Mahathir: Saya tak perlu jet besar, mewah
http://beta.malaysiakini.com/news/251372
Bekas Perdana Menteri Malaysia Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad berkata beliau
tidak memerlukan jet mewah dan besar sewaktu mentadbir negara selama 22
tahun.
Bagaimanapun, kerajan sekarang mungkin mempunyai lebih banyak dana dan
mampu untuk memperoleh pengangkutan mewah seperti itu, katanya dalam
satu program bual bicara disiarkan stesen RTM2 untuk memperingati 11
tahun persaraannya.
Kenyataan itu timbul selepas tegurannya kepada kerajaan pada akhir bulan lalu, untuk membuat lebih banyak penjimatan.
"Pada tahun 1981, saya mewarisi Boeing 737 dari PM sebelumnya. Dia (Tun
Hussein Onn) mempunyai masalah perjalanan jadi saya boleh memahami
mengapa dia perlu mempunyai kapal terbang besar.
"Saya pernah menggunakan kapal terbang untuk masa yang singkat dan saya
bertanya kepada mereka berapa kos perjalanan. Mereka memberitahu saya ia
melibatkan kos kerajaan sebanyak RM2 juta setahun.
“Kemudian (saya mengambil keputusan) kami menjual kapal terbang, saya
memerlukan kapal terbang kecil. Oleh itu, dikurangkan kepada
Challenger," katanya kepada pemberita.
Mahathir berkata demikian ketika ditanya sekiranya Datuk Seri Mohd Najib
Tun Razak membuat perbelanjaan berlebihan untuk membeli jet.
"Baiklah, sudah tentu sekarang, kerajaan adalah lebih kaya daripada
semasa (zaman pentadbiran) saya, maka mungkin mereka perlu melakukan
menaik taraf sistem penerbangan," katanya sinis.
November lalu, Jabatan Perdana Menteri memberitahu Parlimen bahawa
kerajaan kini memiliki sekurang-kurangnya lima pesawat termasuk Boeing
Business Jet.
Pesawat yang dimaksudkan untuk digunakan oleh VVIP termasuk Perdana
Menteri dan Yang di-Pertuan Agong, termasuk pesawat jenis Falcon, Global
Express, Boeing Business Jet, Blackhawk, Augustas dan F28 Fokker.
Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim dalam
kenyataan sebelum ini menjelaskan, kerajaan menanggung kos RM14.95 juta
untuk bahan api dan RM160.08 juta untuk kos penyelenggaraan pesawat
tersebut sepajang 2012.
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Friday, January 10, 2014
Monday, May 31, 2010
Children behind Israeli bars
| By Nour Odeh in | on May 30th, 2010 |
With a timid smile, 16 year-old N twiddles his thumbs as he tells me his frightening story. Israeli soldiers came to his house a year ago at dawn. He was blindfolded, handcuffed, and taken away without any explanation.
When the military jeep finally stopped, the soldiers took him to a room with chairs. They began cursing at him and using derogatory terms against his mother and female siblings. The soldiers then put sunglasses on N's eyes and a female headband on his head.
"They took pictures of me; they were laughing," he told me.
"Aren’t you going to confess?" the soldiers kept asking him… "To what?" he would reply. "To throwing stones," they would say.
Afraid of ending up in jail, N refused to confess to the alleged offence.
"I kept telling them: I didn't do it. I didn't do anything," he recalled.
Until this point, N's story sounded familiar to someone like me, who's been covering the conflict in Palestine for years. Beatings, humiliation, and mistreatment of Palestinian detainees, including minors, are regularly documented by human rights organisations.
But N's story was just beginning.
"There was a dog barking outside the room… The soldier told me he would bring it in to f**k me if I didn't confess… I was so scared… The guy then took out a stick; he whipped it forward and it got longer. He told his friends, who were looking on and laughing at me: "This boy doesn't want to talk. Let's pull down his pants so I can shove this stick up his a**."
"I tried to hold on to the chair; he kept poking me, groping my privates with the stick, trying to get me off the chair," N said while avoiding eye contact with me.
The Palestine Chapter of Defence for Children International (DCI) has collected 100 sworn affidavits this year of Palestinian children, under the age of 18, who said they were mistreated by their Israeli interrogators. Fourteen of them say they were either sexually abused or threatened with sexual assault, including rape, if they didn't confess to what their interrogators accused them of.
N is one of these children… His confession landed him a three month sentence in an Israeli jail.
Because of the stigma attached, there are fears that many more children may have suffered similar abuse but have been afraid to come forward.
N kept telling me he felt awkward talking about his experience. "It feels bad to talk about this. I mean, what a thing to talk about… It's shameful," he told me.
So I asked this shy teenager why he mustered the courage to speak out. "I want justice," he said. "I wish these people could be tried in a court so that they don't do this to other guys."
N told me that at prison, he met many boys who had suffered similar abuse.
Israeli forces arrest approximately 700 Palestinian minors every year. During interrogation, these minors are not allowed to have contact with their lawyers or families. Human rights organisations say the alleged abuses happen during this period of isolation.
"These practices are meant to break the children. In a way, when you break the spirit of these children, you're breaking the spirit of the nation," Rifaat Kassis, the director general of DCI, told me.
And it's because of the powerful impact sexual abuse has on these children that DCI has sounded the alarm at the highest possible international levels. The organisation has communicated affidavits to the Special UN Rapporteur on Torture, hoping to galvanise enough international pressure to bring these abuses to an end.
This step is a reflection of the stonewalling human rights organisations usually face from Israeli authorities.
"Most of the time, the Israelis, they just dismiss our allegations and say this is not correct, this is not true; so if this is the case, we challenge them to record these interrogations and let the interrogations happen with the lawyer," Kassis told me.
This time was no different. We tried to request a response from the Israeli army but all our requests were turned down. The army told us they would only comment if they had more specific details about these cases, which is a demand the children's lawyers say could jeopardise their clients.
But after the report aired on Al Jazeera, the Israeli military issued a statement rejecting the allegations and the DCI report. The army also said its practices were consistent with international law; a claim hotly contested by all human rights organisations working in Israel and the Occupied West Bank.
The Israeli army's response to these allegations also proves what DCI admits: this is a long-term battle.
So is recovery - N still struggles with his experience
"I'll never forget his eyes; the way he looked at me," he said, referring to his interrogator.
N still has nightmares and struggles to curb the fear he feels when the army is on patrol nearby.
But he's relatively lucky, having a supportive family that has encouraged him to talk about his experience. And N has received counselling from the torture victims' centre of the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association).
Still, this is a frustrating battle, requiring endless patience.
The director general of DCI told me his organisation's petitions and campaigns within the Israeli military system have generally yielded very limited results, if at all. That's why these child rights advocates are hoping that outside pressure will eventually help prevent further instances of abuse and afford children like N the basic rights and protection they should be entitled to.
The tormenting part of this battle, however, is knowing that until success is achieved, there is nothing these activists can do for the children now detained by Israeli soldiers on a regular basis.
They can only hope that counselling, after the fact, can help them recover.
source: http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2010/05/30/children-behind-israeli-bars
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Market full of oil, price trend "fake": Ahmadinejad
By Hashem Kalentari Tue Jun 17, 2:59 AM ET
ISFAHAN, Iran (Reuters) - The market is full of oil and the rising price trend is "fake and imposed," Iran's president said on Tuesday, partly blaming a weak U.S. dollar which he said was being pushed lower on purpose.
"At a time when the growth of consumption is lower than the growth of production and the market is full of oil, prices are rising and this trend is completely fake and imposed," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a televised speech.
"It is very clear that visible and invisible hands are controlling prices in a fake way with political and economic aims," he said when opening a meeting of the OPEC Fund for International Development in the central Iranian city of Isfahan.
Iran, the world's fourth-largest oil exporter, has repeatedly said the market is well-supplied with crude and blames rising prices on speculation, a weak U.S. currency and geopolitical factors.
"As you know the decrease in the dollar's value and the increase in energy prices are two sides of the same coin which are being introduced as factors behind the recent instability," Ahmadinejad said.
Oil steadied on Tuesday after touching a record near $140 the previous day, with traders caught between a weaker dollar and expectations that top exporter Saudi Arabia will ramp up output to its highest rate in decades.
Iran has often said it sees no need for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to boost output.
"EVER-INCREASING DECREASE"
Ahmadinejad reiterated his view that oil should be sold in a basket of currencies rather than U.S. dollars, an idea which has failed to win over other OPEC members, except Venezuela.
"The ever-increasing decrease in the dollar's value is one of the world's major problems," he said.
"A combination of the world's valid currencies should become a basis for oil transactions or (OPEC) member countries should determine a new currency for oil transactions," he said.
Iran, embroiled in a standoff with the West over its nuclear program, has for more than two years been increasing its sales of oil for currencies other than the dollar, saying the weak U.S. currency is eroding its purchasing power.
Ahmadinejad, who in the past has called the dollar a "worthless piece of paper," suggested "some big powers" were driving it lower on purpose:
"The planners for some big powers are acting to decrease the dollar's value," he said. "For years they imposed inflation and their own economic problems to other nations by injecting the dollar without any support to the global economy."
Foes since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, Tehran and Washington are also at odds over Tehran's disputed nuclear activities as well as over policy in Iraq. Iran says its atomic work is peaceful.
(Additional reporting by Zahra Hosseinian in Tehran; Writing by Fredrik Dahl; Editing by William Hardy)
ISFAHAN, Iran (Reuters) - The market is full of oil and the rising price trend is "fake and imposed," Iran's president said on Tuesday, partly blaming a weak U.S. dollar which he said was being pushed lower on purpose.
"At a time when the growth of consumption is lower than the growth of production and the market is full of oil, prices are rising and this trend is completely fake and imposed," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a televised speech.
"It is very clear that visible and invisible hands are controlling prices in a fake way with political and economic aims," he said when opening a meeting of the OPEC Fund for International Development in the central Iranian city of Isfahan.
Iran, the world's fourth-largest oil exporter, has repeatedly said the market is well-supplied with crude and blames rising prices on speculation, a weak U.S. currency and geopolitical factors.
"As you know the decrease in the dollar's value and the increase in energy prices are two sides of the same coin which are being introduced as factors behind the recent instability," Ahmadinejad said.
Oil steadied on Tuesday after touching a record near $140 the previous day, with traders caught between a weaker dollar and expectations that top exporter Saudi Arabia will ramp up output to its highest rate in decades.
Iran has often said it sees no need for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to boost output.
"EVER-INCREASING DECREASE"
Ahmadinejad reiterated his view that oil should be sold in a basket of currencies rather than U.S. dollars, an idea which has failed to win over other OPEC members, except Venezuela.
"The ever-increasing decrease in the dollar's value is one of the world's major problems," he said.
"A combination of the world's valid currencies should become a basis for oil transactions or (OPEC) member countries should determine a new currency for oil transactions," he said.
Iran, embroiled in a standoff with the West over its nuclear program, has for more than two years been increasing its sales of oil for currencies other than the dollar, saying the weak U.S. currency is eroding its purchasing power.
Ahmadinejad, who in the past has called the dollar a "worthless piece of paper," suggested "some big powers" were driving it lower on purpose:
"The planners for some big powers are acting to decrease the dollar's value," he said. "For years they imposed inflation and their own economic problems to other nations by injecting the dollar without any support to the global economy."
Foes since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, Tehran and Washington are also at odds over Tehran's disputed nuclear activities as well as over policy in Iraq. Iran says its atomic work is peaceful.
(Additional reporting by Zahra Hosseinian in Tehran; Writing by Fredrik Dahl; Editing by William Hardy)
Monday, March 10, 2008
MALAYSIA -THAILAND JOINT DEVELOPMENT AREA (JDA)
Geologically, the JDA lies in the northern part of the Malay Basin where thick sediments of Tertiary sandstones, siltstones and shales are abundant which provide source as well as reservoir for oil and gas. Prior to the signing of the MOU in 1979, a Contractor from Malaysia had drilled one well, the Pilong-1, in 1971 and discovered gas. This area was then relinquished. In the neighbouring area, a concessionaire from Thailand had also drilled one well, the 17-B-1 in 1976 and discovered gas. After the physical formation of MTJA Office and Management in 1992 and the award of production sharing contracts in April 1994, the MTJA's Contractors/Operators have made significant progress in carrying out the petroleum exploration in their respective contract areas (Block A-18 and Blocks B-17 & C-19). | |||||||
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| To-date, approximately 7.4 Trillion Standard Cubic Feet of (Proved + Probable) gas reserves, exclusive of CO2, from eighteen (18) fields have been discovered in the JDA. | |||||||
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| Exploration period for Blocks A-18, B-17 and C-19 has expired since 20 April 2002. Current contractors still retain the Gas Holding Areas (GHA) in these blocks. Those areas that were relinquished to MTJA have been merged as a new block in the JDA with an area of approximately 3,475 square kilometers (refer to the above map). The Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for new Block B-17-01 was signed between MTJA and Contractors on 30 September 2004 for the right to explore and exploit petroleum in the JDA.
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Enough of PAS, says Khairy
Posted By rajlira On 14th February 2008 @ 10:00 In Nation
BN youth has urged Kelantan youths to reject PAS and vote for BN in the upcoming general election
KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional (BN) youth has urged Kelantan youths to reject PAS, the opposition party which has ruled the state for the past 18 years, and make changes by voting for BN in the upcoming general election.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
KINI WAKTU BERTERUS TERANG
| Posted by Raja Petra | |
| Sunday, 09 March 2008 | |
| SESUDAH pengundi Malaysia membuat kata putus dengan memberi kejutan voltan tinggi kepada Barisan Nasional adalah tidak tetap dan tidak wajar lagi bagi sesiapa pun berselindung-selindung dan teragak-agak. Realitinya BN kehilangan banyak kerusi Parlimen, terlepas kawalan ke atas Pulau Pinang, Kedah, Selangor dan Perak serta ketewasan beberapa tokoh berprofil tingginya, termasuk tiga orang menteri. Misalnya: |
Kenapa BN Mahu Sangat Rampas Kelantan
Posted by Raja Petra
Saturday, 08 March 2008
Di perairan Kelantan terdapat simpanan GAS ASLI sebanyak 13 trillion kaki persegi yang sudah sedia untuk diterokai. (13,000,000,000,000).
