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12th January Malaysiaparty 's [NOW] News of Week
(picked from Malaysiakini.com) : http://malaysiakini.com/news/95957

Rights commission to document influx of illegals
Joe Fernandez Jan 7, 09 3:58pm
Proper documentation will not only shed light on the problem in Sabah but help authorities come up with a comprehensive plan to tackle the growing issue of illegal immigrants.


Human Rights Commission vice-chairperson Simon Sipaun wants those with documentary evidence of the extraordinary rise in the state’s population in recent decades to come forward and lodge reports with Suhakam in Kota Kinabalu.
*Are serious allegation being addressed?
*Non-citizens given preference

Toppling <=> Hudud; Anwar main Concern ? Hudud <-> Toppling; toppling <-> hudud ...

30th December Malaysiaparty 's [NOW] News of Week
(picked from themalaysianinsider.com) :
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/14777-anwar-eyes-east-malaysia-despite-pacts-troubles

Anwar eyes East Malaysia despite pact’s troubles
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 25 — While his allies argue over hudud laws and fret over the wobbling economy in their five states, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has taken over as liaison chairman for both Sabah and Sarawak in Parti Keadilan Rakyat's (PKR) efforts widen its base and capture the Borneo states.

The opposition leader, who made a triumphant parliamentary comeback in August, is initially eyeing Sarawak in the next state elections due by 2011 as chief minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud faces increased opposition to his 27 years in power.

Sabah is a different proposition as the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition is dominant with 57 of the 60 seats in the state assembly.
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But consumed with garnering more support from both states, Anwar has been conspicuously silent about the controversy over implementing Islamic criminal Hudud laws that flared up again this week between Pas and DAP, and Pakatan Rakyat state governments’ efforts to mitigate the fallout from a growing global recession.

“Some things are out of his hand. Anwar will quietly handle Pas and DAP behind the scenes but the economy will take some work,” a Pakatan Rakyat source told The Malaysian Insider, adding the electoral pact had made suggestions in the budget debate.

The PKR supreme council met late Monday night but party president Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who is Anwar’s wife, only announcement was that Anwar has taken over as liaison chairman for Sabah and Sarawak, citing the appointment as proof of the party's focus to struggle for the people from Perlis to Sarawak.

“The agenda to bring change in Sabah and Sarawak needs the support from all levels of society. Sarawak will have its state elections soon and Datuk Seri Anwar’s appointment as state liaison chairman for both states justify our concern for problems there and is significant in Pakatan Rakyat’s power transition to Putrajaya,” she said in a statement issued on Tuesday.

The Pakatan Rakyat electoral pact, which groups PKR, Pas and DAP, has 81 out of the 222 seats in the federal parliament. BN has 137 seats while the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP), which pulled out of BN in September, has two seats and one to Independent Datuk Ibrahim Ali. The Kuala Terengganu seat is vacant with the by-election on Jan 17.

PKR’s focus for the Borneo states has been apparent when Anwar predicted he could form capture Putrajaya by Malaysia Day with help from 30 federal lawmakers after Pakatan Rakyat made a historic upset in the March 8 General Elections where BN lost its customary two-thirds parliamentary majority and four more states to the opposition.

Since then, only SAPP has pulled out of the 14-member BN coalition but has chosen to remain independent in Parliament although its president Datuk Yong Teck Lee is close to the sacked deputy prime minister, who has yet to fulfil his prediction to unseat BN from power.

Anwar, in a posting at his weblog today, called the changes routine and said the state leadership in the party are merely coordinators in an effort to dispel notions of consolidating power for himself as “experienced leaders will be act as advisors at the national level while the new leadership will get exposure apart from introducing new approaches to attract new members”.

“Personally, I am not inclined to coordinate activities in Sabah and Sarawak. In fact, even Wilayah Persekutuan asked me to help but I feel that Tan Sri Khalid as Selangor Menteri Besar, is better there,” Anwar said, adding the appointments will be reviewed regularly.

He also said his offer to help both PKR state liaison committees has been announced before and he hoped to get support from all quarters in both states.

Apart from Anwar heading both Sabah and Sarawak, and Khalid leading Selangor and Wilayah Persekutuan, the other state leaders are Datuk Fauzi Abdul Rahman (Pahang), Datuk Zahrain Mohamed Hashim (Penang), Datuk Kamarul Baharin Abbas (Negri Sembilan), Ahmad Kassim (Kedah), Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir (Kelantan), Johari Shafie (Perlis), Khalid Jaafar (Malacca), Dr Zaliha Mustaffa (Johor), Osman Abdul Rahman (Perak) and Wan Rahim Wan Hamzah (Terengganu).
(above picked http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/14777-anwar-eyes-east-malaysia-despite-pacts-troubles)

Anwar ~ Silent means Consent ~ Hudud, ok ?

29th December Malaysiaparty 's [SPot] Special Report
(picked from themalaysianinsider.com) :
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/14756-pressure-on-anwar-to-clarify-pr-stand-on-hudud-grows

Pressure on Anwar to clarify PR stand on hudud grows
By Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — More voices have joined the roiling debate over hudud, with Wanita MCA adding to the number of those calling for Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to clarify Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) stand on the matter.
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Earlier today, DAP chairman Karpal Singh had also repeated his call for Anwar to “break his silence, as DAP has done so” with regards to the support for hudud by Pas, the third partner of the coalition.

Pas vice-president Datuk Husam Musa had said that the Islamist party has not forgotten its aim to implement hudud, which prescribes amputation, whipping and stoning for criminal offences, should it come into power.

When DAP criticised the statement, Pas spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat challenged DAP to make its case as to why hudud laws are not acceptable.

“Husam’s statement has resulted in anxiety among non-Muslims in the country. Pas firmly insisting on introducing hudud has ignored the fact that Malaysia is a multi-racial and multi-religious country and the spirit of Federal Constitution”, Wanita MCA chief Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun said today.

Given that Karpal and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng have already asked Anwar to clarify, Chew said that the de facto PKR leader must “respect the request of the two DAP leaders and respond to Husam's remark accordingly.”

“If Anwar decides to keep quiet, there are only two possibilities, one; Anwar agrees with the remark made by Husam to implement hudud or DAP has been marginalised in PR,” she said.

Karpal had this morning said that the backing of hudud was hurting Pas's credibility and it should be more careful about breaking ranks in the future.

He reminded reporters of the electoral alliance in 1999 where Pas had agreed not to include the formation of an Islamic state in the manifesto.

However, two days before the election, Pas announced it would establish an Islamic state if it took over the state government of Terengganu. Karpal insisted that this proclamation had cost many DAP leaders, including himself and Lim Kit Siang, to lose in the general elections.

With that in mind, he said that DAP had limited “political patience” but was satisfied for now that Husam has backtracked in stating that Pas must obtain a consensus from its PR partners.

