In a letter to Malaysia Today, Anas Zubedy, who I have never met but heard much of through mutual friends, proffers the view that the approach of the Asalkan Bukan UMNO initiative is, to borrow his words, not the ‘right way to go’.
I do not share Anas’s viewpoint, not because I am directly involved in the ABU initiative, but because, with the greatest of respect, his rationale for his take is not only fundamentally flawed but, often, bordering on the ridiculously hilarious.
The ABU initiative looks to displace UMNO / BN from Putrajaya through the 13th General Election, by ensuring that the people wisen up to the wholesale looting of the national wealth that has taken place throughout UMNO / BN’s rule, particularly beginning since the days of Dr M up to the present and, to not allow them the requisite number of MPs in parliament so as to form the next federal government.
Implicit in Anas’s assertion is the erroneous assumption that ABU is anti-UMNO and pro-opposition.
ABU is determined to see UMNO /BN removed from Putrajaya post the 13th GE, not because we are pro-opposition, but because we are pro-rakyat.
And anyone who sincerely has the interests and welfare of the rakyat at heart knows full well that until the cancerous UMNO /BN is removed from Putrajaya, we, as a nation, are well on the way to becoming a banana republic.
Anas opines that not all in UMNO are bad. What if the UMNO candidate is better than the opposition? Who should we vote for?
Respectfully, Anas overlooks that today UMNO has become a whorehouse and a sanctuary for robbers and thieves. No decent soul would care to be associated with this lot for even one more day than they have to.
Kuli, I hope you are reading this.
Good men in UMNO?
They swear to defend, uphold and preserve our constitution before they take their seats in parliament, then shamelessly pass laws that would be struck down as unconstitutional if this nation were served by judges who feared God more than they did UMNO.
Remember the Peaceful Assembly Act?
Remember the constitutional amendment, in December 2007, to extend former EC chairman Rashid’s tenure by another year? To serve the welfare of the rakyat, or the best interests of UMNO / BN?
Yes, Anas, not all the whores, robbers and thieves in UMNO are bad.
But whores, robbers and thieves, nonetheless.
Anas seeks to caution that we should not be hasty in trying to bring about change in this country of ours lest, as he put it, ‘we throw the baby out with the bathwater’.
I do not know about the baby going out with the bathwater, but what I do know is we want UMNO / BN out lock, stock and the bloody, rotten barrel.
ABU will promote an ‘unthinking decision making process that is potentially destructive’, Anas warns.
Quite the contrary, actually.
Anas should get his hands on a copy of the DNBN Kuburkan BN video which seeks to present to the pakcik and the makcik in the kampungs the hard truth about UMNO and BN’s pillage of the nation’s wealth over the last 40 years that the mainstream media has overlooked to mention.
If anything, we may see a more informed vote in the Malay heartland this time around.
I will close this post with a reference to what I found to be the most hilarious of Anas’s proposals.
I quote : “We need to change Malaysia in the right way towards the right goal. It will be slow but sure. Let’s do it one MP at a time”.
Funny fella!
Melvin
January 18, 2012
Anas Zubedy is first and foremost a businessman and has enjoyed a great deal of support from his BN buddies. He’s also good friends with Chandra Muzaffar and maybe even Ezam Mohd Nor. Need I go on?
Pauline
January 18, 2012
haha. tks melvin for the info. now we understand the background :o)
Leithaisor
January 18, 2012
I don’t know, “Melvin”.
Yes, I would be very, very wary of someone who is friends with Chandra Muzaffar and Ezam. But even if what you wrote is true, that does not mean that Anas Zubedy is one of “them”.
I have heard of good things about him, and though at times the way he had done things were rather over the top to me, he is still to me one the side of those who want a better tomorrow for Malaysia.
I do not agree with his “Why I disagree with ABU”, but at this point in time, I chalk that up to a difference in opinion. If I am right in my viewpoint, then all that likely adds up to is Anas Zubedy being wrong in this matter.
