"Gays to Najib: We are human beings, too!"

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Colombia delivered a joint statement during the general debate at the United Nations Human Rights Council recently to call on the world to end violence, criminal sanctions, and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and to urge the Human Rights Council to address these important human rights issues. Eighty-five countries signed the joint statement; Malaysia, however, was not one of them. The joint statement emphasises that no one should face rights violations because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity. Countries that have refused to be part of this joint statement do not believe that gay people deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. Given the ignorance of many politicians and religious fundamentalists in our country, I am not surprised that Malaysia is not one of the countries that signed the document that upholds human rights. I am, however, still deeply saddened by the absence of Malaysia in this important statement, especially while countries like Japan, Nepal, Rwanda, and Mexico are among the signatories, demonstrating that they have a better understanding of human rights than Malaysia. This statement is reported to enjoy the support of the largest group of countries, to date, on the topic of sexual orientation, gender identity, and human rights; but this group is still not large enough to make every country believe that LGBT (refers collectively to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people). ...people are human beings who also deserve human rights - a lamentable situation in the technologically-advanced twenty-first century! Due to ignorance and prejudice, many people, especially in developing and under-developed countries, still believe that gay people and transgender people do not deserve to be protected by the law, as is every heterosexual. The message of the countries that deny the human rights of LGBT people, including Malaysia, is clear: You should pay your taxes; you can give your lives to the country, but you cannot live your lives authentically; you have to lie to live! When everything is your own fault If you come out and are honest about who you are, and get hurt or even killed because of that, it is all your fault! Not signing the statement to protect the lives of gay and transgender people implies that some people are less than human and that they should not enjoy the same human rights as others. The prejudices against gay and transgender people are outrageous, especially considering the fact that we live in the twenty-first century. Like the myths and stereotypes of race and gender many people held in the past, those about homosexuality are still alive and kicking in many countries due to religious fundamentalism and ignorance. It is astonishing, and no less frustrating, to see how people can perpetuate homophobia and hatred, and be extremely unreasonable, by condemning homosexuality while not being able to articulate objectively and scientifically what is wrong with it, or what harm it can do to anyone. Since Malaysia refuses to sign the statement that would protect basic human rights of gay people, please do not tell us that, "We have no problem with homosexuality, as long as you keep it to yourself." What is meant by "We have no problem with homosexuality," when gay people are not protected by laws? What does it mean to "keep your sexual practices private" or "keep it to yourself," while we still retain the outdated codes 377 (a) and (b), which were bestowed on us by our English colonisers and which even they repealed a long time ago? Admit it, gay people in Malaysia have no privacy because our society intrudes into our bedrooms with codes 377 (a) and (b). You are not okay with homosexuality! This unexamined hypocrisy must be exposed! Even when world sinks, gay bashing will continue The arguments many people use to attack and condemn gay and transgender people do not stand up to rational consideration. Many people when they think about homosexuality, only think about sexual acts; we are not acts, we are human beings who pay taxes and who deserve to be treated as citizens as well. Homosexuality is not a lifestyle, it is who we are; homosexuals are human beings. Our sexual orientation, regardless of being homosexual or heterosexual, is more than sexual behavior, it also involves the mind, the heart and the soul, and every intimate association that individuals form helps to give meaning and richness to life. mohd saiful bukhari azlan 4 at jawi 271108The Port Klang Free Zone scandal has been soft-pedaled in every way possible, or even forgotten by many people, and yet this country is obsessed with investigating Saiful Bukhari Azlan's anus. Isn't this ridiculous? The reason we have this unnecessary drama, which drains the energy and resources of opposition parties, is that we retain the outdated codes 377 (a) and (b). No wonder the government never wants to repeal them, and many of us are stupid enough to give our tacit consent to our government.

Ku Li - PR Mampu Buat Kejutan di Sarawak, walaupun menghadapi rintangan...

Kekangan logistik dan sumber kewangan akan menjadi halangan terbesar kepada Pakatan Rakyat untuk menawan Sarawak. Namun gagasan itu mampu menafikan Barisan Nasional majoriti dua pertiga pada pilihanraya negeri bulan ini, kata Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.

Tokoh Umno itu yang lebih dikenali sebagai Ku Li berkata, apa yang jelas adalah Sarawak tidak lagi boleh dianggap sebagai "simpanan tetap" Barisan Nasional untuk mengekalkan kuasanya di Putrajaya.

