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- Pilihan Raya Olok-Olok: BN Boleh Hilang Perak, Negeri Sembilan
- Kita Semua Jadi Mangsa Umno BN
- Malott Dares “Never Cheated” Najib To Implement 4 Key Election Reforms
- Perutusan Ramadhan 1432H
- Takziah Buat Keluarga Syed Ahmad Jamal
| Pilihan Raya Olok-Olok: BN Boleh Hilang Perak, Negeri Sembilan Posted: 31 Jul 2011 06:20 PM PDT Barisan Nasional (BN) boleh kehilangan Perak dan Negeri Sembilan pada pilihan raya umum ke-13, demikian menurut keputusan pilihan raya olok-olok melainkan parti-parti komponennya meletakkan muka-muka popular yang berpotensi dan memastikan jentera di peringkat akar umbi menjana sokongan pengundi. The Malaysian Insider difahamkan pilihan raya latihan yang diadakan baru-baru ini menunjukkan BN boleh kehilangan sehingga 15 daripada 56 kerusi di Johor, dikuasai Pakatan Rakyat (PR). Persekitaran itu tidak pernah diduga tetapi BN telah hilang enam kerusi di Johor pada pilihan raya umum 2008. Daripada enam kerusi itu PAS menguasai dua manakala DAP pula empat. Difahamkan Perlis, di mana BN menguasai 14 daripada 15 kerusi, kemungkinan akan kehilangan beberapa kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri dan salah satu daripada tiga bahagian Parlimen di tangan Pakatan Rakyat disebabkan kemarahan penduduk negeri itu mengenai isu Wahabi termasuk tindakan meletakkan Mufti Perlis Dr Juanda Jaya dalam senarai pengganas. "Pilihan raya olok-olok ini menunjukkan banyak kelemahan. Dan, isu Wahabi tidak membantu," kata satu sumber Umno kepada The Malaysian Insider. Seorang pemimpin Umno yang semakin meningkat juga memberikan sentimen yang sama sambil menegaskan, BN perlu meletakkan muka-muka baru untuk menyegarkan kedudukan perikatan itu sementara memastikan jentera peringkat bawah peringkat aktif bagi mendapatkan sokongan menyeluruh. "Masalahnya ialah jentera Umno boleh bekerja jika diberikan motivasi, tetapi ahli parti komponen kelihatan tidak diberikan motivasi," kata pemimpin Umno itu. Beliau mendedahkan bahawa Umno hanya boleh menang 27 daripada 59 kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri di Perak meskipun BN memerintah semula negeri itu sejak awal 2009 ekoran tindakan melompat parti melibatkan tiga wakil rakyat dari Pakatan Rakyat. Pada Jun lalu, Umno negeri itu yakin boleh menang 33 kerusi dengan Menteri Besar Perak Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir menolak laporan The Malaysian Insider bahawa kemenangan hanya boleh dipastikan jika calon yang betul dipilih kali ini. Difahamkan beberapa pemimpin Umno bahagian di Perak keberatan untuk berkempen atau mendaftar pemilih baru melainkan mereka pasti akan menjadi calon pilihan raya umum ke-13. "Umno Perak kuat dan boleh menang 33 kerusi negeri tetapi pemimpin-pemimpin bahagian tidak mahu bergerak kecuali mereka atau calon pilihan mereka diturunkan," kata sumber Umno ketika itu. Pada Mac 2008, Umno bertanding di 34 daripada 59 kerusi Dewan Undngan Negeri di Perak dan menang 27 kerusi manakala MCA pula satu. Pakatan Rakyat memperoleh 31 kerusi. "Keadaan tidak berubah di Perak dan kini keadaan yang sama wujud di Negeri Sembilan memandangkan pembangkang menjadi semakin kukuh, melihat pada kemungkinan Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan tidak akan kekal sebagai menteri besar," kata sumber Umno. Mohamad disebut-sebut akan bertanding kerusi Parlimen. Kata sumber itu, mereka melobi dengan kuat untuk mendapatkan kerusi Menteri Besar Negeri Sembilan. "Tetapi mereka lupa bahawa kemenangan ketika pilihan raya umum 2008 adalah tipis," katanya lagi. Di negeri itu, BN menguasai 21 daripada 36 kerusi manakala 15 dimenangi Pakatan Rakyat, yang yakin untuk mengambil alih negeri itu kali ini. Pakatan Rakyat yang terdiri daripada DAP, PKR dan PAS kini menguasai kerajaan negeri Kelantan, Kedah, Pulau Pinang dan Selangor selain memperoleh 82 kerusi Parlimen. Perikatan itu menyasarkan akan memperoleh lebih banyak kerusi kali ini dan mengurangkan lagi majoriti BN pada pilihan raya umum ke-13. Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak tidak memberi bayangan bila pilihan raya umum akan diadakan tetapi timbalannya Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin telah memberitahu BN agar bersedia untuk menghadapi pilihan raya umum dalam waktu terdekat. Kebanyakan penganalisis dan pemimpin pembangkang menjangkakan pilihan raya umum akan diadakan dalam tempoh setahun ini tetapi ada juga mengatakan ia kemungkinan diadakan seawal November ini selepas Bajet 2012 dibentangkan di Parlimen awal 7Oktober dan sebelum perhimpunan agung tahunan Umno. |
| Kita Semua Jadi Mangsa Umno BN Posted: 31 Jul 2011 06:05 PM PDT Sudah dua kali hak saya sebagai warganegara Malaysia dihalang untuk bebas bergerak dan bersuara. Pertama pada 9hb Julai 2011 saya dihalang untuk berada di beberapa lokasi di Kuala Lumpur dan semalam saya pula dihalang untuk mengajukan soalan kepada Timbalan Pengerusi SPR, Datuk Wan Ahmad Bin Wan Omar kononnya atas arahan orang atasan. Walaubagaimana pun saya mengucapkan tahniah kepada Sinar yang telah menganjurkan "Dialog Apa selepas 9 Julai?" dengan mempertemukan Bersih 2.0 dan SPR. Bersih 2.0 telah dianggap sebuah pertubuhan haram oleh Menteri Dalam Negeri. Secara tidak langsung Sinar sudah berani menyangah pandangan Menteri Dalam Negeri dan lebih mirip kepada pandangan Timbalan Menteri Pendidikan YB Saifuddin Abdullah yang menggangap Bersih 2.0 bukan sejenis pertubuhan tetapi sejenis aktiviti NGO yang berdaftar. Sebenarnya saya mahu mengajukan beberapa soalan kepada Datuk Wan Ahmad iaitu berkaitan dengan Double Voting, Daftar Pemilih, Pengundi Pos dan Advance Voting. Pada 7hb Oktober 2009 telah diadakan pertemuan antara SPR dan pemimpin PAS yang dianggotai oleh Dato Mustafa Ali , Dato Abdul Halim Abd Rahman, Tuan Hj Mohzit bin Mohid dan saya sendiri. Pemuda PAS telah mengemukakan senarai 253 pengundi pos yang bertindan. Mereka mempunyai nama sebagai pengundi pos di Bagan Pinang tetapi mempunyai nama yang sama di tempat lain. Pertindanan ini telah berlaku dalam pilihanraya umum 2008. Dalam perbincangan itu SPR telah berjanji untuk menghapuskan pertindanan ini. Malangnya pertindanan ini masih lagi berlaku pada tahun 2011. Pertindanan ini bertentangan dengan perkara 119 Perlembagaan Malaysia. Saya mempunyai terlalu banyak bukti pertindanan ini. Dalam kenyataan Dato Wan Ahmad kepada The Star pada 24hb Julai 2011, bahawa beliau bersetuju bahawa terhadap kad pengenalan klon dalam daftar pemilih SPR yang sah. Secara tidak lansung juga SPR telah mendaftarkan pengundi yang tidak sah. Itulah yang dinamakan pengundi hantu. Persoalannya mengapa SPR menafikan pengundi hantu? Walaupun saya tidak dapat mengajukan soalan tetapi soalan ini dapat disampaikan oleh Tuan Hj Mohzit Bin Mohid. Malangnya Dato Wan Ahmad menjawab bahawa soalan itu hanya sesuai untuk kerani sahaja bukan ahli suruhanjaya diraja sepertinya. Beliau hanya bertanggungjawab terhadap dasar-dasar dalam SPR bukan membuat kerja kerani. Sepatutnya Dato Wan Ahmad tidak memberi jawapan seperti itu. Terbukti jawapanya telah di "boo" oleh penonton. Persoalannya apakah dasar yang dipakai oleh SPR jika masih terdapat pertindaan pengundi walaupun telah ditegur pada tahun 2009? Apakah dasar SPR membenarkan nombor kad pengenalan yang diklon dibenarkan masuk dalam daftar pemilih SPR yang sah? Saya berpendapat bahawa SPR sebenarnya terperangkap dalam kerangka politik sempit Umno, Barisan Nasional. Pembaharuan yang mahu dibuat oleh mereka tidak mendapat sokongan pemerintah. Contohnya apabila SPR memperkenalkan pengunaan dakwat kekal pada tahun 2008 maka Pengerusi SPR di ajukan dengan persoalan keselamatan negara yang tidak masuk akal. Inilah bukti bahawa SPR sebenarnya bukan badan bebas untuk melaksanakan pilihanraya yang bebas dan adil. Sampai bilakah SPR mampu melepaskan ikatan daripada pemerintah yang zalim? Yang menjadi mangsa adalah kakitangan SPR seperti Dato Wan Ahmad yang terpaksa menjawab segala persoalan yang tidak mempunyai jawapan. Beliau sendiri pun tidak boleh menerima jawapan yang beliau sendiri berikan. Itulah hakikat kerajaan zalim Umno Barisan Nasional yang wajib ditumbangkan dalam pilihanraya akan datang. Bantahan saya kepada SPR selama ini adalah umpama pukul anak sindir menantu sahaja. Kita semua rakyat Malaysia menjadi mangsa kepada kezaliman kerajaan Umno Barisan Nasional. SUHAIZAN BIN KAIAT, |
