IPOH, Feb 5 — Perak plunged deep into crisis today after Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin refused to resign on the orders of Sultan Azlan Shah, desribing the situation as a coup by Barisan Nasional, while the Umno-led coalition prepares to be sworn in as the new government.
Umno leaders, including Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi, are already gathering at the Istana Kinta here, even as Pakatan Rakyat leaders seek a last-minute reprieve from the ruler.
"We are not rejecting the decision of the Sultan. We are pleading to ask for the dissolution of the assembly.
"The Sultan told me that BN has 31 to 28 but I told him that was inaccurate as three have vacated their seats.
“I asked for consent to dissolve to protect the rights of the people,” he told reporters at the official residence of the MB here.
He said the Sultan had asked him to resign, and he told the ruler he would not.
Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the PR alliance of Pas, PKR and DAP fully supported Nizar, and wanted the matter “returned to the court of the people”.
“BN has twisted it as if we are committing treason. But we are merely pleading.
“The leadership council of Pakatan will seek an audience with the Sultan,” he told reporters at the same press conference.
Pakatan Rakyat leaders were earlier locked in an emergency meeting following Sultan Azlan Shah’s refusal to grant a dissolution of the Perak state assembly and his order for Nizar to resign.
This decision to not to resign will lead PR on a collision course with the Sultan, whose decision has been greeted with immense criticisms even on his own website where visitors have been expressing their disappointment.
It is understood letters have been sent by fax to the MB's and all state executive councillors, asking them to vacate their offices.
The police have also set up road blocks around the state secretariat here.
Many offices have also closed early for the day, with employers asking their staff to go home early.
It remains unclear if a planned public rally tonight will go ahead but Barisan Nasional leaders are already going ahead with plans to form the next state government.
Earlier, Sultan Azlan Shah announced his refusal to give his consent for the dissolution of the Perak state assembly, and asked Nizar to resign in a statement carried by national news agency Bernama.
And if Nizar refuses to resign, the post will be declared vacant.
This will pave the way for BN to form the next state government.
The office of the Sultan of Perak, in a statement, said that after meeting all the 28 BN assemblymen and the three independents, the Sultan was convinced that Nizar had ceased to command the confidence of the majority of the state assembly members.
"If YAB Datuk Seri Ir Mohammad Nizar bin Jamaluddin does not resign his post as Perak menteri besar together with the members of the state executive council, the posts of menteri besar and state executive councillors are considered vacant," the statement said.
It is understood that a candidate for the MB's position has already been proposed to the Sultan, who has given his approval.
Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi is also expected to meet the Sultan at 6pm today to confirm the formation of a new state government.
A mammoth gathering has been planned tonight, originally to be held at the MB's residence, but which has apparently been shifted to the Perak Stadium.
Earlier, the Sultan concluded a busy morning of talks with both Nizar and Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Najib Razak in a bid to break the political impasse in the state.
He met Najib twice before summoning Nizar to his palace as well.
"Signs are good," Nizar told reporters as he left the palace.
But Najib was equally optimistic that the Sultan would rule in his favour and allow BN to form the state government.
In his second audience with the Sultan, Najib brought along the 28 BN state legislators and the three independents backing the coalition to see the Ruler to make his case for a new government.
"A second audience with the Sultan was arranged. It was attended by all 27 Barisan state assemblymen and Datuk Nasarudin Hashim, who has returned to BN, together with the three state representatives who left their parties and are now supporting Barisan.
"All of them pledged their support to Barisan, and the person to be appointed as the menteri besar later, before the Sultan," he told reporters before chairing the state Umno liaison committee meeting.
He said the final decision now rests with the Sultan.
Najib added that BN would respect and abide by the Ruler's decision, even if meant the dissolution of the state assembly to enable fresh state elections to be called.
Nizar's Pakatan Rakyat government has filed a suit to declare three state seats vacant after their representatives turned independent. The three — from Behrang, Changkat Jering and Jelapang — have thrown their support behind BN, which also accepted back the Bota assemblyman who had defected earlier.
Pakatan Rakyat had hoped this move would persuade the Perak Sultan to accede to a request to dissolve the 59-seat assembly and pave the way for snap polls.
Earlier, Najib was granted an audience with Sultan Azlan Shah this morning a day after he declared BN has enough support to form the state government.
Najib was seen entering Istana Kinta here around 10am accompanied by Bagan Datok MP Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi and other BN officials.
The cheerful-looking Najib and the state Umno deputy chief Zahid left the palace about 30 minutes later.
When met later Najib said that he had informed the Ruler that BN has the majority in the state assembly and intent to form the new state government.
He added that the Sultan had expressed his wish to meet all 31 BN supporters in the assembly before the decision on the new state government can be made.
"We will respect whatever decision made by the Sultan as it is his discretion," Najib told reporters at the state Umno building.
The deputy prime minister, who is also the Perak BN chairman, announced yesterday the coalition now enjoys the support of 28 of its assemblymen and three independents in the legislative assembly with 59 members.
The state BN's success in toppling the PR government would give legitimacy to Najib's leadership as he is slated to take over the premiership by the end of March, after suffering a blow with the defeat in the Kuala Terengganu by-election. - The Malaysian Insider
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30 January 2009
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Agreeing to disagree paying off for Pakatan
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — In the weeks following Pas's win in the Kuala Terengganu by-elections, there has hardly been a whisper about hudud or the supposed split among Indians within Pakatan Rakyat.
It appears that the gamble taken by Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to bite his tongue and sidestep those issues during the campaign has paid off.
The PKR de facto leader did not have to isolate any group of supporters by making a definite stand despite calls for him to do so.
In the end, the euphoria of victory has allowed the last embers of dissent on these matters to die out.
This has perplexed Barisan Nasional leaders, who believed that the "infighting" would have caused votes to leak from the opposition.
The governing coalition ended up losing the seat by a majority four times that which it had itself won by in the March 2008 general election.
Analysts believe that PR made gains by allowing each party the freedom to speak on issues.
"By allowing DAP and Pas to continue to beat their drums on hudud, they are given a cause to champion to their political constituents," says political consultant Khoo Kay Peng.
By conventional wisdom, such issues, when left to fester, can result in deep cracks in a coalition.
But the only conventional wisdom that Malaysian politics has had has been from BN.
PR appears to have a different idea about dealing with consensus building within a coalition.
When BN's Ketuanan Melayu or Malay supremacy achilles' heel starts to blight it, its supreme council, the highest decision-making body in the coalition, stops the rot by virtually issuing an edict on such matters.
When then Bukit Bendera Umno division chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail referred to Chinese Malaysians as "immigrants," the fierce spat between component leaders and Umno ultras saw grassroots members from both Umno and Gerakan asking for Gerakan to leave BN.
The supreme council had to step in with the final word on the matter and allowed Umno to suspend Ahmad for three years.
But while PR has an informal leadership council made up of Anwar, Pas president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang and DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang, the body has existed in most part only to sign off on agreements designed to pledge allegiance to the coalition or on principles such as Malay rights.
Under the proposed PR charter, a presidential council made up of the top leadership of each party will be established as its highest decision-making body.
But leaders from the tripartite coalition told The Malaysian Insider that it will not operate in the same way as BN's supreme council as PR prefers to recognise different ideological stands and allow an open debate on issues to reach a consensus before implementing any policy.
"The idea to establish it is there but only to deal with major issues and not on ideals and political differences," said DAP Socialist Youth chief Anthony Loke, who is a member of the coalition's joint secretariat.
Anwar, when pressed on hudud during the Kuala Terengganu campaign trail, had maintained this line by saying: "We abide by our Constitution, but we should allow Muslims to articulate their views. I have no objections discussing it within PR."
Meanwhile, several Pas and DAP leaders such as the former's spiritual leader Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat and the latter's chairman Karpal Singh had voiced their opinions on the matter loudly, leading to dissent within PR supporters.
