UMNO Shah Alam Liat Bayar Cukai Pintu.

Assalamu'alaikum...

Semalam Menteri Besar Selangor Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim dedahkan - UMNO Shah Alam masih gagal membayar tunggakan cukai pintu sebanyak RM800,000.

Abdul Khalid berkata, kerajaan negeri tidak akan teragak-agak untuk menutup bangunan terbabit sekiranya UMNO masih gagal membayar cukai tertunggak itu.

Hari ni Datuk Bandar, Mazalan Md Noor cakap - MBSA menerima bayaran secara ansuran (setakat ni RM50,000 telah dibayar) daripada UMNO Shah Alam dan perbincangan lanjut akan diadakan bagi mencari jalan terbaik dalam menyelesaikan cukai pintu yang tertunggak itu.

"kita masih dalam proses perbincangan untuk mencapai kata sepakat bagi menyelesaikan perkara ini.MBSA akan mengambil langkah terbaik untuk berlaku adil terhadap semua pihak," katanya.
Ni aku pulak nak cakap dekat MB Khalid - sita je bangunan tu & tak payah nak teragak-agak dah.UMNO dah ada banyak pengalaman mengurus negeri bahkan negara ni pun dah berpuluh tahun ditadbir oleh UMNO, mustahil parti besar ni tak reti undang-undang padahal undang-undang yang ada kebanyakannya digubal oleh parti melayu bangsat ni.

Harap MB Khalid tak kan bertolak ansur dalam perkara ni.sepatutnya UMNO tau sendiri tanggungjawab dia membayar cukai pintu pada kerajaan negeri.sita je terus & tak payah ragu-ragu...

Ni aku nak tanya Datuk Bandar pulak - agak-agak la, kalau rakyat kebanyakan ni tak bayar cukai pintu yang bernilai bawah 4 angka atau 5 angka la kan...senang je datuk pi sita rumah rakyat kan datuk kan??? ada can ke rakyat biasa-biasa ni nak berunding berbincang macam mana nak selesaikan tunggakan tu??? tak de la rasanye kan...ye la...rakyat ni "rakyat"...UMNO ni "dewa" agaknya bagi setengah-setengah orang tu...

Ni la yang dinamakan "adil"...dengan rakyat...tak dak toleransi...dengan UMNO...kita bawak bincang...MBSA memang kepala jubor!!!

Uniknya Kelantan - Neraka Politik Bagi UMNO/BN

Kelantan bagi ramai warga Malaysia adalah satu curiosity. Keanehan yang membangkit rasa ingin tahu. Terlalu banyak teori telah diperkatakan dan label dilekatkan kepada Kelantan dan warga kelahirannya. Juga banyak ciri telah disohorkan.

Kecantikan perempuan Kelantan. (Lupakan Pasir Mas! Intailah di Jeli, atau daerah Paloh di Gua Musang dan saksikan sendiri keindahan ciptaan Tuhan). Pemikiran politik rakyat Kelantan. Sifat samseng orang Kelantan. Perangai kenegerian orang Kelantan. Pegangan ugama umat Kelantan. Keusahawanan orang Kelantan. Kemeriahan Hari Raya Haji (Korban) di Kelantan. Fikirkanlah satu ciri sosio-budaya Melayu, hatta ekonomi, dan Kelantan adalah piawainya.

Melihat Kelantan dari perspektif dunia, kacamata global, Kelantan adalah satu fenomena yang unggul, berada dalam kelas yang sama dengan tamaddun ajaib dunia – Mesir dengan Sungai Nil, dan German dengan Sungai Rhine.

Seperti dengan Sungai Nil dan Sungai Rhine, Sungai Kelantan adalah berlawanan dengan “hukum alam” tentang sungai. Sungai Kelantan, bermula dari selatan, mengalir ke muara di utara. Begitu juga Nil dan Rhine, sungai-sungai yang telah melahirkan tamaddun dunia yang mengkagumkan di Mesir dan Eropah.

