Get Rid of Abdullah and UMNO’s Hang Tuahs
They all dutifully lined up peasant-like at Sri Perdana to pledge their personal loyalty to Abdullah the day following the electoral debacle. These latter day “Hang Tuahs” – individuals loyal to leaders but not to principles or the organization – included Najib Razak, Hishammuddin Hussein, and Rafidah Aziz.
I am certain they all obediently bowed down low and kissed the man’s limp hand solemnly. Pathetic! When they should have been apprising their leader of the grim political reality, they instead stooped low to humor and flatter him. Those are the duties of court jesters, not of ministers and leaders.
If these next leaders in UMNO cannot tell Abdullah the bad news to his face, how can we expect them to represent us in dealing with even more assertive foreign leaders? If these are the faces of the future leaders of UMNO, how could we entrust them with the fate of our community? Are these “lembik” (limp) characters the future “brave” defenders of Ketuanan Melayu?
This whole crowd – and them some – must go. UMNO must get rid of not only Abdullah but also his entire retinue of enablers and latter-day Hang Tuahs. There is no alternative. The only choice is whether UMNO members do the dirty job themselves and on their own timetable, or watch voters do it for the party. The recent election is merely a preview; the next time it would be even uglier.
Former Prime Minister Mahathir is wrong in saying that Abdullah destroyed UMNO. It was not only Abdullah who did it; he had his supporting cast of enablers to help him.
It is not all doom and gloom, however. The party had faced many challenges in the past and had successfully overcome them. All it took was the courage of a few or even of single individuals, as Mahathir did to the Tunku, the Father of Merdeka. Where are the young Mahathirs in today’s UMNO?
As for Mahathir, he admits to his grave mistake in selecting Abdullah. Give Mahathir due credit, at least he recognizes his error and is trying his best to rectify it. He has demanded that Abdullah take full responsibility for this electoral debacle. Meaning, Abdullah should quit. Mahathir however, can only do so much. Besides, he has little or no stake in the future of UMNO except in so far as affecting his legacy.
Another party veteran, Tengku Razaleigh, has also called for Abdullah to take full responsibility. It is a crying shame that with today’s UMNO, only the old are leading the charge for change. This should normally be within the province of youth. This reflects how far UMNO has degenerated as an organization.
It is not enough however for Tengku Razaleigh to give press statements to indicate his displeasure with Abdullah. Ku Li must lead the change and challenge Abdullah, as he (Ku Li) did earlier. Even if Tengku Razaleigh were to fail, he would still have paved the way for others to pursue the matter.
Other senior UMNO members like Musa Hitam, Tengku Ahmad Rithaudeen and Sharir Samad must also step up to the plate and fulfill their responsibilities. They must help ease out Abdullah gracefully if for no other reason that the alternative would be too ugly to contemplate. I have no wish to see Abdullah publicly humiliated; enough that he would get out of the way. Let the old man enjoy his pension and new wife.
It those senior members abrogate their responsibilities, then it would be up to UMNO’s Supreme Council members – the party’s governing body – to take the initiative. At its next meeting they should pass a vote of no confidence on Abdullah. Even if that motion were to fail, the message would once again have been delivered. Abdullah is a slow learner; it takes a while for a message to sink in.
Such a motion, even if unsuccessful, would also pave the way for other brave members to introduce similar resolutions at the upcoming party’s general assembly. In short, UMNO members at all levels must continue to put the heat on Abdullah and his coterie of enablers until he and they all quit in shame.
This coterie would include Najib Razak and all the current vice-presidents and leaders of its Youth, Wanita, Putera and Puteri wings. They are not leaders but enablers.
I do not share Mahathir’s high opinion of Najib Razak. He has Hang Tuah’s blind loyalty but without the bravery or charisma. His tenure as Defense Minister is best summarized by the currently unfolding Altantuya murder trial; a tale of intrigues, assassinations, and megabucks commissions.
Mahathir’s confidence in Najib has less to do with Najib’s talent but more in Mahathir expressing his terhutang budi (gratitude) to Najib’s father, Tun Razak, for having “rescued” Mahathir after he was expelled from the party. Najib without the famous “bin” after his name would be just another nondescript civil servant, perhaps a district officer back in his hometown. Tun Razak’s other sons all had considerably more talent than Najib. If Mahathir felt an obligation to the late Tun, he (Mahathir) should have groomed any one of Tun’s other sons.
We Malays, and that includes UMNO, have no shortage of talent. We just have to be more inclusive and exhaustive in our search. We have to cast our net deep and wide, and not be content with netting the fish that float by us. Usually those are the rotting or nearly rotting ones. The vigorous specimens are out there swimming and enjoying the deep blue water. We have to make an effort to get them.
