Diehard Malays love dirty water,racism & corruption...

Diehard Malays love dirty water,racism & corruption....

 

Anwar should stop wasting time...

Anwar Ibrahim had been whining, moaning and bitching about the importance of good governance, political stability, economic growth, trustworthy leadership, anti-corruption and whatnot during his political rally in the just concluded six state elections. He spent most of his time in the rural Malay-majority areas, hoping to win their votes. As a result, he has ignored urban voters.

In fact, the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia was so desperate that he had basically rained cash – disguised as special aid and assistance – on civil servants and pensioners to pamper the Malay voters. He also splashed millions for Mara, Risda, Felcra, Felda and other Malay development programmes and agencies. Heck, he has even promised to consider raising salaries of civil servants.

To show that he was the biggest Malay hero, Anwar unilaterally wipes off RM8.3 billion in debt accumulated by Felda settlers, never mind the taxpayers’ money should be used responsibly rather than for a bailout. And to win the popularity contest, the premier started a war of words with former backdoor PM Muhyiddin over who should take the credit for cancelling the Felda debt.

The prime minister begged the people of Kelantan to rise up and make changes to enable the state, which has been under the clueless and incompetent PAS Islamic party’s rule almost uninterrupted since 1959, to enjoy development and progress. Promising not to marginalise Kelantan, he approved a staggering RM1.5 billion allocation to overcome the state’s water supply problems.

Kedah, another state under the control of Opposition Perikatan Nasional, saw a jaw-dropping RM3 billion allocated by the Anwar administration to improve “paddy yields” production in an effort to increase farmers’ monthly income. Anwar told the Malay community that he was committed to improving the livelihood of farmers, fishermen and rubber smallholders.

Not only the unity government has increased monsoon cash aid to rubber smallholders from RM600 to RM800 per month, the fishermen were being given RM300 every month. This year alone, a special RM200 Aidilfitri festive cash aid had been given to more than 850,000 farmers, rubber smallholders and fishermen. Like a Santa Claus, Anwar was throwing cash to the Malay community.

In her Facebook post, Noriah said that it is not her first time seeing “coffee”flowing 

out of her tap in the kitchen." “I pay my water bills every month. Is this the quality I get? 

I can’t imagine my clothes in the washing machine.” - Noriah Ibrahim

In Terengganu, as Chief Minister Ahmad Samsuri and his wife were happily honeymooning in New Zealand, leaving 40,000 flood victims to fend for themselves, PM Anwar Ibrahim was the top leader who rushed to visit the flood-hit areas. The federal government immediately allocated RM100 million to opposition states Kelantan and Terengganu, with a promise to provide extra funds for disaster management.

It’s not an exaggeration to say that the premier cared more about the welfare of the Malays in the opposition states than his own Pakatan Harapan-ruled states such as Selangor, Penang and Negeri Sembilan. The charismatic Anwar thought the Malays would appreciate what he had done to the community, in spite of lies and fake news spread by the opposition to demonise him.

Too afraid to offend the conservative Malays, the prime minister was reduced to bullying a teenager during a dialogue session at Kolej Matrikulasi Penang when the student of Indian ethnicity asked Anwar when will the discriminative “quota system” be abolished and replaced by a meritocracy system. The PM rudely interrupted the student, before criticizing her for asking a sensitive question.

Yet, despite his best effort to demonstrate that he was more Malay than racist bigot Muhyiddin Yassin (president of Bersatu) and more Islamic than religious extremist Hadi Awang (president of PAS), Anwar Ibrahim has failed spectacularly in the six state elections. The poster boy was unable to convince conservative Malay-Muslim voter base to support his unity government.

Selangor, the crown jewel of Anwar-led Pakatan Harapan coalition, saw the opposition bloc increased its share of seats from five in the previous election to 22, effectively denied the ruling coalition its two-thirds majority. In Penang, the opposition Perikatan Nasional won 11 seats, up from one in the previous vote. Even in Negeri Sembilan, it won five seats, up from zero in the last election.

"Kalu kita royak saja ore x cayo, ni haaa bukti..Mari la nak minum air kopi gakk 

aku duk raso nak tadoh blh sebotol besar nakgi atar pejabat AKSB"... - Noriah Ibrahim

The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS – Parti Islam Se-Malaysia) won all the 32 seats in the Terengganu state legislative assembly. That’s an improvement from the 22 seats that the radical party captured in the 2018 General Election. The United Malays National Organization (UMNO) was totally wiped out, allowing all the 32 state seats and all 8 parliamentary seats to be controlled by Perikatan.

Terengganu, recorded the highest voter turnout out of all six states, was captured by PAS largely due to the massive young Malay voters who returned home to vote. Likewise, it was a landslide victory in Kelantan after PAS lost only two of the 45 seats it contested. The Perikatan Nasional also successfully captured a two-thirds majority in Kedah to form the state government.

To make matters worse, the results of early voting from military camps showed up to 80% military voters overwhelmingly supported Perikatan Nasional in Terengganu. Previously, military camps or police quarters have often been viewed as strongholds of the government of the day – the “fixed deposit”. Despite PM Anwar’s commitment to improve the welfare of the armed forces, military camps chose to vote against him.

Mr Anwar should stop wasting time and resources trying to charm the stubborn and gullible conservative Malays. He can’t convert the converted, especially when those converted were being brainwashed with racist hatred, xenophobia, Malay supremacy and all forms of bigotry. The PM should realize that he can’t win the contest by trying to be more Malay and Muslim than Bersatu and PAS.

If the prime minister still doesn’t understand it, he is stupider than he looks. The people of Kelantan actually don’t mind digging wells for water supply. In fact, they just love drinking murky water. That explains why the Malay-Muslims in the state have been religiously voting for PAS since 1959. They actually believe the Islamic party holds the ticket to heaven, with the promise of “72 virgins” in the afterlife.