Pilihanraya Sarawak akan diadakan pada 16 April dengan hari penamaan calon pada 6 April. Adalah dijangkakan sebilangan besar daripada 71 kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri akan menyaksikan pertembungan satu dengan satu antara Barisan Nasional dan Pakatan Rakyat.

Ku Li berkata aliran politik semasa menunjukkan BN akan mengekalkan kuasa di Sarawak, namun kemenangan selesa seperti pilihanraya negeri yang lalu tidak akan berulang. "Kalaulah dalam keadaan biasa, kemungkinan BN akan mengekalkan kuasa tapi bukan dengan majoriti dua pertiga sepertimana sebelum dibubarkan Dewan Undangan Negeri. Sekiranya keadaan kempen dan pergerakan dijalankan seperti biasa, kemungkinan BN akan mendapat majoriti mudah untuk terus berkuasa di Sarawak," kata bekas Menteri Kewangan dan Naib Presiden Umno itu.

Namun tokoh politik veteran itu memberi amaran bahawa Pakatan Rakyat akan menghadapi pelbagai rintangan dalam usaha untuk menamatkan pemerintahan 30 tahun BN di bawah pimpinan Ketua Menteri Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud. Ku Li berkata berkata BN, seperti di masa-masa lalu akan mencari kemenangan mutlak dengan "menggunakan banyak wang dan dengan logistik" untuk meraih sokongan pengundi yang bertaburan merentasi sebuah negeri yang saiznya hampir sama dengan Semenajung M! alaysia.

Mantan Menteri Kewangan itu berkata BN dijangka membolot segala kemudahan pengangkutan yang ada di Sarawak untuk memberi tekanan kepada Pakatan Rakyat. "Kalau nak kemana
-mana di Sarawak kena ada bot dan kapal terbang. Kalau semua orang dah sewa bot dan kapal terbang, macam mana nak berkempen. Dan kalau semua minyak sudah dipajak atau dibeli di stesen minyak, nak bergerak pun susah. Saya rasa kalau keadaan seperti ini berlaku, sukar bagi mereka menghadapi BN di Sarawak," kata Ku Li.

Pakatan Rakyat mengharapkan sentimen pengundi yang menolak kepemimpinan Taib yang diselubungi dengan dakwaan-dakwaan rasuah dan salah guna kuasa, tuduhan pemimpin BN merampas Tanah Adat Orang Asal dan kemiskinan luar bandar sebagai pemangkin untuk membuat kejutan pada pilihanraya negeri kali ini.

Ku Li berkata jika Pakatan berjaya menafikan majoriti dua pertiga kepada BN di Dewan Undangan Negeri Sarawak, ia membawa implikasi tersendiri kepada kelangsungan gabungan itu sendiri di peringkat kerusi Parlimen.

'Sudah tentu (ia mempunyai impak) kerana keadaan di bawah tentukan keadaan di atas. Oleh sebab itu, keadaan ini akan tentukan kedudukan Parlimen dan Kerajaan Pusat,' tambah beliau.

BN kini menguasai 62 daripada 71 kerusi DUN Sarawak dengan Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu Sarawak (PBB) pimpinan Taib memegang 35 kerusi, manakala Parti Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak (SUPP) mempunyai 12 kerusi dan Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) dan Parti Demokratik Progresif Sarawak (SPDP) masing-masing memegang lapan kerusi. Pakatan Rakyat memenangi tujuh kerusi pada pilihanraya negeri lalu dengan DAP merangkul enam kerusi dan PKR satu.

Ku Li menjangka jika Pakatan Rakyat berjaya menafikan BN majoriti dua pe! rtiga di Sarawak, ia akan memberi kesan kepada sentimen pengundi di Sabah. Negeri jiran Sarawak itu juga menghadapi masalah kemiskinan kronik, di samping pimpinan kerajaan negeri diselubungi dakwaan-dakwaan membolot kekayaan balak dan sumber asli negeri.

"Apa juga yang berlaku di Sarawak akan mempengaruhi keadaan di Sabah. Kalau keadaan BN tak baik di Sarawak ia juga akan pengaruhi keadaan tak baik di Sabah. Itu yang lazimnya,' kata Ku Li.

source:tvs

'Anwar Ibrahim in Padungan, police permit denied to hold 12th years aniversary of PKR.'

'Prosperity for Taib and BN, poverty and misery for Sarawakians'

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Anwar - BN jangan anggap orang Sarawak bodoh...

