As a Semenanjung dweller, I do not have the full grasp of the NCR issue in Sarawak. However, I do appreciate that this is a key issue in the coming Sarawak GE, sufficient for strong and seemingly undemocratic actions to be undertaken:
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http://www.barubian.net/2011/04/swak-stops-ncr-activist-from-entering.html
S’wak stops NCR activist from entering state
Tashny Sukumaran | April 3, 2011
Activist Steven Ng says the refusal to allow him to enter the state was a BN ploy in view of the coming state election.
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If that is the case, then I have to make a case for Pakatan administration. Please note that these intiatives were done after polling, not immediately before:
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http://www.malaysia-today.net/archives/16583-perak-clearing-land-title-backlog
Perak clearing land title backlog
The Star) - THE Pakatan Rakyat government has cleared about 14,000 of the 16,000 applications for land titles since taking control of Perak in March.
Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said the state executive council met every Wednesday from 9am to 7pm to clear the backlog.
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On a villager’s suggestion that the state government should reduce the quit rent in view of the current reduced rubber and oil palm prices so as to encourage more people to pay up their quit rent, Nizar said this could not be entertained as the National Land Code only allowed a review every 10 years.
He said the villagers would not have a hard time settling their quit rent had they done so when the prices of rubber and oil palm were good.
Instead, some villagers were known to have used the money they gained from the previously higher rubber and oil palm prices to renovate their houses, he said.
Hulu Perak district officer Datuk Abdul Karim Osman told the group that up to December 15, RM7.6mil in quit rent had been collected, exceeding the RM7.4mil collection target.
Abdul Karim said quit rent arrears stood at about RM300,000 and suggested that pay-ment defaulters start paying up in installments.
A cattle rearer, who only identified herself as Kak Ton, lamented that her animals had no grazing ground, claiming that the State Agriculture Development Corporation (SADC) had taken over such a site at her village in Tawai, purportedly to build a bamboo-processing factory.
Nizar said since he also headed the SADC, the latter would have to find another site for the proposed factory. Since the site had been gazetted as a grazing ground, it should remain so and Kak Ton could allow her animals to graze at the site, he said, drawing instant applause from the crowd.
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At the gathering, Nizar also handed over more than 40 land titles of which 12comprised permanent new village land titles.
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I am already hearing detractors saying Perak and Sarawak are different states. Yet these same detractors could well be screaming 1Malaysia and Rakyat Diutamakan. Nizar’s administration has already proven to be innovative, determined and action orientated. Even Perak MCA’s Mah Han Soon claimed that PR has solved a problem within a year that BN could not solve in 50 years.
Once Pakatan’s Perak administration hence the people’s choice was dismantled in the most unsavoury manner, it is back to square one.
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http://ckcounterpunch.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/perak-bn-govt-scorches-pakatan-policies/
Perak bn gov’t scorches Pakatan policies
It looks like the Perak BN government is bent on destroying all people-friendly policies implemented by the previous Pakatan Rakyat administration.
When Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir took his office in February, he was reported as saying that BN would continue the people-friendly policies implemented during Pakatan’s 10-month rule.
However, this turned out to be a broken promise as about nine people-friendly policies have either been scrapped or put on the back-burner.
DAP state secretary Nga Kor Ming is disappointed with BN’s about-turn on the following Pakatan-implemented measures:
* 3,000 applications from residents of new and planned villages to convert their land titles from leasehold to freehold cancelled.
* 817 elected village headmen had their term of office terminated. The village chiefs have since filed a suit in the Ipoh High Court to be reinstated.
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* The open-tender policy for approving government contracts, land and logging concessions reverted to the old system of closed tenders.
* The giving state land to religious schools and Chinese independent schools also scrapped.
* The policy of giving RM1,000 to the dependents of senior citizens who die too has been buried.
* The process of legalising the 134 new villages put on hold.
“Just because Barisan is jealous of our people-friendly polices, it does not mean that they have to penalise the innocent people and make them suffer just to show their anger at us,” said Nga.
Nga also took to task Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin for his “makan angin” trip during his one-day visit to Ipoh on Thursday while the country was facing the worst economic crisis in history.
