Wang ehsan atau wang kesian..........

Under the Petroleum Development Act 1974, it says:

An Act to provide for exploration and exploitation of petroleum whether onshore or offshore by a Corporation in which will be vested the entire ownership in and the exclusive rights, powers, liberties and privileges in respect of the said petroleum, and to control the carrying on of downstream activities and development relating to petroleum and its products; to provide for the establishment of a Corporation under the Companies Act 1965 or under the law relating to the incorporation of companies and for the powers of that Corporation; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

In return for the ownership and the rights, powers, liberties and privileges vested in it by virtue of this Act, the Corporation shall make to the Government of the Federation and the Government of any relevant State such cash payment as may be agreed between the parties concerned. In 1976, an agreement was signed between Petronas and ALL the states in Malaysia. In this agreement it states that any and all states where petroleum is found they would be paid 5% of the revenue and that this revenue is to be called ROYALTY. And, since then, Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak have enjoyed a 5% ROYALTY from Petronas.

source:malaysia today


“Kenapa Sabah dan Sarawak dapat keistimewaan?” soal pemimpin kerajaan Kelantan berikutan pengumuman bayaran wang ihsan petroleum kepada negeri itu berkuat kuasa tahun depan. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perancangan Ekonomi, Kewangan dan Kebajikan Kelantan, Datuk Husam Musa dengan meletakkan hujahnya bahawa semua negeri adalah sama di bawah Akta Petroleum, “kalau Kelantan tidak layak dapat royalti kerana telaganya jauh, maka Sabah dan Sarawak pun tak boleh dibayar royalti.” “Sabah dan Sarawak masuk Malaysia tahun 1963, lebih kemudian dari Kelantan dan Terengganu. Kenapa Sabah dan Sarawak dapat keistimewaan?” kata beliau dalam tulisan blognya bertajuk “Ada Telaga, Ada Ihsan?” hari ini.

Semalam, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Mohd. Najib Razak mengumumkan bahawa kerajaan Persekutuan telah memutuskan untuk memberi wang ihsan petroleum kepada Kelantan mulai tahun depan. Pemberian itu adalah berasaskan pertimbangan sama yang diberikan kepada Terengganu iaitu mengambil kira pengeluaran petroleum di luar perairan negeri berkenaan. Menurut Najib, keputusan itu adalah daripada segi perundangan di mana Kelantan seperti juga Terengganu tiada hak menuntut royalti kerana tiada pengeluaran petroleum dari perairan kedua-dua negeri itu yang ditakrif lebih tiga batu nautika (5.55 kilometer) dari tikas air surut atau pesisir.

Justeru jelasnya, wang ihsan akan diberi dalam bentuk projek pembangunan dan pembasmian kemiskinan di Kelantan. Sehubungan itu, Husam menegaskan, Kelantan juga sama seperti Sabah dan Sarawak berhak untuk dibayar royalti, bukan sahaja untuk satu telaga, malah kesemua telaga termasuk dalam kawasan JDA dan CAA.

Oleh itu katanya, “masa belum terlambat sebelum keadaan lebih bercelaru.” Husam juga menjelaskan, nampaknya keihsan BN masih berasaskan pada telaga pengeluaran minyak atau gas. “Negeri tak ada telaga minyak, tak adalah ihsannya. “Kelantan ada satu telaga? Bumi Selatan. Dapat wang ihsan. Terengganu ada banyak telaga, juga sama jauh di luar kawasan tiga batu nautika. Ada telaga tapi jauh, dapat wang ihsan, bukan royalti.

“Ada telaga, tapi tak lebih dari tiga batu (nautika) dari pantai baru dapat royalti. “Mana negeri ada telaga tapi tak lebih tiga batu dari pantai? Tolong tunjukkan. Sabah? Sarawak?” soalnya lagi.

source:malaysian insider

Bila PAS tawan Terengganu pada 1999,beberapa bulan selepas itu kerajaan pusat BN telah membatalkan pemberian wang royalti kepada kerajaan PAS Terengganu. Sebaliknya, pemberian royalti ini telah diganti dengan wang ehsan dan wang ehsan ini pula tidak dibayar terus kepada kerajaan PAS Terengganu. Sebaliknya wang ehsan ini dibayar kepada penyamun-penyamun UMNO dibawah urusan Idris Jusoh.

