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#1 by gofortruth on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 4:48 am
Dear commonfolks
Yes you are right I did not vote. The Malaysian Embassy here in Paris is under strict instruction that only gomen servants & full time students & theirs spouses are eligible to do potal vote. So no vote from this Christian missionary.
Now I have the least rights to chip in my thoughts for Perakians. Double sad!
#2 by common_voice on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 4:56 am
I think by now, the BN is laughing all the way…. Uncle Lim, are you sure what you are doing?? Not attending the ceremony. DAP should do all this action much earlier, as before submitting candidates’ name list, and not after the announcement.
Previously, I was delighted when three opposition parties would agree to stand side by side just for the name of ‘RAKYAT’, regardless of race and religion. Which at that point of time, I was relieved that at last there’s a voice for a truly MALAYSIAN!! But then, now what? Sad….
#3 by geranamo on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 4:57 am
common folk whats the difference between you and the people from umno who shout ketuanan melayu, my mother is from mambang diawan father from pokkok assam, you just blasted gofortruth, look at the way you talk, talk 3 talk 4, how many votes did dap get in 2004, now the way you talk as though, the malay MB, GOING TO TAKE YOUR CONTRACT AWAY OR WHAT, BY THE WAY I FLEW BACK FROM CANADA TO VOTE, so think before you talk, the way you talk is what gives the chinese a bad name, with a katak di bawah tempurung mentality no different from the zeolets from UMNO, so tomorrow pas says ok we pull out, pkr says they pull out, than what you do? bn rules dont forget they have 28 seats dap alone cannot form the gov. and what has the cost of longbeans costing in ipoh has got in relevance to this subject, for your info my family is also in bidor, tronoh, tapah, cameron, ipoh, kampar, taiping we cannot be more PERAKIANS THAN YOU, my vote for tony in pj was because i still have family in pj SO. instead of getting emotional calm down have some teh guan yin cha, think rationally, and if still stubborn than its your problem, because you cannot see the big picture on the longbeans in ipoh
#4 by kanthanboy on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 4:58 am
YB Lim,
If DAP goes ahead to boycott tomorrow’s function then DAP is no difference from MCA, MIC and Gerakan. They used to recite and wave the constitution booklet to show people that they are protesting against UMNO when they were part of the government.
Today we have DAP boycotting the swearing-in ceremony of the head of a coalition government of DAP, PKR and PAS? It is worst than a wayang kulit show, because it is not funny at all. What can the rakyat benefit from DAP’s boycott? Look at the bigger picture, it is not your fault or that of DAP that Negh Khoo Ham is not appointed as MB. It is the law of the land and the fact that DAP has no Malay state assemblylman. If DAP, PKR and PAS have agreed to rule by consensus, why that first thing you do is to destroy the creditability of the new government.
#5 by Castelo on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 5:04 am
funny lol…a year harder…nothing just in single day??…haha…thanks again YB Lim…next GE will be ours!!
#6 by burn on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 5:07 am
aiya, manyak susah mau masuk ini website wor…
sini tekan, sana tekan, page talak keluar. apa da…
walau bagaimanapun, i have faith in YB. he’ll be there…
hopefully, im right!
salam… malaysian malaysia
#7 by br4ever on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 5:14 am
lks, rakyat has choosen joint dap-pkr-pas in this election. you must not try to destroy rakyat’s choice. be mature and dont make an idiot to malaysians by thinking like party centred umnoputeras. please dont be a fool for umno media’s usage.
#8 by common_voice on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 5:28 am
I reckon with One4All4One & lobster.
Uncle Lim, I do sincerely hope you’ll attend the ceremony. Just for the sake of RAKYAT!!
#9 by ADAM YONG IBNI ABDULLAH on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 5:52 am
the issue here is NOT that it is a malay being the menteri besar of Perak.
the issue here is NOT about pas , being made the helmed the mb seat.
the issue here is that the political party that wins the most seat in all FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE , HAVE THE RIGHT THE LEAD THE STATE GOVERNMENT.
why than have elections, if the end results is known, that however well the raayat supported you, you are not the leader.
there is no arguement over kedah , in having a pas mb.
