ANWAR TERIMA 5000 BORANG KEAHLIAN BARU PKR













OLEH: Amiruddin Ahmad

Bayan Baru-Pada 11 haribulan baru-baru ini, satu majlis penyerahan borang keahlian baru PKR telah diadakan di Pusat Kidmat masyarakat Dato Zahrain merangkap ahli parlimen Bayan Baru dimana seramai 3500 bekas ahli MIC dan 1500 ahli baru dari kaum India yang menyertai PKR telah menyerahkan borang keahlian kepada bekas Ketua Bahagian merangkap setiausaha MIC negeri Pulau Pinang En Nganasegaran .Turut hadir dalam majlis tersebut ialah Ahli Parlimen Bayan Baru,ADUN

Dalam ucapannya Sdr N. Nganasegaran menyatakan bahawa beliau telah di pecat oleh Presiden MIC Dato Sri S. Samy Vellu pada 8 Oktober baru-baru ini kerana di percayai menyokong PKR dalam pilihanraya umum pada 8 Mac lalu.Sementara itu ,beliau berterima kasih kerana PKR menerima mereka dan bahawa perjuangan PKR yang lebih mementingkan rakyat tanpa mengira bangsa,berjaya mencapai objektif kebudayaan nasional tanpa mengira bangsa dan agama dan jelas menentukan hala tuju dan bukan menuju kepada pembentukan budaya dan bangsa masing-masing sebagaimana yang diamalkan oleh parti-parti dalam komponen Barisan Nasional dan lebih mementingkan semangat Malaysia berbanding Barisan nasional yang mementingkan kaum dan ini tidak sihat untuk pembentukan negara Malaysia yang maju.

Dengan tutup MIC bahagian Bayan Baru keahlian dari bahagian berdekatan seperti Bukit Bendera ,Jelutung, Bukit Gelugor dan Balik Pulau juga dijangka akan menutup cawangan dan menyertai langkah yang diambil Nganasegaran.MIC telah kehilangan sokongan akar umbi apabila 2 calon mereka kalah dalam pilihanraya lepas iatu di DUN Bagan Dalam dan DUN Prai pada pilihanraya 8 Mac lalu.Bayan Baru mempunyai 13 cawangan dengan 3000 keahlian.

“Sekarang untuk bercakap,berfikir dan membina negara dengan satu penyatuan bangsa dan parti yang membentuk berdasarkan bangsa adalah tidak releven.Maka kerana itu barisan MIC Bayan Baru telah mengambil langkah awal menyertai PKR. Dengan jumlah keahlian 3500 dan 1500 ahli baru menyertai PKR saya yakin MIC pimpinan Sammy Vellu lumpuh khasnya di Bayan Baru, dan Malaysia amnya”, demikian jelas Nganasegaran.


“Kita ditakutkan dengan hanya mereka sahaja yang mampu memerintah negara.Pembentukan negara dengan acuan kita sendiri dan selamat dari ancaman was-ws sistem kehakiman yang adil dan makmur.Saya berjanji akan berusaha bersungguh-sungguh untuk menambahkan lagi jumlah keahlian dengan beberapa rakan-rakan saya demi menegakkan negara Malaysia yang lebih progresif”.dengan nada bersemangat Nganasegaran berjanji untuk mencari keahlian baru dari kaum India dengan lebih ramai lagi.


Presiden PKR Datuk Seri Wan Azizah mengucapkan tahniah kepada Sdr N Nganasegaran kerana memilih PKR sebagai wadah dan mrnjelaskan bahawa sebagai sebuah masyarakat yang dapat menentukan masa depan negara dan besama-sama berjuang membentuk masyarakat tanpa mengira ras-ras bangsa dan kaum.

“Orang-orang Melayu, Cina ,India yang miskin dipisahkan diantara kampong dan bandar dengan ini menimbulkan perasaan prasangka di antara satu sama lain.Marilah kita bersatu dan menentukan masa depan negara kita”.demikian ucapan ringkas Dato seri wan azizah ringkas dalam ucapan beliau.


Ketua umun PKR Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim pula menjelaskan bahawa dengan kemasukan ini menandakan bahawa Barisan Nasional kini sudah tidak sesuai lagi kerana mereka hanya mementingkan golongan tertentu sahaja berbanding dengan rakyat terbanyak.Beliau juga menjelaskan betul matlamatnya adalah untuk membantu kaum Melayu agar mereka merasa selamat di negeri sendiri namun beliau juga harus membantu meningkatkan ekonomi bagi yang susah tanpa mengira kaum.malah Pakatan Rakyat mempunyai pemimpin yang bijak dan amanah.Beliau seterusnya mengajak kaum Melayu,Cina dan India untuk keluar beramai-ramai dari Barisan Nasional bagi membentuk sebuah negara yang dapat memberi kesenangan kepada seluruh rakyat Malaysia.

“Betul saya orang Melayu dan saya mementingkan Melayu, dan saya mahu orang Melayu merasa selamat,namun saya juga berjanji untuk membantu semua rakyat Malaysia.Kita boleh berpakat dengan semua kaum untuk membina Malaysia yang kukuh dan kita mampu melakukannya tanpa rasuah dan tidak mementingkan golongan tertentu sahaja.malah kita mampu dan cukup untuk melakukannya.Kita negara yang kaya,tetapi yang kaya sedikit yang susah banyak ”, demikian tanya Anwar kepada hadirin dan di sambut dengan tepukan gemuruh.

Anwar seterusnya menjelaskan bahawa dengan keadaan ekonomi seperti yang berlaku kini, ianya sudah tentu akan bertambah buruk jika tidak diuruskan dengan baik.Malah beliau sendiri telah menjelaskan beberapa bulan dahulu bahawa ekonomi akan jatuh,kerajaan harus menyusun ekonomi dengan elok, namun semua memandang sebagai satu pandangan yang tidak perlu dihiraukan dan mengganggp beliau sebagai seorang yang hanya pandai bercakap dan pembohong demi untuk mendapatkan simpati masyarakat.tetapi kini semuanya telah berlaku.


