Thursday, May 22, 2008

KISAH DARI BANGUNAN PARLIMEN

Dipetik dari agendadaily.com
Mei 22, 2008

Ketika di luar sana gosip dan isu politik kebelakangan ini panas berputar dengan macam-macam spekulasi… suasana di meja makan di belakang bilik rehat Ahli Parlimen ini tidak langsung mengambarkan dunia akan terbalik esok. Cakap-cakap tentang lompat melompat parti,pembangkang sudah set nak tawan Parlimen,apa kesan tindakan Tun Dr Mahathir keluar UMNO dan Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir nak ‘berperang’ dari dalam parti itu tenggelam dalam deraian ketawa dan jenaka sesama Ahli Parlimen Barisan Nasional,PAS dan Parti Keadilan Rakyat ini.

Cerita lebih lanjut dan pose-pose menarik boleh dilayari disini!!!


WT- Saya tertarik dengan kisah benar ini. Walaupun secara peribadi saya sendiri biasa melihatnya berlaku semasa bertugas di Parlimen satu masa dulu. Ia boleh menjadi `rekod' dalam blog saya dan berkongsi dengan saudara/ri pembaca/pelawat yang barangkali tidak berkesempatan `menonton' kisah benar ini. Kesimpulannya, mengapalah ahli-ahli dibawah terlalu (dengan izin) `ekstrem dan fanatik' tanpa batasan. Sedangkan pemimpin di atas bebas dan boleh bertepuk tampar tanpa `kelihatan' biar secalit pun rasa `benci dan jijik' dengan ideologi politik masing-masing. Macam sahabat saya kata...Apa Baranggggg!!!!

Monday, May 19, 2008

BULAN MEI YANG SEMAKIN PANAS – TUN MAHATHIR KELUAR UMNO!

Oleh : Warisan Tamar

Tiada siapa menjangka hingga ke tahap ini tindakan Tun Dr Mahathir. Keluar dari UMNO dan hanya akan menyertai semula UMNO dengan syarat Pak Lah blah daripada UMNO atau Pak Lah sudah tiada dalam barisan kepimpinan UMNO. Jadi ahli biasa, Pak Tun tak marah kut!

Sah! Hari ini (Isnin, 19/05/2008 bersamaan 13 Jamadil Awal 1429H) Tun Mahathir mengumumkan keluar dari UMNO berkuatkuasa serta merta semasa memberi ucapan di satu majlis anjuran Himpunan Melayu Kedah di Alor Setar (yang membincangkan nasib orang melayu pasca PRU12) dihadapan kira-kira 1000 orang yang majoritinya ahli UMNO Kedah.

Ini bukan cobaan tapi ini betul-betul….(meniru skrip lakonan Allahyarham Tan Sri P Ramlee & Gang dalam Pendekar Bujang Lapok’! Beberapa ahli UMNO sudah mula mengikut jejak Tun Mahathir keluar dari UMNO walaupun khabarnya Pak Tun tidak menyuruh dan tidak juga menghalang....sendiri mau ingatlah!

Secara peribadi jika `isu’ keluar UMNO ini tidak ditangani dengan cermat dan berhemah, malapetaka lebih besar daripada prestasi malang dalam PRU12 lepas bakal menanti UMNO. Kali ini `bapa' segala tsunami mungkin bisa menghempaskan badai merobohkan istana yang dibina. Ayuh! rapatkan barisan bulatkan tekad - Jangan lupa tagline saya - politics is the art of the possible!!!

WT- Bulan Mei 2008 nampaknya semakin panas…lebih panas dari biasa! Padanlah saya rasa panas bulan Mei ini lain macam sikit rupanya Pak Tun ada cerita `hot'. Bahayanya kalau sudah `overheating' nanti boleh hangus dan hancus.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

BULAN MEI YANG SENTIASA PANAS...

Oleh : Warisan Tamar

13 Mei 1969 telah mencatatkan sejarah pahit dalam takwim tanahair kita. 39 tahun sudah berlalu namun ia masih menjadi igauan di hati sanubari rakyat negara ini. Bagi yang masih belum wujud di muka bumi ini, cerita `ngeri’ 13 Mei itu seumpama menjadi duri dalam daging. Yang melaluinya acap kali mengulangi betapa 13 Mei itu harus tidak dilupakan begitu saja oleh generasi pelapis yang belum lahir di saat genting tersebut.

