TMI - Pakatan: DAP not going for 90 seats, talks ongoing

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders dismissed today reports that DAP planned on contesting the lion’s share of parliamentary seats in the coming polls, pointing out seat negotiations were still ongoing.

DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang, who sits on PR’s leadership council, told The Malaysian Insider that the allegations were baseless and “wild” as his party has only expressed its intention to contest not more than 60 seats during discussions.

“This is the most irresponsible journalism, part of a campaign to create fear and divide PR and the country’s races,” he said, referring to the report on the allegations, which was front-paged on Utusan Malaysia today.

The Umno-owned daily, citing three blogs — suarapakatanrakyat.com, mykmu.net and pisau.net — reported that DAP will contest in 90 federal seats — 43 seats more than it had previously contested in Election 2008 — while its PR partners PKR and PAS merely planned on contesting in 66 seats each.

The article said this would place the Chinese-dominated DAP in a “comfortable” position to elect a prime minister from among its candidates, despite repeated claims by PR leaders that it would be PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who would be appointed to the post.

But in the event that Anwar is still appointed prime minister, the article continued, the leader would become a mere “puppet prime minister”, one who is subservient to “big brother” DAP as the most dominant partner in PR.

PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar strongly denied the article’s claims, pointing out that DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng has repeatedly referred to her father as prime minister-designate.

“I believe YAB LGE’s repeated announcement of DSAI as future PM if PR is given the chance to govern is the clearest indication of their readiness to maintain current set up of PR,” she told The Malaysian Insider in a text message this afternoon.

The Lembah Pantai MP also insisted that all three parties in PR stood on equal footing, where none is considered superior to the others.

“Yes,” she said, when queried if PR parties are considered equal even if one held more federal seats. “With the understanding that we are committed to upholding the Federal Constitution, including Article 153, as is.”



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‘Saya dibebaskan kerana tidak bersalah,’ kata Anwar

KUALA LUMPUR, 9 Jan — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata “keadilan terbukti” apabila beliau didapati tidak bersalah dan dibebaskan dari tuduhan liwat dan berjanji akan “menumbangkan” Barisan Nasional (BN) pada pilihan raya umum ke-13.

“Alhamdulillah, keadilan terbukti. Sekarang kita perlu beri tumpuan kepada pilihan raya umum,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas Mahkamah Tinggi melepaskan dan membebaskannya daripada tuduhan meliwat bekas pembantu peribadinya Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan tiga tahun lalu.

Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Datuk Mohd Zabidin Diah membuat keputusan itu dengan alasan tiada keterangan yang menyokong keterangan mangsa selain pihak pendakwaan gagal membuktikan Anwar melakukan perbuatan itu.

Anwar, 64, berdepan tuduhan liwat kedua di mana beliau didapati bersalah 10 tahun lalu dan dipenjarakan selama enam tahun sebelum dibebaskan .

Keputusan mahkamah bukti Putrajaya perlu hentikan politik kotor terhadap Anwar, kata HRW

KUALA LUMPUR, 9 Jan — Putrajaya perlu berhenti menggunakan “politik kotor” terhadap Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim seteleh Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur melepaskan beliau, membuktikan kes liwat itu tidak sepatutnya dibawa ke mahkamah, kata Pemerhati Hak Asasi,

Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Datuk Mohd Zabidin Diah hari ini memutuskan Anwar, Ketua Umum PKR dan Ahli Parlimen Permatang Pauh tidak bersalah atas tuduhan meliwat bekas pembantu peribadinya Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan tiga tahun lalu.

Mohd Zabidin membuat keputusan itu atas alasan tiada keterangan yang menyokong keterangan Mohd Saiful.

“Anwar telah dibebaskan atas tuduhan yang dikenakan terhadapnya, sesuatu yang tidak sepatutnya dibawa ke mahkamah.

“Semoga keputusan ini memberi satu mesej kepada kerajaan untuk menghentikan perkara ini,” kata Timbalan Pengarah Pemerhati Hak Asasi Manusia Wilayah Asia, Phil Robertson di dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.