Sungai-sungai utama dunia lazimnya mengalir dari utara ke selatan, yakni dari atas ke bawah. Atau dari timur ke barat; barat ke timur. Sungai Mekong (Vietnam), Irrawaddy (Myanmar), Ganges (India), Mississippi (Amerika Syarikat), Euphrates (Iraq) dan Chao Phraya (Thailand) semuanya mengalir dari atas ke bawah. Dari utara ke selatan.
Sungai Amazon (Amerika Selatan), Yangtze (China) dan Danube (Eropah) mengalir dari barat ke timur. Dari kanan ke kiri.

Hanya Kelantan, Nil dan Rhine mengalir dari bawah ke atas.

Sifat sungai yang “melawan” hukum alam itu sendiri sudah boleh membayangkan satu keunikan, satu kesendirian yang sukar ditandingi. Seperti dengan sungai yang membolehkan kehidupan manusia yang bergantung kepadanya, begitulah kehebatan manusia yang minum darinya.

Maka itu, apalah yang nak dihairankan jika Kelantan itu bagi UMNO adalah satu neraka politik.

Sex and politics in Malaysia

PENANG - Opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim upped the ante of his campaign to topple the United Malays Nasional Organization (UMNO)-led government through plans to run in a by-election expected to be held later this month and formally re-enter politics. But with new criminal sodomy charges hanging over his head, it is unclear that Anwar, previously jailed on similar charges, will remain a free man long enough to contest in person the bellwether poll.

Some 15,000 people on Sunday welcomed Anwar back to the Permatang Pauh constituency where his wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail recently resigned her parliamentary seat to pave the way for his democratic comeback. The constituency lies on mainland Penang, which was one of five in the 13 state federations to fall into opposition hands during a watershed election in March, which saw the ruling coalition lose significant electoral ground.

By throwing down the electoral gauntlet, Anwar clearly hopes that his bid to re-enter parliament will act as a catalyst to encourage defections from the ruling coalition. He has recently claimed the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (People's Alliance) is still on track to secure the parliamentary numbers it needs to seize power by September 16, coinciding with Malaysia's national day.

The ruling Barisan Nasional (National Front) coalition currently holds a 140-81 seat majority over the People's Alliance in parliament, with the remaining member being an independent. Wan Azizah is president of the People's Justice Party (PKR), the cornerstone of the Pakatan Rakyat, which also comprises the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and the Islamic Party (PAS), and is currently parliament's opposition leader, the first woman ever to hold that high post.

However, there are heavier sexual overtones in Malaysian politics. Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar revealed last week that police had completed their investigations into a complaint lodged by a former PKR aide, 23-year-old Mohamad Saiful Bukhari Azlan, that Anwar sodomized him.

The relevant papers are now with the attorney-general awaiting further action and many fear the opposition leader's arrest could be imminent. The aide had gone to see a general practitioner at a private hospital soon after that, but the doctor found that there was no trace of sodomy, according to a hospital medical report leaked on the Internet and posted on several blogs.

Hospital authorities later told the media that a "sodomy check-up has to be done by a specialist, not a medical officer". They said such an examination had to be done by a "gut specialist", which the hospital did not have. The aide subsequently claimed he underwent a second examination at a government-run hospital hours after the first check-up. The second alleged report has not been made public.

In any case, Malaysians are being thoroughly enlightened in the media and on the Internet about the intricacies of a sodomy detection medical examination. It is also proving to be the butt of many jokes, with not a few asking if there are any sodomy medical specialists in the country. More gravely, PKR aides fear that Anwar could be arrested before the by-election is held.

If the attorney-general decides to press charges, as many suspect, then Anwar may be arrested and brought to court to be charged, said human-rights lawyer Charles Hector in his blog. "Note that Anwar can also be informed that he should attend court to be charged - that is, without there being any necessity to arrest him with masked police personnel", as authorities have done in the past.

Either way, after he is charged, Anwar is expected to plead "not guilty" and file a bail application. "Even if Anwar is denied bail - and has to be in remand prison - he can still contest," wrote Hector . "Even if they use the Internal Security Act and detain him [without trial], he can still contest."

Statistical edge
Anwar has made clear, most recently to a huge crowd on Sunday night, his intention to contest the poll even if while in lock-up. He has already forewarned of "massive" vote-rigging by the government to keep him from winning the seat.