Gurmukh Singh
January 18, 2012
one at a time my god – 200+ seats X 5 years = 1000+ years – wow for one cycle change
Betty teh
January 18, 2012
Sometimes remember inverted commas…..”funny” fella. Unfortunately I cannot cap those inverted commas 🙂
Greg Lopez
January 18, 2012
Well said Haris!
siew eng
January 18, 2012
baby has to be sent to icu already.
yes, umno’s reputation is that tainted, which is why some fans of afdlin shauki don’t understand how he could subscribe to that party’s racist ideology as demonstrated by his recent membership.
HurricaneMax
January 18, 2012
Always be suspicious when 1takes to self-advertise (in English media at minimum RM20,000 per pop) in the print media. Anas should take his messages to the rural voters to effect a Better Malaysia for his future generations…
BHTan
January 18, 2012
By the time we reached the last MP, Malaysia is long gone bankrupted!
calaw
January 18, 2012
Very well said, Haris!!!
Ranen Bhattacharyya
January 18, 2012
Good one Haris! Belly good laughing, LOL on a fine morning too.
daddyfatsacks
January 18, 2012
I used to support UMNO until I took an arrow to the knee.
kuda
January 18, 2012
dear haris,
i’m quite sure that annas understands all the above. his so called centrist approach is nothing but a lame ‘soft handed’ tactic to help bn win over some fence sitters. there is no place for fence sitters when the country desperately needs rescuing.
we should just ignore him. the fact that almost nobody comments on his blog is a good sign.
cheers
kuda
ablogsmith
January 18, 2012
Haris, here is one more point in favour of ABU by copy-pasting a comment in Dr Rafick’s blog:
Let me put to you that the MOST IMPORTANT ROLE of an MP is as a law maker in the parliament. A secondary role is to pander to the demands of a constituent for clean drains and cut grass.
UMNO/BN cracks the whip in parliament all the time and it is never lifted to allow its law makers to vote on conscience. Thus for this important role the hands of an UMNO/BN lawmaker is tied.
Let me narrate to you an interview and subsequent with Chew Mei Fun, the previous MP for PJ Utara. I asked her, how she can represent her constituent if UMNO/BN whip is never lifted to allow her to vote according to her conscience and/or what her constituent wants.
Her response – oh it is not so simple. Before a bill is tabled in parliament it has to go through a series of consultations with stakeholders etc.
Then the bill to increase the retirement age of the chair of the EC was tabled to specifically to keep Rashid as EC for the 12th General Election. I requested for an urgent meeting and asked, in this case, who were consulted and how long the consultation took.
Her response – “Whe I told you that, I was referring to my Ministry” thus confirming that what she told me was bullshit.
Doctor, I appeal to you to look through the number of bad bills forced through the UMNO/BN controlled parliament. The most recent one was the PAB (Peaceful Assembly Bill). Do ask, doctor, how your favorite UMNO/BN MP voted on this hated bill.
atoot
January 18, 2012
i have nothing good to say about this guy-he is a fraud
Mary Maguire
January 18, 2012
Bravo! One hundred percent support you Haris, AZ doesn’t know how to put his brain into gear before engaging his mouth. Another grandstander who puts his ego before the needs of the people.
uppercaise
January 18, 2012
Haris roasts Anas Zubedy for backing Umno “whores and thieves” > http://wp.me/pwFmQ-40i
Kee Thuan Chye
January 18, 2012
I have never considered seriously anything that Anas Zubedy says. And I hope sensible Malaysians will not either. A couple of years ago, he suggested the writing of a social contract since the one that has been talked about does not exist. Last year, he wrote an open letter to the DAP that showed his true racial Ieanings, and how retrogressive his thinking was. I lambasted him for it. So did The Malaysian Insider. He pretends to be a centrist, but he really doesn’t know what that means. He speaks of non-racial political parties, so why hasn’t he asked Umno, MCA and MIC to disband? This pretender needs to be exposed, or he will cause much damage to the country he professes to care for. Methinks he cares for his own business.
