(Media Conference Statement by DAP Parliamentary Candidate for Ipoh Timur Lim Kit Siang at the DAP Ipoh Timur Ops Centre, Ipoh on Friday, 7th March 2008 at 12 noon)
I am utterly shocked and stunned – that the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has done what even Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in his most undemocratic excesses had never done in 22 years as Prime Minister, trying to force the Chinese voters to vote for MCA and Gerakan with the irresponsible threat that they could end up without any Chinese Ministers or representation in Government.
It is a grave sign of political desperation and bankruptcy – that Abdullah himself should go down into the gutter to indulge in the politics of scare, intimidation and blackmail to force the Chinese voters to vote for MCA and Gerakan candidates.
The MCA leadership has been adopting a “Jekyll-and-Hyde” attitude – playing both the role of human being and the devil at the same time – with the MCA Deputy President Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy boldly declaring only yesterday that MCA is confident it will be able to capture the majority of the 40 parliamentary and 60 state assembly seats it is contesting, while on the other hand, egging Abdullah to warn that the Chinese will end up not having any representation in the Government if the Chinese give the DAP their votes.
Why is Abdullah prepared to do the “dirty work” for MCA with the baseless poser that the Chinese have to decide if they want a louder voice in Parliament or representation in the Cabinet, when Chan Kong Choy had just said that the MCA is confident of winning the majority of the parliamentary and state assembly seats it is contesting?
When Abdullah said that the Chinese have to decide if they want a louder voice in Parliament or representation in the Cabinet, is he suggesting that the MCA President, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting could be defeated in the Kulai parliamentary seat and that all the 40 parliamentary and 60 state assembly candidates of MCA could all be wiped out in the general election tomorrow?
From the wind of change blowing throughout the country, if they reach a great velocity on polling day tomorrow, I expect MCA to lose many parliamentary and state assembly seats but never near being wiped out completely in Parliament and the State Assemblies as to have no representation in the government, both at national and state levels.
Abdullah referred to the 1990 general election when the MCA was “paralysed”, saying: “When the MCA lost its voice, the people felt it. I hope they will think very carefully. This is important in the interests of all races.”
Abdullah cannot be more wrong. In 1990, the MCA “paralysis” was in fact beneficial to the Malaysian Chinese and the Malaysian nation, for it forced the Mahathir government to abandon the long-standing nation-building policy of assimilation and acceptance of the DAP’s policy of integration – resulting in “little liberalization” on policies of language, education and culture. It also led to the Vision 2020 with its goal of building a Bangsa Malaysia, transcending ethnic, linguistic, cultural and religious differences – a copy of the DAP’s version of Malaysian Malaysia.
It was only when the MCA was very strong, as in 1999 general election, when the Chinese voters saved Umno and Barisan Nasional from losing its two-thirds parliamentary majority as the Malays defected from Umno with Umno candidates suffering their worst electoral setbacks, that MCA produced the weakest and most ineffecfive results – particularly in allowing the rise of Umno political hegemony!
Abdullah has said the Barisan wanted the Chinese community to be part of government.
He said: “We do not want to have a government that does not have representation of all ethnic groups in the Cabinet”.
Has Abdullah forgotten one of his great pledges when he became the Prime Minister four years ago – to be Prime Minister for all Malaysians and all races and not just for Malays?
If so, if there are no Chinese representations in government, then it must be regarded as his greatest personal failure. How can he continue to cling on as Prime Minister if he cannot lead a government with fair and equal representation from all races, including the Chinese in Malaysia?
Let me answer Abdullah’s poser to the Chinese – the Chinese want both a louder voice in Parliament as well as meaningful representation in government as the best way to ensure effective representation in Cabinet is to have a louder voice in Parliament!
#1 by highhand on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:23 pm
u dont be suprise if many people will still vote in mca, mic, gerakan etc etc despite . what is their psychological gain?
#2 by sickandtired on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:27 pm
I totally agreed with ngahc, MCA and MIC are nothing but just running dogs that bow to their master only.
TIME FOR A CHANGE PEOPLE!!