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TMI - Anwar: Pakatan akan dapat lebih sokongan jika saya dipenjarakan

PETALING JAYA, 7 Jan — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim meramalkan sekiranya beliau didapati bersalah dan dihukum penjara pada 9 Januari ini ia akan membantu Pakatan Rakyat neraih lebih banyak sokongan pengundi dan rakyat Malaysia akan bangkit menentang gejala rasuah dalam pentadbiran Barisan Nasional (BN).

Ketua Umum PKR ini didakwa atas kesalahan meliwat bekas pembantu peribadinya Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlana, satu tuduhan yang mana beliau telah menafikan sekeras-kerasnya dan menyifatkan ia satu konspirasi untuk memusnahkan kerjaya politiknya.

Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Datuk Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah dijangka akan mengumumkan keputusan kes liwat itu pada Isnin ini.

“Jika saya dihukum penjara, kita akan dapat lebih banyak sokongan...Anwar masuk atau tidak (ke dalam penjara) tiada masalah, pilihan raya akan datang kita mesti menang walau apa jua cara.

“Anda boleh tahan lelaki itu dalam penjara tetapi misi akan semakin kuat seperti biasa malah lebih kukuh,” katanya dalam satu ceramah di Subang Jaya malam tadi.

Kira-kira 2,000 orang telah hadir mendengar ceramah yang disampaikan ketua pembangkang itu.

Anwar (gambar) menuduh “musuh politiknya” memperbesarkan tuduhan terhadap dirinya dengan pelbagai tohmahan seperti pro-Kristian, pluralisme, ejen Yahudi dan homoseksual.

“Jangan ancam saya dengan hukuman penjara. Mereka pernah memukul saya, mereka pernah membogelkan saya.

“(Tetapi) jika mereka fikir dengan mengurung saya akan menyebabkan Pakatan Rakyat di hujung tanduk maka mereka salah, kami telah bersedia sejak tiga tahun lalu,” dakwanya menambah pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat bersedia menghadapi “sebarang kemungkinan” yang berlaku.



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FMT - MCA: Anwar the master manipulator

PETALING JAYA: MCA today accused Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim of singing a different tune when he told a Chinese newspaper that Pakatan Rakyat will neither implement hudud or amend the Federal Constitution if it comes into power.

Utusan Malaysia today quoted excerpts of an interview Anwar gave Sin Chew Jit Poh, where he said: “When Pakatan Rakyat administers the federal government, we would not implement Islamic laws nor change the current constitution to realise the hukum laws, though personally I do not object to hudud.”

MCA national organising secretary Tee Siew Kiong said the statement was simply Anwar “skilfully” giving “false hopes” to Chinese-speaking audience.

“Anwar recognises he has to rein in the support of non Muslim voters, which is on the decline, especially after a series of articles by another Chinese-daily Nanyang Siang Pau highlighting the worries of non Muslims over PAS’ idea of one day implementing hudud.



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TMI - IGP: Polis tidak haramkan perhimpunan 9 Julai, arah penganjur bincang kawasan lebih sesuai

KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Jan — Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Ismail Omar, hari ini berjanji pihak berkuasa tidak akan mengharamkan perhimpunan 9 Januari depan, sebaliknya menuntut penganjur berunding dengan pihaknya berkenaan kawasan yang sesuai untuk mengadakan perhimpunan tersebut.

“Kami tidak akan menghalang perhimpunan 9 Januari, pihak polis hanya mahukan perhimpunan itu dilakukan di kawasan yang lebih sesuai,” katanya yang dipetik daripada The Star.

“Saya sudah arahkan ketua polis bandaraya untuk memanggil penganjur dan berbincang berkenaan perkara itu,” tambahnya.