13 Mei terus menghantui rakyat Malaysia dan akan berterusan dipalu sebagai satu detik hari yang `amat penting’ selepas tarikh keramat 31 Ogos – hari kemerdekaan rakyat di Semenanjung Malaysia dan 16 September pula penubuhan Malaysia sekaligus member `kemerdekaan’ kepada Sabah & Sarawak.

Yang pasti Mei 2008 juga sehangat kalau tidak sepanas 13 Mei 1969. Rasa tidak puas hati dikalangan masyarakat majmuk di Malaysia masih belum padam. Kini rakyat di Sabah dan Sarawak juga menuntut sesuatu yang lebih baik dari pemerintah. Soalnya kenapa? Masalah yang menghimpit manusia yang bergelar rakyat Malaysia di Malaysia Timur sudah berlaku berdekad lamanya. Ia bukan lagi isu tetapi satu permasalahan yang menuntut kesedaran dan perhatian tahap tinggi / maksima daripada mereka yang bergelar pemerintah di Malaysia Barat.

`Keceluparan’ sebahagian ahli Parlimen dari negeri dibawah bayu – Sabah baru-baru ini harus dilihat secara positif dan objektif. Jangan ditanya mengapa dulu sebelum PRU12 ramai ahli Parlimen khususnya dari Sabah membisu...mungkin hidayah untuk benar-benar `menghamburkan’ aspirasi dan permasalahan rakyat marhaen di Sabah belum sampai...Cakaplah apa saja tetapi apa yang dikata kini, itulah yang dituntut dulu, kini dan selamanya. Sabah masih dan tetap sebahagian daripada Malaysia. Jangan habis manis sepah dibuang `berjuritan di siring-siring jalan’!!!


WT- Aduh! Masih bisa tusukan kenangan 13 Mei 1969...Kata seorang penganalisis politik – mengapa kita terlalu `mengagungkan’ peristiwa yang cuma berlaku 2/3 hari di bulan Mei 1969 itu. Saya lebih suka menganggap 13 Mei adalah satu tarikh biasa dalam kehidupan dalam setahun yang mana perlu kita lalui selagi hayat dikandung badan...selebihnya jadikanlah ia pedoman dan panduan agar hidup kita sesama warga Malaysia aman dan damai.

Cuma Mei 2008 ini panasnya lain macam sikit...

Sunday, May 11, 2008

SABAH DARI SUDUT PANDANGAN KHIR TOYO

Oleh: Warisan Tamar


Menjenguk blog milik bekas MB Selangor, Datuk Seri Dr Khir Toyo, terdapat ulasan peribadi beliau terhadap apa yang beliau lihat dengan mata kepala beliau sendiri. Betul! Itulah realiti negeri Sabah. Belum lagi melawat ke beberapa daerah terutamanya di pedalaman.

Sesekali pucuk pimpinan pusat apabila berkunjung ke Sabah jangan naik helikopter, sebab mana mahu nampak `kebocoran' berbillion-billion peruntukan pembangunan. Jangan mengukur tahap pembangunan Sabah dengan melihat galaknya berdiri bangunan perniagaan atau shopping complex sebab itu cuma di ibukota sahaja. Rajin-rajin buat spot check ke kampung-kampung. Kalau krew Bersamamu TV3 sudah `kehabisan' modal di Semenanjung, datanglah ke Sabah - pasti beratus / beribu episod program `Bersama Mu TV3' boleh terhasil...

Bagi yang fikirannya terbuka, terimalah hakikat apa yang dikatakan oleh Dr Khir Toyo...

Selamat Membaca`Sabah Perlukan Perhatian Serius Kerajaan Persekutuan!!!

WT- Dari sudut hati saya amat berharap semua Ahli Parlimen dari Sabah benar-benar `lantang' dalam membawa isu dan aspirasi rakyat Sabah yang ketinggalan berbanding Semenanjung. Perjuangan berunsur peribadi dan memperkayakan diri rasanya eloklah diketepikan sahaja...

MUHYIDDIN - UMNO PRESIDENT OR DEPUTY PRESIDENT?

The StarOnline
11 May, 2008 (Sunday)

UMNO vice-president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is the most talked-about personality in the party these days. Known for his amiable and “quiet elegance”, the 61-year-old International Trade and Industry Minister and Pagoh MP, who has held the party vice-presidency for three terms, could now be mulling a move up the party hierarchy.

Q: Tan Sri, last month, you called for all speculation on the Prime Minister’s position to stop, saying it could worry local and foreign investors. And then?.
A: I called for what?

Q: You called for talk on the Prime Minister’s position to cease. That people should not speculate because ?
A: Did I say that, when?