THE SOLUTION NOW SEEMS TO HAVE A BY ELECTION AND HAVE A MALAY DAP CANDIDATE TO CONTEST , AND LETS SEE THE OUTCOME. AND IF HE WINS, HE CAN BE THE MB.
kit siang is NOT RACIST. kit siang is only requesting what is rightly the party’s RIGHTS.
#10 by seladang on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 5:58 am
i swear i will not vote for dap anymore next election.
#11 by ahmad on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 5:58 am
haiya… DAP ingat korg majoriti ke??? kalau bukan pakatan PKR-PAS, BN lah yang majoriti…. apa daaaa.. bongkak sungguh… kalo camni lah, moga PAS and PKR tinggalkan DAP.. so, biarlah BN berkuasa.. maybe itu yg lebih baik… tak sangka DAP nih bongkak sungguh.. ingatkan dia majoriti sangat la tuh… next time, don’t ever dream that you will get malay votes again… sigh~
#12 by truth_prevails on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 6:12 am
It is not about which party wins the majority. DAP should have realized that PKR and PAS had gave in when distributing the seats among them to avoid three cornered fighting against BN. Should PAS had contested for the same seats, do you think DAP will win? It was the understanding among the three parties that DAP have won the seats. So DAP should have not claimed that the people have chosen them. The rakyat had chosen them because they have only two choices, either BN or the barisan rakyat. They (DAP, PKR and PAS) had given rakyat the power to choose. So now when the Sultan of Perak was given the choices, he had chosen PAS among the three. Do we have to question him why he had chosen PAS and not others? If so, DAP should also questioned the rakyat why they chose them and not BN. Simple analogy I guess.
#13 by year of snake on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 6:26 am
Until you can get the State Constitution amended which you will need 2/3 majority to agree, it will have to be a Malay Muslim for now. I hope DAP is not proving correct the loudmouths of BN saying that even though BR have won, they will not be able to run a government effectively and will be in chaos. They should now be smirking and when you boycott the swearing in to-day, they will be jumping for joy because it will be the beginning of of the end of BR in Perak.
#14 by mystique on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 6:30 am
Adam. It is not DAP that won. It is Barisan Rakyat that won!
Don’t you get it? they are supposedly a quasi-coalition? thus you must see all three as a whole.
Now within the coalition, if we had three candidates, the only logical way to argue who deserves to be MB is based on merits and the candidate’s strength to represent the state right?
So far NOBODY has been interested at all to lay-out and compare the three candidate’s resume!!!!
In fact I can’t even find a profile of the other 2 candidates anywhere!
From what I gather, PAS’s Nizar Jamaludin is fluent in Malay, Chinese and English. He has a reasonable education background and has won Quran reading championships.
He is also quoted to be a successful businessman and good friend with a great personality.
So if everyone is interested in Meritocracy. Our discussion should have revolved around why Mr Ngeh’s or Jamuluddin Mohd Radzi’s resume & strengths surpasses Nizar’s!! I think his linguistic abilities is a HUGE plus as a figure which will be able to connect with the whole of Perak, and perhaps that’s why he was chosen?
But it looks like all 600 comments were more interested in who’s chinese or malay or indian??!?! Is our ethnicity really really SUCH A BIG DEAL????
So SPARE ME, stop talking about your rights, kit siang’s rights, or my rights. it’s not about you, me or him.
It’s about us as a country to STOP labelling each other, and be really interested in excellence & Malaysia.
#15 by BoycottLocalPapers on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 6:34 am
DEAR UNCLE KIT,
PLEASE DON’T DO THIS TO US!!!! UMNO LEADERS, MCA LEADERS & MIC LEADERS MUST BE LAUGHING AT US NOW!
PLEASE MAKE UP YOUR MIND ONCE AND FOR ALL!
IF DAP DOES NOT WANT TO WORK WITH PAS, THEN DON’T YOU GUYS EVER WORK WITH THEM AGAIN NOW AND FOREVER!