Ismail (gambar) berkata, beliau sedar terdapat usaha untuk mengadakan perhimpunan berhampiran Mahkamah Tinggi Jalan Duta Isnin ini, hari yang sama hakim Datuk Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah membuat keputusan terhadap kes liwat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

“Sehubungan itu, pihak polis sudah bersedia untuk memastikan tahap keselamatan terhadap orang ramai dan harta benda awam terutamanya perkara yang keselamatan negara.

“Pihak berkuasa akan menasihati orang ramai agar bersurai, dan sekiranya mereka ingkar, terdapat pelbagai cara lagi yang akan digunakan sekiranya keadaan memerlukan.

“Beliau turut menuntut orang ramai agar bersikap lebih matang dan objektif terhadap keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi.



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TMI - Dakwat kekal bukan jaminan PRU telus, tegas Anwar

KUALA LUMPUR, 30 Dis — Walaupun Jawatankuasa Pilihan Khas Parlimen (PSC) mengumumkan pindaan peraturan bagi mewajibkan penggunaan dakwat kekal namun Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menegaskan ia bukan jaminan pilihan raya negara akan dijalankan dengan bebas dan bersih.

Ini kerana menurut Anwar, Ahli Parlimen Permatang Pauh, masih terdapat banyak perkara yang perlu dilaksanakan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR).

Beliau menambah proses demokrasi dan pengendalian pilihan raya boleh dijalankan secara bebas dan adil sekiranya SPR melaksanakan lapan tuntutan yang dikemukakan Gabungan Pilihan Raya Bersih dan Adil (Bersih 2.0)

“Namun demikian, perubahan kecil ini tidak seharusnya dilihat sebagai jaminan kepada proses pengendalian pilihan raya yang telus, bebas dan bersih sepenuhnya,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan.

Menurut Anwar (gambar), selain 10 cadangan yang disyor PSC untuk memperbaiki proses pilihan raya, jawatankuasa yang melibatkan ahli Parlimen Barisan Nasional (BN), Pakatan Rakyat dan Bebas juga perlu mempertimbangkan secara menyeluruh lapan tuntutan dikemukakan gabungan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) itu.

“Saya percaya demokrasi dan proses pilihan raya bebas dan adil sewajarnya turut didukung dengan amalan serta pendekatan yang menjurus kepada kebebasan media dan kempen terbuka.

“Agensi media awam sewajarnya bersikap lebih adil dalam memberikan liputan untuk semua parti politik dan kempen politik parti-parti pembangkang sewajarnya tidak didiskriminasi menerusi tapisan melampau yang tidak munasabah serta mencabul hak kebebasan bersuara,” katanya.



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TMI - Sandiwara Tun Mahathir terbongkar

PETALING JAYA: Sandiwara mantan Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad berhubung pinjaman dari Bank Dunia pada sekitar tahun 1999 sudah terbongkar walaupun selama ini beliau menafikannya.

Selama ini, Mahathir menyalahkan Ketua Pembangkang Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim kononnya beliau adalah alat kepada Bank Dunia dan Tabung Kewangan Antarabangsa (IMF). Laman web Bank Dunia mendedahkan bahawa Malaysia membuat pinjaman sebanyak tiga kali pada tahun 1999 dan sekali pada 1998 yang berjumlah AS$400 juta dan pinjamam itu dibuat setelah Anwar dipecat dari kabinet. Pinjaman Mac 1999 itu atas nama projek “Malaysia Education Sector Support Project”, “Malaysia Social Sector Support Project” dan “Malaysia Year 2000 Technical Assistance Project” manakala pada 18 Jun 1998 bagi projek “Malaysia Economic Recovery and Social Sector Loan”.

Tuduhan terhadap Anwar direkayasa semenjak tahun 1998 lagi lantaran komitmen beliau dalam memastikan disiplin pengurusan kewangan negara yang berteraskan tatakelola dan pertanggungjawaban, demikian menurut satu kenyataan dari pejabat Ahli Parlimen Permatang Pauh itu.

Kata kenyataan itu, Anwar bertegas menolak preskripsi ekonomi yang mahu menyelamatkan kroni dan elit politik ekonomi sedangkan rakyat perit berhadapan krisis ekonomi 1997/98.