The conservative Malays in Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah, as well as Perlis, don’t really care about infrastructure facilities and development. They don’t understand economic issues such as rising prices, slowing growth, and the weakening Ringgit currency. That’s why they worship Kedah Chief Minister Sanusi like a God even though he, like all other PAS leaders, doesn’t know anything about economics.

Sanusi was seen as a Malay hero because the clown was extremely good in entertaining the villagers, never mind he talks cock most of the time. His lies and fake news were taken as gospel because the rural Malays were too lazy to read and think. With limited intelligence and inferior education, snake oil salesman like Sanusi could easily hoodwink them without lifting a finger.

Muhammad Sanusi - Kedah Menteri Besar - Chief Minister

Rural Malays – old and young – naively believed that non-Malays were about to take over the country as spewed by racist bigot like opposition leaders Muhyiddin, Hadi Awang and Sanusi. Even though the Agong (King), nine Sultans, Prime Minister, Chief of Armed Forces, Inspector General of Police, Attorney General and all top ranking officers are Malays, they still believe the lies.

The reason the radical Islamic bigots could use racial and religious hatred to control the conservative Malays is due to the “insecurities” faced by the ethnic thanks to racial politics propagated by past UMNO leaders, especially former PM Mahathir Mohamad. Already overwhelmed by Chinese economic prowess, the weak Malays needed political dominance to overcome their insecurity.

Hilariously, disgraced Mahathir’s children all become billionaires because the Malays once relied on a Malay hero called Mahathir. The best part was more than 850,000 farmers, rubber smallholders and fishermen are still poor till today, begging for RM300, whilst their so-called Malay heroes – including Muhyiddin – have become mega rich by spooking the Malay village folks that they needed protection.

Yes, UMNO deserves to be wiped out. Its past leaders practiced dictatorial-style leadership and gerrymandering and misused institutional tools to manipulate an electoral process to stay in power – till the May 2018 General Election. To attain dominance and remain in power, it had rigged the election by unfairly creating many small “Malay electorate” parliamentary constituencies as fixed deposit.

Today, those fixed deposits have been stolen by rival Perikatan Nasional, who replaces Barisan Nasional as the dubious defender of Islam and Malays. Conservative Malays flocked to Perikatan because they thought it could protect their interest. Therefore, even if the Anwar government spends billions to solve the water problems in Kelantan, the people will still vote for PAS, not Anwar-led unity government.

Anwar Ibrahim should instead focus on three areas – economy, education and reforms. National schools are seen as religious schools, producing not only students with violent religious extremism, but also have caused students ill-equipped to get jobs. Reforms are needed to prepare for the worst in the event the unity government were to lose power in the next 16th General Election.

More importantly, how the government manages the economy or bread-and-butter issues will decide whether the unity government could keep Selangor, Penang and Negeri Sembilan. Even though the status quo result is a huge relief to Anwar and his government, the power-hungry Perikatan Nasional chairman Muhyiddin will try to seize power through backdoor.

The good news is the progressive and liberal Malay community has rejected PAS’ desire to transform Selangor, Penang and Negeri Sembilan into a Taliban state. However, if Anwar is dumb enough to move “further to the right” with more Islamic and pro–Malay policies in order to appeal to conservative Malay voters, even after the state elections showed it didn’t work, then he is wasting valuable 5 years and should resign. - FT

Anwar’s wake-up call...

In the run-up to the state elections, we had to endure weeks of never-ending talk about protecting Malay rights, and defending Islam. With normality restored, writers, columnists and socio-political observers can now discuss more important issues, like the cost of living crisis and the economy. If truth be told, the state elections were marred. Many people supported Anwar’s unity government, not because the coalition was good, but only because the alternative, PN, was terrible. That is not a good premise to start with.

Disappointingly, after the threats by ministers, the police reports, the legal action taken by politicians and corporation bosses against bloggers, the endless ceramahs, and the prime ministerial entourage criss-crossing the peninsular to campaign, Anwar could only manage a “status quo” of state governments. Did the millions of ringgit spent justify the results?

Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu remained under PN control, whilst PH retained Penang, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. We might as well not have bothered. The hustings were bogged down by the “same-old, same-old” style of campaigning, reminiscent of previous Umno-Baru versus PAS skirmishes.

Even the winning results were dreary, but there is no denying that the ultimate winner is PN. PN failed to secure control of another state, but they did manage to get a foot in the door in Penang and command a much stronger presence in Selangor.

What spoiled it for Pakatan Harapan? In the weeks before the state elections, we were told that Jakim would be included in national policy making, Islamic institutions were in receipt of millions of ringgit in funding, more money had been allocated for civil servants, there was talk about the harmonisation of both civil and shariah laws, followed by promises for educational reforms. These sent out mixed messages to the electorate.

Malaysians are fearful of the onslaught of the “green wave” which hints at further Islamisation of the country and yet Jakim would be dictating our lives. The plan to harmonise both shariah and civil laws failed to reassure many people either. They only have to recall the Indira Gandhi case, the whipping of women which goes against federal law, or the protests which accompanied events like Oktoberfest or the Bon Odori festival.

In the end, the results probably showed that the rakyat in the six states failed to be convinced by Anwar’s Madani administration. Despite Anwar’s promises, the electorate in the northern conservative states continued to support their leaders, whom they know best and trust. There is a possibility that scaremongering the electorate with the “green wave” had backfired.

There are many Malays whose faith is strong. When politicians frightened people with the endless barrage that the country would be led by PAS or an extremist leader, it is possible that “the green wave threat” rhetoric did not go down well with many Malays. Did some of them possibly see this as an attack against Islam?

Perhaps the biggest anomaly is the elephant in the room, i.e. Umno-Baru. Anwar’s supporters have been forced to close one eye about Pakatan Harapan teaming-up with Umno-Baru. They find it unacceptable that corrupt Umno-Baru ministers are part of the government as it also makes them look like hypocrites.