Yet he apparently has public opinion on his side. Only 11% of Malaysians believe the sodomy allegation against Anwar, with 55% saying they disbelieve the allegation, according to a recent opinion poll conducted by the Merdeka Center. In contrast, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's approval rating has plunged to 42%, his worst rating since taking power in 2003.

A majority of poll respondents - 59% - said that economic problems, including spiraling inflation, were the most pressing issue facing the country now. With those numbers in his favor and his back against the wall, Anwar is clearly going for broke, hoping to convince disillusioned ruling coalition parliamentarians that the time is right for them to defect.

Anwar, a former finance minister, had earlier gone up and down the west coast of the peninsula, hammering at the government's 41% petrol price hike on June 5, which he claimed was hurting the economy and causing unnecessary hardship among many Malaysians. Consumer spending has dampened and manufacturers are worried as they struggle to cope with higher input prices.

Anwar has said he would reduce the domestic petrol price to just slightly over the pre-June 5 level "the very next day" after the Pakatan Rakyat comes to power. For its part, Abdullah's government has just announced a new move to "streamline" domestic oil prices to reflect global prices every month, beginning on September 1.

Given the high stakes, the by-election in Permatang Pauh, which is just next door to Abdullah's constituent seat at Penang's Kepala Batas, will assume national importance. The DAP, which now rules Penang, has promised to campaign hard for Anwar while the entire weight of the ruling coalition's election campaign machinery, money and media resources is expected to be concentrated against his bid in the run-up to the by-election.

Political observers are already viewing the poll as a head-to-head battle between two potential prime ministers in waiting: deputy Premier Najib Razak, who is expected to lead UMNO's local campaign, and the man many already view as prime minister in waiting, Anwar. Abdullah and Najib recently agreed to a political succession plan, in which Najib is scheduled to take over power in 2010.

Anwar's wife, Wan Azizah, won the seat handily at the March polls, winning 30,338 votes and outpacing her UMNO opponent by 13,388. In view of that result, a senior UMNO politician has already called for a party boycott of the by-election, claiming the poll so soon after general elections was irresponsible and a waste of public funds.

For their part, PKR strategists hope that Anwar will reach a 20,000-vote majority and that a stronger democratic mandate will convince ruling coalition parliamentarians to jump ship to the opposition. Given that most Malaysians believe the new sodomy charges against Anwar are trumped up, and in an opposition heartland, the ruling coalition faces an uphill battle. Analysts say it would be content to reduce PKR's winning majority and try to spin that as evidence that the tide is turning against Anwar and the PKR.

Attention will also be focused on the opposition PAS party's role in the campaign, particularly in light of the Islamic party's recent flirtation with UMNO in "Muslim unity" talks. A recent report in Harakah Daily, the PAS news website, indicated that the party's growing discontent with the opposition coalition stems from the power-sharing arrangements in the richest and most industrialized state of Selangor, which is now led by the PKR.

The report also expressed concern over what it viewed as unreasonable demands from non-Muslims for renovations and expansions of their places of worship in areas where they were only a small proportion of the population. PAS' talks with UMNO have gone down poorly among many DAP and PKR supporters, and PAS leaders have since pivoted, vowing not to leave the opposition alliance and to go all-out in campaigning for Anwar.

Depending on what sort of deal UMNO may be offering PAS, that may or may not happen. With all eyes now on the Permatang Pauh campaign, signs of defections from UMNO to the opposition, and the sodomy allegations against Anwar, Malaysia's political future depends on who will and who may have already jumped into bed with whom.

-Asia Times Online

Sayfool calon UMNO Permatang Pauh

Memandangkan pengorbanan yang amat besar Sayfool, maka eloklah UMNO pilih Sayfool sebagai calun UMNO di Permatang Pauh. Walaupun tulisan ini agak nakal sedikit. Namun atas asas moral seperti kata Ezam, maka tidak ada lagi calun lain UMNO yang sesuai, selain Sayfool.

