Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Social Political Buzz & Bulls
A TRAUMATIZED MAHATHIR AND UMNOS HYPOCRISY THE ELITE TRYING TO CLING TO POWER CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT ARAB REVOLUTION THE POLITICS OF SURPRISE
Only 140,000 members can vote
Over the weekend, Home Minister and Umno vice president Hishammuddin Hussein had announced the party would hold mock elections or practise runs in March to prepare for the new system of party polls scheduled to be held next year.Hisham, who is also Najibs cousin, had said the dry runs were necessary because the internal election process would involve some 140,000 delegates compared to only 2,700 previously.Umno has more than 3 million members but only opened up voting to more delegates last year in a bid to reduce money politics.However, it is still lagging far behind PKR, which is the first political party in Southeast Asia to hold direct elections where all the top national leaders were chosen by the grassroots.Yet, in an apparent jibe at PKR, Hisham had told reporters on Sunday, we also want as many eligible voters to take part unlike in PKR where only 10% of the members actually voted, although it claims to have thousands of members. And there were tables and chairs flying during the elections.Another wayang kulit by the Umno elite
His comments provided immediate fodder for his political rivals to attack him with.Umno should not be afraid to learn from PKR. It should hold direct elections like PKR where it is one-man one-vote. In their system, it is still a two-tier as not everyone is voting, said Nik Nazmi ,who is also the state assemblyman for Seri Setia.Only with one-member one-vote can it be regarded as fully democratic. Umno is just instituting this change as an attempt to show to the grassroots that democracy is thriving within itself so as not to lo! se out t o PKR, which has pioneered of democratic party polls.The PKR leaders also warned Umno the whole country was watching to see how efficiently it could run its polls. During the PKR elections, the mainstream media had rush to attack even the smallest mistake and mishap.
As they say, what goes around comes around. Let see how competent Tengku Adnan (Umno sec-gen) in getting the process to run smoothly. Imagine, if they cannot even get their party elections right, how can they run the country, said Nik Nazmi.Frankly, at the end of the day, Umno is only putting on a facade. It is still the same old Umno, full of excuses. In order to be truly democratic the party polls should be one man one vote. Period.
The Malaysian government is planning to tighten media regulations. And thats unnerving many in the country.
The governmentwill put limits on the internet, raising concerns of a crackdown on free speech.Al Jazeeras Stephanie Scawen reports from the capital Kuala Lumpur.READMOREA traumatized Mahathir and Umnos hypocrisy the elite trying to cling to power cannot Understand the Current Arab revolution the politics of surprise
The governmentwill put limits on the internet, raising concerns of a crackdown on free speech.Al Jazeeras Stephanie Scawen reports from the capital Kuala Lumpur.READMOREA traumatized Mahathir and Umnos hypocrisy the elite trying to cling to power cannot Understand the Current Arab revolution the politics of surprise
Radio Demokratika Soft-Launch at Pekan Frinjan
28 February, 2011
By Lord Bobo 
5 Mac 2011, Sabtu
Laman Menara Jam, Dataran Shah Alam
5 petang - 12 tengah malam
edisi 18 Frinjan akan berkoloborasi bersama Kempen PerlembagaanKu/MyConstitution dan Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia (Jom bangkit) untuk pra-lancar album Radio Demokratika yang akan dilancarkan secara rasmi pada 2 April di acara RockRock MyConsti di Fort Cornwallis, Pulau Pinang
Pra-lancar Radio Demokratika oleh Barcode
An Honest Mistake http://www.facebook.com/anhonestmistake
The Maharajah Commission www.myspace.com/themaharajahcommission
Thin Izzy
Lord Bobos Minions
Amirah Ali http://www.facebook.com/amirahalimusic
The Casual Passengers
Moi Last Von http://www.facebook.com/pages/Moi-Last-Von/188198169551
Fuchsia http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fuchsia/106338856088411
Nusafara http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nusafara/109516889105143?v=info
Perewa Muda http://perewa-mencariperawi.blogspot.com
Andenn Hassan http://www.cintabunuhdiri.blogspot.com
Ronasina http://kulupsakah.blogspot.com
HOCY http://panahmindanasionalis.blogspot.com
dapatkan album Radio Demokratika di Pekan Frinjan 18 dengan harga RM20. CD Radio Demokratika juga boleh diperolehi di semua toko Rock Corner dan Victoria Music Center dengan harga RM29.90.
TENTANG RADIO DEMOKRATIKA CD
27 million Malaysians. 11 million voters. 4 million more eligible Malaysians who haven?t registered to vote. A Federal Constitution that guarantees all of us rig! hts, fre edoms and a democratic system of government that answers to us. But how many Malaysians know this?
The MyConstitution Campaign
The MyConstitution Campaign has been running since November 2009. Our aim is to educate Malaysians from all walks of life on the Federal Constitution, to teach them about their rights and our system of government. We run forums and workshops all across Malaysia, from universities to schools, from Orang Asli kampungs to the cities and towns of East Malaysia. We publish ?The Rakyat Guides?, booklets that explain in simple language, what the Federal Constitution says.
The Campaign is non-profit and the dedicated 200 Malaysians in the Bar Council?s Constitutional Law Committee who run this Campaign do it on a voluntary basis.
RadioDemokratika!
A song is an expression of free speech. Making music is the freedom to express yourself. Musicians coming together to make music is freedom of association. Fans coming together to listen to music is freedom of assembly.
Music is an assertion of democracy and with it, the exploration of the themes rights, elections and democracy. These themes are the subject matters of the recently released The Rakyat Guides: 8. Fundamental Liberties & Citizenship and the forthcoming The Rakyat Guides: 9. Elections & Democracy.
We could think of no better way to demonstrate the fundamental rights we are all guaranteed under the Federal Constitution than to make an album about it.
We have brought together an eclectic bunch of people to tell you in their own irreverent, sometimes irascible but always insightful style what fundamental rights, elections and democracy are to them.
We hope that in some small and meaningful way, it sparks in you the freedom to ask questions you never thought possible and empower your lives.
Your Rights and Freedoms
? Fundamental and Guaranteed!
Do you know what your rights and freedoms are? Do you know what they mean? Here are some of the rig! hts and freedoms the Federal Constitution guarantees all of us:-
You have a right to life and personal liberty. Having a right to life means you have a right to livelihood and a certain quality of life. Having a right to liberty also means having a right to privacy.
All of us are equal before the law and entitled to equal protection of the law. We cannot be discriminated against simply because of our religion, ethnicity, descent, place of birth or gender. There are exceptions, but these exceptions are few.
You also have freedom of speech, freedom to assemble and freedom to associate. So, you are free to say what you want, get together with whomever you want and form a group for whatever reason you want. Again, these freedoms can be restricted, but only for reasons permitted by the Constitution and must only be where they are reasonably necessary.
You have the freedom to profess and practise any religion you want.
You cannot be discriminated in education only because of religion, race, descent or place of birth.
Learn more about your rights and freedoms in the The Rakyat Guides: 8. Fundamental Liberties & Citizenship details of which are available on www.perlembagaanku.com
Elections and Democracy
The Federal Constitution sets up a system for the governance of Malaysia. It is a ?democratic? system which means that the people of Malaysia decide on who is to run the country.
We elect the Members of Parliament (MPs) who sit in the Dewan Rakyat in Parliament. These MPs make laws for the whole country and oversee how the Federal Government runs the country.
By electing MPs to the Dewan Rakyat, we also decide who forms the Federal Government. This is because the Prime Minister of the country is the MP who has the confidence of the majority of the MPs in the Dewan Rakyat. This normally means that the leader of the political party that has the most MPs in the Dewan Rakyat will become the Prime Minister of the country. The other Ministers who form the Federal ! Governme nt are appointed with the approval of the Prime Minister.
We also elect members of the State Assembly (ADUNs) of our respective States. These ADUNs make laws for their respective States and oversee how their State Government runs the State.
By electing ADUNs to a State Assembly, we also decide who forms the Government of that State. This is because the Chief Minister or Menteri Besar of the State is the ADUN who has the confidence of the majority of the ADUNs in the State Assembly. This normally means that the leader of the political party that has the most ADUNs in the State Assembly will become the Chief Minister or Menteri Besar of the State. The other members of the State Government are appointed with the approval of the Chief Minister or Menteri Besar.
Learn more about elections in the The Rakyat Guides: 9. Elections & Democracy details of which are available on www.perlembagaanku.com
Learn more about the MyConstitution Campaign and RadioDemokratika at:
? www.perlembagaanku.com
? www.malaysianbar.org.my/constitutional_law_committee
? www.facebook.com/MyConstitution
? www.twitter.com/MyConsti
? www.youtube.com/user/PerlembagaanKu
If you have any queries or if you?d like to contribute to the Campaign, send us an e-mail to perlembagaanku@gmail.com
or write to:
Constitutional Law Committee
Bar Council Secretariat
No. 15, Leboh Pasar Besar
50050 Kuala Lumpur
t:03.2031.3003 // f: 03.2026.1313
BARCODE
barcode are See Xien on vox, Paul Linus Andrews on both acoustic & electric guitars, Cilia Chong & Soo Jin Yun on keys, Farez Jinnah on bass, Khor Bin Yun on drums; with the fun sizes - Maha Balakrishnan, Cilia Chong, Khor Bin Yun, Joanne Leong, Melissa Sasidaran, Soo Jin Yun, Yvonne Young Ai Peng - on backing vox, and claps by the fun sizes and Syahredzan Johan.
A call to action led to several brave and sexy members of the MyConstitution campaign coming together to record the official campaign theme song.!
C omprising of students, practising lawyers, loyar murtad and everything in between, all are nonetheless committed to the cause and to making good music! After being ?whispered? to by professional musician Zalila Lee, the band was ready to kick ass and present this track to you lovely listeners.
