Khamis, 4 April 2013

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Posted: 04 Apr 2013 04:23 AM PDT

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PRU13: SAMY VELLU NAK BERTANDING SEMULA?

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 10:21 PM PDT

IPOH: Jawatankuasa Isu dan Strategik Badan Perhubungan PAS Negeri Perak melihat Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu memberikan signal bahawa beliau bersedia dicalonkan semula untuk bertanding di kerusi lamanya iaitu Parlimen Sungai Siput.


Koordinatornya, Salman Saleh (gambar) berkata demikian melihat kepada kenyataan bekas Presiden MIC semalam yang menyatakan secara terbuka bahawa beliau adalah calon 'boleh menang'.

Justeru, beliau bertanya adakah Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir selaku Pengerusi BN negeri telah menyenaraikan Samy Vellu sebagai calon pada PRU13 nanti.

"Adakah Datuk Seri G. Palanivel, Presiden MIC yang juga Pengerusi MIC Negeri Perak telah bersetuju menetapkan kerusi untuk bekas Presidennya bertanding pada PRU13 kali ini?" tanya beliau dalam satu kenyataan di sini.

Menurutnya, walaupun Samy Vellu tidak merujuk kebenaran untuk bertanding semula daripada BN Perak, ia secara tidak langsung menunjukkan Zambry tidak mampu menyekat bekas Presiden MIC itu jika Datuk Seri Najib selaku Pengerusi BN memberikan keizinan kepadanya untuk bertanding kelak.

Katanya, jika Samy Vellu tidak dibenarkan untuk bertanding, ini menunjukkan BN tidak lagi memerlukan beliau dan secara tidak langsung tidak mengiktiraf peranannya selama ini untuk pembangunan kaum India.

"Nampaknya pergolakan dalaman dalam BN Perak semakin bergelora dan ianya akan lebih bergelora lagi bila hampir masa penamaan calon pilihanraya kelak," katanya.

Samy Vellu: Saya calon boleh menang

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ALHUSSEYN

Posted: 04 Apr 2013 03:08 PM PDT

Selepas dua minggu Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mengumumkan Lim Kit Siang (LKS) bakal bertanding di Gelang Patah, Johor, dalam majlis ulang tahun DAP yang ke-47 di Skudai, kini beliau  dilaporkan akan bertanding di Perak , tidak lagi bertanding di Parlimen Permatang Pauh.
 

Saya sangat optimis Anwar Ibrahim akan bertanding di Parlimen Ipoh Timor, kawasan selamat yang pernah disandang oleh Penasihat DAP, LKS.

Tidak tahu pula siapa yang akan menggantikan Anwar di Permatang Pauh.Apa yang pastinya, Umno/BN, terutamanya Mahathir dan Najib tentu sangat kecewa bila Anwar bertukar tempat kerana mereka telah bekerja keras dengan beberapa perancangan jahat untuk mempastikan Anwar tumbang di situ. Bijak Anwar nih!

Mungkin ini sebagai langkah win-win yang terbaik  bagi menyelesaikan perbalahan di antara Ketua DAP negeri, Dr Boo Cheng Hau dengan Ketua PKR negeri, Chua Jui Meng untuk merebut kerusi parlimen Gelang Patah.

Anwar sendiri mengakui terdapat perselisihan faham di antara DAP dan Parti Keadilan Rakyat mengenai kerusi tersebut yang ditandingi calon Keadilan pada 2008. 

Chua Jui Meng , sebelum ini disebut-sebut sebagai calon PKR di Parlimen Gelang Patah, Johor  tidak hadir  majlis sewaktu Anwar mengumumkan LKS bertanding di situ. Khabarnya beliau  telah merajuk.

Anwar telah mengingatkan semua ahli Pakatan Rakyat agar mengelakkan perselisihan di dalam soal pembahagian kerusi kerana "kita bukan mahu menawan Johor sebagai DAP, Keadilan dan PAS tetapi sebagai Pakatan Rakyat". 


Syabas kepada LKS kerana sanggup meninggalkan kerusi Ipoh Timor yang merupakan kerusi selamat baginya tetapi sanggup bertanding di Gelang Patah.

Lim sendiri mengakui bertanding di Gelang Patah merupakan ujian paling besar dalam hidupnya. Mana ada pemimpin politik lain berani macam LKS? 

Mahathir  patut berasa malu apabila menuduh LKS sebagai penakut kerana lari bertanding di Gelang Patah. Waima, Ipoh Timor memang "selamat" dan boleh dilepaskan kepada calon PR lain.

Sebenarnya, Mahathir adalah manusia penakut kerana dia tidak berani beraleh tempat sejak menang tanpa bertanding di kawasan Parlimen Kubang Pasu pada 1974. Mahathir terus berkubang di situ sehingga 2004!

Berbanding dengan LKS, rekodnya jelas mencatatkan keberanian yang luar biasa kerana telah beralih tempat beberapa kali di empat negeri di Malaysia:

  • Bandar Melaka (1969–1974)
  • Kota Melaka (1974–1978)
  • Petaling Jaya (1978–1982)
  • Kota Melaka (1982–1986)
  • Tanjong (1986–1999)
  • Ipoh Timur (since 2004)

Kali ini LKS akan beralih ke negeri tempat kelahirannya, Johor, jadi penyertaannya memang amat sesuai dan dialu-alukan.