On one hand, the rakyat is pleased that corrupt politicians are being charged, tried and punished, but being forced to accept corrupt ministers in the Cabinet, is an insult. Many already hold the deputy PM in contempt. Moreover, the process of bringing the corrupt to justice is laboriously slow.

At the start of the campaign period, many may have supported Anwar as leader of the unity government. They did this not because they were impressed with his politics, but more likely as he is a good orator, and, as they are constantly reminded, “there are no other suitable leaders for Putrajaya”.

If Indians are allegedly the kingmakers, then one wonders how much damage Anwar’s outburst against the Indian student, had affected the election results? The young girl asked relevant and pertinent questions about the different responses towards the examination results of Malay and non-Malay students.

Anwar’s mask slipped and we had a glimpse of his real self, who was more interested in winning elections than practising meritocracy and fairness. The poor election results are also a test of Anwar’s leadership.

Instead of bending over backwards for the Malays and insulting them by wooing them with perks, Anwar should treat them with respect and dignity, and not pander to their every wish. When will he learn that it’s not about the numbers? It’s about quality. - Mariam Mokhtar

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Sila duduk, Din, jangan lari,masih ada 3 lagi...

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Former Malaysian prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin was cleared of four counts of abuse of power involving RM232.5 million (US$50 million), though he still faces three other charges of money laundering.

Senior fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs Dr Oh Ei Sun noted that the PN coalition has come to be dominated by one component party, the Islamist Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS).

“(Muhyiddin) has in a sense yielded the platform to his partner party PAS in championing the fate of his coalition. But now, having his somewhat triumphant spirit reinstalled, I think he will be much more vocal and proactive in reclaiming the mantle of his Perikatan Nasional (coalition) in the Malaysian political arena,” Dr Oh told CNA’s Asia Now.

He added that the acquittal of the four charges means that Muhyiddin can solidify the leadership of PN for himself and for his Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) party within the coalition.

“It’s what he's aiming for primarily at the moment,” he said.

Dr Oh added the political fortunes of Muhyiddin and his coalition are rising. PN won 146 out of 245 seats up for grabs across six states in Saturday’s polls, and made headway into states held by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan coalition.

On Tuesday, Judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin ruled that the four abuse of power charges were vague, flawed and unfounded because they did not specify the details of the offences committed.

Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Tasmania James Chin said that Muhyiddin has always maintained that the money was never meant for him. “He has made a consistent argument that this money was never meant for him personally. It was basically what we might call political funding. It was money donated to his party. It just happens that he was the president of the party, so he was there to receive it on behalf of Bersatu,” he said.

This is a “major issue” that the legal system will have to deal with – whether political parties can receive money directly from donors especially when hundreds of millions of dollars are involved, said Prof Chin.

The acquittal of the four charges will have “major implications" for the other set of charges related to money laundering, Prof Chin said.

The government is appealing against the acquittal, but if that is not successful, then the money laundering charges cannot go ahead, he said. - CNA

Meanwhile, The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has filed an appeal against the high court’s decision to acquit former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin of four abuse of power charges for allegedly using his position to obtain RM232.5 million in gratification for Bersatu through the Jana Wibawa project.

AG Tan Sri Idrus Harun said the appeal against this morning’s court decision is only with regard to the four charges under Section 23 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009.

“There are still three other charges against Tan Sri Muhyiddin under Section 4(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLA), for which the case mention at the Kuala Lumpur sessions court is set for September 19, 2023,” he said in a statement today.

Judge Jamil freed Perikatan Nasional chairman Muhyiddin, 76, after finding that the four charges were vague and baseless because they did not state the details of the alleged offences. 

Muhyiddin was accused of using his position as prime minister and Bersatu president, at the time, to obtain for the political party RM232.5 million from three companies, namely Bukhary Equity Sdn Bhd, Nepturis Sdn Bhd and Mamfor Sdn Bhd as well as an individual named Datuk Azman Yusoff.

Muhyiddin also faces two charges of obtaining the proceeds from illegal activities amounting to RM195 million from Bukhary Equity, allegedly deposited into Bersatu’s CIMB Bank account.

He allegedly committed the offence at the Menara KL CIMB Bank branch, Jalan Stesen Sentral here between February 25, 2021 and July 16, 2021; and February 8 and July 8, 2022.

On March 13 at the Shah Alam sessions court, the Pagoh MP was also charged with one count of receiving proceeds from an illegal activity amounting to RM5 million and the case has been transferred to the sessions court here for a joint trial. – Bernama

Well done, Azam Baki of MACC. Also, well done, Idrus Harun of AGC. You both did a splendid job of mucking up the charges. I guess Mahiaddin must be happy that his two appointees when he was PM8 are bearing fruit. Oh .. One more thing. We must also thank Anwar Ibrahim for retaining these two agency heads. - Sharifuddin Abdul Latiff

Only charge sheet is defective and AG can refile with valid charge sheet,right? - Anonymous 11223355

Don't forget who appointed the present AG. The charges were so badly framed that even a ship can sail through the loophole. Was it deliberate or incompetency? - Fairmind

The beginning of the end. It now appears that the charges were indeed “politically motivated”. PH has now the proverbial pie on its face. If you can’t even frame the charges properly, it implies you did it hurriedly for political expedience, not justice. Either way, AGC looks quite bad. - Cogito Ergo Sum

Our judiciary is fair as you have just seen. Ask your son in law to come back to prove his innocent in the court if he did nothing wrong. Continue hiding outside of Malaysia will not make both of you look good. - P.Ramlee

And find a better prosecutor, if any. Borrow from the private sector, if needed - BrownCheetah9736

Sebelum dan Selepas PRN...

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The problem with Umno is UMNO...

The problem with Umno is UMNO....