Realiti sebenar negeri Sarawak tidak boleh dinilai melalui paparan imej di kaca televisyen dan ruang iklan pelancongan semata-mata. Tetapi keadaan sebenar diketahui hanya melalui pengalaman dengan turun sendiri ke kawasan pedalaman untuk merasai keperitan hidup di negeri terkaya di Malaysia ini.

Konvoi lawatan Ketua Umum Keadilan, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yang menjelajah di beberapa buah kampung di daerah sekitar Kuching membuktikan permasalahan rakyat Sarawak tidak dapat diselesaikan dalam masa singkat.

Justeru, perubahan paling mendesak bagi rakyat Sarawak adalah melalui pertukaran pucuk pentadbiran negeri pada pilihan raya negeri kali ini. Sambutan hangat masyarakat setempat dalam siri program Anwar memberi harapan baru untuk menyinari bumi Kenyalang yang telah puluhan tahun gelap sejarahnya setlah musnah dijarah kroni Taib-Barisan Nasional.

Tidak kira sama ada orang Islam atau Kristian, tidak kira sama ada masuk universiti atau tidak, saya yakin orang Sarawak punya hati dan perasaan. Barisan Nasional jangan anggap orang kampung boleh diperbodohkan selamanya, kata Anwar pada program ceramah di Kampung Stass, dekat Tasik Biru.

Lebih 300 penduduk tempatan yang terdiri dari masyarakat berketurunan Bidayuh hadir memberikan sokongan. Turut hadir ialah Naib Presiden Keadilan berketurunan Bidayuh, Datuk John Tenewi dan Adun Batu Caves, Amiruddin Shaari.

Sebaik tamat program, konvoi bergegas ke Kampung Rayang di Serian. Kira-kira 200 penduduk setia berhimpun untuk mendengar amanat sekali pun polis melakukan tinjauan. Trak dan uniform polis tidak dapat menggugat keberanian mereka.

Rakyat Sarawak kena berhati-hati dalam pilihanraya kali ini. Perintah (Kerajaan) BN S! arawak a kan guna taktik pecah belah. Mereka akan taja calon bebas dan parti-parti lain.

Kita lihat sekarang ini parti yang dahulunya miskin, tiba-tiba kaya. Dari mana dia dapat wang? Sudah tentu ada yang beri untuk pecahkan undi Pakatan Rakyat. Orang Sarawak mesti ingat, yang berlawan dalam pilihan raya ini ialah Pakatan Rakyat lawan Barisan Nasional, kata Anwar dalam ceramah di Kampung Rayang.

Program berakhir di Kampung Seria, Jalan Tebedu, kira-kira 10 kilometer daripada sempadan Indonesia.

Disini, penduduk yang ditemui optimis dengan perubahan.
Harapan bagi hanyalah satu, mahu kerajaan ini negeri ditukar.

Permasalahan di Sarawak ini terlalu banyak. Pembalakan haram, curi tanah, hasil bumi yang dibolot kelompok tertentu, sampaikan pemilihan Jawatankuasa Kampung pun dibolot kroni, kata Nazaruddin seorang penduduk kampung yang bekerja sebagai pekebun sawit.

Justeru, beliau bertekad untuk mengajak ahli keluarga dan penduduk di kampungnya untuk mengundi Pakatan Rakyat pada pilihan raya negeri kali ini.

Sudah 30 tahun Taib Mahmud perintah. Kita sudah bosan, mahu tukar orang baru, tambahnya.

source:keadilan daily.

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Ku Li: Dalang Video Lucah Tandus Modal Politik...

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah membidas pihak yang mendalangi fitnah video lucah untuk menjatuhkan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dengan menegaskan rakyat akan menolak "politik kotor' sebegitu untuk mengalihkan tumpuan mereka daripada isu-isu nasional yang jauh lebih penting.

"Ini orang panggil gutter politics, politik longkang (dan digunakan) bila sudah tidak ada modal lagi. Ia timbul sebab polisi dan dasar yang diperjuangkan sudah tidak laku dan rakyat nampak tidak menerimanya. Oleh kerana itu (mereka) main politik kotor menyerang seseorang dengan harapan rakyat ketepikan hal seumpama itu. Ini bukan politik," tambah mantan Menteri Kewangan dan Naib Presiden Umno itu.

Dalam wawancara esklusif dengan TVSelangor, Tengku Razaeligh yang lebih dikenali 'Ku Li' menegaskan rakyat, khususnya masyarakat Melayu, menolak cubaan mana-mana pihak menyerang keperibadian pihak lain semata-mata untuk mencari kelebihan politik.

