UMNO exit from the seat of power has been expedited. This will be B.N's last walk in the corridors of power.The events of the last few days have taken a pivotal turn and Najib could be the shortest UMNO's president to be the Prime Minister of Malaysia.Thanks to MACC who made all this possible.
The groundswell of anger and bitterness at the institutition which acted in a manner to topple the Pakatan Rakyat govt was overwhelming. People who have unwavering supported the B.N govt has now decided at last that we now need a change in order to reform.It has become obvious that B.N's 50 years of being in the govt has corrupted all the instituition which form the pillar of a democratic nation.
Finally, the act that MACC did was an act that will finally nail the coffin of the B.N. The only way B.N can reform is to exit from the seat of power and to spend sometime to reflect on its past mistakes.And with some wisdom and past experience maybe it can make a comeback at some late date.Farewell B.N .We expected you to go after March 8th, but we didnt expect it to be so soon.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Hindraf Fighting a Lost Cause.
The problems facing the Kampong Buah Pala residents should be viewed in its proper perspective. First and foremost, the residents are illegal squatters and have no rights whatsoever to remain stubborn in their resolve that the state Govt give them title to the property.secondly, since the land had been alienated by the previous govt under Koh Tsu Koon and sold below market price to the present owner, the land has now become private property of the new owner.And thirdly, the resident squatters have lost their legal battle in court last year and the new owner have every right under the law to forcibly evict them.
Thereofore what is Hindraf fighting for? That the illegal indian settlers be given title to the property they have illegally occupied for a long time?Is it not the same if a stranger forcibly enter your premise and refused to be evicted and later demand title of your property?The fundamental question revolves around the rights of the squatters and the rights of the landowner. Has the illegal squatters have the right to illegally squat on private or govt land and later demand that they be given ownership of the property?
The simple answer to the whole issue is that the squatters have no right whatsoever to denand anything and Hindraf have no business defending a lost cause premised on the illegality of their occupation of the land.Even if the land had not been sold (albeit cheaply to a private owner ), and had the property remained with the govt, the illegal squatters would still have to be evicted for occupying state property illegally.
Just imagine the consequence of giving the illegal settlers title to the property that they had illegally occupied. That would have opened the floodgates for other squatters to emulate the same strategy to occupy State and private land without due regard to the ownership of the property and later demand title of the property. That would certainly create chaos and uncertainty in the whole property market.
Perhaps what is of more import is for the MACC to investigate the whole nature of the transaction and to determine whether there is any hanky panky or culpabilty in the deal to dispose of the leasehold land at below market price,.The deal happened during the term of Koh Tsu koon and he has to answer for his decision. The present govt of Lim Guan Eng cannot be held responsible in any way and can be absolved of any blame. If Hindraf cannot see these issues claerly then they have no business defending anybody .
Thereofore what is Hindraf fighting for? That the illegal indian settlers be given title to the property they have illegally occupied for a long time?Is it not the same if a stranger forcibly enter your premise and refused to be evicted and later demand title of your property?The fundamental question revolves around the rights of the squatters and the rights of the landowner. Has the illegal squatters have the right to illegally squat on private or govt land and later demand that they be given ownership of the property?
The simple answer to the whole issue is that the squatters have no right whatsoever to denand anything and Hindraf have no business defending a lost cause premised on the illegality of their occupation of the land.Even if the land had not been sold (albeit cheaply to a private owner ), and had the property remained with the govt, the illegal squatters would still have to be evicted for occupying state property illegally.
Just imagine the consequence of giving the illegal settlers title to the property that they had illegally occupied. That would have opened the floodgates for other squatters to emulate the same strategy to occupy State and private land without due regard to the ownership of the property and later demand title of the property. That would certainly create chaos and uncertainty in the whole property market.
Perhaps what is of more import is for the MACC to investigate the whole nature of the transaction and to determine whether there is any hanky panky or culpabilty in the deal to dispose of the leasehold land at below market price,.The deal happened during the term of Koh Tsu koon and he has to answer for his decision. The present govt of Lim Guan Eng cannot be held responsible in any way and can be absolved of any blame. If Hindraf cannot see these issues claerly then they have no business defending anybody .
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Our Greedy Politicians
Why would someone who have served for 22 years as the Prime Minister , about the same number of years as the Home Minister,and then a couple of more years as Finance Minister would still want to continue to serve the country after they have retired from public office.?What more if the service they are going to provide has no relations to their expertise?.It would have been plausible and acceptable if he was an expert in the field of oil extraction to be appointed as the Petronas adviser. Or it would have been acceptable if he was an expert in the production of motor vehicles if he was appointed as an adviser to Proton.But sadly, the former P.M Mahathir, has neither expertise in any of his appointed post and yet he was appointed and paid for his two Advisers post.
From his pension of his 22 years as the P.M , as the Home Minister, as the Finance Minister, as the Member of Parliament he would have derived a substantial sum of money from these various sources. So why would mahathir still want to continue to bleed our nation's coffers by being appointed to the two post which he cannot contribute in any way?
Then our last P.M Badawi, served for many years as a Foreign Minister, as a Deputy P.M, and finally for a term as P.M and Finance Minister and prior to his retirement as a Defence Minister.Therefore when he retired as the P.M he would also have derived a substantial pension from many of the Ministerial Post that he had held.So why did Govt appointed him as the adviser to our National Carrier, MAS? And to make sure he is well taken care off in his twilight years he was further appointed as the adviser to the Southern corridor .
With all the pension they are receiving after retirement, politicians should not exploit their positions by greedily scrambling to hold positions which merely is an attempt to squeeze more money from the nation's coffers without any tangible contributions .The Pensions that they receive should adequately see them living a life of carefree luxury.Money paid to them as Advisers could be put to better use by building Low cost Flats, schools and roads to be beneficial to the ordinary citizens.