“He just comes to eat, drink and takes a walk to meet the people in Little India. He can utilise this precious time to plan how to overcome the economic crisis and bring the nation back to a sound economic footing,” he added.
Humayun Kabir, Mkini
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It is time for Sarawakians to decide whether systematic, considerate and consistent polices is superior to ad hoc and once off sweets before polling.
It is time for Sarawakians to demand Pakatan Sarawak and Central to affirm if similiar people first approach can be learned, adapted and implemented from Perak to Sarawak.
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An open letter to Pakatan Rakyat and the Rakyat
I am writing this in an emotional stupour after reading the news about 5 judges ruling against Nizar as the rightful Menteri Besar of Perak. So perhaps I might not make a lot of sense.
Punters with no official capacity in coffee shops told me that they predict Anwar will end up with a conviction, posing a serious threat to the solidarity of Pakatan Rakyat, already under threat from the likes of Zulkifri Nordin, Hassan Ali and the few gentlemen up north plus some pretty partisan civil servants.
Will Pakatan rakyat crumble because of Anwar’s absence? Can Pakatan survive the exodus of those whose objective of being in Pakatan Rakyat is dubious in the first place? Can Pakatan Rakyat find a new leader amongst themselves to carry on?
Please do not let Teoh Beng Hock die in vain.
Please do not let those who braved the suffering from tear gas, physical assault and detention to make their stand known endured for nothing.
Please do not let the voters who voted for change felt they have backed a bunch of selfish, wishy washy and egoistic politicians.
Please do not let down those grass root people who worked hard, risked all and sacrificed time, career opportunities and comfort to contribute to the cause.
If Anwar is taken out of Pakatan Rakyat by imprisonment, then please agree on the composition of new leadership. It need not be an individual that heads all (we have that model already and it does not seem to work well all the time) but a council of leaders (and that would make chopping the head of the leader of the pack just a little bit harder).
Pakatan must carry on the good fight and bring bi-partisan into the reality of life in Malaysia. It is not a bad thing for the rakyat to have a choice. The Americans can choose between Democrats or Republicans; the Brits can alternate also between the Tories and Labour Party, so why can’t Malaysians have a choice?
For those good people in Pakatan Rakyat, please get the coalition registered, the basic principles agreed, kicked out those who do not embrace the noble principles we Malaysians yearn for. It would kill my spirit to see Malaysia being drag backwards when just almost 2 years ago, on 9th March 2008, the sun never shone so brightly as I trotted out to the swimming pool in my condo. I smiled at an Ah Pek and without a word spoken he understood and smiled back. Please do not let our hope, optimism and future fade away just like that.
I remember the dialogue in Rocky Balboa the movie to the effect that it does not matter how you got hit and fell but what matters is how you keep picking yourself up and keep going. Sun Yat Sen failed 10 times before kicking out the Manchurian dynasty. George Washington’s army suffered continuous defeat before emerging victorious and yep Alex Ferguson suffered a few bad seasons before creating the dominance of Manchester United in recent decades.
For those not so good people in Pakatan Rakyat, if you are a staunch defender of Opportunist Politics, Racism and Bigotry, you fit in rather well elsewhere. Please by all means.
For the rakyat of Malaysia, please for goodness sake grow up. VOTE! Assess the choices available to you. Great many among you equate your sacred vote to 5 years once goodie bag, dead man ang pow or whatever that really short charges you.
A Wakil Rakyat is not a santa clause, not a celebrity who attends weddings and funerals, not a back up plan for gaji buta municipal incompetents or a social worker.
They are supposed to assess and craft effective nation building policies. They are suppose to come up with smart ideas to move the nation to equal standing to the developed nations, not to look at your drains, fences, neighbour’s obnoxious pet (I heard that amongst complaints forwarded, some were against chickens and tortoise) etc.
If you have a complain, take it up with the municipal first before seeking the WR’s assistance.
For those people who march up to a Pakatan WR and threaten them that their vote would be lost next round if the WR do not entertain their unreasonable, trivial and selfish demands, please repeat the same threat to a BN WR and let me know the results of the 2 meetings.
For those arm chair critics and fence sitters, please engage the Wakil Rakyat, the PAs of WRs (excluding those who have access to trousers and KY jellies, you don’t want any trouble) and try to understand what sacrifices they are making and ask yourself whether you yourself are capable of doing the same thing.
