Independents,independents,independents.

In the Bukit Selambau by-election,there will be 15 candidates,where13 are independents,is history making indeed,as this is unprecedented,13 candidates independents WOW! Either the people are tired of both BN and PR and thinking that they might better off without a party,or they are just power crazy as some of them are the candidates not chosen by PKR.

Anyway this is good development for Malaysian politics as being independent mean that your agenda can and should be 100% the people's agenda and not the party's agenda.This way,it's easier to raise issues concerning the people especially in their constituency without being tied by party rules and agenda.This is a step forward for Malaysian democracy that is diminishing day-by-day beginning with the Perak takeover by BN where the fate and the wishes of the people was betrayed by few individuals.

Furthermore,the independent,if elected can chose workers and helpers that want to contribute irrespective of party affiliation,maybe starting a standard to the political parties to stop the practice of political discrimination.We can disagree on certain things but in the end of the day,if we are mature,we don't to discriminate the other party such as putting them behind bars,not allowing them to held ceramahs and other political discriminatory practices.

Besides that,the example set by these independents hopefully can inspire more Malaysians to that are dissatisfied with their representative whether parliamentary level or state,to make things right(with whatever they are dissatisfied with) and stand for election,campaign and maybe win.This empowerment will great way to encourage active citizenry in Malaysia,where if something is not right,fix it,not deepend on the politicians or NGO's wholeheartly.

Finally,a final message to these independents,you must be sincere in your decision to stand in the by-election,sincere to serve the people,not for money,power,or to show dissatisfaction to the party for whatever reasons.Try to bring positive chang to the livelihood of the people in your constituency and beyond.Use the advantages you gain as an independent,advantages suchas having the power to serve the people without being tied by political agenda and party rules.If not,you are just destroying the chances of those candidates who are truly interested to improve the livelihood of the people and bring positive changes along the way.Remember,you can always tell and demand the truth as sometime these political parties will try to fool us.Good luck independents!

Change that we can believe in

Can UMNO change,well here I outline few reasons why they can't and can base on UMNO history,current situation and the just concluded UMNO general assembly.

WHY THE CAN:
1)The newly elected UMNO office bearers are of better caliber than the last one.Such names are Zahid Hamidi(VP),Saifudin Abdullah,Mustapha Muhammad,Dr Puad Zarkashi,Noh Omar(all supreme council members accept stated otherwise) and the corruption aside Khairy Jamaludin(youth head).So these names can bring effective change due to the intellectual capability (Mustapha and Saifudin),the political will(khairy Jamaludin).

2)UMNO members know that the stakes are high and the only way to stay out of the museum is to reform themselves.So these leaders can use the survival card to gain support for change.

3)With Mahathir coming to UMNO,Mahathir can give meaningful advice to UMNO about how to change.Mahathir had changed UMNO before,remember from teacher-based party to professionals and technocrats,from feudalistic and culture-based to pragmatic and progress based.So Mahathir should be able to change UMNO again this time around.

However,why they can't
1)UMNO is still in denial.They haven't accepted responsibility that the BN poor showing in the last General Election is due to UMNO's arrogance,rudeness,ego and other negative traits.

2)Their ideology of Malay supremacy had been their ideology since it's founding,thus the need to attack other races will be needed to prove your loyalty to the ideology.As long as that happens the opposition,with a good strategy,can retain the massive non-malays vote in the general election,causing UMNO to become more radical in their views to assure they will win the Malay votes necessary for their stay in power and survival.

3)The behaviour of the UMNO grassroots and leaders(branch leaders and so on) may cause some difficulty as their support is necessary forUMNO politicians to prosper in UMNO,so these politicians might have to sing their tunes and please them.So far based on what these leaders said,they have not changed and it will be tough for them to do so.

So,they you go,there's my view,to find out more we must observe whether they are changes or not,meaningful changes not some plaster job.Anyway if they don't change we will have the honour of changing them,hopefully they will still be around after the people change job is completed and not end up in some museum and history text book completely gone in the present time.

Raja Petra and his choice for PM?

I was reading MalaysiaToday article titled "My Name is RPK and I'm no Prostitute",and I was left wondering about one thing:who would he like to be Malaysia's PM.He seems to be in favour of Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, then a press statement quoted him as saying he and other PR leaders should step down.Anyway in that article he mention that he had found respect for Mahathir and Mahathir called him his boy.Furthermore in the book March8:The day Malaysia woke up,he said that he would picked Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah as his choice for PM.