Bukankah tindakan gomen UMNO/BN ini melanggar Akta Petroleum 1974 dan 1976? Bila UMNO/BN merampas kembali Terengganu pada 2004 hak wang royalti,sebaliknya pemberian wang ehsan diteruskan dibawah tadbir urus Jabatan Perdana Menteri. Mengapa wang royalti ini tidakkembalikan,allahu a'alam.. mungkin gomen merasakan ianya adalah satu risiko yang besar, mana tahu Terengganu akan dirampas PAS/PR smula.......



Ini, apa kata Tengku Razaleigh ketika ditemubual oleh Malaysian Insider..........

Ku Li: I don’t think there is a (need for) legal redress, I think it is obligatory on the part of Petronas to pay. You see, the whole thing behind this issue was, I went to Tun Razak, who was prime minister then. I said: let’s do this vesting deed agreement because Selangor and Perak were difficult with us at that time, to sign the vesting deed agreement. So I told Tun Razak that on the east coast, there is potential for oil and gas. And why not we also do the same to bring in uniformity and we pay 5 per cent even if oil is found offshore in the area that is under the federal jurisdiction. So it was agreed and since we signed with the mentri besar of Kelantan, or I signed with the mentri besar of Kelantan the vesting deed agreement, if oil is found in the offshore area, although it is under the federal jurisdiction, even though it is in joint venture with the Thais today, 5 per cent must be paid to the state. As simple as all that."

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Pasukan Toyota tarik diri daripada litar F1...........

Pasukan 1Malaysia F1 Team, usaha sama kerajaan dan swasta negara ini, akan menyertai perlumbaan F1 mulai tahun depan, kata Najib Razak. Menurut Najib projek itu melibatkan gabungan kepakaran Proton dan Lotus dengan disokong oleh Litar Antarabangsa Sepang (SIC), Persatuan Sukan Pemotoran Malaysia (MAM), Naza Motor dan Air Asia.

Najib memberitahu tokoh korporat terkemuka seperti Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes, Datuk Kamarudin Meranun dan SM Nasarudin SM Nasimuddin turut terlibat dalam inisiatif tersebut. “Ini pasukan Malaysia. Kereta direka bentuk di SIC, dikeluarkan di SIC, diuji di SIC dan kereta buatan Malaysia. Kumpulan pitstop pun rakyat Malaysia,” katanya.



At a hastily arranged press conference this evening in Tokyo, Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda announced that the carmaker is the latest big player to quit Formula One motorsport. Toyota, which competed in 139 races after entering the sport in 2002, recording no wins, will quit immediately.

Toyoda said the company will also stop providing engine to the Williams team. “It’s a complete withdrawal,” he said, citing the “the current severe economic realities”. Toyota follows Honda, which quit F1 last December, and BMW which entered its final race on Nov. 1 in Abu Dhabi. On Nov. 2, Japanese tire-maker Bridgestone said it would pull also out of the sport, saving $100 million a year.

source:business week


Kalau syarikat motor tersohor seperti Toyota dan Honda telah menarik diri daripada litar F1, apa peluang yang ada pada team F1 1Malaysia boleh berjaya besar? Sedangkan dalam litar A1 pun prestasi Malaysia tak pernah cemerlang,ini kan pula dalam litar F1.

Najib perlu ingat akan perojek mega PKFZ yang telah menelan lebih daripada RM 12 bilion,PKFZ gagal,wang rakyat dibalun penyamun-penyamun yang kini masa berkeliaran,naik turun Parlimen,sungguhpun bukti cukup sudah ada,tapi gomen 1Malaysia masih kecut teloq untuk ambil tindakan terhadap penyamun-penyamun tersebut.

Sekarang timbul pula khabar-khabar angin bahawa projek keretapi 'double tracking' yang setakat ini menelan belanja lebih daripada RM 6 bilion bakal menghadapi masalah ala PKFZ. Baca di sini.