James Nakason
January 18, 2012
very well been said … thank you bro. anyway Happy Chinese New Year …. I have the same view as yours ….:-)
Middle path
January 18, 2012
Let Mr.anas tell us which MP is good according to him.
Alvin
January 18, 2012
No question sir,
onwards we march towards our goal
The rakyat’s goal
ABU
alex abraham
January 18, 2012
Well done my ol friend. Very well expressed and yes Anas has succeeded largely with the support of the administrative machinery of country if you accept what has been written,Why would he want a change?
Jit Dharan
January 18, 2012
Abang Haris,
I guess this man is one of those fools who lives in a parallel universe
where Altantuya, PI Bala and karTUN Mahathir and his thieving clan
of vipers does not exist. Not to mention the King of Sarawak and his whores.
An appeal to the blinkered, and there are many, sigh…
Daba Standards
January 18, 2012
Anas talks like he is foreign to Malaysian politics, And the stupid alcohol drinking, wife cheating prominent blogger prominently quotes his article, when convenient.
Yo Anas……I am just going to give you ONE example. Sothi. What happened when he tried to champion some indian student rights? He was told to STFU, and was suspended.
Dont be a lalang like chandra muzzafar. He is a convenient convert hungry for his datukship
alfakhri
January 18, 2012
if ABU is wrong THEN
… prove UMNO is NOT beyond redemption AND
… better UMNO candidates are independent of UMNO
END IF
Daba Standards
January 18, 2012
Yo bro Anas, this is what I feel about u. At the end of the day, you are just trying to market your company.
We dont need lalangs like u. Sorry
You are a potential katak candidate
aravind
January 18, 2012
Well said bro! We know what to do come GE13!
Kenny
January 18, 2012
Let me repost here what I posted in rights2write. The blog owner, Dr.Raffick does not believe in ABU.
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Dr Raffick, you like Anas have lost the big picture. As long as Umno rules what can electing some good men or woman to parliament do? Scandals like NFC will still happen. Wastage and pilferage will still happen. The opposition has 82 MPs but they can do almost nothing to curb Umno’s poor governance.
At this stage of our political development it’s not about electing angels to parliament it’s about creating a 2 party system. Only the fear of losing power can keep the ruling party in line. This goes for whoever is in power, whether BN or PR. They must compete democratically for our votes and only a 2 party system can fulfil this.
BN is so entrenched and arrogant that a 2 party system can only be established if they lose power at least once. That is why ABU makes sense. I will vote for PR even if they are as bad as BN. Of course they will not be as bad as BN because they will fear being voted out. This is where we reap the benefits of a 2 party system.
Harris Ibrahim can see the big picture. There will only be real change if BN is voted out. Electing good individuals to represent you sounds reasonable but will change nothing. We need to change the whole scenery not bits and pieces of it.
There will be a time and place for electing the most worthy representative irrespective of political divide but that time is not now. Wait until we have a matured democracy and no side can claim a monopoly on power. More importantly there must be free and fair elections, Right now a 1 party system has created an entrenched hegemony which does not respect the rakyat and treat the wealth of the country as theirs to plunder.
In short, establish fair political competition first. Everything else is secondary.
Leithaisor
January 19, 2012
If I am not mistaken, this Rafick is the same chap who, as leader of a group of disgrunted residents, said that whichever party solves the problem the residents were facing will get the votes ofg the whole group of residents. Have I got the right chap?
Sheeeeesh! What a leader! So “progressive” that he was one step ahead of some politician like Najib coming along with a “You help me, I help you” vote buying deal – he was happy to sell the votes of the group, and for what must be a bargain to the politicians. Whatever happened to the greater good of the nation?
