Friday, 17 October 2014
Friday, 10 October 2014
THEY ANSWER TO NO ONE AND THEY ARE THE LAW UNTO THEMSELVES
Putrajaya has REFUSED to disclose the COSTS incurred by the prime minister's wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, who had used the OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT JET to fly to Padang, Indonesia for an award ceremony recently.
http://tinyurl.com/l7tpeqw
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, however, revealed that besides Rosmah, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and other government delegates were on the flight.
Seremban MP Anthony Loke had asked in a parliamentary written question, the purpose for the August 27 trip, using a NR1 aircraft with the registration number 9M-NAA.
Shahidan said that Rosmah had flown to Padang to receive the highest Minangkabau award while the aircraft was also used by Najib for an official visit to Singapore.
"It is the government's official aircraft and was used for the prime minister's business.
"All the costs involved in the flight are estimated to be appropriate and in line with the service provided," Shahidan said in the written reply in the Dewan Rakyat today.
Rosmah had previously been embroiled in a controversy after she had used the government's official jet to attend a conference in Doha, Qatar.
Putrajaya came under severe criticism by the public and opposition politicians who questioned how it was approved.
Shahidan had said then that the Cabinet had approved Rosmah's use of the jet for that trip but PR lawmakers argued that it was a conflict of interest as the Cabinet was headed by Najib.
Loke said today he became aware of the latest trip through an informer in August after it was detected on a flight-tracking website, FlightRadar24.com.
"In the data dated August 27, it was revealed that the flight departed from Subang to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and then made its way to Padang, Indonesia.
“And on August 28, the aircraft flew from Padang to Singapore before heading back to KLIA and Subang.”
He said August 27 was the same day Rosmah received the highest Minangkabau award in Padang and then accompanied the prime minister as he launched the Malaysian Agrobazaar in Singapore.
Loke expressed disappointment that Putrajaya was hiding the costs incurred in using the aircraft, saying that this had never happened before.
"Every time I asked about figures, they always gave detailed answers. But not this time, it's like they want to keep it as a secret to avoid negative perception.”
He said the issue of Rosmah's right to use the government's official jet had been brought up in Parliament many times.
"I had asked this question last March about the costs incurred on her trip to Qatar and the answer they have was RM426,489.46," the DAP lawmaker said.
Loke hit out at Putrajaya for not revealing this latest information, saying that no minister could avoid answering any question from parliamentarians in the Dewan Rakyat.
"Every sen spent for the official use of the prime minister, his wife and any member of the administration comes from public funds and can be questioned.
"And if Parliament cannot give an answer, how can they guarantee the transparency in their expenditure?"
– October 8, 2014.
UMNO TAKING CHINESE VOTERS IN MALAYSIA FOR SUCKERS AT EACH GENERAL ELECTION
THE BIGOTS AND HYPOCRITES IN UMNO COMING OUT INTO THE SUNLIGHT SOON AFTER THEY HAVE PROSTITUTED THEMSELVES FOR CHINESE VOTES IN THEIR CONSTITUENCIES DURING EACH GENERAL ELECTION.
Read here MALAYSIAN INSIDER EDITORIAL
http://tinyurl.com/of8643u
You know it is Umno divisional meetings season when the same idea crops up in their gatherings – shut down vernacular schools and keep one system to foster national unity.
This is the parochial, nasty, extreme underbelly of Umno – the ones who believe only their ideas work and that they should dominate the country's national narrative, not others.
Cheras Umno division chief Datuk Seri Syed Ali AlHabshee yesterday reiterated the call by his party members in urging Putrajaya to abolish vernacular schools and to set up a single-stream school system which, he said, could help foster national unity in the country.
He said Malaysia was probably the only country in the world that still practiced a multi-stream education system, which he said was a breeding ground for racial discord.
"Maybe it's time that the Malaysian government abolish vernacular schools which is seen as the platform in creating the thickening racist sentiments among the people," he said in a blog posting.
Really? The blame is on all other Malaysians and no one else.
It is really rich that the likes of Syed Ali who are talking about national unity are really the ones who push the racial line.
Remember what he said last year, that the Chinese and Indians should know their place by not taking advantage of the Malays as they have been kind enough to share the country with them.
“The Malays are the majority in the country so they (the Chinese and Indians) should not trample on our heads,” he told FreeMalaysiaToday last year.
