24 February 2009

More problems from opposition in Perak, says Umno Information Chief

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 -- The Barisan Nasional (BN) government in Perak can expect more trouble from the Opposition, said Umno Information chief Tan Sri Muhammad Muhamad Taib.

He said they would resort to all sorts of tricks to stop the BN government led by Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir from bringing development and progress to the people in the state.

"The pressure from them is also to make Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak bow to the wishes of national Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim," he said in a statement here.

In the latest twist to the political turmoil in Perak, the state legislature's Speaker V Sivakumar suspended Zambry and his six executive councillors from attending the legislature's sittings for 18 and 12 months respectively.Bernama

MN : We need to expose the real agenda behind Anwar Ibrahim which is to undermine the position of the Malay Rulers whilst claiming at their recent party congress that PKR desire to strengthen the Rulers. What is happening in Perak clearly shows they are not doing what they say. They are undermining Sultan Azlan Shah. They are not walking the talk or in Malay "cakap tak serupa bikin" Thus Anwar is really a hypocrite who cannot be trusted to rule the country. He is not fit to do so. And see also the morality of his people like Khalid Ibrahim and Elizabeth Wong. All have character defects. Maybe Pas is more consistent than Pkr in this matter.

23 February 2009

BarkingMagpie: Tian Chua and Sivakumar are not good breed for politician !

Below I reproduced an interesting posting by Pasquale:

"When I was a reporter or a journalist years ago a senior politician did a Tian Chua on me in public and he was caught by surprise when I told him "fuck you who the hell do you think you are, you do not have to be nasty and you do not have to answer my question".
Tian Chua threaten to smash a reporter's head for asking whether he and Elizabeth Wong were lovers. All he has to do is to say "no I am not" or even "none of your business", but he does not have to threaten to smash heads.

If I was a reporter at the lobby at that time asking him that question and got that kind of answer I would say "fuck you Tian Chua who do you think you are, you are just a two-bit opium smoker low breed wannabe politician elected by the people by default".

Unlike the politician of the yore, those mainly from the opposition are a low breed morons that cannot hold their cool. They have not gone through the apprenticeship scheme to be one.
How I wish I could say to Tian Chua and speaker V. Sivakumar that I would like to smash their heads too for being rude to the Malays and the Malay sultans, but then I am too much of a well brought up Malay to do that! "

Begitu besarkah kuasa Speaker ?

Oleh Abd Wahab Idrus

BEBERAPA minggu lalu, surat pemberitahuan ada berlaku kekosongan dari Speaker di dua kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Perak, iaitu Behrang dan Cangkat Jering tidak diperakui Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) kerana ada kekeliruan terhadap isi kandungan surat tersebut.

Bukan main kecoh Speaker ini. Bila SPR buat tak tahu aje, mulalah dia cari jalan lain, bertujuan nak beritahu dunia (termasuk India dan Pakistan) bahawa Speaker DUN Perak ada kuasa menggantung Menteri Besar, Datuk Dr. Zambry Abdul Kadir sebagai ADUN selama 18 bulan, manakala enam Exco, digantung 12 bulan.

Nasib baiklah Speaker ni tak gantung orang yang menyebabkan Dr. Zambry dilantik menjadi Menteri Besar. Kalau dalam syarikat, jika silap CEO yang melantik pekerja, mungkin pemegang saham akan memecat CEO. Di Perak, tidak pula Speaker bercadang memecat atau menggantung orang yang menyebabkan Dr. Zambry menjadi Menteri Besar.

Tidak tahulah, selepas ini mungkin dia akan bertindak begitu, jika dia baca undang-undang dan dia tafsirkan undang-undang itu, membolehkan dia bertindak sedemikian. Speaker ini pun sudah sampai ke penghujung hayat jawatan. Apabila berlaku Persidangan Dewan, berakhirlah tugasnya itu kerana ‘kerajaan baru, Speaker pasti baru’. Bye, bye Sivakumar.

Lazimnya, bila ada persidangan dewan, jika mana-mana anggota dewan ada melakukan sesuatu yang difikirkan boleh untuk dihadapkan ke Jawatankuasa Hak dan Kebebasan Dewan, maka bangkitlah seorang anggota mencadangkan supaya Speaker mempertimbangkan seseorang anggota dewan untuk dihadapkan ke jawatankuasa itu.

