Oooooh, the by-election for DSAI to march into the Parliament is happening soon - I hope it will be in my constituency. I sure hope so. I would love to put that ‘X’ ONE MORE TIME against the tottering DACING. And the reason as I cross the box? - here’s the ‘X’ once again against Kerishamuddin, if nothing else. And I am hoping he is stupid enough to repeat his keris act again in the next UMNO GA. Then, we will know for sure that for UMNO, point is made but…not taken now, was not taken before and will not ever be taken.

So, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for Prime Minister Now!

So we note from what Mahathir said. I don’t recall or have any record of this other than and independent of what the Tun selectively remembers, amongst many things that he had apparently forgotten if you believe what he said in the Lingam’s Enquiry!

Yet I won’t discount what Mahathir said as a figment of his imagination.

It is well nigh possible, if not probable, that Zaid then in 1988 supported the establishment of the Tribunal against Tun Salleh and the others for reasons of self interest. If his firm was the first Malaysian firm to get into privatisation work in 1988 for North South Expressway, it would require Tun Daim’s patronage – and Daim being Mahathir’s crony, would imply Mahathir need to be ingratiated, which accounts why Mahathir remembers this so vividly!

However, I won’t hold this (point of inconsistency) against Zaid if by subsequent conduct and speeches he had “reformed” for the better to argue for an independent Judiciary.

If we were to use a person’s errant actions of the past as a bench mark to judge, doubt and discredit his present good deeds, we can’t move forward. We would also have to doubt Anwar Ibrahim and Khalid Ibrahim who at that time (1988) also supported and ingratiated supreme Mahathir.

On the cause of fighting for restoration of judiciary’s independence which Zaid, Anwar Ibrahim and Khalid Ibrahim all subscribe, the difference is that Zaid is prepared to advocate it publicly whilst still within UMNO’s firmament contrary to comfort of his party whilst the other two are outside the circle of power.

It is believed that Zaid Ibrahim will tender his resignation soon as the current government will not tolerate his views on the judiciary, ISA and other issues.

It is hoped that the current appeal court president Zaki should not be appointed as Chief justice of Federal court as quoted from Lord Denning, “the justice must not only be done but must be seen to be done”.

It is hoped that the president of the Bar council be given the chance to sit in the Cabinet meeting in order to advise the Cabinet ministers on various legal issues.

we should just keep on pushing and pushing & concentrate our mind & soul into ousting BN and all the slime in it!!!!!!!!

Increase the pace now PKR-DAP-PAS becoz now is the moment!!!!

Zaid was at the time the President of the National Muslim Lawyers’ Association, and according to Mahathir, supported the establishment of the Tribunal against Tun Salleh and the others.

Don’t know what Mathathir is talking about. Zaid Ibrahim wasn’t a cabinet minister in 1988 when sacking of the Lord President and the Judges took place. In fact Zaid became active in politics after he joined Umno in 2000 way after the judicial crisis in 1988….

That in 1988 he enjoyed patronage from UMNO (Tun Daim) is not disputed though. His firm was the first Malaysian firm to get into privatisation work back in 1988 with its involvement in the North South Expressway.

Zaid is well known for his dissenting views from the government on various issues. Well before the last election, he was not afraid to speak his mind.

He couldn’t convince his colleagues in the new cabinet of Abdullah because some of his colleaques might be with Mahathir in 1988.

His hands were soiled and he has to clean up himself first before he can convince his colleagues in the new cabinet of Abdullah.

if you play poker game, will u simply throw money with “uncertainty” in your mind whether it will win or lost? Unless the money (selanor ppl interest) throw is not so important to you.

for sure everyone will try to increase the chances of winning as much as possible.

and to judge whether someone can perform well compared to others, is not based on experience and achivement?

Opposition like DAP won in this election is becoz BeeAnn have too much weaknesses, NOT becoz DAP have good achievements in state governing (as we have no chance to prove it since past 50 years) …

this is a golden opportunity to convince selangor ppl that they did a right choice. Chances of BeeAnn take over Selangor in next election is very high … we have only have 4 years short period to perform …

The formation of Selangor exco line up show that DAP make use of Selangor ppl interest as “chip” to “gamble” for future with “uncertainty” … u think this is a poker game? If the consequence of this “gamble” is it lost, the ppl is the one who need to pay for it …

This is not about teng or anyone … this is about sidelined of potential and senior ppl that can bring ppl towards a brigther future …

Next 4 years, selangor ppl will ask DAP the same question …

“It takes 4 yrs for a DAP to realize it is important to hear what Rakyat said. I’m wondering is he lost in Disneyland?”