This is but the first step in a twofold journey of enlightenment and entertainment, so please wish us luck as we keep rocking to a stage near you!
MyConstitution is Mine
by barcode
Do you look around and think that nothing?s changed?
Do you ever feel like you?re restrained? They say
there?re thoughts you cannot convey,
ideas you can?t portray
you know there must be a better way
A nation just and free, a dream of liberty
Bound in a document of destiny, but today
we?ve let doubt lead us astray,
we?ve let fear stand in our way,
now we must realise we have a role to play
For no one can silence what you have to say
And no one can ever take your freedom away
No one can tell you the way to define
What you think, what you believe, MyConstitution is mine
We?ll be the change that our nation needs to see
We?ll turn the dream into reality to be
A land that?s peaceful and strong
Which fights for right against wrong
And all of its people united and free!
For no one can silence what we have to say
And no one can ever take our freedom away
No one can tell us the way to define
What we think, what we believe, MyConstitution is mine
No matter who you are, no matter what defines you
There?s one thing you can always hold true
For no one can silence what we have to say
And no one can ever take our freedom away
No one can tell us the way to define
What we think, what we believe, MyConstitution is mine
For no one can silence what we have to say
And no one can ever take our freedom away
No one can tell us the way to define
What we think, what we believe, MyConstitution is mine
Lyrics & Music by! Low Wen Zhen
THIN IZZY
Thin Izzy are Mark Ho on vox and lead electric guitar, Fritz on rhythm electric guitar, someone on bass and Simon Kang on drums
Shine A Light
by Thin Izzy
53 years ago a nation was born, into the hands of fate
It was the time, it was the place, it was a struggle, and the people couldn?t wait
For a new beginning and a new meaning, the future was in our eyes,
For a shining moment, we stood as one together, our hearts filled with pride
Now as years go by and the nation matures, like a boy into a man
Making an impact on the world and doing the best it can
But the lives of those subjugated by power and greed, began to take its toll
Laws that bind and take away and castigate the innocent, we began to lose our soul.
Shine a light
Shine a light
Shine a light on me
Shine a light on you
Shine a light on everything we do
Shine a light, with human rights.
And now its all in our hands and for those who live to be
Everything we were born to live and die for, to be proud and brave and free
For a moment know that all men are created equal, for a moment believe that it could be
That what reveals the truth from the lie, pulls the defenseless from the cruel
Is what?s inside of you and me.
You oughta know by now
What goes around right now will come around somehow
Yeah, but if you can see the light
It?s gonna be alright
The right to live with dignity
The right to life, liberty and security
The right to law and due process
The right to be free of arbitrary arrest and detention
The right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty
The right to privacy and freedom of movement
The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
The right to freedom of expression
The right to peaceful assembly
The right to be you and me.
Lyrics & Music by Mark Ho
AZMYL YUNOR
Azmyl Yunor on vox and acoustic guitar
Find Azmyl Yunor on http://www.myspace.com/azmylyu! nor or e -mail him at azmylyunor@gmail.com
One of the hardest gigging and prolific Malaysian indie/underground musicians for the past decade, Azmyl Yunor has dabbled in, amongst others, folk rock, punk, free-form instrumentals and experimental noise rock.
Having roots in the D.I.Y. punk ethos, he is fiercely independent and all of his solo recordings are released on his own Rapidear label (his earlier obscure cassette home recordings are out of print) and Troubadours.
A former street musician, he is known for his strong songwriting and energetic live shows. He has performed at festivals and venues in countries around the region and internationally such as Australia, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Laos and Thailand.
He is a co-founder and member of the Experimental Musicians and Artists Co-operative Malaysia (EMACM) and a co-founder of Troubadours Enterprise (along with fellow singer-songwriters Jerome Kugan and Tan Sei Hon), organisers of the annual Malaysian singer-songwriter festival KL Sing Song.
Azmyl has just released his new CD album ?Warga? (which comes with a limited live cd album titled ?H.I.D.U.P.?) in May 2010 and has been actively touring to promote it.
Low of the Land
by Azmyl Yunor
Every drop of water that drops into your pail
Suffers the indignity of the economics of scale
You try, you try to cleanse yourself hoping to be born again
Only to be left hung out to dry and soaked in the rain
And like the way them flies
make it to a rotting piece of lamb
Our fate is sketched
and stretched across the borders of the land
Oh yes
This is the low of the land
Oh yes
This is the low of the land
Oh yes
This is the low of the land
Oh yes
This is the low of the land
Thirty minutes out of town you calculate your escape
Only to realize you?ve sown what you reaped
You can keep your fingers crossed hoping for the lowest bid
But you know its rigged from the start,
now, who are you trying to kid?
The same! land th at you came from
The same land you begat
The same land that you laid on
The same land you?ll begat
The same land that you bled on
The same land you?ll defend
The same land you?ll be laid down at the bitter end
Now the troops dry the ink on the imaginary line
That?s come to define what?s yours and what?s mine
But after all aren?t we all cut from God?s old dirty cloth
Only to be torn or ripped apart and boiled in the froth
Lyrics & Music by Azmyl Yunor
TEMPORARY
Temporary are Azfar on lead electric guitar, Zaiee on vox and rhythm acoustic guitar, Shun on keys, Dogo on bass and Apai on drums .
Contact Temporary at azfarts@gmail.com
Temporary started out as 5 dudes who just wanted to play music. As the name suggests, we had no intentions to play gigs or expand as a band. Being crammed up in a dorm room with our instruments was comfortable jamming out to Radiohead was comfortable enough.
But gee, zoning out to videos of Thom Yorke singing in front of thousands, we thought to ourselves, the view from up there must be pretty nice. So the band started out as a temporary distraction, but little did we know we kind of wished it?d stay permanent.
Besides Radiohead, we are all influenced by an eclectic mix of bands; from the likes of The Strokes, Nirvana, and Butterfingers. Still in its infancy stage, Temporary is eager to learn, grow and find a place in the Malaysian music scene.
Shrugs All Around
by Temporary
I could see a sea of harmonized shrugs
I could see a sea of folded arms
We can tell the difference between wrong and right
We can tell when you ain?t got nothing to say
We can tell the difference between black and white
But all my life i?ve been living in walls of grey
sleep safe and sound knowing that you?ve got all the power you need in your head
no don?t you shrug it off, nobody?s gonna get you down for what you keep under your bed
everybody knows
everybody knows
everybody knows!
ever ybody knows nothing
If i could ever be the wind in the sky
i?d tell the whole neighborhood about you and i
but the streets are paved with the all-seeing eyes
and the parks at night are full of flashing light
i feel strangled, i think we?re living in a snowglobe
come on, and let?s slip away
breaking the mold of what is sacred
reserve your white flag for a rainy day
cos i?ve started to believe in this:
you feel what you wanna feel
you kiss who you wanna kiss
you say what you wanna say
you love who you wanna love
Lyrics & Music by Azfar
LORD BOBOS MINIONS
Lord Bobo?s Minions are
Fahri Azzat on vox and rhythm acoustic guitar, with help from Fritz on lead electric guitar, Izzy on bass and Simon Kang on drums.
Find Lord Bobo?s Minions on
www.loyarburok.com, the nation?s top blawg.
Better Than This
by Lord Bobo?s Minions
We?re waiting for the next plane
We?re soaked through from the hellfire rain
So here we are baggage packed on the terminal bench
And she?s crying and I?m sighing and we?re dying inside
No one cares for our absence
No one shares our reluctant reluctance
So there we are eyes wide shut on a wing and a prayer
And I run so she runs but it?s not to the sun
?Where will we go?? she says to me
?Will we be the same?? tearfully
I say, ?Baby, I don?t know
But it?ll be better than this
Much more forgiving than this
So much sweeter and better than this.?
She?s clutching her small crucifix
I?m grasping some half forgotten verses
So here we go in the air no turning back
And she?s sad and I?m sad but we need it that bad
?Where will we live?? she asks of me
?What shall we tell those who ask??
I say, ?Sweetheart, I don?t know
But it?ll be better than this
Tell them more honest than this
So much sweeter and better than this.?
Lyrics & Music by Fahri Azzat
THE SOUNDERS
The Sounders are Dayah on vox, Shaz on guitars, Az! far on b ass and Luqman on drums and backing vox
Contact The Sounders at luqmanyahaya@gmail.com
The Sounders started playing together in 2008, but they have known each other for as long as they can remember. After all, it?s a band comprising of family members initially set up to play family functions.
They don?t discriminate music and anything goes as long as its music to their ears.
Lip Service
by The Sounders
Your stand seemed unbending
But no, they yield
I was promised many things
Of the freedom that I prefer
Hey are they just lip service?
Kiss my words away, my faith too
You?re a quest of unfulfilled dreams
Kiss my choice away
My liberty too
Reverence should be yours
Too pretentious to care
Do you dare keep your promises?
How far we?ve come, how long have you been slighted?
You?re no more than just lip service.
Lyrics by Dayah & Music by Shaz
AN HONEST MISTAKE
An Honest Mistake are Darren Teh on lead vox and electric guitar, Sheryl on vox, Leonard on electric guitar, Baldwin on keys, Cottie on bass and Kevin on drums
Find An Honest Mistake at anhonestmistakeband.com , facebook.com/anhonestmistake, and myspace.com/anhonestmistakeisemo or
at info.anhonestmistake@gmail.com or avril_chan@hotmail.com
No other band is as representative of Malaysia?s rising indie scene as An Honest Mistake - inventive, energetic, enthusiastic, and colorful. The pop-punk/easycore sextet have been making waves for the past two years with their mix of addictive pop-punk with swirls of frenetic screamo, and as their recent Urbanscapes and Baybeats performances show, they?re here to stay.
Already holding the VIMA 2010 Best College Act award, An Honest Mistake also have a 7-track self-titled debut album out now, showcasing gems like This Song Is So Random I Don?t Know Why, which has seen radio airplay and remains one of their signature sing-along?s that?s instantly recognizable.