Ia cukup untuk 7 generasi rakyat Kelantan. (lebih kurang 500 tahun lamanya). Ianya terletak di Blok-Blok berikut:
* Blok A18
* Blok B17 & C19
* PM3
* Sub-Blok Ular
* PM301 & PM302
* PM303
* PM311 & 312
Rakyat Kelantan menerusi kerajaan pimpinan Tuan Guru menuntuk hak Pendaratan GAS ASLI itu di buat di pantai Kelantan dan menuntut royalti GAS ASLI yang menjadi hasil bumi rakyat Kelantan di bayar kepada Rakyat Kelantan.
APA YANG BARISAN NASIONAL SEMBUNYIKAN DARI RAKYAT KELANTAN
Petronas mengesahkan bahawa operasi GAS ASLI di BLOK A 18 sudah bermula menerusi Syarikat Carigali HESS.
Jarak lokasi BlokA18 dari beberapa bandar utama
* Petronas memegang 50% saham di dalam syarikat tersebut menerusi Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd dan 50% lagi dipegang oleh Aremada Hess Inc.
* Sekarang ini, operasinya mengeluarkan 6,000 tong GAS ASLI sehari.
* Jarak Blok A18 adalah lebih dekat ke Kota Bharu daripada di hantar ke Kerteh dan Songkla. [lihat peta di atas]
* Kerajaan BN bagaimanapun memilih pendaratan GAS ASLI itu dibuat di Songkla walaupun kosnya lebih tinggi akibat jarak yang jauh itu.
Dalam usaha mempertahankan hak rakyat Kelantan dan memperkasakan hasil bumi Kelantan untuk rakyat Kelantan, Kerajaan Kelantan pimpinan PAS telah meluluskan pembinaan Terminal Pendaratan Gas Asli dan juga Supply Base untuk Petroleum.
Menerusi penerokaan GAS ASLI di Blok A 18, setiap hari, Petronas sepatutnya membayar rakyat Kelantan royalti yang bernilai RM512,000.00 (RM512 ribu) sehari dan ini bererti Kerajaan Kelantan seharusnya mendapat pendapatan tambahan dari royalti GAS ASLI yang bernilai RM186,880,000 (RM186 juta) setahun.
* Menerusi hasil terbaharu ini, PAS Kelantan sudah berjanji untuk memberi subsidi gas memasak sebanyak RM3.00 se tong bagi rakyat Kelantan.
* PAS Kelantan juga akan menggunakan hasil pendapatan baru itu untuk tujuan kebajikan dan mempertingkatkan taraf hidup rakyat Kelantan serta membasmi kemiskinan.
PERANCANGAN OPERASI TELAGA-TELAGA GAS ASLI LAIN DI PERAIRAN KELANTAN
* Blok A 18 Fasa 2 pada tahun 2010
* Blok B 17 dan C 19 – Operasi bermula suku ke tiga 2009.
* Blok PM301 dan PM302 – Operasi bermula 2011 dan 2012
* Blok PM3 – Operasi bermula suku ke tiga 2008
Sebab itulah BN berusaha sangat merampas semula Kelantan kerana tidak mahu royalti GAS ASLI ini digunakan oleh Kerajaan PAS membangunkan Kelantan sehingga mengakibatkan Kelantan semakin pesat membangun dan membuat mustahil bagi BN untuk merampas Kelantan semula.
BERAPA BANYAK ROYALTI GAS ASLI YANG MENJADI HAK RAKYAT KELANTAN
Apabila semua telaga-telaga GAS ASLI [lihat peta di bawah untuk mengetahui kawasan simpanan minyak di perairan Kelantan] ini beroperasi Royalti GAS ASLI yang akan diterima rakyat Kelantan ialah bernilai RM1,000,000,000 (RM1 Billion).
Abdullah Badawi bagai telur di hujung tanduk, impian Khairy jadi PM berkecai
Mohd Rashidi Hassan
Sun | Mar 09, 08 | 5:11:01 pm MYT
KEDUDUKAN Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi sebagai Perdana Menteri Malaysia 'bagaikan telur di hujung tanduk' akibat kekalahan teruk Barisan Nasional dalam Pilihan Raya Umum ke 12 semalam.
Pada saat ini khabarnya Abdullah menerima desakan yang paling hebat untuk beliau meletakkan jawatan sebagai PM dan Presiden Umno selepas BN kehilangan majoriti di Parlimen serta tewas mengejut di Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak dan Selangor.
Tiada lagi keangkuhan dan tidak lagi mendabik dada. Kali ini pemimpin Umno/BN senyap sepi enggan menemui wartawan untuk memberikan komen.
Ibu pejabat BN di PWTC semalam begitu muram. Abdullah dan lain-lain pemimpin BN dilaporkan 'menguncikan diri' di dalam bilik mesyuarat.
Tidak ada live telecast seperti biasa dari PWTC. Yang ada cuma paparan celoteh penganalisis politik yang terkejut dengan kebangkitan rakyat menolak BN.
Daripada 222 kerusi Parlimen, BN hanya memperolehi 137 kerusi sahaja. PRU ke 12 mencatat rekod paling buruk apabila BN kehilangan dua pertiga majoriti, pertama kali selepas lebih 50 tahun berkuasa.
Walaupun BN sudah menang simple majority, kerajaan baru masih belum dibentuk kerana ramai pemimpin utama BN tewas mengejut.
Mana dia slogan 'Selamat, Aman dan Makmur'? Mana dia slogan Islam Hadhari? Mana dia janji pembangunan koridor ekonomi? Mana dia WPI?
Semuanya ditolak rakyat dari kalangan Melayu, Cina dan India.
Khairy adalah burden besar bagi BN
Serentak dengan gesaan supaya Abdullah meletakkan jawatan oleh bekas PM, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, pemimpin-pemimpin Umno seluruh negara mula menuding jari terhadap menantunya Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar.
Rata-rata ahli Umno menganggap failure BN khususnya Umno kali ini berpunca daripada campur tangan berleluasa Khairy sebagai menantu PM dalam parti dan kerajaan.
Kesilapan besar Abdullah antaranya walaupun beliau mempunyai anggota Majlis Tertinggi Umno dan Kabinet sebagai penasihat utamanya, namun beliau tidak mengambil pandangan mereka kerana dilaporkan beliau pernah berkata I trust the young one.
Khairy, Kamaluddin Abdullah dan rakan-rakan mereka seperti Kamal Khalid, Kalimullah Masheerul Hassan serta beberapa yang lain didakwa orang-orang Umno sebagai punca kepada kelemahan kepimpinan Abdullah.
Masalah yang paling besar didakwa orang-orang Umno ialah campur tangan Khairy meletakkan orang-orangnya dalam senarai calon BN sehingga mengetepikan ramai incumbent.
Akibat daripada campur tangan ini, orang-orang Umno memboikot calon BN, jentera pilihan raya tidak digerakkan dan mereka enggan keluar mengundi calon pilihan Khairy.
PRU kali ini menyaksikan jentera Umno/BN benar-benar tidak bergerak, kaku dan mandom dalam menghadapi kempen PAS, KeADILan dan DAP.
Keangkuhan Khairy dan juak-juaknya ketika berkempen mengecam PAS untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan pimpinan Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Aziz Nik Mat, dibalas dengan kekalahan yang memalukan.
Ternyata rakyat tidak menerima slogan 'Pade Doh 18 Tahun PAS' (di Kelantan) sebaliknya rakyat membalasnya dengan 'Pade Doh 50 Tahun BN' memerintah Malaysia.
Khairy and his friends has no face right now, komen seorang wartawan asing.
Benar Khairy sudah tidak tahu mana hendak meletak muka, walaupun beliau menang di Rembau, rata-rata ahli Umno tanpa segan silu menyalahkannya.
Rakan-rakan rapat Khairy juga dikhabarkan terpaksa 'menyembunyikan diri' dari orang-orang Umno yang begitu marah sekarang.
‘Tidak pernah terbayang Dato' Seri Mohd Khir Toyo, Dato' Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali dan Dato' Seri Mahdzir Khalid menjadi ketua pembangkang di negeri masing-masing’ kata seorang penganalisis.
Krisis dalaman Umno yang memuncak
Umno kini sudah semakin berkecamuk. Keputusan yang mengejutkan ini menyebabkan Umno benar-benar buntu.
MCA, Gerakan dan MIC juga menerima tamparan yang memalukan. Jelas rakyat sudah menolak mereka.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Ong Ka Ting, Samy Vellu dan Koh Tsu Koon sudah tidak diterima rakyat Malaysia.
Dalam Umno, kini krisis dalaman mereka semakin memuncak. Umno harus 'direvamp'. Abdullah didesak melepaskan jawatan untuk diserahkan kepada Dato' Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak.
The fake victory in 2004 sudah berakhir. BN sudah merudum di zaman kepimpinan Abdullah.
Jika dalam waktu yang terdekat ini Abdullah terpaksa melepaskan jawatan, maka impian Khairy untuk menjadi PM dalam usia 40 tahun terkubur buat selama-lamanya.
Episod baru kepimpinan Umno/BN akan bermula pada bila-bila masa. Kita tunggu dan lihat bagaimana rakyat menerimanya. - mks.
Sun | Mar 09, 08 | 5:11:01 pm MYT
KEDUDUKAN Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi sebagai Perdana Menteri Malaysia 'bagaikan telur di hujung tanduk' akibat kekalahan teruk Barisan Nasional dalam Pilihan Raya Umum ke 12 semalam.
Pada saat ini khabarnya Abdullah menerima desakan yang paling hebat untuk beliau meletakkan jawatan sebagai PM dan Presiden Umno selepas BN kehilangan majoriti di Parlimen serta tewas mengejut di Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak dan Selangor.
Tiada lagi keangkuhan dan tidak lagi mendabik dada. Kali ini pemimpin Umno/BN senyap sepi enggan menemui wartawan untuk memberikan komen.
Ibu pejabat BN di PWTC semalam begitu muram. Abdullah dan lain-lain pemimpin BN dilaporkan 'menguncikan diri' di dalam bilik mesyuarat.
Tidak ada live telecast seperti biasa dari PWTC. Yang ada cuma paparan celoteh penganalisis politik yang terkejut dengan kebangkitan rakyat menolak BN.
Daripada 222 kerusi Parlimen, BN hanya memperolehi 137 kerusi sahaja. PRU ke 12 mencatat rekod paling buruk apabila BN kehilangan dua pertiga majoriti, pertama kali selepas lebih 50 tahun berkuasa.
Walaupun BN sudah menang simple majority, kerajaan baru masih belum dibentuk kerana ramai pemimpin utama BN tewas mengejut.
Mana dia slogan 'Selamat, Aman dan Makmur'? Mana dia slogan Islam Hadhari? Mana dia janji pembangunan koridor ekonomi? Mana dia WPI?
Semuanya ditolak rakyat dari kalangan Melayu, Cina dan India.
Khairy adalah burden besar bagi BN
Serentak dengan gesaan supaya Abdullah meletakkan jawatan oleh bekas PM, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, pemimpin-pemimpin Umno seluruh negara mula menuding jari terhadap menantunya Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar.
Rata-rata ahli Umno menganggap failure BN khususnya Umno kali ini berpunca daripada campur tangan berleluasa Khairy sebagai menantu PM dalam parti dan kerajaan.
Kesilapan besar Abdullah antaranya walaupun beliau mempunyai anggota Majlis Tertinggi Umno dan Kabinet sebagai penasihat utamanya, namun beliau tidak mengambil pandangan mereka kerana dilaporkan beliau pernah berkata I trust the young one.
Khairy, Kamaluddin Abdullah dan rakan-rakan mereka seperti Kamal Khalid, Kalimullah Masheerul Hassan serta beberapa yang lain didakwa orang-orang Umno sebagai punca kepada kelemahan kepimpinan Abdullah.
Masalah yang paling besar didakwa orang-orang Umno ialah campur tangan Khairy meletakkan orang-orangnya dalam senarai calon BN sehingga mengetepikan ramai incumbent.
Akibat daripada campur tangan ini, orang-orang Umno memboikot calon BN, jentera pilihan raya tidak digerakkan dan mereka enggan keluar mengundi calon pilihan Khairy.
PRU kali ini menyaksikan jentera Umno/BN benar-benar tidak bergerak, kaku dan mandom dalam menghadapi kempen PAS, KeADILan dan DAP.
Keangkuhan Khairy dan juak-juaknya ketika berkempen mengecam PAS untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan pimpinan Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Aziz Nik Mat, dibalas dengan kekalahan yang memalukan.
Ternyata rakyat tidak menerima slogan 'Pade Doh 18 Tahun PAS' (di Kelantan) sebaliknya rakyat membalasnya dengan 'Pade Doh 50 Tahun BN' memerintah Malaysia.
Khairy and his friends has no face right now, komen seorang wartawan asing.
Benar Khairy sudah tidak tahu mana hendak meletak muka, walaupun beliau menang di Rembau, rata-rata ahli Umno tanpa segan silu menyalahkannya.
Rakan-rakan rapat Khairy juga dikhabarkan terpaksa 'menyembunyikan diri' dari orang-orang Umno yang begitu marah sekarang.
‘Tidak pernah terbayang Dato' Seri Mohd Khir Toyo, Dato' Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali dan Dato' Seri Mahdzir Khalid menjadi ketua pembangkang di negeri masing-masing’ kata seorang penganalisis.