WHY EVERYTIME SINCE TENGKU RAZALEIGH’S SEMANGAT 46 DAYS, YOU GUYS BEEN WORKING WITH PAS DURING ELECTION? FACE THE FACT! IF YOU GUYS CANNOT WORK WITH PAS, THEN DON’T EVER WORK WITH THEM AGAIN!!
IF YOU WANT TO WORK WITH PAS (an idea that I don’t really like), THEN YOU GUYS BETTER LEARN HOW TO WORK WITH PAS! I KNOW THAT IT IS UNFAIR THAT THE POST OF MB WENT TO PAS INSTEAD OF PKR BUT THE SULTAN HAS DECIDED. PLEASE RESPECT HIS DECISION!!!!
PLEASE MAKE UP YOUR MIND ONCE AND FOR ALL WHETHER YOU GUYS WANT TO WORK WITH PAS OR NOT AS WE WILL SUPPORT WHATEVER DECISION YOU MADE AS WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER POLITICAL PARTY TO CHOOSE!!!! PLEASE DON’T MAKE US A LAUGHINGSTOCK TO UMNO, MCA, GERAKAN, & MIC!!!
PAS ALSO NEEDS TO BE BLAMED. BEFORE EVERYONE HAS AGREED ON THE POST OF MB, THEY ALREADY STARTED THE RUMOURS THAT THEIR MAN WOULD BE MB AT HARAKAH WEBSITE. THEN THE NEWS DISAPPEARED FOR AWHILE FROM THEIR HARAKAH WEBSITE. PAS AS A COALITION SHOULD GIVE WAY TO PKR.
UNCLE KIT,
I WILL NEVER SUPPORT PAS BUT FOR RAKYAT’S SAKE PLEASE ATTEND THE SWEAR IN CEREMONY. PLEASE RESPECT THE SULTAN’S DECISION. IN THE PAST YOU USED TO QUOTE RAJA NAZRIN SHAH AND THE SULTAN OF PERAK AS THE VOICES OF REASON IN MALAYSIA. IF YOU BOYCOTT THE CEREMONY, THEN I AM AFRAID YOU WILL NO LONGER HAVE AN ALLY.
THIS IS WHAT I REALLY HATE ABOUT POLITICS IN MALAYSIA. A MALAY CANNOT ACCEPT A NON-MUSLIM MB AND A NON-MUSLIM CANNOT ACCEPT AN ISLAMIST MB.
#16 by orangbiasa on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 6:39 am
After reading DAP’s statement carefully, it is very clear that:
1. DAP is NOT opposing Malay/Muslim to be the MB
2. DAP is against the MB from the party with the least seats (DAP 16, PKR 7, PAS 6)
3. DAP supports PKR to be the MB (if Sultan never give exception to non-Malay/non-Muslim)
In short,
1. there is NO racies element in the statement
2. there is NO religion element in the statement
3. there is NO intention to go against the state constitution
The statement is expressing the dissatisfaction about:
PKR has the right candidate but why PKR not chosen as the MB. The result shows that: the least supported candidate by the people get the highest position, this is not democracy.
I would like us to brainstorm:
is there anybody is trying to influent the result with the intention to create chaos
Many peoples has misunderstood the statement and accuse DAP is trying to be racies, I don’t see that, so I think DAP needs to clarify the statement to make it very clear that DAP is supporting the state constitution and is supporting Malay/Muslim MB.
DAP is not trying to be racies but the rest are, we still have a long way to go …….
#17 by whoisthis on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 6:44 am
To me what BA/BR should be concentrating on right now is how to serve the people.
There are people in their states who are below the poverty line, there are people without housing, food, clothings, education, water, electricity, telephones and the list goes on and on.
I do not for 1 minute believe that Ah Chong, Ali or Maniam who cannot feed his family tonight cares a F*** who the MB is.
He will want to know how this MB will put food on his plate.
It is so pathetic that you think that you are the most important people in Malaysia today.