In times of economic crisis that we are facing now, politicians should set a good example of saving public expenditure and not indulge in wasteful distribution of taxpayers money to greedy politicians.
From his pension of his 22 years as the P.M , as the Home Minister, as the Finance Minister, as the Member of Parliament he would have derived a substantial sum of money from these various sources. So why would mahathir still want to continue to bleed our nation's coffers by being appointed to the two post which he cannot contribute in any way?
Then our last P.M Badawi, served for many years as a Foreign Minister, as a Deputy P.M, and finally for a term as P.M and Finance Minister and prior to his retirement as a Defence Minister.Therefore when he retired as the P.M he would also have derived a substantial pension from many of the Ministerial Post that he had held.So why did Govt appointed him as the adviser to our National Carrier, MAS? And to make sure he is well taken care off in his twilight years he was further appointed as the adviser to the Southern corridor .
With all the pension they are receiving after retirement, politicians should not exploit their positions by greedily scrambling to hold positions which merely is an attempt to squeeze more money from the nation's coffers without any tangible contributions .The Pensions that they receive should adequately see them living a life of carefree luxury.Money paid to them as Advisers could be put to better use by building Low cost Flats, schools and roads to be beneficial to the ordinary citizens.
In times of economic crisis that we are facing now, politicians should set a good example of saving public expenditure and not indulge in wasteful distribution of taxpayers money to greedy politicians.
Who is Ramli Ali?
" Well, he is a Lingam appointed judge. A former Chief Registrar of the
courts. When Lingam was talking to the disgraced Fairuz on how they
were to manipulate the judiciary and appoint their cronies into the
bench, Lingam said that Ramli was among the three preferred to be
appointed by him. The other two were Datuk Heliliah Mohd Yusuf, a
former Solicitor-General and Datuk Ahmad Maarop, a former commissioner
of Law Revision. They were appointed as directed by Lingam and agreed
upon by Vincent Tan and Mahathir on February 1. 2002
courts. When Lingam was talking to the disgraced Fairuz on how they
were to manipulate the judiciary and appoint their cronies into the
bench, Lingam said that Ramli was among the three preferred to be
appointed by him. The other two were Datuk Heliliah Mohd Yusuf, a
former Solicitor-General and Datuk Ahmad Maarop, a former commissioner
of Law Revision. They were appointed as directed by Lingam and agreed
upon by Vincent Tan and Mahathir on February 1. 2002
Clown Judges should be removed and punished
As pointed by former Court Of appeal Judge, N.H Chen, judges who do not administer Justice according to Law should be removed and Punished.Judges who make decision based on politics to please their political masters have brought disrepute to the judiciary and accordingly have committed a serious breach of ethics which should invite dismissal from the bench.
When the appeal case of NizarVs Zambry was brought before a one man Court of appeal Judge, Ramli Ali, the latter, granted a stay of the declaratory relief that was earlier given to Nizar by the High court Judge. Before going to the merit of Ramli's decision to grant the relief let us briefly examine the man who gave that relief. Ramli, if you recall was a Lingam appointed Judge.A former Chief registrar of the courts, his name was mentioned by Lingam when discussion with disgraced Chief Judge, fairuz on the manipulation of the judiciary and the appointment of cronies to the Bench took place at Lingam's house. Two other judges whose names were also mentioned and one of them who also played a crucial role in another case involved in the Nizar hearing was Datuk Ahmad Maarop,a former Commissioner of revision and Datuk Helililah Mohd Yusof, a former solicitor-General.
With such a tainted background that followed his appointment, it is hardly surprising how judge Ramli Ali could have returned a verdict in favour of Zambry with such haste.What is even more absurd was that his stay of the declaratory relief was not supported with any grounds of judgement.
And today we saw another clown Judge from the Federal court, Paul Augustine, giving another astonishing verdict that decided that Sivakumar, the Perak Speaker had no authority to suspend Zambry and the six excos members.And if the Doctrine of separation has any meaning since when do the judiciary has jurisdiction to review decisions made by the legislature? Is it not stated in the Federal constitution that Article 72(2) prohibits any proceedings of the legislature to be subjected to judicial review?
And what about the three clown Judges who heard the court case to determine the legitimate M.B ? The three Court of Appeal judges, Md Raus Shariff, Zainun Ali and Ahmad Maarop (remember this name linked to lingam) set aside the High court's decision ruling that Nizar was the rightful Menteri Besar 'at all Material Times' and held that Nizar had ceased to command the confidence of the majority of the Perak State assembly. Well it didnt seem to bother these three clown Judges that we have a constitutional monarch in Malaysia and by their ruling that the Sultan of Perak had the power to remove the Menteri Besar, the court have now bestowed the powers of an Absolute Monarch to the sultan who now have the powers to dismiss a serving menteri besar from the office without the necessity of the legislature convening to determine by voting whether he still command a majority in the Legislative assembly.By analogy, the King now can be construed as having absolute powers to dismiss the Prime minister without the need to convene a parliament sitting to determine whether he still command a majority in the Parliament.
One thing appears clear from these recent episode. All these Judges did not administer Justice according to the rule of Law and have definitely brought the Judiaciary to disrepute .It is quite obvious that their decisions were coloured by political considerations and by their acts have invited adverse criticism of the Judiciary.Their acts cannot and should not go unpunish. In the event, Pakatan should come to power the shameful acts of all these judges must be brought to account and be made to answer for their folly.
When the appeal case of NizarVs Zambry was brought before a one man Court of appeal Judge, Ramli Ali, the latter, granted a stay of the declaratory relief that was earlier given to Nizar by the High court Judge. Before going to the merit of Ramli's decision to grant the relief let us briefly examine the man who gave that relief. Ramli, if you recall was a Lingam appointed Judge.A former Chief registrar of the courts, his name was mentioned by Lingam when discussion with disgraced Chief Judge, fairuz on the manipulation of the judiciary and the appointment of cronies to the Bench took place at Lingam's house. Two other judges whose names were also mentioned and one of them who also played a crucial role in another case involved in the Nizar hearing was Datuk Ahmad Maarop,a former Commissioner of revision and Datuk Helililah Mohd Yusof, a former solicitor-General.
