Turns out roving reporter, Nandakumar, is registered to vote in Permatang Pauh.
Here are Nanda’s thoughts.
I suppose if he is able to get time off from work to go back to PP early, he will want to find the time to confront all candidates with his questions before he votes on 26th August.
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I called and spoke to my brother yesterday. Apparently a few days back, as he was coming back home after morning prayers, he noticed there were 3 men talking to my grandma at the ‘thosai’ stall, which she helps to man. After awhile, my brother went to the stall and engaged these men in conversation and apparently they were keen in asking questions in relations to the Indian community in our area. My brother just obliged them till the questions got to the coming by-election and the candidates. My brother, being himself, probably decided he had enough of these beating around the bush crap, decided to just tell them, the essence of it being that knowing the people around that area, these 3 men may not return back in one nice piece if they are planning to go and ask for votes door to door.
I couldn’t help smiling, imagining the situation of 3 middle aged men (I was told later by my brother that they identified themselves as MIC heads from Selangor) being schooled by a young man. That’s one component party trying to obey their masters but found them being humbled by the power of the people. Let’s move on to the next component party.
In the Star’s report titled ‘Ong:Arif Shah is a liberal, acceptable to all races’
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/8/16/nation/22101719&sec=nation
The learned Secretary-General of MCA saw it appropriate to comment that the candidate went to Chinese Vernacular School and was able to mix with all people. While State MCA Chief Datuk Liow Tiong Lai saw it fit to say in regards to Arif Shah, “As a Malay candidate who speaks fluently in Chinese dialects, he understands and reflects the views of the Chinese community here.”
These kinds of statements, dear sirs, just beg to get whacked, in my humble opinion.
Well, Tom, Dick, Harry and Jambuist Z all went to national school. They all speak Malay fluently, even though based on their skin colour and recent developments; they might just not get out in one piece if they went to UiTM.
Point is does it matter how many languages one can speak fluently if one’s affiliation is to a party that has again and again proven to us Malaysians that they are against all that we wish that this nation could be?
Does it matter if we mix well with everyone when we are dictated that we are duty bound to the party and not to the people whom we mix well with, who helped put us in the parliament in the first place?
Does it matter if the candidate is liberal and acceptable to all races when the candidate pledges his/her loyalty to a party that perpetuates the concept of divide and rule, where they see it fit to segregate us, Malaysians, in terms of racial distinction?
My brother told me that a few people whom he had been speaking to were also in a bit of a predicament; they are in Arif Shah’s DUN constituency and they feel that he is doing alright.
What these people need to realize is that he will still be holding his DUN seat whatever the outcome of this by-election will be.
What they also need to understand is that the service done in the constituency to the constituents in terms of easing their day-to-day life differs from the role that they are going to entrust upon whomsoever they choose, come 26th August 2008, to send to the parliament. They have to realize that they are entrusting upon that person the right to decide on behalf of them on things that may affect their rights and their lives whether they realise it or not.
We vote to send in our representative, a representative that we trust would act on behalf of us to safeguard our collective interests, a representative whom shall not bow down to order from the superiors to toe the party line and as such who will not betray the responsibilities entrusted by the people.
I can still empathize with my fellow constituents on their predicament, because, maybe some of them are not clear on these DUN and Dewan Rakyat seats. These can still be explained and informed to them.
However, In The Star’s report titled ‘Candidate Surprised with Anouncement’
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/8/14/permatang_pauh/22083477&sec=permatang_pauh
Arif Shah said, “Anwar said he could win if he contested anywhere. Let him look elsewhere in Kuala Lumpur where he normally interacts. This is not the place for him to offer himself. The people of Permatang Pauh needs a service-oriented representative,”
This kind of justification too, especially since its coming from the candidate himself, dear sir, begs to get whacked, also in my humble opinion.
Does it really matter if the representative lives smack in the middle of the constituency if when the time comes to decide on things that matter for people of Malaysia, the representative cannot carry out his/her duty that was entrusted by the people?
Instead the representative has to toe the party line due to the fear of losing the given position, wrongfully allowing the false notion that the party is responsible to bring them to where they are to get into their head when in fact it was the people who put them where they are.