Juxtaposed directly with their affe! ctive ?T he Snake With Limbs? , a song about betrayal and ?I?m Down With You If You?re Down With It?, a 7-track album may not sound like much, but AHM manage to address an entire spectrum of emotions and situations into one neat purple package.
With a loyal surge of purple-clad Dino Warriors backing them up, Darren Teh, Leonard Chua, Sheryl Goh, Danny New, Kevin ?Cottie? Tan, and Kevin Theng are here to prove the sky?s the limit for Malaysian music- and AHM are leading the pack.
Let?s Battle It Out With Vesuvius The Great
by An Honest Mistake
This ship is going down
All hands on deck
Before they float away
Leaving you behind
Can?t see me through the fog, crashing on these waves
Close your eyes, we?re almost there
Gasp for air the shore is out of my reach
It?s too late to say goodbye, it?s too late to say goodbye
Brace yourself, they?re coming for us, they?re coming for us
And I?m afraid of the things to come
Have we lost our way somehow?
To the ones who said we?ll never make it
We?re still here; we made it through the night
The storm is just the beginning, we?ll brave through this
We?ll brave through this somehow
Captain, captain we are sinking
Can we get out of this?
Mayday!
Lyrics by Darren Teh & Music by Darren Teh & An Honest Mistake
MC STIFF
MC Stiff on vox
Contact MC Stiff at khaizanrd@gmail.com
MC Stiff is a rapper from Borneo and 3 times TYGS KL Rap Battle Champion.
Moral Bankruptcy
by MC Stiff
POWER CORRUPTS and thats not even the worst scene,
ABSOLUTE POWER COrrupts absolutely,
i wonder how life could be,
without MORAL BANKRUPTCY..
Life takes its flight,
change..
doesnt happen overnight,
when nobody?s living right,
all these new models are boondoggles,
policies that seem, hell-a-great,
how does it benefit the people? JyeaH! That?s the debate..
political patronage over people?s welfare,
minimal healthcare, but who the hell cares! ?
the problem is, the value of your promises,
diminishes, as your words finishes,
filling us with hope,
your chest fells tight when you walk the tight rope,
dictating our rights, but your deceitful lies shoW,
are all our needs fullfilled? No..
is this the nation that we sought to build? No..
from our global corruption
to rigging elections
the power struggle repeats,
as we ruled by elites,
the ironfist leader will never defeat it,
beacause power of our people stays undefeated,
when we gave them the power to democracy,
we didnt see,the misery that came with our choices,
giving pedophile voices, banning lifestyle choices,
arbitrary decisions now our thoughts would be,
restricted,
now this wasnt the picture my mind depicted,
this wasnt the future that i predicted..
like the wings to a bird,
Rights are a precursor,
to bring you forward,
its absence will reverse ya,
please grant us our rights,
all of us are asking,
morals get a trashing,
without sorrows and compassion,
tomorrow ends up crashing,
and the horrors encompassing,
occurrences of violent strikes getting lives struck dead,
making all the classes of the masses have a massive bloodshed,
now imagine that..
when your people died
all your hopes and pride
slopes and slides
leaving nations left with genocides.
its a probable probability,
and it will probably,
be a commonality,
how do we regain the trust of society?
roadblock to peace in failed democracies..
Lyrics by MC Stiff & The S-ploited & Music by MC Stiff
CARBURETOR DUNG
Carburetor Dung (aka DUNG) are (from left) Merde - vocals, Excreta - bass , Poo - drums, Manure - guitar & Turd - guitar.
note: most unfortunately, the band?s de facto CEO, Datuk Total Waste, who was on a lengthy study trip to the Bahamas, didn?t make it.
The DUNG lurks at carburetordung.kerbau.com & facebook.com/carburetordung.page; email at therealcarb! uretordu ng@gmail.com
Ugly, Ugly, Ugly (So Ugly, We Had To Say It Three Times)
by Carburetor Dung
Do tell me one thing,
Do tell me what?s your story?
Do take a look here,
Where?s everything we hold dear?
Give back my senses,
Give me some space for breathing,
This world you?re selling,
You know I won?t be buying!
You are
Do tell me two things,
These strings I see on your being,
Scissors to the reins, dear?
Or that?s the only tune you?ll hear?
Give up your dances,
I?m not your blind believing
This world you?re selling,
You know I won?t be buying!
You are
You?re ugly
Too blind, too proud to see
Suffocates me
You?re ugly.
Too ugly
So ugly
Lyrics JK & Music by JK, Fendi & Bullet (aka The Shitworkers)
THE MAHARAJAH COMMISSION
the maharajah commission (on this song) are azmyl yunor on mandolin and vox, farez jinnah on bass and ammar khairi on drums.
Find the maharajah commission at reverbnation.com/themaharajahcommission & www.myspace.com/themaharajahcommission
The band has been around since late 1999 and revolved around close college friends. Purveyors of the niche genre, avant noise, they hold no love for any one particular set of norms; sometimes bending them or expanding on them, they play fast and loose and love living on the edge and like the sight of jumping off a cliff.
While they have been laying dormant since their last album, dialogue amoureux in 2003, they have remained restless and reckless, fuelled by their day-job angst and a general disdain for the cookie cutter approach to life.
Where Got?by the maharajah commission?Where got?? he thought?This is plain daylight robbery,? he said to her ?To do what?? she said?To go where?? she saidThe purpose of a nation is to place its situationin the greater scheme of nations given in faith or so it was writtenon that huge fakey colour fonted powerpointduring oin that decaf-ed morning lecture back on mondayI wasn! ?t payin g much attention as I was stealing glancesto look at the cute small town girl Hannah, sitting two rows in front of meso demure, if only I could marry her but she wore a cross ?Where got?? he thought?This is getting us nowhere,? she saidClutching her with his arms?To be more than..?? he said?To be something else?? she said ?Hey!! Don?t go my place, baby!!? Where got?! When I asked a question, I only wished to offend cos words don?t matter much anymore to meI was surprised that you felt you had a say in my lifesince you failed to ease up, you know don?t know me how I?ll feel next time (a)roundWhere got??You don?t need to license love?!!!
Lyrics by azmyl yunor & farez jinnah and Music by the maharajah commission
RULE OF ROCK
Rule of Rock are Raynequella & Dx on vox, Big Daddy 2-Tone & K-Nail on guitars and Shah on bassFind Rule of Rock at deadalienx@hotmail.comSteeped in classic rock and blues influences, Rule of Rock started off this year. Four of its members are law students who thought it would be fun to start up a band in between exams. The name is a satirical take on the concept of the ?rule of law?. You may find them performing at a pub near you after their next exams, regardless of passing or failing.
MyConstitution
by Rule of Rock
Time has seen some changes in
the way we live our lives
Changes in the way we think and choose
But there is something we must
know and learn and understand
C?mon c?mon cuz there?s no time to lose
We are never too young to know
We are never too old to grow
We can?t sleep at night just waiting for the dawn
People show me that you care
We ain?t going anywhere
So pull your socks up, get your shoes on and rolll
My Constitution
We are comin to your town to
bring this word to you
A message for yer fam?ly and yer friends
Wake up wake up it?s gettin late
n there?s so much to do
C?mon, c?mon n shout it cross the land ..
C?mon, c?mon it?s not too late
The future?s in ! our hand s
Take this message to your heart
And Shout it out cross the land
My Constitution
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Ayah : Ya, anakku.
Anak : Apakah makna ?perlembagaan??
Ayah : Hmm. Soalan yang amat bagus. Perihal perlembagaan, sebenarnya, anakku, lebih baik kita ADA PERLEMBAGAAN, daripada kita dikejar LEMBAGA yang seram.
Ayah : Oh ya, bila jumpa ibu kamu hujung minggu ini, jangan lupa beritahu dia, ?Syaitan! Syaitan! Syaitan!?.
Inilah, kita_punya per-lem-ba-ga-an.
Buku yang agak tebal, dan banyak halaman
Kalau_ki-ta tiada_perlembagaan.
Kita akan hidup, sama macam haiwan.
Seperti arnab, rusa, landak_dan angsa.
Hari-mau bintang, dan ikan kelisa
Bergaduh, membunuh, dan_memakan_sesama.
Di tasik yang dalam dan hutan belentara, hey!
Perlem-ba-ga-an mung-kin sukar difa-ham.
Itu_adalah ke-ra-na ia_ditulis peguam
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Lebih jelas dan ringkas, banyak nombor dan carta
Juru-tera_ke-bang-aan Malaysia!
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Belajarlah matematik, fizik dan kimia.
Nanti suatu hari, boleh jadi jurutera!
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Tentang Jom Bangkit
Bangkit, a project of the Youth Outreach program of Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia began as a platform to stimulate Malaysian Youth into becoming socially and po! liticall y aware and taking an interest in their own future and the future of the nation.
The maiden project of the jomBangkit campaign was the Bangkit Collection ? a compilation of songs composed and performed by young Malaysians about their nation and the things that matter to them. This project resulted in a remarkable collection of songs that cuts across musical genres and social niches. The CD that was the outcome of this project has been well received and can be purchased from Bangkit CD sales.
This website is now available for the next youth project. We are seeking ideas and volunteers. If you wish to suggest something that we can do, write to us at yo-sabm@gmail.com.
Remaja Malaysia, jom Bangkit!
END.
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SARAWAK PKR CHAIRMAN BARU BIAN SHOWING RESOLVE TO CHALLENGE THE ABSOLUTE RULE OF DYNASTIES IN MALAYSIA
The Obama administration stands ready to offer any type of assistance to Libyans seeking to oust Muammar Gaddafi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday, adding a warning to other African nations not to let mercenaries go to the aid of the longtime dictator.