March 9th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Najib is just as bad if not worse. A leader must not only be clean but seen to be clean. Comparing the two, at least Pak Lah is seen to be clean. With so many scadals and seedy news about him, like the submarine commisssion and the Mongolia girl’ s murder cases, Najib will further aggravate corrupt practices in the country and bring the name of the country down a cesspool.
March 9th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Regarding UMNO and Abdullah and the sycophantic Hang Tuahs, you are direct and to the point! Said what needed to be said. Excellent!
Whether PAS, PKR and DAP can form a working and stable coalition is uncertain. Coalition politics is messy. These parties represent different constituencies.
When the monolithic Congress party in India began to crumble in the late 1980s, it took years for the opposition to form credible coalitions. I anticipate similar difficulties in Malaysia - Anwar Ibrahim will serve as a unifying glue for the opposition no doubt, if he retains his focus on creating an alternative to the BN. The March 8th vote is just the beginning to a long journey. The rakyat in Malaysia must be patient, willing to take electoral risks and vote for alternatives to the BN, and in the long-term, a more prosperous, competitive, equitable and united Malaysia will emerge. Viva Malaysia!
March 9th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
The simplest rule in any book on organizational behavior is (or should be) that employees just love clueless bosses. The more catatonic the boss is, the better it is for employees, who are then free to say and do anything, like a barrel full of monkeys.
AAB said that he was staying on because he still had the support of BN leaders. I am speechless. It looks like AAB has learnt nothing from this episode. Of course the BN leaders love and support you, AAB. They always have and always will, until the day they have no use for you anymore.
If you want to maintain your dignity, there is still time to exit stage left, gracefully. Either that, or suffer the humiliation of being thrown out like an old tin can, eventually.
Bear in mind that as a democratic leader, that it is the support of the rakyat, above all else, that matters in the final analysis.
March 10th, 2008 at 12:41 am
Why let Badawi go?
What wrong has Badawi done?
If not for Najib and his mongolian model bomb up case, UMNO wouldn’t be tainted so badly.
If not for the “korek, korek, korek” loyar case, the BN wouldn’t have such bad reputation.
If not for the Zakaria Palace case, most Malays would still vote for BN.
Resentments have been building for a long time. If you want to oust Badawi, then you ought to oust a lot of other people as well.
March 10th, 2008 at 12:53 am
It took the whole nation to knock the thick skull of PakLah for him to take any notice of general resentment towards his tenureship.For all intent and purposes the election results manage for once to keep him awake throughout the day and the night post election.This should go record as the only time in his whole Primiership he is fully awake!! no malice intended to Jeane.
Come yesterday all the usual suspects (Hang Tuahs) plus Samy’extoll’Vellu came running and gave him their undivided support.These stupid actions had lull him back to his previous level of incompetence and we malaysian none the better from what we had before.
I took it UMNO has time and time again failed to see the symptons that clearly manifest their impending doom .They failed to do that before election and failed again to read it after the election.The only way for them to survive is to Change with a capital C
Khairy has been slapped on the face by Kelantanese voter by total outright rejection to his campaign through the UMNO youth to regain Kelantan.The very voters that were encouraged to return home to vote are now being blame for their defeat….as per their usual way .they never took the blame on themselves.They never blame Awang Adek (the ‘future’ CM of Kelantan) who went around smoking his RM500 cigar (apparently three times aday) of wasteful lifestyle when Tok Guru switched off the office light when he attended his personal matters went on as a matter of fact lifestyle….so they went on consoling themselves like PakLah do.
The Malays are very tired of UMNO and their rentseeker mentality and they have no qualm to show off their wealth from this illgotten fortune and expect all Malay to give them a second chance to the cake.
No way and thanks you,go and wipe your feet and que like everyone else,this world is changing very fast .We dont have the time and patience for you to do the simplest of thing ie. Change and do it without this somnelence leader of yours. Just listen to our voice.
Sirtopa
March 10th, 2008 at 2:18 am
I think PM got lousy advisors who gave him wrong advice and feedback and how it badly mishandled the Bersih rally and indians issue, also UNMO has its own in-fighting especially from Dr M camp .Other than these, most people get frustrated about his failure to deliver his promises. I suspected some changes when i attended the ceramah, the opposition attracted huge crowd compared to BN ones but never thought about the extent. What surprise me is the malay vote swing, maybe this time, they find PKR a credible alternative to UMNO
March 10th, 2008 at 2:45 am
By staying on in UMNO/BN, AAB does not seem to realise that he is preparing himself for eventual slaughter, by his very own ‘comrades’, whose support and undivided loyalty he thinks he has.
No one will be able to save him then, not his SIL or his wealthy ‘friends’.