Q: You were quoted as such in the newspapers. It was sometime in early April. And then one week later, you called for the PM to step down. Are you standing by what you said?
A: I didn’t say that. You have to understand the Bahasa (Malaysia) language. (Smiles) There is a lot of difference when you translate Bahasa into English.

Q: Then you can set the record straight here.
A: I was talking about the state of politics vis-à-vis Umno. We got a lot of messages in the last elections – the shift of support from the Barisan, the rise of new Opposition strength. We did not expect to lose Selangor, (it is) like losing a goldmine.

So if taken in totality, I think it says a lot about the issue of leadership – how leaders manage the country; why there is this shift of support which could be permanent. If it is not addressed, we (Umno, Barisan Nasional) could go into oblivion.

Q: Change or fade away, is that your message?
A: That’s a concern which I think is real. (Tun) Dr Mahathir (Mohamad) has cautioned about the danger that the Barisan Government is in. I cannot underestimate the thinking power of the former prime minister.

My view is that this Government should move forward, but in order to move forward, there is a need for very serious thinking by the leadership on the situation in the country.

My proposal is not for him (Prime Minister and Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi) to step down, it is for the PM to consider the succession plan. When the successor takes over, we can ensure that we will not continue to lose out to the Opposition.

As a Malay, I am concerned about the position of the Malays, not that they should be dominating but they should have a strong presence in running the country. Issues of trust and confidence, these are quite critical.

I have to speak out because I am very much a part of the party hierarchy. And I have received tremendous response from the grassroots who feel that I am saying something right.

Q: When you say you want a transition, does it mean that it should be announced now? Or can he (Abdullah) take his time?
A: I think leaders should understand. Incidentally, there is the party election this year. Whether this means a lot in contributing to what and when the decision has to be made, that I leave to the good judgment of the leaders concerned.

Q: But he (Abdullah) has stated that he will defend his presidency.
A: That is his prerogative and right to do so. It is in the (Umno) constitution, everybody has got the right.

Q: He is exercising his democratic right, then, to defend his presidency?
A: Yes. But there are people who want to contest against him. They, too, are exercising their democratic right.

At the end of the day, it is the delegates who will decide. If members think the time is right for change, then they will exercise their right. Like in the last general election, they wanted change and they got the change.

So now we leave it to the good judgment of the delegates whether the time is right for change. And I have spoken on many occasions, expressing certain areas of concern and interest that need to be addressed.
Whether the present leadership would be in a position to manage ? there is a big question mark. So, I leave it to the delegates to decide.

Q: Meaning you are against the 30% quota for anyone to contest the presidency?
A: Yes, I have expressed that because it is undemocratic. Some smart aleck came up with the idea that we should impose a certain quota system that you can only contest if you get a certain number of nominations.

Why do you need a certain quota imposed on them? You have to cross the bar before you can exercise your right. That, for me, is undemocratic.
I actually put the matter to the then Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir. I was asked to go around the country to seek the views on how we want to relook the constitution, to do away with money politics. This (quota) was one of the matters that they raised with me, to please tell the supreme council that they do not want this quota system.


The quota system actually promotes money politics. So, when I presented this (feedback) to Dr Mahathir, he just shook his hand and said: “Leave it at that”. Now, he is saying, remove it. Of course, now he is no longer the PM. But I would like for Umno to go back to where it was before. Whoever wants to contest, can contest. One nomination, a proposer and a seconder, like in the (general) election, that’s it.

Q: If the quota stays, do you believe that there could be challengers who could muster enough nominations?
A: When there is a condition imposed, there will always be attempts to frustrate those who want to contest. I nearly fell into that trap (before). I was an incumbent vice-president, and it was time for the party polls. But in Johor, there were hidden hands saying, “Don’t nominate Muhyiddin.”

Nominations were short of the 10% (quota) that I required. Then I made some noise that somebody up there is trying to manipulate the vote. After that, nominations started to fall like durian runtuh (a windfall). I qualified.

I was an incumbent. An incumbent normally has the right to contest but because of some manipulation to make sure you don’t get the numbers, you can’t even get to defend your post. This is not democratic.

Q: Party observers and your supporters are saying it is now or never for Muhyiddin. That you will have to make known your intentions.
A: I will cross the bridge when I come to it. There are a lot of advisers who say that I should climb up the party hierarchy, that I should contest this or that position. I am quite amazed with the proposals.

I think I will make the right decision when the time comes.


Q: You are not ruling out the possibility of going for the No. 1, or No. 2 post?
A: I don’t know. I have to size up a lot of things. Some people say (to me), “You have been vice-president for the last three terms. Maybe now you have to look at something else.”

