Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor
Posted on: October 24, 2008
Shah Alam, 24 Oktober; Saya telah ke Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor pagi tadi untuk bertemu pimpinan EXCO Wanita KeADILan – YB Gan Pei Nei (di tengah-tengah dalam gambar pertama di bawah) , Elizabeth Wong, Rodziah Ismail dan Haniza Talha(Timbalan Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor).
Pejabat Tmbalan Speaker
Kehadiran di sana merupakan pengalaman saya pertama kali berada di DUN Selangor dan menyaksikan persidangannya. Saya tidak dapat mengelak dari membuat perbandingan perjalanan persidangan di DUN Selangor dan substance perbincangannya dengan yang berlangsung di Parlimen.
YB Haniza Talha bersama YB Elizabeth Wong selepas persidangan.
Perbahasan di DUN Selangor, khususnya daripada pihak Kerajaan Negeri Selangor adalah jauh lebih perinci dan bermakna daripada yang biasa didapati di Parlimen. Perbahasannya lebih terkawal, cultured dan beradab.
Ketika itu Dewan sedang membahaskan Bajet Selangor. 
Sempat juga saya berbual dengan beberapa orang kakitangan Kerajaan Negeri Selangor. Di antaranya komen yang diberi ialah mengenai Menteri Besar : Beliau telah bersama-sama pegawai-pegawai di Unit Perancangan Ekonomi negeri walaupun sehingga lewat malam demi menyempurnakan tugas menerbitkan Bajet yang prihatin Rakyat. Itu adalah suatu situasi yang asing semasa pentadbiran kerajaan yang dahulu menurut sumber tersebut.
Menteri Besar Selangor, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim dikerumuni wartawan ketika rehat tengahari.
Yang menarik juga, di Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor, ADUN dan Rakyat (termasuk wartawan) dijamu selera setiap hari bersidang.
YB Rodziah Ismail di Pejabat beliau bersama kakitangan dan di kerusi dalam Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor
Posted on: October 24, 2008
Kepada seluruh Warga Kuantan
Salam/Selamat Sejahtera
Dengan segala hormatnya saya ingin menjemput semua warga Kuantan untuk sama-sama memeriahkan Rumah Terbuka Parlimen Kuantan yang berkonsepkan Hari Keluarga, disamping meraikan golongan kurang bernasib baik, sempena Eidulfitri dan Deepavali, anjuran Pejabat Ahli Parlimen Kuantan.
Tarikh: Hari Sabtu 25hb Oktober 2008
Masa: 2.30 – 5.30 petang
Bertempat: Pantai Anak Air, Kempadang, Kuantan, Pahang
Hjh Fuziah Salleh
ATURCARA MAJLIS
2.30 petang Ketibaan tetamu jemputan
2.45 petang Ucapan Aluan dan Perasmian
3.15 petang Majis Sumbangan Anak Yatim
3.30 petang Persembahan Tarian Kebudayaan dari Kumpulan MIRAGE
3.45 petang Jamuan bermula
4.15 petang Sukaneka dan Acara Pantai Bermula
5.00 petang Penyampaian Hadiah
5.30 petang Majlis Bersurai
| 50,000 contract civil servants face the axe |
| Muda Mohd Noor | Oct 23, 08 3:52pm |
| About 50,000 contract employees in the civil service are facing the possibility of being retrenched by the end of this year, according to the Congress of Union Employees in the Public and Civil Service (Cuepacs).
Cuepacs president Omar Osman told Malaysiakini that the tenure of many contract employees have not been extended. The reasons for this are stated as being related to performance and productivity. Asked if this was related to budget constraints, Osman said he believes there is no longer an allocation for such employees. However, the Cuepacs president refused to accept this excuse as he is certain that the government can still afford the contract employees.
Following this, Cuepacs is expected to meet with officials from the Civil Service Department (JPA) after the body’s congressional meeting on Nov 14 to 16 in Kota Kinabalu to seek explanation on the matter. “Cuepacs will also meet with all contract-based civil servants from Kelantan on Nov 6 to gather more information on the matter,” he said, adding that meetings with civil servants from other states will follow suit. Omar also revealed that prior to learning about the matter, his side had held a meeting with JPA to discuss on ways to integrate contract-based civil servants into permanent staff but added that the idea would require approval and permission from their current employers. He also learnt that some contract-based workers yet to receive their letter of termination have had their employment status changed to part-time employment.
Omar added that civil servants affected by the programme have worked for the government for more than 15 years. One of the ways to resolve the matter was to maintain their status as contract-based workers until their retirement age instead of having their employment status changed to a permanent status. “Or the government can look for other mechanisms to deal with the matter so that these workers can have their employment maintained in their respective departments,” he said. |
“The possibility of the retrenchment occurring due to the government having no allocation for contract based workers is there but this no reason for this to happen as I believe that the government can still maintain their employment,” he added.
“Cuepacs feels that this is an act to smoothen the process of terminating their contracts in the future (as part of the retrenchment programme),” he said.As expected…
Posted on: October 23, 2008
| Malaysia’s press freedom ranking on a free fall |
| Oct 22, 08 7:24pm |
| Malaysia crashed into the bottom quarter of 173 countries in the worldwide press freedom ranking index released today by Paris-based watchdog Reporters sans Frontieres (RSF, Reporters Without Borders).
In the latest 2008 ranking, Malaysia fell eight spots to 132. Last year, it was placed 124th while in 2006, it was at 92.
“In the face of mounting criticism, the government of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi reacted with a crackdown,” lamented RSF, referring to several incidences last year. It said that the mainstream press made no attempt at balance remarks by the authorities attacking the organisers of two major demonstrations last year which were led by election reform movement Bersih and Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf). “The Internal Security Ministry asked some media on three separate occasions in November not to report on unauthorised demonstrations. “Thus a march on Nov 10 calling for free and transparent elections passed off without any coverage, apart from online, including by the daily Malaysiakini, which also revealed in June (2007) that the authorities had ordered radio and television not to allow too much airtime to the speeches of opposition leaders.” RSF also ticked off Umno-linked New Straits Times for abruptly halting the columns by two independent-minded writers. “Officially for technical reasons, the columns written by Zainah Anwar, promoting the rights of women, and another by Amir Muhammad disappeared within five days or one another. “Zainah had headlined her last piece, ‘Let’s give freedom a good press’. Amir Muhammad, a respected film-maker and writer, had broken one of the country’s taboos by rehabilitating communists who fought for independence in the 1940s.