Ketika itu, jika Speaker yang duduk di kerusi Speaker (baca: jangan ketika duduk di Pejabat Speaker), boleh mempertimbangkan cadangan tersebut dan sekiranya perlu (atas budi bicaranya), dihadapkan ke Jawatankuasa tersebut. Kalau Speaker nak sangat ‘tunjuk kuasanya’ gantunglah mana-mana anggota dewan yang diadukan, melakukan sesuatu yang dianggap melanggar peraturan dewan.

Berbeza dengan V. Sivakumar dari DAP ini, bila dia jadi Speaker, dia nak bekerja macam hakim dan pendakwa raya. Dia nak bicarakan ADUN-ADUN yang tidak sehaluan dengan DAP. Maka, dengan pantas, dia buat keputusan, menggantung Menteri Besar dan barisan Exconya.

Inilah DAP sebenarnya. Kalaulah rakyat Negeri Perak dapat memikirkan betapa ‘gelojoh dan gopohnya’ mereka ini apabila mendapat kuasa, nescaya tertolaklah muka-muka ini jika mereka bertanding lagi nanti dalam pilihan raya akan datang. Maklumlah, baru ada sedikit jawatan, ada sedikit kuasa, dah nak tunjuk samseng, gantung orang itu, gantung orang ini. Bayangkan kalau orang macam ini berkuasa mutlak!

Cukuplah, kalau dia rasa dia hebat sangat, dia bekerja kuatlah untuk tumbangkan kerajaan yang ada dalam PRU 13 yang akan dating. Buatlah sesuatu untuk menjamin Umno dinyahkan dari bumi Perak, jika DAP merasakan Umno terlalu kuat mempertahankan orang-orang Melayu dan Raja-Raja Melayu. DAP memang tidak mengikhtiraf itu semua, kecuali ada seorang dua dari DAP sudah mula menerima ‘anugerah Datuk’ dari Sultan.

Dr. Zambry dan barisan Exconya kenalah terus bekerja dan dapatkan nasihat dari Penasihat Undang-Undang. Buatlah sesuatu yang boleh membina dan membangunkan minda rakyat. Berkhidmatlah untuk kebajikan rakyat kerana selama ini mungkin Dr. Zambry banyak menumpukan perkhidmatannya kepada penduduk di Pangkor tetapi sekarang ini, peluangnya untuk meluaskan lagi sayap perkhidmatannya kerana beliau mampu melakukannya.

Orang Perak, sama ada yang duduk di Perak atau tidak, berilah sokongan mereka tanpa was-was kepada Dr. Zambry. Jika Datuk Mufti yang bercakap benar sekalipun dimaki hamun melalui saluran internet, apakah sebenarnya yang PAS, DAP dan PKR mahukan?
Dr. Zambry perlu dibantu dengan maklumat dan cadangan. Jika ada idea yang baik untuk rakyat Perak, kita sebagai anak Perak kenalah berusaha untuk menyampaikannya kepada beliau agak dapat beliau pertimbangkan secara halus, kalau ia boleh digunakan.

Biarlah Mohamad Nizar turun naik mahkamah kerana dia berkeyakinan barisan 12 peguam handal yang dipilihnya dapat melantiknya semula menjadi Menteri Besar dengan sokongan Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham yang amat-amat mereka (PAS) sanjungi itu.

Biarlah V. Sivakumar terus dengan angan-angan kerusi Speakernya untuk dia memecat, menggantung dan menghantar surat kepada SPR bagi memaklumkan berlaku kekosongan mana-mana kerusi yang dia rasa patut dikosongkan.

Mudah-mudahan, rakyat Perak dapat kembali kepada pemikiran yang rasional. Mereka tidak perlu emosional berdepan dengan pelbagai isu sekarang jika mereka faham kenapa semuanya ini berlaku. Jika ada seorang dua yang nampak macam cerdik, belum tentu dia cerdik. Kalau dia mula bercakap soal Undang-Undang Tubuh Kerajaan Negeri Perak, mereka tu baru sehari dua menyebut perkataan itu kerana ada tersiar dalam akhbar.

Kalau mereka hendak berbahas dengan Sultan mengenai Undang-Undang Tubuh Kerajaan Negeri, kita yang mendengarnya kena tinggal orang itu supaya dia ‘berbahas’ seorang diri. Sebab, dia sudah dekat dengan ‘gila’ kerana dia tak belajar undang-undang tetapi dia nak mentafsir undang-undang. Memang orang bodoh tahu semua benda tetapi orang pandai hanya tahu apa yang dia belajar sahaja. Ini sudah menjadi pengetahuan umum.