But the opposition does not see it necessary to muzzle such public disagreements.
"It takes time to reach a consensus, so we should be prepared to engage in discussion," said Khalid Samad, Pas's Shah Alam MP.
Yusmadi Yusoff, MP for Balik Pulau, added that for PKR, it was interested in real harmony not an artificial one imposed by BN.
"BN is about homogenising any dialogue and creating taboos. But in the PR setup, when Karpal or Hadi make a stand, it is based on principles and democratic convictions," he said.
In short, while both Khalid and Yusmadi agree that a BN supreme council-based mechanism would be politically expedient, it would not achieve "real reform." - The Malaysian Insider
It appears that the gamble taken by Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to bite his tongue and sidestep those issues during the campaign has paid off.
The PKR de facto leader did not have to isolate any group of supporters by making a definite stand despite calls for him to do so.
In the end, the euphoria of victory has allowed the last embers of dissent on these matters to die out.
This has perplexed Barisan Nasional leaders, who believed that the "infighting" would have caused votes to leak from the opposition.
The governing coalition ended up losing the seat by a majority four times that which it had itself won by in the March 2008 general election.
Analysts believe that PR made gains by allowing each party the freedom to speak on issues.
"By allowing DAP and Pas to continue to beat their drums on hudud, they are given a cause to champion to their political constituents," says political consultant Khoo Kay Peng.
By conventional wisdom, such issues, when left to fester, can result in deep cracks in a coalition.
But the only conventional wisdom that Malaysian politics has had has been from BN.
PR appears to have a different idea about dealing with consensus building within a coalition.
When BN's Ketuanan Melayu or Malay supremacy achilles' heel starts to blight it, its supreme council, the highest decision-making body in the coalition, stops the rot by virtually issuing an edict on such matters.
When then Bukit Bendera Umno division chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail referred to Chinese Malaysians as "immigrants," the fierce spat between component leaders and Umno ultras saw grassroots members from both Umno and Gerakan asking for Gerakan to leave BN.
The supreme council had to step in with the final word on the matter and allowed Umno to suspend Ahmad for three years.
But while PR has an informal leadership council made up of Anwar, Pas president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang and DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang, the body has existed in most part only to sign off on agreements designed to pledge allegiance to the coalition or on principles such as Malay rights.
Under the proposed PR charter, a presidential council made up of the top leadership of each party will be established as its highest decision-making body.
But leaders from the tripartite coalition told The Malaysian Insider that it will not operate in the same way as BN's supreme council as PR prefers to recognise different ideological stands and allow an open debate on issues to reach a consensus before implementing any policy.
"The idea to establish it is there but only to deal with major issues and not on ideals and political differences," said DAP Socialist Youth chief Anthony Loke, who is a member of the coalition's joint secretariat.
Anwar, when pressed on hudud during the Kuala Terengganu campaign trail, had maintained this line by saying: "We abide by our Constitution, but we should allow Muslims to articulate their views. I have no objections discussing it within PR."
Meanwhile, several Pas and DAP leaders such as the former's spiritual leader Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat and the latter's chairman Karpal Singh had voiced their opinions on the matter loudly, leading to dissent within PR supporters.
But the opposition does not see it necessary to muzzle such public disagreements.
"It takes time to reach a consensus, so we should be prepared to engage in discussion," said Khalid Samad, Pas's Shah Alam MP.
Yusmadi Yusoff, MP for Balik Pulau, added that for PKR, it was interested in real harmony not an artificial one imposed by BN.
"BN is about homogenising any dialogue and creating taboos. But in the PR setup, when Karpal or Hadi make a stand, it is based on principles and democratic convictions," he said.
In short, while both Khalid and Yusmadi agree that a BN supreme council-based mechanism would be politically expedient, it would not achieve "real reform." - The Malaysian Insider
27 January 2009
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3 lagi ADUN BN Perak sertai Pakatan?
(mStar Online) - Kira-kira 24 jam selepas Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Bota dari Umno menyertai Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Menteri Besar Perak, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin mendakwa tiga lagi ADUN Barisan Nasional (BN) dijangka menyertai Pakatan Rakyat.
Terdahulu di ibu negara, Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak menafikan bahawa ada lagi wakil rakyat BN yang akan menyertai Pakatan Rakyat.
Timbalan Pengerusi BN itu menyifatkan semua itu sebagai khabar angin sahaja.
"Semua itu khabar angin sahaja...saya tidak fikir (ada lagi yang akan berpaling tadah)," katanya kepada pemberita ketika ditanya mengenai perkara itu berikutan tindakan Datuk Nasaruddin Hashim yang menyertai PKR semalam.
Nizar ketika mengulas lanjut isu itu memberitahu, perbincangan dengan ketiga-tiga ADUN terbabit sedang berlangsung dengan Pakatan Rakyat.
"Kita sedang berurusan. Perbincangan mengenainya sedang berjalan," kata beliau kepada pemberita selepas menghadiri Rumah Terbuka Tahun Baru Cina anjuran DAP Perak di Ipoh hari ini.
Ketika ditanya mengenai identiti ADUN berkenaan, beliau berkata ketiga-tiga wakil rakyat berkenaan ialah dari Umno.
"Kami mengalu-alukan penyertaan mereka ke dalam Pakatan Rakyat dan kami terbuka untuk menerima mereka," katanya.
Dengan keputusan Nasarudin, kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat negeri Perak yang dianggota DAP, PAS dan PKR mempunyai 32 kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri manakala BN 27 kerusi iaitu 26 Umno dan satu MCA.
Dalam pada itu, Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Perak, Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali berkata, keputusan Nasaruddin tidak menjejaskan kedudukan BN.
Kata beliau, keputusan Nasaruddin itu hanya membawa perubahan kepada jumlah kerusi di persidangan DUN.
Tajol Rosli, yang juga Pengerusi BN Perak, berkata BN di Perak masih kukuh dan berazam mahu merampas semula Perak daripada Pakatan Rakyat pada pilihan raya umum akan datang.
"Kita ada tiga tahun lagi untuk berbuat demikian dan BN telah menggerakkan semua jentera terutamanya untuk meraih undi pengundi muda.
"BN mendapati kekurangan undi pada pilihan raya umum ke-12 adalah di saluran tiga dan empat... kita akan gerakkan jentera untuk mendapatkan sokongan pengundi muda daripada saluran tersebut," katanya selepas menghadiri sambutan rumah terbuka Tahun Baru Cina Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan di Gunung Rapat di sini.
Terdahulu di ibu negara, Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak menafikan bahawa ada lagi wakil rakyat BN yang akan menyertai Pakatan Rakyat.
Timbalan Pengerusi BN itu menyifatkan semua itu sebagai khabar angin sahaja.
"Semua itu khabar angin sahaja...saya tidak fikir (ada lagi yang akan berpaling tadah)," katanya kepada pemberita ketika ditanya mengenai perkara itu berikutan tindakan Datuk Nasaruddin Hashim yang menyertai PKR semalam.
Nizar ketika mengulas lanjut isu itu memberitahu, perbincangan dengan ketiga-tiga ADUN terbabit sedang berlangsung dengan Pakatan Rakyat.
"Kita sedang berurusan. Perbincangan mengenainya sedang berjalan," kata beliau kepada pemberita selepas menghadiri Rumah Terbuka Tahun Baru Cina anjuran DAP Perak di Ipoh hari ini.
Ketika ditanya mengenai identiti ADUN berkenaan, beliau berkata ketiga-tiga wakil rakyat berkenaan ialah dari Umno.
"Kami mengalu-alukan penyertaan mereka ke dalam Pakatan Rakyat dan kami terbuka untuk menerima mereka," katanya.