“Malaysia is Tanah Melayu. We’ve been kind enough to share it with them, so don’t take advantage of us,” he said when commenting on pressure on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to boycott the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka.
Is it national unity when you tell people to know their place?
These are also the same guys who are cheering the abuse of the Sedition Act on those who speak their minds, but contrary to their narrative.
Are we a country where there can only be one type of thinking, one type of education, and voila – national unity is created?
To add to the hypocrisy of this sudden affection for national schools is the fact that many Umno officials send their children to private schools or are streamed to schools for their community.
Fact is, many Malaysian parents do send their children to vernacular schools for better education opportunities.
There are those who opt for private or home schooling because they have lost faith in the national system.
And, there are enough reports of alleged racism in the national school system for some parents to opt for vernacular schools.
National unity does not come from having one system or one party that dominates the country's politics
And, please do not equate national unity with political unity.
National unity is when everyone believes they are Malaysians and allow diversity in opinion, thought and philosophies without any discrimination or prosecution.
It isn't about the system really, it is about the people.
– MALAYSIAN INSIDER
ONLY GOD/ALLAH CAN SAVE MALAYSIA NOW !
UMNO-BN Govt's contention that police did not take action against Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali over his call to burn copies of the Bible containing the word "Allah" because he was merely defending Islam has placed Islamist extremists above the law, a senior Sarawak Barisan Nasional minister said today.
http://tinyurl.com/qjhl4hz
Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali had called for copies of the Bible containing the word ‘Allah’ to be burned.
Land Development Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing said,
“So now it is acceptable to burn the Bibles, insult believers of other faiths and do disrespectful acts in defence of the sanctity of Islam. Never mind the sanctity of other religions? How did Malaysia arrive at this socio-religious situation?”
Masing said Malaysia's “founding fathers would turn in their graves if they found out what is happening to Malaysia today”.
“Let us all bring Malaysia to the time when people of different faiths were free to practise their faiths in peace and religious bigots were non-existent.”
A Malaysian Insider reader, who goes by the name samng2, in his reaction posted this message for Nancy:
“Hello Nancy. Threaten(ing) to burn other religion's holy books to defend (one’s) own religion does not make any sense. Logically, for one to make such a threat means that the physical holy book itself or the content in it posed a serious threat to Islam.
“In short, this holy book cannot exist. Now, if it is that serious, why haven't other Muslims in the world burned such holy books a thousand years ago?
“Clearly, he (Ibrahim Ali) is not defending Islam. He made a threat against Christianity on his own accord. So please Nancy. It's people like you from the ruling government that keep insulting the intelligence of the public. (A) bad excuse is better than none?”
Nancy said police decided not to take action against Ibrahim because they concluded that his words were only directed at specific individuals, and were not a threat to the larger society.
She also told Lim that Ibrahim's action "was not intended to cause religious chaos but only to defend the sanctity of Islam".
Ibrahim's call in January last year prompted outrage from politicians and Christian groups, with critics accusing Putrajaya of double-standards in using the Sedition Act against critics while sparing Ibrahim over his remarks.
Umno-BN Govt is CONDONING and ENCOURAGING ANTI Christian Sentiments among Malaysian Muslims ?
The Christian Federation of Malaysia has expressed "outrage" over the government’s announcement that a threat to burn the Bible is not a crime as it was in defence of Islam.
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In a strongly-worded statement, CFM chairperson Eu Hong Seng said the move gives a "carte blanche or free rein" to Muslim extremists to continue issuing such threats, either to Christians or followers of any other religion.
We strongly protest against the obviously inexcusable position adopted by the government," Eu said.
Yesterday, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nancy Shukri said in a written reply to Parliament said that Perkasa chief Ibrahim Ali will not be prosecuted for calling on Muslims to "seize" and "burn" the Malay-language Bible.
Nancy said Ibrahim had not "intended to cause religious disharmony" and was only "defending the sanctity of Islam".
She said this was because Ibrahim was referring to claims that the holy books were distributed to Muslim students at a school in Penang.
Eu also called on all Malaysians to censure the minister for saying so.
Nancy was earlier criticised for her stand by Global Movement of Moderates Foundation chief executive officer Saifuddin Abdullah and Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim.
In separate statements, Saifuddin and Anwar said ISLAM does NOT promote the desecration of the holy texts of the other religions.