It certainly didn’t matter to all of the BN MPs, regardless of their geographical location when it came to deciding on the amendments to Article 114. Their constituents wrote to them. Check the below link for prove.
https://harismibrahim.wordpress.com/letters-to-mps-directing-a-vote-to-oppose-the-rashid-bill/
Yet the MPs decided against the wishes of the members of their constituents. Check the below link for prove.
https://harismibrahim.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/donald-you-are-sacked/
As a voter in Permatang Pauh and Seberang Jaya, I’d like to put this question to the YB, isn’t that why we sent you to the Dewan Undangan Negeri? To have a service oriented representative who can better serve the people.
Tell me why do I need to send you to the Parliament as well when I’m not convinced with your party’s track record where I don’t see that you will be able to retain your individuality and as such I’m also beginning to have doubts on your intentions seeing that you are aligning yourself to that party?
Explain to me how would you have voted when the bill to extend the retirement age of the EC Chairman was tabled in our parliament last year knowing full well that you are a member of BN where the so-called punishment for not toeing the party line is known to create terror in the hearts of the members even more than facing the wrath of God, let alone the people.
Kindly clarify and justify to me your statement which seem to reflect that geographical location plays a major role in choice of people standing for parliamentary seats, for if you still hold on to the notion that MP’s are there to ensure that the drains don’t get clogged, I’m terribly sorry sir, I don’t see any reason for me to send you to our parliament.
The People's Parliament 
iskandar
August 18, 2008
HAIRAN bin AJAIB kenapa si ANWAR dan semua kuncu-kuncu nya yg beragama ISLAM bermati-matian mempertahankan PERAKAUAN SUMPAH Raja PEtra,Bala,Dr Osman tetapi menafikan PERAKAUAN SUMPAH diatas nama ALLAH??
Hoyohoyo
August 18, 2008
Hi,
I guess you will need to start another royal petition to ask the King not to sign the DNA bill that is going to be rubberstamped by parliament…
I could not care much about DSAI being pinned down by this bill… but I can foresee the loss of DNA privacy by lots and lots of Malaysians becoming victims under this ill-intended law… will we have a DNA barcode on our IC next time so that people in say insurance company can scan and check the risk of us suffering certain diseases before accepting out application?
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What I’m pretty sure is… Arif will vote YES to the bill… because the BN taiko tell him to do so… and even if the rakyat said otherwise…
now… why not we reverse the situation… WHAT IF now the opposition takes over government (DSAI: we are still on track… Don’t get me start on how unethical the frogging activity is…)
Will the new government then grant the MPs freedom to vote against the leaders? Will the say pakatan rakyat MP represent rakyat instead of the PR prime minister?
I don’t know, so far I see no evidence of opposition MPs or ADUNs voting freely without standing onto the partisan line… (except Ibrahim Ali who is an Independent)
So… It is only fair… if the reporter also pose the same question… DSAI, if I vote you, do you represent me or PKR in Parliament?
Hoyohoyo
August 18, 2008
And just to supplement to my comment early on…
Did DSAI represent “me” or BN (UMNO) in parliament when he was in the house for about 16 years?
Be fair… we are talking about keadilan aren’t we?
matt
August 18, 2008
Remember this was the moron who took to the street in penang to champion himself.Racist fellow of the highest degree,harris can never understand how this mamaks can take the malays for a ride and survive possibly mandram[black magic] from kerala.
Muhammad Firdaus Christopher
August 18, 2008
Hello Haris and ardent readers,
I have spent many days/ nights at areas around Penanti and Permatang Pauh, and it seems that the local folks are pretty confused with the latest swearing of the faggert (BUMhole supremo). We have talked to most of them rationalizing about the contents of the swearing, inconsistencies and the way it was done.
My current focus is to ensure that the people are not swayed with this dirty and malicious tactic by Barisan Neraka, UMNO Menipu Nombor One folks.
Salam Reformasi
P/S : Haris, please call me in the event you are on your way back to PP. Warm Regards once again… Cheers
Muhammad Firdaus Christopher,
Will surely do.
rakyat malaysia yang taat
August 18, 2008
Asalamualaikum
the chinese are 100% solidly supporting DSAI to be the next PM of Malaysia.
to my malay and indian friends
come let us together show and prove our solidarity and rally
behind DSAI.
forget about saiful sinful or whatever fool .
just go all out and vote DSAI your MP and our next PM of all Malaysian.
long live DSAI and may god bless you and your family.
