Press statement from Anwar Ibrahim

This morning the Malaysian Election Commission announced nomination and polling day for the by-election that I will contest in Permatang Pauh. I look forward to the campaign period to meet with voters in my home constituency. I invite all Malaysians to join me in this historic campaign to bring forth a New Dawn for Malaysia as we work together to build a more peaceful and prosperous nation.

At the same time we would reiterate our longstanding concerns about the integrity of the electoral process. To this date, the evidence of phantom voters and ballot box stuffing has yet to be addressed by the Election Commission. The poor handling of the use of indelible ink in the General Elections gives all Malaysians, particularly those in Permatang Pauh, reason to be concerned about the conduct of polling this month. I urge the Election Commission to take this opportunity to restore some credibility to its reputation by fulfilling its constitutional mandate to ensure that voting is fair and unbiased.

On a darker note, I regret to say that I fear an enormous injustice is about to be perpetrated upon the Malaysian people, worse than those actions taken in 1988 and 1998 which rendered almost irreparable harm against the institutions of democracy and the rule of law. While some individuals suffered greatly by those actions, the Malaysian people have been the greatest losers.

Tomorrow I will be charged with a crime I did not commit. The real criminals will, in their efforts to humiliate me and to derail the people's aspirations for transformational change in Malaysia, hide behind a smokescreen created by the government controlled mainstream media. This travesty of justice will take. It will happen with the active support and criminal involvement of the highest echelons of the police and politicians—including the office of the Prime Minister.

We have been informed that the Attorney General's chambers has advised against charging me after having studying the investigation papers. Despite its views, some individuals within the Police have insisted on pursuing this case even though the legal professionals in the AG's Chambers take a different view.

The evidence proves that the accuser lied in his initial report. He has been seen to be working in close collaboration with the police, notably his meeting with SAC2 Rodwan who was working hand in hand with Musa Hassan to conspire against me in 1998. Other witnesses in this matter have been threatened and harassed in order to fabricate evidence.

Doctors appear to have been pressured to violate all norms of medical ethics. Senior Ministers, in their comments about the case, have demonstrated their consistent interference in the investigation.

We are also informed that some individuals within the Prime Minister's close circles are adamant about pursuing this case. Their involvement further undermines the credibility of the case and proves that the entire conspiracy hatched against me is politically motivated.

Today the Prime Minister faces a crisis of confidence. His approval ratings have plummeted since the March elections and senior members of the Barisan Nasional have joined Pakatan Rakyat in droves. The economy under his abysmal management has reached its lowest in decades and all signs point to further weakening. And just yesterday prominent UMNO members have initiated an investigation into his own involvement in corruption and money politics. This is a man under siege - and he sees no way out but to deflect the attention of the Malaysian people with a sham trial against me.

He is now burning the forest to save his own tree!

I have thus far constrained my criticism of the Prime Minister to his failed policies and general incompetence in leading the nation. But now it is clear that his vendetta against those who would seek his early dismissal from office knows no boundaries and will transgress all limits of the rule of law.

I hold the Prime Minister personally responsible for the damage that is about to be done to the nation and to the integrity and dignity of the Malays.

Our international standing, recently lambasted by prominent leaders from around the world, will plummet even further. Overseas investors are already deeply skeptical about Malaysia on account of its reputation for deeply engrained corruption and economic inefficiency.

They will certainly be further dissuaded from any further activity in Malaysia. The continued decline in the economy will lead to greater unemployment and rampant stagflation.

I will fight this with the hope and energy of the people who have supported reformasi in Malaysia. I will not allow this cowardly attack to derail Pakatan Rakyat's agenda for change.

Insha'Allah we will win in Permatang Pauh. Insha'Allah we will win convincingly. I look forward to joining my colleagues in the Parliament to prepare for the historic transition that the country is eagerly awaiting.

ANWAR IBRAHIM

ACA to record PM, DPM statements over power abuse report

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) said today it will record statements from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak over a report that alleged abuse of power in the run-up to Umno party elections in December.

ACA director-general Datuk Ahmad Said Hamdan said the statements will be recorded soon from both, who are Umno president and deputy president respectively.

