DUN Kota Siputeh – Mahkamah Rayuan Menangguh Sementara Perintah Mahkamah Tinggi

PUTRAJAYA, 24 Nov (Bernama) — Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) berjaya mendapatkan perintah penggantungan sementara pada saat-saat akhir daripada Mahkamah Rayuan terhadap keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi mengisytiharkan kekosongan kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Kota Siputeh, Kedah.

Perintah tersebut dikeluarkan di sini Selasa sementara menunggu penyelesaian kes rayuan SPR terhadap keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi pada 16 Nov lalu, yang mengisytiharkan kerusi DUN Kota Siputeh kosong dan pilihan raya kecil kawasan itu perlu diadakan.

Berikutan keputusan terbaru itu, SPR tidak akan dipaksa mengeluarkan writ pilihan raya esok bagi menetapkan tarikh penamaan calon dan pengundian.

Menurut Akta Pilihanraya 1958, SPR mempunyai tempoh 10 hari sejak kekosongan wujud untuk memanggil mesyuarat khas bagi menentukan tarikh pilihan raya kecil yang merangkumi hari keluar notis, penamaan calon, tempoh kempen dan hari pengundian.

Tempoh 10 hari itu berakhir Rabu selepas keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi pada 16 Nov lalu.

Dalam keputusan sebulat suara itu, panel tiga hakim Mahkamah Rayuan yang diketuai Datuk Sulong Matjeraie, Datuk Kang Hwee Gee dan hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Datuk Abdul Aziz Abd Rahim berpendapat wujud keadaan khas bagi membenarkan perintah penggantungan sementara itu.

Ketika menyampaikan keputusan itu pada pukul 7.30 malam, Sulong berkata mahkamah mempunyai kuasa di bawah Perkara 44 Akta Mahkamah Kehakiman bagi membenarkan penggantungan sementara bagi memelihara ’status quo’ supaya mengelak pilihan raya kecil yang bukan-bukan dan menjimatkan kos awam.

Katanya ketepatan keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi mengisytiharkan kekosongan kerusi DUN Kota Siputeh itu perlu diuji di tahap tertinggi sambil menjelaskan ia tidak akan memudaratkan mana-mana pihak jika perintah itu diberikan.

Katanya mahkamah juga berpendapat bahawa perkara-perkara yang dibangkitkan oleh peguam kanan persekutuan Datuk Kamaludin Md Said, yang mewakili SPR, adalah baru dan berperlembagaan sama ada kegagalan seorang wakil rakyat menghadiri persidangan sebanyak dua kali akan menyebabkan kerusi DUN itu menjadi kosong.

Katanya isu itu menyentuh kepentingan dan dasar awam serta keputusan dalam rayuan itu mungkin membawa kesan yang ketara kepada negeri-negeri lain.

Sulong berkata perintah penggantungan sementara itu adalah berkaitan dengan keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi dan bukan berdasarkan sebarang peruntukan khusus.

Panel hakim itu juga memerintahkan supaya rayuan SPR itu didengar secepat mungkin.

Bagaimanapun, panel tersebut menolak permohonan ahli DUN Kota Siputeh Datuk Abu Hassan Sarif dengan kos bagi perintah seumpama itu selepas mahkamah bersetuju dengan hujah peguam Sulaiman Abdullah bahawa dia tidak mempuyai hak untuk merayu kerana tidak memohon kebenaran di peringkat Mahkamah Tinggi.

Sulaiman mewakili Speaker Persidangan DUN Kedah Datuk Dr Abdul Isa Ismail.

Di Mahkamah Tinggi, Abu Hassan hanya menyokong permohonan SPR untuk perintah penggantungan sementara.

Pada 16 Nov lepas, hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Alizatul Khair Osman Khairuddin memutuskan wakil rakyat Barisan Nasional (BN) itu tidak lagi menyandang kerusi itu selepas gagal menghadiri persidangan sebanyak dua kali pada 19 April dan 9 Ogos tahun ini tanpa kebenaran.

Video Ariffahmi – Ahli parlimen PAS rakam tahniah buat Nik Aziz dan Ariffahmi

Isu Ariffahmi Letak Jawatan – MP PAS Rakam Tahniah Pada Nik Aziz, Ariffahmi

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Nov: Ahli parlimen PAS merakamkan ucapan tahniah kepada Menteri Besar Kelantan Tuan Guru Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat dan menantunya, Abdul Ariffahmi Abdul Rahman kerana mendahului keputusan parti berbanding kepentingan peribadi dan keluarga.

Ahli parlimen Parit Buntar, Dr. Mujahid Yusuf Rawa dalam satu sidang media di lobi parlimen pagi tadi berkata, tindakan Nik Aziz yang menerima keputusan parti untuk menasihati Ariffahmi meletakkan jawatan merupakan satu tindakan yang mempamerkan ketinggian integriti beliau sebagai seorang Menteri Besar.

“Kami (ahli parlimen PAS) mengucapkan tahniah kepada Menteri Besar Kelantan (Nik Aziz) kerana telah menerima keputusan yang telah dibuat oleh PAS pusat agar beliau menasihati Ariffahmi meletakkan jawatan.”

“Ini satu tahap integriti yang saya kira cukup baik bagi pihak menteri besar kerana akur tentang keperluan untuk menjaga kepentingan PAS termasuk kepada menantu beliau,Ariffahmi yang juga akur dengan keputusan yang dibuat oleh parti bagi memelihara kepentingan dan kesejahteraan serta integriti parti,” katanya.

Mujahid yang juga Ahli Jawatankuasa PAS Pusat turut berharap agar tindakan Nik Aziz itu dapat dicontohi oleh pemimpin-pemimpin parti lain dan juga rakyat.

“Kami mengalu-alukan keputusan itu dan ia boleh  menjadi satu contoh yang baik kepada orang ramai betapa integriti perlu diletakkan lebih utama daripada apa-apa sahaja kepentingan,”

“Kami menyokong, kami harap ia boleh jadi contoh kepada orang lain tentang sikap yang ditunjukkan oleh Tok Guru Nik Aziz dan juga menantu beliau sendiri yang sanggup membuat keputusan itu di atas kepentingan integriti dan juga parti,” katanya lagi.

Tindakan Nik Aziz dan Ariffahmi juga ujarnya membuktikan bahawa PAS merupakan sebuah parti yang terbuka dan menjaga disiplin.

“Ini memberikan gambaran bahawa PAS ini bukanlah satu parti yang hanya membuat sesuatu mengikut kehendak tetapi ada batas-batasnya dan mereka akur dengan kehendak dan kepentingan lebih tinggi iaitu jawatankuasa pas pusat,” ujarnya.

Sidang media berkenaan turut disertai Ahli Parlimen Pasir Puteh Muhammad Husain, Ahli Parlimen Padang Terap Nasir Zakaria dan Ahli Parlimen Sik Che Uda Che Nik.

Nasir dalam pada itu menyifatkan tindakan Ariffahmi meletakkan jawatan sebagai tindakan bijak untuk jangka masa panjang.

“Tindakan Ariffahmi satu langkah yang jauh ke hadapan dan saya kira ia sepatutnya menjadi satu contoh kepada rakyat dan pemimpin malaysia dalam usaha memelihara integriti terutamanya kerajaan dalam berhadapan isu-isu yang dikatikan dengan nepotisme dan sebagainya,” katanya yang juga Exco Dewan Pemuda PAS Pusat.

