Ahad, 25 Mac 2012

Anwar Ibrahim

Anwar Ibrahim

Rakaman Ceramah Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim Di Kepala Batas 24/03/2012

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 06:54 PM PDT

Ihsan Media Rakyat

Hands off Selangor, Anwar tells Najib

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 06:45 PM PDT

The Malaysian Insider

The battle for Selangor has begun ahead of the next general election as Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim challenged the prime minister to try and win Selangor for Barisan Nasional (BN), dismissing the ruling federal coalition as a potential threat to Pakatan Rakyat (PR).

The PKR de facto leader told about 5,000 PR supporters that the time had come to "launch a war" against Umno-BN, and that elections were very much around the corner.

"Najib says he wants to take over Selangor… what are you talking about? He wants to come and take Selangor? We want to take over Putrajaya!" Anwar (picture) screamed to loud cheers of approval from the crowd here last night.

The opposition leader said the reason why Najib cannot win Selangor was because BN's line-up of leaders promised and nurtured a culture of cronyism and corruption.

Anwar wasted little time and launched into a verbal tirade against the PM, and questioned him for not taking stern action against Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil over the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) scandal.

"Our leaders in PR, in Selangor, in our states are clean, not dirty, and our leaders are not plunderers," Anwar exclaimed.

Najib said yesterday that BN was ready to win the next general election as well as take back Selangor, and that public feedback has been encouraging.

He said that people have been telling him BN has regained public support since the 2008 polls.

The PM has said BN must win back Selangor, a key state due to its industrial and natural resources, "at all costs."

Anwar spent a good portion of his speech last night on Najib and warned the PM against using the mainstream media to launch personal attacks.

"Who is the leader of Umno? Najib? What happened to Altantuya? What happened in Port Dickson?

"I must warn him, confine (attacks) to rule of law, good governance and not personal attacks. I have been victimised enough," said Anwar.

Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, who spoke before Anwar, said that state reserves had improved tremendously under PR and that it was currently at RM1.9 billion. He also said that Selangor contributed 22 per cent of the country's gross domestic income.

Khalid also said Selangor's successes were partly due to Anwar, who is the state economic adviser.

"These are all indicators that to guard the state's finances, we have been better than the previous state government.

"If he (Anwar) is not there, how can I give these figures? Anwar was finance minister. Any Umno representatives in Selangor with that kind of credentials?" Khalid asked.

The function last night hit a temporary snag when several youths entered the stadium where the event was held, holding placards and banners.

PR security staff took the youths away when the crowd became restless and went after them.

"Thugs. Hooligans. Umno goons," Anwar said later, referring to the youths who were detained by security personnel.

A Prelude to GE, Send in The Clowns

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 10:19 PM PDT

Malaysiakini

As the winds of war gather strength, political opportunists like Nallakaruppan are having a field day resorting to plying their infamous trade…‘

Nalla to Anwar: See you in court

Chuath: We have more important things to worry about – like corrupt police, wastage of public funds, illegal immigrants, graduates who are unemployable, etc, etc – than waiting with bated breath to see PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim’s private photos.

I wish they would use their money to plant more trees in Kuala Lumpur instead of putting up front-page advertisements for a character assassination campaign.

Anonymous: What a shame. I pay taxes to put scums like senators S Nallakaruppan, Ezam Mohd Nor and Shahrizat Abdul Jalil in Parliament. Najib, please return the tax money I have paid.

Trueglitter: As the winds of war gather strength on our horizon at the approach of the next GE, political opportunists like Nalla are having a field day resorting to plying their infamous trade, a profession Nalla is well adept at, by resorting to and indulging in character assassination of especially Anwar.

The embittered and treacherous turncoat is well-known for his ambitious greed for power and position, even when he was with Anwar, and it was mainly due to his inconsolable disappointment at not being given a high position in the party that had caused him to abandon ship, and hopefully in the process be courted by the BN and be Najib’s favourite lapdog.

Alongside with the obnoxious and much-despised Nalla, the rakyat will once again be treated to a tantalising floor show of sorts by the political harlot of Umno, Ummi Hafilda, who has promised to bare all – not her own bodily self though – but of Anwar’s alleged misdeeds upon the announcement of the election date by her political master, Najib.

Anonymous: The goal is to create doubt in the minds of Pakatan Rakyat supporters. Is it true? Is it not? But here’s a question we need to ponder – why are they not equally questioning the morally questionable leader of the corrupt and crony-infested Umno-BN?

So when these trio go about their poo-pooing, and the fact is that their agenda seems very personal and nothing to do about the nation, we who are in doubt, need to disregard them as ultimately, Najib’s and Anwar’s sexuality will not determine our economic and family’s future.

It’s corruption and cronyism that will destroy us.

Inspektor Klueso: Firstly, the fact that Nalla chose to do the press conference at Perkasa’s HQ says it all. Secondly, his 'senatorship’ is the second giveaway as to his sponsorship.

Lastly, we don’t give a rats arse about Anwar’s sexuality, as long as he delivers justice, transparency and democracy to the long suffering rakyat.

Scandal-ridden BN on the ropes?

Kairos: To Neil Khor’s five problems, let me add two more.

