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		<title>By: Explain Blogging &#124; How Do I Start A Blog</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/04/23/election-commission-explain-strangeextraordinary-behaviour-reinforcing-public-suspicions-about-its-independence-professionalism-and-integrity/comment-page-1/#comment-171701</link>
		<dc:creator>Explain Blogging &#124; How Do I Start A Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...]  Election Commission - explain &#8230;  [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Roslanrizal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Roslanrizal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seperti yang telah dikatakan oleh AMK, cadangan penalti 50k/100k tersebut oleh Tan Keng Liang tidak masuk akal. Mukhriz pun sama gila termasuk Nazri dan pengerusi SPR.

http://www.suarakeadilan.com/sk/?s=tan+keng+liang</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seperti yang telah dikatakan oleh AMK, cadangan penalti 50k/100k tersebut oleh Tan Keng Liang tidak masuk akal. Mukhriz pun sama gila termasuk Nazri dan pengerusi SPR.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.suarakeadilan.com/sk/?s=tan+keng+liang" rel="nofollow">http://www.suarakeadilan.com/sk/?s=tan+keng+liang</a></p>
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		<title>By: Roslanrizal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Roslanrizal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Saya tidak faham kenapa SPR perlu teliti cadangan Tan Keng Liang, Ketua Pemuda Gerakan Kedah. 
Cadangan tersebut tidak adil kepada Pakatan Rakyat.
Adakah SPR berat sebelah?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saya tidak faham kenapa SPR perlu teliti cadangan Tan Keng Liang, Ketua Pemuda Gerakan Kedah.<br />
Cadangan tersebut tidak adil kepada Pakatan Rakyat.<br />
Adakah SPR berat sebelah?</p>
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		<title>By: chengho</title>
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		<dc:creator>chengho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Betty will contest in Penanti?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Betty will contest in Penanti?</p>
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		<title>By: Onlooker Politics</title>
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		<dc:creator>Onlooker Politics</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wonder what civil rights I will still enjoy if my employer tells me bluntly that I have no rights to tender resignation from my present job position unless I pay a compensation of RM100,000/- to my employer!

I guess I will most likely be turned into a hard labour slave who is required to work 24 hours in a day without claiming overtime pay  and with no annual leave pay, no rest day pay and no attendance allowance.  What the hell is EC trying to do now?  Does EC want to turn the State Assemblyman or the MP into a slave who will have no rights to resign upon elected?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder what civil rights I will still enjoy if my employer tells me bluntly that I have no rights to tender resignation from my present job position unless I pay a compensation of RM100,000/- to my employer!</p>
<p>I guess I will most likely be turned into a hard labour slave who is required to work 24 hours in a day without claiming overtime pay  and with no annual leave pay, no rest day pay and no attendance allowance.  What the hell is EC trying to do now?  Does EC want to turn the State Assemblyman or the MP into a slave who will have no rights to resign upon elected?</p>
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		<title>By: james111</title>
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		<dc:creator>james111</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear YB LKS,

i have just read at MStar Online that Tan Keng Liang (i.e. the Gerakan Kedah Youth one) scolded you badly in response of your &quot;silly remarks&quot; of their 100k penalty proposal to SPR.
http://www.mstar.com.my/variasi/pendapat/cerita.asp?file=/2009/4/24/mstar_pendapat/20090424095932&amp;sec=mstar_pendapat

I think that&#039;s a total disrespect to a senior MP.
I suggest you should highlight to the public how rude this person is to you and disrespectful of senior MP.
Gerakan has no respect to senior MP!
I support you!!!
Keep up the good job YB LKS</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear YB LKS,</p>
<p>i have just read at MStar Online that Tan Keng Liang (i.e. the Gerakan Kedah Youth one) scolded you badly in response of your &#8220;silly remarks&#8221; of their 100k penalty proposal to SPR.<br />
<a href="http://www.mstar.com.my/variasi/pendapat/cerita.asp?file=/2009/4/24/mstar_pendapat/20090424095932&#038;sec=mstar_pendapat" rel="nofollow">http://www.mstar.com.my/variasi/pendapat/cerita.asp?file=/2009/4/24/mstar_pendapat/20090424095932&#038;sec=mstar_pendapat</a></p>
<p>I think that&#8217;s a total disrespect to a senior MP.<br />
I suggest you should highlight to the public how rude this person is to you and disrespectful of senior MP.<br />
Gerakan has no respect to senior MP!<br />
I support you!!!<br />
Keep up the good job YB LKS</p>
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		<title>By: HJ Angus</title>
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		<dc:creator>HJ Angus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The 13 General Election will be crucial for Malaysians to regain control of the nation from the government which does not act like it is the servant of the people.