UMNO-led BN is the master of rushing around paving roads, repairing drains and installiong streetlights ahead of elections to win votes of folks in an area, and have gone large scale with election Budgets, civil service bonuses and pay-rises, and Najhib’s BR1M RM500 for lower income families and RM100 student aid. All paid for by the rakyat themselves…
John Hardick
January 18, 2012
It is ang pow season and I can understand where Anas Zubedy is going. Like Najib, he spewed craps and see Malaysians as fools so that he can continue to steal.
sampalee
January 18, 2012
With bn,we get a banana republic.With pr you get a pisang.The only thing pleasant is republic
shikers
January 18, 2012
Spot on Haris. One MP at a time? And how long will that take us another 50 years? He might have the time, but I can’t afford to wait another 50 years for one because time is not on my side. We all know what will happen if we were to put a goat among the swine, eventually it will become one of them even though physically it might not changed.
Cina Kedah
January 18, 2012
Bro Haris,
For heaven sake, change one MP at a time will take us another hundred years to wipe out UMNO.
We are sticking to ABU and we don’t need ANAS fella to tell us otherwise.
Glad that you are back sticking the middle finger to ANAS.
Cheers to ABU
Hussaini Abdul Karim
January 18, 2012
Someone who is obligated to UMNO (and BN) will always, like it or not, support UMNO (and BN) regardless of how bad UMNO (and BN) has become today.
Magellan
January 18, 2012
Brother Haris,
Great article! Anyway, this Anas Zubedy is a UMNO and BN supporter that is why he writes such an article. Forget him and help mobilise the rakyat to remove BN once and for all! We need a change for the sake of our future generations.
Frustrated Malaysian
January 18, 2012
It was a very well written piece. To effect change in this country, it has to be a total change. I have had enough of this BN nonsense especially when Sharizat can come out and say that her family works hard for the NFC. Bollocks!!! and that is being very kind! We have to put up with all this stupid nonsense! Enough I say!!!!!!! Total Change!!! ABU!!!!! and down with MIC and MCA. How can these idiots continue to support a ‘BIG BROTHER’ and be told to toe the line? Don’t they have DIGNITY? My Goodness!!! Does money do that to everyone? It is so true that GOD says men cannot serve 2 Masters (GOD & money) at the same time. In my opinion, if we don’t effect TOTAL change this 13th GE, GOD help Malaysia!!! It will be bankrupt by the next GE. Malaysia is in a very critical stage.
Paul Warren
January 18, 2012
One MP at a time eh!! What does that work out to if UMNO’s BN has 140 MPs today? 140 years? Or is my mathematics wrong? Considering elections are once every 5 years than Anas’ 1 MP at a time might just take us 700 years only. Anas, where are you launching your 1 MP at a time programme of change? Starbucks again?
Paul Warren
January 18, 2012
Anas completely ignores one simple fact. Before Hitler marched on Europe he marched on his own people. Gypsies, homosexuals, Jews etc. There were a lot of good men too in Germany. Tehre were a lot of good men too who belonged to the Nazy party I am sure. They did nothing!! It is that type of good people that Anas obviously refers to. Good people who do nothing!! I really hate all these guys who issue a lot of platitudes about good people, honest people, professional people and bla bla bla. Well, I have been told that being a good Christian and all Idris Jala is also a good “people”! What the f!@!!#$ hell is that of use to me?
Malaysian
January 18, 2012
Anas opines that not all in UMNO are bad. What if the UMNO candidate is better than the opposition? Who should we vote for?
I would tell that UMNO candidate “Stand as an independent, and I will vote for you”
UMNO = Corruption !!!!
Like Sharizat said ““Tell me, which UMNO leader does not have problem?”
Pray, tell, Anas, perhaps you know?