The press freedom watchdog also said that the management and former managers of NST sued bloggers Jeff Ooi and Ahiruddin Attan for “defamation”, after they posted articles “demonstrating that some news and editorials in the daily lacked objectivity”. Bloggers threatened by ISA RSF added the attacks against bloggers continued last year. “Abdullah had called bloggers ‘liars’ while (last) July, (then) law minister, Nazri Abdul Aziz, said the government would not hesitate to resort to the Internal Security Act (ISA) to punish them.”
“Nathaniel Tan, a blogger and member of the opposition PKR was held in custody for four days, apparently because of a link from his blog to a website hosting news termed as an ‘official secret’ relating to a corruption case implicating (then deputy) internal security minister, Johari Baharum.” The press freedom watchdog also cited two cases of journalists being threatened, one of whom was beaten up by unknown men. Photo-journalist R Raman of the Tamil-language Malaysia Nanban was left in a coma after being assaulted by two thugs in his office in Johor Baru. Meanwhile, his colleague, M Nagarajan, received a phone call threatening to kill him if he continued to write articles about poor conditions in the schools. |
According to the index, Malaysia was placed fifth among 10 Southeast Asian countries after Timor-Leste (65), Indonesia (111), Thailand (124), Cambodia (126).
“He posted on his blog the uncut versions of his articles, which were regularly re-written by the daily’s management.”
Popular blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin, who was eventually detained under ISA last month, was interrogated by the police in July last year after he posted criticism of the king.- In: economy | malaysian politics | politics
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Kenyataan Media
22 Oktober 2008
Pinjaman KWSP Timbul Soal Pembaziran Dana Awam
Menteri Kewangan Datuk Seri Najib Razak telah mengumumkan dana tambahan sebanyak RM5bilion kepada syarikat pengurusan dana milik kerajaan Valuecap Sdn Bhd dua hari yang lalu kononnya untuk mengelak kegawatan ekonomi.
Valuecap Sdn Bhd adalah milikan bersama oleh Kumpulan Wang Amanah Pekerja, Khazanah Nasional Bhd dan Permodalan Nasional Bhd. Semalam Menteri Kewangan mengesahkan dana tambahan tersebut akan diperoleh melalui pinjaman Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP).
Kami melihat tindakan kerajaan ini sebenarnya langkah pelaburan yang tidak memberi kesan besar dalam pertumbuhan ekonomi negara tetapi timbul pula persoalan pembaziran dana awam dan ketidaktelusan dalam proses pelaburan yang hanya membantu segelintir sahaja yang telahpun berkemampuan.
Apakah wajar kerajaan menangani krisis ekonomi dengan menyalurkan RM5bilion kepada Valuecap Sdn Bhd melalui pinjaman KWSP, sehingga rakyat terpaksa menanggung risiko kerugian, sedangkan modal KNB dan PNB adalah jauh lebih kukuh malah bukan merupakan jaringan keselamatan sosial?
Bagaimanakah pula pinjaman RM5bilion tersebut dapat membawa pulangan sepertimana yang dijanjikan oleh Timbalan Perdana Menteri memandangkan dana tersebut semata-matanya untuk melindungi pelaburan oleh syarikat milik kerajaan (GLC)? Siapakah yang harus bertanggungjawab ke atas pinjaman ini jika mengalami kerugian kelak?
Hakikatnya kerajaan tidak seharusnya menggunakan lagi dana awam tersebut sewenang-wenangnya kerana menurut kajian syarikat insuran Prudential pada Ogos 2008, 40 peratus rakyat merasakan wang saraan tidak dapat lagi menanggung kos kehidupan mereka selepas bersara disebabkan oleh kadar inflasi yang melambung tinggi saban hari.
Selain itu, dana tambahan RM5bilion sebenarnya adalah jumlah yang amat sedikit jika dibandingkan dengan jumlah pasaran di Bursa Malaysia iaitu RM689.5bilion, maka suntikan dana tambahan ini tidak akan mempunyai kesan terhadap Bursa Malaysia sepertimana yang diwar-warkan oleh Menteri Kewangan.
Sebaliknya kerajaan harus memberi keutamaan ke atas program yang dapat memberi “multiplyer effect” dengan mengadakan pelan penstabilan ekonomi untuk membantu kumpulan berpendapatan rendah dan sederhana, sepertimana disarankan oleh Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS).(tamat)
SIVARASA RASIAH
Ahli Parlimen Subang
Naib Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat
Bukankah lebih utama meninggalkan parti yang tidak dapat diselamatkan lagi ini?
Posted on: October 22, 2008
| Rais: Kawal rasuah Umno atau buka tender |
| Oct 21, 08 8:37pm |
| Jika Umno tidak mengawal amalan rasuah dalam pemilihan barisan pemimpinnya, lebih baik parti itu membuka tender dan sesiapa yang lebih tinggi bidaan akan menjadi ketuanya, kata Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.
“Saya kira mereka yang menyumbang (politik wang), kalau begini lebih baik Umno itu adakan sistem tender, siapa yang lebih tinggi dia jadi ketua. “Kalau begitu Umno ambil duitnya, siapa yang banyak duit buat bidaan, kan jadi bahan ketawa, tetapi hal macam ni kena dibincang,” katanya seperti dilaporkan Bernama. “Politik wang atau korupsi politik tidak selesai sebab ia sudah menjadi “Lebih baik kita mengaku dan rakyat menghukum kita bersama-sama supaya orang ramai dapat melihat parti politik ini bersih dari amalan rasuah ataupun tumbuk rusuk dan penggunaan wang secara berleluasa.” Dr Rais, yang juga menteri luar, berkata antara kekangan utama dalam membanteras gejala itu ialah ketiadaan bukti kerana pihak yang terlibat cukup licik dan licin memainkan peranan mereka. “Masalahnya ialah bukti. Bukti orang memberi cukup sukar sebab pihak-pihak ini memainkan peranan licik dan licin.