Opposition forces are showing resolve to challenge the absolute rule of dynasties in Saudi Arabia and now Oman, which shares with Iran control of the strategic oil tanker route through the Strait of Hormouz and is a mediator between Iran and the West.
In the Omani town of Sohar, security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters demanding a greater voice in the countrys affairs. At least one person was killed, police officials said, but other reports cited Omani media sources saying at least two died.
Omans state-run news agency said protesters set cars and houses on fire, burned down a police station and set the governors residence ablaze in the seaside town, about 120 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of the capital of Muscat.
It marked the first serious confrontation against protesters seeking to open up the ruling system of Sultan Qaboos bin Said, whose nation straddles the southeast corner of the Arabian peninsula and is co-guardian of the Strait of Hormuz. About 40 percent of the worlds oil tanker traffic passes through the waterway at the mouth of the Gulf.
The sultan has already take bold steps to try to quell the unrest. On Saturday, he replaced six Cabinet members and last week boosted the minimum wage by more than 40 percent.
We want new faces in the government and we have a long list of social reforms, said Habiba al-Hanay, a 45-year-old civil servant.
Omanis are not seeking to oust the countrys ruler, al-Hanay said. We just hope he will hear us and make changes, she added, noting that unemployment is high and education is poor in t! he count ry, which only has one university.
Sarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian(pic)said today he was prepared to present evidence of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land grabs by the state government during a public debate.Bian said he thanked the Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud for his willingness to accept the debate challenge and asked for it to be held as early as next week.As for the Chief Ministers request for proof and evidence, we would like to inform him that our evidence is ready. The evidence cannot be revealed now or else there would not be a need for a debate, said Bian in a statement.However, we are happy to draw his attention to the overwhelming mountain of evidence already submitted in court for over 200 NCR cases still pending to date which the Attorney-General is fully aware of.We will also be bringing additional supplementary evidence on top of the evidence already submitted in court to the debate to further support our case about natives loss of NCR lands and that this is not an old issue, he added.Bian had originally issued the challenge last Saturday for a debate with the government on NCR land seizure allegations.Taib who has been in power for 30 years, however, said yesterday that he was only willing to debate if Bian could offer evidence of the land grabs.His willingness to debate on NCR land c! omes jus t five months before governments mandate expires.We hope the Chief Minister is not pretending to be ignorant of the evidence as an excuse to avoid or evade the debate, said Bian.He also repeated the partys stand for the state government to withdraw all its cases against the natives over the NCR land grab.Our response is loud and clear; withdraw all government appeals against NCR cases won by the natives immediately, said Bian.The courts have decided in favour of NCR landowners but the government still insists on appealing against these cases, he added.A lawyer by profession, Bian has been representing Sarawak natives in their attempt to stop the state government from acquiring their NCR land.In September last year, the Kuching High Court ruled in favour of residents in seven longhouses in rural Sarawak who were about to be evicted from their land to accommodate the governments plans to declare some 27,500 hectares of land in Ulu Sebuyau as a national park.Early this month, the Court of Appeal ruled against a timber company, the Forestry Department and the Sarawak government for encroaching into land classified as the Penans NCR.The NCR was enshrined in the Sarawak Land Code 1958, which recognises the natives collective ownership of land around their settlements for agriculture and hunting purposes.The Obama administration stands ready to offer any type of assistance to Libyans seeking to oust Muammar Gaddafi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday, adding a warning to other African nations not to let mercenaries go to the aid of the longtime dictator.Pakatan Rakyat leaders questioned if the prosecution of former Transport minister Chan Kong Choy was another of Prime Minister Najib Razaks wayang kulit aimed at giving the impression that his government was getting tough with corruption especially ahead of snap general elections widely expected to be called soon.Is this ! a pre-ar ranged sandiwara for the public? Why is he charged now when the Kerdau and Merlimau by-election campaigns are on-going? Is this to hoodwink the public that the government is serious in stamping out corruption to woo the voters in these by-elections and also as a preparation for the coming general election? DAP MP for Segambut Lim Lip Eng toldMalaysia Chronicle.Chan, a former MCA deputy president, was charged at the Sessions Court with three counts of cheating thethen prime minister Abdullah Badawi over renovation works at the PKFZ site between 2004 and 2006. He faces up to 5 years jail on each count if found guilty.DAP adviser Lim kit Siang was even more curt in his reaction to the news, is that all? Why did it take so long?.Will they be acquitted after the GEInitially projected to cost RM1.8 billion, external auditors have warned the costs could balloon to more than RM12.5 billion if debt undertaken by the BN government was not revamped soon.Chan is the second MCA big shot to be charged over PKFZ. Former MCA president Ling Liong Sik was arrested in July 2010 for cheating the Cabinet into approving land purchases at valuations that were grossly inflated. Like Chan, he has denied the charges and has claimed trial.Why is Najib charging them one by one? The public is losing out as PKFZ has become a white elephant and the rakyat cannot see concrete punishment to the culprits, said Lip Eng.Indeed, apart from opposition politicians, civil society leaders have also expressed concern. According to them, the charges pressed on the two MCA men were light-weight compared to huge amounts of taxpayers money lost in the PKFZ deal.There is worry that Ling and Chan will eventually be let off the hook like Perwaja Steels Eric Chia, who had been widely regarded as former premier Mahathir Mohads front man. Former ministers such Kasitah Gaddam too were prosecuted in a blaze of publicity but eventually escaped pu! nishment .These top guns are dragged to court and charged but in the end they are aquitted. People are not so gullible these days. They can see that it is a sandiwara for the coming general election, said Lip Eng.DAP MP for Cheras Tan Kok Wai also doubted the prosecution of both Chan and Ling were sincere.I just have one question. Will they be acquitted after the general election? Kok Wai toldMalaysia Chronicle.Clinton made no mention of any U.S. military assistance in her remarks to reporters before flying to Geneva for talks with diplomats from Russia, the European Union and other powers eager to present a united anti-Gaddafi front.Shortly before she left, two senators urged the administration to help arm a provisional government in Libya, where Gaddafi is in the midst of the desperate and increasingly violent bid to retain power.Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, also called for the United States and its allies to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya to prevent the military from again firing on civilian protesters from the air.The White House had no immediate comment on their recommendations.Clinton spoke to reporters one day after President Barack Obama branded Gaddafi an illegitimate ruler who must leave power immediately. We want him to leave and we want him to end his regime and call off the mercenaries and those troops that remain loyal to him, she said. How he manages that is obviously up to him and to his family.The U.N. Security Council voted last Saturday to impose new penalties against the Gaddafi government, in power since 1969 in the oil-rich nation along Africas Mediterranean Coast.We are just at the beginning of what will follow Gaddafi. But weve been reaching out to many different Libyans who are attempting to organize in the east and as the revolution moves westward there as well, Clinton said. I think its way too soon to tell how th! is is go ing to play out, but were going to be ready and prepared to offer any kind of assistance that anyone wishes to have from the United States.readmoreSarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian showing resolve to challenge the absolute rule of dynasties in Malaysia
The Obama administration stands ready to offer any type of assistance to Libyans seeking to oust Muammar Gaddafi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday, adding a warning to other African nations not to let mercenaries go to the aid of the longtime dictator.
Opposition forces are showing resolve to challenge the absolute rule of dynasties in Saudi Arabia and now Oman, which shares with Iran control of the strategic oil tanker route through the Strait of Hormouz and is a mediator between Iran and the West.
In the Omani town of Sohar, security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters demanding a greater voice in the countrys affairs. At least one person was killed, police officials said, but other reports cited Omani media sources saying at least two died.
Omans state-run news agency said protesters set cars and houses on fire, burned down a police station and set the governors residence ablaze in the seaside town, about 120 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of the capital of Muscat.
It marked the first serious confrontation against protesters seeking to open up the ruling system of Sultan Qaboos bin Said, whose nation straddles the southeast corner of the Arabian peninsula and is co-guardian of the Strait of Hormuz. About 40 percent of the worlds oil tanker traffic passes through the waterway at the mouth of the Gulf.
The sultan has already take bold steps to try to quell the unrest. On Saturday, he replaced six Cabinet members and last week boosted the minimum wage by more than 40 percent.
We want new faces in the government and we have a long list of social reforms, said Habiba al-Hanay, a 45-year-old civil servant.
Omanis are not seeking to oust the countrys ruler, al-Hanay said. We just hope he will hear us and make changes, she added, noting that unemployment is high and education is poor in t! he count ry, which only has one university.
Sarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian(pic)said today he was prepared to present evidence of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land grabs by the state government during a public debate.
Bian said he thanked the Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud for his willingness to accept the debate challenge and asked for it to be held as early as next week.
As for the Chief Ministers request for proof and evidence, we would like to inform him that our evidence is ready. The evidence cannot be revealed now or else there would not be a need for a debate, said Bian in a statement.
However, we are happy to draw his attention to the overwhelming mountain of evidence already submitted in court for over 200 NCR cases still pending to date which the Attorney-General is fully aware of.
We will also be bringing additional supplementary evidence on top of the evidence already submitted in court to the debate to further support our case about natives loss of NCR lands and that this is not an old issue, he added.
Bian had originally issued the challenge last Saturday for a debate with the government on NCR land seizure allegations.
Taib who has been in power for 30 years, however, said yesterday that he was only willing to debate if Bian could offer evidence of the land grabs.
His willingness to debate on NCR land c! omes jus t five months before governments mandate expires.
We hope the Chief Minister is not pretending to be ignorant of the evidence as an excuse to avoid or evade the debate, said Bian.
He also repeated the partys stand for the state government to withdraw all its cases against the natives over the NCR land grab.
Our response is loud and clear; withdraw all government appeals against NCR cases won by the natives immediately, said Bian.
The courts have decided in favour of NCR landowners but the government still insists on appealing against these cases, he added.
A lawyer by profession, Bian has been representing Sarawak natives in their attempt to stop the state government from acquiring their NCR land.
