The Battle For Perak...

The Battle For Perak....

 Anwar’s attack in Tambun is a 

long overdue strategy to win GE15...

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim does not have much time left in his quest for the Iron Throne. He would be 80 years old in the next 16th General Election. Like any other heavyweights, the president of PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat or People’s Justice Party) has been contested in his “safe seat” – Permatang Pauh – from 1982 to 2013, before contesting in Port Dickson.

Even then, he was forced to contest in Port Dickson in 2018 after received a royal pardon because his safe seat was being held by his daughter, Nurul Izzah, who won it in the 2018 General Election. His wife, Wan Azizah, had held the parliamentary seat on his behalf in the 1999, 2004 and 2008 General Election (as well as 2015 by-election) when Mr Anwar was imprisoned.

On Thursday (Oct 20), Anwar, who is also chairman of the Pakatan Harapan coalition, announced that he will be contesting in the federal constituency of Tambun, Perak for the upcoming general election. Addressing a crowd of 7,000, he said – “I am not choosing a safe seat with a huge majority. I am brave to go and contest in Tambun. Perak will be the frontline for our struggle in this election.”

By shifting his electoral base to contest next month’s national election in the Perak state, Anwar finally adopts a new strategy to capture the federal government. Instead of playing safe since the former deputy prime minister was sacked by PM Mahathir Mohamad in 1998, PKR finally understands that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

Exactly what took him so long to get out of his comfort zone and take some risks? As a start, time is not on his side. For almost 25 years, Anwar has been chasing his own tail, contesting in his safe seat while hoping his party and allies could win enough parliamentary seats to enable him becomes the next premier. Now, he suddenly realized that he has to “seriously lead” the Opposition.

Before Anwar announced that Perak will be the frontline of Pakatan Harapan, he admitted that he was inspired by Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the coalition. Indeed, if only Anwar had led PKR the same way DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang aggressively and courageously explored new frontiers, perhaps Anwar would have become a prime minister already.

Lim Kit Siang - DAP Supremo...

From Melaka (1969-1978), Lim Kit Siang contested and won in Selangor (1978-1982), before going back to Melaka (1982-1986) and thereafter Penang (1986-1999), Perak (2004-2013) and finally Johor (2013-2018). Today, except Perlis, Terengganu and Kelantan, DAP has state assembly representatives in every state in Malaysia. In the 2018 General Election, DAP won 42 parliamentary seats – its best achievement.

Kit Siang’s formula is creating a new safe seat for the party, before moving on to slaughter a new enemy and convert that seat for party members. It was through such hard work that DAP captured Penang in 2008 and together with fellow PKR and Amanah took Selangor in the same year. In 2018, the Opposition captured Kedah, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Sabah and Johor.

After Borneo states Sarawak (31 parliamentary seats) and Sabah (25 seats), Perak has 24 seats – the second most seats after Johor (26 seats) in Peninsular. No political party or coalition can form a government without first capturing Johor. The bastion of UMNO from even before independence – Johor – was lost to Pakatan Harapan 4 years ago. Now, Anwar wants to recapture Perak.

Last month, when the PKR president toyed with the idea of contesting in a seat held by a traitor of PKR or Pakatan Harapan, many thought Anwar was targeting former PKR deputy president Azmin Ali or former PKR vice-president Zuraida Kamaruddin. While it would be a sweet revenge for Anwar to slaughter Azmin and Zuraida and take back the Gombak and Ampang seats, it’s nevertheless a childish strategy.

PKR could send someone else to defeat both traitors. Anwar would be “under-used” if he contests in Gombak or Ampang because at most, Pakatan Harapan will gain an extra seat. However, if he is used as the “poster boy” in Perak, it would boost the chance to win up to 24 parliamentary seats in the state. After capturing Perak in the 2018, the state was lost in 2020 due to defection and betrayal.

Interestingly, Tambun is a relatively new stronghold for Pakatan Harapan. Having won the seat for the first time in 2018, ending over 30 years of Barisan Nasional dominance there, the seat was subsequently lost after Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) deputy president Ahmad Faizal Azumu defected. Worse, the traitor won it under the Pakatan Harapan banner.

Minister of Sports Ahmad Faizal Azumu...

Azmin, along with Zuraida and another 9 PKR MPs, left the party in a move known as the “Sheraton Move”. The 11 PKR traitors joined MPs from Bersatu, led by Muhyiddin Yassin, in a coup to topple the democratically-elected Pakatan Harapan ruling government. In Perak, Chief Minister Azumu switched sides and formed a new backdoor state government with defeated UMNO and PAS Islamist party.

Hence, it does not matter which seat Anwar contests, as long as it belonged to one of the traitors. The strategy is to inflict maximum damage on the enemy base. In truth, Pakatan Harapan (previously Pakatan Rakyat) won the Perak state election in 2008 prior to 2018, but on both occasions unable to serve out full terms due to the same problem – treachery and betrayal.

With the anti-hopping law in place, Perak state can absolutely be captured again because the Opposition had done it twice. But can Anwar really win Tambun? Ahmad Faizal Azumu had won the seat with a 5,320 vote majority in 2018. The ethnic breakdown of Tambun’s electorate (2018) consists of 68.4% Malay, 18.54% Chinese, 11.5% Indian and 2% other ethnicities.

This shows Anwar has indeed taken a risky bet. Even if he could grab the entire 20% Chinese vote bank, he still needs another 30% of Malay or Indian votes combined to sail through. However, in addition to using PKR logo, Azumu had won the seat with over 5,000 vote majority in 2018 – suggesting that the Malay votes were split in a multi-cornered contest.

Unless UMNO and PAS joined forces, which is impossible as both Malay-based parties are at each other’s throats, Mr Anwar can certainly win Tambun. The fact that Azumu has immediately attacked Anwar after his announcement to contest Tambun, babbling about a 10-year-old interview with the Wall Street Journal about Israel, speaks volumes about the level of panic in Bersatu.

Heck, Azumu was so terrified and panicked that he has even announced that he would not defend the Chenderiang state seat. Obviously, the move is to eliminate the risk of Azumu, known for his incompetence during his tenure as Perak Chief Minister, losing both Tambun parliamentary seat and Chenderiang state seat. Given a change, he wanted to run away, but there isn’t any safe seat for him.

Pakatan Harapan...