Perlu kita ingat , LKS menang di semua tempat dia bertanding . Inilah sebenarnya yang buat Mahathir dan Najib terkencing tak tus! 

Walau apa pun, paling menarik ialah LKS telah menyediakan tempat paling selamat bagi bakal Perdana Menteri baru bertanding iaitu kerusi parlimen Ipoh Timor.

Pengundi di Parlimen Ipoh Timor terdiri daripada Cina (81.07 %), Melayu (13.09 %), India (5.27 %) dan lain-lain 0.57 % berbeza dengan Parlimen Permatang Pauh, Melayu (69.4 %), Cina (24.5 %), India (6 %) dan lain-lain (0.1 %)

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WACANA KHAS DR AZIZ BARI

Posted: 04 Apr 2013 03:47 AM PDT


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Posted: 04 Apr 2013 02:15 AM PDT


Ceramah Orang Kampung 10 Apr 2013 di Rembau

Posted: 04 Apr 2013 01:11 AM PDT


CERAMAH ORANG KAMPUNG
"Serta Pelancaran Laman Sesawang PAS DUN Kota"

Tarikh : 10 April 2013, Rabu
Masa : 9 malam
Tempat : Pekan Kota, Rembau
Penceramah :
- Zulhazmi Sharif, Peguam Kempen Anti Saman Ekor - KASE
- Nazree Yunus, Naib Ketua AMK Pusat
- Hj Ghazali Mohd Shom, Penyelaras PAS DUN Kota
- Yusuf Tapar, Pemangku Ketua Cabang PKR Rembau
- Sahrizal Masrudin, Pengerusi Suara Anak Muda Rembau
- Rozmal Malakan, Timbalan Yang Dipertua PAS Rembau

* Semua Dijemput Hadir *

"PAS PILIHAN KAMI"

Layari laman sesawang PAS DUN Kota di http://pas-n28-kota.blogspot.com

Laman sesawang PAS DUN Kota, Parlimen Rembau

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 07:48 PM PDT




Dapatkan berita semasa PAS DUN N28 Kota , Negeri Sembilan di http://pas-n28-kota.blogspot.com

PAS PILIHAN KAMI
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Dewan Pemuda Pas Kawasan Machang -dppkm- Mempersada Perjuangan

Dewan Pemuda Pas Kawasan Machang -dppkm- Mempersada Perjuangan


PRU13: Gerak kerja PAS lebih baik dari 2008

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:40 PM PDT



MARANG: Mesej PAS kepada rakyat agar dapat membuat perubahan pada Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU13 ) ini ke arah yang lebih baik bagi menyelamatkan negara dan rakyat seluruhnya.

Presiden PAS, Datuk Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang berkata PAS akan mengemukakan calon-calon yang bertanding pada pilihan raya kali ini di kalangan yang paling bertanggungjawab serta beramanah.

"Mesej kita (PAS) kepada rakyat Malaysia seluruhnya supaya membuat (perubahan) yang menyelamatkan negara dan rakyat secara yang menyeluruh.

"Insya Allah, kita akan kemukakan calon-calon yang paling bertanggungjawab, yang paling menunaikan amanah sama ada dibuktikan melalui kerajaan-kerajaan yang kita (Pakatan Rakyat) perintah, melalui kawasan-kawasan yang sudah dimenangi, melalui Pusat-pusat Khidmat Masyarakat yang dilakukan di kalangan kita (PAS) kepada rakyat sepanjang tahun 2008 hingga 2013 dan rakyat dapat menilainya," jelasnya.

Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang media di kediamannya di Kampung Rusila, ekoran pembubaran Parlimen oleh Perdana Menteri, hari ini.

Menurutnya, meski pun PAS belum lagi sebagai sebuah parti yang memerintah kerajaan Pusat tetapi dapat menunaikan tanggungjawab mengikut kemampuan dengan penuh keikhlasan.

Sehubungan itu, Presiden PAS turut mengulangi penegasan parti bahawa PAS akan terus bersama Pakatan Rakyat dalam menghadapi pilihan raya kali ini.

"Alhamdulillah, kita telah selesai membuat penyusunan dan pembahagian dengan sebaik-baiknya. Malah, lebih baik dari pilihan raya tahun 2008 di mana gerak kerja dan jentera kita lebih baik dari masa-masa yang lalu," ujarnya.

Beliau yang juga Ahli Parlimen Marang turut mendesak agar kerajaan Barisan Nasional berlaku adil dan telus dalam pilihan raya umum kali ini.

Katanya, perlawanan politik dalam negara yang mengamalkan prinsip demokrasi mesti diadakan di atas 'padang' yang sama rata.

"Harapan kami, pilihan raya secara demokratik dalam erti kata yang sebenar dapat dilaksanakan. Sebagaimana di tempat lain menjalankan demokrasi sebenar seperti di Indonesia, Filipina, Thailand, Mesir dan termasuk di negara lain yang sentiasa membuat pembaharuan," tegasnya di hadapan 30 pengamal media di negeri ini.

Selain itu, Ustaz Abdul Hadi turut menasihatkan semua pengamal media agar menjalankan kerja secara ikhlas, jujur dan profesional.