Veteran Selangor Umno leader Datuk Mazlan Harun lodged a report yesterday with the ACA against Abdullah and Najib, both of whom have agreed to a power transition deal set for June 2010.

"The report is based on a letter," Mazlan said, referring to the letter written by Petaling Jaya Selatan Umno division head Kapt (R) Datuk Zahar Hashim which accused Abdullah and Najib of "political corruption of the highest order".

In the letter addressed to the Umno secretary-general, Zahar said the two top leaders had been campaigning to defend their positions despite asking others not to do the same. He also wrote that the top two leaders' actions were in violation of the guidelines issued by the party headquarters.

"This is to ensure that nobody will abuse their position and government machinery during the Umno elections. It is up to the ACA whether to take any action," said Mazlan.

"It is not only Umno members who want a fair election but also Malaysians and especially the Malay community want the same thing," he told reporters.

Mazlan, however, refused to say whether Abdullah's and Najib's names were mentioned in the report. "I can only say that my report is against the powers that be. Who are the most powerful people in this country?" he said.

He was also reluctant to reveal whether he was in possession of any evidence of corrupt practices in Umno. "It is up to ACA," he added.

-TMI

Sodomy II not an open and shut case

AUG 6 — The way some government officials see it, Opposition icon Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be charged in court on Thursday, a few days should be set aside for the sodomy trial and the whole unsavoury episode should be wrapped up in the shortest possible time.

And then the whole country can move on. Guess what? It is not going to happen.

Sodomy II is not going to be an open and shut case. Not when you have in the dock, a politician fighting to salvage his career and maintain the respect of his family members and supporters.

Not when there remain questions about Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, Anwar's former aide who alleged that he was sodomised by the former deputy prime minister on June 26 in a condominium in the tony neighbourhood of Damansara.

Buckets of muck are going to be flung during the trial and some of it will land on Anwar, some on Saiful, some on Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, some on the Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, and some on the police force led by Tan Sri Musa Hassan.

By the time the verdict is delivered, it will be tough to separate the winners from the losers.

Sources have told The Malaysian Insider that police and government officials believe that they have sufficient physical and circumstantial evidence to obtain a conviction against Anwar. This includes DNA evidence, CCTV tapes and witness accounts.

But they acknowledge that the weakest link in the case could be Saiful. More specifically his behaviour and events leading to him lodging a police report could be tricky for the prosecution.

Saiful's decision to visit Najib at his Bukit Tunku home a few days before lodging a police report against Anwar adds a political dimension to the case, as does his move to hawk his story to several other politicians.

To be fair, it appears that the politicians - mindful of the stench still associated with the first sodomy charge 10 years ago - all advised Saiful to take his case to the police. He then visited the police and encountered a blue wall of doubt. As the story goes, police investigators were unwilling to accept his story at face value and sent him packing, telling him to return only with something more substantial.

He did so days later.

Anwar's battery of criminal lawyers will move to paint him as a pawn in a high-stakes political conspiracy, and will drag the police in as enablers in this scheme.

They will try and discredit the DNA evidence, dredging up the events of 1998 when Anwar's semen sample on a mattress allegedly used for his sexual liaisons was challenged.

The lawyers will want to know why Saiful continued to work as Anwar's aide and even agreed to go to the condominium on June 26, despite alleging that he was sexually assaulted during overseas trips to Singapore, Hong Kong and Jakarta.

Was he a willing partner? Was he a political plant? These and other questions will be asked during a trial which could be as meandering and damaging to the country and its institutions as Sodomy I was 10 years ago.

Open and shut case? Not a chance.

-TMI

KeMERDEKAanku Dicabul Si "Durjana"!

Assalamu'alaikum...

Bulan ni bulan kemerdekaan...merdekakah kita? aku tak rasa merdeka pun..? merdeka apa macam ni?

ISA tu lambang negara merdeka ke???

Nak menyuarakan pendapat pun selalu kene sekat...merdeka ke???

Nak berhimpun pun asyik kene sebat...itu merdeka ke???