Umno, kata Dr Rais lagi, tidak cukup berupaya untuk memantau dengan rapi amalan politik wang, justeru lebih wajar jika ia Semalam anggota Majlis Tertinggi Umno itu dilaporkan berkata beliau diminta memberikan wang untuk mendapatkan undi bagi pencalonan jawatan naib presiden yang menjadi sasarannya dalam pemilihan, Mac tahun depan. Beliau berkata “majoriti” ahli parti itu lebih berminat mengejar wang ketika kempen berlangsung sekarang daripada memilihan pemimpin yang benar-benar layak, lapor sebuah agensi berita. “Kami didekati dengan berselindung sebalik bantuan dan sumbangan. (Tetapi) saya tidak bersedia (berbuat demikian), jadi anda lihat undi (pencalonan) saya tidak begitu banyak. “Jika ada ingin turut serta (dalam perebutan jawatan), anda mesti mengiyakannya,” beliau dipetik sebagai berkata. Dr Rais hanya memperolehi enam pencalonan daripada bahagian-bahagian yang bermesyuarat setakat ini, sejak 9 Oktober. Beliau memerlukan 14 lagi sokongan untuk layak pertandingan. |
“Dalam masa tempoh orang tidur, masa tempoh orang tak sedar tidak dapat diambil gambar, tidak dapat diambil tindakan sebab buktinya tidak ada tapi dalam undang-undang baru Akta Pencegahan Rasuah, saya dapati hal ini dapat diatasi sekiranya laporan daripada pihak-pihak berkenaan ada,” katanya.Umno sebuah parti yang sudah pupus kreativiti untuk meraih sokongan rakyat
Posted on: October 22, 2008
Tiada modal lain…terus menggunakan isu perkauman untuk memperdayakan sebahagian besar Melayu…
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| DAP berforum isu cerpen kontroversi |
| Oct 21, 08 11:50am |
| kemaskini 5:33pm Selepas mengkritiknya di Parlimen dan membawanya ke balai polis, DAP terus membangkitkan cerpen kontroversi ‘Politik Baru YB J’, yang mengisahkan pembunuhan seorang ahli parlimen wanita Cina, dalam forum.
Karya kreatif Datuk Chamil Wariya, bekas pengarang kanan Utusan Malaysia, didakwa mempunyai kaitan dengan wakil rakyat parti itu Teresa Kok. Chamil, yang juga ketua pegawai eksekutif Institut Akhbar Malaysia, bagaimanapun menafikannya. Selain Teresa sendiri dan tokoh utama DAP Lim Kit Siang sebagai pembicara, forum bertajuk ‘Assassinating a YB versus Press Freedom’ turut disertai ahli parlimen PAS Khalid Samad, ahli akademik Dr Azmi Sharom, peguam Haris Ibrahim dan editor Rocket Wan Hamidi Hamid. Forum, yang terbuka kepada orang ramai dan dijadual bermula jam 8 malam Khamis ini selama lebih dua jam, diadakan di Dewan Perhimpunan Cina Selangor, Kuala Lumpur. Dihubungi Malaysiakini semalam, Chamil turut menolak dakwaan bahawa karyanya itu “menganjurkan kekerasan dan bermain dengan api” kerana memuatkan babak pembunuhan ahli politik. Khamis lepas, DAP membuat laporan polis berhubung cerpen itu yang diterbitkan di Mingguan Malaysia, 12 Oktober lepas, dengan dakwaan ia ditujukan kepada Teresa, yang juga exco kanan kerajaan Selangor. Manakala Lim pula membidas karya itu di Dewan Rakyat minggu lepas dengan menyifatkan ‘Politik baru YB J’ itu sebagai “tidak bertanggungjawab”. Sementara itu, sambil mengutuk penerbitan cerpen itu, sekumpulan NGO termasuk gerakan wanita dan mahasiswa mendesak pengarangnya dan akhbar berkenaan memohon maaf dan menarik balik karya itu. “Untuk menyatakan kekesalannya, pengarang boleh berkhidmat kepada masyarakat di salah sebuah pusat khidmat Yang Berhormat itu (Teresa),” kata 18 organisasi tersebut dalam kenyataan bersama. |
Rais: Kawal rasuah Umno atau buka tender
Oct 21, 08 8:37pm Malaysiakini.com
Jika Umno tidak mengawal amalan rasuah dalam pemilihan barisan pemimpinnya, lebih baik parti itu membuka tender dan sesiapa yang lebih tinggi bidaan akan menjadi ketuanya, kata Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.
“Saya kira mereka yang menyumbang (politik wang), kalau begini lebih baik Umno itu adakan sistem tender, siapa yang lebih tinggi dia jadi ketua.
“Kalau begitu Umno ambil duitnya, siapa yang banyak duit buat bidaan, kan jadi bahan ketawa, tetapi hal macam ni kena dibincang,” katanya seperti dilaporkan Bernama.
“Politik wang atau korupsi politik tidak selesai sebab ia sudah menjadi
budaya di dalam Umno sekian lama. Cuma tak ramai yang mahu mengaku perkara ini berjalan.
“Lebih baik kita mengaku dan rakyat menghukum kita bersama-sama supaya orang ramai dapat melihat parti politik ini bersih dari amalan rasuah ataupun tumbuk rusuk dan penggunaan wang secara berleluasa.”
Dr Rais, yang juga menteri luar, berkata antara kekangan utama dalam membanteras gejala itu ialah ketiadaan bukti kerana pihak yang terlibat cukup licik dan licin memainkan peranan mereka.
“Masalahnya ialah bukti. Bukti orang memberi cukup sukar sebab pihak-pihak ini memainkan peranan licik dan licin.
bm version umno nomination 2009 candidates update 11 45am 20 october 2008 201008″Dalam masa tempoh orang tidur, masa tempoh orang tak sedar tidak dapat diambil gambar, tidak dapat diambil tindakan sebab buktinya tidak ada tapi dalam undang-undang baru Akta Pencegahan Rasuah, saya dapati hal ini dapat diatasi sekiranya laporan daripada pihak-pihak berkenaan ada,” katanya.
Umno, kata Dr Rais lagi, tidak cukup berupaya untuk memantau dengan rapi amalan politik wang, justeru lebih wajar jika ia
diserapkan bawah bidang kuasa undang-undang negara, lapor agensi berita itu lagi.
