Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman (pix) says the state Barisan Nasional (BN) is facing a greater challenge than the 2008 political tsunami and admits that Chinese votes are crucial.
He pointed out that Johor BN remained standing after the 2008 "tsunami", losing just one parliamentary and six state seats.
But a lot of things have happened since then and national issues have a bearing on Johor in this election, he said in an interview with China Press.
"Will the support of the Chinese for BN remain unchanged? Or will it increase or decrease? This (how they vote) will determine the outcome of the election in the state," he said in the interview.
Abdul Ghani, who is involved in a straight fight with DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang in the Gelang Patah parliamentary constituency, noted the big crowds that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) ceramahs are attracting, and said the tendency for the Chinese to cast a vote based on emotions has reached an unhealthy state.
"To the extent that people who praise Barisan in coffee shops can get cursed," he lamented.
He felt that the strong actions and emotions of some Chinese voters run counter to the moderate society ideology practised in the state.
Stressed that no government is perfect, Abdul Ghani admitted that there were indeed shortcomings in the last half century of the ruling coalition's governance.
He said improvements have constantly been made, but PR had been harping on issues in the last five years to stoke anger among the Chinese in an attempt to topple the BN government.
"Pakatan is good at playing up sensitive issues to hit out at Barisan, to incite voters and turn them away from BN."
Abdul Ghani hoped that Chinese voters would consider carefully and decide whether BN or PR could bring peace, harmony and prosperity to the society.
-.thesundaily.my
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Greater challenge for BN this time
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Here is a perverse fact about a possible Pakatan Rakyat Government: Voters could bring it to power but have no say about who ends up as Prime Minister. So look forward to "hudud for all" when Hadi arrives a Seri Perdana.
ReplyDeleteIt's partly down the vagaries of the Westminster system but even more so due to the vagaries of Pakatan Rakyat, which has utterly failed to unite behind Anwar's posturing leadership. Even the most diehard Pakatan supporters know this to be true.
ReplyDeleteFor those who have missed the evolution of this damaging uncertainty, it began last November at the PAS Muktamar where there were rousing calls for Hadi to be PM. Did he then stand up, say how flattered he was, but publicly endorse Anwar's leadership? Of course he didn't. "I welcome being elected as the prime minister," he said.
ReplyDeleteSince then the leadership issue has smouldered with the Pakatan leadership dismissing the Hadi campaign, while DAP endorses Anwar and reminds us that PAS will never get the numbers to make their dream come true. This means DAP, a party contesting 50 federal seats, is talking down the aspirations of PAS, a party contesting 73 seats at GE13.
ReplyDeleteIf Pakatan Rakyat is serious about governing Malaysia it would, in recent weeks, have at least cooked up a sham solution to the leadership crisis for the sake of fooling voters into believing it is united behind Anwar. But so utterly self-serving and factious are PKR-DAP-PAS that they can't even tell a lie in unison.
ReplyDeleteAt the start of April Hadi addressed a crowd in Shah Alam where he refused to rule himself out of the top job and refused to endorse Anwar.
ReplyDelete"I would not say more on this, we should be ensuring the victory of all our candidates first," he said, no doubt certain the most candidates "ensured victory" belong to PAS.
ReplyDeleteAnwar, of course, has failed to assert his authority at every turn. "No problem" he said when first asked about how he feels about PM Hadi and he has done little to end the saga since.
ReplyDeleteEven the Prime Minister, a politician who focuses on the issues, not the personalities, said last month: "Now, in this 13th general election, the crux of the matter is whether the rakyat places any trust in Anwar, Hadi Awang, or me as the leader of the government." A three-horse race then.
ReplyDeleteLast year Australian Academic Professor Clive Kessler, who has focussed on Malaysia for half century, was asked about the prospects of a Pakatan government. "Within a week of getting the numbers and setting up the government they would be at one another's throats," he said.
ReplyDeleteIt's not very academic language is it? But it perfectly sums up the risk of voting for Anwar, or Hadi.
ReplyDelete'I want Najib to win, Anwar not fit to be PM'
ReplyDeleteWHENEVER Tun Daim Zainuddin is not orbiting the globe, he will be holed up in his workstation at Wisma YPR (Yayasan Pok Rafeah, named after his late mother).
His desk is one sprawling clutter of printouts and financial analyses helpfully sent daily by an organisation headed by a friend -- a former prime minister of a neighbouring Asian country.
The hallway is in a different galaxy. It is virtually an art gallery. He owns more than 2,000 paintings. Some paintings are now worth 10 times what he paid for. He was chairman of the National Art Gallery before he joined the cabinet. The lawyer-turned-housing developer who later became finance minister (twice) is not selling.