Firstly, the constant harassment of Christians by religious Islamic zealots is counterproductive to the BN cause. The lack of rebuke and, in fact, the tacit support of some Umno top guns on the raids and the anti-Christian rallies send the message that the Christian vote is unimportant.

Secondly, the untimely emergence of interest in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case here and the forthcoming judicial enquiry in France is a huge headache to BN.

People are moved by the brutality of the murder and are of the opinion that there is as yet no just closure of the case in spite of the court judgment. People feel that somebody big is being protected here.

Blind Freddo: It is fine to talk about all these scandals as though BN’s loss is a foregone conclusion. But the author forgets that Malaysians are immune to scandal. They are exposed to a constant barrage of scandals and they know nothing will be done about them.

There is no clear evidence that Pakatan will do anything serious about addressing all these. You also can’t expect elected politicians to spend the next five years sniffing out the crimes of BN, although that seems to be all they are capable of doing.

The second point that is conveniently overlooked is that Umno/Islam have been working for generations to keep the Malays downtrodden, ignorant and dependent on the officers of Islam to tell them what to do, and those in turn will tell them what Umno wants to tell them.

Add to all that the tactics of the Elections Commission (EC) and you have an almost foregone guarantee that BN will win.

Plus it’s time someone started talking about what will happen if BN does lose and they fail to step down gracefully. BN leaders have been shown to have no regard for ethics or principles, and they have the police and the armed forces eating out of their hand.

On top of all that negativity, there is the most negative aspect of this campaign, that Pakatan has offered nothing to Malaysians to show what their future will be.

You commented that many people are surprised that Pakatan has held together so long. The answer is Malaysian greed and Malaysian lust for power. That’s all they are after and that’s why they have no philosophy, because they cannot agree on anything other than Anything But Umno (ABU).

A nation governed on that basis is guaranteed to fail. But Malaysians seem to be as unaware of that as they are unaware that they haven’t a clue and don’t care what they are voting for apart from ABU.

Not Convinced: So Blind Freddo, what’s your answer? Vote for more of the same? Didn’t someone say that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results?

Yes, Pakatan is not perfect. But shouldn’t citizens be better served when there is real competition between political parties? We need a two-party system. And the only way to achieve that is to vote BN out of power, at least for one or two terms.

And should Pakatan fail to deliver, something which you are so certain of, we can always bring back BN.

Anwar: Najib Scared of Mahathir and Rosmah

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 10:09 PM PDT

Malaysiakini

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his wife Rosmah became the butt of jokes by Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim today in one of his many ceramahs in his home state of Penang.

He made a direct hit at arch rival Najib (right) accusing him of cowardice, when he said the prime minister was afraid of his wife, Rosmah Mansor.

The head of the family should be more fearless than his wife, said Anwar, likewise a village headman should be braver than the villagers.

“But the head of this country is afraid of former premier Mahathir Mohamad, USA President Barack Obama, and his own wife,” he added at a PKR event in Machang Bubok, drawing laughter and applause from the 300-odd crowd.

Anwar went on the say that a wife should not be feared but loved, as she is his life partner.

He then related how after 32 years, he managed to bring his spouse PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, to Agra to see the famous icon of love, the Taj Mahal.

“Even though it’s 32 years late, we kept our pledge to visit the place in India, during my last trip there,” he said.

“But Umno, after 50 over years, have yet to fulfill many of its pledges to the people!” he stormed.

No response

Anwar was referring to Najib’s reluctance to debate with him.

The former deputy prime minister had recently invited Najib to the United Kingdom, to join him in a debate with rebel blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin, in a Wikileaks forum arrange by its founder, Julian Assange.

However, Najib has yet to respond to Anwar’s invitation.

The Permatang Pauh MP is on a two-day visit to Penang and Kedah to meet with supporters and participate as a main speaker in various ceramah.

At the event today, Anwar charmed the crowd with his usual fiery and humorous style, and even abandoned the stage to speak on the ground where he could engage with the audience.

The multi-racial crowd easily warmed to him, and were in stitches, especially when he repeated “cow jokes”, directed at former federal minister and Wanita Umno chief Sharizat Abdul Jalil.

Sharizat (left), the former Lembah Pantai MP whose family is involved in the RM250 million National Feedlot Corporation controversy, will be giving up her minister’s post next month.

During the function, Anwar also launched the constituency’s election machinery which will involve 100 youths, and presented certificates of appointment to 34 voluntary corps members from Taman Alam Jaya.

Politics of conscience

Meanwhile, Anwar said this election, which may be called in June, would see Pakatan target MPs and state assemblypersons that are “with integrity, who are clean and virtuous, and practise politics of conscience”.

He related the example of Kelantan Menteri Besar and PAS spirtual advisor Nik Aziz Nik Mat, who had been in office for 20-odd years and yet were free of any whiff of corruption.

“Do you see him buying land? Do you see his children owning companies? Do you hear him involved in any scandals?” he queried with the crowd responding in the negative.

“BN or Umno Menteri Besar will say Nik Aziz is stupid (for not accumulating any wealth),” he added, followed by laughter and beaming faces from the crowd- many of them senior citizens – who didn’t mind putting up with the scorching heat in the tent.
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