Anwar Ibrahim has a slight edge over Najib Abdul Razak as a prime ministerial candidate, according to a survey by Universiti Malaya's Democratic and Election Centre (Umcedel).
The survey, involving 1,407 respondents residing in Peninsular Malaysia in early April, indicated that 43 percent of voters believe Anwar was qualified to be prime minister while 24 percent of voters disagreed and the rest were unsure.
As for Najib, 39 percent of voters said he was qualified to be the prime minister, while 31 percent disagreed. Another 30 percent were unsure.
Interestingly, 54 percent of Malay respondents said Anwar was qualified to be prime minister while only 28 percent said the same for Najib.
Among first-time voters, 48 percent of respondents believed Anwar to be qualified as prime minister while 25 percent of respondents said the same for Najib.
Compared to Umcedel's last survey results in January, Najib's rating had dropped four points while Anwar and increased by one point.
In terms of Malay respondents, Najib's rating had dropped by 18 points while Anwar's rating had rose by nine points.
Anwar seen as 'more Islamic'
Both Najib and Anwar are pretty much neck and neck in other areas.
Najib has a slight edge in terms of "friendly-ness" compared to Anwar.
Fifty-four percent of respondents believe Najib to be more "people-friendly" compared to 46 percent who said the same for Anwar.
“Of course Najib is higher (in the polls) - he appears on TV almost every day, compared to Anwar who only appears when there is something not good about him,” said Umcedel director Mohd Redzuan Othman at a press conference today.
Najib is also seen as slightly more capable administration-wise compared to Anwar, while Anwar has a slight lead in terms of accountability and vision to develop the country.
However, Anwar has a clear lead in terms of exhibiting Islamic virtues, with 43 percent of respondents stating that he has such values, as compared to 37 percent saying the same for Najib.
Sex video doesn't sell
Meanwhile, the survey also found that 62 percent of respondents said they were not influenced by a sex video of an alleged Pakatan Rakyat leader floating on the Internet.
Thirty nine percent of the respondents said they were convinced that the sex video was a piece of "Umno propaganda" aimed at making personal attacks, while 39 percent said they were unsure.
Twenty two percent of respondents disagreed that the clip was "Umno propaganda".
“It appears that the smear campaign that is going on (in the mainstream media) on Anwar, is not really having a bad effect on him,” said Redzuan.
Meanwhile, the 63 percent of survey respondents said they wanted to see a debate between Najib and Anwar while 19 percent disagreed with the idea.
-malaysiakini.com
Saturday, April 27, 2013
ANWAR OVERTAKES NAJIB: 43% want Anwar as PM, 39% for Najib
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Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mungkin pada pandangan sesetengah pihak bukanlah calon yang tepat kerana tidak menunjukan ciri-ciri keislamaan akan tetapi segala usah beliau adalah untuk membantu masyarakat beragama Islam juga dan pembangunan serta perubahan yang dibawa tidak membelakangkan ajaran Islam. Buktinya;
ReplyDeleteKerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) dibawah pimpinan Datuk seri Najib Tun Razak tidak akan berdolak-dalik dalam soal agama atau mnegorbankan prinsip Islam semata-mata untuk mendapatkan 'mileage' politik.
Perdana Menteri menyatakan kerajaan BN akan terus mempertahankan prinsip-prinsip Islam termasuk mengenai penggunaan kalimah Allah walaupun ada pihak yang mempertikai tindakan yang dilakukan itu. Kerana itulah mereka senantiasa mengekalkan pendirian mereka mengenai pengunaan perkataan Allah semata-mata untuk umat Islam, kebenaran tetap kebenaran.
Najib mengakui mereka sentiasa mempertahankan penggunaan kalimah Allah kerana mereka percaya tindakan mereka betuk yang akhirnya Allah akan bantu kerana dipihak yang benar.
Najib menegaskan kerajaan BN akan terus mempertahan prinsip-prinsip Islam termasuk berhubung kalimah Allah selain kaedah menangani insiden pencerobohan militan warga asing di Lahad Datu, Sabah baru-baru ini, kerana tindakan yang dilakukan kerajaan itu betul.
Mengenai insiden pencerobohan di Lahad Datu, kerajaan menggunakan pendekatan penyelesaian secara damai tetapi apabila mereka menyerang anggota keselamatan yang bertugas. Arahan serangan habis-habisan untuk pertahan keddaulatan negara, dan ini debenarkan Islam.