Lantaran ketegasan beliau inilah Mahathir sebagai perdana menteri ketika itu merasakan perlu menyingkirkan beliau dari tampuk kepimpinan negara, kata kenyataan itu lagi. Setelah lebih dari satu dekad fitnah terhadap Anwar dan keluarga beliau masih diteruskan oleh pimpinan Umno serta juak mereka.

Menurut kenyataan itu lagi, rakyat Malaysia tidak mudah lupa bagaimana Mahathir bersekongkol dengan Jack Abramoff dalam usaha beliau melobi untuk bertemu dengan Presiden Amerika Syarikat George W. Bush.

Malah menurut rekod Bank Dunia, selepas Anwar dipecat, Malaysia masih menerima bantuan Bank Dunia sedangkan di hadapan khalayak tanpa segan silu mantan Perdana Menteri itu semberono memfitnah Anwar sebagai perkakas Bank Dunia sekaligus agen Barat.


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TMI - PKR shows World Bank records, claims proof Dr M received aid

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 – PKR today refuted Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s claims that he had refused monetary aid from the World Bank by furnishing online records of loans made by the global financial body during his tenure as prime minister.

World Bank records provided by PKR showed that Dr Mahathir’s administration had accepted financial aid numerous times between May 18, 1982 to Malaysia’s post-financial crisis period of March 30, 1999.

This includes three loans for projects inked six months after Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was sacked as deputy prime minister in September 1998.

A US$300 million (RM953.10 million) loan package, titled the “Economic Recovery and Social Sector Loan Project’ was signed on June 18, 1998, according to the World Bank website.

An Education Sector Support Project (US$244 million), Year 2000 Technical Assistance Project (US$100 million) and Social Sector Support Project (US$60 million) was subsequently inked on March 30, 1999.

“If seen carefully, this is clear proof of the World Bank’s commitment to Malaysia during Tun Dr Mahathir’s administration.

“It should be noted that while still Finance Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar had written to the World Bank, expressing the view that Malaysia no longer needed assistance from the global financial body,” PKR’s communications bureau said in a statement.

The statement said that the records furnished showed that Dr Mahathir’s allegations against Anwar was untrue.
The former PM yesterday issued a challenge to Opposition leader Anwar over a purported letter that the former had written to the World Bank to appeal for funds during the financial crisis in 1999.

Dr Mahathir alleged the accusation as false as he did not write such letter as claimed by Anwar. The former prime minister stressed that he had refused any help offered by the World Bank as this would render Malaysia a ‘slave’ to the world body, according to Bernama Online.


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TMI - ‘Lihat siapa pemilik San Miguel’ sebelum cabar Anwar, Mahathir digesa

KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Dis — Bekas perdana menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad digesa melihat dahulu siapa pemegang saham dalam syarikat arak San Miguel sebelum mencabar Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim agar menunjukkan surat didakwa ditulisnya kepada Bank Dunia meminta bantuan semasa krisis kewangan 1997/98.

Semalam, Dr Mahathir mencabar Anwar, Ketua Pembangkang dalam isu itu sambil menegaskan beliau orang yang menolak pinjaman Bank Dunia pada masa itu.

“Beberapa hari lalu Dr Mahathir telah mencabar Anwar bersumpah dengan menjunjung al-Quran. “Sewajarnya sebelum bekas perdana menteri itu mencabar sesiapa bersumpah menjunjung al-Quran, eloklah dia meneliti kepentingan siapa dalam syarikat arak San Miguel,” kata PKR dalam satu kenyataan pejabat Anwar Ibrahim hari ini. Laporan media ini pernah mengaitkan pegangan saham dalam San Miguel, syarikat dari Filipina, dengan anak lelaki Dr Mahathir iaitu Mirzan. Kenyataan itu menambah, sewajarnya dinyatakan tatkala masih menyandang jawatan Menteri Kewangan, Anwar telah menulis kepada Bank Dunia bahawa Malaysia tidak lagi memerlukan bantuan institusi kewangan itu.

