takes us all?

Sunday, November 9, 2008

UMNO Nominations

Sun,9-Former Selangor Menteri Besar Muhammad Muhd Taib today gained the required nominations to vie for the Umno deputy president post.

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He will be challenging two present vice-presidents Muhyiddin Yassin and Mohd Ali Rustam.

umno nomination 2009 updated at 6 34 pm on 091108Muhd Taib became the last person to check in with the required 39 nominations after getting the nod from the Kelana Jaya and Hulu Terengganu divisions today.

Mohd Ali gained his minimum nominations yesterday.

The frontrunner for the deputy post remains Muhyiddin who had already amassed 88 nominations. He qualified for the contest by acquiring the required nominations on Oct 19.

The division level meetings end today, except for some divisions whose meetings have been ordered by the party to be reconvened.

As it stands, the present deputy, Najib Abdul Razak is set to become the next party president after having won nominations from almost all 191 Umno divisions.

His own division, Pekan, naturally nominated him for the top post yesterday. He was also returned unopposed as the division chief.

Only Gua Musang had nominated someone else for the top post - that of its division head Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. However his challenge will not tale place as he had failed to obtain the required minimum 58 nominations from the top post.

Present president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had decided to step down in March allowing for a smooth takeover by Najib.

The question is as to who will become Najib's deputy from the trio of Muhyiddin, Muhd Taib and Mohd Ali. The contest next March is the first for the deputy president's post in 21 years.

By convention, the Umno president becomes the prime minister while the deputy president is slated to be the deputy premier.

As for Abdullah, although he is not contesting for the top post, he was nevertheless retained as the Kepala Batas division head today.

Vice presidents' race

Apart from the race for the deputy president, the heat is also on for the three slots for the vice-president's posts.

Today - the final day of meetings for the divisions, two other candidates qualified to make it an eight-cornered fight.

The last two to check in were Jamaluddin Jarjis and Rais Yatim who both gained the required minimum 21 nominations today.

Leading the race is the outgoing Youth chief Hishammuddin Hussein who has already gotten at least 135 nominations.

He is followed by former Youth chief Ahmad Zahid Hamidi with at least 94 nominations.

Shafie Apdal has 69 nominations and looks set to give a tough fight based on his support from his home base Sabah.

Others in the contest are Khaled Nordin, Syed Hamid Albar and disgraced former vice-president Isa Samad.

There could still be time for one more contestant on the form of former Malacca chief minister Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik. He needs six more nominations to fulfil the required minimum 20 nominations to contest for this post.

We need mentality change

I bet a lot of Malaysian felt happy when Barack Obama won the presidential election. There was cheering and happiness because people realise that he was a good leader. Our Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi also said that he is happy for US citizen's. There was a statement where our PM said that anyone can be a Prime Minister, those who feel that they care for the people and nation can be a leader. There are many ways to intemperate this message.

I intemperate it as, the race and gender is not an issue in this case. Barack Obama was once a Muslim but he can be a president of the United States, so in Malaysia I don't see that a leader should be a particular race, religion or gender. Why cant we have a young Prime Minister, every time I see surely the candidates will be "freaking" old. Or maybe how about a female? let the women have a part of building the country too. Don't tell me Muslim is the religion that a leader should have because its the most supreme religion. Please lah, a person having religion means that its a relationship between the person and god. OK. If we were to see from the base of all religion teaches the same teaching, manners, respect, truth and all.

I don't think we all are united at all. So stop the crap. Change first and don't act like you have changed. Simple example, just because a Chinese is to lead PKMS, there was so much of complaint and dissatisfaction. What is so wrong if a Chinese is to lead PKMS. If they are able to fulfil all the job requirements. Please see the capability of a person in doing things not the race and all.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

HINDRAF once again!

This is about the protest which HINDRAF did on 1st OCT 2008 in the Prime Minister's Open House. Most of those who i talked to said what they did was wrong, made a fool out of themselves,you don't go attacking people on their celebration day and all but what I saw was a little different. So what do you all think?

We cant jump sides or come to conclusion what happen in the open house.
Simple question, are we in the same situation as they are? What would we do if our loved ones are taken away like them? Hell, we don't really know if the Hindraf 5 are still alive.

