11 April 2009
30 March 2009
Pilihanraya Kecil Bukit Gantang
Utusan Malaysia (30 March 2009)
Sementara itu, kira-kira 10,000 penyokong termasuk pemimpin BN dan Pas berkumpul sejak pukul 6.30 pagi lagi bagi memberi sokongan moral kepada calon masing-masing.
The Brunei Times (Menggunakan sumber AFP - 30 March 2009)
Borneo Bulletin (30 March 2009)
Thousands turn out to launch key M'sian vote
Supporters of the religious Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) gather in front of an election office in support of their candidate in Taiping, some 300 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur on March 29. Thousands of government and opposition supporters converged on the sleepy district in Malaysia's north, for an electoral clash that will test the new leadership of Najib Razak. AFP
TAIPING, Malaysia (AFP) - Thousands of government and opposition supporters converged Sunday on a sleepy district in Malaysia's north, for an electoral clash that will test the new leadership of Najib Razak.The semi-rural electorate of Bukit Gantang in Perak state is the headline contest in a series of three by-elections to be held on April 7, just days after Najib is likely to be sworn in as prime minister.
The political temperature is already running high in Perak, where the royal ruler in January ordered the opposition to cede control of the state assembly to the coalition, after defections upset the delicate balance of power.
Some 15,000 opposition supporters and 5,000 from the ruling coalition turned out Sunday at the nearby town of Taiping to nominate their candidates, putting on a rowdy display as they beat on drums, yelled chants and waved party banners.
The number of BN supporters?
I put it at about 3,000 - 5,000. Many in the team thought I had overstated their numbers.
The Sun, 30th March 2009
About 2,000 BN supporters marched their way to the nomination centre with Ismail while Nizar was accompanied by about 10,000.
Jakarta Globe, 29th March 2009
New Malaysian Premier Faces Early By-Elections Test
Taiping, Malaysia. Najib Razak, Malaysia’s incoming prime minister, faced the first test of his leadership on Sunday, as campaigns were launched for three by-elections that were seen as a barometer of his support.
Najib was declared leader of the ruling party UMNO on Thursday, promising to introduce radical reforms after disastrous polls a year ago that jeopardized the UMNO-led coalition’s half-century grip on power.
But he faces a difficult task as the economy slides toward recession, and he is burdened by political baggage, including low public support and attempts to link him to corruption and a sensational murder.
The by-elections on April 7 will provide a snapshot of the public mood, and show whether UMNO has been able to claw back support with its plans to tackle corruption and infighting.
Najib’s new deputy, Muhyiddin Yassin, kicked off the campaign for the hot-spot electorate of Bukit Gantang in the nearby town of Taiping in northern Perak state, where parties registered candidates for the seat in national parliament that is up for grabs.
Some 15,000 opposition supporters outnumbered 5,000 government supporters who turned out for nomination day for the semi-rural district, putting on a rowdy display.
26 March 2009
06 March 2009
13 February 2009
Tukar Tiub tentang "Derhaka"
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Jumaat, 2009 Februari 13
CISS DERHAKALAH KAMU !
Harta dan kekayaan yang di rampas dan terkumpul menjadikan gedebe, Tok Batin atau Tok Penghuu ini berupaya untuk mengupah lebih ramai orang untuk bekerja di tanah hartanya. Jika ada pula tanah yang subur akan di teroka lagi oleh orang-orang upahan. Maka harta gedebe ini semakin banyak. Akhirya dengan harta yang banyak Tok Batin, Gedebe atau Tok Penghulu ini mendirikan bala tentera untuk menawan lebih banyak lagi tanah adan harta.
Dari sinilah timbulnya konsep Raja atau Sultan. Gedebe-gebebe ini kerana memiliki harta dan tentera lalu mengakui diri mereka sebagai Raja. Untuk terus menakut-nakutkan orang kampong di buat pelbagai cerita-cerita karut bahawa Raja ini keturunan dari Atas Angin, atau dari dunia kayangan atau seperti Raja Jepun mengakui mewakili Tuhan di atas dunia ini. Semua ini karut marut.