“We will still campaign and give our full support to whichever candidate is selected for the Kuala Terengganu by-election,” he assured.
(above picked from http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/14756-pressure-on-anwar-to-clarify-pr-stand-on-hudud-grows)

State Government Power 州政府无权禁止入境砂拉越 ? ?

28th December Malaysiaparty 's [NOW] News of Week
(picked from Malaysiakini.com) : http://malaysiakini.com/letters/94192

MP denied entry into Sarawak
Muda Mohd Noor Dec 24, 08 7:09pm
A PKR parliamentarian today claimed that he has been denied entry into Sarawak by immigration officers at the Kuching International airport.
*Entry ban 'politically motivated'
*Returned to KL on 9.50pm flight
Read morea at http://malaysiakini.com/news/95432


12月28日 党讯精選
(转摘自《当今大马》 Malaysiakini ) : hhttp://malaysiakini.com/news/95438

疑因挺同僚质疑砂官联公司惹祸
公正党国会议员被禁入境砂拉越
12月25日 上午11点01分
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”为由阻拦入境，使得他不得不乘机折返吉隆坡。

这名巴东色海国会议员指出，他被禁止入境的理由荒谬，背后明显存有政治动机。

他是在昨天下午5点半抵达古晋机场时被拦阻，“当我踏足在机场时，移民厅官员便告诉我，联邦政府指示，我不能够入境。”

当时移民厅官员递给他一张通知，上面写着“您并非砂拉越人，在没有获得允许或持有《1959-1963年移民法》的通行证之下，您没权进入砂拉越”。

一度拒绝登机返回首都

哥巴拉在遭阻拦入境之后，原本准备搭乘傍晚7点25分返回吉隆坡的班机。

不过，他随后却改变主意，试图进行抗争，拒绝登机，并坚持留在机场。随后公正党砂拉越浮罗岸州议员黄锦河也抵达机场与移民厅官员进行协商。

黄锦河斡旋解禁也不果

黄锦河（左图）告诉移民厅官员，在联邦宪法底下，州政府无权禁止任何一名国会议员入境砂拉越。

不过，黄锦河的斡旋努力最终无效。哥巴拉克最终不得不搭乘9点50分起飞的亚航班级返回吉隆坡。

将入禀砂法庭挑战禁令

也是一名执业律师的黄锦河告诉《当今大马》，哥巴拉已决定入禀砂拉越法庭，挑战禁止他入境的命令。

哥巴拉声称，他这次前往砂拉越是为了出席一项公正党的活动。

下季国会召开时提出

哥巴拉认为，州政府禁止他入境的原因在于，在上周国会召开时，他曾经力挺一名民联议员同僚质疑砂拉越州官联公司所扮演的角色，并挺身站起来为其辩护。

哥巴拉也誓言将在下季国会召开期间，提出他遭禁止入境砂拉越的课题。

《当今大马》至今仍未能针对哥巴拉遭禁止入境砂拉越一事取得任何官方的回应。

安华亲自执掌东马两州

公正党实权领袖安华（左图）在该党在11月底代表大会期间放话宣布，该党目前放眼极有可能在明年举行的砂拉越州选举，因为夺取砂拉越州政权是新的变天途径。

他当时表示，公正党目前已把砂拉越州列为前线州，而所有公正党的州务大臣和国州议员，每个礼拜都必须组团，至少到砂州进行一次的政治活动。

根据公正党最新出炉的各州联委会主席排阵，安华将亲自出任沙巴及砂拉越，东马两州的联委会主席。公正党声称，这项任命标志着该党高度关注东马二州的贫困问题，并认真的把这两州视为前线州。

不过，根据《中国报》报道，砂州首席部长泰益玛目（Taib Mahmud）却已在12月11日否认在明年举行闪电州选举的可能性，并炮轰在野党妄想在来届州选击败国阵执政砂州，根本是患了政治妄想症。
(above picked from http://malaysiakini.com/news/95438)

安华甚么什么未来首相人选, 更应该去看沟渠 ! ! !

27th December Malaysiaparty 's [SPot] Special Report
(picked from Malaysiakini.com) : http://malaysiakini.com/news/95387

12月27日 专题报导
(转摘自《当今大马》 Malaysiakini ) : hhttp://malaysiakini.com/news/95387

一句没必要凡事要安华回应惹祸
马华行动党罕见联手炮轰蔡添强
12月24日 下午1点22分

公正党宣传主任蔡添强（左图）反驳行动党主席卡巴星，声称国会反对党领袖兼公正党实权领袖安华没有必要回应回教党副主席胡桑慕沙所发表的落实回教刑事法言论的一席话惹祸，罕见地招致马华及行动党的联手炮轰。

根据报道，蔡添强是在昨日驳斥卡巴星要求安华回应胡桑慕沙发表若民联执政中央政府必定落实回教刑事法的言论，并表示若卡巴星有所不满，可直接约见胡桑慕沙本人或回教党领袖，没有必要凡事都要安华亲自回应。

蔡添强也说，安华作为未来首相人选，不可能小至街道清洁问题、禁酒等课题都要回应。而他身为公正党的宣传主任，已经代表公正党与民联的立场，即维护联邦宪法的精神，而回教党要做出任何改变之前，必须获得民联认同。

他也指出，既然胡桑已经澄清，回教党不会再没有咨询友党的情况下，冒然实施回教法，再加上这仅是胡桑在辩论时所提出的个人观点，不代表回教党的立场，所以卡巴星不应该在这课题上争执不休。

潘俭伟遗憾对卡巴星不敬

民主行动党全国宣传秘书兼灵北区国会议员潘俭伟（昨图）则发表文告，对蔡添强指行动党全国主席卡巴星“没必要凡事要安华回应”的言论感到非常遗憾，并认为蔡添强的言论是对一个资深领袖的不敬。

潘俭伟指出，卡巴星（右图）要求公正党实权领袖安华针对回教党副主席胡桑慕沙挑起“民联将实行回教刑事法”的言论做出回应并无任何不妥。因为安华除了是公正党的最高领袖外，他也是民联三党的核心人物之一，安华对回教刑事法的立场将深深影响人民对民联的看法。

潘俭伟也不认同蔡添强指“安华是未来的首相人选，就不可能小至街道清洁问题、禁酒课题都要他亲自回应”的言论。因为回教刑事法并不是地方民生问题，而是关系到国家的宪法精神和民联三党的结盟共识，由安华亲自回应此课题才能显得公正党是严正看待任何挑战我国宪法精神的言论。

潘俭伟也重申行动党坚决反对在我国实行回教刑事法，因为我国自建国以来就已经在宪法上阐明马来西亚是一个世俗民主国。他说，行动党对任何人尝试挑战宪法，要在我国落实回教刑事法都不会给予妥协。

安华立场是民联最终立场

另一方面，马华全国妇女组主席周美芬（右图）也力促安华必须针对胡桑的回教法言论表态，以向全体人民清楚说明该党及民联对回教法的立场和原则。

她说，胡桑在日前的一场辩论中，信誓旦旦的承诺该党将在执掌中央政权后，全面推行回教刑事法，已经引起非回教徒的疑虑。

“回教党执意要在马来西亚推行回教法，是一种完全漠视我国多元种族、多元宗教国情的狭隘态度，更是对我国联邦宪法的世俗精神的一种严重藐视。”