Just 2 days ago I read a statement/remark by a DAP MP “Do not call me YB”
I must have misread. “DO NOT CALL ME YB, for I WANT TO BE YAB”
#18 by zacklie on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 6:46 am
wOw… now in year 2008 we see DAP dilemma..
Here’s a fact n figures;
The ethnic composition of the population in PERAK was estimated in 2001 to be: Malay (1,101,105 or 53.68%), Chinese (643,129 or 31.35%), Indian (262,121 or 12.78%), Other (6,536 or 0.32%), Non-Citizen (38,345 or 1.87%)
That is in year 2001. In 2007, estimate total of population to be 2,260,576 What about now?
So, Sultan of Perak who was formerly the Lord President of Malaysia’s Supreme Court have considered all aspects.
No more heated discussion. Just wait and see today.
#19 by alimi on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 6:52 am
Senior Lim.
Be mature! Show that BA can administered Malaysia too. Not only 5 states. Show your early statement, works for Malaysia.
Show now or nothing!!!
#20 by lkt-56 on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 6:56 am
It looks like this new turn of event is really playing into the hands of racial politicking.
I believe that Lim Kit Siang knows something that we do not and therefore if this is his stand as well as that of his colleagues in the CEC, it is imperative that DAP should withdraw from the coalition government.
It is a setback but I still believe that the three parties, PAS, PKR, DAP could still find a way to work together for the good of the people of Malaysia. Cheer up folks, we still have Penang, Kelantan, Selangor, and Kedah.
#21 by KKK on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 7:04 am
I never liked DAP for their LSK-personality-based, chauvinistic racial politics and this fiasco just confirmed it. The times that I ever voted for DAP is not because I liked DAP but because there are no other viable opposition. This stupid act by LKS just make me dislike DAP even more. DAP is going to lost a lot of votes the next time around and LKS will go down in history as the person responsible for breaking this historic “2 parties system”.
btw, I am a Chinese.
#22 by Danny Lim on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 7:18 am
Uncle Kit disappoint alot of Chinese outside Perak as well who voted DAP. It seems like DAP for Malaysians is not true, it;s DAP for Chinese. BR = PKR+DAP+PAS, if DAP do not accept PAS as MB, then no point we vote for DAP in next general election. You can “merajuk” this time, and you will never ever “merajuk” again forever because BN will come back and get back the states. Good Luck, Uncle Kit.
#23 by old dad on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 7:22 am
IT looks like it is a case where DAP Perak is going against the DAP CEC guys. Come on where is the unity? If DAP Perak can act on its own, then don’t blame other partners if they start to jump ship (break ranks) and join BN.
#24 by BoycottLocalPapers on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 7:38 am
THE WORST PART ABOUT THIS BOYCOTT IS THAT KHAIRY JAMALUDDIN MUST BE LAUGHING AT US RIGHT NOW. HE CALLED THE BARISAN RAKYAT COALITION AS “NIKAH MUTA’AH,”
UNCLE KIT,
PLEASE LISTEN TO OUR OPINIONS! PLEASE DON’T BE LIKE BN LEADERS WHO DO NOT LISTEN TO OPINIONS. PLEASE DO NOT BOYCOTT THE SWEAR IN CEREMONY. I HATE THE IDEA OF A PAS MB TOO BUT I HATE CORRUPTION BY BN LEADERS EVEN MORE. SO, PLEASE MAKE UP YOUR MIND! DON’T MAKE KHAIRY JAMALUDDIN THE BERUK/KERA (I GUESS I CAN CALL KHAIRY BERUK NOW SINCE HE HAS HIS OWN BLOG) LAUGH AT US!!!!
#25 by Utopia on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 7:42 am
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2184750/Article/index_html
Quote: “Asked if stricter religious guidelines would be enforced in the Pas-led Kedah government, Husam said there would be no restrictions on entertainment and liquor.”
PAS is doing all it could to live up to its moderate image, DAP is trying to gain some really bad publicity for the ‘Opposition’.