Dengan keputusan Nasarudin, kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat negeri Perak yang dianggota DAP, PAS dan PKR mempunyai 32 kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri manakala BN 27 kerusi iaitu 26 Umno dan satu MCA.
Dalam pada itu, Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Perak, Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali berkata, keputusan Nasaruddin tidak menjejaskan kedudukan BN.
Kata beliau, keputusan Nasaruddin itu hanya membawa perubahan kepada jumlah kerusi di persidangan DUN.
Tajol Rosli, yang juga Pengerusi BN Perak, berkata BN di Perak masih kukuh dan berazam mahu merampas semula Perak daripada Pakatan Rakyat pada pilihan raya umum akan datang.
"Kita ada tiga tahun lagi untuk berbuat demikian dan BN telah menggerakkan semua jentera terutamanya untuk meraih undi pengundi muda.
"BN mendapati kekurangan undi pada pilihan raya umum ke-12 adalah di saluran tiga dan empat... kita akan gerakkan jentera untuk mendapatkan sokongan pengundi muda daripada saluran tersebut," katanya selepas menghadiri sambutan rumah terbuka Tahun Baru Cina Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan di Gunung Rapat di sini.
Mulia lembu daripada manusia!
Maka, sekonyong-konyongnya hebohlah media arus perdana meratib menyatakan seolah-olah MB Selangor melakukan penyelewengan umpama rasuah kerana MB Selangor berjaya mendapatkan lembu korban untuk rakyat.
Peranan utama isu ini dimainkan oleh GERAK iaitu pertubuhan yang diasaskan oleh Raja Sesumpah yang gagal dalam misinya di Permatang Pauh dan terbaru di Kuala Terengganu baru-baru ini. Semenjak bila menjadi kesalahan jika sesebuah kerajaan memohon sumbangan dari mana-mana pihak untuk melakukan amal yang dituntut oleh Islam ? Bukankah itu suatu perbuatan `amal makruf'?
Apa yang menjadi kesalahan ialah memaksa atau mengambil keuntungan dari sumbangan amalan jariah tersebut. Jika benar sekalipun MB Selangor memohon mana-mana syarikat untuk memberikan sumbangan berbentuk amal seperti lembu korban untuk dinikmati oleh mana-mana rakyat walau di mana sekalipun, apa masalahnya? Apatah lagi jika rakyat sendiri yang memohon bantuan atau sumbangan tersebut dan syarikat berkenaan secara suka rela tanpa ada apa-apa habuan yang dijanjikan sanggup berbuat demikian.
Bukankah lebih banyak menderma untuk amalan yang baik akan menjadikan rezeki sesebuah syarikat itu bertambah? Di mana letaknya unsur rasuah oleh MB Selangor seperti yang heboh diperkatakan? Apa motif bekas MB Selangor yang begitu bersungguh-sungguh untuk menghalang kerja amal yang mulia seperti ini ? Apakah beliau sangka dengan timbulnya isu ini, rakyat lupa apa yang telah berlaku pada Tabung Balkis ? Bukankah Tabung Balkis asalnya hak Kerajaan Selangor sekarang, tetapi di mana dana tersebut sekarang ? Apakah beliau rasa rakyat lupa tentang kereta Mercedez yang dibeli dengan wang rakyat untuk kegunaan sendiri ?
Mungkin Khir Toyo mulai merasa malu apabila tuduhannya terhadap MB Selangor membeli kereta mewah menggunakan wang syarikat milik kerajaan Selangor tersasar bahkan menimpa aib di mukanya sendiri. Lantaran itu, isu lembu korban dibawa pula untuk memusnahkan imej MB Selangor. Kita lihat nanti, isu ini akan terpalit ke wajahnya dan beliau akan terus diaibkan dan ditertawakan oleh rakyat di Selangor.
Saya agak hairan dengan sikap GERAK yang seperti buta mata terhadap apa yang berlaku semasa di dalam Pilihanraya Kecil di Kuala Terengganu. Begitu banyak unsur-unsur penyelewengan yang sewajarnya GERAK tumpukan tetapi pertubuhan ini begitu lembab dan lemah untuk menghidunya. Mungkin `badi' lemah akal fikiran dan sikap penakut dan bacul yang terdapat pada bekas bosnya iaitu Raja Sesumpah mulai meresapi GERAK. Amat memalukan apabila GERAK membuat laporan tentang beberapa ekor lembu yang disumbangkan oleh syarikat-syarikat untuk dijadikan amalan korban seolah-olah berlaku dosa besar yang maha hebat. Kita mulai terfikir, di antara manusia yang jenis ini dengan lembu-lembu yang dikorbankan itu, mana lebih mulia? Manusia seperti itukah atau lembu-lembu yang telah dikorbankan itu? Sama-sama kita fikirkan.-WFAUZDIN NS
Peranan utama isu ini dimainkan oleh GERAK iaitu pertubuhan yang diasaskan oleh Raja Sesumpah yang gagal dalam misinya di Permatang Pauh dan terbaru di Kuala Terengganu baru-baru ini. Semenjak bila menjadi kesalahan jika sesebuah kerajaan memohon sumbangan dari mana-mana pihak untuk melakukan amal yang dituntut oleh Islam ? Bukankah itu suatu perbuatan `amal makruf'?
Apa yang menjadi kesalahan ialah memaksa atau mengambil keuntungan dari sumbangan amalan jariah tersebut. Jika benar sekalipun MB Selangor memohon mana-mana syarikat untuk memberikan sumbangan berbentuk amal seperti lembu korban untuk dinikmati oleh mana-mana rakyat walau di mana sekalipun, apa masalahnya? Apatah lagi jika rakyat sendiri yang memohon bantuan atau sumbangan tersebut dan syarikat berkenaan secara suka rela tanpa ada apa-apa habuan yang dijanjikan sanggup berbuat demikian.
Bukankah lebih banyak menderma untuk amalan yang baik akan menjadikan rezeki sesebuah syarikat itu bertambah? Di mana letaknya unsur rasuah oleh MB Selangor seperti yang heboh diperkatakan? Apa motif bekas MB Selangor yang begitu bersungguh-sungguh untuk menghalang kerja amal yang mulia seperti ini ? Apakah beliau sangka dengan timbulnya isu ini, rakyat lupa apa yang telah berlaku pada Tabung Balkis ? Bukankah Tabung Balkis asalnya hak Kerajaan Selangor sekarang, tetapi di mana dana tersebut sekarang ? Apakah beliau rasa rakyat lupa tentang kereta Mercedez yang dibeli dengan wang rakyat untuk kegunaan sendiri ?
Mungkin Khir Toyo mulai merasa malu apabila tuduhannya terhadap MB Selangor membeli kereta mewah menggunakan wang syarikat milik kerajaan Selangor tersasar bahkan menimpa aib di mukanya sendiri. Lantaran itu, isu lembu korban dibawa pula untuk memusnahkan imej MB Selangor. Kita lihat nanti, isu ini akan terpalit ke wajahnya dan beliau akan terus diaibkan dan ditertawakan oleh rakyat di Selangor.
Saya agak hairan dengan sikap GERAK yang seperti buta mata terhadap apa yang berlaku semasa di dalam Pilihanraya Kecil di Kuala Terengganu. Begitu banyak unsur-unsur penyelewengan yang sewajarnya GERAK tumpukan tetapi pertubuhan ini begitu lembab dan lemah untuk menghidunya. Mungkin `badi' lemah akal fikiran dan sikap penakut dan bacul yang terdapat pada bekas bosnya iaitu Raja Sesumpah mulai meresapi GERAK. Amat memalukan apabila GERAK membuat laporan tentang beberapa ekor lembu yang disumbangkan oleh syarikat-syarikat untuk dijadikan amalan korban seolah-olah berlaku dosa besar yang maha hebat. Kita mulai terfikir, di antara manusia yang jenis ini dengan lembu-lembu yang dikorbankan itu, mana lebih mulia? Manusia seperti itukah atau lembu-lembu yang telah dikorbankan itu? Sama-sama kita fikirkan.-WFAUZDIN NS
26 January 2009
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Siapa lagi akan meloncat?
