Anwar Ibrahim

Dua bekas pemimpin Umno Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib dan Tamrin Ghafar menggesa 61 ahli Umno yang bertanding sebagai calon bebas untuk menyokong pembangkang dalam pilihan raya 5 Mei.

Kedua-duanya, sekarang merupakan ahli PAS, mendakwa penyingkiran 61 orang itu daripada senarai Pilihan Raya 2013 Umno mencerminkan budaya naungan parti Melayu itu masih kuat walaupun cuba untuk memprojekkan imej reformis.

"Kami diyakinkan tiada masa depan dalam Umno. Dengan corak dan pendekatan politik sedia ada. Umno ketinggalan dari ombak perubahan negara dan global.

"Langkah 61 orang ahli Umno untuk bertanding sebagai calon bebas membuktikan ini. Kami yakin kamu adalah sebahagian dari mereka yang berani mengatakan tidak kepada kepimpinan tertinggi Umno," kata kedua-dua pemimpin itu dalam satu kenyataan bersama.

Muhammad, bekas menteri besar Selangor dari 1987 hingga 1997, hadir ke sidang akhbar itu sebentar dan kemudian meninggalkannya tanpa bercakap kepada pemberita disebabkan terdapat urusan yang tidak dapat dielakkan

Keratan Akhbar Liputan Today Online: No Business As Usual If Opposition Wins Johor: Anwar

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:20 AM PDT

A Pakatan Johor better for business, says Anwar

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 11:39 PM PDT

Malaysiakini

Responding to remarks from the Barisan Nasional (BN) camp that the opposition will stymie the progress of the Iskandar region if Johor falls into opposition hands, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday dismissed these as scaremongering attempts and reiterated that the opposition wants the Malaysian economy to continue to grow and commitments would be honoured.

However, he said “investors, including (those) from Singapore, cannot assume that business must be as usual” should the special economic zone come under opposition rule.

Among other things, he wants more opportunities for Malaysians.

Speaking to Today while campaigning in Selangor, Anwar said: “The politics of fear is always a tactic of the ruling establishment. Of course, our concern is that the economy continues to grow (and) whatever commitments were given have to be honoured.”

Nevertheless, should the opposition win Johor, there will be changes in policies. Anwar said businesses in Iskandar will have to be “more transparent” and the opposition will “generate interest and participation (in the commercial projects) for the locals”.

“These are issues which will not in any way hinder investment or development,” he said.

Iskandar Malaysia was developed in 2006, and Singapore is the largest single foreign investor there.

According to statistics from the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida), Singapore companies have set up more than 300 manufacturing projects there so far.

Some Singapore companies have reportedly said that they will adopt a wait-and-see attitude in investing in the Iskandar region, with the elections underway.

Johor is known as a BN fortress. Going into the elections, the ruling coalition held 25 out of 26 parliamentary seats, and 50 out of 56 state seats.

But political analysts have said that the opposition could make deeper inroads given the political developments since the last general election in 2008.

In recent weeks, UDA Holdings chairperson Nur Jazlan Mohamed and MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek have warned Johorians that investments worth billions of ringgit received by the Iskandar region and Johor would be stopped if the opposition is voted in.

UDA Holdings is a public listed company that started off as the Urban Development Authority (UDA).

The BN is fielding 50 per cent new faces at state level and 30 per cent new candidates at federal level.

But Anwar pointed out that several of the so-called new faces had contested in the 1980s and 1990s. He also criticised the ruling coalition for fielding those “clearly known to be extremist in their views”, citing Zulkifli Noordin, who had made derogatory remarks about Hindus.

Anwar also charged that the BN's main component party Umno is playing the race card in the elections.

He noted Umno's campaign leaflets which stated that should the opposition win the majority in Parliament, Islam will no longer be the official religion, the royalty will be abolished and all bumiputera agencies will be abolished.

“But I don't believe that the voters are that gullible… they are aware of the tactics,” he said.

Anwar also downplayed suggestions that there was a rift within the opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat. In seven constituencies, his party and PAS have put up candidates against each other. But he said the clashes had been resolved “amicably”.

Yesterday, Anwar spoke at rallies in rural areas to drum up support for the opposition coalition. Selangor is currently helmed by the opposition and the state seats held by the BN are mainly in the rural areas.

Najib also hit the campaign trail in Selangor yesterday, including holding a walkabout in the Kota Raja constituency. Adding that it was crucial for the BN to recapture Selangor — one of Malaysia's commercial hubs — Najib told the people that their future is with the ruling coalition.

He also guaranteed that Selangor will never experience water supply interruptions again. He accused Pakatan of putting the takeover of water concessionaires as its main focus.

According to The Star, he also told voters that the Pakatan partnership “won't last”.

“They are even contesting against each other in seven constituencies,” said Najib.

- Today Online

[PRESS STATEMENT] Overlapping seats between PAS and KEADILAN resolved

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 10:10 PM PDT

APRIL 23rd 2013

OVERLAPPING SEATS BETWEEN PAS AND KEADILAN RESOLVED

The past two weeks have seen the unrelenting assault by the UMNO/BN machinery and media in their attempts to drive a wedge among the Pakatan Rakyat parties and to give the impression that the coalition is in disarray. Nothing can be further from the truth. Once again, as can be seen by the massive turn out of Pakatan supporters and the people in our ceramahs, we have proven them wrong.

The renewed psywar and dirty tactics campaign began with their circulation of yet another sex video to humiliate Pakatan leaders followed by the use of the Registrar of Societies to precipitate a crisis in DAP regarding the party's legitimacy and casting grave doubt over the authority of the Central Executive Committee at the eleventh hour. Since nomination day, their media have also gone to town about the supposed split between PAS and PKR over a few overlapping seats. The suggestion that this is 'a time bomb waiting to explode' is sheer nonsense.

In the spirit of solidarity and compromise that holds together Pakatan Rakyat, the leaders of PAS and KEADILAN met over the weekend to discuss the seven overlapping seats – one parliament and seven state seats or 0.5% of parliament seats and 1.1% of state seats. We have resolved this miscommunication that had resulted in some confusion over who was to contest which seat.

As we now stand, KEADILAN has conceded some seats and PAS has done likewise. Of the seven overlapping seats in contention, PAS will keep the three Terengganu state seats of Bukit Besi, Seberang Takir and Kota Putera. Keadilan will field our candidates in the parliamentary seat of Labuan, and the state seats of Sungai Acheh in Pulau Pinang and Panti in Johor.

The state seat of Kota Damansara in Selangor, which will be contested by PSM under the Keadilan logo, is still being discussed, as this was a seat allocation decided by Pakatan Rakyat. I am confident we will be able to resolve this very soon.

Although the Election Commission might not permit us to withdraw the candidates already fielded and print either the PAS or KEADILAN logos on the ballot paper, KEADILAN President, Dr Wan Azizah has issued letters revoking the watikah (authorization letters) of our candidates for three seats we have conceded to PAS.

We do not mind the publicity that is given by the alternative media critical as it may be but we condemn the utterly warped reports by the UMNO-BN media that continue to spin lies and fabrications in their attempt to paint Pakatan in a bad light. Furthermore, their persistent resort to libel and slander in the name of press freedom cannot be accepted or tolerated by any right minded citizen. That they are doing this with impunity speaks volumes about the state of rule of law and due process under UMNO-BN.

For the next ten days ahead, we urge voters, supporters and Pakatan Rakyat local party machineries to double their efforts to bring to fruition our goal to win Putrajaya. Insyallah, with the rakyat’s support, we can and we will.

ANWAR IBRAHIM

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Selasa, 23 April 2013

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