Krisis dalaman Umno yang memuncak
Umno kini sudah semakin berkecamuk. Keputusan yang mengejutkan ini menyebabkan Umno benar-benar buntu.
MCA, Gerakan dan MIC juga menerima tamparan yang memalukan. Jelas rakyat sudah menolak mereka.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Ong Ka Ting, Samy Vellu dan Koh Tsu Koon sudah tidak diterima rakyat Malaysia.
Dalam Umno, kini krisis dalaman mereka semakin memuncak. Umno harus 'direvamp'. Abdullah didesak melepaskan jawatan untuk diserahkan kepada Dato' Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak.
The fake victory in 2004 sudah berakhir. BN sudah merudum di zaman kepimpinan Abdullah.
Jika dalam waktu yang terdekat ini Abdullah terpaksa melepaskan jawatan, maka impian Khairy untuk menjadi PM dalam usia 40 tahun terkubur buat selama-lamanya.
Episod baru kepimpinan Umno/BN akan bermula pada bila-bila masa. Kita tunggu dan lihat bagaimana rakyat menerimanya. - mks.
BN was overconfident: Dr M's ex-aide
Andrew Ong | Mar 9, 08 7:44pm
Former Kamunting assemblyperson Dr Abdul Malek Mohamed Hanafiah attributed Barisan Nasional’s poor showing at yesterday’s polls to ‘overconfidence’.
"Barisan was overconfident and had taken things for granted," said Abdul Malek when met at the Taiping town hall while waiting for the election results to be announced last night.
Abdul Malek, who was formerly ex-premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s political secretary, said Barisan grew overconfident as a result of their landslide win at the 2004 general election.
Taking the example of the Taiping parliamentary seat and the three state seats within the constituency, Abdul Malek said BN candidates for nearly all the four seats were decided at the eleventh hour.
"They (BN) didn’t bother to resolve the problem in Taiping. We didn’t even have a proper Taiping Barisan chairperson. We couldn’t meet and do anything.
"We couldn’t even propose candidates properly. Too many issues have been swept under the carpet," he added.
There was a protracted tussle between Gerakan’s Tan Lian Hoe and PPP’s M Kayveas over who should be the Barisan Nasional Taiping division chairperson.
By tradition, the member of Parliament for the area, in this case Kayveas (pix), would be the Barisan division chair. However, because the seat was initially supposed to be contested by Gerakan this year, Tan, too, claimed the position.
Abdul Malek also said that economic problems had played a major role in precipitating the huge swing in votes against BN.
Economic problems
"The majority of voters are not bothered about foreign investment, economic corridors or the share market. They are worried about the money in their pocket.
"In Taiping, the economy is not progressing despite Barisan having held the seat for so many terms. What else can Barisan promise? We only keep saying we want to do something," added the two-term assemblyperson.
Meanwhile, Kayveas, who failed in his bid to defend the Taiping parliamentary seat, told reporters that he accepted the voters’ decision and would continue to serve the Taiping constituency.
"I feel the voters want drastic change," said Kayveas.
Kayveas mooted that one way for BN to regain its former status was for all its component parties to merge into one entity.
"That way, all the component parties will be saved," he claimed.
Kayveas, who is PPP president, joins Gerakan acting-president Koh Tsu Koon and MIC president S Samy Vellu (left) as Barisan component party leaders who suffered humiliating defeats at the polls with their respective parties being nearly wiped out.
Kayveas lost to DAP’s Nga Kor Ming by a margin of 11,298 votes - believed to be an opposition record for the seat.
Former Kamunting assemblyperson Dr Abdul Malek Mohamed Hanafiah attributed Barisan Nasional’s poor showing at yesterday’s polls to ‘overconfidence’.
"Barisan was overconfident and had taken things for granted," said Abdul Malek when met at the Taiping town hall while waiting for the election results to be announced last night.
Abdul Malek, who was formerly ex-premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s political secretary, said Barisan grew overconfident as a result of their landslide win at the 2004 general election.
Taking the example of the Taiping parliamentary seat and the three state seats within the constituency, Abdul Malek said BN candidates for nearly all the four seats were decided at the eleventh hour.
"They (BN) didn’t bother to resolve the problem in Taiping. We didn’t even have a proper Taiping Barisan chairperson. We couldn’t meet and do anything.
"We couldn’t even propose candidates properly. Too many issues have been swept under the carpet," he added.
There was a protracted tussle between Gerakan’s Tan Lian Hoe and PPP’s M Kayveas over who should be the Barisan Nasional Taiping division chairperson.
By tradition, the member of Parliament for the area, in this case Kayveas (pix), would be the Barisan division chair. However, because the seat was initially supposed to be contested by Gerakan this year, Tan, too, claimed the position.
Abdul Malek also said that economic problems had played a major role in precipitating the huge swing in votes against BN.
Economic problems
"The majority of voters are not bothered about foreign investment, economic corridors or the share market. They are worried about the money in their pocket.
"In Taiping, the economy is not progressing despite Barisan having held the seat for so many terms. What else can Barisan promise? We only keep saying we want to do something," added the two-term assemblyperson.
Meanwhile, Kayveas, who failed in his bid to defend the Taiping parliamentary seat, told reporters that he accepted the voters’ decision and would continue to serve the Taiping constituency.
"I feel the voters want drastic change," said Kayveas.
Kayveas mooted that one way for BN to regain its former status was for all its component parties to merge into one entity.
"That way, all the component parties will be saved," he claimed.
Kayveas, who is PPP president, joins Gerakan acting-president Koh Tsu Koon and MIC president S Samy Vellu (left) as Barisan component party leaders who suffered humiliating defeats at the polls with their respective parties being nearly wiped out.
Kayveas lost to DAP’s Nga Kor Ming by a margin of 11,298 votes - believed to be an opposition record for the seat.
Q&A: Khairy to blame for BN's electoral defeat
Mar 9, 08 9:05pm
I think his son-in-law played a big role (in the defeat). This young man who has no achievements before but apparently the PM listens to him. said Mahathir at a press conference.
Are you surprised by the results?
Mahathir: I think it’s shocking. Although I expected BN to lose but I did not think that they lost five states.
I'm sorry that I made the wrong choice in Pak Lah. I never expected a PM to reverse all the policies of the government. So I think the people on the whole must have been very angry. All the three communities, the Chinese, the Malays and the Indians, have reacted.
Will Tun pressure Pak Lah to resign?
I think he should accept responsibility for this. Just as in 2004, the huge majority, the huge victory was purportedly due to him 100 percent. Now he should accept 100 percent of the responsibility.
What do you mean by taking responsibility?
He has destroyed Umno, destroyed BN. And he has to be responsible for this terrible defeat.
If he doesn't want to take responsibility, do you think that Umno will do something to make him go?
I think Umno people on the ground are fearful of this man as they have never been before. During my time they would challenge me. Here I was not allowed to speak. I was given invitations to give talk to Umno members but these were withdrawn. They say that the police told them to withdraw it.
When you say ‘step down’, do you mean (from) Umno or PM?
I think he should (step down). The Japanese would have performed ‘hara-kiri’. I think that Najib (Razak) has done very well. He has scored an amazing victory, more than the 2004 elections.
What do you think led to this defeat?
I think his son-in-law (Khairy Jamaluddin) played a big role. This young man who has no achievements before but apparently the PM listens to him more rather than the police, the special branch and the armed forces, who are closer to the ground. They were so taken up with their own newspaper reports that they couldn't hear anything else. They dismissed everything they didn't like.
Do you think the timing of the election was a miscalculation?
It can be called a miscalculation but I doubt if they had waited another year, the results would have been any different.
What were the issues which led to the loss of the states?
Many issues led to the pent-up feelings of the citizens of which despite the economic growth, the people aren't feeling anything. They feel the rise in the cost of living a big factor. They also see that this government is run by one family. When family takes precedence over cabinet, over government, then people will be against it.
Do you think this damage is permanent for BN?
Everything can be reversed if you do things properly. They have been so arrogant that they have suppressed any opinions they don't like and believe in their own reports which are not consistent with what is really happening in the country.
With the opposition making so much inroads in Malaysia, what do you think will happen?
Well, there will be instability for some time. If the opposition is good, they should be able to remedy the situation.
Do you think that Anwar Ibrahim is still relevant?
I think he is relevant but he is not going to become the prime minister of this country.
If you were in Pak Lah's shoes, would you be in a hurry to form the government?
I would take responsibility. If the people want me to resign, I would resign.
After this setback, do you think that Barisan has any hope to remedy this situation?
There is hope. But whether the leaders have the will to repair BN is another question.
Who should succeed Pak Lah?
Najib won by 26,000 votes and this is much more than in 2004 when the BN was very, very popular. On the other hand, Pak Lah - who had a majority of 18,000 before - only has a majority of 11,000 now. The fact is that he lost a number of votes. And there are not many people who have improved (their majority) since 2004.
Yes, his son-in-law won but he only won by a small majority, smaller than previously. He was also in a safe seat.
How to cure Umno?
The person responsible should retreat.
If the Malays had not voted for opposition this would not have happened. Why did the Umno supporters vote for opposition this time?
They feel their situation is under pressure. Inflation is high. Their lives are on the line. The people know that you can say that there is 6 percent growth but where is the 6 percent on their body? They are having to spend more money.
I've said this to Malaysiakini. When you say 6 percent, it is an average. This can be achieved by one person having a very high percentage but the rest have nothing. You can't have this sort of figures and expect people to vote for you.
The intelligent people would know that this is not correct. Those that don't understand all these figures, rather be guided by what is actually happening to them. What is happening to them is the higher cost of living and a lowering of their standard of living.
Going back to the 1969 elections, after the Alliance had lost, you were one of the main agitators for the prime minister (Tunku Abdul Rahman) to transfer his powers to his deputy (Tun Abdul Razak)...
I am in a dilemma as I'm an Umno member.
Are you the agitator again?
I will voice out my opinion. If people ask, I will give my opinion. And my opinion in this matter is that the person responsible should step down.
Looking at the current BN line-up, do you think that the BN government can manage the economy?
No, I don't think they can manage. Even when they have full force and tons of money at their disposal they have not done anything.
Why?
You have to ask the state leaders.
Penang has fallen to DAP, how do you think this will affect the Malays?
It's not just about Penang. If we want to correct that, we have got Malay leaders, we've got a Malay government and the citizens who are Malay must know how to overcome their problems.
What can veterans like Tengku Razaleigh (Hamzah) do to help Umno at this juncture?
They can give ideas.
Is it to revolt and cause Pak Lah to resign?
I am not talking about a rebellion but there must be pressure. And if that pressure is ignored by Pak Lah, then this would turn the matter into a heated confrontation.
Do you think that the opposition success is attributed to Anwar?
I don't think it is so. This is more of something against BN than strong support for the opposition.
They (voters) have no choice. If you don't vote BN, who do you vote for? There are only two candidates. So you vote for the opposition or you don't vote at all. Either way, the BN was going to lose a lot of support.
People say that Umno is still afraid of Pak Lah. So how can they pressure Pak Lah to step down?
I'm sure that there are some brave members out there.
Are there any alternatives for Pak Lah other than to resign?
I don't see any other alternative. The man that is 100 percent responsible has to show that he is responsible.
Some people were saying if BN's two-thirds majority is denied, a repeat of May 13 would take place. Why won't it happen now?
No I don't think it would happen. In the first place, the police have been very careful, telling people no demonstration and no parades.
In 1969, the police gave permission for the opposition to hold a victory parade. And they went to Kampung Baru and started insulting the people there, which caused a reaction. This ended up as a riot. If the police remain strong on these demonstrations and victory parades, I don't think there will be any problems.
Is it time to end racial politics?
I'm going to tell you this (rejection of BN) involves all the races. It's not as if the Chinese reject BN or all the Indians reject BN. Here, you see Chinese, Indian and Malay reject BN except for Sabah and Sarawak.
Umno has retained more seats compared to the other component parties like MIC and MCA. Will they pressure Pak Lah to step down?
That depends on them to whether to apply pressure or not but the Barisan Nasional concept is still relevant. If there is no (MIC chief S) Samy Vellu, then find another Vellu.
Can you comment on Zam (Zainuddin Maidin)?
He won or lost? Oh, he lost. Well, the way he was campaigning was really funny, telling people to look at his face and how it doesn't change. But I think that a face that doesn't change can be very boring. Sometimes you must laugh, sometimes you must cry.
He was telling everybody "Ini muka tak bertukar, tak bertukar". Who is interested in his ‘wajar’? If he was Britney Spears, then….
If you had suffered the same defeat, would you have resigned too?
Yes, I would resign if that is the wish of the people. I've always abided by the wish of the people, so much so that people who were against me were brought back into the cabinet, and that includes Pak Lah, Syed Hamid (Syed Albar), Rais Yatim and (Abdul) Kadir Sheikh Fadzil. All these (leaders) were against me.
But when Pak Lah was elected vice-president, I cannot (not appoint him) as he was wanted by Umno. As such I appointed him back into the cabinet.
But you did not resign in 1999?
I did not because we won two-thirds. We won with full Chinese support. Yes, we lost Terengganu and Kelantan but we have always lost Kelantan and Terengganu was for very specific reasons.
Did BN lose because too many people like Samy Vellu had hung on to power too long?
I think that Samy Vellu played a big part in the defeat. When he was in BN, he doesn't allow any of the MIC people to come up to his level. If they come up (to be) deputy or vice-president, he will knock them down and even expel them from the party.
And he wouldn't allow any other Indian party to join BN. (MG) Pandithan tried to join, begged me to allow him and I wanted to agree but we have this consensus in BN that if one party doesn't agree we cannot accept them.
Are you surprised by (ISA detainee) M Manoharan's victory?
This has happened before in 1959 or is it 1964, when PAS used to go from village to village carrying the candidate's shoes and he won.
What can you say about the media’s - especially the mainstream ones' - role in this campaign? Do you think that there should be changes there?
