Salam Hormat,

Dato Seri yang dihormati, nampaknya situasi di Perak cukup gawat,saya melihat seolah junta sedang merampas kerajaan rakyat.

Saya yakin kegopohan para pimpinan UMNO memilih untuk tidak mengadakan sidang Dun bagi membolehkan satu usul undi tidak percaya dibentangkan adalah kerana, Najib mula bimbang dengan tangisan Sirul dan kisah kambing hitamnya dimahkamah baru-baru ini.

Mungkin kita harus kerja lebih keras lagi agar rakyat melihat peristiwa rampasan ini tidak lebih daripada cubaan mengangkat pembunuh kepentas Perdana. Saya harap Dato Seri jaga kesihatan diri terutama keselamatan diri dan saya juga doakan agar kita menang dalam pusingan ini.

eddieputra

Feb 6, 09 7:33pm

The Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) today expressed disagreement with the manner in which the political crisis in Perak was handled.

The commission felt that only a fresh elections could resolve the uncertainty, especially when the legality of the resignation letters of the three Pakatan Rakyat state assemblypersons is in doubt.

Suhakam was responding to the ‘political coup’ staged by Barisan Nasional following the resignation of the four state assemblypersons.

While Pakatan had called upon Sultan Azlan Shah to dissolve the state assembly and call for a snap polls, the Perak ruler has opted to consent to the formation of a new state government.

However, Suhakam reminded the concerned parties that it is the basic human right of the people to choose the government of their choice.

“It appears that the method adopted in forming the new government for the state of Perak is questionable, consequently so is the legitimacy of the new state government.

“Suhakam noted that the Sultan of Perak has not consented to the dissolution of the state legislative assembly.

“Suhakam is of the opinion that new elections for the state legislative assembly, in line with the principle of human rights, will resolve the political uncertainty of the state government.”

Terence Netto | Feb 6, 09 5:33pm

There is no provision for a ruler of a state to dismiss a chief minister or menteri besar, and a ruler can ask the chief minister to resign only after the latter has lost a motion of no confidence in the state legislature.

These constitutional precedents were established by the High Court in Sabah in the famous case involving Mustapha Harun against Mohd Adnan Robert and Joseph Pairin Kitingan in 1985.

The Sabah state election in April 1985 had issued in Mustapha’s United Sabah National Organisation (Usno) winning 16 seats, Pairin’s newly-formed Parti Besatu Sabah (PBS) gaining 26 seats and Datuk Harris Salleh’s Berjaya garnering 6 seats.

In a dramatic development following the counting of votes, a delegation headed by Mustapha went to Mohd Adnan’s official residence in the early hours of April 22 and got the governor to swear him in as chief minister.

By morning the same day, Mohd Adnan revoked the appointment and later swore in Pairin as chief minister.

Mustapha took both Mohd Adnan and Pairin to court but in a landmark judgment Justice Tan Chiaw Tong of the High Court in Sabah upheld the following precedents – that a ruler can appoint as chief minister an elected member of the legislature who in his opinion enjoyed the confidence of a majority of the members; and, that once appointed a chief minister was obliged to resign only after he had lost a vote of no confidence in the legislature. (more…)

From The Straits Times

IPOH: Malaysian police on Friday fired tear gas at opposition supporters protesting against the swearing-in of the new Barisan Nasional government, which is taking place now.

The crowd of several thousand, which gathered outside a mosque near the Sultan’s palace, is hoping to stop the swearing-in through a show of anger.

Much outrage has risen over the defection of four Pakatan Rakyat state assembymen from the opposition coalition, which the BN said allow it to take back the opposition-held state.

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From ABC News

Tear gas has reportedly been used to break up demonstrations in the Malaysian state of Perak, after a controversial decision by the state Sultan to allow a change of government.

Local online media sites are reporting that 3,000 people loyal to former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim gathered at a mosque in the town of Kuala Kangsar, about 250 kilometres north of the capital, Kuala Lumpur.

Police are said to have lobbed tear gas several times to try to clear the crowd.

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From The Reuters

KUALA KANGSAR, Malaysia, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Malaysian police fired teargas on Friday at opposition supporters protesting against the government seizing power in the northern state of Perak, widening a tense political standoff.

Over a thousand opposition supporters were stopped by police from marching to the Iskandariah Palace where the swearing-in of the new pro-governent chief minister was about to take place.

Police in riot gear fired teargas and protesters threw stones after the crowd refused to disperse and roads to the palace were blocked, a Reuters photographer said.

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Rakaman sidang media Pakatan Rakyat di Merchant Square, Tropicana. -6 Febuari 2009 Video Malaysiakini
–KENYATAAN MEDIA UNTUK EDARAN SEGERA–
6 Februari 2009

Pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat menyatakan rasa kesal terhadap tindakan biadap rampasan kuasa di Perak termasuk layanan terhadap YAB Dato’ Seri Ir Hj Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, Menteri Besar Perak di mana semua barangan telah dirampas dari pejabat beliau. Kami mengutuk sekeras-kerasnya tindakan tersebut.