In September last year, the Kuching High Court ruled in favour of residents in seven longhouses in rural Sarawak who were about to be evicted from their land to accommodate the governments plans to declare some 27,500 hectares of land in Ulu Sebuyau as a national park.
Early this month, the Court of Appeal ruled against a timber company, the Forestry Department and the Sarawak government for encroaching into land classified as the Penans NCR.
The NCR was enshrined in the Sarawak Land Code 1958, which recognises the natives collective ownership of land around their settlements for agriculture and hunting purposes.
The Obama administration stands ready to offer any type of assistance to Libyans seeking to oust Muammar Gaddafi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday, adding a warning to other African nations not to let mercenaries go to the aid of the longtime dictator.
Pakatan Rakyat leaders questioned if the prosecution of former Transport minister Chan Kong Choy was another of Prime Minister Najib Razaks wayang kulit aimed at giving the impression that his government was getting tough with corruption especially ahead of snap general elections widely expected to be called soon.
Is this ! a pre-ar ranged sandiwara for the public? Why is he charged now when the Kerdau and Merlimau by-election campaigns are on-going? Is this to hoodwink the public that the government is serious in stamping out corruption to woo the voters in these by-elections and also as a preparation for the coming general election? DAP MP for Segambut Lim Lip Eng toldMalaysia Chronicle.
Chan, a former MCA deputy president, was charged at the Sessions Court with three counts of cheating thethen prime minister Abdullah Badawi over renovation works at the PKFZ site between 2004 and 2006. He faces up to 5 years jail on each count if found guilty.
DAP adviser Lim kit Siang was even more curt in his reaction to the news, is that all? Why did it take so long?.
Will they be acquitted after the GE
Initially projected to cost RM1.8 billion, external auditors have warned the costs could balloon to more than RM12.5 billion if debt undertaken by the BN government was not revamped soon.
Chan is the second MCA big shot to be charged over PKFZ. Former MCA president Ling Liong Sik was arrested in July 2010 for cheating the Cabinet into approving land purchases at valuations that were grossly inflated. Like Chan, he has denied the charges and has claimed trial.
Why is Najib charging them one by one? The public is losing out as PKFZ has become a white elephant and the rakyat cannot see concrete punishment to the culprits, said Lip Eng.
Indeed, apart from opposition politicians, civil society leaders have also expressed concern. According to them, the charges pressed on the two MCA men were light-weight compared to huge amounts of taxpayers money lost in the PKFZ deal.
There is worry that Ling and Chan will eventually be let off the hook like Perwaja Steels Eric Chia, who had been widely regarded as former premier Mahathir Mohads front man. Former ministers such Kasitah Gaddam too were prosecuted in a blaze of publicity but eventually escaped pu! nishment .
These top guns are dragged to court and charged but in the end they are aquitted. People are not so gullible these days. They can see that it is a sandiwara for the coming general election, said Lip Eng.
DAP MP for Cheras Tan Kok Wai also doubted the prosecution of both Chan and Ling were sincere.
I just have one question. Will they be acquitted after the general election? Kok Wai toldMalaysia Chronicle.
Clinton made no mention of any U.S. military assistance in her remarks to reporters before flying to Geneva for talks with diplomats from Russia, the European Union and other powers eager to present a united anti-Gaddafi front.
Shortly before she left, two senators urged the administration to help arm a provisional government in Libya, where Gaddafi is in the midst of the desperate and increasingly violent bid to retain power.
Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, also called for the United States and its allies to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya to prevent the military from again firing on civilian protesters from the air.
The White House had no immediate comment on their recommendations.
Clinton spoke to reporters one day after President Barack Obama branded Gaddafi an illegitimate ruler who must leave power immediately. We want him to leave and we want him to end his regime and call off the mercenaries and those troops that remain loyal to him, she said. How he manages that is obviously up to him and to his family.
The U.N. Security Council voted last Saturday to impose new penalties against the Gaddafi government, in power since 1969 in the oil-rich nation along Africas Mediterranean Coast.
We are just at the beginning of what will follow Gaddafi. But weve been reaching out to many different Libyans who are attempting to organize in the east and as the revolution moves westward there as well, Clinton said. I think its way too soon to tell how th! is is go ing to play out, but were going to be ready and prepared to offer any kind of assistance that anyone wishes to have from the United States.readmoreSarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian showing resolve to challenge the absolute rule of dynasties in Malaysia
Ex-minister Chan Kong Choy charged with cheating....
Former transport minister Chan Kong Choy was slapped with three charges of cheating at Putrajaya Sessions Court today, in relation to the Port Klang Free Zone scandal.The charges were brought under Section 417 of the Penal Code.He has been released on bail of RM1 million with one surety.
Chan was taken into the courthouse at 2pm by a police escort. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter.
Dressed in grey trousers and a white shirt, he appeared calm and jovial.
Attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail arrived 10 minutes before Chan and is expected to be lead the prosecution team.
Chan is the second VVIP charged over scandal, which has been plagued by massive cost overruns and could potentially cost taxpayers a whopping RM12.5 billion according to an audit report.
In July 29 last year, former transport ninister Dr Ling Liong Sik was charged with misleading the cabinet into approving a land deal at an inflated price.
Four others, including former PKFZ general-manager OC Phang, have been charged for various offences for their alleged involvement in the project.
source:malaysiakini
Bila pula giliran Dato Seri Tiong King Sing,taiko utama dalam PKFZ?
Tak lupa juga bila Dr.Chua Soi Lek akan dihadapkan ke mahkamah kerana melakukan sex dan oral sex di mana dia sendiri telah mengaku dan videonya tersebar luas dalam pasaran? Mungkin AG terlepas pandang atau buat2 tak tau....
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Najib 'Santa Clause' comes early to Kerdau....
BN has brought out its biggest gun early in the fight for the Kerdau state seat, with none other than its head spending all of yesterday wooing voters in crucial vote-banks.Najib Abdul Razak visited all three Felda settlements, announcing the allocation of nearly RM10 million in goodies, and even spending the later part of the day to meet-and-greet non-Malay voters in the mixed area of Kerdau town.
While it is not uncommon for Najib, also the premier, to make his rounds during a by-election, his timing and the manner in which his visit was organised are odd. It certainly is not normal for BN's top leader to come out as early as the first full day of campaigning after nomination day, as political parties tend to build up the momentum gradually to avoid over-exposure and fatigue on both their election machinery and among voters.
What raised eyebrows was the glaring absence of posters bearing the likeness of BN candidate Syed Ibrahim Syed Ahmad around the constituency, while Najib's picture was plastered all over the venues of his events. Syed Ibrahim himself only accompanied Najib to his first Felda stop, before continuing with his schedule for the day without the much-needed publicity - which obviously was concentrated on the nation's top politician.
With such zeal from Najib in reaching out to Felda settlers so early in the race, it naturally raised the question - was he campaigning for BN's victory, or simply looking out for his own interests? This requires a brief look at Najib's links to both Felda and Kerdau, directly or otherwise.
Najib's pedigree is rooted in Pahang aristocracy, His father, Abdul Razak Hussein, was the second prime minister, as well as Pekan M! P. Cruci ally, he founded Felda, built on the vision of helping the Malays acquire and develop land towards financial independence. Najib followed in his father's footsteps, winning the Pekan parliamentary seat and also heading Felda for seven years before moving on to bigger things. The two responsibilities thrust on Najib early in his political career are definitive indicators of his strength as the nation's sixth premier - if his influence in either one wanes, even by a bit, it could
well mean the beginning of the end of his premiership.
PAS taking stealth approach?
Unlike BN's early charge, PAS, which is fielding career quantity surveyor Hassanuddin Salim, has taken a more reserved approach to the by-election, the 16th since the March 2008 polls. It would appear as though the Islamist party's campaign machinery is off to a sluggish start, not helped by the fact that it is keeping its campaign strategy very close to its chest. But its first ceramah (political talk), held after nominations were filed on Saturday, may give the biggest hint to what it intends to do over the next week before polling on March 6.
That night, some 500 people witnessed the state-level launch of Pakatan Rakyat's Buku Jingga, (Orange Book) which outlines the coalition's 100-day economic reform plan should it take over the federal government. It must be noted that none of the speakers touched on Felda issues, save for PAS vice-president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man who made a brief mention of land ownership.
By keeping the focus on the Orange Book, the opposition has practically thrust the document in the face of its opponents, and has possibly obscured part of PAS' movements over the course of the campaign. It is dead obvious that both Umno a! nd PAS a re gunning for Felda settlers, who for a long time have significantly contributed to some 8,000 votes in Kerdau.
By giving prominence to the Orange Book, Pakatan could help hide key issues long enough for PAS to gain the initiative, leaving BN on the back foot and with the unsavoury task of countering potentially explosive allegations. And with PAS deputy president Nasharudin Mat Isa and charismatic speaker Muhamad Sabu taking to the Felda campaign circuit last night, the clandestine assault could have already started without the BN even knowing it.- Joseph Sipalan
source:malaysiakini
'Dun Kerdau: Kerajaan BN celaka beri rasuah lagi'
'Pas tolak pembangunan, Najib tipu Melayu di KERDAU'
cheers.
While it is not uncommon for Najib, also the premier, to make his rounds during a by-election, his timing and the manner in which his visit was organised are odd. It certainly is not normal for BN's top leader to come out as early as the first full day of campaigning after nomination day, as political parties tend to build up the momentum gradually to avoid over-exposure and fatigue on both their election machinery and among voters.
What raised eyebrows was the glaring absence of posters bearing the likeness of BN candidate Syed Ibrahim Syed Ahmad around the constituency, while Najib's picture was plastered all over the venues of his events. Syed Ibrahim himself only accompanied Najib to his first Felda stop, before continuing with his schedule for the day without the much-needed publicity - which obviously was concentrated on the nation's top politician.