There should be changes. They should report what actually happens and make a proper analysis. Before, they were able to feed back to me what was happening on the ground. Maybe, when they talk about races and things like that, I would have to clamp down on them, which I did in 1987.
Should all the bosses of the newspapers resign too?
They have their constraints. Some of them are my friends and supporters too and they apologise say that they can't help. "It's all this Kali. This Kali," they tell me.
Has Umno become irrelevant?
For the moment, yes. It's not always so. If Umno serves the country well, and looks after all the different races, then Umno will be relevant again.
What is your comment on the young BN candidates losing?
There is this rumour that some of these candidates are Khairy's and that he wants to be prime minister.
Do you think that other BN component leaders should resign too?
I think that one component leader has already been knocked out. As for Ong Ka Ting, it's up to him. This is a very bad defeat for him and MCA and it's never been this bad before.
Everyone says that PAS and DAP cannot work together but if they don't in Selangor and Perak, they can't form state government. What is your take on this?
If they work together they can form state government. If not, then representatives of Umno - if there are many - can form a minority government. But it will be a shaky government.
Are you sad with the results?
Yes, I am although I had hoped that a message would be sent to the government.
Will you return to active politics?
I won't return to active politics but if they want advice, I can give them. How can I return when once I stepped down they treated me like a pariah?
I think his son-in-law played a big role (in the defeat). This young man who has no achievements before but apparently the PM listens to him. said Mahathir at a press conference.
Are you surprised by the results?
Mahathir: I think it’s shocking. Although I expected BN to lose but I did not think that they lost five states.
I'm sorry that I made the wrong choice in Pak Lah. I never expected a PM to reverse all the policies of the government. So I think the people on the whole must have been very angry. All the three communities, the Chinese, the Malays and the Indians, have reacted.
Will Tun pressure Pak Lah to resign?
I think he should accept responsibility for this. Just as in 2004, the huge majority, the huge victory was purportedly due to him 100 percent. Now he should accept 100 percent of the responsibility.
What do you mean by taking responsibility?
He has destroyed Umno, destroyed BN. And he has to be responsible for this terrible defeat.
If he doesn't want to take responsibility, do you think that Umno will do something to make him go?
I think Umno people on the ground are fearful of this man as they have never been before. During my time they would challenge me. Here I was not allowed to speak. I was given invitations to give talk to Umno members but these were withdrawn. They say that the police told them to withdraw it.
When you say ‘step down’, do you mean (from) Umno or PM?
I think he should (step down). The Japanese would have performed ‘hara-kiri’. I think that Najib (Razak) has done very well. He has scored an amazing victory, more than the 2004 elections.
What do you think led to this defeat?
I think his son-in-law (Khairy Jamaluddin) played a big role. This young man who has no achievements before but apparently the PM listens to him more rather than the police, the special branch and the armed forces, who are closer to the ground. They were so taken up with their own newspaper reports that they couldn't hear anything else. They dismissed everything they didn't like.
Do you think the timing of the election was a miscalculation?
It can be called a miscalculation but I doubt if they had waited another year, the results would have been any different.
What were the issues which led to the loss of the states?
Many issues led to the pent-up feelings of the citizens of which despite the economic growth, the people aren't feeling anything. They feel the rise in the cost of living a big factor. They also see that this government is run by one family. When family takes precedence over cabinet, over government, then people will be against it.
Do you think this damage is permanent for BN?
Everything can be reversed if you do things properly. They have been so arrogant that they have suppressed any opinions they don't like and believe in their own reports which are not consistent with what is really happening in the country.
With the opposition making so much inroads in Malaysia, what do you think will happen?
Well, there will be instability for some time. If the opposition is good, they should be able to remedy the situation.
Do you think that Anwar Ibrahim is still relevant?
I think he is relevant but he is not going to become the prime minister of this country.
If you were in Pak Lah's shoes, would you be in a hurry to form the government?
I would take responsibility. If the people want me to resign, I would resign.
After this setback, do you think that Barisan has any hope to remedy this situation?
There is hope. But whether the leaders have the will to repair BN is another question.
Who should succeed Pak Lah?
Najib won by 26,000 votes and this is much more than in 2004 when the BN was very, very popular. On the other hand, Pak Lah - who had a majority of 18,000 before - only has a majority of 11,000 now. The fact is that he lost a number of votes. And there are not many people who have improved (their majority) since 2004.
Yes, his son-in-law won but he only won by a small majority, smaller than previously. He was also in a safe seat.
How to cure Umno?
The person responsible should retreat.
If the Malays had not voted for opposition this would not have happened. Why did the Umno supporters vote for opposition this time?
They feel their situation is under pressure. Inflation is high. Their lives are on the line. The people know that you can say that there is 6 percent growth but where is the 6 percent on their body? They are having to spend more money.
I've said this to Malaysiakini. When you say 6 percent, it is an average. This can be achieved by one person having a very high percentage but the rest have nothing. You can't have this sort of figures and expect people to vote for you.
The intelligent people would know that this is not correct. Those that don't understand all these figures, rather be guided by what is actually happening to them. What is happening to them is the higher cost of living and a lowering of their standard of living.
Going back to the 1969 elections, after the Alliance had lost, you were one of the main agitators for the prime minister (Tunku Abdul Rahman) to transfer his powers to his deputy (Tun Abdul Razak)...
I am in a dilemma as I'm an Umno member.
Are you the agitator again?
I will voice out my opinion. If people ask, I will give my opinion. And my opinion in this matter is that the person responsible should step down.
Looking at the current BN line-up, do you think that the BN government can manage the economy?
No, I don't think they can manage. Even when they have full force and tons of money at their disposal they have not done anything.
Why?
You have to ask the state leaders.
Penang has fallen to DAP, how do you think this will affect the Malays?
It's not just about Penang. If we want to correct that, we have got Malay leaders, we've got a Malay government and the citizens who are Malay must know how to overcome their problems.
What can veterans like Tengku Razaleigh (Hamzah) do to help Umno at this juncture?
They can give ideas.
Is it to revolt and cause Pak Lah to resign?
I am not talking about a rebellion but there must be pressure. And if that pressure is ignored by Pak Lah, then this would turn the matter into a heated confrontation.
Do you think that the opposition success is attributed to Anwar?
I don't think it is so. This is more of something against BN than strong support for the opposition.
They (voters) have no choice. If you don't vote BN, who do you vote for? There are only two candidates. So you vote for the opposition or you don't vote at all. Either way, the BN was going to lose a lot of support.
People say that Umno is still afraid of Pak Lah. So how can they pressure Pak Lah to step down?
I'm sure that there are some brave members out there.
Are there any alternatives for Pak Lah other than to resign?
I don't see any other alternative. The man that is 100 percent responsible has to show that he is responsible.
Some people were saying if BN's two-thirds majority is denied, a repeat of May 13 would take place. Why won't it happen now?
No I don't think it would happen. In the first place, the police have been very careful, telling people no demonstration and no parades.
In 1969, the police gave permission for the opposition to hold a victory parade. And they went to Kampung Baru and started insulting the people there, which caused a reaction. This ended up as a riot. If the police remain strong on these demonstrations and victory parades, I don't think there will be any problems.
Is it time to end racial politics?
I'm going to tell you this (rejection of BN) involves all the races. It's not as if the Chinese reject BN or all the Indians reject BN. Here, you see Chinese, Indian and Malay reject BN except for Sabah and Sarawak.
Umno has retained more seats compared to the other component parties like MIC and MCA. Will they pressure Pak Lah to step down?
That depends on them to whether to apply pressure or not but the Barisan Nasional concept is still relevant. If there is no (MIC chief S) Samy Vellu, then find another Vellu.
Can you comment on Zam (Zainuddin Maidin)?
He won or lost? Oh, he lost. Well, the way he was campaigning was really funny, telling people to look at his face and how it doesn't change. But I think that a face that doesn't change can be very boring. Sometimes you must laugh, sometimes you must cry.
He was telling everybody "Ini muka tak bertukar, tak bertukar". Who is interested in his ‘wajar’? If he was Britney Spears, then….
If you had suffered the same defeat, would you have resigned too?
Yes, I would resign if that is the wish of the people. I've always abided by the wish of the people, so much so that people who were against me were brought back into the cabinet, and that includes Pak Lah, Syed Hamid (Syed Albar), Rais Yatim and (Abdul) Kadir Sheikh Fadzil. All these (leaders) were against me.
But when Pak Lah was elected vice-president, I cannot (not appoint him) as he was wanted by Umno. As such I appointed him back into the cabinet.
But you did not resign in 1999?
I did not because we won two-thirds. We won with full Chinese support. Yes, we lost Terengganu and Kelantan but we have always lost Kelantan and Terengganu was for very specific reasons.
Did BN lose because too many people like Samy Vellu had hung on to power too long?
I think that Samy Vellu played a big part in the defeat. When he was in BN, he doesn't allow any of the MIC people to come up to his level. If they come up (to be) deputy or vice-president, he will knock them down and even expel them from the party.
And he wouldn't allow any other Indian party to join BN. (MG) Pandithan tried to join, begged me to allow him and I wanted to agree but we have this consensus in BN that if one party doesn't agree we cannot accept them.
Are you surprised by (ISA detainee) M Manoharan's victory?
This has happened before in 1959 or is it 1964, when PAS used to go from village to village carrying the candidate's shoes and he won.
What can you say about the media’s - especially the mainstream ones' - role in this campaign? Do you think that there should be changes there?
There should be changes. They should report what actually happens and make a proper analysis. Before, they were able to feed back to me what was happening on the ground. Maybe, when they talk about races and things like that, I would have to clamp down on them, which I did in 1987.
Should all the bosses of the newspapers resign too?
They have their constraints. Some of them are my friends and supporters too and they apologise say that they can't help. "It's all this Kali. This Kali," they tell me.
Has Umno become irrelevant?
For the moment, yes. It's not always so. If Umno serves the country well, and looks after all the different races, then Umno will be relevant again.
What is your comment on the young BN candidates losing?
There is this rumour that some of these candidates are Khairy's and that he wants to be prime minister.
Do you think that other BN component leaders should resign too?
I think that one component leader has already been knocked out. As for Ong Ka Ting, it's up to him. This is a very bad defeat for him and MCA and it's never been this bad before.
Everyone says that PAS and DAP cannot work together but if they don't in Selangor and Perak, they can't form state government. What is your take on this?
If they work together they can form state government. If not, then representatives of Umno - if there are many - can form a minority government. But it will be a shaky government.
Are you sad with the results?
Yes, I am although I had hoped that a message would be sent to the government.
Will you return to active politics?
I won't return to active politics but if they want advice, I can give them. How can I return when once I stepped down they treated me like a pariah?
Saturday, March 8, 2008
CONTROLLING RISK IN FOREX TRADING
Controlling risk is one of the most important ingredients of successful trading. While it is emotionally more appealing to focus on the upside of trading, every trader should know precisely how much he is willing to lose on each trade before cutting losses, and how much he is willing to lose in his account before ceasing trading and re-evaluating.
Risk will essentially be controlled in two ways: 1) by exiting losing trades before losses exceed your pre-determined maximum tolerance (or "cutting losses"), and 2) by limiting the "leverage" or position size you trade for a given account size.
Cutting Losses
Too often, the beginning trader will be overly concerned about incurring losing trades. He therefore lets losses mount, with the "hope" that the market will turn around and the loss will turn into a gain.
Almost all successful trading strategies include a disciplined procedure for cutting losses. When a trader is down on a position, many emotions often come into play, making it difficult to cut losses at the right level. The best practice is to decide where losses will be cut before a trade is even initiated. This will assure the trader of the maximum amount he can expect to lose on the trade.
The other key element of risk control is overall account risk. In other words, a trader should know before he begins his trading endeavor how much of his account he is willing to lose before ceasing trading and re-evaluating his strategy. If you open an account with $2,000, are you willing to lose all $2,000? $1,000? As with risk control on individual trades, the most important discipline is to decide on a level and stick with it. Further information on the mechanics of limiting risk can be found in the foreign currency trading literature.
Determining Position Size
Before beginning any trading program, an assessment should be made of the maximum account loss that is likely to occur over time, per your standard trading quantity. For example, assume you have determined that your worse case loss on your standard trade (quantity of 100,000) is 30 pips. That translates into approximately USD 300 per 100,000 EUR/USD position size. Five consecutive 100,000 EUR/USD losing trades would result in a loss of USD 1,500 (5 x USD 300); a difficult period but not to be unexpected over the long run. For a $10,000 account trading 100,000 EUR/USD, this translates into 15% loss. Therefore, even though it may be possible to trade 5 such positions or more with a $10,000 account, this analysis suggests that the resulting "drawdown" would be too great (75% or more of the account value would be wiped out).
Any trader should have a sense of this maximum loss per their standard trading quantity, and then determine the amount he wishes to trade for a given account size that will yield tolerable drawdowns.
Risk will essentially be controlled in two ways: 1) by exiting losing trades before losses exceed your pre-determined maximum tolerance (or "cutting losses"), and 2) by limiting the "leverage" or position size you trade for a given account size.
Cutting Losses
Too often, the beginning trader will be overly concerned about incurring losing trades. He therefore lets losses mount, with the "hope" that the market will turn around and the loss will turn into a gain.
Almost all successful trading strategies include a disciplined procedure for cutting losses. When a trader is down on a position, many emotions often come into play, making it difficult to cut losses at the right level. The best practice is to decide where losses will be cut before a trade is even initiated. This will assure the trader of the maximum amount he can expect to lose on the trade.
The other key element of risk control is overall account risk. In other words, a trader should know before he begins his trading endeavor how much of his account he is willing to lose before ceasing trading and re-evaluating his strategy. If you open an account with $2,000, are you willing to lose all $2,000? $1,000? As with risk control on individual trades, the most important discipline is to decide on a level and stick with it. Further information on the mechanics of limiting risk can be found in the foreign currency trading literature.