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
WHY UMNO SHOULD NOT ONLY TALK BUT ACTUALLY BAN CHINESE VERNACULAR SCHOOLS BEFORE GE 14
The Umno general assembly has been urged to debate whether Chinese schools should be abolished.
An Umno division wants the party's general assembly next month to debate whether Chinese vernacular schools should be abolished, Umno mouthpiece Mingguan Malaysia reported today.
Umno Petaling Jaya Utara division deputy head Mohamad Azli Mohemed Saad, who made the suggestion, said this was because Chinese schools were being used by the opposition to breed racial and anti-government sentiments.
He was also quoted as saying that the upcoming November assembly was the best platform to discuss the issue.
"This is very important because nowhere else in the world is there a dual-stream education system.
"The primary and secondary systems must be under one umbrella," he said, according to the Malay-language weekender.
"The primary and secondary systems must be under one umbrella," he said, according to the Malay-language weekender.
The report said this was not the first time the suggestion was made, adding that various parties had made the call in the name of unity of the nation.
It added that in August, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Razali Ibrahim had also called for the government to stop building Chinese vernacular schools as it was not contributing to national harmony.
Azli was also quoted as saying that the Petaling Jaya Utara branch also wanted all SJKC schools to be placed under the full control of the Education Ministry.
"We want to be rid of racism that is often being politicised by those who have a very shallow understanding of politics," he said, according to the report.
The Umno general assembly will be held from November 25 to 29.
Thursday, 25 September 2014
KENAPA PAS TAK MAU KELUAR PAKATAN SEKARANG JUGA ?
MOHD KHAIRIL NIZAM KHIRUDDIN,
TAK PAYAH CERITA BANYAK-BANYAK... TAK GUNA
TAK PAYAH CERITA BANYAK-BANYAK... TAK GUNA
KELUAR SEKARANG ....... DEMI KEBAIKAN PAS DAN KEUNTUNGAN PKR DAN DAP !!
Sebenarnya, PENAKUT..... Cakap Sombong Macam Tin Kosong... !!
Naib Ketua Pemuda PAS Mohd Khairil Nizam Khiruddin kata PAS akan meninggalkan Pakatan Rakyat (PR) apabila sampai masanya.
Beliau kata PAS sudah lama bersabar dengan kedegilan PKR dan DAP.
Khairil berkata, meninggalkan PR tidak mustahil bagi PAS walaupun tidak berasa ia akan dilakukan dalam jangka masa terdekat.
“Sejauh mana kesabaran kita dan saya yakin dan percaya, apabila tiba masanya untuk kami keluar daripada PR, kami akan keluar," katanya seperti dilaporkan portal Sinar Harian Online hari ini.
“Sejarah membuktikan, biasanya yang keluar daripada PR ini bukan PAS tetapi rakan sekutu. Kami tetap setia dan apa tindakan PAS sekalipun, memang semuanya berlandaskan perjanjian dalam PR atau mana-mana pertubuhan dalam gabungan yang kami laksanakan,” katanya merujuk kepada tindakan DAP meninggalkan Barisan Alternatif (BA) satu ketika dahulu.
Khairil bagaiamanpun berkata, PAS sepatutnya bersabar dengan "kedegilan" rakan-rakan sekutunya dalam PR, lapor portal itu lagi.
Khairil bagaiamanpun berkata, PAS sepatutnya bersabar dengan "kedegilan" rakan-rakan sekutunya dalam PR, lapor portal itu lagi.
“Biasanya yang buat... yang kita katakan, yang ‘degil’ ini pada pendapat saya adalah daripada rakan-rakan kita. Tapi itulah kesabaran. PAS sebagai parti yang lama sepatutnya sabarlah.
“Ketegasan kami ialah kalau perlu rasanya untuk kami keluar, kami akan keluar. Tapi sekarang ini bukan masanya. Kami tetap setia dengan PR dan Umno berhati-hati, kami berada di Putrajaya, Insya Allah,” katanya seperti dilaporkan portal itu.
Kemelut menteri besar Selangor yang baru selesai dengan pelantikan Mohamed Azmin Ali bagi menggantikan Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim menyaksikan pergeseran hebat di antara PAS dengan PKR dan DAP.