Sampai bila lagi rakyat akan diperkudakan dengan kegagalan projek-projek mega seperti ini,yang akhirnya rakyat tak dapat sebarang faedah, sebaliknya penyamun-penyamun yang tersenyum lebar kerana akaun bank mereka bertambah besar...........

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Need a crowd in 1Malaysia....just Rent A Crowd...

Read this interesting piece by Fathol Zaman Bukhari in the Ipoh Echo.......

HOW ONE CAN WE BE?

Racial polarisation is so entrenched in our society. It’s difficult to bridge the gap despite vocalising 1Malaysia to the fullest..

Back to Basics

The essence of 1Malaysia, as far as my simple mind comprehends, is about going back to basics. That is, thinking, acting and behaving as one entity - the Malaysian entity. In other words, we must think, act and behave as one, not two, not three, not four but one. But how one can we be when old habits persist despite the hype surrounding Prime Minister Najib’s clarion call for solidarity through his effusive sloganeering of “1Malaysia. People First. Performance Now.”

The Prime Minister addressed a full-capacity Stadium Perak on Sunday, October 18 broaching the subject of solidarity to an eager crowd who applauded his vision of 1Malaysia. His insistence that volunteerism be the basis for such show of support and enthusiasm would come to naught if the truth is told. Ipohites and Perakeans, for that matter, are a little reluctant when volunteering is required of them unless some form of reward is given - gratis, of course. This is the nature of things. There is definitely no free lunch. You pay I come you no pay I don’t come. That is the bottom line.

Rent A Crowd

So how could a stadium with a seating capacity of 40,000 be filled to the brim? Easy, just rent a crowd. Renting a crowd is not difficult so long as the asking price is acceptable to both the giver and the takers. So who is the giver and who are the takers? Of course the giver (or givers) is someone with the financial clout to provide the dough that is required. And the takers? You and me who are hard-up for cash to spend. The amount may vary from person to person. But how much can one expect to be a spectator? RM10 is tempting enough for a cash-strap teenager to have a little fun in town. Obviously, you can’t be persuaded to drive or come on your own with just RM10. So, free transport must be arranged or petrol provided, gratis. How many buses, van, cars and motorbikes are needed to ferry 40,000 people to Stadium Perak? Not all, however, require transport. Only those in the outlaying areas of the city need it. Say, 15,000 require transport. So how many buses have to be requisitioned?

If one bus could take 40, a fleet of 375 buses (or lesser if the drivers make repeated trips) is needed for the whole exercise. If it costs RM1000 to hire one bus for a day the total sum the giver needs to fork out is RM375,000. That is for buses. What about vans, cars and motorbikes? The cost for transport alone may come to about RM500,000. Now add the RM10 to RM20 given as pocket and petrol money. You can now imagine the amount the giver had expended to rent a crowd on that fateful Sunday evening in October.

Allocation of Responsibilities

Money they say, is the root of all evil and it is money that got the standing crowd at Ipoh’s premier football stadium that October night. A conservative estimate, according to a source, placed the figure at well over RM1 million (including the “extras”). Yes, you need that much money to fulfill the Prime Minister’s desire to speak on 1Malaysia. What happened to volunteerism and patriotism? They simply vanished in thin air.

Allocation of responsibilities was done with military precision. One government agency was tasked to requisite buses, another to spruce up the stadium, another the glitzy parade and dance routines and another, publicity. One senior officer was given the enviable job of disbursing RM600,000 to the district officers to be given as pocket money to those attending the rally. Services of intermediaries are essential to organise this sell-out crowd. Nothing was left to chances. The show was stage-managed right to the end.

1Malaysia Exhibition

On the morning of the mammoth rally, an exhibition of local crafts, food stuffs and wares, based on the concept of 1Malaysia, was held at Stadium Indra Mulia. Almost all of the booths were taken up by Malay traders. What happened to the Chinese, Indians and Orang Asli? What happened to the many “multis” that was expounded by our political leaders? What happened to the spirits of oneness, of solidarity and of patriotism? Looks like the only thing that comes in various hues and shapes is the bunting and banners that adorned the stadium walls. The motley crowd that attended the opening ceremony consisted mainly of students and civil servants. You can guess what prompted them to be there in the first place.