Tahun ni macam tahun lepas-lepas...macam tahun dulu-dulu jugak...aku boikot hari kemerdekaan...korang pergi la merdeka sesuka hati korang...setakat hari ni aku tak dapat nak rasa lagi, aku tak dapat nak hayati lagi erti kemerdekaan...apa yang aku rasa cuma sekatan demi sekatan...merdeka tu apa???

kibar bendera???

Pas tu jerit kuat-kuat sampai nak pecah anak tekak MERDEKA!!!...merdeka kejadahnya tu???

Burung kakaktua dalam sangkar pun merdeka kalau macam tu..!

upside down...

Ada kawan buat kempen terbalikkan bendera...tapi aku tak sampai hati...bukan negara yang aku benci...tapi pemimpin yang aku benci...pemimpin yang mencabul kemerdekaan kami...pemimpin bacul yang menkhianati kemerdekaan kami...

antara blog-blog yang menyertai kempen upside down

Ni tindakan aku ( rujuk blog header belah kanan )...sendirian pun tak pe, sebab ni hak aku...pemimpin tak pernah hormat kehendak rakyat...macam mana rakyat nak hormat pemimpin???

Yang nak terbalikkan bendera, terus terbalikkan bendera...aku sokong 100% walaupun aku tak ikut serta...selamat hari tak merdeka...

*sebenarnya Malaysia belum merdeka...buktinya...sekarang mana ada hari kemerdekaan dah? yang ada cuma hari "kebangsaan"...apebende tu???

Anwar to be charged tomorrow for sodomy

Police officers at Anwar's house this afternoon.- Picture by Adib Zalkapli

(UPDATED) KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 - Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be charged for sodomy when he turns up at the Jalan Duta sessions courts tomorrow after police took a civil approach today and served him with a subpoena to appear in court. In a similar sequence of events 10 years ago, balaclava-clad elite policemen arrested him and detained him under the Internal Security Act before preferring charges.

His court appearance will come a day after the Election Commission decided that the Permatang Pauh by-election will be held on Aug 26 which Anwar said he will contest.

A police team led by DSP Jude Pereira served the subpoena just a little after noon today when they turned up at his Bukit Segambut house, which is incidentally near the Jalan Duta courts.

Anwar is scheduled to hold a press conference later at 3pm and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) officials said it could be related to a sodomy charge. He is currently speaking to his lawyers, according to lawyer Sankara Nair.

Anwar was arrested last month for questioning into the sodomy accusations made in a report lodged by former male aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan on June 28. Saiful had claimed Anwar sodomised him in a posh Damansara condominium on June 26 and other occasions abroad.

The former deputy prime minister has denied the charges which mirror charges a decade ago that cost him a chance to succeed former mentor Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister. Anwar has claimed Permatang Pauh is the final step before he forms the federal government by his self-proclaimed deadline of September 16.

Police personnel handing over court summons to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail looks on. Anwar will be charged with sodomy at the Sessions Courts in Jalan Duta after his former male aide lodged a report in late June. - Picture courtesy of www.anwaribrahimblog.com

Anwar was convicted for both corruption and sodomy and was given a total sentence of 15 years. He was released in 2004 after the Federal Court overturned the sodomy conviction but lost his Permatang Pauh seat which he had held since 1982. His wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail took over and defended the seat for three terms before quitting last week to make way for him.

She remains PKR president and also created history by being the first woman Parliamentary Opposition Leader.

Meanwhile, Bernama reports that Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said in a statement today that the move to charge Anwar was made following a decision by the Attorney-General's office.

He said a written notice had been issued to Anwar to be present at the Kuala Lumpur Session's Court, Jalan Duta, at 10am.

"Police had carried out an investigation on a sexual crime involving intercourse against the order of nature involving Anwar, based on existing legal principles and procedures.

"The investigation papers had been handed over to the Attorney-General's office for advice and a decision," he said.

In a related development, PKR Youth condemned the summons as political intimidation against Anwar in light of the Permatang Pauh by-election date announced by the Election Commission earlier today.

"PKR Youth believes this action is reprehensible and cruel to prevent Anwar from campaigning actively and contesting in the by-election and we do not rule out political interference to prevent t Anwar from getting to Putrajaya," Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin said in a statement.