#3 by Toyol on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:34 pm
Turn off the TV and watch Disney Channel instead. Boycott STAR and NST. Its a waste of time. The more we listen and read, the more angry we get. Just vote them out tomorrow. Turn to cyberspace for your impartial information. CNN, BBC Al-Jazeera have much better coverage and unbiased.
#4 by same chong on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:36 pm
His saying is not persuasive at all. Let’s vote for change.
#5 by dawsheng on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:43 pm
I had 3 lunchs in Penang this afternoon. Every Kopitiam I sat down, everyone talks about politics, people want change! I went to one temple, one young chap was preaching politics to 2 old aunties, MCA and Gerakan abandoned the Chinese he said, and the two aunties said “That’s right! Bloodsuckers MCA and Gerakan.” It is going to be fun tonite as Anwar is coming down to Penang. And then tomorrow, I hope for a historical moment.
#6 by Democrats on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 5:02 pm
Congratulations Pak Lah & BN,
In a matter of one 14 days, you have turn our country into the biggest circus in the world in the eyes of the international media. Press like STAR and NST, and all other mainstream media have just telecasted to the world what Malaysia really is….. a poser dressed in a “developed country’s suit” with the mentalilty worst than any third world country I know.
After threats, whats next? Mass Genocide? Ethnic Cleansing? You are no different from all the great dictators of our time…. Hilter, Mussolini, etc….if not worse. They were at least….inspiring during their rise.
AAB should just sack their political strategist. You think getting rid of Chinese and Indian really worries them? You might get 5% of fearing people to switch to you, but you ‘ve just pissed of another 10% to swing the other way. Your contradictory statements over the past two weeks, and stupidly showed in the STAR, statements of Anwar being insignificant yet spend the last 5 days belittling him, saying a PM of all races yet threaten other race of non representation later.(Wong Chun Wai must have caught AAB disease of sleeping in the job)
BN is holding a pair of Ace trying to scare away a guy with a full house who has nothing to lose. AAB,….you’ve been called. Show hand!
#7 by mysn1st on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 5:06 pm
Another ‘Dirty Work’ project…. brought by BN.
#8 by hanuman on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 5:32 pm
Open UMNO to all races in the spirit of Dato Onn bin Jafar UMNO !!!
#9 by dylsee on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 5:35 pm
I hate to watch TV recently as there are lies around. As for newspaper, I read a bit on Sin Chew, as it has ’some’ coverage on the opposition, but still lots on BN. At least it is slightly better.
Threatening is tactic used by BN many times in the Election. There was the ‘May 13′ warning, that was used in the past. But now, people know that Malay, Chinese, and Indian can understand each other better outside BN. Recently, I drove my car with DAP poster. An Indian driver passed by, and give me a friendly thumb-up, and my wife and I responded by our thumb-up. We did not say a word to each other, but deep in our heart we know that it is time to change, it is time for Makkal Sathi, it is time to call each other brothers and sisters. In the past, Chinese had a strong centerness that they are not able to accept each other. But things have changed now. We want Malaysia to be a better place for not just Malay and Chinese, but also our fellow Indian brothers and sisters. We salute the fighter of all ethnic groups from PKR, DAP, PAS that Malaysia still has the power of the opposition to speak out against the maladministration of the present government, and we want them to be even stronger so that the BN hegemony will be out one day. Victory to the people!
#10 by kcb on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 5:43 pm
“Turn off the TV and watch Disney Channel instead. Boycott STAR and NST. Its a waste of time. The more we listen and read, the more angry we get. Just vote them out tomorrow. Turn to cyberspace for your impartial information. CNN, BBC Al-Jazeera have much better coverage and unbiased.” Toyol
Yes, because of so much propaganda using the TV, Radio and News Paper favouring one coliation party, I have decided to vote for the opposition instead!
#11 by Loh on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 5:45 pm
///Abdullah has said the Barisan wanted the Chinese community to be part of government.