For the good Wakil Rakyat, a little morale support, a little financial support goes a long way to help them deal with the sense of injustice, frustration and siege that you will never in your life time, can fully comprehend let alone take them up. Teoh Beng Hock lived with a salary of RM1,800 when he could easily double that by sitting before a desk in some big commercial organization and yet, what made him choose the path that led him to make the ultimate sacrifice. If Philippines have their Jose Rizal day, my household will have our own Teoh Beng Hock day!
Well I have said my piece. Ultimately, it is up to Pakatan Rakyat and the rakyat to decide. Please make a wise choice for yourself and your loved ones.
Punters with no official capacity in coffee shops told me that they predict Anwar will end up with a conviction, posing a serious threat to the solidarity of Pakatan Rakyat, already under threat from the likes of Zulkifri Nordin, Hassan Ali and the few gentlemen up north plus some pretty partisan civil servants.
Will Pakatan rakyat crumble because of Anwar’s absence? Can Pakatan survive the exodus of those whose objective of being in Pakatan Rakyat is dubious in the first place? Can Pakatan Rakyat find a new leader amongst themselves to carry on?
Please do not let Teoh Beng Hock die in vain.
Please do not let those who braved the suffering from tear gas, physical assault and detention to make their stand known endured for nothing.
Please do not let the voters who voted for change felt they have backed a bunch of selfish, wishy washy and egoistic politicians.
Please do not let down those grass root people who worked hard, risked all and sacrificed time, career opportunities and comfort to contribute to the cause.
If Anwar is taken out of Pakatan Rakyat by imprisonment, then please agree on the composition of new leadership. It need not be an individual that heads all (we have that model already and it does not seem to work well all the time) but a council of leaders (and that would make chopping the head of the leader of the pack just a little bit harder).
Pakatan must carry on the good fight and bring bi-partisan into the reality of life in Malaysia. It is not a bad thing for the rakyat to have a choice. The Americans can choose between Democrats or Republicans; the Brits can alternate also between the Tories and Labour Party, so why can’t Malaysians have a choice?
For those good people in Pakatan Rakyat, please get the coalition registered, the basic principles agreed, kicked out those who do not embrace the noble principles we Malaysians yearn for. It would kill my spirit to see Malaysia being drag backwards when just almost 2 years ago, on 9th March 2008, the sun never shone so brightly as I trotted out to the swimming pool in my condo. I smiled at an Ah Pek and without a word spoken he understood and smiled back. Please do not let our hope, optimism and future fade away just like that.
I remember the dialogue in Rocky Balboa the movie to the effect that it does not matter how you got hit and fell but what matters is how you keep picking yourself up and keep going. Sun Yat Sen failed 10 times before kicking out the Manchurian dynasty. George Washington’s army suffered continuous defeat before emerging victorious and yep Alex Ferguson suffered a few bad seasons before creating the dominance of Manchester United in recent decades.
For those not so good people in Pakatan Rakyat, if you are a staunch defender of Opportunist Politics, Racism and Bigotry, you fit in rather well elsewhere. Please by all means.
For the rakyat of Malaysia, please for goodness sake grow up. VOTE! Assess the choices available to you. Great many among you equate your sacred vote to 5 years once goodie bag, dead man ang pow or whatever that really short charges you.
A Wakil Rakyat is not a santa clause, not a celebrity who attends weddings and funerals, not a back up plan for gaji buta municipal incompetents or a social worker.
They are supposed to assess and craft effective nation building policies. They are suppose to come up with smart ideas to move the nation to equal standing to the developed nations, not to look at your drains, fences, neighbour’s obnoxious pet (I heard that amongst complaints forwarded, some were against chickens and tortoise) etc.
If you have a complain, take it up with the municipal first before seeking the WR’s assistance.
For those people who march up to a Pakatan WR and threaten them that their vote would be lost next round if the WR do not entertain their unreasonable, trivial and selfish demands, please repeat the same threat to a BN WR and let me know the results of the 2 meetings.
For those arm chair critics and fence sitters, please engage the Wakil Rakyat, the PAs of WRs (excluding those who have access to trousers and KY jellies, you don’t want any trouble) and try to understand what sacrifices they are making and ask yourself whether you yourself are capable of doing the same thing.