I believe we should not come to this conclusion too quickly. I have seen many who say things very differently before holding a cabinet position but change completely after being appointed to a cabinet position. My observation is simple. Within the UMNO establishment, those holding positions are usually supportive of the present leadership. Those going against the present leadership are usually those “has been” politicians or those who were removed from or lost their positions recently. We shall judge the true intent of a leader from what he/she does, not what he/she says. This principle should be similarly applied to those from PKR, DAP and PAS who are now holding government positions.

Another issue we ought to ask concerning the appointment of Zaid and Sharir is whether UMNO as a political party is still capable of reform from within. Has UMNO reached a point of no return? If so, can good men (assuming they are good, but I am not sure at this stage) doing the right things in a wrong political party?

The PM had put up his brave website, the WarkahUntukPM (www.warkahuntukpm.com) where he had invited all Malaysians to write to him.

Just for the information of all here, I had written to the PM on 20th March 2008 via this website wherein I had highlighted to him the problem explicitly mentioned in my earlier emails sent to him and the Ketua Kementerian Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (Tan Sri Abdul Aziz) in August 2007. Till to-date from 20th March 2008, the administrator of the WarkahuntukPM website is either not functioning or if ever, it must be at snail-mail pace as no email reply to my whistle-blowing act was forthcoming nor any form of acknowledgment pertaining to that matter (as highlighted in my August 2007 emails) is being looked into.

The question here is:-
i) Is the PM saying one thing and doing anything. On one hand, he said, ” Point noted & Point taken”,
ii) Is the http://www.warkahuntukpm.com website merely an election gimmick (since it was launched on 1 March 2008) prioir to PRU12 on 8 March 2008, so much so it is now probably not functioning at all.

I had already resigned to the fact that my whistle blowing act would land on the deaf ears of the PM as I am convinced that the answer to the above (i) & (ii) would just be another chapter of disappointment to all Malaysians.

Let’s just take note of this. How this website (www.warkahuntukpm.com) would help us Malaysians be taken note of & heard.

If at all you need to test it, please try by all means to pose your comments or requests to the PM……just see for yourself what response would you receive. I gues you will be just another me.

LKS foresees many things far ahead by his above captioned headline here. I totally agree with uncle LKS

Politicians do not turn down ministerial positions for nothing. Something is evidently brewing and afoot especially when main protagonist DSAI has been uncharacteristically quiet of late.

If there were going to occur a significant crossing over by BN’s MPs that causes the BN to lose command of majority in Dewan Rakyat in a time not too long from now, and ensuing from that, an Opposition backed vote of no confidence is successfully passed against the PM representing the BN government, what would be the scenario then?

One scenario is that the King could dissolve parliament the second to usher in the next 13th General Election.

The BN showing no will to reform after the 12th GE would, in line with the momentum of decline of popularity evinced in the 12th GE, llikely be trounced even more this time around, returning to parliament as a full fledged opposition coalition.

This is not something many within BN would relish or could afford because of vested interests and existing crony deals yet uncompleted and inchoate and the dire prospects of witch hunt when BR comes to power!

The real issue now is no more just whether the present cabinet has “taken well or not the point made” by voters during the 12th General Election.

The real issue is, if there were no immediate genuine reform, whether there is really still this same cabinet a few months down road for any point to be well taken, if at all!

For the first time, time is of the essence running against an imploding incumbent ruling coalition.

In Zaid’s defence I would say that whilst it is true that mere apology is “not sufficient to induce real reform”, there is also nothing to suggest that a mere apology is the last and only step Zaid would do.

It is after all just the beginning, and for starters it is necessary to get the present administration to admit and apologise for the wrong that had been done to Salleh Abbas and other judges in 1988 before other measures such as instituting an independent judicial commission for the appointment of judges can be proceeded upon. It is first things first. How does one expect Zaid to immediately do more when even the first token gesture of apology is already resisted by his cabinet colleagues as hinted by Zaid’s remarks, “I am afraid the view has yet to be considered. “There are many people who are more experienced and who are wiser than me. So we have to wait.”