“Dulu masa saya kata pasaran dan ekonomi akan jatuh ,pasaran saham dan ekonomi dan harga minyak juga akan turun. Mereka katakan saya hanya berbohong, Anwar cakap sahaja dia bohong sekarang semua yang saya kata berlaku kini. Dulu saya kata harga minyak boleh turun tapi mereka kata saya hanya menipu orang.”demikian jelas Anwar.

Beliau seterusnya menjelaskan lagi bahawa setiap insan harus menerima pendidikan yang baik dan dalam laporan badan pendidikan dunia tidak ada satu pun senarai Universiti di Malaysia yang tersenarai sebagai sebuah Universiti yang baik, berbanding dengan negara jiran seperti Singapura dan juga lain-lain negara ASEAN yang mempunyai Universiti yang terkenal.Kita mahu rakyat kita mendapat pendidikan yang baik dan mengangkat semua rakyat dan anak-anak kita supaya kita jadikan negara kita nombor satu dalam bidang pendidikan.Beliau mempersoalkan apakah dalam negara kita ini kekurangan orang cerdik pandai untuk diangkat sebagai pensyarah di Universiti-universiti untuk mendidik anak-anak bangsa Malaysia.


“Apa yang terjadi dengan pendidikan dalam negara kita sehinggakan tidak ada satu pun nama-nama Universiti kita yang tersenarai sebagai sebuah Universiti yang terkenal.Dimana silap kita dan dimana perancangan kita sehingga kita kalah kepada negara-negara jiran kita.Marilah kita sama-sama menjadikan negara kita sebuah negara yang mana anak-anak kita mendapat pendidikan yang baik demi mengangkat maruah negara dalam bidang pendidikan dan menjadi negara nombor 1 dalam bidang pendidikan dan ilmu.Dulu semasa kita mulakan dengan Universiti Malaya kita menjadi antara yang dipandang dunia. Apakah tidak ada Profesor Melayu, Profesor Cina dan Profesor India yang pandai dan kita angkat dia untuk anak-anak kita?.”, jelas Anwar lagi.

Anwar juga membicarakan tentang kenyataan berhubung 16 september, dan menjelaskan jika di India sekali pun dan di negara-negara yang mengamalkan demokrasi undi tidak percaya adalah perkara yang biasa.Namun di Malaysia ini ianya berlainan. Hari isnin ialah dewan , dan item 1 ketua pembangkang untuk berucap mewakili rakyat Malaysia. Dan ini bermula 13 september ini “last round”.

“Saya kata bukan tak jadi tetapi belum jadi.Ada bezanya antara tak jadi dan belum jadi.maka kerana itu kita akan cuba untuk bercakap demi rakyat Malaysia”, demikin jelas Anwar mengakhirri ucapan dan seterusnya menerima borang kemasukan keahlian seramai 5000 orang.



Malaysia`s Anwar Seeks Budget Review After Crisis Anwar, who vowed to overthrow the government, promised to revive the South East Asian economy.



AuthorReuters

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he will call for a review of the country's 2009 budget when parliament reconvenes on Monday, saying it had become "obsolete" in the face of the global financial crisis.


The former finance minister told reporters on Sunday the Barisan Nasional government, which announced the budget in August with a higher budget deficit, was in denial about the effects of a near breakdown of the world's financial system on Malaysia.


Anwar's move to question the government's financial management may bring him face-to-face with Najib Razak -- the current finance minister and successor to the Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi -- who now stands in his way to take power.


"One of the first things would be a review of the budget figures, most countries have done that, including Singapore. We need to do that as an urgent matter," said Anwar.


"Of course, this does not seem to be the direction and policy of the present government, including the finance minister. We cannot work on obsolete figures."


In August, Abdullah used the budget to cut personal income tax, pay more to pensioners and spend billions of dollars to improve food security and rural infrastructure in a bid to soothe angry voters stung by the rising living costs.


Spending was expected to push the budget deficit to 3.6 percent of gross domestic product in 2009 and 4.8 percent this year, way above the government's earlier targets.
Anwar, who vowed to overthrow the government, promised to revive the South East Asian economy, which lost some of its attractiveness as an investment destination to faster-growing regional rivals.


He insisted that he has won over enough defectors from the government to form a new administration. But an earlier self-imposed deadline of Sept. 16 passed and his calls to recall parliament for a confidence vote were denied.


The 61-year old former deputy premier denied news reports that he planned to seize power just before an important Muslim festival in early December.
"I have not set any dates as yet. All the foundations are in place," Anwar said. ($1=3.510 Ringgit)

KERAJAAN PULAU PINANG AKAN ADAKAN WIFI PERCUMA






Pulau Pinang-Ketua Menteri Lim Guan Eng menegaskan bahawa rakyat Pulau Pinang akan dapat wi-fi di seluruh Pulau Pinang secara menyeluruh termasuk di Permatang Pauh dalam jangka masa 2 tahun akan datang.Beliau menjelaskan demikian ketika berucap dalam jamuan aidilfitri di Permatang Pasir semalam.

Malaysia's Anwar sets new Dec deadline to seize power



Reuters



Published: October 11, 2008



KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has said that the country's beleaguered Barisan Nasional government could fall by December, a newspaper reported on Saturday.



Anwar has insisted he had won over enough defectors from the government to form a new administration. But an earlier self-imposed deadline of September 16 passed and his calls to recall parliament for a confidence vote were denied.



The former deputy premier's move to set a new deadline by the Eid al-Adha festival, which falls on December 8, comes after Prime Minister Ahmad Abdullah Badawi announced this week he will not stand in a party election next year, effectively handing over to his deputy Najib Razak.
"We have built our base to go forward, if it (taking power) does not happen this week or next week, it can possibly happen before Eid al-Adha festival," Anwar said late on Friday in comments reported by the mass-selling Berita Harian newspaper
"On the way it will be done, I can't say. We will choose the peaceful way," Anwar, who was touring the northeastern state of Kelantan, said.
Today in Asia - Pacific

Eid al-Adha is Islam's most important feast at the end of the annual Haj pilgrimage. In mainly-Muslim Malaysia, the holiday coincides with the last few days parliament will be in session for the year.



