The former premier’s no-holds-barred warning to Najib that it is time to get tough with the opposition again riles up the ralkyat who have been in recent pasts, unleashing their loads of criticisms and condemnations against this one man who once garnered undivided support from the entire nation.
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad must be told that the opposition politicians in Malaysia are neither terrorists nor uninvited creatures of this beautiful nation. They deserve respect as much as you would expect the same for your UMNO-lama members for as long as Malaysia chooses to remain a democratic nation.
The Tun’s latest smoke-signal that the opposition politicians cannot be sparred and that it is time to get tough not only hurts the legitimate political block of PR but also implies more damage to his own UMNO-baru, let alone the citizens, the Sovereign status of this nation and the country’s reputation as a democracy.
Why should Dr M be above the law?
It is a foregone conclusion that this one man who once had the audacity to clip the powers of our revered Rulers by hoodwinking His majesty’s subjects, is very much apparently above the law. He can say anything, anywhere and anytime and yet get away with it all. Even when his words are deemed seditious and are laced with hints of treason, no law can catch up with him.
Just imaging, at an international platform – never mind the fact that the participants at the Langkawi-do (LID) were not from the developed circles of planet earth, he insults the Constitutional democracy that we preach and aspire to be.
By addressing an international community and allowing the global threads to report his statements, he is also embarrassing the very government headed by Najib.
By saying that it is time to get tough with the opposition, he is also implying that Najib is incapable of doing his job.
By condemning the opposition he is also belittling the majority of voters who cast their ballots in favor of the opposition parties. And in doing so he insults the very subjects of His Majesty DYMM Yang DiPertuan Agung.
By belittling the citizens who exercised their democratic right he is conclusively condemning the very democratic principles that he himself proclaims to protect.
Time for Dr M to take his own medicine
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad does not have a license to say whatever plagues his mind and still get away with it scot free. If a simpleton citizen can be immediately hauled up for what is deemed treason against our revered Ruler, right-minded citizens are asking how come the Tun is spared for insulting the very subjects of His Majesty.
Many citizens had in the past almost begged the Tun to be the mortar that seals the cracks between the BN and the Opposition. Many had appealed to him to be a true and blue-chip Statesman who brings honor to our nation and our Rulers.
Many too had lambasted the Tun for his divisive and disparaging views.
But all of these are not working rightly on the Tun. The general perception is that he is dead bent on keeping to his drumming war.
Why can he not dutifully be subservient to the Constitutional Monarchy and do his personal bit as a loyal subject of His Majesty and paly his part in nation-buulding and not fighting tooth-and-nail to keep his legacy intact.
It is time that we put an affirmative and decisive stop to the antics of destruction, insult and embaressment coming out from the mind of our past Prime Minister who ought to remain ‘Honorable’.
This is one man who must learn fast that he must take his own medicine – if you are not happy with what you see then use the right channels to register your protest. Do not insult citizens, King and nation at public platforms.
And if the Tun remains adamant with using his ‘above the law’ license to shoot as he pleases, then the law enforcers who are subservient to the Crown must act decisively. We cannot continue to dismiss the Tun’s continuing stabbing at the nation’s heart of democratic principles as the ‘rumblings of an old man’. -MC
Saturday, June 15, 2013
No, Dr M - it is time for Malaysians to get tough with YOU!
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Mahathir still has his influence in politics world.we can't deny it.
ReplyDeleteMahathir kena jaga batas2 beliau dalam politik.terima kenyataan beliau bukan lagi PM.
ReplyDeletebila tun Mahathir sudah bersara barulah pembangkang dan media tajaan mereka berani moroyan mengkritik Tun..
ReplyDeleteseburuk manapun kritikan puak2 pembangkang terhadap Tun Mahathir, beliau tetap adalah "Bapa Pemodenan Malaysia".. tidak seperti Anwar yang sinonim dengan gelaran "Bapa Kemusnahan Negara"..
ReplyDeleteTun Mahathir terkenal dengan pembangunan dan projek2 mega yang menguntungkan negara seperti KLIA, menara berkembar, cyberjaya dan sebagainya.. Anwar?? terkenal dengan liwat, video 18sx yang popular di jepun dan lagu terbaru "Sabah akan hilang"..
ReplyDeletebanding dengan Anwar, Tun Mahathir lebih layak mendapat penghormatan dan pujian rakyat Malaysia.. media2 pro pembangkang sepatutnya membandingkan sumbangan2 Anwar dengan Mahathir terhadap negara ini..
ReplyDeleteIt really beggars belief that the BN and especially Umno still consider Mahathir a potent force in rallying the troops and galvanising support for the BN candidate in the by-elections today.