Another reason Anwar could win is because UMNO-controlled news media have started attacking him, predicting that Tambun would be his Waterloo. Half-baked analysts from local universities have similarly expressed comical predictions that Anwar would lose because Azumu is younger, has stronger grassroots, a more caring leader and command the trust of young voters.

Get real, do you really think Anwar would jump blindly into Tambun without doing any survey or groundwork? Even if PKR Perak did not do any homework, DAP Perak led by Nga Kor Ming would not commit suicide by welcoming Anwar to lead the battle in Perak. If Pakatan Harapan loses, it does not matter whether Anwar wins or lose because it would be game over anyway.

But if the PKR president could inspire and mobilize the people of Perak to vote for Pakatan Harapan, not only the state would be captured, it could lead to winning the federal government. In the event Anwar lost in Tambun but the opposition won the federal government, it would still be a great victory. No matter how you calculate, betting Anwar in Tambun is still worth it.

More importantly, it creates a perception that Anwar has the balls of steel, unlike UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (hiding in Bagan Datuk) or MCA president Wee Ka Siong (surviving on Malay support in Ayer Hitam) or PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang (hiding in Marang). Traitor Mahiaddin Yassin isn’t even sure if he could defend his Pagoh, which he won under the PKR ticket in 2018 thanks to 30% Chinese votes.

But Kit Siang was not alone in flipping enemy constituencies. Before Johor, the birthplace of UMNO, fells in 2018, DAP had laid the groundwork by sending several senior party leaders to Johor in 2013 – including strategist Liew Chin Tong. Those groundwork was the essence that brought ultimately down the state in 2018, leaving arrogant UMNO speechless.

In the case of Perak, Pakatan Harapan does not need to wait another 5 years. The state had already collapsed in 2008, and again in 2018. Anwar’s tactical move to Tambun would provide the little push required to repeat the 2018 result. Not only the “Perakians” can’t wait to teach the frogs a lesson, they are sick and tired of the lack of jobs and development during Barisan Nasional and Perikatan Nasional governments. - FT

‘Maaf Ismail Sabri, debat adalah budaya kita’

Ismail Sabri 'Debat bukan budaya kita'...

Naib Presiden Umno Ismail Sabri Yaakob hari ini menolak cadangan dibuat Pengerusi Pakatan Harapan (PH), Anwar Ibrahim, agar calon-calon perdana menteri dipertemukan dalam sesi perdebatan. Bagi Ismail Sabri, amalan berdebat untuk calon perdana menteri bukanlah budaya di negara ini, selain menganggap tidak ada faedah yang dapat diperolehi daripada sesi tersebut.

"Yang pertamanya, bukan budaya kita untuk berdebat... tak pernah kita buat. Tak mendatangkan hasil pun. "Kalau kita buat berdebat, dia (Anwar) akan sebut segala janji manifesto dia, termasuk janji bulan dan bintang... jadi ia tak perlu," katanya pada sidang media di Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur tengah hari ini. - mk

Pandai pulak Pak Mael mengata dalam laporan Tommy Thomas, pembangkang diam tanda bersalah tapi ajak berdebat mula buat alasan bodoh. - Prejudice

Ya betul budaya kita adalah hanya menyamun dan mencuri macam 1MDB , belian kapal perang dan macam macam lagi. - Wan Khalid

'Not our culture' There is always a first time. Just admit you are scared lah. You can't debate to save your life. An intellectual you are not. - Apollos

You decline Anwar Ibrahim’s invitation to a debate, on the pathetic excuse that “it is not in our culture”. We are all fully aware that the real reason is that you know Anwar would make sambal ikan bilis out of you. Any oratory skills he may have do not matter, when you will have nothing to offer in response to his arguments. What is your vision and strategy for our future as a nation? All you possess is a pitiful record of dispensing gifts and grants in the childish hope it would elevate you to statesman. - Vijay47

What Ismail Sabri is saying is, if there is a debate between prime ministerial candidates it will be between Zahid, Anwar and Muhideen.It is not UMNO's culture where a VP can be nominated as PM candidate lah.Faham lah. Read between the lines. - Dr.Raman Letchumanan

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The festival of lights...

The festival of lights... .

Helping Hadi understand communism...

Recently, Hadi is said to have equated the DAP with communism and that communism is an ideology that disbelieve in God and that celebrating or honoring communism whether in important historical dates as well as personalities would make that person a hard core communist supporter.

Clearly to me, Hadi is in great need of education outside his own madrasah in order to be a contributing citizen, a community leader of all and perhaps even someday, the prime minister of a nation. However, before all that can happen, I wish to help him understand what it means to live in modern Malaysia and belong to a global community.

Firstly, in modern learning, a person can click on to the internet and get a lot of information on DAP, Barisan Alternatif and Pakatan Rakyat. One will find that Hadi’s party was a long time member of these political coalition that fought with Umno and the BN.

I followed many of Hadi’s speeches and ceramahs and nowhere did he declare DAP a communist party. That is history. If DAP indeed was and always had been a communist party, then PAS was a good friend of communism in Malaysia’s history!

Secondly, communism, as explained in easy reading sources like Wikipedia, is an economic model, not a religious belief. A religious belief is one that contains the idea of an afterlife, a divine entity as a God or Allah and perhaps a list of Messengers of God like Prophets and Messiahs.

Communism simply is a way of dividing essential life resources equally among the community without anyone having more than the other. Communism is an economic model, not a religious belief.

30 bulan jadi kerajaang pun gagal nak haramkan DAP.

Apa yang berjaya pun tak tahu?…

Communism is opposed to capitalism where one can be born rich, inherit wealth and does not have to work a day in his or her life. Interestingly, this economic model is almost the same as the kibbutz communal sustainable living concept in Israel.

I saw a few young Malay travelers experiencing the kibbutz life in Israel and they noted how the community ate together in a large hall and any young man or woman can choose to drive one of thirty vehicles owned by the community.

I also understand that the religious group in Malaysia called Al-Arqam also used this kind of communal ownership and distribution of wealth in their kampung living. So, communism is an economic model, not a religion.

If communism is against Islam so much, then why does one internet source quotes that there are 23 million Muslims in China and another quotes that there are 28,000 mosques in China with 19,000 in Xinjiang alone? Should not Islam have been eradicated totally by the time communism came to power?

We all know that Najib as the prime minister signed a memorandum of understanding to borrow heavily from China. Does that make Najib a communist? Or does that make Umno and BN also communist? Do visitors from Malaysia who visit China for travel and business also supporters of communism?