With such zeal from Najib in reaching out to Felda settlers so early in the race, it naturally raised the question - was he campaigning for BN's victory, or simply looking out for his own interests? This requires a brief look at Najib's links to both Felda and Kerdau, directly or otherwise.
Najib's pedigree is rooted in Pahang aristocracy, His father, Abdul Razak Hussein, was the second prime minister, as well as Pekan M! P. Cruci ally, he founded Felda, built on the vision of helping the Malays acquire and develop land towards financial independence. Najib followed in his father's footsteps, winning the Pekan parliamentary seat and also heading Felda for seven years before moving on to bigger things. The two responsibilities thrust on Najib early in his political career are definitive indicators of his strength as the nation's sixth premier - if his influence in either one wanes, even by a bit, it could
well mean the beginning of the end of his premiership.
PAS taking stealth approach?
Unlike BN's early charge, PAS, which is fielding career quantity surveyor Hassanuddin Salim, has taken a more reserved approach to the by-election, the 16th since the March 2008 polls. It would appear as though the Islamist party's campaign machinery is off to a sluggish start, not helped by the fact that it is keeping its campaign strategy very close to its chest. But its first ceramah (political talk), held after nominations were filed on Saturday, may give the biggest hint to what it intends to do over the next week before polling on March 6.
That night, some 500 people witnessed the state-level launch of Pakatan Rakyat's Buku Jingga, (Orange Book) which outlines the coalition's 100-day economic reform plan should it take over the federal government. It must be noted that none of the speakers touched on Felda issues, save for PAS vice-president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man who made a brief mention of land ownership.
By keeping the focus on the Orange Book, the opposition has practically thrust the document in the face of its opponents, and has possibly obscured part of PAS' movements over the course of the campaign. It is dead obvious that both Umno a! nd PAS a re gunning for Felda settlers, who for a long time have significantly contributed to some 8,000 votes in Kerdau.
By giving prominence to the Orange Book, Pakatan could help hide key issues long enough for PAS to gain the initiative, leaving BN on the back foot and with the unsavoury task of countering potentially explosive allegations. And with PAS deputy president Nasharudin Mat Isa and charismatic speaker Muhamad Sabu taking to the Felda campaign circuit last night, the clandestine assault could have already started without the BN even knowing it.- Joseph Sipalan
source:malaysiakini
'Dun Kerdau: Kerajaan BN celaka beri rasuah lagi'
'Pas tolak pembangunan, Najib tipu Melayu di KERDAU'
cheers.
UPDATED: Homosexual UMNO Minister in Najib's Current Cabinet ??
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Update (26 Feb 2011):
UMNO Ministers from Johore in Najib's Cabinet ?
1. Muhyiddin Yassin, Deputy Prime Minister, UMNO MP for Pagoh Johore
2. Hishamuddin Hussein, Minister of Home Affairs, UMNO MP for Sembrong. Johore
3. Mohamad Khaled Nordin, Minister of Higher Education, UMNO MP for Pasir Gudang, Johore
4. ???
If the article says it is NOT Hishamuddin, then WHO?
Yet the Image with the black-out face does not correspond with that of DPM Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister of Higher Education, Mohamad Khaled Nordin.
-- END OF UPDATE ----
Read here for more in "Another Brick in the Wall" Blog
A Gay Minister in (Najib's) Cabinet and ( he is ) a Johorean ...
(see HERE above photo in "Another Brick in the Wall" blog)
Excerpts:
Sodomy is a crime punishable by imprisonment (in Malaysia).
Back in 1998, Tun Dr Mahathir dismiss him (Anwar Ibrahim) from Cabinet on a justifiable reason of moral and indecent behaviour before Anwar was brought to trial.
Will Najib dismiss a member of his cabinet if found to be gay?
There is a Cabinet Minister from Johor that is in the habit of going out socially with pretty young boys to restaurants and nite clubs in Kuala Lumpur and Johor baru.
Source from his UMNO Division described him as intimately close with his Political Secretary, described as jambu by fellow youth member in the Division.
The Minister could be seen as touching the thigh of his Setpol and massaging his neck and shoulders with soft sensuous touch that made those witnessing as uncomfortable.
One reliable source claim that there is a particular pretty boy that is particularly close with the Minister.
The pretty boy used to work at the corporate affair department of a major Bank in Kuala Lumpur but have moved to an International Investment company.
The source claim to personally view an intimate telephone conversation between the 20 -something former bank corporate affair officer and the Minister on the other side of the conversation.
The source verified the handphone number at the receiving end.
The conversation was intimate as they talked about indiscreet subject like performing the mandi wajib. The pretty boy was so close with the Minister that he could request for RM20,000 with ease.
The pretty boy revealed to our source that he used to meet the Minister at Nikko Hotel. He had laid bare his shirt to massage the Minister.
But the source's story stop short at the interesting part. There will be no name revealed.
The story is already much talked within UMNO Johor. Don't tell me Najib doesn't know. In case he doesn't, he should get this investigated.
If Anwar had to face many ordeals for his criminal sexual orientation, this Minister can't stay on. He could be a major embarrassment to Najib's transformational cabinet.
Morality must never be set aside.
-"Another Brick in the Wall"
We Ask,
Is THIS the same person shown BELOW who the blogger in "Another Brick in the Wall" refers to (based on the image posted on the same blog)?
(Above photo appeared in the news article entitled ,"Hishammuddin wants explanation from China Press" in Malaysiakini dated 13, March, 2010)
or See above photo in the same article reposted on Kamal-Talks blog :
http://kamal-talksmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/03/hishammuddin-wants-explanation-from.html
The Same UMNO Minister (below) with the Keris
Threatening the Non-Malays at the UMNO General Assembly ??
UMNO Ministers from Johore in Najib's Cabinet ?
1. Muhyiddin Yassin, Deputy Prime Minister, UMNO MP for Pagoh Johore
2. Hishamuddin Hussein, Minister of Home Affairs, UMNO MP for Sembrong. Johore
3. Mohamad Khaled Nordin, Minister of Higher Education, UMNO MP for Pasir Gudang, Johore
4. ???
If the article says it is NOT Hishamuddin, then WHO?
Yet the Image with the black-out face does not correspond with that of DPM Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister of Higher Education, Mohamad Khaled Nordin.
-- END OF UPDATE ----
Read here for more in "Another Brick in the Wall" Blog
A Gay Minister in (Najib's) Cabinet and ( he is ) a Johorean ...
(see HERE above photo in "Another Brick in the Wall" blog)
Excerpts:
Sodomy is a crime punishable by imprisonment (in Malaysia).
Back in 1998, Tun Dr Mahathir dismiss him (Anwar Ibrahim) from Cabinet on a justifiable reason of moral and indecent behaviour before Anwar was brought to trial.
Will Najib dismiss a member of his cabinet if found to be gay?
There is a Cabinet Minister from Johor that is in the habit of going out socially with pretty young boys to restaurants and nite clubs in Kuala Lumpur and Johor baru.
Source from his UMNO Division described him as intimately close with his Political Secretary, described as jambu by fellow youth member in the Division.
The Minister could be seen as touching the thigh of his Setpol and massaging his neck and shoulders with soft sensuous touch that made those witnessing as uncomfortable.
One reliable source claim that there is a particular pretty boy that is particularly close with the Minister.
The pretty boy used to work at the corporate affair department of a major Bank in Kuala Lumpur but have moved to an International Investment company.
The source claim to personally view an intimate telephone conversation between the 20 -something former bank corporate affair officer and the Minister on the other side of the conversation.
The source verified the handphone number at the receiving end.
The conversation was intimate as they talked about indiscreet subject like performing the mandi wajib. The pretty boy was so close with the Minister that he could request for RM20,000 with ease.
The pretty boy revealed to our source that he used to meet the Minister at Nikko Hotel. He had laid bare his shirt to massage the Minister.
But the source's story stop short at the interesting part. There will be no name revealed.
The story is already much talked within UMNO Johor. Don't tell me Najib doesn't know. In case he doesn't, he should get this investigated.
If Anwar had to face many ordeals for his criminal sexual orientation, this Minister can't stay on. He could be a major embarrassment to Najib's transformational cabinet.
Morality must never be set aside.
-"Another Brick in the Wall"
We Ask,
Is THIS the same person shown BELOW who the blogger in "Another Brick in the Wall" refers to (based on the image posted on the same blog)?
(Above photo appeared in the news article entitled ,"Hishammuddin wants explanation from China Press" in Malaysiakini dated 13, March, 2010)
or See above photo in the same article reposted on Kamal-Talks blog :
http://kamal-talksmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/03/hishammuddin-wants-explanation-from.html
Threatening the Non-Malays at the UMNO General Assembly ??
ROSMAH KHAN IS MY NAME
ROSMAH KHAN IS MY NAME
DO I LOOK LIKE A LIAR?
Queen Control
The basic idea is to lock down your opponent’s spell and traps and bring out your allure queen with no resistance. Solidarity and shrink are there to protect her from battle if she can’t steal anything. also there to boost her attack. 2 my bodys and 2 defender to protect her from anything else because as long as she is equiped she can’t be destroyed by battle. use Magician’s Circle to search her out and Royal Magical Library for extra draw. She basically eats everything at lv 7 and your opponent can’t do much with their spells and traps gone.
Hello voters! Lemme introduce myself- my name is Rosmah. I am your new Prime Minister! Chillax, guys. That a joke. But seriously, it’s time you got to know who I am. The real me. Let’s not get into the surname at this point. I am 38 years old. Which means i am old enough to decide.
Old enough to know what i want in life (everything !) . Not because I am a spoilt brat. Not because I believe it’s my birthright. But because I am worth it! Well, are you ready to hear this? I want to be a politician. A top politician. Like the rest of my family. We start at the top, and stay there! Lucky, na? My family has been an amazing PM. My hubby was super amazing .