Sayfool mempunyai banyak kelebihan berbanding semua ahli UMNO yang ada. Lihat blog Sayfool yang dibina dari dalam ‘tempat perlindungan polis’. Temanya hebat iaitu Demi Allah, Agama, Bangsa dan Negara.

Atas sifat keadilan yang hendak ditegakkan itu dan maklumat ‘rahsia’ yang banyak diperoleh waktu menjadi tukang kopi DSAI, maka maklumat terbaru berkenaan boleh dijadikan oleh Sayfool untuk menang di Permatang Pauh.

Selain dari maklumat, Sayfool melebihi orang lain kerana membiarkan lubang punggungnya menjadi bahan bacaan penyampai berita, menjadi baham tulisan media utama negara. Cuma pihak istana saja diam pasal lubang taik Sayfool tu. Tidak mungkin ada orang UMNO lain seberani Sayfool membiarkan lubang taiknya dibualkan oleh seluruh manusia yang hidup di dunia ini. Mungkin orang mati Mokhtar Abdullah, Dr.Rostina, dan Khalid Jefri pun sedang berbual-bual pasal lubang dubur Sayfool itu.

Gandingan mat tempur Ezam dengan Sayfool bolehlah dikira sudah cukup untuk memenangkan UMNO di Permatang Pauh. Ezam dan Sayfool amat penting dalam kestabilan politik UMNO mutakhir ini.

Kenyataan Annuar Musa ( yang datang shopping di Chesire Oaks Designer Outlets di Chester UK pada musim sejuk tahun 2006/2007 itu kononnya UMNO perlu boikot pilihanraya Permatang Pauh adalah salah. Apabila dikata sebagai pembaziran lagi tidak tepat. Kerana sebelum ini mana ada pemimpin UMNO mengaku pernah membazir wang Negara dalam semua tindak tanduknya.

Peluang yang ada di Permatang Pauh terbuka luas seluas lubang najis Sayfool yang dikorek oleh doktor di PUSRAWI untuk Sayfool menerangkan betapa tindakannya tidak ada lain selain dari Demi Allah, Agama, Bangsa dan Negara.

Kehebatan yang ada pada Sayfool yang pendek akal dalam mengaji di Uniten sehingga ditendang itu juga tidak terbandingkan, dalam kes lubang taiknya itu dia berjaya membawa semua orang menjadi cerdik dan menjadi bodoh belaka.

Lihat Pengurus Besar hospital PUSRAWI yang bergelar doktor itu pun terkial-kial berputar putar berbelit belit mengeluarkan kenyataan akhbar mengenai laporan lubang najis Sayfool yang dibocorkan keluar dari peti besi PUSRAWI.

Disamping itu lihat Dr.Novandri Hassan Basri (pemimpin UMNO pulau pinang yang didokong oleh tauke-tauke nasi kandar – Melayu ke depa tu?) pun terheret menjadi bijak lebih bijak dari doktor yang bertugas memeriksa dubur Sayfool itu, sedangkan doktor itu lebih lama bertugas serta lebih berumur dari Dr Novandri sendiri.

Sayfool mempunyai kelebihan berbanding Dr.Novandri kerana Sayfool rakyat Malaysia asal sedangkan Dr. Novandri cuma anak seorang tutor dari indon yang bertugas/pernah bertugas di USM satu masa dulu. Lihatlah orang seperti Dr.Novandri dan tauke-tauke nasi kandar sajalah yang sangat sayangkan UMNO kerana mereka asalnya adalah papa kedana di tanah air datuk nenek mereka sendiri. Mereka ini tidak pernah ada rasa ‘melayu’ Malaysia yang kebanyakkannya hidup di kampung-kampung di seluruh Malaysia yang jauh lebih selesa berbanding mereka ini di Negara asal masing-masing.

Yang lebih penting untuk diingati dan dikenang Sayfool ini adalah pencipta sejarah Negara yang berkonsepkan Malaysia Boleh yang didokong UMNO melalui Institut Pemikiran Mahathir dan Nordin Kardi birotatanegara. Sayfool seorang pencipta sejarah Negara Malaysia kerana kes lubang duburnya itulah menyebabkan Perdana Menteri PakLah melarang Peguam Negara(Gani Patail – nama tak jauh dari Tamby (Rahim Tamby Chik – Pegerusi GABEM yang mendapat projek memajukan Kampung Baru) ) dan Ketua Polis Negara (Musa Hassan) dari menjalankan tugas dan tanggungjawab masing-masing.