"Cuma saudara kena catit apa yang kita lapor. Itu hal saudaralah. Tunaikan secara profesional sebagai wartawan. Kita tahu di Malaysia ini, yang atas macam-macam ceritalah. Kita (PAS) akan bagi kerjasama dan laluan kepada wartawan, jaga keselamatan. Media rakan kita," ujarnya.

Hadir sama pada sidang media tersebut Pesuruhjaya dan Setiausaha PAS negeri, Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut dan Yahaya Ali, Pengerusi DAP Terengganu, Ng Chai Hing dan Timbalan DHPP negeri, Jefri Chua.

Bubar Parlimen tingkat semangat petugas PAS

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:40 PM PDT


TEMERLOH: Ketua Dewan Pemuda PAS Malaysia, Nasrudin Hassan akan membawa aspirasi parti dan manifesto Pakatan Rakyat dalam mendekati para pengundi di kawasan Parlimen Temerloh.
Ini berikutan beliau telah diamanahkan oleh PAS untuk bertanding di Parlimen Temerloh pada Pilihan raya Umum ke-13 (PRU13) nanti.

Selain aspirasi parti dan manifesto Pakatan Rakyat, beliau turut merungkaikan serta memperjelaskan dokumen Negara Berkebajikan untuk pengetahuan seluruh rakyat.

"Selain daripada agenda utama PAS dan Pakatan Rakyat, saya juga akan meninjau isu-isu yang berkaitan dengan penduduk tempatan dan kita akan melihat bagaimana kita boleh selesaikan," katanya kepada Harakahdaily sewaktu program jelajah Negara Berkebajikan di Temerloh petang semalam.

Katanya lagi, jentera PAS telah berada pada peringkat akhir.

"Jentera kita sebenarnya telah bersedia untuk menghadapi pilihanraya bila-bila masa sahaja sejak dari tahun lepas lagi," ujarnya.

Beliau menambah, dengan pembubaran parlimen yang diumumkan semalam telah menaikkan semangat petugas dan jentera parti untuk bekerja 24 jam.

Menurutnya, prinsip kerja yang dilakukan secara berpasukan iaitu gandingan PAS, PKR dan DAP akan menjadikan gerak kerja lebih mantap.

"Saya percaya gandingan ini akan menjadikan yang terbaik dalam kita menghadapi Barisan Nasional (BN).

"Kita mempunyai peluang yang tinggi untuk mencapai kemenangan terutamanya momentum anak muda dan juga kaum bukan Melayu yang terus memberi sokongan kepada PAS dan Pakatan Rakyat," kata beliau lagi.

Beliau pasti, siapa jua persaingnya pada pilihan raya nanti bukan satu masalah yang besar kerana gerak kerja serta sokongan dari semua lapisan masyarakat akan memberikan kemenangan kepada Pakatan Rakyat nanti.

Rakyat sambut bubar Parlimen macam nak raya

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:39 PM PDT


TEMERLOH: Pesuruhjaya PAS Pahang, Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man melihat keghairahan rakyat menyambut pembubaran parlimen yang diumumkan oleh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak kali ini luar biasa.

"Seluruh rakyat sambut pengumuman bubar parlimen seperti nak sambut raya, semuanya kerana rakyat dah tunggu hampir dua tahun, sedangkan media kawalan Umno setiap hari memainkan isu politik dan pilihan raya," katanya ketika berceramah di atas treler Negara Kebajikan PAS yang sampai ke bandar Temerloh petang tadi.

Hari ini merupakan hari ketiga jelajah treler berkenaan selepas ke Raub, Bentong, Jerantut, Maran, Bandar Jengka, Lanchang dan bersebelahan terminal bas ekspres petang ini sebelum bertolak ke Bera.

Lebih 1,000 mendengar amanat pemimpin bersempena pembubaran parlimen hari ini.

Turut berucap Ketua Dewan Pemuda PAS Malaysia, Nasrudin Hasan, Pengarah Jabatan Pilihan Raya Negeri Pahang, Abdul Majid Hasan, Yang Dipertua PAS Kawasan, Md Jusoh Darus, Ketua Muslimat PAS Pahang, Salamiah Mohd Nor, Adun Kuala Semantan, Syed Hamid Syed Mohamad dan Ketua Penerangan PAS Pahang, Suhaimi Saad.

Tuan Ibrahim yang juga Ketua Penerangan PAS Pusat berkata, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) memasuki pilihan raya kali ini dengan cukup bersedia.

"Tidak terjangkau kita akan membariskan calon-calon bekas pegawai tinggi tentera, pegawai tinggi kerajaan,  pegawai tinggi Felda dan artis.

"Justeru marilah kita bekerja keras kerana rakyat nak tengok janji-janji yang  PR tawarkan terlaksana demi kebajikan yang tunggu-tunggu selama ini," katanya.

PRU13: MB mengadap Sultan Kelantan esok

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:39 PM PDT

KOTA BHARU: Menteri Besar, Tuan Guru Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat akan menghadap Sultan Kelantan, Sultan Muhammad V esok bagi mendapatkan perkenaan Tuanku bagi pembubaran Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun) Kelantan.