“Kini sudah terang lagi bersuluh, politik hipokrit usang serta propaganda fitnah pasti tewas kerana kebenaran pasti muncul,” kata kenyataan itu yang menyertakan pautan laman web menunjukkan Dr. Mahathir telah berbohong dan cuba memutarbelitkan fakta kenyataan beliau sendiri. Katanya, jika diteliti, ia jelas menunjukkan komitmen Bank Dunia kepada Malaysia pada zaman pentadbiran Dr. Mahathir. Dalam satu reaksi semalam, Dr Mahathir berkata, “saya tahu kalau kita terima pinjaman daripada Bank Dunia, kita akan menjadi hamba kepada mereka yang tolong kita dan disebabkan itu kita tidak berbuat demikian.”

“Kalau apa yang dikatakan oleh Anwar itu benar, saya cabar dia bersumpah laknat di masjid dengan al-Quran. “Saya sanggup berbuat demikian sekiranya diperlukan,” katanya lagi. Dr Mahathir memecat Anwar sebagai dari jawatan kerajaan pada awal September 1998 dan sebagai timbalan presiden Umno serta dikenakan tuduhan liwat dan salah guna kuasa.

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TMI - Top UK paper calls Najib ‘authoritarian’, predicts Anwar conviction

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s image took another major beating today when leading British daily The Guardian predicted Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim would soon become a victim of “egregious, politically suspect injustice” in his sodomy trial.

In a scathing commentary, the UK daily’s assistant editor and foreign affairs columnist, Simon Tisdall, even urged Malaysia’s western allies in the UK and US to “take a closer look at their friend.”

Tisdall argued that the Najib government’s handling of Anwar’s “highly dubious” sodomy charge warranted closer scrutiny of the country’s democratic practices.

Among others, Tisdall sniped at Najib for his “authoritarian tendencies” and “blatant political scaremongering”, even accusing the prime minister of lacking in originality for recycling the sodomy charges against Anwar and being accustomed to wielding power due to his family lineage of top political leaders.

“If Anwar is found guilty — and the trial judge seems to have made up his mind already — he will not be the only or even the most important victim of an egregious, politically suspect injustice.

“Malaysia’s democratic reputation will have been critically wounded, and for that outrage, Malaysians will have their prime minister, Najib Razak, to thank,” Tisdall said.

The influential writer appeared to agree with opposition claims that Anwar’s current sodomy charge — the second in his career — was politically-motivated, saying it was “hardly coincidental” that it had cropped up after Barisan Nasional’s (BN) dismal electoral performance in 2008.

He said Najib’s key objective now is in winning the general election expected next year and as the “charismatic leader” of the opposition coalition, “Anwar represents the biggest challenge to his (Najib’s) continuing ascendancy”.

“Najib gives every appearance of preparing for snap polls on the assumption that Anwar will be out of the way and the opposition decapitated,” Tisdall said, referring to Najib’s rallying battle cry to Umno during the party’s just-concluded annual general assembly.

During the meet, said to be Umno’s last before the polls, Najib had urged party members to prepare for the “most crucial” election to date as it would be a “tragedy” should Pakatan Rakyat (PR) wrest federal power.

But Najib had nearly faced such a “tragedy”, Tisdall said, referring to the international condemnation the prime minister had earned following his government’s strong-arm tactics in clamping down on Bersih 2.0’s march for free and fair elections.

He said the uncharacteristic public display of discontent during the tumultuous July 9 event was spurred by factors like spending cuts, alleged corruption and cronyism, claims of a defective electoral system, curbs on public assembly and debate, and press censorship.

In an equally biting article shortly after the rally, Tisdall had then called the government “gormless” for clamping down on the march and warned it against adopting the “Mubarak model” to run the country.

He noted today that after backlash over the rally, Najib is “taking no chances”.