Many expected that Umno would do badly in the state elections, and that was actually a no brainer. Now, there are talks surfacing about the Umno leadership, especially that of Zahid Hamidi as the scapegoat of all scapegoats. What a simplistic thing to say! Then there is one supreme council member saying that Umno must review its ties with DAP in order to win over the Malays. Wah…itu macam saja kah?

So, if I were to conclude, the problem of Umno seems to be Zahid Hamidi and DAP. I will bet anything under the sun if we eliminate both Zahid Hamidi and the DAP, Umno would probably perform as bad or even worse, not better at all. I am not here to support Zahid, nor am I here to support the DAP but to show that Umno has no idea of its own 40-year history of faults when Tun M began his reign

Why did Umno lose in Kelantan? During the days of Reformasi, when PAS carried the banner of injustice to Anwar Ibrahim, I heard ceramah after ceramah on how Umno made Kelantan an “anak tiri.” In one ceramah Nik Aziz lamented that the grant from the federal offers would always come in late and development budget for infrastructure was always difficult to get from Tun M, the president of Umno then.

I also saw how Umno ridiculed PAS by saying bad things about the party’s ideas on Islam and scaring non-Malays from that party. Can such efforts be forgotten by voters now in their seventies and who advise their children? As the saying goes, what goes around comes around.

Next, let’s look at how Umno of the recent past treated the DAP. The narrative of DAP as a hantu Melayu and a pontianak to Islam has always been the pillar that binds ignorant Malay voters, whether they are from the educated side or non-educated ones. DAP is seen to be threatening everything Melayu and everything Islam.

I know many Umno leaders who were appointed to top positions in the party and in the government just because they are the loudest in being kurang ajar to DAP. Malay people love it when the Umno clowns shout and jeer at non-Malays because most Malays are “polite” and do not like to display their disdain for others in public. But Malays support people like Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, and now Sanusi of Kedah.

When Isham Jalil says that Umno needs to review its relationship with DAP, I wanted to both laugh and throw up at the same time. The analogy of the relationship was so funny and disgusting that prompted my reaction. Let’s say you moved into a new neighborhood where your next-door neighbor keeps an immaculate and clean house and garden. You, however, keep a dirty house.

So, when visitors come to your house, they cannot help but comment on the cleanliness of your neighbor’s house compared to yours. Your reaction? Oh, I must move away from this neighbor and live with neighbors that keep as dirty a house as I do and then I won’t be noticed at all. Or, you curse the neighbor for making you look bad.

Isham Jalil’s reaction is exactly this. Blame someone else. It is easier to not change oneself and make others the bogeyman. Why did Umno lose? Because of Ahmad Zahid and DAP? It’s easier to not change oneself and make others the bogeyman. Next, Umno members and voters love corrupt leaders. There is no denying that.

Look at Najib’s followers. Now look at Sanusi’s. One leader is proven to be corrupt while another is perhaps going to face the same charges. Do the Malays care that the people’s money is used to enrich Malay politicians and Malay civil servants? No, the Malays love it. Why?

Well, rich Malays show that they are as successful as rich Chinese, right? It does not matter where the Malays got the money as long as they can flash their luxury cars, castle-like houses and jewel-bedecked wives. That is success in the Malay dictionary. So, hundreds of Birkin bags with a price tag of a hundred thousand ringgit is a sign of success.

Next, rich Malays can give money to poor Malays, donate to mosques, give money to tahfizs and help many thousands perform the Hajj or Umrah. Malays have no idea about the taxes and how the collected money belongs to all citizens of all races. Why? Most of the Malays do not pay taxes! I know warung owners who can afford to go for Umrah every year and yet do not pay taxes or even help the poor of their own community.

Finally, Umno groomed 20 universities to produce Malays with mediocre qualifications so that they can just makan gaji or the worst of them become ministers and prime ministers. Any intelligent Malay will be criticized as being too progressive, too moderate, too compromising with others and too critical to accept orders blindly.

The best Malays are those who don’t read and don’t ask questions of a packaged history of Malays against the others, follow ustaz in religion without asking serious questions about compassion for all humans, works for the government, works for GLCs, and the rest become businessmen to get projects from the government from inflated costs and return the 10% back to the party as political donation.

For the academics, Umno appointed the university leadership that does not understand how knowledge can change society, the environment and a prosperous economic future. The role of the leadership is to make KPIs that have no relevance to change unless they benefit one race that supports Umno.

So, why did Umno lose? Because of Zahid and DAP? Please don’t think Malaysians are stupid! I have lived 40 years of watching Umno thrive, break, and now almost dead. Umno needs a new crop of Malays in order to change. I do not mind the election loss if Umno can actually review its moral and spiritual foundation.

Umno needs to perhaps work very closely with Amanah and MUDA to find a new frame of nation consciousness. Leave PKR and DAP on one side. Umno should ask G25 and G70 Melayu professors on how they should rethink their young Pemuda to rebuild.

Let ABIM and IKRAM work with Anwar for their Madani Islam, while Umno works with others for a new Malay that carries the spirit of Onn Jaafar, Tun Dr. Ismail, Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tun Abdul Razak.

Let Umno forge a new identity for itself and its new best buddies. I will be the first to support Umno if it can discard its past Malay base. Umno must look at a Malaysian base from Semenanjung, Sabah and Sarawak.

Leave the Hadi Malays, Sanusi Malays to themselves. There is no place in the borderless world for a tempurung Melayu but the sky is the limit for the Malays who view themselves as part of a global humanity. This is also the new Malay base for Umno. Can Umno bring this change…please? - Prof Dr. Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi 

Below are some views from netizens which resonate with the party’s grassroots that the present UMNO leadership might want to consider...

