Hantu Laut
Sultan Azlan Shah had decided there will be no dissolution of the assembly.Menteri Besar Nizar had been asked to step down to pave way for new MB and state government to be sworn in.
Anwar Ibrahim defiant and plan for a mammoth gathering of 100,000 of Pakatan supporters tonight at Stadium Ipoh.
IGP issued warning for people not to attend.
Anwar is out of his mind. The Sultan has spoken and his decision should be respected.The Sultan has not erred, he decided exactly as what was called for in the constitution and in accordance with the democratic process.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Anwar: Don't Cut Off Your Nose To Spite Your Face
Hantu Laut
Pakatan is planning a mammoth rally if the Sultan of Perak does not agree to the dissolution of the Perak state assembly ? Anwar Ibrahim and Pakatan may be making a big mistake here if they think the Sultan is going to take lightly to this kind of intimidation of the palace.
It is the process of democracy. No menteri besar and his government can stand if he has lost command of majority confidence of the members of the house.As there are alternative entity that have the confidence of the majority of the members a fresh mandate is not necessary.A fresh mandate is only necessary when there is chaos and no clear alternative that enjoy majority support to be menteri besar and to form a government.Whether Pakatan likes it or not that's what the constitution prescribed.You don't dissolve the whole assembly just because the majority has lost confidence in the menteri besar.
To demonstrate is to show disrespect for the Sultan and surely looking for trouble.Let's hope Anwar uses his good judgement.The PKR and Pakatan people should accept the outcome with decorum.
Sultan Azlan Shah is a good sultan and well-versed with the law. He was a former Lord President and should know his decision would be in accordance with the state and federal constitutions. That's why he can't simply give the dissolution of the assembly to the Menteri Besar when he met him, he has to look at other considerations ,he has to hear what the other side has in store, whether they have the majority support to form the government.
The sultan has the power to appoint anyone as menteri besar whom he thinks has the command of the majority support of the members of the house. That person needs not necessarily must come from the BN. All he needs is the majority support of the members of the house.
Should the Sultan, in his good judgement, thinks no one command the majority support and confidence of the members or there exists a stalemate than he can proceed to dissolve the assembly.
I don't have to quote the relevent section of the Perak state constitution as most of the states have quite similar contents and similar to Article 43 (2) (a) of the Federal Constitution.
No menteri besar, no political party and no demonstration can influence the Sultan's decision, he is guided by the constitution.
The biggest problem with PKR was its choices of elected representatives both states and parliament. It was in such a hurry to fill up nominations for candidates in the March 2008 Elections no filtering and thorough screening of candidates were done and the party is now landed with a motley crew of riff-raff, slime ball and soldiers of fortune. PAS and DAP seem to have less of this kind of problems.
Pakatan is planning a mammoth rally if the Sultan of Perak does not agree to the dissolution of the Perak state assembly ? Anwar Ibrahim and Pakatan may be making a big mistake here if they think the Sultan is going to take lightly to this kind of intimidation of the palace.
It is the process of democracy. No menteri besar and his government can stand if he has lost command of majority confidence of the members of the house.As there are alternative entity that have the confidence of the majority of the members a fresh mandate is not necessary.A fresh mandate is only necessary when there is chaos and no clear alternative that enjoy majority support to be menteri besar and to form a government.Whether Pakatan likes it or not that's what the constitution prescribed.You don't dissolve the whole assembly just because the majority has lost confidence in the menteri besar.
To demonstrate is to show disrespect for the Sultan and surely looking for trouble.Let's hope Anwar uses his good judgement.The PKR and Pakatan people should accept the outcome with decorum.
Sultan Azlan Shah is a good sultan and well-versed with the law. He was a former Lord President and should know his decision would be in accordance with the state and federal constitutions. That's why he can't simply give the dissolution of the assembly to the Menteri Besar when he met him, he has to look at other considerations ,he has to hear what the other side has in store, whether they have the majority support to form the government.
The sultan has the power to appoint anyone as menteri besar whom he thinks has the command of the majority support of the members of the house. That person needs not necessarily must come from the BN. All he needs is the majority support of the members of the house.
Should the Sultan, in his good judgement, thinks no one command the majority support and confidence of the members or there exists a stalemate than he can proceed to dissolve the assembly.
I don't have to quote the relevent section of the Perak state constitution as most of the states have quite similar contents and similar to Article 43 (2) (a) of the Federal Constitution.
No menteri besar, no political party and no demonstration can influence the Sultan's decision, he is guided by the constitution.
The biggest problem with PKR was its choices of elected representatives both states and parliament. It was in such a hurry to fill up nominations for candidates in the March 2008 Elections no filtering and thorough screening of candidates were done and the party is now landed with a motley crew of riff-raff, slime ball and soldiers of fortune. PAS and DAP seem to have less of this kind of problems.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The Moneyed Kind: Is Kedah Next ?
Hantu Laut
The ephemeral rule of Perak by Pakatan should be a lesson for them not to play with fire. Anwar Ibrahim's arrogance and game of cat and mouse had backfired on him.If you think you can do it we can do better seems to be what Najib must have said to himself quietly.At this juncture there is still no sign of the Sultan agreeing to dissolve the state assembly and it appears he is not likely to.Only 4 assemblymen have shifted out of the government and would probably change allegiance and support the BN to form the new government.Appears no justification to dissolve the whole assembly and spend unnecessary funds on fresh elections.