Anwar has to get 30 government MPs to walk over in order to have a majority in the 222-seat parliament. At present the opposition coalition, made of Anwar's Keadilan party, the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia and the Democratic Action party, has 82 seats.
"A momentum for a no-confidence vote could build up when parliament starts next week and this may happen during the debating of the budget or any bill for that matter," said Ginie Lim, spokesperson for Keadilan party.



One of Malaysia's best-known political figures, Anwar made world headlines when he was dismissed in the late 1990s by then premier Mahathir Mohamad and later imprisoned on what he says were trumped up sodomy and corruption charges.



He was in court again this week on new sodomy charges which he says is another ploy to stymie his challenge against the government that has ruled the Southeast Asian nation for more than 50 years.
(Reporting by Niluksi Koswanage; Editing by Sanjeev)








YB HAMDAN TURUT MENGADAKAN RUMAH TERBUKA.AHLI PARLIMEN DAN ADUN KELANTAN HADIR



TURUT HADIR DI JAMUAN HARI RAYA DI ADUN PERMATANG PASIR IALAH ,DSAI ,YB LIM GUAN ENG ,YB FAIRUS TKM1 DAN PARA EXCO KERAJAAN NEGERI PULAUPINANG






(beita lanjut di SK akan datang)









Berucap di ADUN Permatang Pasir.











PERMATANG PASIR 11 OKT-Majlis sambutan Aidil Fitri juga disambut serentak di ADUN Permatang pasir dibawah parlimen Permatang Pauh. LEBIH 15,000 hadir untuk memeriahkan majlis tersebut.

AIDILFITRI DI RUMAH ANWAR IBRAHIM




TURUT HADIR TYT NEGERI PULAU PINANG.














CHEROK TO' KUN-11 OKT Majlis sambutan Aidilfitri di rumah DSAI meriah.Lebih 20 ribu hadir untuk memeriahkannya.



BERITA LANJUT DALAM SUARA KEADILAN AKAN DATANG........

3000 AHLI MIC AKAN SERAH BORANG PENYERTAAN DI PEJABAT DATO ZAHRAIN













PULAU PINANG, 10 SEPTEMBER (SK) - Ketua Umum KeADILan, Anwar Ibrahim akan menerima kemasukan kira-kira 3000 ahli baru KeADILan esok di satu majlis di Bayan Baru.
Menurut Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Pantai Jerejak Sim Tze Tzin, penyertaan ahli baru ini menandakan rakyat telah bosan dengan Barisan Nasional serta pergolakan politik Barisan Nasional.
“Penyertaan mereka akan diketuai oleh salah seorang pemimpin kanan MIC negeri ini yang mana negeri ini yang juga ketua bahagian,” katanya.
Katanya lagi pemimpin berkenaan telah menunjukan komitmen terhadap KeADILan dan bosan dengan karenah pemimpin MIC yang sibuk mengumpul kekayaan untuk diri sendiri.
“Dalam keadaan sambutan Deepavali beberapa hari lagi, rakyat menuntut pembelaan terhadap mereka, dimana pemimpin MIC sibuk merampas kekayaan,” katanya ketika dihubungi oleh Suara Keadilan Online.
Sim juga berkata walaupun terdapat usaha peralihan kuasa, namun bagi rakyat tiada sebarang perubahan yang akan berlaku kepada mereka.
“Apa yang rakyat minta bukan perubahan tampuk kepimpinan yang mengutungkan golongan orang kaya, yang rakyat minta perubahan untuk kehidupan yang lebih baik,” katanya lagi.

