The heading of one blog today, “BN’s Credibility to Rule Disappearing by the day!”, reflects the feelings of increasing number of Malaysians that although the Barisan Nasional had survived the political tsunami in the March general election, it has not learnt any lesson at all.
The post-general election claim by the Prime Minister that he has finally heard the voice of the people is not true at all.
This is best reflected by the first 100 days after the March 8 general election, where at the state level, the five state governments under the Pakatan Rakyat becomes more stronger and more consolidated while in contrast, at the national level, the second Abdullah premiership seems to be tottering from Day One, under siege in Umno and Barisan Nasional internally as well as externally.
Although the March 8 general election suffered a historic defeat in losing its hitherto unbroken two-thirds parliamentary majority, it still enjoys a strong 58-seat majority with its 140 MPs against 82 from Pakatan Rakyat.
In other democracies, a ruling coalition with a 58-seat majority in Parliament would be as safe and fit as a fiddle. Why is this not the case in Malaysia?
This highlights the abnormality of the Malaysian democratic process, the importance of the political tsunami of March 8 general election to start the long and hard process to make Malaysia a normal democratic country with the end of two-thirds parliamentary majority for the ruling coalition and the dismantling of the arsenal of draconian and undemocratic laws, unaccountable and corrupt governance and the creation of a united and forward-looking Bangsa Malaysia by returning to Malaysians their fundamental democratic rights and freedoms as enshrined in the Merdeka Constitution of 1957.
(Opening speech in the Ninth Malaysia Plan Mid-Term Review debate five minutes before lunch-break in Parliament)
#1 by ALtPJK on Wednesday, 2 July 2008 - 10:01 pm
“…abnormality of the Malaysian democratic process…” YB Lim KS.
Abnormality? Indeed it is but I would suggest it is the psyche of the ruling elite more than anything else. Is there any other democratically elected government that is suffering from such an inferiority complex to the extent of feeling inadequate and paralysingly incapable of governing the country, despite having 63% control of the country’s legislative body?
Perhaps this abnormality had developed from the ‘fat’ of decades of untrammelled 2/3 parliamentary majority made worse by a megalomaniac possessing abnormal views on separation of powers and harbouring abnormal ambitions.
#2 by pjboy on Wednesday, 2 July 2008 - 10:26 pm
Wow. I haven’t read all the contributions but it does seem like everyone agrees to this ‘abnormality’ – with added salt & sugar. Wonder now who are the ones ab-normal.
To k1980: I wouldn’t mind singing God Save The Queen either. Our parliament wouldn’t be what it is if it was the case. But it was too late, our former leaders pursued independence to what became a so called “perjuangan”…even until today still using this word.
Wonder what perjuangan is there to do when we already gained independence since >50 years. Does that mean >50 years nothing was achieved out of the perjuangan? After perjuangan comes reformasi. Like I said, all was well until 1969. Thereafter it was engineered for disaster for next 39 years.
At least Malaysia can be proud of being the world’s most abnormal country in the world. There’s nothing else to be proud of at the moment. The ruling gov is obviously punishing & sodomising the rakyat.
A good example: I was told, while we collect our so called rebates at the post-office, the post-office (Pos M’sia Bhd – PMB) may also reap somewhere close to RM 100M in commissions or “service charge”. Ever wondered why the JPJ can’t perform this task & why PMB? Great isn’t it.
#3 by ReformMalaysia on Wednesday, 2 July 2008 - 11:30 pm
“# peterchiang Says:
Today at 00: 32.23 (22 hours ago)
How is it possible to go against
(1) Top Policeman (control use of pistols, water cannons, permits)
(2) Top legal person representing Govt (court matters)
(3) Top Military man (commanding armforces, use of c4)
(4) Top man in present Govt (commanding speakers & dewan)
(5) Top man in Finance ministry ($)
(6) Top man in past Govt (commanding eyeballs of bloggers)
all at the same time? Abnormal.”
The reality is (from many incidences -such as Linggam Scandal, and cases below:
1.When Karpal Singh question the power of Perak Sultan interfering the MB decision to transfer a religious officer, Pak Lah ordered the Police to carry out the investigation on Karpal Singh speedily.