This is called global coexistence. We depend on each other of different nations for help, learning and other things. I have many PhD students from China at UCSI University. So, does that mean I am also a godless communist?

Once I graduated two Shi’a Iranians in PhD when I was with a public university in Johor, and so does that make me a disloyal Sunni and a closet Shi’ite? This is called academic sharing. I have also been invited to attend Christmas celebrations by my Christian friends and so does that make me a Christian? I have also spoken at Buddhist events and does that make me a kafir? No, this is called community living and mutual respect.

UMNO yang dok beromen dengan 

komunis tu,lebai2 PAS OK pulak!!!

Chin Peng was a Chinese Malayan who belonged to the communist party. Rashid Maidin was also a high-ranking member of the communist party. They were both communists. But they were also Malayan, Malay and Chinese who have family members in this country. This is called a family affair, not a political one.

However bad Najib is, I don’t believe he should be buried in an unknown island somewhere but he should be respected as a member of a large family in Malaysia.

The above take is how modern learning helps modern people relate to one another. Modern learning does not support the idea that people should follow one person’s take on everything without critical questioning and rationalizing.

In the olden days, information sources were scarce and thus, those tok gurus who had traveled extensively to acquire knowledge and wisdom from many teachers living very far from each other had the right to consider themselves exclusively knowledgeable, and those learning from them should accept without much questioning their teachings. Not so nowadays. Universities should close down if they use archaic methods of teaching and knowledge development like this tradition.

Similarly, if Hadi insists on making everyone around him who does not believe in his own brand of Islam or history an enemy, then he deserves to spend the rest of his life on a deserted island with only fishes, birds, baboons, monkeys and squirrels as well as a few dogs to “agree” or not dispute his ideas and inclinations.

But all of us have to live in Malaysia with its multiplicity of cultures, faiths and lifestyles. All of us also have to live in a larger global community and grow together as complementary and interdependent human beings and cultures in peace and harmony.

Perhaps PAS and Hadi are not ready to accept the idea of modern education and a global living community. For me, that we depend on each other as human beings, that we learn from each other to overcome weakness and that we honor each other with dignity, are the testimony of true religious spirituality. - Prof Dr. Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi 

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Anwar vs Peja: Who dares wins...

Anwar vs Peja: Who dares wins....

 

It shouldn’t be difficult for opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to give the Tambun incumbent, the former Perak mentri besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu, also known as Peja, a bloody nose. The Bersatu deputy president, who is also the youth and sports minister, is not popular amongst ordinary Malaysians.

If Anwar (above, right) can solve Tambun’s problems, and by association, the issues troubling Ipoh and Perak, then he should not have a problem winning our vote.

Despite his lack of academic qualifications, Peja (above, left) achieved a meteoric rise up the greasy pole of politics. He possesses one stellar achievement, which is the art of ampu-bodek (grovelling), but he does not mind the negative comments about his lack of commitment, because he is handsomely rewarded for switching sides.

He was made mentri besar, then briefly became a special adviser to a former PM, and despite his mediocrity, was made a minister.

Peja also has exceptional skill in switching sides, and it is difficult keeping up with his revolving door allegiances. His early career was in Umno-Baru, but in the run-up to the 14th general election (GE14), he switched sides to Bersatu which was then part of Pakatan Harapan, and later Perikatan Nasional following the “Sheraton Move”.

The forgotten voters: the Orang Asli

A disastrous MB

The orang asli in the constituency of Chenderiang felt betrayed by Peja, who encouraged crony timber barons to encroach onto their ancestral land in 2018. When criticised, Peja blamed the orang asli for failing to improve themselves.

As menteri besar, Peja awarded multi-million ringgit forestry projects to companies with RM2 paid-up capital. No open tenders were involved, and when netizens attacked him, he brushed aside their criticisms.

Ipoh folks were furious that Bukit Kledang, overlooking Menglembu was denuded, and residents who lived lower down the hill were fearful of being buried in landslides after nonstop heavy rains. The arrogant Peja ignored residents' concerns.

Malaysians were also angry that Peja was one of the main architects in the Sheraton Move of 2020. He flip-flopped from one policy to another. He did little to support athletes when he became the youth and sports minister.

As mentri besar, he was weak and ineffective, wasted money on white elephant projects such as the money-sucking MAPS theme park. He did very little about stopping environmental degradation and was clueless about attracting young talent to return and rebuild Perak.

So, is Anwar up to the task of giving Peja a good thrashing? At one time, Tambun, like Ipoh, Kampar, Batu Gajah, and Tapah, was rich. These towns were built with tin money and were populated by millionaires.

Along came former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his Maminco project to corner the London tin market. Almost overnight, these millionaire havens became ghost towns. Mahathir could not have cooked up a better plan to rid Ipoh and its environs of the Chinese tycoons and their influence.

Will Anwar be able to rejuvenate Tambun and the Kinta Valley? It is an open secret that there are many officials on the take and many indiscriminate developments take place in the area.

Are We Doing Enough To Protect Our Limestone Hills?

Environmental destruction for ‘development’

Development is not just about building gleaming structures of concrete and steel. There is also mental and social development. Will Anwar get rid of the parochial attitudes of the administration in Perak? Does he have a creative team who will prevent young Perakians from seeking their fortunes in other states, or overseas? Our schools are struggling.

When Harapan was briefly in power in 2018, the destruction of the limestone hills was halted. Umno-Baru resumed this destruction; will Anwar stop it again?

Anwar should stand in the middle of Tambun town and look at the surrounding limestone hills. They are fast disappearing. Successive Umno-Baru MPs and administrations have done little to preserve the beauty of Ipoh, and its karst hills. These limestone outcrops are what give the Kinta valley its beauty.

The destruction can be clearly seen if Anwar were to approach Tambun from the North-South highway because on either side of him, the limestone hills are being blown to smithereens. Any caves and archaeological treasures would not have survived the explosions.

The Lost World of Tambun

Few developers in the area care. Their concern is to flatten the hills and erect concrete jungles and skyscrapers. They ignore the drainage of the area, so flash floods are common. Further north, illegal sand mining is common.

On the outskirts of Tambun, vegetable farmers have had several run-ins with the authorities. Farmers, who have tilled the lands for at least four generations, are being evicted. Malaysia has a serious problem with food security, but the government pays lip service to this problem.