Mesyuarat khas Badan Perhubungan UMNO Perak yang di adakan ekoran tindakan Nasaruddin meninggalkan BN dan menyertai Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) di Ipoh malam tadi dilaporkan media dihadiri seramai 20 daripada 28 orang wakil rakyat BN. Antara alasan mereka yang tidak dapat hadir mesyuarat berkenaan ialah sedang berada di luar negara.
Media juga melaporkan kenyataan Menteri Besar Perak, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin di mana terdapat beberapa lagi pemimpin daripada BN akan melompat parti.
Bila ditanya oleh media Tajol dengan spontan menjawab,''Itulah kerja pembangkang, bila kita uar-uarkan ada orang dia nak masuk BN dia tuduh kita beli, tetapi bila dia sendiri buat tidak mengapa pula,"
Terdapat beberapa percanggahan dan kekeliruan dari apa yang dilaporkan media di atas. Pengunaan kalimat "pembangkang" yang ditujukan kepada Pakatan Rakyat di Perak adalah memalukan. Ia menunjukkan dan mengesahkan bahawa Tajol masih belum bangun dari tidurnya yang lena. Sedarlah kamulah yang duduk dikerusi pembangkang dan kamulah ketuanya dan kami adalah kerajaan yang diamanahkan secara sah oleh rakyat Negeri Perak dalam proses Demokrasi yang mesti diakui semua pihak.
Kenapakah angka yang dihitung masih lagi 28 sedangkan sepatutnya bilangan yang sepatutnya hadir ialah 27 orang(26 UMNO dan 1 MCA). Tidakkah mesyuarat diadakan khusus membincangkan tentang seorang ADUN UMNO telah keluar dari Partinya.
Selain itu menjadi persoalan besar hanya 20 orang sahaja yang hadir sedangkan menurut pengetahuan saya kebanyakan ADUN memang berada di kawasan masing-masing dan yang pastinya berada di dalam negara bukannya di luar negera.
Alasan dan laporan mereka berada di luar negera adalah mengelirukan dan alasan yang saya ingin sifatkan sengaja diada-adakan bagi melindungi alasan sebenar bahawa mereka yang tidak hadir memang sudah tidak sayangkan lagi UMNO dan sekaligus merasakan tidak penting untuk mengajak kembali Dato' Nasharuddin ke pangkuan parti.
Desas-dasus mengenai ada lagi beberapa orang lagi ADUN UMNO akan meninggalkan partinya sedang bertiup kencang di Negeri Perak. Malah saya menerima talipon bertanyakan siapakah mereka yang dimaksudkan dan ke parti mana pula mereka akan masuk PAS atau PKR ?
Kalau alasan kekalahan dalam pertandingan dalam perebutan Ketua Bahagian UMNO banyak melihat kepada ADUN Lintang, Dato' Fakih Adam yang kalah kepada pencabarnya.Beliau yang saya anggap sebagai bapa kepada UMNO Perak dan seorang vateren yang saya cukup saya hormati. Ucapannya dalam sidang yang lepas adalah teguran yang membina dan dengan suatu semangat setia kawan yang tinggi. Selamat datang saya ucapkan kepada Dato' Fakih adam ke Pakatan Rakyat.
Selain itu saya mengagak sudah sampai masanya ADUN Batu Kurau yang sudah tidak boleh berfungsi dengan keilmuan Islamnya kalau terus berada dalam UMNO. Bayangkan dalam Sidang DUN yang lalu Dato' Najmuddin Alias semacam menyebelahi kami dengan banyak berdiam diri. Oleh itu saya menjemput Dato' untuk berjuang bersama kami Parti Islam Semalaysia.
Saya anggap Dato' sebagai kawan dan regu yang saya alu-alukan untuk menguatkan Kerajaan Negeri Perak pakatan Rakyat.
Selain itu saya menganggap masih ada ADUN UMNO yang menyimpan suatu keputusan yang Tajol pun tidak dapat mengagak dan menciumnya. Siapapun saya ucapkan SELAMAT DATANG KE PAKATAN RAKYAT. - DRS. KHALIL IDHAM LIM
Media juga melaporkan kenyataan Menteri Besar Perak, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin di mana terdapat beberapa lagi pemimpin daripada BN akan melompat parti.
Bila ditanya oleh media Tajol dengan spontan menjawab,''Itulah kerja pembangkang, bila kita uar-uarkan ada orang dia nak masuk BN dia tuduh kita beli, tetapi bila dia sendiri buat tidak mengapa pula,"
Terdapat beberapa percanggahan dan kekeliruan dari apa yang dilaporkan media di atas. Pengunaan kalimat "pembangkang" yang ditujukan kepada Pakatan Rakyat di Perak adalah memalukan. Ia menunjukkan dan mengesahkan bahawa Tajol masih belum bangun dari tidurnya yang lena. Sedarlah kamulah yang duduk dikerusi pembangkang dan kamulah ketuanya dan kami adalah kerajaan yang diamanahkan secara sah oleh rakyat Negeri Perak dalam proses Demokrasi yang mesti diakui semua pihak.
Kenapakah angka yang dihitung masih lagi 28 sedangkan sepatutnya bilangan yang sepatutnya hadir ialah 27 orang(26 UMNO dan 1 MCA). Tidakkah mesyuarat diadakan khusus membincangkan tentang seorang ADUN UMNO telah keluar dari Partinya.
Selain itu menjadi persoalan besar hanya 20 orang sahaja yang hadir sedangkan menurut pengetahuan saya kebanyakan ADUN memang berada di kawasan masing-masing dan yang pastinya berada di dalam negara bukannya di luar negera.
Alasan dan laporan mereka berada di luar negera adalah mengelirukan dan alasan yang saya ingin sifatkan sengaja diada-adakan bagi melindungi alasan sebenar bahawa mereka yang tidak hadir memang sudah tidak sayangkan lagi UMNO dan sekaligus merasakan tidak penting untuk mengajak kembali Dato' Nasharuddin ke pangkuan parti.
Desas-dasus mengenai ada lagi beberapa orang lagi ADUN UMNO akan meninggalkan partinya sedang bertiup kencang di Negeri Perak. Malah saya menerima talipon bertanyakan siapakah mereka yang dimaksudkan dan ke parti mana pula mereka akan masuk PAS atau PKR ?
Kalau alasan kekalahan dalam pertandingan dalam perebutan Ketua Bahagian UMNO banyak melihat kepada ADUN Lintang, Dato' Fakih Adam yang kalah kepada pencabarnya.Beliau yang saya anggap sebagai bapa kepada UMNO Perak dan seorang vateren yang saya cukup saya hormati. Ucapannya dalam sidang yang lepas adalah teguran yang membina dan dengan suatu semangat setia kawan yang tinggi. Selamat datang saya ucapkan kepada Dato' Fakih adam ke Pakatan Rakyat.
Selain itu saya mengagak sudah sampai masanya ADUN Batu Kurau yang sudah tidak boleh berfungsi dengan keilmuan Islamnya kalau terus berada dalam UMNO. Bayangkan dalam Sidang DUN yang lalu Dato' Najmuddin Alias semacam menyebelahi kami dengan banyak berdiam diri. Oleh itu saya menjemput Dato' untuk berjuang bersama kami Parti Islam Semalaysia.
Saya anggap Dato' sebagai kawan dan regu yang saya alu-alukan untuk menguatkan Kerajaan Negeri Perak pakatan Rakyat.