If he thinks that the positions of PM and head of UMNO make him invincible or immune to blame for his party’s failure, he’s got another thing coming.
Heads will roll, and it sure ain’t Najib’s, or Hishamuddin’s.
March 10th, 2008 at 2:45 am
Well said…
Bow out as a gentleman should, not forgetting the full entourage.
March 10th, 2008 at 3:43 am
I would hope that a party based on race like UMNO has outlived its usefulness. I’m extremely glad that PKR managed to win the most Parliamentary seats among the Barisan Rakyat parties. Makes me think there might be a future for everyone in Malaysia but we’ll have to see how they perform now.
“It is a crying shame that with today’s UMNO, only the old are leading the charge for change. This should normally be within the province of youth. This reflects how far UMNO has degenerated as an organization.”
I think we all know why this is. After so many years of being suppressed under a dictatorship, I’m not surprised that most Malaysian youths have no voice or, rather, no balls to voice out. This is probably even more true in the party where he ruled with no tolerance of dissent.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:05 am
Hari ini kita membicarakan kekalahan tapi sebenarnya itu adalah kemenangan kepada anjakan minda. Permulaan yang baru menafikan bahawa manusia itu dewa. Manusia tetap manusia dengan sifat-sifatnya yang terbatas.
Malaysia berada di atas perjalanan menuju kejayaan - apabila minda sudah mula bergetar lalu beranjak.
Membuang Abdullah bukanlah jawapan tetapi beliau perlu peka dan lebih sedar bahawa beliau memerlukan barisan penterjemah fikiran rakyat, pengamal kebenaran dan perenung masadepan. Bukannya setakat menimba dari telaga yang cetik tetapi sudah sampai masanya beliau perlu menyelami lautan luas ilmu.
Abdullah yang telah sekian lama kita sama-sama lihat berdiri ditebing,
di pergunakan oleh pihak tertentu untuk agenda masadepan mereka yang lebih meragukan.
Empat elemen penting pada seorang pemimpin iaitu King, Warrior, Lover dan Magician.
King memberi arahan. Warrior melakukan penguatkuasaan. Lover menjiwai hasrat rakyat. Magician menyelesaikan masalah.
Mahathir lebih condong menjadi Warrior manakala Abdullah lebih suka menjadi Lover. Sedangkan seseorang hanya layak menjadi pemimpin jika mempunyai keempat-empat kualiti.
Mahathir bukanlah begitu hebat jika diselami mindanya tetapi ia nampak hebat apabila ramai rakyat Malaysia khususnya pemimpin negara masih tidur mimpi panjang mengharapkan kepentingan diri tidak terjejas.
Zaman Mahathir untuk menggantikan Abdullah telah berlalu tetapi beliau masih relevan jika diberi peluang untuk memberi pandangan mengikut saluran yang telah ditutup oleh penasihat-penasihat Abdullah. Abdullah pula lebih suka mensucikan diri dari air perigi cetek.
Rakyat Malaysia, saudara yang berada di luar negara dan ramai lagi yang mencintai negara tumpah darah ini - semestinya diberi peluang dan disediakan saluran untuk memberi pandangan dan nasihat. Itu yang Malaysia perlukan.
Marilah kita bersama-sama membangunkan negara ini. Najib akan sampai masanya. Abdullah perlu lebih kuat berusaha mencari Al Ghazali, Ash Shafie-nya.
Salam hormat dari saya.
March 10th, 2008 at 6:12 am
Now that Hang Tuah has been defeated in Penang, Kedah, Perak and Selangor, what does Hang Jebat do??
Or was it Hang Tuah who won? Will the real Hang Tuah stand up?!
March 10th, 2008 at 7:19 am
In any organization, the ceo is replaced and not just fired. The successor is expected to do a better job. So if AAB is to be replaced, a better one should be in hand to fill the position, to ensure BN performs better in the future. Please scout for and name his successor before the calll for his removal.
When AAB took over from TDM, he took over all the sins and the baggages from his predecessor who had to retired, if not he likely would have to leave in disgrace when the 2004 election results were announced. AAB was naive that he wanted to get rid of corruption in the public sector, especially the police, which was under his portfolio. His call was supported openly by the public, the non-UMNO party leaders, etc. No UMNO leaders came out and shout openly to show their support. How could AAB keep his promise when he was not supported by the police and his fellow UMNO cabinet ministers, whose support he needed to remain as the PM? In addition, his mentor, TDM, came out strongly to denounce him for having cancelled all the mega projects approved by TDM.
It was the rampant abuse of power, the corruption, the VK Lingam case, the Altantuya murder case, the unfair practice, and many other scandals that had infuriated and hardened the voters to go against BN; not that they like the opposition.
