tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85942527564072747202024-03-13T20:10:44.171+08:00Aktivis ReformasiPerjuangan reformasi adalah perjuangan rakyat dan bukan perjuangan untuk individu tertentu, samada Anwar Ibrahim atau anak-anak emasnya.Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-59943368569592296342011-06-01T15:25:00.001+08:002011-06-01T15:46:45.870+08:00Muktamar PAS Ketika Politik Bergolak - Abdul Aziz Anon<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Sebagai parti orang Melayu dan Islam, sudah tentu muktamar ini amat signifikan bagi politik orang Melayu. Sejauh manakah kebersediaan PAS dalam Pakatan Rakyat? Ucapan dasar Presiden PAS hendaklah menjelaskan perkara tersebut. Adakah PAS mahu sekadar terus mengekori PKR dan DAP atau berani menawarkan peranan kepimpinan yang lebih besar dalam PR menjelang pilihanraya ke-13, yang boleh diadakan bila-bila masa dalam 24 bulan yang akan datang.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>oleh Abdul Aziz Anon melalui e-mel</i></span></div><br />
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Muktamar Pas ke-57 akan membuka tirainya bersamaan dengan hari pembukaan Rejab 1432H. Bagi ahli mahupun penyokong PAS semuanya bertumpu ke Markaz Tarbiah PAS Taman Melewar untuk mendengar, berbahas, menerima amanat dan memilih pucuk pimpinan. Taman Melewar yang kembali menjadi tuan rumah persidangan kali ini seakan ada nostalgia yang ingin dibangkitkan dari perjuangan panjang PAS dalam sejarah politik tanahair. Mesti ada sesuatu yang istimewa kenapa Taman Melewar dipilih. Tentunya soalan ini akan terjawab pada 3-5 Jun 2011.<br />
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Kehangatan Muktamar PAS kali ini sudah pasti tertumpu kepada pemilihan pucuk pimpinan PAS dan ucapan dasar Presiden. Seperti lazimnya Presiden akan meletakkan semula landasan PAS untuk tempoh satu tahun yang akan datang atau lebih tepat sehingga PRU 13. Tidak dapat tidak, Dato’ Seri Presiden hendaklah memberi amanat yang jelas tentang halatuju semasa politik PAS sekaligus menjawab pelbagai keresahan rakyat terhadap isu-isu politik yang sedang melanda politik Malaysia akhir-akhir ini.<br />
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Sebagai parti orang Melayu dan Islam, sudah tentu muktamar ini amat signifikan bagi politik orang Melayu. Sejauh manakah kebersediaan PAS dalam Pakatan Rakyat? Ucapan dasar Presiden PAS hendaklah menjelaskan perkara tersebut. Adakah PAS mahu sekadar terus mengekori PKR dan DAP atau berani menawarkan peranan kepimpinan yang lebih besar dalam PR menjelang pilihanraya ke-13, yang boleh diadakan bila-bila masa dalam 24 bulan yang akan datang.<br />
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Penyokong PR kecewa kerana prestasi kepimpinan Ketua Umum PKR jatuh merudum, sesuatu yang tidak boleh dinafikan. Kegagalan untuk mengambil aleh tampuk pemerintahan yang dilaungkan oleh beliau akan beres tibanya tanggal 16 September 2008, kejatuhan PR di Perak, 14 Adun/Ahli Parlimen keluar PR, perpecahan anggota PKR sejak pemilihan parti dan tentu paling sukar adalah isu moral di samping kes sodomi Saiful Bukhari yang sedang berjalan. Samada Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim bersalah atau tidak, biarlah mahkamah dan teknologi memutuskan tetapi persepsi negatif terhadap kepimpinan beliau telah menular.<br />
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Implikasi video seks yang didakwa membabitkan beliau mesti ditangani. Yang nyata, orang Melayu berpecah penerimaannya. Sebahagian percaya dan sebahagian lagi sebaliknya. Untuk Anwar keluar dari isu video seks ini sudah tentu menuntut masa panjang melainkan beliau benar-benar berjaya membuktikan secara objektif dan muktamad yang video itu palsu sama sekali.<br />
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24 bulan bukanlah tempoh panjang untuk membuat persiapan pilihanraya. Perlu diakui bahawa UMNO dan BN bukanlah tunggul kayu. Pilihanraya Sarawak baru-baru ini membuktikan bahawa masih banyak yang diperlukan oleh PR jika benar-benar mahu mengalahkan BN. PR mesti bergerak sebagai gabungan politik yang benar-benar mantap. Justeru, sebagai sebuah parti yang berusia 60 tahun berbekalkan rekod kesetiaan wakil-wakil rakyat dari PAS serta kebolehan mentadbir di Kelantan dan Kedah, maka tidakkah PAS berani untuk meminta ruang memimpin, dengan peranan yang lebih besar menjelang PRU 13? Sekaligus PAS membuktikan hubungan dengan PKR dan DAP bukan sebagai kuda tunggangan tetapi sekutu rapat yang diyakini oleh semua kaum.<br />
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Rakyat mual dengan dengan persekitaran politik yang sedia ada. Mereka mahu perubahan. Rakyat Malaysia tak kira bangsa dan agama menaruh harapan besar kepada PAS untuk mencana dan memimpin perubahan. PAS tidak harus menghampakan harapan rakyat dan wajib memimpin mereka ke arah perubahan.<br />
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Akhir kata, “Selamat Bersidang” kepada semua peserta muktamar.<br />
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<b>ABDUL AZIZ ANON</b>Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-30153038562386657372011-06-01T14:24:00.001+08:002011-06-01T14:31:39.764+08:00Kisah disebalik bangunan PKR<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Semasa pemilihan, John Soh memihak kepada Zaid dan ini menyebabkan Anwar marah sebab Anwar mahu John Soh membantu Azmin. Bila John Soh memihak kepada Zaid, Azmin kekurangan dana untuk kempen Timbalan Presiden, lantas meminta pertolongan kroni Khir Toyo, iaitu Salim Khan, bos syarikat Gapurna.<br />
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Azmin dan Anwar menerima penajaan dari syarikat UMNO, tetapi sebaliknya, Anwar dan Azmin mencanangkan bahawa Zaid adalah ejen UMNO. Dan orang lebih percaya kepada Azmin dan Anwar bahawa Zaid adalah Trojan Horse dan ejen UMNO, sedangkan merekalah (Anwar & Azmin) sebenarnya UMNO.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>oleh Mat Saman Kati di <a href="http://www.malaysiatimes.my/2011/05/30/kisah-disebalik-bangunan-pkr/">Malaysia Times</a></i></span></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VeDUpPUq7JE/TeXcsXk06YI/AAAAAAAAAXg/LeculNmwM60/s1600/PKR-HQ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VeDUpPUq7JE/TeXcsXk06YI/AAAAAAAAAXg/LeculNmwM60/s320/PKR-HQ.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Pada 9 April 2008, sebulan selepas PRU 2008, Azmin Ali mengeluarkan kenyataan dalam Malaysiakini, PKR membeli bangunan 10 tingkat untuk dijadikan Ibupejabat PKR.<br />
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Apa yang menarik dalam kenyataan Azmin dalam Malaysiakini itu ialah, “parti itu telah menubuhkan urusetia parti itu, termasuk membeli sebuah bangunan baru 10 tingkat di Tropicana, Damansara.”<br />
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Bila bangunan itu sudah diduduki, aku tengok ia hanya 5 tingkat. Sebenarnya, PKR menggunakan dua lot 5 tingkat. Bila aku tanya Azmin, dimana bangunan 10 tingkat, dia kata dua lot kali 5 tingkat sama juga dengan 10 tingkat. Aku kalah, sebab dia pakar matematik... ijazah dari Amerika. Aku pulak setakat belajar <i>mattermatic</i> dari Pak Akop, Universiti Kg. Gerachi.<br />
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Bukan aku saja yang teruja, ramai juga yang teruja dengan ‘pembelian’ tersebut. <a href="http://anwaribrahimblog.com/2008/05/09/tabung-bangunan-keadilan/">Baca saja komen dalam blog Anwar Ibrahim.</a><br />
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Dalam bulan Februari 2011, baru aku tau. Ingatkan Tipah saja tertipu, rupa-rupanya Matsamankati pun kena tipu.<br />
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Sekitar bulan Mac, aku dah dapat tau Ibupejabat PKR bermasalah. Masa tu aku tanya kat Firdaus Christopher, orang kanan Zaid Ibrahim, mengapa parti KITA tak ada ibupejabat, sebaliknya menggunakan pejabat Zaid. Chris menjawab... tunggu enam bulan. Lepas PKR keluar, KITA masuk.<br />
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Masa tu baru aku tau, rupanya bangunan itu milik John Soh Chee Wen. Dan PKR ‘menyewa’ bangunan tersebut tanpa membayar sewa. Mungkin dalam akaun saja ada tertulis keluar masuk tapi hakikatnya, PKR tak bayar kat John Soh.<br />
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John Soh adalah rakan karib Anwar. Selepas PRU 2008, John Soh menawarkan bangunan tersebut kepada PKR dan sebagai balasan, Anwar melantik John Soh kedalam Biro Politik PKR. Semuanya bagus pada masa itu, sehinggalah Pemilihan PKR 2010.<br />
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Semasa pemilihan, John Soh memihak kepada Zaid dan ini menyebabkan Anwar marah sebab Anwar mahu John Soh membantu Azmin. Bila John Soh memihak kepada Zaid, Azmin kekurangan dana untuk kempen Timbalan Presiden, lantas meminta pertolongan kroni Khir Toyo, iaitu Salim Khan, bos syarikat Gapurna.<br />
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Azmin dan Anwar menerima penajaan dari syarikat UMNO, tetapi sebaliknya, Anwar dan Azmin mencanangkan bahawa Zaid adalah ejen UMNO. Dan orang lebih percaya kepada Azmin dan Anwar bahawa Zaid adalah Trojan Horse dan ejen UMNO, sedangkan merekalah sebenarnya ejen UMNO.<br />
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Tanya Khalid Ibrahim, mengapa Khalid tidak berani mengambil tindakan terhadap kes PKNS dan Gapurna.<br />
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<a href="http://www.malaysiatimes.my/2011/04/20/sarawak-2011-penilaian-semula-3/">Dalam Sarawak 2011: Penilaian Semula #3</a>, aku tulis tentang kronologi tindakan-tindakan yang dilakukan oleh Zaid, John Soh dan Jeffrey Kitingan membantu SNAP di Sarawak. Anwar memintas pergerakan mereka bertiga ini dengan melabelkan SNAP sebagai ejen UMNO dan mendapat dana dari UMNO. Orang percaya cakap Anwar dan SNAP mendapat tamparan hebat apabila orang melabelkan mereka sebagai ejen UMNO.<br />
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John Soh dan Jeffrey <i>give-up</i> dengan SNAP, kerana bukan mudah untuk melawan Anwar. Tetapi dalam masa yang sama, Anwar mencipta terlalu banyak musuh. Dan akhirnya John Soh menghalakan senapangnya kepada Anwar. John Soh bertekad untuk menentang Anwar.<br />
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Anwar kehilangan <i>funder</i>, lantas mencari ganti John Soh untuk kempen PKR di Sarawak dan dia meminta tolong dari Sng Chee Hua. Anak Sng chee Hua, Larry Sng digugurkan dari bertanding atas tiket BN. Sng Chee Hua meletakkan calon proksinya, George anak Lagong untuk bertanding di Pelagus. Anwar menghadiahkan George anak Lagong kerana ia merupakan tokoh Dayak. George Anak Lagong dipecat dari PKR kerana bertanding di Pelagus, tetapi itu hanya sandiwara.<br />
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Anwar mendapat penajaan dari jutawan BN Sarawak, tapi yang jadi ejen UMNO ialah SNAP.<br />
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Dalam laporan Malaysiakini, Bendahari PKR, William Heng berkata bahawa ini bukan masalah PKR, sebaliknya masalah tuanpunya bangunan. Tetapi peliknya, William tak tau siapa pemilik bangunan, <i>“I can’t remember lah, I’ll have to check and get back to you,”</i> sedangkan dia adalah Bendahari PKR. William berkata, PKR membayar sewa setiap bulan, tetapi lagi pelik, William tak tau berapa jumlah sewa yang dibayar. William berkata, <i>“The rental average is RM2,000 per floor. So we pay about RM10,000 to RM20,000 a month,”</i>. Fakap la.<br />
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William tak tau jumlah sebenar yang dibayar kerana PKR tak pernah bayar. Dan John Soh tidak mahu membayar kepada bank kerana mahukan PKR keluar dari bangunan tersebut. Salah satu cara ialah dengan membiarkan pihak bank melelong bangunan tersebut.<br />
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Apakah John Soh mempunyai masalah kewangan sehingga tak dapat nak bayar kepada bank? <i>Come on</i> la. Harga bidaan paling maksima 1 juta seunit. 10 unit baru 10 juta. Tunggu saja pada hari lelongan tersebut. Dan cuba perhatikan, siapakah yang akan membeli bangunan tersebut.<br />
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PKR nak pergi kemana? Kalau ikut kata William, mereka ada pilihan untuk mencari tempat lain atau terus menyewa disitu. Sebenarnya PKR sudah ada tempat lain iaitu di Shah Alam. Sudah ramai petugas-petugas PKR sudahpun membuat kerja-kerja dari sana. Tetapi bangunan tersebut adalah milik kerajaan negeri. Kalau lingkup dalam pilihanraya nanti, kena pindah lagi la.<br />
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Mengapa PKR terlalu banyak masalah? Kerana terlalu banyak musuh. Dan kalau diperhatikan kepada ‘musuh-musuh’ yang tercipta yang sekarang menentang PKR, kita akan dapati ianya tidak dapat lari dari Azmin. Kerana terlalu sayangkan Azmin, Anwar mencipta terlalu ramai musuh.<br />
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Aku harap, Roziah Ismail dan Setiausaha Sulitnya, Zahariman, baca apa yang aku tulis ini, sebab aku dah bagi tau kat depa awal-awal... seawal bulan Januari, <i>“If we can put you up...we can also bring you down.” </i>Jangan sombong!!<br />
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Aku tau, akan ada yang akan komen mengutuk aku. “Hoi Matsaman, jangan buat fitnah la.”<br />
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Aku tau, kalau aku yang cakap…semua orang minta bukti, minta empat saksi..mungkin ada yang akan suruh aku buat sumpah laknat. Tapi kalau Anwar yang cakap…tak perlu empat saksi, tak perlu bawa bukti..sebab Anwar Utusan Tuhan. Apa cakap dia, tidak ada yang benar melainkan yang benar belaka.Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-13827116841014578452011-06-01T14:11:00.000+08:002011-06-01T14:11:24.597+08:00Can PAS help bring about change in M’sia?<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Let me tell you which will be the wrong road. The wrong road is one which aims at setting up a religious state. The wrong road is the one which seeks to ‘Arabize’ our country or wants to ‘out-islamicize’ Umno. The fact is that we are a multi-religious and multi-racial country with a constitution based on the principle that Malaysia is a secular state and with Article 3 providing for Islam as the religion of the Federation. This is a principle that all Malaysians accept and no party should undermine in any way.<br />
</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>by Koon Yew Yin at <a href="http://english.cpiasia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2186&catid=211&Itemid=193">CPI</a></i></span></div><br />
<hr noshade="" />A few days ago, someone sent me an anonymous e-mail appeal addressed to voters. According to the appeal, the coming elections, more so than others, is a vital election because we are at a crossroad. If we get it right we will prosper; if we get it wrong, we will suffer as we have seen in our neighbouring countries. I cannot agree more with these sentiments. In the last three years, I have written about the socioeconomic and political crossroad that the country is at, but that has been to a general audience.<br />
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I am glad that I now have the opportunity to share my thoughts on this subject with a PAS audience. This is the first time that I am addressing PAS supporters and this is also probably the first opportunity PAS has had to interact with someone like me.<br />
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Let me begin by posing a question. The question that I and many other Malaysians want to ask PAS is how will PAS help the country and ordinary Malaysians take the right road to a brighter and harmonious future? Which is the road that PAS and its leaders want Malaysians to follow?<br />
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<b>The wrong road</b><br />
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Let me tell you which will be the wrong road. The wrong road is one which aims at setting up a religious state. The wrong road is the one which seeks to ‘Arabize’ our country or wants to ‘out-islamicize’ Umno. The fact is that we are a multi-religious and multi-racial country with a constitution based on the principle that Malaysia is a secular state and with Article 3 providing for Islam as the religion of the Federation. This is a principle that all Malaysians accept and no party should undermine in any way.<br />
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The great majority of Malaysians – if a referendum is taken right now – will reject the establishment of a religious state. It is not only Malaysians who are not in favour of a religious state. This is the same everywhere in the world – whether in Asia, Europe, Africa or the American continent. Even in the Middle East which is the heartland of Islam, the clamour of the masses – especially the young – is not for an Islamic state. Allow me to read you this analysis of the ‘Arab Spring’ or what is happening in the Middle East today:<br />
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Numerous factors have led to the protests, including the 2009 Iranian protests, dictatorship or absolute monarchy, human rights violations, government corruption, economic decline, unemployment, extreme poverty, and a number of demographic structural factors, such as a large percentage of educated but dissatisfied youth within the population. The catalysts for the revolts in all Northern African and Persian Gulf countries have been the concentration of wealth in the hands of autocrats in power for decades, insufficient transparency of its redistribution, corruption, and especially the refusal of the youth to accept the status quo. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring">Wikipedia, ‘Arab Spring’</a>)<br />
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Clearly the motivations for change are not for a religious state. They are about the elimination of bad governance.<br />
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From what I can see, the fight against corruption and injustice is also what is driving PAS and its supporters in Malaysia. Affirmation of this can be seen in the mission statement of PAS which refers to the need for a clean and virtuous government. This is also apparent from the preamble to the PAS constitution which provides the reason for the party’s mission. Page 1 of the PAS constitution 2011 reads:<br />
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BAHAWA dengan sesungguhnya adalah diisytiharkan, demi untuk menyempurnakan taqwa kepada Allah dan kebaktian kepada sesama manusia, yang dijadikan bagi menegakkan al amru bil ma'ruf wan nahyu 'anil mungkar dalam kehidupan bermasyarakat dan bernegara, maka inilah diisyiharkan sebuah pertubuhan yang dinamakan "Parti Islam Semalaysia".<br />
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(English translation: "Therefore verily it is hereby proclaimed, that to be pious to God, and to do good works amongst mankind and in establishing virtue (truth) and forbidding evil (falsehood) in the society and nation, the organization named Parti Islam Malaysia is established”).<br />
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It is important that PAS supporters realize that no religion has a monopoly on truth or goodness; and that a similar focus on a clean and virtuous government is emphasized by all other religions, and perhaps even more, by secular faiths and value systems.<br />
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As to the right road ahead, the direction is clear from the last elections and it should be continued for the coming elections. In the last election, PAS teamed up with PKR and the DAP to reject the road that the BN has taken the country down. That election saw the PR – against all odds – win unprecedented support from the public. The PR coalition in Perak in particular – under the outstanding leadership of Datuk Seri Nizar [Jamaluddin] – provided hope to all Perakians that the state would enter a new era of corruption and crony-free development in which racial and religious fairness and moderation would not be given lip service but would be prioritized and implemented in the policies and programmes of the state government.<br />
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In the first year of the PR state government in Perak between March 2008 and Feb 2009 – before the BN coup d’etat - many people-friendly and non-discriminatory actions and initiatives were undertaken by the PR state government. In particular, Datuk Seri’s administration’s grant of freehold title to Perak land owners – many of them non-Malay new village landholders – deserves a place in our history books. This initiative was intended to correct a major historical injustice which was blatantly ignored, if not perpetrated by Barisan state governments for the past 50 years.<br />
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From what I understand, as many as 7,000 lot owners in 134 new villages and 102,000 lot owners in 349 planned villages in Perak (Malays and non-Malays) would have been allowed to convert their land titles from leasehold to freehold. The thumbs-up to this wise and brave initiative is best reflected in the words of former MCA secretary-general and minister of Housing and Local Government Tan Sri Ting Chew Peh who was quoted by a Chinese newspaper as saying: "Upon hearing the good news, my townsmen, relatives and friends applauded till their hands hurt! One who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. Pakatan Rakyat has brought the house down this time."<br />