Ameen
Pengundi Senyap
August 18, 2008
Yes, DSAI represent me/PR/PKR/Rakyat at Parlimen…new goverment for new Era of Malaysia…fulllllllstopppppp.
Patek1472
August 18, 2008
Ramalan Nostradamus atas Kemungkinan-kemungkinan di Malaysia.
1. Is it possible that DSAI wins the Permatang Pauh elections and become the next Chief Minister of Penang as a stepping stone to becoming Prime Minister?
Adakah mungkinnya DSAI memenangi pilihan raya Permatang Pauh dan menjadi Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang sebelum menjadi Perdana Menteri?
2. Is it possible that DSAB resign as PM of Malaysia after the Permatang Pauh elections and handover to DSNTR earlier than expected?
Adakah mungkinnya DSAB meletak jawatan sebagai PM Malaysia selepas pilihan raya Permatang Pauh dan menyerahkannya kepada DSNTR lebih awal dari jangkaan?
3. Is it possible that UMNO and PKR will combine to form a new party?
Adakah mungkinnya UMNO dan PKR akan bergabung untuk membentuk sebuah parti baru?
4. Is it possible that all other component parties of BN without UMNO will combine with PKR to form a new party?
Adakah mungkinnya parti-parti komponen BN lain kecuali UMNO akan bergabung dengan PKR untuk membentuk sebuah parti baru?
5. Is it possible that PKR and PAS will combine to form a new party?
Adakah mungkinnya PKR dan PAS akan bergabung untuk membentuk sebuah parti baru?
6. Is it possible that PKR, DAP and HINDRAF will combine to form a new party?
Adakah mungkinnya PKR,DAP dan HINDRAF akan bergabung untuk membentuk sebuah parti baru.
7. Is it possible that TDM and all other Little Napoleons knows of these possibilities and are preparing to migrate?
Adakah mungkinnya TDM dan semua “Little Napoleons” mengetahui kemungkinan-kemungkinan ini dan sedang bersedia untuk berhijrah?
To be continued…….
Akan disambung……
http://patek1472.wordpress.com
Hahaha
August 18, 2008
Arif is a ‘B’team player(state level), to promote him to ‘A’ team means simply putting another monkey in Parliament, singing the tunes of his booses. Hav’nt we enough of UMNO monkeys in Parliament already? Hopeless case!
MCA Liow what issues can he bring out other then, hollow ones…maybe, he should try to justify, MCA contributions to the Chinese community…only self interests. Perhaps, I should offer myself as a candidate, I speak 7 languages!! (not meant to boast), just making a point.
My revisit to politics in this country after 30 years absence, nothing has changed…only PKR, more multi-racial in the true sense, fighting for all Malaysians. Give them a go!
ismail
August 18, 2008
YB Arif, i came across documents stating that whilst in your capacity of director of several companies inc Sedap Foods, DT Precision Engineering, Vpile System and few others, you failed to remit EPF contributions to the tune of RM4million. The irony is, you appeared to have paid RM400 and charges personal to you have been dropped by EPF. Was told that EPF will pursue other directors and the companies. This seem like a double standard practised by EPF because until EPF receives all monies due to them for the employeess savings, they will hound all directors of the companies.
My point is, how do you protect the interests of your constituents when you and your fellow directors have clearly been unable to protect employees of your own companies? This is statutory contribution. You as a director has broken the law, but got away with it. I wonder!!
Muhammad Firdaus Christopher
August 18, 2008
Folks,
I just received “reliable” information that some of the local Chinese & Indian residents in PP/ Penanti/ Berapit areas closed the doors and gates on Ariff Shah. What a shame, I’ve now requested if we could get some snapshots or video on this… Stay tuned for more
Salam Reformasi and HIDUP DSAI !!
Muhammad Firdaus Christopher,
Please keep the info flowing
jungleboy
August 18, 2008
I have no fear that all PR MP will toe the line to pass a bill if they form the government. If the bill is to the disadvantage of the rakyat, there are MP from DAP, PAS with conscience to reject it. With a 2-party system, the rakyat can easily voted them out. Dont compare with BN 50 years mindset. Its like you scratch my back, i scratch your back and we make plenty of money ever after. Compare the ministers of pre-mamak era. I am not saying that there was no corruption, but at least it was not so rampant and mega-scaled. The real rot started 22 years ago.