With such a tainted background that followed his appointment, it is hardly surprising how judge Ramli Ali could have returned a verdict in favour of Zambry with such haste.What is even more absurd was that his stay of the declaratory relief was not supported with any grounds of judgement.
And today we saw another clown Judge from the Federal court, Paul Augustine, giving another astonishing verdict that decided that Sivakumar, the Perak Speaker had no authority to suspend Zambry and the six excos members.And if the Doctrine of separation has any meaning since when do the judiciary has jurisdiction to review decisions made by the legislature? Is it not stated in the Federal constitution that Article 72(2) prohibits any proceedings of the legislature to be subjected to judicial review?
And what about the three clown Judges who heard the court case to determine the legitimate M.B ? The three Court of Appeal judges, Md Raus Shariff, Zainun Ali and Ahmad Maarop (remember this name linked to lingam) set aside the High court's decision ruling that Nizar was the rightful Menteri Besar 'at all Material Times' and held that Nizar had ceased to command the confidence of the majority of the Perak State assembly. Well it didnt seem to bother these three clown Judges that we have a constitutional monarch in Malaysia and by their ruling that the Sultan of Perak had the power to remove the Menteri Besar, the court have now bestowed the powers of an Absolute Monarch to the sultan who now have the powers to dismiss a serving menteri besar from the office without the necessity of the legislature convening to determine by voting whether he still command a majority in the Legislative assembly.By analogy, the King now can be construed as having absolute powers to dismiss the Prime minister without the need to convene a parliament sitting to determine whether he still command a majority in the Parliament.
One thing appears clear from these recent episode. All these Judges did not administer Justice according to the rule of Law and have definitely brought the Judiaciary to disrepute .It is quite obvious that their decisions were coloured by political considerations and by their acts have invited adverse criticism of the Judiciary.Their acts cannot and should not go unpunish. In the event, Pakatan should come to power the shameful acts of all these judges must be brought to account and be made to answer for their folly.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Failure To Change Will Annihilate MCA
One of life's greatest irony is that there are always sign to tell you whether you are on the right path or not.The only problem is whether one is prepared to grasp the tell tale sign and make the change.
Ong tee Keat's blog seeking an opinion poll whether the party should pull out of the Barisan National confirmed what has already been public knowledge that the chinese have enough of UMNO and B.N. According to the poll 1,908 (75.7 %) respondents wanted the party to pull out of the coalition whilst 612 said no.
Now that the survey has indicated the majority wishes of the chinese people, the question only remains what would the leadership in MCA decide to do?With four ministerial posts and 9 Deputy Ministers post at stake can the MCA leadership sacrifice their own positions and interest and for once look at the larger interest of the chinese people?Not an easy decision when one is comfortably ensconced in a Minister post with all the perks and privelges accorded to it.
The P.M , Najib is quite confident that MCA will not abandon the B.N ship because history has always shown that personal interest and positions have always remain paramount in the MCA leadership considerations.So its not easy to make the change when so much rewards and position is at stake.Past experience have also shown that MCA leaders have never paid any premium to the larger interest of the chinese community.As long as MCA leaders are adequately rewarded with title and position UMNO can always ride rough shod over MCA and chinese interest.
But this time the writing is on the wall. The demise of MCA, MIC, Gerakan and most if not all of the B.N component parties will be inevitable when the 13th General election takes place four years from now. Because of self interest, it is unlikely any of these leaders will change their allegiance to B.N or to UMNO.Even if they change now, there is no guarantee that that the people will embrace them immediately. 50 years of their loyalty to the B.N philosophy is unlikely to change overnite.More specifically would be the question of what is it for MCA for them to make the change.? MCA surely would not hope to make the change and cast away their loyalty to B.N without expecting anything in return.?
In fact the signs were already there in the march 8th 2008 election. All the 15 member of Parliament seats that MCA won were in areas with a malay majority.That means MCA members won not with chinese support but with malay support. If that is not a sign that the chinese have already abandoned MCA than I dont know what other sign you need to have.By the next election when malay support is given to PKR and PAS, MCA candidates will be totally left floundering and anihilated. That same logic applies to Gerakan and MIC candidates who will be looking for malay support in areas contested by their members.
The survey done in Ong Tee Keat's blog merely serves to confirm that the days MCA will continue to be part of the Govt in B.N will be numbered.
Ong tee Keat's blog seeking an opinion poll whether the party should pull out of the Barisan National confirmed what has already been public knowledge that the chinese have enough of UMNO and B.N. According to the poll 1,908 (75.7 %) respondents wanted the party to pull out of the coalition whilst 612 said no.
Now that the survey has indicated the majority wishes of the chinese people, the question only remains what would the leadership in MCA decide to do?With four ministerial posts and 9 Deputy Ministers post at stake can the MCA leadership sacrifice their own positions and interest and for once look at the larger interest of the chinese people?Not an easy decision when one is comfortably ensconced in a Minister post with all the perks and privelges accorded to it.
The P.M , Najib is quite confident that MCA will not abandon the B.N ship because history has always shown that personal interest and positions have always remain paramount in the MCA leadership considerations.So its not easy to make the change when so much rewards and position is at stake.Past experience have also shown that MCA leaders have never paid any premium to the larger interest of the chinese community.As long as MCA leaders are adequately rewarded with title and position UMNO can always ride rough shod over MCA and chinese interest.
But this time the writing is on the wall. The demise of MCA, MIC, Gerakan and most if not all of the B.N component parties will be inevitable when the 13th General election takes place four years from now. Because of self interest, it is unlikely any of these leaders will change their allegiance to B.N or to UMNO.Even if they change now, there is no guarantee that that the people will embrace them immediately. 50 years of their loyalty to the B.N philosophy is unlikely to change overnite.More specifically would be the question of what is it for MCA for them to make the change.? MCA surely would not hope to make the change and cast away their loyalty to B.N without expecting anything in return.?