Why not help the farmers who grow cheap vegetables, not just for the local trade, but also for export to Singapore? Anwar should look into this problem. We lack an efficient public transport system. Despite all the promises, the administration has failed the Kinta Valley residents. Litter is also a huge problem. The place lacks a cohesive education campaign about littering, and enforcement to punish fly-tippers is haphazard at best.

Politics is a nasty business in Malaysia and it is particularly bad, in Perak Look at how the convict Najib Abdul Razak destroyed the state’s democracy in 2009. Corruption and tribal politics have become a way of life.

Anwar can accomplish a lot in Perak, but he should do less talking. He should show us what he is capable of. Show, not tell. Act, not talk. Prove it in Tambun and even his worst sceptics might back him all the way to Putrajaya. - Mariam Mokhtar.mk

GE15: Let the games begin...

It is our hope that on November 19, all the 21.17 million eligible voters in the country will exercise their rights and use the ballots in their hands to pick the right people who will inject a new lease of life into the country’s future!

EC chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh announced on Thursday that the polling day of the 15th general election will fall on November 19 (Saturday) while nomination is on November 5 (Saturday), with 14 days of campaigning.

Caretaker prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced the dissolution of parliament on October 10 to pave way for an early general election. As a matter of fact, it is not too hard to fix the nomination and polling dates, but it seems that EC needed to take ten whole days to make the announcement.

His Majesty Yang di-Pertuan Agong has earlier hoped that the election would be held as soon as possible, but the November 19 polling day may likely not avert a soggy monsoon season.

The 15th general election will be using the supplementary electoral roll updated as on August 9 this year, with a total of 21,173,638 eligible voters or 6.23 million more than the 14.94 million in the last election. These first-time voters will make up a major factor of uncertainty in the upcoming election and their voting trends will very likely affect the final outcome.

222 members of parliament will be elected in GE15, although quite many states are not going to hold their state elections concurrently. Only three states – Pahang, Perak and Perlis will have 116 state assembly seats up for grabs in this election.

Separate parliamentary and state elections would invariably bring down the voter turnout, and observers are of the view that a lower voter turnout will work in the favor of Barisan Nasional because it was the unusually high 82.32% voter turnout in 2018 that brought about the first ever change in federal administrative in the country’s history.

Unfortunately, anti-establishment sentiment is not expected to be wholly duplicated this time. None of the three major political camps – BN PN and PH have what it takes to reignite the people’s enthusiasm to go out and vote. Even if the polling day falls on a Saturday, we may not see a repeat of what took place four years ago when voters traveled back to their hometowns to vote in the middle of a working week.

The voter turnout will very likely slip back to around 70%, even if such a rate already makes many democratic countries green with envy. Will BN benefit from such a low turnout? Let’s just wait and see! The imminent monsoon floods could also affect the voter turnout and hence the final outcome.

Starting from next month, the northeast monsoon is expected to bring tons of rainfall to the peninsula. The Met’s historical statistics show that it is extremely rare for three east coast states of Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan not to be inundated after mid-November.

As such, PAS votes in its fortress states of Kelantan and Terengganu will likely be thinned, especially in the absence of state elections, and this is going to give BN a possible boost. The 14 days of campaign period should be more than enough for parties to nominate and campaign for their candidates because it is still three days longer than in the last election.

But due to the decision to rush through the election before the floods arrive, the EC will only start printing the ballot papers after the nomination, and many overseas voters may not have enough time to receive and send back their postal votes. The chaos arising from postal voting in the last election is set to repeat itself this time. Although Global Bersih has urged the EC to give at least 21 days for campaigning to make sure all overseas postal votes could be sent back in time, they are going to be disappointed again this time.

The two weeks from Thursday until November 5 nomination day will mark a crucial moment for the three major political camps to allocate the seats optimally among their component parties. There’s no point fielding more candidates in unwinnable constituencies. For example for BN, it is said that Umno is eyeing the seats of Alor Setar, Raub and Alor Gajah, although this has been denied by MCA. If in the event this rumor becomes a reality, it won’t be DAP that wipes out MCA in this election but Umno!

This election offers a good opportunity for BN’s return to the core of power, but this could change if the perception of Chinese voters is affected by BN’s unfair seat allocation. By comparison, the component parties and allies of PH and PN have been largely able to avert such a dilemma, and 222 seats are enough to be distributed among the parties.

Some heavyweight candidates have decided not to defend their seats. For instance, Anwar Ibrahim will run in Tambun, while some DAP heavyweights are said to abandon their strongholds to make way for new blood and take up much more challenging seats themselves. Nevertheless, in light of the ebbing anti-establishment sentiment, their risky ventures may not necessarily pay off.

The nomination strategies of competing parties is at best guesswork in the run-up to the nomination day. That said, there are certain issues that warrant our concern. Among them, older faces should step aside while young professionals and female candidates will more readily strike a chord with voters.

Besides, candidates should watch their every move and speech, and should offer more constructive political views instead of talking rubbish. Of course, as the effects of social media are far-reaching, perhaps they should seriously consider the rights and needs of young first-time voters..

It is our hope that on November 19, all the 21.17 million eligible voters in the country will exercise their rights and use the ballots in their hands to pick the right people who will inject a new lease of life into the country’s future! - MySinchew

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UMNO dirty trick begins...

UMNO dirty trick begins....

Autogates at Johor checkpoint suspended 

to prevent Chinese voters return from Singapore...

Effective from October 16, 2022 to November 10, 2022, travellers entering or exiting Malaysia have to increase their level of patience. The already long queue will get even worse. That’s because during the period, the automated customs clearance system at the Sultan Iskandar Building’s Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) checkpoint in Johor will be suspended.

According to the official Facebook page of the Sultan Iskandar Building, the closure is to facilitate autogates replacement and installation works. While the announcement said not all auto-gates will be closed, it did not specify how many automated gates will operate as usual – raising suspicion that it could be a hasty decision to discourage Malaysian Chinese working in Singapore from returning to vote.

As an alternative, according to the Malaysian custom, travellers can go to specific counters where clearance will be done manually. The following are the counters for different categories of travellers:

Counter 1 – 4 - for Malaysian citizens

Counter 5 - for senior citizens, people with disabilities, pregnant mothers and Malaysian permanent residents

Counter 6 – 18 - for all passports

Due to the manual processing, time taken for clearance at the checkpoint will certainly increase. Since the border reopening on April 1 this year, an average 138,000 people used the Sultan Iskandar Building’s Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) checkpoint every day. Another 28,000 people used the Sultan Abu Bakar Complex (KSAB) CIQ, Gelang Patah daily.