PKR dan DAP sebelum ini bertegas hanya menamakan Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail untuk menggantikan Khalid akan tetapi PAS mempunyai pendirian berbeza.
Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang sebelum ini berkata, Dr Wan Azizah tidak layak untuk memimpin negeri Selangor kerana tidak pandai berhujah di Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) sebagai Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Kajang.
Hadi berkata, Islam menetapkan beberapa ciri dan syarat dalam melantik seorang pemimpin dan ianya tidak ada pada Dr Wan Azizah.
“Nak jadi pemimpin ini banyak syarat-syaratnya, antaranya pemimpin itu sendiri mesti ada kebolehan dan kelayakan untuk memimpin.
“Kalau daripada awalnya lagi dia (Dr Wan Azizah) tidak ada kebolehan, untuk jawab pertanyaan yang dibangkitkan di dalam dewan negeri.
“Nak berdialog dalam dewan negeri pun tak boleh, macam mana nak jadi pemimpin (MB Selangor)?" soal Hadi.
Sebelum ini, ketua Pemuda PKR Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad menuntut Hadi menarik balik kenyataannya yang mendakwa Presiden PKR Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail tidak berkebolehan menjadi menteri besar Selangor.
Semalam Ketua Wanita PKR Zuraida Kamaruddin menggesa Presiden PAS agar memohon maaf kepada Presiden PKR di atas penghinaan yang dilemparkan terhadap Adun Kajang itu.
Zuraida berkata, permohonan maaf Hadi penting agar Pakatan Rakyat (PR) dapat terus bergerak ke depan.
"Kami berharap agar Hadi memohon maaf terhadap semua tuduhan tidak berasas yang dilemparkan terhadap presiden parti kita," kata ahli Parlimen Ampang itu dalam satu kenyataan.
"Kami tetap dengan pendirian wanita juga layak memegang jawatan menteri besar,” katanya. – 25 September, 2014.
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
MB Azmin Ali, You are Supposed to . Reward Loyalty, and Penalise Treachery, Bad Behavior and Cowardice of ADUNs
PAS's Khalid Samad Does NOT Want Azmin Ali to Offer the two PAS ADUNs positions in the new Exco line up.
Why ? It might worsen ties between PAS, PKR and DAP?
WE ASK Khalid Samad:
1.Who ACTUALLY worsened the ties between PAS and PKR/DAP? The 2 PAS ADUNs ??
2. And why should the two PAS ADUNs pay the price for the sins and bad behaviour of the PAS leadership and the cowardice of the other 13 PAS ADUNs?
Right now, as far as Pakatan VOTERS are concerned, PAS under Hadi Awang has no moral standing in the Pakatan Coalition, let alone makinf demands.
Incidentally all those PAKATAN ADUNs, including the new Selangor MB are where they are BECAUSE of Pakatan VOTERS, not because of the royal palace, not because of PAS or PKR or DAP. PERIOD.
KHALID SAMAD, YOU ARE DEAD WRONG!
Azmin Ali should the right thing instead of trying to appease the BAD BEHAVIOUR of the PAS leadership.
In the minds of PAKATAN VOTERS, the relationship between PAS and PKR and DAP had hit rock bottom already.
TO SELANGOR MB AZMIN ALI
AZMIN ALI must learn one thing in politics, if he hasn't learnt it yet: YOU MUST REWARD LOYALTY, AND YOU DON'T REWARD BAD BEHAVIOUR AND COWARDICE, LEAST OF ALL TREACHERY.
PAS ADUNs SAARI SUNGIB of Hulu Kelang and HASNUL BAHARUDDIN of Morib exhibit TRUE LOYALTY to the Pakatan cause for a Better Malaysia, and PURE COURAGE.
They should not be penalised for that just to satisfy the greed for power and influence of the treacherous PAS LEADERSHIP
http://tinyurl.com/kcamavh
PAS Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad ) said appointing Hulu Klang and Morib lawmakers Saari Sungib and Hasnul Baharuddin as exco members could worsen ties between PAS, PKR and the DAP.
Khalid Samad said that in a bid to preserve its relations with Pakatan Rakyat (PR) allies, PAS is keeping its two Selangor representatives who went against the party’s stand in the recent mentri besar crisis out of the state executive council (exco).
Khalid Samad said appointing Hulu Klang and Morib lawmakers Saari Sungib and Hasnul Baharuddin as exco members could worsen ties between PAS, PKR and the DAP.