Semalam Nik Aziz yang juga Mursyidul Am PAS selepas pertemuan dengan pimpinan parti di kediaman Menteri Besar, JKR 10 mengumumkan persetujuannya menasihati Ariffahmi meletakkan jawatannya sebagai Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Perbadanan Menteri Besar Kelantan (PMBK).

Pertemuan semalam turut disertai Presiden PAS, Datuk Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang, Timbalan Mursyidul Am, Datuk Haron Din, dan Bendahari Dr. Hatta Ramli. – harakahdaily

MCA Unity Turmoil – It’s fresh elections, stupid!

If you were Najib, how would you tidy up the MCA mess?

As a matter of fact, you are a smart guy like Najib, and will therefore not poke your finger into the party’s internal affairs–at least on the surface.

Malaysians care a lot about their faces, and are often impulsive. They take delight in superficial vanity but pursue not the concrete accomplishments.

As a result, they are defeated over and again in political tussles, yet have not learned a lesson from their experiences.

Owing to their extreme lack of political wisdom, these political babes are still smearing on the wall and tearing up toys inside the children’s play room, before they burst into fights.

For what? Even they are not sure at times.

Addiction to fights indeed may have a part, but it could also be the rising hormonal levels within their bodies, that could only be quashed with a violent round of physical conflicts.

In the end, one gets a broken head, one gets his limbs dislocated while the other gets a concussion!

They find it useless going on with the fight. So they rush to the adult to seek some justice.

The adult says, “Hey! You’re no longer young, and should have learned how to behave. I really don’t like to bother myself with what you’re doing now, but for the sake of the family, I find myself compelled to step in and mediate.

“I said I would mediate, but that is by no means intervention. I’m only trying to help you out with problems you’ll not going to settle yourselves.

“And please remember, this is because you’ve invited me to do so, not because I want it myself!”

The kids nod in agreement, and surrender their fates to the adult with grateful hearts.

Actually, neither Najib nor Muhyiddin has the cure-all. I bet, the so-called solution that they will come up with over the next couple of days cannot be simpler.

That is fresh elections!

Such a simple solution should not have bothered the BN’s big bosses. Stupid!

Ong Tee Keat says: MCA needs to have fresh elections.

Chua Soi Lek says: MCA must have fresh elections.

Liow Tiong Lai says: MCA cannot afford not to have fresh elections.

The kingpins of all differing factions have said the same thing, different only in the timing of saying it; but the funny thing is: When one side agrees to have fresh elections, the other side tends to change its mind.

In the end, there is really no problem with fresh elections, but when to hold them continues to be squabbled over.

Ong wants them next October. In fact, the later the better, and if possible, take a few more undesirable guys off the scene before the date.

Chua wants them next March. His reasons: kids are on holidays, while the wife is busy with New Year festivities.

Liow wants this December, the earlier the better, to prevent any untoward incident that may scatter his support base.

Sooner or later, fresh elections are inevitable.

Since everyone knows that the only eventuality is fresh elections, why the trouble of bruising their rivals and themselves, stopping only after BN’s big bosses have opened their mouths? (By TAY TIAN YAN/Translated by DOMINIC LOH/Sin Chew Daily)

Pas Selangor Ke Lembaga Disiplin – Hasan Ali Sudah Jawab Surat Tunjuk Sebab

SHAH ALAM, 24 Nov (Bernama) — Pas Selangor tidak menerima sebarang surat peletakan jawatan daripada mana-mana pemimpin sayap parti itu seperti yang didakwa sesetengah pihak, kata Pesuruhjaya Pas Selangor Datuk Dr Hasan Ali.

Beliau berkata Pas Selangor berada dalam keadaan kukuh dari peringkat bawahan sehingga peringkat kepimpinan tanpa sebarang masalah termasuk hal berkaitan pengurusan serta aktiviti yang dirancang.

“Kita tidak ada masalah, malah saya boleh katakan Pas sekarang berada dalam keadaan yang sangat kukuh berbanding sebelum ini. Semua aktiviti kita berjalan seperti biasa tanpa satupun yang tertangguh mahupun ditangguhkan,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas Majlis Penyerahan Kemudahan Awam dan Lembu Korban oleh Worldwide Holdings Bhd di sini Selasa.

Mengenai surat tunjuk sebab yang dihantar oleh Jawatankuasa Disiplin Pas kepadanya, Hasan berkata beliau telah menerimanya malah sudah menjawab kepada jawatankuasa itu Ahad lepas.

Surat tunjuk sebab itu diberikan kepada Hasan bagi membolehkan siasatan dilakukan berhubung dakwaan yang dilemparkan terhadap Pas Selangor melibatkan perkara-perkara seperti Pas negeri itu dikatakan gagal memantapkan kerjasama antara pakatan pembangkang negeri selain menyokong usaha kerajaan perpaduan antara Umno-Pas.

Kuliah TG Hj. Abdul Hadi Awang – Pergerakkan Freemason

Video Ariffahmi (PBMK) – Nik Aziz Arah Ariffahmi Letak jawatan

MCA Unity Turmoil – ‘MCA = Malay Controlled Association’?

By now, just about every Malaysian has watched the most-lampooned political video on YouTube since VK Lingam’s “correct, correct, correct”– a full-grown deputy minister crying uncontrollably because he was left out of a weekly meeting of top MCA leaders.

By I Love Malaysia

Ignore the fact that this just shows how bottomless the self-esteem of MCA Youth chief Wee Ka Siong is. Or the fact that many of the videos on YouTube are tagged as “comedy” and have been used to elicit laughter on patients suffering from depression. Let’s forget the fact that the skillful execution of political theatrics was blown when the “producers” even placed a blue box of “Premier” tissue in front of Wee before the press conference commenced (can verify this from the various YouTube videos).

 

Cry baby Wee and his Wanita counterpart Chew Mei Fun was just putting up a show for Umno. The rabid Chinese media had already reported that just minutes before the November 18 press conference, he was seen laughing heartily when Kelantan Senator Alex Wong cracked a joke about DAP MP Fong Po Kuan’s new hairstyle.

 

Well, the “show” paid off as the delirious Sin Chew group of newspapers went into a tailspin portraying Ong Tee Keat as the worst dictator since Gengis Khan. Immediately, the white-haired Sin Chew senior editor Kuik Cheng Kang alerted the press corp covering DPM in Rome who launched a tirade attacking OTK from several time zones away. The next day, Wee and gang got what they have been yearning for: PM confirmed he’s stepping in to resolve the MCA problems.

 

(As BN chairman, Najib has every right to show his concerns since he’s been pressing most of the right buttons to win back support in time for the 13th general election. But some MCA leaders have other devillish ideas.)

 

Why do MCA’s Three Stooges (Liow Tiong Lai, Wee Ka Siong and Chew Mei Fun) want Malay-Umno to step in to Chinese-MCA affairs? That’s because that is the only way they could get instant promotion in the MCA. Corrupted greed has possessed the trio who are willing to sell their souls to the Devil for a crest in front of their official Proton Perdana which reads “Menteri” or a door plate which says “MCA President”.

 

The thing is, Wee and gang had wanted to get rid of OTK without dragging in Umno. After the October 10 EGM, Wee (through his puppet Liow) thought they had staged a coup when they got 23 MCA Central Committee members to sign a letter in Nikko Hotel asking OTK to resign. But the number of pro-Wee Ka Siong CC members has, as of last count, dropped to 10 (http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20091118204819/Article/index_html).