POLITICS-MALAYSIA: Mahathir May Return to Centre Stage- Analysis





by Baradan Kuppusamy






KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 (IPS) - Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi’s planned stepping down in March 2009 may well see a return to the authoritarian rule familiar to Malaysians during the 22-year iron rule of his predecessor Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. For one thing Abdullah will be handing over power to his deputy Najib Razak who has been waiting in the wings ever since Mahathir retired in November 2003.
"Mr Najib is a carbon copy of Dr Mahathir and we fear in his rise to power a possible return of iron-fisted rule and intolerance for dissent and curbs on the political opposition," said a diplomat with a European mission, on condition of anonymity.
Najib an economist by training has vast experience in government and politics but has always been in the shadow of Mahathir and Abdullah. His views and policies on dissent, human rights and the political opposition are relatively unknown. Critics said Najib’s rise to power would also see the return of Mahathir to political centre stage, probably as a tenured advisor to the government.
"I welcome the departure of Abdullah and am ready to give advise to the new government," Mahathir told local reporters after confirming that Abdullah was leaving. Abdullah, who failed to carry out the major reforms he had promised in 2004, has promised to implement at least three reforms before he leaves in March but civil society activists are not excited by his promise.
Abdullah said he would not abolish the draconian internal security act (ISA), which allows for detention without trial, but will see to the setting up of an independent commission to select judges, an independent oversight commission to curb police corruption and abuse and place the Anti-Corruption Agency under an independent commission and give it more bite.
"He should carry out these reforms in the short time he has," veteran opposition lawmaker Lim Kit Siang told IPS. "If he is serious and if he gets cracking we will cooperate with him and he would be assured of a permanent legacy and will be remembered well." Although Abdullah failed to carry out the promised reforms he remained a well liked figure among the people who understood that he could not act because he was under siege from within and outside.
"While most Malaysians welcome Najib, they also feel sad that Abdullah is leaving," said Ramon Navaratnam, a former senior finance ministry official who is now the president of Transparency International, Malaysia. "He was a most likable and affable leader but he was rather unhurried about his job. He delayed reforms and was indecisive and that got him into trouble with the people," he told IPS.
Although Abdullah’s decision to leave has settled the succession battle in his ruling United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) party it is unlikely to end the larger political battle between a resurgent opposition led by former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and a considerably weakened Barisan Nasional ruling coalition. Political analysts say the tussle would worsen because Abdullah's choice, Najib Razak, and the iconic opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, are arch-rivals for political power.
Abdullah rose up the ranks of UMNO but was well liked and in the shadows during the 22 years when Dr Mahathir held sway. Dr Mahathir had said last year he picked Abdullah as a "temporary substitute" to hold the seat for Najib. "Abdullah would be remembered as a pleasant man who simply did not have the skills or the gumption to rule," said a Chinese newspaper editor who declined to be identified. "He tried to please everybody and in the end failed to please anybody."
Najib was only 22 when he entered politics after the death of his father, revered second prime minister Abdul Razak, in 1976. He became the country's youngest minister two years later. But his standing has been damaged by links to the 2006 murder of a Mongolian woman with whom he allegedly had an affair. Anwar also accused him of receiving kickbacks on defence deals he had handled. Najib denied the allegations and swore on the Quran that he had never met Altantuya Shaariibuu, a former model who was blown up with C4 explosives.
Reacting to the developments Anwar said it would be an "unmitigated disaster" for Malaysia if Najib became prime minister. "Najib has given no indication of his commitment to judicial reform and corruption. These are issues that the Malaysian people expressed deep concerns over," he said. "Malaysians fear that under Najib democratic freedoms will be curtailed and the use of draconian laws such as the ISA would be extended," Anwar said.
He also referred to "unanswered questions" over alleged defence contract kickbacks and the Shaariibuu murder. "He [Najib]takes over at a very difficult time for Malaysia, with political and economic turmoil on the rise and with all previously accepted norms now under attack," said Navaratnam. "He has the experience and UMNO backing, but he is under a cloud over the Mongolian affair," he added. "His performance as national leader would be affected unless the controversy is cleared up.’
Foreign diplomats say Najib's immediate tasks included getting a grip on the sliding economy, reassuring foreign investors and easing rising ethnic tensions. "He really has some big and complex issues to deal with," said the European diplomat.

SAMBUTAN AIDILFITRI BESAR BESARAN


MAJLIS SAMBUTAN AIDILFITRI BESAR-BESARAN DI PULAU PINANG



OLEH : WRLR

Permatang Pauh -Pada 11 Oktober ini , tiga program besar akan diadakan serentak pada hari Sabtu ini di Permatang Pauh iaitu ,rumah terbuka Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan Menteri Besar Kelantan, Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat di DUN Permatang Pasir dan juga sambutan aidulfitri yang membabitkan Kerajaan Negeri.


Program tersebut ialah Rumah Terbuka Aidilfitri 2008 Peringkat Negeri Pulau Pinang yang diadakan di Padang Putra Merdeka, Butterworth bermula jam 11.00 pagi sehingga 2.00 petang.
Tetamu kehormat yang turut hadir ialah Ketua Menteri, Lim Guan Eng dan Yang Dipertua Negeri Pulau Pinang, Tuan Yang Terutama, Tun Dato' Seri Utama, Haji Abdul Rahman Abas.
Manakala pada hari yang sama juga ,satu Majlis rumah terbuka sambutan Aidilfitri di kediaman Dato' Seri Anwar di Ceruk Tok Kun, Bukit Mertajam bermula jam 9.00 pagi sehingga 2.00 petang.


Manakala bermula jam 3.00 petang sehingga 5.00 petang satu lagi program jamuan Aidilfitri diadakan di pekarangan Pusat Khidmat Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun) Permatang Pasir, Mohd Hamdan Abdul Rahman.


Di jangka kan dalam majlis tersebut , Tuan Guru Nik Aziz akan hadir meraikannya di samping mengadakan pertemuan dengan Dato' Seri Anwar dan Lim Guan Eng.Maklumat dari Pejabat DUN Permatang Pasir, kerajaan negeri Kelantan telah sudi untuk memberikan sebanyak 6000 orang makan untuk jamuan pada hari tersebutdimana daging kerbau diberikan bagi meraikan kemenangan,Selain itu ianya juga untuk meraikan para petugas Kelantan yang berkhidmat di DUN Permatang Pasir pada pilihanraya kecil baru-baru ini.

BERAPA BILLIONKAH NILAI PENJENAMAAN SEMULA NAJIB?


Analisis: Berapa billionkah nilai penjenamaan baru Najib?


Khamis, 9 Oktober 2008 •
Oleh Mat Zahari Ali


SELEPAS Abdullah memberikan kenyataan bahawa beliau tidak akan mempertahankan jawatannya sebagai Presiden Umno pada pemilihan Mac 2009, maka yang pasti Najib akan mengisi kekosongan itu sesuai dengan ukurjanji peralihan kuasa yang di persetujui bersama sebelum ini.


Abdullah bertindak demikian setelah merasakan tekanan akar umbi yang diterimanya memaksa beliau berundur secara hormat. Walaupun ramai penyokongnya berhimpun dan merentang pelbagai sepanduk di PWTC menggesa supaya Abdullah mempertahankan jawatan tersebut. Namun empunya tubuh memilih untuk melepaskan jawatan yang sempat dipegang selama 5 tahun 5 bulan ( sehingga Mac 2009).


Maka kesan dari pengunduran Abdullah itu sekali gus akan lenyaplah segala perancangan yang telah dirancang Abdullah selama ini. Program perkampongan Hadhari yang dilaksanakan hampir setiap negeri, begitu juga masjid Hadhari di Trengganu yang menelan kos berbillion. Begitu juga dengan beberapa koridor yang dilaksanakan oleh Abdullah semuanya ini akan ditinggalkan secara membazir. Apa yang pasti Najib tidak akan meneruskan usaha Abdullah sebagaimana Abdullah lakukan pada Mahatahir.