All auto-gates and foreign visitors e-gates, as well as the Malaysian Automated Clearance System (MACS) in Johor were suspended since March 2020 to limit the spread of Covid-19 infection. In March 2022, Malaysia and Singapore announced that fully vaccinated travellers can travel between both countries in their own vehicles again beginning April 1, 2022 without the need for quarantine or Covid tests.

Therefore, the burning question is why the Johor authorities did not use the 2 years during the Covid lockdown to replace, repair or install auto-gates. Even though the country was under lockdown, it doesn’t mean critical works cannot be carried out. Besides, the lockdowns did not stretch for the full 2 years. There were partial liftings of lockdown, allowing maintenance jobs.

 

Sultan Iskandar Building Customs, Immigration and 

Quarantine CIQ Checkpoint Johor - Crowded Jam...

The 3 weeks needed now to upgrade auto-gates could be easily scheduled within the 2-year between March 2020 and March 2022. According to Johor Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) Onn Hafiz Ghazi in June 2022, there are 284 exit and entry counters operated at the CIQ BSI (Sultan Iskandar Building’s Customs, Immigration and Quarantine) and 169 at CIQ KSAB (Gelang Patah).

Out of the 284 counters at Sultan Iskandar Building’s CIQ, there are 38 counters for cars, 50 for motorcycles and 12 for heavy vehicles, as well as 42 automatic and manual counters for buses. Clearly, not only the sudden suspension of auto-gates was ill-thought as it definitely creates inconvenience to 138,000 users, the timing glaringly clashes with the coming 15th General Election.

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri announced the dissolution of Parliament on October 10, despite warning of flash floods during the current monsoon season. His party president – Ahmad Zahid Hamidi – has arrogantly announced that the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) will go to the national polls come rain of the flood, never mind people might lose their lives during the disaster.

Depending on how many states dissolve their respective legislatures to hold state elections concurrently with parliamentary election, the 15th General Election could be held within 4 weeks of Parliament dissolution. Well, guess what – four weeks since the October 10 coincides with November 10, the last day Sultan Iskandar Building’s CIQ checkpoint still suspended.

While the polling must be held within 60 days from the date of Parliament dissolution, the general election this time is likely to take place before November 10 to avoid the start of the monsoon season in mid-November. The Election Commission, which will have a special meeting on October 20, would most likely set Saturday (November 5) as the polling day.

Opposition Pakatan Harapan has announced three states under its control – Penang, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan – will not dissolve their respective state assemblies. Likewise, Perikatan Nasional, the biggest bloc of ally of PM Sabri, has decided not to go for a concurrent election in the states of Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu. The Election Commission will use these to justify an election on Nov 5.

This will enable ethnic Indian to celebrate the Deepavali festival on Oct 24 and allow for 2 weeks of campaigning. Even if the Election Commission delay it by another week to Oct 12 (Saturday), the Johor CIQ, under the federal government jurisdiction, can easily extend the auto-gates closure by another two days just to frustrate voters from going back to Malaysia to vote.

The 2018 General Election Najib had deliberately 

instructed Election Commission to set Wednesday...

This is not the first time the corrupt government of UMNO has resorted to dirty tricks to ensure a low turnout, which traditionally is advantageous to the party. In general, outstation voters, especially ethnic Chinese working in Singapore, would vote for the Opposition. The recent Melaka and Johor state elections are classic examples where outstation Chinese did not return to vote, leading to huge wins for UMNO.

In the 2018 General Election, then-PM Najib Razak had deliberately instructed Election Commission to set Wednesday – the first time on a weekday – as election day. The corrupt leader thought voters – both domestic and overseas – would not return to vote. However, it backfired, sparking outrage and pushed many angry Malaysians to raise funds to ensure a full turnout to vote out Najib regime.

Having learned its lesson four years ago, which saw the UMNO-led Barisan Nasional coalition ruling government lost power for the first time in history, UMNO dares not pull the same trick again. However, they have a new disgusting trick – weaponising the Sultan Iskandar Building’s Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) checkpoint in Johor to stop Chinese voters from casting their votes.

It was already bad that tons of complaints have been lodged about Immigration counters at the checkpoints being unmanned, which the lazy and incompetent Malaysian authorities conveniently blamed on lack of manpower. It now becomes worse as auto-gates are suspended for dubious reasons, creating a more serious bottleneck at manual counters.

Crossing the Johor Bahru checkpoints is notorious for hours of traffic jam during peak hours. Even if you take the public transport like bus, it doesn’t mean you will get clearance after reaching the checkpoint within 40 minutes. You might be stuck in the queue at the immigration hall for hours. Shutting down autogates means longer queues and bigger crowds.

At peak, more than 300,000 Malaysians travel across the Causeway daily, making it one of the busiest overland border crossings in the region. The majority of the travellers are Malaysians who work in the city state. The Coronavirus pandemic and the global inflation mean voters will prioritize the bread and butter issue over general election, at least this is what UMNO bets.

However, this also shows that UMNO isn’t as strong as it claims to be. Only cowards and crooks would selfishly declare an election during rainy season and shamelessly suspend auto-gates at immigration to make life difficult for voters working in Singapore. First, it was crooked Najib Razak. Now, it’s crooked Zahid Hamidi. Both crooks still haven’t learned their lesson. - FT

Tajuddin tries to kiss Zahid's hand 

at Umno event after suspension...

Bila cakap tu biar ada bukti. 

Ni sapa dgn bapak segala agen Mossad?...

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The insanity of a monsoon election...

The insanity of a monsoon election....

 

This whole idea of holding elections during the monsoon season is just madness. The monsoon season is a dangerous and destructive time. During the last monsoon season, dozens lost their lives; tens of thousands were displaced and billions of ringgit in losses were incurred.

It is a time when the machinery of government should be focused on preparing to evacuate flood victims, readying plans to provide food and shelter for those likely to be affected. To this end, the King himself called upon the nation to brace for heavy rain and extensive flooding. His message couldn’t be clearer: focus on the monsoon and the welfare of the people, not politics. That’s what responsible governments do. 

Already reports are coming in of floods in Selangor, Kedah, Negri Sembilan, Sabah and Sarawak. And this is only the beginning of the monsoon season. It’ll get worse in November when voting will take place. But instead of heeding the King’s plea, UMNO has stubbornly pushed ahead with its plans to dissolve parliament. 