Adakah orang lain selain dari Sayfool yang berjaya membikinkan keadaan ini? Cuba cerita?. Tidak ada. Inilah contoh manusia (Sayfool umurnya 23 tahun) yang dihasilkan dari pemerintahan UMNO Mahathir selama 22 tahun itu.

Bahkan Angkasawan Negara yang mencipta sejarah Negara serta baru mendapat pingat dari istana itu pun tidak sehebat Sayfool itu, kalau ada pun dia senyap begitu saja. Kalau Angkasawan Negara berjaya menyebabkan JJ gagal menjadi menteri kabinet PakLah dan menyebabkan pemecatan Prof Dr Mazlan dalam projek angkasawan itu, pergaduhan hampir berlaku antara Kazastan dengan Russia adalah semata-amat akibat kedangkalan menteri menteri sains ketika itu (JJ), tetapi Sayfool pula hebat kerana kes lubang duburnya itu sudah melibatkan satu Negara kecoh. Ini sudah dikira bersejarah!.

Oleh yang demikian, UMNO mempunyai Sayfool untuk menjadi calun di Permatang Pauh. UMNO juga mempunyai pendekar tulin, Ezam boleh membantu Sayfool di situ. Biarkan mereka berdua saja ke Permatang Pauh dalam pilihanraya berkenaan. Pembesar-pembesar UMNO dan media tidak perlu ke sana dan mereka pula tidak perlu membuat laporan mengenai pilihanraya Permatang Pauh itu nanti kerana di khuatiri akan berlaku pembaziran wang rakyat dan Negara kerana pemimpin UMNO nampaknya mulai kenal apa itu pembaziran.

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United Kingdom.

Jangan Takut..! Kalau runtuh, kome yang kene...bukan aku..!

KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Ogos (Bernama) -- Pengguna jalan raya tidak perlu bimbang menggunakan jejambat Jalan Lingkaran Tengah 2 (MRR2) kerana strukturnya masih utuh, kata Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Kerja Raya I Datuk Ir Mohamad Husin.

"JKR ingin mengesahkan struktur jejambat MRR2 itu selamat digunakan," katanya dalam satu kenyataan.

"Tiada keretakan baru dilaporkan atau keretakan lama yang timbul semula seperti yang dilaporkan sebelum ini," katanya.

"Kontraktor akan memulakan kerja awal untuk memperbaiki retakan lekang di tiang sambut 28 di MRR2 esok," sambung Mohamad Husin.

Katanya, keputusan itu dicapai pada mesyuarat bersama pakar-pakar Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR), wakil juru perunding dan kontraktor yang diadakan di sini hari ini.

Beliau berkata JKR juga telah menubuhkan satu pasukan petugas khas untuk menjalankan siasatan serta menyelia kerja pembaikan oleh kontraktor.

Ir Mohamad berkata seperti yang ditegaskan Menteri Kerja Raya Datuk Ir Mohamad Zin Mohd semalam supaya soal keselamatan tidak boleh dikompromi, tindakan menutup lorong terkiri di kedua-dua belah arah akan diteruskan bagi membolehkan siasatan ke atas kesemua tiang sambut dan kerja pembaikan dilaksanakan.

Semalam, jejambat MRR2 yang menghubungkan Kepong dan Selayang ke ibu kota terpaksa ditutup buat kali ketiga selepas tiangnya dikesan mengalami kerekahan.

Ir Mohamad juga meminta para pengguna jalanraya agar mematuhi panduan papan tanda yang telah diletakkan di tempat terbabit.

Why is this hot seat such a hot choice?

WHY Permatang Pauh?

Why not Lembah Pantai? Or Bandar Tun Razak? Or Gombak?

These are parliamentary seats whose MPs had mentioned vacating their post to make way for Mr Anwar Ibrahim.

And the opposition leader himself had announced earlier this week that he would contest the Kulim by-election in Kedah.