Dalam budaya feudal Melayu ditimbulkan pula konsep tulah – ertinya tidak boleh melawan kuasa Raja. Kalau melawan akan tulah. Bila tulah rakyat biasa akan sakit dan ubatnya kadangkala di cadangkan oleh bomoh ialah meminum air basuh kaki Raja. Lihatlah bertapa lebong dan kelentongnya gedebe-gedebe yang mengakui jadi raja ini. Ini berlaku di Tanah Melayu 600 atau 500 tahun dahulu. Justeru semua ini di terima pakai oleh manusia Melayu pada ketika itu.
Apabila penjajah British datang mereka melihat Raja-Raja ini boleh dijadikan orang perantaraan atau kadangkala jadi kuda tunggangan untuk diarah ke hulu ke hilir oleh British. British menggunakan Raja Raja Melayu sebagai orang tengah untuk melembutkan hati Melayu agar manusia Melayu tidak bangun memberontak melawan penjajah.
Marilah kita sama-sama ketawa kerana Raja-Raja yang dikatakan berdaulat ini tiba-tiba hilang daulatnya bila berhadapan dengan tentera British. Daulat Raja Melayu tidak boleh memakan Mat Salleh. Tulah Raja Melayu pun tidak ‘mengeras’ kepada Mat Salleh. Tidak ada soldadu British yang jatuh sakit kerana tulah Raja Melayu.
Mat Salleh sampai kiamat pun tidak akan meminum air basuh kaki Raja Untuk mereka ini kerja orang gila. Terbukti tidak ada daulat raja disini. Daulat sebenarnya ialah soldadu dan alat tentera British yang lebih canggih dari keris dan tombak Raja Melayu. Bom dan senapang British adalah daulat dan kuasa. Terbukti daulat dan tulah ini hanyalah cerita karut marut.
Justeru, penjajah British telah memecahkan tembelang daulat Raja, keramat Raja dan segala macam cerita-cerita karut tentang Raja-Raja Melayu. Akhirnya apa yang tinggal hanyalah slogan – Orang Melayu Pantang Derhaka Terhadap Raja.
Pantang Derhaka Terhadap Raja ini di jual kepada manusia Melayu kerana hendak membodek British. Ini kerana ada Gedebe-Gedebe Melayu dan penyokong-penyokongnya telah berani bangun mengangkat senjata melawan British. Ciss, pantang Melayu derhaka pada Rajanya adalah slogan karut yang digunakan agar manusia Melayu mengikut Raja yang kini telah menjadi pengikut dan pembodek British.
Ciss, Melayu Pantang Derhaka disini bermakna Melayu jangan melawan kuasa British.
Pada hari ini tahun 2009 konsep tidak boleh derhaka terhadap Raja terbukti konsep karut. Pembudayaan Melayu telah berubah jauh dari 500 tahun dahulu. Kita sebagai manusia – Melayu, Cina, India atau sesiapa sahaja - memang di larang untuk TIDAK MENDERHAKA tetapi bukan kepada Raja. Kita sebagai manusia tidak boleh menderhaka terhadap kebenaran dan keadilan. Kita sebagai manusia tidak boleh derhaka terhadap Yang Maha Esa.
Hang Jebat tidak derhaka. Jebat telah melakukan apa yang wajib dilakukan kerana Sultan Melaka telah menjadi zalim dan memerintah mengikut kata hati. Datok Bendahara tidak mengikut titah Sultan Melaka untuk membunuh Hang Tuah kerana Bendahara sedar Sultan berada dipihak yang salah.
Yang salah tetap salah. Yang benar tetap benar. Jika Ayah yang salah maka ayah wajib di tegur. Ibu yang salah maka ibu wajib di ingatkan. Jika Adik Kecil yang betul maka Adik Kecil wajib didengari. Salah dan benar bukan kerana derajat, umur atau kerana dia Datok, Tun, Hukam , Hakim, Batang Seri atau Sultan.