TDM is the culprit that had cultivated the rampant corrupt culture, the cronyism, the abuse of power, the unfair racial treatment, etc. It took him 22 years to dismantle the judiaciary, to consolidate the Malay Dilenma and create all these social ills. His absolute power had laid the seed for the eventual demise of UMNO and BN, when AAB 2004 well-liked election promises failed to materialize. Now he tried to pass the bug to his helpless successor so that he can escape being blamed or held responsible for this sin.
March 10th, 2008 at 7:44 am
I am not someone who is into politics, what I hope is to see changes in simple things.
First and foremost - Can we get answers - REAL answers to why we are paying so much toll, why fuel price is getting higher, why even our staple food is getting expensive, why we are so obsessed with “MALAYSIA BOLEH” idea that we spend so much doing things to make us known to the outside world when that money can be used to make Malaysia a much more pleasant for the people? And why we are more concerned and overly excited with someone’s sex scandal rather than getting answers for more critical issues like the exorbitant procurement of assets, alleged commissions on procurement of these assets, abducted children and court cases which boggle the mind?
As a simple person, I would like to see if we can make the country for us rather than for others. I think we can do away with the endless fireworks display and perhaps put on hold expensive expeditions to places where man, I mean Malaysian, has never gone before.
I think for now, maybe we should do what we can for us, here, in the country. Not for to show to the world that “MALAYSIA BOLEH”.
March 10th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Malaysians - viewed from cultural perspective are confused lots. The ordinary rakyats/masses want to retain their cultural heritage but at the same time they are witnessing their very own leaders, celebrities, royalties, el at are living their private lives not the least according to budaya melayu but they are more westernized than the westerners themselves.
Metaphorically, I wonder if those leaders know how to makan budu, sambal tempoyak, ikan kering, ulam petai, etc., let alone eat with their hands. Not that these are exclusivity to Malays. My point is simply this: our Malay leaders, celebrities and royalties and sultans-wanna be are more adept to cultural lifestyle away from original Malay lifestyles (is there one?) than they with Malay lifestyle culturally. We trully lack a cultural identity in our ways. When the trend was moving toward Islamization, we jump on the wagon by being more Arabs than the Arabs themselves. We forget to differentiate between Arabs and Islam. We claim to be more Islamic than anyone on planet earth! Hence “if you vote none than PAS, you are voting for kafir and it’s haram”
If you read Bakri Musa earlier book, you will see the present predicament of “Hang Tuahs” circling the Sultan Abduallh Badawi, purportedly protecting him and the kingdom. The reality is ordinary rakyats are moving away from this feudalistic culture. We are beginning to look for our own self interests more so now than ever before. We at the kampong level have witnessed how those who are so gungho about UMNO are doing so for their own pockets not for the kampong folks.
I think kita perlu balik ke pangkal jalan - and from my point of view: stick to the 1955 Lord Reid’s drafted constitutuion. UMNO needs to abolish itself of its UMNO Baru alias Mahathirism (father knows best) and go back to the UMNO which the Tunku, Hussein Onn and Tun Dr. Ismail devoted their lives to
March 10th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Ketuanan Melayu?? It is this obsession in defending Ketuanan Melayu that caused the losses!
” Ketuanan Melayu” is out of date, for crying out loud.
En Bakri, Bangsa Malaysia is the way forward and moving as one people one nation.
March 10th, 2008 at 11:02 am
The “winds of Change” arrived on Malaysian shores over the weekend, brought in a tsunami that swept through, now most Malaysians are estatic, over the moon!
Congratulations Malaysia!
Now enjoy, “Goodbye Sam”
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March 10th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Jong, don’t talk nonsense! The work has just begun. This is an opportunity which must not be squandered away!
March 10th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
It is time Malaysia has Chinese MBs even though the state constitutions state that he or she must be a Malay and Muslim. We must amend the state constitutions and with a two-thirds majority it is not a problem. We can do that in Selangor but Selangor has Khalid. So no problem there! But Perak poses a unique situation unlike Penang.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
limkamput, you migrated from limkitsiang’s blog to cause trouble here??
March 10th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
What we are witnessing is the beginning of a two party system. The rakyat are the real winners in this election. BN will have to work hard to woo back lost voters and BA will have to prove their mettle.
Good luck Malaysia. To a new beginning…..
March 10th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
It’s not only a new beginning but an awakening. Thanks to all level-headed Malaysians. We can’t have it better………
March 10th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Hi, now that the voters have spoken, the rejoice over, the Barisan Rakyat (opposition) should get down to serious work. First on their agenda should be to form a shadow govt., each one of them allocating a specific duty to high light the short commings of the various ministeries. Not like days of yore, when every opposition member was a master of all trade, specialising in none.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
In other country, simple majority is a great win but here not getting 2/3 majority is considered a ‘defeat’. What it mean now is, there is real check and balance mechanism in place which is common feature in matured democratic countries.