In fact the signs were already there in the march 8th 2008 election. All the 15 member of Parliament seats that MCA won were in areas with a malay majority.That means MCA members won not with chinese support but with malay support. If that is not a sign that the chinese have already abandoned MCA than I dont know what other sign you need to have.By the next election when malay support is given to PKR and PAS, MCA candidates will be totally left floundering and anihilated. That same logic applies to Gerakan and MIC candidates who will be looking for malay support in areas contested by their members.
The survey done in Ong Tee Keat's blog merely serves to confirm that the days MCA will continue to be part of the Govt in B.N will be numbered.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Civil Servants will caused the Downfall of the Pakatan Rakyat Govt.
The DAP secretary-General, Lim Guan Eng maybe an astute politician but I think he is an inexperience administrator.That very lack of experience unfortunately could be his achilles heel and caused the downfall of his govt in Penang.If experience in Perak is any guide Lim should have learned from it but somehow, it has eluded him and he is repeating the same mistake which the Pakatan Rakyat administrators failed to address in Perak .
When the first sign of a crack appeared in the Perak Govt and the three party hoppers had already switched allegiance, the civil servants from the State Secretary to the Secretary of the State assembly immediately showed where their bread was buttered.Not only was the state assembly building locked and barred for the Pakatan State assembly men to attend an emergency meeting,but they were unceremoniously disallowed to enter the building although the court has still not determined who was the legitimate Menteri Besar of Perak.
Even the mayor and town council President showed their allegiance by removing the Democracy Plaque which the Pakatan Rakyat had erected under the tree where the historical Assembly meeting was held.
These are lessons Lim Guan Eng should have learned. All civil servants appointed by B.N owe their allegiance to the previous ruling Govt.At the outset, Pakatan Rakyat should remove these people and appoint Pakatan members even if they are politicians.That at least will consolidate your position in the govt machinery. Therefore Lim's insistence on appointing a B.N appointee to be the Seberang Perai municipal council could be a fatal mistake that could be his downfall. Similarly, all important post in other Municipal councils should be filled with Pakatan men. Its better to have your own men helming those post than to trust them to B.N appointees.
These kind of inexperience unfortunately is also being repeated in selangor where the current Menteri Besar Khalid have continued to put B.N's men in important GLC and other important statutory post.When the first sign of trouble appears this will be the same people who would likely betray Pakatan's cause.If Pakatan control states still continue to ignore this fundamental placement of B.N people, then it is likely that their days in Govt are numbered.
When the first sign of a crack appeared in the Perak Govt and the three party hoppers had already switched allegiance, the civil servants from the State Secretary to the Secretary of the State assembly immediately showed where their bread was buttered.Not only was the state assembly building locked and barred for the Pakatan State assembly men to attend an emergency meeting,but they were unceremoniously disallowed to enter the building although the court has still not determined who was the legitimate Menteri Besar of Perak.
Even the mayor and town council President showed their allegiance by removing the Democracy Plaque which the Pakatan Rakyat had erected under the tree where the historical Assembly meeting was held.
These are lessons Lim Guan Eng should have learned. All civil servants appointed by B.N owe their allegiance to the previous ruling Govt.At the outset, Pakatan Rakyat should remove these people and appoint Pakatan members even if they are politicians.That at least will consolidate your position in the govt machinery. Therefore Lim's insistence on appointing a B.N appointee to be the Seberang Perai municipal council could be a fatal mistake that could be his downfall. Similarly, all important post in other Municipal councils should be filled with Pakatan men. Its better to have your own men helming those post than to trust them to B.N appointees.
These kind of inexperience unfortunately is also being repeated in selangor where the current Menteri Besar Khalid have continued to put B.N's men in important GLC and other important statutory post.When the first sign of trouble appears this will be the same people who would likely betray Pakatan's cause.If Pakatan control states still continue to ignore this fundamental placement of B.N people, then it is likely that their days in Govt are numbered.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Who says Malaysia is Not a Racist country
President Obama of U.S would certainly not have the opportunity to be Prime minister of Malaysia had he been a citizen of Malaysia. In fact it would be correct to say that he would probably be an ordinary person earning an ordinary salary working in and ordinary company.
Coming from an ordinary middle class family most likely he would even be hard press to obtain a tertiary education in one of our elite Universities.Unlike his Oxford education he received as a U.S citizen, Obama with his string of A's would probably at most be offered to do a course like aquatic science or Material Engineering in one of the lesser tertiary Universities here.
But before going any further he would probably with his family spend some time in the Religious rehabilatation centres for trying to convert to Christianity. Well his father was a kenyan muslim and after marrying a christian caucasian he converted to christianity.But here in Malaysia , Obama and his family would be put into one of those rehabilatation centres where he would be persuaded to revert back to his islamic faith.
And as cleverly spinned by Awang selamat of Utusan Melayu, Obama as a pendatang should be grateful to be just given the opportunity to live and be a grateful citizen of this country.He should remain docile and not question even if he is deprived of any of his citizens rights.Most of all Obama and all the pendatangs should just obediently vote the ruling UMNO every election and be grateful .
After all it was due to the generosity of people like Awang selamat that the chinese, indians and all the lain lain bangsa are given the opportunity to be citizens of this country .It really doesnt matter to him that chinese and indians have been here for almost five generations while people from Indonesia like the Khir Toyo fellow have been here for hardly one generation is already been made a Chief Minister.
And eloquently put by the Sultan of Perak, non malays should not question why scholarships are given to Bumiputras while non malays with a string of A's are not given anything.It doesnt matter if 2As Bumiputras are given scholarships while 8A's non malays are not given anything.Yes, we pendatangs should just accept it and not question it. And yes we are not a racist country except that these things are all in the constitution .And I am off to join Obama for roti canai at the mamak stall if he is still there.