Abdullah tidak melaksanakan apa yang dilakukan Mahathir walaupun berjanji akan meneruskannya apabila mengambil alih jawatan PM. Jabatan bengkok menjadi saksi janji yang tidak tertunai Abdullah-Mahathir. Abdullah dulu tidak melaksanakan janji tersebut bukan kerana ketiadaan wang tetapi Jambatan tersebut andai dilaksanakan akan memberi imej Mahathir bukan imej Abdullah.
Nasib baik juga jambatan Pulau Pinang dan bangunan berkembar Petronas tidak diletup atau di runtuhkan Abdullah.


Hal yang sama juga akan dilakukan oleh Najib. Najib akan bertindak ‘menghapuskan’ segala ‘replika’ yang berimejkan Abdullah. Dalam ilmu politik ia bukan sesuatu yang dianggap janggal tetapi sesuatu kewajipan. Ini di sebabkan bagi pemimpin tertinggi yang baru dilantik, segala usaha untuk menarik perhatian rakyat terhadap dirinya perlu dilakukan secara maksima mungkin.


Tumpuan dan minda rakyat perlu di asak dengan pelbagai ideologi dan imej yang berteraskan kepada pemimpin yang baru dilantik itu. Manakala segala mentaliti dan apa sahaja imej yang melambangkan pemimpin sebelumnya harus dipangkas hingga ke akar umbi.


Sejarah penaklukan dunia telah membuktikan bagaimana tentera bersekutu yang di ketuai Amerika bertindak meruntuh dan menghancurkan segara patung dan imej yang memberi imej pada Saddam Hussein ketika penaklukan Iraq. Begitu juga dengan apa yang tercatat dalam sejarah mesir, China, India dan di seluruh dunia yang semuanya menunjukkan usaha untuk memberi imej kepada pemimpin atau pemerintah baru akan membelakangkan segala etika, kemanusiaan, pembaziran malah termasuk menghalalkan pembunuhan.

Segala sejarah ini akan di ulangi semula oleh Najib. Entah berapa billion lagi wang rakyat akan ‘diragut’ oleh Najib dan agen-agen yang akan diberi tanggungjawab untuk mempotret imej baru Najib untuk tatapan rakyat.


Proses untuk penjenamaan semula imej Najib bukan sahaja akan melibarkan dasar, visi dan misi malah akan membabitkan jentera penggerak yang terdiri dari tenaga kerja dan insturmen yang besar. Malah tenaga kerja dan kaedah perlaksanaan ini merupakan perkara asas pertama yang perlu didahulukan bagi memastikan segala proses penjenamaan semula imej Najib akan berjalan lancar dan tersusun.


Bagi memenuhi perancangan ini proses penyingkiran ‘orang-orang Abdullah’ akan menjadi agenda pertama sebelum usaha lain dapat dilaksanakan. Dari proses penyingkiran ini akan di ikuti pula oleh proses pengisian ‘orang-orang Najib’. Dalam banyak sejarah peraliahan kuasa dalam umno yang melibatkan pemimpin tertinggi sir penyingkiran dan pengisian semula ini akan juga melibatkan beberapa kos atau wang rakyat.


Dalam proses penyingkiran orang-orang Abdullah ini akan ada berlakunya kaedah penyingkiran secara terhormat dan ada yang terpaksa melalui kaedah penyingkiran secara zalim. Penyingkiran secara terhormat akan melibatkan nilai wang yang boleh di kategorikan sebagai wang pampasan yang berlipat ganda. Manakala penyingkiran secara zalim pula akan membabtikan nilai pampasan yang tidak senilai atau ‘diragut’ secara paksa dengan bernotis atau tanpa notis.


Pada kebiasaannya proses penyingkiran secara zalim ini dilakukan ke atas mereka yang bermasalah atau mempunyai kes / skandal atau rahsia yang mengaibkan apabila di dedahkan kepada umum. Ugutan akan di gunakan supaya gulungan yang membarisi barisan gulungan bermasalah ini supaya meninggalkan kerjaya atau perniagaan yang sedang di uruskan dengan segera secara senyap dan ‘terhormat’.


Manakala proses pengisian semula ‘orang-orang Najib’ pada kekosongan yang ditinggalkan secara hormat atau zalim oleh ‘orang-orang Abdullah’ ini juga akan melibatkan nilai wang rakyat yang bernilai ratusan juta ringgit juga. Ini kerana kesan pengisian semula ini juga akan melibatkan penjenamaan semula yang berupa ‘imej orang najib’. Kaedah dan disiplin penjenamaan semula pemimpin tertinggi dan pemimpin bawahan adalah sama dalam konteks politik. Yang berbezanya mungkin ruang lingkupnya lebih kecil dari pemimpin tertinggi.

Tetapi bila di ukur kepada kuantiti atau bilangan pengisian orang Najib berbanding dengan diri Najib yang seorang itu setentunya akan melibatkan kos yang lebih berkali ganda dari penjenamaan diri Najib. Kalau pun bangunan-bangunan yang sedia ada diputrajaya itu tidak diruntuh atau dibangunkan semula tetapi ruang pejabat, hiasan dalaman dan luaran, kakitangan baru, kenderaan rasmi baru mungkin akan berganti.

Agenda meng ‘glokal’ kan Malaysia yang sering di sebut-sebut Najib setentunya akan di jadikan sebagai satu penjenamaan terbaru kepada Najib. Maka tugas ‘orang-orang Najib’ setentunya juga bagi memastikan agenda pengglokalan ini menjadi suatu realiti yang akan meletakkan imej Najib dalam arca pemikiran rakyat.

Rakyat juga telah menyaksikan berapa billion ringgit telah di persia-siakan oleh Agenda Islam Hadhari Abdullah, Kini wang rakyat sekali lagi bakal diperjudikan untuk merealisasikan Malaysia glokal ciptaan Najib.