Selain itu saya menganggap masih ada ADUN UMNO yang menyimpan suatu keputusan yang Tajol pun tidak dapat mengagak dan menciumnya. Siapapun saya ucapkan SELAMAT DATANG KE PAKATAN RAKYAT. - DRS. KHALIL IDHAM LIM
25 January 2009
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Time for Pakatan Rakyat to deliver
Raja Petra Kamarudin
PAS to protest against Rihanna concert said The Star today (http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/25/nation/3116247&sec=nation).
I know many of you are going to get your knickers all twisted about this. After all, you are upholders of freedom of thought, expression, assembly, association, and so on. So why is PAS, you are going to ask, not respectful towards these freedoms?
Okay, you may not agree with PAS demonstrating its opposition to ‘sexy’ concerts. I too share your view. I think this is so, so petty when we have bigger fishes to fry. It’s not like we already have a perfect society. There is much to do and many more important issues that need resolving. We really must get our priorities right here.
Nevertheless, I will not take PAS to task on their opposition to ‘sexy’ concerts. It is definitely their right to oppose anything they want to oppose. Freedom of thought, expression, assembly, association, etc., is as much the right of PAS as it is ours. So they have every right to oppose ‘sexy’ concerts -- as it is our right to disagree with their opposition to it. That is what a civil society is all about: agreeing to disagree. If we can respect PAS’s right to oppose anything they view as ‘decadent’ and ‘immoral’, then we can demand that PAS also respect our views, although they need not agree with them. If we don’t respect PAS’s views then we certainly can’t demand the same from them.
So carry on opposing, PAS. I have no problems with that. What I want is only for you to set your priorities. Concerts are not the end of the world. It is far from the ‘Big One’. There are many other issues that also need addressing and ‘sexy’ concerts are way at the bottom of the priority list.
What I want PAS to address is the issue of the Internal Security Act. Read the following to recap on what I am talking about:
5 state govts back call to free ISA detainees, Guan Eng tells Makkal Sakthi crowd
http://anilnetto.com/civil-society/5-state-govts-back-call-for-isa-detainees-release-guan-eng-tells-makkal-sakthi-crowd/
Marina Lee receives a standing ovation
http://anilnetto.com/civil-society/marina-gets-a-standing-ovation/
Tomorrow, I shall be speaking to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to ask him to coordinate a five-state Anti-ISA Campaign. I want to see the five Pakatan Rakyat state governments putting their money where their mouths are. About 200 people have religiously participated in Anti-ISA Candlelight Vigils every Sunday since I was detained on 12 September 2008. Even when I was released on 7 November 2008 the vigils continued and a few days ago 21 people were charged for the crime of ‘illegal assembly’. These 21 were detained at the 9 November 2008 Candlelight Vigil, two days after I was released.
Incidentally, the bail for each of the 21 was RM1,500 and ten of them did not have the money to post bail. So I arranged to pay for their bail. The RM15,000 came from the money that was collected when I was sent to the Sungai Buloh Prison for three days in 2008. My own bail on the four charges that I face comes to RM7,000; so, thus far, we have spent RM22,000. We still have a balance of RM26,000, which will be used for future cases in the event there are further arrests.
Anyway, I am of the opinion we have achieved the objective of those Candlelight Vigils and maybe we need a change of strategy to get our message through to more people. After all, if we just hold the vigils in a dark car park in front of the PJ Civic Centre, only the 200 or so participants will be informed about the issue. What about the rest of the 26 million Malaysians? They too need to be exposed to the issue and the Candlelight Vigils are not achieving this.
What I want is for the five Pakatan Rakyat state governments to also join the Anti-ISA Campaign. They can do this by erecting a few signboards along the state roads just like how they do in Perak and Kelantan (like the ones that say’ Sembahyanglah sebelum kamu disembahyangkan’).
The signboards can read: ISA bertentangan dengan Islam, Islam opposes the ISA, Say NO to ISA, etc.). This will be the five state governments’ contribution to the Anti-ISA Campaign and in this way more Malaysians will get the message than what 200 people in a Candlelight Vigil can achieve.
PKR is having a Chinese New Year gathering at the Hokkien Association in Kelang from 1.00pm to 3.00pm tomorrow (Monday). I will be going there wearing my Anti-ISA T-shirt. I invite the rest of you to join me and do the same. We shall then ‘corner’ Anwar and get him to commit the five state governments to this second-level Anti-ISA Campaign. If they refuse then we will know that Pakatan Rakyat is merely paying lip service to the issue. We want them to put their money where their mouth is. There are no two ways about this.
Join me tomorrow and let’s hear what Anwar has to say about this matter. And it had better be what we want to hear. And after PAS has done with the ‘anti-sexy concert’ demonstration, maybe they can then start pressuring the five Pakatan Rakyat state governments, which they are also a part of, to do more for the Anti-ISA Campaign other than just talk. - Malaysia Today
PAS to protest against Rihanna concert said The Star today (http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/25/nation/3116247&sec=nation).
I know many of you are going to get your knickers all twisted about this. After all, you are upholders of freedom of thought, expression, assembly, association, and so on. So why is PAS, you are going to ask, not respectful towards these freedoms?
Okay, you may not agree with PAS demonstrating its opposition to ‘sexy’ concerts. I too share your view. I think this is so, so petty when we have bigger fishes to fry. It’s not like we already have a perfect society. There is much to do and many more important issues that need resolving. We really must get our priorities right here.
Nevertheless, I will not take PAS to task on their opposition to ‘sexy’ concerts. It is definitely their right to oppose anything they want to oppose. Freedom of thought, expression, assembly, association, etc., is as much the right of PAS as it is ours. So they have every right to oppose ‘sexy’ concerts -- as it is our right to disagree with their opposition to it. That is what a civil society is all about: agreeing to disagree. If we can respect PAS’s right to oppose anything they view as ‘decadent’ and ‘immoral’, then we can demand that PAS also respect our views, although they need not agree with them. If we don’t respect PAS’s views then we certainly can’t demand the same from them.
So carry on opposing, PAS. I have no problems with that. What I want is only for you to set your priorities. Concerts are not the end of the world. It is far from the ‘Big One’. There are many other issues that also need addressing and ‘sexy’ concerts are way at the bottom of the priority list.
What I want PAS to address is the issue of the Internal Security Act. Read the following to recap on what I am talking about:
5 state govts back call to free ISA detainees, Guan Eng tells Makkal Sakthi crowd
http://anilnetto.com/civil-society/5-state-govts-back-call-for-isa-detainees-release-guan-eng-tells-makkal-sakthi-crowd/
Marina Lee receives a standing ovation
http://anilnetto.com/civil-society/marina-gets-a-standing-ovation/
Tomorrow, I shall be speaking to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to ask him to coordinate a five-state Anti-ISA Campaign. I want to see the five Pakatan Rakyat state governments putting their money where their mouths are. About 200 people have religiously participated in Anti-ISA Candlelight Vigils every Sunday since I was detained on 12 September 2008. Even when I was released on 7 November 2008 the vigils continued and a few days ago 21 people were charged for the crime of ‘illegal assembly’. These 21 were detained at the 9 November 2008 Candlelight Vigil, two days after I was released.
Incidentally, the bail for each of the 21 was RM1,500 and ten of them did not have the money to post bail. So I arranged to pay for their bail. The RM15,000 came from the money that was collected when I was sent to the Sungai Buloh Prison for three days in 2008. My own bail on the four charges that I face comes to RM7,000; so, thus far, we have spent RM22,000. We still have a balance of RM26,000, which will be used for future cases in the event there are further arrests.
Anyway, I am of the opinion we have achieved the objective of those Candlelight Vigils and maybe we need a change of strategy to get our message through to more people. After all, if we just hold the vigils in a dark car park in front of the PJ Civic Centre, only the 200 or so participants will be informed about the issue. What about the rest of the 26 million Malaysians? They too need to be exposed to the issue and the Candlelight Vigils are not achieving this.