周美芬强调，安华作为在公正党中掌握最高权力的实权领袖，以及作为民联的最高领袖，如果不在回教党要推行回教法的课题上做出任何明确的交待或看法，是完全说不过去的。

“更何况，行动党秘书长林冠英以及主席卡巴星已经先后要求安华针对有关课题发言，显示安华的立场才是民联的最终立场。”

认同胡桑抑或边缘行动党？

“除非林冠英和卡巴星在民联的地位可有可无，否则安华应该尊重两位同僚的意愿，立即对胡桑的言论表态。如果安华继续保持沉默，那就有两种可能：一、他默认胡桑的言论，即民联一旦执掌中央将推行回教法；二、行动党在所谓平起平坐的民联里被公正党及回教党边缘化，以致其秘书长和主席的要求都无法获得任何满足或回应。”

她也认为蔡添强在回应卡巴星时表示“安华作为未来首相人选，不可能小至街道清洁问题、禁酒等课题都要回应”，是非常荒谬的说辞。

周美芬指出，推行回教法是一项事关国体、宪政、社会形态以及人民切身生活的重大课题，蔡添强将有关问题比喻为“街道清洁问题”，简直是太儿戏了。

“蔡氏即使要为安华推脱责任，也应该提出更具说服力的理由，而不是以如此轻蔑的态度去敷衍其民联同僚和广大人民。
(above picked from http://malaysiakini.com/news/95387)

A Key to Putrajaya . 烧佢后院

21th December Malaysiaparty 's [NOW] News of Week
(picked from themalaysianinsider.com) :
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/nur-jazlan/14526-anwar-sniffing-victory-in-taibs-backyard

Anwar sniffing victory in Taib’s backyard

DEC 20 — The winds of change are blowing in Sarawak. They are fanning the fire of Dayak nationalism and fuelling increasing Chinese dissatisfaction for the Barisan Nasional government over the state's lethargic economic situation.

Even among the ruling Malay Melanau community, there is growing unhappiness over the reluctance of its leader Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud to step down as chief minister after 27 years.

For the Dayaks, the animosity towards the old stalwart is even stronger. As a young Kayan waitress I met in a Kuala Lumpur restaurant recently remarked to me: "I don't like Taib Mahmud."
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She added: "I have to leave my family in Kuching to find work in Kuala Lumpur because there are no jobs available there."

Therefore, it’s not surprising that Parti Keadilan Rakyat adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has set his party's sights on capturing Sarawak at the next state elections due in 2011.

The once impossible ambition of the state's warring opposition parties to defeat the Barisan Nasional may actually come true with Anwar and PKR.

They are hoping to ride the coat tails of Pakatan Rakyat's success in the March 2008 general election and finally remove Taib and consequently Barisan Nasional from power.

PKR is expected to continue attacking the record of Taib’s rule especially his family's dominant business interests in the state. It is also expected to manipulate the negative sentiments of the larger Dayak community to remove Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), which is seen to be the vehicle of the smaller sized Malay Melanau community, from power.

The election is expected be decided on the issues of the day — considering the similar multi-cultural, multi-religious and multi-ethnic composition of both competing main parties, the ruling PBB and the opposition PKR.

Among the issues expected to be aired in the election are denial of land titles to the Dayaks who occupy hundreds of thousands of acres of tribal land settlements in rural Sarawak. The Dayaks have claimed ownership of the land for decades but were denied by the State Constitution after the formation of Malaysia in 1965.

Anwar's PKR is promising to award them the land titles if it wins the upcoming elections.

PKR's junior partner in Pakatan Rakyat, the DAP, is expected to whip up racial sentiments and focus the hatred of the city-dwelling Chinese against Taib over the issue of extending their property leases which are due soon.

The Sarawak Chinese have for a long time worried about the possibility of their livelihood being threatened if their leases are not extended. However, such an event is highly unlikely in Sarawak where the Chinese have benefited from the trust given to them by the Sarawak political leadership to develop the economy of Sarawak.

The DAP is promising them freehold land titles as a reward for putting them in power. It would be interesting to see how the newly formed Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission would perceive these political inducements.

Sarawak is also fertile ground for Pakatan Rakyat to test its much hyped Bangsa Malaysia values.

Sarawak is truly multi-ethnic in nature. The politically dominant Malay Melanaus comprise 20 per cent, the commercially powerful Chinese comprise 30 per cent and the rest is made up of 26 non-Muslim indigenous communities collectively referred to as Dayaks.

The ethnic barriers are broken down further by the high percentage of mixed marriages registered estimated at 30 per cent of all mixed marriages in Malaysia annually.

And there are signs that PKR is fast gaining ground. At a recent party fund-raising dinner in Miri, about 3,000 people, mostly from the Dayak community, attended and raised an estimated RM300,000 for the state PKR war chest to fight in the state elections.

The Sarawak state assembly currently has a total of 71 seats. Taib's PBB holds 35 seats, the Sarawak United Progressive Party (SUPP) 11 seats, the Sarawak Progressive Development Party (SPDP) eight and Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) eight, for a total of 62 seats.

According to reliable sources, the BN could lose up to 30 seats in the next state elections, which would mean that Pakatan Rakyat just needs to capture six extra seats to win power, if the elections were held today.

Anwar is hoping that by capturing the state government, it would force Sarawak BN Members of Parliament to jump ship to Pakatan Rakyat and help him capture power at the federal level.

He would then avoid facing a rejuvenated Umno under the heir apparent prime minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, at the next general election.

BN must work hard to stop Anwar and PKR from winning too many seats in the Sarawak state elections to prevent the erosion of grassroots support which will eventually lead to major losses in parliamentary seats in BN's once impenetrable backyard.

A week is a long time in politics, many people say. But time is not on the side of ailing long-time strongman Taib.

He is exactly in the same position where Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamd was in 2003. He needs to engineer a more sincere and smooth transition of power to a politically acceptable successor. That is his biggest problem.

The next Sarawak state elections will hinge on his statesmanship. Failure to do so may launch Pakatan Rakyat into power in Putrajaya.
(above picked from http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/nur-jazlan/14526-anwar-sniffing-victory-in-taibs-backyard)

[LaNdsLiDe] Sabah in Action

11th December Malaysiaparty 's [SPort] Special Report
(picked from nstonline) :
http://www.nst.com.my/Monday/Frontpage/20081208171735/Article/index_html

2008/12/08
Sabah freezes housing projects on hillslopes
By : Jaswinder Kaur

KOTA KINABALU: malaysiakini to post on this ==>
Sabah is freezing all applications for housing development on risk-prone hill slopes with immediate effect.

State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Hajiji Mohd Noor said today ongoing projects and existing housing estates would also be examined for landslide risk.