For the good Wakil Rakyat, a little morale support, a little financial support goes a long way to help them deal with the sense of injustice, frustration and siege that you will never in your life time, can fully comprehend let alone take them up. Teoh Beng Hock lived with a salary of RM1,800 when he could easily double that by sitting before a desk in some big commercial organization and yet, what made him choose the path that led him to make the ultimate sacrifice. If Philippines have their Jose Rizal day, my household will have our own Teoh Beng Hock day!
Well I have said my piece. Ultimately, it is up to Pakatan Rakyat and the rakyat to decide. Please make a wise choice for yourself and your loved ones.
I am confused
Pakatan loses suit against Perak State Secretary
By Clara Chooi
IPOH, Nov 12 – The High Court here today struck out Pakatan Rakyat Speaker V. Sivakumar’s suit against Perak State Secretary Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Hashim for abuse of power, which was filed ahead of the controversial Sept 2 assembly sitting in a hotel here.
The case was struck out in the chambers of Judicial Commissioner Tarmizi Abd Rahman today after Sivakumar filed his affidavit in reply to the one filed in response to his suit by Abdul Rahman on Oct 15.
Lawyer Cheang Lek Choy, who represented Sivakumar, said the suit was “struck out with costs” after he emerged from chambers with Sivakumar and state legal adviser Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid, who represented Abdul Rahman.
The Malaysian Insider understands that Tarmizi had said Sivakumar had no locus standi to file the suit, in view of the fact that he was no longer the state assembly’s Speaker, a post with which he had used when he filed his summons in chambers on Sept 1.
Sivakumar had filed the summons one day before the Sept 2 sitting, seeking an ex-parte injunction against Abdul Rahman. The injunction was to stop Abdul Rahman from “abusing his power” and preventing Pakatan Rakyat representatives from convening the sitting inside the state assembly hall at the State Secretariat.
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I am not a lawyer, let alone a constitutional one. I cannot understand the reason for the verdict.
Abdul Rahman is on trial and he is being contested for acting "ultra vires" (Utusan Malaysia, please take note. it means "acting beyond one's power", not "to insult) so why can't he be judged on that.
Instead it appears to a layman like me that Sivakumar is on trial. I am trying to understand the learnt judge's reasoning and put my retarded brain into motion.
Ok, hypothetically speaking, I have a house that was burglarised and I caught the thief. Since criminal law afford no compensation for me, I take the bugger to civil court and sue him for stealing and selling off my things, hoping to get a compensation.
Suddenly I lost my house because I did not pay for my housing installments so the court told me off by saying that since I do not own the house anymore. I have no right against the thief who took away my belongings .
I may be wrong, I could be wrong. Looks like I am wrong, sounds like I am wrong but am I wrong or korek korek korek?
Anyway, it is not about Pakatan winning the case, it is about how much our judicial system has progressed under Najib since the crises of 1988 till Badawi's appointment of Zaid Ibrahim as law minister but now back to the ever combative Nasri
It is a KPI of Najib's administration that is transparent to all Malaysians who are interested in having a law abiding, law respecting and civilised nation. This, hopefully, would be a factor that Malaysian voters consider as they weight up the effectiveness of Najib administration.
By Clara Chooi
IPOH, Nov 12 – The High Court here today struck out Pakatan Rakyat Speaker V. Sivakumar’s suit against Perak State Secretary Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Hashim for abuse of power, which was filed ahead of the controversial Sept 2 assembly sitting in a hotel here.
The case was struck out in the chambers of Judicial Commissioner Tarmizi Abd Rahman today after Sivakumar filed his affidavit in reply to the one filed in response to his suit by Abdul Rahman on Oct 15.
Lawyer Cheang Lek Choy, who represented Sivakumar, said the suit was “struck out with costs” after he emerged from chambers with Sivakumar and state legal adviser Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid, who represented Abdul Rahman.
The Malaysian Insider understands that Tarmizi had said Sivakumar had no locus standi to file the suit, in view of the fact that he was no longer the state assembly’s Speaker, a post with which he had used when he filed his summons in chambers on Sept 1.