He hoped the court will provide bail for Anwar even if the opposition leader is charged with sodomy.

-TMI

Malaysia's hardline Islamists want ban of Avril Lavigne concert

Kuala Lumpur - The youth wing of Malaysia's hardline opposition Islamic party Wednesday called for banning a concert by Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne later this month, saying the singer's 'prancing' performances were not suitable for locals.

The 23-year-old singer is scheduled to hold a concert, her first in the Muslim-majority nation, in the capital Kuala Lumpur on August 29.

However, the opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) youth wing slammed the organizers for approving the show, saying the young pop-punk star's loud shows were not in line with local culture.

'This show is not suitable for our local culture,' said Herman Samsudeen, the wing's information chief.

'Our independence month should be marked by respect ... and not remembered by inviting the offsprings of colonists who will teach our children how to become modern monkeys, prancing around without any purpose,' he said in a statement.

Malaysia celebrates it's 51st year of independence of Britain on August 31.

'Approving this concert is a great insult,' the statement said.

Herman said the party would send an official protest note to the government to call for cancelling the show.

A party official declined to comment, as Lavigne holds Canadian nationality, saying only that Western influences in general were 'damaging' to local culture.

PAS, which has been in control of the northeastern state of Kelantan since 1990, has imposed strict religious laws dictating dress and all forms of entertainment in the state.

Among others, women entertainers are not allowed to perform in public, and men and women have to sit separately in cinemas.

-m&c

Anwar dihadap ke mahkamah esok

kemaskini 2:33pm Polis menyerahkan satu notis kepada Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim meminta beliau hadir di mahkamah sesyen esok bagi menghadapi pertuduhan meliwat.

Noris bertulis itu diserahkan di kediamannya di Bukit Segambut, hanya beberapa minit sebelum Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) menetapkan tarikh pilihanraya kecil Permatang Pauh yang akan disertainya pada 16 Ogos ini.

Kata seorang pegawai penasihat PKR itu, dokumen itu disampaikan oleh pegawai penyiasat kes dakwaan meliwat, DSP Jude Pereira.

Polis Kuala Lumpur tiba di kediaman Anwar pada 12:08 minit dan meninggalkan hampir 10 minit kemudian.

Dua naib presiden PKR Sivarasa Rasiah, yang juga bertindak sebagai peguam Anwar, dan Mohd Azmin Ali kelihatan bergegas masuk ke perkarangan rumah ketua mereka tidak lama selepas penyerahan notis tersebut.

Tokoh pembangkang itu mengadakan sidang medianya di ibu pejabat PKR di Tropicana, Petaling Jaya pada petang ini bagi mengulas tindakan terbaru terhadapnya.

SPR menetapkan hari mengundi bagi pilihanraya kecil pada 26 Ogos - satu pertandingan yang paling dinanti-nantikan apabila Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim bertanding semula selepas tiga penggal.

Sementara itu timbalan ketua polis negara Tan Sri Ismail Omar berkata tindakan mendakwa Anwar diambil selepas pejabat Peguam Negara memutuskan untuk berbuat demikian, lapor Bernama.

Satu notis bertulis dikeluarkan untuk hadir di Mahkamah Sesyen Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Duta pada pukul 10 pagi esok, kata Ismail dalam kenyataan.

"Polis telah menjalankan siasatan kes jenayah seksual melibatkan persetubuhan yang bertentangan dengan aturan tabii yang melibatkan Anwar, dengan berlandaskan prinsip undang-undang dan prosedur sedia ada wujud dalam sistem perundangan negara.

"Kertas siasatan telah diserahkan kepada pejabat Peguam Negara untuk mendapatkan nasihat dan keputusan," Ismail dipetik sebagai berkata.

-malaysiakini

Mengundi di Permatang Pauh 26 Ogos

( Dikemaskini ) Pengundi di Permatang Pauh akan menentukan ahli parlimen baru kerusi itu pada 26 Ogos ini dalam satu pilihanraya kecil yang paling dinanti-nantikan apabila Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim bertanding semula selepas tiga penggal.

Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) yang bermesyuarat hari ini menetapkan hari penamaan calon pada 16 Ogos.

Permatang Pauh merupakan kerusi tradisi Anwar selama 17 tahun sejak memenanginya pada 1982 atas tiket BN.

Isterinya dan juga presiden PKR Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail menguasainya selama tiga penggal sewaktu Anwar dipenjarakan pada 1999 dan 2004 dan dilarang bertanding dalam pilihanraya umum Mac lalu.

Dalam kenyataan media yang diedarkan kepada wartawan yang menunggu di ibu pejabatnya di Putrajaya, pengerusi SPR Tan Sri Ab Rashid Ab Rahman menyatakan seramai 58,459 pemilih termasuk 490 melalui pos layak membuang undi.

Daftar pemilih yang digunakan dalam pilihanraya tersebut dikemaskinikan sehingga 31 Julai, katanya.

Beliau mengingatkan semua calon dan petugas-petugasnya supaya tidak menyentuh sebarang isu yang melibatkan kes-kes petisyen pilihanraya umum lalu dalam kempen-kempen mereka.

Ab Rashid juga menyeru calon-calon menjaga tatatertib berkempen dan mematuhi undang-undang.

SPR melantik pegawai daerah Seberang Perai Tengah, Roslan Yahaya sebagai pegawai pengurus pilihanraya kecil itu dengan dibantu tiga penolong pengurus - Zainol Abidin Md Noh (setiausaha Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai), Kamarul Haizal Koderat (ketua penolong pegawai daerah) dan Azizal Ahmad (penolong pegawai daerah).

Sementara itu, lapor Bernama, Anwar mendakwa BN akan melakukan pelbagai cara bagi memastikan beliau kalah pada pilihanraya kecil nanti.

Katanya, dalam satu ceramah di Bentong malam tadi, pemimpin- pemimpin BN dan jentera parti itu akan terus memburukkan namanya termasuklah dengan menaburkan fitnah.

"Sudah jadi tugas mereka untuk melemparkan fitnah terhadap saya tapi saya sekali-kali tidak akan mengalah," katanya di depan lebih 3,000 orang di Chegar Medang.

Ketika Anwar sedang berucap sekitar 11 malam, lampu tiba-tiba terpadam dan mencetuskan situasi panik seketika dalam kalangan penyokong-penyokongnya yang khuatir Anwar akan ditahan polis berhubung siasatan kes liwat.

Sejurus selepas keadaan seperti sedia kala, Anwar meneruskan ceramahnya dengan mengajak semua ahli Umno dan parti komponen BN menyertai Pakatan Rakyat.

-malaysiakini

Minyak Tak Turun, Bee End Mesti Turun

Dikala harga minyak dunia melambung naik, pemimpin Bee End kata Malaysia juga kena naik harga minyak, tak naik kalu, negara akan muflis.Malahan diminta pula agar pandai pandailah rakyat belanja berhemat, susah senang akibat minyak naik tanggung sendiri. Kerajaan tak boleh bagi subsidi lagi, negara akan rugi, sikit masa lagi negara akan jadi papa kedana.

La ni..harga minyak turun pemimpin pemimpin Bee End kata, kita AKAN kaji..kaji..kaji..harga minyak dak jadi tak penting, kes liwat 2 perlu diutamakan. Maka hebohlah media media pro Bee End canang issue liwat..liwat..liwat. Berita minyak turun digelapkan segelapnya sepeti kementerian kegelapan malaysia.

Bila minyak turun, Pemimpin2 Bee End bisu seribu bahasa. Masa minyak naik dulu, semua pemimpin2 bee end lantang bersuara sokong..sokong..sokong, maka parlimen pun luluslah usul minyak naik.

Mungkin juga pemimpin2 bee end ni masih tidur dan bermimpi minyak naik lagi. Mereka lupa...lupa...lupa.. yang rakyat dah tak boleh tidur kerana kelaparan sebab minyak naik. Barang barang mahal, duit tak cukup nak makan. Maka rakyat lapar...lapar...dan lapar...pemimpin2 Bee End...kaut..kaut..kaut khazanah negara, dah kenyang tidur..tidur..tidur.

