(picked from Ahirudin Attan 's blog - [ http://rockybru.com.my/ ]) :
http://rockybru.com.my/2009/01/midnight-regulations.html
"Midnight regulations"
Saturday, January 03, 2009 at 7:24pm
Have a Heart. If you are interested in saving IJN from Sime Darby, please place this heart on your blog. Thank you. _ Rocky's Bru
EPU calls for meeting. Despite public uproar and stakeholders' objection, the outgoing Abdullah Administration seems bent on forcing through a proposal by a desperate Sime Darby to take over IJN, the National Heart Institute set up in 1992.
Just a week after the Cabinet announced that it was deferring a decision on the matter, the Economic Planning Unit in the PM's Department has called for a meeting between Sime Darby and IJN. The meeting is scheduled for 2.30 pm on Monday.
The media have not been formally informed of the meeting but anti-takeover blogs are saying that it's an attempt to push the deal through before March when Abdullah is due to hand over the premiership to Najib Razak.
Pak Lah's "midnight regulations". I was looking for a term to describe a takeover attempt done in such haste and in the middle of a leadership change, too. Someone suggested that I look up under "midnight regulations".[In the context of American politics, midnight regulations are the executive branch agency regulations passed in the lame duck period of an outgoing President's administration. More from Wiki, h e r e].Outgoing President Bush, for example, is trying to push 90 midnight regulations to ensure his legacy, according to one source.
Abdullah is already rushing several legislation, including the Judicial Apppointments Commission, in Parliament to secure his legacy. The IJN takeover can be seen in the same vein. The RM1.7 billion LCCT airport in Labu was never part of the country's airport masterplan but was approved by the Cabinet for Air Asia and, yes, Sime Darby to develop. Watch closely now, there'll be more midnight approvals and midnight projects before someone calls it a day.
I am encouraged to know that there are more bloggers now out to try and stop these midnight nonsense. They include
Sime Darby Watch
Sakmongkol
Apanama
A Voice
AM Ubaidah and
Dr M.
The other blogging doctor, Doctor 2008, even calls the takeover attempt "The Healthcare Blooper of the Year - Malaysian Edition" and tells us what exactly is wrong with the deal [click h e r e]. The cartoon below is taken from the good doc's blog.
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预料巫统和回教党将会在本星期六及来临的星期日,陆续揭橥本身的候选人,为备受瞩目的瓜拉登嘉楼国会议席补选加温。
若能够保住这个由马来选民占绝大多数,曾多次易手的选区,巫统能够宣称纳吉(左图)已经获得马来社群的民意背书,来接掌首相及巫统主席的权柄。
副内政部长兼瓜登区部主席旺阿末法立(左图)原本是最热门的人选,但随着他继续获委为上议员,其出线机会已减弱。此外,旺法立的胞兄兼前行政议员旺希山也被指人缘差,导致他在大选中就以31票“阴沟里翻船”,以微差蝉联失败。
在民联方面,安华(左图)也一样急需一场胜利,来证明马来选民已彻底否决巫统的“马来主权”论以,并肯定他的马来选民支持率比纳吉更高或处于比总。
国阵在1986年赢得有关的国会议席,唯却在1990年落入46精神党手中,较后再由国阵在1995夺回。然而,瓜登却在1999年掉入回教党的手中,最后才在最近的2004年及2008年的两届大选归属国阵,但多数票皆非太高。
一旦赛阿兹曼(左图)顺利获得委派上阵及胜出,那么遭保守派抨击的“亲安华”派系的声势将会上涨,主导回教党的路线及影响明年的党选,并一举化解回教党对民联立场暧昧不明的立场。同时也将牵动回教党党内的“世代交替”,特别是在党两个大本营——吉兰丹和登嘉楼。
虽然旺阿末法立已经受委代表国阵在瓜拉登嘉楼国席补选披甲上阵,但是他今早依然如期在国会上议院宣誓,续任上议员一职。
公正党国会议员哥巴拉克里斯南(N Gobalakrishnan,右图)昨日抵达古晋机场时,突遭移民厅官员以“非砂拉越人为由”为由
黄锦河(左图)告诉移民厅官员,