This is interesting as he got a lot of adoring fans,reading MalaysiaToday,searching for answer to Malaysia's most pressing problems are probably wondering and confused by his many statement.They want to support who Raja Petra supports but they seem to be kept on the dark about this issue.So what is the problem then,decide yourselflah,however they seem to want to be involved in Raja Petra movement for change,but he is not running for PM(I recommend he form a party and compete in the political scene),so who he feels fit to be the PM in this movement of his as we need a leader to led the country and he is not offering himself will be in the minds of his supporters(Bodoh punya Raja Petra,siapa dia sokng pun tak nak beritahu,sampai penyokong dia semua ble) as they want to elect as PM the individual whom the movement endorsed.

Now let us be hypothetical a little bit,assuming he endorsed Anwar as PM then total undividded support must be given by him so that it is clear to the supporters who he is supporting so that the intergration between Anwar-led Pakatan Rakyat can joint forces with Raja Petra to fight against a stronger UMNO and BN under in coming PM Dato Seri Najib Abdul Razak.But lately he has been condemning the Pakatan Rakyat and that does not augur well with Pakatan Rakyat supporters who is wondering whose side is he on?

Then,there is Mahathir.Well he is to old to be PM but not the de facto PM,the one running the show behind the scene(or at least telling or advising Najib what to do) as rumours persist that Najib will hire him as adviser to help the government.In must be noted that this is exactly what is going on in Singapore with Lee Kuan Yew.Despite being the PM, Goh Chock Tong was ask to step down as PM to make way for Lee's son who is the current PM,even though Lee is not the PM although he held a post in the government(maybe it was the minister mentor).Will Raja Petra like that,well he is a stauch supporter of Anwar during his disposal as Deputy PM and a critic of mahathir,but time will heal all wounds,hmmmm.

After that,there is Tengku Razaleigh,whom he said is his favourite pick to be PM as he has no baggage,he claimed.However there is a problem with that idea,Ku Li(as he is fondly called) is an UMNO member,the party in which Raja Petra is totally against(it is my perception from his writtings as he had never personally or publicly told his supporters which party he supports),so the only way for the movement to make Ku Li the PM is to for the supporters of the movement to join UMNO,get yourself chosen to be the delegates,and in the next general assembly elect and help Ku Li win the presidency(least likely to happen)or we can depend on the rumours that Najib will not be chosen as PM, instead a unity government will be formed and Ku Li will be the choice to lead the government.Where is the new government going to dump Anwar then,he's the opposition leader and his party has the most MP seat among the opposition.Well just don't tell Anwar about that plan shhhh.

Finally,maybe Raja Petra got other plans,I don't know,formed a new party and stand in the election,join UMNO and challenge Najib for the presidency,join PKR and challenge Anwar for the presidency,cooperate with other opposition parties to elect him as the new opposition leader(he must be an MP first,but we can figure out what to do later,look at Anwar,at first he was not a MP at first that did not stop him)or other plan that he got under his sleeve.

Anyway,hypothetical aside it is time that Raja Petra make clear his plans to bring his supporters out of the dark as he is an important figure of the movement.His support will make or break the individual mention or at least make their life tougher.Raja Petra support is important to make Malaysia a better place there must be clarity on the movement what is to be done to achieve the movement objectives.Without that the movement(I think it is the people's movement,People's party whatever) is just a blind movement that will destroy the chances of the individuals trying to make real change, to make this country the best that it can be for all Malaysians and the future generation.

Malaysian Partisan Politics.

In Malaysia, nothing separates us like politics.The division among us is huge as can be seen in the blogs and other form of media.In the blogs there are two type of blogs,the pro-government or anti-government.In the newspaper the government run newspapers are always superbly bias towards the government and in the opposition papers there are superbly bias towards the opposition.So for those in the middle who are representing your voice?In the UK there is the Independent newspaper that is considered not biased towards the government or opposition,so the people there can make an informed decision as voters on which who should govern the country,how about Malaysia?Constantly we are feed with news that the political parties want us to hear,so we are incapable to judge between right or wrong.The agenda is not the people agenda,but the political parties agenda.Action that are morally wrong like corruption and street protest are justified by these political parties through their newspapers,and the story are told in such a way to justify their act and demonised the others.


In the blogs,Malaysia final line on freedom of expression the blogsphere(which is diminishing day by day) has been effected to by this.The supporters of political parties blindly supported the actions of their chosen parties whether the actions are right or wrong,and those who stood in their way will get tramped by nasty comments,sometimes the individual will be insulted and the insult is promoted by the blog owners.I'm sure that whatever we disagree with,there are common ground that we can find.No matter what,corruption is never right and supporters of whatever political parties should condemned the practice,whoever is practicing them.Street protest is not good for the country,as it will effect the stability of the nation therefore it should be condemned to by all Malaysians no matter who commits them.So the blogs that are operated by supporters of these political parties shouldn't justify these acts blindly.Ideas that are deemed to be siding a political party over the other will be bombasted by nasty comments ridiculing the idea although the idea is a good one,where as the idea propagated by the political parties or it's supporters that are seem disastrous to the nation are supported blindly by other supporters and there is no room for disagreement,either you are with us or against us,no cooperation what so ever.I think we should keep our mind open to any ideas so they are good for the well being of the Malaysian people,irrespective of where the idea comes from or which political parties it benefit.