Semalam anggota Majlis Tertinggi Umno itu dilaporkan berkata beliau diminta memberikan wang untuk mendapatkan undi bagi pencalonan jawatan naib presiden yang menjadi sasarannya dalam pemilihan, Mac tahun depan.
Beliau berkata “majoriti” ahli parti itu lebih berminat mengejar wang ketika kempen berlangsung sekarang daripada memilihan pemimpin yang benar-benar layak, lapor sebuah agensi berita.
“Kami didekati dengan berselindung sebalik bantuan dan sumbangan. (Tetapi) saya tidak bersedia (berbuat demikian), jadi anda lihat undi (pencalonan) saya tidak begitu banyak.
“Jika ada ingin turut serta (dalam perebutan jawatan), anda mesti mengiyakannya,” beliau dipetik sebagai berkata.
Dr Rais hanya memperolehi enam pencalonan daripada bahagian-bahagian yang bermesyuarat setakat ini, sejak 9 Oktober.
Beliau memerlukan 14 lagi sokongan untuk layak pertandingan.
Tolak usul isu ketua hakim negara
Oct 21, 08 12:30pm Malaysiakini.com
Dewan Rakyat menolak usul tergempar untuk membincangkan cadangan melantik Presiden Mahkamah Rayuan, Tan Sri Zaki Azmi sebagai ketua hakim negara yang baru.
zaki azmi and parliament 211008Usul yang dibawa wakil Kubang Kerian, Salahuddin Ayub, juga ketua Pemuda PAS, ditolak oleh timbalan yang dipertua dewan dengan alasan isu-isu berhubung badan kehakiman tidak boleh dibahaskan.
Minggu lepas, Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu mencalonkan Zaki bagi menggantikan Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad yang bersara wajib Jumaat lepas.
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Deputy Speaker Wan Junaidi Tuaku Jaafar (left) said the motion, submitted by Salahuddin Ayub (PAS-Kubang Kerian) last week, was rejected in Chambers as both 36(8) of the Standing Orders and Article 127 of the Federal Constitution forbids the legislature from discussing the conduct or character of High Court, Court of Appeal or Federal Court judges.
Zaki (left) is currently Court of Appeal president and was nominated by the Conference of Rulers last week as the country’s top judge to replace Abdul Hamid Mohamad.
“It is disappointing, like losing a girlfriend. I am trying to help this Dewan … I myself in previous parliamentary sittings have lost motivation (due to the rejection of many motions),” he said.Kenyataan Akhbar Sekretariat Pakatan
20 Oktober 2008
Utusan Malaysia Mempromosikan Keganasan
Pakatan Rakyat mengecam tindakan akhbar harian Utusan Malaysia kerana menyiarkan sebuah cerpen yang mempromosikan keganasan dan mengapi-apikan sentimen perkauman baru-baru ini.
Dalam sebuah cerpen yang bertajuk “Politik Baru YBJ” tulisan Datuk Chamil Wariya yang terbit di Mingguan Malaysia minggu lepas mengisahkan mengenai perjalanan ahli parlimen Alam Maya, Josephine untuk menghadiri dialog dengan “generasi muda seketurunan dengannya yang pernah mempersendakan lagu Negaraku sewaktu menuntut di luar negara”.
Cerpen tersebut mengambarkan Josephine sebagai pro-Cina dan tidak mewakili pelbagai kaum, terutamanya oleh Parti Orang Melayu (POM). Akhirnya beliau ditembak mati oleh orang yang tidak dikenali atas sebab beliau “adalah ancaman terhadap keharmonian. Lebih baik riwayatnya ditamatkan supaya masyarakat berbilang kaum boleh tinggal aman damai di negara bertuah ini”.
Pakatan Rakyat melihat cerpen yang bersifat “character assassination” ini secara jelas ditujukan kepada Ahli Parlimen DAP, YB Teresa Kok yang ditahan dibawah ISA baru-baru ini.
Cerpen yang disiarkan di dalam akhbar milikan Umno tersebut adalah usaha berterusan Umno untuk menjadikan Exco Kerajaan Negeri Selangor itu sebagai sasaran untuk memecah-belahkan Pakatan Rakyat dan menimbulkan ketegangan di antara kaum.
Utusan Malaysia telah diboikot oleh Pakatan Rakyat sejak bulan Jun tahun ini atas sebab pelaporannya yang bias dan sering mempermainkan isu perkauman. Namun kini Utusan Malaysia bukan sahaja menyebarkan kebencian sesama kaum, tetapi sehingga ke tahap menggalakkan keganasan melalui karya cerpen. Ini merupakan perkembangan yang amat membimbangkan.
Pakatan Rakyat menegaskan bahawa kebebasan untuk berkarya harus selari dengan tanggungjawab sebagai rakyat Malaysia yang terdiri daripada pelbagai kaum dan agama iaitu tanpa menggugat perpaduan dan keharmonian kaum di negara ini.
Kami dengan ini mendesak agar Utusan Malaysia memohon maaf kepada seluruh rakyat Malaysia kerana menyiarkan cerpen yang membuat provokasi berbaur perkauman. Maka kami menyeru agar masyarakat umum memboikot Utusan Malaysia sehingga media arus perdana tersebut berhenti daripada mempermainkan isu ini..
YB. Dr Hatta Ramli YB Tian Chua YB Anthony Loke
Bendahari Agung PAS Ketua Penerangan PKR Ketua Pemuda DAP
Bajet Malaysia : Alat negara dalam penyatuan Rakyat jelata (dikemaskini)
Posted on: October 21, 2008
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Sebagaimana alat-alat dan jentera kerajaan yang lain, Bajet negara berperanan untuk menyatukan hati dan jiwa Rakyat dalam rangka mencapai aspirasi negara dalam suasana Rakyat yang berbilang ras dan agama.
Kejayaan Bajet Malaysia yang memainkan peranan tersebut bergantung keseluruhannya kepada mereka yang diamanahkan untuk menerbitkan Bajet negara.
Sekiranya para pemikir dan pengolah dasar adalah seutuhnya berorientasikan Rakyat ramai, maka Bajet yang terbit adalah menurut keperluan Rakyat ramai dan dilakasanakan sepenuhnya sedemikian juga.