The range of passions is bewildering. He is a fan of Datuk Shah Rukh Khan. Daim is a significant shareholder of a bank with many branches in Africa. He is chairman of the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) audit committee.
At 74, he plays badminton with increasingly younger mates. And, he displays a Manchester United replica jersey autographed by Sir Bobby Charlton.
"I am a busybody," he explained as he greeted New Straits Times journalists -- A. JALIL HAMID, RASHID YUSOF and HARIZ MOHD -- and photographer, ZAHARI ZAKARIA, to kickstart a series of exhaustive interviews.
Daim, who had precipitated a near-crash of the stock market in 1994 with his "sell" advice and later named "chief conspirator" by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, has since sparked a media frenzy for a new reason.
It is political punditry, having correctly predicted the outcome of the March 2008 general election; so the NST prodded him for new predictions. We probed his political allegiance and provoked him even as the sessions shifted focus from one hot topic to another.
By the time we were done, newer perspectives and insights had been gleaned from the political events of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, the future of Umno, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, Anwar, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Lee Kuan Yew, to the rise of China and the Arab Spring (which he jokingly referred to as "the Arab Fall").
The resultant Qs and As will run in two parts. This instalment deals mostly with the immediate political questions.
"If you ask me, between the two, Najib or Anwar, I would choose Najib."
The second half of the interview, which will be published tomorrow, discusses, among others, key events in the "Mahathir Years".
'I want Najib to win, Anwar not fit to be PM'
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Tun, since your retirement, you have given a number of interviews to the Chinese dailies, but hardly any to the mainstream media. Any particular reason for this?
Answer: I have been asked to give so many interviews, but all they wanted to know is when will the elections be held and what is my prediction of the outcome. So, before the election, which I predict will be by next month (he laughs), this will be my last interview.
I don't want to give any more interviews because all of you only ask about the elections and it's quite tiresome.
Also, I don't want people to misquote me. I heard people say that I had said BN would win only three states. That is not true. You must read my answers in full. I said BN, in particular Umno, must work hard, stay united and put up the best candidates to win.
Yes, I have given interviews to Chinese press mostly. The Chinese wanted to understand the thinking of the Malays. To address their concerns, I must know what is in their minds, their fears and their aspirations and they wanted to know if our economic policies are right. They want peace in the country and they know to have peace, you need political stability.
Have you read their articles on government policies? Someone will whisper to the government about this or that paper, or that this writer is being anti-establishment.
I say, "Stop!" I have read their articles. While they do criticise, they are not being anti-establishment. You argue with facts and statistics. The process will produce a healthy debate.
'I want Najib to win, Anwar not fit to be PM'
ReplyDeleteQuestion: So, for you, being critical does not mean one is anti-establishment. Are you also saying that the pattern of voicing out may not necessarily cost Barisan Nasional votes?
Answer: Precisely. That is my central argument. I have always advocated a robust debate. Over the years, I personally do find certain policies objectionable, but I am still a supporter of the government as there are more good policies than bad.
For the rest of the nation, if you disagree with government policies, yes, go ahead and criticise, but constructively. I would fear more for the country if people gave up and didn't care. I believe that it is only when you care that you want things to be for the better, that you voice out. A passive passionless society will be a disaster for the country.
'I want Najib to win, Anwar not fit to be PM'
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Still on politics associated with the Chinese community, parallels had been drawn between DAP and PAP (People's Action Party). Is this a fair comparison?
Answer: I don't think there is much of a relationship.
I think Lee Kuan Yew does not have much respect for DAP's leadership. The quality is not there. Earlier on, yes, when they had a branch here, when Devan Nair was here, and Zain Azahari joined the PAP. Zain is still around and practises law. I think there were many intellectuals who joined the PAP. That would be the crowd who would follow Kuan Yew.
The PAP is more intelligent and more calculating, very suave in their approach. The DAP is really a Chinese party. It's not a multiracial party. It's chauvinistic, but claims to be Malaysian Malaysia.
You can see in its last party election, members don't want even a single Malay to be in the top leadership.
This is very clear. That is their idea of Malaysian Malaysia. Whatever their leadership may claim, their members are their main drivers.
Pas has similar problems.
When the issue of kalimah Allah cropped up, the leadership thought they could simply follow the lead taken by Anwar. But the grassroots responded by rejecting the stand of its leadership. And the Majlis Syura also said "no".
If the Chinese don't understand this, they will be sorely mistaken when push comes to shove.
'I want Najib to win, Anwar not fit to be PM'
ReplyDeleteQuestion: What about Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)?