Jomfikir
January 18, 2012
I don’t like UMNO because many things that UMNO do they do not follow the teachings of the Al-Qur’an…
36 وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَانًا فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِينٌ
37 وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيلِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ
38 حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءَنَا قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِينُ
http://www.searchtruth.com/chapter_display.php?chapter=43&translator=7&mac=
36 If anyone withdraws himself from remembrance of ((Allah)) Most Gracious, We appoint for him an evil one, to be an intimate companion to him.
37 Such (evil ones) really hinder them from the Path, but they think that they are being guided aright!
38 At length, when (such a one) comes to Us, he says (to his evil companion): “Would that between me and thee were the distance of East and West!” Ah! evil is the companion (indeed)!
http://www.searchtruth.com/chapter_display.php?chapter=43&translator=2&mac=
ctteo
January 18, 2012
“If anything, we may see a more informed vote in the Malay heartland this time around.”- if this is to come to pass, the rakyat may yet see a change in government at Putrajaya!!
Yes, ABU must be pursued vigorously.
Anas’s position – let’s just ignore it!!
imantulen
January 18, 2012
I totally agree with Anas – one fella at a time…
Yes, I say: take out that fella named ABU….
Ramesh
January 18, 2012
Very well put.
SinghJebat
January 18, 2012
We have reached to a point that is almost at the tipping point, Too much plundering by UMNO and they have to be prepared to pay the price … and perhaps we have to be prepared as well as it will not leave easily as illustrated of our PMs nonreply (rather a reply)to a question at the Selangor club that will the PM facilitate the transition of power to another government if BN loses the coming election … the silence reveals a lot
yth
January 18, 2012
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/open-letter-to-anas-zubedy-the-malaysian-insider/
Anas Zubedy again?
Koh
January 18, 2012
Anas was seen in today’s next to the one and only Chua Soi Lek promoting a book he is publishing. I somehow think is his view are influence by the event. Anyway, one MP at a time, as someone work this out, this will take 1000 years to see through. The way UMNO is plundering, we will be extinguish within 5 years in the path of Greece.
john phoon
January 18, 2012
I agreed with Anas, I have witness situation in countries where “people” shouting for changed and ends up with nothing but false hopes and misguided expectation. I don’t really like BN/UMNO but the alternatives is not really that enticing. But to dispelled Anas intention with such rabbling is not going to help our country. If ABU is the way to go then is the alternatives available to us is good? Already we are seeing someone going to hijack all the good work of the rakyat and we ends up celebrating our recklessness.
samsam
January 18, 2012
This Anal fellow is running some sort of management training and con-sultan-cy businesses. He used to take up a lot of full page advertisement space in major MSMs portraying deeds and thoughts of some histirical great minds and identities like Socrate, Confusius, Gandhi, Mencius and Martin Luther King etc. to promote his business and himself. He thus believed to have build a liberal, progressive and wise guy image of himself, until when he wrote something about LGE the Penang CM sometime back. It exposed him to be just another crony riding on the umno gravy train. Just another of the many pimps for the whores and robbers and thiefs.
baonyiah
January 19, 2012
“What if the UMNO candidate is better than the opposition?”
….. too bad good man joining the wrong party!!
My2cen
January 19, 2012
Anas is a kang-tau-ten, living-off recommendations by UMNO friends, so he don’t want to change la… it’s that simple. As usual, he hijacks other people’s initiative & re-brand it with his stamp. It’s called guerilla marketing, where he snatches, hijack & re-use other people’s communication!! Don need to re-invent the message, just jump on the bandwagon!! Just ignore him.
Tecky
January 19, 2012
Anyone read this?
The outing of Anas Zubedy
http://english.cpiasia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2202&catid=229&Itemid=195
Abdul Ibrahim
January 19, 2012
We do not always need a perfect solution to solve a problem.