I think that if my dad or mom or brother was taken like them, who cares about celebration!
And yeah what did the hindraf people did was wrong, but to what extend? Even we might do it under circumstances, so there is absolutely no point to say its wrong,

Anyway what really happen there? Anyone knows? I not talking about where you heard it from and other secondary source. Anyone who was there or maybe got the video clip of the whole incident of the Hari Raya Open House.

Honestly going there to beg them under the word called "protest" was desperate and I understand to a certain level but asking the PM to maafkan the Hindraf 5 and the release them sempena Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir dna Batin?

What the hell? You people stupid or what? And what is up with the statment kita maafkan Perdana Menteri? Did the PM ask for forgiveness for you all to forgive? Did the Hindraf 5 who I don't even know if they are alive, forgives the PM?

And yeah I don't support and care about Hindraf at all since they were famous. Once upon a time they were all about fighting for the Indians, now its getting rid of BN and we want our 5 friends back!

For those who supported HINDRAF and thought that they were up to save the Indian, so sorry but they were just our to save themselves,friends and yeah they are just another upcoming UMNO/BN reincarnation.

Is this ture!?

Sarawak Headhunter declared the Barisan Nasional (BN) an illegal organisation.

In a statement to Cyber Jungle News today, Sarawak Headhunter said that the facts and evidence showed that the government was, and is, being used by the BN in a manner detrimental to public order and national security.

Labelled a threat to national security, the BN has been banned by Sarawak Headhunter, home minister of the pro-team government of the Republic of Sarawak (ROS).

He issued a statement yesterday declaring BN, which has been advocating racial and racist agendas since its inception, an illegal organisation. The declaration, he said, was a result of monitoring and investigations by the ROS going back to the formation of BN.

‘As a result of the investigations, the home ministry, as per its authority under sections 35 and 55 of the People's Government Reform Act 2008, has declared BN unlawful and detrimental to the peace, public order, political, economic and social security and the moral values of Malaysia,’ he said in the statement.

‘I feel that if we don't rein in their activities, they will continue to jeopardise security and public order, and our country's sovereignty, as well as upset the harmony among races.’

Sarawak Headhunter said the decision to ban the movement was not made based on only one or two misdemeanours committed by BN, but covered the entire gamut of activities the group had been involved since its organisation.

‘These included subversion of the economic policies of the government, thereby causing losses of hundreds of billions of ringgit, economic injustice and instability, subversion of the judiciary, large-scale electoral fraud, including but not limited to vote-buying and ballot-box tampering, gerrymandering and general abuse and manipulation of electoral, legislative and administrative process.

‘They have also committed corruption, favouritism, nepotism, cronyism, abuse of power and position, misuse of government machinery, abuse of the law, waste, mismanagement, mis-allocation or wrongful allocation of resources, racial and racist agendas and policies, exclusion and marginalisation of entire communities, discrimination and improper control and manipulation of the mass media.

‘There is also their registration of illegal immigrants as citizens, coercion, pressure, force, threat and intimidation of the public through illegal police action, conflicts of interest, breaches of trust and much more.’

‘They exploited all manner of racial issues to remain in power and which caused an uprising by the people and created disharmony between them and all races.’

He added that BN had tried all ways and means, illegal, dirty and underhanded, to support their attempts to get the people to bow to their demands, actions which have tarnished the country's image.

‘Considering all the facts and evidence we have, I am satisfied that BN was and is being used in a manner detrimental to public order and national security and the well-being of the nation.’

‘We advise the public not to involve themselves in any way with the activities of this unlawful organisation.’

Friday, September 26, 2008

Step down or Stand Still

After a long period without technology access, finally I can online back. Past these few days, I tend to realise that there is not much news about UMNO top guns debating about power transition, MCA with the elections or even Pakatan Rakyat about the New Government. I'm quite surprised but who cares, its just politics.

I was just reading my online paper when this particular post got my attention. It was about Pak Lah in a Q&A session with 100 journalist. I will paste it down later so that all of you who will be dropping by my blog could read it. Basically the Q&A was about the power transition since Umno had an emergency meeting.

I really think Pak Lah is old. The way he answers is no base answers. He is running a nation and wants the journalist and the citizens to guess when is he going to leave or pass the PM post. This is not a guessing game or a post of some Pre-school monitor, we are talking about a nation, a nation where is it multi race, multicultural, multi ethnic and a nation where politicians get to play the race card, nation where ISA is the government's puppet and etc.