Auditor-General’s Report

Racial polarisation is so entrenched in our society. It is difficult to bridge the gap despite vocalising 1Malaysia to the fullest. Political pundits say that the young would show the way. I beg to differ. Our youngsters today haven’t the ability to comprehend the type of unity in diversity of the old ways. For that I mourn.

The Auditor-General’s Report 2008 had revealed the blatant financial mismanagement by states and federal agencies. Perak is no exception. I just wonder what will his report be on the state next year?

Will the miscreants be taken to task? I need not answer that. The charade, meanwhile, continues uninterrupted.

source: ipoh echo

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What happened to the big fish?.......

The article below should provide a better picture about the state of corruption in Najib's 1Malaysia.............

Slow boat to catch big fish........

Today, the action by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has made the front page of every newspaper. Well done but are we serious about going after the big fish who have milked the government? The consolation that can be taken is that something is better than nothing but then there are some important questions that ought to be answered. Are we serious about fighting corruption, abuse and misuse of power and funds and moral decay? Do we continue making statement after statement expecting people to change? Do we go after those with soiled hands without fear or favour? Do we seriously want to see that taxpayers’ money is used in a transparent manner and that those responsible are accountable for their actions?

After years of exposing wrongdoings and commenting on the actions of several, one tends to believe that making money at taxpayers’ expense has become a way of life. Sometimes, you wonder whether it is worth the effort and tell yourself: Nothing will ever change. If you sense that this scribe is wallowing in self-pity and depression, you may be right. It is getting more and more frustrating reading and learning about wrongdoers who are still walking our streets, hoping to continue to exploit the perceived weaknesses in our system.

Such views are not based on hearsay or rumours. They are based on hard facts – documents. As you sit back and take stock of what had been written in the past, you will understand why this sense of hopelessness prevails. Sometimes this is translated into anger, most times despair. Does this mean you give up and turn your attention and write "feel good" pieces and care a damn about what’s happening around you? This thought had crossed my mind several times, especially in the recent past. As you sit and re-visit the stories and the columns that had been written over the years, something tells you that all is lost.

So, today for good measure, I am taking a walk down memory lane to remind the powers-that-be that there are several outstanding wrongdoings which ought to be attended to. The list is a long one (forget the Port Klang Free Zone for a moment, though it will never be forgotten) and I do not want to go through the agony of digging into the archives and creating more heartache. Instead, these are issues that enjoy "top-of-the-mind" recall:

» Former Tourism Minister Datuk Azalina Othman’s excess baggage as far as staffing was concerned. She had 20 staff which contravenes the Public Services Department (PSD)’s regulations limiting the appointments to only eight. It is also in defiance of a Treasury circular on cost-cutting and austerity. The minister’s office had three special officers, five political officers, one research officer, six information technology officers and five support staff. Some appointments were backdated to circumvent circulars from the PSD and the Treasury and there was no proper selection process as the posts were not advertised.

» The RM68 million disaster called Paya Indah Wetlands still brings anger when you discover that norms in business practices were not followed. There was only one signatory to cheques. Yet, the former CEO of the Malaysian Wetlands Foundation, "Dr" Muralee Menon, who was also the former adviser to the cabinet committee on sports, and former directors – Datuk Ahmad Talib and Nor Hisham Ismail – have remained silent.

» The globe-trotting VIP wives in Selangor still continue to flaunt their designer clothes and branded handbags despite their shenanigans being laid bare at a public inquiry. Is it not abuse of power?

» The theft of land meant for public amenities in Bandar Utama may have lapsed into a distant memory in the minds of many; but each time I drive past BU8 and the Tamil school in the vicinity, I am reminded of how political parties used their influence and clout to take away what rightly belonged to the people. Do these people have any conscience? They now make public statements as if they were God-sent to cure the ills of the people.

» The former state government acquired a large plot of land near Sri Damansara for a song although it was worth a small fortune. It was purportedly for a graveyard. The state then alienated the land to cronies of a politician, who in turn flogged it for millions to a third party, a typical Ali Baba operation.

» The National Sports Council which at one time or another had RM350 million in the bank is now unable to pay athletes. Does anyone bother to find out where the money went and on the extravagance of certain officials who defend themselves by saying: "Saya yang menurut perintah"?