Most complained that the assemblymen/MPs were living in ‘ivory tower’, - self serving and only benefit their cronies by helping them to get contracts, some become arrogant and seldom come down to connect with ordinary rakyat. AT BN ceramah, not only most were not good speakers but also would not bring out many issues and answers to convince the public audiences.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
WrathofGrapes, if you don’t start it, no one will. That was a mean thing to say!
March 10th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
In the just concluded GE12, if we attended and saw the ceramah of the different parties, we can analyse the following :- BN ceramah’s using age old manifesto ‘development, development, and more development’. Whereas the Opposition manifesto mostly focused on the bread and butter issue like rising prices and rising cost of living. BN was never feeling the ground but the opposition did. For instance most MCA ceramahs had this chinese opera singer, young sexy singers and a lot of thing musical entertaintment, and you would have witnessed a handful people attending it. But at the same time if you been or seen an opposition ceramah especially DAP, thousands of people were gathering and listening to their fiery speeches! In some cases people were holding umbrellas in rain and was still listening to the Opposition speakers. That is the stark contrast between the opposition and BN. Samy Vellu cost some damages, he didn’t want to leave his seat, eventually he sit was crucified in Sungai Siput, and even his MIC rank and file who was standing was also gone. Lim Keng Yaik came to Penang and said Lim Guan Eng ‘A Stupid Boy’! Thanks to LKY that the stupid boy is the new Penang CM wiping out Lim’s party dominance of almost 40 years in Penang. To put it simple, if you touch the ground, you can feel the ground but if you don’t touch it, you don’t feel it. So that was Barisan campaign all about, never touch the ground.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
I’m surprised Loudmouth Lim Keng Yaik has conveniently forgot his choice of an “idiot” who handed over the Penang state govt’s perogative in selection of a Chief Minister, on a platter to the UMNO president although this had all along been the practice?
Koh Tsu Koon was closely watched and his ‘ampu bodek’ action really angered and fumed Penangites. They vented their anger on Gerakan to make sure he and his team be deprived of their seats in the just concluded GE 2008.
How come this ’stupid old boy’ still don’t get it?
March 10th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Ooops, sorry should read:
” …..on a platter to the UMNO president although this had all along been the practice that it’s the Penang State Govt’s right to select.”
March 11th, 2008 at 6:22 am
limkamput could at least come out of the closet and admit that he is a Malay and use a proper handle.
March 11th, 2008 at 9:03 am
The word in town is that Pak Lah refused or was advised not to step down but to quickly seek royal assent to form the new government quickly for one reason: HIS SON IN LAW.
Pak Lah advisers on 4th floor are Khairy boys and those in the UMNO Youth grassroots who he had cultivated. If Pak Lah goes NOW, his son in law will be left to dry. The move is to ensure that Pak Lah stabilises his son in law being new MP and and recoup his political base while Pak Lah is still the PM.
Those Hang Tuahs are still fearful of Khairy’s boys if they are still in the corridors of power not forgetting the influence of Kallimullah Hassan.
March 11th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
WrathofGrapes,
What if he is a Malay and what if he is not, does it make any difference to you? What’s so wrong with “limkamput”, it’s just an identification. Did he impersonate someone that you find offending? Please, don’t bring your differences over here from LKS Blog. Do have some respect for Dr BakriMusa for his space. Thanx.
March 11th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
The Regent of Perak must be made to accept a Chinese as MB. Why can’t a Chinese be an MB or a PM?
March 11th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
If you want to have a better future for our children in Malaysia, do you bit by signing the on-line petition at http://bersih.org.
Why do we need to reform the Election Commission?
1) the discrepancy between number of voters in urban and rural seats is too great. The smallest parliamentary seat (Federal Territory, Putrajaya) has only 6,608 voters while the parliamentary seat for Kapar in Selangor has 112,224 voters. What this means is that one vote in the Putrajaya parliamentary constituency is equivalent to 17 votes in the Kapar constituency.
2) A common tactic is to ‘buy’ the identity card of the voters. Party members will then vote on the voters’ behalf. Random checking of a person’s identity must be conducted using those finger print checking device. Any voting done on another person’s identity must be made a serious offence under the election law.
3) The rules on postal voting must be reviewed, tightened and amended. The current rule favours the ruling party as the armed forces personnel and policemen who vote by ‘postal voting’ would obviously not jeopardize their career or promotion prospect by voting for the opposition.
