Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim called on Chinese voters not to be tricked by Prime Minister Najib Razak's "dirty politics", accusing the ruling Umno-BN coalition of trying to cheat by making it impossible for the DAP to use its Rocket logo in coming general election.
He also advised the DAP, one of the 3 Opposition parties that make up the Pakatan Rakyat coalition, not to be demoralized but to continue to fight even it if it meant having to contest under the logos of the other 2 Pakatan parties - PKR and PAS.
"Umno-BN is not making sense. Saturday is nomination day and today, suddenly they are saying DAP cannot use the Rocket. I told YB Lim Kit Siang not to worry. Tuan Guru Nik Aziz has already said use the Moon (PAS logo), use Keadilan (PKR logo)," Anwar told a packed political rally at Wangsa Maju organised by PKR senior leader Tan Kee Kwong on Thursday night.
"Do you think the Chinese are afraid of using the Moon? Do you think they are afraid of Keadilan. Let’s teach them a lesson."
Using the RoS to derail the Pakatan's advance?
The 64-year-old Anwar was referring to the announcement by the Registrar of Societies that it could not recognize the current set of DAP office bearers pending a probe into the party's recent internal election, which has been disputed by disgruntled members.
The RoS snub is seen by many political pundits as a sly move to derail the Pakatan by whittling down the popularity of the Chinese-based DAP by forcing it to contest under the logos of PAS, an Islamist party, and the multiracial PKR.
Although Election Commission deputy chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar has said he believed the DAP could still use its logo, there are concerns that with their office bearers 'disqualified', there would be no one left in DAP who could authorize their candidates to contest under the Rocket logo.
“If our CEC (central executive committee) is not recognised, how to issue authorisation letter to our candidates?” The Malaysian Insider reported Tony Pua, the DAP national publicity secretary as saying on Friday after a 5pm deadline to the RoS expired.
Tony added that the RoS did not contact DAP at all today, prompting the party's top leadership to make the unprecedented decision to contest under the PAS logo in Peninsular Malaysia and PKR in Sabah and Sarawak. PKR and PAS will now sign the letters of appointment for the DAP candidates that need to be submitted to the Election Commission on nomination day.
"April 18, 2013 had been the most heart-rending day in my life, the day when the Registrar of Societies dispatched a letter to the DAP to knock out the Rocket symbol from the 13GE, with the Nomination Day less than 48 hours away, completely without any legal basis or plausible ground," DAP adviser Kit Siang wrote in a statement on Friday.
"I was not the only one to shed tears yesterday as all over the country, many DAP stalwarts and supporters who are Malaysian patriots whose home and sole object of loyalty is Malaysia and do not know or recognize another country as their motherland, also cried at the injustice, oppression and iniquity of the RoS action, clearly at the behest of the political masters in Umno-Barisan Nasional."
What type of politics is this?
The Umno-BN has long been accused of racial and religious politicking and many of its strategists still view Malaysia's fast-evolving society as being divided by communal and religious boundaries. Hence, the latest allegations that Najib was trying to push Chinese voters back into the MCA's fold by making the DAP appear subservient to its partners and unable to protect the rights of the Chinese community.
In recent years, MCA - the BN's Chinese-based component - has lost tremendous ground to the Pakatan Rakyat and faces political obsolescence in Malaysia's 13th general election which is due to be balloted on May 5. Nomination day is on Saturday April 20.
Anwar also warned Umno-BN leaders that to poke fire in such a way would only backfire.
According to the Pakatan de-facto chief, Malaysians have already risen above "narrow" politics and agenda. This phenomenon was taking place across the nation and citizens were now more concerned about justice, a level playing field and transparency rather than dwelling on racial and religious differences, he added.
"What type of politics is this? Politics is for agenda, manifesto, policies. I say to DAP, if you can use the Rocket, use the Rocket, if you have to use Keadilan, use Keadilan, if you have to use the Moon, use the Moon. But fight we must, fight we must," said Anwar to thunderous applause.
Malaysia Chronicle
Friday, April 19, 2013
Anwar tells voters as DAP confirms using PAS, PKR logos
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Ketua Pembangkang seekor ni pn sama bodoh nya mcm pemimpin DAP yang lain. Masaalah DAP adalh berpunca apabila ada ahli-ahli DAP yang tidak dijemput ke pemilihan perwakilan parti DAP. Mereka lah yang membantah keputusan pemilihan parti tersebut dan tiada kena mengena dengan BN atau ROS. Dasar pemimpin lidah bercabang.Piiiirrrah!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe ROS has just informed the DAP that it does not recognise the party office bearers elected late last year, following a technical glitch in the party’s tabulation of votes.
ReplyDeleteA copy of the ROS letter to DAP was sent to the EC.