After so many years in power, it is not difficult to assess that our important institutions of state have gone to the dogs - some like the Judiciary caused by the Executive and the EC caused by many years of inbreeding. The PDRM of course have simply gone from bad to worse as politicians became more corrupt.

Voters too share the blame as we did not work towards a 2 or 3-party system that works well for most countries that practise democracy.

As someone mentioned, NOW is the time to plan for the next general elections and part of that plan should be to allow the present government to struggle with the global economic crisis. With the NEP around their necks, the leaders will have a major problem just coping.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The 13 General Election will be crucial for Malaysians to regain control of the nation from the government which does not act like it is the servant of the people.</p>
<p>After so many years in power, it is not difficult to assess that our important institutions of state have gone to the dogs &#8211; some like the Judiciary caused by the Executive and the EC caused by many years of inbreeding. The PDRM of course have simply gone from bad to worse as politicians became more corrupt.</p>
<p>Voters too share the blame as we did not work towards a 2 or 3-party system that works well for most countries that practise democracy.</p>
<p>As someone mentioned, NOW is the time to plan for the next general elections and part of that plan should be to allow the present government to struggle with the global economic crisis. With the NEP around their necks, the leaders will have a major problem just coping.</p>
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		<title>By: taiking</title>
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		<dc:creator>taiking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>dear clear conscience mirror,

Its a typical scene here isnt it? Malaysians are expected to take all that. We treat them as jokes dont we? Something to laugh about. It was heartening though to know that a large number of us actually took the joke to the poll in 08 and continued with it until recently and very much persisted till umno&#039;s pants dropped. It is just like the song &quot;I started a joke&quot; - by the Bee Gees. Umno did not realise at all that the joke they started was actually on them and about themselves. Really, this fact would be unknown to us and would have remained so if only that hey-wot&#039;s-soaking-man supreme minister did not denounce by-elections as being wasteful of public funds, in the open. And of course it did not help matters for abdul aziz to leap and scuttle about after the tail of that hey-wot&#039;s-soaking-man supreme minister. His similar denunciation a day after only serves to amplify the missing umno&#039;s pants.

Let me tell you a joke. Never ever report illegal business activities to the authority for the enforcement officers would go to those premises as officers-on-duty and leave as partners-in-business. I don&#039;t blame the officers. It is the system of which they are only a part. But who controls the system? One might ask. Umno of course.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>dear clear conscience mirror,</p>
<p>Its a typical scene here isnt it? Malaysians are expected to take all that. We treat them as jokes dont we? Something to laugh about. It was heartening though to know that a large number of us actually took the joke to the poll in 08 and continued with it until recently and very much persisted till umno&#8217;s pants dropped. It is just like the song &#8220;I started a joke&#8221; &#8211; by the Bee Gees. Umno did not realise at all that the joke they started was actually on them and about themselves. Really, this fact would be unknown to us and would have remained so if only that hey-wot&#8217;s-soaking-man supreme minister did not denounce by-elections as being wasteful of public funds, in the open. And of course it did not help matters for abdul aziz to leap and scuttle about after the tail of that hey-wot&#8217;s-soaking-man supreme minister. His similar denunciation a day after only serves to amplify the missing umno&#8217;s pants.</p>
<p>Let me tell you a joke. Never ever report illegal business activities to the authority for the enforcement officers would go to those premises as officers-on-duty and leave as partners-in-business. I don&#8217;t blame the officers. It is the system of which they are only a part. But who controls the system? One might ask. Umno of course.</p>
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		<title>By: clear conscience mirror</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/04/23/election-commission-explain-strangeextraordinary-behaviour-reinforcing-public-suspicions-about-its-independence-professionalism-and-integrity/comment-page-1/#comment-171564</link>
		<dc:creator>clear conscience mirror</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear YB LKS

I had previously dealt with Tan Sri Abdul Aziz when he was the the Secretary General of KDN, Kementerian Dalam Negeri (before his posting to be the EC chairman) which involves a company operating and providing security services without a valid license from KDN.