Determining Position Size
Before beginning any trading program, an assessment should be made of the maximum account loss that is likely to occur over time, per your standard trading quantity. For example, assume you have determined that your worse case loss on your standard trade (quantity of 100,000) is 30 pips. That translates into approximately USD 300 per 100,000 EUR/USD position size. Five consecutive 100,000 EUR/USD losing trades would result in a loss of USD 1,500 (5 x USD 300); a difficult period but not to be unexpected over the long run. For a $10,000 account trading 100,000 EUR/USD, this translates into 15% loss. Therefore, even though it may be possible to trade 5 such positions or more with a $10,000 account, this analysis suggests that the resulting "drawdown" would be too great (75% or more of the account value would be wiped out).
Any trader should have a sense of this maximum loss per their standard trading quantity, and then determine the amount he wishes to trade for a given account size that will yield tolerable drawdowns.
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Pengundi miliki kad pengenalan tanpa gambar ditemui di Bachok
Pengundi miliki kad pengenalan tanpa gambar ditemui di Bachok
BACHOK, 8 Mac (Hrkh) - Sehingga pukul 4.30 petang tadi, proses perjalanan pilihan raya berjalan lancar meskipun terdapat laporan mengenai pengundi pelbagai identiti wujud di beberapa pusat mengundi termasuk di Bachok.
Tiga Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun) yang terdapat dalam Parlimen Bachok iaitu Perupok, Tawang dan Jelawat juga berjalan lancar, walaupun terdapat insiden yang tidak diingini seperti pengundi yang telah mati diambil peluang oleh pengundi lain.
Selain itu juga terdapat pembawa kad pengenalan palsu tanpa gambar dibawa oleh seorang pemuda berusia lingkungan 30-an.
Bagaimanapun pengundi tanpa identiti itu tidak berjaya mengundi kerana dihalang oleh seorang ‘counting agen’.
Calon PAS Kawasan Parlimen Bachok, Ustaz Nasaruddin Md Isa, memberitahu ‘mood’ pilihan raya yang berjalan hari ini bermula pagi tadi hingga sekarang 4.30 petang, berjalan lancar.
Menurutnya, tiada sebarang perkara buruk yang diingini berlaku kecuali beberapa kes penipuan seperti menggunakan kad pengenalan palsu dan sebagainya.
Ketika ditemui di pusat pengundian Sekolah Menengah Dato' Perdana, beliau berkata melihat pada luarannya sokongan pengundi terhadap PAS begitu memberangsangkan.
“Mana-mana tempat yang kita pergi, itulah yang dapat kita lihat sokongan, sambutan begitu memberangsangkan,"katanya.
Tambahnya lagi, begitu juga dengan bangsal panas yang disediakan pihak petugas PAS juga menjadi tumpuan para pengundi. - wann/mks.
Credit to HarakahDaily.Net
BACHOK, 8 Mac (Hrkh) - Sehingga pukul 4.30 petang tadi, proses perjalanan pilihan raya berjalan lancar meskipun terdapat laporan mengenai pengundi pelbagai identiti wujud di beberapa pusat mengundi termasuk di Bachok.
Tiga Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun) yang terdapat dalam Parlimen Bachok iaitu Perupok, Tawang dan Jelawat juga berjalan lancar, walaupun terdapat insiden yang tidak diingini seperti pengundi yang telah mati diambil peluang oleh pengundi lain.
Selain itu juga terdapat pembawa kad pengenalan palsu tanpa gambar dibawa oleh seorang pemuda berusia lingkungan 30-an.
Bagaimanapun pengundi tanpa identiti itu tidak berjaya mengundi kerana dihalang oleh seorang ‘counting agen’.
Calon PAS Kawasan Parlimen Bachok, Ustaz Nasaruddin Md Isa, memberitahu ‘mood’ pilihan raya yang berjalan hari ini bermula pagi tadi hingga sekarang 4.30 petang, berjalan lancar.
Menurutnya, tiada sebarang perkara buruk yang diingini berlaku kecuali beberapa kes penipuan seperti menggunakan kad pengenalan palsu dan sebagainya.
Ketika ditemui di pusat pengundian Sekolah Menengah Dato' Perdana, beliau berkata melihat pada luarannya sokongan pengundi terhadap PAS begitu memberangsangkan.
“Mana-mana tempat yang kita pergi, itulah yang dapat kita lihat sokongan, sambutan begitu memberangsangkan,"katanya.
Tambahnya lagi, begitu juga dengan bangsal panas yang disediakan pihak petugas PAS juga menjadi tumpuan para pengundi. - wann/mks.
Credit to HarakahDaily.Net
Negara yang penuh penipuan, pihak berkuasa menggila tak ikut undang-undang
Wan Nordin Wan Yaacob
Sat | Mar 08, 08 | 3:17:58 pm MYT
Sejak jam 7 pagi tadi lagi, ramai petugas PAS dan rakan media menghubungi penulis menyatakan mengenai laporan penipuan, penemuan pengundi luar dan pengundi yang memiliki banyak kad pengenalan mahu mengundi di Kelantan.
Di Terengganu, pihak berkuasa yang sepatutnya menjaga keamanan dan kesejahteraan pula bertindak kasar dan mengharu-birukan suasana dengan tembakan gas pemedih mata ke arah penyokong PAS yang mahu menahan bas-bas yang mengangkut pengudi hantu ke sana.
Bagaikan tiada lagi undang-undang di negara ini apabila pihak berkuasa pula menyebelahi pihak yang menipu, melanggar undang-undang dan menyeleweng.
"Negara jenis apakah ini jika pihak berkuasa melindungi penipu?", kata seorang petugas PAS di Ruslia, Marang yang menghubungi penulis pada jam 11.00 pagi tadi.
Malangnya, kini suasana keselamatan yang kononnya dilaungkan dalam Manifesto Umno/BN (Selamat, Aman, Makmur) sebenarnya hanyalah untuk menjaga keselamatan mereka yang dihantar untuk menipu dan bukannya rakyat tempatan yang mahu menentukan kepimpinan negara.
Malang sekali, negara ini milik Melayu, Cina, India dan peribumi, namun manusia dari negara lain turut serta dalam menentukan kepimpinan negara keran dipergunakan untuk memenangkan Umno/BN.
Imam Hadhari, Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi mungkin kini mula tersenyum kerana orang-orang yang konco-konconya mahu hantar ke Kelantan dengan menaiki bas mula bergerak bebas dengan kawalan 100 peratus selamat oleh pihak berkuasa.
Kedatangan mereka yang bukan pengundi atau rakyat Kelatan ini hanya untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan yang rakyat di sini sudah kenali, selesa dan sayang kepada kepimpinan berteraskan Islamnya.
Malang sunguh nasib rakyat kelantan kerana mereka tidak diiktiraf oleh kerajaan pusat untuk menentukan kepimpinan negeri ini selepas Umno/BN menghantar pengundi luar termasuk bukan warganegara mengundi di sini.
Cuma seperti kata Mursyidul Am PAS yang juga Menteri Besar Kelantan, Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, kini beliau berdoa kepada Allah moga dibuka hati pengundi luar yang mahu mencampuri urusan negeri Kelantan agar mengundi kerajaan Islam untuk kekal di sini.
Hanya pada Allah diserahkan segala urusan ini, kerana kepada Dialah tempat mengadu, dan pada-Nya lah sahaja segala-galanya diharapkan, kata Tuan Guru Nik Aziz dengan tenang selepas membuang undi di Kota Jembal, Dun Cempaka pagi tadi. - mks.
Sat | Mar 08, 08 | 3:17:58 pm MYT
Sejak jam 7 pagi tadi lagi, ramai petugas PAS dan rakan media menghubungi penulis menyatakan mengenai laporan penipuan, penemuan pengundi luar dan pengundi yang memiliki banyak kad pengenalan mahu mengundi di Kelantan.
Di Terengganu, pihak berkuasa yang sepatutnya menjaga keamanan dan kesejahteraan pula bertindak kasar dan mengharu-birukan suasana dengan tembakan gas pemedih mata ke arah penyokong PAS yang mahu menahan bas-bas yang mengangkut pengudi hantu ke sana.
Bagaikan tiada lagi undang-undang di negara ini apabila pihak berkuasa pula menyebelahi pihak yang menipu, melanggar undang-undang dan menyeleweng.
"Negara jenis apakah ini jika pihak berkuasa melindungi penipu?", kata seorang petugas PAS di Ruslia, Marang yang menghubungi penulis pada jam 11.00 pagi tadi.
Malangnya, kini suasana keselamatan yang kononnya dilaungkan dalam Manifesto Umno/BN (Selamat, Aman, Makmur) sebenarnya hanyalah untuk menjaga keselamatan mereka yang dihantar untuk menipu dan bukannya rakyat tempatan yang mahu menentukan kepimpinan negara.
Malang sekali, negara ini milik Melayu, Cina, India dan peribumi, namun manusia dari negara lain turut serta dalam menentukan kepimpinan negara keran dipergunakan untuk memenangkan Umno/BN.
Imam Hadhari, Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi mungkin kini mula tersenyum kerana orang-orang yang konco-konconya mahu hantar ke Kelantan dengan menaiki bas mula bergerak bebas dengan kawalan 100 peratus selamat oleh pihak berkuasa.
Kedatangan mereka yang bukan pengundi atau rakyat Kelatan ini hanya untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan yang rakyat di sini sudah kenali, selesa dan sayang kepada kepimpinan berteraskan Islamnya.
Malang sunguh nasib rakyat kelantan kerana mereka tidak diiktiraf oleh kerajaan pusat untuk menentukan kepimpinan negeri ini selepas Umno/BN menghantar pengundi luar termasuk bukan warganegara mengundi di sini.
Cuma seperti kata Mursyidul Am PAS yang juga Menteri Besar Kelantan, Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, kini beliau berdoa kepada Allah moga dibuka hati pengundi luar yang mahu mencampuri urusan negeri Kelantan agar mengundi kerajaan Islam untuk kekal di sini.
Hanya pada Allah diserahkan segala urusan ini, kerana kepada Dialah tempat mengadu, dan pada-Nya lah sahaja segala-galanya diharapkan, kata Tuan Guru Nik Aziz dengan tenang selepas membuang undi di Kota Jembal, Dun Cempaka pagi tadi. - mks.
Kecoh di Rusila, provokasi terancang BN
Awang Harun
Sat | Mar 08, 08 | 5:02:25 pm MYT
MARANG;, 8 Mac (Hrkh) - PAS bertegas tidak akan menghormati Undang-undang yang zalim dan bercanggah dengan prinsip-prinsip demokrasi.
Presiden PAS, Dato' Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang berkata demikian ketika mengulas kekecohan yang berlaku di Peti Undi Kampung Rusila, Marang, hari ini.
Image"Kekecohan berlaku apabila didapati adanya bas yang membawa pengundi dari luar bukan pengundi dalam kawasan ini.
"Jadi apabila petugas-petugas kita melakukan pemeriksaan didapati mereka adalah pengundi-pengundi yang hendak mengundi di Peti Undi Rusila,” ujarnya ketika ditemui di rumahnya.
Oleh kerana itu, katanya PAS tidak akan menghormati undang-undang yang zalim termasuk undang-undang yang bercanggah dengan prinsip demokrasi.
Menurutnya, meski pun mereka beranggapan bahawa asal sahaja ada nama semua boleh mengundi. "Itu suatu perkara yang perlu kita siasat dahulu adakah ia sebenarnya pengundi di kawasan ini atau pun tidak dan sekarang ini jelas bahawa adanya pengundi-pengundi hantu yang dikatakan pengundi-pengundi hantu dan bukan sahaja ianya hantu tetapi diberi perlindungan oleh polis," jelasnya.
Alhamdulillah, kata Dato’ Seri Abdul Hadi bahawa pemuda-pemuda PAS telah dapat menjalankan tugas dengan baik serta dapat menghalang pengundi-pengundi tersebut.
"Kekecohan berlaku kerana mereka dilindungi dan dipertahankan oleh pihak polis yang sangat mendukacitakan kita.
"Ini satu perancangan dan penyelarasan antara Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR), Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN) yang bertanggungjawab mendaftarkan mereka dalam daftar pemilih dan polis memberikan perlindungan secara sistematik.
"Bila mereka dihalang tempat berlindung mereka ialah balai-balai polis dan balai polis jadi tempat perlindungan kepada pengundi-pengundi hantu," tegasnya.
Berikutan itu, dua orang telah cedera adalah dari kalangan pemuda kampung ini (Rusila) dan salah seorang itu adalah anak Presiden PAS, Ustaz Muhamad Khalil.
Dato' Seri Abdul Hadi mendakwa kekecohan tersebut adalah suatu provokasi yang dirancang oleh pihak Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN).
"Kita akan halang dan apabila berlaku kekecohan yang menyebabkan petugas-petugas dari peti undi lain datang, kita mengarahkan supaya mereka balik ke tempat masing-masing dan menjalankan tugas di tempat masing-masing.
"Jaga tempat masing-masing dan kita mengganggap itu satu provokasi yang dirancang oleh mereka supaya jentera parti tertumpu pada satu tempat dan mereka mengambil peluang membawa masuk pengundi-pengundi hantu," jelasnya.
Katanya, PAS menyertai pilihan raya bagi menghidupkan demokrasi dan perjuangan belum selesai dengan pilihan raya.
Menurutnya, rakyat perlu terus berjuang bagi membersihkan demokrasi sehingga rakyat dapat menjadi hakim yang adil, diberi hak yang sewajarnya. - mks.
Sat | Mar 08, 08 | 5:02:25 pm MYT
MARANG;, 8 Mac (Hrkh) - PAS bertegas tidak akan menghormati Undang-undang yang zalim dan bercanggah dengan prinsip-prinsip demokrasi.
Presiden PAS, Dato' Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang berkata demikian ketika mengulas kekecohan yang berlaku di Peti Undi Kampung Rusila, Marang, hari ini.