Tuan Guru berkata, beliau akan mengadap sultan Kelantan malam esok di Istana Telipot selepas menghadiri majlis penutup Tilawah al-Quran Peringkat Negeri Kelantan.

"Terserah kepada baginda untuk menentukan bila-bila pembubaran negeri Kelantan," katanya kepada media di sini.

Beliau berkata demikian selepas mesyuarat Lajnah Politik dan Piihanraya PAS Negeri, di sini sebentar tadi.

Tuan Guru turut memberitahu, beliau juga akan menghadiri mesyuarat bersama menteri-menteri besar dan ketua menteri di bawah Pakatan Rakyat di ibu negara petang esok.

Sementara itu, mengulas tentang peluang PAS di negeri itu, Tuan Guru berkata beliau hanya berdoa supaya pemerintahan di Kelantan tetap berada di bawah kepimpinan Islam.

Beliau juga berharap rakyat Kelantan akan mengekalkan kerajaan negeri yang ada hari ini.

"Kita berdoa kepada Allah SWT supaya Kelantan tetap di bawah pentadbiran Islam," ujarnya.

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MEDIA Rakyat MALAYSIA

Posted: 04 Apr 2013 03:08 AM PDT

MEDIA Rakyat MALAYSIA


UNDILAH TRANSFORMASI NAJIB-AEMNO, HUTANG NEGARA BERTAMBAH

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 11:35 AM PDT

DS ANWAR ~ DS WAN AZIZAH DAN NURUL IZZAH ADA KEUPAYAAN SENDIRI

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 11:06 AM PDT

R Sivarasa - Ahli Parlimen Subang

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 11:26 PM PDT

R Sivarasa - Ahli Parlimen Subang


Ceramah Jelajah Rakyat di Johor Bahru 2hb April

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 07:15 PM PDT

Saksikan klip video ceramah Sivarasa semasa Program Jelajah Rakyat di Johor Bahru 2hb April.

Bahagian 1

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Haniza Talha - Landscaping New Politics

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 09:30 PM PDT

Haniza Talha - Landscaping New Politics


Free, Fair And Peaceful Elections – A Message From Anwar Ibrahim

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 06:50 PM PDT

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Parliament has been dissolved and the people of Malaysia finally will have the opportunity to decide on a government of their choice. Pakatan Rakyat calls on all Malaysians to make use of this golden opportunity to choose a new government, one that is not just competent and effective to move the nation forward but also trustworthy and determined to cleanse this nation of corruption and power abuse.

Throughout the 12th Parliament, Pakatan Rakyat has laid out clear options for the people and offered a comprehensive blue print for economic, political and social reform. At the same time, it has administered four State governments with a commendable record in terms of economic and social progress, accountability, and transparency.

We believe the people are capable of evaluating the positive changes that have been and will continue to be brought by Pakatan Rakyat.

We are confident that the people will choose a government that is committed to fighting corruption, placing their interest as paramount and placing at their service a corps of young leaders side by side with those of vast experience to answer their aspirations. We believe the people will choose a government that will act justly and fairly in all matters to all communities and across every strata of society.

Throughout the campaign period, Pakatan Rakyat will continue to take a matured political approach in presenting its case to the people. It will be a campaign that will reflect the aspirations of a nation to be civil, progressive, fair and just.

In this regard, we urge all sides, particularly our friends from the Barisan Nasional to observe the proper ethical standards and honour the democratic process and principles governing the conduct of political campaigns. We pledge to do the same and to defend the security and peace of the nation and warn against irresponsible elements out to create trouble and mischief. Indeed, we welcome the statement by Dato' Seri Najib Razak and hold him to this word that there will be a peaceful transition of government in the event Pakatan Rakyat wins the 13th General Elections.

Pakatan Rakyat indeed has all confidence that the security forces will act professionally and fairly in the interest of maintaining public order and safety throughout the campaign period. This is in line with the duty and responsibility entrusted them by Federal Constitution to safeguard the democratic process and ensure that people continue to have the freedom to determine a government of their choice.

We once again extend the invitation to Dato' Seri Najib Razak to engage in a proper and healthy debate in order for the people to have a better opportunity to make a proper and informed choice as to who should be given the mandate to rule.

ANWAR IBRAHIM
Opposition Leader


Parlimen Akhirnya Dibubarkan

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 09:49 PM PDT

Rabu 4 April 2013

Akhirnya, parlimen Malaysia telah dibubarkan melalui pengumuman yang dibuat oleh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Ini bermakna Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 boleh diadakan seawal 2o April atau 27 April.

Pengumuman itu dibuat dari Pejabat Perdana Menteri, dengan disiarkan secara langsung di televisyen pada jam 11.30 pagi.

 


Anwar Ibrahim

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 07:25 PM PDT

Anwar Ibrahim


[VIDEO] Parlimen Bubar: Anwar Ulangi Cabaran Debat

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 09:18 AM PDT

[VIDEO] Malaysian Opposition Leader Speaks to Al Jazeera

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 08:33 AM PDT

Malaysia’s Najib Fires Starting Gun For Tense Election Race

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 02:41 AM PDT

Reuters

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak dissolved parliament on Wednesday, paving the way for a general election expected this month that could be the most closely contested his ruling coalition has faced in its 56-year rule.