 

That’s when WKS asked LTL to lead a delegation of 9 MCA MPs to see the PM and threatened Najib that they would quit to join Pakatan Rakyat unless OTK was removed. They had wanted to harp on OTK not keeping to his words about quitting but realised that they too have not kept to theirs about resigning if the EGM did not favour OTK. Besides, OTK can only be removed if 2/3 of the CC EGM wanted to remove him.The plan to see the PM failed miserably when only four MPs committed, including two siblings.

 

Caught on a backfoot, WKS decided that the next best thing is to get Umno to come in by playing victim and potraying OTK as the villian who has lost control of the MCA. Hence, the ceaseless calls for Maggi Mee (instant) fresh polls and pushing for the unlawful EGM. Then, Umno has justifications to stick its nose in.

 

How do you trust a man (WKS) who would resort to using an extra-party (Umno) and unconstitutional (EGM) means to topple a leader after exhausting all legal and internal avenues? Would such a man not be subservient to Umno?

 

Could anyone even imagine LTL thumbing his nose at Umno if he were handed the MCA presidency on a silver platter? Can such a man stand up and be counted by the Chinese community when he has to rely on his successor in MCA Youth (WKS) to lead him on what to say and how to act? Didin’t LTL already agree to the MCA Greater Unity Plan on October 20 but changed his mind after WKS and CMF returned from Geneva?

 

Vegetarian LTL would even take bak kut teh for a week to preserve his position going by how his balls shrank under interrogation from MACC officers on Nov 11 over the Toyota Alphard bribery case, in his own Health Ministry (not even Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam where Teoh Beng Hock was found dead).

 

Does Chew Mei Fun who recorded one of BN’s biggest electoral defeats in March 8 in terms of voting majority, have the spine for ANYTHING at all besides sucking up to Ong Kah Ting?

 

Can these people even come near Ong Tee Keat – despite his erratic character – in the way he stood up to the powerful forces in Umno by taking on the RM12.5 billion PKFZ scandal? Could they afford not to seek psychiatric treatment whenever the PM throws dirty glances at them when OTK himself had been censured not once, but twice by the Cabinet in the past (http://www.voiceofmalaysian.com/2008/10/06/i-have-been-yellow-carded-6-times-says-mcas-tee-keat/)?

 

And speaking of PKFZ, where was the MCA Youth chief when OTK was at the firing range while getting to the bottom of the scandal? Instead of sticking his neck out for OTK – as the Youth wing is expected to -  WKS stayed away to protect his cosy relations with Tiong King Sing, who’s really backed by powerful quarters in Umno.

 

It is very telling just what kind of substance Mastermind Crybaby Actor (MCA) is made of if he can shed buckets of tears just because he’s been left out of a weekly meeting (actually he could attend as an invited member but he chose to ignore that fact). That being the case, MCA (the political party) and the Chinese community should be the ones crying bucketloads if WKS is elevated. And their tears will be genuine, not like his crocodile ones.

MCA Unity Turmoil – Drama Swasta Entitled MCA & MIC!

The Malaysiandigest

The current drama swasta that is unfolding practically every day concerning MCA is indeed getting
ridiculous and overboard. It is turning into a Dallas or Dynasty. It has all the ingredients of
such a TV drama; back biting, scheming, bad acting, surprise characters, suspense and the works.
The public is really fed up of these. It has become comical and embarrassing. Is this how MCA
politicians want to be known as? Has the serious business of governing taken a back seat to
internal power struggle? Based on result the answer is yes. MCA politicians are happier being
drama actors then people’s representatives.

The longer this goes on, the worst it is going to be for MCA. The notion that this will only
strengthen MCA is long gone with the duration and dragging that is going on. MCA will be badly hit
by public perception for a very long time. It only exposes MCA as the internal, bickering, back
biting party it has been long suspected of.

However, there is good news for MCA. At the very least, they are authentic and transparent about
what’s going on. Because of this, there might still be people out there that are willing to wait
it out and have not given up totally on MCA.

The drama however is reversed for MIC. There is hardly drama, comparatively to MCA. The silence is
deafening in MIC. The party situation is just like a cliché tv drama plot where everyone knows the
business is in trouble but the characters are still cool, calm and collected as if nothing happens.

The same can be said about MIC. Everyone knows they are facing a serious internal leadership
crisis but the people in MIC are play acting and still keeping an image. Samy Vellu has been
called to step down not only by the Indian community but also by members of his own party. Rumour
even has it that the Prime Minister also requested that he step down in private.

However, true to drama swasta plot, he is the invincible village head that is determined to hold
on to power no matter what happens and his people keep on blowing hot air up his nostrils,
pretending nothing is wrong.

Both parties are contributing to their own demise and credit is to them for doing it onto
themselves. Irony of it all, UMNO which many feel it is hard for them to change and be relevant
because of their Malay agenda is doing the best work among the big four.

MCA and MIC must stop all this drama so that their supporters and their relevancy in main stream politics is maintained. If not, good news is we have less drama and more government.

Kes Tuduhan Liwat Anwar – Saiful Nafi Ditawar RM5 Juta!

PETALING JAYA: Kes tuduhan liwat Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim terus menimbulkan kontroversi apabila wujud pula dakwaan yang mengatakan beliau menawarkan wang sejumlah RM5 juta kepada pengadu kes berkenaan, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan supaya menarik kembali dakwaannya.

Beberapa laman blog hari ini menyiarkan dakwaan yang mengatakan Anwar telah mengarahkan ahli perniagaan, Datuk Soh Chee Wen untuk mengadakan perbincangan dengan Mohd Saiful berhubung perkara berkenaan.

Berdasarkan tulisan dalam blog berkenaan juga dinyatakan bahawa Soh telah menggunakan sepupu Saiful sebagai ‘jambatan’ untuk berhubung dengan bekas pembantu Anwar itu bagi menawarkan sebanyak RM5 juta untuk menarik balik kes tersebut.

Bagaimanapun peguam yang mewakili Saiful, Zamri Idrus menafikan mengenai perkara itu.

“Tidak… tidak benar, saya beri jaminan tiada sebarang tawaran dibuat kepada Saiful.

“Perkara ini langsung tidak benar. Saiful tetap dengan pendiriannya dalam kes ini,” katanya kepada mStar Online.

Menurut Zamri, beliau yakin perkara ini sengaja dilakukan oleh pihak-pihak tertentu untuk mengeruhkan keadaan.

“Saya sendiri tak pasti bagaimana perkara ini boleh timbul, tapi apa yang pasti ia memang tidak benar… mungkin ia sengaja dilakukan oleh pihak-pihak yang tidak bertanggungjawab,” tegasnya.

Ditanya sama ada Saiful sudah mengetahui mengenai perkara ini, Zamri berkata: “Ya, Saiful juga menyedari mengenai artikel berkenaan, dia sudah baca… malah dia sendiri terkejut dengan kenyataan itu.”

Anwar dituduh meliwat bekas Mohd Saiful, 23 di Unit 11-5-1, Desa Damansara Condominium, Jalan Setiakasih, Bukit Damansara antara 3.01 petang dan 4.30 petang pada 26 Jun tahun lalu.

Jika sabit kesalahan, Anwar, 62, boleh dipenjara sehingga 20 tahun di bawah Seksyen 377B Kanun Keseksaan. Beliau kini bebas dengan ikat jamin seorang penjamin sebanyak RM20,000. -thestar

Adik PM Diminta Perjelas Miliki RM30 Juta Saham CIMB

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Nov: Adik kepada Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Datuk Seri Nazir Tun Razak bersama isterinya, Datin Seri Azalina Aziz didakwa menguasai saham CiMB bernilai RM30 juta.