Many are asking why on earth would Prime Minister Ismail Sabri call a general election in the middle of a monsoon season? Ismail says he had to dissolve parliament because 11 of his cabinet colleagues undermined his position by petitioning the King not to agree to dissolve parliament. He is simply being disingenuous. Only a few days ago, he insisted that it had not affected his position. The truth is he was too weak to stand up to Zahid Hamidi. He knows people are now angry and is trying to shift the blame elsewhere.

UMNO must think the voters are fools, that they can’t see through this charade. UMNO President Zahid Hamidi has been pushing for early elections for months now. This is the same man who even pushed for elections during the height of the Covid pandemic when people were dying by the hundreds. In fact, he has subjected this nation of ours to months and months of instability and political intrigue. Both he and Najib Tun Razak have gone out of their way to destabilise every government since UMNO lost power in May 2018. 

And we know why he’s doing it. He faces dozens of criminal charges. If convicted, he might spend years in a prison cell. His strategy is simple – capture the government through fresh elections and then put his men in all the right positions to make the charges against him go away. He knows, too, that once a conviction is handed down, it becomes harder to dismiss the charges. Time is not on his side. To save himself and his cronies, he must act and act quickly. 

But don’t take my word for it. Here’s how Zahid himself described the situation. UMNO-BN, he said in his speech to the MIC general assembly, must win big because if they don’t all of the would be dragged to court. Watch an excerpt of his speech in the video above. There you have it – from the horse’s mouth so to speak. 

And that my fellow Malaysians is why we are having this election in the middle of a monsoon season. It’s not about restoring stability. It’s not about getting the economy back on track. It’s not about helping ordinary folk feed their families or about bringing inflation under control. It’s all about saving themselves from prosecution. And they are willing to risk the lives, homes and property of voters to get what they want.

In fact, they are hoping that it will be so inconvenient to vote during the monsoon season that you will not be able to cast your vote. That’s what they want because they know that a low voter turnout will probably favour them. 

The question now is how do we the voters respond to this dastardly self-serving scheme by all these unscrupulous politicians who are endangering lives and putting us to great inconvenience just to save themselves.

I say that the best way to respond to Zahid Hamidi and his UMNO-BN cronies is to turn up to vote no matter what. Walk through water, stand in the rain if necessary but go out and vote if you can. Let’s vote out Zahid and UMNO-BN once and for all. We have to let them know that they cannot disrespect us – the voters – this way. - Dennis Ignatius

Banduan ni dok dalam jail atau di rumah

sambil minum Caramel Macchiato???

A vote for UMNO is a vote 

for Zahid to become next PM...

Who is the UMNO prime ministerial candidate if they win the 15th General Election? Since Ismail Sabri was pressured by party president Zahid Hamidi to dissolve the Parliament on Oct 10, nobody within the United Malays National Organization knows the answer. Only today, 5 days later, an UMNO division in Kelantan has proposed Sabri as the party’s candidate.

 

This means the turtle-egg man is no longer the “poster boy” because if he still was, the UMNO division did not need to go into trouble to nominate him. Previously, to trick PM Sabri to dissolve the Parliament and call for an early national election, Najib and Zahid – UMNO Court Cluster – had convinced the party to announce Sabri as the “poster boy”.

 

But that was before former Prime Minister Najib sent to Kajang Prison. The jailing of Najib means all the bets are off. Najib loyalist Puad Zakarshi has called the poster boy to be scrapped. Likewise, Zahid had instigated thousands of UMNO delegates and members to jeer and condemn Sabri for not interfering with the judiciary system to free their “Godfather”.

With Sabri’s reputation smeared within his party, do you really think he could still become the UMNO candidate as prime minister? Even if Zahid openly declares that Sabri, who ranked only third in the party hierarchy as one of three vice-presidents, is the prime ministerial candidate, there is no guarantee the UMNO president will keep his promise. Only fools will believe the gangster.

 

It was not many moons ago during the Johor state election when UMNO president Zahid announced that Hasni Mohammad would be nominated for a new term as Johor Chief Minister if UMNO-led Barisan Nasional coalition won. Yet, after it won 40 of the 56 state seats, Hasni was stunningly dropped and replaced at the last minute with an unknown Onn Hafiz.

 

With UMNO being run based on deceit and lies by a bunch of corrupt and power-hungry leaders, it’s not hard to see why Sabri would not be allowed to walk the corridors of power again. Even if Zahid could not become the 10th Prime Minister, the next qualified man is UMNO deputy president “Tok Mat” Mohamad Hasan – not “Turtle Egg” Ismail Sabri.

After the High Court acquitted Zahid of 40 corruption charges last month, he is on his way to become the next prime minister, or so he thought. Zahid is the only UMNO president since independence who has not become the prime minister, a humiliation he desperately wanted to redeem. However, the question remains if the UMNO gangster is qualified to become a Malaysia prime minister.

 

Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, one of UMNO warlords, revealed in June after he was dropped as the party Supreme Council member that the party chief was still eyeing on becoming prime minister at that time when Zahid was still facing corruption charges. Tajuddin mocked and ridiculed his useless party president as not qualified to lead UMNO, let alone as prime minister.

 

On Monday (Oct 10), the same day the Parliament was dissolved, Mr Zahid said something incredibly stupid. At a Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) assembly, the UMNO president had described the upcoming national election as “the mother of all general elections”. Worse, he reminded many other Barisan Nasional leaders that they would be slapped with criminal charges if UMNO loses.

In a video clip that has since gone viral, Zahid turned to his deputy Mohamad Hasan, followed by UMNO minister Hishammuddin Hussein, MIC president S.A. Vigneswaran and deputy president M. Saravanan, as well as Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) president Wee Ka Siong, reminding them that they would be prosecuted if Barisan Nasional lost.

 

Zahid’s comments, although were laughed by the audience during the MIC gathering, was a brutally frank admission that all the top leaders named were involved in corruption. The only reason they have not been charged is because the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has been ordered not to prosecute them. But if Opposition Pakatan Harapan wins, they would be in trouble.

Even Perlis Mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, a known hardcore supporter of UMNO and Barisan Nasional, was incredibly stunned. He said – “Stunned after hearing how a politician can openly admit that their intention to win the general election is to avoid corruption charges against them in court. If that happens, this country will become a haven for corruption.”