ReplyDeleteDoes Najib consider his politics still relevant and are we to expect more of the same from him?
ReplyDeleteHave we such short memories that we have now forgiven him for his past indiscretions and pine for the time when he was in power?
ReplyDeleteHas Pak Lah failed us so horribly that we need to step back into the Dark Ages and allow ourselves to be stripped and shackled and yet be happy for tender mercies from the Great One?
ReplyDeleteMahathir should stick to his blogging where his vapid fans hang on to his every word, and not regurgitate obsolete politics where freedoms do not run as free and wings are clipped before flight.
ReplyDeleteIn today's by-elections, one prays that the voters insist that he remains retired from politics.
ReplyDeleteDr Mahathir is back! I just don't understand the attitude of this old man.
ReplyDeleteI had all the respect for him when I was in school and university but not now.
He is a person with a cakap tak serupa bikin attitude. He is not practising what he is preaching.
ReplyDeleteHe once said that we must stop eating at the moment when we enjoy the meal the most. He did that.
ReplyDeleteI agree but why does he want to ‘eat' again? His era is long overdue and over. He is not relevant to Malaysian politics anymore.
ReplyDeleteJust look at our late Hussein Onn. He was a gentleman. He retired and became an ordinary citizen. That should be the way.
ReplyDeleteDr M is just a busybody. Please Dr M, retire gracefully and do charity. We, the rakyat, do not need you anymore.
ReplyDeleteWe are really sick of your kia su attitude and we can't tolerate you anymore.
ReplyDeleteWhat is Dr M's motive of in rejoining Umno? Can I say that he rejoined Umno to collect back whatever he couldn't collect during his tenure as PM?
ReplyDeleteWill the Singapore bridge project take off? Mukhriz may now be in the line up to be a full minister to continue the regime of Mahathirism.
ReplyDeleteIf Mahathir still interferes in Malaysian politics, then the tsunami of 2008 will continue up to 2012.
ReplyDeletePlease don't be duped by Tun Mahathir. He is a chameleon which changes for the environment.
ReplyDeleteUmno is just like his house, in and out anytime. The next time around, if Najib rejects any of his ideas, then he (Tun) will start his new attack and support the next Umno leader, Muhyiddin.
ReplyDeleteIt's not the matter of the leadership qualities that he has but the politicking art which he uses.
ReplyDeletePAS central committee election director Mustapha Ali has defended Perak DAP secretary Nga Kor Ming for reciting a verse from a Quran, saying that ‘there is nothing wrong for a non-Muslim to read it'.
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ReplyDeleteAll the hypocrites who are crying foul over Nga are just instigating the rest of the people.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure all the people who are fussing over this incident will get free passes to the gates of heaven. This is most definite.
After looking into PNSB's dealings, Selcat have revealed Khir Toyo's abuse of his position by using funds from statutory bodies to pay for his family trip to Disneyland.
ReplyDeleteHe and his wife were given every opportunity to defend and rebut all those allegations adduced during the course of the Selcat hearing but both of them chose not attend the hearing.
ReplyDeleteThe CEO of the GLC could not have contrived or manufactured the evidence which confirmed the trip was paid for his wife, children and maid.
ReplyDeleteThese are serious allegations involving a public servant using public funds for his personal expenditure.
ReplyDeleteThe payments made were all supported and documented by the statutory body's accounts.
ReplyDeleteThe witnesses including the CEO have testified that the whole trip for Khir Toyo's family including the children and maid was paid for by PNSB.
ReplyDeleteThe evidence adduced during Selcat's hearing should have been sufficient to indict Khir Toyo on several charges of corruption.
ReplyDeleteNow the question that remains to be answered is why is the MACC adopting an 'elegant ' silence over this case when it was quick to reproach Selangor MB Khalid for donating a few cows to his constituency using PNSB's money?
Are we to believe that the MACC is adopting a selective prosecution approach in discharging its duties?
ReplyDeleteIt appears quite evident that opposition politicians are being selectively hounded by MACC whilst BN politicians' corrupt practices are been ignored.
ReplyDeleteAs a concerned public citizen, I would demand that the MACC chief account for not being impartial in carrying out their sacred duty of investigating and prosecuting all politicians irrespective of their political alignment.
ReplyDeleteIf they are impartial as they claim to be, then we demand an immediate investigation and prosecution of Khir Toyo's corrupt practices.
ReplyDeletePublic servants who dip their hands into government coffers must be brought to book and we shall not accept any lesser punishment for the former menteri Besar, Khir Toyo.
ReplyDeleteAny punishment meted out and that includes a custodial sentence imposed should serve as a deterrent to all those public servants who have abused their position by dipping their grubby paws into government funds to finance their family and personal lifestyles using taxpayers' money.