My email was directed to him in August 2007 informing him of the existence of such a situation which is blatant defiance of the highest order as far as unlicensed operative security services. His prompt and immediate email reply to me was he will look into the matter and meanwhile had forwarded my facts disclosure to the relevant authorities (presumably to his enforcement officers or the police in Bukit Aman) to investigate and act accordingly , if found to be true.

Well, I was heartened to know this was well taken up by him to substantiate their &quot;Cekap &amp; Amanah&quot; attitude for a world class ministry. To my dismay, after exchanging a few emails thereafter, he appeared silent on the matter and it died a natural death without a word or any form of action being taken till today.

Well, the unlicensed security operator is still operating happily today in Subang Jaya, Selangor due to the tidak-apa attitude of government agencies. I had been told, after checking various sources whose responsibility it should fall on, that KDN is the right ministry to take action against the unlicensed security operator.

Well, you can see how effective an enforcement agency like KDN be. It was just a simple investigation in the form of asking their officers to go to the ground to check the real situation of provision of unlicensed security guards to determine if there is a violation of the existing laws. I do not think it takes many circles before this can take place, if our enforcement agencies are doing their job well. Ironically, KDN was then headed by Tan Sri Abdul Aziz who is now heading the EC. With the EC, being so proactive NOW going into matters, perhaps beyond their scope as what other politicians say, what can you deduce from the two scenario; both of which have Tan Sri Abdul Aziz as the head? Has it got to do with other factors or just narrowed down to one factor, the person handling the job or is it just a question of selective participation of political subservience of the powers of the day? Or what? There is no need to search beyond the shore, as it is right here under our eyes and nose. 
 
The answer is very clear as what YB LKS had said of Tan Sri Abdul Aziz. 

Neutrality should not just prevail but be seen exercised in the context of any democracy to function well. EC must function as its original purpose in serving the country in fair and just elections and now at the whims and fancies of those in authority heading the EC.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear YB LKS</p>
<p>I had previously dealt with Tan Sri Abdul Aziz when he was the the Secretary General of KDN, Kementerian Dalam Negeri (before his posting to be the EC chairman) which involves a company operating and providing security services without a valid license from KDN.</p>
<p>My email was directed to him in August 2007 informing him of the existence of such a situation which is blatant defiance of the highest order as far as unlicensed operative security services. His prompt and immediate email reply to me was he will look into the matter and meanwhile had forwarded my facts disclosure to the relevant authorities (presumably to his enforcement officers or the police in Bukit Aman) to investigate and act accordingly , if found to be true.</p>
<p>Well, I was heartened to know this was well taken up by him to substantiate their &#8220;Cekap &amp; Amanah&#8221; attitude for a world class ministry. To my dismay, after exchanging a few emails thereafter, he appeared silent on the matter and it died a natural death without a word or any form of action being taken till today.</p>
<p>Well, the unlicensed security operator is still operating happily today in Subang Jaya, Selangor due to the tidak-apa attitude of government agencies. I had been told, after checking various sources whose responsibility it should fall on, that KDN is the right ministry to take action against the unlicensed security operator.</p>
<p>Well, you can see how effective an enforcement agency like KDN be. It was just a simple investigation in the form of asking their officers to go to the ground to check the real situation of provision of unlicensed security guards to determine if there is a violation of the existing laws. I do not think it takes many circles before this can take place, if our enforcement agencies are doing their job well. Ironically, KDN was then headed by Tan Sri Abdul Aziz who is now heading the EC. With the EC, being so proactive NOW going into matters, perhaps beyond their scope as what other politicians say, what can you deduce from the two scenario; both of which have Tan Sri Abdul Aziz as the head? Has it got to do with other factors or just narrowed down to one factor, the person handling the job or is it just a question of selective participation of political subservience of the powers of the day? Or what? There is no need to search beyond the shore, as it is right here under our eyes and nose. </p>
<p>The answer is very clear as what YB LKS had said of Tan Sri Abdul Aziz. </p>
<p>Neutrality should not just prevail but be seen exercised in the context of any democracy to function well. EC must function as its original purpose in serving the country in fair and just elections and now at the whims and fancies of those in authority heading the EC.</p>
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		<title>By: lucia</title>
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		<dc:creator>lucia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: UzMiNoOnist</title>
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		<dc:creator>UzMiNoOnist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>citizenwatch Says: ,, Don’t say wait for the 13th GE. ...