Proses penerbitan Bajet semestinya telus, teliti dan mengambilkira sepenuhnya kepentingan dan keperluan Rakyat yang berbeza kehidupan mereka. Proses itu menuntut sekelian yang diamanahkan untuk memberi tumpuan dan meneliti keadaan Rakyat akar umbi dalam konteks ekonomi setempat, nasional dan global, sebelum penyempurnaan Bajet.
Tentunya banyak groundwork yang perlu difikir dan diamati sebelum proses mencatat bajet di atas kertas. Setiap ayat, bahkan setiap perkataan, mengandungi makna yang menginsafi tanggungjawab menunaikan hak Rakyat dalam erti kata yang sebenar.
Wajarlah sekiranya penyempurnaan Bajet Malaysia itu meninitiskan airmata dari kalangan mereka yang menyempurnakannya. Ia menggambarkan kehidupan setiap insan yang bergelar Rakyat Malaysia. Segala yang menjadi bebanan mereka tergambar dalam baris-baris ayat Bajet. Ia juga menerbitkan kesungguhan pemimpin untuk melaksanakan yang terbaik untuk Rakyat. Dengan sebab itu tiada timbul soal kebocoran, rasuah, pembaziran dan penyembunyian segala data dan maklumat tentang siapakah sebenarnya memperoleh manafaat terbesar dari Bajet, dari perspektif RMnya.
Tentunya Rakyat gusar bila para pemimpin berbelanja mengikut sesuka hati mereka – apa lagi dalam situasi kegawatan ekonomi global yang sedang memasuki fasa merudum (recession); tidak teliti dan boros, dan lebih parah bila mengambil wang Rakyat untuk kepentingan diri dengan pelbagai cara.
Rakyat perlu bangkit menentang penyelewengan, wewenangan dan sikap mengambil enteng perihal perbelanjaan beratus bilion RM wang Rakyat – seolah-olah duit itu datuk-datuk mereka yang empunya.
Bajet yang berjaya ialah bajet yang merapatkan jurang ekonomi, memberi keselesaan kepada Rakyat dan mendidik Rakyat untuk berakhlak dalam perbelanjaan. Bajet yang berjaya ialah Bajet yang mengajak Rakyat untuk bersama-sama berkorban demi kepentingan negara, merangsang berbuat baik, bersedekah dan mengambil berat masalah sosial dan kekurangan orang lain. Bajet ialah suatu alat “amar maaruf, nahi mungkar”, membasmi keburukan melonjakkan segala kebaikan dan mewujudkan harmoni dalam masyarakat serta menyatupadukan Rakyat.
Sungguh malang ia tidak dilihat begitu oleh kebanyakan pemimpin dan ahli Umno-BN.
| Eurocopter: Kenapa beli lebih mahal? |
| Jimadie Shah Othman | Oct 20, 08 1:09pm |
| kemaskini 2:53pm Brazil membeli helikopter Eurocopter EC-725 dengan harga yang lebih murah RM82 juta sebuah, sedangkan Malaysia bakal membayar dengan harga RM193 juta, kata Angkatan Muda PKR hari ini.Dalam laporan polisnya, timbalan AMK Mohd Fariz Musa berkata perbezaan harga lebih sekali ganda itu harus dipertimbangkan untuk siasatan.
“Brazil telah menandatangani kontrak pembelian 50 buah helikopter Cougar yang bernilai US$1.2 bilion ataupun RM4 bilion. Manakala Malaysia pula telah menandatangani kontrak berjumlah RM2 bilion hanya untuk 12 buah helikopter Cougar,” katanya dalam laporan itu yang dibuat di ibu pejabat polis daerah Dang Wangi, Kuala Lumpur tengah hari ini.
“Persoalan timbul ialah ke mana perginya RM1.2 bilion ini dengan sewenang-wenangnya?” kata Mohd Fariz. Kontroversi pembelian ini muncul selepas Mentari Services Sdn Bhd mempertikaikan tatacara perolehan helikopter tersebut minggu lalu dan isu yang sama dibangkitkan oleh ketua pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim di Dewan Rakyat, Isnin lepas. Pengerusi syarikat itu Kapt (B) Datuk Zahar Hashim mendakwa keputusan kementerian mengeluarkan surat hasrat (LOI) kepada Eurocopter “agak luar biasa dan bertentangan dengan prosedur yang telah diamalkan selama ini.” Kementerian Pertahanan bagaimanapun menafikan perolehan helikopter Eurocopter Cougar EC-725 melalui proses yang meragukan dan luar kebiasaan seperti dakwaan sebuah syarikat baru-baru ini. Dalam kenyataannya Jumaat lepas, ketua setiausaha kementerian itu Datuk Abu Bakar Abdullah menyatakan perolehan itu mengikut peraturan seperti ditetapkan, tanpa dipengaruhi mana-mana pihak. Semalam, kabinet dilaporkan bersetuju Jawatankuasa Kira-Kira Wang Negara (PAC) memperhalusi isu pembelian itu bagi menggantikan helikopter Nuri. Katanya, sekalipun Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Pertahanan Datuk Abu Bakar Abdullah telah membuat kenyataan sebelum ini bahawa proses perolehan helikopter itu dilakukan mengikut peraturan dan tidak dipengaruhi mana-mana pihak, namun Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak, juga menteri kewangan sewaktu proses awal pengeluaran tender tersebut, berkata perkara itu tetap wajar dikaji secara mendalam oleh PAC. “Dalam mesyuarat kabinet Jumaat lepas, saya mengusulkan supaya isu pembelian helikopter ini dikemukakan untuk dihalusi oleh PAC dan dikaji dengan mendalam oleh PAC dan PAC boleh membuat kesimpulan,” beliau dipetik sebagai berkata. Fariz, yang membacakan laporan polis itu kepada media, turut mempersoalkan manfaat yang diperolehi Malaysia berbanding Brazil. “Kontrak Brazil itu juga mewajibkan Eurocopter memindahkan teknologi ke kilang di Brazil dan ini juga mempunyai kesan positif dari segi pekerjaan yang akan ditambah,” katanya. “Tetapi pembelian di Malaysia langsung tidak mempunyai sebarang asas timbal balik yang mendatangkan keuntungan buat Malaysia sama ada jangka pendek mahupun jangka panjang.” |
Perbezaan harga antara dua negara ini bagi sebuah helikopter dengan model yang sama sebanyak RM111 juta atau RM1.2 bilion bagi kontrak membeli 12 buah unit, tambahnya.Weak profit view hits stocks; Apple and Yahoo up late
By Kristina Cooke Kristina Cooke – 1 hr 41 mins ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks skidded on Tuesday, as commodity shares fell on fears of a global recession and a rash of disappointing earnings heightened worries about the deteriorating profit picture.