He said: “We do not want to have a government that does not have representation of all ethnic groups in the Cabinetâ€.///
If the government is fair to all citizens without preference to any ethnic group, it would take care of the interests of every citizens. Therefore the absence of Chinese ministers in the government should not matter. But the government has not been fair to all ethnic groups, and it used the presence of other ethnic groups to project a multiracial government. Non-Malay ministers are treated like guests, and the host provides crumbs to them while they stay, and yet the communities of these guests are said to benefit from their presence. We have enough of it.
We should examine what the so-called Chinese representation in government have achieved for the Malaysian Chinese. What have appeared in the headlines were some 100 Chinese students had obtained scholarships. That might be worth 10 million ringgit a year. But there would be 10 times as many Malays who obtained scholarship. Shouldn’t the government grant scholarships based on merits, to enable the deserving candidates to attain their potentials. The Chinese students would have obtained their scholarships without MCA representation in the Cabinet. But because of their presence, the government played hard to get, so that MCA could demonstrate its role as ’saviour’, and UMNO as practising ‘power sharing’, and the outside world believes that there were rooms for further discrimination against the non-Malays, and all is well. Some 60,000 Malays students are in Chinese primary schools. They know the worth of Chinese schools, and the government only did the right thing to allow new schools to be built. Again, without MCA, the grant would have been given without the show of MCA fighting for it. When UMNO wants such expenditures to derive political advantage, they would only do what ought to be done near the general election. It means that what should have been provided as needed is delayed to once in four or five years. That is power sharing in having MCA in the cabinet.
If MCA had been useful to the Chinese community NEP should have stopped in 1990. If PM AAB kept to its promise, NEP should have ended in 2003. MCA should have left the government in 2006 when AAB announce the extension of NEP. Yet MCA stays one. Let us remove MCA entirely from the government. Let the government justify to the world that its policies can sustain peace and stability. We shall decide how to vote in the next election if the government cares to maintain parliamentary democracy. If it does not choose to continue with it, it will be an international pariah. We have then to see who have more to lose when that eventuates
#12 by limkamput on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 5:47 pm
To the people of Penang,
Tomorrow is the decision day. With major newspapers saying all kinds of stuff, I am sure many of us may be in dilemma, not knowing exactly how to cast our votes. I just want to share some points below and hopefully this helps in our decision making.
1. We have consistently voted for BN at the state level since independence, except during a brief in 1969.
2. Since then, have you noticed any significant improvement in the quality of life of Penang people?
3. Penang was the Pearl of the Orient. Today, what has it become? Some said it has become the Garbage of the Orient.
4. We are constantly fearful of being denied of basic services and amenities. Now, look at Penang today:
a. The city traffic system is at the grid locked
b. Public transportation is rudimentary and almost non existence
c. Most drains are clogged and with tikus running around
d. Unhygienic hawkers sprawling over all the place (this is not against hawkers but the need to have proper management)
e. Haphazard town planning and poorly managed housing estates
f. Dirty and unsightly beaches
g. Unclear garbage and stinking drains, and most important of all,
h. An economy that fast loosing its competitiveness and glitter
5. So why are we afraid, what is there to loose?
6. Oh, yes, may be we are thinking of Federal projects and Federal Government financial support and that is why we have been voting for BN at the state level and opposition at the Federal level for a long long time.
7. Federal grants to the states are provided for in the constitution. The two major ones are capita and road grants.
8. The Federal government must honour the grants unless it is prepared to throw the constitution out of the window.
9. Now, each state within the Federation also has its own sources of revenue. This is again provided in the constitution, the major sources of which are land taxes, rates and assessment, entertainment taxes and income from water supply, etc.
10. Admittedly, the sources and quantum from the state sources are limited.
11. But financial management is about prudence, not just the amount.
12. At the personal level, people earning less but with proper financial management can attain standard of living at par with those earning more but do not know how to manage.
13. Government financial management (like personal financial management) has a lot to do with setting the right priority, redeployment of resources and ensuring honesty and accountability.
14. Give this now group of people from DAP, PAS and PKR a chance.
15. Give them the opportunity to see what they can do with limited resources. As I said, large financial resources or allocations do not mean much when the bulk of it is channelled to rent seekers or activities that do not bring direct benefits to the people.
16. Many have said that easily 70% of the government allocations are lost or leaked to corrupters, rent-seekers, overpricing and wastage.