» What about the abuses that have been highlighted in the auditor-general’s report every year? Has anyone been "hanged" for wrongdoings? May be, one or two ikan bilis, but what about the ikan yu and those who gave the go-ahead? They are being promoted to higher positions and together come the perks – state or national awards.

Dear readers, over the past few days, I have asked myself: Have I come to the end of the road? Do I say "enough is enough" and move on? I don’t know but I am sure that you can understand my despair, anger and frustration over the non-action. As I pen these last few words, the inevitable question is: Will we ever end up in the top 10 in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index?

I am no soothsayer or doomsayer. I am another journalist who is committed to seeing transparency and accountability at work. For the better part of my career, I have been doing just that. But having said that, all I can say is that nothing will ever change unless our leaders have the determination and political will to bring about a radical set of norms and morals to be emulated by all the citizens. - citizen Nades.

source:theSun

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Ikan bilis saja?..........

SPRM nak tunjuk hero bila mendakwa 6 ekor ikan bilis kerana dikatakan ambil rasuah dalam lingkongan ribuan RM............

TAPI??.........

Apa hal pula dengan towkay penyapu dengan banglo RM24 juta ini?

Bagaimana pula dengan Mr. Correct,correct,correct ini?

SPRM pernahkah pikiaq perbuatan 6 jahanam ini?

Dan yang paling memalukan dalam Najib 1Malaysia bila penyamun-penyamun ketawa riang setelah membalun berbilion-bilon wang rakyat dalam projek PKFZ dan tak seekoq pun yang ditangkap.............

Hidup SPRM!!!!!!!!! Job well done............

Read here and here.

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Dalam 1Malaysia nak berucap pun disekat.........

Selamat datang ke Najib 1Malaysia........gomen didahulukan, Najib diutamakan. Apa punya tuuur sampai nak bagi ucapan pun dikongkong. Saksilah sendiri dan buatlah andaian sdr/ri pasal 1Malaysia ini............

Ini majlis PR tak kan pemimpin PR tak boleh berucap. Ini undang-undang apa? Kalau nak kata undang-undang jakun,depa kata depa amal demokrasi............demokrasi tahi kucing!!!!!

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Tuan Guru Nik Aziz, "Umno tak kenal Pencipta, sebab itu dia rampas kerajaan....."

Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat melahirkan rasa syukur kepada Allah kerana masyarakat bukan Islam, termasuk para pemimpin DAP negeri sudi menjemputnya bersama-sama memperkukuh majlis Pakatan Rakyat di Perak."Saya bersyukur kepada Allah kerana parti PAS diterima oleh orang bukan Islam. PAS negeri tidak lagi menjemput saya dalam program parti, tapi Ngeh Khoo Ham...pemimpin DAP yang jemput saya sama-sama perkukuh Pakatan Rakyat di Perak."

Demikian kata Nik Aziz ketika memberikan ucapan di majlis penutup konvensyen Pakatan Rakyat Perak. Dalam nada berjenaka, Nik Aziz melahirkan rasa terkejut kerana pemimpin PAS tidak lagi menjemputnya, disebabkan beliau menyokong Pakatan Rakyat. Dalam ucapan perasmian itu juga, Nik Aziz mengajak semua pemimpin parti-parti peringkat negeri menjadikan parti masing-masing berusaha mengenal Pencipta dunia ini, iaitu Allah.

"Sebelum (Allah) mencipta manusia, bumi ini telah ada. Kalau Allah cipta dulu manusia baru cipta bumi, di mana manusia nak tinggal...dia (manusia) kata dia cipta (dunia)...Umno tak kenal Pencipta, sebab itu dia rampas kerajaan...dia (Umno) anggap bumi ini dia punya," jelasnya.

Beliau juga melahirkan rasa syukur kepada Allah kerana para pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat Perak berusaha untuk saling mengenali antara satu sama lain.

"Begitu juga manusia, Allah cipta tak sama muka...supaya kenal-mengenal...saya jadi Melayu kebetulan (dan) Ngeh Khor Ham jadi Cina kebetulan sebab itu rahmat."

