By Martin Jalleh
Najib should fly straight from Saudi Arabia to the Ranau/Kinabalu earthquake-hit zones in Sabah to give meaning to his declaration “I owe Sabah”
One question uppermost among Sabahans when I visited the earthquake-hit zones of Ranau and Kinabalu Park yesterday was why Najib, who said only last month that “I owe Sabah”, did not visit Sabah over the Ranau/Kinabalu earthquake disaster before his Saudi Arabia trip on Saturday night.
With his new personal private jet which cost a bomb to Malaysian taxpayers, Najib should have no problem to visit Ranau/Kinabalu before flying off to Jeddah for his three-day visit to Saudi Arabia.
The aftermath of the 5.9 Richter Ranau/Kinabalu earthquake, which claimed 18 lives, and Najib’s double absence, from the 1MDB “Nothing2Hide” forum in Kuala Lumpur on Friday morning and from Sabah over the earthquake disaster, were the talking points of Sabahans, in particular why Najib took some five hours to tweet his concern about the earthquake in Sabah at about noon when the earthquake struck Ranau and Mount Kinabalu at around 7.15 am on Friday morning!
Najib’s tweet was unbelievable for it said some five hours after the disaster: “I was just informed that an earthquake happened not far from Ranau. I hope all are safe and calm.” Continue reading “Najib should fly straight from Saudi Arabia to the Ranau/Kinabalu earthquake-hit zones in Sabah to give meaning to his declaration “I owe Sabah””
Pakatan Rakyat Selangor is in unchartered waters post-PAS Muktamar
Tony Pua
DAP Selangor Chairman and MP PJ Utara
8th June 2015
The PAS General Assembly (“Muktamar”) has decided to sever all ties (“putus hubungan”) and stop all political cooperation “kerjasama politik” with DAP. As a result, Pakatan Rakyat in Selangor has undoubtedly entered unchartered waters. The only thing certain under such circumstances is that nothing can or will be the same again.
It is inconceivable for anyone to think or believe that Pakatan Rakyat can continue to exist in its current state given the above unequivocal motion. The Pakatan Rakyat government comprises of three political parties which subscribed to a common policy platform. However, when the common policy platform is breached, compounded by the decision of one party to stop cooperation with another within the coalition, then the coalition naturally collapses.
How does the Government function, when the state executive councillors (Exco) of PAS refuses to cooperate with the Exco from DAP when carrying out their respective duties? Can one even imagine how surreal the state Exco meeting will be, with the PAS Exco ignoring the DAP Excos or pretending that they don’t exist? Continue reading “Pakatan Rakyat Selangor is in unchartered waters post-PAS Muktamar”
Post-PAS muktamar scenarios
— Liew Chin Tong
Malay Mail Online
June 7, 2015
JUNE 7 — I have been asked by the media to comment on DAP’s relations with PAS in Johor.
PAS muktamar’s 6th June 2015 approval of a motion to severe ties with DAP, as well as the PAS party polls on 4th June are two key events that set the scene for major realignments in Malaysian politics beyond PAS’ internal dynamics.
The agenda of PAS’ conservatives is to work with Umno with the aim of pushing for hudud legislation. In the mean time, in order to work with Umno and to push for hudud, ties with DAP needed to be severed. To win federal power is not a priority as the conservatives are prepared to accept Umno’s continous rule.
The progressives, who became a significant force in PAS after Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sacking in 1998, aspire to defeat Umno and its associated racial politics. As it is realistic to expect PAS not to win enough seats on its own to form the federal government , cooperation with DAP via a consensus-based common policy platform is deemed the pragmatic route.
The defeat of the progressives and the motion to severe ties with DAP gives rise to new situations and scenarios. Continue reading “Post-PAS muktamar scenarios”
PAS dan tragedi sebuah kesombongan
– Muhamad Takiyuddin Ismail
The Malaysian Insider
7 June 2015
Bagi pemerhati dan penganalisis yang mengikuti perkembangan dalam PAS secara neutral, agak sukar untuk tidak berasa sedih apabila melihat perkembangan yang berlaku dalam Muktamar PAS ke-61 yang baru berlangsung.
Hal ini lebih dirasakan apabila seseorang mengikuti dengan lebih dekat dan menyaksikan sendiri muktamar yang berlangsung selama tiga hari itu. Pergelutan kuasa yang berlaku sekian lama antara kem agamawan dan kem progresif menemui penamatnya dengan penguasaan menyeluruh kem agamawan.
Di sebalik semua label dan alasan ketidaksenangan yang dimomokkan terhadap golongan progresif ini, tidak ada faktor yang dianggap lebih berperanan penting selain “kesombongan”. Kesombongan merupakan faktor yang menggarisbawahkan keterpinggiran golongan progresif ini dalam PAS. Continue reading “PAS dan tragedi sebuah kesombongan”