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TMI - Shahrizat guna kes liwat Anwar alih skandal NFC

KUALA LUMPUR, 30 Nov — Ketua Wanita Umno Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil berkata Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail juga harus meletakkan jawatan sebagai presiden PKR ekoran tuduhan jenayah dihadapi suaminya jika beliau dipaksa berundur berhubung isu Pusat Fidlot Kebangsaan (NFC).

Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat ini berhadapan dengan tekanan daripada PKR agar meletakkan jawatan kerajaan dan politik ekoran siri pendedahan berkaitan NFC, yang diuruskan oleh keluarganya.

Antara isu yang dibangkitkan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin PKR ialah salah guna dana projek ternakan lembu NFC termasuk untuk membeli kondominium mewah dan membiaya perbelanjaan keluarga, antaranya kos menunaikan umrah.

Sekali lagi hari ini, Shahrizat (gambar) mempertahankan dirinya bahawa beliau tidak kena-mengena dengan syarikat diuruskan oleh suami dan anak-anaknya.

Sebaliknya beliau mencabar Ketua Wanita PRK Zuraida Kamaruddin agar mendesak peletakan jawatan oleh Dr Wan Azizah.

Shahrizat membuat cabaran itu ketika menyampaikan ucapan dasar pada Persidangan Agung Tahunan Wanita di sini hari ini.

Projek NFC kini disiasat oleh polis. Pengerusi Eksekutif NFC Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail merupakan suami Shahrizat.


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FMT - Anwar’s greatest legacy – Nurul

The momentum from Pakatan Rakyat’s massive political inroads at the 12th general election reached its defining moment when Zaid Ibrahim submitted an application to the Registrar of Societies on Nov 4, 2009 for DAP, PKR and PAS to be registered as a legal entity under Pakatan Rakyat.

PKR being PKR, predictably on the very next day, Nov 5, its MP for Batu, Tian Chua unnecessarily announced “…..the constitution, logo and leadership, will be decided when the registration is approved. Who holds what position will be decided at a much later stage.”

Presumably, this was to grandstand Anwar Ibrahim’s role as leader of Pakatan and preempting Zaid’s designs (if any!) to lead the coalition during the process of its formation.

Tian wanted it to be known that Anwar, and not Zaid, was Pakatan’s head. He, and not Zaid strategised Pakatan’s registration as a legal entity.

And since then, this one upmanship within PKR marred all things PKR and caused the Pakatan juggernaut against Barisan Nasional to stumble and at times stagnate!

Overt conflicts and public spats amongst PKR leaders ultimately descended into the farce of rampant fraud and malpractice that was the PKR party election in November 2010. Neither Anwar, Azmin Ali or any of the PKR leaders were convicted of these fraud and malpractices during the party elections.

When the dust settled, Anwar was leader and Azmin his number two. Zaid subsequently quit PKR, presumably to seek greener pastures – a hard thing to do in a paddock the size of Malaysia. It would seem that what happened in Umno does not stay in Umno. Not when the same Umno players are newborn again politicians in PKR.

Since then PKR has been lurching from one unmitigated disaster to another – it’s most public of humiliation was the defection of five MPs last year to the land of plenty!
PKR however admitted that it had “an acute internal problem”…though I thought “terminal if not treated” would have been a more appropriate prognosis of its condition.

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TMI - Jawatan PM: Pinda Perlembagaan bukan pendirian PKR atau Pakatan, kata Anwar

OHOR BARU, 26 Nov — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menegaskan Pakatan Rakyat tidak akan menyokong sebarang usaha Umno jika mahu meminda Perlembagaan Persekutuan bagi semata-mata menjamin hanya orang Melayu boleh menjadi perdana menteri.

Ketua Pembangkang itu menjelaskan cabaran Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK) semalam agar Umno meminda Perlembagaan hanya satu strategi sayap pemuda itu, bukannya pendirian PKR ataupun Pakatan Rakyat.