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Let me also refresh your memory that almost every act of the Perak PR administration was criticised by the Malaysian mainstream press, especially by Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian which embarked on a campaign of hate and poison. Not only that, but Nizar's administration was hounded by constant accusations of selling out to the non-Malays. These dirty tricks and political spinning have not only continued but have gotten worse. Increasingly racial and religious extremist sentiments are coming to the forefront which all of us, especially PAS, needs to condemn more vigorously if our country’s social fabric is not to be torn apart.<br />
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When Nizar was first appointed as Menteri Besar many non Malays, including I, were apprehensive of PAS but as time went by, Nizar won the approval of the non Malays. During that period of uncertainty, I wrote an article to appeal to the Perak Sultan to dissolve the State Assembly so that the people could vote again to choose the Government of their own choosing. Although the Sultan has the right to dissolve the State Assembly he did not do it. Allow me to reproduce the relevant excerpt of my article on this issue which is especially pertinent in view of the coming elections.<br />
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<b>Duty of Perak royalty :</b><br />
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<i>“To safeguard the interest of the country and the institution of the monarchy, the voice and will of the rakyat must be respected. It has to be called on to be heard – in one way or another – because though the wheels of justice grind slowly, they grind exactingly.</i><br />
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<i>To the letter of the law a government must be answerable, and the one standing above politics must be accountable as well. In my humble opinion, Perak will regain its shine and the people’s trust when the Sultan accedes to the dissolution of the state assembly.”</i><br />
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Finally, I am optimistic that PAS with its progressive and multi-racially and multi-religiously oriented leaders such as Dato Seri Nizar is up to the challenge of working with fellow Malaysians of all races and religions to bring about the positive change that is badly needed in Malaysia.Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-6586346995109286582011-06-01T13:48:00.000+08:002011-06-01T13:48:07.097+08:00Qazaf: Jawapan kepada Anwar dan penyokongnya<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Dalam episod Anwar lawan Saiful Bukhari, hukum Qazaf sering cuba digunakan untuk membenteng Anwar daripada mempertahankan diri dan menjawab dakwaan Saiful. Sedangkan, adalah sangat jelas bahawa fakta kes menunjukkan bahawa ini bukanlah kes tuduhan zina atau liwat biasa tetapi lebih menyerupai kes rogol atau yang lebih tepat sumbang mahram atau gangguan seksual antara majikan dan pekerja. Perbezaan utama antara kedua-dua kategori ini adalah wujudnya unsur paksaan sama ada secara fizikal atau secara tidak langsung di sebalik perlakuan yang terbabit. Saiful membuat aduan kerana mendakwa tidak rela dan tidak mahu lagi diperlakukan sebegitu.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>oleh Zulkifli Noordin di <a href="http://www.agendadaily.com/Muka-Hadapan/berselindung-di-sebalik-qazaf.html">Agenda Daily</a></i></span></div><br />
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Sudah lebih satu dekad, iaitu sejak tahun 1998, Anwar Ibrahim, dengan pelbagai episod kontroversial yang melibatkan dirinya, telah menjadi tokoh yang paling mempengaruhi situasi politik tanah air.<br />
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Oleh kerana pada ketika bermulanya Saga Anwar, dengan pemecatannya pada September 1998, beliau merupakan seorang tokoh besar dalam negara maka pelbagai episod yang melibatkan beliau begitu menarik minat dan menangkap imaginasi masyarakat.<br />
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Boleh dikatakan beliau adalah tokoh yang paling disanjungi oleh sebahagian daripada kita dan paling dibenci pula oleh sebahagian yang lain. Malah, sanjungan atau kebencian terhadap pelbagai tokoh, pertubuhan dan institusi yang lain dalam negara ini turut banyak dipengaruhi oleh persepsi kita terhadap peranan mereka dalam saga Anwar ini.<br />
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Akhirnya saga yang cukup panjang dan dramatik ini nampaknya makin menghampiri babak penutupnya. Terutamanya dengan kemunculan dua episod terakhir yang sangat besar kesannya iaitu, episod kes tuduhan liwat Mohd. Saiful Bukhari Azlan serta episod video seks yang didedahkan Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah.<br />
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Jikalau terbukti Anwar benar-benar bersalah dalam kedua-dua episod ini atau salah satu daripadanya maka sudah pasti Anwar sudah tiada kredibiliti lagi untuk memimpin, hatta keluarganya sendiri sekalipun.<br />
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Kita katakan ini kerana, jika Anwar terbukti bersalah dalam dua episod terbaru ini, maka berkemungkinan besar bahawa semua atau sekurang-kurangnya sebahagian besar dakwaan-dakwaan terhadap Anwar selama ini, sama ada isu moral mahupun bukan moral, juga adalah benar.<br />
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Jika dihimbau kembali segala dakwaan dan ‘dalil’ yang timbul sebelum-sebelum ini, hakikatnya ia menampilkan Anwar sebagai individu yang cukup bermasalah dan berpenyakit. Tidak patut lagi mana-mana pihak mempunyai prinsip menyokong Anwar kecuali mereka yang terdesak dan atau mempunyai agenda sampingan lalu mahu mempergunakan beliau untuk mencapai matlamat lain.<br />
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Sebaliknya, jika terbukti bahawa Anwar bersih dan tidak bersalah, maka memang wajarlah beliau mendapat simpati kita semua dan memang sangat zalimlah mereka yang mereka-reka tuduhan palsu terhadap beliau. Kredibiliti moral mereka ini juga akan runtuh daripada melayakkan untuk diangkat atau kekal sebagai pemimpin.<br />
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Jadi hakikat sebenar dalam dua episod terakhir Anwar Ibrahim ini sangat kritikal dan besar implikasinya. Soalnya, siapakah dan neraca manakah yang paling tepat untuk membuktikan dan menentukan apa yang sebenarnya berlaku.<br />
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Sebagai seorang Muslim yang beriman dengan kemampuan Islam untuk merungkaikan segala persoalan dan sebagai seorang yang punya sedikit latar belakang agama, saya yakin ajaran Islamlah satu-satunya formula penentu yang paling adil kepada kemelut ini.<br />
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Cuma dalam saga Anwar, soal formula Islam dan neraca syariat sering turut menjadi kelabu dan keliru. Ini adalah kerana kes ini melibatkan Anwar. Tokoh yang menampilkan imej agama dan mempunyai latar belakang gerakan Islam.<br />
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Faktor ini menjadi punca kegagalan sebahagian masyarakat Islam termasuklah sebahagian ahli-ahli agama untuk bersikap objektif dan neutral apabila menanggapi kes. Apatah lagi bila faktor-faktor lain seperti kepentingan politik atau kebencian melampau terhadap UMNO/BN turut kuat mewarnai sikap mereka.<br />
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Akhirnya hujah agama, terutamanya hukum Qazaf, sering dijadikan asas untuk cuba mengelakkan Anwar daripada dibicarakan dan diadili dalam kedua-dua kes ini.<br />
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Dalam episod Anwar lawan Saiful Bukhari, hukum Qazaf sering cuba digunakan untuk membenteng Anwar daripada mempertahankan diri dan menjawab dakwaan Saiful. Sedangkan, adalah sangat jelas bahawa fakta kes menunjukkan bahawa ini bukanlah kes tuduhan zina atau liwat biasa tetapi lebih menyerupai kes rogol atau yang lebih tepat sumbang mahram atau gangguan seksual antara majikan dan pekerja.<br />
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Perbezaan utama antara kedua-dua kategori ini adalah wujudnya unsur paksaan sama ada secara fizikal atau secara tidak langsung di sebalik perlakuan yang terbabit. Saiful membuat aduan kerana mendakwa tidak rela dan tidak mahu lagi diperlakukan sebegitu.<br />
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Beliau juga mendakwa kejadian yang telah berlaku sebelumnya bukanlah dengan sepenuh kerelaan beliau walaupun akhirnya pendakwa memilih untuk mendakwa Anwar di bawah seksyen yang tidak melibatkan paksaan, mungkin untuk memudahkan pendakwaan dan pensabitan kesalahan.<br />
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Dalam situasi sebegini, hukum syarak menuntut agar kes Saiful didengari dan diadili dan bukannya ditolak mentah-mentah kerana kegagalan beliau mendatangkan empat orang saksi yang melihat sendiri kejadian tersebut. Memang dalam kes rogol, sumbang mahram ataupun gangguan seks tempat kerja, hampir mustahil untuk si mangsa mendatangkan empat saksi lelaki yang adil.<br />
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Oleh itu, syarak menetapkan bahawa beban bukti dalam kes rogol atau sumbang mahram adalah berbeza. Segala bentuk bukti yang boleh diterima oleh syarak selain daripada saksi mata boleh diterima pakai dalam kes ini termasuklah DNA, rakaman CCTV dan seumpamanya.<br />
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Hakikatnya kesalahan yang hendak dibuktikan dalam kes Saiful lawan Anwar adalah bukannya hudud zina atau liwat tetapi liwat yang berbentuk rogol, sumbang mahram ataupun gangguan seksual tempat kerja.<br />
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Saya yakin mana-mana tokoh ulama sekalipun, termasuklah Syeikh Yusuf al-Qaradhawi atau Syeikh Wahbah al-Zuhaili, akan memberi pandangan yang sama jika fakta kes yang sebenar dijelaskan dengan tepat kepada mereka.<br />
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Selain daripada unsur paksaan, Qazaf juga melibatkan tuduhan daripada pihak ketiga. Kes Saiful adalah melibatkan pihak yang mendakwa menjadi mangsa dan bukannya pihak ketiga. Jelas sekali perbezaan fakta kes berbanding dengan kes Qazaf iaitu tuduhan zina daripada pihak ketiga tanpa asas dan bukti seperti dalam kes asalnya melibatkan Sayyidatina ‘Aishah ra. Maka tidak salahlah jika dikatakan bahawa sikap berkeras membenteng Anwar atas nama Qazaf adalah suatu kedegilan dalam kekeliruan terhadap hukum syarak.<br />
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Dalam episod terbaru melibatkan video seks yang dikatakan melibatkan Anwar, adalah tidak benar jika pihak yang mendedahkan perkara tersebut hendak dipersalahkan dari segi hukum syarak. Kalau nak dikatakan sebagai salah kerana mendedahkan aib sesama Islam, kita semua maklum bahawa larangan membuka aib dalam Islam ada beberapa pengecualiannya.<br />
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Kita dibolehkan mendedahkan aib demi memberi amaran tentang kejahatan yang boleh menimpa orang lain dan dalam kes menilai kesesuaian peribadi seseorang untuk diangkat sebagai pemimpin.<br />
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Jika hendak dikatakan Qazaf pula, adakah Eskay Shazril seorang penuduh yang datang dengan tangan kosong? Jelasnya beliau datang sebagai pihak yang mendakwa sebagai pihak yang turut terlibat, malah turut ada dalam rakaman video tersebut. Beliau juga datang dengan membawa rakaman video tersebut serta bukti-bukti sokongan yang lain seperti jam Omega yang kuat diperkatakan itu.<br />
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Bolehkah kita terus menghukumnya sebagai pelaku Qazaf? Bukankah Qazaf juga sebahagian dari kesalahan Hudud? Kita maklum bahawa Nabi Muhammad SAW dalam satu hadis mengarahkan kita untuk mengelakkan pensabitan Hudud jika terdapat apa-apa syubhah atau kesamaran?<br />
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Tidak cukupkah apa yang dibawa oleh Eskay untuk menimbulkan syubhah atas dakwaan bahawa beliau membuat tuduhan zina yang palsu atau tanpa asas terhadap Anwar? Kita juga sangat faham bahawa bukti video tidak mencukupi untuk mensabit kesalahan Hudud Zina, tetapi ia tetap boleh diterima oleh syarak untuk membuktikan kesalahan takzir atau membuktikan kesahihan sesuatu fakta.<br />
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Dalam kes Anwar, kita bukannya hendak menghukum beliau dengan Hudud Zina tetapi yang terpenting adalah hendak memastikan adakah beliau orang yang terakam dalam video tersebut, yang akan menentukan tahap keperibadian beliau.<br />
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Jika diteliti perspektif di atas dengan insaf, maka jelaslah bahawa Anwar tidak boleh terus-terusan mempergunakan Islam dan hukum Qazaf untuk mengelakkan daripada menghadapi proses kehakiman dalam kedua-dua episod ini.<br />
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Beliau dan penyokongnya perlu akur kepada prinsip hukum Islam bahawa beliau perlu membersihkan dirinya daripada dakwaan bahawa beliau telah meliwat Saiful Bukhari serta dakwaan bahawa beliau adalah pelaku dalam video seks terbabit.<br />
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Sementara proses ini berlangsung dan belum selesai, kaedah yang terbaik dan amalan yang lebih terhormat ialah dengan meminta Anwar bercuti daripada semua tugas rasminya sehinggalah namanya dibersihkan (jika beliau benar-benar bersih). Bukannya dengan beliau ataupun para penyokongnya yang taksub terus-menerus cuba berselindung di sebalik hukum Qazaf atau atas nama agama.Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-27840466284462677402011-05-31T15:14:00.001+08:002011-05-31T15:26:09.845+08:00Mat: Satu analisa rambang hakikat semasa<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Mat, Minah, Dolah dan Siti ini semuanya rakyat Malaysia. Mereka punya kerisauan masing-masing dan harapan serta cita-cita tersendiri. Mat, Minah, Dolah dan Siti; sebenarnya tak banyak beza dengan kau dan aku. Kita ini semua punya persamaan yang jelas. Mungkin cuma satu persamaan, atau barangkali lebih. Apa yang nyata, kita ini semua rakyat Malaysia yang punya tekanan-tekanan dan situasi ekonomi yang mengharukan.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>oleh Izmil Amri Ismail di <a href="http://roketkini.com/2011/05/22/mat-satu-analisa-rambang-hakikat-semasa-oleh-izmil-amri-ismail/">Roketkini.com</a></i></span></div><br />
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Mat, pakai jeans koyak. Punya telefon bimbit yang tak boleh 3G. Cukup sekadar hantar SMS, dan buat bergayut dengan awek sampai pukul dua tiga pagi. Mat jual burger. Burger Mat kadang-kadang laku. Tambah laku bila Manchester United sesah pasukan lawan di Old Trafford di paparan sebesar gajah restoran mamak yang memberi tumpang dia buka gerai burger. Mat tak belajar tinggi. Waktu tingkatan empat, dia sudah ada lesen motor. Arwah bapa Mat suruh dia ambil lesen motor supaya senang dia pergi sekolah, dan sekali sekala tolong ibunya ke kedai, beli perkakas dapur. Gula, garam, telur, bawang. Mat guna motor untuk bawa ceweknya pusing kotaraya. Kadang-kadang bila ceweknya itu buat perangai, Mat guna motornya untuk lepas geram. Mat bawa motornya itu, jumpa kawan-kawan, yang turut bermotor juga. Mereka beradu motor siapa lebih hebat. Motor siapa lebih ‘blah’.<br />
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Mat tidak baca surat khabar. Kalau Mat lalu di kedai runcit untuk beli sekotak rokok seludup, dia cuma jeling muka depan. Nampak satu dua tajuk utama yang selalunya punya kata seperti ‘bogel’, ‘seks’, ‘video’ dan ‘laknat’; kemudian Mat akan blah. Mat juga tidak tonton berita di televisyen. Rumah Mat tak ada pun televisyen. Arwah bapa Mat jual televisyen, supaya boleh bagi duit belanja untuk adik-adik Mat yang lagi sembilan orang. Supaya adik-adik Mat boleh makan minum dan tidak terliur tengok kawan makan di waktu rehat. Mat tak peduli Buletin Utama TV3. Mat langsung tak tahu ada TV Hijrah. Mat hanya kadang-kadang ikut ceweknya itu duduk restoran tomyam, tonton drama petang-petang, atau pertandingan nyanyi-nyanyi.<br />
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Cewek Mat ini, namanya Minah. Tapi disebabkan cewek Mat ini tak mahu digelar ‘kampung’ maka panggilnya Min sahaja. Min, juga pakai jeans koyak. Cumanya jeans Min ini melekat di punggung. Mat suka. Ada sekali-sekala Mat tepuk-tepuk, tapi tak boleh di khalayak. Min akan menjeling manja bila Mat buat begitu. Cinta dan sayangnya pada Mat menghapus apa batas yang ada dicadangkan orang. Min sudah tiada dara. Min, bertuah sedikit badannya, punya telefon bimbit yang boleh 3G. Min kerja kerani pejabat loyar. Hari-hari Min sembang dengan kerani lain; tentang pertandingan nyanyi-nyanyi yang dia paksa Mat tonton bersama. Kadang-kadang tentang angan-angannya mau kenduri kahwin macam Kate Middleton. Tapi Mat bukan anak raja. Maka Min boleh angan-angan saja.<br />
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Min dulu ada sambung mengaji. Tapi tengah-tengah rajin menaip tutoran, Mat akan hantar SMS, mahu manja-manja. Selesai manja-manja, Mat akan ajak bergayut. Min tak kisah. Super saver ada. Lagipun Min dapat duit dari papa dan mamanya setiap minggu. Maka kerja Min terbengkalai. Dan Min tak bercita-cita untuk sambung mengaji. Dia hanya mahu peluk Mat, dengan penuh kasih sayang. Kemudian ubah lelaki itu menjadi Prince William bila nanti Mat buat keputusan jantan mengajaknya bernikah. Ajak kahwin sudah berkali-kali. Kahwinnya juga sudah berkali-kali. Cuma nikah sahaja belum. Min tak kisah. Min sayang Mat. Cinta mereka sama sebiji macam kisah cinta yang Min tonton di Panggung Sabtu. Atau macam cerita cinta yang Min baca dalam novel-novel cinta yang dia pinjam dari abang angkatnya waktu belajar dulu. Abang angkat Min baik. Suka tolong Min. Tapi Mat tak tahu. Mat tak perlu tahu.<br />
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Abang angkat Min, namanya Dolah.<br />
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Dolah, pakai seluar slack. Sepatu murahnya sudah lama tidak dikilat. Tapi apa dia kisah. Dolah kerja pejabat pos. Duduk belakang kaunter, tunggu orang datang bayar bil air api. Dolah, ada kereta. Dolah guna keretanya itu untuk hantar anak-anaknya pergi sekolah, sebelum hantar isterinya pergi kerja. Ada masanya juga, Dolah guna keretanya untuk bawa Min jalan-jalan. Hiburkan hati. Dolah tak boleh dipersalahkan. Dia punya tanggungjawab besar untuk cari rezeki buat beri makan anak bini. Dolah mahu masa untuk diri sendiri juga. Kasihan Dolah.<br />
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Dolah, punya beban berat. Pada usia baru lewat dua-puluhan, dia punya beban hutang belajar, walau pun belajarnya tak habis. Dicampur itu dengan beban hutang kereta. Kemudian campur lagi hutang rumah. Kemudian kira sama belanja anak bini. Campur sekali duit untuk orang tua di kampung. Campur pula duit yang dia belanja untuk hiburkan hati yang lara disebabkan hutang-hutangnya. Dolah, jarang punya masa untuk tonton televisyen. Menonton televisyen di rumah sepulangnya dari kerja, ertinya merelakan telinganya mendengar anak bini memekak. Dolah buat salah besar kahwin pada usia ini, pada janda anak dua.<br />
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Siti ini, bininya si Dolah. Siti janda. Lakinya mati sakit jantung. Dia selalu salahkan dirinya, kerana suka masak makanan berminyak. Tapi Siti pandai. Siti tak makan apa yang dia masak. Maka Siti hidup sihat. Siti masih bergetah. Sebab itu Dolah tergoda. Siti tak buang masa. Siti goda Dolah. Siti menikah lagi. Siti suka. Dolah sayang Siti. Dolah akan korban apa saja untuk Siti. Sebab Siti pandai layan Dolah.<br />
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Siti kerja bank. Hari-hari Siti bergosip dengan kawan-kawannya tentang pelanggan bank yang tak bayar hutang. Tentang pelanggan mana yang duitnya banyak. Tentang pelanggan mana yang beli rumah, beli kereta. Siti tahu ekonomi negara merosot. Siti tahu nilai matawang dunia menyusut. Siti tahu harga barang naik. Siti sedar harga petrol naik. Siti tengok orang datang minta pinjam wang hari-hari. Mahu buka perniagaan, mahu kerja sendiri, mahu cari duit; supaya boleh sara anak bini.<br />
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Siti tonton televisyen dengan anak-anak. Sambil anak-anak buat kerja sekolah, dan curi pandang pada kaca televisyen. Siti tengok berita TV3. Anak Siti tanya, “Mak.. liwat tu apa?” Siti sengih. Siti kata, “Dia salah sebut. LEWAT la. L-e-w-a-t.” Siti padam televisyen. Tunggu Dolah balik kerja. Malam tu malam Jumaat.<br />
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Anak Siti ketawa mengekek. Anak Siti kata dalam hati, “Mak ni, ingat aku bodoh ke.” Anak Siti masuk internet. Anak Siti buka Google.<br />
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Mat, Minah, Dolah dan Siti ini semuanya rakyat Malaysia. Mereka punya kerisauan masing-masing dan harapan serta cita-cita tersendiri. Mat, Minah, Dolah dan Siti; sebenarnya tak banyak beza dengan kau dan aku. Kita ini semua punya persamaan yang jelas. Mungkin cuma satu persamaan, atau barangkali lebih. Apa yang nyata, kita ini semua rakyat Malaysia yang punya tekanan-tekanan dan situasi ekonomi yang mengharukan.<br />
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Anak-anak muda seperti Mat dan Min, tidak sangat peduli dengan politik idea. Dolah juga serupa. Dia lebih peduli tentang duit. Kerisauan dia itu lebih material, dibanding dengan kerisauan tentang pihak-pihak yang tidak memberi banyak kesan padanya, seperti puak yang sebar video lucah. Seperti kelas pertengahan yang hampir tidak membaca, politik hanya difahami sebagai pertarungan parti-parti politik untuk merebut kekuasaan untuk memperjuangkan kepentingan masing-masing.<br />