-But the act of Pak Lah questioning the rights of Trengganu’s Sultan cum Agong on Menteri Besar appointment, was treated differentlt -The investigation on Pak Lah has never statred.
2.When Pakatan Rakyat/Bersih organised a peaceful protest, the leaders were arrested.
*When UMNO organised an illegal demonstration in Penang/KOmtar, nobody arrested. When Idris Jusoh’s supporters(UMNO) staged a nasty protest against the Sultan’s choice of MB (even called the Royal Highness ‘Natang’, no action taken, everyone walked away as a free man. When LKS mildly protested on Perak MB appointment, he was condemned…
it seems that :
the way that Malaysian Police, ACA & Judiciary system carry out their functions befit
a Chinese proverb:
“Before you beat a dog, find out who its master is”
#4 by freedom to speak on Wednesday, 2 July 2008 - 11:41 pm
We trully are AB-NORMAL.
We have in our country eager citizens who crave for equality.
It is just within our grasp but a small number of narrow minded individuals have chosen to clout that hope.
It is high time we listen to our hearts and go for it. After all, 50 years of “slave-ing” ourselves have not got us anywhere.
Do we have the guts for “CHANGE”?
“Dream the dream, and make it a reality”.
#5 by ReformMalaysia on Wednesday, 2 July 2008 - 11:44 pm
“excerpt from NST online / 2/7/08
ACA starts full-scale probe on Anwar’s report
By : Hamidah Atan
PUTRAJAYA:
The Anti-Corruption Agency has started a full-scale investigation into the report by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, alleging abuse of power by Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan and Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail. ”
Comment : to ensure the impartiality, the IGP Musa and AG Abd Ghani were suspended from their post. But this is not done. An abnormal version of ‘justice’ in the country indeed!
#6 by ReformMalaysia on Wednesday, 2 July 2008 - 11:46 pm
….Typing error:
should be
……to ensure impartiality. the IGP Musa and AG Abd Ghani Patail should be suspended from their respective posts!
#7 by strupper2003 on Thursday, 3 July 2008 - 8:16 am
How do I know the BN Govt has abdicated on its responsibility to the Rakyat?
When I looked at the shirts of my colleagues. Its all brownish. They didn’t use poor quality washing detergent. They used bleach for white garments and they sure scrub hard.
The reason their clothes are brownish is because the water they used to wash their clothes is brownish.
I live in non-tropical Australia (with less rain) now and notice how whiter my clothes are, even those brownish ones I brought from Malaysia a year ago.
I use the same detergent and wash it the same way.
If the BN Govt cant manage a natural resource we have in abundance of, how are they going to manage limited resources?
The BN Govt is incompetant in almost all areas of its Key Performance Index. The only area they have proven good at is to divide and rule the rakyat (through stoking racial and religious tension).
#8 by Godfather on Thursday, 3 July 2008 - 11:40 am
Talking about KPIs, do you folks remember that when Badawi came to power, he made a big point (together with Nor Mohamed Yakcop) on the issue of imposing KPIs for all GLCs ? Well, like all things in Bolehland, this was conveniently swept under the carpet. Now the GLCs are going to reward their CEOs with hefty increases in pay.
“We are not in the business of cheating the people.” AAB, 2005.
#9 by Neobanchuan on Thursday, 3 July 2008 - 2:44 pm
The fault is not with Abdullah. Instead, we should thank him for not being able to keep any of these craps, which have been the accumulated sins of Mahatir’s era from being unfolded. If Mahatir is still the PM, I wonder when are all these corrupted practices going to be unearthed. We must thank Abdullah for giving Malaysian another choice. But as Chinese, if we can have a government who is willing to see all races in equality, we should also change our attitude. There must be reasons why some Malays hate us so much. We must change also if the government changes.
#10 by ahkok1982 on Thursday, 3 July 2008 - 2:48 pm
the BN goons may be rotten to the core but I for one will not trust DSAI either. I would not believe that he could have been the DPM of Malaysia without being corrupt himself.
So he may (or may not) have realized that what he did was wrong, but that does not absolve him from his past sins. I have not seen him coming out in the open about his past corrupt practices nor has he returned all that was ill gained.