Menurut Naib Presiden PKR, Badrul Hisham Shaharin di dalam blognya, http://chegubard.blogspot.com, Nazir memiliki 28,253,261 unit saham berdasarkan Laporan Audit CiMB 2008, halaman 69.

Manakala, Azalina pula memiliki 400,000  unit saham berdasarkan laporan yang sama, di halaman 71.

Badrul yang lebih dikenali sebagai Chegubard menjelaskan bahawa jumlah pemilikan saham Nazir dan Azalina tersebut tidak termasuk saham yang dilupuskan atau dijual pada tahun yang sama.

Dianggarkan Nazir-Azalina telah menjual sejumlah saham CiMB pada tahun 2008 bernilai lebih RM1 juta.

Badrul yang juga Pengerusi Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) mendesak Nazir-Azalina membuat penjelasan atas pemilikan saham CiMB secara misteri tersebut.

Dalam perkembangan berkaitan, beberapa media antarabangsa melaporkan Presiden AS Barrack Obama sendiri sebelum ini menghubungi PM Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak secara langsung berhubung kes terbabit.

Dua media rasmi Korea berbahasa Inggeris melaporkan Obama memberi amaran kepada Najib, yang dipercayai ada kaitan secara tidak langsung dengan CiMB sendiri.

Kedua-dua media terbabit mendedahkan bagaimana Obama meminta Najib menjelaskan soal keterlibatan bank tertentu Malaysia dalam transaksi senjata dengan Kerajaan Komunis Korea Utara dan Kerajaan Junta Myanmar.

Ianya sekaligus membolehkan AS serta beberapa negara yang anti kedua-dua kerajaan komunis tersebut bersikap dingin dengan Malaysia.

Selagi Nazir-Azalina tidak menjelaskan tentang pemilikan saham CiMB yang misteri itu tegasnya, selagi itulah Najib tidak berupaya menjernihkan hubungan diplomat. – Harakahdaily

Isu Ariffahmi Letak Jawatan – Transkrip Penuh Sidang Media Nik Aziz

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
 

Semuanya menasihati saya supaya menjaga nama baik pimpinan Islam khasnya PAS sendiri untuk menasihati menantu saya supaya mengundur diri dari Perbadanan Menteri Besar Kelantan (PMBK).

Hari ini saya sudah didatangani oleh pemimpin pusat yang mengandungi Presiden Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang, Timbalan Mursyidul Am,  Datuk Dr. Harun Din, dan juga wakil parlimen daripada Kubang Kerian dan Kuala Krai.

Sewaktu saya lantik dulu saya lantik dia dalam mesyuarat penuh, dalam mesyuarat itu ada LA, ada penasihat undang-undang, dan beliau tak ada komen apa, tapi oleh kerana fitnah melalui macam-macam surat layang dan sebagainya, maka saya dinasihati supaya elak diri dari fitnah ini berkembang. Itu sahajalah.

Jadi menantu tok guru sekarang ini akan letak jawatan?
Ya

Bila nak letak tu?
Tarikh itu terserah kepada dia.

Tapi tadi tok guru kata apa yang brelaku fitnah dan bukan kebenaran, jadi kenapa pula disuruh letak jawatan?
Saya lantik menantu saya ini, saya sebut dia menantu, tapi fitnah yang dilempar blogger , surat-surat layang, saya pun terima banyak, untuk jaga nama baik pimpinan Islam, maka saya dengan segala senang hati untuk jaga  (elak) fitnah.

Nabi kita pernah sebut kerpada Siti Aisyah, bahawa nabi bercadang nak roboh kaabah yang ada sekarang, nak bina balik supaya sama dengan kaabah zaman nabi Ibrahim, tapi tak jadi nak buat bimbang takut orang Arab yang baru masuk Islam, bawa fitnah dan sebagainya,  

Orang lain, blogger nak tuduh itu dia punya pasal la, dia tanggung dosa menyusahkan orang.

Adakah tok guru lepas ini akan rombak juga pengurusan PMBK?
Itu masalah kedua.Masalah sekarang ini menantu saya itu terlalu banyak kecaman dilempar kepadanya oleh orang yang tak bertanggungjawab.

Jadi ini tak ada kena mengena dengan siasatan SPRM?

Siasatan SPRM tu siasatlah. Itu kerja dia. Tapi fitnah itu yang jadi (punca suruh letak jawatan). Nabi kata fitnah ini benda tidur,sesiapa yang gerak dia akan dilaknat Allah, itu pemfitnah punya fasal. tapi (letak jawatan) ini nak jaga kepimpinan parti Islam Semalaysia.

Yang mana satu tuduhan, tulisan itu fitnah?
Terlalu banyak, saya pun terima terlalu banyak surat layang, surat layang tak ada tandatangan, zaman sekarang orang baca dalam internet seluruh dunia.

Masa pelantikan (Arif) tok guru dapat pandangan dari semua pihak ya?
Saya sudah sebut dalam mesyuarat,dan mesyuarat senyap, termasuk YB LA sendiri.

Adakah dalam keadaan sekarang pimpinan PAS Kelantan tak beri sokongan pada tok guru, sebab tak ada pun yang beri kenyataan , bahawa sudah dibincang dalam mesyuarat, bahawa pelantikan (Arif) sudah dapat restu semua pimpinan?
Itu tak payah. Saya tak perlu kenyataan (sokongan) terbuka begitu. Tapi oleh kerana fitnah yang dibuat oleh blogger semua sekali yang semua orang boleh baca.Dan nama baik kepimpinan Islam akan menjadi cacat. (setakat itu sahajalah)

Transkrip penuh sidang media Abdul Ariffahmi

Macam mana pendirian saudara Arif? (gambar)
Pertama sekali saya ingin nyatakan saya dapat terima keputusan dengan hati yang lapang, dan sedar keputusan dibuat untuk hjaga nama baik kepimpinan dan jaga nama baik Parti Islam Semalaysia, dan juga nama baik kerajaan negeri Kelantan.

Saya juga berterima kasih kepada tuan guru kerana beri kepercayaan kepada saya untuk berada di PMBK selama 8 tahun, dan jawatan terakhir saya sebagai CEO semenjak Syawal, dan saya amat hargai kepercayaannya.

Saya juga pohon sokongan dan dokongan dari semua pimpinan PAS samaada di negeri kelantan, atau di pihak PAS pusat untuk sama-sama berusaha hapuskan tuduhan-tuduhan yang saya sifatkan sebagai fitnah dalam blog tertentu dan saya yakin saya tidak bersalah.

Penerimaan keputusan ini atas sifat jaga jemaah Pas sendiri, dan jaga kerajaan negeri dan jaga nama baik tok guru.

Bila saudara akan lepas jawatan?
Saya akan tengok rekod cuti saya, berapa hari ada, lepas itu saya akan kira, saya akan buat keputusan bila tarikh yang sesuai untuk saya lepaskan jawatan.

Dalam hal ini adakah saudara dinasihat lepas jawatan atau saudara tawar diri untuk lepas jawatan?
Saya hanya menerima arahan, saya seperti biasa saya sentiasa patuh kepada pimpinan, terutama arahan ini, gesaan ini keluar dari mulut tok guru sendiri. Saya sentiasa setia dan patuh pada dia, dan saya terima dengan hati terbuka.

Kenapa saudara tak letak serta merta, bukankah itu lebih baik?
Sebelum ini saya ada merujuk kepada dia, atas desakan yang dibuat ke atas saya, tapi pada masa itu dia minta saya tidak letak jawatan, dan atas asas itu saya teruskan tugas saya sebagai CEO kerana itu arahan dari beliau sendiri untuk teruskan.