Jeremy
January 19, 2012
Hi Mr Haris,
I have a feeling Anas Zubedy is a closet UMNO member. In two of his recently published articles, he tried very hard to paint a picture that he is for reforms and the betterment of Malaysians and Malaysia. However, no matter how implicit or indirect it may be, if one were to be a little bit more thorough in reading his articles, it could be seen that he is ultra-malay and pro-UMNO, having views the exact antithesis of the values and principles you have been promoting and espousing to the people of Malaysia. I think his real (but deliberately veiled) intention is to distort the good beliefs that you and other great Malaysians are going all out to instil in the hearts and minds of Malaysians. Please do be cautious with this chap.
Please continue the good work Mr Haris. You have my greatest support and respect.
Jayendran
January 19, 2012
Well Haris, I figure you have put it very nicely. Some people like to write stories and peddle their so-called intelligence and assumed philosophical tendencies too. Anas is quite wealthy or at least comfortably comfortable under BN running the show. We? What have we got? Like the Malays say: “habuk pun tarak”. Our parents had nothing, we have nothing and our children will have nothing not because we are stupid people but simply because we have had little to no opportunities in education, employment and business. We get sidelined when it comes to promotion and even when we go for football selection, the ball isn’t passed to us.
sarah
January 19, 2012
http://english.cpiasia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2202&catid=229&Itemid=195
Read all comments towards AZ’s …is it true?
Loh
January 20, 2012
ABU is our only option for our country to be rescued from sure doom. When the ship is sinking and sinking fast, plugging up the holes one by one, would not help. It has to be written off or put to rest for 5 or 10 years to be overhauled if it could be salvaged at all.
As for the good ones still with BN, if they are of any good, they would know it is beyond help under the present circumstances and they would jump ship to team up with any of the people-oriented parties to help rescue Malaysia. Some of the good ones are already leaving. We cannot help those good but foolish ones who still stick to BN out of loyalty to the party. The really good ones have loyalty only to Malaysia.
We must also be wary of the bad but smart ones in BN who knows their days are numbered and want to jump ship to save themselves. We have to sieve them out. We should be able to see through them by their words and inconsistent stance. The Rakyat would be the best judges.
Yes to ABU.
Andy Al Anbari
January 21, 2012
Haris, there may be a possible murder conspiracy here involving social activist Jubal Lourdes and his wife Irene in Bali 10 years ago. Anas Zubedy was Jubal’s employer at the time of his death. Hard to believe that Jubal and Anas can be buddies considering their views on Bn/Umno are poles apart. You should go to this link http://malaysiansmustknowthetruth.blogspot.com/2012/01/jubal-lourdes-najib-razak-bnumno-anas.html
A Sabahan
October 12, 2012
Guys, we dont have to waste time on BN. Almost all are corrupted. Give others a chance.
BN was suppose to lose long2 time ago.. they are still standing today because they are simply cunning. (recall the undi hantu and un di POS).
I really want to see what they want to do Next.
~During Lim’s tenure as Chief Minister, Penang has ranked top among the list of investments in Malaysia, attracting RM12.2 billion worth of total capital investments as of 2010, which accounts for 25% of total investments in Malaysia. This is also a 465% increase compared to the total investment of RM2.17 billion as of 2009. Consequently in 2011, Penang became top in manufacturing investment in Malaysia for the second consecutive year, with RM9.1 billion in total. In a new measurement indicator of total investment however, which comprises manufacturing, services and private sectors, Penang ranked second in Malaysia after Sarawak in total investments, with the total amount of RM14.038 billion, this was due to not having much primary sector investments. [7] [8] [9] Consequently, the public debt in Penang has decreased by 95% from RM630 million in 2008 to RM30 million at the end of 2011. [10] ~
This is what i was talking about. Give chance to others.
Kee Thuan Chye
October 12, 2012
I have had several run-ins with Anas Zubedy on Facebook which convinced me that he is really a Malay supremacist and not the multi-racialist he poses as. I am also convinced that he does not have much mental acumen — note that I did not say intellectual — and often ends up saying inane things. Most insidious of all is his attempt to deceive Malaysians into thinking that he is a neutral who wants only the best for the country. Many of the things he has said publicly other than his attention-seeking advertisements show the contrary — that he is actually pro-Umno/BN. That cannot be the best for the country. Enough said.
