Anwar Ibrahim is reported yesterday as saying that “This year is a good timing for a by-election”, with some newspapers like Sin Chew Daily giving it page headline treatment.
I will go one step further. There is no better time than NOW for a by-election for Anwar to get back to Parliament in the wake of the nation-wide anger and outrage at the unconscionably drastic and hefty oil price increases of 41 per cent for petrol and 63 per cent for diesel with no overall plan to cushion their painful impact on the vulnerable sectors of the population.
There is also no awareness or consciousness of the need by the Abdullah government and leadership to set an example of radical change in lifestyles and government expenditures as well as to be fully accountable for the Petronas billions and to begin to institute good governance of accountability, transparency and integrity.
Let the great battle to get Anwar back to Parliament begin!
#1 by PureMalaysian on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 - 9:19 am
Rightly said, BN is not a fool – they will spend Rakyat’s millions, if not billions, of hard earned cash, to stop whoever coming into BN’s way. So PR may not be able to win the snap election if strategy is not right.
#2 by pluto9964 on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 - 2:28 pm
Apply the kennygan-jeffrey rules:
dsai, seize majority govt with walkover- don’t wait for sep16.
impound all passports of present and former bn parliamentarians/excos, their blood relatives, cronies.
seize and impound all their assets -take over bank negara.
bukit aman, aca, informers, agents … to work double quick time. get all infos on corruption.
apply isa on all the current ministers, blood relatives, cronies.
free all isa prisoners by the previous bn govt
recover all assets of bn and former bn members- while they are under isa.
apply kempentai surveillance on all hardcore bn supporting govt servants- full revamp of govt services.
apply the present communist china rule: sentence all corporate corrupts to mandatory death.
dsai is waiting and singing overseas — something more than meets the eyes.
vengeance/justice is a dish served COLD.
#3 by undecidedmoron on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 - 4:30 pm
Anwar gave a time frame till September. With such a huge price petrol hike, and just recently a price increase in essentials, dont you guys especially the PR thinks that something fishy is going on?
If it is really true that PR will take over in september, i am pretty sure that PM Bodoh and his monkeys will be siphoning out our money as we are debating and street protesting now. When Anwar takes over, our country is bankcrupt.
#4 by Jong on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 - 5:28 pm
The shredding machines may be working overtime as we speak/blog!
#5 by nizuet on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 - 8:43 pm
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for Malaysia,,yes! Anwar for Malaysia…..
#6 by Better Future on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 - 9:28 pm
DSAI is Malaysia only hope now. Malaysia is going sinking fast our money in bank might soon can be use for our children is monopoly game as it won’t have any value in them. In Ipoh we already seeing the immediate effect of petrol price increase which all the food price increasing from 10-20%. I hate those people who know the facts BARISAN NASIONAL is bad but still choose them due to their own benefit. DAP please give your full support to ANWAR. It will be even a better news if both PKR and DAP can merge into a party call PAKATAN RAKYAT no more PKR OR DAP is PR
#7 by blablowbla on Wednesday, 11 June 2008 - 8:50 am
DSAI:wuomen dou shi yi jia ren!
#8 by ShiokGuy on Wednesday, 11 June 2008 - 1:33 pm
Only the rakyat need to change the life style lah
BN MP and all those beneficiary need not have too..
You guy not worry about BLR? With inflation going up? If BLR going up too… then what? We will be all living on the street
http://shiokguy.blogspot.com/2008/06/blr-free-home-loan.html
Shiok Guy
#9 by ShiokGuy on Wednesday, 11 June 2008 - 1:35 pm
Frankly speaking I have PKR membership form filled up and also that of DAP. Just dont know which one I should be joining…
haiz…
I hope i can do something for the people of sarawak… since I am from there and hate to see all it natural resource and beauty to ruin…
Shiok Guy
#10 by Bigjoe on Wednesday, 11 June 2008 - 3:01 pm
I guarantee you they will not let it happen. Somehow, someway, they will avoid a by-election until UMNO Dec election is over…
#11 by lextcs on Wednesday, 11 June 2008 - 4:49 pm
even the great buffett thinks that US recession will be long and deep…..so u guys think that bringing anwar back will solve our economic woes? dream on guys…..its the end of the global boom and the beginning of global recession…..instead we should now focus on cost effective savings, home security and changing of lifestyles…..