The least we armchair politician wannabe, spread the words around to your friends, your family, your work mates and even to strangers. Convince them this bunch of crooks are leading the Government to more atrocitie that support corruption and abuse of power and position.
Convince them so that we get the chain moving....1,2,4,8,16,32,...so on.

God willing, come GE13 we will have more than the population of Malaysia know how corrupted are these bunch of crooks. Whatever they do on the ballot paper during GE13 is not what we can do, but we can do alot before they reach the ballot papers.

Also lets start manifesting the downfall of UMNO/BN..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>citizenwatch Says: ,, Don’t say wait for the 13th GE. &#8230;</p>
<p>The least we armchair politician wannabe, spread the words around to your friends, your family, your work mates and even to strangers. Convince them this bunch of crooks are leading the Government to more atrocitie that support corruption and abuse of power and position.<br />
Convince them so that we get the chain moving&#8230;.1,2,4,8,16,32,&#8230;so on.</p>
<p>God willing, come GE13 we will have more than the population of Malaysia know how corrupted are these bunch of crooks. Whatever they do on the ballot paper during GE13 is not what we can do, but we can do alot before they reach the ballot papers.</p>
<p>Also lets start manifesting the downfall of UMNO/BN..</p>
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		<title>By: LBJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>LBJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Tommy Ong</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tommy Ong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Cadangan penalti RM50,000 bagi anggota dewan undangan negeri dan RM100,000 bagi anggota parlimen yang melepaskan jawatan tanpa sebab munasabah adalah satu cadangan keanak-anakan kerana tidak masuk akal kata Timbalan Angkatan Muda (AMK) KeADILan Faris Musa.

Berikutan kenyataan Ketua Pemuda Gerakan Kedah Tan Keng Liang yang mahu penalty itu di kenakan keatas mana-mana Adun atau Ahli Parlimen yang mahu meletak jawatan tanpa sebab manasabah.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Cadangan penalti RM50,000 bagi anggota dewan undangan negeri dan RM100,000 bagi anggota parlimen yang melepaskan jawatan tanpa sebab munasabah adalah satu cadangan keanak-anakan kerana tidak masuk akal kata Timbalan Angkatan Muda (AMK) KeADILan Faris Musa.</p>
<p>Berikutan kenyataan Ketua Pemuda Gerakan Kedah Tan Keng Liang yang mahu penalty itu di kenakan keatas mana-mana Adun atau Ahli Parlimen yang mahu meletak jawatan tanpa sebab manasabah.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: citizenwatch</title>
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		<dc:creator>citizenwatch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m sure by now everyone is aware that EC, MACC, AG, Police, Perak civil servants, etc are blindly following the wishes of the political masters and getting to be more blatant in their disregard to be seen as independent. And why? Because they have nothing to lose and they will not be penalised in any way except for murmurs of complaints from Pakatan Rakyat and some NGOs. Any idea how to have more bite in the attack on these institutions? Don&#039;t say wait for the 13th GE. They will have in place by then a consolidated effort to stay in power.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sure by now everyone is aware that EC, MACC, AG, Police, Perak civil servants, etc are blindly following the wishes of the political masters and getting to be more blatant in their disregard to be seen as independent. And why? Because they have nothing to lose and they will not be penalised in any way except for murmurs of complaints from Pakatan Rakyat and some NGOs. Any idea how to have more bite in the attack on these institutions? Don&#8217;t say wait for the 13th GE. They will have in place by then a consolidated effort to stay in power.</p>
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		<title>By: LG</title>
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		<dc:creator>LG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>EC independence? EC professionalism? EC integrity? 

Nowadays it is so obvious to the public that EC is indeed a running dog for UMNO. In the past there were indicators of such. Thus we are losing confidence in EC in its independence, professionalism and integrity. It has lost its moral obligations, functions and goals. 