Sivakumar had filed the summons one day before the Sept 2 sitting, seeking an ex-parte injunction against Abdul Rahman. The injunction was to stop Abdul Rahman from “abusing his power” and preventing Pakatan Rakyat representatives from convening the sitting inside the state assembly hall at the State Secretariat.
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I am not a lawyer, let alone a constitutional one. I cannot understand the reason for the verdict.
Abdul Rahman is on trial and he is being contested for acting "ultra vires" (Utusan Malaysia, please take note. it means "acting beyond one's power", not "to insult) so why can't he be judged on that.
Instead it appears to a layman like me that Sivakumar is on trial. I am trying to understand the learnt judge's reasoning and put my retarded brain into motion.
Ok, hypothetically speaking, I have a house that was burglarised and I caught the thief. Since criminal law afford no compensation for me, I take the bugger to civil court and sue him for stealing and selling off my things, hoping to get a compensation.
Suddenly I lost my house because I did not pay for my housing installments so the court told me off by saying that since I do not own the house anymore. I have no right against the thief who took away my belongings .
I may be wrong, I could be wrong. Looks like I am wrong, sounds like I am wrong but am I wrong or korek korek korek?
Anyway, it is not about Pakatan winning the case, it is about how much our judicial system has progressed under Najib since the crises of 1988 till Badawi's appointment of Zaid Ibrahim as law minister but now back to the ever combative Nasri
It is a KPI of Najib's administration that is transparent to all Malaysians who are interested in having a law abiding, law respecting and civilised nation. This, hopefully, would be a factor that Malaysian voters consider as they weight up the effectiveness of Najib administration.
Who is Ganeson?
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/41577-extreme-measures-for-assembly-sitting
“Who is Sivakumar? He is just the Tronoh assemblyman,” he said.
“The procedures and the agenda of the sitting can always be altered, isn’t it? Standing Orders 13 (2) says this isn’t it?” he said.
If Ganeson has these 2 questions, as a tax payer, one should wonder
1) "just an assemblyman?" - how much does Ganeson value, respect and consider the voters' given right?
2) what was the basis of Ganeson being elected as the Speaker since he was not even elected into the DUN by voters?
3) a change of procedures and agenda, allowable being as it is, should have reasons that serves public interest, isn't it? If Ganeson simply justifies that the SO allow him to change, without underlying reasons for change that serves the public's interest, the change is merely "a frolic of his own" at best, and at worse, ... leave it to every respectable mamak stall lawyers' interpretation.
Remember this day, my dear Perakian voters. It might well be a day that the unelected thwarted the elected and enthrusted. I leave the events unfolding today for your interpretation.
“Who is Sivakumar? He is just the Tronoh assemblyman,” he said.
“The procedures and the agenda of the sitting can always be altered, isn’t it? Standing Orders 13 (2) says this isn’t it?” he said.
If Ganeson has these 2 questions, as a tax payer, one should wonder
1) "just an assemblyman?" - how much does Ganeson value, respect and consider the voters' given right?
2) what was the basis of Ganeson being elected as the Speaker since he was not even elected into the DUN by voters?
3) a change of procedures and agenda, allowable being as it is, should have reasons that serves public interest, isn't it? If Ganeson simply justifies that the SO allow him to change, without underlying reasons for change that serves the public's interest, the change is merely "a frolic of his own" at best, and at worse, ... leave it to every respectable mamak stall lawyers' interpretation.
Remember this day, my dear Perakian voters. It might well be a day that the unelected thwarted the elected and enthrusted. I leave the events unfolding today for your interpretation.
Citizen soldiers: a call to arms
To paraphrased President Franklin Roosevelt, May 7 2009 is a day which will live in infamy.
Above: From Anil Netto's excellent blog. I blogged earlier that some people are worried about BN retaking the 2/3 majority in the Parliament and wiping out PR’s gains in 2008 come next general election as the economic cycle could be in the “up” cycle again. http://wangsamajuformalaysia.blogspot.com/2009/04/you-deserve-what-you-get.html
Are we Malaysians really that shallow? A few sweets at election time and we sell our souls and the future of the nation? Some of us might be like that, some of us might still be like that come next GE and shall always be like that.
