Archive for May, 2023

What I would do in Parliament if I am Muhyiddin or Hadi

(Versi BM)

If I am Muhyiddin Yassin or Hadi Awang, I would ask the Opposition Leader Hamzah Zainudin to move a motion in the three-week parliamentary meeting starting on May 22 to commend Malaysia for the 40-ranking jump in the RSF’s World Press Freedom Ranking 2023 where Malaysia jumped from the 113th ranking in 2022 to 73rd ranking in 2023, challenge the Anwar unity government to perform a similar 40-ranking jump in the annual Transparency International (TI ) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) to jump from the 61st ranking in the TI CPI 2022 to 21st ranking in the TI CPI 2023, and to express support for the aspiration of the Yang di Pertuan Agong and various Sultans for political stability and national unity in the country, and to endorse the vision for Malaysia to achieve developed nation status, and the nine strategic objectives of Vision 2020 by the end of the five year term of the Anwar unity government in 2027.

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Will Muhyiddin and Hadi take up Anwar’s challenge and move a vote of no confidence in him as 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia in the May/June meeting of Parliament?

This is the first time that I am speaking publicly at a DAP function after I announced my retirement from the DAP leadership last March. One of the reasons is that it is at the invitation of the DAP State Johore as at the end of it all, I am a Johorian.

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The 48-hour silence of Muhyiddin and Hadi that they will not be involved in any plot to topple the Anwar Unity government for the next five years is loud and significant as it indicate that the two political leaders want Malaysia to continue to have political instability and to stumble from one crisis to another, without any hope of a recovery

The 48-hour silence of Muhyiddin Yassin and Hadi Awang that they will not be involved in any plot to topple the Anwar Unity government for the next five years is loud and significant as it indicate that the two political leaders, as well as Bersatu and PAS, want Malaysia to continue to have political instability and to stumble from one crisis to another without any hope of a recovery.

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Can Malaysia improve by 40 rankings in one year in TI CPI as in RSF’s World Press Freedom Rankings, which would restore Malaysia’s position as the top OIC country and a leading Asian nation in fighting corruption as in the early years of the annual TI CPI series?

(Versi BM)

Can Malaysia improve by 40 rankings in one year in Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) as in RSF’s World Press Freedom Rankings, which would make Malaysia the top Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) country and a leading Asian nation in fighting corruption as in the early years of the annual TI CPI series?

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Call on Muhyiddin and Hadi to declare that Bersatu and PAS will not be involved in any plot to topple the Anwar unity government for the next five years

(Versi BM)

The Johore ruler, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar is the latest Sultan who has called for political stability after the 15th General Elections.

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Malaysia is the only OIC country which celebrates the religious festivals of four major religions which makes it specially suited to be a role model for the world for inter-ethnic, inter-religious, inter-cultural and inter-civilisation dialogue, understanding, tolerance, and harmony

(Versi BM)

Tomorrow Buddhists in Malaysia celebrate the Vesak Day to commemorate the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Gautama Buddha.

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Malaysia must aim to regain its position as the top OIC country in the annual TI CPI series

(Versi BM)

Malaysia was the top Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) country in the early years of the Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) series starting in 1995.

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Malaysia as a role model to the world how to make the transition from an “official secrets” country to a “freedom of information” nation

(Versi BM)

Some 44 years ago, on October 16, 1979, I moved a motion on behalf of DAP in Parliament to introduce a private member’s bill intituled “Freedom of Information Act” to ensure openness of government and to prevent the law on government information from protecting inefficiency, maladministration or even malpractices and corruption.

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