#26 by ahmad on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 7:42 am
Perlantikan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri PAS bagi Pasir Panjang, Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin sebagai Menteri Besar, mewakili parti ketiga dan terkecil dalam gabungan yang dicadang,telah tidak mendapat mandat daripada CEC, Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri DAP Perak tidak akan hadhir dalam upacara bagi mengangkat sumpah yang dijadualkan besok
Riaksi DAP adalah diluar jangkaan.Keputusan Baginda Sultan Perak melantik MB Perak dari PAS mula dipertikaikan. Undang-undang tubuh kerajaan Negeri Perak telah memperuntukkan perlantikan MB mestilah dari kalangan Melayu Islam dan adalah menjadi ‘Hak’ budibicara Sultan untuk melantiknya.
Apabila tiga perwakilan dari setiap parti dipersetujui diperingkat parti masing-masing untuk mengadap kebawah duli alSultan, bermakna bahawa pakatan ketiga-tiga parti tersebut – PAS,PKR termasuklah DAP telah bersetuju untuk menerima keputusan Sultan untuk memilih ‘satu’ daripada tiga yang mengadap.
Tetapi suara sumbang DAP kini menggambarkan bahawa CEC DAP tidak pernah mengiktiraf kehadiran wakil dari PAS yang telah turut sama mengadap Sultan Perak. Apa maknanya semua ini kalau bukan ‘khianat’ namanya?
Langkah yang diambil oleh DAP dalam percaturan politik di Perak amat memilukan ramai kalangan yang sebelumnya ini mengharapkan satu tolak ansor dari pihak DAP agar isu perlantikan MB tidak menjadi saham yang boleh di manipulasikan oleh pihak lawan.
DAP dilihat begitu angkuh dengan jumlah 18 kerusi yang diperolehinya dan seolah-olah menafikan sumbangan Melayu yang turut sama memberikan undi kemenangan kepada calun-calun DAP.Kalau dikira faktor bilangan kerusi, jangan lupa bahawa BN mempunyai 28 kerusi.
Adakah Lim Kit Siang lebih redha kalau MB Perak diterajui semula oleh Umno ? Jangan lupa kita bukan sekali ini sahaja mahu menghadapi pilihanraya.Biarlah pakatan Barisan Rakyat menjadi realiti.Janganlah dihampakan harapan rakyat yang telah memberikan kepercayaan kepada BA.
Bak kata orang, tak kisahlah kucing tu berwarna apa; samada hitam ke, puteh ke atau belang; asalkan dia boleh menangkap tikus!Harap-harap DAP mulai sedar sekarang sebelum terus terlanjur.
#27 by The PJ Dragon on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 7:50 am
Uncle Kit,
Please if you want our opinion, I think it is overwhelmingly clear..
Please go attend the swearing in. Don’t disappoint us.
Please!
#28 by low2215 on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 8:35 am
We voter are not stupid anymore .. thats why we vote for you . And we are not stupid anymore , thats why we hantam u !!!
Do the right thing , when PAS show their open minded , it only shows how selfish you are by not thinking about the Malaysia as a whole .PLEASE RECONSIDER YOUR ACTION !!!
#29 by ahluck on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 8:39 am
Uncle Kit,
you are the best. fight for our rights. we DAP won most. we wanted DAP to MB. went to sultan becos he has the power to give and he also give PAS. where do we stand? with PAS will the family breakups be united?(ravathi’s case) when Pak la came in he was mr nice guy. and see what he did? now this Pas MB in perak seems down to earth guy. don’t know what he going to do. too nice guys cannot command others like hadi will take control. like khairy controling Pak la.
i vote DAP so that there is unity and no more ketuanan Melayu.
pls do something so there is no racial and religion conflits.
i’m very upset and i think others who vote for DAP are upset with the PAS MB.
we fight to deny 2/3 majority for BN rule. and must do something to take away the sultans. then only there won’t be ketuanan melayu. all equal.
#30 by leeann on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 9:47 am
yes , take out all the sultans, they no use anyway.
#31 by Libra2 on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 9:54 am
Kit,
I have been your admirer and supporter for some 30 years. This time you are wrong. Damn wrong.
Just look at the will of the people in your own blog. Come on, retract your boycott announcement.