Coming from an ordinary middle class family most likely he would even be hard press to obtain a tertiary education in one of our elite Universities.Unlike his Oxford education he received as a U.S citizen, Obama with his string of A's would probably at most be offered to do a course like aquatic science or Material Engineering in one of the lesser tertiary Universities here.
But before going any further he would probably with his family spend some time in the Religious rehabilatation centres for trying to convert to Christianity. Well his father was a kenyan muslim and after marrying a christian caucasian he converted to christianity.But here in Malaysia , Obama and his family would be put into one of those rehabilatation centres where he would be persuaded to revert back to his islamic faith.
And as cleverly spinned by Awang selamat of Utusan Melayu, Obama as a pendatang should be grateful to be just given the opportunity to live and be a grateful citizen of this country.He should remain docile and not question even if he is deprived of any of his citizens rights.Most of all Obama and all the pendatangs should just obediently vote the ruling UMNO every election and be grateful .
After all it was due to the generosity of people like Awang selamat that the chinese, indians and all the lain lain bangsa are given the opportunity to be citizens of this country .It really doesnt matter to him that chinese and indians have been here for almost five generations while people from Indonesia like the Khir Toyo fellow have been here for hardly one generation is already been made a Chief Minister.
And eloquently put by the Sultan of Perak, non malays should not question why scholarships are given to Bumiputras while non malays with a string of A's are not given anything.It doesnt matter if 2As Bumiputras are given scholarships while 8A's non malays are not given anything.Yes, we pendatangs should just accept it and not question it. And yes we are not a racist country except that these things are all in the constitution .And I am off to join Obama for roti canai at the mamak stall if he is still there.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
PAS is Doomed to repeat its Mistake.
The last time PAS joined B.N in the coalition govt it left in acrimonious circumstances.Till today the bitterness and anger that had evolved during that period has left the spiritual guru, Nik aziz , adamant that never again should PAS joined hands to form the Govt with UMNO.To him putting the same hands twice in the hole to be bitten by the snake was unforgiveable.
PAS is doomed to suffer the same fate it suffered in Trengganu in 1999 when it lost Trengganu to the B.N. PAS President should be held accountable for the lost as much as Nik Aziz should be credited with the Kelantan's PAS victory.It was Abdul Hadi's arroggance that was the cause of PAS downfall. Even in the march 2008 election when B.N was at its weakest, PAS under Hadi could not even wrest Trengganu from the corrupt and divided UMNO when Pakatan Raykat managed to wrest five States from the B.N.
PAS victory in many of the seats it contested was because for the first time in its electoral campaigns, non-malays votes was crucial for its success. And non-malay votes were generously given to PAS because they were totally against the corrupt UMNO and B.N's Govt machinery.The anger against B.N translated into votes for PAS and other opposition candidates.That in essence explains the phenomenal success of PAS, PKR and DAP electoral campaigns that finally deprived the B.N Govt losing its two-third majority in Parliament and losing Five States to the Pakatan Rakyat coalition.
Now its President Hadi and Deputy seems to have short term memories of its previous dally with UMNO and are considering a unity Govt where presumably the PAS President would be rewarded with a minor Ministerial position.But PAS under Hadi would be foolish to think that under a Unity Govt with B.N their current popularity could be sustained in the next 13th General Election.It is most likely that any Unity Govt with B.N would spell disaster and contribute to the demise of its popularity with the non-malays.
But like the popular saying, those people who failed to learn from history are condemned or doomed to repeat the same mistake.And in this case, PAS under Hadi is doomed to repeat the same mistake again.
PAS is doomed to suffer the same fate it suffered in Trengganu in 1999 when it lost Trengganu to the B.N. PAS President should be held accountable for the lost as much as Nik Aziz should be credited with the Kelantan's PAS victory.It was Abdul Hadi's arroggance that was the cause of PAS downfall. Even in the march 2008 election when B.N was at its weakest, PAS under Hadi could not even wrest Trengganu from the corrupt and divided UMNO when Pakatan Raykat managed to wrest five States from the B.N.
PAS victory in many of the seats it contested was because for the first time in its electoral campaigns, non-malays votes was crucial for its success. And non-malay votes were generously given to PAS because they were totally against the corrupt UMNO and B.N's Govt machinery.The anger against B.N translated into votes for PAS and other opposition candidates.That in essence explains the phenomenal success of PAS, PKR and DAP electoral campaigns that finally deprived the B.N Govt losing its two-third majority in Parliament and losing Five States to the Pakatan Rakyat coalition.
Now its President Hadi and Deputy seems to have short term memories of its previous dally with UMNO and are considering a unity Govt where presumably the PAS President would be rewarded with a minor Ministerial position.But PAS under Hadi would be foolish to think that under a Unity Govt with B.N their current popularity could be sustained in the next 13th General Election.It is most likely that any Unity Govt with B.N would spell disaster and contribute to the demise of its popularity with the non-malays.
But like the popular saying, those people who failed to learn from history are condemned or doomed to repeat the same mistake.And in this case, PAS under Hadi is doomed to repeat the same mistake again.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Mahathir is a Man of many contradiction
Mahathir has a failing memory. Only sometime ago he criticised Najib for accepting the three party hoppers to topple the Perak Pakatan Govt. Now that Zambry is comfortably ensconced in the seat of the Perak Govt he is singing a different tune. He is against the idea of a snap poll because he is certain Pakatan will win hands down. In other words mahathir would prefer to deny the people of Perak to choose a govt of their choice and instead allow the illegitimate B.N govt to continue to resist any move for a dissolution of the state assembly because the outcome is a Pakatan victory.This shows what a cunning and conniving former P.M we have for the last 22 years. Just because pakatan would come out victorious in a snap election he would not want a snap poll to take place.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Is Najib Blaming Sultan for not wanting a snap election?