Anon260808
August 18, 2008
Menyanyi Dengan Melodi “TIADA LAGI”
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Sia sia sudah kita undi BN.
Sikap berbiadab yang tak berubah
Sampai hari ini, rakyat masih rasa
banyak kecewa di dalam dada
Seanadainya kita undi kau semula,
tak mungkinkan berbeza
Lima puluh tahun rakyat berikan mu.
Cukuplah saja, berakhir sampai di sini
Tiada lagi kita undi mu,
tiada lagi kita percaya mu
Sudah kita muak dengan s’mua sekutu mu
Tiada lagi BN untuk ku,
tiada lagi UMNO dan sekutu
Ku mahu selamatkan .. negara ku .. dari jerat mu.
Truth Seeker
August 18, 2008
ANWAR, ARE YOU A VISIONARY LEADER???
DSAI, Are you someone with a vision burning inside that seeks to manifest? Do you see yourself as a visionary?
Visionary leaders are the builders of a new dawn, working with imagination, insight, and boldness. They present a challenge that calls forth the best in people and brings them together around a shared sense of purpose. They work with the power of intentionality and alignment with a higher purpose. Their eyes are on the horizon, not just on the near at hand. They are social innovators and change agents, seeing the big picture and thinking strategically.
What is it that makes a visionary become a visionary leader? A visionary may dream wonderful visions of the future and articulate them with great inspiration. A visionary is good with words. But a visionary leader is good with actions as well as words, and so can bring his vision into being in the world, thus transforming it in some way. More than words are needed for a vision to take form in today’s world. It requires leadership and heartfelt commitment.
There is a profound interconnectedness between the leader and the whole, and true visionary leaders serve the good of the whole. They recognize that there is some truth on both sides of most polarized issues in our society today. They search for solutions that transcend the usual adversarial approaches and address the causal level of problems. They find a higher synthesis of the best of both sides of an issue and address the systemic root causes of problems to create real breakthroughs.
A visionary leader is effective in manifesting his or her vision because he creates specific, achievable goals, initiates action and enlists the participation of others.
What are the qualities and abilities of true visionary leaders? What is the mysterious inner process within leaders that enables them to work their magic and radiate the charisma that mobilizes others for a higher purpose?
Visionary leadership is based on a balanced expression of the spiritual, mental, emotional and physical dimensions. It requires core values, clear vision, empowering relationships, and innovative action. When one or more of these dimensions are missing, leadership cannot manifest a vision.
A COMMITMENT TO CORE SPIRITUAL VALUES
A commitment to values is an outstanding characteristic of all visionary leaders. They embody a sense of personal integrity, and radiate a sense of energy, vitality and will. Will is standing in a spiritual state of being. Will is a spiritual attribute, which allows a leader to stand for something.
More self-aware and reflective than others, visionary leaders follow an inner sense of direction, and lead from the inside out, as exemplified by Mahatma Gandhi. He said, “I must first be the change I want to see in my world.” He was a prime example of a commitment to values, as he freed India by appealing to the moral conscience of Britain and using non-violent action to reveal the immorality of the British Empire.
Rather than being corrupted by power, visionary leaders are elevated by power and exercise moral leadership. Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, embodies this type of moral leadership, as does Marion Wright Edelman, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, who has a deep commitment to children’s welfare.
A CLEAR, INSPIRATIONAL VISION
Visionaries who are successful at manifesting their visions base their leadership on an inspirational, positive picture of the future, as well as a clear sense of direction as to how to get there. Vision is a field that brings energy into form. Effective leaders broadcast a coherent message by themselves embodying their vision, as author Margaret Wheatley notes. They keep communicating the vision to create a strong field which then brings their vision into physical reality. Nelson Mandela clearly held a positive vision of a racially harmonious South Africa during his 28 years in jail and helped bring it into reality peacefully, to the amazement of the world.
The best visionary leaders move energy to a higher level by offering a clear vision of what is possible. They inspire people to be better than they already are and help them identify with what Lincoln called “the angels of their better nature”. This was the power of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech. The creative power of lighted, inspired words can sound a certain inner note that people recognize and respond to. This then creates dramatic social change. Like King, visionary leaders have the ability to sense the deeper spiritual needs of followers and link their current demands to these deeper, often unspoken, need for purpose and meaning.