Tadi saudara sebut semua fitnah yang dilempar ke atas saudara dalam PMBK dan sebelum ini adalah fitnah, kalau itu fitnah adakah akan ambil sebarang tindakan undang-undang?
Sebenranya beberapa orang peguam sedang kaji semua tuduhan dan saya sedang teliti dan akan dengar nasihat para peguam dan liohat secara teliti, dan pada masa sesuai nanti kita akan lakukan apa yang patut.

Saya nak ulang lagi, apa yang dtulis dalam blog tertentu sebelum ini yang menyatakan saya telah diminta meletak jawatan dan rentetan itu arahan telah dikeluarkan, saya tak terima arahan itu, dan saya telah pergi ke KL merajuk, itu tak betul, saya hanya terima arahan pada hari ini sahaja, dan saya boleh terima keputusan ini dengan dada yang lapang dan insya ALLAH saya akan sentiasa setia, dan sentiasa hormati tok guru sebagai bapa mertua saya dan pemimpin kita semua.

Apa rancangan masa depan?
Itu belum pikir lagi, mungkin berniaga. -Harakahdaily

DUN Kota Siputeh – SPR Gagal Dapat Perintah Tangguh Keputusan Kosongkan Kerusi!

KUALA LUMPUR: Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) gagal mendapat perintah untuk menangguhkan keputusan mengisytiharkan kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah kawasan Kota Siputeh sebagai kosong.

Mahkamah Tinggi (Rayuan dan Kuasakuasa Khas) hari ini menolak permohonan SPR bagi mendapatkan perintah penangguhan itu tetapi suruhanjaya itu telah merujuk perkara berkenaan kepada Mahkamah Rayuan dengan mengemukakan satu lagi permohonan untuk perintah penangguhan.

Jika ia tidak mendapat perintah itu, SPR perlu mengeluarkan writ menjelang Rabu ini bagi mengadakan satu pilihan raya kecil di situ.

Hakim Alizatul Khair Osman Khairuddin berkata beliau bersetuju dengan Sulaiman Abdullah, peguam utama bagi Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah, Datuk Dr Abdul Isa Ismail, bahawa SPR gagal menyakinkan mahkamah berhubung isu keadaan luar biasa bagi mewajarkan permohonan itu dibenarkan.

Katanya alasan mengenai implikasi kewangan yang dinyatakan oleh Peguam Kanan Persekutuan, Datuk Kamaruddin Md Said yang mewakili SPR, tidak boleh ditakrif sebagai satu keadaan luar biasa.

“Mengikut undangundang, menguruskan pilihan raya merupakan tanggungjawab biasa SPR dan suruhanjaya ini tidak merujuk mana-mana undang-undang kes untuk menyokong hujahnya,” kata Alizatul.

Pada 17 November lepas, SPR mengemukakan permohonan itu setelah Alizatul membuat keputusan sehari sebelum itu bahawa kerusi berkenaan kosong kerana mendapati penyandangnya Datuk Abu Hassan Sharif daripada Barisan Nasional (BN) gagal menghadiri dua mesyuarat dewan itu berturut-turut tanpa mendapat cuti.

Mahkamah membuat keputusan itu ekoran tindakan Speaker DUN Kedah memfailkan semakan perundangan setelah SPR menerima sijil sakit Abu Hassan dan mengisytiharkan tidak berlaku kekosongan dan beliau masih mewakili kerusi itu.

Dalam penghakimannya hari ini, Alizatul berkata tanpa unsur keadaan luar biasa, mahkamah tidak dapat membenarkan permohonan penangguhan pelaksanaan keputusan itu.

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Isu Ariffahmi (PMBK) – Nik Aziz nasihat Ariffahmi Letak Jawatan!

KOTA BHARU, 23 Nov: Menteri Besar Kelantan Tuan Guru Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz bersetuju untuk menasihati Ir. Abdul Ariffahmi Ab. Rahman melepaskan jawatannya sebagai Ketua Pegawai Ekselutif (CEO) Perbadanan Menteri Besar Kelantan (PMBK).

Persetujuan itu diumum Nik Aziz pada satu sidang media selepas pertemuan dengan pimpinan PAS di kediaman Menteri Besar, JKR 10 pagi ini.

Pertemuan tersebut disertai Presiden PAS, Datuk Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang, Timbalan Mursyidul Am, Datuk Haron Din, Naib Presiden Salahudin Ayub dan Bendahari Dr. Hatta Ramli.

Mereka telah mengemukakan cadangan kepada Nik Aziz agar menasihatkan Ariffahmi melepaskan jawatan.

Menurut Nik Aziz, keputusan itu dibuat bagi menjaga nama baik pimpinan islam khasnya pas sendiri sekaligus menyelesaikan kemelut politik yang sedang berlaku di negeri itu.

“Semua (yang hadir) menasihati saya supaya menjaga nama baik pimpinan Islam khasnya PAS sendiri untuk menasihat menantu saya supaya mengundur diri dari Perbadanan Menteri Besar (PKMB),”

“Fitnah yang dilempar blogger , surat-surat layang, saya pun terima banyak, untuk jaga nama baik pimpinan Islam, maka saya dengan segala senang hati untuk jaga (elak) fitnah,” katanya.

Beliau dalam pada itu memberitahu akan meminta Ariffahmi yang juga menantunya berbuat demikian.

Bagaimanapun, terserah kepada Ariffahmi bila dia mahu meletakkan jawatan tersebut.

“Tarikh tu terserah kepada dia,” katanya lagi.

Nasihat peletakan jawatan itu juga tegasnya adalah disebabkan oleh fitnah dan kecaman yang terlalu banyak diterima Ariffahmi.

“Masalah sekarang ini menantu saya tu terlalu banyak kecaman dilempar kepadanya oleh orang yang tak bertanggungjawab,”

Dalam pada itu, Ariffahmi yang turut hadir pada sidang media tersebut menerima keputusan tersebut dengan hati yang terbuka memandangkan ianya dilakukan untuk menjaga nama baik banyak pihak.

“Saya dapat terima keputusan  dengan hati yang lapang, dan sedar keputusan dibuat untuk jaga nama baik kepimpinan dan jaga nama baik PAS, dan juga nama baik kerajan negeri Kelantan,” katanya.

Beliau turut berterima kasih kepada Nik Aziz yang memberikan kepercayaan penuh kepada kepadanya sepanjang berada di PMBK.

“Saya juga berterima kasih kepada tuan guru kerana beri kepercayaan kepada saya untuk berada di PMBK selama 8 tahun, dan jawatan terakhir saya sebagai CEO semenjak Syawal, dan saya amat hargai kepercayaannya,” katanya.

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Rencana – Pakatan OK, BN Yang ‘Koyak Rabak’ Sebenarnya!

TIDAK ada sebab yang kukuh untuk ahli dan penyokong gabungan Pakatan Rakyat, berasa terlalu gusar tentang masa depan gabungan yang dikatakan sedang berkocak sehingga membawa kepada perpecahan.

Buat masa ini perpecahan tidak akan berlaku. Jika PAS yang keluar dari pakatan, PAS yang akan rugi. Jika DAP keluar, DAP akan rugi. Begitu juga dengan Parti KeADILan Rakyat.

Buat masa ini, jika ada mana-mana parti gabungan pakatan, yang mahu membuat haluan tersendiri, mereka akan ditolak oleh rakyat berbilang kaum dalam negara.