So why the change?

Especially since picking such a safe choice would seem to display the opposition's lack of confidence?

But at the heart of it, Mr Anwar's decision to contest in the Permatang Pauh by-election was deliberate, believes Malaysian political analyst James Wong.

He told The New Paper that by taking over a seat from his own wife, Mr Anwar might be trying to prevent the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN), from politicising the move.

'If Mr Anwar had taken any other opposition seat, the BN would say he is not giving his own party members face. He is just walking in and taking what they have already fought to win in the last elections,' he said.

'But if it's Dr Wan Azizah giving up her seat... that, people can accept. It's a wife, a family member, offering up her own seat to her husband.'

Besides, Dr Wan Azizah has always made it clear that she was an accidental politician who was forced to step up to Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)'s top job after her husband's 1998 downfall.

But if the plan is to keep it within the family, why not aim for daughter Nurul Izzah's Lembah Pantai seat?

When the 27-year-old budding politician decided to contest in this year's elections, word within the party was that she would eventually vacate her seat to pave the way for her father's return to politics.

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's head of political science, Dr Ahmad Nidzammuddin, feels that Mr Anwar did not want to jeopardise his daughter's political career.

'She beat an Umno veteran (Wanita Umno deputy chief Shahrizat Jalil) for her seat. She has demonstrated that she can perform and has potential to be a politician on her own,' he explained.

PROBLEMS

But even though winning the by-election will end up being a sure thing for Mr Anwar, picking Permatang Pauh has its problems as well.

Dr Ahmad believes that BN might view Mr Anwar's choice as a sign of 'desperation'.

'They will say he's going back there because, of course, he'll win it.'

Already, Umno leaders have scoffed at the move.

Some have said Mr Anwar is trying to distract voters from the sodomy allegations against him.

Tourism minister Azalina Othman told New Straits Times: 'They (Mr Anwar and wife) are treating Permatang Pauh as a family playground where they can simply pass the baton as and how they like.'

After all, Permatang Pauh is Mr Anwar's comfort zone - a seat that he held onto for almost four terms before his 1998 jail sentence.

His wife swept into power in 1999 and managed to keep a firm grip on it, even during the 'blue wave' of the 2004 elections when BN won more than 90 per cent of the parliamentary seats.

Mr Wong said: 'Permatang Pauh is Anwar's home ground. No matter what, there will always be a core of people who will support the hometown boy.'

Added Dr Ahmad: 'Barring any technical controversies, he will definitely win, with an even bigger margin than his wife's.'

But Mr Anwar has downplayed Permatang Pauh's significance.

He told the Malaysian media on Friday: 'Actually (Selangor chief minister) Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim had offered Bandar Tun Razak, so did Azmin Ali with his Gombak seat.

'They are all safe seats, including the one in Kulim.'

Mr Wong has another theory why Mr Anwar has decided to return to his Penang roots - the timing now is just right.

He said: 'In 1998, the opposition was dominated by fiery characters like Lim Kit Siang, Hadi Awang and Anwar himself. What was needed was someone to integrate the different parties together.

'Wan Azizah filling the seat was suitable because that role suited her gentle personality.

'Now the winds of change are different. The opposition supporters are feeling the pinch of the fuel hikes and inflation. They are a lot angrier.

'Permatang Pauh voters need someone with a more aggressive stance, someone who is vocal and fiery, and Anwar fits the bill now.'

-TMB

Racial politics remains top issue

AUG 4 — Amid the usually staid setting of a studio at Radio Television Malaysia, the country's state-owned organisation considered by critics for many years to be propaganda machinery for the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, a lively discussion on politics took place live and uncensored yesterday evening.

On a news crawler at the bottom of the screen over RTM2, live and unedited text messages in English and Chinese were displayed.

In English, one viewer had written: "BN is a racist group. BN uses racism to cover corruption."

Most of the other messages also contained similar sentiments against the ruling coalition, and was telling about Chinese sentiment five months after the March general election.

A significant number of messages called for political parties to embrace multiracialism and discard the race-based system of the BN.

Based on the text messages alone, it could be surmised that animosity towards the BN, especially Umno, remains at an all-time high.