ReplyDeleteThe ROS letter states that while awaiting the resolution of the dispute, it does not recognise the present office-bearers who took up their posts on Dec 15, 2012.
ReplyDeleteThe ROS has been harping on the technical glitch in its party polls, which saw a lesser-known Vincent Wu to be out while Zairil Khir Johari was in.
ReplyDeletedikatakan ROS sepatutnya membuat siasatan tentang perkara ini, tetapi ia telah melaporkan bahawa ia telah bersetuju untuk menangguhkan perkara ini sehingga selepas pilihan raya umum...
ReplyDeleteentah apa gerangan sebabnya DAP memutuskan akan menggunakkan lambang PAS di Semenanjung dan PKR di Sabah dan Serawak...
ReplyDeleteJika rakyat mahukan perubahan, kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) sebenarnya telah banyak melakukan perubahan untuk kesejahteraan rakyat, kata Dato Seri Najib.
ReplyDelete“BN pun hendak perubahan, perubahan dari dalam. Kerajaan BN tunjukkan bahawa perubahan dan transformasi dilakukan dari dalam, tak semestinya ubah kerajaan tapi masa depan kita yang berubah (menerusi program transformasi kerajaan BN),” katanya.
ReplyDeletePenamaan calon pada Sabtu , calon parti PAS dan Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)telah bertanding di kerusi yang sama di Parlimen Labuan dan enam kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) iaitu Panti (Johor), Sg Acheh (P.Pinang), Kota Damansara (Selangor), Bukit Besi, Kota Putera dan Seberang Takir (Terengganu).
ReplyDeleteBagi BN, yang mempunyai 13 parti politik yang bergabung dengannya, masalah pembahagian kerusi telah diselesaikan dengan sebaiknya tanpa berlaku pertindihan.
ReplyDeleteHanya segelintir kecil anggota parti politik gabungan parti itu yang telah keluar parti untuk bertanding sebagai calon bebas, antaranya anggota veteran yang enggan memberi laluan kepada muka baru.
ReplyDeleteRecent political events bring into sharp focus the fundamental differences in crisis management between DAP and Umno.
ReplyDeleteWhen DAP faced a slight predicament, it resorted to shedding tears and being emotional. When UMNO faced a major upheaval, it just went ahead and re-invented itself.
ReplyDeleteTherein lies the difference between political immaturity and political maturity.
ReplyDeleteThe DAP drama began to unfold recently when the Registrar of Societies announced the non-recognition of the party elections held in December last year for positions in its Central Executive Committee due to some discrepancies.
ReplyDeleteIncensed, Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng told the media yesterday: “The DAP CEC in its meeting decided that RoS must revoke its letter not recognising the office-bearers in the CEC by 3pm on Friday.”
ReplyDelete(That is already a contradiction. How can an unrecognised committee meet? Surely such a meeting is illegal, and therefore its demand cannot have legitimacy or clout).
ReplyDeleteThe younger Lim further confessed:“Many of our members shed tears. How do you explain to your voters?” DAP Chairman Karpal Singh also admitted to being emotional over the incident.
ReplyDeleteCompare DAP's crisis response to UMNO's crisis response. UMNO faced a major challenge in 1987. In that year, the courts ruled that UMNO was an illegal organisation due to the existence of several unregistered branches. That was an offence under the Societies Act of 1966.
ReplyDeleteBut UMNO leaders did not rave and rant about the court ruling. It did not hold a press conference and condemn the judge nor demand that the law be amended. They did bnot take to the streets. Instead, under Tun Mahathir, a new party called UMNO BARU was registered. Over time, the BARU was dropped, and UMNO became whole again.
ReplyDeleteApart from the differences in the approach of UMNO and DAP to challenges, let's look at the DAP 'grouse' more closely. Guan Eng said that in issuing the letter dated April 17, 2013, just two days before nomination day, the ROS intended to “kill off DAP’s electoral prospects" in the general election.
ReplyDeleteHe added:"..This is completely disgraceful, (DAP supporters will ) show their anger at the ballot box. We want BN to feel the anger of not just our supporters, but also right-thinking Malaysians,” he said
ReplyDeleteSlow down, Guan Eng, not so fast. What did you say about right-thinking Malaysians? Perhaps you were referring to non-thinking Malaysians.
ReplyDeleteBecause all right-thinking Malaysians know that nobody is above the law. And that if the law is breached, the violator must either pay the penalty.
ReplyDeleteAll right-thinking Malaysians know it is wrong to place one's own infractions before the feet of UMNO.
ReplyDeleteAll right-thinking Malaysians know it is wrong to shoot from the hip. The complaints of wrongdoing did not come from outside but they all came from party members. Are you saying, Guan Eng, that some party members are more equal than others? That ROS should ignore the complaints from some members and listen only to those who are close and dear to you?