Reacting to the Bukit Antarabangsa tragedy and the call by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to states to review hillside projects, Hajiji said the move was aimed at avoiding future tragedy.

“My ministry will also inspect all ongoing projects on hill slopes statewide.

“The inspection exercise will include existing housing estates and villages on hillslopes to assess landslide risks so that preventive measures can be taken,” he said.

(above picked from http://www.nst.com.my/Monday/Frontpage/20081208171735/Article/index_html)

夺权第一 . 人民利益 Boh Cap Siaw 的 Hoh Rang Dang

7th December Malaysiaparty 's [NOW] News of Week
(picked from Malaysiakini.com) : http://malaysiakini.com/letters/94192

12月7日 党讯精選
(转摘自《当今大马》 Malaysiakini ) : http://malaysiakini.com/letters/94192

公正党夺权排第一，
人民利益放两旁
钟圣培 12月2日 傍晚6点55分

公正党全国大会以安华的一句话“我们将入主布城”为大会写上了句点。安华把入主布城作为总结演讲，证明了安华以及公正党，只是把全副精神放在夺取中央政权以及首相宝座之上。

大会的议题没有太多重点，核心还是放在夺权之上。民联执政五州，公正党身为民联老大，我们却很少听到他们触及国家课题。如何更有效的治理现有州属，是民联的重任，也是当务之急。另一方面，民联三党之间的共识以及合作协议，还有待加强。

为了加强支持者对本身的信任与信心，也为了讨好统治者及其支持者，安华夫妇在大会上分别提出了恢复15年前遭撤销的统治者豁免权的建议，这是颠覆民主的做法！

安华解释说，过去首相的做法太过分，王室遭到剥夺的权力并未归还给人民，而是落在首相一人的手上。既然安华了解此事情的真相，他应该考虑如何把这个权力还给人民，而不是恢复统治者的豁免权。俗语说，天子犯罪与庶民同罪，看来，安华为了政权，不惜典当民主。

安华不该为了讨好某方面，而罔顾人民利益采取开倒车的做法。对提倡自由、民主的民联来说是一个巨大的讽刺。

另一方面， 在很多课题上，民联步上了他们敌对阵营“国阵”之前所犯错误的后尘，不接受批评、为错误寻找借口、耍手段、不正视问题等。这样一来，就算成功换政权，也没有什么可以期待的。

公正党成立的那一刻开始，就已经把目标设立在夺权当首相。这种政治思维已经深深的埋藏在党员的潜意识里。党员之间的谈话都围绕着如何或是几时夺权。这种错误的政治思维，将导致该党一旦夺权成功，党员以及支持者将会失去方向。

党员对于916的承诺感到非常不满，安华以及领导层没有给予解释，只是敷衍党员，把916变天失败怪罪于国阵政府，自己却不需要背负任何责任。成功的荣耀归自己，失败的耻辱归他人。其实，这没有道德的夺权手段从开始就注定要失败。

槟州民政党青年团宣传局吁请，安华以及公正党把精力放在民联执政的五州，证明民联比国阵强而有效，让人民在来届大选做出选择，而不是一天到晚想着如何夺权，什么时候当首相。通过实力及正当民主手段赢取政权，才能当个名正言顺的政府。反之，民联只是国阵的翻版，人民何必冒险的去更换一个没有多大区别的政府？
(above picked from http://malaysiakini.com/letters/94192)

[PKR] Perahu yang bakal kecundang ke Serawak

7hb Dicember Malaysiaparty 's [NOW] News of Week
(picked from KERAJAAN RAKYAT 's blog) : http://kerajaanrakyat.com/?p=3235

KeADILan Ke Sarawak. Nak Membantu atau Menipu?
Posted by: Kerajaan rakyat 03 Dec

Dari Kutub Utara hingga ke Selatan. Dari Timur ke Barat. Pemimpin dunia mengakui Anwar Ibrahim seorang anak muda yang berkarisma dan berpotensi untuk memanjat mercu kejayaan. Ini adalah sejarah perjuangan tokoh pemimpin pelajar era 70an. Anwar Ibrahim sebagai pemimpin pelajar dan pengasas ABIM. Ia tinggal dalam lipatan sejarah.
Malaysiakini paparkan ini ==>
Tigapuluh tahun lebih sudah berlalu. Dari seorang pemimpin pelajar ke pemimpin pertubuhan belia Islam, kemudian menjadi pemimpin negara di bawah naungan parti perkauman UMNO. Tekad Anwar untuk mengubah kecelaruan UMNO dari dalam. Berlandaskan tekad itu, beliau menyertainya. Malangnya, UMNO gagal diubah, malahan Anwar sendiri dilihat sedikit terhanyut dalam arus ketempangan UMNO. Itu juga telah kita tinggalkan dalam lipatan sejarah.

Dari mercu kekuasaan negara, beliau menjadi penghuni penjara yang paling berpengaruh. Setiap pergerakan dan bicaranya dari dalam penjara tidak sedikitpun terkecuali daripada mendapat liputan meluas disetiap pelusuk dunia.
Anwar terbelenggu dalam penjara. Rakyat ber‘Reformasi’ di luar penjara. “Reformasi” adalah kata hikmat, kata keramat yang dihadiahkan oleh Anwar Ibrahim untuk rakyat sebelum beliau menjadi tetamu penjara.

Maka bertempik, bersorak, berarak dan berteriaklah rakyat dengan laungan Reformasi. Di dataran, di jalanan, di pinggiran, di desa, pekan, bandar dan kota rakyat miskin, susah dan terpinggir berteriak RERORMASI…..

Sepanjang era Anwar terpenjara, rakyat yang miskin dan susah yang menjadi pemangkin semangatnya untuk terus berjuang. Enam tahun terpisah dari dunia luar yang bebas, akhirnya beliau dibebaskan. Ini juga telah terkelepit dalam kelambu sejarah.

Beliau memanjat semula tangga kekuasaan. Melalui siapa dan dengan bantuan siapa?. Rakan-rakannya yang kaya, mewah dan bergaya semasa dalam UMNO dulu?. Atau dengan sokongan, desakan dan dokongan rakyat terbanyak?. Atau apakah Sultan dan raja-raja Melayu mengambiltahu tentang kezaliman UMNO terhadap Anwar sehingga beliau begitu gah mempertahankan kekebalan raja-raja?.
malaysiakini paparkan ini ==>
Rakyat tertipu dan ditipu oleh UMNO / BN kerana ucapan penuh retorik dan kepura-puraan pemimpin mereka. Itu UMNO, mereka memang penipu. Sekarang KeADILan, parti pimpinan Anwar Ibrahim sudah mulai dibajai dan diresapi dengan unsur-unsur kurafat dan karut yang diwarisi daripada UMNO dulu.

Saudara Anwar Ibrahim yang saya kasihi,
Zahid Hamidi menjauhkan diri, rakyat masih tidak peduli.
Roslan Kassim kecewa, rakyat masih menghormati saudara.
Chandra Muzafar meminggir, rakyat masih gagahi saudara.
Ezam Mohd Nor meninggal, rakyat tetap mengangkat saudara.