Picture of shocking disbelief and sadness
Now, Anwar Ibrahim can't scream injustice or accused the BN of undemocratic means, it was the game he started and wanted to play to take away BN's MPs to topple them so he could be prime minister.Unfortunately, none took his baits.His September 16 2008 dateline and his claim of 30 frogs crossing over to his side never took place.
Smiling Najib and jubilant BN politicians and party members
After almost a year, with the exception of SAPP leaving the BN, only one cross over from BN to PR took place and for less than two weeks the slime ball has returned back to UMNO and brought with him more PR assemblymen.
The only states in the PR stables that looked safe would be Penang and Kelantan.
Kedah may be the next one to go.The PR has 21 against BN 14, the BN needs only 4 to cross over to take the government.Selangor looked harder, but not impossible, the BN needs 9 to take the government.Once the BN get these few states, surely some MPs from Pakatan may not want to miss the train.
For almost a year Anwar had thrown empty threats at the BN that their days are numbered and many BN MPs have agreed to cross over to join Pakatan.The empty threats had not produced any BN's MP crossing over to his side.
The moral of the story is one must learn never to make threats you cannot carry out.It may come back to haunt you.
The ephemeral rule of Perak by Pakatan should be a lesson for them not to play with fire. Anwar Ibrahim's arrogance and game of cat and mouse had backfired on him.If you think you can do it we can do better seems to be what Najib must have said to himself quietly.At this juncture there is still no sign of the Sultan agreeing to dissolve the state assembly and it appears he is not likely to.Only 4 assemblymen have shifted out of the government and would probably change allegiance and support the BN to form the new government.Appears no justification to dissolve the whole assembly and spend unnecessary funds on fresh elections.
Picture of shocking disbelief and sadnessNow, Anwar Ibrahim can't scream injustice or accused the BN of undemocratic means, it was the game he started and wanted to play to take away BN's MPs to topple them so he could be prime minister.Unfortunately, none took his baits.His September 16 2008 dateline and his claim of 30 frogs crossing over to his side never took place.
Smiling Najib and jubilant BN politicians and party membersAfter almost a year, with the exception of SAPP leaving the BN, only one cross over from BN to PR took place and for less than two weeks the slime ball has returned back to UMNO and brought with him more PR assemblymen.
The only states in the PR stables that looked safe would be Penang and Kelantan.
Kedah may be the next one to go.The PR has 21 against BN 14, the BN needs only 4 to cross over to take the government.Selangor looked harder, but not impossible, the BN needs 9 to take the government.Once the BN get these few states, surely some MPs from Pakatan may not want to miss the train.
For almost a year Anwar had thrown empty threats at the BN that their days are numbered and many BN MPs have agreed to cross over to join Pakatan.The empty threats had not produced any BN's MP crossing over to his side.
The moral of the story is one must learn never to make threats you cannot carry out.It may come back to haunt you.
Dirty Politics: Najib vs Anwar, Perak May Fall
Hantu Laut
Very few political campaigns have been completely free of dirty politics. Slander,libel,forgery and other potentially damaging criminal acts to embarrass political rivals are the instruments of choice in this dirty game.Some are of the notion that they should use any and all means necessary to guarantee a win and do not feel guilty of their unsavoury ways.Dirty politics range from invasive investigations and revelation of an opponent's personal life, their families and friends to past misdemeanours.
In the recent US Presidential Election, Democrat's candidate Barack Hussein Obama had been the target of dirty politics.His opponents alleged he is a Muslim as his middle name 'Hussein' connotes an Islamic name.Even the New York Times, in abhorrent bad taste, jumped on the bandwagon and came up with a caricature of him in Islamic garb.Fortunately for Obama, the American people didn't buy the story. He won the presidency and created history as the first black president of the US.
In Malaysia, dirty politics have broken all the rules of decency and in some cases even the rule of law. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim had been accused of sodomy by the victim himself and police report was lodged against him and he has been charged by the police and awaiting trail.Most Malaysian don't believe the story, majority believed it was politically motivated and part of the government ploy to stop him from gaining power. Najib was the suspected master mind of the plot as the victim had been seen in his house before the expos'e.
Najib is even in a bigger mess than Anwar. He was alleged to be romantically linked to a beautiful Mongolian model who was cruelly murdered and her body blown up by explosives by two policemen who had been official body guards to him and his wife.The indomitable Raja Petra Kamaruddin, the most sensational and controversial Malaysian blogger, had signed a Statutory Declaration implicating Najib's wife in the murder.The main accused Razak Beginda, a close friend of Najib was acquitted by the court adding more speculation to a conspiracy to alter the course of justice away from the real culprits.
In Najib's case, although he could well be victim of dirty politics, majority of Malaysians seemed to believe the story.Why is Anwar seen more innocent ? Was it sympathy because of the bad treatment he got under the BN government or he is just a better actor than Najib. Could it be the many years he spent in prison for what he called trumped-up charges by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad that deflects whatever wrongs he may have committed?