Persaoalan terhadap sesetengah pihak yang cuba mengatakan bahawa itu adalah hanya drama semata-mata dan cuba mengeksplotasi isu-isu berkenaan demi kepentingan politik masing-masing. Dalam dunia politik, tidak boleh mengorbankan prinsip-prinsip agama hanya kerana politik semata-mata untuk mendapat keuntungan dan kemenangan dalam politik.
Kerajaan Perseketuan sebenarnya sentiasa mengambil berat tentang peranan imam, guru takmir, dan juga Kafa (Kelas Al Quran dan juga Fardu Ain) kerana kerajaan sedar tugas dakwah bukanlah perkara yng boleh doi ambil ringan.
Mengambil kira peranan penting imam dalam usaha memartabatkan Islam, kerajaan telah manaikkan kadar imbuhan bulanan iman kepada RM750.00 sebulan dan bayaran itu selari dengan pertambahan tugas mereka yang semakin mencabar berikutan peranan mereka sebagai penggerak utama dalam masyarakat di peringkat akar umbi.
Penerusan Program Khas sejak 2011 dan akan menghantar 800 orang termasuk 400 imam ke Tanah Suci bagi tahun 2013 sebagai tanda penghargaan kepada mereka.
Tahun 2013 sahaja, kerajaan pusat memperuntukan RM500,967,264 untuk aktiviti memakmurkan masjid dan pendidikan Islam dengan membayar imbuhan imam sebanyak RM128,286,000 kepada 14,254 imam; program takmir (RM32,428,956) untuk 3,692 guru takmir; guru Kafa (RM338,684.160) bagi 31,355 orang dan RM1,810 sebulan kepada 171 penyelaras pentadbiran masjid daerah di seluruh negara.
Anwar has the habit of not practising what he preaches. If he talks about anti money politics, he is the one who is the head of money politics during the election for the post of UMNO Deputy President in 1993.
ReplyDeleteCorruption was highest when Anwar was Minister of Finance, hence people call him Father of corruption.
ReplyDeleteWhen Anwar became the leader of ABIM, Islamic principles were made his basis of struggle to meet his political ambition. When he joined UMNO, all the principles and Islamic struggle were only a mask whereas his actual struggle is the contrary. Anwar became a hypocrite when he led the congregational prayer and read the sermon on Friday prayers while he himself is not clean, and his morality is full of sins. His reading of the Quranic verse on The Disbelievers was wrong. This had been commented by intellectuals themselves. Anwar had always been seen wearing silk when he was leading the prayers.
ReplyDeleteMany people were surprised that the US government had welcomed Anwar's arrival in the US as an eminent statesman with 21 gunshots and a red carpet. While Dr Mahathir himself had never been welcomed in such a manner. A similar welcome had been given to Boris Yeltsin, while at that time Gorbachev was the President of the Soviet Union. Soon after that, the Soviet Union broke up and Boris Yeltsin rose as the new President of Russia. Can't the US do the same thing to Malaysia? Anything can happen and the people have many impressions of Anwar when they interpret this extraordinary friendship. Is Anwar an agent of CIA?
ReplyDeleteAnwar was not happy with the decision to bring back all members of 46 party led by Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, hence he tried to stop Razaleigh from all levels so that the members of 46 party would not get any position in UMNO divisions. As a leader, it is certainly unhealthy to be vindictive whereas the members of 46 have a sincere wish to disband their party and join UMNO again.
ReplyDeleteWestern universities have a reputation for rigorous thinking and objective analysis – that's why many Malaysians value the experience of getting a degree in places like the UK, Australia and the US. So it's natural that observers of Malaysia's general election will seek opinions of academics from these places. After all, if you're not in the same country you're less likely to have your own biases, right?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, this perception of objectivity is increasingly being used for political ends. We have noticed a growing trend of 'activist academics' who exploit their position by dressing up their opinions as facts. Local academics are more easily identified by political allegiance -at least Dr. Ong Kian Ming has nailed his colours to the mast in standing as a candidate for DAP.
ReplyDeleteWe're used to Anwar Ibrahim talking down our country for his own political ends, but it's sad to see the same being done by the opposition's international allies. Aside from whatever political views you have, we can all agree that analysis of our election is being badly served by agenda-driven academics.