So what does the PM mean by " You can keep on guessing when I'm going to leave". With all respect Mr. PM, "If you want to leave 2010, its fine, done settle. Just say it and stop it. Or since most of your loyal supporters back stabbed you and wants you to leave early just say so!" Why are you making us, the people suffer? Like it or not some of us don't want any of you to sit on the President seat, we prefer someone younger and someone who can understand the upcoming generation better.

Example of the Q:

Jr : Are you going on leave soon?

PM: I am going on leave? Am I going on leave? How did you know? I am not going on leave, I have a lot of work to do.


What kind or answer is this. Is he even listening to the interview. Most of the questions asked by the journalists were surely related to the emergency meeting. But the answer given was, I have to discuss, I have to talk to Najib. So I want to ask, What did they talked in the Emergency Meeting?

Me and other people of this country would just like to know what is really going on, about the power transition because we are the ones who will be effected the most. What is the rational of having a PM who jokes and does not answer or even concentrate in an interview. You all can even watch the video and can see that our PM was not paying attention to the press. Is this what we what? Most of us are very familiar our PM's words and promises. Parliament will not be dissolved but it did the next day, Fuel will not hike till August but did in the same week after the announcement. So I think you get the picture...

The Q&A:

Will the Umno election be postponed to March?

The election is based on whatever decision that is reached during the divisional meetings [...] It's like last time, there is no change, it's just a bit of delay.

What is the reason for that?

Err... give what... what's the word just now... way... (turns to his deputy Najib Abdul Razak, seated next to him).. It's to facilitate an early transition.

Does that mean you won't be defending your post in March?

I have not announced any decision as this particular point is concerned. I intend to do it before the division meetings begin (on Oct 9).

Do you think the members will accept the decision to further put off the party election?

The supreme council members have agreed to it and it is not something that will cause difficulty. If we postpone the divisional elections involving other procedures, that will be troublesome.

Are you going on leave soon?

I am going on leave? Am I going on leave? How did you know? I am not going on leave, I have a lot of work to do.

Could you just clarify what you mean by ‘to facilitate an early transition'?

Whatever that I'll need to do later will be decided between me and Najib.

Are you going to stick to the 2010 deadline?

If (the transition) is brought forward, then 2010 is off.

Are you prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice if it's better for the party for you to leave early?

As far as I am concerned, I love my party. Even in the most difficult circumstances, I never left.

I did not join Umno 46 (Semangat 46), I never joined any other party, I've never been on the platform of an opposition party to speak against Umno. There was no record of me going against the party at any time at all.

Is there any plan to impose a limit for the presidency term in future?

Like MCA? We did not make any decision like that yet and have no such policy.

On the early transition, are you under tremendous pressure to quit?

No, nothing to do with that. Everything has got to do with my work, when I am done with my work, then I am done.

Do you feel that your colleagues in the Umno supreme council are asking you to leave early?

No, no, nothing (like that) happened. Maybe there are two, three who felt such way but most of them have no reason to pressure (me) because they know I have a cordial relation(ship) with Najib.

We have good consensus on everything and there should be no question about it.

Is it right to say that you will not contest the party post in March?

It will be my decision, right or not, it will be mine. You can go on guessing, the decision will be mine.
(taken frm Malaysiakini)

Link to the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adEnreI4TXE

Sunday, September 14, 2008

From Politics to Racial Sentiment

There has been alot of thing which has been happening lately. Lets talk about an issue.If you all remember, the Ahmad Ismail speech was turned from a political expect to a racial issue. I blame both the politician and also the reporter. I have my reasons for saying so.

First of all, let me say about the, Datuk Ahmad Ismail. News claims that he uttered a phrase which is claimed can stir racial issues. But i wonder, I don't really know what did Ahmad Ismail say because, no other paper reported the news and it was a Chinese newspaper. Anyway based on the statement made by Ahmad Ismail, he did say about "Orang Cina ialah penumpang di tanahair kita" but it was taken out of context. What he meant was based on the Historical things where Chinese people and Indian people were immigrants brought into by British people and therefore they got better education that our own Malays. How can he say that? British gave opportunities to everyone at that time. What did the old Malays did. Just because they were British people and due to the hatred that the Malays had on British, they send their kids to "Sekolah Pondok". Sekolah pondok is where children are being taught religion and faith. So whose fault was it? I didn't condemn any religion and faith, but the fast is that nowadays, people are heading to neo- postmodern theory. Where people are much into more rational and scientific approach.