| Malott Dares “Never Cheated” Najib To Implement 4 Key Election Reforms Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:49 PM PDT Former US ambassador to Malaysia John Malott has dared Prime Minister Najib Razak to put his money where his mouth is and prove that UMNO “has never cheated in any election” by implementing 4 key reforms, including allowing foreign observers and the use of indelible ink. In a hard-hitting open letter to Najib and sent to Malaysiakini, Malott – who is believed to have been barred from entering the country due his outspokeness – urged Najib not to keep reneging on his word. “You say that Malaysia’s elections are free and fair. Now you have a chance to prove it to the outside world and remove all doubts. And if your party wins, then the Malaysian people – and the world – might finally be convinced,” wrote Malott. “As a result of the developments on July 9, the world is now paying increased attention to Malaysia. In particular, we now wonder how free and fair your nation’s elections are. We have learned that some of your country’s citizens believe that Malaysia needs electoral reform. On July 9, they marched with a coalition called Bersih 2.0, and they called for free and fair elections.” “You responded by declaring Bersih illegal and suppressing the ‘Walk for Democracy’ with overwhelming police force. The world noticed your heavy-handed reaction, and it wondered why a peaceful demonstration calling for fair elections bothered you so much – so much so that you were willing to risk Malaysia’s international reputation – and give your country and yourself a major black eye.” No reason not to implement Malott called on the Malaysian leader to push through 4 easy to implement and effective electoral reforms. Outlawed polls pressure group Bersih 2.0 had asked for 8. The concessions that Malott advised are: 1) Allow international groups to observe your elections. Based on your assertions, they will find nothing amiss, and their reports will give credibility to Malaysia’s election results. 2) Allow observers from all political parties to witness the postal balloting that takes place on military bases. For years, the opposition has said that something is amiss. But since you say that Umno never cheats, I am sure that they will find nothing wrong, and you will be vindicated. 3) Let’s put an end to all the accusations about phantom voters by using a simple, effective and cheap solution – indelible ink. 4) Finally, let RTM be truly independent, like the BBC and NHK and the public broadcasting systems in Australia, France, Germany, and elsewhere in the world. RTM does not belong to Umno. It belongs to the people. As long as RTM – funded by all the people of Malaysia – acts as the propaganda arm of the 25 percent of Malaysians who voted for Umno, no one can believe that Malaysia’s elections are fair and free. Reason for over-reaction – refusal to give up power Indeed, Najib has disgusted a lot of Malaysians, both at home and abroad with his over-reaction to the rally. He and his UMNO party had feared it could trigger a wave of consciousness for social reform, and blaze a trail for Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim and his Pakatan Rakyat coalition to win. The next national polls is not due to be called until March 2013, but local experts say the latest