#12 by subject on Wednesday, 11 June 2008 - 9:09 pm
Anwar back or not is not important. The particular important now is how to lighten people life burden?????
Everything is keep raise except salary…how poor people could survive?
#13 by donng55 on Thursday, 12 June 2008 - 7:29 pm
YB LIM
PR’s demarche to “resurrect” Anwar in the heat of our historic “summer of discontent” is perfectly understandable, and one that will no doubt be received by many (including myself and a significant number of apolitical friends of mine) with anticipated attention and support.
We must, howbeit, qualify our support, in that, “resurrection of Anwar” is one thing but PR’s planned anabasis in this coming September (per Anwar’s pronouncement), barely 6 months after the 12the GE, is quite another. To fly high, never mind the sun, when the wax is not even hardened is dangerous to say the least. Please go learn from Icarus!
We have been consistent in our view that before making further move the PR must first prove itself to the rakyat, especially in the five states they now rule. They must show, without the shadow of a doubt, that they can do better and are in fact doing better than BN as they said they could. Rakyat will periodically assay PR’s overall performance by hitting its achievements against its election pledges and manifesto, and should be able to ascertain what kind of “material” PR is made of by the end of their first half-term.
Now, before a fusillade of accusations and insults are hurled in my direction for sharing our honest views, please allow me to say this: We, just like many of you out there, were gullible enough to, with our eyes wide opened, fell hook, line, and sinker for a joker who we now come to regret so very much. Ergo, we must promise ourselves and our children that we will be doubly sure and, Deo volente (God willing), pick the right guy the next time around.
#14 by donng55 on Thursday, 12 June 2008 - 10:15 pm
Corrections with apologies : (1) “…, barely 6 months after the 12te GE, …” (2) “…, fall hook, line, and sinker for …”
#15 by donng55 on Thursday, 12 June 2008 - 10:16 pm
Corrections with apologies : (1) “…, barely 6 months after the 12th GE, …” (2) “…, fall hook, line, and sinker for …”
#16 by citizenwatch on Sunday, 15 June 2008 - 3:47 pm
The strategy Anwar and PR should use is ‘ambush’ and ‘surprise’ to leave BN in ‘shock’ and ‘awe’. So folks, don’t be surprised if the cross-overs will happen very much earlier than Sept 16. It can even happen the next Parliamentary Session come June 23!
#17 by citizenwatch on Sunday, 15 June 2008 - 7:33 pm
Dr Chua Soi Lek is talking about trimming the govt’s fat. Yes, GET RID OF THE LEADERS!
#18 by Neobanchuan on Monday, 16 June 2008 - 12:11 am
Anwar, Anwar, Anwar, I support you all the way from Singapore. My fighting spirit is the same as yours. I fight and fight and fight even after I was forced to retire as director in a big accounting firm because I want to get back what belongs to me. Go for broke please.
#19 by cucu adam on Sunday, 29 June 2008 - 4:08 am
It has been a long waiting. DSAI should have contested and won in the by election. Why the delay. With DSAI elected as an MP will it not speed up the change of government from BN/UMNO to Pakatan Rakyat.
Some people are indeed having a mixed feelings that DSAI is really not serious that a Pakatan Rakyat government will ever rule Malaysia at all. Just get the by election going as soon as possible.
It is disturbing that news are spreading around the country, that DSAI is about to be arrested on a similar charge of sodomy. Why has the BN/UMNO resort to such an action just to remain in power. Didn/t they learned anything from the 12th GE. Should this really happened, I could imagine there will be chaos in the country, with people having lost faith in the government, and this will be in itself be an excuse to impose emergency rule in the country.
Let us pray that this will not happened, and that the BN/UMNO leaders will come to their sense and not to resort to charging DSAI in the court again. Does he deserve all these punishments for the crimes he did not committed. Should the worst takes place, let us pray that sensible leaders in BN/UMNO will resign whatever posts they hold in the government and the political parties they belonged to. Of course many of them will hold on to their positions, but we do hope sensible leaders will resign under protest.