Oil companies and miners weighed on the broader market as commodity prices slid and miner Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s profit dropped sharply. Freeport McMoran’s shares fell 10.8 percent.
With further signs that credit markets were starting to heal, investors’ attention turned to the dismal profit outlook.
Earnings disappointments were widespread. Tech bellwether Texas Instruments Inc warned of slowing sales for its widely used analog chips, while chemical company DuPont Co cut its full-year forecast.
“The push and pull right now is that on the one hand, credit markets seem to be easing up a bit, but on the other hand, every company is going to say in their earnings outlooks that the economy looks weak,” said Eric Kuby, chief investment officer at North Star Investment Management Corp in Chicago.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 231.77 points, or 2.50 percent, to close at 9,033.66, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index shed 30.35 points, or 3.08 percent, to 955.05, just above its low for the day. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 73.35 points, or 4.14 percent, to 1,696.68, near its session low.
TECH RALLY AFTER THE BELL
Technology companies slid in the regular session, driving the Nasdaq down more than 4 percent, ahead of results from iPod maker Apple and Internet company Yahoo.
But after the closing bell the tone changed for tech companies.
Apple’s shares rose more than 3 percent after it said its quarterly profit rose 26 percent, though it gave an outlook for the current quarter well below Wall Street’s expectations.
And Yahoo shares rose more than 8 percent in after-hours trade despite the company’s posting of sharply lower profit.
CATERPILLAR AND DUPONT FALL
Caterpillar Inc, a maker of excavators and bulldozers, also missed profit expectations, sending its stock down 5.1 percent to $38.83.
Freeport, the world’s largest publicly traded copper producer, said quarterly profit fell by a third and would curtail planned mine expansions because of weaker metals prices and current economic conditions.
Shares of Freeport-McMoRan dropped 10.8 percent to $32.74, while the American Stock Exchange’s Gold BUGS index slid 9.7 percent. U.S. front-month crude declined $3.36, or 4.5 percent, to settle at $70.89 a barrel.
Texas Instruments shed 6.3 percent to $16.85, while shares of Dow component DuPont slid 8 percent to $33.28.
The gloomy corporate news underscored the severity of the fallout from the U.S. housing slump and the impact of the prolonged global credit crisis.
Even though there were further signs on Tuesday of a thawing of credit markets, investors feared the logjam has probably done damage to U.S. and world economic prospects.
On Nasdaq, shares of Apple Inc were a top drag, down 7.1 percent at $91.49. Yahoo’s shares fell 6.1 percent to $12.07.
But diversified manufacturer 3M Co bucked the trend — its stock climbed 4.4 percent to $60.04, lending support to the Dow, after the company posted a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit.
VOLATILITY AND LOW VOLUME
In volatile trading, the Dow swung 280.28 points from its intraday high of 9,284.55 to its session low at 9,004.27.
The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, or VIX, known as Wall Street’s fear gauge, edged up 0.26 percent on Tuesday to 53.11 at the close. Last Thursday, the VIX hit a record intraday high at 81.17.
Trading on the New York Stock Exchange was the thinnest since September 24, with about 1.16 billion shares changing hands, below last year’s estimated daily average of roughly 1.90 billion, while on Nasdaq, about 2.19 billion shares traded, below last year’s daily average of 2.17 billion.
Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the NYSE by slightly more than 2 to 1 and, on the Nasdaq, by about 3 to 1.
(Editing by Jan Paschal)
Rupanya Umno lebih buruk dari apa yang disangka rakyat dan disebut oleh Pembangkang. Umno sebuah parti yang tidak boleh lagi diselamatkan. Selagi mana bibit-bibit yang boleh merosakkannya dibiar terus berkuasa, maka selagi itu tiada perubahan dalam Umno dan rakyat Malysia akan terheret sama ke kancah hasil kejelekan Umno. Rakyat Malaysia harus berwaspada dan menolak Umno dari terus berkuasa mencengkam rakyat sehingga rakyat berterusan menghadapi kesusahan dalam menongkah arus kehidupan.
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| Rais: Vote buying will destroy Umno |
| Oct 20, 08 3:28pm |
| A veteran Umno leader today said he had been asked to pay for votes in an upcoming contest for top posts, and warned that money politics would destroy the organisation.