Kita memang bermasalah dengan orang yang memandai-mandai, bukan kerana dia pandai. Kita juga pastinya bermasalah dengan orang yang buat-buat tahu sedangkan dia memang tidak tahu dan kita tidak perlukan orang yang tahu semuanya kerana kita juga ada benda yang kita tahu tetapi kita bukan pandai semuanya!

Marilah kita semua, sebagai orang Perak, kita mendoakan semoga Dr. Zambry dan rakan-rakan Exconya dapat menghadapi semua halangan dan rintangan ini demi pembangunan rakyat dan Negeri Perak yang amat-amat kita sayangi. Inilah negeri kita, inilah tanah tumpah darah kita. Di mana bumi di pijak, di situlah langit kita junjung.

Pantang anak Melayu menderhaka kepada Sultan. Janganlah kita terpengaruh dengan hasutan pembangkang kononnya pindaan Perlembagaan yang pernah dibuat dahulu untuk menghina Sultan.

Bukan itu maksudnya. Kita bukan bodoh dan kita jangan sesekali membenarkan diri kita, bangsa kita dan agama kita diperbodohkan oleh mereka yang lupa daratan, hilang pedoman dan menjadi angkuh kerana sikap kita yang suka bertolak ansur.

Mari kita bertekad untuk mengembalikan semula maruah orang-orang Melayu di Perak dengan memulihkan semula kepercayaan orang ramai kepada Umno yang memang terbukti parti ini amat berjasa kepada kita dan seluruh bangsa di negara ini.

22 February 2009

I am the Menteri Besar appointed by the Sultan: Zambry

IPOH, Feb 21 -- Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir today again stressed that his position as head of the state government was clear but was made to look otherwise by certain quarters.

"I am the menteri besar appointed by the Sultan of Perak, this is a clear process but some people are twisting it," he told reporters after officiating a state-level nation-building programme here today.

Zambry said this to reporters after being asked to comment on queries by the programme participants on his position as menteri besar and that of former Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin.

He said the matter had been clarified several times but, because of certain quarters twisting facts, the perception that there is a constitutional and legal crisis continues to persist.

The Barisan Nasional (BN) formed the new Perak government and Zambry was appointed menteri besar after the BN secured the majority in the state assembly when a defector returned to Umno and three opposition members declared themselves independent and threw their support behind BN.Bernama

MN: It is clear as day light Dato Zambry. Please proceed to carry out your duties to the people of Perak until the next election when the rakyat will again choose who to govern the state. I really hope that under you aided by your capable Excos and Advisers , Barisan Nasional will be given the full mandate to rule Perak again come the next General Elections.

20 February 2009

Experts dispute speaker's right to suspend Perak MB

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir is still the menteri besar of Perak and he and his executive council can carry out their duties as normal as the legality of their suspension from the state assembly is suspect.
Law professor Dr Shad Faruqi Saleem said Perak legislative assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar has no power to suspend the menteri besar and his six executive councillors.

He said the assembly had to sit and approve the suspension of any member.

"The assembly acts on the recommendation of the Privileges Committee," he said when commenting on the 18-month suspension of Zambry (Pangkor).

Exco members Hamidah Osman (Sungai Rapat), Datuk Ramly Zahari (Manong), Dr Mah Hang Soon (Chenderiang), Datuk Saarani Mohamad (Kota Tampan), Mohd Zahir Abdul Khalid (Kamunting) and Zainol Fadzi Paharudin (Sungai Manik) were also "suspended" for 12 months by the committee.
Shad said he doubted the speaker could suspend the seven for such a long period.

He said based on British parliamentary procedure, the speaker could only suspend members of the house for the day on grounds of misbehaviour and general indiscipline.



Lawyer Datuk Muhammad Shafee Abdullah agreed that the position of Zambry and his exco was not affected by the suspension.

"The legislative assembly will only convene in April and they could continue with their job," he said.

Shafee described the speaker's action as disrespect to the sultan as it was a "back door (way) of disobeying the royal command".

He said it was arguably sub judice because there was a pending court action which was substantially on the same issue.

Shafee said the summons against the menteri besar and the executive councillors was not in accordance with the basic tenets of natural justice and rule of fairness.

He said the summons was vague and it appeared that there was no offence committed as their appointments had the blessing and consent of the sultan.

There was, however, some dissenting voices.

Lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar said: "On the surface, everything that had been done seems to be correct."

However, he agreed the aggrieved parties could challenge the legality of the suspension by the speaker and the privileges committee in court.

