Black 505 Rally,Arrest The Organisers Not The Blind Mice.

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Is Rafizi Ramli a politician or a skunk? 

He doesn't seem to understand that there are laws in this country that all and sundry must respect. He couldn't care a shit. He wanted to show the people how big his balls are and how he can defy the long arm of the law and the police wouldn't dare touch him and if the police do touch him or any of the protesters, he and the whole herd of cows will claim police brutality and violation of their democratic rights.

Anwar's idea of the black rallies is to provoke the police into taking action against the protesters so he can condemn the government for its heavy-handedness and gross violation of human rights. He want his Western allies to see how bad the Malaysian government is. 

This bunch of pathetic jokers say they have no intention of bringing down the government, if so, why hold the rallies recurringly?

In which fucking country do they have members of parliament organising street rallies almost every week over unproven allegation of electoral frauds ? Only in Malaysia, like we have nothing better to do, making us a laughing stock of the world.

Anwar failed to capture Putrajaya out of his own stupidity. He thinks he can get Putrajaya riding on the waves of popular votes, which he knew very well is a complete fallacy, but is now using it to confuse and rile up the people to go against the government. He was in UMNO before and knew how the system works.

Spinning the yarn, twisting truth into lies and lies into truth is Anwar's alchemy.

He said Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was very concern with the massive electoral fraud that happened in Malaysia when in fact Susilo told him, he can only lend his ears, but can't interfere in Malaysia's domestic affairs. 

Did Susilo actually invites him for that reason or invites him to tell him to respect the democratic process and live to fight another day.

Indonesian papers only picked up what was spun by the pro- opposition spinning mills and Pakatan leaders like Anwar and his lackey Rafizi the Goebbels. 

Goebbels seems to be in a delusion of grandeur, insisting that the rally must be held at Padang Merbok, although, DBKL had refused to give permission for the rally to be held there as the venue has been given to another party earlier for its function.

The Black 505 Rally on 22 June is an attempt to bring down the government through forces of people's power.  Read Rafizi' stance here. Degil dan biadap.

Can 200,000 or so blind mice from Kuala Lumpur  represent 13 million or so Malaysian voters and 28 million Malaysians in the country?

My advice to the police, if they have to arrest, do not arrest the blind mice, arrest the organisers.

Ku Li, No Where Man !

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So, who gives Ku Li the idea he can unseat Najib? 

Is he the most ideal to replace Najib?

If the source of Ku Li's encouragement came from the opposition with the collusion of the few moles in BN, who are unhappy with not being rewarded anything substantial by the PM, in all probability, the scheme is doomed. 

Ku Li needs to collect at least a minimum of 23 of BN MPs to join the opposition to support him in a vote of no confidence against Najib and vote of confidence for him to be the prime minister.

For all intents and purposes he would cease to be a Prime Minister from the BN, but a man who would have to be subservient to the opposition to keep himself in office.

Are there 23 disgruntled BN MPs, just enough to stage a mutiny against Najib?

Not likely! 

I would put it at not more than 10 greedy hyenas in the pack and most are the decrepit old buggers, who had been in elected office too long and have become addicted to the lucrative profession and can't let go. I will not named them now, but I have reliable source who knows who they are.

Ku Li is again being sent on a wild goose chase by a few disgruntled UMNO MPs, who think not of their country first but of themselves.



The scheme can only succeed if there is more than 50 % of BN MPs want Najib out.

Like Anwar, he aspires to be PM for a long time, but unlike Anwar he knows the law of probability might not be on his side.  

Will Semangat 46 Ghosts Return To Haunt Pakatan Rakyat

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Remember, Tengku Razaleigh and Semangat 46?

Semangat 46 was formed by Tengku Razaleigh and Team B of UMNO, a breakaway faction to challenge the then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad and UMNO.

Razaleigh had the support of two former prime ministers, Tungku Abdul Rahman and Hussein Onn, both had fallen out with Mahathir and threw their weights behind Razaleigh.

The birth of Semangat 46 was the result of a battle for the presidency of UMNO between Razaleigh and Mahathir.

