PAS dan Video Seks Anwar Ibrahim - Nik Adha

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".

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Perjuangan PAS sebagai sebuah "hizbullah" adalah berlandaskan hukum-hukum Allah swt. Sayugia, PAS menentang segala bentuk fitnah dan zina.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pasukan polis yang menjadi rujukan Mustapha Ali adalah pasukan polis yang dilabel oleh PAS sebagai tidak adil dan tidak bebas.

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.

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.

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:

• Mengapa Anwar tidak mengumumkan identiti alibi-alibi beliau?
• Mengapa penjelasan Anwar tentang ketidakhadirannya dalam ruang "Twitter" pada masa video dirakam amat mengelirukan?
• Mengapa tidak ditunjukkan kepada umum jam Omega, jam yang dikatakan oleh Anwar dan Wan Azizah masih disimpan oleh Wan Azizah?
• Mengapa tidak membuat sumpah laknat?
• Mengapa tidak membuat ujian "polygraph"?
• Mengapa tidak merujuk kepada pakar-pakar yang profesional dan bebas tentang kesahihan video tersebut?
• Mengapa Anwar tidak menyaman malu individu-individu yang membuat pendedahan?
• Mengapa Anwar gagal untuk mengesahkan persahabatan beliau dengan Eskay Abdullah?

Tindak-tanduk Anwar tidak mencerminkan kewibawaan beliau sebagai seorang pemimpin yang bijak menangani sebarang krisis.

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.

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.

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".


NIK ADHA NIK KAMIL

Of Naked Paunches and Disappearing Goatees - Ariff Effendy

"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.

by Dr. Ariff Effendy via e-mail

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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.

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.

I should then just ignore the video.

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.

It is the blatant hypocrisy that disturbs me.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Whoever wins or loses, it is the rakyat that actually win. We are with him. Is he with us?

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.

"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.

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.

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.

It is the hypocrisy that I can't stand. From whosoever.



DR ARIFF EFFENDY

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Anwar Ibrahim, and Paul Wolfowitz: The Woman Troubles of Men Who Oversee Money

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.

by Christopher Badeaux at New Ledger

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There’s something about being an “over-60″ money guy with little oversight.

The news this weekend is that International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn had apparently been caught with his pants down:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Take a look at these three and their recent histories:

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.

Anwar Ibrahim & Paul Wolfowitz

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 ordered to put on a defense to what seems like an increasingly likely sodomy conviction), and this could end his career.

Wolfowitz, 68, is the former Deputy Secretary of Defense and a close friend of Anwar 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.

A 2010 report 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.

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 defend Anwar Ibrahim against his current sexual assault and sodomy charges in Malaysia.

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.

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.

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 French, German, and Spanish press.

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.

Surat Terbuka Kepada Dr. Wan Azizah - Wan Nasuha

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sekian, Wasallam.



WAN NASUHA BINTI WAN HASSAN