Najib faces a confident opposition alliance led by former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and is under intense pressure to restore his ruling coalition’s two-thirds majority that it lost for the first time in a disastrous 2008 poll.

Failure to win back that majority would throw his leadership and his economic reform program into doubt, raising uncertainty over policy in Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy.

A win for Anwar’s opposition is unlikely but not impossible, and would put the former British colony into uncharted political territory.

Najib, who took over in 2009 after the election debacle, will point to brisk economic growth of 5.6 percent last year as he seeks to regain electoral ground.

“Our national transformation is still a story half told. If we do not keep up the pace of reform, we risk losing out. But with a strong mandate, we can continue,” Najib said in a television address, exactly four years after he took power.

The election appears likely to be held on Saturday, April 27, after a two-week campaign period.

Najib said he hoped for a “solid” majority.

The 59-year-old son of a former prime minister is aiming to push Malaysia into high-income status by 2020 through an ambitious $444 billion economic transformation program.

He has warned repeatedly that an opposition victory could result in social and economic instability in the nation of 29 million people that has a history of tension between majority Malays and minority ethnic Chinese and Indians.

The opposition – a sometimes fractious alliance including a secular ethnic Chinese party and an Islamist party – aims to tap into a growing desire for faster political and economic reform, arguing it is time for a change.

It already runs four state governments and pledges to break down an entrenched network of patronage between the long-dominant ethnic Malay party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and favored business interests.

Possibly working against Najib and his Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition are three million first-time voters – about 22 percent of the total vote – many of them younger Malaysians.

“The BN still has the advantage in terms of resources, media, money, and machinery,” said Ong Kian Ming, an election strategist for the DAP ethnic Chinese opposition party.

“The X-factor we are relying on is the newly registered voters.”

CHANGING SOCIETY

Race-based social and economic policies have defined the coalition’s rule as it channeled wealth to ethnic Malays, who make up about half of the population, over the economically dominant Chinese minority since 1969 race riots.

The ruling BN coalition will be helped by a skewed electoral system, deep pockets, and about $2 billion in government handouts to millions of poorer Malaysians since the start of 2012. But Najib will likely face a leadership challenge from within UMNO if he fails to improve on the 2008 performance.

Nationalist and conservative forces within UMNO, encouraged by influential former leader Mahathir Mohamad, have looked askance at Najib’s steps to roll back colonial-era security and media controls as a sign of weak leadership.

A blossoming civil society and growing middle class are clashing with tight social, media and political controls that have cemented UMNO’s half-century rule.

Najib’s flagship economic transformation plan, based on hefty public and private investment, has had some initial success but critics say it depends too much on public spending and risks expanding a national debt already at 53 percent of gross domestic product.

A lack of reliable opinion polls makes it difficult to forecast the election outcome.

Few predicted the extent of opposition gains in 2008, which triggered a 10 percent plunge in Kuala Lumpur stocks. Morgan Stanley said in a note on Wednesday that a BN parliamentary seat share of below 55 percent would be seen as a “negative risk event by investors and could have implications for leadership and government stability”.

A recent poll by the University of Malaya showed the ruling coalition at 42 percent support compared with the opposition’s 37 percent, but with 21 percent of voters undecided.

In February, the independent Merdeka Center showed Najib’s approval rating at 61 percent, down 10 points since the end of 2011. His coalition is less popular, polling at 45 percent.

Anticipation of a close election that could cause policy uncertainty has frayed investors’ nerves this year and made Kuala Lumpur’s stock market one of the worst performers in Asia.

The main KLSE stock index briefly fell more than 3 percent in early Wednesday trade following the announcement that Najib would be holding a television address. It later recovered to trade 0.83 percent lower.

(Additional reporting by Niluksi Koswanage, Amer Hamzah Sheikh al-Zaquan, Yantoultra Ngui; Editing by Ken Wills and Robert Birsel)

Insight: In Malaysia’s Election, a Focus on Rainforest Graft

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 02:38 AM PDT

Reuters

The island of Borneo may be all that stands between Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and an unprecedented election defeat within weeks for his ruling coalition.

Borneo’s two Malaysian states — Sabah and Sarawak — have been a bastion of votes for the National Front coalition headed by Najib’s party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO).

The two states, among Malaysia’s poorest despite vast natural resources, kept the National Front in power in 2008 even as a groundswell of support for the opposition deprived the government of its iron-clad two-thirds parliamentary majority.

That could start to change. Allegations of corruption in recent months have dogged the chief ministers of both Sabah and Sarawak, long-time rulers who hold vast sway over some of the world’s largest tracts of tropical forests.

The National Front is favored to win the election that Najib must call by the end of April, extending its 56-year rule thanks to robust economic growth and its strong electoral machinery.

But it could be one of Malaysia’s closest elections. Corruption scandals threaten to undermine one of Najib’s central messages — that he is making Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy more transparent and competitive.

Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman, who is also the state’s top UMNO official, has been under scrutiny the past year after whistleblower website Sarawak Report published documents from the Hong Kong and Malaysian anti-corruption agencies.

The two agencies started investigating Musa in late 2008. The probe was based on a tip-off that the chief minister was extracting money from businessmen seeking timber concessions and funneling it to UBS bank accounts in Hong Kong and Singapore, sources close to the investigations said. They declined to say who gave the tip-off.