Former Besut MP Tan Sri Idris Jusoh’s short but fiery FB post in which he blamed Zahid who is also the Deputy Prime Minister for UMNO’s poor showing. “UMNO lost badly in the state polls yesterday (Aug 12). UMNO lost 100% in Terengganu. Zahid Hamidi needs to resign,” the former Terengganu menteri besar (2004-2008) hit out.

Ut ZM: UMNO/BN should leave the unity government and go solo so people will be more comfortable with the party. The sentiment among UMNO members who dislike DAP is still strong. UMNO members will never forget DAP’s ideology.

Arm Kedah: The youngsters are almost 100% with the PN…. UMNO Youth needs to work hard to win them back and invite them to sit together to fight instead of them just hanging around with their gangs… They just couldn’t be bothered with us anymore…. a heavy task indeed for UMNO Youth.

Kamarulariffin Rahim: UMNO is still lulled by a beautiful dream. The general election will come (GE16) but it is not certain if UMNO is able to defend its 30 seats (garnered in GE15). So just don’t listen to the president.

Megat Idris Ismail: Tell the president to resign or just pass a vote of no confidence against him. Otherwise UMNO will disappear in Malaysia. – focusmalaysia

IndigoTrout2522: Umno has too many warlords who have only self-interest and would resist reforms.Umno had already lost its influence amongst the “rakyat” in 2008 or even earlier, when it lost a 2/3 majority in Parliament due to the actions of former prime ministers Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Najib Abdul Razak.

BOBBYO: Is it entirely Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's fault for their big loss? A big part of it maybe. Why did not the Malays respond to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, even after they came in droves to hear him speak? What did he do that was wrong and not accepted by the voters from Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu? What do the Malays want to make them change their minds? What about the many Umno members or leaders that even after enjoying the many years of perks and benefits under Umno, betrayed their party?

BlueShark1548: Yes, Umno did badly. Zahid, however, has a duty to the nation and should stay on for the full term of the unity government.He should consider resignation after reforms have been carried out by the government and that would be his legacy.Without Zahid, we would not have a unity government and stability.

Open Mind: All Umno leaders should be responsible for the failure to convince the grassroots to vote for the unity government but instead stay away or vote for PN.The supreme council should examine and revamp to win the hearts of the Malays or Umno may have to close shop.

Headhunter: Umno can be strong if they are willing to make a change at the top. Those who are tainted by corruption and abuse of power should be dumped. Why should members be loyal to those who caused the party to lose its power and reputation? There are still a bunch of greedy leaders not only the seniors but also their sycophants who are seeking rents for themselves.

PinkOtter1274: If Zahid steps down, the person replacing him might vote to leave the government and align them to the PN.Harapan is caught between a rock and a hard place. Sadly, Mahathir has brainwashed Malays to fear the DAP, painting them as anti-Islam, anti-Malay and anti-bumiputera rights. - mk

DAP wants one Penang 

exco post for Umno...

DAP has agreed to allocate one Penang exco position for Umno.The decision was made at a central executive committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur tonight. "There are two BN candidates who won in Penang, so we will appoint a BN representative from Umno to sit on the state executive council," said DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke.

Penang is headed by DAP's Chow Kon Yeow. The two BN candidates who won seats in Penang on Saturday were Reezal Merican Naina Merican (Bertam) and Rashidi Zinol (Sungai Acheh).

Umno supreme council member Isham Jalil

Saturday's six state elections had mostly been disastrous for Umno - the only BN party to contest. The party was wiped out in Terengganu - as was Pakatan Harapan - as well as in Kedah.

The electoral drubbing had stirred rebellion within Umno, with some like supreme council member Isham Jalil calling for the party to review its relationship with DAP.

Isham had said that part of the reason Umno performed poorly on Saturday was that the party's grassroots were still uncomfortable with DAP. As such, he said that Umno should review whether or not it should reserve cooperation with DAP strictly within the confines of working in the government, but not during elections.

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Battered at state polls, UMNO is becoming a liability...

Battered at state polls, UMNO is becoming a liability....

 

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition government fought off a major assault by the opposition in the six state assembly elections on Saturday (Aug 12) to comfortably ward off any potential threat to the national leadership. But the humiliating electoral setbacks suffered by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) is presenting Mr Anwar with some very awkward challenges in the coming months.

The sweeping rejection UMNO suffered in the Malay-dominated states of Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu has further cemented the widely held view that the party, which fought for independence in 1957, has been reduced to a marginal player in national politics. Of the 108 seats that UMNO and its partners in the National Front (Barisan Nasional) coalition contested in the state polls, it only won 19.

UMNO and its president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi played key roles in Mr Anwar’s rise to the premiership after the inconclusive November general elections. It was only after UMNO threw its support behind the PH coalition to establish a simple majority in parliament that other reluctant regional parties in Sabah and Sarawak followed suit and paved the way for the formation of a government with a two-thirds majority. UMNO’s crucial role in the process also afforded it senior roles in the PH coalition government. 

Now, Mr Anwar must now reconsider UMNO’s dominant role in his government. Embattled UMNO president Ahmad Zahid is one of Malaysia’s two deputy prime ministers and several party politicians occupy senior Cabinet portfolios, including the Investment, Trade and Industry and the Defence ministries. A Cabinet reshuffle in the coming weeks is not being ruled out.

To be sure, Mr Anwar’s position as premier and his government’s hold on power are in no threat. The weekend’s elections also very much retained the political landscape that held before the dissolution of the assemblies in late July. 

The PH coalition kept control of Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Penang, while Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah went back to the right-wing Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS), which is the dominant member of the opposition Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition together with Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu).

“PH and Anwar did alright by retaining the states they controlled, and the government can move ahead. But for UMNO, I am not so sure,” UMNO’s former treasurer Abdul Zahim Mohd Zabidi told CNA, adding that rumblings of an internal rebellion in the party have already begun.“Unless there is some leadership change, UMNO is doomed,” he added.