Visionary leaders often have the ability to see higher spiritual forces at work behind the scenes of events, and they align with the vision of these redemptive forces. Both George Washington and Winston Churchill spoke about the help they received from a “guiding hand”. Churchill said, “…we have a guardian because we serve a great cause, and we shall have that guardian as long as we serve that cause faithfully”.
Sojourner Truth, a former slave, was guided by an inner spiritual experience to preach the emancipation of slaves and women’s rights all over the country during the Civil War. President Anwar Sadat of Egypt had a vision of Mohammed who told him to create peace in the Middle East. This vision is the hidden story behind the Camp David Peace Treaty between Arabs and Israelis.
Visionary leaders transmit energy to people, giving them a new sense of hope and confidence in achieving the vision. Television host Oprah Winfrey helps her guests believe in themselves and work to create a better world.
Visionary leaders often enunciate a vision based on principles that become guideposts for humanity. They intuitively draw on the ageless wisdom and present it in a new synthesis to meet the particular need of the times. In the Brundtland Report, Gro Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway, helped synthesize the principles of sustainable development that are needed to protect our environment for future generations.
RESPECTFUL, EMPOWERING RELATIONSHIPS
Good relationships are the heart of effective visionary leaders. They embody a deeply caring approach to people, seeing them as their greatest asset. Aaron Feuerstein, CEO of Malden Mills, kept all his employees on the payroll when a fire destroyed 75% of his factories. His employees were so grateful they helped him rebuild and within a year the company was more profitable than ever.
In contrast to the old style of leadership which tells people what to do, and pushes or dominates them, visionary leaders embody a receptive, as well as a dynamic energy. They know how to listen and learn from other points of view and have fine tuned their communications skills. Rita Bailey, Director of Southwest Airline’s University for People, says the secret of the airline’s amazing financial success is living by the golden rule: treating employees as family, with warmth and respect. Employees then treat customers the same way.
Visionary leaders promote a partnership approach and create a shared sense of vision and meaning with others. They exhibit a greater respect for others and carefully develop team spirit and team learning, Building this sense of shared vision and partnership has also been key to the effectiveness of feminist Gloria Steinem.
The most effective visionary leaders are responsive to the real needs of people and they develop participative strategies to include people in designing their own futures. This approach has been very successful for Robert Haas, the CEO of Levi Strauss. Rather than confront or avoid conflict, the new leaders have learned how to transform conflict into usable energy. They work to unite, rather than divide people.
INNOVATIVE, COURAGEOUS ACTION
Visionary leaders are especially noted for transforming old mental maps or paradigms, and creating strategies that are “outside the box” of conventional thought. They embody a balance of right brain (rational) and left brain (intuitive) functions. Their thinking is broad and systemic, seeing the big picture, the whole system, and “the pattern that connects.” They then create innovative strategies for actualizing their vision.
CNN founder Ted Turner transformed television news by boldly creating an around-the-clock international news network.
Visionary leaders anticipate change and are proactive, rather than reactive to events. Their focus is on opportunities, not on problems. They emphasize win/win, rather than adversarial win/lose approaches.
When we see a truly visionary leader accomplishing great things, he is drawing on the resources of their soul and its remarkable capabilities. Each of us can access our inner resources to become a more effective leader in our own field. First we must be willing to take initiative and stand for something we believe in passionately. We must be ready to take the heat. Many of us avoid the responsibility of leadership primarily because we are too sensitive to criticism. But when we know who we truly are and we live from an inner core of values, criticism can be filtered to take in only what is true and helpful to our growth.
Today, as we enter the Third Millennium, thousands of new visionary leaders are emerging in all fields of human endeavor around the world, leading a quiet revolution energized by power of the soul. By appreciating and supporting those who lead from their core spiritual values, we strengthen those leadership qualities in ourselves.
VISIONARY LEADERSHIP
Corinne McLaughlin
matt
August 18, 2008
Harris don’t forget we now have the most stupid of all peem, his concern for the shitpool is so great that he forgets the plight of rape victims in Malaysia.Now the question to ask is whom this moron represents.
Avtaran
August 18, 2008
Who will Anwar represent? Will he side step the religious issues facing the nation like he has been doing?
Be objective. Just bashing one side and not looking at the dubious PKR’s stand just does not cut it.