17. So don’t worry so much about lesser amount of money available if oppositions come to power in Penang.
18. If the people of Penang are willing to cooperate and support the new government, I guess a lot can be done.
19. These people from the oppositions are eager to prove themselves, so why not try them out.
20. Just look at the BN, they all look so old, tired and devoid of ideas but are all there eagerly waiting like vultures.
21. Periodic change of government is good because it brings freshness to the administration.
22. If we are not happy with the opposition, we can always kick them out again. After all we have tolerated BN for 50 years, what is there to try out the oppositions for 5 years.
23. I hope this helps a bit in your decision making. Thank you.
#13 by js on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 6:00 pm
I strongly believe Penangites have already got the decision, that is to vote for any opposition. I am shocked to know that last night, not many people attending KTK’s ceramah at Batu Kawan despite free buffet dinner being served.
#14 by malaysia born on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 6:01 pm
I would rather have a MP who ACTUALLY speaks for me then a MP who just PROMISE to speak for me!
#15 by ktteokt on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 6:02 pm
The Chinese in Malaysia has been cheated and threatened by MCA which purports to represent the Chinese community for the past half a century. Enough is enough and the younger generation of Malaysian Chinese who are better educated and democratically orientated cannot be cheated or threatened anymore by such out-dated and outlawed methods.
As for Pak Lah, it only talk and talk only! His promises when he first took over as PM of Malaysia has gone down the drain and whatever promises he makes now do not bear any credit. So is his “equal status” concept which he announced a couple of days ago. If at all there is “equal status” in Malaysia, then how come the Bumiputra and non-Bumiputra differentiation still exists and why the special rights for Bumiputra? And what about the NEP? AAB is talking nonsense or perhaps he is suffering from senile dementia. If at all there is equal status among all races, then do away with the NEP, do away with the Bumi special rights, do away with the differentiation………..but is he ready to do all these???? Or dare he do all these.
#16 by Mr Kriss on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 6:15 pm
Tolong,tolong, tolong lah ,Datok Ong Bros, Tan Sri Koh, Pairin , Kurup,Ongkili,CM Sarawak,Kaum Iban dan semua ketua politik bukan UMNO,
Selamatkan Malaysia dari Katastropi :
Berhenti sebagai YB BN kalau kamu menang esok atau jadi wakil Keadilan .
Bagi Anwar jadi PM Malaysia.
Tuhan akan jaga kamu dan anak- cucu kamu dengan baik selama lama nya.
Selamatkan Malaysia ——Salam semua
Nota penting : sesiapa tahu ketua-ketua tersebut, tolong
sampaikan mesej ini kepada mereka . kamu juga
akan di kurnia.
#17 by kickbutt on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 6:46 pm
I am utterly shocked and…. (with Abdullah Badawi) trying to force the Chinese voters to vote for MCA and Gerakan with the irresponsible threat that they could end up without any Chinese Ministers or representation in Government.†YB Kit
It clearly shows the tight grip his inner circle of “advisors†have over him. It is uncharacteristic of a soft-spoken man with religious training to come out swinging in that manner. But then these are desperate times. Desperate times calls for desperate measures.
On the other hand, with the benefit of “hinge-sight†there is always someone desperate enough to argue that that is not the case.
#18 by gerald on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 6:51 pm
Clearly a futile attempt by a desperate man. We also pantang dicabar you know ? Aren’t we always reminded or challenged (during non election time of course) by these very BN people that changes can be effected through the ballot paper if we are not happy with the government ? Or say for fun only ?
#19 by mickeymouse on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 7:07 pm
how can the prime minister say such a racist thing.
hey, its our vote ok. don’t tell us how to use it.
we know whats best for us… and thats the OPPOSITION!!!
we’re not voting for u and ur cronies to be richer
#20 by arctanck on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 7:48 pm
There is a joke I heard targeting at the family members of some BN politicians:
Even if your only job is to pick up money from the floor since you are born you won’t get as rich as the sons and daughters of some of these BN politicians.