Answer: PKR has always been a one-man show. Its history is a party fighting for Anwar. They are former Umno members. Later, some liberals joined them, taken in by the rallying call of justice and fairness, but it's just pure "sloganeering". It is actually fighting just for one man, not even for justice. Who have they fought for? What cause have they pursued? See the stand on Palestine. It is a question of justice and humanitarian cause. They support Israel.
'I want Najib to win, Anwar not fit to be PM'
ReplyDeleteQuestion: And Pakatan Rakyat?
Answer: When you are elected to Parliament, you debate in Parliament. We do it in a civilised way. We elect people and we address them as "The Honourable Member". PKR is a party born from the streets. So, it will always return to the streets. That is their culture. So, you can see demonstrations in the streets organised, or supported by them. Pas was never like that. The DAP was never like that.
Anwar had repeatedly said there would be Arab Spring-like demonstrations should Pakatan lose in the next general election because of what they deem as "cheating".
He has set the stage to justify their losses if they lose in the next general election.
Pakatan is prepping the people so that they can scapegoat the government and the Election Commission.
First, we are not an Arab country. And second, if there is rigging in previous general elections, how did Pakatan win five states in 2008?
Arab Spring has turned out to be Arab Fall (for the lack of a unifying leadership and instability it has induced).
'I want Najib to win, Anwar not fit to be PM'
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Arab Fall?
Answer: You should read the history of Egypt under King Farouk, then only can you understand the mood and feelings at the time of the coup in 1952.
I visited Egypt at the end of my studies in the late 1950s and it saddens me how these freedom fighters had failed to run their countries successfully.
They had failed to raise the standard of living of their people and during my last visit a few years back, there's still the same poverty.
You must read Gamal Abdul Nasser's Revolt of the Nile. It is a small book but it has frightened the West that they compared him with Hitler. We are not from the Arab World. You must understand the background of the Middle East, why it is not happening and will not happen here in the East.
You want deaths in our streets? You want to see bloodshed? (Pan Arab nationalism dated back to July 1952 when Gamal, a colonel in the Egyptian army, led his secret group "Free Officers" to overthrow King Farouk 1, who was the king of Egypt and Sudan.
(His successful revolt was made an example by several other military officers in the Arab world to dethrone their monarchs, including Iraqi General Abd al-Karim Qasim in 1958 (the coup against the Hashemite monarchy) and Libyan Muammar Gaddafi, who led a group of young military officers, to overthrow King Idris 1 in 1969.)
'I want Najib to win, Anwar not fit to be PM'
ReplyDeleteQuestion: What of Malaysian politics and the changing geopolitical landscape and events elsewhere?
Answer: China and Japan had demonstrated their qualities as genuine friends of this country at the height of the Asian Financial Crisis.
China decided not to devalue its currency, while Japan handed Malaysia a US$5 billion (RM15.6 billion) soft loan. Its then vice-finance minister Eisuke Sakakibara told me not to tell the Americans of the gesture.
The United States did not want to help us, for reasons too numerous to enumerate here.
Anwar has this tendency of toeing the American line.
If anything happens to Malaysia's economy, the US and European countries, whose economies are falling apart, would not bother to help.
If we keep toeing the American line, what would our friends think? They were the ones who helped us, while the US tried to sink us.
China is now the second largest economy and it is growing.
President Barack Obama has quickly visited Myanmar and tilted his foreign policy towards the Pacific, which is about balancing the influence of China.
There is already an economic crisis now in Europe, the US and Japan.
China, India, Brazil and Russia all are slowing down; we must not have the wrong team to manage the economy.
The danger here is somebody with no experience, who has shown no capability of handling the last crisis. There is going to be a big danger that we may go down. And nobody is going to help us. Because the US, their good friend, and Europe will not be helping us. They are in trouble themselves.
It is dangerous if Pakatan under Anwar is to lead the country. I am worried as he does not have the depth in economy, always needed people to tell him -- what to think and what to do.
So far, there has not been even one significant idea from Anwar as the economic adviser to the Selangor government.
Worse, Selangor has badly handled its water issue, which had dismayed developers, investors and the people. Of course, they will blame everything on the Federal Government despite the fact the Langat 2 water project was planned before they came to power in the state.
Why doesn't he become economic adviser to Kelantan and Kedah if Pakatan believes he is good?
Think seriously. Think of our future.
'I want Najib to win, Anwar not fit to be PM'
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Anwar believes that he is destined to become the next prime minister.
Answer: Well, destiny is an act of God. You can be only one heartbeat away from that post but man proposes, God disposes. I think God still loves Malaysia (smiles).