Foreign Minister Rais Yatim said “the majority” of Umno members were more interested in making money out of the election than in voting for the right person. |
“The majority of Umno people want to look for money and not for good leaders,” said Rais, a member of Umno’s decision-making committee who is vying for the vice-presidency. “We have been approached under the cloak of assistance and cloak of contribution. (But) I’m not a player so you don’t see my marks going up very high. “If you want to be a good player, you have to say yes (to vote-buying),” he told reporters. Rais, who has been with Umno for over 33 years, said the problem of money politics within the ruling party should be eradicated or it “will surely kill the party.” Umno, which has ruled Malaysia since independence, is holding meetings to nominate candidates for party posts after suffering major losses in polls this year. It will hold party elections next March. “If Umno cannot curb this practice, Umno’s future is done for because this has been (talked about) for the past two decades and it has not been curbed,” he said. In July, Umno asked the country’s anti-corruption agency to help it battle vote-buying ahead of the heated battle for top leadership positions in the party. Rais has only garnered five nominations of the 19 needed to contest in the party polls. – AFP| ‘BN declared illegal’ |
| Sarawak Headhunter | Oct 17, 08 4:10pm |
| Below is my satirical piece based on the Malaysiakini report
Gov’t declares Hindraf an illegal organisation. Ulu Kanowit: Sarawak Headhunter today declared the Barisan Nasional (BN) an illegal organisation. In a statement to Cyber Jungle News today, Sarawak Headhunter said that the facts and evidence showed that the government was, and is, being used by the BN in a manner detrimental to public order and national security. Labelled a threat to national security, the BN has been banned by Sarawak Headhunter, home minister of the pro-tem government of the Republic of Sarawak (ROS). He issued a statement yesterday declaring BN, which has been advocating racial and racist agendas since its inception, an illegal organisation. The declaration, he said, was a result of monitoring and investigations by the ROS going back to the formation of BN. ‘As a result of the investigations, the home ministry, as per its authority under sections 35 and 55 of the People’s Government Reform Act 2008, has declared BN unlawful and detrimental to the peace, public order, political, economic and social security and the moral values of Malaysia,’ he said in the statement. ‘I feel that if we don’t rein in their activities, they will continue to jeopardise security and public order, and our country’s sovereignty, as well as upset the harmony among races.’ Sarawak Headhunter said the decision to ban the movement was not made based on only one or two misdemeanours committed by BN, but covered the entire gamut of activities the group had been involved since its organisation. ‘These included subversion of the economic policies of the government, thereby causing losses of hundreds of billions of ringgit, economic injustice and instability, subversion of the judiciary, large-scale electoral fraud, including but not limited to vote-buying and ballot-box tampering, gerrymandering and general abuse and manipulation of electoral, legislative and administrative process. ‘They have also committed corruption, favouritism, nepotism, cronyism, abuse of power and position, misuse of government machinery, abuse of the law, waste, mismanagement, mis-allocation or wrongful allocation of resources, racial and racist agendas and policies, exclusion and marginalisation of entire communities, discrimination and improper control and manipulation of the mass media. ‘There is also their registration of illegal immigrants as citizens, coercion, pressure, force, threat and intimidation of the public through illegal police action, conflicts of interest, breaches of trust and much more.’ ‘They exploited all manner of racial issues to remain in power and which caused an uprising by the people and created disharmony between them and all races.’ He added that BN had tried all ways and means, illegal, dirty and underhanded, to support their attempts to get the people to bow to their demands, actions which have tarnished the country’s image. ‘Considering all the facts and evidence we have, I am satisfied that BN was and is being used in a manner detrimental to public order and national security and the well-being of the nation.’ ‘We advise the public not to involve themselves in any way with the activities of this unlawful organisation.’ |
So what after December 2010?
Posted on: October 17, 2008
Gov’t guarantees bank deposits until Dec 2010
Oct 17, 08 8:18am
Malaysia has issued a guarantee for all bank deposits until December 2010, following the lead of several other nations in a measure to maintain the stability of its financial system.
These measures are pre-emptive and precautionary, since Malaysian financial institutions are well-capitalised with ample liquidity, and confidence of depositors remains intact,” the central bank said in a statement.
The move was announced late yesterday in tandem with a similar measure in Singapore and follows action to protect banks in Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and several European countries.
Bank Negara said that with immediate effect, the guarantee would cover all ringgit and foreign currency deposits with domestic and locally incorporated foreign banking institutions.
Insurance companies and takaful operators, which provide products that mimic insurance but comply with Islamic law, would also have access to the liquidity facility.
Bank Negara: More measures if necessary
The central bank said that if there was any further destabilising fallout from the global crisis, it would take additional measures to protect the financial system.
“In addition to ensuring adequate liquidity in the banking system at all times, (it) would also guarantee interbank obligations of banking institutions and facilitate efficient access to capital for banking institutions to maintain capital adequacy at target levels well above the minimum standards.”
Authorities around the world have been scrambling to shore up public confidence in the global financial system by nationalising banks, guaranteeing deposits and putting together massive bank bailout packages.
zeti akhtar with bank negara reportCentral bank governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz said this week that the Malaysian economy, which posted a strong performance in the second quarter, would not be severely affected by the US subprime crisis.
“I want to emphasize that … the impact on Malaysia would be less pronounced than what we experienced previously, because we are a more diversified economy and more importantly we have a stronger domestic economy (now),” she said.
S’pore sets aside US$101 bil
Singapore said it had set aside US$101 billion to guarantee all bank deposits in the city-state until the end of 2010, but insisted the banking system remained sound.
Singapore, like Hong Kong, is a regional financial centre and one Singapore-based bank, DBS, is Southeast Asia’s largest lender.
malaysia stock exchange market klse 141008 04″The government has decided to take precautionary action to avoid an erosion of banks’ deposit base and ensure a level international playing field for banks in Singapore,” the city-state’s authorities said.
Hong Kong on Tuesday said it would guarantee all bank deposits and set up an emergency capital fund for the city’s banking industry, but insisted the sector remained stable despite global turmoil.
Financial secretary John Tsang said that retail deposits in the Chinese territory would be fully guaranteed until 2010, following similar moves by other governments.
European Union nations have already committed more than US$2.4 trillion to fighting the crisis by buying bank shares and providing loan guarantees to keep credit markets moving.
The United States has a US$700 billion rescue plan, and Washington announced on Tuesday that US$250 billion from that would be used to take stakes in nine major banks.
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Tuan Yang di-Pertua: Saya persilakan Yang Berhormat Permatang Pauh untuk
memulakan perbahasan.
11.31 pg.
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim [Permatang Pauh]: Assalamualaikum warahmatullah
hiwabarakatuh, salam sejahtera Tuan Yang di-Pertua. Izinkan saya mengucapkan rasa hormat
kepada Tuan Yang di-Pertua memberi kesempatan berbahas di hadapan Tuan Yang di-Pertua
yang saya kenal sebagai orang yang pendekar dan petah berbicara, berbahas sendiri.
[Timbalan Yang di-Pertua (Datuk Dr. Haji Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar)
mempengerusikan Mesyuarat]
Saya juga ingin menyatakan penghargaan kepada bekas Menteri Kewangan, Perdana
Menteri, Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi kerana membentangkan Belanjawan Negara bulan
lalu. Meskipun terdapat perbezaan dasar yang ketara di antara kami dalam Pakatan Rakyat dan
Perdana Menteri, bekas Menteri Kewangan, saya ingin melahirkan rasa hormat dan menghargai
usaha beliau sehingga dapat membentangkan satu belanjawan dalam keadaan krisis yang besar
yang hampir melanda pada ketika itu.
Hanya setelah setengah purnama berlalu, keadaan negara bertambah meruncing.