“Ia satu cabaran sebab Umno terus berkata Melayu, Melayu, Melayu. Jika Umno benar-benar komited, maka kami hendak tahu jika mereka berani lakukan apa yang mereka (terus) perkatakan di kampung-kampung orang Melayu,” kata Ketua Umum PKR ini pada sidang media di sini, dengan diapit oleh Ketua AMK Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin.

“Kami tidak akan sokong. Jika mereka berani buat syor, kami akan jawab bahawa anda hanya bermain sentimen perkauman meskipun anda tidak membantu orang Melayu. Jadi itulah strategi Pemuda PKR,” kata beliau lagi.

Menurut Anwar, PKR tidak akan sekali-kali melaksanakan perkara itu kerana ia merupakan isu perkauman.
“Sekiranya Umno melaksanakan perkara itu, PKR akan menentang kerana mereka menyokong sentimen politik perkauman,” tegasnya lagi.

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FMT - Najib urged to consult Anwar on election date

GEORGE TOWN: A PKR leader wants Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to meet with Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim to jointly fix the date of the next general election.

“It will settle the question of whether the four Pakatan Rakyat-ruled states should hold separate elections from the parliamentary one,” said Sim Tze Tzin, Penang PKR’s info chief.

“The way forward for Malaysia is a bipartisan consensus on when to hold elections as this reflects political maturity and a greater democratic sense,” he said.

The country is heading towards a two-party system where neither side have absolute power. A check and balance system can eventually lead to good governance, Sim said.

Therefore, an important milestone such as a general election, should be decided on a consensus between BN and Pakatan, he added.

“It’s unfair for one man to decide the fate of 27 million citizens on the date of an important event such as an election. Once the date is known, people would settle down unlike now, where there are intense lobbying and politicking.”

Sim cited the example of former British premier Gordon Brown, who after consulation with all stakeholders, set an early election date for his country.

This, he said, reflects Britain’s recognition of due electoral process, and it is an element which Malaysia can also adopt since both share similar Commonwealth constitutional law.

Sim said an early election date would also boost the economy as the markets would react positively to the news.

“Businessmen and investors hate uncertainty. An early date would spill over to the markets and bring about more economic activities.”

Sim said if Pakatan refuses to hold concurrent state elections with a parliamentary one, both political blocs would lose out while the people would shoulder the burden of voting twice.

Having separate elections can benefit either BN or Pakatan, he contended, as both blocs have their own advantages if there are separate elections in the four states.

Speculation is that the BN-led federal government may dissolve Parliament anytime from now, paving the way for a national-level election for 222 parliamentary seats.

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Video - Sivarasa Rasiah: Kerajaan Baru Di Putrajaya & Perdana Menteri Baru Dengan Nama Anwar Ibrahim

TMI - Video seks: Kami tiada pilihan melainkan lawan, kata Anwar

KUALA LUMPUR, 16 Nov ― Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mendakwa Barisan Nasional (BN) mendalangi siasatan terbaru ke atas beliau berhubung isu Datuk T mempertontonkan video seks Mac lalu sambil mendakwa pesaing politiknya mahu menghidupkan misteri si lelaki dalam rakaman itu.

Ketua Pembangkang itu memberitahu pemberita bahawa beliau tidak akan tunduk kepada tekanan sedemikian, sebaliknya akan melawan dakwaan-dakwaan yang dibawa ke atas dirinya.

“Ini yang mereka lakukan. Insya-Allah, kami tiada pilihan tetapi akan terus melawan, lawan mereka dalam pilihan raya.

“Mereka gementar untuk berhadapan dengan kita dan jadi, ini taktik kotor dan jahat yang mereka gunakan,” katanya lagi.

Anwar bercakap kepada pemberita di pekarangan balai polis Kepong.

Beliau diminta memberi kenyataan ekoran laporan polis bahawa telah memberi maklumat palsu berhubung siasatan awal ke atas kes rakaman video seks yang dipertontonkan oleh Datuk T.

Anwar tiba di balai polis Kepong kira-kira pukul 3.15 petang dengan ditemani isterinya, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, yang juga Presiden PKR sebelum memberi keterangan kepada polis selama sejam.