Ini semua akan melibatkan wang rakyat yang dibelanjakan tanpa keredhaan rakyat. Pembaziran akan terus berlaku, kadet-kadet serta kroni-kroni baru dibentuk oleh koloni baru dengan penyingkiran spesis-spesis lama. Wajahnya berbeza namun kerakusannya tetap sama atau mungkin lebih merbahaya.


Apa yang pasti segala ‘pembangunan’ yang berimejkan Abdullah akan dilenyapkan walaupun berbillion ringgit telah dibelanjakan. Lebih 26 juta rakyat di negara ini ternanti-nanti berapakah billion ringgit lagi akan dijadikan ‘boneka pembangunan’ oleh Najib dan kuncu-kuncunya.
Siapa yang akan beroleh laba dan siapa yang akan berputih mata sedang rancak di congak oleh mereka yang akan menyerbu masuk dan mereka yang akan di singkirkan. Namun apa yang lebih pasti, setentunya yang akan peroleh laba itu bukanlahlah rakyat biasa tetapi orang-orang yang diberi tugas untuk menjalankan misi penjenamaan semula Najib. Sedangkan kita rakyat biasa hanyalah sekadar pemerhati yang berputih mata melihat hak dan wang kita akan diragut dan dirampas dengan penuh kegilaan yang merakuskan.


Nota: Mat Zahari Ali, adalah Editor Berita di Akhbar Suara Keadilan

No easy path ahead for Malaysian PM-in-waiting





Reuters


Malaysia's deputy premier Najib Razak looks to have an easy path to the top job in ruling party elections in March, but an unseemly scramble for power around him could damage his efforts to rebuild the government.


David Chance - Analysis
October 9, 2008


No easy path ahead for Malaysian PM-in-waiting
By David Chance - Analysis
October 9, 2008


KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's deputy premier Najib Razak looks to have an easy path to the top job in ruling party elections in March, but an unseemly scramble for power around him could damage his efforts to rebuild the government.


Najib was effectively handed the premiership of Malaysia when Prime Minister Ahmad Abdullah Badawi said on Wednesday that he would stand down in March as the leader of the main ruling coalition party, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO).
Despite one declared challenger, the party presidency looks to be settled but the battle for deputy and other posts will be messier.


Horse trading and "money politics" as officials lobby to get closer to power could further taint the image of the party that has ruled Malaysia for 51 years.
"The realignment of backers and allies, and the race for power and positions, has begun," said Zainal Aznam Yusof, a respected Malaysian economist and a member of a government council set up recently to deal with economic problems.



"One dreads to hear the sound of money greasing the wheels of UMNO," Zainal wrote in an editorial in the New Straits Times.



That could damage Malaysia's chances of attracting new investment and fending off the fallout from the global financial crisis, which is set to cut demand for its exports.
Local investment bank CIMB this week cut its 2009 growth forecast to 3.0 percent from 5.0 percent.



After decades in power, corruption and nepotism have grown to plague UMNO and the entire Barisan Nasional governing coalition, alienating core Malay voters who feel they have gained little while party leaders and the elite have prospered.
It was a pledge to stamp out corruption that won Abdullah a landslide victory in elections in 2004, and the failure to do so saw the government slump to its worst ever election result in March 2008 and eventually forced him out of office.



Malaysia's ranking in the Transparency International corruption index fell to 43rd from 37th during his tenure.
Najib's possible challenger, former finance minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, said corruption was on the rise in UMNO.



"I have received numerous complaints of money politics, and I hope the Anti-Corruption Agency will take action against the culprits," Razaleigh was quoted as saying in the Star paper.
While Najib is viewed as a stronger leader than Abdullah, he is still vulnerable to attack by the opposition, which is riding a wave of popularity under new leader Anwar Ibrahim.
Anwar, himself a former deputy prime minister, used arms procurement contracts undertaken while Najib was defense minister to attack the government in the election campaign.
When he formed his new government after the March elections, Abdullah was forced to defend Najib, saying there was no proof he was involved in any corrupt activities.



A leading blogger is also currently in court relating to charge of sedition over allegations he made that Najib was involved in the murder of a Mongolian model. Najib has firmly denied those charges and said they are a smear.
Anwar returned to the attack on Thursday during his trial on what he says are trumped up charges of sodomy, a reprise of the issue that saw him kicked out of office and imprisoned in the late 1990s.



"Certainly not. He never talks about reforms in the judiciary, free media, democratic process. He hasn't given clues how he can manage the economy," Anwar said when asked whether Najib would be a better leader than Abdullah.



MAHATHIR PULLING THE STRINGS?



One of the first critics of Abdullah was former Mahathir Mohamad, prime minister for 22 years. It was Abdullah's decision to end some of Mahathir's expensive infrastructure projects that triggered his decision to quit UMNO and his subsequent sniping.



Now that Abdullah is going, Mahathir will return to UMNO -- and possibly his influence.
"It's not Najib that is going to rule. It's Mahathir going to pull all the strings from now on, from behind the scene," said Terence Gomez, professor at the University of Malaya.



That means Malaysia is unlikely to see big reforms under Najib of the kind that are needed to reassure investors who want issues such as lack of transparency in the judiciary addressed.
At the same time, the prosecution of bloggers and others who challenge the government is likely to rise under Najib. A recent crackdown at has drawn criticism from human rights and journalist groups and important trading partners such as theU.S.
"We are going to see a clear repression or suppression of media space," Gomez said.




Next Malaysian leader to follow father's footsteps



The Associated Press



Published: October 9, 2008



KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Najib Razak, who is poised to become Malaysia's sixth prime minister, comes from a family of political aristocrats that produced two of the country's last five leaders.



Respected for his sharp intellect and unflappable demeanor, Najib was always expected to take power someday. But he will do so sooner than predicted in an effort to restore the ruling coalition's fortunes after a calamitous performance in March general elections.



Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced Wednesday that he would hand power in March 2009 to Najib, his current deputy whose mettle has been increasingly tested by opposition attempts to link him to corruption, sexual impropriety and even murder.