The Hong Kong anti-graft agency froze a UBS account managed by a lawyer on behalf of Musa, the sources said, and began a joint investigation with its Malaysian counterpart.

The agencies closed the case three years later and unfroze the funds after the Malaysian government publicly said the money was donations for UMNO, not bribes. The Malaysian government has not explained why political donations had to be routed through Hong Kong and Singapore.

Musa told Reuters in a statement that he has been cleared by both anti-graft agencies. However, an independent panel overseeing the Malaysian graft agency has recently requested the case be reviewed.

“These are the same old stories, rehashed over and over again,” Musa said. “It is just the usual silly season before the general election, when the opposition gets up to their usual monkey business.”

The opposition, which argues the fruit of Malaysia’s brisk economic growth is largely concentrated in the hands of a well-connected elite, has vowed to keep pouring it on.

“How Musa manages Sabah in favor of the government rather than the people will certainly be a prominent part of election rallies on the opposition side,” said Lim Kit Siang, a leader in the opposition coalition headed by former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.

HONG KONG TIMBER ACCOUNTS

The Hong Kong anti-graft agency told Reuters it investigated a number of Malaysian nationals, including a government official, for breaching the prevention of bribery ordinance in connection with the UBS accounts. It neither confirmed nor denied that Musa was the focus of the investigation.

Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency said it provided assistance to its Hong Kong counterparts but declined to give details. Malaysian anti-corruption officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the leaked documents obtained by Sarawak Report were genuine and Musa was, indeed, the focus of the investigation.

Sarawak Report said the Hong Kong and Malaysian anti-graft agency documents it acquired showed that $90 million in illegal logging proceeds from Sabah were channeled to the UBS accounts. That prompted Swiss prosecutors to open a criminal money laundering probe into UBS last August.

The investigations into UBS and its relationship with Musa are continuing, a spokesman for the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland said. UBS said it was fully cooperating with the authorities but declined to give more details.

As chief minister, Musa is in charge of the Sabah Foundation, which manages a state forest reserve covering 3,861 square miles, nearly half the size of New Jersey. The foundation allows timber companies to annually log a tiny fraction of that area. The logging proceeds are supposed to fund education and welfare projects in the state.

As chief minister, Musa signs off on all the logging permits that its board of directors agree to award to timber firms, or at least in one case, to a family member.

One of the Malaysian anti-corruption agency documents listed companies that won permits from the foundation. It shows the foundation awarded 2,000 hectares (7.7 sq miles) of primary forest to Musa’s younger brother, Foreign Minister Anifah Aman, at a special board of directors’ meeting on May 7, 2004.

The same Malaysian anti-graft document shows Musa consistently signed off on concessions that exceeded, or even doubled, the allowable timber cut. While not illegal, it shows the state was exceeding its own guidelines on deforestation.

Some of the companies on that list made payments into a UBS corporate account belonging to a former Musa associate, bank statements on the account obtained by Reuters shows. From the same account, withdrawals were made by the associate to fund Musa’s sons who were studying in Australia, the statements show.

Two timber firms in Sabah transferred two payments totaling $4.04 million on August 16, 2006 into the corporate UBS account belonging to the former Musa associate. Six days later on August 22, the exact same amount was transferred into a personal UBS account belonging to Musa’s lawyer. The Hong Kong anti-graft agency described that account as “held in trust” for Musa, according to the bank statements and investigation documents.

That same day, the firms won a 32,000 hectare (124 sq miles) timber concession and a contract to maintain a road to a logging camp, according to the Malaysian anti-graft agency document.

The owners of those two timber firms confirmed to Reuters that the $4.04 million transactions were “donations” to Musa and UMNO to secure the contracts. They requested their names and the names of their firms not be identified.

Malaysia’s government has said all the funds in that UBS account were ultimately sent to UMNO as political donations. Other firms on the list of companies that received timber concessions could not be reached or declined to comment.

LESS LOGGING REVENUES

While there is no published data on how much forest has been cleared within the Sabah Foundation forest reserve, official data shows significant deforestation throughout the state.

In 1992, the state’s total forest cover stood at 17,000 square miles, about half the size of Ireland. By 2011, it had shrunk to 13,900 square miles, based on the latest available data from the forestry department. Primary or virgin forests have been particularly hard-hit, declining from 1,595 square miles in 1992 to just 348 square miles in 2011.

With diminishing forests left to cut, logging revenues fell by half over five years to less than 250 million ringgit in 2011 ($80.6 million).

Musa has made a push for Sabah to diversify into agriculture and oil and gas, which helped state budget revenues hit a record 4.1 billion ringgit last year. But the state’s unemployment rate remains at 5.4 percent, the highest of any state in Malaysia, where the national average is 3.0 percent.

Musa’s popularity ratings have declined as well, to 45 percent in 2012 from 60 percent in 2009, according to a survey by the Merdeka Centre, Malaysia’s most respected pollster.

CORRUPTION CHARGES

Law Minister Mohamad Nazri Aziz told parliament last October the funds in the UBS bank account held on behalf of Musa were political donations, without giving details about the source of the money or explaining why such funds had to be routed through foreign countries.