ReplyDeleteTake Bridget Welsh, an American-trained academic based in Singapore. She is possibly the most frequent academic commentator of the Malaysian election, used by many international media sources as an independent voice. But how many of them realise that just a few years ago, she worked for the opposition?
ReplyDeleteWelsh is a regular contributor to Malaysiakini, the pro-Opposition news portal. She is extremely close to many Opposition politicians including those from the PKR and PAS. And most damningly of all, this so-called independent voice provided advice and recommendations on political campaign and strategies to the DAP and PKR during the 2008 General Election. Clearly, she's closely aligned with the Opposition – and has made their agenda her own.
ReplyDeleteJust listen to her interview with Radio Australia this week, where she concluded by stating: "[Malaysian voters] have a choice between sticking with the status quo or actually choosing people who have a record of being in state government for five years, who have had a reasonably solid record of addressing these issues, particularly in areas of governance."
ReplyDeleteIn this interview she also did her best to rubbish the PM's new candidates, claiming that on average there was a 50% turnover every election anyway and that when Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi came back in 2004 it was 70%. But does this factual academic declaration stand up to scrutiny?
ReplyDeleteIn 2013, 49% of BN's state candidates – and 33% of its parliamentary candidates – are new. The 2008 figures were 20% and 21% respectively. This time around, BN is fielding more than twice as many new candidates as last time. No wonder Najib is talking about "BN Baru".
ReplyDeleteThis sloppiness extends to her on-the-record statements, too. Welsh seems more interested being a quote generator than providing academic insight. Her comments to Bloomberg this week were typically confused: Reacting to Najib's remarks about the impact an opposition victory would have on the stock market, she said, "it shows he's getting defensive and moving into attack mode... he appears to be painting it in black and white as a zero-sum game".
ReplyDeleteEven if we ignore the fact that Welsh has long standing and documented friendships with key members of the Opposition, or that her commentary and "analysis" of Malaysia and its election has been largely agenda-driven, the truth is that she has fatally undermined her own claims to impartiality. By working for the opposition openly during the last election – and campaigning covertly during this one – Bridget Welsh has revealed she is no independent voice, but just another one of Anwar's activist academics
ReplyDeleteRAKYAT PERMATANG PAUH PILIH BN , BIAR ANWAR JADI PENSYARAH SELEPAS PRU13 - DR MAZLAN
ReplyDeleteBUKIT MERTAJAM 27 April - Calon Barisan Nasional (BN) bagi kerusi Parlimen Permatang Pauh, Dr. Mazlan Ismail mahu pengundi di kawasan itu memberi peluang kepada Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mencapai cita-citanya menjadi pensyarah di salah sebuah universiti di United Kingdom selepas Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13 (PRU-13) pada 5 Mei ini.
Mazlan berkata, cita-cita itu pernah disuarakan penyandang kerusi Parlimen Permatang Pauh itu sekiranya beliau gagal mempertahankan kerusi itu pada PRU-13 nanti.
ReplyDeleteSebelum ini, Anwar dilaporkan pernah menyuarakan hasrat meninggalkan dunia politik dan kembali mengajar sekiranya pakatan pembangkang gagal menguasai Putrajaya tetapi tidak menyatakan sama ada di universiti dalam atau luar negara.
Sebelum ini, Anwar pernah menjadi pensyarah jemputan di Universiti Georgetown, Amerika Syarikat.
ReplyDelete"Jadi untuk merealisasikan cita-citanya (Anwar) maka pengundi-pengundi di Permatang Pauh perlu memilih BN pada pilihan raya kali ini.
"Saya berjanji akan mengetuai kepimpinan bersama tiga calon BN yang lain untuk memberi harapan kepada penduduk Permatang Pauh tanpa mengira parti, bangsa dan agama," katanya dalam ucapan ringkas pada ceramah perdana bekas sahabat-sahabat karib Anwar di Padang Awam Taman Pauh di sini malam tadi.
Ceramah perdana anjuran bersama Gabungan Bela Hak Insan Pulau Pinang dan Jalur Tiga (Jati) dihadiri kira-kira 1,000 orang. Tiga penceramah yang hadir ialah Presiden Jati, Datuk Dr. Hasan Ali; Timbalan Presidennya, Datuk Aidit Ghazali; dan Naib Presidennya, Prof. Datuk Dr. Sidek Baba.