Anyway why did Ahmad Ismail said those things in a election campaign? Its a little ridiculous talk about history? You be the judge...

Monday, August 25, 2008

All about Permatang Pauh

Tomorrow is Pematang Pauh by-election.
Its a three way battle.
For PKR candidate and the individual candidate went promoting themselves.
BN candidate, Datuk Arif Shah Omar went rounds also to get vote.This was what he did? Honestly I don't know what did the other 2 candidates did because there was no media coverage.

Anyway back to Arif Shah. I have not seen a candidate gets back up from the top BN leaders. Man, let Arif have his say lah. All Najib, Pak lah, Ezam want to speak when will he get the chance to speak. How will he get votes. All this while nobody cares about Permatang Pauh because its a strong place for PKR, but now you all can see in our media, MAIN STREAM media. Its a abit funny.

Other leaders of BN are making all sorts of promises. What if Datuk Arif wins and says that all the promises are said by other BN leaders I will talk to them to get works done. Its possible. I'm just throwing out my thoughts. Another thing is that:

Ezam, there is nothing much to say about him because every member has his and her rights towards their respective parties so if anyone wants to leave the party, the other have to respect, but what Ezam did was against ethics. Ethics to me is, you don't bring out personal stuff ok. Keep it professional always, you all are working, therefore personal stuff should not clash.

But what I want to share with all is that, in "The SUN" today there was a news saying Ezam reveals Death Threats.
It seems that he has been getting threats via sms and says he is not scared. First of all. If your not scared, why are you telling you are telling so that you will be protected. Pandai main Psychology lah lu. What is this? Is there prove that he got threats. If yes nab the person who sent the message.Than you have a point. Even Ezam could have bought a sim card and send sms to his another public know number.

And yeah,the sms threat is an old move to get the voters attention, get a new trick.

All the best for all candidates may the best and rakyat candidate wins.

Friday, August 22, 2008

PM respects ACA

Our Pm hails on the efficiency of the ACA in detaining the 2 Pakatan Rakyat Exco Members. He said ACA is very productive now, good job shows that the ACA is on track. Bla Bla Bla.

I just want to say ACA also had a complaints on you Mr. PM and also the DPM. Hahahaha.
So if I were you I would try to clean up my mess and try to keep a low profile. It wont take long for the ACA to nab both due to the large number of complaints.

Monday, August 11, 2008

You spend, you pay!

"In the March 2004 general election, Umno received campaign paraphernalia worth hundreds of millions ringgit including posters, badges, banners and caps, which it had refused to pay." In the suit, which was initiated by Elegant Advisory in June this year, the company has claimed a sum of RM218,013,475 as compensation from Umno for the supply of the election campaign materials. (Malaysiakini.com)


Hahaha. I could not help myself from laughing. Why would you all want to spend so much for just 2004 elections. Have you all heard of a word called "recycle". Pleaselah, orang lain pun nak cari makan. Do not tend to fool the citizens, why didnt the party pay? No money or thought that there might be some fools who would work for charity. I believe this is where Money politics in the government comes in. Its quite funny because engineering project dealer UEM builders tend to get paid very fast upon handling the government projects but why its not the same here.

I wonder? See now no money to pay them back. Whose money are you all going to take and pay. OUR MONEY!! Sorry we the citizens didn't ask you to print badges, water bottles, flags, banners and etc. So what is the rational way to pay them back? All member in the party involved should give up their salary for 1 or 2 months to cover it. Suffer what we the citizens suffer. Its not like you all go to the mamak and just have a Roti canai and teh Tarik for breakfast or perhaps lunch.

We do!! So pay them back using your own money. Do not release statements saying that the government is having financial cirsis bla bla bla bla. If i do remember, a minister said that Malaysia will not expect an inflation. Guess Who? So pandai-pandai lah you orang manage...

UMNO TREASURE
"I am stating that the defendant, Umno, is not a party which contested in the 11th General Election but it was BN, another registered body," said Abdul Azim. According to Abdul Azim, the 2005 case was settled out of court. (Malaysiakini.com)

Hello we don't care which party did it. Personally UMNO ke BN ke all same. Lets keep it simple, "Ruling Party" BN is made up of components like UMNO am I correct? Anyway these was in kelantan, so in Kelantan BN candidate was from UMNO and can you see the link now. So do not point on others.