Image"Kekecohan berlaku apabila didapati adanya bas yang membawa pengundi dari luar bukan pengundi dalam kawasan ini.
"Jadi apabila petugas-petugas kita melakukan pemeriksaan didapati mereka adalah pengundi-pengundi yang hendak mengundi di Peti Undi Rusila,” ujarnya ketika ditemui di rumahnya.
Oleh kerana itu, katanya PAS tidak akan menghormati undang-undang yang zalim termasuk undang-undang yang bercanggah dengan prinsip demokrasi.
Menurutnya, meski pun mereka beranggapan bahawa asal sahaja ada nama semua boleh mengundi. "Itu suatu perkara yang perlu kita siasat dahulu adakah ia sebenarnya pengundi di kawasan ini atau pun tidak dan sekarang ini jelas bahawa adanya pengundi-pengundi hantu yang dikatakan pengundi-pengundi hantu dan bukan sahaja ianya hantu tetapi diberi perlindungan oleh polis," jelasnya.
Alhamdulillah, kata Dato’ Seri Abdul Hadi bahawa pemuda-pemuda PAS telah dapat menjalankan tugas dengan baik serta dapat menghalang pengundi-pengundi tersebut.
"Kekecohan berlaku kerana mereka dilindungi dan dipertahankan oleh pihak polis yang sangat mendukacitakan kita.
"Ini satu perancangan dan penyelarasan antara Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR), Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN) yang bertanggungjawab mendaftarkan mereka dalam daftar pemilih dan polis memberikan perlindungan secara sistematik.
"Bila mereka dihalang tempat berlindung mereka ialah balai-balai polis dan balai polis jadi tempat perlindungan kepada pengundi-pengundi hantu," tegasnya.
Berikutan itu, dua orang telah cedera adalah dari kalangan pemuda kampung ini (Rusila) dan salah seorang itu adalah anak Presiden PAS, Ustaz Muhamad Khalil.
Dato' Seri Abdul Hadi mendakwa kekecohan tersebut adalah suatu provokasi yang dirancang oleh pihak Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN).
"Kita akan halang dan apabila berlaku kekecohan yang menyebabkan petugas-petugas dari peti undi lain datang, kita mengarahkan supaya mereka balik ke tempat masing-masing dan menjalankan tugas di tempat masing-masing.
"Jaga tempat masing-masing dan kita mengganggap itu satu provokasi yang dirancang oleh mereka supaya jentera parti tertumpu pada satu tempat dan mereka mengambil peluang membawa masuk pengundi-pengundi hantu," jelasnya.
Katanya, PAS menyertai pilihan raya bagi menghidupkan demokrasi dan perjuangan belum selesai dengan pilihan raya.
Menurutnya, rakyat perlu terus berjuang bagi membersihkan demokrasi sehingga rakyat dapat menjadi hakim yang adil, diberi hak yang sewajarnya. - mks.
Lagi Pengundi Hantu
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Mac (Hrkh) - Kira-kira enam buah bas yang mencurigakan dikesan di Masjid Tengku Tengah Zaharah, Kuala Ibai, Kuala Terengganu pada jam 5.15 pagi tadi oleh petugas PAS berhampiran.
Menurut sumber, bas-bas pesiaran terbabit membawa pelajar-pelajar universiti yang terdiri daripada Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Mara dan Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Rohana Sulaiman, 21, yang ditemui di tempat kejadian menceritakan bahawa beliau telah mendapat maklumat tentang kemudahan yang dipercayai disediakan oleh pihak Yayasan Terengganu diiklankan menerusi sistem pesanan ringkas (sms).
"Iklan mengenai khidmat kenderaan secara percuma untuk balik ke Terengganu tidak dibuat secara umum. Saya mendapat maklumat ini melalui seseorang yang bernama Razali, jawatankuasa yang terlibat menghantar sms kepada mahasiswa Terengganu," katanya ketika dihubungi Harakahdaily.
Ujarnya, sebelum bertolak daripada Kuala Lumpur mereka telah dibahagikan kepada beberapa kumpulan yang akan mengundi di dun-dun tertentu malah dalam perjalanan Rohana mengesyaki sesuatu yang tidak kena dengan trip perjalanan yang tidak membenarkan penumpang turun apabila tiba di lokasi yang dituju.
"Dalam bas tadi, kami 'dibrainwash' memburukkan PAS dan KeADILan seterusnya mengutuk kerajaan PAS Kelantan. Kami juga tidak dibenarkan turun di lokasi yang kami nak turun, macam contoh kawan-kawan di Dungun dan Kemaman, mereka dihalang turun. Katanya kena sampai di Wisma Darul Iman, Kuala Terengganu untuk sesi taklimat," katanya sambil mendakwa berasa tertipu dengan khidmat tersebut.
Difahamkan satu sesi 'brainwash' dan menyusun strategi pengundian akan diadakan di Wisma Darul Iman sebaik mereka tiba oleh pihak Umno-BN.
Sumber juga menyatakan bahawa sebahagian besar daripada mereka adalah pekerja kilang beserta dua rakyat Indonesia, bahkan kira-kira 30 peratus daripadanya adalah mereka yang tidak layak mengundi.
Selain itu menurut sumber, pemandu-pemandu bas tersebut mendakwa pelajar-pelajar tersebut dijanjikan untuk menaiki bas yang sama ketika balik semula ke KUala Lumpur.
Petugas PAS yang berada di tempat kejadian bertindak meminta pelajar-pelajar terbabit untuk menghubungi ibu bapa masing-masing untuk datang mengambil mereka sebelum dibawa ke Wisma Darul Iman.
Hanya 10 peratus daripada mereka yang berjaya dibawa pulang, manakala selebihnya diarah pihak polis untuk dibawa ke wisma Darul Iman sambil diiringi pasukan FRU dan kenderaan Umno-BN kira-kira jam 6.30 pagi.
"Kemudian, Ketua Polis Terengganu tidak membenarkan kesemua mereka terus disimpan di Wisma Darul Iman, lalu sebahagiannya bersurai pulang ke rumah masing-masing, sebahagian yang lain tidak dapat dikesan hala tuju mereka," demikian menurut sumber tersebut.
Sementara itu, kejadian yang sama juga berlaku di Tumpat apabila sebuah bas yang dipercayai membawa penumpang tidak dikenali termasuk 18 orang dari Sabah dikatakan berada di sini termasuk di kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun) Pasir Pekan.
Bas yang membawa penumpang yang diragui itu dikatakan berada di Darul Hanan sejak semalam, di mana penumpangnya ditempatkan di sebuah dewan di situ.
Harakahdaily juga mendapat maklumat terdapat 83 buah bas ekspres yang dilaporkan akan bertolak dari tol Karak pada jam 4 hingga 5 pagi esok, 8 Mac ke Kelantan dan Terengganu.
Sebelum itu, kira-kira 10 buah bas pesiaran yang mencurigakan ditempatkan di Stadium Bukit Jalil yang dijangka bertolak ke lokasi yang sama secara berperingkat.
Menurut sumber, dipercayai bas yang memuatkan penumpang yang terdiri daripada rakyat Thailand dan Indonesia itu disyaki merupakan pengundi 'hantu' bagi memenangkan Umno-BN di Kelantan dan Terengganu. - mns
Menurut sumber, bas-bas pesiaran terbabit membawa pelajar-pelajar universiti yang terdiri daripada Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Mara dan Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Rohana Sulaiman, 21, yang ditemui di tempat kejadian menceritakan bahawa beliau telah mendapat maklumat tentang kemudahan yang dipercayai disediakan oleh pihak Yayasan Terengganu diiklankan menerusi sistem pesanan ringkas (sms).
"Iklan mengenai khidmat kenderaan secara percuma untuk balik ke Terengganu tidak dibuat secara umum. Saya mendapat maklumat ini melalui seseorang yang bernama Razali, jawatankuasa yang terlibat menghantar sms kepada mahasiswa Terengganu," katanya ketika dihubungi Harakahdaily.
Ujarnya, sebelum bertolak daripada Kuala Lumpur mereka telah dibahagikan kepada beberapa kumpulan yang akan mengundi di dun-dun tertentu malah dalam perjalanan Rohana mengesyaki sesuatu yang tidak kena dengan trip perjalanan yang tidak membenarkan penumpang turun apabila tiba di lokasi yang dituju.
"Dalam bas tadi, kami 'dibrainwash' memburukkan PAS dan KeADILan seterusnya mengutuk kerajaan PAS Kelantan. Kami juga tidak dibenarkan turun di lokasi yang kami nak turun, macam contoh kawan-kawan di Dungun dan Kemaman, mereka dihalang turun. Katanya kena sampai di Wisma Darul Iman, Kuala Terengganu untuk sesi taklimat," katanya sambil mendakwa berasa tertipu dengan khidmat tersebut.
Difahamkan satu sesi 'brainwash' dan menyusun strategi pengundian akan diadakan di Wisma Darul Iman sebaik mereka tiba oleh pihak Umno-BN.
Sumber juga menyatakan bahawa sebahagian besar daripada mereka adalah pekerja kilang beserta dua rakyat Indonesia, bahkan kira-kira 30 peratus daripadanya adalah mereka yang tidak layak mengundi.
Selain itu menurut sumber, pemandu-pemandu bas tersebut mendakwa pelajar-pelajar tersebut dijanjikan untuk menaiki bas yang sama ketika balik semula ke KUala Lumpur.
Petugas PAS yang berada di tempat kejadian bertindak meminta pelajar-pelajar terbabit untuk menghubungi ibu bapa masing-masing untuk datang mengambil mereka sebelum dibawa ke Wisma Darul Iman.
Hanya 10 peratus daripada mereka yang berjaya dibawa pulang, manakala selebihnya diarah pihak polis untuk dibawa ke wisma Darul Iman sambil diiringi pasukan FRU dan kenderaan Umno-BN kira-kira jam 6.30 pagi.
"Kemudian, Ketua Polis Terengganu tidak membenarkan kesemua mereka terus disimpan di Wisma Darul Iman, lalu sebahagiannya bersurai pulang ke rumah masing-masing, sebahagian yang lain tidak dapat dikesan hala tuju mereka," demikian menurut sumber tersebut.
Sementara itu, kejadian yang sama juga berlaku di Tumpat apabila sebuah bas yang dipercayai membawa penumpang tidak dikenali termasuk 18 orang dari Sabah dikatakan berada di sini termasuk di kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun) Pasir Pekan.
Bas yang membawa penumpang yang diragui itu dikatakan berada di Darul Hanan sejak semalam, di mana penumpangnya ditempatkan di sebuah dewan di situ.
Harakahdaily juga mendapat maklumat terdapat 83 buah bas ekspres yang dilaporkan akan bertolak dari tol Karak pada jam 4 hingga 5 pagi esok, 8 Mac ke Kelantan dan Terengganu.
Sebelum itu, kira-kira 10 buah bas pesiaran yang mencurigakan ditempatkan di Stadium Bukit Jalil yang dijangka bertolak ke lokasi yang sama secara berperingkat.
Menurut sumber, dipercayai bas yang memuatkan penumpang yang terdiri daripada rakyat Thailand dan Indonesia itu disyaki merupakan pengundi 'hantu' bagi memenangkan Umno-BN di Kelantan dan Terengganu. - mns
Keadaan makin serius di Tanah Merah
Abdul Halim Mohd Rashid
Sat | Mar 08, 08 | 12:29:29 pm MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Mac (Hrkh) - Pengkhianatan terhadap proses pilihan raya yang adil dan bersih makin serius di Tanah Merah, Kelantan.
Sebahagian pengundi hantu telahpun menyerahkan kad-kad pengenalan mereka kepada para petugas Barisan Nasional (BN).
Memburukkan lagi keadaan, dalam tindakan yang dianggap oleh para petugas sebagai bersekongkol dengan pembunuhan demokrasi, pihak polis pula mengawal pengundi-pengundi hantu itu untuk dibawa ke pusat-pusat pengundian.
Para petugas PAS di sana sedang bertungkus-lumus menghadapi keadaan itu.
Ketika dihubungi salah seorang dari mereka mempersoalkan penglibatan Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Musa Hassan dalam perkara itu.
Sebelum ini, di Jeli, seorang anggota polis memberitahu para petugas PAS bahawa Ketua Polis Negara telah mengarahkan supaya kotak-kotak undi pos dalam kawalannya dibawa dan diletakkan di balai polis.
Bagaimanapun, anggota polis berkenaan meminta supaya jangan didedahkan apa yang beliau nyatakan itu, kata salah seorang dari kira-kira 50 petugas PAS yang terlibat dengan kejadian itu.
Sat | Mar 08, 08 | 12:29:29 pm MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Mac (Hrkh) - Pengkhianatan terhadap proses pilihan raya yang adil dan bersih makin serius di Tanah Merah, Kelantan.
Sebahagian pengundi hantu telahpun menyerahkan kad-kad pengenalan mereka kepada para petugas Barisan Nasional (BN).
Memburukkan lagi keadaan, dalam tindakan yang dianggap oleh para petugas sebagai bersekongkol dengan pembunuhan demokrasi, pihak polis pula mengawal pengundi-pengundi hantu itu untuk dibawa ke pusat-pusat pengundian.
Para petugas PAS di sana sedang bertungkus-lumus menghadapi keadaan itu.
Ketika dihubungi salah seorang dari mereka mempersoalkan penglibatan Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Musa Hassan dalam perkara itu.
Sebelum ini, di Jeli, seorang anggota polis memberitahu para petugas PAS bahawa Ketua Polis Negara telah mengarahkan supaya kotak-kotak undi pos dalam kawalannya dibawa dan diletakkan di balai polis.
Bagaimanapun, anggota polis berkenaan meminta supaya jangan didedahkan apa yang beliau nyatakan itu, kata salah seorang dari kira-kira 50 petugas PAS yang terlibat dengan kejadian itu.