UMNO, which ruled Malaysia with the leadership of the National Front (Barisan Nasional) coalition since independence, was kicked out of power in May 2018 on the back of widespread public anger over the international scandal at state-owned 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). The financial fiasco subsequently led to the conviction and jailing of former UMNO president and Malaysia prime minister Najib Razak over corruption. 

Mr.Ahmad Zahid subsequently took over the party leadership and consolidated his power by removing his opponents and packing the leadership of the powerful 25-member supreme council body with his allies. But the party no longer endears itself to the Malay community and that, in turn, has become a serious problem for Mr Anwar, who is struggling to build his government’s own credentials with the majority Malay community.

Mr Ahmad Zahid’s presence in government has long been controversial because he is facing charges of corruption and the trial is ongoing. Even Mr Anwar’s closest supporters have privately stated that Mr Ahmad Zahid’s role in government undermines the prime minister’s tough stance on the abuse of power and political corruption.

Mr Anwar had campaigned in recent weeks for Malaysians, particularly the Malays who make up more than 60 per cent of the country’s 33.57 million people, to break away from the politics of race and religious rhetoric promoted by the opposition.

But UMNO leaders acknowledge that unless a leadership change takes place soon, the prospect of the party renewing its appeal with ordinary Malays is remote. “The problem is the Zahid leadership and the party will continue to be rejected as long as there is no change,” said a senior party official, who asked not to be named.- Leslie Lopez CNA

Anwar did good but Zahid 

responsible for BN’s losses in polls...

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was successful in defending Pakatan Harapan’s strongholds in Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Penang, but it is Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who must take responsibility for BN’s losses in last night’s state elections.

Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Abdul Karim said even though Anwar did not manage to penetrate Perikatan Nasional (PN) strongholds in Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah - his success in the other three states must be commended.

“Anwar as the prime minister, Harapan as a political coalition and PKR did not lose in this state election. There were some areas which fell to PN but strategically, the three states led by Harapan before this were maintained. “The one who clearly lost and needs to be responsible for the defeat of Umno in the 89 seats they contested with the BN logo is Zahid,” Hassan said in a statement today.

PN’s propaganda in their campaign is that Harapan-BN will lose badly and they will take over Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Penang, he said, but this did not happen. PKR and Harapan remain the choice of Malaysians for the next generation, Hassan stressed.

Anwar & Hassan Karim

However, he said Anwar and Harapan should review the results of the state elections closely before heading into the next general election. The most important thing the prime minister should do is to regain the support of the Malay Muslims who have clearly shifted a majority of their support to PN in this election, he added.

“Anwar should continue to be given the opportunity to take on the responsibility to save the country which is multi-racial, multi-religious from being destroyed by the extreme right-wing political leaders, among which are in PN,” Hassan said.

While Harapan-BN managed to retain its two-thirds majority in Negeri Sembilan and Penang, they only succeeded in forming a simple majority in Selangor, with PN winning 22 out of the 56 seats in the state. BN suffered heavy losses in Selangor, Penang and Kelantan and was totally wiped out in Terengganu and Kedah. PN made a clean sweep in Terengganu, winning all the state seats. - mk

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Din's son-in-law is now a fugitive like Jho Low...

Din's son-in-law is now a fugitive like Jho Low....

Muhyiddin ordered son-in-law to flee 

& hide to prevent implicating him...

Muhyiddin Yassin’s disgraced son-in-law, Muhammad Adlan Berhan, appears to have fled the country in May. Instead of condemning the act, or at least pretend to ask his son-in-law to come back to prove his innocence in court, former backdoor Prime Minister Muhyiddin has instead issued a “no comment” statement. It’s not rocket science that Mr Adlan had been ordered to run away.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Chief Commissioner Azam Baki confirmed that besides tracking down 48-year-old Adlan, the authorities are also hunting down 69-year-old lawyer Mansoor Saat. Both fugitives were linked to a scandal involving irregularities in the registration, recruitment and biometric storage of foreign workers in the country.

As a result, the MACC has asked the Immigration Department to freeze the passports of the two men, as well as seeking the help of Interpol in tracking down the two crooks. Apparently, the graft busters were forced to take the action after attempts to contact both individuals failed. If indeed Muhyiddin’s son-in-law was innocence, why fled the country in the first place?

After the MACC’s revelation, Adlan’s attorney denies that his client has fled Malaysia to escape questioning from the anti-corruption agency. However, the half-baked denial invites more questions than answers when attorney Baljit Singh Sidhu said Adlan will return home only if he is not persecuted. Going by the silly logic, every criminal could use such excuse to run away and escape prosecution.

Hilariously, the half-past-six lawyer also claims that his client has the right to travel and will protect his rights and liberty from being taken away. In truth, a passport belongs to the country that issued them. Therefore, the Malaysian government can freeze or cancel the passports of any suspected criminal, effectively ending the so-called rights and liberty to travel abroad.

A crook like Muhyiddin’s son-in-law has no rights, let alone liberty, to demand that he is allowed to travel unrestricted. Just like former PM Najib Razak’s partner-in-crime Jho Low, whose passport was cancelled following a request by the MACC to the Immigration Department, Adlan cannot hide abroad while claiming innocence and refused to return home to clear his name.

The despicable Jho Low too was never arrested and never called by the MACC for a meeting or to assist in any investigations before he fled the country. Yet, the whole world knows he is a fugitive who ran away from prosecution for his involvement in the 1MDB scandal. Hence, Muhammad Adlan is a fugitive like Jho Low – hiding in a foreign country for fear of being sent to prison.

If Adlan is clean and has nothing to hide, he should return home immediately and bravely face the judiciary system, and not using the freezing of his account as an excuse to accuse the MACC of harassment and persecution. After all, MACC chief Azam Baki was appointed under Muhyiddin administration. Is Adlan trying to say that the MACC was fair and clean only when his father-in-law was in power?