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Anak muda memandang politisi sebagai grup yang ‘poyo’ dan tidak selari dengan gaya mereka. Maka ide politik tidak menjadi tarikan. Kerana ide politik tidak ‘cool’. Semahunya mereka ini, supaya tidak mengambil garis partisan, supaya tak nampak ‘poyo’ dan tua sebelum usia. Namun hakikatnya anak muda tidak bisa lari jauh, dari efek politisi dan politik. Mahu tidak mahu, perlu peduli juga. Terutamanya bila Mat nak merempit, mahu beli minyak rasa macam lebih baik makan nasi ayam. Atau bila Min mahu buat kueh raya, tidak bisa guna gula. Bila Dolah hampir bankrap dan tidak lagi boleh hora-hora. Bila Siti punya anak-anak, terlebih bijak dan tidak teringin masuk sorga kerana tidak rasa perlu agama. Semua itu politik belaka.<br />
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Ketika setiap sensitiviti kita diruntun, dan marah kita dipetik; di waktu itu baru mau bangkit melawan dan mengaku peduli.<br />
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Mungkin dah lambat beb.Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-60911831429826228372011-05-27T02:48:00.001+08:002011-05-27T02:50:15.904+08:00PAS Berupaya dan Bersedia Mentadbir Negara - Wan Nasuha<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Seteru PAS kerap mengungkit-ngungkitkan kewujudan kumpulan 'erdogan' dan kumpulan 'ulama' di dalam parti itu. Idea mereka adalah itu menunjukkan PAS tidak bersatu. Mereka mengukuri PAS dengan mengguna kacamata sama yang mereka gunakan untuk menilai Umno. Mereka tersilap. Sebagai sebuah parti yang demokratik dan yang yakin atas asas ideologi perjuangannya, PAS tidak segan silu untuk mengaku terdapatnya perbezaan pendapat dan pandangan di kalangan ahli dan pemimpinnya berhubung isu-isu semasa. Apa yang mustahak perbezaan itu adalah berkaitan pendekatan dan penekanan, bukannya pergeseran disebabkan jawatan dan pembahagian habuan sebagaimana yang kerap disaksikan di dalam parti pemerintah.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>oleh Wan Nasuha Wan Hassan melalui e-mel</i></span></div><br />
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PAS adalah sebuah parti politik yang berasaskan sokongan dan keahlian Melayu Islam. Setelah 60 tahun berada di arena politik Malaysia, parti itu kini sudah mencapai kematangan dan penerimaan di kalangan masyarakat majmuk Malaysia untuk menjadi parti pemerintah.<br />
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Persekitaran politik, ekonomi dan teknologi di luar dan dalam negara telah banyak berubah dan arus perubahan itu akan terus berlaku. Berkemungkinan besar akan jadi lagi cepat dan hebat. Banyak ketidakpastian menunggu di masa hadapan tetapi hanya satu perkara yang pasti, yakni dunia akan terus berubah dan negara kita akan tidak dapat lari dari dibawa arus perubahan.<br />
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Lawan PAS jelas tidak berupaya untuk mengubah dirinya dari dalam untuk menangani cabaran-cabaran baru kepada kekuasaannya. Saluran maklumat dan media baru jelas tidak dapat dikongkongi atau dikawal, melainkan parti pemerintah meluluskan peraturan dan undang-undang internet yang akan mengakibatkan negara ini dicap sebagai 'pariah' atau kera sumbang dalam arena bisnes, pelaburan dan hak asasi manusia. Segala tindak tanduk dan keputusan kerajaan perlu dipertahankan sentiasa dengan hujah-hujah yang munasabah dan masuk akal. Ini tidak terdaya dilakukan oleh lawan PAS.<br />
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PAS pula berupaya untuk berubah demi menangani dan menghadapi cabaran-cabaran baru, bersikap responsif kepada perubahan persekitaran tanpa mengorbankan prinsip perjuangan yang berteraskan Islam. Ini terbukti semasa kemelut penolakan kepimpinan Dato Asri Hj Muda tiga dekad lepas. PAS telah berjaya mengakhiri bab itu dengan membuat dirinya lebih mantap dan setia kepada prinsip perjuangan Islam.<br />
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Seteru PAS kerap mengungkit-ngungkitkan kewujudan kumpulan 'erdogan' dan kumpulan 'ulama' di dalam parti itu. Idea mereka adalah itu menunjukkan PAS tidak bersatu. Mereka mengukuri PAS dengan mengguna kacamata sama yang mereka gunakan untuk menilai Umno. Mereka tersilap. Sebagai sebuah parti yang demokratik dan yang yakin atas asas ideologi perjuangannya, PAS tidak segan silu untuk mengaku terdapatnya perbezaan pendapat dan pandangan di kalangan ahli dan pemimpinnya berhubung isu-isu semasa. Apa yang mustahak perbezaan itu adalah berkaitan pendekatan dan penekanan, bukannya pergeseran disebabkan jawatan dan pembahagian habuan sebagaimana yang kerap disaksikan di dalam parti pemerintah.<br />
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Sebenarnya, tidak terdapat kumpulan 'erdogan' atau kumpulan 'ulama' di dalam PAS. Dewan Syura' Ulama adalah badan parti yang dipertanggungjawabkan untuk menentukan bahawa segala dasar dan polisi PAS adalah bertepatan dengan lunas dan prinsip agama Islam. Ini sejajar dengan definisi ulama berdasarkan firman <b><i>"Sesungguhnya yang menaruh bimbang dan takut (melanggar perintah) Allah dari kalangan hamba-hambaNya hanyalah orang-orang yang berilmu (ULAMA). Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Kuasa, lagi Maha Pengampun."</i> [Al-Faathir 35:28].</b> Tuan Guru Nik Aziz Nik Mat menyatakan ulama ialah orang berilmu. Tidak hanya mengkhususkan kepada agamawan sahaja. Ianya mencakupi ilmu yang lebih luas. <i>[Harakah 19-21/9/2008]</i>. Berpegang kepada definisi tersebut, jelas kepada kita bahawa tiada golongan erdogan atau kumpulan ulama di dalam jemaah PAS sebagaimana yang digambarkan oleh propaganda musuh.<br />
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PAS sebagaimana agama Islam adalah satu parti yang inklusif. Sesiapa sahaja boleh memeluk agama Islam dan sesiapa sahaja boleh menjadi ahli PAS. Dasar ini kian menarik ramai tenaga profesional, teknokrat dan akademik untuk menyertai PAS, terutamanya dari golongan muda dan berpelajaran. Golongan inilah yang akan membekalkan tenaga pentadbir dan pelaksanaan polisi. Mereka tertarik untuk menjadi ahli PAS kerana integriti dan ketaatan kepimpinan dan keahlian PAS terhadap prinsip perjuangan. Mereka sudah muak dan jelak dengan budaya bergiat dalam parti politik untuk mendapat kontrak, lesen dan permit. Ini adalah golongan anak muda yang ikhlas mahu berjuang untuk masyarakat dan Alhamdullillah, PAS adalah pilihan mereka.<br />
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Segala pengalaman yang diraih dalam memerintah Kelantan dan Kedah pastinya akan digunakan oleh PAS untuk melengkapkan dirinya untuk memerintah negara. Sememangnya parti pembangkang yang memerintah sebuah negeri sentiasa mendapat berbagai cabaran dan rintangan dari kerajaan persekutuan yang diperintah oleh parti lawan. Segala yang dipelajari akan menjadi asas untuk membentuk sebuah kerajaan pusat yang adil dan saksama.<br />
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Berdasarkan penerimaan dan sokongan kepadanya dari segenap masyarakat Malaysia, di desa dan di kota, sesungguhnya PAS sekarang berada di kedudukan di mana ia berupaya dan bersedia untuk mengganti pemerintahan yang ada sekarang untuk mentadbir negara tercinta.<br />
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<b>WAN NASUHA BINTI WAN HASSAN</b>Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-82128932469370284092011-05-27T02:45:00.001+08:002011-05-27T02:45:57.968+08:00Pendaftaran Rumah Anak Yatim: Ada Ruang Untuk Proses Dilicin dan Dipercepatkan - Miskam Suparman<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Susulan dari tragedi tanah runtuh yang menimpa Rumah Anak Yatim At-Taqwa, berbagai-bagai badan kerajaan dan politik telah menghulur bantuan kepada mangsa tragedi dan keluarga mereka. Ini pastinya adalah sesuatu yang amat baik, menggembirakan dan positif. Yang mungkin sedikit negatif adalah kemungkinan bantuan diberi dan diumumkan atas motif mengaut keuntungan politik atau 'political mileage'. Saya dengan rendah diri menyeru semua pihak untuk memberi segala bantuan dalam apa bentuk sekalipun dengan niat ikhlas untuk menolong membebankan ringan mangsa tragedi dan keluarga mereka. Janganlah harapkan apa-apa pulangan dari pertolongan yang diberi. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui akan isi hati kita sentiasa.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>oleh Miskam Hj Suparman melalui e-mel</i></span></div><br />
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Perhatian saya tertarik dengan kenyataan Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, bahawa Rumah Anak Yatim dan Anak Hidayah Madrasah At-Taqwa di Hulu Langat, lokasi kejadian tanah runtuh baru-baru ini, tidak berdaftar dengan Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM).<br />
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Saya tidak mempertikaikan kenyataan menteri tersebut dan percaya mesti terdapat rekod JKM yang menunjukkan rumah anak yatim terbabit tidak berdaftar dengannya. Apa yang ingin saya bawa kepada perhatian umum adalah proses untuk rumah yatim mendaftar dengan JKM, setahu saya, memerlukan kelulusan terlebih dahulu dari tiga badan berkuasa iaitu Kementerian Kesihatan, Jabatan Bomba dan pihak berkuasa tempatan. Ini saya yakin adalah kerana terdapat syarat-syarat dan garispanduan yang mesti dipatuhi oleh sesebuah rumah anak yatim sebelum boleh ia dikenali secara rasmi sebagai rumah sedemikian.<br />
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Bagi rumah anak yatim pula, pendaftaran dengan JKM membolehkan bantuan kewangan berdasarkan bilangan anak yatim yang menghuni rumah tersebut diberi oleh JKM. Rumah anak yatim yang tidak mendaftar dengan JKM tidak layak menerima bantuan ini.<br />
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Apa yang membuat saya terkilan berkaitan perkara di atas adalah terdapatnya kes di mana tiga badan berkuasa yang disebut di atas lembab atau tidak responsif dalam memberi maklumbalas kepada permohonan yang telah diserah oleh rumah anak yatim. Saya sendiri tahu akan kes sebuah rumah anak yatim di Lembah Kelang ini yang selepas setahun membuat permohonan telah mendapat jawapan kelulusan daripada hanya satu di kalangan tiga badan berkuasa yang terbabit. Yang dua lagi terus bisu menyepi. Ini pada saya amatlah tidak bertimbangrasa.<br />
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Bantuan kewangan JKM amat besar maknanya kepada anak-anak yatim. Pihak-pihak yang berkuasa untuk memberi kelulusan mestilah bersikap lebih bertanggungjawab dan prihatin supaya tidak menutup rezeki anak yatim. Mereka mestilah memberi keutamaan kepada permohonan kelulusan yang diterima dari rumah-rumah anak yatim dan bertindak sertamerta memberi maklumbalas mereka. Sekiranya ada syarat dan garispanduan yang tidak dipenuhi oleh rumah anak yatim yang memohon, beritahulah dengan segera supaya langkah pembetulan boleh diambil oleh pengurusan rumah anak yatim. Pokoknya, ini semua akan memberi kesan kepada kebajikan dan rezeki anak-anak yatim penghuni rumah tersebut.<br />
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Saya juga menyeru kepada semua ADUN dan ahli parlimen, tidak kira dari apa parti politik sekalipun, untuk menyelidik sama ada terdapat rumah anak yatim di dalam kawasan masing-masing yang telah memulakan proses untuk mendaftar dengan JKM tetapi masih belum mendapat kelulusan dari tiga pihak berkuasa yang dinyatakan di atas. Saya menggesa mereka untuk memberi bantuan yang sewajarnya kepada rumah-rumah anak yatim itu supaya proses pendaftaran mereka dengan JKM tidak dilengah-lengahkan. Sekali lagi, perlu ditekankan bantuan kewangan JKM amatlah besar maknanya anak-anak yatim yang terbabit.<br />
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Susulan dari tragedi tanah runtuh yang menimpa Rumah Anak Yatim At-Taqwa, berbagai-bagai badan kerajaan dan politik telah menghulur bantuan kepada mangsa tragedi dan keluarga mereka. Ini pastinya adalah sesuatu yang amat baik, menggembirakan dan positif. Yang mungkin sedikit negatif adalah kemungkinan bantuan diberi dan diumumkan atas motif mengaut keuntungan politik atau 'political mileage'. Saya dengan rendah diri menyeru semua pihak untuk memberi segala bantuan dalam apa bentuk sekalipun dengan niat ikhlas untuk menolong membebankan ringan mangsa tragedi dan keluarga mereka. Janganlah harapkan apa-apa pulangan dari pertolongan yang diberi. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui akan isi hati kita sentiasa.<br />
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Buat akhir kata, marilah kita sedekahkan Al-Fatihah kepada anak-anak dan penjaga rumah yatim yang menjadi mangsa tragedi menyayat hati itu. Semoga Allah swt mencucurikan rahmatNya ke atas roh mereka semua. Al-Fatihah.<br />
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<b>MISKAM HJ. SUPARMAN</b>Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-7262033598354969522011-05-24T15:01:00.001+08:002011-05-24T15:33:16.349+08:00Is it possible for a 60-year old to sodomise a 20-year old? - Angeline Tay<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">A person of authority using his position or influence to gain sexual gratification from a person answerable or beholden to him is not a phenomenon either unknown or rare. It is in fact very common. Think of those sexual abuse cases involving Catholic priests and altar or choir boys which till now are plaguing the Catholic Church, those cases in the US military where superior officers sexually harass and exploit junior female personnel, instances in academia where instructors use their position to gain sexual advantage over students.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>by Angeline Tay via e-mail</i></span></div><br />
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Many a time in the course of the Anwar Ibrahim sodomy II trial, the question was raised as to how a strong and reluctant twenty-something-year old man could be sodomised by a sixty-plus-year old person. This question presupposes that an element of physical force was involved to bring the victim to submission. That supposition may be entirely erroneous.<br />
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A person of authority using his position or influence to gain sexual gratification from a person answerable or beholden to him is not a phenomenon either unknown or rare. It is in fact very common. Think of those sexual abuse cases involving Catholic priests and altar or choir boys which till now are plaguing the Catholic Church, those cases in the US military where superior officers sexually harass and exploit junior female personnel, instances in academia where instructors use their position to gain sexual advantage over students.<br />
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In many cases, because of their shame, confusion and emotional trauma, the victims took a great deal of time, sometimes years, to speak out on the victimisation committed against them. Very often, there was no physical violence threatened or inflicted and the victims appear to have physically consented to the sexual relations. In actual fact, their mental confusion and reluctance to question or resist the 'requests' or 'suggestions' by a person they look up to made them vulnerable to sexual exploitation. Or the exploiter is someone the victim is dependent on for job security or career advancement. The Anwar/Saiful sodomy case can easily fit into this pattern.<br />
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Some people consider it inconceivable or impossible for Anwar to have forced Saiful to submit to be sodomised. This is a very blinkered view, almost willfully ignorant of what had happened in other parts of the world. The answer to the question posed many times by observers as to how it was possible that a 60-year old man can sexually exploit a physically strong 20-something year-old man is that the former by using his charisma, position and influence can persuade or coerce the latter to do things against the latter's better judgement with no physical violence or threats necessary. So the act can appear to be physically consensual but in the mind of the victim during or after the act, it is something done against his or her will and is forced on him or her.<br />
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Far from it for me to say at this point that was what actually transpired in the Anwar/Saiful sodomy case. That's for the trial to decide. What I'm saying is that it's time people stop playing stupid and start to accept that it is not an impossibility for sexual exploitation to have taken place with no actual physical resistance on the part of the victim. Things get very complicated once the victim 'submits' to the exploitation as the element of consent arguably becomes apparent. It is for this reason that sexual harassment laws have been formulated to deter persons holding positions of authority and power in organisations from even attempting to take sexual advantage of their underlings.<br />
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<b>ANGELINE TAY MEI LIN<br />
Cheras, Kuala Lumpur</b>Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-62690580594043957692011-05-23T15:33:00.003+08:002011-05-24T15:33:33.272+08:00PAS dan Video Seks Anwar Ibrahim - Nik Adha<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Isu video seks Anwar Ibrahim bukanlah satu musibah tetapi satu rahmat kepada PAS. Inilah peluang keemasan untuk PAS membuktikan ia benar-benar sebuah "hizbullah'. PAS sebenarnya kini berada dalam keadaan "menang-menang".</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>oleh Nik Adha Nik Kamil melalui e-mel</i></span></div><br />
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Perjuangan PAS sebagai sebuah "hizbullah" adalah berlandaskan hukum-hukum Allah swt. Sayugia, PAS menentang segala bentuk fitnah dan zina.<br />
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Pendedahan video seks Anwar Ibrahim boleh ditakrifkan sebagai fitnah zina. Jika video itu palsu, sebuah fitnah telah direkacipta untuk menganiayai Anwar Ibrahim. Jika video itu benar, Anwar Ibrahim telah melakukan zina. Hitam atau putih, tiada ruang untuk kelabu.<br />
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Isu video seks ini meletakkan PAS di persimpangan jalan. Isu ini sudah semestinya menguji keikhlasan PAS sebagai sebuah parti yang memperjuangkan syariat Islam. Setakat ini pendirian pucuk pimpinan PAS masih kabur dan samar mengenai isu ini. Pada waktu sama tiada juga tindakan pro-aktif oleh pemimpin-pemimpin PAS untuk menentukan kesahihan video tersebut.<br />
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PAS sepatutnya atas inisiatif sendiri merujuk kepada pakar-pakar video untuk menentukan kesahihan video tersebut yang kini telah tersebar meluas. Begitu juga teknologi canggih seperti pengecaman-muka perlu digunakan untuk mengenalpasti pelaku dalam video itu.<br />
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Segala usaha-usaha ini bebas dari apa-apa yang dilakukan oleh pihak-pihak lain. Ianya semata-mata untuk membantu pemimpin-pemimpin PAS membuat keputusan yang tepat dan bijak. Sambil memohon kepada Allah swt untuk memberi petunjuk, segala kepakaran yang sedia ada perlu digunakan untuk memberi penentuan. Berserah kepada Allah swt tetapi unta masih perlu ditambat juga.<br />
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Sebaliknya, apa yang dilihat umum ialah pemimpin-pemimpin PAS mengeluarkan kenyataan yang bercanggah-canggah. Mursyidul Am yakin Anwar tidak melakukan zina. Nik Aziz membuat kenyataan tanpa menonton video tersebut. Setiausaha Agung menyeru supaya menunggu keputusan siasatan polis. Mustapha Ali pula membuat kenyataan setelah dikatakan menonton video tersebut.<br />
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Pasukan polis yang menjadi rujukan Mustapha Ali adalah pasukan polis yang dilabel oleh PAS sebagai tidak adil dan tidak bebas.<br />
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Dalam masa yang sama, pemimpin-pemimpin PAS bersikap seolah-olah isu ini tidak wujud. Calon Timbalan Presiden, Mat Sabu pada satu sidang media telah menyatakan tidak akan melayan soalan-soalan mengenai video tersebut. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pemilihan PAS, Halim Rahman pula menyatakan bahawa muktamar PAS 2011 tidak akan membincang isu video seks. Ada pemimpin-pemimpin PAS yang sanggup menjadi burung unta yang lebih selesa menimbus kepala dalam pasir.<br />
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Sama ada mendapat restu atau tidak dari pucuk pimpinan PAS, ahli-ahli PAS dan rakyat biasa tetap akan membincang isu video seks. Implikasi isu ini amat getir bukan hanya kepada keutuhan PAS sebagai sebuah "hizbullah" tetapi rakyat Malaysia turut, khususnya orang melayu, akan berpecah belah.<br />
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Yang membuat akar umbi PAS dan penyokong-penyokong Pakatan Rakyat amat gusar, lebih dari kandungan video tersebut, ialah tindak-tanduk Anwar setelah pendedahan dibuat. Banyak persoalan yang timbul:<br />
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<ul><li>Mengapa Anwar tidak mengumumkan identiti alibi-alibi beliau?</li>
<li>Mengapa penjelasan Anwar tentang ketidakhadirannya dalam ruang "Twitter" pada masa video dirakam amat mengelirukan?</li>
<li>Mengapa tidak ditunjukkan kepada umum jam Omega, jam yang dikatakan oleh Anwar dan Wan Azizah masih disimpan oleh Wan Azizah?</li>