Many times on religious issues UMNO MPs have been slammed and rightly so. And what happens when PKR MPs misbehave like Zulkifli Nordin? Silence. And who the heck was he representing as an MP- extremist Muslims only right? What about the ‘others’? And the no response from Anwar – means what?
Bloody politicians represent no one. Let’s get real and ask realistic questions!
PKR has shown it too practices selective ‘representation’.
Avtaran,
If you were not so quick off the bashing blocks, you would have noted that in my intro to Nanda’s thoughts, I mentioned that if Nanda had the time and opportunity when he goes back to the constituency to vote, he would put his queries to all 3 candidates.
I think it is you who must allow for some objectivity of thought.
Who will Anwar represent, you ask? The rakyat, I hope.
I whacked Zul Nordin, and I haven’t finished with him yet!
Who was he representing as an MP, you ask. Zul as clear as day said he was not there in his capacity as an MP.
Does not exonerate, yes, but surely it makes your inquiry objectively unwarranted.
Anwar did respond. Please check it out at http://malaysiakini.com/news/87744
Yes, let’s get real and ask realistic questions!
bennyloh
August 18, 2008
He speaks like us surely he will understand our problems better for he is our..
PERMATANG’S HALF-CHINESE
bennyloh
August 18, 2008
who is this that comes in this season of..
THE HUNGRY GHOST
Muhammad Firdaus Christopher
August 18, 2008
I have requested for all of my contacts to start printing the Malaysian Economic Agenda by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim together with the article from Dr. Bakri Musa and start distributing them in P44 areas….
Lets keep the information flowing for an outstanding win for our 6th PM in waiting.
Salam Reformasi & HIDUP DSAI !!
bennyloh
August 18, 2008
for sure he is a likeable chap…
A FLUENT HOKKIEN-SPEAKING MALAY
james loh
August 18, 2008
good write.inspired ! eveil prevail when good men do nothing !
Avtaran
August 18, 2008
???? Huh?
Still looking for answers on Anwar’s stand on the conversion issues and who he will represent. I am non the wiser from your response. Have a good day. Cheers.
shiver
August 18, 2008
Firdaus Christopher,
remind those voters on when petrol naik, 6 jam cukup notice, but now crude price oil down… BN says notchet, wait a minit, see first lah etc.
here is a poster from mob’s crib for you to send to your friends via email, also if got the money, print a few.
makes a difference:)
Do your best, my friend.
http://mob1900.blogspot.com/2008/08/real-reason-why-there-no-immediate-oil.html
I like chopin
August 18, 2008
Hi Haris
No offence here,ok,just speaking a piece of my mind.Looking at Arif Shah,I really can’t imagine him standing up confidently,speaking courageously and with conviction,in the Parliament,on behalf of the rakyat.Something in his face tells me he simply does not have it!I bet with my last dollar he will be another yes men,shivering under the BN’s whip.
Perhaps he would be of greater service to Permatang Pauh if he would go into the food business instead-serving delicious nasi kandar?Who knows,one day PP might be famous for it’s Arif Shah Permatang Pauh Nasi Kandar!
So what if he can speak Chinese and can mix with the various races but did not have a conscience to act or courage to speak up?I think those stupid MCA dogs deserve to be shot,not whack!They are a disgrace to the Chinese.
Though I am still critical of Anwar and am not his fan but I have to agreed he is the best choice for now.That’s why we need to keep a hawk eye on him.We have been too lenient with TDM and AAB and we are paying heavy prices for this .
mikewang
August 18, 2008
“The learned Secretary-General of MCA saw it appropriate to comment that the candidate went to Chinese Vernacular School and was able to mix with all people. While State MCA Chief Datuk Liow Tiong Lai saw it fit to say in regards to Arif Shah, “As a Malay candidate who speaks fluently in Chinese dialects, he understands and reflects the views of the Chinese community here.”
These kinds of statements, dear sirs, just beg to get whacked, in my humble opinion.
Well, Tom, Dick, Harry and Jambuist Z all went to national school. They all speak Malay fluently, even though based on their skin colour and recent developments; they might just not get out in one piece if they went to UiTM. ”
I love your argument.
MCA leaders have twisted logic to justify their relevance to the new Malaysian political scene.
Anyway, UMNO cannot change because it’s a party based on patronage and this patronage can only be repaid by money, rakyat’s money.