"Saya tak fikir rakyat terima hal (video seks) ini. Kalau tengok kes Anwar yang pertama tahun 1998, rakyat tidak terima. Usung tilam, bantal semua, tak ada orang terima. Saya masih ingat semasa saya adakan majlis dialog di Gua Musang. Orang cakap. Ni Melayu ke ni? Malulah," kata beliau.

"Perkara ini tak patut didedah kepada orang ramai. Jadi itu tunjukkan orang tak faham politik pun menolak benda macam ni. Saya rasa (video seks) ini salah langkah," tambah beliau

Ku Li berkata biarpun pihak yang mendalangi video seks itu berjaya menjatuhkan Anwar dan mencapai kemenangan politik, ia tidak bermakna dalam konteks kemuliaan tamadun negara itu sendiri. "Kenapa kita nak amalkan ini semua kerana politik? Jika berpolitik sebegini, kalau kita menang pun, tidak ada maruah, tidak ada nilai, jadi tidak gu! na kita menang pun kalau kita guna cara buruk dan keji untuk mendapat tempat. Saya rasa rakyat pun tak dapat terima dengan baik," tegas beliau.

Tiga individu - Bekas Ketua Menteri Melaka Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik, Bendahari Perkasa Shuib Lazim dan ahli perniagaan Shazryl Eskay mengakumendalangi penayangan video itu kepada umum pada 21 Mac.

Mereka mendakwa rakaman itu menunjukkkan Anwar mengadakan hubungan seks dengan seorang pelacur Cina di sebuah hotel di Kuala Lumpur pada 21 Februari. Ketiga-tiga mereka dilaporkan berjumpa Presiden Umno Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak selepas identiti mereka dibongkar oleh pejabat Parti Keadilan Rakyat.

Anwar membuat laporan polis bagi membolehkan polis menyiasat siapa pelaku dalam rakaman itu. Beliau menegaskan pada malam rakaman itu dibuat, beliau di rumah bersama ahli keluarga dan kakitangannya serta berinteraksi dengan kenalan menerusi Twitternya. Pejabat PKR mengemukakan sembilan pesanan Twitter Anwar, bagi menyokong hujah Ketua Pembangkang itu.

Semalam, Ketua Polis Negara Ismail Omar membuat pengumuman mengejutkan apabila mengisytiharkan video itu adalah tulen namun tidak mengulas sama ada pelakunya dikenal pasti. Beliau berkata hasil siasatan sudah di fasa terakhir dan akan diserahkan kepada Peguam Negara Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail dalam tempoh terdekat.

Kenyataan Ketua Polis Negara itu menimbulkan pelbagai kecurigaan kerana adalah difahamkan polis tidak mengambil keterangan daripada pihak-pihak yang relevan untuk memperakukan keterangan Anwar sebelum ini.

Contohnya keterangan Pengarah Strategi PKR Rafizi Ramli yang menghuraikan sembilan catatan Twitter Anwar yang membuktikan Ketua Pembangkang tidak terbabit dalam perlakuan sumbang yang dituduh ole! h Rahim dan dua rakannya itu.

Ku Li berkata perbuatan mencantas ahli politik dengan taktik-taktik keji seperti menayangkan video seks "bukan budaya" Melayu mahupun Islam kerana ia amat keji.

"Saya tak tahu dimana kita belajar perkara ini. Di Amerika pun orang kata politiknya kotor. Saya rasa ia bergantung pada kita. Rakyat Malaysia punya tamadun dan budaya yang baik, kenapa kita hendak ikut budaya tak baik' kata Ku Li.

"Apatah lagi bagi orang Melayu Islam, tak patut kita lakukan benda yang jijik yang dipandang rendah oleh orang. (Apa guna) kita buat perkara yang hina di sisi masyarakat," tegas beliau.

source:TVS

'Video seks: Ketua Polis Negara tidak faham'

'Sama seiras......maka 'merana'lah si 'Rafal dan Fabio'

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Civil society groups seeking martyrdom of "Interlok Insidious Poinson"

‘Interlok’ issue not yet resolved — Lim Teck Ghee

If You’re Gonna Ride, Daniel! Ride in Style!!

APRIL 1 — Civil society groups and other concerned individuals should not be taken in by Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s statement that the “Interlok” issue has been resolved.

In fact, not only is it not resolved but compliance will mean that “Interlok” could well be extended from its present Zone 2 (Klang Valley) coverage thereafter to Zone 1, Zone 3 and Zone 4 in the rest of the country.