#32 by leeann on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 9:59 am
Dear all,
I think it is time to abolish Royal power, They are wasting taxpayer money, n do nothing.
lets do it, Kit Siang and Anwar, to divert attention for a while and maybe it will solve some problem.
I think PAS MB is just fine la, just no smoking n drinking, in fact , I like it. healthy lifestyle, n no more late night , even better. U all see, Kelantan doing so well, peaceful n crime rate is low.
I am 100% chinese.
#33 by Libra2 on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 10:03 am
Kit,
If you continue to be stubborn I would urge all the 18 DAP reps to join PKR en bloc. Now, what do you gain?
#34 by pakpandil on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 10:44 am
Kit, pls end the boycott and attend the swearing-in ceremony in Perak today. Our enemy is not Pas but the corrupted BN and UMNO. Pls don’t give them bullets to shot you.
Just ensure you flight corruption, be transparent and accountable, the rakyat will vote you in again. Pls ensure you work hand in hand with Keadilan and Pas. Pas alreald said no hudud law so what is your problem? DAP will have most Exco seats in Perak anyway.
You need both PAS and Keadilan to fight BN and UMNO in the next election…..
#35 by pakpandil on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 10:45 am
Kit, pls end the boycott and attend the swearing-in ceremony in Perak today. Our enemy is not Pas but the corrupted BN and UMNO. Pls don’t give them bullets to shot you.
Just ensure you flight corruption, be transparent and accountable, the rakyat will vote you in again. Pls ensure you work hand in hand with Keadilan and Pas. Pas alreald said no hudud law so what is your problem? DAP will have most Exco seat in Perak anyway.
You need both PAS and Keadilan to fight BN and UMNO in the next election…..
#36 by passerby on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 11:01 am
Mr. Lim.
Principle is one thing, but don’t loose sight of the big picture and the reality of Malaysian politics. Let show them that DAP is not a race party but a party that is prepared to work for the good of all Malaysian.
Accept the appointment but work out the other positions in the state government which collectively will be more important than the MB position itself.
#37 by mamat on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 11:46 am
Dear LKS
This morning I ‘ve met a “Pak Haji”. He is very fustrated on you. He said if malay people willing to throw away their arrogance to vote for chinese candidates why would you can not do same. I now really well this Pak Haji…before this he was very skeptical about DAP. But this time he decided to vote for DAP for good sake
BTW I am very pleased if you could reverse your decision not to attend the swearing-in ceremony. Think about rakyat that support you recently .. Be a new open-minded malaysian not an old closed-minded malaysian…
From bercham people
#38 by muhammad on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 11:55 am
Mr Lim,
Do you remember the story of King Solomon? or Nabi SUlaiman? The story goes like this :
A baby was found. Two women came and claimed that the baby was theirs. They asked the King to hear them out and give his decision. The wise king said, if both of your claim is true, then we will cut the baby in half and give each a part. The first woman agreed. The second woman cried out and said, “No , no..please do not kill the baby..It is better that you let her keep the baby, then to take its life,” the real mother sobbed. She would rather see her own flesh and blood be taken away from her than to see it killed. Her love for her baby was too much. She had carried it in her womb for 9 months and have endured great pain while giving birth.How can she now allow for her death?
Dear Mr Lim,
If you are the real mother of the people. Please. Let go. We all know how you feel. We share the pain. We watched you struggle all these years. You have sacrificed your wealth, health and time. And at the end, you have sacrificed almost everything. Mayhaps, you should also sacrifice the last thing ; your ‘self’. For the sake of the baby. for the love of God.
#39 by yellow on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 12:06 pm
BN is the main cause of racism in Malaysia. It’s manipulation of racial and religious issues has caused each race to fear and distrust other races. We Malaysians have been brainwashed by Barisan Nazi to think of every issue in terms of race, race and race. Every race for it’s own, Malays for Malays, Chinese for Chinese and Indians for Indians. Hence the quandary that we find ourselves in now.