"He has the experience, faced the challenges. He is a very polished politician, well-trained, well-exposed," said Mohamad Mustafa Ishak, a political analyst at Universiti Utara Malaysia.
"People have high hopes for Najib," he said.

Najib's father and uncle served as prime ministers in the 1970s. Najib, 55, earned an economics degree from the University of Nottingham in Britain and returned home to work for the central bank and the national oil company.



He entered politics only after his father, Abdul Razak, died from leukemia in 1976. Five weeks later, a 22-year-old Najib was elected into Parliament, becoming the youngest lawmaker ever at the time.



In 1991, he became defense minister and modernized the armed forces with high-tech acquisitions.
When Abdullah became premier in 2003, he made Najib his deputy and probable successor. Najib was expected to bide his time until Abdullah completed what many expected to be at least two five-year terms in office.



The government's loss of its longtime two-thirds parliamentary majority in March elections was the catalyst for Najib to take over the premiership.
The mild-mannered Abdullah, 68, faced months of pressure to let a new leader confront mounting economic headaches and a resurgent opposition, led by former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, that hopes to topple the government through parliamentary defections.



Malaysian government wants to ban Hindraf



Kyrgyzstan News.NetWednesday 8th October, 2008 (IANS)



The Malaysian government wants to ban the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) that has on many occasions caused unrest, says a top home ministry official.As Hindraf was not a registered organisation, the ministry's legal unit would look into the technicalities of disbanding the group, home ministry secretary general Abdul Aziz Mohammed Yusof told The New Straits Times Tuesday.



He said Hindraf had been creating unrest within the community, citing the recent 'gatecrashing' of the Hari Raya open house that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi and his cabinet hosted last week.


Hindraf's 'insolence', he said, had angered many, especially Muslims who felt the group had marred the spirit of the Hari Raya festival -- as Eid is known in this part of the world.About 165 Hindraf activists and their families utilised the open house to voice their demand for freedom of five of the organisation's leaders -- M. Manoharan, S. Kengadharan, P. Uthaya Kumar, Ganabatirau and Vasanth Kumar -- who are serving two-year terms.Speaking to the New Straits Times from Singapore, Abdul Aziz was also bemused at reports that Hindraf had lodged a police report against Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar and Malay language daily, Utusan Malaysia, for allegedly hurting the feelings of Hindraf members in a news report.


He said if the report had been made under Hindraf's name, it would be ridiculous as the group was not even a formal entity.The five Hindraf leaders in detention had organised a protest rally last November here that was attended by 10,000 people. It sought to highlight the grievances of Malaysia's 2.6 million ethnic Indians, a bulk of them Tamil Hindus, about jobs and education.The rally was broken up and the five were detained under the stringent Internal Security Act (ISA).


Prime Minister Badawi had on Monday said he was irked and 'disappointed' by Hindraf's attitude during the incident.Having allowed the group who came in colour-coordinated T-shirts to join the celebrations, Badawi said he regretted their unruly behaviour of chanting for the abolition of the ISA and the release of their leaders detained under the act.Badawi said the group was also 'arrogant' as they did not bother to shake the extended hands of the hosts and country's leaders who stood in a line to greet visitors to the open house.The Badawi government has alleged that Hindraf has terror connections, particularly with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of Sri Lanka.

Abdullah Plans to Quit as Malaysian Premier in March (Update1)


By Manirajan Ramasamy and Soraya Permatasari


Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he plans to step down in March, 12 months into a five-year term, as his weakened ruling coalition tries to repel a resurgent opposition's attempts to take power.



Abdullah, 68, won't defend his post as head of the United Malays National Organisation, the largest group in the alliance, at next year's party elections, he said today in Kuala Lumpur. He plans to hand over to his deputy, Najib Razak.



Malaysia's government faces an emboldened opposition led by Anwar Ibrahim, who says he has gained support from enough ruling coalition lawmakers to topple the government. Abdullah and Najib have rejected that claim and called Anwar's campaign for power, including a pledge to scrap Malaysia's preferential policies for the ethnic Malay majority, a threat to the multiethnic country's economy and security.



``Najib may be able to do more than Abdullah to stay in power,'' said Mary Magdaline Pereira, associate professor of policy studies at Malaysia's Universiti Teknologi Mara. The National Front coalition, in power since Malaysia's independence in 1957, lost a record number of parliamentary seats and its two-thirds majority in this year's March general election.



To remain as prime minister until the party elections, Abdullah will still have to fend off a possible vote of confidence. Last month, with parliament in recess, Anwar demanded an emergency session to vote against Abdullah and his administration. The prime minister refused and said Anwar would have to wait until the house resumes on Oct. 13.
Political Father



Abdullah had previously announced a June 2010 transition of power to Najib, 55, saying he wanted to rid the judiciary of any perception of corruption and tackle graft in the government.
Najib entered parliament at the age of 22 to represent the district that had been held by his father -- Malaysia's second prime minister.



In a video message on his Web site, Najib has pledged to restore confidence in Malaysia's public institutions and ``to work for the change'' that the public demanded in this year's election. Echoing promises made by Anwar, Najib said on his blog that new policies are needed to help Malaysians on the basis of need rather than ethnicity.



Still, Najib said the ruling coalition's grouping of parties representing Malaysia's races is the best formula for unity. Malaysia's 27 million population is mostly Malay, and the largest ethnic minorities are Chinese and Indian. All three groups have parties in the National Front coalition.
`Squatters'



Political and racial tensions have risen since Anwar's three-party People's Alliance won control of an unprecedented five of Malaysia's 13 states and fell 30 seats short of ousting the coalition from the 222-member parliament.



A junior official of Najib's United Malays National Organisation in August was reported calling ethnic Chinese citizens ``squatters,'' leading to an outcry by two Chinese- based parties that are part of the ruling coalition. Najib apologized for the comments.



Malaysia's law minister resigned last month after police on Sept. 12 arrested an opposition lawmaker and a reporter under security laws that allow indefinite detention without trial. Both women have since been released.