Finally,I believe that it is time for us to propagate what is best for Malaysia,not what is best for political parties as these country belong to all Malaysians irrespective of political ideologies or leanings.It is time that both of these political parties to work together for the benefit of all Malaysians.We can start by bringing these political parties together to talk about how can Malaysia face these economic crisis so that we can emerge unharmed and unscratched from it.I suggest that both side of the media to invite the other side representatative so taht the other side of the story can be haerd.Forums should include both political parties representatives so that we can together discuss issues that are affecting Malaysian such as the rising crime rate and others and together we will find solutions to these problems,we implemented it together and achieve success for Malaysia together,isn't that a beautiful thing to achieve for the sake of our beloved country Malaysia.
(PS as you can see from my blog articles,I'm not by-partisan either,so these call is for me and the rest of us who are to passionate about the ideals that our political parties are bringing, that we tend to forget about the Malaysia's ideal).

UMNO and corruption

I'm shocked to what happened in the run up to the UMNO general assymbly which this year will feature the party election.Firstly,UMNO vice president Ali Rustam,had been bared by the UMNO disciplinary council for allegedly money politics.I'm not shocked that he was involve(although indirectly) in money politics as there has been persistent rumour that he is a corrupt leader.However the shocking part is that UMNO has finally taken the first step to combat corruption after so long that corruption has been assimilated to the system in UMNO.Congratulations to UMNO especially the disciplinary board lead by Tengku Rithaudeen for a job well done.However the question of fairness must be asked.How come Khairy only received a warning where as Ali Rustam was barred from contesting the UMNO election when the committed the same crime.Although explanation was given that the degree of crime was different,but to me,no matter how corrupt you are,you are still corrupt no matter what degree the corruption is.

Then there is the clearance of Khir Toyo,whose track record of running the Selangor state government was filled with corruption(according to the current Selangor administration by Pakatan Rakyat) and malpractice.I don't need to tell what he committed as you can refer to my article Anwar Ibrahim's message to find out a few of the corrupt practices and malpractice.I wonder whether a complete investigation on all affairs,not just party affairs was done.These is important as people like Khir Toyo who is (according to the PR led Selangor government) corrupt shouldn't be in the political world as Malaysia need clean politicians to lead not corrupt ones.It just shows UMNO's lack of political will to say no to any form of corruption whether it is committed inside or outside UMNO(eg government,corporationNGO'S or etc).This will effect their chances of true reform as just like cancer,the whole cancerous tumour must be removed not just the parts that have reached dangerous level as the cancer may return if done otherwise.The same principle applies to UMNO,it must get rid of all corrupt leaders,not just these level of corruption and not that.

Finally,there is the unshamefull act of returning to UMNO and contesting high post of corrupt individuals after being found guilty of money politics such as the deputy president candidate,Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib and vice presidential candidateTan Sri Isa Samad.These people should not returned to politics as they are just like a tumour being removed being placed back in the cancer patient.It is stupid that UMNO should accept them let alone support them in their bid for top post.UMNO shouldn't accept them and other political parties should also do the same unless they can prove their innocence.These people will kill UMNO just like the returning tumour killed the cancer patient,so make sure they don't returned unless you want UMNO to be dead,which is a good news for the long time opposition parties.

I would like to see how our incoming PM Dato Sri Najib Razak seriousness in combating corruption beginning with the cabinet selection.Corrupt individuals should not be made Minister or deputy Ministers,so I'm hoping that the names mentioned above and other corrupt individuals will not be seen in the cabinet lineups,even deputy minister included.If the names can be seen,then it is the obligation of all Malaysians to kick out UMNO and BN during the next general election as we Malaysians have no compromise in integrity because we want Malaysia to move forward corruption free and be proud to pass this corrupt free country to the next generation that will share our proudness to the whole world.

The Democracy of Malaysia.(Altantuya murder case)

The member of Parliament of Puchong Gobind Singh Deo had been suspended by Parliament yesterday by a voice vote.The reason is for calling the Deputy Prime Minister,Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak a Murderer,alleging that the murder of a mongolian women has something to do with Najib.Well, I am a believer of the concept of "Innocent until Proven Guilty",so I am not going to accuse Najib of having an involvement with the murder,however,there are certain things that remains unanswered to the public.One of them is the statuary declaration made by a private investigator that was letter retracted.That first declaration claimmed that Najib was involved in the murder.He claimed that the declaration was made under duress,so that why he retracted it later.Of course that happened after he mysteriously disappear so who " kidnapped" him?The government,the opposition,Who?