The opposition's understanding of freedom of speech (in English)
The opposition supporters do not understand what freedom of speech means. To them, freedom of speech means freedom to criticise the government and not freedom to criticise the opposition. And if you criticise the opposition, then you are a traitor to the cause, a Trojan horse, someone who has been bought off, and so on. These people need to grow up and mature and understand that freedom works both ways -- you can criticise the government while others can criticise you.
NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
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Merlimau PAS pins down winning formula
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An upbeat Election Director Abdul Halim thinks they may be able to clinch a narrow win of 61 votes if they get their sums right.
PAS National Election Director Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman today expressed confidence in winning the Merlimau by-election by a slim majority.
azlanHe believes they are capable of winning by a narrow margin of 61 votes, if they can pull in 45 percent of Malay, 75 percent of Chinese and 40 percent of Indian voters.
He was speaking in PAS press conference at the PAS Merlimau Operation centre.
Despite never winning the seat before, Abdul Halim claims their house to house survey shows that PAS has already garnered 41 percent of Malay votes, just four percent short of what they need for a win.
In 2008, they had only managed to get 36 percent.
As such, he said, Pakatan is now aiming for youth voters, particularly first time voters, who make up 1,300 and 400 votes respectively.
Chinese voters, who have mostly backed Pakatan in the previous by-elections are also on PAS' radar. Their target is a big leap from 2008 when they received less than 50 percent votes from the Chinese.
Merlimau state seat comprise a total 10,679 voters, with 64.percent (6,935 voters) Malay, 20.8 percent (2,218) Chinese and 14.1 percent Indians (1,510).
Where are the heavyweights?
However, he refused to comment on the absence of PAS heavyweights, including party president Abdul Hadi Awang and spiritual leaders Nik Aziz Nik Mat, at the campaign. Both have been spotted in Kerdau, although Abdul Hadi earlier had been present to announce the candidacy in Merlimau.
NONEAsked if this indicates that they have given up on Merlimau, Abdul Halim replied vaguely that he will need to consult with the leadership on the matter.
However, PAS confirms that Abdul Hadi will be coming to Merlimau to campaign for one day.
Meanwhile, PAS information chief Idris Ahmad said that PAS' Yuhaizad Abdullah "needs to win" because he will be the only person who will be able to advise the government on Malay and Islamic issues on behalf of the opposition.
These include issues involving zakat money and land gazetted under the Malacca Islamic Council (MAIM).
PAS had earlier lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission on what they believe to be wrongdoing involving zakat money and the building of the MAIM complex.
"All these issues involve religion and the Malay community, and it must be raised by an assemblyperson who is Muslim," he said.
He reasons that at present the five Pakatan reps in the Malacca state assembly are from DAP.
The DAP reps have been unable to raise the Malays-Muslim issues as the BN assemblypersons always shoot them down claiming they have no legitimacy to raise those questions, being non-Muslim and non-Malay.
Making It Snow
PAS National Election Director Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman today expressed confidence in winning the Merlimau by-election by a slim majority.
azlanHe believes they are capable of winning by a narrow margin of 61 votes, if they can pull in 45 percent of Malay, 75 percent of Chinese and 40 percent of Indian voters.
He was speaking in PAS press conference at the PAS Merlimau Operation centre.
Despite never winning the seat before, Abdul Halim claims their house to house survey shows that PAS has already garnered 41 percent of Malay votes, just four percent short of what they need for a win.
In 2008, they had only managed to get 36 percent.
As such, he said, Pakatan is now aiming for youth voters, particularly first time voters, who make up 1,300 and 400 votes respectively.
Chinese voters, who have mostly backed Pakatan in the previous by-elections are also on PAS' radar. Their target is a big leap from 2008 when they received less than 50 percent votes from the Chinese.
Merlimau state seat comprise a total 10,679 voters, with 64.percent (6,935 voters) Malay, 20.8 percent (2,218) Chinese and 14.1 percent Indians (1,510).
Where are the heavyweights?
However, he refused to comment on the absence of PAS heavyweights, including party president Abdul Hadi Awang and spiritual leaders Nik Aziz Nik Mat, at the campaign. Both have been spotted in Kerdau, although Abdul Hadi earlier had been present to announce the candidacy in Merlimau.
NONEAsked if this indicates that they have given up on Merlimau, Abdul Halim replied vaguely that he will need to consult with the leadership on the matter.
However, PAS confirms that Abdul Hadi will be coming to Merlimau to campaign for one day.
Meanwhile, PAS information chief Idris Ahmad said that PAS' Yuhaizad Abdullah "needs to win" because he will be the only person who will be able to advise the government on Malay and Islamic issues on behalf of the opposition.
These include issues involving zakat money and land gazetted under the Malacca Islamic Council (MAIM).
PAS had earlier lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission on what they believe to be wrongdoing involving zakat money and the building of the MAIM complex.
"All these issues involve religion and the Malay community, and it must be raised by an assemblyperson who is Muslim," he said.
He reasons that at present the five Pakatan reps in the Malacca state assembly are from DAP.
The DAP reps have been unable to raise the Malays-Muslim issues as the BN assemblypersons always shoot them down claiming they have no legitimacy to raise those questions, being non-Muslim and non-Malay.
No WiFi linkup with politics
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MERLIMAU: The Merlimau district welcomed its first polytechnic almost a decade ago. As students began to fill the campus ground and the surrounding residential areas, small businesses have sprouted up in the locale – and one in every five is an Internet cafe.
It may take another decade for WiFi to reach the rest of Merlimau but today two of its most developed areas boast broadband service. Merlimau town went wireless late last year while Merlimau Point, a food court and bazaar, on the fringe of the town, followed suit early this year.
This impressive connectivity has become the talking point of political parties and visitors alike. Politicians are hoping that with the coming of WiFi and Merlimau’s proximity to Kuala Lumpur, the level of political savviness among voters, especially the youth, would have been boosted.
At its first press conference yesterday, PAS’ national election director, Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman, expressed confidence that the party would be victorious.
He said that part of their confidence stems from the fact the youth have become politically aware via the Internet.
“They are more knowledgeable of the activities of political parties,” he added.
PAS’ information chief, Uztaz Idris Ahmad, dubbed it an “e-evolution”, saying, “The Internet is also the easiest way for PAS to reach out to the younger generation, especially in small districts like Merlimau.”
The youth, however, beg to differ. Azah Farahin Abdullah, 20, who manages Nurul Asyura Enterprise, said that most of her 
customers are students from the polytechnic who are more interested in chatting on FaceBook or completing their assignments.
“I have never seen a single one of them surfing a political website or reading online news,” she laughed shyly. “Most are either on Facebook, mySpace or sending e-mails.”
“Everyone knows there is a by-election here but they are not going to brush up on their politics just because of that. Besides, many of my customers are not registered voters or are from a different consitituency.”
Political websites
For 19-year-old Faiz Danish, who has been working in Samudra Cafe for the past six months, politics is furthest from his mind. He chuckled when told of PAS’ remarks and shook his head.
“My customers are PAS’ target but they would rather play games or go onto Facebook,” he said shyly. “Many are nonchalant about the by-election. It doesn’t matter to them who wins. Their lives won’t change.”
But Alazaim Abdullah, 21, of Rampage Cyber Cafe, told a different story. According to him, there is a smattering of customers who log on to political websites mostly via Facebook.
“I keep an eye on the screens to make sure they aren’t surfing illegal sites and I’ve noticed them reading political news,” he said. “But they are not caught up in it. And they read out of curiousity, not to decide whom to vote for. That is already a given.”
Alazaim has not reached voting age yet but he confided that many of his friends who are registered voters are BN supporters.
“Why? Because their parents are BN supporters,” he said. “And we are happy with what BN has done here. Merlimau used to be a dull place but it has developed tremendously over the past few years.”
“We don’t want it to become a place with a score of entertaiment outlets. We have Malacca for that. What we would like, though, is better recreational facilities. Like another futsal field.”
Sabah PKR to exploit the Internet
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PENAMPANG: Moving ahead with his agenda, Sabah PKR is now relying on its youth force to help redeem its tattered reputation in the state.
Youth chief Jafrey Jimon said the wing was gearing up to boost party membership throughout the state by making its presence felt on the Internet.
He said the party would focus on maximising the use of information technology including exploiting social networks like Facebook to improve communications between members.
Jomion said the wing will also use the Internet to disseminate news and update on party matters.
He said this was one of the main activities planned for the year apart from spreading Pakatan Rakyat’s “Agenda for Change” message.
Jomion announced this to the various Youth wing leaders at divisional level after a party gathering at a village resort here to introduce the new line-up of office-bearers.
Also present was Jomion’s predecessor, Razak Jamil.
A tele-communication engineer by profession, Jomion, 35 is also the Youth chief for PKR Kota Kinabalu division.
“Among others, we are going full swing to promote Pakatan’s Orange Book at the grassroots level. We are intensifying our campaign to recruit new members throughout the state,” he said.
The Orange Book or Buku Jingga in Malay, is the opposition coalition’s Agenda for Change in country and its blueprint for a better nation.
The new line-up:
State Youth chief: Jafrey Jomion
Deputy Youth chief: Mohd Serman Hassnar
Vice-Youth chief 1: Ryan Soo
Vice-Youth chief 2: Sadi Osli
Vice-Youth chief 3: Terence Siambun
Secretary: Manja Matdin
Deputy secretary: Johnnily Dayun
Treasurer: Tahir Ariffin
Deputy treasurer: George Tam Jr.
Information chief: Kent Mackenzie Vivian
Deputy 1: Umar Farruq
Deputy 2: Citra Masadi
Practise what you preach, Najib!
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IPOH: Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) today slammed Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin for “not practising locally what they preach abroad”.
Accusing the leaders of practising “double standard”, PSM secretary-general S Arutchelvam said the party condemned the nationwide arrests and crackdown of Human Rights Party( HRP) and Hindraf leaders as well as their supporters earlier today.