By making the statement that it was the prerogative of the Sultan to call for snap election, is Najib implying that it was the recalcitrant attitude of the sultan for not wanting to call for snap election ?This effectively puts the blame on the monarchy for the current political imbroglio which is currently being displayed in Perak.Surely this cannot be true because the Sultan obviously acted on the advice and the command of the then DPM who was not in favour of a snap election.
It is highly irresponsible to cast aspersion on the monarchy for deliberately withholding Nizar's request for the dissolution of the State assembly when in actual fact it was Najib's own recalcitrant attitude in not wanting to have a snap election..In view of what has been said by Najib, the Sultan should dispel any doubts that it was not their decision to withhold the dissolution of the assembly by now allowing for its dissolution. Otherwise it will only serves to confirm what Najib said was the truth and that it was the sultan's personal decision not to call for a snap election.
It is highly irresponsible to cast aspersion on the monarchy for deliberately withholding Nizar's request for the dissolution of the State assembly when in actual fact it was Najib's own recalcitrant attitude in not wanting to have a snap election..In view of what has been said by Najib, the Sultan should dispel any doubts that it was not their decision to withhold the dissolution of the assembly by now allowing for its dissolution. Otherwise it will only serves to confirm what Najib said was the truth and that it was the sultan's personal decision not to call for a snap election.
Is our Judiciary Independent?
The wheels of justice seems to be moving at breakneck speed for B.N while it is at snail pace when it was not in their interest. When the High court declared the lawful M.B was Nizar, Zambry filed an appeal and it was scheduled to be heard the next day by a one man judge.Why is it so urgent to hear this case while the judiciary is dragging its feet in the trial of the two PKR party hoppers who have a corruption trial hanging over their heads.?Is it not urgent that the corruption case of the two PKR be quickly disposed of so that we can see whether they are guilty of the corruption charge against them.
It seems quite obvious that unseen hands are directing the judiciary to expedite cases that are in favour of the UMNO govt and delaying cases that may have an adverse effect on them. Surely the trial of the two PKR state assemblyman is of paramount importance because it will ultimately means whether we have a bye -election if they are found to be guilty.And that precisely will affect the supposedly majority of B.N in the State Assembly.
It seems quite obvious that unseen hands are directing the judiciary to expedite cases that are in favour of the UMNO govt and delaying cases that may have an adverse effect on them. Surely the trial of the two PKR state assemblyman is of paramount importance because it will ultimately means whether we have a bye -election if they are found to be guilty.And that precisely will affect the supposedly majority of B.N in the State Assembly.
Perak Speaker Has the last say
There should be no confusion as to the role of the State Assembly Speaker on the May 7th Sitting. The Assembly sitting under the tree was a valid State Assembly meeting . And the meeting agenda for all intent and purpose had endorsed the suspension of Zambry and his six exco members. The apex Federal court had no jurisdiction to interfere with the decision of the legislature.
In addition, the Speaker has every right to also ignore the decision of the Federal court that the E.C was the body to decide on the three seats supposedly vacated by the three State assemblymen. This also means that the speaker has every right to bar the three state assemblymen from participating in the sitting.
Therefore on the 7th May sitting, the speaker can further exercise his authority by disallowing Zambry and his members from participating in the Assembly sitting.The suspension of Zambry and the six excos by the speaker have not been rescinded and therefore remain valid. The speaker has every right to just ignore the Federal court' s decision declaring that the suspension was invalid as the Federal court had acted ultra vires in making a decision on legislative procedure which was beyond the jurisdiction of the courts . This was evident and clearly pointed out by many legal experts that the Federal constitution under s72(1) prohibits State Legislature proceedings to be subjected to judicial review.
In the absence of Zambry and the six exco members, and the three resigned state assemblymen, the assembly sitting can resume and the motion of confidence on Nizar and his exco members can be moved and put to vote. And since Pakatan members has a majority in the state legislature whatever motion proposed can be passed with a simple majority.
Alternatively, the speaker can under the advise of the M.B ,propose a motion to dissolve the assembly and seek permission from the ruler to carry out the motion.That in essence means the Speaker has the last say in the may 7th Assembly sitting.
In addition, the Speaker has every right to also ignore the decision of the Federal court that the E.C was the body to decide on the three seats supposedly vacated by the three State assemblymen. This also means that the speaker has every right to bar the three state assemblymen from participating in the sitting.
Therefore on the 7th May sitting, the speaker can further exercise his authority by disallowing Zambry and his members from participating in the Assembly sitting.The suspension of Zambry and the six excos by the speaker have not been rescinded and therefore remain valid. The speaker has every right to just ignore the Federal court' s decision declaring that the suspension was invalid as the Federal court had acted ultra vires in making a decision on legislative procedure which was beyond the jurisdiction of the courts . This was evident and clearly pointed out by many legal experts that the Federal constitution under s72(1) prohibits State Legislature proceedings to be subjected to judicial review.
In the absence of Zambry and the six exco members, and the three resigned state assemblymen, the assembly sitting can resume and the motion of confidence on Nizar and his exco members can be moved and put to vote. And since Pakatan members has a majority in the state legislature whatever motion proposed can be passed with a simple majority.
Alternatively, the speaker can under the advise of the M.B ,propose a motion to dissolve the assembly and seek permission from the ruler to carry out the motion.That in essence means the Speaker has the last say in the may 7th Assembly sitting.
All B.N Office bearers Must be removed From Pakatan Rakyat States.
Penang, selangor and kedah must learned from the lessons of Perak. They must immediately conduct a house cleaning for the various institutions in the state.All State GLC, Town councils, civil service and all state statutory bodies must be revamped. Failure to do so immediately could have disatrous consequences once other political machinations come into play.They should quickly be replaced by Pakatan Rakyat supporters.