Obviously, he had decided to run away after being ordered to do so. And the man who told him to temporarily hide in overseas was Muhyiddin himself. But why did the ex-premier tell his son-in-law to abscond? It’s not hard to see that it is an attempt to avoid of stall investigation over Adlan’s corruption and money laundering on behalf of Muhyiddin.

On January 5 this year, the MACC arrested a chief executive officer of a private company. The 42-year-old man – Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad – was detained over his role as “middleman” in brokering government projects related to Covid-19 stimulus packages worth RM92.5 billion (US$21 billion) in exchange for bribes. He turns out to be Muhyiddin’s right-hand man.

A former chief executive of Maju Assets Sdn Bhd, Adam is also Segambut divisional leader of Muhyiddin’s political party – Bersatu (Malaysian United Indigenous Party). The best part is Adam is the cousin of Muhyiddin’s son-in-law, Muhamad Adlan Berhan, who in turn was involved in several scandals as part of a web of Muhyiddin cronies of corruptions.

Adlan married to Muhyiddin’s daughter, Nabilah, who is a shareholder of Agathistwo Jia Sdn Bhd, a company involved in the scandalous RM1.2 billion NIIS (National Integrated Immigration System) concession. The NIIS was hatched by Muhyiddin (then-Home Minister under the Pakatan Harapan government) after cancelling its predecessor Sistem Kawalan Imigresen Nasional (SKIN).

Adam Radlan – Arrested By MACC

Muhamad Adlan was also linked to 1BestariNet, a 15-year project worth RM4.47 billion introduced by then-Education Minister Muhyiddin in March 2011 to provide 4G broadband connectivity and virtual learning environment (VLE) to 10,000 government schools nationwide. However, the “failed project”, awarded to YTL Communications, has been plagued with slow internet access and problematic Frog VLE, which could easily be replaced with Google Classroom.

Now, the MACC is investigating the possible abuse of power in the award of contracts for Muhyiddin’s son-in-law in the NIIS project, which could lead to the former prime minister charged and jailed. So, crooked Muyiddin is facing two scandals – money laundering in the RM92.5 billion Covid-19 stimulus packages and corruptions in the RM1.2 billion NIIS projects.

Actually, the RM5.7 billion Jana Wibawa is the third scandal involving Muhyiddin. But during his questioning, Muhyiddin has pointed his fingers at his self-appointed finance minister Tengku Zafrul. He argued – “Jana Wibawa was a programme by the Ministry of Finance proposed by Zafrul to help Bumiputera contractors during the Covid-19 pandemic”.

Adam Radlan’s involvement in Muhyiddin’s web of cronyism, nepotism and corruption was exposed after Muhyiddin-led Perikatan Nasional coalition failed to form a government post 15th General Election. And this is precisely why the power-hungry and corrupted ex-PM desperately wanted to return to power by hook or by crook – to “cover up” the skeleton in the closet.

But the biggest problem was his son-in-law’s key role in the RM1.2 billion NIIS (National Integrated Immigration System) scandal. The MACC had begun investigating the case years ago and basically has established the money trails which could easily implicate Muhyiddin if his son-in-law talks like a canary. So, in order to keep Muhamad Adlan’s silence, he was told to flee and hide.

Muhyiddin’s, whose given name is Mahiaddin, plan was to hide his son-in-law at a secured location and hopes opposition Perikatan Nasional could win big in the upcoming six state elections. Only with Muhyiddin returning as PM can Adlan return home, and all his charges dropped. Muhyiddin knew that once the trial starts, all his past dirty wheeling and dealing would be exposed.

In the same breath, it also suggests the Perikatan Nasional chairman lacks confidence that the opposition can grab Selangor, Penang and Negeri Sembilan from Anwar-led Unity Government. Otherwise, Muhyiddin would not have told his son-in-law to run away as it could backfire spectacularly due to perception that Adlan was the ex-premier’s bagman. - FT

Syahir hanya bercakap 

kepada orang Bachok...

Saya menonton Debat Ekonomi antara Syahir Sulaiman daripada PAS-PN dengan Rafizi Ramli, menteri ekonomi dengan perasaan menggebu-gebu. Saya ingin mendengar konten Model Baharu Ekonomi Malaysia daripada Syahir. PAS adalah bekas parti lama saya. Kalau-kalau PAS, diwakili Syahir yang disebut-sebut pemimpin muda dan galak parti tersebut itu betul ada isinya. Saya tidak mahu mempedulikan sangat Rafizi Ramli. Saya sudah banyak membaca hujahan beliau. Yang saya mahu mendengarkan ialah tawaran ekonomi PAS.

Akan tetapi Debat Ekonomi yang sepatutnya menawarkan gagasan dan wacana yang dinantikan itu ternyata meleset sia-sia. Syahir kelihatannya tidak perlu model ekonomi apa-apa. Dia menjadikan Debat Ekonomi yang sepatutnya tepu perbahasan hujah menjadi seperti medan sensasi TikTok. Nanti semua karut-marut Syahir itu boleh dipenggal-penggal dan ditabur di grup WhatsApp.

Yang betulnya, ketika Debat Ekonomi itu, Syahir hanya bercakap kepada orang Bachok dan sejenis dengannya. Dia bercakap kepada Melayu surau. Maka dalam ucapan beliau, tidak ada model. Tetapi ada renjis ayat suci al-Quran dan hadis kerana Syahir tahu siapa sasarannya. Jika kita membaca hansard Dewan Rakyat yang merekodkan perbahasan YB PAS dari dulu hingga sekarang (minus mereka yang telah menjadi Amanah) kita akan beroleh konten seperti yang Syahir kemukakan dalam Debat Ekonomi pada 9 Ogos 2023 lalu. Untuk menghiasi hujah, biasanya wakil PAS akan ada perli sindir. Demikianlah PAS sampai bila-bila, tetap adalah PAS. Iaitu kering-kontang dan kosong. Mungkin hanya senyum Syahir yang sedikit manis menggodakan ramai muslimat itu akan tertinggal basah untuk dikenangkan.