Ask ourselves this …
Would you WANT to be stuck in a system of selective application and gross disregard of laws and governance, feeding on scraps left by the greedy and privileged?
Go live in a country that has low level of corruption and fairness in drafting and enforcement of legislation and decide if the present administration is being fair to you or not. Some of us might have the answer already as millions of Malaysia had migrated overseas for a better life. Heck, even our ministers and their families utilizes foreign hospitals and universities. Why not bring the environment we carve for from overseas into our country?
Are you only good enough to bitch in mamak stalls or even afraid to speak out? I even heard a graduate from local university not wanting to vote at all fearing that if she had voted for the opposition, she would not get her housing loan approved by a bank.
What do you want and how much are you willing to do for your livelihood as well as for your children’s and their children’s? This post is about what we, ordinary citizens and taxpayers, can do if you say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH and decide to take a stand.
Stephen Ambrose, a renowned American historian who wrote some historical masterpiece such as Band of Brothers, which was adapted as a TV mini series by HBO, Pegasus Bridge, We Die Alone, Victors etc., coined the term “Citizen Soldiers” and wrote a book about it. It is about ordinary Americans leaving their normal lives and came forward; suffering, dying, excelling and ultimately prevailing in World War II fighting the Germans and Japanese to protect their family, country and their way of life.
Caption on news paper: Huns (Germans) kill women and children
Not all of us can come forward and offer ourselves as a candidate for Parliament or State Assembly, Not all of us can be a Raja Petra Kamarudin. Not all of us can be a political party member and be as committed as those dedicated souls.
We can do as much, or as little as we can do. When we accumulate all the little effort of everyone, the combined impact is greater, much greater than the sum of its parts.
Let’s make a list of what we can do to assist and support those who are carrying the fight for us. Know your rights as a citizen and taxpayer of this country. Be prepared to question and parry any attempt to infringe or violate what you are entitled to. Discard any irrational fear or herd mentality that would arrest your growth as a responsible and participative citizen in a democratic country.
They have made their stand, loud and clear. Make a stand and let it be known.
Register yourself as a voter and make sure you vote. Get someone who has not voted before to vote. Make donations to the political party you support; either by voluntary contribution or attending their fund raising function. Value your hard earn money and refrain spending your money that would fund parties that infringe your rights as a citizen and tax payer of this country, if possible. A single word would suffice, boycott!
Get onto politicians’ blogs and participate in discussions to raise your awareness and share your awareness with friends and family. Provide constructive feedback to your Yang Berhormats to support and motivate them as well as to help them do their jobs better.
So far so good...not too difficult right? If you want to raise the stake then ….
Visit your Yang Berhormat’s service center and talk to him or her. Provide feedback, donations, constructive advise and whatever support you deem within your means and meeting the YB’s or his or her PAs’ needs. Talk to your friends and families about the service available at the service center.
Join political party of your choice as an ordinary member and participate in their activities. I have attended some parties’ function such as fund raising dinner, talks etc. I am always impressed by the quiet dignity, contribution and sacrifice of those ordinary members. I remember a DAP member I observed during the party’s Chinese New Year open house ceremony earlier this year. There was a Malay lady in tudung and DAP T shirt helping out in the event. Her quiet, non-nonsense and efficient demeanour had left an impression on my mind.
The list above is not exhaustive. I am not a very intelligent person yet I can come up with a few suggestions. Yours ideas are very appreciated. If you think some of the above actions points are valid, well, what are you waiting for?
Leave the poor tree alone-lah
I read in today's Sunday Star(19 April page N6) that ..."Ipoh City Council planted 19 young tree around the Democracy Tree to deter people from using it for unknown religious purposes..." per Datuk Bandar Roshidi Hashim.
Just what are they afraid afraid of?
if it is unknown, how sure the City Council know it is for religious purposes? Whether it is religious in nature or not, should it not be a mufti, ustaz, monk, priest or Jabatan Islam to determine that? Since when the Majlis Perbandaran is an expert in religious matter? Leaving a trident I am not sure but using the tree for 4D number is definitely NOT a religious purpose.
By the way, isn't freedom of religion part of the foundation of Malaysia's famed social contract or way of life? How come we can let a body financed by rate payers' fund to decide for the rate payers whether they can pray/held religious function or not around the tree?