<li>Mengapa tidak membuat sumpah laknat?</li>
<li>Mengapa tidak membuat ujian "polygraph"?</li>
<li>Mengapa tidak merujuk kepada pakar-pakar yang profesional dan bebas tentang kesahihan video tersebut?</li>
<li>Mengapa Anwar tidak menyaman malu individu-individu yang membuat pendedahan?</li>
<li>Mengapa Anwar gagal untuk mengesahkan persahabatan beliau dengan Eskay Abdullah?</li>
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Tindak-tanduk Anwar tidak mencerminkan kewibawaan beliau sebagai seorang pemimpin yang bijak menangani sebarang krisis.<br />
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Jika sah video tersebut palsu, PAS wajib mengembelingkan segala tenaga untuk menghukum pihak pemfitnah. Dataran Merdeka akan bertukar menjadi Dataran Tahrir. Tidak cukup bumi untuk pemfitnah melarikan diri. PAS secara "default" akan menjadi pemimpin kepada sebuah gerakan massa yang memperjuangkan kebenaran dan keadilan.<br />
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Jika sah video tersebut benar, PAS wajib menyisihkan seorang penzina. PAS akan dianggap sebagai satu parti politik yang berprinsip kerana sanggup mengenepikan kepentingan politik demi menegakkan hukum Allah swt. Sekaligus membuat parti-parti politik yang mengamalkan resam "matlamat menghalalkan cara" kelihatan kerdil bagai melukut di tepi gantang.<br />
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Isu video seks Anwar Ibrahim bukanlah satu musibah tetapi satu rahmat kepada PAS. Inilah peluang keemasan untuk PAS membuktikan ia benar-benar sebuah "hizbullah'. PAS sebenarnya kini berada dalam keadaan "menang-menang".<br />
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<b>NIK ADHA NIK KAMIL</b>Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-78407906750819412082011-05-20T15:59:00.001+08:002011-05-24T15:33:43.613+08:00Of Naked Paunches and Disappearing Goatees - Ariff Effendy<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">"Sumpah Laknat" may not be the most optimum religious act according to the swirling controversy surrounding it. But it is a way that is effective among the masses to discredit the video. Anwar should do it. If his intention is sincere in saving the ummah, Allah will be with him.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>by Dr. Ariff Effendy via e-mail</i></span></div><br />
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The debate on the authenticity of the sex video purportedly showing Dato Seri Anwar patronising a prostitute has bewildered me, to say the least. Everyone seems to be either an expert in videography or has seen Anwar naked so often as to be able to determine if indeed he has the belly of a 40-year old.<br />
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That the whistle-blowers are not exactly of impeccable reputation is a reality in public opinion. That the powers that be are capable of manipulating circumstances in a situation that will benefit them, is also a probability. <br />
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I should then just ignore the video.<br />
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To be absolutely honest though, I have not been able to. It does bother me. Not because I really care about another person's carnal activities nor am I such a righteous person sincerely wanting to offer salvation to the misguided. <br />
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It is the blatant hypocrisy that disturbs me. <br />
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None of the whistle-blowers have been convicted in a court of law, yet we are quick to dish out our judgement of their character. Perhaps they have escaped the arms of the law because of the selective prosecution wanton in our country presently. Yes, that is a probability. Damn them for upsetting our apple-cart though.<br />
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I don't have to listen to these characters' judgement of Anwar but I am curious about the case they had presented. If Hitler had said the Aryans are the superior race, I would have ignored that judgement coming from a racist supremacist. However, just because Hitler said two plus two totals four, I'm not going to dispute it just because it comes from a mad man. You see, facts can be determined independently of the carrier of the message.<br />
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So how come the authenticity of the video and the identity of its participants seem so difficult to determine? It's not rocket science. The same people who believe that the video is a fraud made using technologies not even available to the CIA, KGB and Mossad, seem reluctant to resort to proven technology readily available to identify the video's participants.<br />
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So maybe there's no legal reason to do that as none of the country's laws have been broken and a royal commission that has been mooted should focus on more critical matters.<br />
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How much of critical importance is this sex video to me? Very very critical. I am sick of the hypocrisy of our country's leaders whom we have voted into office. And I am not about to replace them with characters just as bad, or worse.<br />
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I am very alarmed that an unfair allegation has been made against Anwar and yet Anwar who wants me to trust him to be my leader has refused to sue these people for defamation. If he doesn't trust this country's courts, then let us ask if he is willing to sue in United Kingdom if those people repeat the defamatory statements in the UK? Then Malaysians like me will have the benefit of the latest technology to resolve this matter if their defence is that of justification.<br />
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Whoever wins or loses, it is the rakyat that actually win. We are with him. Is he with us?<br />
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Or if he is partial to Islamic traditions, just do the "sumpah laknat" and get it over with. Public opinion will swing to him away from those rouges. After all, he has nothing to worry about as we all are very sure that Anwar the propagator of "penyerapan nilai-nilai Islam" in governance while he was in government would be the last person to patronise a prostitute.<br />
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"Sumpah Laknat" may not be the most optimum religious act according to the swirling controversy surrounding it. But it is a way that is effective among the masses to discredit the video. Anwar should do it. If his intention is sincere in saving the ummah, Allah will be with him.<br />
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I have reduced all this fog to just simply wanting to know the truth about my aspiring leader. This is not about the character of the rogues or the appropriateness of "sumpah laknat" or the fairness of our courts.<br />
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It is about whether person in the video is Anwar and whether there was a gun to his head while he was committing the act. The rest is just anybody's spin to divert the issue.<br />
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It is the hypocrisy that I can't stand. From whosoever.<br />
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<b>DR ARIFF EFFENDY</b>Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-68428373124888522502011-05-19T11:48:00.002+08:002011-05-24T15:33:09.154+08:00The Sacred and the Profane in Malaysian Politics - Syed Mohd Salim<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Why enlist foreign ulamas who are ignorant of Malaysian politics to proclaim his innocence? Why not hire foreign video experts who are professional and impartial to prove his innocence? Why not sue the individuals responsible for the video for defamation if he was innocent of the act portrayed in it?</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>by Syed Mohd Salim via e-mail</i></span></div><br />
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Humans have always been beset by the existentialist questions: Where do I come from? Where am I going? Why am I here?<br />
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Religions exist to provide the answers and to comfort the beleaguered. The need for religion is so real that the propensity for religion is programmed in the human genes. Religion is the basis for altruism, the critical factor in the evolution of humans as social animals. Religion is sacred.<br />
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Procreation is the sole mechanism for the evolution of the species. Since the advent of sexual reproduction as a means of procreation, organisms have striven to be the alpha male or the alpha female. This is the best strategy to ensure maximum opportunities for the replication of one's genes. Procreation is a natural phenomenon and it is values-free. It is the drive to be the alpha male or female, "red in tooth and claw", that is profane.<br />
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The line between the sacred and the profane is blurred in Malaysian politics today. Religion is readily abused in the quest to be the alpha-male, alpha-group, alpha-race. Religious issues are manipulated to gain or maintain power.<br />
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There are no qualms in oppressing one religion to get the support of the adherents of another. The various religions are kept apart and made to be wary of each other, even to the point of mounting "crusades" against another. The classic case of divide-and-rule.<br />
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Even more insidious than religion being used as a tool to maintain power but integral to that phenomenon is the role of religious charlatans in politics. These are politicians who use religious platforms to get support. In the Malaysian context, unscrupulous politicians use Islam to gain support from Muslims who form the majority population in the country.<br />
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The epitome of such politicians is Anwar Ibrahim. He rose to prominence through ABIM, an Islamic youth movement. He later joined UMNO and in a matter of eleven years became deputy president of the party, a sure-fire path to be the prime minister. While in the government, he engineered a radical Islamisation policy to politically outflank PAS. Since his ouster from the government in 1998, he maintains a group of Islamists as core supporters.<br />
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Anwar always portrays the image of a pious Muslim. He quotes Quranic verses in his speeches and draws analogies from the Islamic Traditions to sell his agenda. He gained recognition from the international community by grandstanding on Islamic issues.<br />
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</tbody></table>The Islamic cloak worn by Anwar is getting thread-bare. The video showing Anwar having sex with a prostitute has devastatingly exposed the real Anwar. Crying political conspiracy, Anwar refuses to take the initiative to prove that the video is a fake or that the perpetrator is not him. He could have used the latest face-recognition technology to prove his innocence, had he so wanted, but instead, he goes on a dog-and-pony show around the country crying political conspiracy.<br />
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The roadshows are basically religious gatherings with solat hajat (special prayers), tazkirah (sermons) and ceramahs (speeches) laced with quotes from the Quran and hadiths (sayings of the Prophet) where Anwar proclaims his innocence while guised in the Islamic cloak. He recruits ulamas (religious scholars), local and foreign, to prop up his Islamic stature.<br />
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Why enlist foreign ulamas who are ignorant of Malaysian politics to proclaim his innocence? Why not hire foreign video experts who are professional and impartial to prove his innocence? Why not sue the individuals responsible for the video for defamation if he was innocent of the act portrayed in it?<br />
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It is time Malaysians differentiate the sacred from the profane in Malaysian politics, lest "religion becomes the refuge of the scoundrel".<br />
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<b>SYED MOHD SALIM SYED MOHD BAKAR</b>Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-19997709916340473102011-05-18T13:29:00.003+08:002011-05-18T13:42:27.812+08:00Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Anwar Ibrahim, and Paul Wolfowitz: The Woman Troubles of Men Who Oversee Money<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Like three peas in a pod, Strauss Kahn, Anwar Ibrahim and Paul Wolfowitz, all seem to have issues that can cost them their political future, and all their problems relate to women (or in the case of Anwar, allegations of adultery with women and also men). Indeed, in a further parallel to Strauss-Kahn’s current predicament, it is worth noting that Anwar is not so much on trial for sodomy, as for sexual assault of an aide. The only difference is that Wolfowitz’s scandal was not of alleged sexual assault, but merely of a girlfriend-triggered conflict of interest.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>by Christopher Badeaux at <a href="http://newledger.com/2011/05/dominique-strauss-kahn-anwar-ibrahim-and-paul-wolfowitz-the-woman-troubles-of-men-who-oversee-money/">New Ledger</a></i></span></div><br />
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The news this weekend is that International Monetary Fund head <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/15/3217271.htm?section=justin">Dominique Strauss-Kahn had apparently been caught with his pants down</a>:<br />
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<blockquote>Prosecutors have charged International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn with a criminal sexual act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment in the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid in New York City, police said.<br />
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Strauss-Kahn, a key player in the world’s response to the 2007-09 financial meltdown and in Europe’s ongoing debt crisis, was removed from an Air France plane 10 minutes before it was to take off for Paris from John F Kennedy International Airport, New York police spokesman Paul Browne said.<br />
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A lawyer representing Strauss-Kahn, Benjamin Brafman, told Reuters in an email that the IMF chief “will plead not guilty.” Mr Brafman made no further comment.<br />
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A 32-year-old maid filed a sexual assault complaint after fleeing the hotel suite at the Sofitel in Times Square where the alleged incident occurred, Mr Browne said.</blockquote><br />
The Greek tragedy that is now befalling Strauss-Kahn is the latest in a series of similar cases of sex-related scandal that over the past few years have also involved former World Bank boss Paul Wolfowitz and former Malaysian finance minister (and close friend of Wolfowitz) Anwar Ibrahim.<br />
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Like three peas in a pod, Strauss Kahn, Anwar Ibrahim and Paul Wolfowitz, all seem to have issues that can cost them their political future, and all their problems relate to women (or in the case of Anwar, allegations of adultery with women and also men). Indeed, in a further parallel to Strauss-Kahn’s current predicament, it is worth noting that Anwar is not so much on trial for sodomy, as for <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joshua-trevi/what-anwars-trial-really_b_672528.html">sexual assault of an aide</a>. The only difference is that Wolfowitz’s scandal was not of alleged sexual assault, but merely of a girlfriend-triggered conflict of interest.<br />
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Take a look at these three and their recent histories:<br />
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Strauss-Kahn, 62, is the former French Finance Minister who widely believed to be within inches of announcing his candidacy as opposition candidate to challenge President Nicholas Sarkozy of France in the upcoming national elections. But his past indiscretion with a fellow IMF staffer in 2008 nearly cost him his job, and as of Monday he was facing sexual assault charges that very likely will end his career.<br />
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</tbody></table>Anwar, 64, is the former Malaysian Finance Minister who was hoping to challenge Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia in elections that are expected some time later this year or in 2012. But his alleged past indiscretion with a male staffer in 2008 may cost him his job as Opposition leader, a widely publicized video allegedly showing him with a woman not his wife is causing controversy at home, and as of Monday a court in Kuala Lumpur ruled that his own sex-related trial will proceed (has just been <a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/164214">ordered to put on a defense</a> to what seems like an increasingly likely sodomy conviction), and this could end his career.<br />
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Wolfowitz, 68, is the former Deputy Secretary of Defense and <a href="http://omong.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/the-wolfowitz-connection-anwar-ibrahims-hand-in-shaha-rizas-transfer/">a close friend of Anwar</a> whose career in public service essentially ended in 2007 when he was forced to resign as President of the World Bank over the lavish pay rise he arranged for his girlfriend, that in turn triggered the worst crisis in the institution’s history.<br />
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A 2010 <a href="http://newledger.com/2011/05/dominique-strauss-kahn-anwar-ibrahim-and-paul-wolfowitz-the-woman-troubles-of-men-who-oversee-money/www.whistleblower.org/storage/documents/ExecSumPDF.pdf">report</a> purports, based on documents released pursuant to FOIA requests, to document how Wolfowitz’s girlfriend Shaha Riza was paid a salary higher than that of Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice by a foundation set up with $20 million of U.S. taxpayers’ money. Riza’s activities in this role were in apparent violation of conflict of interest regulations at the World Bank, and raised questions about tax, visa, and national security law violations as well.<br />
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But even more egregiously, according to the whistle blower report, Riza had helped get Anwar Ibrahim, a close friend of Wolfowitz, named as chairman of the same obscure State Department-funded Foundation for the Future. Wolfowitz meanwhile has continued to <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703545604575407213095238970.html">defend Anwar Ibrahim</a> against his current sexual assault and sodomy charges in Malaysia.<br />
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So call it a coincidence, or call it a pattern. But when people of public stature, entrusted with political leadership or the stewardship of an institution such as the IMF or World Bank get into sex-related trouble, it can diminish the office, the person and the institution.<br />
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In Wolfowitz’s case, he has resigned. In Anwar’s case, he is on trial. In Strauss-Kahn’s case, he will likely go on trial.<br />
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Going forward, with Wolfowitz gone, and Strauss-Kahn a symbol of the respectable international Left now facing charges of criminal sexual assault, one wonders who in the international community will continue a defense of Anwar by inertia. After nearly sixty days of proceedings, Anwar has been ordered to present his defense by a court of law. The old defenses — stunted appeals to Anwar’s first sodomy trial, made by Wolfowitz no less — will ring increasingly hollow when the very men who once cried out that Anwar’s exceedingly-process-driven trial is a sham are themselves not so credible. The comparison has already become obvious in the <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.donnetonavis.fr%2Factu%2Fnews%2Fdominique-strauss-kahn-les-scandales-sexuels-en-politique.html&rct=j&q=Tout%20comme%20cela%20pourrait%20arriver%20%C3%A0%20l%E2%80%99actuel%20directeur%20g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral%20du%20Fonds%20anwar&ei=uu3QTY_VL5CztweQ-ayEDg&usg=AFQjCNFNsz74qe7iU9veWiTJdKGzmqKy5Q&sig2=g0-e3GcvYymBKOUcM75WNw&cad=rja">French</a>, <a href="http://www.n-tv.de/politik/Von-Bunga-Bunga-bis-Lewinsky-article3339236.html">German</a>, and <a href="http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2011/05/15/sexo-y-politica-los-casos-mas-escandalosos/">Spanish</a> press.<br />