Mahathir won by wafer thin majority but as he says "a win is a win, even if by one vote." and went on to become Malaysia's longest serving prime minister.

On 3 June 1989 Semangat 46 was officially registered as a political party to challenge UMNO.

In the 1990 General Elections an overconfident Razaleigh formed two coalitions with other opposition parties to take on BN. Gagasan Rakyat coalition was formed with DAP (Democratic Action Party) and PRM (Party Rakyat Malaysia) and Ankatan Perpaduan Ummah coalition was with PAS, BERJASA, HAMIM and newly formed Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress.

There were much talk that UMNO will face the toughest challenge ever and may lose the elections to Semangat 46 and its allies.Despite these alliances, Semangat 46 did poorly, winning only 8 out of 180 parliamentary seats.However, the alliance with PAS was more fruitful, but only in the state of Kelantan, winning all 39 state seats. PAS took 24 seats and Semangat 46 won 15 state seats.

Strained relationship between Mahathir and Sabah Chief Minister Joseph Pairin of PBS led to the party sudden withdrawal from BN at the eleventh hour. PBS ditched BN after nomination of seats have been made and joined Semangat 46 as an ally to fight the BN. Unforgivable treachery that led to the downfall of the PBS government in the next general elections brought about by departure of its top leaders, a coup engineered by UMNO led by its deputy President Anwar Ibrahim.

In the 1995 General Elections after having changed the party name to Parti Melayu Semangat 46 to challenge UMNO on Malay communal issue, Razaleigh again tried his luck by taking Semangat 46 to the polls, However, his relationship with DAP have by then soured and squabbles with PAS over power sharing in Kelantan compromised the party credibility and was the beginning of its end. Semangat 46 and all other political parties that contested the elections were almost decimated with Semangat 46 the worse performer, winning only 6 parliamentary seats. The other parties performed slightly better than Semangat 46 (DAP 9, PAS 7 and PBS 8)

However, they failed to punch a big hole in the BN fortress and Mahathir stayed the winner.

Over the next few years Semangat 46 lost its support and many of its members left the party to rejoin UMNO. In October 1996, the coffin was finally nailed. Razaleigh announced he would disband the party. He and most party members rejoined UMNO.

Was 28 March 2008 a twist of fate and stroke of good luck for the opposition Pakatan Rakyat that gave them the most unexpected windfall and a near shocking defeat of the BN?

Much of the erosion of supports for BN was due to former Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi failure to implement reforms that he promised the people before the 2004 General Elections. This new broom did not live up to the people's expectation.

After having given him a rousing victory in the 2004 General Elections, Badawi failed to spark the people's imagination and was the final straw that broke the camel's back. A wrong man for the job, a grave mistake made by Mahathir, who appointed him as his successor for selfish reason, to complete all his unfinished projects, particularly, the crooked bridge to Singapore and continue with his legacy.

Abdullah proved otherwise, he shelved most of the projects, which angered Mahathir to no end. Mahathir, being the man he is, started a vicious "remove Abdullah" campaign. Mahathir vicious and inundated attacks on Abdullah, infighting and sabotage in UMNO contributed to the poor performance in 2008.

Can Najib turn the table and give the opposition Pakatan Rakyat a run for their money?

Have the Chinese completely deserted BN, or are they keeping their cards close to their hearts and would spring a surprise come election day?

On the surface, it seemed obvious that the Chinese have completely abandoned the BN and trust the DAP and PKR would be able to control and stop PAS from pursuing its Islamic agenda. These are die hard chauvinistic DAP supporters and are concentrated mainly in urban and semi-urban areas and consider themselves Chinese first. This group will vote PR without hesitation.

There are about 30% smart Chinese voters who are fence sitters and pay no allegiance to anyone other then themselves. They would decide, without undue influence from any party, which side they'll cast their votes. They are voters suspicious of PAS tie up with DAP and PKR and suspect PAS of using the platform as their stepping stone to further their ambition to turn Malaysia into an Islamic state.  PAS recent encroachment into their lives by imposing Islamic values on non-Muslims have angered this group. Some have openly displayed their outrage and said if PAS can do it in the states presently under their control what makes you think they won't do it when they take the Federal government. These are the Malaysian first Chinese. Good chance this group likely to vote BN.