ReplyDeleteIt is clear Guan Eng, you are blinded by rage and arrogance. You have shown that you have little respect for the law of the land, even less respect for your party constitution and no respect at all for your ordinary members. Surely they will show their anger at the ballot box--at your expense.
ReplyDeleteini yang akan membawa kekalahan PR .
ReplyDeleteJangan Undi Pembangkang Demi Masa Depan Negara: Ahmad Maslan
ReplyDeleteRakyat diingatkan jangan memperjudikan nasib dan masa depan negara dengan menyokong parti pembangkang yang terbukti tidak layak menjadi pemimpin atau pemerintah, apatah lagi untuk membela nasib rakyat jelata.
Ketua Penerangan UMNO, Datuk Ahmad Maslan, berkata negara akan hancur jika pihak pembangkang mendapat kuasa atau mandat memerintah yang akhirnya akan merugikan masa depan rakyat dan negara.
Tambahnya, rakyat juga perlu mengambil iktibar khususnya di negeri yang kini kuasai pembangkang yang masih gagal menyelesaikan masalah air di Kelantan, aktiviti korek pasir di Selangor dan pemberian tender tanah di Pulau Pinang.
ReplyDelete“Kejadian ini perlu dijadikan sebagai pengajaran kepada rakyat supaya tidak mengulangi kesilapan dengan memilih pihak pembangkang pada pilihanraya umum akan datang.
“Kita dapat lihat bagaimana sampai ke hari ini isu air di Kelantan tidak selesai sedangkan ia merupakan antara keperluan asas untuk hidup.
ReplyDelete“Pendedahan berani yang dibangkitkan bekas Pesuruhjaya Pas Selangor, Datuk Dr Hasan Ali telah menyebabkan beliau dipecat dan di Pulau Pinang pula, isu pemberian tanah yang diberikan kononnya dibuat tender terbuka sebenarnya hanya tender rundingan,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas program penerangan perdana bersama mantan Ketua Menteri 1 Pulau Pinang, Dr Mohamad Fairus Khairuddin di Tapah, petang tadi.
Dalam perkembangan sama, kelemahan yang ditunjukkan kerajaan pembangkang itu kata Ahmad Maslan, membuktikan bahawa mereka tidak layak menjadi pemerintah.
ReplyDeleteSementara itu, Fairus berkata, sejak kerajaan DAP menguasai Pulau Pinang, rakyat Melayu di negeri itu mula sedar bahawa mereka semakin dipinggirkan daripada menikmati pembangunan seperti yang dijanjikan sebelum ini.
Katanya, adalah menjadi menjadi resepi wajib bagi pihak pembangkang untuk menabur janji kepada rakyat tetapi hakikat sebenarnya mereka tidak mampu mengotakan janji yang diberikan kerana ingin segera mencapai matlamat menguasai Putrajaya.
ReplyDelete“Dari segi pelaksanaan, pembangkang tidak mampu mengotakan janji yang ditabur kepada rakyat kerana mereka ini lebih mementingkan soal untuk menguasai Putrajaya sedangkan matlamat asalnya adalah membela nasib rakyat,” katanya lagi.
Menurutnya, pembangkang juga menghadapi masalah dalaman parti yang kronik seperti yang berlaku di Kedah membabitkan pelantikan exco negeri bagi sesi 2012.
ReplyDeleteDi Selangor, Dr Hassan Ali katanya, dipecat akibat campurtangan Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) dan pertikaman lidah juga berlaku di bawah kerajaan Pulau Pinang antara Lim Guan Eng dengan Timbalan Ketua Menteri 1 hingga mengaibkan rakan seperjuangan sendiri.
“Jangan gadaikan masa depan dengan menyokong parti pembangkang yang tidak ikhlas dan hormat-menghormati sesama mereka sendiri dan jika ini berlaku, bagaimana mereka nak hormat kepada rakyat jelata,” tegasnya lagi.
Pertindihan pencalonan wakil Pakatan Pembangkang yang menyaksikan pertembungan kerusi sesama sendiri di dalam satu kawasan merupakan bukti jelas kerakusan parti-parti pembangkang untuk berkuasa di mana secara tidak langsung memperlihatkan kerjasama DAP, Pas dan PKR hanyalah satu sandiwara untuk mengelabui mata rakyat.
ReplyDeleteMenurut Ketua Penerangan UMNO Selangor, Shukur Idrus, ketidaksefahaman mereka semakin terserlah dan kepincangan rebut kawasan terus meruncing apabila pembahagian kerusi untuk PRU ini dilihat begitu caca marba dan tidak tersusun sama sekali.
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