Isnin, 12 Mac 2012

Anwar Ibrahim

Anwar Ibrahim

Anwar Ibrahim: Selamatkan Negara Daripada Perompak Dan Samseng

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 11:05 AM PDT

Rakaman ceramah Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim di Pasir Puteh,Bachang,Melaka

PKR welcomes NFC prosecution but insists on funds recovery

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 02:28 AM PDT

The Malaysian Insider

Rafizi says he will not let up on the NFC scandal before the RM250 million in public monies is recovered. — File pic
KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — PKR said today it will continue to pursue the recovery of RM250 million in federal funds awarded to the National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) even though Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil's husband has finally been hauled to court to face criminal charges.

The party's strategic director, Rafizi Ramli, who had made a slew of exposés on the cattle farming project awarded to Wanita Umno chief Shahrizat's family, hoped the prime minister will soon address the "main issue" of the abuse of public funds.

"(Datuk Seri) Najib (Razak) has not responded… And we will continue to push to recover the RM250 million," Rafizi told The Malaysian Insider when contacted today.

Rafizi, however, lauded today's move to charge Shahrizat's husband, Datuk Seri Mohamed Salleh Ismail, in the Sessions Court with criminal breach of trust and violating the Companies Act in relation to RM49 million in federal funds given to the NFCorp.

"It is a welcome decision. It shows that Najib and [Barisan Nasional] prove they mean business," he said.

"(But) I hope it's not a show of charging them before the election and acquitting them after," he added.

Shahrizat (left) announced yesterday her decision to relinquish next month her Cabinet post as the women, family and community development minister. She, however, will continue as Wanita Umno chief despite being dogged for over four-and-a-half months by the NFC scandal.

The former Lembah Pantai MP and her family were accused by the opposition of using a RM250 million federal loan meant for the national cattle-rearing scheme to pay for unrelated land, property and expenses.

The cattle-rearing company is headed by her husband, Mohamad Salleh, and their three children.

It was tapped to run the National Feedlot Centre in Gemas, Negri Sembilan in 2006, when Shahrizat was in Cabinet.

She previously resisted calls from within her own party, including by influential former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, to quit by stressing that she was "only the wife" of Mohamad Salleh and had nothing to do with the embattled entity.

NFCorp hit the national headlines after it made it into the Auditor-General's Report last year for missing production targets.

Police recommended last month that the Attorney-General (A-G) charge NFCorp's directors for criminal breach of trust, but the A-G had asked the police to conduct further investigations prior to charging Mohamad Salleh today.

Shahrizat was appointed as the women, family and community development minister in 2001 and held the post until 2008, when she lost her seat to Nurul Izzah Anwar in the general election.

She was then appointed special advisor to the prime minister on women affairs and social development, before taking up her Cabinet portfolio once more a year later.

Kenyataan Media YB Nurul Izzah – Agenda Pemulihan Demokrasi – 11 Mac 2012

Posted: 11 Mar 2012 10:57 PM PDT

Sebagai seorang Ahli Parlimen, adalah menjadi tugas, amanah, dan tanggungjawab saya kepada rakyat Malaysia khususnya penduduk Lembah Pantai untuk memastikan bahawa hasrat dan suara hati rakyat didengar dengan jelas di dalam setiap debat dan perbincangan penggubalan undang-undang di Parlimen.

Oleh itu, agenda utama saya di Parlimen ialah Agenda Pemulihan Demokrasi menerusi  mekanisma Rang Undang-Undang Ahli Persendirian. Agenda ini telah saya lancarkan pada 23 Disember 2010, dan ia bermatlamat untuk:
Membatalkan semua Pengistiharan Darurat;
Memansuhkan semua undang-undang Anti-Demokratik seperti ISA, AUKU, PPPA;
Menunaikan Perjanjian Kemasukan Sabah dan Sarawak ke dalam Malaysia;
Menjaminkan Keadilan dan Ketelusan Pilihanraya Umum;
Mengembalikan Pilihanraya Kerajaan Tempatan;
Mewujudkan Kebebasan Media.

Usaha awal saya yang bermula dengan Rang Undang-Undang (RUU) Ahli Persendirian (Private Member's Bill) bertajuk "Akta Pemansuhan Darurat" pada 9 Mac 2011 telah ditolak. Namun, tujuh bulan selepas itu – pada 24 November 2011 – Perdana Menteri pula telah membentangkan usul yang sama yang telah diluluskan oleh Dewan Negara pada 20 Disember 2011 yang lalu.

Ini membuktikan bahawa usaha memulihkan demokrasi melalui Parlimen mampu mendatangkan kesan dan hasil, terutamanya dengan menarik perhatian Kerajaan Persekutuan terhadap sesuatu agenda untuk manfaat rakyat; Perdana Menteri sendiri pada 16 September 2011 telah mengumumkan hasrat beliau untuk meminda beberapa akta seperti AUKU dan ISA yang akan digantikan dengan RUU baru.

Maka dengan itu, saya meneruskan usaha memperkukuhkan demokrasi dengan cadangan membentangkan tiga RUU Ahli Persendirian di Dewan Rakyat yang akan berlangsung mulai 12 Mac 2012. Tiga RUU Ahli Persendirian tersebut adalah:

1) Pindaan kepada Akta Pembangunan Petroleum 1974 (Petroleum Development Act 1974), di mana saya mencadangkan agar kuasa Perdana Menteri ke atas Petronas dibataskan, dan Petronas mestilah membentangkan akaun perbelanjaan tahunan di Parlimen yang akan menjamin ketelusan dan penggunaan khazanah bumi terhad negara secara seimbang dan mengutamakan kepentingan dan manafat rakyat;

2) Pemansuhan Akta Mesin Cetak dan Penerbitan 1984 (Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984), di mana saya mencadangkan agar akta drakonian dan lapuk ini dimansuhkan sama sekali demi memastikan media bebas dan adil dalam menjalankan tugasnya sebagai pelapor berita dan saluran maklumat yang seimbang; dan terbentuknya sebuah Suruhanjaya untuk mengawal selia urustadbir media. Rakyat mahukan laporan yang menjana budaya ilmu dan maklumat berteraskan kebenaran lagi terpisah daripada fitnah dan kepalsuan propaganda. Ini seterusnya akan membuka ruang demokrasi, langsung menjadikan negara lebih menarik untuk pelabur yang memerlukan maklumat tepat dan cepat.

3) Akta Perlembagaan (Pindaan) 2012, di mana saya mencadangkan satu pindaan di buat kepada Perkara 121 Perlembagaan Persekutuan agar institusi kehakiman negara menjadi benar-benar bebas seperti keadaan asal selepas Merdeka. Ini juga akan mengembalikan prinsip perpisahan kuasa (separation of powers) dan menjadi timbang-tara semakan (checks and balances) agar tidak ada salah guna kuasa dan pecah amanah oleh setiap cabang kerajaan.

InsyaAllah, dengan sokongan Ahli-ahli Parlimen dan dokongan rakyat Malaysia, saya yakin kesemua RUU Ahli Persendirian di atas akan dibentangkan, demi Malaysia yang lebih baik.

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