'I want Najib to win, Anwar not fit to be PM'
ReplyDeleteQuestion: What are BN's chances in the general election? Will it be able to secure a two-thirds majority?
Answer: There you go again, the election questions. Well, I would say Barisan will win. It is good that the government (BN) thinks it can get a two-thirds majority. That should be their target.
Umno has about 3.3 million members, MCA about one million and MIC, about 600,000. That's already about half of the voters. Now, you only need some support from the fence-sitters, you should then be able to win. But BN must put new and clean candidates who are acceptable to voters.
But before BN can win, there must be unity within the coalition. If they are not united, Pakatan will do better. That's what happened in 2008.
Stay united, be loyal and don't sabotage. We need a steady and experienced hand. Only BN has the experience.
We have gone through crisis after crisis, and recovered very quickly. We have to tell the Chinese that we cannot experiment. Look at Japan. Look around us. Look at Britain. Study what is happening.
'I want Najib to win, Anwar not fit to be PM'
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Personally, do you want to see Najib win this election?
Answer: If you ask me, between the two, Najib or Anwar, I would choose Najib. I will give Najib the chance. Give him the mandate and see whether he delivers because Anwar has had his chances, but he blew them.
I want Najib to win because I don't think Anwar is the right candidate to be prime minister.
I believe he will mess up the country by getting advice from the likes of the IMF (International Monetary Fund), World Bank and Wolfowitz (Paul Wolfowitz, former World Bank president).
I will support Najib, but he must fight corruption and crime, strengthen the nation's security and review the education system. Make English compulsory in all national schools. Without English, we are dead, especially the Malays. The Malays must realise, without English they cannot compete. We must insist on English as a second language.
It was not a mistake to change the medium of instruction from English to Bahasa Malaysia. It is the language of the nation and of unity. If we don't speak the same language, how do we understand one another?
The mistake was in the policies which were to promote Bahasa Malaysia, it had to be at the expense of English. We should not have to kill English to make Bahasa Malaysia the lingua franca of the country.
If possible, we should learn Arabic, because the rich Arab countries will be where the money comes from.
On the nation's security, every day in the media and on television, there are news reports of murder and crime. You say our country is safe, but if people don't feel safe, they will not believe you regardless of the statistics.
On corruption, tell the rakyat that the government is serious in wanting to get rid of it. But it cannot do it alone, it needs the rakyat's help. Raise the awareness of rakyat on the evils of corruption and get schools involved in it. Educate the students. If the government and rakyat work together, we can succeed. It is a two-way thing. The government alone cannot fight corruption. People must be clean and honest. Don't just blame the government. Tepuk sebelah tangan tak berbunyi. If people are honest and clean, the government, too, can be clean. The government must come down strongly on those who are corrupt.
'I want Najib to win, Anwar not fit to be PM'
ReplyDeleteQuestion: The pledges and promises Najib made, are they good for the country?
Answer: Give Najib a chance. Five years. Test him. Give him the mandate. He is doing a fairly good job. Let's see him deliver and continue with his transformation policies.
Najib should reshuffle the cabinet. Bring in new faces. People think he is carrying too much deadwood in the cabinet. Most are already past their use-by date.
The outlook is bright for Barisan Nasional (BN) to remain in power after the 13th general election (GE13) under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who appears to have the support of the majority of voters.
ReplyDeleteAccording to a GE13 opinion poll conducted by the Institute of Malaysian Political Analysis of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) and the National Professors Council (MPN), 58 per cent of the respondents supported Najib as prime minister while opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim received 42 per cent support.
ReplyDeleteAs for the preferred party, BN received 55 per cent support, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) 41 per cent while the remaining four per cent went to the Independents. According to the survey too, Najib received the nod from 57.6 per cent of the respondents aged 30 and below while the remaining percentage chose Anwar.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest support for Najib came from cohorts aged 30 to 50, at 59.1 per cent while those aged above 50 in favour of Najib made up 57.2 per cent. The poll was conducted via phone involving 3,550 respondents who are eligible voters including in Sabah and Sarawak, using the random stratified sampling method with a 0.022 margin of error.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of racial breakdown, 63.5 per cent of the Malay respondents supported Najib, Chinese 35.3 per cent, Indians 52.7 per cent and others 63.1 per cent. Najib received 60.6 per cent of the support from female voters and 56.6 per cent from male voters, according to the poll conducted from April 28 to 30 during the second week of the GE13 campaign.
ReplyDeleteBased on the survey, BN is also expected to retain Johor, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Perlis, Terengganu, Pahang, Sabah and Sarawak. With the rather high level of support for BN in the central, north and east zones, BN also has a good chance to recapture Selangor and Kedah and to give the opposition pact a very tough fight in Penang and Kelantan.