“Even if they are chosen (by the new Mentri Besar) they will not be appointed because this would create the impression that they are getting the job because of their support instead of their abilities,” the Shah Alam MP told a press conference here.
“And this would create uneasiness. I believe they too understand the situation,” he added.
Saari and Hasnul had both signed statutory declarations supporting PKR’s nomination of its president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah to replace Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, days before the PAS central leadership was to meet and deliberate on the issue.
The move prompted many PAS members to censure the duo, with some calling for their sacking.
But Khalid again defended Saari and Hasnul today, saying their conducts were not meant to hurt the party but to save PR instead.
“They had their reasons, which were crucial in denying Khalid the majority,” he said.
The Shah Alam MP also said he is convinced that both Saari and Hasnul intend to make amends now that the crisis has ended, noting that they would likely prove this by refusing the exco posts should they be picked.
“I am convinced that even if Azmin (Ali) would offer them the posts, they would know the implication of accepting it,” he said, adding that consultation with the central leadership was needed before any decision was made should the two be offered the posts.
Azmin’s swearing-in as the new MB yesterday had officially put an end to the months-long political crisis that had pitted PAS against its allies PKR and the DAP.
Earlier today Azmin, who is deputy president of PKR, said a fresh line-up of state executive councillors will be installed by Friday, and that discussions about the line-up were still ongoing and a decision on the final list of councillors will be made by tomorrow.
Upon swearing into office, Azmin also said that repairing ties in PR would be a top priority.
At the moment, however, PAS president Datuk Abdul Hadi Awang has not shown any indication that the party was ready to sit and talk with its partners.
During the party’s highly charged muktamar last week, Abdul Hadi blasted his critics and suggested that disloyalty among its ranks was threatening to split PAS, in a statement seemingly alluding to leaders seen close to PKR and the DAP.
Abdul Hadi’s aggressive speech had also sparked doubts over PAS’s sincerity in wanting to mend ties with its allies.
But PAS leaders like deputy president Mohammad Sabu have given their assurance that the party would remain committed to PR.
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Selangor Royal Palace Ill-Treated a Leader of a Poltical Party. Is It Because She Happens to be a Woman ?
PKR today said it felt "extreme regret" over the Selangor palace's treatment of Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail's nomination as Selangor menteri besar (MB).
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It said the palace's appointment of the new Selangor MB, Mohamed Azmin Ali, had TAINTED THE CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH SYSTEM and was NOT in line with the state constitution and the PRINCIPLE OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY.
In a statement, it said,
"The PKR central leadership council (MPP) expresses extreme regret over the treatment given by the palace to the nomination of Datuk Seri Wan Azizah, which had fulfilled the requirements of the Selangor state laws with the support of the 30 assemblymen.
"MPP also disagrees with the way the palace handled the nomination process of Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who was not summoned for an audience despite having clear majority support."
MPP said that it had accepted Azmin's appointment because it wished to respect Dr Wan Azizah's decision not to prolong the MB saga.
"MPP has decided to respect Datuk Dr Wan Azizah’s decision to withdraw her candidacy so that this issue can be resolved immediately," it said.
"MPP has also agreed with the proposal by Dr Wan Azizah that Azmin is brought forward as the Selangor MB candidate so that Azmin Ali's nomination is from the party, in accordance with democratic practices."
The party said this was in line with its stance that the constitution and sovereignty of the law be protected at all times.
But it said the process should not be made a precedent, as it had not been done according to the law.
The Selangor palace today appointed Azmin, the PKR deputy president, as the new Selangor MB.
Azmin, who is the Bukit Antarabangsa assemblyman, will take the oath of office before the Sultan of Selangor at Istana Alam Shah, Klang, at 10.30am tomorrow.
He will be the 15th Selangor MB.
Last week, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah reportedly interviewed and shortlisted three candidates for the job.
Apart from Azmin, he had also interviewed Iskandar and Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi, despite the Islamist party stating it would not stake a claim for the position.
– September 22, 2014.
Sunday, 21 September 2014
HADI AWANG - UNBECOMING OF A PAS PRESIDENT.
http://s.m5.malaysiakini.com/news/275313.html
PAS president Hadi Awang at the winding speech in the Muktamar SHOCKED PAS delegates with the words of 'barua' and 'broker' blasted at the two PAS assemblymen - Saari Sungib and Hasnul Bahariddin.