Ingat, negara tidak akan terbina dengan hanya kekuatan satu-satu kaum sahaja. Semua kaum memerlukan sokongan antara satu sama lain untuk hidup aman makmur.

Justeru, apabila Pakatan Rakyat dibentuk, hasil kepercayaan rakyat kepada PAS, KeADILan dan DAP untuk berhadapan dengan Barisan Nasional, maka jika Pakatan Rakyat hendak membentuk kerajaan baru di peringkat Pusat, ianya mestilah dengan dokongan semua pihak, semua kaum dan agama.

Apa yang berlaku hanyalah permainan licik media. Tidak dinafikan memang wujud pergeseran kecil antara Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, Dato’ Dr Hasan Mohd Ali, Ronnie Liu dan lain-lain.

Wujud sedikit ketidak puasanhati pemimpin DAP negeri terhadap Menteri Besar Kedah, Dato’ Seri Azizan Abdul Razak dalam isu kandang babi, kouta perumahan untuk bumiputera dan pembahagian jawatan ketua-ketua kampung.

Wujud ketidak puasanhati PAS dan KeADILan terhadap kepimpinan Ketua Menteri, Lim Guan Eng di Pulau Pinang, yang dikatakan tidak banyak memberi ruang kepada PAS dan KeADILan.

Dari sudut dalaman parti, tidak dinafikan wujudnya beberapa pergeseran kecil antara individu pemimpin dalam PAS, KeADILan dan DAP.

Akibatnya, ia mencetuskan kesilapan pemimpin dan ahli tertentu, yang nampaknya mudah terpengaruh dengan permainan licik media pro-Umno, iaitu secara terang-terangan mengkritik antara satu sama lain.

Bagaimanapun semua ini hanyalah seumpama, ‘kocakan sedikit air di dalam cawan sahaja’. Ianya tidak akan sama sekali menjejaskan keutuhan kepimpinan PAS, KeADILan mahupun DAP dan ia tidak sekali-kali menjejaskan kesepakatan Pakatan Rakyat.

Apa yang penting, seluruh kepimpinan PAS, KeADILan dan DAP sedar bahawa, masing-masing tidak harus terlalu ‘bold’ untuk menegakkan perjuangan ’sectarian’.

Kepimpinan dan penyokong Pakatan Rakyat seharusnya mencipta budaya exceptionalisme, dari sudut agama, nilai, tradisi dan moral-etika dengan menghormati perbezaan asas perjuangan parti yang berbeza.

Kepimpinan dan penyokong Pakatan Rakyat harus disedarkan dan diikat dengan satu matlamat yang sama, iaitu berusaha mencapai hasil kesepakatan, membentuk Kerajaan Pusat dan Negeri, dengan menumbangkan Barisan Nasional.

Justeru, sasaran utama Pakatan Rakyat ialah untuk menggantikan BN, sebagai peneraju negara pada Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 nanti.

BN seharusnya ditolak secara total kerana pertama; ia telah berkuasa terlalu lama sehingga melakukan banyak tindakan yang merugikan negara, kedua; BN masih gagal mengawal kestabilan agama dan kaum, ketiga; BN gagal menguruskan ekonomi negara dan keempat; pada waktu ini, hampir semua ahli gabungan utama BN sedang koyak rabak.

Cuma Umno sahaja ‘kelihatan’ kukuh. Umno dilihat kukuh kerana pergeseran dalamannya cepat ditutup media, walaupun keadaannya seperti ‘tongkang pecah’. Ini belum lagi dibahas dari sudut sama ada relevan atau tidak perjuangan agama, bangsa dan negara yang dipelopori Umno selama ini.

Tetapi jika kita lihat sekarang, apa sudah jadi dengan parti-parti gabungan BN yang lain? Gerakan nampaknya sudah semakin pupus, yang tinggal hanya Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon. MIC sudah disisihkan terus dengan Presidennya, Dato’ Seri S Samy Vellu bergaduh dengan PM dan MIC hanya menunggu masa untuk melingkup.

MCA sebagai parti terbesar mewakili kaum Cina sekarang ini berada dalam keadaan yang amat teruk dan sudah hampir lumat dikerat 18. Presidennya, Dato’ Seri Ong Tee Keat dan Timbalannya, Dato’ Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek ditolak oleh Mesyuarat Agung Khas MCA.

Kedua-dua pemimpin yang bergaduh antara satu sama lain, kemudian ditolak oleh perwakilan, sebaliknya bergabung semula untuk berhadapan dengan satu kumpulan lain yang diketuai Naib Presiden MCA, Dato’ Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

MCA sudah ‘koyak’ kata seorang pimpinan tertingginya sewaktu sembang-sembang dengan penulis di lobi Parlimen baru-baru ini.  

Namun yang harus diteliti adalah, gesaan Ahli Parlimen Seri Gading, Dato’ Mohamad Aziz yang menggesa Tee Keat dan Tsu Koon supaya meletakkan jawatan kerana tidak perform. Tuduhan ini amat serius dan tidak harus dikesampingkan sahaja.

Bukan soal Mohamad Aziz, tetapi persoalan yang lebih besar ialah mengapa Kerajaan BN, SPRM, Umno mendiamkan sahaja dakwaan Pengerusi BBC BN, Dato’ Seri Tiong King Sing yang memberikan wang tunai RM10 juta kepada Tee Keat.

“Tee Keat sendiri yang datang ambil, 10 juta (RM) berkotak-kotak, dia pandu kereta sendiri, Dato’ Tiong tak bohong, figure yang dia bagi tepat,” kata beberapa orang ahli parlimen BN semasa berborak sesama sendiri.

Ini belum lagi dibincangkan secara terperinci isu rasuah pemimpin Umno, dakwaan rasuah ke atas Samy Vellu dan lain-lain.

Isu-isu mengenai ‘kejahatan’ pemimpin-pemimpin BN, melakukan jenayah rasuah dan salah guna kuasa ini cuba dilindungi media massa pro mereka.

Akibat daripada penguasaan yang begitu lama, mereka tidak segan silu ‘menyapu bersih’ wang rakyat. Apa yang mereka lakukan amat dahsyat sekali.

Jika diteliti dan diperhalusi, ‘kejahatan’ mereka dan perpecahan yang melanda mereka, iaitu parti-parti komponen BN, jauh lebih dahsyat daripada pergeseran kecil dalam Pakatan Rakyat yang dipaparkan dalam artikel ini.

Malangnya ramai dari kalangan kita, sering terpengaruh dengan dakyah media jahat ini.

Justeru Umno-BN tidak kukuh sebenarnya, hanya media yang ‘menambah-solek’ dan menutupi kecacatan wajah mereka.

Pakatan Rakyat tidak berpecah sebenarnya, hanya media yang mengapi-apikan perpecahan.

Oleh itu jangan sesekali kita termasuk perangkap mereka dengan mempercayai dakyah bahawa Pakatan Rakyat merupakan pakatan yang rapuh.

Jika kita percaya dengan dakyah media, maka kita sendiri yang menghalang kemajuan dan tidak yakin keupayaan kita untuk menggantikan BN selepas PRU ke-13 nanti.

Mohd Rashidi Hassan | rashidi@harakah.net.my

MCA Unity Turmoil – Lessons learnt and Political Reality in MCA Drama!

Written by Chan Kok Leong

There are important lessons to be learnt from the ongoing MCA drama, which has seen a rapid change of scenes — from questions about honour, broken promises to one extraordinary general meeting (EGM) too many.

Aspiring politicians can pick out a few crucial pointers from the latest romance of the three kingdoms.