Dengan izin ALLAH, lantaran sokongan, bantuan dan simpati rakyat, saudara menapak lagi kehadapan. Saudara bebas lantaran asahkan rakyat terhadap pemerintahan UMNO yang zalim. Saudara diangkat semula menjadi wakil rakyat lantaran sokongan dan semangat juang rakyat yang bersimpati kepada saudara. Saudara menang dan saudara dijulang. Sekarang rakyat mula menghilang. Kaum kerabat dan pertualang mulalah datang mendekati dan menghampiri saudara. Saudara sibuk dengan kerja dan mengejar kuasa tetapi janganlah mudah lalai dan terlupa.

1998 - BerREFORMASI kerana rakyat simpati, KeADILan menang dan tegak berdiri.

2004 - Janji banyak yang dimungkiri, wakil rakyat dan pimpinan KeADILan lalai, maka rakyat tidak memberi undi. KeADILan tewas kecundang cuma satu yang menang.
malaysiakini paparkan ini ==>
2008 - Janji dan harapan baru dihampari. Rakyat kecewa kepada UMNO kerana Abdullah Badawi lembab, layu dan menipu. Rakyat, bloggers, peniaga kecil dan besar memautkan harapan sekali lagi. KeADILan, PAS dan DAP menang cemerlang, Pakatan Rakyat terjulang.
Setelah menang, rakyat dikecundangkan lagi. Selain wakil rakyat PAS dan DAP, wakil KeADILan jelas leka dan lalai. Ramai yang kemaruk kuasa dan laparkan harta. Rakyat dipinggirkan. Kawasan gagal dikunjungi. Bila berREFORMASI bersama rakyat. Bila meraikan kejayaan, rakyat diasingkan. Pemimpin bergaya mewah, senyuman menjadi mahal.

Saudaraku Anwar Ibrahim, berREFORMASI rakyat miskin dan susah yang berpeluh dan ada yang berdarah dibelasah. Khalid Ibrahim, Yaakob Sapari, Xavier Jayakumar, Nik Nazmi dan beberapa yang lain dimanakah mereka semasa itu? Oh ya!!, Saiful Bukhari juga masih bersekolah rendah mungkin ketika itu. Mereka tidak kenal erti REFORMASI tetapi merekalah yang sekarang ini begitu hebat mengeluarkan air liur basi dan dan air mani.

2012 atau selewatnya 2013 PRU ke 13 bakal membuka tabir. Saya tidak terkejut sejarah 2004 akan berulang kembali. Mudah mudahan tidak….

Saudaraku Anwar Ibrahim, hentikanlah segala lakonan dan kata-kata retorik yang tidak menguntungkan kita. Rakyat memang perlukan kata-kata semangat kerana ia bakal membangkitkan daya juang yang hebat. Tetapi malangnya, terlalu ramai wakil rakyat dan pemimpin keADILan sekarang yang hanya hebat bicaranya tetapi hancur lebur tanggungjawab dan prestasi kerjanya.

Tolong tanyakan kepada ADUN, EXCO dan MP keADILan yang sudah sembilan bulan bergelar YB, berapa kalikah mereka turun melawat dan bertanya kabar para pengundi di kawasan mereka?
Saya melihat dengan jelas bagaimana tindak tanduk wakil-wakil rakyat dan pimpinan keADILan yang bakal menjadi antara punca kebencian rakyat terbanyak terhadap parti keADILan. Sejak berakhirnya PRU-12, tiga program besar di Selangor ini dimana rakyat dan pimpinan parti diasingkan secara jelas dan memuakkan pandangan.

Pesanan ikhlas kepada wakil-wakil rakyat KeADILan, jangan ikut cakap AnwarIbrahim untuk berkempen ke Sarawak jika janji dan tanggungjawab kalian di kawasan sendiri masih GAGAL kalian tunaikan.

Jangan nanti yang dikejar tak dapat, yang dikendung berciciran.

Berceramah menggegar langit, pentasnya reput kalian tak perasan.

Akhirnya hujan tak turun, pentas yang roboh ke bumi.

(part of the above picked from http://kerajaanrakyat.com/?p=3235)

Why Pakatan Failed to Form New Government pt2

23rd November Malaysiaparty 's [NOW] News of Week Malaysiakini = > Malaysiaparty 's news
(picked from worldfutures.info) :
http://www.worldfutures.info/Analysis/Analysis/Anwar-Ibrahim-A-power-game-plan-that-fell-apart.html

Analysis: DSAI power game plan that fell apart
Written by Kazi Mahmood
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Malaysiakini to list up this

The main plan of the opposition was to get the MP's from Sabah to jump ship and form a new national government with the PR, thus toppling the BN and elect Anwar Ibrahim as Prime Minister.

The political storm that hit Malaysia on March 2008 is not over and there are signs of a massive cyclone gathering on the horizons. Will Anwar Ibrahim make it or break this time? His strategy, from the start, was to depend on the states of Sabah and Sarawak where the wind of change is still filled with uncertainty.


Anwar Ibrahim is at the center of the current political storm that is hitting Malaysia. He is working day and night to get the majority that is needed to topple the Barisan National (BN) regime but so far, he managed to grab non-Parliamentarians who fell off the ranks within the BN and the United Malays National Organization (Umno) and this is not sufficient for his strategy to be implemented.


It is now obvious that Sabah was the core of the Anwar Ibrahim strategy to run down the BN government by September 16th 2008, six months after the devastating electoral set back suffered by the BN against the loose coalition headed by Anwar Ibrahim. The strategy fell apart after it was clear that Sabah MP's were not willing to be pawns in the power game plan laid by the astute opposition leader.


Wooing the Sabahans with promises of a better economic deal and more power to the locals in the running of the state did not led the political class to bite the bait. Instead, many of the potential MP's targeted by the Party Keadilaan Rakyat (PKR) became vociferous opponents of the Anwar Ibrahim's plan to topple the BN.


Opposition websites and newspapers were filled with stories of dejection, poverty and abuse of power or of resources in the states of Sabah and Sarawak. The aim was to create a sensation of despair within the BN and among the people of the states. This was expected to force the people of these states to think of alternatives rather than to keep fulfilling their allegiance to the BN.


Cracking Sabah alone could be damaging to the BN government. When the SAPP decided to quit the BN and join the opposition, hopes were high in the opposition ranks that there will be more MP's from the state of Sabah who would join the SAPP in the opposition, thus fulfilling Anwar's ambition.
Malaysiakini list up this

While the BN were feeling the heat of the opposition campaign to dislodge it from power after more than 50 years of rule, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) were also taken by a storm that shocked the supporters of the PKR and of the Democratic Action Party (DAP). The Party Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) was being courted by the Umno and offers were being made to create a new 'Islamic' alliance in the country to prevent the loss of Malay-Muslim political power.