By the way, planting 19 trees so close to each other suggest lousy town planing execution. Who wants to have a man-made secondary forest near the state assembly hall? Haven for khalwating couples, pissing dogs, scared cats, hidden snakes, lazy snails, marauding mosquitoes or desperate gentleman who can't find a toilet nearby?
Also, this is maltreatment of trees. By clustering 20 of them together, the land might not hold enough nutrients for them.
Just what are they afraid afraid of?
if it is unknown, how sure the City Council know it is for religious purposes? Whether it is religious in nature or not, should it not be a mufti, ustaz, monk, priest or Jabatan Islam to determine that? Since when the Majlis Perbandaran is an expert in religious matter? Leaving a trident I am not sure but using the tree for 4D number is definitely NOT a religious purpose.
By the way, isn't freedom of religion part of the foundation of Malaysia's famed social contract or way of life? How come we can let a body financed by rate payers' fund to decide for the rate payers whether they can pray/held religious function or not around the tree?
By the way, planting 19 trees so close to each other suggest lousy town planing execution. Who wants to have a man-made secondary forest near the state assembly hall? Haven for khalwating couples, pissing dogs, scared cats, hidden snakes, lazy snails, marauding mosquitoes or desperate gentleman who can't find a toilet nearby?
Also, this is maltreatment of trees. By clustering 20 of them together, the land might not hold enough nutrients for them.
Chaotic Perak
No point having long blog postings on the Perak coup because it doesn't need rocket science to read what's in the playing cards of Najib and the Perak monarchy, and what cards which have been laid out. Who cares what's being spinned out by the pro-UMNO bloggers- the outcome is simple- The Perak Sultan had betrayed the trust of his people, put a dent in democracy, and set a precedent roadmap to future BN takeover of Pakatan Rakyat states. Daulat Tuanku? You've got to be kidding me.
Above: The famous four millionairre politicians
Picture courtesy of IamMalaysian
Above: Sultan Azlan Shah. Together with BN, the monarchy has pulled off
the greatest political coup in the history of Malaysian politics.
Malaysian politics is a lucrative business because of the mass of wealth acquired by UMNO- on a party level and on a personal level by its Minister-members. It you can't beat them, buy them. Elected MPs earn probably about RM11K per month as basic and a couple of thousand per month as allowances. Non-BN parties are poorer because BN being a cash cow offers more side incentives for their elected members compared to Pakatan Rakyat members. Non-BN MPs are opened to multi-million offers equivalent to or more to English soccer players; it takes a lot to resist this temptation. The enticing millions of ringgit offered by Barisan Nasional to jump party is a sure ticket to good retirement for any politician. That's why in Malaysian politics, if you really want to become a people's MP you 'll have to amass a comfortable amount of money, be very focused on your integrity and be very aware of your surroundings.
To sum it all, BN and the Sultan has no right to declare Perak a BN state and the Perak people deserve a state election. The judiciary and monarchy's gone to the dogs and Sultan Azlan Shah's decision-making process is just a good example of that.
Malaysian MP removed from office
Source: BBC News
Deposed state chief minister Nizar Jamaluddin
tries to enter government building, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
State minister Nizar Jamaluddin falls victim to fractious Malaysian politics
A Malaysian opposition leader has been forcibly removed by police from his office in a political tussle over which party controls the state's legislature.
Perak state's chief minister, Nizar Jamaluddin, described his removal as a "coup" and promised legal action.
The opposition won control of Perak state in general elections last March.
But the ruling National Front coalition said it was wresting control of Perak state legislature after the defection of several opposition lawmakers.
Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said the lawmakers were now "friendly independents".
Mr Najib is expected to become prime minister next month in a transition agreed with incumbent Abdullah Badawi.
Commentators have described the Perak manoeuvres as a burnishing of Mr Najib's image as a decisive and politically adept leader before next month's internal party vote.
He had recently run two by-election campaigns in which the National Front coalition lost.
Public concerns
The National Front claimed it had wrested control of Perak's legislature after three lawmakers quit the opposition on Wednesday.
Following the defections, both sides have 28 seats in Perak's 59-member legislature, but the National Front claims it effectively has control because the three independents would back it in any vote.