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For Anwar and Strauss-Kahn, both innocent until proven guilty but both accused of sexual peccadilloes for the second time, the ride through the criminal process is only beginning. For an international community too lazy to pay attention to the merits of Anwar’s alleged crimes, Strauss-Kahn’s troubles must serve as a wake-up call, and a reminder that even favored sons can stray.Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-88354667279550131252011-05-18T12:14:00.002+08:002011-05-18T12:16:24.731+08:00WikiLeaks and the Altantuya Murder<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">The cables are replete with accounts of a long series of meetings with opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who repeatedly told the Americans that Najib was connected to corrupt practices in the acquisition of the submarines as well as the purchase of Sukhoi Su-MCM-30 Flanker fighter jets from Russia. Anwar also called attention to Najib's connection to the Altantuya case.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>by <a href="http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3197&Itemid=178">Asia Sentinel</a> Correspondent</i></span></div><br />
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The diplomats, like much of the public, also speculated that the trial was being deliberately delayed and feared what one cable calls "prosecutorial misconduct" that was being politically manipulated. The embassy officials based their concerns on sources within the prosecution, government and the political opposition.<br />
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The cables also draw attention to an intriguing allegation that then Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi may have attempted to use the proceedings to implicate Najib, a claim that was quickly hushed up in the Malaysian press. <br />
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Altantuya was murdered in October 2006 by two of Najib's bodyguards, Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, 30 and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, 35. who stood trial and were pronounced guilty in April 2009. Abdul Razak Baginda, one of Najib's best friends and Altantuya's lover, was accused of participating in the murder but was freed without having to put on a defense.<br />
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The murder has been tied closely to the US$1 billion acquisition of French submarines by the Malaysian ministry of defense, which Najib headed as defense minister during the acquisitions. Altantuya reportedly acted as a translator on the transaction, which netted Razak Baginda's company a €114 million "commission" on the purchase. Reportedly she had been offered US$500,000 for her part in translating. After she was jilted, she vainly demanded payment. A letter she had written was made public after her death saying she regretted attempting to "blackmail" Razak Baginda.<br />
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French lawyers are investigating whether some of the €114 million was kicked back to French or Malaysian politicians. Despite the scandal, the US government has not publicly backed away from Najib. In April 2010, Najib visited the White House and was praised by President Barack Obama for the parliament's passage of an act allowing Malaysian authorities to take action against individuals and entities engaged in proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. <br />
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The cables are replete with accounts of a long series of meetings with opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who repeatedly told the Americans that Najib was connected to corrupt practices in the acquisition of the submarines as well as the purchase of Sukhoi Su-MCM-30 Flanker fighter jets from Russia. Anwar also called attention to Najib's connection to the Altantuya case.<br />
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A Jan. 24, 2007 cable, marked "secret," wrote that "Perceived irregularities on the part of prosecutors and the court, and the alleged destruction of some evidence, suggested to many that the case was subject to strong political pressure intended to protect Najib."<br />
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In a Feb. 1, 2008 cable, the embassy's Political Section Chief, Mark D. Clark, wrote that a deputy prosecutor had told him "there was almost no chance of winning guilty verdicts in the on-going trial of defendants Razak Baginda, a close advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, and two police officers. She described the trial as interminably long." (That, of course, turned out to be wrong. Sirul and Azilah were ultimately convicted and have appealed their sentence) <br />
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Clark called the trial "a prosecutorial embarrassment from its inception, leading many to speculate that the ineptitude was by design. On the eve of the trial,Malaysia's Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail dropped his lead prosecutors and replaced them with less experienced attorneys. Similarly, a lead counsel for one of the defendants abruptly resigned before the trial 'because of (political) attempts to interfere with a defense he had proposed, in particular to protect an unnamed third party.'" <br />
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The protracted nature of the case, Clark continued, led "at least one regional newspaper to speculate that 'the case is being deliberately delayed to drive it from public view. Malaysia's daily newspapers rarely mention the case's latest developments, and it is unprecedented in Malaysian judicial history that a murder trial could drag on for seven months and still not give the defense an opportunity to present its case. Such an environment has led many to conclude that the case was too politically sensitive to yield a verdict before the anticipated general elections." <br />
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A January 2007 cable called attention to Razak Baginda's affidavit confirming that he sought the help of Musa Safri, later identified by reporters as Najib's aide-de-camp, in ridding him of the jilted woman, and in other cables pointed out that Musa had never been called for questioning.<br />
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In another cable, dated May 16, 2007, Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh, a deputy home affairs minister in former Prime Minister Ahmad Abdullah Badawi's cabinet told US Embassy officials that he was "certain that government prosecutors would limit their trial activities to the murder itself and the three defendants; prosecutors would not follow up on allegations of related corruption or other suspects." <br />
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In a Jan. 27, 2007 cable, marked "Secret," embassy officials wrote that "In December we heard from one of (Anwar's) lawyers that Razak Baginda's wife was in contact with Anwar and Wan Azizah, suggesting one possible source for Anwar's information." <br />
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Razak Baginda's wife, during one of his first appearances in court, screamed that her husband "doesn't want to be prime minister." That was taken by observers as a reference to the fact that Najib reportedly had been having an affair with Altantuya but passed her on to Razak Baginda because it would be unseemly to have a mistress when he succeeded Abdullah Badawi as premier. Najib has offered to swear on the Koran that he had never met the woman.<br />
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However, in July 2008, P Balasubramaniam, a former policeman and private detective who had been hired by Razak Baginda to protect him from Altantuya, filed a sworn statement saying he had been told by the accused man that Najib not only knew the murdered woman but had an affair with her and introduced her to him, passing her on because he did not want the onus of having a mistress in the event that he would become prime minister. <br />
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In a telephone interview on May 9, Anwar, however, told Asia Sentinel that Razak Baginda's wife was not the source of his knowledge of Najib's connection and that instead he had been told of the connection by Setev Shaariibuu, Altantuya's father, who said he had wished to present evidence of Najib's involvement, but was not allowed to do so. Multiple attempts to contact Setev by Asia Sentinel have been unsuccessful.<br />
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Almost immediately after he made the statement, Balasubramaniam was picked up and driven to a police station, where he was forced to withdraw the statement and write a new one saying Razak Baginda had told him nothing of the sort. Balasubramaniam fled Malaysia for India. He later said Najib's brother, Nizam, and wife, Rosmah Mansor, had met with him and that he was offered RM5 million (US$1.48 million) to forget his statement connecting Najib to Altantuya. Balasubramaniam displayed a flock of checks drawn on the account of an associate of Najib's wife. The former private detective has made a a series of statements from outside the country about Najib's involvement. <br />
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A February 2008 cable from Political Section Chief Clark gives a hint that Abdullah Badawi himself may have been trying to get rid of Najib by forcing Razak Baginda to implicate him in the murder.<br />
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"In the latest turn of the ongoing Altantuya murder trial (reftels), accused political insider Abdul Razak Baginda, who has remained calm and composed through most of the proceedings, unleashed an emotional tirade shortly after the February 20 noon recess on the trial's 90th day," Clark wrote. "Referring to the Prime Minister by his nick-name 'Pak Lah,' Razak reportedly exclaimed: 'You can die, Pak Lah! (in Malaysian - Matilah kau, Pak Lah!) I'm innocent!' according to unpublished journalist accounts. <br />
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"Local newspapers and the government news service Bernama reported the fact of the outburst, but did not print Razak's statements. The short-lived exception was the English language newspaper The Sun, which included the quotations from Razak in its early morning February 21 edition. Sources at newspaper confirmed to us in confidence that the Ministry of Internal Security compelled The Sun to withdraw and recall thousands of copies of their first run paper in which the original quote was included. Prime Minister Abdullah serves concurrently as Minister of Internal Security." <br />
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During the trial, Clark wrote, Razak Baginda, "appeared uneasy throughout the morning session of court on February 20. Razak's father, Abdullah Malim Baginda had whispered something to him shortly before the trial had begun for the morning and apparently upset the accused. Razak had remained quiet throughout the morning hearings, but just after the noon recess was called and as he was leaving the courtroom he kicked and banged the door and yelled "You can die, Pak Lah! Die, Pak Lah! I am innocent. I am innocent." He was later seen crying before his lawyer while his mother attempted to comfort him." <br />
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"Speculation is rife in Malaysia's on-line community concerning what it was that set off Razak Baginda outburst, including conspiracy theories alleging the Prime Minister's office had urged Razak to implicate Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak …in return for sparing Razak a guilty verdict and its mandatory death sentence," officials wrote. <br />
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The cable goes on to write, "Regardless, the Internal Security Ministry would want to limit any possibly inflammatory reference to the Prime Minister at the trial, and particularly at this juncture due to the proximity of Malaysia's general election to be held on March 8. Any connection between the Prime Minister and the murder trial would be scandalous. The GOM (government of Malaysia) reportedly has worked hard to 'drive (the case) from public view' … and is not about to allow the case to influence the coming elections."Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-36128879272223184852011-05-18T11:36:00.001+08:002011-05-24T15:32:40.776+08:00Surat Terbuka Kepada Dr. Wan Azizah - Wan Nasuha<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Ketika ummah bercakaran maka langkah pro-aktif dituntut untuk menghentikan segala kekusutan ummah. Hakikatnya, hanya Dr Wan Azizah sahaja di muka bumi ini yang berupaya untuk menyelesaikan kekusutan ini. Dr Wan Azizah perlu akur bahawa isu video ini telah menjangkaui kepentingan peribadi, keluarga dan politik. Keharmonian ummah sudah terancam dan kestabilan negara telah tergugat. Hanya Dr Wan Azizah yang mampu untuk menyelamatkan ummah daripada terus dilanda musibah ini.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>oleh Wan Nasuha Wan Hassan melalui e-mel</i></span></div><br />
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Sebagai isteri dan ibu, saya turut bersimpati dengan derita yang melanda Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail dan keluarganya dengan isu pendedahan video seks yang didakwa menunjukkan Anwar Ibrahim melakukan perhubungan seks dengan seorang pelacur Cina. Mana-mana isteri di dunia ini akan luluh hati terluka jika benar suaminya telah berzina, dirakam aksi seks dan tersebar seluruh dunia. Disiarkan pula setiap hari dan malam di kaca televisyen.<br />
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Jika benar ini fitnah dan dusta, alangkah teraniaya beliau dan anak-anaknya sebagai seorang Muslimah. Alhamdulillah, setakat ini Dr Wan Azizah kelihatan tabah berdiri teguh di sisi suami meskipun diserang bertubi-tubi oleh pihak musuh politik. Dr Wan Azizah telah membuat kenyataan demi kenyataan bahawa lelaki di dalam video itu bukan Anwar Ibrahim. Malangnya, masih ada yang mempercayai Anwar Ibrahim adalah lelaki dalam video seperti yang didakwa.<br />
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Dakyah Utusan Malaysia, TV3 dan lain-lain media Umno/BN telah berjaya meracuni minda sebahagian besar masyarakat. Ummah telah berpecah dan berbalah kerana video ini, sehingga masjid dijadikan gelanggang pergaduhan. Hukum syariah, ayat-ayat suci Al Quran menjadi bahan mainan dengan tafsiran-tafsiran ikut selera politik dan agama Islam diperlekehkan. Keretakan di kalangan ummah memberi ruang kepada musuh untuk bertindak.<br />
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Ketika ummah bercakaran maka langkah pro-aktif dituntut untuk menghentikan segala kekusutan ummah. Hakikatnya, hanya Dr Wan Azizah sahaja di muka bumi ini yang berupaya untuk menyelesaikan kekusutan ini. Dr Wan Azizah perlu akur bahawa isu video ini telah menjangkaui kepentingan peribadi, keluarga dan politik. Keharmonian ummah sudah terancam dan kestabilan negara telah tergugat. Hanya Dr Wan Azizah yang mampu untuk menyelamatkan ummah daripada terus dilanda musibah ini.<br />
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Selama ini penafian secara lisan dari beliau telah diperlekehkan atas alasan beliau berkepentingan sebagai isteri untuk melindungi reputasi suami beliau. Tambahan pula si isteri adalah presiden parti yang berketua umumkan si suami. Mahu tak mahu, Dr Wan Azizah harus mengambil tindakan yang lebih tegas dan berani untuk menamatkan fitnah jijik ini.<br />
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Maka dengan ini, saya dengan segala rendah hatinya mencadangkan supaya Dr Wan Azizah membuat sumpah laknat atas nama Allah bahawa pelaku dalam video itu bukan suami beliau. Selepas membuat sumpah tersebut, beliau haruslah mengadakan sidang media di mana jam Omega suami beliau yang selama ini saya percaya di dalam simpanan beliau ditunjuk kepada para hadirin.<br />
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Tindakan Dr Wan Azizah yang tegas ini akan sekaligus menamatkan fitnah terhadap Anwar Ibrahim dan menyelamatkan ummah dari berpecah. Tiada insan rasional dapat menolak kesahihan sumpah laknat yang dibuat oleh Dr Wan Azizah, malah itu lebih efektif dari apa-apa sumpah laknat yang dibuat oleh Anwar Ibrahim sendiri. Apatah lagi diperkukuhkan dengan adanya jam Omega yang menafikan sama sekali bahawa Anwar telah berada di tempat di mana video hubungan seks haram telah dirakam.<br />
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Saya yakin Dr Wan Azizah sedar dan peka bahawa kewajipan beliau kepada Allah SWT untuk menegakkan kebenaran dan keadilan mengatasi segala pertimbangan duniawi. Sesungguhnya penyelesaian kepada isu yang kian memecahbelahkan ummah ini terletak di tangan beliau. Saya amat berharap dan berdoa beliau menyambut baik cadangan ini dan seterusnya mengambil tindakan yang dicadangkan, Insya-Allah.<br />
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Sekian, Wasallam.<br />
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<b>WAN NASUHA BINTI WAN HASSAN</b>Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-10078733158405434042011-05-18T11:18:00.001+08:002011-05-18T11:18:36.622+08:00Sex, lies and the reckless choices of the powerful<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">One pattern psychologists detect in top politicians is a readiness to engage in an extreme amount of risk-taking, said Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University in Philadelphia. In the Strauss-Kahn case, if true, Farley said a crime would be "exceptionally risky."<br />
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"Risk-taking is one of the essential ingredients in highly successful or leading public figures and politicians," said Farley. "Strauss-Kahn (case) fits that bill."</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>by Caren Bohan and Tabassum Zakaria at Reuters via <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110515/ts_nm/us_strausskahn_power;_ylt=AiCjKI9UQy4r5STXlkZ08tFH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTMybzBsZ2VsBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTEwNTE1L3VzX3N0cmF1c3NrYWhuX3Bvd2VyBGNjb2RlA2dtcGUEY3BvcwMyBHBvcwMyBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDc2V4bGllc2FuZHRo">Yahoo! News</a></i></span></div><br />
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Sex and power are no strangers. History is littered with tales of the powerful and privileged felled by sex scandals.<br />
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But make no mistake. If IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is found guilty as charged of attempting to rape a hotel maid in New York City, he would be in a league virtually of his own.<br />
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Few have been accused of a violent crime like Strauss-Kahn. The world financier and French presidential hopeful was charged on Sunday with criminal sexual act, unlawful imprisonment and attempted rape in New York City after a hotel maid said she was assaulted.<br />
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"Politics and power and sexual harassment certainly have a long history," said Michele Swers, associate professor of government at Georgetown University. "This being an attempted criminal rape is, I think, of an order of a different magnitude."<br />
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There is no shortage of powerful leaders who fell from grace for affairs, prostitutes and groping. Sexual indiscretions have weakened governments and buried political careers on both sides of the Atlantic, today and in ages past.<br />
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Among the most famous is the Profumo scandal in 1963 in which a British war secretary was forced to resign because he had an affair with a prostitute linked to a Russian spy.<br />
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The Strauss-Kahn case raises some of the same questions that surface in any scandal where politics and sex intersect. Did the accused abuse power to engage in high-risk behavior, and did power make him feel invincible, above the law?<br />
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, ex-New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and 2012 presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich are just a few of the powerful who have faced that kind of scrutiny, although none had to answer to charges of violent crime.<br />
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"Power is an aphrodisiac, as is well known, and we know as well that power in one sense is often presumed to be power in another sense," said James Walston, professor of Italian politics at the American University of Rome.<br />
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"So a person who is head of the IMF might think he can get away with anything. Certainly Berlusconi appears to think that way."<br />
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Berlusconi, 74, a towering figure of Italy's center right, is facing four concurrent trials for corruption, tax fraud and, most sensationally, sex with an underage prostitute and then using his office to cover it up. The sex charge followed years of rumors of his sexual misbehavior.<br />
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Strauss-Kahn is no stranger to these questions. In 2008, he was investigated by the IMF over possible abuse of power over a brief affair with an economist at the Fund who was his subordinate. The affair was consensual and he was cleared, but he apologized publicly for "a serious error of judgment.<br />
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France, like Italy, traditionally is quite tolerant of extra-marital affairs, unlike the United States. The out-of-wedlock daughter of former President Francois Mitterand attended his funeral. This time though, French politicians and the public were shocked. The charges "struck like a thunderbolt," in the words of the leader of the Socialist Party to which Strauss-Kahn belonged.<br />