ReplyDeleteThe survey found that 72 per cent of the respondents in the south zone comprising Johor, Melaka and Negeri Sembilan supported Najib as prime minister with also 72 per cent stating they would vote for BN and 28 cent for PR. BN is seen as havng the edge in the central zone – Federal Territories (Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya), Selangor and Perak – with 53 per cent of the respondents stating support for Najib and the rest for Anwar.
ReplyDeleteIn the north zone comprising Perlis, Kedah and Penang, support for Najib was at 55 per cent. As for the party of choice, BN received the bigger percentage in the central and north zones at 48 per cent and 53 per cent respectively compared to that for PR and Independents.
ReplyDeleteIn the peninsula’s East Coast states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang, it was 55 per cent support for Najib and 51 per cent for BN from the respondents, and 45 per cent for Anwar and 38 per cent for PR.
ReplyDeleteIn Sabah and Sarawak, support for Najib was at 65 per cent and at 62 per cent for BN. Overall, although PR is giving BN a stiff fight in their obsession to capture Putrajaya, BN is still expected to win comfortably in the GE13.
ReplyDeletePersaingan Sengit Dalam PRU-13
ReplyDeleteKalabakan, Sabah
Biarpun menang tanpa bertanding bagi dua pilihan raya umum lalu kali ini penyandang kerusi Parlimen Kalabakan, Datuk Seri Ghapur Salleh berdepan pertandingan tujuh penjuru.
Ia menjadi rebutan tujuh calon daripada Barisan Nasional (BN), PAS, Parti Reformasi Sabah (STAR) dan empat calon bebas.
Sandakan,Sabah
Ketua Menteri (kerajaan sementara) Sabah Datuk Seri Musa Aman menghadapi pertandingan lima penjuru untuk kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Sungai Sibuga pada pilihan raya umum ke-13 ini.
Musa, Pengerusi Barisan Nasional (BN) Sabah ditentang calon PKR, Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP), Parti Reformasi Negeri (Star) dan Bebas.
PKR meletakkan calonnya Ketua Angkatan Muda Keadilan Libaran, Irwanshah Mustapha, A.M. Jafar@Damaid Juana (SAPP), Mohd Arshad Abdul (Bebas) dan Mohd Roslan Yussof (Star).
Musa penyandang DUN Sungai Sibuga tiba di pusat penamaan calon di Dewan Serba Guna Libaran pada 9.11 pagi bersama pencadang Datuk Basrah Abdul Rahman dan penyokong Mokhran Ingkat.
Sebaik pusat penamaan calon dibuka di Dewan Serba Guna Libaran, calon SAPP paling awal memasuki dewan dan menyerahkan borang pencalonan kepada pegawai pengurus pada 9.02 pagi.
Musa diarak oleh penyokongnya ke pusat penamaan calon dari rumahnya terletak bersebelahan dengan pusat penamaan calon.
Pada 11.35 pagi, Pegawai Pengurus P.184 Libaran Jeffrey Aman mengumumkan calon yang bertanding untuk Parlimen Libaran, DUN Sungai Sibuga dan DUN Gum-Gum.
Bagi DUN Gum-Gum, penyandang kerusi itu Datuk Zakaria Edris (BN) berhadapan dua calon pembangkang iaitu Ketua Perhubungan PKR, Ahmad Thamrin@Tamrin Mohd Jaini dan Hassan Hami@Hamid (Star).
Pada PRU12, Zakaria menang tanpa bertanding untuk kerusi itu.
Parlimen Libaran, penyandangnya Datuk Juslie Ajirol (BN) ditentang tiga calon daripada PKR, Star dan Bebas.
Membuat kejutan anggota Jawatankuasa Umno Bahagian Libaran yang juga bekas Ketua Pemuda Umno bahagian itu Sahar Saka bertanding atas tiket Bebas manakala PKR meletakkan Ketua Angkatan Muda Keadilan Sabah Mohd Serman Hassnar dan Rosnah Unsari (Star).
Keadaan keselamatan terkawal dan tiada kejadian diingini berlaku berikutan kawalan ketat anggota polis serta penyokong parti yang bertanding, mematuhi arahan polis.
Persaingan Hebat PRU-13
ReplyDeleteGeorgetown, Pulau Pinang
Barisan Nasional (BN) Pulau Pinang dijangka merampas kembali kerusi yang jatuh ke tangan pembangkang, selain mengekalkan 11 kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) pada Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13 (PRU-13) ini.Timbalan Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan UMNO negeri, Datuk Musa Sheikh Fadzir, berkata walaupun menghadapi persaingan sengit, BN mampu memberi cabaran kepada pakatan pembangkang yang didominasi DAP.