They will play the racial card because with control of MSM, they are confident that even a cat can be a dog if the lie is repeated often enough.
Thus, UMNO must lose power in order for it to evolve, like the KMT party in Taiwan.
Lah
August 18, 2008
No matter how good the ADUN as claimed by many, he will always act and do as UMNO orders him. These MCA morons do not even know the basic. They are still trying to fool the people to believe that just b’cos a person is multi-lingual he will be like one of them. Why can’t we be like the British or American just b’cos we study and understand English? Even a minor will know the difference. Anyway, it’s racist people like MCA and BN parties who always try to devide the people and rule them. We MUST discard such uncivilised thinking and actions and ALWAYS THINK AND ACT LIKE MALAYSIAN!!
Wish DSAI all the very best and be the PM of ALL MALAYSIAN this Sept ’08!
malayamuda
August 18, 2008
we have tried for reforms from within…it didnt work
so we have to try for reforms from outside
Angela Ooi
August 18, 2008
We need BN Govt like we need a hole in our head. It has repeatedly failed to govern with reason, intelligence and competence. All we get are filthy, big-time thieves, thoroughly corrupted, self-se and indecent morons. Time to make sure they lose BIG in PP
shadowmode
August 18, 2008
arif is an ok guy but the ppl he works for are just evil. sorry arif, u shud hav been arif enough to pick sides.
Muhammad Firdaus Christopher
August 18, 2008
Excellent one Shiver, will do & thanks a million for reminding about that point.
Salam Reformasi !
Hoyohoyo
August 18, 2008
Hi Harris,
DSAI did respone on the whole Zul Nordin thing… but I find it rather unacceptable… especially the closed door things… and I’m wondering where is Zul now by the way… did he attend the August house?
DSAI’s respond towards the frogging activity is more than awful… So he was suggesting that it is ethically right to use unethical approach, because “seeing the people suffer is unethical”?
Did Malaysian vote for the frogging? 52% of the Malaysians voted for BN, like it or not… so how can DSAI claim that Malaysian favours him over the others?
None of the PKR, or their allies election manifesto suggested that “we will induce enough frog to take down the federal government shall we not have enough numbers in the parliament”…
So none of us voted for frogging… and now we got the whole world saying that they agree on frogging… acting as if majority of the Malaysia agreed to do so…
I guess I got no business here since I’m not PP voter… Just practicing my right of doubt… 😉
Paul Warren
August 18, 2008
Anand, aren’t you being rather impolite asking of a YB such painfully honest questions they cannot pposibly answer truthfully?
Isn’t it that if and when he gets to parliament that his only uesfulness would be to put his hands up when he is told to?
So why ask such questions?
Yes it is important that within the state constituency that he occupies, the people there are told that his work for them is best extended at the Penang State Assembly. And that as a Member of Parliament he has absolutley no locus standi asking the Penang State anything in trying to represent them.
Whereas as a Member of Parliament, he is expected to be in KL/Putra Jaya where he can best represent his parliamentary constituency. If he was there with the constituents all the time, then surely he would not be where an MP is expected to exercise his employment. So what nonsense was this Arif sayng of Anwar?
Paul Warren
August 18, 2008
Nanda, sorry I addressed you Anand!
rocky
August 19, 2008
“Arif Shah said, “Anwar said he could win if he contested anywhere. Let him look elsewhere in Kuala Lumpur where he normally interacts. This is not the place for him to offer himself. The people of Permatang Pauh needs a service-oriented representative,””
well Arif can you say the same of Kepala Batas? what about KJ who spend most of his life outside of Rembau?Please la..PP is Anwar’s territory!!! BTW you the ADUN, you do the service part.MP makes law la. Can you talk about PSC scandal if you are an MP? Boleh piiiii la.
Wong Chee Kong
August 19, 2008
I can only be more amused than disgusted over the things our BN MPs do and say these days. This is the only way to keep my sanity. No need for me to elaborate nor state the incidents – which have become daily news.
It is a true reflection of what goes on in their heads, ie if they really think at all, or have the capability to think. Otherwise how to explain such utterances?
Penang Tionghua
August 19, 2008
Everything is timing. Timing is everything.
Permatang Pauh has the right timing to give all Malaysians the right positioning for many things!