Lesson 1 — Friend or foe?
As Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, a consummate tactician, has often said: “There are no permanent friends or foes in politics.” Time and again, he kept above his foes and friends by turning enemies to allies and vice versa.

Whether it was a thorny Islamic activist or a splinter political faction, Dr Mahathir courted them when it suited him and cast them aside when they proved to be more than a handful.

Another survivor is Datuk Ibrahim Ali, who has managed to remain relevant despite his waltzing in and out of Umno, Semangat 46 and even PAS.

This is where Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai made his first mistake.

When it seemed impossible that Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek could come together after the EGM of Oct 10, the two opposing personalities bonded like long-lost brothers when it mattered most.

While Chua had been rejected by the delegates and Ong would find it hard to stay after promising to quit, Liow naively thought he could seize the opportunity to elevate himself.

Yet less than a month after the EGM, the two were photographed standing side by side with 27 other central committee (CC) members as Ong unveiled his “greater unity plan”. It was clear that political survival drew Ong and Chua together to counter “the third force”.

Lesson 2 — Hell hath no fury like a president scorned
A former blue-eyed boy of the president, Liow could have been in a healthier position had he not rejected Ong’s plan for fresh polls just hours after he was appointed the deputy president. If Liow was really unhappy with Ong’s plans, he should have rejected the appointment immediately.

But wanting to have his cake and eat it too, Liow thrashed Ong’s proposal for fresh polls after accepting the promotion.

Former allies of Ong — Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong and Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun — also jumped into the fray, hinting that the president should accept the no-confidence vote against him and do the honourable thing.

Had the three stayed on the sidelines and bided their time, pressure from Chua and the community at large could have decided Ong’s fate.

Lesson 3 — Keep it simple
Resolutions and legal terms are tricky things in the hands of a well-trained lawyer. In the case of the resolutions in the Oct 10 EGM, two should have sufficed.

The first was the no-confidence vote against Ong, which would force the president into a corner.

The second, which sought to nullify the suspension of Chua by the president’s council and CC, would bring the situation back to the starting point, that is before any disciplinary action was taken against the former health minister. So why was there a need for a third resolution — to seek his reinstatement?

Had the resolutions been kept to two, Chua would have achieved what he had set out to do — cast doubts on Ong’s leadership and nullify the disciplinary action against himself.

But by having the third, which delegates voted against, Chua suddenly found himself in the predicament of having needlessly lost his seat.

The only conclusion to make is that in looking for insurance, Chua had overestimated his support and had not anticipated the emergence of a “third force”. There can be too much of a good thing.

Lesson 4 — Sleeping dogs and pride
There was a sense of renewal after MCA’s party polls last year. Together with the no-nonsense Ong, delegates chose to return the popular Chua.

Despite his very public extramarital activities, Chua was seen as providing checks and balances for the party as well as someone who could pull the party together.

Ong, who is known for his righteousness, was also seen as someone who would not tolerate wrongdoing and would turn the party around. But instead of concentrating on rebuilding the party, Ong allowed his self-righteousness to get the better of him.

Rather than work with Chua, the former Universiti Malaya lecturer decided that his older partner’s indiscretions had tarnished the party and should be punished again.

While there were rumours of an uprising by Chua, the doctor would not have gained the moral high ground had Ong not sacked him via the presidential council. By dumping his deputy, Ong raised the ire of some 49% of the delegates, who had chosen to give Chua a second chance.

Add that to another handful of dissenters and Ong found himself in the unnecessary position of having a no-confidence vote passed on him. The matter was compounded by his vain promise to quit if he lost by “even one vote”.

Instead of rallying the party for a revival, Ong is now in the same company as Chua — dishonoured, distrusted and facing the possibility of another party polls.

Lesson 5 — Greater unity plan
Despite the bruises all three must be nursing now, the end is not here yet. For while it is arguable that the greater unity plan should have come in last year itself, it is never too late to begin although the 13th general election is not due for another three years.

MCA’s rivals for Chinese votes lie outside the party. If Ong,  Chua and Liow have the interests of their party at heart, they should go back to the negotiating table to find a peace plan.

Going to the courts to resolve a personality and leadership tussle will not enhance the party’s image among voters. Neither will personal vendettas.

Finally, the last lesson. Get back to the job at hand to turn MCA around.

PAS Deputy, Nasharuddin Mat Isa Rushed to IJN!

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (Bernama) — The Member of Parliament for Bachok, Nasharuddin Mat Isa, 47, was admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) here Monday after complaining of a chest pain during the Dewan Rakyat sitting at 11.30 this morning.

The PAS deputy president was rushed to the IJN following a medical examination at the health clinic at Parliament House after he had complained of a chest pain to the Tumpat Member of Parliament from PAS, Datuk Kamaruddin Jaffar.

He was later seen being pushed on a wheelchair, accompanied by Kamaruddin and the Member of Parliament for Pokok Sena, Datuk Mahfuz Omar, at 11.40 am before going to the IJN.

When approached by reporters, Mahfuz said Nasharuddin “initially complained of a muscle pain in the chest and after an examination at the clinic, he was advised to go the IJN for further examination.”

However, he declined further comment on Nasharuddin’s condition.

Mahathir On His ‘Great Mistakes’ Again….!

KUALA LUMPUR – Dr Mahathir Mohamad, no stranger to acerbic commentary, professed yet again that his biggest regret were his choices of successors.

The former premier lamented having poor character judgement, citing the appointment of Anwar Ibrahim and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as his deputies.

“My greatest mistake is in the choice of people. I seem to be picking the wrong people all the time. They not only did not live up to my expectation but they went all out to do all the wrong things, including abusing me,” he said in the latest to his regularly updated blog chedet.cc.

“I accept the blame for making wrong choices. But they were all so good before they were chosen,” he added.

‘Anwar was pious and holy’

Mahathir said Anwar, whom he sacked in 1997 for corruption, did not turn out to be what he had expected.

“Anwar was pious and holy almost. Before I admitted him into Umno no one told me of his peculiar inclinations,” he said.

Anwar, a student of University of Malaya in the early 1970s, had been actively involved in Muslim students movement and was one of the founding members of the still active Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM).

Decades later, a year after his sacking, Anwar was charged and convicted for sodomising his step-brother Sukma Darmawan Sasmita Atmadja. In 2004, the Federal Court overturned the sodomy conviction.

Last week, Mahathir ridiculed Anwar’s appointment as Selangor economic advisor, saying he would bankrupt the Pakatan Rakyat-ruled state.

On ‘Mr Clean’ Pak Lah

“The other one was known as Mr. Clean. Well he and his family certainly did a lot of cleaning,” said Mahathir, referring to his selection of Abdullah and the ensuing allegations of cronyism under the latter’s administration.

Abdullah served as Mahathir’s deputy from 1998 to 2003 and had led the ruling coalition to its biggest victory ever in the 2003 elections, sweeping 198 out of 220 Parliamentary seats.

“Awarding privatisation at inflated prices! Well the contract to double track and electrify the railways from Johor Bahru to Padang Besar was for RM14 billion (including the spur line to Kuala Lumpur).

It was cancelled by Abdullah.

“Then it was found necessary to double track and electrify from Ipoh to Padang Besar. I understand the price is RM12 billion. Work out the new cost if we build up to Johor Bahru,” said Mahathir.

” I am not perfect. I make mistakes. But some of the wrongdoings attributed to me are just not true or correct,” he said.