Jayendran
October 13, 2012
Ha..ha..ha..ha.. They all try to put on a holy face. Some use religion and some maybe their education and family standings. I am always skeptical when walking pass somebody who try to sell his “holiness”. Here you have a chap that will pay thousands of RM to take up full page ads in papers like the Star to send messages across. Messages of peace, patriotism and even philosophy.
Those acts (in themselves) tell a lot as if to remind us of the age-old advice of: “beware of strangers bearing gifts”.
Orun Paulinho
October 12, 2012
Labels and words always fail an evolving movement/intent. My personal 2 cents worth is that most of us are too caught-up with acronyms and debate semantics over substance, and therefore miss the essence/point of ABU( Anything But UMNO). The bane of our existence is the canker, UMNO. UMNO through it’s dangerous ‘greed oriented’ social engineering, whose methods endowed from it’s colonial masters, has created ‘Parallel Realities’ that has produced this fragmented society though not exclusively but predominantly. Obviously UMNO has produced opposing factions and ideologies since it’s wake ..and we know who and what they are e.g. the religious parties, the racial centric parties etc. but what makes them brazen is UMNO! UMNO by it’s divisive existence fuel this other irritants that weigh down our society..doesn’t it? To me I have now moved beyond scrutinizing the labels but observe the work of ABU…I like it! It may not be perfect but like all medicine it provides some cure and relief until resistance and immunity takes it to a different level needing different methods! ABU is me..it’s taking individual ownership to defeat a common enemy..the root of our collective misery!
shakuntala
October 13, 2012
Yes, what have the so called “good men” in UMNO/BN done for the Rakyat, when under their noses, there has been wholesale disrespect of the People, when certain genuinely good meaning persons have been conveniently, so to speak, alienated,cast aside using tactics and while the preferred, the so called chosen, have never had it so good……..just chuck both baby and smelly water out,,,, ..
Everybody has to meet his Waterloo!
Anyway, an election is a fair and square and clean exercise, when and if it is conducted according to democratic rules….let’s keep hoping!.
Daba Standards
October 13, 2012
Anas is a Datuk hungry monger just like Chandra Muzaffar
Yew Mun
October 13, 2012
How come the Malaysia Today cannot allow me to leave a message to Anas Zubedy??
Anas Zubedy, if you can see my message.. i just a normal citizen, I agree with you that while the backing of a good structure, processes and systems of political parties can help an MP/ADUN perform well, but the ULTIMATE CHANGE for the people of this nation is on the POLICIES that lead the country.
Take for Ong Tee Keat for instance, i know he is a good MP, he may be remains in BN, or come as an independent candidate, or he may join and represent PR..but for me , I dont care where he goes, I vote for a GOVERNMENT, I vote for PR..becos i know different party will have different POLICIES to govern this nation.
For 50 plus years, UMNO has governed this country, but you can see the crime rate, greenery issues (eg Lynas), corruption rate, national deficit and debts, dragonia laws, racial sentiments, Poverty has getting worse and worse!!! We need CHANGE!!
If i vote for Ong Tee Keat , a good MPs and he wins for BN , he has to listen and submit to what the UMNO says..what we need is not a good MPs to serve us better, but we need is a CHANGE of policies, approaches and clean government!!
“ABU campaign has a longer term danger. It promotes the kind of unthinking decision making process that is potentially destructive… ” May i ask to whom it is destructive ?? Certainly not to the Rakyat, but to UMNO. Why you say like this? unless you represents UMNO???
Jayendran
October 13, 2012
There must be something gravely wrong with you if you cannot find a way to contact Anas Zubedy. He is as contactable as say “Chicken Rice Shop”. Try Google. Or you may find it necessary to take a ride to TTDI and try to locate him there.
No wonder Pete refused to be your “postman”.