ReplyDeleteThese past few weeks have proven to be an eventful one especially with Umno's not-so-surprising party elections and today's by-elections.
ReplyDeleteI must say though that party-hopping is just wrong and there are no two ways about it.
ReplyDeleteThe people or the rakyat, in the general election last year, voted for their party be it Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat.
From this, some will conclude that an MP from BN cannot or should not cross-over to Pakatan because of the mere fact that the people of that district voted for BN rather than Pakatan and vice-versa.
ReplyDeleteI am more than happy to see Pakatan form its own government because the rakyat, as you can see, on the whole is sick of the BN government that has ruled Malaysia for over 50 years with corrupt politics and little results.
ReplyDeleteSo I ask, why is the recent party-hopping by three Perak state assembly persons considered legitimate but not Anwar Ibrahim's cry for party-hopping?
ReplyDeleteIf the party-hopping in Perak is legitimate, then why wasn't Anwar's Sept 16 call for party-hopping not?
ReplyDeleteBoth parties, unfortunately, express opposite views that support their cause. Why is this so? These are all questions that all Malaysians want answered.
ReplyDeleteHey, you politicians elected by the majority, stop behaving childishly and get to work.
Najib Abdul Razak, you are Malaysia's new leader - show us you can put things right as you said in your first speech.
ReplyDeleteWalk the talk, Mr Prime Minister and prove to us, Malaysians, that you mean what you say.
ReplyDeleteAnd can you release all those ISA detainees rather than just a favoured few?
It is a forgone conclusion that Kugan did not die of a natural cause. It had been proven beyond any doubt by the second autopsy.
ReplyDeleteAnd it is pointless to reiterate that some one is responsible for his death because the autopsy is crystal-clear.
ReplyDeleteWhat I am amused is that after so many months of the authority's promise to bring the ones responsible to the book, none so far has been seen.
I wonder they are still in the process of further investigation. I truly believe in their sincerity.
ReplyDeleteMy only worry is that this case would just be another one added to the ever increasing number of serious cases with never ending investigations.
I can name just few off hand. Ahmad Ismail seditious statements, I guess is still under investigations after more than a year.
ReplyDeleteP Balasubramaniam's statutory declarations, one of which is false, a serious crime by any standard, is still outstanding.
ReplyDeleteThe police claim they know his whereabouts but maybe do not have the resources to get him back.
Similarly. Elizabeth Wong's boyfriend is known to the authority to be hiding in Indonesia and, oh yes, the police might not have the funds to fly him home.
ReplyDeleteIf these reasons are true, Najib should allocate more funds to the police so that they will never be lacking in resources or short of funds to fight the ever-increasing crime rate.
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Please do not let any such incidents recur, you are not the only one providing budget airline services.
ReplyDeleteTo the other passengers who took a video of this man, I pray you do not use it to humiliate this man.
ReplyDelete200 opposition members join BN
ReplyDeleteThis is what one of the member had said:-
‘We have waited long, but there has been no changes...for example, there is no clean water supply to our kampung and we have been depending on water from the wells for the past 50 years,
What kind of people are they? BN never provided clean water at this place for 50 years but these people never complained.
ReplyDeletePR has been in power for only about a year but they started complaining. This is a good reason why Maths should be taught in English.
ReplyDeleteConsumer Price Index which measures inflation rose 1.9 per cent in August from a year earlier.
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ReplyDeleteSME Corp Malaysia chairman Datuk Mohd Al Amin Abdul Majid said SMEs are a key determinant to the direction of the country’s future.
ReplyDelete76 per cent are micro enterprises, nearly 20 per cent are small enterprises while the remaining are medium sized.
ReplyDeleteNearly 88 per cent of the SMEs in Sabah are operating in the service sector while six per cent respectively active in the manufacturing and agricultural sectors
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ReplyDeleteIndustrial Development Minister, Datuk Raymond Tan Shu Kiah, said the SME village would be developed within the state’s food hub at the Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP) near here.
ReplyDeletethe plan would also include a centre for all-year-round exhibition and gather related agencies to assist in providing financial support to budding entrepreneurs.
ReplyDeletethe government wanted to set up the village as quickly as possible and would be getting feedback from the operators and entrepreneurs.
ReplyDeleteMalaysia is ranked seventh out of 60 developing and emerging economies worldwide in the ‘2012 Change Readiness Index’, by KPMG International and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI).
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ReplyDeleteMalaysia is ranked the safest of 19 upper-middle income nations in the world, according to the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index 2011 report.
ReplyDeleteHome Ministry secretary-general Datuk Abdul Rahim Mohd Radzi said Malaysia was also deemed the 12th safest country, faring better than the United States and Britain.
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