Though, small in numbers they can raise the highest decimal of noise to make their presence felt to whoever want to court them. These are the Indians.These are people who felt discriminated, marginalised, sidelined and abandoned by their leaders and the government. They sided with Pakatan Rakyat in 2008 to show their displeasure. They have now come to term that Pakatan Rakyat was all talk and no action and is no better than BN when it comes to looking after their interests. Most have become disillusioned with PR unfulfilled promises made in 2008 GE. Majority likely to vote BN.

The Malays, if united they alone can decide who should be the government. Unfortunately, that is not the case, they are split three ways with UMNO taking the bulk of supports and the rest divided between PKR and PAS.

The educated urban Malays, who think themselves as the intelligentsia and "I can do without the NEP" attitude are disillusioned with UMNO leaders and detest abuses of power and corruptions among Malay politicians in the party. They are also Anwar's diehard supporters, who believe he is the right man who should lead the country and won't believe any allegations of his wrong doings, or any of the videos of his illicit sexual acts, no matter how much alike the man in the video is to Anwar. These unshakable awe-stricken Anwar's supporters think Anwar is a victim of frame-ups and conspiracies by UMNO. These group is small in numbers but come, rain or shine, will vote PR.

The bigger block of Malay votes will come from the rural and semi-rural areas and with the threat of Chinese political power gaining strength majority of Malays in this group are expected to vote for UMNO, including PAS followers who are angered by PAS leaders subordinating the party to DAP and looked at these leaders as ineffectual, cowardly and interested only in power grab. There is  50/50 chance Kelantan may fall to BN.

Penang will stay with DAP,  Selangor and Perak can go either way. All other states in Peninsula Malaysia are likely to stay with BN.

Sabah and Sarawak will again be the jewels in the crown, losing some Chinese seats to DAP and nominal seats to PKR, which will not put a dent in the BN armour even if situation in Peninsula Malaysia may not be so favourable to the BN.

The rural/semi-rural areas are where the real battle will be fought and whoever win this will take Putrajaya. The greatest number of seats come from this sector, which is the basis of our electoral system.

Our electoral system is based on the Westminster system of Britain and on the basis of "first past the post, a "winner takes all" system that can make a party with more seats but fewer votes the winner.

There is a strong Malay political awakening in Peninsula Malaysia. 

The rural Malays biggest fear is that DAP may become the biggest winner in Pakatan Rakyat if their votes are split three ways and the country could end up with a weak Malay administration should Pakatan win the 13th GE.

The infighting and jockeying for seats in Pakatan Rakyat will kill their chance of taking over the Federal government.

Anwar has screwed himself big time for running the party autocratically, choosing candidates himself and without consensus of opinion.

The result of the elections could be one big surprise and one not many people would have expected.

One Swallow Does Not Make A Summer

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The double win at Batu Sapi and Galas should not be reason enough for the Najib's administration to rush to the polls.There are still lots of ground work to do particularly in urban and semi-urban areas where the main oppositions are concentrated and where political awareness are far greater than the rural areas.

It is not yet a turning point to rejoice on these small windfalls not forgetting that the BN lost 9 out of 10 by-elections in Peninsula Malaysia and 1 out of 2 in Sarawak in spite of massive donations and promises of projects by Najib.

The opposition Pakatan Rakyat may look disarryed by the results of these two by-elections but support in urban and semi-urban areas are still something to be reckoned with.Diehard supporters hard to convince to change their minds that the BN has turned a new leaf.

The win at Galas and Batu Sapi are both unique and not so much that the BN has fully recovered but more the human factor and strategy employed by leaders given the task of heading the operation, namely Tungku Razaleigh and Musa Aman.Credit should be given to these two men for the astounding work, they are good political strategists.