Besides, that,there is the allege involvement of Najib's adviser,Razak Baginda in that murder case.It was a known case that the mongolian women was involved with the military dealings of the Malaysian government(Najib was then the defence minister) ,then,according to rumours,the two have a close relationship(Razak and the mongolian women),and the claim by the murdered women father,that the only Malaysian that her daughter knows is Razak Baginda.So that brings us to the next question,what is the motive of the two police officers,that prompted the murder of the women as they do not know each other?Question2,what about her role in the dealings,how much money that she suppose to receive,and did she receive it(there are claims that she asked Razak for money?).

Then,there is the fact that according to rumours,the bomb used in the murder was the C4 bomb,allegedly from the ministry of defence.Question3,how that the two police personnel got hold of the bomb,when it is suppose to be for the military not policemen.And again,there is the ministry of defence connection,Najib as the then defence minister should answer this question in parliment and to the public at large.

Finally,there had been blog postings that claimmed a french newspaper Libertarian(I'm not sure about the spelling) story that Najib was indeed involved in the murder case(although indirectly).Question4,why didn't Najib sue this newspaper?I will if some paper accuse me of something I did not do,unless I did do it or have something to hide.

So,as the incoming PM,I believe Najib has an obligation to explain this allegation to the public.The action to suspend Gobind is a blow for Najib as he can use that momment to explain everything,suspending Gobin has now been perceive by me,maybe indeed Najib have something to hide,as the suspension for one year is to harsh if the reason is mere harsh word(murderer) unless there is that fear that he might used the MP immunity to demand that Najib answer his question,that will lead to the truth being revealled.The Parliament is the place where you can find the answers as there is that immunity,democracy means freedom of information-freedom to know the truth.So the rakyat must demand the truth as an innocent man might be hanged,the justice for a slain woman lost and the reputation of the Malaysian people is at stake if indeed our incoming premier is involved in the murder case,Malaysian would be seen as a people who didn't mine that they are lead by a murderer or involved in one.I hope that Najib will answer the questions so that he can be a PM we all can be proud with.

The Realpolitics of Malaysia

As we all know,the by-election is coming so amid the economic crisis the political heat is on. As we can see from the banners in Perak(sorry, I don't have any pictures but you can go to other blogs to see the banners),the opposition is trying to use the takeover of Perak as an excuse that the voters should reject BN due to their dirty techniques on buying over the PR assymblemen. On the BN side one of the asymblemen that jumped over Osman Jailu had been used by the BN to tell why he left the government explaining that there was a political tussle between DAP and PAS and that there are only interested on their personal gains(news from NSTP) where as he and his other friend Jamaludin had been sidelined.The biggest political statement from him is that he jumped over because of the Malays,saying that he didn't want to be involved in the state action that is deemed to sidetrack the malay cause.This statement may carry political milleage on the by-election in Bukit Gantang as the majority of the voters are malays,and seing the PR government there as a puppet to DAP and trying to forgo their rights may cause and emotional factor that will be a massive boost for BN eventhough this is a parlimentary by-election not a state one.Of course that's the BN's story,according to the PR story,the assymblemens that jumped ship,including Osman,are corrupt individuals and they are paid millions by the BN to conspire to crush the PR government in Perak.Now for political purposesses,BN might as well used them.I must say,I admire Najib political skill,and I think he will give Anwar a tough fight compared to Pak Lah.Look at the BN strategy using Malay insecurity on other races,especially the chinese,to gain votes(DAP is a perdominantly chinese party and it's Malaysian Malaysia concept is hated by malays generally,especially the less informed rural area in which Bukit Gantang is from my point of view) and the PR has not yet except for the corruption thing,retaliate to the BN claims.I'm not being racist here but the fact that here in Malaysia,nothing has helped to gain votes then to talk about race,religion,culture and other sensitive issues.It has been used by the opposition to especially PAS and DAP(the attack on teching english in science and mathematics by PAS leaders is one example) and it has helped this parties go to the distance,so I don't think that in the interest of UMNO,that they to not play this game.After all,it is the voters fault as they are colonized by the politics of fear played by the political parties,as they are not brave enough to let their insecurities go and demand a new politics from the political parties in which constructive issues be debated such as the country's economy,education or social system that are currently on a mess rather than talked about petty issues such as racial issues or the keris,come on both this issues are not going to help us buil a better Malaysia.So let us all,demand from our political parties and politicians WE WANT A NEW POLITICS TO TAKE PLACE,A BETTER POLITICS,WE WANT CHANGE,A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.(ps the reason I don't touch much on the PR political strategy is because so far there isn't much to talk about,I guess because their machinery is not in full gear yet.)