A blogger who accused Najib of having an affair with a 28- year-old Mongolian interpreter before she was murdered remains imprisoned. Najib denies ever meeting the victim. Abdul Razak Baginda, a political analyst who was once employed by Najib, is on trial for abetting the killing by two police officers.



Anwar faces his own legal challenge in his quest for power: an accusation of illegal sex with a man that may put him in jail for 20 years. A similar charge sent him to prison for six years in 1998, forcing him from a government where he was then deputy leader. That sodomy conviction was overturned in 2004.



Anwar, 61, pleaded not guilty to the latest charge, and claimed it's politically motivated, an allegation both Abdullah and Najib have denied.



To contact the reporters on this story: Manirajan Ramasamy in Kuala Lumpur at rmanirajan@bloomberg.net; Soraya Permatasari in Kuala Lumpur at soraya@bloomberg.net Last Updated: October 8, 2008 06:03 EDT


Malaysian leader announces he'll step down in March





Published Wednesday October 8th, 2008
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's embattled prime minister says he will step down in March - four years before his term ends - and hand power to his deputy.
The announcement by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was expected.
He was facing calls to step down after leading the ruling National Front coalition to its worst electoral performance during general elections in March.
The 13-party National Front has been in power since independence in 1957.
It is dominated by Abdullah's United Malays National Organization.

JEMPUTAN UNTUK SEMUA RAKYAT MALAYSIA






Tarikh: 11 Oktober 2008 (Sabtu)Masa: 10 pagi-2 petangTempat: Cherok To’ Kun (Kediaman Keluarga DSAI)




Masa: 3 petang.Tempat: Perkarangan Pusat Khidmat Adun Permatang Pasir.Aktiviti: Jamuan Perdana yang dihadiri Tuan Guru Nik Aziz dan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berserta rombongan dari Kelantan.

Anwar concerned with fair trial




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Tue, 7 Oct 2008



Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has cried foul over a government bid to move his sodomy trial from a lower court to the High Court, saying he fears he will end up facing a biased judge.



Anwar has been charged with sodomizing a 23-year-old former male aide, and faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted. Anwar, who led the opposition to spectacular electoral gains this year and sees himself as the next prime minister, has dismissed the allegation as a political plot by the government.



Before a date could be set for Anwar's trial to begin in a district court, Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail, the top judicial official in the country, ordered it to be transferred to the High Court.
"I am concerned over the issue of fair trial," Anwar told reporters during a break in a hearing before district court Judge Komathy Suppiah to decide if the case should stay with her or be transferred to the High Court.



"I find it difficult to understand why the AG (Attorney General) is so desperate, fighting tooth and nail, to go to the High Court. That has raised a lot of suspicion" that the government would pick a biased judge, he said.



Defence lawyers says Abdul Gani should keep out of the case because of his alleged involvement in a previous sodomy accusation against Anwar, in 1998. Anwar has accused Abdul Gani and national police chief Musa Hassan of fabricating evidence against him in that case.
Anwar's lawyer said Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had assured the nation that Abdul Gani would not be involved in the latest case.



"The AG should play no part, and he should not be deciding this," Anwar's lawyer, Sulaiman Abdullah, told the court. Abdul Gani's order "is not valid because it is signed by somebody who has been disqualified," he said.



In the 1998 case, Anwar was convicted of sodomizing his family driver, as well as corruption. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the crimes, which he has consistently denied committing. He was freed in 2004 after Malaysia's highest court overturned the sodomy conviction.



The latest sodomy allegation surfaced in June, about four months after Anwar's three-party alliance won an unprecedented 82 seats in the 222-member Parliament, up from 19 before. He is now threatening to bring down the government with parliamentary defections from the ruling party.



Prosecutor Yusof Zainal Abiden urged Judge Komathy to "follow the procedure" and order the case to be moved to the High Court.



She is expected to decide on the issue later Tuesday.

Peralihan kuasa dalam UMNO: Anwar tetap mahu jadi PM

07/10/2008 3:14pm

KUALA LUMPUR 7 Okt. - Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata, rancangannya untuk mengambil alih kerajaan akan tetap dilaksanakan tanpa mengira keputusan sama ada Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi melepaskan jawatan Presiden UMNO ataupun tidak.
Ahli Parlimen Permatang Pauh itu berkata, ini kerana rancangan itu bukan bersifat peribadi terhadap Abdullah ataupun timbalannya, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

- Utusan

Anwar says handover doomed





Malaysian opposition leader says leadership transition will do nothing to reform a corrupt administration. -AFP


Tue, Oct 07, 2008AFP


KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - A LOOMING leadership transition in Malaysia's ruling coalition will do nothing to reform an administration mired in corruption, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday.


Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who led the coalition to its worst ever performance in elections this year, is expected to announce shortly whether he will stand aside next March in favour of his deputy Najib Razak.


'I don't believe that Najib will be able to garner support or credibility, or manage the economy and rid the country of corruption,' Mr Anwar told reporters.


'The leaders must be credible and we are talking about a system tainted with corruption, condoning criminality, and therefore it is important we continue to call for reform and changes.'
Mr Anwar, who has said he has the support of enough lawmakers to topple the government, is also battling a sodomy charge which he says is politically motivated and aimed at preventing him from seizing power.


He has been accused of sodomising a 23-year-old former aide - the same charge that saw him jailed a decade ago after he was sacked as deputy prime minister.
Mr Anwar had a small victory in court Tuesday when a judge fended off a government attempt to move the case to the High Court.


Mr Anwar, who has said he fears the government could fix the trial if it is heard in the High Court, questioned the motivation of Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail, who he is suing in connection with his earlier conviction.


'I am concerned only about the issue of fair trial. I am finding it difficult to understand why the attorney-general is so desperate, fighting tooth and nail to get the case out of this court,' he said.
The Sessions Court will hear arguments from both sides over the transfer of the case until Wednesday. -- AFP