On screen, where another unprecedented situation was taking place in the form of four Chinese leaders from four different parties across the political divide being seated together in the same forum on television, the invited guests did not disagree with the views being articulated by viewers as they spoke.

"If Umno does not change, the Chinese and Indians will not vote for BN. The MCA, MIC and Gerakan will have to close shop," Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, the former MCA vice-president said.

"The MCA must tell Umno to take a more multiracial approach."

Chua was among the four guests on the special live RTM2 show discussing the consequences of the proposed Umno-Pas talks.

The discussion centred on how the talks and the concept of Malay unity would affect non-Malays and the concept of multiracialism in the country.

The other guests were the DAP's Teng Chang Kim, Gerakan's Chang Ko Youn and PKR's Low Chee Chong.

Chang pointed out that it was dangerous for any party which used race or religion to garner support. He said if race and religion were used together, it would be "scary."

"We must all consider ourselves first as Malaysians, and govern on the basis of upholding democracy and justice."

Since suffering heavy losses in the elections, both the MCA and Gerakan have been under pressure from party grassroots to articulate more forcefully Chinese sentiment.

Chua, who was forced out of office because of a sex scandal just before the elections, has been leading the push for a more forceful MCA.

"The MCA is still a Chinese party but it should become issues-based, and have a multiracial outlook. These issues include corruption, abuse of power, and Hindraf. They are all our issues.

"But we have to remain careful now though because the Malays feel threatened," he said.

He also pointed out that after more than 50 years in existence it was difficult to bring reforms to a party like Umno.

The DAP's Teng said that it would be difficult for Malaysia to bring a quick end to race-based politics.

"We are only now growing up as a country. I would say we are at a stage where we are no longer children but still not quite an adult yet," he said.

Ultimately, viewers appeared to agree with him, despite the overwhelming support for more multiracialism in the political system.

The result of a poll conducted while the show was on was that 85 per cent of the respondents said Malaysia would never rid itself of racial politics.

-TMI

Daulat Tuanku! Daulat Tuanku! Daulat Tuanku!

The People’s Parliament

Your petition to His Majesty the Yang DiPertuan Agong to register our concerns on the judicial appointments and to appeal for His Majesty’s intervention has been launched.

In October, 2007 5,036 anak-anak Bangsa Malaysia petitioned His Majesty, appealing that Fairuz’s term as Chief Justice not be extended, as was then sought by the Prime Minister. My sources tell me that His Majesty did take note of the concerns voiced by those 5,036 individuals.

That petition was launched before the BERSIH and HINDRAF rally took place; before Makkal Sakhti took hold of the imagination of the rakyat.

Given the heightened spirit of “people power” amongst the rakyat, it would be good if this petition could garner a significant increase in the number in support compared to the previous.

According to news reports, the position of Chief Justice falls vacant on 18th October, 2008.

I would like to get the petition to His Majesty by the 15th of September.

That gives us over a month to get a decent number of signatures.

As was done with the earlier petition, what you will see here is not the final document which will be forwarded to His Majesty, in that the requisite court language has not as yet been weaved into the document. That will be done later, without any change to the substance of the petition.

Also, those signing the petition will also have to avail their identity card numbers. Please note that pseudonyms and names without ic numbers will be deleted.

People, this petition is yours. Its success or otherwise, is in your hands.

You can access the petition HERE.

-Malaysia Today

UMNO & Rasuah Berpisah Tiada...

PUTRAJAYA: Badan Pencegah Rasuah (BPR) hari ini mengesahkan ada menerima beberapa laporan berhubung kes rasuah dalam pemilihan cawangan dan bahagian Umno.

Ketua Pengarah BPR Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan berkata BPR sedang melakukan siasatan terhadap laporan itu.

"Kita ada terima laporan ...tapi tak banyaklah, sejumlah kecil saja. Kita sedang mengambil tindakan sewajarnya," katanya kepada pemberita selepas majlis perhimpunan bulanan Jabatan Perdana Menteri (JPM) di sini hari ini.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas mengenai penahanan calon Ketua Umno Bahagian Seremban Mohd Nor Awang oleh BPR kerana disyaki memberi sogokan wang kepada seorang anggota Umno untuk mengundinya pada mesyuarat cawangan.

