Isnin, 11 Mei 2015

Anwar Ibrahim

Anwar Ibrahim

Najib lied about supporting Mahathir in 1987

Posted: 11 May 2015 02:09 AM PDT

FMT

Anwar Ibrahim put pressure on Najib who was playing safe by supporting Tengku Razaleigh.

Former Information Chief Zainuddin Maidin, taking issue with Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's speech in Tawau on Sunday, said the latter was "lying" when he claimed that he supported then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad during the stiff 1987 Umno presidential election.

He added that he knew what was going on as he was then heading the Editorial Department at Utusan Malaysia.

"I checked Najib's speech in Tawau with a former high-ranking Umno leader," said Zainuddin. "The fact is that it was Anwar Ibrahim who put pressure on Najib, who was playing safe, to support Mahathir. Until then, he was backing Tengku Razaleigh."

Wading into Najib's pledge in Tawau that he would not concede and quit as Prime Minister on the grounds that he still had the support of the party and the people, Zainuddin added that he did not have the support of the Indians and Chinese unlike Mahathir. "Mahathir may have faced a divided party in 1987 but the fact is that overall he had the support of the people."

"The position of the Barisan Nasional (BN) in Parliament was strong."

The same, he reiterated, cannot be said of Najib. "His meeting with the Umno divisional chiefs in Putrajaya on Monday evening would have to consider his weaknesses."

"The transformation that he has been preaching did not result in an increase in the confidence and respect of the people for his leadership. Instead, there has been an erosion of support."

Zainuddin expressed the hope that Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Umno Youth Chief Khairy Jamaluddin, among others, would stay the course demanding that Najib account for himself. "They should not appear only brave outside but afraid inside."

He cited Mahathir, Syed Hamid Albar and Syed Jaafar Albar as examples of Malays of Indian (Mahathir) and Arab origin who have contributed more than others to the Malay cause. "We must pray for Mahathir, who is in Mecca, so that he will succeed in what he has set out to do."

Dedahkan semua urus niaga badan berkanun dengan 1MDB, kata PKR

Posted: 11 May 2015 01:13 AM PDT

TMI

PKR hari ini menuntut badan berkanun yang berurus niaga dengan 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) menyenaraikan semua urusan mereka dengan dana pelaburan strategik negara yang sarat dibebani hutang itu, susulan laporan Kumpulan Wang Amanah Persaraan (KWAP) turut membeli sebidang tanah di Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) daripada 1MDB, selepas Lembaga Tabung Haji.

Setiausaha agungnya Rafizi Ramli berkata, orang ramai perlu tahu sejauh mana wang awam terlibat dalam urusan 1MDB, dan mahu kenyataan terbuka yang termasuk pegangan bon, pemberian pinjaman, pembelian tanah dan sebarang urus niaga yang pernah dirundingkan badan berkanun itu dengan 1MDB

Berita mengenai pembelian KWAP itu timbul selepas minggu lalu, sebuah blog mendedahkan Tabung Haji membeli plot tanah di TRX dari 1MDB pada harga RM188.5 juta.

Beliau mengutuk sekeras-kerasnya keputusan tabung pencen negara itu, mengatakan walaupun pembelian tanah itu dilaporkan pada harga yang lebih murah daripada yang dibayar Tabung Haji, ia tetap satu lagi bentuk suntikan dana bagi menyelamatkan atau "bail out" 1MDB.

Rafizi berkata, selain Tabung Haji dan KWAP, beliau percaya 1MDB juga mengadakan perbincangan dengan agensi/badan pelaburan negara lain seperti Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP), Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) dan Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB).

“Sebarang penjualan kepada Tabung Haji, KWAP, KWSP, LTAT dan PNB perlulah dibuat terus daripada kerajaan persekutuan kepada agensi-agensi tersebut,” katanya.

Rafizi juga menggesa Najib mengarahkan agar semua perjanjian dan kontrak melibatkan penjualan hartanah oleh 1MDB kepada agensi-agensi dana rakyat tersebut dibatalkan segera secara suka sama suka (mutual termination of contract).

Beliau juga mencabar Ketua Pemuda Umno merangkap Menteri Belia dan Sukan Khairy Jamaluddin, menjadi suara dalam parti itu, menuntut ketelusan tersebut.

“Sekiranya beliau tidak mendapat jawapan yang memuaskan seperti yang dikehendaki (kenyataan terbuka badan berkanun), wajarlah beliau mengambil langkah berprinsip meletakkan jawatan daripada Kabinet,” katanya.

Tabung Haji membeli tanah di TRX itu pada harga 43 kali ganda lebih tinggi daripada apa yang dibayar 1MDB ketika membelinya daripada kerajaan persekutuan tiga tahun lalu.

Manakala KWAP dilaporkan membeli tanah itu pada 30 kali harga pembelian asal.

“Keuntungan atas angin yang dikaut 1MDB ini akhirnya digunakan untuk membayar faedah-faedah bernilai ratusan juta ringgit yang terpaksa dibayar beberapa kali setahun, sedangkan dana asal yang dipinjam sebanyak RM42 bilion itu tidak diketahui ke mana perginya,” katanya.

PAS agrees to Wan Azizah being new opposition leader

Posted: 10 May 2015 11:41 PM PDT

TMI

PAS information chief Datuk Mahfuz Omar has announced today that the Islamist party has agreed that PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail should be the opposition leader in Parliament.

This comes after the party’s Pakatan Rakyat partner, DAP had backed Dr Wan Azizah for the post, a day after she won the Permatang Pauh by-election.

Mahfuz said the decision was made during a meeting, chaired by PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, last Saturday.

“The party unanimously agreed to it and the president suggested to hand the matter over to the party with the majority… And that party is DAP,” he said.”We also discussed that since DAP has stated their stand to give the post to Dr Wan Azizah, we agreed to follow Pakatan Rakyat's earlier stance to choose the PKR president to be the opposition leader," he told reporters at PAS headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today.

Last Thursday, Dr Wan Azizah successfully retained the Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat after incumbent Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was disqualified as MP in February this year following the Federal Court’s decision to uphold a second sodomy conviction, which the opposition has claimed was a political conspiracy to end his career.

Last Friday, DAP’s Lim Kit Siang said his party backed Dr Wan Azizah to be the opposition leader.

“Dr Wan Azizah's solid and impressive win in Permatang Pauh paves the way for her to be re-elected as the parliamentary opposition leader,” Lim said.
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