I urge everyone to reject BN’s racial politics once and for all, do not try to emulate them. Let us not fall into their trap that they have set up for us Malaysians all these years. AAB’s warning to LGE today is another fine example of racial politics and intimidation at work. All LGE is trying to do is to treat everyone fairly irrespective of race and religion. Kudos to LGE for having the courage to make this important change in the face of these Nazis.
#40 by supersagi on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 12:28 pm
I agree with ADAM YONG IBNI ABDULLAH that the question is not about race, DAP, PKR or PAS.
Having election means let the RAKYAT DECIDE. So when a single party won, they should be given the priority to lead. DAP won majority in Penang, so nobody question their leadership, PKR do well in Selangor, no one challenge Tan Sri Khalid, PAS did well in Kedah & Kelantan, none of the other 2 said much about their way of governing so long as it fair and transparent.
So, DAP did well in Perak but the minority declared that they are the rightful leader since PERAK has a Sultan. Have PAS actually offered to PKR first even tho’ technically DAP do not have a Malay muslim candidate? Its all about respect.
Anyway, who am I to judge or rather who are we to judge. Those who judge or demand for Uncle Lim resignation, what right have you got. Just because you gave DAP one vote you want to boss around. So what have you all done for the people and the country. Uncle Lim has been arrested and detained under ISA, yet never gave up, his son struggle alongside and his family endure all the hardship for all those donkey years. Where are you guys. Only one mistake and you judge him. To err is human, let give him some breathing space and have faith with the very person you supported. He is not God, so lets us all make Malaysia truly Malaysia.
Malaysia rightfully belong to all of us so lets join hands and make it happen!
#41 by harisnurman on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 12:47 pm
Saya orang melayu. Bukan setakat menyokong mengangkat etnik cina menjadi MB, malah menjadi PM pun saya sokong tetapi dengan syarat cina DAP dan cina Malaysia mestilah buang sikap cauvinis dan hapuskan aliran sekolah jenis kebangsaan (SJKC) kerana perkara inilah yang akan menggagalkan pembentukan Bangsa Malaysia. Orang melayu sudah terlalu banyak berkorban. Ini bukan perkara sensitif, tetapi inilah punca yang menyebabkan orang melayu sangsi akan etnik cina.
#42 by ylchan on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 1:19 pm
Honourable Leaders of the DAP,
We urge the DAP HQ not to stop the DAP Perak State Assemblymen to witness the MB swearing-ceremony today. As earlier, news had annouced that DAP, PKR & PAS will accept and respect the decision of the Sultan of Perak on the said position.
Witnessing the ceremony does not means DAP co-operates with PAS, people of Perak knows that this is the Sultan’s decision and nothing to do with future policies of the State nor conflicting the priciples of DAP on secular states.
Boycotting the ceremony may offend the Sultan and creates a poor image to the people of the country for being not “gentlement”. Furthermore, this may cause Saudara Ngah KH and the Perak DAP assemblymen face difficulties in carrying out their duties in future as the Sultan may see them as non co-operative with and non respecting the Sultan.
Attending the MB swearing ceremony is just giving respect to the Sultan, at least in my perception, it will not jeopardize the DAP assemblymen’s principle on not to co-operate with PAS on some fundamental issues.
We believe and confident that in the Perak State Assembly, DAP will stands on her principles. We strongly believe DAP will not agree with PAS on any issues which against or detriment the people on issues of fairness, religion freedom, education policies and secular states.
Therefore we hope DAP HQ will withdraw the order on stopping the Perak State Assemblymen to attend the MB swearing ceremony.
Thank you.
from DAP supporter.
#43 by Royal Guardian on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 3:09 pm
Dear Sirs,
Watch your thoughts before they become words, watch your words before they become actions, watch your actions before they become habits, watch your habits before they become character, watch your character before it become your destiny..
The Royal Guardians.