“Interlok” is a beach head for the Little Napoleons and other Ketuanan bureaucrats to impose their agenda of educational and cultural seppuku on a young captive audience.

Success in imposing “Interlok” will only encourage these ideologues to move further upstream and inject their indoctrination into the syllabus for the younger forms, and eventually in the primary school curriculum.

The History and Moral subjects have already been tampered with. Currently the focus is on language and literature. What will be next?

Muhyiddin’s statement that nobody should politicise or exploit the issue by using NGOs is made in wilful ignorance. The fact is these organisations have been in the forefront of the campaign from the outset.

It is not difficult for the minister to determine the chronology of events with regard to the emergence and growth of public (but hardly any political) consciousness, concern and agitation on the book.

A quick glance at news and reports from the websites will show that civil society organisations such as NIAT, Hartal MSM, and the Centre for Policy Initiatives have provided analysis and public feedback for several months now on the unsuitability of “Interlok”.

The NGO concern is in sharp contrast to the lack of criticism on the book by public figures. Political parties from both Barisan Nasional and the opposition have been slow or reluctant to discuss the appropriateness of the book as a school text.

While the education minister and his MCA deputy — the career politicians — have been adamant on its retention, why have the educationists and other Education Ministry officials been largely silent?

In NGOs voicing our concerns on key issues affecting our nation, we do not have any political affiliation or political axe to grind. Neither are we racially motivated because Malay and non-Malay, Muslim and non-Muslim groups are equally concerned as to why “Interlok” is being retained when it is clearly in contravention of the Education Ministry and the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka’s own guidelines on textbook and literary work.

The Minister should welcome our feedback and seek to engage with us rather than try to intimidate us.

Giving up on the campaign to have the novel discontinued as a compulsory SPM reading is the wrong message to send. Capitulating to the Ministry’s insistence will signal that we do not care for our education system to play a positive role in building social cohesion as is implicit in the 1 Malaysia slogan.

NGOs and most particularly the parents should continue with even greater urgency and commitment to have “Interlok” removed from the classroom. The government has might on its side but might does not make it right.

* Dr Lim is director at the Centre for Policy Initiatives

In Malaysia, Justice Is NOt A Right But Something People Have To Beg For ...

‘Give MACC, EC more clout’

PETALING JAYA: Enforcement and government agencies need to be given more power if they are to combat money politics and political corruption.

Former Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) president Ramon Navaratnam said these bodies needed more bite to tackle graft, especially during elections.

“If they don’t have the power, then create that power,” he said, referring to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the Election Commission (EC).

“The MACC and the EC should be doing this (tackling corruption). They should be given the power to enforce the guidelines for the provisioning of funds during elections.”

On many occasions, the EC said that its job was to manage and not enforce elections. It also claimed that instances of corruption during elections came under the MACC’s purview.

At the same time, the MACC does not have the power to prosecute individuals or parties guilty of corruption. That task, however, rests in the hands of the Attorney-General.

Navaratnam said political parties did not need to tell the public where they got the funds from to run their election campaigns.

“Right now, political parties can get away with murder over political financing,” he said.

He added that individuals and companies must declare their donations to political parties and these parties should provide records of their expenditure during their campaigns.

Government must get serious

Navaratnam, the former MACC Corruption Prevention Panel chairman, also said that it
was pointless to have guidelines against graft if there was no enforcement.

“There need to be a declaration on what your donations are. And also enforcement over this matter,” he said.

He added that guidelines already in place against illicit political financing were not enough to combat corruption.

“The guidelines that are in place right now are not comprehensive, are not tight enough and are not enforced. There should be guidelines for the provisioning of funds during elections.”

“Right now they (guidelines) are very scant and limited. The government must be serious about its pledges to combat corruption. Why is it not doing this?”

Navaratnam also said that the government needed to do a study on the best practices employed by other countries when it came to political financing and incorporate these practices.

“This must be done urgently, and while it won’t be ready in time for the Sarawak state election, it should be ready for the next general election.

“Only then will the public believe that the government is serious in its will to combat political corruption,” he added.

Even though the Sarawak election has not started yet, allegations of money politics are already coming to the surface.

Muhyiddin "Mamak" Yassin Interlocking Racism ...

NGOs lock horns with Muhyiddin

KUALA LUMPUR: The controversy surrounding Interlok is far from over, with NGOs taking Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to task for suggesting that they had allowed themselves to be used by opposition political parties.