"Kalau Allah jadikan manusia sama semua muka macam (seperti) selipar Jepun, susah nak kenal mana satu Nik Aziz dan Ngeh Kor Ham," jenaka Nik Aziz lagi.

Nik Aziz yang juga Menteri Besar Kelantan turut menjelaskan tohmahan Umno kononnya budaya membaca ayat al-Quran oleh beberapa pemimpin DAP sebagai suatu penghinaan kepada Islam.

"Nabi pun mengutus surat pada semua pemimpin kerajaan bukan Islam, Raja Najasyi di Habsyah, Kaisar di Parsi, Heracleus di Rom, Nabi mula dengan tulis ayat al-Quran."

"Nabi tulis untuk pemimpin bukan Islam baca, bukan Nabi tulis: jangan baca ayat al-Quran ini sebab nanti hina Islam. Pemimpin Umno bodoh agama dan tak suka ikut Nabi," tegas Nik Aziz lagi.

Tegas Nik Aziz lagi, perjuangan PAS berdasarkan ajaran Islam, bukannya politik perkauman Melayu sebagaimana yang diamalkan Umno. Jadi, beliau mengajak masyarakat bukan Islam mengenali Islam sebelum mengenali perjuangan PAS di Malaysia.

Ngeh Khoo Ham yang berucap sebelumnya mengakui bahawa DAP dan beliau sendiri sebelum ini percaya bahawa PAS adalah parti ekstrem, disebabkan terperdaya dengan propaganda Umno.

"Dulu saya memang ingat PAS (sebagai) parti ekstremis agama, fundamantelis dan tidak suka orang Cina (dan) dan bukan Islam. Itu semua sebelum kenal Tok Guru dan Hj. Nizar lah," jelasnya.

Beliau yang juga Pengerusi DAP Perak menyuarakan rasa kagum dengan kepimpinan amanah Menteri Besar Pakatan Rakyat, Datuk Seri Ir. Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin kerana bersabar dan terus mempertahankan mandat rakyat, walaupun selepas Umno merampas kerajaan negeri. Katanya lagi, kewibawaan Nizar menyebabkan majoriti rakyat terus bersama Pakatan Rakyat, walaupun beberapa Adun Pakaran Rakyat mengisytiharkan diri sebagai Adun Bebas.

Beliau juga berharap hubungan antara PAS, PKR dan DAP di Perak kekal kukuh, walaupun masing-msing mempunyai beberapa perbezaan dari segi ideologi kepartian. Turut menyertai majlis perasmian penutup Nik Aziz itu, Pengerusi Majlis Pimpinan Negeri (MPN) PKR Mustafa Kamil Ayub, Speaker DUN V. Sivakumar dan Setiausaha DAP Perak Nga Kor Meng,

Dipercayai kekaguman para pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat Perak terhadap peribadi Nik Aziz kerana Mursyidul Am PAS itu kebelakangan ini tegas mempertahankan gagasan Pakatan Rakyat dari diperdaya oleh Umno. Ianya sekaligus menjadikan Nik Aziz bukan sahaja berwibawa dalam kalangan ahli-ahli PAS, malah mula dikagumi oleh para pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat sendiri.

Read here.

source - harakahdaily.net

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The choice we make in life...thru the mind of Sdr.Hussein Hamid.........

I wish to share Bro.Hussein Hamid aka steadyaku47's opinion on the choice of leaders below.......

In Malaysia now there really are only two choices in front of me. Do I accept the situation that is now in place or do I accept the responsibility of helping to change it? It is too easy for me at 63 to sink into a comfortable abyss in life and care not for anything but my well-being and that of my Family. But I want to take the path less trodden and live a life that challenges me to the extreme. And so too I think, should you.

The choice is simple. Every day you are reminded of the deeds of a government that arrogantly interpret and applies the rules of the land in its interest and its needs – not that of its people. Every day you are confronted with the reality of a life where your worth is measured to a large extent by your racial ethnicity and by who you know – which in reality makes your own self worth to be a zero – zilch. Naught!