Although I would prefer to see someone replace BN but I still do not trust DSAI at all.
#11 by Godfather on Thursday, 3 July 2008 - 2:53 pm
ahkok1982:
I worked with DSAI fairly closely in the early 90s. The guy doesn’t take for himself, but he had his favourites to award certain contracts like Mahathir and Daim then. Like Badawi now. He was part of the UMNO system and he tried to change from within, but he was sent to jail because of this. He tried to put a stop to the blatant abuse of Mahathir and Daim, and they set him up for the fall.
DSAI will not tolerate the way UMNO has done business in the past 30 years – believe me.
#12 by Godfather on Thursday, 3 July 2008 - 2:55 pm
Frankly, the IGP, the AG and the DPM will all have to go to jail, and there will not be tears shed for them. Question is: who is brave enough to do it ?
#13 by pjboy on Friday, 4 July 2008 - 12:00 am
Someone in DAP should dig from the archives to do a chronology of PM AAB’s famous words since 2003/2004. List them out & see if any of those were ever achieved or saw the daylight again. I am sure there were over 50 meaningless slogans or statements.
Referring to Godfather today at 11.40. 12 hours ago.
#14 by boh-liao on Friday, 4 July 2008 - 9:56 am
Yes, Malaysia is truly an abnormal country where abnormal things occur and are manipulated and forced to become normal.
Lots of people elected by the rakyat as public servants to serve the people instead become dictator-like bosses who suppress the rakyat, enrich themselves and their cronies in the name of affirmative actions, and control the police, AG chambers, judiciary, and civil service to work for their benefits and to twist black to white and white to black. Macam-macam pun boleh. No shame.
Just look at the ongoing Altantuya Shaariibuu trial and we can see the blatant abnormal procedures imposed before and during the trial. The authorities just treated the rakyat as flaccid imbeciles, a legacy of MM’s rule.
If the rakyat remain flaccid and don’t voice out to change, they well deserve to remain in this land of abnormal-becoming-normal phenomena!
#15 by lopez on Sunday, 6 July 2008 - 8:36 am
I think the most ab normal of all in boilihlang is the education mini,story.
Each time a new fool gets the helm he makes changes , you can reminiscence and it will lead you to 1970s, their alibi is to please some elders of some part of society.
for the last 20 odd years under those same thoughfulless lines the ministry has successfulfooly churned out many great boilihland personalities, some are in today’s parlimen too, you can easily identify them, those quiet ones and ever ready to increase sound volume when it is call for.
If we look at those who holds the helm strings and the heirarchy within them, man it is another success. Those who are locally elusively educated from local schools will stays at the lower ranks, unless he is a violent and extreme character, the other ones stays at the top.
What is troubling for boilhland common people those days was that many laws and regulations were implemented without their understanding and deliberations and approval but was rested on the so called repre$entathieves. And after 50 yeaRS , THAT guilt in some of them has made them repent , BUT subject to acceptance.
wHAT IS MOST INTERESTING question is “who are these script writers, drafters, secretaries who concoct their bosses speeches.
Those speeches of lies and threat and air of fear and fabricated statistics to confused and twists in use of words to escape that we see in the media and it has so far successfully tainted our blurred mind of what is good for our future.
Already that recent 20 years of the nation children are up and about dressed in all tie and blazer but cant speak that language enjoys the foolball over teh tarik.
One thing for sure, the current clowns has proved to the name, great clowns nad we had a good laugh and a Very Very costly one at our selves.
Are we going to laugh at ourselves again?
#16 by blablowbla on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 9:11 am
the education monster is incompetent,small matter like children school bags over-weight ,he cant even deliver!
my son is standard 5,35kg,he ought to carry 3 bags,altogether 22 kg!i was thinking can my son grow taller?
the monster only interested to wield his ‘keris’ and quote racist sentiment,wat the f*ck is he doing in the ministry?
not long ago,after receiving big commisions from handphone vendors,he immediately announce tat student are allowed to use handphones in school!
see,tat’s the trouble for bolehland,most of the leaders are morons,thy disguise tis,thy disguise tat,stupid ppl like SAIFUL type are the followers!really pathetic!!!