Many self-styled political analysts had given Musa Aman little chance of winning the Batu Sapi by-elections, including some leaders, particularly in UMNO and LDP, secretly wishing Batu Sapi to fall to the opposition that would bring about the political demise of Musa Aman, which have been predicted umpteen times in the past in various political blogs and coffee-shop talks.He probably has a cat nine lives giving his detractors and those vying for his CM post severe indigestion.

He turned around the precarious state financial position and now having one of the largest financial reserves in spite of his detractors calling him a 'vacuum cleaner'.Obviously, he is a good vacuum cleaner, cleaning up the mess left by his predecessors.

Lest, they forget, he delivered almost all seats to BN in the 12th General Elections that saved the BN from becoming the opposition.Even then the political soothsayers predicted massive defeat in Sabah.

Unfortunately, princely Razaleigh was unable to do the same in Kelantan which showed his sphere of influence was only in his own constituency.It's rather strange that you thank one and not the other.

Najib has certainly done better than Pak Lah politically but is still a long way from being satisfactory to the rakyat overall.His only hope of retaining the rein of power is to make sure he doesn't lose big in Sabah and Sarawak.The situation in Peninsula Malaysia is expected to remain the same.

Galas and Batu Sapi, not by any note, that summer is on the way and Najib should not throw the baby and the bathwater out and call for snap elections.

He has already made one unnecessary mistake, probably on wrong advice of his people at the Finance Ministry, to include the 100-storey building (although to be built by GLC) and eco-resort in Karambunai, Sabah which has absolutely nothing to do with government budget as they were considered private sector projects.

The mistake brought him strong opposition and slide in popularity.To date, there were almost 240,000 against the idea on Facebook.

The Prime Minister needs to take note that many of them are voters and scattered all over the country.

Razaleigh's Can Of Worms

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Tengku Razaleigh has, unintentionally, opened a can of worms during his visit to Sabah.Politicians and bloggers bankrupted of more important issues took the opportunity to wake up the deaths.

Families of the deceased persons were not happy and have expressed their wishes to be left alone and asked that the case be put to rest and not raised again.

There are some people who think otherwise, for their own political agenda.

Relating his story on the oil issue and events leading to the 'Double Six' tragedy has invited subsequent unwanted dig from the past.The politicising of the air-crash tragedy on 6 June 1976 in Sabah by irresponsible politicians and bloggers out to make an issue out of something they haven't got a clue about.

New names that implicates past leaders and new eye witness account (reliable according to the writer) that have not been heard of before have been mentioned in a blog that carry a story of conspiracy and assassination.

Former Chief Minister Harris Salleh relationship with a man named Lee Kang Yu whom the writer inferred as the likely culprit that caused the tragedy was also mentioned by the writer.

How Harris and the family of the late Lee Kang Yu are going to take this new revelation I am not sure.

Harris has been known to take no nonsense against anyone slandering him.

The full story here.

Razaleigh Says Malays Will Not Vote BN In Hulu Selangor

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Ku Li came to Sabah and created a little political storm particularly among the KDM (Kadazan, Dusun,Murut) community.His talk on the oil royalty 'Minyak Sabah Untuk Siapa" was organised by Sabah Dusun Association and Persatuan Bloggers Sabah.His talk also opened a can of worms that got some opposition politicians excited about the 'Double Six' tragedy.A friend who attended the talk says he was not impressed.

After the talk he gave an interview to the most vociferous blogger in town who also happened to be a very active member of Sabah PKR.So, don't expect a balanced and unbiased statement coming from both Razaleigh and the blogger concerned.Below is an excerpt from the interview.

Ronnie : Tengku,allow me to sidetrack my next question away from the oil royalty issue.The upcoming Hulu Selangor by-election has now been fixed by the Election Commission.Nomination will be on the 17th.April while Polling has been fixed on the 25th.April,2010.In your opinion,how would you rate the chances of UMNO/BN and the Opposition?

Tengku : The Hulu Selangor by-election will not be easy for Barisan National.PKR will draw support if it's Malay candidate is good.Barisan National will not get the support from the Malays.

Read the full interview here.

As I did not attend the talk and the interview I can't vouch for the accuracy of the blogger's report or whether Razaleigh actually says it.