Based on evidence submitted by the Malaysian anti-graft agency, Malaysia’s attorney-general found no indication of corruption or linkages with the Swiss government’s investigation into UBS, Nazri said.

But an independent panel overseeing the Malaysian anti-graft agency has since written to the attorney-general requesting a review of his decision to close the case on Musa, a high ranking anti-graft official said at a public forum held by the Bar Council. The official did not disclose why the review was requested and declined to respond to Reuters requests for comment.

The attorney general did not respond to requests for comment.

As UMNO’s party leader in Sabah, Musa is expected to find ways of raising money for the party – and to get out the vote.

“For UMNO, Musa is almost indispensable in Sabah. You lose him, you may lose your whole regime,” said Oh Ei Sun, senior visiting fellow with Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University and a former political secretary to Prime Minister Najib.

NAJIB AT RISK

The opposition, campaigning on an anti-corruption platform, is banking on winning 20 seats in Sabah and Sarawak in the election, which could put it within sight of a 112-seat simple majority in parliament.

Sarawak has also been under the spotlight over allegations of timber corruption. The Malaysian anti-corruption agency said it has been investigating Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud since 2011 in response to environmental activists’ complaints about corruption in the forestry industry. That investigation continues and any new evidence will be taken into account, the agency spokesman said.

He was referring to environmental activist group Global Witness, which posted a video in March that went viral. It showed Taib’s cousins and associates apparently offering thousands of hectares of forest land to the group’s undercover investigators and formulating plans to book the land sales in Singapore to avoid Malaysian taxes. The cousins could not be reached for comment. (For the video, see: here)

Taib publicly denied the allegations raised as a result of the video. “I saw the so-called proof. It has nothing to do with me,” he told local media. “Everything has to be done with government procedure.”

In an interview with Reuters last Tuesday, Prime Minister Najib declined to discuss details of the investigations into the Sabah and Sarawak chief ministers, and said he was against corruption in “any form.”

Asked about the Global Witness video, Najib said: “It’s ok, everything will be investigated, and due process will take its course.”

(Additional reporting by David Fogarty, Angie Teo and Stuart Grudgings in KUALA LUMPUR and James Pomfret in HONG KONG; Editing by Bill Tarrant)

PRESS STATEMENT : Free, Fair And Peaceful Elections

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 01:47 AM PDT

Parliament has been dissolved and the people of Malaysia finally will have the opportunity to decide on a government of their choice. Pakatan Rakyat calls on all Malaysians to make use of this golden opportunity to choose a new government, one that is not just competent and effective to move the nation forward but also trustworthy and determined to cleanse this nation of corruption and power abuse.

Throughout the 12th Parliament, Pakatan Rakyat has laid out clear options for the people and offered a comprehensive blue print for economic, political and social reform. At the same time, it has administered four State governments with a commendable record in terms of economic and social progress, accountability, and transparency.

We believe the people are capable of evaluating the positive changes that have been and will continue to be brought by Pakatan Rakyat.

We are confident that the people will choose a government that is committed to fighting corruption, placing their interest as paramount and placing at their service a corps of young leaders side by side with those of vast experience to answertheir aspirations. We believe the people will choose a government that will act justly and fairly in all matters to all communities and across every strata ofsociety.

Throughout the campaign period, Pakatan Rakyat will continue to take a matured political approach in presenting its case to the people. It will be a campaign that will reflect the aspirations of a nation to be civil, progressive, fair and just.

In this regard, we urge all sides, particularly our friends from the BarisanNasional to observe the proper ethical standards and honour the democratic process and principles governing the conduct of political campaigns. We pledge to do the same and to defend the security and peace of the nation and warn against irresponsible elements out to create trouble and mischief. Indeed, we welcome the statement by Dato' Seri Najib Razak and hold him to this word that there will be a peaceful transition of government in the event Pakatan Rakyat wins the 13th General Elections.

Pakatan Rakyat indeed has all confidence that the security forces will act professionally and fairly in the interest of maintaining public order and safety throughout the campaign period. This is in line with the duty and responsibility entrusted them by Federal Constitution to safeguard the democratic process and ensure that people continue to have the freedom to determine a government of their choice.

We once again extend the invitation to Dato' Seri Najib Razak to engage in a proper and healthy debate in order for the people to have a better opportunity to make a proper and informed choice as to who should be given the mandate to rule.

ANWAR IBRAHIM

KENYATAAN MEDIA : Pilihanraya Umum Ke-13 Yang ADIL, BERSIH Dan AMAN

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 01:35 AM PDT

Parlimen telahpun dibubarkan dan ini bermakna rakyat Malaysia punyai kesempatan untuk memberi mandat serta memilih sebuah kerajaan yang baru. Pakatan Rakyat menyeru seluruh rakyat Malaysia merebut peluang ini untuk memilih sebuah kerajaan yang berwibawa, bertanggungjawab, bersih dari rasuah dan beriltizam kuat mahu memastikan Malaysia yang gagah.

Sepanjang penggal Parlimen Ke-12 Pakatan Rakyat membentangkan tawaran-tawaran yang jelas kepada rakyat ke arah membawa reformasi ekonomi, politik dan sosial yang menyeluruh. Saya berkeyakinan rakyat mampu menilai perubahan-perubahan positif yang telah dan akan dibawa oleh Pakatan Rakyat.