The PAS was not in agreement with Anwar's original plans for take over. The leaders of the Islamic party certainly knew how the former jail bird planned to arrest power from Abdullah Ahmad Badawi but the glitches that existed in the plan put them off. The fact that most of the MP's willing to jump ship from the BN to join the PR were non-Muslims would have created a situation of great unrest in the country among Malays-Muslims. The Muslims would not want a regime headed by a Malay but run by non-Muslims in general. The number of MP's of Islamic faith within the PR became an important question that Anwar could not tackle.


The September 16 date clashed with dates that are important in the Islamic calender, such as the Nuzul Quraan. The Muslims in Semenanjung Malaysia felt Anwar was being 'sarcastic' and were showing 'disrespect' to the Muslims by repeatedly calling for a change of regime in Malaysia on that fatal day for the opposition grouping. The PKR failed to rally the majority of MP's to take power based on the predictions and the landmark date set by Anwar Ibrahim himself.


The month of Ramadan in Malaysia is not the same as those in Afghanistan or Iraq and Somalia where war is still ravaging the countries and disturbing the fasting month of the Muslims. It is a peaceful, joyful and enriching month with prayers and recitations across the Muslim community in Malaysia. Setting the target date to take power by overthrowing the ruling regime – a Malay regime by all means – was a mistake by Anwar.


He gave more importance to the date when Sabah and Sarawak effectively joined Malaya to form Malaysia and in the process offended many Muslims who would have otherwise supported his plans to throw Umno out of power. The date could have differed from the September 16th date says critics of Anwar Ibrahim who added that it might have been different had Anwar waited patiently for his time to make a breakthrough.


Most of the observers met by WorldFutures said Anwar has a huge problem that is going to haunt him. He fails to realize that he has to be patient and to work out better strategies before he aims for the Prime Ministerial post. He seems in a hurry in preventing Najib Tun Razak from taking power and fails to understand that he may get better allies within the Umno itself if he has the right political strategy and policies. They cite the PAS which made breakthroughs with Umno leaders on several issues since the parties where Muslims are majority has understood that in the end, they may need each other to salvage what is left of 'Ketuanan Melayu' or Malay political power in Malaysia.


In the meantime, Anwar annouced on his blog that his party made breakthroughs in Sabah where some 12,000 grass root members and supporters of the BN were joining the PKR. This indeed consolidates the PKR in Sabah but it does not deal an immediate blow to the BN since no MP's are leaving their places in the government to join the BN.


Anwar has the charisma and the capacity to bring the supporters of the BN to rally in his favor but has lost the charm and the power to break down the MP's – those he needs to take power in the short run and prevent Najib Razak from becoming PM.


It is undoubted that he will be able to drag more grass root support for the PKR but in the mean time he cannot afford to sit back and watch Najib rise to the occasion as Prime Minister. While the entire nation is feeling that Umno is heading for a slow but sure death, there are reasons to believe that such an institution can still defeat its own ogres and rise as the phoenix from its own ashes.


Efforts within the Umno and outside the party, made to salvage the Umno ideology, cannot be ignored. The party members appeared to have withstood the challenges posed by the September 16th deadline and has re-aligned behind the future PM, Najib Razak. The immediate effect of the announcement of the resignation of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in March next year is the rallying of the party grass roots, leaders and members to the folds.


It must also be said the Umno garnered enough Malay votes in the March 2008 elections while in the Permatang Pauh defeat against Anwar despite the trashing it received, it garnered sufficient Malay votes to indicate that it has not lost all the support.


Permatang Pauh also indicated that the other race based parties in the BN were 'passe' and has to adopt new policies and strategies before they face any elections in the future. The rejection of the BN so far is still focused on the shift of non-Malay voters to the opposition camp, a situation that can be healed if the Umno applies the right policies and strategies, WorldFutures was told.


Nevertheless, pressure is mounting on the Umno to prove that it can seal the various races into a nation and failing to do so will impede its chances of a quick recovery in the next general elections (GE). With these elements in his favor, Anwar Ibrahim should be able to cause more damages to the Umno and the BN in a future GE but it is not certain whether the Umno will tumble and fall this time around. It is also not certain whether the PAS will continue to play second fiddle to the PKR in the future as the party is facing internal pressure to advance further in its agenda of becoming a national party rather than remain a 'Malay' belt party. The PAS has a great need to win more Parliamentary seats in order to influence the course of the nation's future. Winning 20 seats will not help it contain the largely non-Muslim supporters and their agendas for a more secular Malaysia to emerge after the downfall of the BN.


With Sabah now calm and the possibility of a massive cross-over dimmed, the Anwar Ibrahim plan to seize power must now focus on the Umno and its supporters and MP's. Why? The Umno remains the largest political organization in the country. The attempts at chipping away the BN with the wooing of non-Muslim parties to leave the coalition having failed, the Umno is the most attractive and lucrative target for Anwar Ibrahim and the PKR. And that would include, though with limited chances, a return of Anwar Ibrahim to the Umno!

(part of the above picked from http://www.worldfutures.info/Analysis/Analysis/Anwar-Ibrahim-A-power-game-plan-that-fell-apart.html)

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PKR Challenge MCA

08th November Malaysiaparty 's [NOW] News of Week
(picked from readers' letter section at Malaysiakini.com) : http://malaysiakini.com/letters/92422

Who are S'wak PKR to comment on Chua?
Tan Soo Aun Nov 4, 08 3:58pm

Once again, the issue of Chua Soi Lek’s reentry into cabinet via a surprise outcome in the recent MCA elections, has attracted attention from opposition leaders, this time around from two unlikely personalities in Sarawak’s PKR.

If we could actually recall what happened in January this year, Chua Soi Lek had taken the courage to abandon everything he held dear to pay for his mistake . Unlike most politicians across the ruling-opposition divide, he was outrightly honest, down to earth and sincere about what had happened.

For whatever he had done, he chose to return as an ordinary member to the MCA, working tirelessly to become the party’s number two in only 10 months time. It is commonly agreed that had there been no sex tape, he would have taken the presidency by default. Nobody in MCA can match his leadership qualities so is this why the opposition leaders are so worried?
Why so much hoo-ha about Chua? Is it still not enough punishment for him? Must we go all the way and hold him forever responsible, pin him down to the path of no return like how the two Sawarak PKR leaders are doing? What have they got to achieve if not mere political mileage out of the people’s misery ?

During the MCA party election, the issue of the sex tape had been thoroughly debated and weighed, yet the delegates went gone beyond personal issues to vote for Chua. He was not supposed to win if delegates had bothered to mix up personal problems with leadership qualities.

But like what happened in the Permatang Pauh by-election (please remember it is Permatang Pauh and not elsewhere), the voter went far beyond personal issues to elect capable leaders of their own choice.