Keadaan dianggap sudah sampai ke tahap parah. Persoalan yang pertama yang harus kita
bahaskan, adakah wajar untuk kita meneruskan perbahasan tentang satu belanjawan yang
sudah ketinggalan melihat kepada unjuran, akta, data, satu setengah purnama yang lalu dengan
keadaan sekarang. Apakah wajar Ahli-ahli Yang Berhormat di dalam Dewan yang mulia ini
diminta untuk terus berbahas satu belanjawan yang sudah tidak realistik, tidak menepati fakta
dan tidak mampu mengangkat ekonomi dan menyelamatkan negara kita dari kemelut ekonomi
yang kian meruncing.
Saya hargai usaha menteri dan negara, Perbendaharaan, Unit Perancang Ekonomi yang
bekerja bertungkus-lumus menyediakannya. Akan tetapi mereka juga arif dan tahu benar bahawa
DR. 13.10.2008
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kenyataan dan kegawatan sekarang sudah jauh berbeza. Ini bukan sahaja akibat dari krisis
kewangan bermula dari masalah sub prima yang menelan hampir USD1 trilion. Pasaran kredit
hampir lumpuh, ia bukan sahaja melibatkan industri kewangan besar tetapi telah mengancam
kekuatan industri kewangan dan syarikat kewangan paling besar di dunia, Freddie Mac, Fannie
Mae, Lehman Brothers, Meryll Lynch dan juga AIG yang dianggap satu kekuatan induk dalam
institusi kewangan…
Sila meneruskan bacaan mengenai perbahasan disini:
Perbahasan Bajet 2009, Dewan Rakyat, mula sambungan dari muka surat 28
Perbahasan Bajet 2009, 14 Oktober, bermula dari muka surat 29
| AG’s meddling ‘confirmed’ in Anwar trials |
| Beh Lih Yi | Oct 15, 08 12:45pm |
| A high-level investigation has ‘confirmed’ that current attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail had abused his power to fabricate evidence in Anwar Ibrahim’s trials 10 years ago, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Quoting unnamed sources, Lim told the House that he understands that solicitor-general Idrus Harun had carried out an investigation into the claims in July. “I have come to know the solicitor-general has concluded that the AG had indeed abused his power to fabricate evidence against the Permatang Pauh MP (Anwar) and I am asking him to resign immediately now,” said Lim. “How can we allow a criminal (to serve) as AG? What is happening to Malaysia?”
Mat Zain Ibrahim, who had led the probe in the infamous ‘black eye incident’ involving Anwar in 1998, implied in the documents that Abdul Gani had delayed the investigation process and concealed important facts in the case from then AG, the late Mohtar Abdullah. Abdul Gani was a senior deputy public prosecutor at the time.
The police chief has since filed a defamation suit against Anwar while Abdul Gani has threatened to do so as well. Lim later told reporters in the Parliament lobby that the probe had been launched after Anwar filed the report. Nazri: Not true at all In a press conference held later this evening, de facto law minister Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz denied Lim’s claims, stating that an investigation on the matter was still underway. He added that it was the Anti-Corruption Agency and not the solicitor general who was probing the matter. “I would like to categorically deny the truth of his statement because the agency responsible to do the investigation is the ACA. It’s not true that the solicitor-general has investigated (the claim),” he told reporters at his office. The minister explained that it was improper and there will be a conflict of interest if the solicitor-general was tasked to investigate the matter since Abdul Gani was Idrus’ immediate superior.
“I have contacted the ACA. They have informed me that the investigation is still ongoing, (the case) is not closed,” stressed the minister, adding that he had no idea as to when the probe would be completed. Nazri said he did not contact the solicitor-general as he did not see the need as the latter was not responsible for the investigation. “I will assure you there is no bias in this case,” said Nazri The ACA was tasked to investigate Anwar’s complaint after the prime minister assured that Abdul Gani and Musa would not be involved in the investigation to avoid conflict of interest. The ACA later has also said they have the power to prosecute in this case. ‘Orang utan’ vs ‘babi hutan’ Earlier, the DAP stalwart had been involved in a fiery exchange with government backbenchers, trading barbs likening one another to orang utan and babi hutan (wild boar). It began with Lim referring to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as the nation’s shortest-serving premier due to pressure on him to step down.
Lim retorted by calling Bung Moktar “orang utan”. “He is among the people who ran away to Taiwan (on a study tour) […] this is not a sanctuary for orang utan,” said the Ipoh Timor MP. “This is babi hutan,” the Kinabatangan MP shot back. Continuing his debate, Lim also hit out at Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, Court of Appeal president Zaki Azmi and police chief Musa. He said Abdullah was not fit to be honoured as ‘Father of democracy’ by BN component party Gerakan at its annual national congress last weekend.
Teresa Kok, a journalist, blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin, the Hindraf leaders and many others who have been held for more than six years. On top of that, newspapers also received show-cause letters. For five years he has failed (to reform), how can he do it in six months? Nobody can believe it.” Moving on to Najib, the Ipoh Timor MP said the former has been implicated in a series of scandals ranging from the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case to questionable defence deals. “Although the prime minister has said he fully backs the premier-in-waiting, it doesn’t solve the crisis of confidence that he (Najib) is facing,” said Lim. Quadruple jump for judge? On another matter, he expressed hope that Court of Appeal president Zaki Azmi, the judiciary’s No 2, will not be promoted to chief justice when Abdul Hamid Mohamad retires this month.
“(If that is the case,) he will be the first Umno chief justice. Not only will we be unable to resolve the judicial crisis, but we will move into a darker episode of the judicial crisis.” On Musa, Lim questioned why the he has been seen as a “lobbyist” for a RM20 billion contract to rent 34 helicopters from Asiacopter Sdn Bhd for 30 years, and a RM4.2 billion deal for a wireless digital communication network for the police force. On the RM20 billion helicopter deal, the opposition politician alleged Musa had written a letter to the Finance Ministry seeking approval for direct negotiation instead of going through the normal tender process. |
The claim was made by veteran politician Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timor, left) while debating the Budget 2009 this morning.
The allegation that Abdul Gani (left) and inspector-general of police Musa Hassan (right) had fabricated evidence in Opposition Leader Anwar’s trials 10 years ago 
Anwar (left) had made a similar claim against Abdul Gani and Musa in a police report in July, but the duo have denied the allegation.
Nazri also said that he has contacted the ACA which confirmed the matter was still under investigation.
Justice For All Malaysia 