Najib will delay is early next year. In the runup to the rally, the greater Najib’s paranoia and the more brutal the police crackdowns, the more fiercely the people rejected his leadership. On D-Day, July 9, some 50,000 filled the streets of Kuala Lumpur. They locked arms, chanted, and sang the national anthem. By then it was clear, Najib had mishandled the rally. A slew of global rebukes followed, and to save his dignity, Najib is insisting that Bersih had ulterior motives, and wanted to topple his government. The UMNO-owned Utusannewspaper even suggested that Bersih was the work of ‘Jews’. By now, all of the nearly 2,000 people detained in the runup to and during the July march, have been released. Six socialist leaders remanded under the draconian Emergency Ordinance for rekindling communism and waging war against the King were freed just a day ago. Time is running out Bersih chairwoman Ambiga Sreenevasan has begun a public debate with the Election Commission deputy chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar. So far he has agreed to extend the 7-day campaigning period but refused to raise it all the way to 21 as Bersih had requested. Sad to say, this is about all that the EC is willing to concede. Wan Ahmad has even insisted that he was powerless to implement changes and only the Najib administration could do so. Legal experts have said that this was a lie as the federal consititution clearly empowered the EC. Hence, there is growing nervousness now. Some believe that Najib would declare a police state rather than to agree to reforms as there is a strong chance that he might lose in a free and fair competition. Hence, a recent round of calls both from within and outside Malaysia for him to pursue a wiser and fairer course of action. “Governments that manipulate elections have lots to cover up. But you say that your elections are free and fair, so that means you have nothing to be afraid of showing to all of us in the outside world, not to mention your own people,” said Malott. – Malaysia Chronicle Malaysia Chronicle appends below the full-text of his rather hard-hitting statrment An open letter to PM Najib You say that Malaysia’s elections are free and fair. Now you have a chance to prove it to the outside world and remove all doubts. And if your party wins, then the Malaysian people – and the world – might finally be convinced. As a result of the developments on July 9, the world is now paying increased attention to Malaysia. In particular, we now wonder how free and fair your nation’s elections are. We have learned that some of your country’s citizens believe that Malaysia needs electoral reform. On July 9, they marched with a coalition called Bersih 2.0, and they called for free and fair elections. You responded by declaring Bersih illegal and suppressing the ‘Walk for Democracy’ with overwhelming police force. The world noticed your heavy-handed reaction, and it wondered why a peaceful demonstration calling for fair elections bothered you so much – so much so that you were willing to risk Malaysia’s international reputation – and give your country and yourself a major black eye. When you returned from your visit to Europe, you declared that Malaysia’s elections truly are free and fair, and that Umno has never cheated in any election. I am glad to hear that. Because it means that in Malaysia’s next general elections, you have nothing to hide. Governments that manipulate elections have lots to cover up. But you say that your elections are free and fair, so that means you have nothing to be afraid of showing to all of us in the outside world, not to mention your own people. Therefore, I am sure that you are willing to readily agree to the following proposals: 1) Allow international groups to observe your elections. Based on your assertions, they will find nothing amiss, and their reports will give credibility to Malaysia’s election results. 