ReplyDeleteSementara itu, Mazlan berkata, tindakan Anwar yang tidak turun berkempen dan bertemu dengan pengundi di Parlimen Permatang Pauh dianggap sebagai tidak menghargai jasa dan sokongan pengundi yang telah memilih dan memberi mandat sebagai wakil rakyat kepada beliau.
"Tidak boleh ke dalam tempoh 15 hari berkempen ini beliau beri perhatian kepada pengundi di Permatang Pauh kerana selama lima tahun menjadi wakil rakyat, beliau juga mengabaikan penduduk di sini.
ReplyDelete"Saudara saudari tanyalah sendiri kepadanya apakah nilai kami ini terlalu kecil berbanding orang Miri, adakah nilai kami ini terlalu kecil berbanding orang Perak dan Selangor," katanya. - BERNAMA
In 1999, Anuar Ibrahim was sentenced to prison to six years for corruption(abuse of power). Is this a leader we want to become our PM? No way...Ini kali lah???? NO NO NO NO Lain Kali lah..
ReplyDeleteHari Kemenangan UMNO/BN.
ReplyDeleteRABU-Hari Prlimen dibubarkan.
R-Rakyat
A-Akan
B-Buang
U-Undi
SABTU-Hari Penamaan calon.
S-Semua
A-Akan
B-Bersatu
T-Terus Mnyokong
U-UMNO/BN
AHAD-Hari mengundi
A-Adalah
H-Hari
A-Akhir
D-Dtk Seri Anuar
Kaitan dg Teori RAHMAN:
R-Rahman(PM 1)
A-Abdul Razak(PM ke2)
H-Hussein Onn(PM ke3)
M-Mahathir(PM ke4)
A-Abdullah(PM ke5)-Sepatutnya Anuar jdi PM tpi kena pecat
N-Najib (PM ke6...dn sterusnya.
Slps PRU13-Najib akn mnjdi PM slps mndpt mandat baru.
Pusingan abjad "A" dlm Teori RAHMAN akn mngmbil masa 10thn atau lbih dr trikh Najib angkat sumpah. Peluang Anuar nak jdi PM samakin tipis atas faktor umur atau usia.
Ini kali lah???? NO NO NO...LAIN KALI LAH...
UMNO/BN:Dulu,Kini & Selamanya. Terbaiiik untuk rakyat Malaysia.
Setuju dengan DR Mazlan. Anuar hanya layak menjadi pensyarah di Universiti di UK yg dicita-citakannya. Rakyat boleh membantu Anuar mencapai cita-citanya untuk menjadi Pesyarah Universiti dengan cara menolak PR dan memberi kemenangan kpd BN.
ReplyDeleteIni kali lah??? NO NO NO...LAIN KALI LAH
UMNO/BN: Dulu, Kini & Selamanya. Terbaaaiiiiik utk rakyat.
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berharap rakyat akan terus memberi sokongan kepadanya dan Barisan Nasional (BN) pada pilihan raya umum ke-13 (PRU13) 5 Mei ini agar mereka dapat terus berbakti kepada rakyat.
ReplyDeletePerdana menteri berkata di Malaysia, pilihan raya diadakan bagi memberi hak kepada rakyat untuk memilih pentadbir kerajaan sama ada di peringkat pusat mahupun negeri.
ReplyDelete"Ini ialah proses demokrasi yang telah diamalkan di negara kita sejak sekian lama. "Pilihan raya kali ini juga adalah sejarah baharu buat saya kerana ini kali pertama saya bertanding, bukan sahaja sebagai calon di Parlimen Pekan tetapi juga sebagai pengerusi BN," katanya
ReplyDeletePelakon antarabangsa kelahiran Ipoh, Perak, Datuk Michelle Yeoh secara terbuka meminta rakyat supaya memberikan sokongan padu kepada Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
ReplyDeleteMenurutnya, Najib merupakan pemimpin yang telah melakukan banyak perkara bagi membangunkan negara dan sudah pastinya beliau akan melakukan lebih lagi selepas ini.