But I have to be prudent as this is not an easy process. You have to know that you are facing incumbents, the powers-that-be. It is not going to be a straight path that you can go through easily. I’m always calculating, to make sure I will not fall down halfway through.
So, we will see what is going to happen.

WT- You should `take note and think it wisely' esp to his answers for the last two questions.

Just wait and see.

Remember this - politics is the art of the possible!!!

STOP QUOTA SYSTEM IN UMNO !!!

The Star Online
May 11, 2008 (Sunday)

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno vice-president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has come out with the strongest indication yet that he would be contesting one of the top two positions in the December party polls.

He said he had received a lot of feedback from “grassroots, advisers and proposers” who told him that it was time to move up the party hierarchy. As vice-president, “a move up” would mean a challenge for the deputy presidency or presidency.

The International Trade and Industry Minister, who hit out at the party's restrictive quota system which prevented members from contesting for posts without a specific number of nominations, said he would consider many things, including having to face “incumbents and the powers-that-be”, before making a decision.

”It is not an easy decision to make. But people say (to me): 'You have been vice-president for three terms. Now you have to look at something else'.

“I think I will make the right decision, hopefully, when the time comes,’’ he told The Star in an interview at his ministry office.

The 61-year-old Muhyiddin, who was first elected vice-president in 1993, described himself as an innovator and “someone who would not take things lying down.”

Referring to the party's quota system, he said: “It is undemocratic. I would like Umno to go back to where it was before ... allow whoever wants to contest to contest.

“One nomination, a proposer and seconder, like in the (general) election, that’s it. Why should the position of party president be so sacred, sacrosanct ? that nobody can challenge? “This is against the spirit of democracy,’’ he stressed.

Muhyiddin, who is also the party’s Constitution Committee chairman, said most members had rejected the quota system during a feedback exercise conducted by him previously.

“(This is) because the quota system actually promotes money politics,’’ he added.

Prime Minister and party president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said last month that the 30% quota of support from divisions for the president’s post, 20% for deputy president and 10% for vice-presidents would stay despite calls for its abolition by some party members.

On Abdullah's decision to defend his presidency in the Umno polls, Muhyiddin said it was his prerogative and right to do so.

“But there are people who want to contest against him, they, too, are exercising their democratic right.

“At the end of the day, it is the delegates who will decide. The leaders don’t decide, it’s always the delegates, and we have got a process of elections,” he added.


WT- Personally, I felt that the quota system must be abolished as soon as possible. Of course, to `abolish' the clause of quota system is not as easy as we eat nasi lemak where we just place the order or self service and eat.

UMNO should take into consideration seriously all current `highlights' that brought up by the people of Malaysia and definitely from the bottom heart of UMNO members.

Dear UMNO members, shall we consider major transformation within the party? Think at least twice....

Saturday, May 10, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UMNO 62 TAHUN

Oleh : Warisan Tamar

Hari ini 11 Mei 2008, mengikut takwim UMNO maka genaplah usia UMNO (United Malay National Organization) ke 62 tahun. Bermakna kalau mengikut perkiraan umum tentang tumbesaran seorang bayi pada tahun 1946, maka bayi itu kini sudah melalui proses tumbesaran yang penuh ranjau. Kini bayi itu sudah selayaknya digelar `datuk' malah mempunyai deretan cucu cicit penyambung warisan jika membina mahligai rumahtangga dengan jayanya.

Pada usia 62 tahun, pelbagai persepsi dan lontaran idea diberikan samada oleh ahli-ahli UMNO, bukan ahli UMNO dan rakyat Malaysia tanpa parti berkaitan masa depan dan sejauh mana relevannya UMNO di persada politik negara khususnya sebagai teraju utama pembela untung nasib agama Islam, bangsa Melayu dan negara Malaysia.

Apa sekalipun persepsi dan lontaran idea itu baik manis mahupun pahit, ia wajar diperhalusi dan pimpinan UMNO harus melapangkan dada menerima apa jua yang diluahkan oleh rakyat umumnya demi memastikan survival dan relevannya UMNO kepada rakyat bukan setakat terkongkong kepada ahlinya.

Selamat Ulangtahun ke 62 kepada UMNO dan ahlinya.....

WT- Hakikatnya UMNO dan ahlinya harus bermuhasabah jika mahu parti UMNO terus relevan di persada politik negara atau `menerima' hukuman lebih `daring' atau tindakan `kamikaze' rakyat Malaysia...Teruskan berjuang ahli-ahli UMNO untuk agama, bangsa dan negara!