“Kali ini tidak mudah (untuk dikalahkan) macam 2008...kita yakin akan menang kerusi yang kalah dulu dan pertandingan memang sengit,” katanya
Persaingan Hebat PRU-13
ReplyDeleteLimau, Kedah
Antara yang menarik dalam penamaan calon semalam ialah berita mengenai YAB Dato’ Seri Azizan Razak, Menteri Besar Kedah bakal berhadapan dengan sepupunya, Mohd Fadzillah Mohd Ali di DUN Sungai Limau pada PRU-13.
Mohd Fadzillah telah lama menempa nama sebagai Arkitek yang berjaya di Alor Setar dan rumahnya juga tidak jauh dari rumah kediaman Azizan sendiri di Jalan Sultanah iaitu rumah pusaka ibu mertua beliau.
Lebih menarik ialah Mohd Fadzillah merupakan adik kepada Dato’ Mohd Fuad Mohd Ali yang juga Pegawai Kewangan Negeri Kedah. Dato’ Fuad telah pun berkhidmat dengan kerajaan negeri sejak di zaman pemerintahan Barisan Nasional lagi.
Perkhidmatannya disambung terus walaupun PAS telah mengambil-alih negeri Kedah.
Walaupun Azizan dan Dato’ Mohd Fuad adalah sepupu, tetapi perbezaan ketara di antara mereka adalah dari segi sikap dan keperibadian.
Keluarga Dato’ Mohd Fuad, termasuk adiknya Mohd Fadzillah, terkenal dengan sifat lemah lembut dan sopan santun. Mereka jarang sekali meninggikan suara yang mana merupakan sifat yang amat bertentangan dengan Azizan.
Mereka juga dikatakan antara ahli keluarga Azizan yang tidak jemu berusaha memberi nasihat dan teguran atas segala kepincangan pentadbiran negeri, tetapi sering diketepikan sahaja oleh Azizan.
Mungkin atas kekecewaan kerana gagal menasihati abang sepupu merekalah maka, Mohd Fadzillah bertindak menyahut cabaran menentangnya dalam PRU kali ini. Rakyat Kedah, secara umumnya sedia maklum bahawa kaum kerabat Azizan rata-ratanya adalah penyokong UMNO.
Maka tidak hairanlah beliau mengambil pendekatan yang cukup mesra dengan UMNO yang mana memeningkan kepala kepimpinan PAS. Namun, kerana pendekatan yang samalah maka ramai di kalangan rakyat Kedah berpendapat jika Azizan bijak mengurus negeri, maka soal UMNO atau PAS sudah tidak penting lagi.
Silapnya Azizan ialah beliau tidak pandai mentadbir, enggan mengambil peduli segala rungutan rakyat serta menafikan segala masalah yang berlaku.
Keangkuhan dan ‘egonya’ adalah terlalu tinggi, sama seperti semua Ulama-ulama PAS yang lain. Akibat enggan mendengar nasihat, maka keadaan ekonomi Kedah semakin hari semakin parah. Keadaan ini menyebabkan ramai yang mula bangkit untuk menentang beliau termasuk ahli keluarga sendiri demi untuk menyelamatkan negeri.
Dari segi ‘trend’, rakyat Kedah bukanlah jenis taksub seperti Kelantan. Rakyat Kedah sukar dijangka kerana apa saja isu mampu menukar fikiran mereka dengan sekelip mata.
Walaupun secara umumnya, Kedah masih jauh ke belakang dari segi sosial dan ekonomi, sekali gus mentaliti, tetapi itu bukanlah ukuran kebijaksanaan dalam menentukan undi. Rakyat Kedah hanya menginginkan pemimpin yang ikhlas dan berkelayakan untuk membawa mereka ke hadapan.
Justeru, penampilan Mohd Fadzillah dari kalangan professional di kawasan yang sekian lama dikuasai Azizan, untuk berhadapan dengan pengundi yang terdiri dari ahli keluarga dan kaum kerabat mereka sendiri, mungkin mampu membuktikan pendapat penulis mengenai sentimen sebenar rakyat Kedah yang sudah muak dengan politik murahan.
Sedikit ‘gangguan’ yang mungkin berlaku ialah kewujudan dua calon Bebas yang turut bertanding di kawasan berkenaan. Walaubagaimanapun, kita yakin yang Mohd Fadzillah mampu menarik hati pengundi dengan menawarkan mereka perkhidmatan yang lebih baik dan lebih cekap dari apa yang mampu dilakukan oleh abang sepupunya.