March 11th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Jong,
You’re wrong! It is true I impersonated a Chinese in all the blogs. I must confess that I don’t feel comfortable positing comments in a Chinese blog like blog.limkitsiang.com.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Limkamput,
If it’s truly you ‘tag limkamput’, fair enough. I may be wrong but I’m neither surprised nor disappointed. It’s your right to choose a tag/id. Why do you need to feel uncomfortable afterall we are all ‘faceless’ in blogs each trying to contribute, learn and share ideas, knowledge and info?
One correction, blog.limkitsiang.com is not a ‘Chinese’ blog as perceived. You’ll be surprised it’s actually very colorful in there behind their pseudonyms. It’s a shame, those who kept changing handles are none other than cybertroopers trying serious derail exchanges and/or passing racist/sexist remarks. I truly believe the best remedy is to ignore them and watch them talking to themselves. Sometimes it’s fun.
March 11th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Correction:
” …. trying to derail serious exchanges…. ”
sorry.
March 12th, 2008 at 1:25 am
Instead of focusing on calling for the Prime Minister resignation so early after people cast their votes, which return the BN to power albeit without the strong majority they used to, the PAS-PKR-DAP should concentrate more on their govermental and constituential duties in serving the people. Constant calling of resignation of the premier might not be good in the perception of the rakyat, as its shows that they are only interested in politicking and power. And you know people can swing between now and the next election, as what happen in the last two elections. This is the chance to prove administration credentials, not only about political influence that we know the opposition parties already have.
Put national agenda on the forefront and let UMNO/BN decides about their leaders, as they are still the ruling coalition that won majority of the federal seats. And it seems that they still go on with Pak Lah, so be it. No need to over stretch the muscles for now.
March 12th, 2008 at 1:46 am
Lim Guan Eng sepatutnya lebih berhati-hati bila mengeluarkan kenyataan. Tersalah cakap buruk padahnya. Silap-silap kerajaan DAP di Penang hanya sempat bertahan tak sampai 3 bulan. Tolong jaga sikit perasaan hati kaum Pribumi Melayu Islam. Agaknya beliau terlupa bahawa kemenangan besar DAP di Pulau Pinang adalah hasil undi daripada semua kaum, termasuklah melayu. Jadi beliau tidak seharusnya bermegah diri mendabik dada dengan beranggapan bahawa itu adalah kemenangan mutlak untuk Democratic Action Party (DAP) yang terkenal dengan konsep slogan ‘Malaysian Malaysia’.
Sila baca artikel seterusnya di:
http://theindiestory.blogspot.com
tQ
March 12th, 2008 at 1:59 am
Well, Rahim the Barisan Rakyat is not the one calling for Badawi to quit it’s the people within Umno and those who have a bone to pick who are crying for his blood. BR is too preoccupied with its own problems brought about by 50 years of misrule by BN aka Umno. See how reluctant the sultans of Selangor and Perak are at recognizing a legit MB although elections have been won fair and square. May be they are worried that the gravy train, running ever so efficient for them, will come to a halt when a new master takes charge of the station.
March 12th, 2008 at 2:33 am
YM Raja Abdul Razak Ibni Raja Muda Musa
Why are you YM? What are so mulia about you? Who’s going to defend your mulianess? DAP? PKR? UMNO? Make a guess! Why don’t you criticise the institution that give you the privilege to use the YM? How apathetic can you be to sign yourself as YM? People addressed you as YM if they want to, NOT the other way around.
You make me sick….really sick!!!!!
If you want to use whatever YM or YTM in your name, go ahead but don’t meddle with the rakyat’s issues.
The royal institution should be apolitical.
March 12th, 2008 at 2:37 am
i agree w 2 face
March 12th, 2008 at 3:31 am
‘Limkamput’ is the worst kind of Malay. It is one thing to post comments about what you believe. It is another to bash his own race pretending to be somebody he is not! He has serious issues (mostly with himself)!
March 12th, 2008 at 5:46 am
Finally I understood the R.A.H.M.A.N prophecy.
Soon Najib shall be appointed as PM and be the the ‘N’ of RAHMAN.
Been wondering whats next?
My prophecy is this:
On the next election the BeeNnn will be ridiculed as “Bini Najib” and going by the present trend of Rosmah she will soon upstaged Imelda with her collection of BOTOX bottles and jewellery
The Kings and Yang Mulias would continue living in extrvaganza lifestyles when average rakyat suffer with increasing food and fuel cost…the mother of hatred is going to be Rosmah.
The the whole country would decide to get rid of all feudal kings and Malaysia would see the last of malay leader as PM as Najib ended the whole RAHMAN thing.the new President would then start a new abbbreviation to be followed by the subsequent names of President that goes with the alphabet …being a multi racial country with equal opputurnity ,it goes like this:
L.I.M G.U.A.N E.N.G
after this the new one would be
S.I.V.A.L.I.N.G.A.M
As who goes with those alphabets…you guess is good as mine.