But those Barisan Nasional crooks were not the only one warned by the Prime Minister Wannabe to win next month’s election by hook or by crook. Disgraced Najib Razak, who is currently serving a 12-year jail term and is disqualified to contest, has submitted his name to contest in the coming general election. This is the first time in history that a prisoner has shamelessly put forward his own nomination.

Najib’s desperation was so spectacular that his notorious lawyer, Shafee Abdullah, is vigorously seeking the Prison Department’s permission to allow Najib to campaign in the general election. It seems that all the UMNO crooks are throwing everything, including the kitchen sink, to win the national polls so that they can form a new government to save them from corruption charges.

 

Zahid’s open admission that Barisan Nasional leaders need to win to escape prosecution could be the last straw that broke the camel’s back. Malay voters, turned off by Najib’s thievery and had initially praised Sabri’s refusal to intervene in the judiciary process to free UMNO crooks, are now pissed off after learning that turtle-egg Sabri has been just another coward with no balls to face Zahid.

With the high prospect of Zahid becoming the next premier, some conservative Malay fence sitters might flock to former PM Muhyiddin Yassin’s party – Bersatu. At the same time, the pulse on the ground shows young voters have started engaging with opposition Pakatan Harapan, a dangerous development that could shock UMNO and deliver a repeat of the 2018 General Election defeat.

 

Yes, UMNO is not only rudderless after the jailing of Najib, but is increasingly toxic to Malay voters after Zahid forced PM Sabri to dissolve the Parliament during the monsoon season. While the Malay nationalist party hopes for an easy victory, a snap election during rainy season could backfire because the Malays are the one mostly live on lower ground and vulnerable to flood disaster.

 

True, the last time a general election held in the month of November was in 1999. Then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Asia’s longest serving leader, scored a decisive re-election victory, securing more than a two-thirds majority. However, it’s also true that Mahathir had won largely due to ethnic Chinese votes that swung in favour of Barisan Nasional.

Government-controlled news media was used to spook Malaysian Chinese of a repeat of May 13, 1969 bloody racial riots following the May 1998 riots in Indonesia. The Indonesia riots saw at least 10,000 people were killed and at least 168 cases of rape – most of the victims were ethnic Chinese. Business owners had to pay local thugs to protect them from the anti-Chinese violence because security forces were largely absent.

 

As a result, the Malay tsunami due to the sacking and arrest of Anwar Ibrahim, then-deputy prime minister and UMNO deputy president, failed to topple Mahathir. The overwhelming support from Chinese voters had saved Mahathir. MCA, a component party of Barisan Nasional, actually won 29 parliamentary seats, while opposition DAP (Democratic Action Party) grabbed only 10 seats.

 

PAS Islamist party, then part of opposition Barisan Alternatif (Alternative Front), won 27 parliamentary seats, cannibalising UMNO, which lost 17 seats despite winning 72. Beginning 2008 general election, followed by 2013 and 2018 elections, the Chinese voters have basically left MCA and never returned. The ethnic Chinese have learned to stay united – under DAP.

It was already bad that UMNO cannot leverage on its traditional Chinese votes to tip the scales when it needed them the most. It becomes worse when the majority of the conservative Malay votes are now split three ways – UMNO, Bersatu and PAS. It would be a disaster if opposition PKR could swing some of the Malay fence sitters to Pakatan Harapan.

 

And it certainly didn’t help that PAS has decided to stick with Bersatu as part of Perikatan Nasional to fight UMNO. While some arrogant UMNO warlords might not think the “disappointment” expressed by the King after he was pressured by PM Sabri, who in turn was pressured by Zahid, to consent to the Parliament dissolution was crucial, it actually matters to many Malay voters.

 

UMNO would pay the price for disrespecting and ignoring the Malay Monarch’s advice to prioritize people’s well being instead of an individual’s selfish desire to hold a nationwide election at a time when floods are ready to strike. The Malays might not be as clever as Zahid, but they don’t need a rocket scientist to tell that it’s idiotic to go to the polls during the monsoon season. - FT

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Will the Malays unite and change the government?...

Will the Malays unite and change the government?....

 

Does anyone in the cabinet or in Umno know what they are doing? Caretaker Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob is a prisoner of his own doing. He is trapped by his own party and imprisoned by his peers. Ismail Sabri's mixed messages spread only confusion.

One minute he was mister-tough-guy, proudly boasting that only he had the authority to call for the general election and that no one could influence him in advising the Agong when to dissolve Parliament.

He was ill-prepared when 12 Perikatan Nasional (PN) ministers presented the Agong with a letter objecting to the 15th general election (GE15) being held this year. Ismail Sabri stood firm and stressed that the legitimacy of his administration remained. Two days later, he backpedalled and blamed the dissolution of Parliament on the same PN ministers.

What transpired behind the scenes? In the battle of wills, it was Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who claimed victory. Is it a case of whatever Zahid wants, Zahid gets? Zahid's ploy to hold GE15 this year is pure survival. His own.

How could Ismail Sabri betray the rakyat? It does not take a genius to realise that holding GE15 during the monsoon season is gambling with people's lives. What happened to Ismail Sabri's advisers? Will the Malays kick all of them out of office?

Many Malay leaders have delusions of grandeur. Is this a side effect of suffering from Ketuanan Melayu? Their dream is that Malaysia will become a high-income, developed nation, but at the same time, they refuse to dislodge the tempurung mentality, which is firmly entrenched in them.

Ismail Sabri boasted that he delivered his speech in Bahasa Malaysia at the last United Nations General Assembly in New York. What happened to the audience? He was addressing a largely empty hall.

If he and the other Malay-minded MPs want to project Malaysia onto the world stage, economically, socially, and politically, at least show the world that you can speak basic English and not hide behind your perfect Malay. Who understood them? Who cared?

‘Tunnel vision’

Malaysia has suffered three prime ministers in as many years. Two were not from Umno, but all three are contaminated by Umno genetic material. In common with many Malay politicians, they have tunnel vision in all matters, and their focus is only on the Malays. How does one become a prime minister just for the Malays?

The PMs may claim their policies benefit other races too, but the non-Malays who really benefit are their cronies. The ones they do big business with. Or the politicians who have learnt to dance to their (the Malay leaders) tune. Dr Mahathir Mohamad should learn to let go, but he won't. He will continue to meddle, until his last breath. His Malay-only agenda is an obsession that he will take to his grave.

Muhyiddin Yassin is proud to declare that he is a Malay first and a Malaysian second. For decades, his peers and superiors overlooked and ignored him, so when he had the chance, he grabbed power in the Sheraton Move and put the first nail in the Malaysian coffin. He lowered the dignity of the entire Malay race with his lust for power and his cheap tactics.