PKR’s Dominique Ng and See Chee How hailed Permatang Pauh as the people’s victory to safeguard democracy, to defend freedom, to wipe out corruption and so on and so forth, but on Chua’s victory in the MCA party election, they suddenly choose to sing a different tune.
This is the politics of convenience, the politics of manipulation at play. They become the defenders of moral purity whereas the party they belong to is led by Anwar Ibrahim - who is interestingly another leader with alleged misbehaviour but who also happens to be one of the most influential political players on the local scene.

What have Ng and See got to do with Chua’s entry into the cabinet anyway? As citizens, they are tainted with political bias. Even if Ng and See wish to put their feet down, they should have spoken out before the voting.

Of course, in the eyes of opposition leaders, there is no good ministers in the BN cabinet. Just like when they only took away 82 parliamentary seats on March 8, they start telling the rakyat that PR is more credible than BN. They unleash all sorts of accusations at the Election Commission and the government, but they quickly recognise their own victory in Penang, Kedah, Perak and Selangor as the ‘people’s power’.

Later, they took the trouble to play up the Sept 16 takeover drama, so much so that the people and the country suffered in deep suspense and despair. There is so much greed in opposition politics to the extent that they are willing to replace the federal government through a back-door approach.

By the way, if Chua is pronounced not fit to return to the cabinet, how come PR leaders and supporters can look up to Anwar Ibrahim as the PM-in-waiting? Anwar has actually been convicted and sentenced in a court of law, only to be reversed upon appeal with 2-1 majority judgement.

Obviously, PKR leaders have pointed at other people without realising that more fingers pointed at themselves. They blatantly practice double standards because it suits their political agenda. Both Sarawak PKR leaders are motivated by political rivalry to hit out at BN whenever they feel it convenient to do so. Even now that Sept 16 has faded away, PKR and PR have not given up hope by perpetually calling Anwar as the ‘PM in-waiting’.
In the final analysis, it is not the issue of morality or otherwise - it is all about ways and means to capture power by continuously harping on issues that your opponents has little means to defend against.

It is also about the opposition’s grand agenda to revive ‘916' by taking on the ruling party on all frontiers. Ng and See have taken the lead to do so though it surprises many people because MCA has yet to be a local player in Sarawak politics.
(above all picked from Malaysiakini at http://malaysiakini.com/letters/92422)

倒数4天 : 倒台行动 1/4 ( 生変 !! )

9月12日 党讯精選
(转摘自《当今大马》 Malaysiakini ) : http://malaysiakini.com/news/89470

沙进步党愿与民联合作
前提：改变现况救沙巴
李伟伦 9月11日 中午12点16分

在国会反对党领袖安华言之凿凿的916变天大计进入倒数的当儿，动向备受瞩目的沙巴进步党表明，只要可以改变现况，拯救沙巴州民于水深火热中，该党不排除与人民联盟进行合作。沙巴进步党秘书长杨伟光（左图）表示，沙巴州目前面对被中央政府排挤的问题，而为了改善沙巴的现况，该党愿意与任何单位合作。他进一步说，只要能够解救沙巴州民，该党的其中一个合作对象就包括了民联。不过，他没有说明合作的方式，是否代表沙巴进步党将加入人民联盟。杨伟光昨晚到隆雪华堂主讲“峇东埔补选后，916是改变的契机？”座谈会后向记者说，沙巴进步党早已列出8点要求改变的声明，只要民联自认可做到这8点，便证明双方可进行合作。“我们早已列出8点声明，而民联也对此非常了解。”不相信916变天会成功无论如何，对于916变天大计，杨伟光还是保持观望态度。他不相信，我国政权果真会在9月16日当天“就这样转移”。不过，他表示，916变天大计至少给予人们一个希望，但同时也让“很多人”伤脑筋。提到沙巴进步党6次不受邀出席国阵最高理事会会议，杨伟光说：“也没有什么，我们也不大在乎”。他指出，既然国阵当沙巴进步党不存在，该党也不需要在乎是否受邀出席国阵最高理事会会议。指沙巴州民愿接受变天较早前，杨伟光在座谈会上发表演讲时说，中央政府一直以来都边缘化沙巴州，令沙巴面对一箩箩的问题，因此沙巴州民的心态是，随时愿意接受政权的转变。他表示，经过了308全国大选后，国人更是越来越渴望转变，以迈向更美好的未来。他也在全场约300名观众前，列举国阵中央政府的多项“罪证”，强调中央政府一直都忽略沙巴州的发展。蔡顺梅出席听讲受瞩目该 项座谈会由隆雪华青、雪州社区自强协会（Empower）、回教革新团（JIM）所联办。除了杨伟光外，另4名主讲人分别是回教革新团主席再益卡玛鲁丁 （Zaid Kamaruddin）、前学运领袖希山慕丁赖益斯（Hishamuddin Rais）、公正党副主席西华拉沙，及隆雪华青副秘书吴仲顺，主持人则是史蒂芬妮（Stephanie Bastian）。沙巴进步党主席杨德利本来也是座谈会的主讲人之一，不过因另有要务，才由杨伟光代表主讲。除了杨伟光以外，沙巴进步党的一些领袖，如斗湖区国会议员蔡顺梅（中者）也特意到隆雪华堂出席听讲，以示支持。杨伟光在一开始即表示，该党领袖选择到隆雪华堂出席座谈会，而不会选择跟随国阵后座议员俱乐部到台湾进行“考察”。此言一出，台下观众马上报以热烈的掌声。冀再有全国大选求转变他指出，尽管首相阿都拉日前才表示，916变天大计不会成功，但话音刚落，国阵后座议员俱乐部即选在斋戒月之际出国考察，“令人感到很奇怪”。他也说，沙巴州首长职本来由该州国阵成员党轮任，惟如今已变成巫统独占，这种管理方法，让该州国阵成员党非常失望。“我们还面对学校拨款不公等种种问题。若再有大选，就让我们带来转变，至少让沙巴州的乡村村民享有较好的收入。”
不相信916变天会成功
*指沙巴州民愿接受变天
*冀再有全国大选求转变

Malaysiakini : Retreat timing not quite right, says S'wak MP (倒数9天 : 倒台行动 3/9)

Malaysiakini reported on the Sep 6, 08 4:04pm that Mas Gading MP Dr Tiki Lafe says at this 'critical' time, leaders should preferably stay home with their constituents to prevent them from being brainwashed by others.
( picked from malaysiakini )
Retreat timing not quite right, says S'wak MP
Sep 6, 08 4:18pm
The timing for the Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club (BBC) ‘educational’ retreat overseas may not be right because of the current political scenario, according to a Sarawak member of parliament.
*Better to stay with our people now
*Others will go if invited
read more at http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/89211
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For Sarawak people outhere, here is another countdwon motion picked from The Borneo Post Online,
( picked from the borneo post online )
SUPP rejects ‘Chinese immigrant’
label By Philip Kiew
MIRI: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) does not want Chinese Malaysians to continue being labelled as immigrants, saying it is bad for racial harmony and disrespectful of their citizenship and rights in this country.