The political impasse in Perak is a battle between Najib and Anwar.The politics in the state will get dirtier until one side is vanquished.
Two seemingly corrupt assemblymen charged by the ACA and awaiting trail suddenly become hot shits for UMNO. Will the court case on 10 February for the two accused be foregone conclusion. They would be found innocent ?
How UMNO going to explain accepting two assemblymen awaiting trail for corruptions when they are in the midst of cleaning up their own house from corruptions or was it because they already knew what the outcome of the trail would be.
On the other hand, why was the Perak state assembly Speaker so eager to accept the resignations of the two assemblymen by ignoring their objections to the letters which they claimed were pre-signed and undated.Why didn't he call the two assemblymen for clarification.Wasn't he showing bias and partiality because he is from PKR and appointed by PKR to that position?
Adding more intrigue to the fascinating world of dirty politics is the Election Commission's decision not to allow the by-elections.This would be the first time the EC rejects call for by-election.Whether they are empowered to do so we have to wait for the court case taken against them by the Perak state government.
In the meantime , Najib is still in the driver's seat, Anwar is the back seat driver and Perak in a limbo.
In latest development it was reported more Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen have absconded.DAP's Hee Yit Foong has resigned from her party and former UMNO Bota assemblyman Nasaruddin had disappeared and expected to return to UMNO.Perak Menter Besar Nizar Jamaluddin is seeking audience with the Sultan to dissolve the whole assembly and call for fresh election.
Najib Tun Razak may see the Sultan to form a new government.
Perak getting very messy.
Very few political campaigns have been completely free of dirty politics. Slander,libel,forgery and other potentially damaging criminal acts to embarrass political rivals are the instruments of choice in this dirty game.Some are of the notion that they should use any and all means necessary to guarantee a win and do not feel guilty of their unsavoury ways.Dirty politics range from invasive investigations and revelation of an opponent's personal life, their families and friends to past misdemeanours.
In the recent US Presidential Election, Democrat's candidate Barack Hussein Obama had been the target of dirty politics.His opponents alleged he is a Muslim as his middle name 'Hussein' connotes an Islamic name.Even the New York Times, in abhorrent bad taste, jumped on the bandwagon and came up with a caricature of him in Islamic garb.Fortunately for Obama, the American people didn't buy the story. He won the presidency and created history as the first black president of the US.
In Malaysia, dirty politics have broken all the rules of decency and in some cases even the rule of law. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim had been accused of sodomy by the victim himself and police report was lodged against him and he has been charged by the police and awaiting trail.Most Malaysian don't believe the story, majority believed it was politically motivated and part of the government ploy to stop him from gaining power. Najib was the suspected master mind of the plot as the victim had been seen in his house before the expos'e.
Najib is even in a bigger mess than Anwar. He was alleged to be romantically linked to a beautiful Mongolian model who was cruelly murdered and her body blown up by explosives by two policemen who had been official body guards to him and his wife.The indomitable Raja Petra Kamaruddin, the most sensational and controversial Malaysian blogger, had signed a Statutory Declaration implicating Najib's wife in the murder.The main accused Razak Beginda, a close friend of Najib was acquitted by the court adding more speculation to a conspiracy to alter the course of justice away from the real culprits.
In Najib's case, although he could well be victim of dirty politics, majority of Malaysians seemed to believe the story.Why is Anwar seen more innocent ? Was it sympathy because of the bad treatment he got under the BN government or he is just a better actor than Najib. Could it be the many years he spent in prison for what he called trumped-up charges by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad that deflects whatever wrongs he may have committed?
The political impasse in Perak is a battle between Najib and Anwar.The politics in the state will get dirtier until one side is vanquished.
Two seemingly corrupt assemblymen charged by the ACA and awaiting trail suddenly become hot shits for UMNO. Will the court case on 10 February for the two accused be foregone conclusion. They would be found innocent ?
How UMNO going to explain accepting two assemblymen awaiting trail for corruptions when they are in the midst of cleaning up their own house from corruptions or was it because they already knew what the outcome of the trail would be.
On the other hand, why was the Perak state assembly Speaker so eager to accept the resignations of the two assemblymen by ignoring their objections to the letters which they claimed were pre-signed and undated.Why didn't he call the two assemblymen for clarification.Wasn't he showing bias and partiality because he is from PKR and appointed by PKR to that position?
Adding more intrigue to the fascinating world of dirty politics is the Election Commission's decision not to allow the by-elections.This would be the first time the EC rejects call for by-election.Whether they are empowered to do so we have to wait for the court case taken against them by the Perak state government.
In the meantime , Najib is still in the driver's seat, Anwar is the back seat driver and Perak in a limbo.
In latest development it was reported more Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen have absconded.DAP's Hee Yit Foong has resigned from her party and former UMNO Bota assemblyman Nasaruddin had disappeared and expected to return to UMNO.Perak Menter Besar Nizar Jamaluddin is seeking audience with the Sultan to dissolve the whole assembly and call for fresh election.
Najib Tun Razak may see the Sultan to form a new government.
Perak getting very messy.
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