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Strauss-Kahn, 62, is due to appear in court later on Sunday and his wife, a successful French media personality, has said she has "no doubt his innocence will be re-established."<br />
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It is rare for a politician to go to jail for a sex crime. Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav was sentenced in March to seven years in prison for rape when he was a Cabinet minister in the late 1990s. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it showed "no person is above the law."<br />
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One pattern psychologists detect in top politicians is a readiness to engage in an extreme amount of risk-taking, said Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University in Philadelphia. In the Strauss-Kahn case, if true, Farley said a crime would be "exceptionally risky."<br />
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"Risk-taking is one of the essential ingredients in highly successful or leading public figures and politicians," said Farley. "Strauss-Kahn (case) fits that bill."<br />
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Clinton also fits the profile. He came from modest means, faced many ups and downs in his political path to the presidency, only to risk all when he had an affair with intern Monica Lewinsky in the White House.<br />
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Adulation awarded to high-fliers can also contribute.<br />
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"You have people who are committed supporters around you and they don't want to see anything bad happen to you in terms of career, so there will always be people who are willing to then cover it up," said Swers.<br />
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John Edwards, a U.S. Democratic presidential candidate in 2004 and 2008, squandered his promising career by having an affair with a woman on his campaign, while his wife battled cancer. Elizabeth Edwards has since died.<br />
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Edwards blamed his meteoric rise in presidential politics and the fawning that came with it.<br />
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All that "fed a self-focus, an egotism, a narcissism that leads you to believe that you can do whatever you want. You're invincible. And there will be no consequences," Edwards told ABC News in 2008. He later admitted he had fathered the woman's child.<br />
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While a sense of strength and fearlessness and a near disregard of consequences can make for great, powerful leaders, the problems come when they do not acknowledge they are human, said Robert Weiss, founder and director of the Sexual Recovery Institute, which specializes in sexual addiction.<br />
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"If their narcissism or egotism isn't matched by a healthy dose of humility of what it means to be human ... and they run on their intellect and don't attend to their emotions on any level ... then they are bound for trouble," said Weiss.Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-83029841626219168592011-03-23T17:20:00.002+08:002011-03-23T17:39:39.113+08:00PKR, PR and the Sex Video - Zharrif Azrai<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Yes, government leaders at times insult the people's intelligence in justifying their actions. PR politicians too, as it is becoming clearer now, are not immune from doing the same thing in their efforts to defend Anwar's reputation. They may just end up damaging the opposition more than any sex video could. After all, governing a country is much too important to be left to unquestioning and uncritical devotees of a personality cult. </span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>by Zharrif Azrai via e-mail</i></span></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-oIH4odMlOYQ/TTgP5kGNoEI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/uqudFpmFoh0/s1600/PR-supporters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-oIH4odMlOYQ/TTgP5kGNoEI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/uqudFpmFoh0/s320/PR-supporters.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Just like the current sodomy trial, this latest Anwar sex video episode shows how polarised and close-minded people are along political lines and beliefs.<br />
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It is both amazing and amusing how so many people are incredibly and unbelievably quick to condemn and vilify the video without so much as a glimpse of it. The most sorry of this lot are the PKR and other PR politicians. Surely good sense and prudence dictate that they withhold any comment about the video's authenticity until and unless they themselves had seen it.<br />
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But, no, sirrreee. They rushed in with denials which can only be explained by a belief on their part that their leader is a person blessed with infallibility and thus sheltered from the usual human frailties to commit any form of sin. On the planet that they dwell, Anwar Ibrahim is a chaste saint, truly a gift from God to the people from Malaysia. All their critical faculties go out through the window and there is no space within their sensibilities to ponder that maybe, just maybe, their leader may not be what he seems or claims to be. Because of this ingrained attitude, just as the sun can be predicted to rise from the east, they too can be predicted to meet any accusation of wrongdoing against Anwar with their own unsupported, unsubstantiated and increasingly wild conspiracy theories of how their saintly leader is being unfairly targeted. It's beginning to sound like the droning of a broken record – and getting tiresome.<br />
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The crucial point here is not the video itself, the veracity of which is unknown until it is seen by a wider audience. The point here is the manner in which the PR politicians are responding to this latest challenge. In being so blindly and stupidly devoted to the line that 'Anwar Ibrahim can do no wrong' and so blinkered by their hatred by Umno that they cannot think objectively any more, they risk disenchanting the voters, even the ones who are not necessarily pro-BN.<br />
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Yes, government leaders at times insult the people's intelligence in justifying their actions. PR politicians too, as it is becoming clearer now, are not immune from doing the same thing in their efforts to defend Anwar's reputation. They may just end up damaging the opposition more than any sex video could. After all, governing a country is much too important to be left to unquestioning and uncritical devotees of a personality cult. <br />
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<b>ZHARRIF AZRAI</b>Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-49899888718710285942011-03-18T12:53:00.001+08:002011-03-18T13:22:08.313+08:00Anwar's Sodomy Trial: A response to Nik Nazmi - Zharrif Azrai<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">One undeniable fact is that PAS has been rather silent about it. And that silence, as Zaid had pointed out, is rather deafening. Such was Nik Nazmi's defensiveness over this that he came quite close to claiming to be a spokesperson for PAS with regard to the party's stand over recent revelations in the sodomy trial. Sorry, sir, we would rather wait for a PAS person to speak up about this.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>by Zharrif Azrai via e-mail</i></span></div><br />
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Nik Nazmi's response on 16 March to Zaid Ibrahim's advice to Anwar Ibrahim about giving up his DNA sample appears to be an overreaction and surprisingly defensive.<br />
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He claims that Zaid while in PKR had enthusiastically advocated that the case against Anwar was made up. Very conveniently and self-servingly, Nik Nazmi had neglected to provide the instances as to exactly when and where Zaid had done so. Suffice it seems that Zaid was a party member and all PKR party members have to close their minds and subscribe to the dogma that Anwar is being framed. Any sense of objectivity or objective opinion in viewing the Anwar sodomy trial apparently is considered an act of heresy. What a fine progressive political organisation PKR is turning out to be.<br />
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What Zaid has advised of Anwar is shared by many other people. Zaid is right when he said should Anwar be unwilling to volunteer facts that can clear his name, it will be difficult for the majority of the rakyat to swallow. It's no use for Nik Nazmi to paint people who hold such a reasonable opinion to be of the same level as Perkasa or GAP or what not. He should learn to distinguish the message from the messenger.<br />
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One undeniable fact is that PAS has been rather silent about it. And that silence, as Zaid had pointed out, is rather deafening. Such was Nik Nazmi's defensiveness over this that he came quite close to claiming to be a spokesperson for PAS with regard to the party's stand over recent revelations in the sodomy trial. <b>Sorry, sir, we would rather wait for a PAS person to speak up about this.</b><br />
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As for other matters related to the trial that Nik Nazmi took exception in his statement, they have all been dealt with during the trial. The full court transcripts show that proceedings have been quite unlike what Anwar's followers have tried to hold it out to be. Defence lawyers have had every chance to cross-examine witnesses and challenge their credibility and the evidence thus far adduced. Yes, on some occasions the court ruled against the defence but in others, the court did rule in its favour. It's this latter fact that people like Nik Nazmi and PKR have so studiously ignored or glossed over in their efforts to equate sodomy I with sodomy II in the public perception.<br />
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They seem to forget that such efforts appear quite dishonest and futile when unlike sodomy I where the defendant actually was deprived of every possible avenue for clearing his name, in sodomy II, as Zaid Ibrahim pointed out, he has a very good opportunity to do so.<br />
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<b>ZHARRIF AZRAI</b>Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-30507477639563174302011-03-18T01:35:00.000+08:002011-03-18T01:35:13.252+08:00Pakatan must buck up in Selangor<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Several DAP grassroots leaders have sounded the alarm bells, telling Pakatan Rakyat to buck up or risk losing Selangor to the reinvigorated Barisan Nasional at the next general election.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>at <a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/03/17/pakatan-must-buck-up-in-selangor/">Free Malaysia Today</a></i></span></div><br />
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Several grassroots DAP leaders have voiced their concern over the declining support for Pakatan Rakyat, the loosely formed opposition coalition, especially among the Indian community in the state.<br />
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This has raised concerns if Pakatan, which has been administering Selangor since the 2008 general election, would be able to withstand the mighty Barisan Nasional (BN) election machinery at the next general election.<br />
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The matter, some DAP grassroots leaders said, was also raised at a closed-door meeting by party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, who is also Penang chief minister, with some 100 DAP grassroots leaders in Kelana Jaya last night.<br />
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DAP grassroots leaders, who attended the meeting, told FMT that Lim had pointed out that several strategies used by BN chief and Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak was gathering momentum, and was indeed winning the hearts and minds of the Indian community.<br />
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“Lim in general believed Selangor DAP lacked leadership compared to Penang and Perak in reaching out to the people, especially those in lower income group.”<br />
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“They (Indian voters) are not aware of what is happening around them and they are clueless of state government programmes in uplifting the socio-economic status of the Indian community in Selangor,” said a DAP leader after the meeting.<br />
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Prior to 2008, Malaysian Indians were staunch supporters of the ruling BN. But several unresolved issues led the community to throw its backing for the opposition at the 2008 general election. This coupled with several other reasons resulted in the BN suffering an unprecedented loss at the polls.<br />
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The BN lost Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor in 2008. It also lost its long-held two-thirds majority in Parliament. However, Perak is back in the hands of the BN after three state assemblymen pulled out and became independent state assemblymen in support of the BN.<br />
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There are 56 state seats in Selangor, which has about 1.56 million registered voters. Indian voters make up 220,000 or 14% of the total voters in Selangor.<br />
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Of the 56 seats, there are at least 20% Indian voters in at least 30 seats. This 20% could play a deciding role in the outcome of the 30 seats and ultimately decide on who forms the state government.<br />
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The DAP member said although Lim acknowledged that Pakatan in Selangor had initiated several programmes for the community since taking power, there are certain areas which need to be ironed out.<br />
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Lim is expected to hold similar meetings throughout the country although DAP believes that the “main battle” would be in Selangor as the BN wanted to capture the state at all costs.<br />
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“He (Lim) wanted the party to reach out to the people of Selangor by highlighting policies of the state government and its delivery system.”<br />
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“When people have better understanding of the delivery system, then there is no reason for them to reject the government which delivers,” he added.<br />
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Among DAP leaders who attended the meeting were Ronnie Liu, Teresa Kok, Tony Phua and Charles Santiago.Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-8060992325432330572011-03-17T04:00:00.001+08:002011-03-17T04:01:49.294+08:00Is Santa Claus Involved in the Conspiracy Against Anwar? - Pieter D'Cruz<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">PKR has sunk to UMNO's level. When UMNO set-up Umi Hafilda's ceramah across the road from where Anwar was speaking during the recent by-election in Kerdau, I was amused. When PKR announced the DNA roadshow, I was rolling on the ground laughing. It is so UMNO. What happened to the promise "we will not only be doing things better, we will be doing things differently"?. It sounds so hollow now.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>by Pieter D'Cruz via e-mail</i></span></div><br />
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PKR's decision to launch the nationwide roadshow labeled "Datuk Najib Altantuya (DNA)" is ridiculous, almost farcical. <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/in-tit-for-tat-anwar-to-revive-altantuya-issue/">Tit-for-Tat as reported by the news portal, Malaysian Insider.</a> It is so infantile.<br />
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PKR has sunk to UMNO's level. When UMNO set-up Umi Hafilda's ceramah across the road from where Anwar was speaking during the recent by-election in Kerdau, I was amused. When PKR announced the DNA roadshow, I was rolling on the ground laughing. It is so UMNO.<br />
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What happened to the promise "we will not only be doing things better, we will be doing things differently"?. It sounds so hollow now.<br />
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The stark truth is that Anwar is under pressure to submit his DNA to prove his innocence. To divert attention from Anwar's quandary, PKR decides to resurrect the Altantuya murder case to hit back at Najib Razak. It is like flogging a dead horse.<br />
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Why the submission of the DNA is a contentious issue is beyond me. If I were charged with a sex crime and there was DNA evidence to prove my innocence, I would be kicking and screaming to give my DNA for testing.<br />
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Even if his DNA matches the DNA of male Y found on Saiful, Anwar still has room to manoeuvre. He could claim that his semen was carried by a white stork, smeared on Saiful by the tooth-fairy, egged by Santa Claus. I bet the defence would call the tooth-fairy and Santa Claus as witnesses.<br />
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To implicate Najib with the Altantuya murder case is absurd. His only link is that one of the suspects was a personal friend. That suspect was later acquitted by the court. The connection is so remote. It is akin to saying that since I am renting a house owned by Effendi Norwawi, I am also partying with Maya Karin.<br />
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In Anwar's sodomy case, the scenario and circumstances are wholly different. He was named by the complainant and he was proven to be at the place where the crime was committed during material time. The DNA, of course, is the smoking gun.<br />
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Notwithstanding all I have said above, I would still love to attend the DNA roadshow. It has been a long time since the last circus came to town.<br />
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<b>PIETER D'CRUZ</b></div>Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-67507181753517103172011-03-14T17:53:00.006+08:002011-03-15T12:04:33.106+08:00Maruah reformasi tercabar - Aktivis Jalan TAR<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Anwar Ibrahim sebagai seorang pemimpin Anugerah Tuhan pasti prihatin yang serangan-serangan ini bukannya setakat peribadi beliau sahaja malah ditujukan kepada seluruh gerakan Reformasi. Bukan maruah Anwar Ibrahim sahaja yang tercabar tetapi kredibiliti semua Reformis juga tergugat. Anwar Ibrahim harus mengambil langkah berani dan bijak demi keutuhan gerakan Reformasi.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>oleh Aktivis Jalan TAR melalui e-mel</i></span></div><br />
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Saya amat kesal dengan tindakan musuh-musuh Anwar Ibrahim yang mempolitikkan kes mahkamah yang sedang berlangsung. Beberapa demonstrasi telah dianjurkan di Petaling Jaya, Pulau Pinang dan Ipoh seolah-olah Anwar telah didapati bersalah oleh mahkamah. Walhal, mahkamah hanya menolak bahan-bahan bukti yang diperolehi secara tidak sah.<br />
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Sebagai seorang pendokong Reformasi tegar, saya yakin penuh Anwar ialah mangsa konspirasi politik. Pemimpin-pemimpin UMNO gentar dengan Anwar Ibrahim lalu terpaksa memfitnahkan beliau. Mereka berharap dengan menghumban Anwar ke penjara, gerakan Reformasi akan hilang taring. <br />
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Justeru itu, saya menyeru kepada Anwar untuk mengambil tindakan tegas supaya serangan-serangan musuh politik ini dapat ditangani. Anwar wajib menyerah sampel DNA untuk membuktikan beliau tidak bersalah. Saya percaya langkah tegas Anwar ini akan membuat musuh-musuh politik beliau mati akal.<br />
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Saya berkongsi kebimbangan Anwar yang bahan DNA tersebut mungkin akan dimanipulasikan. Untuk mengelakkan kemungkinan tersebut, saya mencadangkan ujian dan profiling sampel DNA itu dibuat secara profesional dan telus. Jika perlu, Majlis Peguam, Persatuan Perubatan Malaysia dan pakar-pakar genetik antarabangsa yang dilantik oleh Anwar akan menyelia proses tersebut. <br />
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Objektif memberi DNA hanya untuk mengenalpasti sama ada DNA lelaki Y yang dijumpai pada tubuh Saiful Bukhari Azlan padan dengan DNA Anwar Ibrahim. Walaupun jika ditakdirkan DNA-DNA itu padan, Anwar masih mempunyai ruang untuk mempertikai bagaimana air mani beliau diletakkan pada tubuh Saiful.<br />
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Anwar Ibrahim sebagai seorang pemimpin Anugerah Tuhan pasti prihatin yang serangan-serangan ini bukannya setakat peribadi beliau sahaja malah ditujukan kepada seluruh gerakan Reformasi. Bukan maruah Anwar Ibrahim sahaja yang tercabar tetapi kredibiliti semua Reformis juga tergugat. Anwar Ibrahim harus mengambil langkah berani dan bijak demi keutuhan gerakan Reformasi.<br />