#21 by LadyGodiva on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 8:11 pm
limkamput,
I am a Penangite, living in Ayer Raja Gardens, and you are not – and I do not like your condescending attitude towards the people of Penang.
#22 by limkamput on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 8:15 pm
ladygorilla, it is ok you don’t like me. After reading my posting, just vote for DAP. That is the most important thing we ought to be doing. No time to quarrel with you now. You take care and go vote early ok.
#23 by marD on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 8:43 pm
Uncle Kit,
Wishing you all the best and may you have more opposition YBs with louder voices in parliament.
AAB has no divine right to threaten us. His mandate will be reduced this time…. greatly reduced.
#24 by alaneth on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 8:47 pm
How to trust Pak Lah or UMNO when :
1. He promised GE won’t be announced during CNY period, but he did.
2. He said he won’t dissolve Parliment on 13 Feb, but he did.
3. Najib said he don’t know when GE is, but he does.
Take my bet that 1 year after the GE, there will be no new Chinese Schools, more Muslim Malaysia, more body-snatching, more NEP-focused, more don’ts for non-Muslims, more corruption, more keris waving & kissing, more rallies & displeasure over the govt, more brain drain, less pig farming, less Toto/4D shops, less temples built, less voice of MCA heard in cabinet, less JPA scholarship for non-Bumis, less freedom of speech,…..
#25 by Jeep Loo on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 8:50 pm
The more Pak Lah and Najib speak against other races, the more votes BN are loosing. Keep it up lah or na!
#26 by YF on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 8:54 pm
BN=Bila Nak Pilihan Raya barulah bersama not barisan nasional , this show the all together during PRU/GE but after that ,the all have a diff vision
#27 by ktteokt on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 9:01 pm
What a coincidence election day is on Saturday. Saturdays have always been a “threat” to AAB since the BERSIH and HINDRAF demonstrations. I bet he will have a sleepless night tonight and an even worse time tomorrow night when the election results are made known.
#28 by cheng on soo on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 10:50 pm
limkamput Says:
Today at 17: 47.11 (4 hours ago)
To the people of Penang,
Tomorrow is the decision day…..just add (in case Penang ppl don’t know)
24. The sea around Penang (facing Province Wellesley side) was (or still is) the dirtiest in the country, why, bcos many sewer was flushed into the sea. Gomen said they wan to build a sewerage treatment plant in Jelutong in 1999 (don’t know done oledi or not)
#29 by highhand on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 11:16 pm
wipe mca out…….
less reps mean less politicking, less tussle, less struggle
okt, okc can establish empayar
team b totally wipe out
team a can all get tan sri…..
better eh ? good what……….
#30 by highhand on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 11:18 pm
dont forget bring down the sg siput elephant……….
#31 by devilonpois on Friday, 7 March 2008 - 11:36 pm
i tot this is democracy country… … we have been merdeka since 1957….and i tot…whoever has the capability and leadership will be providing their services to people….
manatau…masih menggunakan persoalan kaum…bukan kat kita olang malaysia…jadi biar siapa-siapa pun…yang boleh memimpin akan menampir ke depan untuk berjuang untuk rakyat… manatau…kata-kata sebegitu dicurahkan….memang sedih lihat negara yang dah merdeka sekian lama..masih belum matang dan mantap….
sesiapa pun yang nak jadi peminpin…tidak kira apa laterbelakang, kaum … faktor terpenting dia mesti jujur dan amanah…melaksakan tugas…dan bukan jadi kucing kurap ……….
semoga pilihanraya berjalan dengan lancar dan ditakdir oleh tangan rakyat….. biar “X” dipangkah kepada olang yang betul-betul berjuang untuk semua lapisan rakyat dan negara…..
#32 by hanuman on Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 12:06 am
KITA RAKYAT MALAYSIA, BOSS SEMUA MP, PANTANG DI CABAR.
KITA RAKYAT MALAYSIA SEKARANG FEDUP, BOSAN, MARAH BILA DI CABAR.
SAMPAI SEKARANG TAK INSAF GAJI SEMUA MP RAKYAT MALAYSIA YANG BAYAR BUKAN JATUH DARI LANGIT.
KUASA KERAJAAN, RAKYAT YANG BERI.
