Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Dr M turns his back on Muhyiddin?

When Barisan Nasional was battered blue and black in the 2008 electoral bout, Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Najib Tun Razak hammered the final nail into Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s political coffin. During Abdullah’s five-year tenure as...

Do not have any illusion of cheaper cars

The announcement by International Trade and Industries minister Mustapa Mohamed that the government would reduce car prices between 20 per cent and 30 per cent over five years was a message to Malaysians to forget...

Ex-minister says disgusted by ‘I love PM’ campaign

Those responsible for Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s “I Love PM” campaign should be sacked, former minister Tan Sri Zainuddin Maidin has said as he expressed disdain for the attempt to endear the prime minister...

PAS-UMNO alliance? Over my dead body

PAS Murshidul Am Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said he would oppose any attempt to forge alliance between PAS and UMNO as long as he is alive. The influential former Kelantan Menteri Besar...

BN did not steal victory in GE13 - Najib

The Barisan Nasional (BN) did not steal victory from the opposition in the 13th general election (GE13), said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. He said Malaysia practiced a parliamentary democratic system as enshrined...

Stop sounding like a BN leader

Election Commission deputy chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar should stop making statements like a Barisan Nasional leader, said PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli today. “He should focus on addressing the electoral fraud that happened during...

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

BN Perak state govt may not last six months

Perak PAS deputy commissioner Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin (pic) said the current BN state government may not last beyond six months. The former Perak Menteri Besar, whose administration was controversially overthrown in 2009 through a series...

Who instigated illegal immigrants to vote?

I believe the identity card (IC) of the Pakistani who used the name Abdul Latif Jumaani, is 'real' in a true sense as the Immigration Department had accepted it to process his application for a...

Stop the intimidation, PKR tells police

PKR today urged the police to stop intimidating those who lodge police reports against the Election Commission on the indelible ink and phantom voters. PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar said: “I have received complaints from...

DAP rubbishes Utusan's 'bean' story

DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang found himself rebutting yet another claim by UMNO mouthpiece Utusan Malaysia, this time about a so-called 'Red Bean Army' said to be maintained at RM15 million annually. “All these are...

Liow says no to Matang-Scope deal

MCA leaders are objecting to the proposed takeover by the MCA-linked plantation firm Matang Holdings Berhad of electronics company Scope Industries Berhad on the grounds that it will be an unfair deal for Matang shareholders....

PKR candidate alleges bribery in Tapah

The PKR candidate for the Tapah parliamentary seat K Vasantha Kumar claims that RM100 vouchers were given out during the campaign period. But, MIC’s M Saravanan, who won the seat, claimed that it was for...

State PR chiefs excluded in new Selangor line-up

The new Selangor executive council members, who will be sworn-in this Thursday at Istana Alam Shah in Klang, will not include any of the state party leaders from PAS, PKR and DAP. It is understood...

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Sabah will lose more rights, voice in parliament

Sabah and Sarawak are not ready for the one-vote-one-value voting system which will see both states’ presentation in parliament reduced by 15%. Currently Sabah’s 25 and Sarawak’s 31 parliamentary seats make up 25% of the...

Darmindran’s death: Act now or face rally

Federal police headquarters Bukit Aman has been urged to swiftly act against police officials involved in the custodial death of 32-year-old lorry driver N Darmindran, or face public wrath in the form of a major...

80,000 youths turn on lights to 'SAVE MALAYSIA'

It happened in Indonesia, it happened in Thailand. It is now happening in Malaysia. And Singapore, try as it may to resist, will sooner or later have to deal with the same issue of youth-led...

UMNO duo against anti-fraud protesters lectured on electoral system

Home minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Selangor Barisan Nasional deputy chairman Noh Omar, both of whom had told those unhappy with Malaysia's electoral system to leave, were today lectured on the “first-past-the-post” voting system. Newly...

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Sabah’s Ansari quits PKR

Suspended PKR Tuaran chief Ansari Abdullah today announced he has resigned from the party which he joined 14 years ago. In a brief statement posted on his Facebook this morning, he noted that he had...

Anwar slams Najib for latest "TYRANNY"

Anwar slams Najib for latest "TYRANNY"Adam Adli has been charged with sedition purportedly “by calling for the toppling of the elected government”. Tian Chua, Harris Ibrahim and Tamrin Tun Ghafar have been arrested. This is tyranny writ large.

Let’s get it straight: Najib’s government is not a duly elected government. It is a government that’s come into power by systemic widespread fraud aided and abetted by the Election Commission. Its legitimacy is therefore in question. This is our position and we are mounting a legal and judicial challenge in this regard.

Meantime, the people by the hundreds of thousands are exercising their constitutional right to gather peacefully to demonstrate their utter disgust with this cheating and the consequent illegitimate assumption of power. By the latest count, almost half a million Malaysians, mostly comprising the young from all races have attended our nation-wide rallies.

They have come because of their conviction for justice and their deep sense of fair play and not because of any inducement or bribe or promise of material gain. On the contrary, they have come to these rallies in spite of the constant threats and warnings from the police of arrest because they believe in their cause – a cause for their future and the generations to come. This is nobility of spirit which no tyranny can suppress. Adam Adli embodies this spirit and the aspirations of the hundreds of thousands who have attended and the millions more who voted for change, fair play and justice.