Rakyat Malaysia kini berpeluang memilih sebuah kerajaan baru yang tegas membanteras rasuah, mendepankan kepentingan seharian rakyat, menampilkan pimpinan muda yang menyambung aspirasi masa depan rakyat dan berlaku adil kepada semua kaum dan segenap lapisan masyarakat.

Sepanjang tempoh berkempen kali ini, Pakatan Rakyat akan terus mengambil pendekatan politik matang berasaskan pembentangan dasar untuk dinilai oleh rakyat. Kempen yang positif sebegini bertepatan dengan harapan rakyat yang mahukan sebuah negara yang progresif, adil dan maju.

Oleh yang demikian, kami menyeru semua pihak terutamanya rakan-rakan dari Barisan Nasional untuk memastikan etika pilihanraya dan amalan prinsip demokrasi dipatuhi sepanjang masa. Kami bertekad untuk bersama-sama mempertahankan keamanan negara dan menggesa supaya tidak ada mana-mana pihak yang mengambil kesempatan untuk menimbulkan kekacauan. Kami mengalu-alukan kenyataan Dato' Seri Najib Razak yang menjamin peralihan kuasa yang aman sekiranya Pakatan Rakyat memenangi Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 ini.

Pakatan Rakyat sememangnya menaruh sepenuh keyakinan bahawa pasukan keselamatan akan bertindak secara profesional dan berlaku adil demi menjaga ketenteraman awam sepanjang tempoh berkempen. Amanah serta tanggungjawab tersebut sememangnya sejajar dengan prinsip Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang memberi jaminan bahawa rakyat berhak mendapat ruang yang bebas untuk menentukan kerajaan yang menepati harapan rakyat.

Sebagai mukadimah kempen Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13, Pakatan Rakyat mengulangi pelawaan kepada Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak untuk mempertahankan rekod Barisan Nasional dan kepada kami untuk membentangkan kebijakan dasar Pakatan Rakyat dalam sebuah debat, supaya rakyat boleh membuat pilihan yang bermaklumat dan adil.

ANWAR IBRAHIM

MAKLUMAN MEDIA: Sidang media DSAI berkenaan pembubaran Parlimen

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 09:48 PM PDT

MAKLUMAN MEDIA
3 APRIL 2013

Dimaklumkan satu sidang media akan diadakan oleh Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkenaan pembubaran Parlimen seperti yang berikut:

Tarikh: 3 April 2013 (Hari ini Rabu)

Masa: 4 petang

Tempat: Ibu Pejabat Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Tropicana

Sidang media juga akan dihadiri oleh barisan pimpinan Parti.

BULETIN RAKYAT

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 11:48 AM PDT

BULETIN RAKYAT


SALAH STRATEGI NAJIB BILA BUBAR PARLIMEN

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 11:38 AM PDT



KUALA LUMPUR: PAS percaya pengumuman pembubaran parlimen oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak hari ini dibuat selepas beliau mendapat tekanan hebat dari pihak dalam Umno BN sendiri.

Setiausaha Agung PAS, Datuk Mustafa Ali berkata, Najib sebenarnya tidak berhasrat untuk membuat pembubaran parlimen awal namun kerana ada desakan dan beberapa faktor yang dilihat 'sesuai' untuk pembubaran, maka pembubaran akhirnya dibuat hari ini.

"Saya mendapat info sebenarnya Njib tak berhasrat untuk membubarkan parlimen awal. Tapi sebab dia dapat desakan dari dalam dan dia melihat seolah-olah ada sedikit kekecohan dalam Pakatan Rakyat soal pembahagian kerusi.

"Jadi dia menggunakan kesempatan ini untuk membubarkan parlimen," katanya yang dihubungi Harakahdaily.

Mengulas lanjut, Mustafa berkata, jika Najib membubarkan parlimen atas maklumat bahawa hubungan Pakatan Rakyat 'retak' ekoran pembahagian kerusi, telahan Najib tersebut ternyata silap.

"Tapi sebenarnya Najib silap kerana soal pembahagian kerusi Pakatan dah selesaikan awal.

"Kerjasama pakatan kekal malah semakin utuh dan kita dapat selesaikan pembahagian kerusi secara cepat," katanya lagi.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas pengumuman pembubaran parlimen oleh Najib yang disiarkan secara langsung jam 11.30 pagi ini bagi memberi laluan kepada Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU-13).

Dengan pembubaran tersebut juga, Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya mempunyai tempoh 60 hari untuk mengadakan pilihan raya.

Semalam, Mustafa membayangkan kemungkinan PRI13 hanya akan berlaku selewat-lewatnya akhir Mei memandangkan Najib dilihat tidak bersedia.

Dalam pada itu, beliau turut mengharapkan semua parti khususnya BN supaya dapat bertanding secara gentleman, bersih, dan tidak melakukan perkara-perkara yang menyalahi prinsip pilihan raya.

"PAS harap pimpinan-pimpinan BN dapat bertindak scara gentlemanlah.

"Kepada semua ahli, kita bersiap sedia menghadapi PRU semaksima mungikin untuk memenangkan PAS dan Pakatan," katanya.

TRANSFORMASI HUTANG NEGARA !!!!

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 11:34 AM PDT



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