What I want is for the five Pakatan Rakyat state governments to also join the Anti-ISA Campaign. They can do this by erecting a few signboards along the state roads just like how they do in Perak and Kelantan (like the ones that say’ Sembahyanglah sebelum kamu disembahyangkan’).
The signboards can read: ISA bertentangan dengan Islam, Islam opposes the ISA, Say NO to ISA, etc.). This will be the five state governments’ contribution to the Anti-ISA Campaign and in this way more Malaysians will get the message than what 200 people in a Candlelight Vigil can achieve.
PKR is having a Chinese New Year gathering at the Hokkien Association in Kelang from 1.00pm to 3.00pm tomorrow (Monday). I will be going there wearing my Anti-ISA T-shirt. I invite the rest of you to join me and do the same. We shall then ‘corner’ Anwar and get him to commit the five state governments to this second-level Anti-ISA Campaign. If they refuse then we will know that Pakatan Rakyat is merely paying lip service to the issue. We want them to put their money where their mouth is. There are no two ways about this.
Join me tomorrow and let’s hear what Anwar has to say about this matter. And it had better be what we want to hear. And after PAS has done with the ‘anti-sexy concert’ demonstration, maybe they can then start pressuring the five Pakatan Rakyat state governments, which they are also a part of, to do more for the Anti-ISA Campaign other than just talk. - Malaysia Today
London bridge is falling down?
THE Kuala Terengganu by-election is over, with the opposition once again toppling the BN in a by-election with a convincing victory of 2,631 vote-majority.
On the day of the by-election last Saturday, I received calls from as early as 5.30pm asking about the results.
Such was the enthusiasm shown by the people although the by-election was held far away in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
By 8.30pm, I received a text message from a senior journalist based in Kuala Lumpur while sipping a cup of cappuccino at a coffee chain in town and the SMS went like this, “London Bridge is falling down. PAS wins with 2,631 votes against BN.”
One may say the result should not be a benchmark for the looming state election which has to be called the latest by the fourth quarter of 2011.
But I beg to differ as the Kuala Terengganu by-election result has confirmed one thing, that the political tsunami or avalanche as some people may be fond of calling it, is for real and that it should not be taken lightly as former Gerakan president Tan Sri Lim Keng Yaik had done when he brushed it off as “just a breath of fresh air”.
After the March 8 general election, the Permatang Pauh by-election had been seen as a barometer for many political parties and analysts on the effect of the so-called wind of change blowing in the country which has been ruled by the Barisan Nasional for five good decades.
The overwhelming majority obtained by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who is instrumental in the formation of the Pakatan Rakyat consisting of PKR, DAP and PAS confirmed that change is in the making in the nation’s political landscape.
The KT by-election result has confirmed that the people of Malaysia are ready and have no qualms about having a change of government for the better.
A doctorate student, Ong Kian Ming, in his analysis on the KT by-election noticed that there was a surge in the number of young voters voting for the opposition.
Despite the swing in Malay votes towards PAS which he regarded as insignificant and the strident claim by MCA that they have maintained or even increased the Chinese votes, Kian Ming cautioned that the result should be worrying for BN for the fact that the younger voters are more inclined to vote for the opposition.
Two million young new voters are expected to register with the Election Commission by the next general election and this group of Generation Y will decide who will rule the country.
In his analysis, Kian Ming found out that the percentage of those aged 35 and below voting for BN has decreased by 4.4 per cent while those from 35 to 55 decreased by 1.5 per cent and those aged 55 and above decreased by 0.8 per cent.
He also found out that younger voters are less susceptible to vote buying.
So, let us come back to the next state election.
I was very blunt with a former assemblyman recently when he asked my opinion on the ground sentiment as I did it in good faith with no malicious intention.
With 71 state seats up for grabs, my prediction would be that the urban Chinese seats would see a disastrous outcome for the BN component SUPP which lost eight seats out of 19 seats it contested in the 2006 state election.
With PBB likely to contest in more than half of the state seats, a former political secretary predicted that a skeleton few may fall to the PKR should the latter take on PBB.
The former political secretary is not so optimistic with the view that the opposition would form the next state government but he did not rule out the possibility of the opposition denying the BN the two-thirds majority if no urgent or drastic effort is forthcoming.
Regardless of anything, no one should take the KT by-election for granted as we have seen that the old politicking method is as good as a nostalgia which is no longer appealing to the young voters.
Handing out of monetary fund and casting fear of racial tension do not bother the voters anymore as they have access to the Internet who aspire for a corruption free, transparent, accountable and a fair and just society.
As one senior politician put it: Changing the people may not be the best solution as what matters most is a change of mindset.
But there is this old saying which says we cannot teach an old dog new tricks. - The Borneo Post
On the day of the by-election last Saturday, I received calls from as early as 5.30pm asking about the results.
Such was the enthusiasm shown by the people although the by-election was held far away in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
By 8.30pm, I received a text message from a senior journalist based in Kuala Lumpur while sipping a cup of cappuccino at a coffee chain in town and the SMS went like this, “London Bridge is falling down. PAS wins with 2,631 votes against BN.”
One may say the result should not be a benchmark for the looming state election which has to be called the latest by the fourth quarter of 2011.
But I beg to differ as the Kuala Terengganu by-election result has confirmed one thing, that the political tsunami or avalanche as some people may be fond of calling it, is for real and that it should not be taken lightly as former Gerakan president Tan Sri Lim Keng Yaik had done when he brushed it off as “just a breath of fresh air”.
After the March 8 general election, the Permatang Pauh by-election had been seen as a barometer for many political parties and analysts on the effect of the so-called wind of change blowing in the country which has been ruled by the Barisan Nasional for five good decades.
The overwhelming majority obtained by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who is instrumental in the formation of the Pakatan Rakyat consisting of PKR, DAP and PAS confirmed that change is in the making in the nation’s political landscape.
The KT by-election result has confirmed that the people of Malaysia are ready and have no qualms about having a change of government for the better.
A doctorate student, Ong Kian Ming, in his analysis on the KT by-election noticed that there was a surge in the number of young voters voting for the opposition.
Despite the swing in Malay votes towards PAS which he regarded as insignificant and the strident claim by MCA that they have maintained or even increased the Chinese votes, Kian Ming cautioned that the result should be worrying for BN for the fact that the younger voters are more inclined to vote for the opposition.
Two million young new voters are expected to register with the Election Commission by the next general election and this group of Generation Y will decide who will rule the country.
In his analysis, Kian Ming found out that the percentage of those aged 35 and below voting for BN has decreased by 4.4 per cent while those from 35 to 55 decreased by 1.5 per cent and those aged 55 and above decreased by 0.8 per cent.
He also found out that younger voters are less susceptible to vote buying.
So, let us come back to the next state election.
I was very blunt with a former assemblyman recently when he asked my opinion on the ground sentiment as I did it in good faith with no malicious intention.
With 71 state seats up for grabs, my prediction would be that the urban Chinese seats would see a disastrous outcome for the BN component SUPP which lost eight seats out of 19 seats it contested in the 2006 state election.
With PBB likely to contest in more than half of the state seats, a former political secretary predicted that a skeleton few may fall to the PKR should the latter take on PBB.
The former political secretary is not so optimistic with the view that the opposition would form the next state government but he did not rule out the possibility of the opposition denying the BN the two-thirds majority if no urgent or drastic effort is forthcoming.
Regardless of anything, no one should take the KT by-election for granted as we have seen that the old politicking method is as good as a nostalgia which is no longer appealing to the young voters.
Handing out of monetary fund and casting fear of racial tension do not bother the voters anymore as they have access to the Internet who aspire for a corruption free, transparent, accountable and a fair and just society.
As one senior politician put it: Changing the people may not be the best solution as what matters most is a change of mindset.