PErsaingan Hebat PRU-13
ReplyDeleteSaratok, Sarawak
Ketiga-tiga calon yang betanding di P.205 Saratok menyifatkan Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13 (PRU13) kali ini sebagai misi pertembungan terbuka dan sihat. Proses penamaan calon yang bermula jam 9 pagi tadi menyaksikan pertembungan tiga penjuru di antara calon BN, PKR dan Bebas.
Calon Barisan Nasional (BN) merupakan Presiden SPDP, Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom, 64, ketika ditemui berkata, beliau yakin rakyat memihak kepada BN berdasarkan sokongan peringkat akar umbi terhadap BN . “Saya percaya rakyat akan memberi mandat kepada BN kerana rakyat sekarang lebih positif dan mengutamakan kepentingan parti BN berbanding kepentingan individu.
Saya juga yakin dengan jentera BN yang telah sekian lama bergerak bagi menyampaikan mesej kerajaan kepada rakyat dengan jelas,’ ujarnya. Manakala calon Parti Keadailan Rakyat (PKR), Ali Biju menganggap peluang untuk PKR menang di P.205 agak luas.
Namun tambahnya pengundi mungkin akan memihak kepada PKR jika isu dalaman SPDP terus hangat diperkatakan. Satu-satunya calon Bebas, Rosli Lek @ Abang Roselie Abang Paleng,74, pula menjelaskan dia turun gelanggang untuk bertanding pada kali ini sebagai pilihan alternatif kepada pengundi di kawasan tersebut.
‘Peluang saya menang juga ada dan saya percaya dengan tampilnya saya bertanding maka pengundi mempunyai pilihan selain BN dan PKR. Saya melihat persaingan pada kali ini sengit ,” ujarnya.
Dianggarkan seramai kira-kira 3000 penyokong BN, 1500 penyokong PKR dan 200 penyokong calon Bebas hadir semasa proses penamaaan calon.
Meskipun disifatkan oleh pemerhati politik sebagai proses penamaan calon yang agak panas dan sengit namun sebaik masa penamaan calon dibuka bermula jam 9 hingga 11 pagi tiada sebarang insiden yang tidak diingini berlaku.
Kira-kira jam 10.30 semua calon bertanding diperkenalkan oleh Pegawai Pengurus Pilihan Raya P.205 Saratok, Julaihi Kadir. Untuk PRU13, kawasan P.205 Saratok yang merangkumi kawasan N.33 Kalaka mempunyai seramai lebih 15,000 pengundi berdaftar sementara untuk kawasan N.34 Krian mempunyai seramai kira-kira 11,000 pengundi berdaftar.
Any party is facing great challenges now.
ReplyDeleteBagi saya setiap parti mempunyai masalah masing2.
ReplyDeleteI hope the best will win this time.
ReplyDeleteVoters should play their roles this time smart and wise
ReplyDeleteThe rural folk must give their strong support to the Barisan Nasional (BN) so that they will continue to enjoy the fruits of development.
ReplyDeletePulau Keniogan village chief, Datuk Madlis Aziz advised residents on the island not to be influenced by any opposition propaganda and baseless accusations and instead give their full support to the BN candidates contesting the Beluran parliamentary seat and the two state seats of Labuk and Sugut.
ReplyDeletethe opposition could not match the capabilities of the existing government and therefore it would not be able to bring about any development for the island.
ReplyDeleteTan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the opposition’s attempt to smear the Barisan Nasional’s (BN) image with all kinds of disparaging statements and fabrications as polling day for the 13th General Election on May 5 approaches, shows that they are getting desperate.
ReplyDeleteMuhyiddin said based on information he had received, the opposition was planning more attacks against the BN including creating a tense atmosphere on polling day.
ReplyDeleteThe important thing is that the people know how to wisely decipher the information sent to them or in the blogs and socia
ReplyDeleteThe Election Commission today reminded all political parties that the 13th General Election campaign period, which started on April 20, will come to an end at precisely 11.59 pm tonight (Saturday).
ReplyDelete: The public should go out and vote without fear this Sunday as the security forces would take all necessary measures to ensure their safety
ReplyDeleteMenurut TPM, semua parti bertanding termasuk BN sudah menampilkan manifesto dan aku janji masing-masing dan terpulang kepada rakyat membuat pilihan.
ReplyDelete“Sebagai negara yang mengamalkan demokrasi, rakyat yang menentukan apa yang mereka mahu untuk negara ini. Gunakanlah peluang (mengundi) dengan bijak kerana jika betul pilihan yang dibuat, maka betullah masa depan negara, begitulah jika sebaliknya.