The major problem with Malaysian prime ministers is that as soon as they occupy the PM's seat, they surround themselves with their friends and cronies. Ismail Sabri continued Muhyiddin's tradition of selecting ministers who excelled in fawning. Our cabinet ministers and heads of GLCs were nominated because they were good at ampu-bodek.

Those belonging to Ismail Sabri's inner circle would be rewarded, and therefore, those who are on the fringes will do their best to gang up against him to stop him from doing what he wants. A progressive and switched-on individual would have chosen cabinet members with particular expertise or skill. Instead, we are bogged down with mediocrity. Actually, mediocrity would be an exaggeration.

Many of Ismail Sabri's ministers are not fit for purpose. Environment ministers who have no background in science. Law ministers who talk about God's wrath rather than articles of law. Women ministers who are misogynists and who are subservient to males.

Education ministers who ignore STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematical disciplines) subjects, but make religion the main focus. Religious leaders who criticise women's clothing, their hair, and their conduct, but say nothing about corruption by fellow Muslims.

Ismail Sabri said he would help ordinary Malaysians in his "Keluarga Malaysia" but it is the ministers and GLC heads who get the best financial rewards. Ismail Sabri was foolish to let Zahid have his way. What's wrong with waiting another six months, during which time, all of the political parties can improve themselves, focus on the rakyat's needs and seriously consider their manifestos?

No one is saying "Do not hold GE15". We don't want it to be held when heavy rains and flooding are expected. That is all. How would the elderly, the infirm and those in wheelchairs cope with flooded voting centres?

Most of the nation's problems are the consequences of the Ketuanan Melayu and affirmative action policies. Ordinary Malays did not benefit much from them. Only the elite and the politicians made tremendous gains.

Have the ordinary Malays learnt their lessons after six decades of being tricked by crafty Malay leaders? Will they unite and reject Malay leaders from Umno, Bersatu, Gerakan Tanah Air, and PAS? Time will tell. - Mariam Mokhtar

PAS pilih PN kerana dalam UMNO 

masih ada yang gelenyar...

Abdul Hadi Awang menganggap kerjasama yang dijalin PAS dengan Umno-BN ibarat "durian mentah" yang boleh menyebabkan seseorang mengalami perut kembung jika dimakan.

Menjelaskan alasan mengapa PAS memilih Perikatan Nasional (PN) berbanding menjalin kerjasama dengan BN, Abdul Hadi berkata partinya tidak dapat menerima Umno yang "keruh".

“Kita (PAS) tak bersama dengan BN kerana ada keruh.... keruhnya masih ada penerima rasuah. Lepas tu rakus pula nak perintah lagi. (Padahal) kita baru tolong bantu jatuhkan PH (Pakatan Harapan),” katanya ketika meyampaikan kuliah mingguan di Marang, Terengganu hari ini.

Abdul Hadi berkata demikian sebagai penjelasan kepada pendirian PAS memilih untuk mengukuhkan PN - yang ditunjangi parti itu dan Bersatu - berbanding Muafakat Nasional (MN) bersama Umno.

PAS sebelum ini berkali-kali menegaskan mahu mempertahankan 'agenda perpaduan ummah’ dengan mendamaikan BN dan PN yang bertelagah. Mengulas lanjut berhubung keputusan PAS semalam, Abdul Hadi hari ini berkata walaupun tindakan itu merupakan jalan sukar tetapi ia adalah yang terbaik buat mereka.

Pertemuan sebelum PAS-UMNO bercerai...

Katanya buat masa ini PAS mahu menjernihkan gabungan mereka bersama PN yang sepakat untuk menolak "pemberi serta penerima rasuah".

Ahli parlimen Marang itu juga mengakui untuk mencapai kemenangan mudah, Umno-BN adalah pilihan yang lebih baik buat PAS kerana gabungan tersebut memang memiliki ramai penyokong.

"Tapi kita tak (boleh) gopoh. Macam buah durian - jangan dikait cepat sangat, kalau tak masak nanti kembung perut.

"Biar masak betul-betul dulu. Saya tahu ada orang PAS yang tak tahan dah, dah terliur nak makan durian.

“Durian mentah lagi… kena sabar dulu biar masak molek dulu,” katanya dalam kuliah yang turut disiarkan secara langsung di Facebook. - mk

The party has decided to go with PN in #GE15. But post-GE is anyone’s guess. While anti-party hopping law that recently came into force forbids MPs from switching sides, it can’t stop parties from changing coalitions. - MelGoh

PAS President Hadi,with only 18 MPs and given Cabinet Ministers post during PN PM Ismail Sabri tenure,why are you complaining now.PAS has been eating unripen UMNO durians but your Party had no stomach ache.When UMNO Najib Razak gifted PAS with RM90 millions as alleged by The Sarawak Report,PAS has no Stomach ache with the Cash is King. because PAS is a Party Penipu,which plays on the 3R whenever it suits the Party Convinience which also included a Marriage of Convinience with UMNO too.Why now PAS Hadi? - Betul Malu Bukan Maluapa

Berbelit belit and super hipokrit. Just yesterday they were begging umno to work with them. Now when Umno reject them, suddenly Umno is in murky bribery water. Like Umno were not when PAS team up with Umno earlier. I ll not accept this Hadi to represent Islam. - ab

PAS and Hadi surely did not have any problems receiving RM 90 million from Najib when he was PM and President of Umno. Now Hadi says Umno are filled with bribe givers and receivers and that is a no no for PAS. Hadi’s sense of molarity shifts like desert sand. - Doc

This party, which before the 2018 elections, was alleged to have received funds from Umno worth 90 million now preaches to us that unresolved bribery issues is what is keeping them away from UMNO. Nice try Tok Hadi. - MA

Hadi, Hadi Hadi - at least you finally admitted that you helped bring down PH. That was a good start until we dive deeper and murkier in your relationship with UMNO. You still don’t condemn UMNO for its inherent corruption. You still attack PH with your narrow cosseted rhetoric. - Newday

Pahang & Perlis both are BN stronghold states. Perak on the hand will be interesting to watch. In Pahang, it’ll be interesting to see how much caretaker PM Ismail Sabri can increase its winning majority in Bera and will Najib’s son Nizar stand in Pekan and defend the family seat. - MelGoh

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