Puih...brangsat...tak mahu cerita panjang..pendek kata..kita turunkan saja Bee End Sekarang. Ayoh rakan rakan permatang pauh, mari kita sama sama kuburkan Bee End satu persatu...jangan bazirkan walau satu undipun untuk Bee End. Ingat..perjuangan menguburkan Bee End bermula di sana, jangan hampakan harapan rakyat...Kita perlu percaya DS Anwar Boleh!! pemimpin2 PKR berkebajikan boleh!! dengan syarat Bee End diturunkan dulu.

BEE END TURUN, MINYAK TURUN....AYOH! KUBURKAN BEE END DARI MUKA BUMI INI.

Raw
Central Asia

Umno Bahagian Permatang Pauh Mahu Ketuanya Bertanding Pilihan Raya Kecil

BUKIT MERTAJAM, 6 Ogos (Bernama) -- Umno Bahagian Permatang Pauh mencadangkan ketuanya Datuk Abdul Jalil Abdul Majid sebagai calon Barisan Nasional untuk menentang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada pilihan raya kecil bagi kerusi Parlimen Permatang Pauh.

Keputusan itu dibut pada satu mesyuarat khas jawatankuasa bahagian itu di sini pada malam Isnin lepas, kata setiausaha bahagian Ahmad Sahar Shuib pada mesyuarat jentera pilihan raya Umno yang dihadiri ketua-ketua cawangan dalam bahagian itu di sini malam tadi yang turut dihadiri Abdul Jalil.

Dalam sidang akhbar kemudiannya, Abdul Jalil menjelaskan bahawa terpulang kepada pucuk pimpinan parti untuk membuat keputusan.

"Kita akan akur dengan keputusan pucuk pimpinan parti dan kami bersedia membantu mana-mana calon yang ditentukan kelak," katanya.

Abdul Jalil berkata alasan di sebalik ketetapan itu ialah kerana tempoh berkempen adalah tidak lama dan Barisan Nasional perlu menggunakan setiap peluang dan masa yang ada untuk menjelaskan isu-isu yang dibangkitkan pembangkang.

"Dengan memilih anak tempatan yang sudah dikenali pengundi sebagai calon, mudah kita untuk mendekati mereka dan tidak perlu membuang masa untuk memperkenalkan calon berkenaan," katanya.

Kerusi itu dikosongkan oleh Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail bagi memberi laluan kepada suaminya, Anwar, bertanding semula.

Mengenai persiapan bagi menghadapi pilihan raya kecil itu, Abdul Jalil berkata Umno Bahagian Permatang Pauh menubuhkan 22 biro tersuk unit siber bagi menjamin jentera parti berjalan lancar.

Beliau berkata unit siber akan dipertanggungjawabkan memberi penjelasan mengenai sebarang isu semasa kepada golongan muda melalui blog dan sebagainya.

"Kita faham bahawa pengundi muda banyak mendapatkan maklumat melalui internet dan laman blog dan kita akan bagi peluang kepada mereka untuk bertanya atau mendapatkan sebarang penjelasan melalui cara itu," katanya.

Terdapat kira-kira 10,000 pengundi baru terdiri generasi muda di kawasan Parlimen itu pada waktu ini.

Abdul Jalil juga berkata mesyuarat agung 48 cawangan dalam bahagian Permatang Pauh yang dijadualkan berlangsung selepas 10 Ogos ini akan ditangguhkan sehingga selepas pilihan raya kecil itu.

Katanya Pengurusan Umno Pulau Pinang semalam membuat keputusan itu bagi membolehkan tumpuan diberi kepada pengendalian pilihan raya kecil itu.

"Mana-mana cawangan yang telah mengeluarkan notis untuk mengadakan mesyuarat sehingga 10 Ogos ini, kita benar ia diteruskan tetapi yang bercadang bermesyuarat selepas tarikh itu, kita minta ia ditangguhkan sehingga pilihanraya selesai," katanya.

Umno Permatang Pauh mempunyai 92 cawangan.