TAPI SEKARANG MACAM PAGAR MAKAN PADI.
AAB YOU CABAR RAKYAT MALAYSIA.
RAKYAT MALAYSIA UNDI PARTY PEMBANGKANG.
SAYA BUKAN KAUM MELAYU, CINA, INDIA DAN LAIN LAIN.
SAYA ANAK MALAYSIA, SAYA BANGSA MALAYSIA.
#33 by akarmalaysian on Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 12:39 am
i rather hear my dog barking than listening to wat badawi has to say.hes good at threats nowadays.somebody just remind him hes just a minister serving the people and the nation…not the other way round.for all i knw hes got so many corrupted and uneducated ministers under his government.and of course that big headed monkey of his who graduated with low grades fr abroad trying to show off wat hes got under the in laws underwear.i tot this badawi is a wise man..but it seems that whn hes under pressure he will say something drastic without thinking twice.hes done nothing good for this country except spending too much of peoples money on senseless and illogical projects.to badawi…of all the prime ministers…u are the most brainless and useless lot.
#34 by UzMiNoOnist on Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 1:08 am
Wow ! 120 comments to this blog posting, 121 including this one.
Its heartening to read so many comments here.
Vote DAP all the way.
SYABAS Malaysians (Malays, Chinese, Indians, and many other marginalized groups)
#35 by alaneth on Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 1:18 am
3 minutes till the end of the campaign period midnite tonite, Badawi made a last minute speech over TV3 just before Nightline.
Again he focused on BN’s Security & Peace issue. Why does a almost- fully developed nation need to focus on these two issues right now? We are not a 3rd world nation just coming out from war with the pressing need to focus on peace & security before they start to develop economy.
I think BN is desperately pressing for votes after realising they are going to lose out badly. They just cling to any straw. Think of a party suffering inferiority complex with last minute crying out for votes over a media controlled by them…
… and look at the numerous, millions of $ wasted on election posters & huge billboards built by BN. Why so desperate???
Something BIG is happening & they sense it. But too late alrd. Campaign time over.
Tomorrow – it is game over for them BN.
#36 by AsIseeit on Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 1:24 am
I am disappointed that our PM can say such things. What he has said is in reality a veiled threat. But threat or no threat I believe that the voters are not so easily intimidated. The voting pattern will be different this time.
If BN does not have sufficient representation from MCA or MIC, representation from these groups can still be there through appointments as Senators and then to ministerial positions in the cabinet!
If the case of what the PM feared comes through, then from his subsequent actions, we will know whether he is genuine in building a multiracial Malaysia. If he follows through his threat, the situation I believe will not get better. I predict that there will be even greater criticisms of his policies mainly through the bloggers and internet as the mainstream news are all controlled by the govt!
#37 by alaneth on Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 1:32 am
AsIseeit, You are absolutely right!!!
I forgot it – even if MCA/MIC is under represented, we have the Dewan Negara with elected Senators of all races protecting Malaysians. All laws passed by Dewan Rakyat will be passed to Dewan Negara to vet & pass and they have the right to reject twice before going to the DYMM YDP Agong. How blind I have been!!! We are always thinking of Parliment as Dewan Rakyat only!
Quick – but it’s too late now! Aiyaa!!! If I’ve known early, I can help DAP in many ways in promoting this fact to the Chinese/Indians, then they will not fear voting DAP.
#38 by devilonpois on Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 1:57 am
Totally agree to alaneth comment below, why a nation which already over 50 years independent need to worry on peace/security ….. isn;t that we should think forward….on how to make our country developed, rich, getting more FDI, crime reduction, corruption, and getting a efficient goverment who can manage the budget / tax money well….so that those people hard earned money not throwing to drain ……
cheers…let’s wear white t-shirt for voting today…….hidup…..malaysia……. hidup DAP and hidup PKR and hidup PAS…..
alaneth Says:
3 minutes till the end of the campaign period midnite tonite, Badawi made a last minute speech over TV3 just before Nightline.
Again he focused on BN’s Security & Peace issue. Why does a almost- fully developed nation need to focus on these two issues right now? We are not a 3rd world nation just coming out from war with the pressing need to focus on peace & security before they start to develop economy.