Umno BN tipu rakyat, 'pengundi hantu' tunjuk perasaan tunggu wang upah
KOTA BHARU, 8 Mac (Hrkh) - Penipuan demi penipuan yang dilakukan Umno/BN dilaporkan di sana sini di Kelantan hinggakan ianya tidak boleh disembunyikan lagi.
Di seri Cemerlang, sejak jam 9.00 pagi tadi Ketua Biro Harakah Kelantan melaporkan ribuan pengundi luar sedang berkumpul untuk menuntut wang yang dijanjikan kepada mereka untuk mengundi di Kelantan.
Mereka telah mengadakan tunjuk perasaan berikutan wang yang dijanjikan tidak sampai lagi.
Difahamkan mereka ini akan mengundi di beberapa lokasi hangat seperti Kota Bharu, Tanah Merah, Jeli, Tumpat, Machang dan Rantau Panjang.
Sementara itu di beberapa pusat mengundi lain, petugas-petugas PAS termasuk di Kadok, Pengkalan Kubor, Meranti, Demit, Kemuning dan sedang mengawasi pergerakan pengundi luar yang dikatakan sedang menuju ke Dun-dun tersebut.
Mereka mendapat maklumat hampir setiap Dun yang dinyatakan akan dihantar sejumlah 200 hingga 300 orang pengundi luar termasuk pegundi dari Indonesia dan Thailand.
"Kita akan menghalang pergerakan mereka ini, walaupun setakat ini mereka dibantu oleh pihak berkuasa untuk bergerak," kata seorang petugas PAS, Zubir Che Wil yang melaporkan kepada Harakahdaily sebentar tadi.
Sementara itu suasana di Kota Bharu, Ketereh terutamanya di Dun Kok Lanas semakin panas, pentugas BN dan PAS serta KeADILan saling berebut untuk mendapatkan pengundi bagi meraih undi.
Kelihatan beberapa orang petugas Puteri Umno menggunakan pedekatan 'manja' dan 'gedik' untuk menarik sokongan pengundi terutamanya kalangan pengundi lelaki muda.
Sejak pusat mengundi dibuka pagi tadi hingga kini, ramai di kalangan pengundi saluran satu (warga emas) membuang undi, sementara sekitar jam 12 hingga 2 petang tadi, kalangan pengundi saluran dua dan tiga mula membanjiri pusat-pusat pembuangan undi.
Di seri Cemerlang, sejak jam 9.00 pagi tadi Ketua Biro Harakah Kelantan melaporkan ribuan pengundi luar sedang berkumpul untuk menuntut wang yang dijanjikan kepada mereka untuk mengundi di Kelantan.
Mereka telah mengadakan tunjuk perasaan berikutan wang yang dijanjikan tidak sampai lagi.
Difahamkan mereka ini akan mengundi di beberapa lokasi hangat seperti Kota Bharu, Tanah Merah, Jeli, Tumpat, Machang dan Rantau Panjang.
Sementara itu di beberapa pusat mengundi lain, petugas-petugas PAS termasuk di Kadok, Pengkalan Kubor, Meranti, Demit, Kemuning dan sedang mengawasi pergerakan pengundi luar yang dikatakan sedang menuju ke Dun-dun tersebut.
Mereka mendapat maklumat hampir setiap Dun yang dinyatakan akan dihantar sejumlah 200 hingga 300 orang pengundi luar termasuk pegundi dari Indonesia dan Thailand.
"Kita akan menghalang pergerakan mereka ini, walaupun setakat ini mereka dibantu oleh pihak berkuasa untuk bergerak," kata seorang petugas PAS, Zubir Che Wil yang melaporkan kepada Harakahdaily sebentar tadi.
Sementara itu suasana di Kota Bharu, Ketereh terutamanya di Dun Kok Lanas semakin panas, pentugas BN dan PAS serta KeADILan saling berebut untuk mendapatkan pengundi bagi meraih undi.
Kelihatan beberapa orang petugas Puteri Umno menggunakan pedekatan 'manja' dan 'gedik' untuk menarik sokongan pengundi terutamanya kalangan pengundi lelaki muda.
Sejak pusat mengundi dibuka pagi tadi hingga kini, ramai di kalangan pengundi saluran satu (warga emas) membuang undi, sementara sekitar jam 12 hingga 2 petang tadi, kalangan pengundi saluran dua dan tiga mula membanjiri pusat-pusat pembuangan undi.
Hapus dulu cukai pintu di negeri BN, sebelum gula-gula rakyat Kelantan
Salmah Mat Husain
Fri | Mar 07, 08 | 5:46:37 pm MYT
KOTA BHARU, 7 Mac (Hrkh) – Sebelum menabur segala janji untuk rakyat Kelantan, parti itu terlebih dahulu perlu melaksanakan impian tersebut di negeri-negeri lain yang sudah 50 tahun dikuasainya.
Malah rakyat di Terengganu yang pernah merasai cukai pintu dihapuskan di era pentadbiran PAS pada 1999 - 2004, namun dikenakan kembali selepas BN berkuasa di negeri tersebut.
Dalam manifesto Barisan Nasional Kelantan mereka berjanji memansuhkan tunggakan cukai bandar dan tunggakan cukai tanah serta memansuhkan bayaran letak kereta di semua majlis daerah.
Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kerajaan Tempatan, Perumahan Dan Kesihatan Negeri, Dato’ Takiyuddin Hassan berkata, parti itu seharusnya melaksanakan impian itu di negeri-negeri lain yang sudah lama dimenangi BN daripada menabur janji manis kepada rakyat Kelantan.
“Buatlah dahulu di 13 negeri yang dikuasai BN sebelum menabur janji nak hapus cukai itu dan ini di Kelantan. Taktik mereka tidak lebih sebagai pancing undi secara murahan.
“Tawaran yang dibuat itu tidak lebih sebagai kempen politik murahan,” ujarnya pada satu majlis di sini, baru-baru ini.
Oleh itu beliau mengingatkan rakyat tidak termakan segala janji Umno dan BN kerana ia tidak lebih sebagai kosmetik bagi menarik perhatian orang ramai.
“Janji berkenaan tidak lebih sebagai gula-gula yang dibungkus cantik untuk memenangi hati rakyat di musim pilihan raya.
“Ini kerana tidak ada satu kerajaan pun yang menghapuskan cukai-cukai yang dikenakan seperti cukai bandar, cukai pintu dan sebagainya kerana ia merupakan hasil kerajaan bagi melaksanakan pembangunan untuk rakyat,” katanya.
Ketika berucap pada majlis itu sebelumnya, beliau berkata, kerajaan negeri ingin melahirkan profesional dalam bidang animasi dengan mewujudkan sekolah animasi Darul Digital.
Menurutnya, memandangkan filem animasi mampu membentuk minda masyarakat, kerajaan negeri berhasrat melahirkan pakar animasi yang mampu melahirkan cerita mengikut acuan Islam. - mj
Fri | Mar 07, 08 | 5:46:37 pm MYT
KOTA BHARU, 7 Mac (Hrkh) – Sebelum menabur segala janji untuk rakyat Kelantan, parti itu terlebih dahulu perlu melaksanakan impian tersebut di negeri-negeri lain yang sudah 50 tahun dikuasainya.
Malah rakyat di Terengganu yang pernah merasai cukai pintu dihapuskan di era pentadbiran PAS pada 1999 - 2004, namun dikenakan kembali selepas BN berkuasa di negeri tersebut.
Dalam manifesto Barisan Nasional Kelantan mereka berjanji memansuhkan tunggakan cukai bandar dan tunggakan cukai tanah serta memansuhkan bayaran letak kereta di semua majlis daerah.
Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kerajaan Tempatan, Perumahan Dan Kesihatan Negeri, Dato’ Takiyuddin Hassan berkata, parti itu seharusnya melaksanakan impian itu di negeri-negeri lain yang sudah lama dimenangi BN daripada menabur janji manis kepada rakyat Kelantan.
“Buatlah dahulu di 13 negeri yang dikuasai BN sebelum menabur janji nak hapus cukai itu dan ini di Kelantan. Taktik mereka tidak lebih sebagai pancing undi secara murahan.
“Tawaran yang dibuat itu tidak lebih sebagai kempen politik murahan,” ujarnya pada satu majlis di sini, baru-baru ini.
Oleh itu beliau mengingatkan rakyat tidak termakan segala janji Umno dan BN kerana ia tidak lebih sebagai kosmetik bagi menarik perhatian orang ramai.
“Janji berkenaan tidak lebih sebagai gula-gula yang dibungkus cantik untuk memenangi hati rakyat di musim pilihan raya.
“Ini kerana tidak ada satu kerajaan pun yang menghapuskan cukai-cukai yang dikenakan seperti cukai bandar, cukai pintu dan sebagainya kerana ia merupakan hasil kerajaan bagi melaksanakan pembangunan untuk rakyat,” katanya.
Ketika berucap pada majlis itu sebelumnya, beliau berkata, kerajaan negeri ingin melahirkan profesional dalam bidang animasi dengan mewujudkan sekolah animasi Darul Digital.
Menurutnya, memandangkan filem animasi mampu membentuk minda masyarakat, kerajaan negeri berhasrat melahirkan pakar animasi yang mampu melahirkan cerita mengikut acuan Islam. - mj
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Temubual bersama TG Nik Aziz
HARAKAH: Hukum ciptaan manusia gagal bendung jenayah?
NIK AZIZ: Allah yang mengetahui bahawa bahawa tidak ada cara lain untuk mengubati manusia melainkan takwa kepada Allah. Dalam surah Yaasin, Allah sebut, maksudnya: “Al-Quran berguna hanya kepada manusia yang mengikutnya dan gerun kepada Allah.” Negeri-negeri yang tolak Islam dan menggunakan undang-undang sendiri seperti Malaysia , kerajaan tidak boleh menimbulkan rasa gerun di hati rakyat terhadap neraka, seksa kubur dan soal jawab di Padang Mahsyar.
Kerajaan yang ada tidak meletakkan dasar di atas asas yang ditetapkan al-Quran. Cuma kita tiru fail (dasar) yang digubal di London, India atau Greek. Inggeris menjajah negeri orang dengan tidak ada rasa gerun atau malu-aib. Inggeris jajah Tanah Melayu, Belanda jajah Indonesia. Mereka tiada rasa malu atau aib langsung biarpun menjajah negeri orang. Macam mana hendak ambil undang-undang mereka untuk membasmikan jenayah di negara kita.
Islam mempamerkan seksa di dalam kubur, neraka yang sedang menunggu manusia di akhirat kelak. Bagi menyelesaikan masalah jenayah sehingga menyebabkan kematian Nurin ialahkembali kepada hudud. Hukuman hudud bagi kesalahan tertentu akan dipotong tangan. Kerat tangan merupakan denda yang tidak mematikan manusia. Orang yang dikerat tangan boleh lagi bekerja misalnya sebagai jaga, bawa teksi dan jurujual.
Peliknya, hudud di tempat kita ditolak sedangkan kes gantung dilaksanakan, misalnya kepada pengedar dadah. Malaysia tolak hudud kerana orang Inggeris tidak melaksanakannya. Hukuman gantung dilaksanakan kerana hukuman itu ada di Barat.
HARAKAH: Bukankah Kelantan sudah lama lulus rang undang-undang Hudud?
NIK AZIZ: Kami di Kelantan telah siapkan undang-undang Hudud. Kami mahu melaksanakan dalam perundangan di negeri ini. Melaksanakan Hudud bukan kerja kami kerana ia kerja hakim. Tetapi Pusat tidak benarkan kita masuk dalam senarai perundangan di peringkat Kelantan. Biar rakyat di Malaysia tahu bahawa di antara undang-undang di Kelantan ialah Hudud. Jadi hendak laksanakan Hudud terserah kepada kebijaksanaan hakim. Misalnya, kalau hukuman bunuh tidak dijatuhkan ke atas tertuduh kerana ada kesamaran, maka Hudud juga tidak boleh dilaksanakan kalau ada kesamaran.
HARAKAH: Kerajaan negeri telah tunaikan tanggungjawab?
NIK AZIZ: Kita bentang enakmen itu pada 1993. Tetapi kita diberi amaran keras kalau mahu melaksanakan Hudud, Pusat mahu bertindak. Ada juga surat amaran Perdana Menteri. Kami telah rasai tindakan Pusat ketika Mageran dahulu. Jadi bila tidak dibenarkan, kita meneruskan apa yang dibolehkan. Surat PM menjadi saksi di dunia akhirat terhadap apa yang kita buat.
HARAKAH: Bagaimana hendak atasi halangan itu?
NIK AZIZ: Kita boleh melaksanakannya hanya apabila dapat menguasai pemerintahan Pusat. Apabila menguasai Pusat kita akan masukkan Hudud dalam senarai perundangan. Pelaksanaan Hudud itu kerja hakim yang akan menentukan syarat-syarat hendak potong tangan dan perkara-perkara lain. Draf Hudud dibuat ahli undang-undang termasuk pensyarah universiti dan ulama.
HARAKAH: Apa perasaan Tuan Guru apabila pelaksanaannya dihalang?
NIK AZIZ: Saya melahirkan rasa kesal kerana akibatnya boleh dilihat secara jelas. Jenayah tidak menurun dan terus berkembang. Sampai budak yang tidak akil baligh pun dibunuh kejam. Tiada kasihan belas, malu-aib dibunuh budak 8 tahun kerana nafsu buas manusia. Salah guna harta kerajaan pula banyak berlaku dan dilaporkan media tiap hari. Mereka tidak ingat kepada azab dalam kubur kerana mengambil harta kerajaan dengan cara haram. Sedangkan di akhirat kelak akan dibakar. Ini berlaku kerana kita tidak didik rakyat dengan agama, cuma hanya menggunakan undang-undang ciptaan manusia.
HARAKAH: Bagaimana cara menyedarkan rakyat tentang Hudud?