(The word "barua' in the Malay language has a very strong connotation to lackeys carrying out the worst of crimes for a pittance.)
The two PAS ADUNs had given PKR President Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (left) the majority in the Selangor state assembly. Hadi also condemned fellow coalition parties DAP and PKR left and right.
One of Hadi's strongmen was shocked that such words came out in public, consciously delivered, from the mouth OF ONE WHO HAS BEEN SEEN TO BE A RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR rather than a politician.
A long -time supporter of Hadi said,
"These are the words from the president, who once upon a time, got such compliments from our spiritual leader Nik Aziz who said Hadi's speeches should be Friday sermons. And this time, his speech seemed to be full of spite, is this what a Friday sermon should be like?
"This will be talked about for years to come - the time when a PAS president - an ulama - just tripped over his image, all for a post which does not even belong to the party."
A cleric from PAS said,
"i never expected him to say it. How are you to cover up for him now? How do we even do damage control? Even the non-Muslim leaders of Pakatan never use such words to describe those they do not agree with," said a cleric from PAS.
He further said his cleric friends in PAS also said that if he had said it in a fit of anger, they could defend him.
"But this was written on paper, he had time to realise that what he said is almost irretractable. He must be very sick that he cannot control his emotions. Only God knows," said the cleric.
All those interviewed, however, say they still want to be in the party despite what the president said. Thus the request for anonymity.
"We in PAS are different. The president is not the party and if he is "tired", we will ask him to go "nicely"," said an Erdogan leader.
Muslimats in PAS say they have been keeping quiet and observing everything, not wanting to be with any side.
Muslimats interviewed said Hadi must have not been "advised properly".
One Muslimate delegate said
"That last speech by Hadi, proved to me that Selangor MB’s post means so much to him, to the extent he is willing to bury his image with Pakatan.
"Now, we have to go out and face our non-Muslim voters and explain to them why Hadi did not behave the way a Muslim leader should. What is it with the position, it is not like the prime minister's post."
"Now, we hope he will come to his senses and retire gracefully. The problem is how we are going to convince him that what he did was wrong, for all this while, we looked up to Hadi as the one with the knowledge."
One longtime PAS member said the fact that Hadi used such strong words against his own party members who insisted they did so to keep the state with the opposition, was because Hadi already knew that PAS was not going to get the MB’s post.
"They (the media) said that our PAS state assemblymen have been interviewed but then the rumours are strong that the most likely candidate is PKR's Azmin Ali.
"If PAS had indeed gotten the post, do you think Hadi would be in a such a foul mood at the winding up?" suggested the Kelantanese who has been with PAS for two decades now.
PAS president Hadi Awang at the winding speech in the Muktamar SHOCKED PAS delegates with the words of 'barua' and 'broker' blasted at the two PAS assemblymen - Saari Sungib and Hasnul Bahariddin.
(The word "barua' in the Malay language has a very strong connotation to lackeys carrying out the worst of crimes for a pittance.)
The two PAS ADUNs had given PKR President Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (left) the majority in the Selangor state assembly. Hadi also condemned fellow coalition parties DAP and PKR left and right.
One of Hadi's strongmen was shocked that such words came out in public, consciously delivered, from the mouth OF ONE WHO HAS BEEN SEEN TO BE A RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR rather than a politician.
A long -time supporter of Hadi said,
"These are the words from the president, who once upon a time, got such compliments from our spiritual leader Nik Aziz who said Hadi's speeches should be Friday sermons. And this time, his speech seemed to be full of spite, is this what a Friday sermon should be like?
"This will be talked about for years to come - the time when a PAS president - an ulama - just tripped over his image, all for a post which does not even belong to the party."
A cleric from PAS said,
"i never expected him to say it. How are you to cover up for him now? How do we even do damage control? Even the non-Muslim leaders of Pakatan never use such words to describe those they do not agree with," said a cleric from PAS.
He further said his cleric friends in PAS also said that if he had said it in a fit of anger, they could defend him.
"But this was written on paper, he had time to realise that what he said is almost irretractable. He must be very sick that he cannot control his emotions. Only God knows," said the cleric.
All those interviewed, however, say they still want to be in the party despite what the president said. Thus the request for anonymity.