Such a takeover is really a big blow to democracy and insults the wisdom of the masses
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. The takeover was endorsed by Sultan Azlan Shah, the influential hereditary ruler of the state.
Chief minister Nizar Jamaluddin insisted he had the popular mandate and refused to leave office, but when he arrived at work on Friday, he found all his personal belongings had been removed.
Police escorted him out of the building less than an hour later.
More than 2,000 opposition supporters had gathered late on Thursday at his home in a show of support, shouting "Reform" and "Long live the people"
"Such a takeover is really a big blow to democracy and insults the wisdom of the masses," opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim told the Associated Press news agency.
Senior opposition leader Lim Kit Siang accused Najib of making an "illegal and unconstitutional grab for power in Perak".
The respected Malaysiakini news website reported extensive blogging activity in support of the ousted chief minister and calls for fresh elections.
Due process?
Opposition leaders have criticised the conduct in the Perak change of power, saying the use of defections instead of an open by-election has damaged democracy.
Anwar Ibrahim's opposition Pakatan Rakyat alliance won an unprecedented five of Malaysia's 13 states in general elections last year.
He later tried to take over the government by engineering defections but failed to gain adequate numbers.
The same party has controlled Malaysia for more than 50 years but analysts say there is no doubt the government is struggling.
tries to enter government building, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
State minister Nizar Jamaluddin falls victim to fractious Malaysian politics
A Malaysian opposition leader has been forcibly removed by police from his office in a political tussle over which party controls the state's legislature.
Perak state's chief minister, Nizar Jamaluddin, described his removal as a "coup" and promised legal action.
The opposition won control of Perak state in general elections last March.
But the ruling National Front coalition said it was wresting control of Perak state legislature after the defection of several opposition lawmakers.
Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said the lawmakers were now "friendly independents".
Mr Najib is expected to become prime minister next month in a transition agreed with incumbent Abdullah Badawi.
Commentators have described the Perak manoeuvres as a burnishing of Mr Najib's image as a decisive and politically adept leader before next month's internal party vote.
He had recently run two by-election campaigns in which the National Front coalition lost.
Public concerns
The National Front claimed it had wrested control of Perak's legislature after three lawmakers quit the opposition on Wednesday.
Following the defections, both sides have 28 seats in Perak's 59-member legislature, but the National Front claims it effectively has control because the three independents would back it in any vote.
Such a takeover is really a big blow to democracy and insults the wisdom of the masses
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. The takeover was endorsed by Sultan Azlan Shah, the influential hereditary ruler of the state.
Chief minister Nizar Jamaluddin insisted he had the popular mandate and refused to leave office, but when he arrived at work on Friday, he found all his personal belongings had been removed.
Police escorted him out of the building less than an hour later.
More than 2,000 opposition supporters had gathered late on Thursday at his home in a show of support, shouting "Reform" and "Long live the people"
"Such a takeover is really a big blow to democracy and insults the wisdom of the masses," opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim told the Associated Press news agency.
Senior opposition leader Lim Kit Siang accused Najib of making an "illegal and unconstitutional grab for power in Perak".
The respected Malaysiakini news website reported extensive blogging activity in support of the ousted chief minister and calls for fresh elections.
Due process?
Opposition leaders have criticised the conduct in the Perak change of power, saying the use of defections instead of an open by-election has damaged democracy.
Anwar Ibrahim's opposition Pakatan Rakyat alliance won an unprecedented five of Malaysia's 13 states in general elections last year.
He later tried to take over the government by engineering defections but failed to gain adequate numbers.
The same party has controlled Malaysia for more than 50 years but analysts say there is no doubt the government is struggling.
Perak
One thing I do not understand is why does the Sultan of Perak not following the due process of the law. The Constitution clearly states that the MB cannot be removed just like that unless he resigns or is give a vote of no confidence. There are no other legible methods to remove the MB provided under the Constitution. Or is this interpretation of the law a grey area?
Did Najib make some of kind of arrangement with Sultan Azlan Shah? Or is the Sultan so afraid of Najib? What is a King for if he does not listen to the pleas of his people (the people want re-elections, not some auto-selected government). I'm sure by now the are no less than 4 overnight millionaire politicians in Perak?
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