We all know both the Tengku and Anwar aspired to be prime minister for a long time.It was just unfortunate for Ku Li to lose his chance when he lost the party president's election to Mahathir and, thereafter, was in political wilderness for yonks.

Politics, can be full of surprises, one can never tell through the scrying pool.

Run With The Hare And Hunt With The Hounds

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I am not really sure what to make out of Razaleigh's campaign on the oil royalty issue.It was a Kelantan problem.Why come to Sabah telling Sabahans giving them false hope that they could get more oil royalty if they negotiate with the Federal government which I presumed Razaleigh knew fully well to be a lost cause, at this moment, at least.

Despite his untiring effort to get it for Kelantan, the Federal government refused to entertain his argument that Kelantan is legally entitled to such payment.What's the point of telling Sabahans that they can get more when he can't even convince his party cadres in the ruling party to agree with his interpretation of the law.

I also have great difficulty to decide whether the Tengku is still in UMNO or working for the oppositions.He seems to be using the opposition's platform to voice his disagreement and has turned it into a nation wide campaign.

If I remember well it was him that got the Berjaya government to sign the 5% royalty after the toppling of Mustapha regime who, steadfastly, refused to accept the meagre payment by the Federal government.The oil royalty was one of the thorny issues during Mustapha's time and the cause of his downfall.

Maybe, it's about time Razaleigh decide whether he wants to stay in UMNO and sing the same song or leave the party and continue with his crusade.

He certainly can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.


'Nothing to stop review'

Published on: Sunday, April 04, 2010

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Penampang: There is nothing stopping the people of Sabah from calling upon the State Government to seek a re-negotiation with the Federal Government and Petronas on the quantum of oil royalty.

"If Sabahans want to hold a fresh negotiation through the State Government there is no one that can stop them because what we have is based on the original agreement," said former Finance Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.

"And if now they think they don't want the (current amount of 5pc) royalty then go ahead, ask the State Government to re-negotiate with Federal Government É I am not appointed as the State Government's advisor so its up to you," said Razaleigh, himself a former Petronas Chairman.

He said if the people and the State Government felt they have the capability to demand for a raise in the oil royalty then they should just go ahead.

Razaleigh, who was responsible for drawing up the Petroleum Development Act (PDA) 1974 that led to setting up the national petroleum company, Petronas, said this in response to questions after presenting a talk entitled "Sabah's Oil For Whom?" at the Hongkod Koisaan, KDCA, Friday night.

The event was organised by United Sabah Dusun Association (Usda) in collaboration with 14 other organisations. Some 1,000 people attended the talk that began at 8pm and lasted till nearly midnight.

On the question of how come Sabah and the other major oil producing states in the country continue to be lagging behind, the Gua Musang MP said poverty issues are not something that can be resolved immediately, even though the State has an abundance of oil resources.

He said the issues were inter-related with social, education and health, among others. However, it was also up to the people to ask the State Government on how the royalty was being spent (over the years), especially in the context of eradicating poverty.

"Ask the Government how the royalty had been spent.

As long as we continue to be mum we will not get the protection that we should get," he said.

To a question from Usda asking if there is a mechanism that can tell the volume of oil and gas taken out from Sabah, he said this was a matter of trust.

"If we want to measure it can be done. We can install meter gauge to measure how much oil and gas is taken out from Sabah. Now the question is whether this is necessary?" he said.

Such information, according to him, could be obtained from the Statistics Department and from the volume of Petronas exports.

On the issue of gas from Sabah to be channelled to Sarawak through pipelines, which should instead be used in Sabah by setting up a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Processing Plant in the State, he said it should be the way.

"I am also curious why gas obtained from Sabah has to be channelled to Sarawak although Sabah really needs its own LNG plant," he said.

To the question from Ikatan Anak Anak Semenanjung on whether the Kelantan case where its royalty cash payment was being paid as an ex-gratia payment by the Federal Government could be challenged in court, he said in the affirmative.

"Anything can be challenged in the court to get justice but whether this will bring benefit or not is a different issue (as) the Federal Government have the power so they can do whatever they like it seems," he said.