"We in PAS are different. The president is not the party and if he is "tired", we will ask him to go "nicely"," said an Erdogan leader.
Muslimats in PAS say they have been keeping quiet and observing everything, not wanting to be with any side.
Muslimats interviewed said Hadi must have not been "advised properly".
One Muslimate delegate said
"That last speech by Hadi, proved to me that Selangor MB’s post means so much to him, to the extent he is willing to bury his image with Pakatan.
"Now, we have to go out and face our non-Muslim voters and explain to them why Hadi did not behave the way a Muslim leader should. What is it with the position, it is not like the prime minister's post."
"Now, we hope he will come to his senses and retire gracefully. The problem is how we are going to convince him that what he did was wrong, for all this while, we looked up to Hadi as the one with the knowledge."
One longtime PAS member said the fact that Hadi used such strong words against his own party members who insisted they did so to keep the state with the opposition, was because Hadi already knew that PAS was not going to get the MB’s post.
"They (the media) said that our PAS state assemblymen have been interviewed but then the rumours are strong that the most likely candidate is PKR's Azmin Ali.
"If PAS had indeed gotten the post, do you think Hadi would be in a such a foul mood at the winding up?" suggested the Kelantanese who has been with PAS for two decades now.
THE RIGHT OF STATE ASSEMBLY TO TABLE VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE ON MB NOT HAVING CONFIDENCE OF MAJORITY
SELANGOR PALACE MUST NOT PUT CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES IN DANGER IN SELANGOR
If it happens, it will be a bad and horrible legacy left behind by the constitutional monarch and it places our constitutional monarchy in bad taste in the minds of ALL Malaysians in years to come.
READ HERE :http://tinyurl.com/lvs7cbc
Online and print media reports the day before and yesterday reported that three names are in the process of being vetted by the sultan of Selangor to be named as the next menteri besar of Selangor.
Two names are from the three submitted earlier by PAS in a letter signed by their president i.e. Iskandar Samad and Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi. The third is a name which was not proposed by any of the three Pakatan parties – Azmin Ali, deputy president of PKR.
It is also made clear in these reports that Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who has publicly demonstrated the support of 30 state assemblypersons (all 13 from PKR, all 15 from DAP and two from PAS) and a clear majority, has not been granted an audience and is apparently not being considered for the post.
Regardless of the discussions about the merits and demerits of these individuals, if it is true that the above two PAS names and that of Azmin are the only names being considered, as would appear to be the case for the moment, then several key questions arise as to whether fundamental principles of parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy are being brushed aside in an unprecedented manner.
The two PAS names only enjoy the support of 13 state assemblypersons from their party as the two PAS state assemblypersons supporting Wan Azizah have publicly reaffirmed their support for her.
HRH’s legal advisers would in all likelihood have advised him that the critical condition in the law for appointment is that the candidate must have majority support.
Clearly, even assuming support from 15 PAS state assemblypersons, these two names do not.
An appointment of either of them will invite a prolonged constitutional crisis in Selangor and possible legal challenges in court, something which we am sure that HRH, properly advised, would certainly not want and would be against the interest of the state and its people.
The appointment of Azmin, whose name was never proposed by any party, and who, at this point in time, is also clearly not able to demonstrate majority would result in the same.
Majority support is a fundamental precondition for the appointment itself, without which the appointment would be illegal and a violation of the state constitution.
Fundamental principles are indeed at stake here. This is no longer an issue of the specific person to be appointed.
What is critical is that, whosoever is appointed, has to be appointed according to the fundamentals of a democracy, that the name is decided by the majority of the elected representatives of the people and not by any other institution or person.
Pakatan Rakyat and all other parties involved including BN must stand by and defend these principles which are enshrined in our federal and state constitutions and in our political system.
Umno leaders need to remind themselves of the run-ins they had with the rulers, especially the one following their defeat in Kelantan in the 1990 general elections which prompted delegates at the Malay party assembly to demand the abolition of the powers on the part of the rulers to appoint menteri besars.
Perhaps it is worth noting what Sultan Nazrin Shah of Perak said in a public lecture delivered in Singapore some time in 2004 where he pointed out that:"(the Yang di-Pertuan Agong) appoints (and does not select) the prime minister.