The party’s president Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan yesterday said it was a paradox to the modern trend of immigrants of the past who have become citizens and contributed towards the nation.

“The label makes the Chinese feel as if they are not citizens of this country,” said Dr Chan yesterday.

“On the other hand, in the United States, African-Americans are not considered aliens, and now one of them may even become president,” he said, referring to the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate Barrack Obama who has taken America by storm.

Dr Chan said this when asked to comment on the labelling of Chinese as immigrants by Bukit Bendara Umno division head, Datuk Ahmad Ismail, during the Permatang Pauh by-election campaign.

“He claimed he was misquoted, but if it was true, then it would be very bad for racial unity,” he said.

Following calls to apologise for his remarks, Ahmad blamed the press, saying he was not being racist but was only quoting history in one of his speeches.

Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties hit out at him for his refusal to apologise and for what they construed as arrogance.

Gerakan acting president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said Ahmad’s refusal to apologise showed that he failed to toe his party line and respect the Umno-BN ties.

On the apology of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak pertaining to the matter, Dr Koh who earlier on opened Kelantan Gerakan annual convention, said his party appreciated it.

MCA was also stung by the remark and Kelantan MCA head Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen said the state MCA had written a letter to the prime minister, stating that Ahmad’s remarks had angered them.

They wanted disciplinary action to be taken against him.

Deputy Education Minister Dr Wee Ka Siong said the ball was now in Ahmad’s court and it was up to him to ’salvage’ the situation.

MCA vice-president Datuk Ong Tee Kiat who is also Transport Minister, said Ahmad was not above the law and it was up to the party’s top officials to decide whether or not to take disciplinary action against him

“We do not like to force things. Since his remark goes against the deputy prime minister’s stand, then it is an internal issue to be dealt with by Umno,” he said.

Ong said that it was up to Ahmad if he wanted to continue to be “hard-headed” and unapologetic, but that did not mean he was free from the law.

DAP adviser, Lim Kit Siang, said Ahmad’s refusal to apologise had ‘repudiated” the earlier reply and apology from Najib.
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This is another countdown to stepdown : 3/9 days

倒数12天 : 倒台行动 2/12

9月3日 党讯精選
(转摘自《当今大马》 Malaysiakini ) : http://malaysiakini.com/news/89037

安华抛出916列公假议题
东马学者政治人物不同调
王德齐 9月3日 傍晚6点58分

国会反对党领袖安华日前抛出将9月16日列为第二国庆日的执政承诺，除了加剧916变天话题的炽热之外，更引起东马学者、评论人及政治人物众说纷纭。

东马学者及评论人对9月16日被列为国庆日大表赞成，并认为这是马来西亚真正成立的日子，比马来亚半岛独立的8月31日更具代表性。

反之，接受《当今大马》采访的数位东马国阵领袖则嗤之以鼻，皆认为这项建议旨是政治炒作。

安华是在8月31日国庆日当天承诺，如果人民联盟成功执政中央，将列9月16日的马来西亚成立日为公共假期。

而一些东马国阵领袖如沙巴民统主席柏纳东博，也开腔呼应这项诉求，并呼吁国阵中央政府重新考虑。

不过，副首相纳吉和东马国阵主流派领袖则纷纷对此建议“泼冷水”。纳吉坚持，中央政府只承认8月31日作为我国的国庆日，并认为另设国庆日不利国民团结。

半岛沙巴皆在8月31日独立
对916公假的建议，来自沙巴州的评论人胡逸山和砂拉越州的政治学者詹运豪，皆告诉《当今大马》，9月16日才是马来西亚真正的国庆日，因为马来亚半岛、沙巴、砂拉越和后来退出的新加坡，确实是在这一天组成马来西亚。

胡逸山表示，“9月16日肯定应该被列入公共假期，因为对东马人来说，9月16日才是马来西亚成立的一天，比8月31日具有更重大的意义”。

不过，他们也提出一项折衷方案，就是称8月31日为“独立日”或“马来亚日”，而9月16日则是“马来西亚日”，双双成为全民共庆的国庆日假期。

胡逸山透露，马来亚和沙巴在组成马来西亚之前，都是在8月31日独立，其中马来亚是在1957年独立，而沙巴则是在1963年独立。

“因此，将8月31日列为“独立日”非常恰当。至于砂拉越则是先在1963年7月22日独立，之后再与其他三邦联合组成马来西亚。”

胡逸山遗憾纳吉以谬论否决
胡逸山虽然不否认安华在此时提出这项承诺纯属政治炒作，但他指出，东马一路以来都在竭力争取这项诉求。其中，沙巴州自独立以来,都将9月16日列为公共假期。

“难道只有沙巴和砂拉越才爱马来西亚，而西马就不爱马来西亚吗？”

他也对纳吉的言论感到遗憾，因为后者的逻辑似乎是指既然国庆日已定下来了，就不能再改变，

这是一项谬论。他反唇相讥说，“难道我已经选择国阵做政府，我就永远都要选择国阵做政府？”

至于早已表态计划投首相不信任动议的沙巴进步党斗湖国会议员蔡顺梅，也支持9月16日列为我国的国庆日。她表示，这并非一项新的建议，而是东马一直以来都提出的诉求。

“8月31日是马来亚的独立日，而9月16日才是马来西亚成立的日子，这是一个有象征意义的日子。”

刘伟强：美国多州仅一国庆
不过，另外两名东马国阵领袖在接受《当今大马》电访时，却认为无须多列一个国庆日。沙巴自由民主党主席刘伟强认为这并非关键问题，并以美国作为例子。

“美国是在1776年独立，而阿拉斯加和夏威夷都是较后才加入，但是他们都是庆祝同一个国庆日。”

他也指出，新加坡在1965年退出马来西亚，因此要如何计算真正的国家成立日，“是不是新加坡退出后，马来西亚就不存在？”

张庆信：为何现在才提出？
砂拉越民进党民都鲁区国会议员张庆信则批评，安华选择在此时才高调提出，证明此举纯粹是政治炒作。

“为什么大家现在才发现沙巴和砂拉越在9月16日加入马来西亚？为什么过了50年才发现这个日子重要呢？”他认为，太多公共假期对商家和投资家都不利，会降低工商界的生产力。

否认曾讨论去留国阵问题
另一方面，刘伟强和张庆信皆矢口否认，他们所属的政党将会跳槽加入民联。

张庆信强调，民进党从来不曾讨论跳槽或在国阵去留的问题。

刘伟强则在记者追问下显得有些支吾以对，起初强调该党的斗争是留在国阵，不愿直接回应是否会跳槽。不过，在记者多番追问下，他明确表示该党议员不会跳槽。

早前安华曾表示，他在重回国会后已会见来自东马与半岛的国阵议员商谈跳槽事宜。该党宣传主任蔡添强更证实，民联目前正与数个国阵成员党磋商，以游说他们退出国阵加入民联，唯先决条件是这些政党不能是单元种族政党。
(above picked from http://malaysiakini.com/news/89037)