But there is this old saying which says we cannot teach an old dog new tricks. - The Borneo Post
10 January 2009
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Lompatan pertama YB
PJ: Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Bota di Perak, Datuk Nasarudin Hashim menyertai Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) berkuat kuasa hari ini.
Ia diumumkan oleh Ketua Umum Pakatan Rakyat dan Penasihat PKR, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada sidang media di ibu pejabat parti itu dekat sini pukul 2.30 petang tadi.
Dalam pada itu, BN Perak mengadakan mesyuarat khas kira-kira pukul 9 malam ini yang antara lain membincangkan isu Nasarudin meninggalkan Umno untuk menyertai Pakatan Rakyat.
Ketika dihubungi mStar Online sebentar tadi, Setiausaha Umno Perak, Datuk Ramly Zahari berkata, mesyuarat tersebut akan dipengerusikan oleh Pengerusi BN negeri, Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali di pejabat Umno di Ipoh.
Dengan perkembangan ini, Nasarudin yang juga bekas Ahli Parlimen Parit merupakan ADUN pertama dari Barisan Nasional (BN) dan ADUN kedua menyertai PKR sejak 8 Mac lalu.
Pada November lalu, ADUN Bebas Ngemah di Sarawak, Gabriel Adit menyertai PKR - salah satu anggota komponen Pakatan Rakyat.
Nasarudin juga merupakan bekas Pengerusi Felcra Berhad selama dua tahun sejak Oktober 2006.
Nasarudin ketika mengumumkan keputusannya itu berkata, beliau bertindak sedemikian setelah mempertimbangkan kepentingan rakyat khususnya penyokong dan pengundi di kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Bota.
Nasarudin, 58, berkata, beliau amat yakin dengan kepimpinan PKR yang mempunyai iltizam dan idealisme yang kuat untuk memperjuangkan hak dan kepentingan rakyat yang terdiri daripada pelbagai kaum di negara ini.
"Setelah mengambil pertimbangan terutamanya melihat perkembangan suasana politik khasnya melihat arah tuju sokongan rakyat selepas pilihan raya umum ke-12 Mac lalu serta keadaan yang wujud dalam parti dan kepimpinan Umno masa kini, saya dengan ini mengambil keputusan untuk keluar dari Umno dan seterusnya menyertai PKR iaitu salah satu parti dalam Pakatan Rakyat," katanya.
Bagaimanapun beliau mengakui belum memaklumkan keputusan itu kepada Umno dan akan menulis surat dalam waktu terdekat.
Dalam pilihan raya umum 8 Mac lalu, Nasaruddin menewaskan calon PKR, Usaili Alias dengan majoriti 2,068 undi.
Nasarudin dari Umno memperoleh 6,556 undi.
Pada pilihan raya umum ke-12, Pakatan Rakyat yang kini memerintah Perak, menguasai 31 kerusi DUN manakala BN pula 28 kerusi.
Ketua Umum Pakatan Rakyat dan Penasihat PKR, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pula berkata, beliau gembira dengan perkembangan itu kerana Nasarudin merupakan seorang tokoh Umno yang penting di Perak terutama dalam Bahagian Parit.
"Beliau seorang yang aktif dalam Umno dan dianggap sebagai tokoh bukan sahaja di Bahagian Parit malah mempunyai potensi yang amat besar di Perak," katanya.
Anwar berkata, hal itu merupakan satu anjakan perubahan memandangkan salah satu sebab Nasarudin menyertai PKR adalah atas kehendak rakyat di kawasannya.
"Saya melihat ini sebagai satu permulaan baru dan anjakan perubahan dalam Pakatan Rakyat," katanya.
Ketika ditanya berhubung PKR Pulau Pinang yang mendakwa kerajaan negeri yang dikuasai DAP tidak mengadakan perbincangan dengan parti itu sebelum membuat sesuatu keputusan, Anwar berkata, beliau telah menerima laporan berhubung perkara itu daripada kerajaan negeri pagi tadi.
"Itu adalah isu di peringkat kerajaan negeri. Kita akan adakan perbincangan di peringkat Pakatan Rakyat di Pulau Pinang," katanya.
MESYUARAT BN
Dalam pada itu, BN Perak akan mengadakan mesyuarat kira-kira pukul 9 malam ini yang antara lain akan membincangkan isu 'lompat parti' Nasarudin.
Setiausaha BN Perak, Datuk Ramly Zahari berkata, mesyuarat tersebut akan dipengerusikan oleh Pengerusi BN negeri, Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali di pejabat Umno di Ipoh.
"Ada dua tiga perkara yang akan kita bincangkan hari ini. Antaranya adalah isu Datuk Nasarudin dan postmortem pilihan raya kecil Kuala Terengganu baru-baru ini," katanya lewat petang ini.
Beliau bagaimanapun menafikan bahawa mesyuarat ini diadakan mengejut kerana ia sudah dirancang sejak tiga minggu lalu.
"Bukan mengejut. Kita dah bincang nak adakan sejak dua tiga minggu sudah dan malam ini kita berkesempatan adakan sebab esok cuti Tahun Baru Cina," katanya.
Beliau berkata, mesyuarat tersebut akan dihadiri oleh semua ADUN BN di Perak.
Mengulas lanjut mengenai penyertaan Nasarudin ke dalam PKR, Ramly berkata, beliau berasa terkejut mendengar berita itu hari ini.
"Saya memang terkejut. Sebelum ini memanglah ada dengar khabar angin mengenai hal itu tapi biasalah khabar-khabar angin mengenai lompat parti memang selalu kedengaran sejak pilihan raya umum tempoh hari.
"Sepanjang pengetahuan saya, beliau (Nasarudin) tidak pernah memberitahu secara peribadi kepada sesiapa terutamanya kepada Datuk Seri Tajol sebagai Pengerusi BN.
"Jika benar beliau merasa terkilan tentang sesuatu perkara, beliau harus membincangkannya sesama kita," katanya.
Ditanya sama ada keputusan Nasarudin disebabkan beliau tewas dalam pertandingan jawatan Ketua Umno Bahagian Parit pada pemilihan dua bulan lalu, Ramly berkata, Nasarudin perlu memandang kekalahannya sebagai adat pemilihan.
"Kemungkinan beliau ini telah berjumpa dengan kepimpinan tertinggi PKR dan telah ditawarkan 'gunung permata' jika menyertai parti itu," katanya. -MStar Online
Ia diumumkan oleh Ketua Umum Pakatan Rakyat dan Penasihat PKR, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada sidang media di ibu pejabat parti itu dekat sini pukul 2.30 petang tadi.
Dalam pada itu, BN Perak mengadakan mesyuarat khas kira-kira pukul 9 malam ini yang antara lain membincangkan isu Nasarudin meninggalkan Umno untuk menyertai Pakatan Rakyat.
Ketika dihubungi mStar Online sebentar tadi, Setiausaha Umno Perak, Datuk Ramly Zahari berkata, mesyuarat tersebut akan dipengerusikan oleh Pengerusi BN negeri, Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali di pejabat Umno di Ipoh.
Dengan perkembangan ini, Nasarudin yang juga bekas Ahli Parlimen Parit merupakan ADUN pertama dari Barisan Nasional (BN) dan ADUN kedua menyertai PKR sejak 8 Mac lalu.
Pada November lalu, ADUN Bebas Ngemah di Sarawak, Gabriel Adit menyertai PKR - salah satu anggota komponen Pakatan Rakyat.
Nasarudin juga merupakan bekas Pengerusi Felcra Berhad selama dua tahun sejak Oktober 2006.
Nasarudin ketika mengumumkan keputusannya itu berkata, beliau bertindak sedemikian setelah mempertimbangkan kepentingan rakyat khususnya penyokong dan pengundi di kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Bota.