2) Allow observers from all political parties to witness the postal balloting that takes place on military bases. For years, the opposition has said that something is amiss. But since you say that Umno never cheats, I am sure that they will find nothing wrong, and you will be vindicated. 3) Let’s put an end to all the accusations about phantom voters by using a simple, effective and cheap solution – indelible ink. Your Elections Commission wants a super-sophisticated biometric system, but there is no way it can be in place by then – and many people worry that it can be manipulated. Indelible ink works – just ask the world’s largest democracy, India. I don’t think anyone has ever disputed the results of India’s elections in over 60 years. 4) Finally, let RTM be truly independent, like the BBC and NHK and the public broadcasting systems in Australia, France, Germany, and elsewhere in the world. RTM does not belong to Umno. It belongs to the people. As long as RTM – funded by all the people of Malaysia – acts as the propaganda arm of the 25 percent of Malaysians who voted for Umno, no one can believe that Malaysia’s elections are fair and free. So, my dear Prime Minister, it’s all very simple. You say that Malaysia’s elections are free and fair. Now you have a chance to prove it to the outside world and remove all doubts. And if your party wins, then the Malaysian people – and the world – might finally be convinced. If you refuse these suggestions, then the doubts will linger, and your assertions about the honesty of Malaysia’s election will continue to be questioned. Sincerely, |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2011 04:51 PM PDT Alhamdulillah, dengan limpah inayah dan izinNya maka kita dapat memulakan ibadah Ramadhan untuk sekalian kalinya tahun ini. Sabda Rasulullah SAW, “Telah datang kepadamu bulan Ramadhan, di mana Allah melimpah ruahkan di dalamnya dengan keberkatan, menurunkan rahmat, mengampuni dosa-dosa kamu, memakbulkan doa-doa kamu, melihat di atas perlumbaan kamu untuk memperolehi kebaikan yang besar dan berbangga mengenaimu di hadapan malaikat-malaikat. Maka tunjukkanlah kepada Allah Taala kebaikan dari kamu. Sesungguhnya orang yang bernasib malang ialah dia yang dinafikan daripada rahmat Allah pada bulan ini.” Ramadhan adalah bulan pembersihan dan penyucian jiwa, di mana Allah memberi ruang sekondusifnya untuk umat Islam beribadah demi mengimarahkan Ramadhan. Justeru wajarlah ia dimanfaatkan segenap masa agar Ramadhan Semoga Ramadhan kali ini dapat dimanfaatkan sebaiknya oleh kita inshaAllah. ANWAR IBRAHIM |
| Takziah Buat Keluarga Syed Ahmad Jamal Posted: 30 Jul 2011 11:40 PM PDT Lukisan Seniman Negara, Syed Ahmad Jamal masih menghiasi ruang tamu rumah saya. Saya akui tersemat rasa bangga, namun bukan bermegah, kerana punyai karya seorang seniman hebat, jujur lagi berani. Seniman yang berasal dari Muar ini dijoloki gelar pelopor seni moden Malaysia bersama antaranya Latif Mohidin, Ibrahim Hussein dan Anthony Lau. Tatkala meletusnya Reformasi 98, Syed Ahmad Jamal tidak tinggal diam, allahyarham sedar peranannya sebagai seorang seniman adalah memahami dan seterusnya bersama dengan denyut nadi rakyat yang menuntut keadilan. Malah allahyarham lah yang melakar logo ADIL ketika itu di samping menghasilkan karya memperihalkan “mata lebam.” Ketika saya di Istana Hinggap Sungai Buloh, beliau sedaya mungkin menyatakan penentangannya terhadap kezaliman pemerintah. Allahyarham bersama isteri sering juga ke mahkamah menyatakan sokongan. Saya, Azizah dan keluarga sememangnya bersyukur ke hadrat Ilahi kerana dianugerahkan seorang sahabat yang baik dan setia. Izinkan saya mengambil kesempatan ini untuk merakamkan ucapan takziah buat keluarga Allahyarham Syed Ahmad Jamal dan moga ruh allahyarham ditempatkan bersama orang-orang yang soleh. ANWAR IBRAHIM |
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