Correspondingly the rulers at state level appoints the (menteri besars)." In the lecture that was organised by Iseas he, however, observed that "Unfortunately there are (rulers) who behaved like absolute (monarchs)" and warned that "The future of monarchy in Malaysia depends on the conduct and performance of the rulers".
We have been independent for almost six decades and the law and practice regulating the appointment of governments at the state and federal level has been consistent.
On the part of the rulers they have made it clear, in the historic Declaration of Constitutional Principles 1992, that they would abide by the law that has been enshrined in the Constitution as well as the consistent practice that have been put in place all these years.
It goes without saying that only the practice that goes hand in hand with the constitutional provisions merit a place in what is known as convention of the constitution.
-Abdul Aziz Bari
Constitutional Law Expert.
SELANGOR SULTAN AND CONFERENCE OF RULERS NEED TO EXPLAIN TO RAKYAT ABOUT APPOINTMENTS OF MBs and PRIME MINISTERS
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Constitutional law expert professor Abdul Aziz Bari has urged the palace to explain the previous practice of appointing a menteri besar.
He said the palace should explain the practice since 1959 when the country had a constitutional monarchy.
The palace should also make clear its views on requirements for majority and submission of names.
“Is it similar to what we understand, (which is) what has been practised throughout the commonwealth, or something different?” he asked.
He also asked for the palace’s views on the Selangor constitution’s requirement that the menteri besar must be a Malay and a Muslim, since it had become an issue during the 1969 general election.
“It has to be pointed out that a practice - past and present - may not be right and in conformity with (the) constitution, which embody the practice of Westminster democracy convention in this respect.
“Let us take the opportunity to put the law and practice straight and clear, so that in future there will be no more delay like what happened in Selangor,” he said yesterday.
Yesterday, the Sultan of Selangor’s private secretary Mohamad Munir Bani ) denied Anwar’s claims that it is the convention since independence to nominate only one person for the post of menteri besar.
In response, Anwar said
“I merely wanted to state what had happened within my knowledge, especially while I was in the Umno-BN government from 1982 to 1998.If I had erred, I wish to apologise to his highness the sultan of Selangor.”
In addition, Aziz Bari suggested that the CONFERENCE OF RULERS and the NATIONAL PALACE should also EXPLAIN how the appointments of prime ministers are carried out.
He said this as the legal provisions for the appointment for menteri besar and those for the appointment of prime ministers are “ESSENTIALLY THE SAME".
“The National Palace should tell us how PRIME MINISTERS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED and how changes during the term or after general election (are) normally being handled,” he said.
SELANGOR MB CRISIS: ONE NAME OR 5 NAMES... IRRELEVANT.
MALAYSIAN INSIDER EDITORIAL
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QUOTE:
"Dr Wan Azizah is the only state assemblyperson with the required majority support in the Selangor state assembly."
- MALAYSIAN INSIDER EDITORIAL
.The issue in Selangor is simple.
At stake is that any Menteri Besar (MB) should have the support of the majority of state assemblymen.
At this point in time, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim does not.
And no one else except PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who has 29 statutory declarations to back her up.
These assemblymen are representatives of the rakyat, and are the majority in the 56-seat state legislature.
So, it is immaterial whether one name or five names submitted to the palace.
That it had to take former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to confirm what has been the convention says so much about how ridiculous the Selangor MB imbroglio has become.
A Selangor palace official today insisted that Barisan Nasional (BN) had sent a number of names for the Selangor MB post to the sultan when it ruled the state, contrary to PKR de facto chief Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's assertion that the convention is to send only one name.
Dr Mahathir has confirmed only one name was ever sent when he was the prime minister and that all nine royal houses in Malaysia accepted his recommendation without any issue.
But now, instead of answering the question as to who will replace the incumbent in the Selangor MB post, there is further debate on the number of names to be sent to the palace.
If only one name is given and he or she does not have the support of the House, that person cannot be the MB.
And if five names are submitted but none of them have support of majority, then none of them are qualified to be the MB.
The crucial issue is for the Selangor palace to determine who has the support of the majority to qualify as the MB. That is what the state constitution and Federal Constitution demands of anyone who will be the chief executive of the state.
That has been the test all this while in Malaysia and all the states that make up the federation. Any other test will not wash in a parliamentary democracy.
– MALAYSIAN INSIDER EDITORIAL
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