The Malays are much reluctant to express their true feelings not because they cannot make up their minds but because they would rather hold these thoughts within themselves. I hold no such reluctance. In these last few weeks I have been told that I seem to be incline towards being an Anwar Loyalist. A supporter of Pakatan Rakyat. That I am anti UMNO. My writings are bias. And worse I seem to forget or chose to ignore that within Pakatan Rakyat there are many internal problems that they cannot overcome or resolve. That their assemblymen were leaving Pakatan Rakyat by the droves. Anwar made a mess in trying to ‘guide’ Sabah to a conclusion of his own choosing.

I know all this. I read what is happening around me. I read what Kit Siang writes. I listen to what Tok Guru has to say and read Harakah and Siasah. What I do not know I ask. I too sometimes wonder why, despite having an honest upright Menteri Besar in Selangor, there is still much unhappiness in PKR Selangor.

But in spite of all this to me the choice is simple enough. If you ask me to chose between Anwar and Najib, between a guy who has spent time under ISA and a guy who gave RM500 million of public money to his buddy for “services rendered”, between an Anwar that has served as Minister of Finance and Najib whose baptism of fire consisted of him being a Menteri Besar at a very young age and spending copious amount of ‘downtime’ in Singapore sowing his wild oats and still had time ‘buying’ somebody’s wife to make her his own, between someone with enough belief in himself to start Keadilan and ten years later become Leader of the Opposition and having over 50% of the population voting for him and a Najib whose only claim to the Prime Ministership is Tun Razak – I think the choice is simple enough. Anwar! Anwar & Anwar!

And Anwar comes with Tok Guru and Lim Kit Siang. The same Kit Siang who was sentenced to 18 months under ISA right in the first year that he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Kota Melaka in 1969 and then again in 1987 for another 17 months. Over forty years in Malaysian Politics and he is still relevant to our cause. Tok Guru is in a class by himself. He speaks five languages – English, Arabic, Tamil, Urdu and Bahasa. He had a son put away for five years again under ISA. And his integrity and commitment against UMNO cannot be questioned. Whom amongst UMNO can you pick to stand on par with these two? Not one…not even one! Huh!

So for me the choice is simple enough. I understand the problems Pakatan Rakyat now faces. I understand that in the last election PKR had to take the good with the bad in its fight against UMNO – nobody wanted to be with PKR then. Now they have to clean up the bad.

While UMNO buys their silence PKR tries to rehabilitate them – and if they do not want to be rehabilitated – then they are shown the back door where UMNO awaits. I understand that in the reality of the street politics that Anwar finds himself in now he will have to make adjustments and take as good as he gives to ensure PKR’s viability – not only politically but also financially. He is not alien to these needs. He simply has to make sure that he does not go back to the excesses expected of him during his UMNO days. There are many now who will remind him of what is now expected of him – if in case he forgets. I am one!

I do not need to go into MACC, PKFZ, Malaysia F1 Team, Teoh Beng Hock, Kugan, Isa, Amin Shah, Razak Baginda, Petronas Money being used to rescue the Prime Ministers son’s shipping company, Perwaja, Tun Salleh Abbas, Ops Lallang, That raba raba Ambassador ……Mahathir, Lingam, Altantuya…etc etc I said I need not go there. So I will not.

If you are true to yourself then sit down and do your sums. Stack all the good on one side and the bad on the other…you can even put the maybes on the bad side.....and if you are true to yourself you know that the good will still be stacked on Pakatan Rakyats side. On Anwar, Kit Siang and Tok Guru side.. …and that will be the side I am already on. I do not expect perfection from PR but I do expect them to get rid of assemblyman that are not serving their constituencies. They have doing so with that Port Klang guy. I expect them to resolve their differences and not sweep them under the carpets or use money to keep their people happy and quite. They have done so. They still have some way to go but I know that they have just been together a few years –UMNO over fifty. So I will give PR more time to get its act together and if they will allow me to do my part in this fight against UMNO – I will.

There are still question whether Pakatan Rakyat leaders will exercise their power with integrity and are they really up to the challenges of ethical leadership. Will they lose their moral compass? We know what UMNO has done! Why not give Pakatan Rakyat the opportunity to not abuse the trust we place in them?

You can read his full article here.

Your are right Bro.Hussein......give PR an opportunity to prove themselves worthy of our votes, rather than passing judgement, just because the gomen media says so..............

cheers.