#39 by sparrow on Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 2:00 am
Abdullah will go down as the weakest PM in the Malaysian History. He doesnt has bone, always speak nonsense. He claim he is working hard, i think he is hardly at work and only know how to waste rakyat money to go oversea.
If opposite doesn’t have a candidate to stand against BN, and decided to put a pig or dog, I will vote for the pig or dog instead of the useless BN MP who is too scare to speak out the truth in Parliment.
AAB think he is the Boss and he has forgotten the rakyat is actually PAYING HIS SALARY for to sleep on the job.
Please exercise your constitutional right at the ballot box tomrrow, please come out in full force and Vote for opposition to show the exit door to bodowi and his corrupted cabinet.
If you dont do it now, it will be too late to wait for another 5 years. You would probably regret for not being part of the history making….. Hidup Rakyat, hidup Bangsa Malaysia!
#40 by pjboy on Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 2:03 am
Didn’t an ex-minister already said “we don’t need the chinese & indian votes” not too long ago…think it was a minister in the education or something like that. He also held up the keris, like a former ex-minister who wanted to bathe it in chinese blood. See Raja Petra blog. What is truly sad to see is that the past government (& every gov) was elected by the people. This power has been grossly abused & taken for granted. The same people that the people put them there, entrusted them in their power are now biting back at us. These are not words uttered (related article) by a leader of the people (self-proclaimed). We have been betrayed. The feel-good feeling was in the past & was pre-mature. All the ceramahs were evident on how the people feel now & that has sent a very strong message to the previous gov. The kind of threathening messages indicates denial, desperation & immaturity. That’s democracy, you do good for majority, you get elected. You do good only for a selective minority, the majority will have the right to change. So, just change!
#41 by Come2Papa on Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 3:06 am
Smash BN by X out BN tomorrow!
#42 by devilonpois on Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 6:39 am
Judgement day — Hidup Malaysia…. Hidup DAP/PKR/PAS
#43 by limkamput on Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 11:37 am
Come2Papa Says: Smash BN by X out BN tomorrow!
There is nothing clever in what you are trying to convey – X out BN. Come on; want to show you have originality? I knew your intention all along. You can’t stand DAP because you think it is too “Chinese”. Let face it: Indians have no choice right now but to align with the Chinese, until such time when the Malays show greater magnanimity.
#44 by adamclp on Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 3:40 pm
MCA and Gerakan to represent us in government? Good joke. its just like asking a month old baby to lead a blind man to cross the street. Hey, Pak la la la la, as the song goes. Admit that your time is up as PM only that its not time for the 6 foot under. How dare you threaten us. You think we are morons like you? We do not want to argue with a fool like u because like the saying goes, ‘when we argue with a fool, then two fools are arguing’. You can be the mother or father of all fools in the MCA, MIC, Gerakan and all BN comp parties. Happy fooling.
#45 by sammyvellu on Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 4:28 pm
Pak Lah would be known as the boy who cried wolf from tomorrow onwards
#46 by yhsiew on Saturday, 8 March 2008 - 6:46 pm
Whether big or small MCA/Gerakan representation in the Cabinet, it won’t make any difference, since these people cannot do the job. Perhaps some of them can do the job but they choose not to in order to safeguard their position. History did tell us that not many of them can stay long on their job, if they dare bite the hand that feeds them.
If they cannot do the job, it is only natural that voters turn to the more capable DAP.
#47 by ChineseRobinhood on Sunday, 16 March 2008 - 1:44 am
I really think UMNO lack of mans with wisdom and justice.. They just send their so-called-leader of the nation who can only do “lah” works.. and when they run out of idea, these despicable and low-class words come out from their mouth.. without hesitation, I wonder if they can get blessing from their own god, SERIOUSLY! i hope the god will do GREAT WORKS OR SIGNS one day.
#48 by citizen86 on Sunday, 30 March 2008 - 5:20 pm
Pak lah just resign la for god sake ,everyone is sick and tired of you but sadly i wouldnt like 2 see najib pm either but tengku razaleigh mayb :P