See how quick and swift the state secretary acted when Nizar and his excos were forced out of power.The state Secretary is a B.N appointee and his actions clearly showed where his allegiance was. Nizar and his excos did the fatal mistake of not removing him and replacing him with someone from their political lineage.
Then look how the Assembly secretary behaved by totally by- passing the speaker's authority in issuing orders and instructions. He was obviously acting under the B.N's orders to ignore the PKR speaker despite the fact that he was his immediate boss.
Finally, see how the town council president and his men acted when they erected a plague to commenmorate the assembly meeting under the tree.They demolished the Plague that the Pakatan rakyat members had put up to commenmorate the historical occassion. And if that was not enough they declared that the plague was an illegal construction.
The States that are now still under Pakatan Rakyat control must immediately removed all personels and office bearers associated with the previous regime. Every single vestige of the past connected with the Barisan Govt must be removed if they want to continue to remain in power. Failure to do this could prove fatal like in Perak.
See how quick and swift the state secretary acted when Nizar and his excos were forced out of power.The state Secretary is a B.N appointee and his actions clearly showed where his allegiance was. Nizar and his excos did the fatal mistake of not removing him and replacing him with someone from their political lineage.
Then look how the Assembly secretary behaved by totally by- passing the speaker's authority in issuing orders and instructions. He was obviously acting under the B.N's orders to ignore the PKR speaker despite the fact that he was his immediate boss.
Finally, see how the town council president and his men acted when they erected a plague to commenmorate the assembly meeting under the tree.They demolished the Plague that the Pakatan rakyat members had put up to commenmorate the historical occassion. And if that was not enough they declared that the plague was an illegal construction.
The States that are now still under Pakatan Rakyat control must immediately removed all personels and office bearers associated with the previous regime. Every single vestige of the past connected with the Barisan Govt must be removed if they want to continue to remain in power. Failure to do this could prove fatal like in Perak.
Perak Sultan Should not have been Partisan
Perak Sultan Raja Azlan Shah was correct when he said that rulers were above politics and therefore could not answer or debate allegations against them.
But then why did the Perak Ruler without hesitation installed Zambry and his B.N cohorts to replace the Pakatan Rakyat govt. knowing fully well that two former PKR assembly men were charged for corruption and could have acted under duress.?The dubious takeover by B.N was therefore hanging on a slim majority and could have adversely affected the balance of power should the two assemblymen were convicted of the corruption charge. Under such a climate of political uncertainty would it not be logical for the ruler to entertain the incumbent M.B's request for dissolution of the State assembly?
Then why did the ruler showed favouritism by declining the former M.B's request and instead proceeded to install B.N's Zambry as the legitimate Govt of Perak.?
Rulers need not be vocal to display their partisanship in politics. Their mere actions which is contrary to public expectations is enough to render their oft quoted statement that they are above politics meaningless.
The ruler's statement that individuals and groups were "disregarding the law for the sake of attaining power " should be directed at the B.N govt and not at the Pakatan Rakyat Govt.The Bukit Gantang Parliamentary bye-election should have been an eye opener to the ruler that the people wanted the disolution of the State assembly and to elect a govt of their choice. But instead the ruler chose to turn a blind eye and further add legitimacy to Zambry's Govt by bestowing Royal awards to him and his three other exco members when they have not even earned or deserve the awards.
Rulers who by their action are partisan are bound to attract ridicule and a wise ruler should know by now that history has shown that it is not the govt that will help to preserve the royal institution but rather the will and mandate of the ordinary people.
But then why did the Perak Ruler without hesitation installed Zambry and his B.N cohorts to replace the Pakatan Rakyat govt. knowing fully well that two former PKR assembly men were charged for corruption and could have acted under duress.?The dubious takeover by B.N was therefore hanging on a slim majority and could have adversely affected the balance of power should the two assemblymen were convicted of the corruption charge. Under such a climate of political uncertainty would it not be logical for the ruler to entertain the incumbent M.B's request for dissolution of the State assembly?
Then why did the ruler showed favouritism by declining the former M.B's request and instead proceeded to install B.N's Zambry as the legitimate Govt of Perak.?
Rulers need not be vocal to display their partisanship in politics. Their mere actions which is contrary to public expectations is enough to render their oft quoted statement that they are above politics meaningless.
The ruler's statement that individuals and groups were "disregarding the law for the sake of attaining power " should be directed at the B.N govt and not at the Pakatan Rakyat Govt.The Bukit Gantang Parliamentary bye-election should have been an eye opener to the ruler that the people wanted the disolution of the State assembly and to elect a govt of their choice. But instead the ruler chose to turn a blind eye and further add legitimacy to Zambry's Govt by bestowing Royal awards to him and his three other exco members when they have not even earned or deserve the awards.
Rulers who by their action are partisan are bound to attract ridicule and a wise ruler should know by now that history has shown that it is not the govt that will help to preserve the royal institution but rather the will and mandate of the ordinary people.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The Five Judges will Have to Face a tribunal
As correctly pointed out by former Court of Appeal Judge, N.H. Chan, the Federal Court Judges had failed the people.The judgement was delivered by the panel of Judges comprising, Court of Appeal President,Alauddin Mohd sheriff, Chief Judge Of Malaya,Arifin Zakaria, and Federal Court Judges, Nik Hashim Nik Abdul Rahman, S Augustine Paul, Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin. It was , he added a perverse judgement because it was a decision made in blatant disregard of Article 72(1) of the Federal Constitution.
Without a doubt, these five learned judge who delivered a unanimous verdict had failed the people when they chose to ignore our country's constitution and failed to administer justice according to the rule of law.Even a layman could see that the verdict was against the spirit of the provisions as embodied in the constitution. Then how can five supposedly learned judge in the apex court came to the conclusion that was contrary to every one's expectation?