The Chairman and its committees should resign from the posts immediately if there is any dignity, any good conscience left in them, fearing God and His righteous judgement rather than to fear &amp; please man (UMNO) and be seduced by positions and money.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EC independence? EC professionalism? EC integrity? </p>
<p>Nowadays it is so obvious to the public that EC is indeed a running dog for UMNO. In the past there were indicators of such. Thus we are losing confidence in EC in its independence, professionalism and integrity. It has lost its moral obligations, functions and goals. </p>
<p>The Chairman and its committees should resign from the posts immediately if there is any dignity, any good conscience left in them, fearing God and His righteous judgement rather than to fear &amp; please man (UMNO) and be seduced by positions and money.</p>
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		<title>By: james111</title>
		<link>http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/04/23/election-commission-explain-strangeextraordinary-behaviour-reinforcing-public-suspicions-about-its-independence-professionalism-and-integrity/comment-page-1/#comment-171491</link>
		<dc:creator>james111</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why does the Election Commission need to listen to the proposal from Tan Keng Liang? Is he because he is the youth chief of gerakan kedah and a member of the Barisan Nasional?
Penalty of RM50k for ADUN and RM100k for Parliament????? That&#039;s rubbish! Silly!
YB Lim, i agree with continuous constructive cristicm against EC for listening thos this silly &amp; stupid idea which is against democracy of our country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why does the Election Commission need to listen to the proposal from Tan Keng Liang? Is he because he is the youth chief of gerakan kedah and a member of the Barisan Nasional?<br />
Penalty of RM50k for ADUN and RM100k for Parliament????? That&#8217;s rubbish! Silly!<br />
YB Lim, i agree with continuous constructive cristicm against EC for listening thos this silly &amp; stupid idea which is against democracy of our country.</p>
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		<title>By: ALLAN THAM</title>
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		<dc:creator>ALLAN THAM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The interference from agencies or the agencies shown their eagerness to please BN has long rooted during Mahathir time, where he was the ultimate boss of everything. This culture has been carry on and practice till today.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The interference from agencies or the agencies shown their eagerness to please BN has long rooted during Mahathir time, where he was the ultimate boss of everything. This culture has been carry on and practice till today.</p>
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		<title>By: carboncopy</title>
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		<dc:creator>carboncopy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;I wonder Anwar regret saying what he said Nov 11, 2008 :&lt;/strong&gt;

Anwar happy with new Election Commission head
By Debra Chong

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 - Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has welcomed the appointment of Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Yusof, the Secretary-General of the Home Ministry, as the new chairman of the Election Commission (EC) replacing Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman.

Anwar commended Abdul Aziz for his professional integrity and competence, saying: &quot;He is quite highly regarded, that I know for certain,.&quot;
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/12189-anwar-happy-with-new-election-commission-head</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>I wonder Anwar regret saying what he said Nov 11, 2008 :</strong></p>
<p>Anwar happy with new Election Commission head<br />
By Debra Chong</p>
<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 &#8211; Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has welcomed the appointment of Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Yusof, the Secretary-General of the Home Ministry, as the new chairman of the Election Commission (EC) replacing Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman.</p>
<p>Anwar commended Abdul Aziz for his professional integrity and competence, saying: &#8220;He is quite highly regarded, that I know for certain,.&#8221;<br />
<a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/12189-anwar-happy-with-new-election-commission-head" rel="nofollow">http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/12189-anwar-happy-with-new-election-commission-head</a></p>
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		<title>By: taiking</title>
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		<dc:creator>taiking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oi yhsiew,

Dont be so direct leh.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oi yhsiew,</p>
<p>Dont be so direct leh.</p>
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		<title>By: yhsiew</title>
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		<dc:creator>yhsiew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#  taiking Says:
Today at 11: 19.50 (56 minutes ago)

Dear Election Commissioner,
Can you ask yourself this question: What would happen if you were to disagree with umno?
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Dear Election Commissioner,
Can you ask yourself this question: What would happen if you were to AGREE with umno? What reward would you get from umno? Tell us the answer please.
Thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#  taiking Says:<br />
Today at 11: 19.50 (56 minutes ago)</p>
<p>Dear Election Commissioner,<br />
Can you ask yourself this question: What would happen if you were to disagree with umno?<br />
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<p>Dear Election Commissioner,<br />
Can you ask yourself this question: What would happen if you were to AGREE with umno? What reward would you get from umno? Tell us the answer please.<br />
Thank you.</p>
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