TQ
March 12th, 2008 at 6:44 am
I am uashamed to call myself a Malay. I had my education in a Chinese school. The school was delipidated because it had no money. I think this is wrong. Everybody has a right to send their children to vernacular. As a Malay, my father made a conscious choice because he felt by sending me to a Chinese school I would learn to be industrious and not lazy.
Today I am a DAP supporter and ashamed to call myself a Malay.
March 12th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Dear Jong, WrathofGrape and others in this blog,
I am the real limkamput from Kit’s blog. I have never visited this blog before. I was alerted by Jong that someone (and I know who) has impersonated me here. So just ignore what this limkamput said here, thanks.
I think this person is mentally sick or a paid intruder from BN. But with BN now in disarray, he is probably out of job and now trying to create some trouble here.
To you ladies out there, he tried to feign Jong and Jenny earlier in Kit’s blog. So beware.
March 12th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
To: real limkamput
Who cares!
March 12th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
The DAP threatens to boycott the swearing-in ceremony?? They can be held liable for contempt!
March 12th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
I guess the only one at this moment who want Pak Lah to resign is Dr. and I don’t think it’s the voice of UMNO. Who do not make mistake? If he learn from mistake, that will make him a better man. But if he don’t, then too bad for him as BN will lose more state in the next election.
From the defect, this give a clear message that Pak Lah should have done things that he should without being soft hearted. He should remove corrupted Ministers who eat too much. Eating a bit is resonable but not to the extend that all the other Malaysian could not even get the bones. If all Malaysian is doing well, no one will complaint but it’s only a hand full of people and they are not sharing with the other Malaysian. E.g. AP’s should give to more people than just a few.
It is some people’s personal opinion that they want Najib but are they the peoples voice? The opposition should step in to ensure that Pak Lah is given the chance to proof himself and clean those who is former Dr. people who is the one behind the cause of defeat in the 2008 election. Is the part of Dr. plans to get Najib in so that his son can be the next PM following Singapore.
Is Malaysia going to be a family business in government like Singapore and look at how Singaporean is complaining about their government. I had dinner with some Singaporean and their feeling is that their people is woke up by the recent Malaysia election and if their Mr. Lee do not wake up, the same will happen in the next election in Singapore.
Running a country is similar to running a corporation, one cannot be soft hearted, some of those who is so highly corrupted and make known to people should be asked to leave or action taken to should the people that the government support the people view on the issue like AP’s, our Klang Tai Koh who got heart attack after Selangor is lost to opposition as he know his house will be demolish by them as he can’t be the King in Klang anymore.
My comment for Pak Lah is that if you continue to cover up for this people, it will only cause more problem for you. Listen to the people and you should do what is right. Start taking action with your team of ACA and clean some of your own people who is corrupted and they people will support you and of course what is done is done, work closely with the opposition to ensure that Malaysia will get through the coming difficult time that we (the world) will be facing as we go toward the coming recession.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Those despicable cowards! I know who they are. Yes, I smelled a rat and alerted “limkamput” on LKS Blog. I knew it could not have been the ever confident Limkamput.Those demeaning postings by the impersonater made me suspicious, gave himself away.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Jong, I think wrathofgrapes is also a victim of impersonation because the real wrathofgrapes is also supportive of me in Kit’s blog. These despicable sob must be whipped a hundred times, locked up and key thrown away.
March 12th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Hardly surprising, the tide has changed and within days of the 12th GE results, cracks are all over UMNO’s wall. This is politics. PakLah is now fighting off his HangTuahs who have refused to accept his son-in-law as full minister.
March 12th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Cracks are appearing on BR’s wall as well. If the parties are not careful they will disintegrate like sand on the beach. BN is just waiting on the sideline to make a move. This is time for consolidation not confrontation. Petty issues are not important what’s important is the rakyat’s faith in the Opposition. They have, collectively, put them where they are and the gesture should be appreciated and reciprocated. I hope commonsense will prevail.
March 13th, 2008 at 2:51 am
Jong and limkampet,
You transients can go back to your blog. We’re serious readers here and are interested in ideas and this blog is not outlets for your childish outbursts. Blog/limkitsiang.com is full of bigots like you and so go back where you belong!
March 13th, 2008 at 5:36 am
Oh boy! before they get down to business, look like they start squabbling among themselves, it appear they don’t know the word ‘chance’, well if they cannot perform, we will vote them out next election
March 13th, 2008 at 6:45 am
Excuse me Dino, don’t you bark at the wrong tree! Here I was trying to ward off those annoying scumbags trying to demean and impersonate a respectable “limkamput” and you find it convenient to accuse me of of being childish?