Nasarudin, 58, berkata, beliau amat yakin dengan kepimpinan PKR yang mempunyai iltizam dan idealisme yang kuat untuk memperjuangkan hak dan kepentingan rakyat yang terdiri daripada pelbagai kaum di negara ini.
"Setelah mengambil pertimbangan terutamanya melihat perkembangan suasana politik khasnya melihat arah tuju sokongan rakyat selepas pilihan raya umum ke-12 Mac lalu serta keadaan yang wujud dalam parti dan kepimpinan Umno masa kini, saya dengan ini mengambil keputusan untuk keluar dari Umno dan seterusnya menyertai PKR iaitu salah satu parti dalam Pakatan Rakyat," katanya.
Bagaimanapun beliau mengakui belum memaklumkan keputusan itu kepada Umno dan akan menulis surat dalam waktu terdekat.
Dalam pilihan raya umum 8 Mac lalu, Nasaruddin menewaskan calon PKR, Usaili Alias dengan majoriti 2,068 undi.
Nasarudin dari Umno memperoleh 6,556 undi.
Pada pilihan raya umum ke-12, Pakatan Rakyat yang kini memerintah Perak, menguasai 31 kerusi DUN manakala BN pula 28 kerusi.
Ketua Umum Pakatan Rakyat dan Penasihat PKR, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pula berkata, beliau gembira dengan perkembangan itu kerana Nasarudin merupakan seorang tokoh Umno yang penting di Perak terutama dalam Bahagian Parit.
"Beliau seorang yang aktif dalam Umno dan dianggap sebagai tokoh bukan sahaja di Bahagian Parit malah mempunyai potensi yang amat besar di Perak," katanya.
Anwar berkata, hal itu merupakan satu anjakan perubahan memandangkan salah satu sebab Nasarudin menyertai PKR adalah atas kehendak rakyat di kawasannya.
"Saya melihat ini sebagai satu permulaan baru dan anjakan perubahan dalam Pakatan Rakyat," katanya.
Ketika ditanya berhubung PKR Pulau Pinang yang mendakwa kerajaan negeri yang dikuasai DAP tidak mengadakan perbincangan dengan parti itu sebelum membuat sesuatu keputusan, Anwar berkata, beliau telah menerima laporan berhubung perkara itu daripada kerajaan negeri pagi tadi.
"Itu adalah isu di peringkat kerajaan negeri. Kita akan adakan perbincangan di peringkat Pakatan Rakyat di Pulau Pinang," katanya.
MESYUARAT BN
Dalam pada itu, BN Perak akan mengadakan mesyuarat kira-kira pukul 9 malam ini yang antara lain akan membincangkan isu 'lompat parti' Nasarudin.
Setiausaha BN Perak, Datuk Ramly Zahari berkata, mesyuarat tersebut akan dipengerusikan oleh Pengerusi BN negeri, Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali di pejabat Umno di Ipoh.
"Ada dua tiga perkara yang akan kita bincangkan hari ini. Antaranya adalah isu Datuk Nasarudin dan postmortem pilihan raya kecil Kuala Terengganu baru-baru ini," katanya lewat petang ini.
Beliau bagaimanapun menafikan bahawa mesyuarat ini diadakan mengejut kerana ia sudah dirancang sejak tiga minggu lalu.
"Bukan mengejut. Kita dah bincang nak adakan sejak dua tiga minggu sudah dan malam ini kita berkesempatan adakan sebab esok cuti Tahun Baru Cina," katanya.
Beliau berkata, mesyuarat tersebut akan dihadiri oleh semua ADUN BN di Perak.
Mengulas lanjut mengenai penyertaan Nasarudin ke dalam PKR, Ramly berkata, beliau berasa terkejut mendengar berita itu hari ini.
"Saya memang terkejut. Sebelum ini memanglah ada dengar khabar angin mengenai hal itu tapi biasalah khabar-khabar angin mengenai lompat parti memang selalu kedengaran sejak pilihan raya umum tempoh hari.
"Sepanjang pengetahuan saya, beliau (Nasarudin) tidak pernah memberitahu secara peribadi kepada sesiapa terutamanya kepada Datuk Seri Tajol sebagai Pengerusi BN.
"Jika benar beliau merasa terkilan tentang sesuatu perkara, beliau harus membincangkannya sesama kita," katanya.
Ditanya sama ada keputusan Nasarudin disebabkan beliau tewas dalam pertandingan jawatan Ketua Umno Bahagian Parit pada pemilihan dua bulan lalu, Ramly berkata, Nasarudin perlu memandang kekalahannya sebagai adat pemilihan.
"Kemungkinan beliau ini telah berjumpa dengan kepimpinan tertinggi PKR dan telah ditawarkan 'gunung permata' jika menyertai parti itu," katanya. -MStar Online
02 January 2009
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More defections? I don’t think so, says Najib
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has dismissed talk that there will be more Barisan Nasional (BN) representatives defecting to Pakatan Rakyat.
“These are all rumours ... I don’t think so,” he said
when asked about speculation in the wake of Bota assemblyman Datuk Nasarudin Hashim’s announcement yesterday that he had joined the Pakatan Rakyat.
Earlier Najib and wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor joined thousands of people at the Chinese New Year open house organised by the MCA at Wisma MCA here.
Describing Nasarudin’s action as unexpected, Najib said he hoped that the Umno veteran could think carefully his decision to join Parti Keadilan Rakyat, a Pakatan Rakyat component member.
The Umno deputy president said he was made to understand that Nasarudin’s action was due to several factors. He did not elaborate.
Meanwhile, Najib, when met by reporters at the Gerakan open house here, admitted that Nasarudin’s move had taken many in Umno by surprise.
“We heard about this two days ago but it is still a shock,” he said.
Najib said Umno and BN elected representatives should understand that the party had done a lot of good deeds for the people and the country.
“It is not right to abandon the party because of personal problems or dissatisfaction at a time when the party needs our support,” he said.
Najib, who is BN deputy chairman, said he would meet Perak BN chairman Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali today to discuss the issue.
With the crossover, the Perak Pakatan Rakyat government now has 32 seats to BN’s 27.
In a statement posted on PKR advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s website, Nasarudin said, he made the decision after considering the interests of his constituents.
In the March 8 general election, Nasarudin, who polled 6,556 votes, defeated PKR candidate Capt (Rtd) Usaili Alias with a 2,068-vote majority. – Bernama
“These are all rumours ... I don’t think so,” he said
when asked about speculation in the wake of Bota assemblyman Datuk Nasarudin Hashim’s announcement yesterday that he had joined the Pakatan Rakyat.
Earlier Najib and wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor joined thousands of people at the Chinese New Year open house organised by the MCA at Wisma MCA here.
Describing Nasarudin’s action as unexpected, Najib said he hoped that the Umno veteran could think carefully his decision to join Parti Keadilan Rakyat, a Pakatan Rakyat component member.
The Umno deputy president said he was made to understand that Nasarudin’s action was due to several factors. He did not elaborate.
Meanwhile, Najib, when met by reporters at the Gerakan open house here, admitted that Nasarudin’s move had taken many in Umno by surprise.
“We heard about this two days ago but it is still a shock,” he said.
Najib said Umno and BN elected representatives should understand that the party had done a lot of good deeds for the people and the country.
“It is not right to abandon the party because of personal problems or dissatisfaction at a time when the party needs our support,” he said.
Najib, who is BN deputy chairman, said he would meet Perak BN chairman Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali today to discuss the issue.
With the crossover, the Perak Pakatan Rakyat government now has 32 seats to BN’s 27.
In a statement posted on PKR advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s website, Nasarudin said, he made the decision after considering the interests of his constituents.
In the March 8 general election, Nasarudin, who polled 6,556 votes, defeated PKR candidate Capt (Rtd) Usaili Alias with a 2,068-vote majority. – Bernama