Razaleigh said since he was the one together with late second Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak responsible for drafting the PDA, he knew very well that there is no such provision in the Act on ex-gratia payment in place of the oil royalty.

"Our view and the Federal Government is different but I hope the Federal Government would be able to interpret the Act based on the real understanding," he said.

The PDA was drafted to utilise the oil from the waters of east coast in Semenanjung for developing the backward states there, he said.

Earlier, he said the total royalty paid to Sabah from 2004 to 2007 was RM1.23 billion, Sarawak (RM4.281 billion) and Terengganu (RM7.3 billion).Daily Express.

Razaleigh other story here.

Ku Li: It's Only A Tremor Not Yet An Eartquake

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It was just a tremor when Ku Li throws the gauntlet that he would challenge Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for the UMNO Presidency. There were disquiet among Abdullah's aides and his faithfuls in UMNO of this open challenge to his leadership. The earthquake will come later.

Tengku Razaleigh or popularly know as Ku Li said the results of the just concluded elections are the worst ever for UMNO.The party is on the brink of losing its undivided and unequivocal supports of the Malays that it has enjoyed for half a century. A sizable portion of the Malay community have thrown their supports behind PAS and PKR. In the urban belt the Malay bourgeois have voted DAP where PKR and PAS didn't contest due to the pact they have.

The politically incarcerated Ku Li has also questioned the hijacking of the NEP by elitist groups in UMNO. The monopolistic control of the gravy train has resulted in inequitable distributions of the nation's wealth.Not only are there poor Indians in the country, there are probably more poor Malays as they formed the majority of the races in the country. The gravy train not only rewards the macais and those in power but has also astonishingly produced some extremely successful children of almost all the prime ministers with big businesses under their control. A Malay friend once lamented " Do you honestly think every prime minister of this country has a son who has great business acumen and a hotshot entrepreneur".

Embattled Prime Minister Abdullah besets with endless problems has denied that he has lost support of the people, instead said he has the support of the majority and that he is still in charge, trying to dispel rumours that his Oxford trained son-in-law has undue influence over many of his decisions. Many Malaysians have the impression that Abdullah has another cabinet, a kitchen cabinet at home where major political decisions are made. It could well be perceptions only but it has done a lot of damage to his credibility.

Razaleigh who challenged Mahathir for the UMNO presidency in 1987 but lost by the skin of his teeth attributed it to Najib's division last minute shift to Mahathir's camp. He left UMNO and started a breakaway party called Semangat 46 which didn't do well.He rejoined UMNO and was in the doldrums for yonks until Abdullah's stumbles at the recent elections.He ran the gauntlet on Abdullah and roared in disgust from his lair at Gua Musang.

Ku Li had made two attempts at the presidency but failed.First, against Mahathir in 1987 which almost got him the coveted title and the second in 2004 against Abdullah but failed to get sufficient nominations to stand as candidate.

The substantial rejections at the polls will need delicate and pragmatic approaches in order to pacify angry voters and rekindle their interests to return to the fold. The present leadership don't have the credibility to convince the people that they will change for the better.Ku Li is probably the only suitable candidate at the moment to heal the wounded pride and to try recover lost ground.

With the sword of Damocles hanging over Abdullah's head, it wouldn't be long before an earthquake will occur that will snap the string that hold the sword. Razaleigh call for an EGM will not succeed.His only chance to challenge Abdullah is at the forthcoming assembly.

It will be another five months before the UMNO Assembly, will Razaleigh find enough nominations to get him to challenge Abdullah ? He will and have the best fighting chance to win if Najib don't upset the applecart. Najib should stay as deputy and let Razaleigh lead the party for at least one term to regain the lost confidence and reassemble its lost supports.

There is little altruism in UMNO nowadays, that's why it suffered a massive dose of rejections. The Malay voters have found alternatives in the form of PKR and PAS.The rule of the games has changed and Malays are now more politically matured and gone are the days when ketuananMelayu was the rallying call to the Malays to close ranks and make sure UMNO stays in power.

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