Hey, look here stranger I am not one to this blog, but if you think you are the only one who is doing the thinking and reading, you are sadly mistaken!
March 13th, 2008 at 7:06 am
Hello, Jong was kind enough to warn me of someone impersonating me here and that is why i came. Now, please don’t say KitSiang’s blog are full of bigots. What have you got? You want to debate me?
Jong, I am sorry to cause you unnecessay trouble. I guess this Dino could be the same scumbag as kickbutt.
March 13th, 2008 at 7:20 am
He’s suspect!
March 13th, 2008 at 7:21 am
Impersonate? You can be whoever you want to be in cyberspace. I want to be Mahathir and so here goes…
March 13th, 2008 at 7:25 am
I made a deal with that Dollah. He was supposed to protect my financial interests. Instead he chose to build his own financial empire and those of his cronies at my expense. As a mamak I am vengeful and I will not rest until he steps down.
I do not trust that Najib either.
March 13th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Cukup lah tu. BN have lost and lost big. BR has won 5 states and managed to reduce the BN majority in Parliament to less than 2/3. Lets move on.
To BR, let see what you can do to run the states that you’ve captured. Stop all this bickering and jockeying for position of MB and Deputy MB. Belum apa apa lagi dah tamak dan berebut rebut. I do hope the BR reps will be better than the BN reps.
To Lim Kit Siang, you want a Malaysian Malaysia. This election is the first step. The Malaysian electorates have given the Opposition the opportunity to show their true intentions. Don’t disappoint them. The MB is not the most powerful position. The exco can advise and check the MB’s. So stop being a spoiled child and stop asking duly elected officials to boycott state swearing in ceremony. Just remember the 1999 election and what happened to DAP in 2004.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:21 am
I suppose you’re also “terhutang budi” to Mahathir ya………During his 20+ years in reign, and is a curse in balance, he has killed off a generation of grooming good Malay leaders……………
And if you think only Malay can lead Malaysia, why don’t you think Malay can also lead the world outside the Malay archipelago.
In truth you are as chauvinist as any Malay who live in Malaysia but forgetting his roots, though you’re lucky to be able to live in California because of Mahathir la.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:33 am
The Regent of Perak is afterall a hypocrite…………though the opposition never expect to win the state, but how can PAS the worst performer be rewarded with MB seat?
Maybe it has to do with Melayu culture of wayang kulit?
March 14th, 2008 at 4:42 am
Bakri Musa, do you feel you’re less Malay because you cannot excel there?
March 14th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
“The MB is not the most powerful position.”
You missed the point!
March 14th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
“The Regent of Perak is afterall a hypocrite…………though the opposition never expect to win the state, but how can PAS the worst performer be rewarded with MB seat?”
The sultan or in his absence the Regent was supposed to act upon advice and gives his consent to the leader of the political party which wins the elections to head the EXCO. Instead he was asked to appoint one among three! The request that he should appoint one among three is as unconstitutional as to his use of the discretion allowed by the state constitution.
March 14th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
I think UMNO stinks. So does PKR. These bloody Malays should be taught a lesson like what happened in 1969. Should there be riots today Malays should expect a different outcome. The Chinese are not going to take it lying down. Not this time!
March 14th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Dr Bakri,
I object to the above “Jong”(in blue), it’s not me! Cybertroopers, cowards, scumbags whoever they are are using my name to cause trouble and stroke racial tension here. Please delete it. Thanks.
March 15th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Hello Jong! We meet again. You’re not the only Jong in this world.
March 15th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Fancy calling people who have the same surname “scumbags”! You should be ashamed of yourself.
March 15th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Jong, I think we are a bit paranoid. I think you should apologize to Jong here!
March 15th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Go get real! Nobody cares.
March 16th, 2008 at 3:46 am
Royalist, if Sultan or Raja does not know how to exercise his rights wisely, why should the rakyat continue to sembah him ha?
March 16th, 2008 at 5:45 am
Three names were given for him to choose from. The Regent apparently is no student of Malaysian constitutional law and should have consulted the State Legal Advisor or vice versa as to the use of his discretion if any.
March 16th, 2008 at 5:51 am
I believe the discretion allowed him by the state constitution does not involve choosing from a list of three. I believe as consitutional monarch or his representative, he has no choice. The discretion given him by the state constitution and which he has is when there is some ambiguity as to who actually commands the confidence of the party. DAP, PKR and PAS should have sat down and agree to one name from among their ranks. Apparently there was an impasse.
March 16th, 2008 at 5:54 am
What happened in the state of Perlis involving a similar use of discretion is unconstitutional.
March 24th, 2008 at 2:39 am
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