NIK AZIZ: Kita adakan perayaan ulang tahun Hudud setiap tahun. Tiap-tiap tahun orang yang bertadarus al Quran juga akan bertemu dengan ayat-ayat mengenai Hudud. Tapi kita hendak laksanakan tidak boleh kerana ada orang sekat.
HARAKAH: Ada usaha jumpa dengan Perdana Menteri yang terkenal dengan Islam Hadhari bincang isu itu?
NIK AZIZ: Belum lagi. Islam Hadhari makin teruk lagi. Saya hendak tanya kalau ada Islam Hadhari perlu ada Iman Hadhari. Ini keranayang membentuk jiwa manusia bukan Islam tetapi iman. Jiwa manusia bercabang dua iaitu takwa dan fujur (jahat). Misalnya, ketika kecil manusia takut kepada rotan dan apabila besar takut kerana ada takwa.
HARAKAH: Tuan Guru tidak terima Islam Hadhari?
NIK AZIZ: Usahkah saya, orang dia sendiri pun tidak faham Islam Hadhari. Mengapa baru sekarang hendak cetuskan Islam Hadhari, sedangan Umno sudah lebih 50 tahun wujud. Islam yang dibawa Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. sudah bermula lebih 1,400 tahun lalu. Apa jaminan Islam Hadhari boleh membentuk jiwa manusia? Atas point mana Islam Hadhari boleh membentuk akhlak rakyat Malaysia? Sudah berapa ramai orang Umno boleh berubah pada zaman hadhari berbanding sebelum hadhari? Manusia hanya boleh berubah apabila faham adanya azab kubur. Perkara seumpama ini tidak ada dalam Islam Hadhari.
HARAKAH: Perdana Menteri sebut Islam Hadhari sekadar tamadun?
NIK AZIZ: "Membangun Bersama Islam" yang dilaksanakan di Kelantan adalah sebahagian konsep tamadun. Banyak pembaharuan yang kita buat di Kelantan termasuk memperkenalkan rumah tiga bilik. Tidakkah itu menggambarkan sudah lama kita bertamadun.
HARAKAH: Pelancaran Pembangunan Ekonomi Wilayah Timur (ECER) mungkin menjadi alat utama Umno bagi menarik sokongan rakyat?
NIK AZIZ: Senarai pembangunan yang hendak dibuat pada ECER belum lagi kita ketahui. Bagi saya perkara utama yang perlu dimasukkan dalam ECER ialah pendaratan gas. Gas yang terdapat di perairan Kelantan perlu didaratkan di negeri ini. Saya sedih mengapa gas dari JDA di perairan Kelantan didaratkan di Thailand. Tiada asas langsung! Pendaratan di Thailand kalau dibuat juga tidak berkat kerana harta kita dibawa ke tempat lain. Kita hanya boleh seronok setakat dunia. Kadang-kadang orang berasa mujur kalau ada orang mati kerana masa hidupnya jahat sangat. Kalau boleh apabila kita mati orang akan merasakan kekosongan kerana sewaktu hidup sekarang berkhidmat kepada mereka.
HARAKAH: Tuan Guru sokong ECER?
NIK AZIZ: Kita kena sokong. Allah membuat dunia penuh dengan bahan mentah dan sesiapa yang boleh bangunkan kita kena sokong. Bahan mentah itu kena diproses. Kami di Kelantan membuat kemajuan sepadan dengan apa yang ada pada kami.
HARAKAH: Tuan Guru puas hati apa yang telah dibuat di Kelantan?
NIK AZIZ: Kita laksanakan segala ilmu yang kita belajar. Orang yang belajar ilmu Islam iaitu Fiqah, Tauhid, Usuluddin, Tasawur dan Tafsir sama ada di pondok atau di luar negara akan merasakan di Kelantan ilmu mereka itu berguna. Kalau tidak ada kerajaan seperti di Kelantan, orang yang belajar fiqah tidak dapat praktikkan ilmu mereka. Sebab hendak laksanakan tidak boleh. Alim ulama akan merasakan ada kelebihan ilmu yang mereka pelajari.
Kalau tidak ada kerajaan seperti di Kelantan ilmu agama yang dipelajari macam kosong. Ini satu dosa besar. Hatta tazkirah dilarang di negeri tertentu. Sedangkan al-Quran itu sendiri bermaksud tazkirah. Itu pun berlaku ketika orang Islam yang jadi Menteri Besar, apa kata kalau orang bukan Islam menjadi Menteri Besar, tentunya lagi teruk. Sepatutnya kita orang Islam kena sebar Islam kepada orang bukan Islam. Tetapi orang bukan Islam ragu-ragu hendak masuk Islam kerana orang Islam sendiri mencaci agama mereka.
* petikan dari http://detikdaily.net/m3/modules.php...=print&sid=832
NIK AZIZ: Allah yang mengetahui bahawa bahawa tidak ada cara lain untuk mengubati manusia melainkan takwa kepada Allah. Dalam surah Yaasin, Allah sebut, maksudnya: “Al-Quran berguna hanya kepada manusia yang mengikutnya dan gerun kepada Allah.” Negeri-negeri yang tolak Islam dan menggunakan undang-undang sendiri seperti Malaysia , kerajaan tidak boleh menimbulkan rasa gerun di hati rakyat terhadap neraka, seksa kubur dan soal jawab di Padang Mahsyar.
Kerajaan yang ada tidak meletakkan dasar di atas asas yang ditetapkan al-Quran. Cuma kita tiru fail (dasar) yang digubal di London, India atau Greek. Inggeris menjajah negeri orang dengan tidak ada rasa gerun atau malu-aib. Inggeris jajah Tanah Melayu, Belanda jajah Indonesia. Mereka tiada rasa malu atau aib langsung biarpun menjajah negeri orang. Macam mana hendak ambil undang-undang mereka untuk membasmikan jenayah di negara kita.
Islam mempamerkan seksa di dalam kubur, neraka yang sedang menunggu manusia di akhirat kelak. Bagi menyelesaikan masalah jenayah sehingga menyebabkan kematian Nurin ialahkembali kepada hudud. Hukuman hudud bagi kesalahan tertentu akan dipotong tangan. Kerat tangan merupakan denda yang tidak mematikan manusia. Orang yang dikerat tangan boleh lagi bekerja misalnya sebagai jaga, bawa teksi dan jurujual.
Peliknya, hudud di tempat kita ditolak sedangkan kes gantung dilaksanakan, misalnya kepada pengedar dadah. Malaysia tolak hudud kerana orang Inggeris tidak melaksanakannya. Hukuman gantung dilaksanakan kerana hukuman itu ada di Barat.
HARAKAH: Bukankah Kelantan sudah lama lulus rang undang-undang Hudud?
NIK AZIZ: Kami di Kelantan telah siapkan undang-undang Hudud. Kami mahu melaksanakan dalam perundangan di negeri ini. Melaksanakan Hudud bukan kerja kami kerana ia kerja hakim. Tetapi Pusat tidak benarkan kita masuk dalam senarai perundangan di peringkat Kelantan. Biar rakyat di Malaysia tahu bahawa di antara undang-undang di Kelantan ialah Hudud. Jadi hendak laksanakan Hudud terserah kepada kebijaksanaan hakim. Misalnya, kalau hukuman bunuh tidak dijatuhkan ke atas tertuduh kerana ada kesamaran, maka Hudud juga tidak boleh dilaksanakan kalau ada kesamaran.
HARAKAH: Kerajaan negeri telah tunaikan tanggungjawab?
NIK AZIZ: Kita bentang enakmen itu pada 1993. Tetapi kita diberi amaran keras kalau mahu melaksanakan Hudud, Pusat mahu bertindak. Ada juga surat amaran Perdana Menteri. Kami telah rasai tindakan Pusat ketika Mageran dahulu. Jadi bila tidak dibenarkan, kita meneruskan apa yang dibolehkan. Surat PM menjadi saksi di dunia akhirat terhadap apa yang kita buat.
HARAKAH: Bagaimana hendak atasi halangan itu?
NIK AZIZ: Kita boleh melaksanakannya hanya apabila dapat menguasai pemerintahan Pusat. Apabila menguasai Pusat kita akan masukkan Hudud dalam senarai perundangan. Pelaksanaan Hudud itu kerja hakim yang akan menentukan syarat-syarat hendak potong tangan dan perkara-perkara lain. Draf Hudud dibuat ahli undang-undang termasuk pensyarah universiti dan ulama.
HARAKAH: Apa perasaan Tuan Guru apabila pelaksanaannya dihalang?
NIK AZIZ: Saya melahirkan rasa kesal kerana akibatnya boleh dilihat secara jelas. Jenayah tidak menurun dan terus berkembang. Sampai budak yang tidak akil baligh pun dibunuh kejam. Tiada kasihan belas, malu-aib dibunuh budak 8 tahun kerana nafsu buas manusia. Salah guna harta kerajaan pula banyak berlaku dan dilaporkan media tiap hari. Mereka tidak ingat kepada azab dalam kubur kerana mengambil harta kerajaan dengan cara haram. Sedangkan di akhirat kelak akan dibakar. Ini berlaku kerana kita tidak didik rakyat dengan agama, cuma hanya menggunakan undang-undang ciptaan manusia.
HARAKAH: Bagaimana cara menyedarkan rakyat tentang Hudud?
NIK AZIZ: Kita adakan perayaan ulang tahun Hudud setiap tahun. Tiap-tiap tahun orang yang bertadarus al Quran juga akan bertemu dengan ayat-ayat mengenai Hudud. Tapi kita hendak laksanakan tidak boleh kerana ada orang sekat.
HARAKAH: Ada usaha jumpa dengan Perdana Menteri yang terkenal dengan Islam Hadhari bincang isu itu?
NIK AZIZ: Belum lagi. Islam Hadhari makin teruk lagi. Saya hendak tanya kalau ada Islam Hadhari perlu ada Iman Hadhari. Ini keranayang membentuk jiwa manusia bukan Islam tetapi iman. Jiwa manusia bercabang dua iaitu takwa dan fujur (jahat). Misalnya, ketika kecil manusia takut kepada rotan dan apabila besar takut kerana ada takwa.
HARAKAH: Tuan Guru tidak terima Islam Hadhari?
NIK AZIZ: Usahkah saya, orang dia sendiri pun tidak faham Islam Hadhari. Mengapa baru sekarang hendak cetuskan Islam Hadhari, sedangan Umno sudah lebih 50 tahun wujud. Islam yang dibawa Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. sudah bermula lebih 1,400 tahun lalu. Apa jaminan Islam Hadhari boleh membentuk jiwa manusia? Atas point mana Islam Hadhari boleh membentuk akhlak rakyat Malaysia? Sudah berapa ramai orang Umno boleh berubah pada zaman hadhari berbanding sebelum hadhari? Manusia hanya boleh berubah apabila faham adanya azab kubur. Perkara seumpama ini tidak ada dalam Islam Hadhari.
HARAKAH: Perdana Menteri sebut Islam Hadhari sekadar tamadun?
NIK AZIZ: "Membangun Bersama Islam" yang dilaksanakan di Kelantan adalah sebahagian konsep tamadun. Banyak pembaharuan yang kita buat di Kelantan termasuk memperkenalkan rumah tiga bilik. Tidakkah itu menggambarkan sudah lama kita bertamadun.
HARAKAH: Pelancaran Pembangunan Ekonomi Wilayah Timur (ECER) mungkin menjadi alat utama Umno bagi menarik sokongan rakyat?
NIK AZIZ: Senarai pembangunan yang hendak dibuat pada ECER belum lagi kita ketahui. Bagi saya perkara utama yang perlu dimasukkan dalam ECER ialah pendaratan gas. Gas yang terdapat di perairan Kelantan perlu didaratkan di negeri ini. Saya sedih mengapa gas dari JDA di perairan Kelantan didaratkan di Thailand. Tiada asas langsung! Pendaratan di Thailand kalau dibuat juga tidak berkat kerana harta kita dibawa ke tempat lain. Kita hanya boleh seronok setakat dunia. Kadang-kadang orang berasa mujur kalau ada orang mati kerana masa hidupnya jahat sangat. Kalau boleh apabila kita mati orang akan merasakan kekosongan kerana sewaktu hidup sekarang berkhidmat kepada mereka.
HARAKAH: Tuan Guru sokong ECER?
NIK AZIZ: Kita kena sokong. Allah membuat dunia penuh dengan bahan mentah dan sesiapa yang boleh bangunkan kita kena sokong. Bahan mentah itu kena diproses. Kami di Kelantan membuat kemajuan sepadan dengan apa yang ada pada kami.
HARAKAH: Tuan Guru puas hati apa yang telah dibuat di Kelantan?
NIK AZIZ: Kita laksanakan segala ilmu yang kita belajar. Orang yang belajar ilmu Islam iaitu Fiqah, Tauhid, Usuluddin, Tasawur dan Tafsir sama ada di pondok atau di luar negara akan merasakan di Kelantan ilmu mereka itu berguna. Kalau tidak ada kerajaan seperti di Kelantan, orang yang belajar fiqah tidak dapat praktikkan ilmu mereka. Sebab hendak laksanakan tidak boleh. Alim ulama akan merasakan ada kelebihan ilmu yang mereka pelajari.
Kalau tidak ada kerajaan seperti di Kelantan ilmu agama yang dipelajari macam kosong. Ini satu dosa besar. Hatta tazkirah dilarang di negeri tertentu. Sedangkan al-Quran itu sendiri bermaksud tazkirah. Itu pun berlaku ketika orang Islam yang jadi Menteri Besar, apa kata kalau orang bukan Islam menjadi Menteri Besar, tentunya lagi teruk. Sepatutnya kita orang Islam kena sebar Islam kepada orang bukan Islam. Tetapi orang bukan Islam ragu-ragu hendak masuk Islam kerana orang Islam sendiri mencaci agama mereka.
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