Now Zaid can’t push his agenda (of judicial reform) through unless his patron the premier could give him strong backing relative to detractors.

Right now the patron himself is fighting for political survival. He could not prevail on Terengganu’s Ruler to accept Idris Jusoh as Terengganu’s MB, indeed it was the other way around he had to accept palace-backed Ahmad Said as MB; he also could not prevail on UMNO Supreme Council to agree deferring party polls (seen as offering avenues of leadership challenge by Ku Li) to next year, and further he could not control certain cabinet appointees like Ghapur Salleh from taking deputy ministerially positions, apparently for real reasons undisclosed.

I can assure you that your question won’t arise as the contagion effect slithers down to the present PM and revealed only via the LINGAM Tape. Otherwise it will be business as usual but after the tape, what is going to happen is any body’s guess as it is no easy to take away something what people had enjoyed for so long.

This is the pathetic scenario of BN government and it is a Herculean task for anybody to remedy the malaise and worst still there are still many “wise men” in in UMNO.

THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BRING CHANGES IS TO CHANGE THOSE WISE MEN FIRST.

So let’s keep that euphoria under wrap first until we really see the transformation with our own eyes. Do not just get caught up on what he does or say outside. To be honest I had profound respect for Zaid Ibrahim and will continue with my respect until proven wrong. To this I hope he will lend credibility by making all the necessary arrangements so that there will be no conflict of interests with his Legal firm.

Till then I wish him all the best in his appointment as a Minister and hope that he will fulfill what the people and the country desire most, a sound and fair judiciary system which is a must for any democratic country to move forward and to be well respected internationally”.

This above is exactly what I had put in this blog about a 2 weeks ago and repeated last week. I have years of experience observing the antics of BN, I think I am not too far away to have my prediction fulfilled. Give 6 months to a year and he will be totally reformed instead of reforming. He will be hitting himself against a concrete wall and those wise men will finally tell him you are not so wise in coming through the back door.
Anyway one consolation is that he had resigned from his Company as what I had expected him to do as cited in my second paragraph.

Good Luck Joe, do not knock your head too hard as we might need your brain in the BR and that is where you will stand at par with all the wise men and not let the wise men cow you as in BN.

What he is really saying is that he wants you to understand that you fellas are too dumb, would say anything to suit your case and that he alone knows how to think and knows what is best! Expect him to take you to task each time he thinks you fall out of line i.e. his line!

Oh yes, that’s very true.

Datuk Zaid,

What about the repeal and abolishment of the Internal Security Act(ISA)?

defense minister : hishamuddin hussein
tourism : najib (attract space tourist)
health : khir toyo (promote tempe)
housing : zakaria deros (phantom voter can come , he also can come back)
finance : muhd muhd taib - experience in dealing with cash
youth : rafidah - she can bring along her grandchildren
women, family : ka ting & ka chuan
education : muhd muhd taib - fast track to learning english

i will keep asking everyday in every thread for that issue

Do we know what exactly transpired btw Khalid and the Sultan of Selangor with regard to appointment of DMB and Excos? Do we get to read what exactly is the situation/position of Teng in DAP and the Selangor state government other than Sdr. Lim statement here?

I think most of us are not capable of “learning” anything when it suits us!

Look here (2007)

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k278/v-k0/UMNOBlacklist.jpg

Point made, point taken, the Badawi goes to sleep as usual.

Now the true colours of Badawi’s cabinet are exposed for all to see. Zaid has to produce a “first” paper but before he produces this, he needs to see the findings of the IC on the Lingam videotape case. Then the cabinet has to debate on the “first” paper, so that someone presumably will work on the “second” paper.

Already, Zaid has said that his personal opinion is that the government should apologise to the victims of the 1988 judiciary fiasco. Who are the victims ? Apparently, Zaid ignored the fact that we are all victims - having had to live through 20 years of a tainted judiciary. Who are the perpetrators of the crime then ? The then AG, and the former PM figure prominently, but then Zaid now says that the previous administration is “gone”, so bringing the perpetrators of this heinous crime to book would not be forthcoming. What about people like Badawi, Nazri, Syed Hamid, et al, who were members of that administration ? Even if they claim ignorance, there must be an inquiry to ascertain who committed the crimes in 1988.