Judging a candidate’s service records at constituency level, per se? Or, judging a candidate’s service records at the constituency and national experience levels?
What, which and why are their service levels so important as to call for constituency superseding national concerns?
Surely, raiding brothels could not be the constituency and national agenda, or work of personally performing MPs. Or, do we want this to be their job description.
On language skills, if the candidates must be know all the tongues of their constituents, then they must know many dialects to appease everybody. The Penang Chinese Malaysians are a mature lot, independent and very decisive in mind and actions.
Judgement would be on the right perspectives, and not upon any illogical logic.
Remember: There is the so called silent majority. They are silent. Perhaps, the spoken minority says: Good work! The silent majority silently say otherwise in their silence, unheard, unseen and un-offending.
Remember: Not all MPs are made of PM material.
If the MP is of PM material what could he not perform at constituency level? He could perform excellently at both constituency and national levels.
Permatang Pauh has a chance to make a historic decision on which material is material.
This is world history in the making. Permatang Pauh could become a historic and a tourism location.
Nation modelling and building are performed by the person of right substance, right mind and right mentality. Not otherwise. Get it right, MPs, MPs…, Oh, there are so many!
The Big Question: “Does Permatang Pauh still want an MP?” Or, do you want to be part of Malaysia History?
Khoja Nadim
August 19, 2008
1. Get your facts right, OK. I was in UiTM for quite some time and we did ask questions like nobody’s business.
2. Since you hv ur own parliament right here, do u still need to petition the Agong on this and that? After all, your chief here supports putting the Jalur Gemilang upside down when on certain issues and properly used the JG when it comes to uniting the bloggers. You play divide and rule, dividing the ppl into two ooposing camps and u are inconsistent. Otherwise you are just like lallang; ikut angin, where it flows. Tarak stand lah.
3. Given your behaviour in 2, most likely HRH the Agong will ignore you petition. Don’t waste time.
cuka
August 19, 2008
Permatang Pauh, choose
1. An MP who contested based on popularity
or
2. An MP who contested based on service.
I would say, if Anwar lost in this election, he would probably say that the EC is corrupted hence him losing in Permatang Pauh.
I would also say, it is embarrassing when the supporters of PKR and Pakatan used words to describe their political enemies. If those are the true ‘Malaysians’ with true ‘Anak Malaysia’ spirit flowing up and down in their ‘Bangsa Malaysia’ brain, then I would rather no be part of them.
When one contests for a Parliamentary seat, he should ask himself if he does it for the people… or self-interests. Or I could answer that for one of the Permatang Pauh’s candidate.
Would the next MP of Permatang Pauh be able to represent the people of Permatang Pauh itself, or just to represent the party and gain majority. If the majority is not adequate, then they would call for MPs to hop.
Unethical of course, but according to the one intelligent man, it is for the sake of the people. How could that be for the sake of the people when they betrayed the people who voted them under the flag of the current government, and not the current opposition.
Malaysia is not just politically doomed because of its government as most people allegedly say, but also the oppositions. If you really think the oppositions are better off than the the current government, they need not call for MPs to hop, because with that, how can they say they go against ‘rasuah’ and they are cleaner than the current government.
Unethical, they are, the oppostions.
I do not want to make assumptions, but who would be the 6th PM when Putrajaya changes its tenant? Hadi? Lim? Anwar?
How sure are we Anwar would be the PM? How sure are we that there will not be feuds on who to be Malaysia’s First Man?
Easy to say this person is corrupted, these people are corrupted. It is also difficult to say this person is clean, these people are clean.
By the way, wasn’t Anwar the one that fought for Malay supremacy even when he was just a student?
Oh okay, so now he has changed? He is tolerant to all races…
Okay then, in few years (I would also say in few months), he might change his stands again.
Fickle leader, I go against.
May Malaysia be in the protection of God. The Almighty that one had refused to be fully believed in. Amen
anna brella
August 20, 2008
Dear voters of Permatang Pauh, please choose wisely on 26 August 2008.
Choose a good parliamentary candidate who will be true:
1. First and foremost to the voice of his conscience
2. Then to the voice of the Rakyat
3. And last to the voice of his party.
Do you see how the above tenets have always applied in reverse order to BN?
It’s what I call the “Who was better? Hang Jebat or Hang Tuah?” conundrum.
“Imagine Power To The People” John Lennon