“We also have reliable information that many others were arrested simply because they were Indians.
“PSM condemns the action by the police and calls upon the Najib government to stop this double standard,” he said.
Arutchelvan pointed out that just two days ago, Muhyiddin had urged Libyan leaders to allow the people there to demonstrate peacefully.
He said last Wednesday, Najib has also reportedly urged Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi not to use violence against protesters who rebelled against him.
“The prime minister had also urged both the protesters and the Libyan government forces not to use violence during the street protests.
“Then why this double standard in not allowing Hindraf and HRP supporters to exercise their freedom of speech and assembly here?” he asked.
Arutchelvan said HRP had already informed the police of its intention to conduct the rally in a peaceful way.
“They (HRP) even notified the police and said they planned to lodge a report at the Dang Wangi police station.
“If the police had allowed this peaceful action, then all these roadblocks and arrests would be unnecessary, “ he said.
A Shadow Prime Minister with no Shadow Cabinet
FMT LETTER: From Dr Malcolm Puthucherry, via e-mail
The truth is finally laid bare – for anyone who cares to look. Anwar Ibrahim’s assertion that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) does not need a shadow cabinet is nothing less than an admission that the three-party pact he leads is very much less than the sum of its parts.
He offers the excuse that PR’s parliamentary committees have been adequately performing the same role as a shadow cabinet, thus making the latter unnecessary.
Well, no one is buying that for a second.
Hardly anyone offhand can rattle off the names of some of those committees and their members. That they remain so obscure more than two years after being formed tells you what a poor substitute they have been to a shadow cabinet.
No, the real reason for not having a shadow cabinet which Anwar, ever the consummate political creature, refuses to tell the public is plain and simple: PR lacks the necessary cohesion and collective vision to come to an agreement between its member parties as to which ministerial portfolio ought to be entrusted to which party and the courage of conviction to announce it to the public.
No amount of obfuscation by Anwar or any other PR leader can cover up that vulnerability of the pact. For the voters, what they don’t want see, were a new government to be set up in Putrajaya, is for the winning component parties to descend into a fractious scrimmage over who gets which ministry. A shadow cabinet thus offers reasonable assurance that such a scenario would not come to pass.
PR’s problem is that a seeming scrimmage may well occur if they try to cobble together a shadow cabinet now and thus put a massive dent to any electoral prospect of forming a new government. A chicken-and-egg situation, if ever there was one, for which the typical Anwarite solution is to sweep it under the carpet and pray that people won’t notice.
Having promised the specific reforms it will undertake within a specified timeframe, the three opposition parties have failed to see that the next logical question voters will ask is: which among them will be assigned the task of accomplishing which reform?
A fair question to ask as in reality successful completion of a task hinges on which individual is held directly accountable for it. Thus, the necessity of a shadow cabinet to back up campaign promises.
Opposition party leaders, however, appear to have settled for thinking in half measures.
For far too long, PKR, PAS and DAP have been peddling the line, “Put us in government, we’ll sort things out, everything will be OK”. Well, that is wearing a little thin. The three parties do not seem to have been able to go beyond this and show that they can be a cohesive and viable coalition fit and ready for government.
The only thing going for them is that their adversary is BN. Slim pickings indeed for the voters.
As for Anwar, his boldness in anointing himself the shadow prime minister is not matched by any similar boldness in the arduous task of putting together a shadow cabinet – the oddity of a shadow prime minister without a shadow cabinet does not seem to bother him. Such is his ambition.
Presumably, his promise to the country remains unchanged from the time he was an Umno deputy prime minister: Make me prime minister, I’ll sort things out, everything will be OK.
Lady first, people last
from Free Malaysia Today » Opinion
While Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor regaled her foreign “first ladies” at a lavish “First Ladies Summit” in October last year, the Penan Support Group (PSG), a coalition of 36 NGOs in Malaysia, put up a page on Facebook under the name “Penan Support Group Education”, calling for funds to set up pre-schools in the interior of Sarawak for the underprivileged Penan children.
Ironically, Rosmah’s First Ladies Summit was themed “A Child Today A Leader Tomorrow”, which, however, made no contribution to the much needy rural children back home. Only Rosmah’s pet project Permata, an outfit to groom gifted children, was deemed needy of funds, hence the RM100 million allocation under the 2010 Budget, which she claimed was “a recognition of the importance of early childcare and education in Malaysia”.
While Rosmah went all out to promote her “First Ladies Summit”, the Penan women kept their fingers crossed hoping that Rosmah, being a woman, would understand their pain of being sexually abused by the timber loggers. She never did.
After the “powers that be” refused to help the Penan women fight for justice, three Sarawakian women activists decided to turn to Rosmah for help. They handed her a petition seeking support in ensuring the Penan girls and women receive justice. Until today, this so-called “first lady” has not shown any interest or commitment in lending a helping hand to the girls and women of Penan.
Rosmah has put it on record that under the plan to empower the Permata programme nationwide this year, national childcare centres will be set up in three parliamentary constituencies in all states except Terengganu and Sarawak.
Despite Rosmah’s glaring indifference to the plight of the children, girls and women of Sarawak, the state found her worthy of the “Datuk Amar Bintang Kenyalang” award, conferred by Sarawak governor, Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng, in conjunction with his 89th birthday. She was the sole recipient of this award which carries the title “Datuk Amar”.
Just how did the governor decide Rosmah was the most deserving recipient? Was it politically motivated, as the people think it is?
And now, it is the mayor of Ankara who, impressed with her social work, decided to award Rosmah Turkey’s prestigious “Award of Social Responsibility”.
Ankara’s mayor Melih Gokcheh justified Rosmah as the deserving recipient saying her “continuous and active participation in social activities was admired by the Greater Ankara Municipality”.
“Her presence in extending a helping hand, as well as trying to put a smile on those encountering social, economic, environmental and health problems, was not only playing a great importance in establishing social balance but also producing social benefits,” Gokcheh had said.
The people of Malaysia, however, beg to differ. Where was Rosmah when the Penan women and girls in Sarawak, deprived of justice, turned to her for help? These women and girls have for years been sexually violated by timber loggers who encroached into lands which shelter the Penan tribal community.
No authority, be it the police, the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry or Malaysia’s human rights body Suhakam came to the aid of the Penan women and girls. This despite the rape allegations being proven true by the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry’s Taskforce Report, set up by the ministry and headed by Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.
To add insult to their troubles, it was claimed that the Penan women are good at making up stories of having being raped by the loggers. And Rosmah was and is still quiet, while these women continue to cry for justice.
That being the case, is the award from Turkey which was conferred on Rosmah in conjunction with its International Women’s Day celebration next month a truly deserving one?
Awards are meaningless
In April 2010, the Business Council for International Understanding conferred on Rosmah the International Peace and Harmony Award in New York. But the affair raked up controversy when Rosmah appeared in a two-full page advertisement in the New York Times, costing thousands of US dollars.
The newspaper had said that the advertisement was placed by an advertisement agency on behalf of the Malaysian government. The NYT never disclosed the cost of the advertisement but, according to some calculations, full-page ads placed in the newspaper are priced between US$180,000 and US$230,000. That would amount to between RM580,000 and RM740,000 for a one-page ad.
In Rosmah’s case, the April 16, 2010 congratulatory ad was a two-page colour spread that would have cost a fortune.
Perhaps in future more such awards will come her way. What, however, remains a mystery is on what basis are those awards given out to Rosmah? Is is by virtue of her being the premier’s wife?
The mayor of Ankara has such good words to say about Rosmah’s contribution in helping those in need. It is hoped she lives up to those words.
For now, the 59-year-old Rosmah’s commitment is to continue emptying the nation’s coffers in organising the biennial First Ladies Summit, to be held next year in Kuala Lumpur. Her debut summit last year emptied RM24 million from the nation’s purse and the people are left wondering how much more deeper will she dig into the taxpayers’ pockets to fund the second summit.
Awards should reflect dedication
Awards are given out to recognise a recipient’s dedication to a cause. In Rosmah’s case, that has yet to happen.
She has never been transparent on how the RM100 million budgeted to Permata is put to use. Rosmah, during the 2010 summit, said the future of a child is “shaped” but then what has she done to help shape the future of the rural children of Sarawak?
She is well aware of the need for pre-schools in the interiors of Sarawak yet Rosmah has declined to help the rural children there. Nor does she find it worth her while setting up Permata centres in Sarawak. And yet mayor Gokcheh finds her work inpressive and inspiring.
Why the discrimination, Rosmah? Is she not familiar with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which says no one child must be left out at the expense of another?
Calling the shots
Rosmah, who is also the patron of Malaysian AIDS Council, was once compared with former United States president Bill Clinton’s wife Hillary Clinton, who was said to be the one wearing the pants. Rosmah had then replied, “No, I am not going to be a Hillary Clinton. As the first lady, I can comment on other things but I do not want to get involved in politics and governing the country.” That was on July 8, 2009.
Barely four years after husband Najib took over as prime minister, Rosmah’s pet project Permata was given a budget of RM150 million, with Rosmah declaring 300 centres coming up nationwide.
It was also Rosmah who promised to build a Permata centre for the people of Hulu Selangor should Barisan Nasional win the parliamentary seat in the by-election held in April last year. BN did win and until today there is no sight of any such centre as promised. Rosmah’s excuse for the no-show is that a suitable piece of land has yet to be found.
How did Rosmah acquire the gumption to make such promises to the people of Hulu Selangor? Is she not meddling in the country’s administrative affairs?
Rosmah has very clearly got her priorities all mixed up. Her only focus is on Permata and the First Ladies Summit. So much so that she thought it was such a big deal to personally hand over the declaration to United Nations secretary-general Ban Kim- moon. Rosmah conveniently ignored the plights of the Penan girls and women and the rural children who have no pre-schools at their disposal.