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LAWAN TETAP LAWAN!!!<br />
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<b>AKTIVIS JALAN TAR</b>Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-36627137161022711862011-03-14T17:26:00.006+08:002011-03-15T12:07:12.167+08:00Anwar Must Remain Courageous For His Followers - Aktivis Reformasi<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Malaysians will always peek to see if their leader is made of the best moral fibre. In this respect, Anwar now has a chance to proactively clear his name by submitting to a DNA test supervised by the courts. This is not about Anwar not being compelled under the law to prove his innocence. This is about Anwar reaching out to Malaysians who admire him by helping them to dispel all untruths about him. This is not about his alleged sexual deviancy. It's about honesty or otherwise after the matter was alleged.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>by Aktivis Reformasi</i></span></div><br />
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Contrary to the wishes of divisive forces, Malaysians are not going to be dancing in the streets celebrating Anwar's going to jail or otherwise. Malaysians generally are not interested in punishing Anwar for his alleged decadent habits. He and his family have suffered enough without Malaysians gloating about the truth.<br />
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Malaysians are more interested in changes in the way this country is governed. They have been looking for a leader to galvanise and to rule over the changes. Anwar had said things which appealed to Malaysians. They have given him a break on March 8th, 2008. They have been watching over the last three years to see if they had made the right choice. Nothing is more dangerous to the country than to have a person who is a lying incompetent closeted deviant holding the reins of power.<br />
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Anwar's competency as a leader who will supposedly shun business-as-usual politics has been severely tested in his handling or non-handling of divisive issues in his coalition. There have been no concrete proposals for long term solutions. Granted it is not for public discourse, but the public can always sense out through his actions and inactions on issues; especially those he bore direct responsibility to resolve. His devil-may-care attitude about the alleged rigging of his party elections surely graded him in the low Cs. His sweeping under the carpet of the huge divergence between PAS and DAP ideologies smacks of a leader that procrastinates in order to hold the ship together until Putrajaya. He doesn't seem to care if by then the time-bomb will be a nuclear explosion.<br />
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Malaysians will always peek to see if their leader is made of the best moral fibre. In this respect, Anwar now has a chance to proactively clear his name by submitting to a DNA test supervised by the courts. This is not about Anwar not being compelled under the law to prove his innocence. This is about Anwar reaching out to Malaysians who admire him by helping them to dispel all untruths about him. This is not about his alleged sexual deviancy. It's about honesty or otherwise after the matter was alleged.<br />
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When the courts found him guilty in Sodomy I, most Malaysians chose to follow their hearts and minds and opined that he was a victim of a conspiracy to the charges then. They responded by supporting him throughout his incarceration, and crowned him potential prime minister upon his release. The courts were rendered impotent in the mind of the masses.<br />
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Similarly if in Sodomy II he gets off on a technicality, Malaysians will forever wonder about the truth about their so-called righteous saviour. There is nothing that Anwar should be afraid of in submitting to a court-supervised DNA test. Even if the DNA of Male Y matches with his, doubts can still be raised whether the semen was planted in Saiful's rectum. With the fine defence team that he has, this should not be rocket-science. Anwar should not let his persecution complex override the dire needs for the truth among his believers.<br />
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Unless of course, Anwar may be afraid of the possible questions raised as to how something as sexually intimate as the fresh semen of a 63-year old potential prime minister can be so readily available in public domain.<br />
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Surely his demure wife is not a co-conspirator.<br />
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<b>AKTIVIS REFORMASI </b>Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-38400100386741189792011-03-14T15:59:00.002+08:002011-03-15T12:06:08.239+08:00Gerakan Anti-lelaki Y (GAY) - Abas Azizan<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Saya bercadang untuk menubuhkan sebuah NGO, Gerakan Anti-lelaki Y atau lebih dikenali dengan nama singkat GAY, sebagai sebuah gerakan rakyat untuk melaksanakan proses eliminasi ini. Atas dasar BERANI KERANA BENAR, TAKUT KERANA SALAH, setiap lelaki Melayu diseluruh negara akan memberi sampel DNA mereka untuk disahkan sebagai bukan lelaki Y. GAY akan menyelia usaha ini.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>oleh Abas Azizan melalui e-mel</i></span></div><br />
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Perbicaraan kes Sodomi 2 kini telah sampai ke titik yang amat getir. Bahan-bahan bukti yang dapat mengaitkan tertuduh, Anwar Ibrahim, dengan DNA yang terdapat pada tubuh pengadu, Saiful Bukhari Azlan, telah ditolak oleh mahkamah atas alasan teknikal.<br />
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Anwar bagaimanapun enggan memberi sampel DNA secara sukarela untuk penentuan. Anwar mendakwa bahawa bahan-bahan DNA tersebut akan digunakan kelak untuk menganiayai beliau. Saya amat faham sebab-sebab Anwar enggan memberi sampel DNA.<br />
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DNA lelaki Y telah disahkan sebagai DNA seorang lelaki Melayu. Keengganan Anwar untuk memberi sampel DNA telah menimbulkan satu keadaan dimana setiap lelaki Melayu yang telah baligh layak disyaki sebagai lelaki Y. Setiap lelaki Melayu adalah suspek dalam kes tersebut. Sebagai seorang lelaki Melayu tunggal ditempat kerja, saya terpaksa mengharungi jelingan serong dari pekerja-pekerja lain.<br />
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Oleh kerana Anwar enggan memberi sampel DNA, hanya proses eliminasi yang akan dapat mengatasi dilema ini. Semua lelaki Melayu perlu memberi sampel DNA mereka secara sukarela untuk ujian supaya dapat digugurkan daripada senarai suspek.<br />
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Saya bercadang untuk menubuhkan sebuah NGO, Gerakan Anti-lelaki Y atau lebih dikenali dengan nama singkat GAY, sebagai sebuah gerakan rakyat untuk melaksanakan proses eliminasi ini. Atas dasar BERANI KERANA BENAR, TAKUT KERANA SALAH, setiap lelaki Melayu diseluruh negara akan memberi sampel DNA mereka untuk disahkan sebagai bukan lelaki Y. GAY akan menyelia usaha ini.<br />
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Setelah disahkan sebagai bukan lelaki Y, GAY akan melaporkan kepada Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara untuk MyKad individu tersebut dikemaskini. Butir-butir peribadi seperti jantina dan bangsa di MyKad akan ditambah dengan perkataan "bukan Y".<br />
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GAY akan melaksanakan usaha ini sehingga tinggal hanya seorang lelaki Melayu terakhir yang tidak dapat mengkemaskini MyKad beliau. <br />
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Semoga keadilan dapat ditegakkan dengan cara ini.<br />
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<b>ABAS AZIZAN</b>Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-85685905617847149342011-03-13T15:08:00.000+08:002011-03-13T15:08:10.186+08:00Finally, it’s all about perception - Raja Petra Kamaruddin<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Let me say it again: Anwar is losing the perception war. Many who used to curse Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in Sodomy 1 and swear that Anwar was being framed are not cursing Najib Tun Razak in Sodomy 2 and feel that maybe the allegation could be true.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>by <a href="http://www.malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/38717-finally-its-all-about-perception">Raja Petra Kamarudin</a> at <a href="http://www.malaysia-today.net/">Malaysia Today</a></i></span></div><br />
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This was the problem we faced in the past. We could never get Anwar Ibrahim’s legal and political advisors to agree on a common strategy.<br />
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And Anwar had more than one advisor. And each advisor had his/her own idea of what the best strategy was. This was why we considered the Sodomy 1 legal/political defence badly handled.<br />
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Some of these advisors lamented about the frustration they faced in getting Anwar to agree to a strategy and to stick to the agreed strategy. Sometimes the legal team embarked on a political campaign rather than a legal campaign. And sometimes the political team appeared to be launching a legal campaign rather than a political campaign.<br />
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This was probably the best example of too many cooks spoiling the broth. And an added frustration was: after getting Anwar to agree to a certain strategy, someone else would go meet Anwar and he would agree to another course of action. It appeared like ‘the last one in’ had the final say and the earlier agreed course of action would be abandoned in favour of the latest idea.<br />
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Any general would tell you that you do not change course in midstream. Once the direction has been decided you stick to it and see it to the end. Once the forces have advanced and you change course, this would mean utter chaos with everyone not only going in opposite directions but also at times bumping into each other.<br />
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This is a sure way of losing the battle and finding your forces trapped in the open. As they say, there are no bad soldiers, only bad commanders. And a bad commander is one who sends his/her forces all over the place with no clear direction from the top.<br />
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I used to be one of those who faced this frustration. Just as I thought everything had been agreed and a concrete battle plan had been formulated, I receive word that someone has managed to convince Anwar to agree to a new strategy and what had been earlier agreed was now no longer on.<br />
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There was many an occasion when I just gave up. When I inquired into whom this new ‘mastermind’ was, I was appalled to hear that the change of direction was mooted by the very person who was the architect of an earlier most disastrous campaign.<br />
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The fact that many of these people have since left Anwar and are now working for the other side just reinforced my suspicion. Were these people just incompetent and stupid or were they moles or Trojans horses whose job was to offer wrong advice so that Anwar’s campaign fails.<br />
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Sometimes I wonder. And when I interact with them I am far from impressed with their capabilities. I felt, as Malaysians would say, they are ‘talking cock’. How can such clever people with such high education and credentials be so dumb? Don’t they realise that what they are doing is sending Anwar closer to the gallows, so to speak?<br />
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This orgy of incompetence appears to be spreading to the Sodomy 2 campaign as well. Is Sodomy 2 a legal battle or a political battle? It has to be one or the other. It can’t be both at the same time.<br />
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Maybe since I am not involved in Sodomy 2 as I was in Sodomy 1 is the reason I am a bit confused. But then even when I was involved in Sodomy 1 I was equally confused. So surely it can’t be just me. And I know many other people out there are also very confused.<br />
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The ‘good’ thing about Sodomy 1, if we can really call it good, is that most, even those in Umno, were convinced that Anwar is innocent and a victim of a frame up. This is not so for Sodomy 2. In Sodomy 2, many, even those who support Anwar, are asking whether Anwar is really innocent or is there a possibility that he may actually be guilty.<br />
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This is what is bad about Sodomy 2. I don’t know what the court is finally going to rule but what the court rules is not significant because many do not trust the courts anyway. Even if the court rules that Anwar is guilty this does not mean that people would believe it since the courts can’t be trusted.<br />
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But the court has not yet entered a verdict in Sodomy 2. And in Sodomy 1, even when the court said that Anwar is guilty, everyone said that this is a lie and that Anwar is innocent. But for Sodomy 2, even though the court has not made a ruling yet, many are wondering whether Anwar may have actually done what he has been accused of.<br />
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This reflects a failure on the part of Anwar’s team. Why have they failed so miserably when in Sodomy 1 they managed the perception war so well? What has gone wrong? And what are the issues being raised by these people who were so convinced of Anwar’s innocence in Sodomy 1 but are beginning to have doubts in Sodomy 2?<br />
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Anwar has to decide whether Sodomy 2 is a legal battle or a political battle. In Sodomy 1 it was a political battle. Anwar may have lost the legal battle but he won the political battle most impressively. Therefore, whatever the court may have said, Anwar is innocent in the minds of most people.<br />
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If Sodomy 2 is a legal battle and not a political battle, then Anwar has to focus on the legal issues. But if Sodomy 2, just like Sodomy 1, is a political battle, then Anwar has to manage the perception war a bit better than he is currently doing. If not, even if the court rules that Anwar is innocent and drops the charge against him, many would still say he is guilty -- just that the court failed to prove his guilt (the opposite of what happened in Sodomy 1).<br />
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I know Anwar is going to be most unpleased about what I am saying here. But then, does Anwar want to hear what people are saying or does he want to hear only nice things (which means I would have to lie)?<br />
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The way the case is dragging on with postponement after postponement is setting tongues wagging. They are asking: why doesn’t Anwar get the trial over and done with? Would it not be better that we get to the bottom of this whole thing and once and for all resolved the matter?<br />
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The DNA issue is another matter that is confusing most people who are now asking what is Anwar trying to hide. They are asking: why not do a DNA match and prove once and for all that he is innocent? Maybe there is a legal strategy here that we are not being told about. But it certainly leaves a lot of questions unanswered.<br />
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Let me say it again: Anwar is losing the perception war. Many who used to curse Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in Sodomy 1 and swear that Anwar was being framed are not cursing Najib Tun Razak in Sodomy 2 and feel that maybe the allegation could be true.<br />
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This, to me, is the crux of the whole thing. Never mind what the court says. It is what the people are saying which will be the final test.<br />
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And, in ruling in Anwar’s favour on the DNA samples obtained illegally when they detained him overnight in the police lockup, the impression given is that Anwar is getting a fair trial after all. That victory may actually work against Anwar. Later, if the court finds Anwar guilty, it will be very difficult to say that the trial has been rigged. Did the court not rule in Anwar’s favour on the DNA issue?<br />
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I fear that Anwar may have won the battle but may lose the war. And finally it is not what the court says but what the people think that will matter. This will decide whether Anwar is seen as a credible opposition leader and whether Pakatan Rakyat with Anwar at the helm is seen as a credible alternative government.<br />
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Politics is about perception. In Sodomy 1 the perception was in Anwar’s favour. In Sodomy 2, the perception is not very good. How are Anwar and his team of very contradicting advisors going to tackle this problem? I wonder.Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-77723771791188759232011-03-13T14:52:00.001+08:002011-03-13T15:05:02.060+08:00Anwar goes on the defence - Joceline Tan<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is at his lowest ebb since March 2008 and he is turning to the ceramah circuit to defend himself against multi-pronged attacks.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>by <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/3/13/nation/8251587&sec=nation">Joceline Tan</a> at <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/">The Star</a></i></span></div><br />
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Tumpat MP Datuk Kamaruddin Jaffar, better known as Datuk KJ, remarried a year after his first wife died of cancer and the guests of honour were Anwar and Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim.<br />
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But the honour of making the speech was given to PAS politician Dr Syed Azman Syed Ahmad of Terengganu. Dr Syed Azman was the matchmaker for Kamaruddin and his Malacca-born wife and he almost brought the house down when he teased the newly-weds: “Last week, we failed to capture the Merlimau seat but, never mind, Datuk Kamaruddin has successfully conquered Malacca.”<br />
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It was a relaxing affair for many of the Pakatan Rakyat politicians that evening, and particularly for Anwar who has been increasingly under siege.<br />
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The PKR de facto leader is at his lowest point since his post-2008 political comeback. For a couple of years after the March 8 “tsunami”, it seemed like Anwar could walk on water. But very little has gone right for him in recent months, be it his party affairs or the sodomy trial.<br />
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PKR people still insist he is Pakatan’s Prime Minister-in-waiting. But most PAS and DAP leaders have stopped talking about the road to Putrajaya. They are more concerned about whether they can hold on to their seats now it is clear they are unable to hold on to the Malay vote.<br />
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Anwar has just climbed back from the precipice in the sodomy trial. The trial had been inching towards revealing the identity of <i>Lelaki Y</i> (Male Y), the term investigators used for the mystery man whose DNA was allegedly found in Saiful.<br />
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On Tuesday, the courts ruled that several items with the DNA of <i>Lelaki Y</i> could not be tendered as evidence. It was a big win for Anwar’s legal team because the evidence would have tied him to <i>Lelaki Y.</i><br />
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He must have felt great relief because his detractors had begun taunting him as <i>Lelaki Y</i> when he campaigned in Kerdau. He was greeted with banners that said, <i>“Mr Y, selamat datang ke Kerdau”</i> - and that was one of the more polite banners.<br />
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On top of that, he had to endure a “joint ceramah” with his female nemesis Ummi Hafilda Ali who was speaking just a stone’s throw away from him. People on his side of the ceramah could hear quite clearly what she was saying about him, and it was not pleasant stuff.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9QL7O8bgOEg/TUfZQ8j9w8I/AAAAAAAAAQg/isVXKr8bJ2A/s1600/saifuddin-nasution.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9QL7O8bgOEg/TUfZQ8j9w8I/AAAAAAAAAQg/isVXKr8bJ2A/s200/saifuddin-nasution.jpg" width="198" /></a></div>PKR secretary-general and Machang MP Saifuddin Nasution denied that Ummi rattled his boss that night.<br />
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“Anwar has been through a lot. It takes more than that to upset him,” said Saifuddin.<br />