Kebenaran dan keadilan bukan di monopoli oleh Raja, Sultan, Czar, Emperor atau Maharaja. Kebenaran dan keadilan adalah milik semua. Kita tidak perlu takut untuk menderhaka kalau kita menderhaka demi kebenaran dan keadilan. Malah dalam hidup ini kita diwajibkan menderhaka dan digalakan menderhaka demi kebenaran. Menderhakalah beramai-ramai jika menderhaka ini untuk kebaikan ramai.
( Telah di siar dalam Harakah )
Look before you leap; check before you sleep!
I found this in a blog
February 2, 2009 After a long night of making love, he notices a photo of another man on her nightstand by the bed.
He begins to worry. “Is this your husband?” he nervously asks.
“No, silly,” she replies, snuggling up to him.
“Your boyfriend, then?” he continues.
“No, not at all,” she says, nibbling away at his ear.
“Is it your dad or your brother?” he inquires, hoping to be reassured.
“No, no, no! You are so hot when you’re jealous!” she answers.
“Well, who the hell is he, then?” he demands.
“That’s me before the surgery,” she replied.
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HORRROR..
Party-hoppers, be warned
Don’t give in to temptation!
Dr M. Bakri Musa on the Perak Crisis
The following quotes are from Dr M Bakri Musa:
"...The reputation and salvation of (Perak Sultan) Raja Azlan specifically, and that of the institution of Sultans generally, would require of him to look beyond the law for a solution.
Contrary to the assertions of constitutional scholars and legal practitioners, this is not a legal issue.Its solution does not lie with the court system. Nor does it require of us to return to the old feudal ways of blind loyalty to the sultan, as some traditionalist would wish.
The continued RELEVANCE and indeed SURVIVAL of our Sultans depend on their ability to read the rakyats’ mood CORRECTLY , NOT on some cultural traditions, court precedents, or political expedience.
What surprised me is that this power grab is being led by a Sultan who is generally acknowledged as the most enlightened of the lot, having served as the nation’s chief justice, and who has, as his Crown Prince, an intellect schooled in the finest universities of the West.That they chose to revert to their feudal past given the slightest chance was a great disappointment.
With a deeply polarized citizenry, the days of a supra majority government are gone. It is for this reason we must have an institution like the sultan that can act as an honest broker so as to maintain political neutrality and stability. Now that too is gone.That is what disappoints me most with this latest political crisis in Perak. If a sultan as enlightened as Raja Azlan could not disentangle himself from this political morass, we have LITTLE hope that the OTHER sultans would be any better.
There is a silver lining to all this. Thanks to Nizar’s Jebat-like stance of “Patek menyembah mohon derhaka!” Malaysia will never degenerate into an absolute monarchy.In times like this, we have to savor such blessings!
- Dr. M. Bakri Musa
18 January 2009
260,700 places are being offered by public and private universities and colleges this year
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin hoped students would take advantage of the opportunities available to them.
He was confident that his ministry would achieve its target of providing higher education to 40 per cent of youths, aged between 17 and 23.
"This is based on last year's figures when 35 per cent of this age group managed to enter institutions of higher learning," he said at the launch of the ministry's annual Higher Education Carnival yesterday.
The 260,700 places are available in 20 public universities, 41 private universities and colleges, 21 polytechnics, 37 community colleges and 485 private colleges. A total of 40,500 of these places are for Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) holders and matriculation students, and 43,200 places for Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) holders.
Khaled said his ministry would conduct its online enrolment in stages. In the first stage, post-SPM and STPM students are allowed to pre-register by giving their personal details.
In the second stage, students will fill in their top eight choices for the institutions and courses of study. After the examination results are released, students are allowed to change their options.
KT by-election
KUALA TERENGGANU: Pas won the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election with a 2,631-vote majority against Barisan Nasional and an independent candidate.
There are 80,229 voters in the parliamentary constituency, including 1,043 postal voters.