ReplyDelete“Bandingkan akujanji BN dan pembangkang kerana bagi kerajaan BN, setiap janji pasti ditepati berbanding pembangkang yang sebelum ini mendakwa manifesto mereka bukanlah janji yang perlu ditunaikan,” katanya.
ReplyDeleteSementara itu, dalam program sama di Maran, Muhyiddin mahu jentera BN Pahang kekal utuh mempertahankan negeri ini sebagai kubu kuat BN.
ReplyDeletejentera transformasi perlu sama-sama membantu bagi mencapai hasrat berkenaan.
ReplyDeletePRU kali ini amat mencabar dan paling sengit
ReplyDeleteRakyat juga tidak memebri sokongan lagi.
ReplyDeleteRakyat akan menentukan kerajaannya di PRu13. kami menantikan perkembangan seterusnya.
ReplyDeleteNak saingan pun dengan cara yang lebih amanah.
ReplyDeleteBN will do anything to stay in power.
ReplyDeleteBN juga serign memainkan isu sensitif untuk memburukkan parti lain. Tiada bezanya berbanding pembangkang.
ReplyDeleteindeed.. the state BN is facing a greater challenge than the 2008
ReplyDeleteWill the support of the Chinese for BN remain unchanged?
ReplyDeleteall depends on the voters...
..Or will it increase or decrease?
ReplyDeletewe can only wait till the GE13 result be announced..
This (how they vote) will determine the outcome of the election in the state...
ReplyDelete---> yes, agreed with him...
The Home Minister said the allegations raised opposition should not influence voters and they have to assess logical opposition claims before deciding the General Election-13 (13GE) on May 5.
ReplyDeleteSetiausaha Agung Barisan Nasional (BN) Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor menjelaskan semasa pilihan raya adalah normal bagi pertubuhan dan parti-parti politik menggalakkan pengundi untuk datang ke pusat-pusat mengundi.
ReplyDeleteKeputusan penuh pilihan raya umum ke-13 menyaksikan Barisan Nasional (BN) memenangi 133 daripada 222 kerusi Parlimen manakala pembangkang 89 kerusi.
ReplyDeleteKeputusan terakhir diterima pada 4.15 pagi melibatkan Parlimen Kapar dan Subang di Selangor, yang kedua-duanya dimenangi Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).
ReplyDeleteMenurut Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR), BN menang 25 kerusi di Sarawak, 22 di Sabah, 21 di Johor, 12 di Perak, masing-masing 10 di Pahang dan Kedah, masing-masing lima di Kelantan, Selangor dan Negeri Sembilan, serta masing-masing empat di Melaka dan Terengganu.
ReplyDeleteDAP pula memenangi 38 kerusi Parlimen, masing-masing tujuh di Pulau Pinang dan Perak, masing-masing lima di Kuala Lumpur dan Sarawak, masing-masing empat di Johor dan Selangor, masing-masing dua di Negeri Sembilan dan Sabah serta masing-masing satu di Melaka dan Pahang.
ReplyDeletePKR memenangi 30 kerusi Parlimen, sembilan di Selangor, masing-masing empat di Kuala Lumpur dan Kedah, masing-masing tiga di Perak dan Pulau Pinang, dua di Pahang, serta masing-masing satu di Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor, Sabah dan Sarawak.
ReplyDeletePAS memenangi 21 kerusi Parlimen, sembilan di Kelantan, masing-masing empat di Terengganu dan Selangor, dua di Perak serta masing-masing satu di Kedah dan Pahang.
ReplyDeleteJangan risau, BN ada banyak tektik untuk terus menang.
ReplyDeleteNajib will do the best to stay in power.
ReplyDeleteThey can't stand lost.
ReplyDeleteJangan takut dengan kuasa lain, rakyat berhak mengundi tanpa kongkongan mana-mana pihak.
ReplyDeleteBn menghadapi cabaran yang tertinggi dalam sejarah Malaysia.
ReplyDeleteBarisan Nasional memenangi Pilihan Raya Umum Ke 13, sekaligus mengekalkan pemerintahan di negara ini.BN yang dipimpin oleh Pengerusinya, Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak menang 133 Kerusi Parlimen daripada 222 kerusi yang dipertandingkan.
ReplyDeleteKemenangan BN terlebih dahulu diperolehi melalui majoriti mudah yang diumumkan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya pada jam 12.50 pagi.Majoriti mudah dicapai melalui 112 kerusi parlimen daripada 222 kerusi parlimen yang dipertandingkan.
ReplyDeleteBN juga berjaya menguasai semula Kedah yang sebelum ini diperintah oleh pakatan PAS, PKR dan DAP. Barisan Nasional juga berjaya mengekalkan penguasaan di sembilan negeri.
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