“We see what we want to see. Everyone is like that. So do I. But I try my best to be factual,” he added.`- malaysian mirror

MCA Unity Turmoil – Forcing a settlement is not the answer

COMMENT By TAN SRI ROBERT PHANG

Events are continuing to churn in the MCA and many have offered solutionsto end the crisis but there are those who are objecting for the sake of objecting.

THEY say talk is cheap. And it is even easier when the problems do not affect you directly.

The ongoing MCA leadership challenge is a fine example of this.

Various quarters and individuals are talking, talking and talking. But what is really happening?

Who is sincere and who is not?

The MCA leadership woes started after the March 8 general election electoral tsunami for Barisan Nasional.

Then president Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting led the party to its worst ever electoral performance.

Under pressure to step down and take the blame for the embarrassing defeats at the hands of the DAP and PKR, Ong worsened matters when he tried to hand over the baton to his elder brother Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan, whom he appointed as secretary-general.

This led to protests of nepotism and unrest in the party, resulting in the defeat of Ka Chuan in the hands of the controversial Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek in the deputy presidential race in October last year.

Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat emerged the winner in the presidential race against Datuk Chua Jui Meng.

The central delegates had voted the two for their differing leadership strengths and qualities, with the hope that they would somehow strike a strong working relationship.

That was not to be as the unrest continued, peaking with the Aug 10 extraordinary general meeting (EGM), resulting in both not getting exactly what they had hoped.

The results showed both had almost equal strength, losing the resolutions by narrow margins.

However, both are not obliged to quit as the party constitution states that any elected official can only be removed from office in an EGM by two-thirds of the delegates.

The EGM results jolted the senses of Tee Keat and Dr Chua, who both saw the wisdom and need to set aside their differences and work together for the party to face the next general election.

They then introduced a greater unity plan, which was endorsed by Barisan chairman and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

By right, this should have ended the leadership crisis.

But a so-called third force, a combination of various quarters with their own agenda, did not want the crisis to end.

They continued to criticise the Tee Keat-Dr Chua leadership, thereby rejecting the unity plan.

Whatever the leadership tried to implement for the unity plan, these quarters objected for the sake of objecting, making life difficult for the central committee.

MCA Youth chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong and Wanita chief Datuk Paduka Chew Mei Fun are loud critics of the leadership.

When they were removed in a reshuffle of the presidential council last Wednesday, they “wept” in public, hoping to gain sympathy.

Really, what did they expect after lashing out at the leadership daily?

The council is the party’s administration.

Since they could not agree with the unity plan and the leadership, it was only natural for them to be removed.

Tee Keat has to date exercised his presidential powers according to the provisions of the constitution. What’s wrong with that?

Now, Najib is seen trying to resolve the crisis. Is that acceptable in the eyes of the Chinese community?

Forcing a settlement in a leadership issue in a political party is no answer because it will have far-reaching and long-lasting effects, as seen in the party’s history of protracted leadership struggles.

It must be left to the leadership to resolve its problems internally and to emerge stronger naturally.

Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s 22-year tenure as Umno president and prime minister is testimony to this. - thestar

Presiden PRM Letak Jawatan, PRM Tidak Mahu Menyertai Pakatan!

PETALING JAYA: Presiden Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM), Hassan Abdul Karim telah meletakkan jawatannya berkuatkuasa serta merta kerana setelah usulnya agar parti itu menyertai komponen Pakatan Rakyat ditolak.

Perkara tersebut disahkan oleh Setiausaha Agong PRM, Koh Swe Yong melalui khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS) kepada mStar Online petang Ahad.

“Ya, benar,” katanya ringkas menjawab pertanyaan mStar berhubung berita mengenai perletakan jawatan Hassan.

Difahamkan Hassan telah menghantar surat peletakan jawatannya baru-baru ini.

Hassan telah mengemukakan usul agar PRM menyertai Pakatan Rakyat sewaktu menyampaikan Ucapan Dasar Presiden pada Kongres Nasional PRM ke-41 yang di adakan 15 November lalu.

Bagaimanapun usul berkenaan telah ditolak oleh perwakilan kongres.

Dalam pada itu, melalui surat yang dihantar Hassan kepada Koh yang turut diedarkan kepada pihak media, beliau berkata peletakan jawatannya adalah bagi menebus maruah berikutan penolakan usul yang dikemukakannya.

“Saya tiada pilihan lain sebagai seorang pemimpin yang bermaruah melainkan satu pilihan sahaja iaitu meletak jawatan sebagai Presiden PRM, ahli Jawatankuasa Pusat dan semua jawatan saya di dalam parti berkuat-kuasa serta merta,” kata Hassan dalam suratnya itu.

“Memandangkan saya ingin memberi kerjasama dan sokongan yang kuat kepada Pakatan Rakyat dan tidak mahu tindakan-tindakan saya itu nanti akan menjejaskan kedudukan dan pendirian pimpinan PRM maka saya dengan hati yang amat berat saya mengambil keputusan meninggalkan Parti Rakyat Malaysia yang saya sayangi ini dengan berkuat-kuasa serta merta juga,” katanya.

PRM Chief, Hasan Abdul Karim Joins PKR……Klik Disini

Teoh Beng Hock Inquest – 2nd Autopsy Done, Results When Inquest Begins On Dec. 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

KUALA LUMPUR: The second autopsy on political aide Teoh Beng Hock’s remains has been completed but the results are only likely to be disclosed when the inquest into his death resumes on Dec 9.

Teoh’s sister Teoh Lee Lan said the family was given a short briefing after the autopsy at the Sungai Buloh Hospital by Thai forensic pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanansunand – but it was too technical for them to understand.

British observer: Prof Vanezis leaving the Sungai Buloh Hospital after observing the second autopsy yesterday.

“We do not know the results, or when it will be revealed.

“Please be patient and wait for the inquest to resume on Dec 9,” she told reporters yesterday.

Lee Lan confirmed that her brother’s remains would be re-buried at the Nirvana Memorial Garden in Semenyih tomorrow.

Teoh’s body was exhumed on Saturday after the coroner ordered a second post-mortem. Dr Pornthip had testified at the inquest that the likely cause of death was homicide and not suicide.

Teoh was found dead on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam on July 16 after being questioned by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

The commission’s Selangor office is on the 14th floor of the same building.

The autopsy started at noon after the pathologists spent the morning discussing and performing X-ray and CT scans on the remains.

The autopsy was completed by 3.15pm. It was carried out by Sungai Buloh Hospital’s Pathology and Forensics Department chief Dr Shahidan Md Noor.

Thai expert: Dr Pornthip (second from right) briefing Beng Kee (left) while Gobind looks on yesterday.

Besides Dr Pornthip, who is engaged by the Selangor government, others observing the autopsy were British forensic pathologist Prof Peter Vanezis, who is appointed by the MACC, and pathologists from the first autopsy Dr Khairul Azman Ibrahim and Dr Prashant Naresh Samberkar.

Dr K. Saravanan assisted by taking photographs during the post-mortem.

Lee Lan, together with her brother Beng Kee and parents Teoh Leng Hwee and Teng Shuw Hor, had arrived at the hospital at 8.30am.

Gobind Singh Deo, counsel for Teoh’s family, said no time limit was set for the autopsy.

“There is no pressure for them to finish by a certain time.

“What is important is for it to be done thoroughly, and that all aspects that can raise any doubt be addressed,” he said.

Gobind also thanked the police for acting quickly to provide escorts after Dr Pornthip complained that she had been followed on Friday and Saturday.

“To those following her, come forward. Don’t be cowards,” he said. - thestar