Lim Teck Ghee, who heads the Centre for Policy Initiatives, released a statement today that accused Muhyiddin of “wilful ignorance”.

“In NGOs voicing concerns on key issues affecting our nation, we do not have any political affiliation or political axe to grind,” the statement read.

Lim said the NGOs were at the “forefront of the campaign” to voice concerns over the book, which many groups have said had racist tendencies and was unsuitable for use in schools.

He said Muhyiddin should welcome feedback from the NGOs and engage them rather than intimidate them.

Yesterday, Muhyiddin as Education Minister repeated his assertion that the controversy had been resolved and described any further call for discussion as ill intended.

“If the opposition parties are exploiting the issue by getting non-governmental organisations to again voice objection, perhaps it’s because of the upcoming elections,” he told reporters.

Lim said that if Muhyiddin had studied the chronology of the controversy, he would have found that civil societies such as National Interlok Action Team (NIAT), Hartal MSM and the Centre for Policy Initiatives had been providing feedback for several months now.

He added that the NGOs’ activity in the matter was in “sharp contrast” to the lack of discussion among governing and opposition parties regarding the use of a controversial book as a compulsory text.

Lim disagreed with Muhyiddin that the issue had been resolved. He said retaining the book in the syllabus for Zone 2 of the school system meant that its use could be extended to other zones in the country.

Lim also urged NGOs and parents to continue expressing their opposition to the book as a school text.

Anwar Di Sambut Meriah, Polis Di 'Boo'....

Walaupun dihalang, diganggu dan amaran diberikan polis, kehadiran Ketua Umum Keadilan, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim ke Kuching tetap disambut meriah penduduk setempat. Sekalipun tanpa publisiti besar-besaran, namun kehadiran Ketua Pembangkang berjaya dihidu, yang kemudiannya disebar secara lisan, melalui SMS dan emel.
Pada program ceramah di Kampung Rampangi dalam Dun Asajaya malam tadi, seperti mana sebelumnya, polis meneruskan operasi menakutkan rakyat, namun keberanian rakyat Sarawak dibuktikan dengan kehadiran ratusan termasuk kaum wanita dan anak-anak muda.

Pada satu ketika semasa Anwar sedang berceramah , seorang pegawai polis telah diboo oleh hadirin kerana secara tiba-tiba mencelah dan mengarahkan supaya pembesar suara diperlahankan. Tak apa, nanti bila kita sampai ke Putrajaya, bukan sahaja gaji guru kita naikkan, elaun polis pun kita tambah, sinis Anwar disambut ketawa oleh hadirin.

Beliau kemudiannya bergegas ke Demak Laut Commercial Centre untuk memenuhi undangan ceramah di sebuah restoran. Disini, ratusan penyokong Pakatan Rakyat setia menunggu walaupun kawasan tersebut dikepung puluhan anggota polis. Walaupun agak penat dengan program berterusan sepanjang hari, tapi bila saya tengok orang Sarawak bersemangat, saya pun jadi kuat, kata Anwar disambut sorakan Reformasi.

Ini petanda yang baik. Bukan orang Bidayuh sahaja yang mahu perubahan, orang Melayu pun, katanya.Anwar berkata Sarawak yang kaya amat jauh berbeza dengan keadaan negara Bangladesh yang dilanda kemiskinan. Negeri ini akan mengalami nasib yang sama sekiranya pemimpin Barisan Nasional dibenarkan terus merompak hasil mahsulnya, kata Anwar.

Terdahulu sebelum itu, di sebelah petang, k! etika si nggah di pekan Serian untuk minum petang, ramai pengunjung di bandar transit tersebut yang mengambil peluang untuk bersalaman dan bergambar bersama Anwar. Kehadiran rakyat Sarawak yang meningkat pada setiap program yang dihadiri Anwar menunjukkan mood sokongan kini berpihak kepada Pakatan Rakyat.

Rakyat Sarawak harus mengambil iktibar daripada kebangkitan rakyat di negara Mesir dan Tunisia yang menumbangkan penguasa yang zalim dan rasuah. Dunia menolak pemimpin ambil kekayaan dan banyak menyusahkan rakyat. Negeri kaya tetapi rakyat miskin. Semua dah tukar dah, Indonesia dah tukar dah, Mesir dan Tunisia pun dah tukar dah tinggal Sarawak sahaja yang belum, kata Anwar menutup ceramah di Demak Laut malam tadi.

source:keadilan daily

'Do we still want Taib to rule after 30 years?'

BN using army, soldiers to frighten voters

Call home and push for changes

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