Ahmad Said menjelaskan definisi rasuah tidak berdasarkan kepada jumlahnya, asalkan ia dapat mempengaruhi keputusan pemilihan.

Beliau juga berkata setiap aduan kepada BPR perlu disertakan dengan bukti dan fakta.

"Berikan kepada kami fakta yang benar dan kami akan ambil tindakan," katanya.
Ahmad Said berkata BPR mendapat kerjasama yang baik daripada orang ramai dalam usaha membanteras rasuah.

"Anda dapat lihat sekarang ini kita menerima maklumat yang betul dan bernas daripada orang ramai dan ini menunjukkan satu perubahan baru...kita harap sokongan ini berterusan untuk sama-sama menentukan kesejahteraan rakyat Malaysia," katanya.

-mSTAR Online

'Senang perebah' Ezam di Ptg Pauh

kemaskini 4:48pm Mohamad Ezam Mohd Noor "lebih senang diperebah" jika terpilih sebagai calon BN menentang bekas ketuanya Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dalam pilihanraya kecil Permatang Pauh, kata pengarah pilihanraya negeri PKR Mustaffa Kamal Yusuf.

"Ezam tidak akan banyak membantu (Umno). Kalau beliau bertanding, saya rasa besar peluang kita. Lagi senang perebah (jatuhkan).

"Kita pasang saja rakaman (ucapan) beliau dulu-dulu," katanya kepada Malaysiakini hari ini.

Menurut Mustaffa, pengundi kawasan parlimen itu "cukup kenal" dengan bekas setiausaha politik Anwar itu.

Mohamad Ezam menyatakan kesediaannya mencabar Anwar, jika diberikan peluang oleh BN, dalam pilihanraya yang disifatkan sebagai "pertandingan moral" demi "menegakkan kebenaran."

Dihubungi hari ini bagi mengulas dakwaan Mustaffa, bekas ketua Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK) berkata:

"Mereka (PKR) boleh buat apa juga dakwaan. Hakikatnya, dalam tempoh Anwar dipenjara, sayalah yang mengepalai gerakan mobilisasi rakyat melalui AMK dan lain-lain."

Beliau, yang sedang berada di Indonesia, dalam jawapan melalui khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS) berkata, dalam pilihanraya kecil yang akan datang, beliau "akan pastikan Anwar mendapat tentangan paling sengit dalam sejarah politiknya."

Sementara itu, Mohamad Ezam enggan mengulas dakwaan ahli Majlis Pimpinan Tertinggi PKR, Badrul Hisham Shaharin bahawa beliau pernah bertemu Mohd Saiful Bukari Azlan pada 27 Jun lalu, sehari sebelum bekas pembantu Anwar melaporkan kepada polis mendakwa diliwat bekas majikannya itu.

Badrul Hisham jua mendakwa Mohamad Ezam telah mendapat maklumat bahawa terdapatnya "konspirasi kedua" terhadap penasihat PKR itu empat bulan lalu.

"Saya diberitahu oleh dua orang yang hadir di mesyuarat tersebut bahawa Ezam menyatakan akan berlaku terhadap Anwar tuduhan yang sama tetapi watak yang berbeza," katanya, lapor edisi terbaru Suara Keadilan.

Mohamad Ezam enggan memberikan komen selagi tuduhan itu tidak datang daripada Anwar sendiri, katanya melalui SMS.

Diminta mengulas kemungkinan wujudnya pengundi hantu, Mustaffa berkata, jawatankuasa pilihanraya PKR sedang mengemaskini maklumat sistemnya SISMEP 12 untuk mengesan perkara itu.

Dalam pilihanraya umum 8 Mac lalu, sistem itu banyak membantu, katanya.

PKR negeri juga sedang membangunkan laman web www.permatangpauh.com untuk memberikan maklumat terkini dan aktiviti parti untuk menghadapi pilihanraya kecil itu, kata Mustaffa.

Laman itu akan dilancarkan selepas penamaan calon, tambahnya.

-malaysiakini