Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Govt not serious about judicial reforms

How does the Barisan National Govt which suffered a titanic defeat in the recent concluded 12thGen. Election seek to initiate Judicial reforms when it cannot even bring a proper closure to the 1988 judicial crisis over the sacking of Tun Salleh Abas as Lord President and Datuk George Seah and the late Tan sri wan Sulaiman Pawanteh as Supreme court Judges.?
If Prime Minister Abdullah refusal to apologise remain steadfast then it is unlikely there will be any significant judicial reforms.Abdullah's stand is indeed perplexing.
The Judicial crisis of 1988 happened duringMahathir's tenure and he was the prime mover for the formation of the tribunal to dismiss the Lord president.If Abdullah had agreed to the apology he would have shown his genuine resolve to reform the judiciary.The fall guy would be Mahathir and he would have everything to gain and little to lose.But to refuse the apology would merely cast a serious aspersion on his statement that he would aggressively pursue reforms.Once again this unusual decision by Abdullah has brought serious doubts as to his leadership qualities.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Mahathir's Secret Agenda.

As an elderly respected former Prime
Minister of our country he has certainly overstep the
boundaries of a Statesman who should spend the
twilight of his retirement away from the limelight of
the current political turmoil.
The former Premier has once again exhibited
his sturborn,recalcitrant character of imposing his
views and thoughts to members of his once UMNO party.
This Grand old man of Malaysian politics should
have been aware that the present political turmoil was
the result of his legacy which his successor inherited
from him.
Therefore for every finger he points at the P.M
there is ten fingers pointing at him.
Ahmad Badawi could have been the greatest Prime
Minister Malaysia ever had if only he had grasp the
opportunities Mahathir presented to him.Mahathir's 22
years legacy left every institution in the country
either tainted or in tatters.All Badawi had to do was
exposed,dismantled and reform the institutions that
bear the
hallmark of Mahathir's tainted past and he would have
won another mandate similar to the 2004 election.
But instead he fumbled,stumbled and slept his way
past the revealing corrupt Mahathir's legacy.And
instead of formulating remedial strategy to overcome
them he chose to ignore them with impunity.
The litany of issues that confronted him was met
with his typical 'elegant silent'It was not a
deliberate strategy but a truthful admission of his
incompetency.
Mahahtir did not make a mistake in choosing his
successor.He knew very well Badawi's capabilities but
still chosed him because he would have a fool to
compare with his own legacy.After all it was his
choice to dismiss two illustrous candidate, Musa and
Annuar who could perhaps pose a challenge to his own
legacy.

Monday, April 07, 2008

Barisan Govt up to Old tricks again.

The latest news that the B.N controlled federal govt will by-pass Pakatan Rakyat State govts in allocating federal funds is a tell-tale sign that the incumbent govt has not moved away from their old habits.
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister Dept, Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum had the gall to say that 'So far we have found that the mechanism used in Trengganu is the most suitable for these states'.I would have thought that the lesson learned in Trengganu that led to the change in the Menteri besar would still be fresh in every one's mind . yet we have here a smart Deputy minister trying to coral the 'wang Ehsan ' money meant for state development to a one similar what Idris did to the 'wang Ehsan' money in Trengganu.
Perhaps he had in mind another Monsoon cup along the coast of Port Klang with a budget of $300 million.
If this is not another way of channelling State developement funds for crony sponsored projects then I dont know what it is.
Looks like old habits die hard. Contracts for mega projects will be given out via federal funds to UMNO cronies thus by-passing opposition controlled States of Pakatan Rakyat.And why not.? They have been doing it in Kelantan and Trengganu and now they will extend it to the other Pakatan Rakyat States.Looks like the good times are coming back again.

Mahathir's Secret Agenda

As an elderly respected former Prime Minister of our country he has certainly overstep the boundaries of a Statesman who should spend the twilight of his retirement away from the limelight of the current political turmoil.
The former Premier has once again exhibited his stubborn,recalcitrant character of imposing his views and thoughts to members of his once UMNO party.
This Grand old man of Malaysian politics should have been aware that the present political turmoil was the result of his legacy which his successor inherited from him.
Therefore for every finger he points at the P.M there is ten fingers pointing at him.
Ahmad Badawi could have been the greatest Prime Minister Malaysia ever had if only he had grasp the opportunities Mahathir presented to him.Mahathir's 22 years legacy left every institution in the country either tainted or in tatters.All Badawi had to do was exposed,dismantled and reform the institutions that bear the hallmark of Mahathir's tainted past and he would have won another mandate similar to the 2004 election.
But instead he fumbled,stumbled and slept his way past the revealing corrupt Mahathir's legacy.And instead of formulating remedial strategy to overcome them he chose to ignore them with impunity.
The litany of issues that confronted him was met with his typical 'elegant silent'It was not a deliberate strategy but a truthful admission of his incompetency.
Mahahtir did not make a mistake in choosing his successor.He knew very well Badawi's capabilities but still choosed him because he would have a fool to compare with his own legacy.After all it was his choice to dismiss two illustrous candidate, Musa and Annuar who could perhaps pose a challenge to his own legacy.