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But PKR politicians are rather wary of her given the crowds she pulled in Kerdau and Merlimau. Besides, who else apart from Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has spoken so explicitly and daringly about Anwar?<br />
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Anwar’s detractors would like to think that his downward slide began after he failed to deliver on his Sept 16 claim.<br />
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But the real slide started after PKR’s trouble-ridden elections last year and the defections from his party. It gave the impression that he could not control PKR and that his priorities were too wrapped up in his court case.<br />
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Some think that Anwar is in the midst of one of those perfect storms.<br />
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Apart from the trial, the publication of Dr Mahathir’s memoirs has sort of switched things up. It could not have been worse timing for Anwar. Dr Mahathir has repeated his accusations about Anwar’s sexual exploits, this time in print.<br />
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At the book launch, a mischievous Dr Mahathir said he was “trembling” at the thought of being sued. Of course, he was telling Anwar to “bring it on, man, bring it on”.<br />
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The people around Anwar are furious about the book.<br />
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“I’m not buying the book. It’s a story we have heard before,” said Muaz Omar, an aide of Azmin’s.<br />
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At the PKR political bureau meeting two nights after the book launch, several party leaders felt that Anwar should not let Dr Mahathir get away with what he has written.<br />
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“Anwar’s stand is that he had long ago decided to move on where Dr Mahathir was concerned. He said he’s not interested in challenging an old script and he doesn’t want to be stuck in another court case,” said Saifuddin.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xj_pbQb67aI/TWx8LF2p67I/AAAAAAAAAWE/o7iSKPMmeQg/s1600/buku-jingga-anwar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xj_pbQb67aI/TWx8LF2p67I/AAAAAAAAAWE/o7iSKPMmeQg/s320/buku-jingga-anwar.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Anwar prefers the court of public opinion rather than the court of law. He has been on a ceramah blitz ostensibly to promote the Pakatan manifesto, the <i>Buku Jingga</i>, but also to counter the renewed attacks against him.<br />
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Dr Mahathir has become a central target of his attacks the last few days. He does not rebut what Dr Mahathir is saying about his sexuality but he has hit out at the former premier’s cronies and his children’s businesses and wealth. He seems to be steering clear of Ummi, though.<br />
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Anwar also suffered a setback when a hoped-for meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not materialise. Shortly before Clinton’s visit, a news portal reported that a meeting was being lined up. It was a rather strange report because the meeting was apparently never on the cards.<br />
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There has been a cooling on the part of the US administration towards Anwar’s cause and Clinton’s stance during her recent visit was in sharp contrast to that of Vice-President Al Gore at the height of Sodomy 1.<br />
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Moreover, Clinton’s visit follows improved ties between the United States and Malaysia. The Obama administration sees Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as a Muslim leader with whom they can sit down and have a dialogue.<br />
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In that sense, Anwar’s crusade against Apco may have more to do with Apco’s role in presenting Anwar’s sodomy case to US lawmakers than Apco’s so-called Jewish connections.<br />
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The lobby group has explained the trial in a way that Americans can relate to, that it is an alleged sexual harassment involving an employer and a subordinate and the trial is a result of a report lodged by a complainant, unlike the first trial where the Government was the main initiator.<br />
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But the most damaging strike has been the Wikileaks report quoting Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew as saying that Anwar knowingly walked into a trap. Singapore has played down the report but has not denied its contents.<br />
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Erdogan had welcomed Najib in Ankara, saying, “this is my brother Najib and I am happy to have him here.”<br />
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Their scheduled 10-minute four-eyed meeting over-ran into 45 minutes and Erdogan insisted on a joint press conference. The Turkish Premier also eschewed protocol and insisted that Najib ride in the same car as him. It was a political coup of sorts for Najib.<br />
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All these events add up to a challenging time ahead for Anwar and his party.<br />
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“I can’t blame Anwar if he feels he is all alone. He has been consumed by successive crises and there are now less people whom he can count on to defend him and do the attacking. To him, the trial is to stop his political ambitions and his goal of power, and it is taking a lot out of him,” said Merdeka Centre director Ibrahim Suffian.<br />
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Reporters covering his trial said he seems to be holding up well and is still able to see the lighter side of things. For instance, when a witness was asked to identify him, Anwar, who was sitting in the dock, playfully dodged as though trying to hide.<br />
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He is reportedly upset that PKR members have not been turning up in court to show him their support.<br />
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Recently, party members received the following SMS from PKR Tanjung Karang chief Yahaya Sahri: <i>“Salam, sokongan DSAI di mahkamah amat merosot hampir tiada. Saya ingin mencadangkan agar kita atur kawan-kawan kita drp cabang turun beri sokongan moral, klu kita bergilir pun ok, satu cabang klu hantar 20 org pun dah ok. Jadual mahkamah akan saya sms.”</i><br />
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Yahaya was urging PKR divisions to send members whether in rotation or groups of 20 to show moral support for Anwar because the number of supporters in court had dwindled to almost nil.<br />
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Anwar is the ultimate political animal. A lesser person would have cracked under the pressure. He told Saifuddin that when he goes on the ground and sees a big crowd, he feels motivated.<br />
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The crowds at his ceramah have indeed been growing and a lot of it has to do with his trial approaching a critical stage and the sensational evidence coming out.<br />
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Anwar, said academic Prof James Chin, is in “distraction mode”.<br />
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“He cannot devote his full time to Pakatan or PKR. The trial is taking away his attention and focus. But everything hinges on the next general election. If Najib does not get his two-thirds majority, he is in trouble. If Pakatan does badly then they are in trouble,” said Chin of Monash University Sunway Campus.<br />
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The attacks by Dr Mahathir, said Chin, has impact among rural Malays but less so among the urban crowd.<br />
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Anwar’s supporters also bristle at the suggestion that he has become a liability for Pakatan. But privately, PAS and DAP leaders are frustrated that Anwar has overwhelmed their political agenda.<br />
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Anwar, said blogger Syed Azizi Syed Aziz who is better known as Kickdafella, has image problems in the rural Malays areas and that becomes a problem for PAS. Outwardly, DAP and PAS still stand by him but, privately, they are riddled with doubts about the trial and his ability to hold things together.<br />
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Moreover, Generation Y, the youth cohort born between the mid 1970s and 2000, is not rallying around Anwar the way Generation X took to the streets to support him during his first trial. Generation Y is neither loyal to Anwar’s politics nor affiliated with the ruling coalition. They are as critical of Pakatan politicians as they are of those in Barisan.<br />
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As such, Pakatan’s claim that young voters are with them is not exactly true. The young voters are still out there and their vote will go to the party that can offer them a better future - and that means education, jobs, homes and a lifestyle of their choice.<br />
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Anwar is in a difficult political situation and he will be fighting many fronts in the months ahead.Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594252756407274720.post-25161973670242699862011-03-11T14:49:00.004+08:002011-03-11T15:39:09.853+08:00Senior PKR member suspended by PKR within 3 DAYS of show cause letter<blockquote><span style="color: #0b5394;">By now we should all know how inefficient PKR is. However, when it comes to suspending its members, PKR can be surprisingly efficient. Within 3 days of sending a show-cause letter to long-time party member Dr. Joyce Lee, PKR had Dr. Joyce suspended. <br />
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Published below is Dr. Joyce's reply to the show cause letter dated 7 March 2011. Within 48 hours of receiving this letter, <a href="http://drjoycelee.blogspot.com/2011/03/suspension-of-my-pkr-membership.html">PKR decided to suspend Dr. Joyce's membership.<br />
</a></span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://drjoycelee.blogspot.com/2011/03/suspension-of-my-pkr-membership.html"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>by </i></span></a><i><a href="http://drjoycelee.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-response-to-pkr-show-cause-letter.html">Dr. Joyce Lee</a> via <a href="http://www.malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/letterssurat/38655-dr-joyce-lees-response-to-show-cause-letter">MalaysiaToday</a></i></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><i>via Email and AR Registered Letter</i></div>8 March 2011<br />
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Dear Disciplinary Committee Chairman Dato’ Dr. Tan Kee Kwong<br />
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<b>RE: RESPONSE TO SHOW CAUSE LETTER</b><br />
(Your Ref: SUA2011/SKR/JKD/0356)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Within 48 hours after this letter,<br />
long-time PKR member and activist <br />
Dr. Joyce Lee was suspended from the Party</td></tr>
</tbody></table>In response to your show cause letter dated 7 March 2011 about the alleged statements I made on Facebook that hurt the image of Party, Ketua Umum, Deputy President and Central Leadership Council (MPP).<br />
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<b>Facebook</b><br />
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First of all, Facebook is a social network site for friendship, common interest, beliefs, knowledge sharing, and Facebook friends are by invitation only. The conversations I had on my Facebook wall with families and friends are similar to the private conversations I had at my house. Is it logic for PKR to ask all its members to officially explain every private conversation they had at their houses eavesdropping by someone outside the window? In which eavesdropper seldom hear anything good of themselves.<br />
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<b>Statements I made on Facebook:</b><br />
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<blockquote>“Azmin is anak angkat Mahatir, he has never stayed away from UMNO in terms of connections, so to enjoy “money” dropping from the sky…”</blockquote><br />
This is a fact that Azmin Ali is the adopted son of Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali (the wife of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad), and there is closed tie between the family of Azmin’s father and the family of Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali. Can Azmin Ali explain his imported car business which is still in operation till now, in which APs are only given to the selected few in UMNO? Why there is no one (even UMNO) makes noise about Azmin to continue enjoying APs and to continue with his imported car business?<br />
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<blockquote>“90% of MPP are without credibility that won because of jumped on the dirty bandwagon of Azmin. Anwar could turn 2010 PKR election as a milestone in the Malaysian political history, but he choose to make it an universal laughing stock because of Azmin. Big price to pay!”</blockquote><br />
The fact that there is fraud renders the whole election process a sham. MPP Christina Liew mentioned the irregularities in the polls in several Sabah divisions (<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/147996">Malaysiakini dated 12 November 2010</a>). Press conferences were hold and memorandums were submitted by Mustaffa Kamil Ayub, Chegubard (Badrul Hisham Shaharin) and Dato’ Zaid Ibrahim (<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/147995">Malaysiakini dated 12 November 2010</a>), in which President Dato’ Seri Dr. Wan Azizah promised malpractices in the party elections conduct would be thoroughly probed (<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/148083">Malaysiakini dated 12 November 2010</a>). Even Ketua Umum Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim admitted flaws in polls and vowed sweeping probe (<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/149361">Malaysiakini dated 28 November 2010</a>). During the PKR congress in November 2010, Secretary-General Saifuddin Nasution said that the report on the investigations on the allegations would be made two weeks after the congress (<a href="http://www.thesundaily.com/articlePrint.cfm?id=55605">The Sun Daily dated 27 December 2010</a>), in which we’re still waiting for the report.<br />
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<blockquote>“Why should PKR members bother about their KPIs? Seeing the fact that PKR Deputy President “menang by tipu”, PKR Election Director, PKR Parliamentarian Whip, ADUN Bukit Antarabangsa, MP Gombak, Ketua Cabang Gombak cum PPN Selangor didn’t even pass his KPIs.”</blockquote><br />
How can someone like Azmin Ali who flunked his own KPIs, accused of being aloof and lacking the grassroots’ touch be effective in constituency service and grassroots rapport, as well as be leadership by example? (<a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/02/21/azmin-and-six-others-flunk-kpi-test/">Free Malaysia Today dated 21 February 2011</a>). PKR has a pool of qualified leaders. We need rational explanation from top leader why non-performing Azmin is appointed with so many important party posts? Also, please study the feedback of many blog news readers, PKR members and Azmin’s constituents about the bad public perception he has.<br />
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<b>Deterioration of Party Image</b><br />
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I would like to stress that as a member of ADIL since its inception, what I said/say is purely due to the love for our Party and Country, as well as the passion to bring about real change for the betterment of Malaysian politics. I am not against the Party, but I indignantly denounce the selfish and wicked individuals/leaders that damaged the party’s image and wrecked the Hope of the People. Can MPP make impartial and appropriate group decision when it contains so many individuals who played tag together each other in obtaining the MPP posts by fraudulent means during the party election? Therefore, the quality and credibility of the existing MPP and the so-called collective party leadership are seriously in doubt. This will definitely have a detrimental effect on PKR/PR, because we can’t expect the majority one-sided MPP to field vetted and credible candidates for GE13, especially if there is no proper implementation of Candidates Selection Criteria and KPI ratings. We can’t see the leadership lineup formed after the notorious party election can help to clean our Party’s name in producing many frogs and non-performing YBs.<br />
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To say again, the Facebook comment is similar to private conversation with friends, and my opinion was not targeting the general public. It should not, therefore be considered an offence as it would be if I gave a press conference, appeared on TV or wrote to a mainstream newspaper. So, on what ground I am accused to deliberately damage the image of Party?<br />
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Culprits who actually damaged the Image of Party and the unity of Members:<br />
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<b>1. Zuraida Kamaruddin</b><br />
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Talking about Facebook, what action has been taken on Women Chief Zuraida Kamaruddin so far (she used MCMC, an UMNO agency to oppress our own PKR member by curbing freedom of expression on Facebook)? Ketua Umum Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim in his email reply dated 3 December 2010 suggested Zuraida to be referred to Disciplinary Committee (please find the attached copy of the email communication).<br />
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Also, what is the disciplinary action taken on Zuraida for instructing her agents to unethically “misplace” many MATWC Meeting Minutes and MPWP 2010-2013 candidates’ nomination forms (please find the attached complaint letter of Wanita Cabang Batu Kawan to Central Elections Committee Head Dr. Molly Cheah, c.c. Secretary-General Saifuddin Nasution dated 14 October 2010)? Further to that, did Disciplinary Committee take action on Zuraida for openly sabotaging a free and fair party election and her blatant lies to the media that she won the Women Chief post without contest on 15 October 2010 (attached herewith copy of Nanyang Siang Pau) before the nomination dateline 16 October 2010? In actual fact there were four qualified Women Chief candidates and a 3-corner-fight for the top Women Wing post.<br />
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<b>2. Azmin Ali</b><br />
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Azmin Ali has vowed to start his witch-hunt instead of calling all party members to close rank right after “winning” deputy presidency unofficially (<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/148818">Malaysiakini dated 22 November 2011</a>). What is the disciplinary action taken on Azmin for going to the media to openly damage the image of Party, as well as to demoralize and disunite the party members?<br />
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<b>3. Mansor Othman</b><br />
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Vice President Mansor Othman told the media that PKR has started its spring cleaning to clear all the dissenting voices before the forthcoming general election (Nanyang Siang Pau dated 25 January 2011). Even my name and photo was published in the January’s paper suggesting I would be one of them to receive show-cause letter, in which I actually received it now in March. Is this the pre-planned witch-hunt as Azmin and gang vowed to? Also, it is another blatant example of going to the media to divide party members and to injure party’s image. Any stern action is taken on Mansor Othman?<br />
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All in all, it is no exaggeration for Party members to call Azmin and gang hypocrites and arrogant asses, after all the damages they have done to our beloved Party. Don’t tell us no action taken on the evildoers associated with the party election frauds, witch-hunt and disintegration of party forces before GE13 is a “deal” and an overture to push PKR/PR to electoral doom? I hope party leadership can also explain the alleged “deal” between PKR top leader with Prime Minister Najib Rajak to stand acquitted on the charge which is widely spreading now.<br />
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PS: I believe Dato’ Tan can understand the contents of Nanyang Siang Pau and can help to translate to the Disciplinary Committee Members.<br />
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Thank you.<br />
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Yours truly,<br />
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<b>DR. JOYCE LEE YUEH CHOO<br />
<i>c.c.: Secretary-General Saifuddin Nasution</i></b>Aktivis Reformasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520232757581355538noreply@blogger.com