ReplyDeleteSaya setulus hati berharap beliau akan kekal sebagai Perdana Menteri, dan saya meminta anda semua memberikan mandat yang kukuh kepadanya supaya beliau dapat memimpin negara ke arah masa depan yang lebih cerah,” katanya kepada kira-kira 60,000 orang pada Majlis Ramah Mesra Bersama Perdana Menteri di Pelabuhan Klang
ReplyDelete, Najib menegaskan jika perubahan yang dicari rakyat, mereka harus memberikan mandat sekali lagi kepada Barisan Nasional (BN) kerana kerajaan sememangnya sedang melakukan perubahan menerusi pelbagai program transformasi.
ReplyDeletePilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU13) pada 5 Mei ini, sangat signifikan kepada Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
ReplyDeleteBarisan Nasional (BN) Kedah yakin akan dapat menawan semula negeri ini daripada pakatan pembangkang pada pilihan raya umum ke-13 (PRU13) 5 Mei ini, paling kurang dengan majoriti mudah.
ReplyDelete“Kita yakin ‘simple majority’ sudah ada dalam tangan. Sekarang kita sedang berusaha untuk mendapatkan dua pertiga majoriti,” kata Pengerusi BN Kedah Datuk Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah
ReplyDeletedengan majoriti mudah memerlukan 19 kerusi manakala majoriti dua pertiga pula 24 kerusi.
ReplyDeleteAhmad Bashah berkata keyakinan itu turut didorong oleh ‘kepulangan’ pengundi Cina ke pangkuan BN setelah kecewa dengan pemerintahan kerajaan Pas selama lima tahun.
ReplyDeleteKatanya beliau dapat melihat sendiri sokongan yang luar biasa oleh masyarakat Cina Kedah, terutamanya daripada kalangan badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) kepada BN pada PRU13 ini.
ReplyDeletePersolan penting dlm PRU 13 ini ialah untk mencari jawapn kepada persoalan iaitu siapa yang lebih layak jadi PM Malaysia? Najib atau Anuar?
ReplyDeleteWhat does it take for voters to believe in between these two leaders?
Short answer: Credibility. "Credibility, according to leadership schoolars is the foundation of leadership"(Kauzer & Posner,2010)
Siapakah antara kedua pemimpin ini yang memiliki ciri-ciri kredibiliti itu? Renungkan dan fikir-fikirkan lah seblum 5.5.2013
kerana jika Barisan Nasional (BN) kekal mentadbir negara, beliau akan pertama kali menerima mandat mengetuai kerajaan.
ReplyDeleteBagi diri saya, buat pertama kali saya bertanding bukan sahaja sebagai calon parlimen Pekan tetapi jika diizinkan Allah, calon untuk mengetuai kerajaan persekutuan," kata perdana menteri.
ReplyDeleteperdana menteri berkata satu daripada penilaian terhadap kepimpinan beliau ialah sejauh mana pengundi di kawasan parlimen Pekan memberi sokongan kepadanya untuk memperoleh majoriti lebih besar dan terbaik berbanding Pilihan Raya Umum 2008.
ReplyDeleteNajib berkata kemenangan dengan majoriti lebih besar pada pilihan raya kali ini bagi kerusi parlimen berkenaan juga akan membolehkan beliau lebih dihormati oleh rakyat negara ini.
ReplyDeleteKajian UMCEDEL tidak tepat. Tiga kajian lain menyangkal kajian kajian UMCEDEL;
ReplyDeleteKajian Merdeka Center For Opinion Research mndpati populariti Naji 65%.
Kajian ASLI-Asian Strategic & Leadership Institute mengatakan BN akan menang PRU13.
The Economist-Intelligence Unit-melaporkan BN akan memenangi PRU13.
Biarlah rakyat buat keputusan akhir untuk menentukan PM.
ReplyDeleteNajib harus kenal pasti sebab apa beliau tidak diterima.
ReplyDeletePengundi di luar bandar harus sedar diri.
ReplyDeleteManifesto BN atau PR yang berjaya menambat hati rakyat?
ReplyDeleteRasuahan negara semakin banyak. Ini juga menyebabkan Najib dicabar.
ReplyDeleteCan Anuar be trusted?
ReplyDeleteSME Corp Malaysia expects the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector to grow above six per cent this year driven by the good domestic demand.
ReplyDeletethe sector has always been consistent in terms of growth and often outpaced the nation’s.
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