Demi menjadikan argumen Syahir bermutu, dia akan menyandarkan kepada Islam. Sebab? Ya, sebab susah menyanggah Islam. Kalau membantah “keberkatan”, “rezeki”, “penolakan riba” maka itu nanti natijahnya tidak Islam. Maka Syahir memetik Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat. Sebab Almarhum seorang ikon. Orang akan terhibur dengan cerita. Orang rasa bahagia dengan cerita-cerita yang Syahir turunkan. Cerita itu bila dipotong sunting dan dihantar ke TikTok boleh tular. Kemudian untuk menutup kegagalan berhujah, Syahir bercerita-bercerita-bercerita dan tiada memberi tawaran apa-apa. Pokoknya, hanya PAS sahaja Islam. Maka inilah tawarannya, Islam. Jadi bacaan lapis kedua ialah kalau tidak mahu Islam, maka kafir; kalau kafir maka ada penampakan kaum tertentu. Itulah sifir mudah Syahir. Bahagi tolak darab campur sang bosnya, bernama Abdul Hadi.

Corak hujah dan pemikiran Syahir ini ada pada kebanyakan pemimpin PAS. Corak tersebut saya simpulkan sebagai tiadanya “semangat berfikir”. Sosiologis terkemuka negara kita Almarhum Profesor Syed Hussein Alatas pernah mengatakan ketiadaan semangat berfikir ini sebagai suatu yang menakutkan. Bayangkan kita ada pemimpin negara tetapi tidak cukup menginspirasikan. Ciritnya sahaja ditertawakan dunia.

Dek tiada semangat berfikir ini maka Syahir membangkitkan kenangan lampau, dia mula meraban memetik Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Razak; maka tidak perlu menawarkan kreativiti dan inovasi. Gara-gara tiada semangat berfikir maka Syahir meraban tentang jalinan serta status kerajaan persekutuan dan negeri. Seolah-olah dia tidak pernah membaca Perlembagaan. Ya “seolah-olah”, sebabnya audien Syahir bukan saya atau kamu. Audiennya Melayu surau.

Untuk Melayu surau tak apa-apa tiada semangat berfikir. Lulus tajwid, ada pulus dalam bank sikit-sikit, dan pastikan kedai runcit Cina di kampung itu kekal hanya satu pintu. Kalau nampak naik jadi dua setengah pintu maka Melayu surau akan terpekik-terlolong konon Islam terancam. Padahal Melayu surau inilah yang membeli ubat nyamuk lingkaran di kedai Cina dua setengah pintu itu.

Sebetulnya ada bahaya besar bila umat tiada semangat berfikir. Ini kerana ia akan menjadi kekangan untuk sesebuah masyarakat mencapai kemajuan daripada sebuah negara yang mundur kepada sebuah negara yang mencapai tahap pembangunan menyeluruh. Syed Hussein menyebut hal tiada semangat berfikir ini sebagai formula “bebalisme”. Fenomena “bebalisme” ini boleh meletakkan bangsa dan negara di jurang.

Bebal. Apabila rakyat mengangkat pemimpin bebal, tidak kreatif, tiada daya cipta, tidak memberi solusi atau penyelesaian. Mereka bebal kerana menjual syurga khayalan. Bebalisme ini malah boleh menutup fakta “real” seperti tiadanya air bersih untuk dibuat mandi wajib di Kelantan. Maka bila hati telah buta, benak bungkam mereka akan berbuat ketaasuban yang sama. Mereka akan percaya yang bebal itu bijak.

Sebagai pensyarah universiti, adalah amat menyakitkan hati melihat slaid model baharu ekonomi Syahir. Ada infografik sebuah rumah, yang kononnya bumbung itu kestabilan nasional, dan macam-macam lagi. Ia seperti tugasan pelajar separuh jiwa dan amat tidak bersedia. Pembentangan Syahir ternyata terlalu kebudak-budakan. Dia duduk mengulang kestabilan nasional macam orang gila. Orang waras tidak lupa PAS dalam kerajaan menutup Dewan Rakyat dan ingkar Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Jika ini tawaran ekonomis PAS, maka tidaklah menghairankan jika selama ini kerajaan Kelantan berdepan masalah saban masa untuk membangunkan negerinya. Semangat berfikir sama sekali tiada.

Tidak penting ada model ekonomi, seperti yang Syahir tunjukkan semasa debat itu, memang tiada isinya. Mesej Syahir memang untuk orang sepertinya, orang seperti di Marang dan sejenis dengannya. Dia bercakap kepada Melayu balaisah. Tak perlu pun dalam ucapan beliau itu sebarang model. Cukup ada tafsir ayat suci yang entah kena konteks atau tidak itu. Tak perlu ada model. Tetapi yang mesti ada; ada biar kuyup lencun ialah ayat suci al-Quran dan hadis kerana sekali lagi Syahir tahu siapa sasarannya.

Untuk menghiasi argumen yang memang tiada kontennya itu, biasanya wakil PAS akan lepaskan satu dua perli. Lepas menghenjut satu dua sindir, Syahir akan senyum sebab serasa dia semacam berjaya mematuk dan memagut. Senyum Syahir tersipu penuh gula ala-ala abang exco Persatuan Mahasiswa Islam UM, UKM, UTM dan UPM yang sedikit lemak menggelorakan dada ramai muslimat itu akan tertinggal basah untuk dikenangkan, sehinggalah nanti siaran televisyen dimatikan.Lain, memang tak ada apa-apa. Tiada nilai ekonominya...Sifar...Zero... Tapi yang penting mereka tetap basah. - Faisal Tehrani 

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