What do you mean settle out of court ? Is it in other words "bribe" to shut others up. What are the reason's for a court and judge and lawyers if a problem can be settle out of court. Are we like saving on judge and lawyer fee. From now on lets settle all cases out of court. Make the court as a museum. Seeing it now, the Altantulaya's case should not have taken this long. Why don't they settle it out of the court. Do you get the picture....

Monday, July 14, 2008

I swear I 'm not involved, I hope !


Today I opened the the 1st page of The Sun newspaper and guess what did i saw? Our DPM giving a speech about the involvement of of him in the murder case of the Mongolian model Altantulya last year. There were like about 300 BN/UMNO supporters and he had to make a stupid move by saying it. Well why do I call it a stupid move? If we are aware of the behavior of our DPM, we are able figure out the answer.

He is a man who is mad of power and usually does not care about others and is a cunning man. A hardcore politician does not care about his fault if he did not do it. When he was asked on to comment abt the issue previous weeks, he said " Why are you people are intrested in garbage," And now he can swear that he does not know the woman at all and has no connection with the case. Futhermore can also say I think this is the best way to make you all believe me. This is so stupid. Before this i had a doubt weather is he really involved but now i can be sure.... The citizens are not that dumb.

We can have our own judgements and most probebly true. Its a pity to see that we have been fed and fed with information and the worst is the info is not 100% reliable. Lets say if this accusation was intended to kill our DPM's political influence, then I think the sodomy case was also a set up against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Swearing on "Allah" Just becouse the god is silent you can go around making all sorts of swearing.

Oh man, please let me remind you that we are living in the 21 century. So please next time think wisely before you make an assumption. What a joke. I think maybe there were afew nightmares in sleeps. Thats why my aunt always say must wash legs before you go to bed.Hahaha. I think the next move is to seek a bomoh to chase the chants and dreams away. But becareful you might never know that there might be another Mona Fandy.

Friday, July 11, 2008

You just got smacked on your face!!



Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) has summoned inspector-general of police Musa Hassan and attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail for questioning on the allegation that they were involved in fabricating evidence in former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim's black eye incident.

MCPX

musa gani aca 110708 arrive 1Musa (right) arrived at the ACA headquarters in Putrajaya at 8.20am wearing a grey suit with a polka-dot tie. He smiled to journalists before entering the building. Meanwhile, Gani arrived at 9.50am.

Both Musa and Gani did not stop to talk to the media after their separate sessions with the ACA.

Gani (below), who was first to come out of the meeting at about 11.30am, walked past the horde of waiting reporters without saying a word.

musa gani aca 110708 arrivalMusa came out of the ACA headquarters at about 1.05pm and similarly broke through the media cordon.

"I have nothing to say. Thank you," said Musa as he evaded answering questions from reporters who had been waiting since early morning to get comments from both the IGP and the AG.

"They recorded my statement. That's all," Musa said before speeding off in his official car.

Last Tuesday, PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim lodged a police report against Musa and Gani for allegedly fabricating evidence in his trials 10 years ago.

musa gani aca 110708 mobbed 2At that time, Musa was the investigating officer of the charges against Anwar while AG Gani was the chief prosecutor.

When Anwar was arrested on Sept 20, 1999, he was brought to the national police headquarters in Bukit Aman where the former deputy premier was beaten by then police chief Abdul Rahim Noor, resulting in a black eye and injuries to other parts of his body.

Original medical reports ignored

Anwar said that the original medical reports done by a number of doctors were ignored.

anwar ibrahim black eye small 080206"The medical reports concluded that the injury inflicted on me was consistent with an assault," said Anwar in his police report.

However, Anwar claimed that instead of accepting the report and proceeded to prosecute his assailant, then attorney-general Mokhtar Abdullah - in collusion with Gani - asked another doctor, Dr Abdul Rahman Yusof, to allegedly fabricate a second medical report.

Anwar said he believed both Musa and Gani were present in Bukit Aman on the night he was assaulted by Rahim Noor and that both had "concealed" the assault.

musa gani aca 110708 nothing to say"I believe both Musa and Gani Patail were actively involved in the procuring of the second undated report by Dr Rahman..." he said.

Anwar called for a fresh investigation into the alleged fabrication of evidence, which is an offence punishable by up to 7 years' imprisonment.

The ACA has stepped in to investigate the allegation as both the police and Attorney-General's Chambers are implicated in the matter.