Dear Pak Lah
August 5, 2007
The New Sunday Times today reports that ‘Abdullah said that while he had given much leeway for people to convey their views, it should not be abused’.
Really, Pak Lah, did you say this?
You have given us, the rakyat, much leeway to convey our views?
What? We must now be grateful to you for this leeway?
Have you heard of this thing called the Federal Constitution?
Its what our forefathers left for us.
All of us.
Article 10 (1) (a) of the Federal Constitution guarantees to the rakyat the ‘leeway’ to freedom of speech and expression.
What you have given us are unfulfilled promises.
The leeway to convey views should not be abused, you say?
I agree.
Could you therefore please ask your Youth Chief and deputy to shut up? Whilst you’re at it, could you also ask your DPM to put a lid on it, please?
Oh, I have not missed your statement that we are neither secular nor theocratic.
Fence sitting, Pak Lah?
I have a feeling this is going to cost you big time come the general elections.
Time will tell.
August 5, 2007 at 2:04 pm
haris… i think he dunno wat he is saying…hehehehe…zzzzz
Very plausible
August 5, 2007 at 2:29 pm
Badawi’s fence sitting must be pretty painful on the wedgies!…Ouch!…Try sitting on your wedgie for more than a minute and see what happens…You start shifting to rest your weight on one ass, than another then back again on to the wedge!!….Ah,….poor fella is one who finds himself having to sit on his wedgie!…He does not need to!!Self suffering oaf?
August 5, 2007 at 6:34 pm
[...] According to lawyer cum blogger Haris Ibrahim, it’s the Article 10 (1) (a) of the Federal Constitution guarantees to the rakyat the ‘leeway’ to freedom of speech and expression. [...]
August 5, 2007 at 8:50 pm
its not fence sitting. its I DONT KNOW. He just does not know whether this is a secular or theocratic state. He is being consistent, isnt he?
August 6, 2007 at 10:28 am
This is what happens when people are in power for too long.
They get arrogant and think they are king. The rakyat put the YBs on a pedestal and bow and serve them, and these fatcats forget they are there to serve the rakyat.
Malaysians, please give these fatcats a wake up call.
Most of all, Badawi deserves the biggest wake up call.
August 6, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Not secular and not religious. Caught in a mid-world.
Anybody intent to wager that Bernard Dompok will not be in the next cabinet or will not be offered for the next GE.
Both PKR & DAP should start visiting with him.
August 6, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Does Pak Lah mean that he disagrees with his DPM? If thats the case why did he not censure his DPM for raising sensitive issues?
While his DPM and youth chief wields the keris and appeal to the Malays by playing up racial card, Pak Lah seem to want to appeal to the moderates by playing the moderate card. Oi… u wanna bolot all ah PM? But, it does not jive at all leh.. We want to know which is which PM. Dont be a fence sitter. Reprimand your DPM, your Youth Chief, your SIL if they have been found to play up racial and religious issues! Show them You, Pak Lah, is IN CHARGE! Else, be CHARGED.
August 6, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Why do these politicians always think that basic RIGHTS of the people are just privileges that they own and control and they were the ones giving us the ‘leeway’ to practice what was fundamentally ours in the first place. What idiocy and arrogance.
August 6, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Dear Pak Blah,
Outside of your helium-breathing sphere of spin doctors, do you know what your legacy will be?
You, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, will be remembered as a weak, indecisive and irrelevant Prime Minister. Worse, you will be remembered as a hypocrite.
You have squandered the goodwill of the people, who placed great hopes in you 3.5 years ago to rein in government excesses and eradicate endemic corruption. Since you became PM, you have consistently taken the easy way out of difficult issues, either by dithering, playing the populist card, or worse, not caring (”saya tidak tahu”).
You may as well surrender your position to your son-in-law. You don’t seem to be making any decisions anyway.
If this were an episode of The Apprentice, you’d be fired.
August 7, 2007 at 8:16 am
Dear ALL,
It is funny that you make jokes out of serious issues.
The “leadership by example” has made me very sad indeed. Are we teaching the young ones proper behaviors?
I am glad there is a “People’s Parliament” but I am sad that there are jokes, disrespect and funs being poked at important issues.
Why not set up a real serious line of direction through the PEOPLE’S PARLIAMENT?
To do so, first and foremost, give your names and email contacts.
Then, give your comments and references to the honest facts in an honest and realistic way. Leave out all the jokes and cynical remarks. This is a time when all Malaysians are brought to the cross-roads which lead to one reasonable and lovable to notice the need to redirect many leaders. He is our beloved Raja Nazrin. Send him this email of mine. I hope more kings and rajas who are the only ones above the legislature, executive and judiciary will come out and mediate the serious conflicts which are unnecessarily straining our love for our beloved country and people.
August 7, 2007 at 8:40 am
Dear All,
Do not call our Prime Minister “Pak Lah”. Call him the Yang Berhormat followed by his name.
It is his name given by his father.
He is not your father too, remember that.
You have also no right to give him any name of your choice. The PM is playing around with all of us because of the ways and manner you are playing around with his name.
Get serious about the remarks of the ‘constitution’ by the leaders. Get real. Get sad, if it needs be, – that after 50 years of independence, we now come to know that some leaders interprete the Constitution as and how they like it.
We need some wise men at this juncture when we are at the cross-roads. Raja Nazrin is one BRAVE AND FAIR LEADER WHO LOVES GOD. He married a good woman who has guided him correctly.
I hope the leaders are aware that all they say indicate their basic mentality. The next question is, should they continue to stand for election, not whether they should lead. Surely they will want to do so unless the “PEOPLE’S PARLIAMENT” is effected in a serious and proper manner – to be for the good of all Malaysians.
God loves justice and fairness. If we love God, we should all know what He, the Almighty loves – FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. From there, everyone should follow HIM, instead of being so unashamed and continuously enjoying and enthralling in their own personal feelings of pride and kingship when they are sinners in the eyes of God.
Our leaders need to attend ETHICS and MORAL classes too, not just the school children. In this manner, we will enjoy the same norm instead of the younger ones being confused in what they see and what they learn. Stop the confusion.
August 7, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Dear Jenny Tan,
Take double panadol for your high fever. Take some rest and drink a lot of water. If you want something “serious”, create your OWN blog.