"Until they do so, it would seem that Pakatan Rakyat has the majority in the assembly from a practical standpoint."

He said the opposition could move a vote of no-confidence against the current government.

Malik said the latest event raised a very interesting political scenario.

A lawyer in Ipoh, who did not want to be named, said: "If one were to study the Standing Orders of the Perak state legislative assembly carefully, the speaker has omnipotent powers.

"He can do anything in his capacity as the speaker of the house, whether in the assembly or outside of it," said the constitutional expert.

He said although state assemblymen could question the speaker on his decisions and actions when the assembly was in session, they could not force him to retract or change any decisions made

"They need to move a motion against him if they want him to change his decision. But the reality is that the speaker can always reject the motion," he said, adding that Sivakumar had acted according to the Standing Orders.New Straits Times

MN: Very interesting times. But lets all these hoha will not distract the Perak government from tackling the economics facing the country now.

Abdullah anggap Sivakumar bantah keputusan Sultan Perak

PUTRAJAYA 19 Feb. — Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menganggap tindakan Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak V. Sivakumar melarang Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir daripada menghadiri persidangan dewan itu selama 18 bulan sebagai membantah dan menentang keputusan Sultan Perak Sultan Azlan Shah.

Perdana Menteri berkata kerajaan negeri Perak bagaimanapun akan terus berfungsi dan menjalankan pentadbiran sebagaimana yang dikehendaki oleh rakyat dan sebagai kerajaan yang sah.

“Speaker tidak boleh menghalang. Pelantikan MB dan exco diperkenan oleh Sultan dan (mereka) mengangkat sumpah di hadapan baginda. Mereka dilantik secara sah.

“Maka, bagi saya, tindakan spekaer itu boleh disifatkan sebagai tidak menghormati keputusan Sultan Perak,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas melancarkan Tabung Kemanusiaan Bagi Kenak-kanak gaza di kediamannya, Seri Perdana, di sini hari i

MN: Nampaknya Sivakumar telah melatah bila mengeluarkan keputusannya. Saya tak fikir dia jahil yang Dato Zambry dilantik oleh Sultan Perak atas kuasa baginda. Nampaknya Pakatan Rakyat amat bercelaru sekali. Nanti takut tindakan mereka melukakan hati orang Melayu dan kebanyakan rakyat Perak. Boleh memakan diri sendiri. Anwar kata tidak akan menyawan Sultan Perak tapi nyata tindak-tanduk anak buah nya adalah kearah itu.


17 February 2009

Anwar's Press Statement on Elizabeth Wong nude photos

The last few days must have been trying and stressful for her and her family. We hope the mass media will give her the breathing space she deserves.
I refer to the statement released by our Elizabeth Wong today wherein she has offered her resignation as State Executive Councillor and Bukit Lanjan Assemblywoman.
I can only use the strongest possible terms to condemn the smear tactics used against her. One can only wonder to what depths the people behind this will stoop to achieve their aims.
Elizabeth Wong has spoken at length to Azizah and me. We have discussed the issues and we
understand her reasons and the decision she has taken./Mysinchew



My comment: This is politics brother Anwar. Dont be naive. Especially it is your Pakatan which talks about CAT Competence, Accountability and Transparency. This is taking a high moral ground. So if onr of your Exco/State Assemblyman is caught with compromised photos dont put blame on others. Remember how you really take advantage of the VK Lingam tapes. Even the photographer a rookie with no political experience can win over well tested MCA's Lee Hwa Beng for Kelana Jaya parliamentary seat in 2008 . Otherwise you have no more credibility.

So bro Anwar when you are caught in a corner dont try to find a scape goat. Face the reality of politics.

16 February 2009

Gerakan buat laporan polis berhubong kenyataan Guan Eng


PULAU PINANG 16 Feb. — Pemuda Gerakan Bahagian Tanjong membuat laporan polis berhubung kenyataan Lim Guan Eng bahawa terdapat khabar angin kononnya Ketua Menteri itu akan dibunuh, yang disiarkan dalam beberapa akhbar berbahasa Cina hari ini.

Laporan polis itu dibuat di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Timur Laut pada pukul 5.30 petang ini oleh Ketua Pemuda Gerakan bahagian itu, H’ng Koon Leng.

Menurut kenyataan akhbar yang diedarkan kepada wakil media di sini, laporan polis itu dibuat bagi membolehkan polis menjalankan siasatan berhubung dakwaan itu.- Bernama


Komen saya: apa pula hal yang berlaku di Pulau Pinang ini. Ada apa-apa ke?