#44 by barisan rakyat malaysia on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 3:15 pm
hello pakcik lim,
saya amat berterima kasih kerana saudara LKS sedia memohon maaf dan meberi kerjasama kepada kerajaan barisan rakyat di perak.
saya berharap agar kepimpinan DAP tidak bertindak melulu dan drastik dalam melalukan perubahan di dalam memimpin rakyat malaysia.
kami semua, melayu,cina,india serta etnik-etnik lain, berharap agar
DAP,PKR dan PAS dapat bekerjasama dengan baik.
di harap anda semua tidak berpecah belah kerana kita masih lagi di awal perjuangan. jangan hancurkan harapan rakyat malaysia yang inginkan perubahan,perubahan demi kebaikan dan kesejahteraan semua pihak.
saya sentiasa setia di belakang barisan alternatif…
HIDUP PAS, PKR DAN DAP….! fikirkan masa depan rakyat!
#45 by fortess on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 5:33 pm
Dear Lim…
I as voter is very concern with drama unfold ….in perak… and hope that after this one …there won’t be another one drama in split seconds… the reason is that people are watching it..with full disapproval and perhaps in next coming general elections …. there will be many perhaps i think won’t go out to vote again after miscalculation of BR… intentions… so it important to work together with other parties… in nut shell… it should ….give and take… not always should be on the top… remember the people elected you… and you are serving the people….
#46 by k1980 on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 5:56 pm
Going…going …gone and good riddance to Mr NEP
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/080313/ap/d8vcf5301.html
#47 by ahgoh3232 on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 6:05 pm
I am sure not going to vote for DAP next election, if this matter continue happen again !!
#48 by bokiasee on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 6:57 pm
Uncle Kit, you know we have been waiting 50 years for this moment, we had been working so hard at the bottom of our heart to see DAP will prosper and flourish for the nation. Future generation’s propect lays in the hands of B.R.
So, the responsibilities and tasks lay on your shoulders are vital. Have a clear mind and objective NO matter what kind of obstracles strive on. This is just a beginning.
#49 by badboizpete on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 7:11 pm
i am happy that DAP has won the Perak seat. All this while, Ipoh has never been a prosperous city and it was with great hope that the economy of Ipoh will change, in line with new leadership
What jolts me most, is that whoever wins in the election, it is a law, that a malay has to be a menteri besar. So… where is this democracy leading to?
Why must it be law to have a Malay person to be a MB?
Why can’t Perak have a change?
We voted for a change. But we still have to force feed ourselves with the constitution!
When was this law made?
During Sultan Azlan Shah’s time?
So, if it was not his doing, and accepting the fact that times have changed… why can’t we have we have that change?
I respect the Sultan and the Regent very much. I speak great things to people in K.L. about our Sultan, his wisdom as a Chief Justice, but with this new decision, it made us feel that our Sultan is still using history to rule today’s Perak.
After all, i would like to have the confidence of the new government, and would like to go home to my family in Ipoh and work or even start up a business in Ipoh.
Penang has proven to be a very successful state. Why can’t we?
Why do people like us have to work in K.L. in order to earn more and bring home the salary? Why can’t we give DAP a chance to grow the economy?
Has Terengganu or Kelantan grown very strong economically under the leadership and wisdom of PAS?
Now that DAP has won in Penang, why not give DAP more anchorage by letting them have Perak too? I’m sure together, they will have more resources to advance both the states.
I’m no politician, but i have been away from Ipoh for more than a decade, please let people like us have a chance to earn a decent income in Ipoh. To see our children grow up together and not calling home to “see how things are”.
Mr. Lim Kit Siang, thank you for voicing out our concerns.
#50 by akarmalaysian on Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 8:03 pm
now now children….wat are all the squabbles abt?….we people gave u the majority victories.such simple decisions and u people find it so hard to compromise.1st thing is 1st….dap,pkr and pas…u guys joined hands to kick these scumbags out.so be proud of it.becos the people believed in u and gave u a chance in terms of barisan rakyat…not barisan persendirian.and who has the majority seats won in perak will be the mb of perak and the rest u people decide and share the task as representatives or watever u cal mb1 or mb2 or mb3 to help the people.we wan to see a clean and fair administration to the people…by the people and for the people.boleh ka? so pls….children….dun fight over these isuue and get it over with and start working for the people.