Kami akan memfailkan satu saman bagi mencabar keabsahan perlantikan Menteri Besar yang baru dari Barisan Nasional. Panel peguam sedang mengkaji tindakan ini. Kami masih berpendirian bahawa YAB Dato’ Seri Ir Hj Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin masih lagi Menteri Besar Perak yang sah.

Pada ketika ini pelbagai reaksi sedang ditunjukkan oleh rakyat sebagai reaksi spontan kepada krisis di Perak ini. Reaksi tersebut adalah untuk meluahkan rasa tidak puas hati terhadap penyalahgunaan kuasa oleh Barisan Nasional. Kami menggesa kepada semua agar bertindak secara aman dan tertib. Kami merayu agar pihak polis bertugas secara profesional dan tidak menimbulkan sebarang provokasi atau huru hara.

YB DATUK SERI ANWAR IBRAHIM
Ketua Pembangkang / Ketua Umum Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)

YB LIM KIT SIANG
Ketua Ahli Parlimen Democratic Action Party (DAP)

YB USTAZ NASHARUDDIN MAT ISA
Timbalan Presiden Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS)

Laporan Khas Malaysiakini

kemaskini 4.39pm Polis Perak mengesahkan sejam lalu bahawa sembilan penunjuk perasaan berjaya ditahan.

Lebih kurang 3,000 penyokong Pakatan Rakyat bersurai beransur-ansur selepas diarahkan oleh seorang pemimpin PAS Perak setengah jam lalu.

kemaskini 4.22pm Mesyuarat beberapa pemimpin kanan Pakatan Rakyat di pejabat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim di Petaling Jaya berlangsung selepas jam 4 petang tadi.

Naib pengerusi DAP Dr Tan Seng Giaw, Setiausaha Agung PAS Datuk Kamaruddin Jaffar kelihatan bersama beberapa lagi pemimpin gabungan tiga parti itu.

Mereka dijadual mengadakan sidang media jam 4.30 petang ini, mengulas perkembangan terkini di Perak yang menyaksikan kewujudan dua menteri besar – Datuk Dr Zambry Abd Kadir bagi pihak BN dan Datuk Seri Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin bagi pihak Pakatan Rakyat.

kemaskini 4.17pm Difahamkan exco kerajaan Kedah, V Arumugam yang dilaporkan “gagal dihubungi” masih bersama PKR.

Kebimbangan tentang “kehilangannya” cepat merebak susulan wujud dakwaan wujud usaha seumpama Perak terhadap kerajaan Pakatan di Kedah.

kemaskini 4.12pm Majlis angkat sumpah menteri besar baru Perak selesai selepas bacaan doa mufti Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria.

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By Monsterball

The blame is now twisted to say Anwar started it and UMNO is finishing it. Far from the truth of it all!
He reported what went on in Perak, sincerely when one UMNO man resigned and join PR. Is that snatching and bribing?

That man went back to UMNO. Why? No bribes from Anwar?

Did Anwar use money to bribe anyone? He made predictions, but it did not materialized. Did we not see the events why they did not materialized?

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Oleh Khalid Jaafar

Mari kita panjangkan renungan, jauh sehingga ke tahun 280 SM. Raja Pyrrhus dari Epirus menumpas tentera Romawi dalam dua pertempuran. Raja Pyrrhus amat gembira dengan kemenangan itu. Tetapi apabila dilaporkan begitu ramai tenteranya yang mati untuk mendapat kemenangan tersebut raja itu berkata: “Sekali lagi kita mendapat kemenangan seperti ini kita akan musnah.”

Bedanya antara Raja Pyrrhus dengan Najib adalah, raja itu tahu bagaimana bahayanya kemenangannya, tetapi Najib melihatnya sebagai kemenangan besar UMNO. Timbalan Perdana Menteri itu tidak pernah belajar dan tidak mahu belajar.

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From The Straits Times
IPOH (Malaysia) – MALAYSIA’S opposition refused a royal command on Thursday to give up control of a northern state where the government says it has seized power, setting the stage for a political crisis.

The Perak state government building has been surrounded by a large police contingent including riot squad, while thousands of opposition supporters held a protest at the chief minister’s residence, eyewitnesses said.

Perak’s royal ruler, Sultan Azlan Shah, earlier on Thursday refused the opposition’s request to dissolve the state assembly, after its narrow majority was snatched away with the defection of four lawmakers.

After meeting with deputy premier Najib Razak who said the Barisan Nasional coalition now had the numbers to control the assembly, the sultan asked chief minister Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and his executive council to resign.

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