Posted in Current Issues, Parliament, Transparency on Mar 18th, 2009 24 Comments »
It is wrong to think that Defence scandals confine only to submarine, Eurocopter, Sukhoi, and big-time weapons.
Today I held a press conference in the lobby of the Parliament to expose more scandals in awarding Defence contracts. Last week, I received a written answer from the Ministry of Defence revealing that in 2008 54% of the [...]
Posted in Altantuya case, Human Rights, Parliament, Politics, Umno, Viewpoint on Mar 16th, 2009 11 Comments »
After delivering lots of carrots in the stimulus package, Najib is now ready to wave the big stick.
MP for Puchong Gobind Singh Deo was suspended for a year today. The Speaker won’t even let the House to have a proper debate.
Last Thursday (12 March), Gobind has been suspended for one day. But that was not [...]
Posted in Altantuya case, Economy, Parliament on Mar 12th, 2009 7 Comments »
Two Members of Parliament were kicked out today (12 March)
The MP for Ranau Siringan Gubat was suspended by the Parliament Speaker during question time this morning. The House Speaker Pandikar ordered him to leave the chamber when Gubat interjected the debate on social contract between Parit Buntar MP Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa and Deputy Minister [...]
Posted in Altantuya case, Economy, Politics, Umno on Mar 10th, 2009 5 Comments »
As I am sitting at the Parliament lobby, Najib is delivering his speech on the Stimulus Package.
BN called this a Mini Budget. Last year, when the government tabled the 2009 Budget, we in the Opposition called for a revised budget in the view of global economic crisis. It took the Federal Government half a year [...]
Posted in Culture, Current Issues, Politics on Mar 4th, 2009 3 Comments »
Parameswara’s cabinet meeting under the Malacca tree, accompanied by dogs and kancil
In parliament today, some BN lawmakers tried to ridicule Pakatan Rakyat. They described the holding of Perak Legislative Assembly under the tree as “law of the jungle”.
In fact the problem is that BN leadership indeed only saw one tree but failed to see the [...]
Posted in Current Issues, Politics on Mar 3rd, 2009 4 Comments »
The latest political events seems to follow the emblem of Pancasila:
First we have the cow, now Perak State Assembly was held under a tree.
What’s next? On the Indonesia’s national coat of arm, there are: the chain, cotton & rice and a star in the center.
Let’s wait to see how new events will be unfolding in [...]
Posted in Current Issues, Politics on Feb 25th, 2009 No Comments »
A friend sent me a sms today (25 Feb), he said:
I went 2 Pudu police sttn… (to) make a police report, I c the duty white board written,
“Notis: jika ada repot polis berkenaan MB Perak atau Speaker Perak, sila hubung ASP XXX 019-xxx.”
It seems that Perak Speaker is a big time criminal. Police now has [...]
Posted in Current Issues, Incident, Party, Politics on Feb 17th, 2009 Comments Off
Elizabeth Wong becomes the latest victim of BN dirty vicious attack. BN and its cohorts again resort to its usual lowest of the low tactic to undermine their opponents.
The most immoral are now singing the tune of morality. Khir Toya, Syed Hamid and the gang wait for no time to assault her personality.
Is morality is [...]
Posted in Current Issues, Election, Politics, Umno on Feb 13th, 2009 6 Comments »
The Malaysian Insider quoted some internal sources that claimed Najib will take over premiership from Abdullah on April 1.
Good timing. Coincidentally, the Election Commission set the two by-elections on 7 April. The EC really know how to help Najib out.
I remember when I was in my primary school, I once went to a birthday [...]
Posted in Current Issues, Party, Politics, Talks on Feb 10th, 2009 1 Comment »
On Feb 5, after a long stalemate, Najib finally emerged from behind the curtain. A coup d’état against Pakatan Rakyat-led Perak state government was swiftly executed.
We can call this power struggle. However power is not the ultimate aim, neither for us nor for UMNO-BN. Power is only a means for something else.
For Pakatan Rakyat, the [...]