‘Not having reprimanded your son-in-law in July 2006 can be constituted as silent endorsement of such un-Malaysian culture which came to haunt you at your Hari Raya do'.
On PM rebukes Hindraf over noisy Raya visit
Timo Finian: Yes sir, Mr PM sir.
They were a wee bit noisy but not as noisy as your son-in-law who gathered with a few thousand people in front of the KL Convention hall on July 28, 2006 screaming abuses at the US Secretary of State who was there for the 39 th Asean Ministerial Meeting, encapsulating the ‘ugly Malaysian' to the hilt.
Not having reprimanded your son-in-law can be constituted as silent endorsement of such un-Malaysian culture which came to haunt you at your Raya do.
The same applies Mr PM Sir. What goes around, comes around.
It's commonly known as 'karma'.
On MP shares surname, address with Filipino
Ong Chin Ghee: So a bigwig BN Sabahan leader has suddenly found an impostor within his family! But is this a surprise?
This is the result of Project M to flood Sabah with Mindanao Bangsa Moros to dilute the electoral share of the non-Muslim bumiputeras within Sabah. After all, they are considered akar serumpun by their Malaysianised kindred.
So, you have non-bumi citizens being deprived of their constitutional rights while the fresh-of-the-sampan Moros being accorded bumi status in violation of the federal constitution.
By gerrymandering the electoral seats where new kampung are created to house these newly- recruited Umno supporters, coupled with high-level political machinations by self-interested and corrupt non-Umno BN leaders, the previously agreed upon CM rotation system was eventually replaced by one that was wholly reserved for Umno. This is BN power-sharing for you.
Once the seat goes to Umno, you can never have it back. Ask MCA what became of their finance minister's post. Well, once Umno poked its polluting finger into Sabah politics, the rest is history.
In this incident, if the NRD can see fit to dismiss the YB's inquiries, obviously, in the eyes of the kakitangan kerajaan , the YB is not worth a sen of respect for his position. So much for power sharing Umno-style.
Oddly, the YB cannot do more than that of the ordinary rakyat in dealing with the bureaucracy created by the very government he himself has helped fathered though now it seems to have mutated into an Umno members-only club.
On Abdullah to decide within two days
Mr SFT: After the Sept 26 Umno Supreme Council meeting, Pak Lah has cornered himself into a ‘no choice' situation.
Even though he mentioned specifically that the choices are his own, these are only cosmetic words used to lessen his own embarrassment. By agreeing to a March 2009 departure, who is going to nominate him anyway?
Umno warlords cannot be so stupid as to put their bets on an outgoing PM whose tenure cannot last beyond a six-month maximum time frame.
It is a foregone conclusion and readers do not need to speculate on Pak Lah's next move. On that fateful day on Sept 26, Pak Lah plunged from power; first as the Umno president then as PM.
Umno has entered into a new era called Najib's era. At the same time, BN components leaders have no business to know more about this power transition plan in Umno.
Even if they are briefed on the latest developments, what are they going to do? Stop the plan? Modify the plan? Or replace the plan with one made by them?
On In for a hectic week as PM decides
SR: I doubt whether the next candidate that is going for that post will able to bring any changes to the country.
I don't think we all can depend on Najib to abolish the ISA or clean out the judicial system.
If the next candidate only has the intention to fill up his own pockets, I don't really understand all this thrill about the power transition issue.
Things will be the same even after Pak Lah steps down. We have no answer to all the corruption issues.
On Take up land issue with Risda, Orang Asli told
Farouq Omaro:
The statement by the Federal Rural Development Minister that the government may extend the Aboriginal Affairs Department (JHEOA) to Sabah is worrying.He said that the success of JHEOA in West Malaysia is a reason to have the JHEOA extended to Sabah. What success is he talking about? I am not sure if the Orang Asli in general are as successful as the other races.
The extension of JHEOA may also mean West Malaysian officers administering the rural folks of Sabah. This is also very worrying.
The demolition of a number of Orang Asli churches in West Malaysia shows that the JHEOA cannot protect the religion of the Orang Asli.
Sabahans should say a loud ‘No' to this attempt to place the natives of Sabah within the jurisdiction of a federal department run by non-natives of Sabah.