Reneging on political reform

The dictatorships of Stalin, Marcos and Suharto are long gone. The likes of Ben Ali, Mubarak and Gaddafi are gone not so long ago. Even Mahathir’s time where such abuses of state power were ever so common is over. Yet, not only has Najib reneged on his pledges of political reform, he is winding the clock backwards.

First, Nik Nazmi was charged. Last night, they arrested 18 people who together with a thousand others had gathered in front of the Jinjang police station to show support for Adam. No doubt, this intimidation will continue even as the show of solidarity for those arrested will spring up across the land.

The new Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar is talking tough and issuing all kinds of threats to the people, taking the cue from the Home Minister. May I remind him that his duty is to serve the people. His priority is to keep the county safe – not from legitimate peaceful rallies – but from criminals and real mischief makers.

Meanwhile, DAP veteran Dr. Chen Man Hin, who should rightly be honoured for his tireless service to the people, was hauled up and interrogated over frivolous allegations about him being linked to a plot to overthrow the government. This is completely insane.

Wasting taxpayers' money

Is this Najib’s way of spending tax payers’ money? Is this the new direction to be given to the police under its new IGP? While real criminals, including those who commit hate and racist crimes, are going about with impunity, those who are calling for justice are being hounded like rats and prosecuted?

Police detainee N Dharmendran was beaten to death and people at a peaceful candle light vigil for Adam in Penang were assaulted by thugs while UMNO’s racist inciters to hatred and thugs are roaming the nation with impunity.

Najib is stepping on the heads of the rakyat. Eventually, the rakyat will prevail.

Anwar Ibrahim is the PKR adviser

Sabah an ‘expensive’ but useful lesson for Pakatan

Smug from having won just over 51% of the popular votes in the recent general election, Pakatan Rakyat is re-aligning its strategy and focusing on Borneo. Sabah DAP’s Junz Wong, who is also the national...

Pakatan rally at Dataran PJ

Pakatan Rakyat leaders today staged yet another rally to incite the rakyat to object the 13th general election results after it failed to wrest Putrajaya from Barisan Nasional Their supporters have started crowding the...

APS won’t merge with Sabah PKR

Former Tuaran MP Wilfred Bumburing said his Sabah Reform Movement or Angkatan Perubahan Sabah (APS) will not disband and merge with PKR but would instead focus on a unified Sabah opposition grouping. Bumburing, who won...

Najib's 10-day IMPOTENCE - Kit Siang

Yesterday, Malaysians saw the sorry spectacle of Paul Low who took his oath as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department on 16th May 2013 before the Yang di Pertuan Agong at the Istana Negara pathetically...

We are already in the jungle, Mahfuz tells Noh

PAS vice president Mahfuz Omar has shot back at Selangor Barisan Nasional's deputy chief Noh Omar over the latter's call on those protesting frauds in the polls to move to the jungle. "The people don't...

Malaysia's youth flood Blackout 505 rally, demanding new elections

It happened in Indonesia, it happened in Thailand. It is now happening in Malaysia. And Singapore, try as it may, will sooner or later have to deal with the same issue of youth-led change. For...

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Don't start a war with the people - PR warns Zahid, Mukhriz

KEDAH - More than 80,000 people - double the number expected - turned up at the Black 505 rally held at the PAS headquarters here to cheer on Anwar Ibrahim and his Pakatan Rakyat coalition...

BN rep hits out at pro-opposition KK mayor

A freshly minted Sepanggar Barisan Nasional MP has taken city council mayor Abidin Madingkir to task for “holding-up” RM5 million which was meant for development projects in the constituency. Jumat Idris said the federal government...

7% GST plan 'ridiculous' in low-income Malaysia

The debate on the government's plan to introduce Goods and Services Tax (GST) continues, with PAS Research Centre director Dzulkefly Ahmad describing the 7 percent rate as hinted by minister in the Prime Minister’s Department...

Ready to declare wealth, but MACC's credibility tainted'

DAP today said while its elected representatives were prepared to declare assets, such an act should not be limited to a "secret" declaration to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission. MACC's Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel recently...

Don't allow Anwar the chance of new elections

Street demonstrations can bring down Governments. This we know from the Arab Spring. But we should also know that setting up a new Government to replace the old Government is not as easy. There will...

PKR polls may be postponed

PKR may consider postponing internal elections scheduled for November this year, according to the party’s secretary-general, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. He said some PKR members felt that the party needed time to consolidate following the recent...

Monday, May 20, 2013

RM689mil contracts for Taib family companies

KUCHING: State owned Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) has allegedly channelled RM680 million worth of contracts to Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s family-linked companies since 2009. Swiss-based NGO, Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) claimed the three recipients of...

GST balloons to 28 per cent at end consumers

PAS Youth chief and Temerloh member of parliament Nasrudin Hassan has urged the government to come clean on the controversial Goods and Services Tax (GST), said to be ready for implementation following Barisan Nasional's narrow...

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