This blatant act of betrayal of the people's trust in the judiciary should not go unpunish. When Pakatan Rakyat do take over the Govt after the 13th General Election, these five tainted judges must be made to face a tribunal to answer for their failure to administer justice according to the Law.If found guilty they should be stripped of their positions and sack from the judiciary.Their unshamedly act of acting in concert with the Executive to render a judgement that was perverse and in complete disregard to the Federal Constitution is a betrayal of the people's trust in the Judiciary. The decision of the five judges have caused irreparable damage and will have a serious impact on the credibilty and integrity of the Judiciary for many years to come.It would be poetic justice to see the five judges being punished and sent into disgrace for their treacherous role in subverting justice.
Without a doubt, these five learned judge who delivered a unanimous verdict had failed the people when they chose to ignore our country's constitution and failed to administer justice according to the rule of law.Even a layman could see that the verdict was against the spirit of the provisions as embodied in the constitution. Then how can five supposedly learned judge in the apex court came to the conclusion that was contrary to every one's expectation?
This blatant act of betrayal of the people's trust in the judiciary should not go unpunish. When Pakatan Rakyat do take over the Govt after the 13th General Election, these five tainted judges must be made to face a tribunal to answer for their failure to administer justice according to the Law.If found guilty they should be stripped of their positions and sack from the judiciary.Their unshamedly act of acting in concert with the Executive to render a judgement that was perverse and in complete disregard to the Federal Constitution is a betrayal of the people's trust in the Judiciary. The decision of the five judges have caused irreparable damage and will have a serious impact on the credibilty and integrity of the Judiciary for many years to come.It would be poetic justice to see the five judges being punished and sent into disgrace for their treacherous role in subverting justice.
Najib shopuld return the Mandate to the People of Perak.
Despite the euphoria and all the rhetoric that came with his 1 Malaysia concept, Najib, the newly minted P.M has one important duty to perform in order to convince the rakyat that indeed he has the political will to reform B.N in general and UMNO in particular.That one important obstacle that has been the bane of his asscesension is the illegitimate takeover of the Perak Govt by dubious means. Using the Judiciary to strengthen his takeover will only cause further anger with Najib's Govt. If his mantra which he postulated earlier is to change or be changed then he has to revert the mandate to to the people to elect a govt of their choice.Any thing less would be unacceptable to the people of Perak.
The convincing victory by the former M.B, Nijar at Bukit Gantang have clearly and irrevocably shown that the people want the status quo of the previous PKR govt to continue .If Najib continue to ignore the people's plea for the State assembly to be dissolved and fresh election be held for a new mandate, then he will be doing it at his own peril.
All his rhetoric and appeal to the public for the acceptance of his 1 Malaysia concept will have no meaning if the rakyat cannot even be given the mandate to elect a govt of their choice. He must accept his role in the illegal takeover of the Perak Govt and exercise Statemanship by correcting the wrong he had done. If not it is most likely the tenure of the new P.M would be the shortest and predictably he would be the last UMNO President to be the P.M
The convincing victory by the former M.B, Nijar at Bukit Gantang have clearly and irrevocably shown that the people want the status quo of the previous PKR govt to continue .If Najib continue to ignore the people's plea for the State assembly to be dissolved and fresh election be held for a new mandate, then he will be doing it at his own peril.
All his rhetoric and appeal to the public for the acceptance of his 1 Malaysia concept will have no meaning if the rakyat cannot even be given the mandate to elect a govt of their choice. He must accept his role in the illegal takeover of the Perak Govt and exercise Statemanship by correcting the wrong he had done. If not it is most likely the tenure of the new P.M would be the shortest and predictably he would be the last UMNO President to be the P.M
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Our Judiciary Is a B.N Judiciary.
The whole episode displayed by our executive and the Judiciary is sickening to the core.It did not seem possible that the Judiciary would be blatant to disregard the constitution when they made the decision affecting the integrity of the Legislature. But on the 16th april , 2009, they did just that. They lifted the suspension imposed by the Perak Speaker on the Menteri Besar and the six excos.All this despite the fact the article 72 of the Federal Constitution disallowed the Legislature Proceedings to be subjected to any Judicial review. If the apex court can make judicial review on the proceedings of the Legislature then what does the Doctrine of separation means in the context of our Parliamentary democracy?If this is how it works then we might as well appoint federal court Judges to sit in the legislature and review all its proceedings.
It appears quite evident now why an UMNO stalwhat who was also a legal advisor to the party was parachuted to be the head of the apex court. It seems quite convenient that the two branches of govt, the executive and the Judiaicary has worked hand in glove to ensure that the illegitimate Govt of Zambry has a clear path to be installed as the legitimate govt before the May 13th deadline when it is mandatory for it to hold the next Legislative assembly meeting or face dissolution of the assembly.
With unseen hands interfering in the decision of the apex court to ensure that a illegitimate Govt is installed in Perak and thus frustrate a govt elected by the people, the whole sordid episode has brought our Judiciary to public ridicule.Its action has only seves to confirm the suspicions that it is not acting independently as a separate branch of the govt but is acting subserviently to the Executive.It also lends further credence to the suspicion that the Judiciary is a B.N judiciary
It appears quite evident now why an UMNO stalwhat who was also a legal advisor to the party was parachuted to be the head of the apex court. It seems quite convenient that the two branches of govt, the executive and the Judiaicary has worked hand in glove to ensure that the illegitimate Govt of Zambry has a clear path to be installed as the legitimate govt before the May 13th deadline when it is mandatory for it to hold the next Legislative assembly meeting or face dissolution of the assembly.
With unseen hands interfering in the decision of the apex court to ensure that a illegitimate Govt is installed in Perak and thus frustrate a govt elected by the people, the whole sordid episode has brought our Judiciary to public ridicule.Its action has only seves to confirm the suspicions that it is not acting independently as a separate branch of the govt but is acting subserviently to the Executive.It also lends further credence to the suspicion that the Judiciary is a B.N judiciary
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