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9 April 2012

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Dengan segala hormatnya Pejabat Penasihat Ekonomi Negeri Selangor
menjemput pihak media ke program Runding Cara: “PTPTN dan Masa Depan
Pembiayaan Pendidikan Tinggi”.

Butiran program adalah seperti berikut:

Tarikh: 10 April 2012 (Selasa)
Masa: 8 malam – 10.30 malam
Tempat: Ballroom, Quality Hotel, Shah Alam

Sdr Rafizi Ramli akan membentangkan kajian awal mengenai kedudukan
PTPTN dan beberapa model pembiayaan pendidikan tinggi yang akan
dibincangkan dengan pimpinan siswa, aktivis pelajar dan orang ramai.
Sesi ini terbuka kepada orang ramai yang akan turut disertai oleh YB
Nurul Izzah, YB Amiruddin, YB Nik Nazmi dan YB Sim Tze Tzin serta
pimpinan muda dari kalangan wakil rakyat di Selangor.

Satu sidang media akan diadakan sebelum rundingcara bermula.

29 March 2012

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KEADILAN mempunyai bukti kukuh termasuklah laporan, surat menyurat dan dokumen-dokumen lain yang mengesahkan sikap talam dua muka Umno yang secara diam-diam merestui hubungan dua hala di antara Malaysia dan Israel sedang ia menyerang Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim sebagai ejen Israel.

Hubungan tidak rasmi di antara Umno dan kerajaan atau badan-badan Israel bukanlah perkara baru. Mantan Perdana Menteri, Tun Mahathir Mohamad menulis surat kepada 3 orang Perdana Menteri Israel yang berasingan menyatakan hasrat beliau yang mewakili Umno untuk menjalin hubungan diplomatik yang normal dengan Israel. Tindakan Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak yang melantik APCO yang diketuai tokoh-tokoh yang rapat dengan Israel mengesahkan lagi wujudnya hubungan baik di antara Umno dan Israel.

Malah, sikap ini turut menular di dalam dasar luar negara seperti yang ditentukan oleh Wisma Putra.

Hari ini, KEADILAN akan membongkarkan bagaimana Umno dan pimpinannya mengambil sikap berbaik-baik malah memohon bantuan dari Israel, walaupun secara rasminya Malaysia tidak mempunyai hubungan diplomatik dengan negara tersebut.

Bermula 4 hingga 8 Jun 2012, Malaysia akan menjadi tuan rumah kepada Persidangan Gas Sedunia (World Gas Conference) yang akan berlangsung di Kuala Lumpur. Persidangan ini adalah persidangan terbesar yang akan mengumpulkan syarikat-syarikat minyak dan gas dari seluruh dunia.

Penganjuran Persidangan Gas Sedunia dipilih melalui undi oleh anggota Pertubuhan Gas Antarabangsa (International Gas Union) yang turut dianggotai oleh negara-negara seperti Malaysia, Israel, Russia, Brunei, Indonesia dan banyak negara lain.

KEADILAN boleh mengesahkan bahawa semasa Malaysia melobi untuk mendapatkan hak menganjurkan persidangan ini dalam tahun 2005, Malaysia telah merayu bantuan Israel untuk menyokong cadangan Malaysia menjadi tuan rumah. Malah, Malaysia turut menawarkan secara tidak langsung untuk menguruskan penginapan dan pendaftaran wakil-wakil Israel ke Persidangan IGU di Tianjin, China.

Pendekatan merayu bantuan Israel ini mendapat restu dan atas nasihat Wisma Putra. Penganjurannya pula dikendalikan oleh Persatuan Gas Malaysia yang diwakili oleh PETRONAS dan dinasihati oleh Tun Mahathir. Malah, KEADILAN mempunyai bukti bahawa Tun Mahathir dan Wisma Putra sedia maklum mengenai pendekatan Malaysia merayu sokongan dari Israel untuk mendapatkan hak penganjuran tetapi merestui sahaja pendekatan ini.

Bersama-sama ini disertakan satu surat dari wakil Malaysia kepada wakil Israel yang mengesahkan bahawa Wisma Putra telah merestui pendekatan merayu bantuan dan sokongan Israel demi mendapatkan hak penganjuran sebuah persidangan antarabangsa.

Sikap Umno dan pimpinan mereka yang menentukan dasar Wisma Putra adalah bertentangan dengan keinginan rakyat Malaysia yang tidak mahu ada sebarang hubungan diplomatik sama ada secara langsung atau tidak langsung dengan Israel. Malah, pendedahan kali ini membongkarkan hipokrasi tertinggi Umno dan pimpinan mereka dalam isu hubungan dengan Israel kerana bukan sahaja mereka menyatakan hasrat untuk mengadakan hubungan diplomatik, malah terbukti mereka pernah melutut merayu sokongan dari Israel.

KEADILAN mendesak penjelasan dari Wisma Putra dan Tun Mahathir Mohamad mengenai pendirian yang telah diambil sehingga merestui pendekatan pihak penganjur Persidangan Gas Sedunia yang merayu bantuan dan sokongan Israel, kerana ini bertentangan dengan solidariti rakyat Malaysia dengan perjuangan rakyat Palestin.

KEADILAN akan terus menyiarkan dokumen-dokumen dan surat-menyurat bagi membuktikan bagaimana pimpinan Umno terlibat secara langsung di dalam perkara ini.

DATO’ SAIFUDDIN NASUTION ISMAIL
SETIAUSAHA AGONG KEADILAN

MOHD RAFIZI RAMLI
PENGARAH STRATEGI KEADILAN

19 March 2012

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Malaysia Chronicle

As expected, Prime Minister Najib Razak has once again chickened out on a televised public debate with Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, this time disguising his perceived cowardice and flip-flop by using fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin.

Earlier this month, Najib had tried to give the impression that he was reconsidering the debate offer, prompting Anwar’s PKR party to send a second invitation to his office. But until now, there has been no reply although Najib had written on his blog that he was willing to hold “civilized” discourse on meaningful topics.

Najib’s sudden ‘change of heart’ had followed criticism that his Umno party contained the most gutless leaders who did not dare put their money where their mouth were, and even BN compatriot MCA was better than it. MCA president Chua Soi Lek had at least dared to take on arch rival DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng in what was tagged as “The Great Chinese Debate” last month.

“Manipulated shenanigan” to allow Najib to vindicate himself

Najib’s latest U-turn is bound to strengthen the people’s worst impression of his limpid leadership, especially amongst the the young professionals, many of whom are voters and want to see what Anwar and Najib each have to offer. A recent public survey too pointed out that more than 70% of this group wanted an Anwar-Najib debate.

“The whole of Malaysia can wait until the cows come home but Najib would never dare to take on Anwar. Najib has no vision, no ideas to offer – only public relations and gimmicks like RPK,” PKR vice president Chua Jui Meng told Malaysia Chronicle.

In a recent posting, RPK had called Anwar a ‘chicken’ for allegedly muscling him out of a TV program where the Opposition Leader was due to appear with WikiLeaks founder Juilan Assange. The pro-Umno RPK also said Anwar had no right to challenge Najib to a debate – better that Anwar debated him instead.

The Umno media immediately seized on these remarks, paving the way for Najib to attack Anwar for “inconsistency”. Critics, however, said the entire episode was a “manipulated shenanigan” and signaled Najib’s curtain call on Anwar’s debate invitation.

Pressure mounting for a reply

Indeed, it has been 2 weeks since PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution issued the second invitation and pressure is mounting on the PM to reply, especially with the 13th general election looming and the people keen to see what the two sides – government and opposition – could respectively offer.

But Najib would only latch onto the RPK remarks to justify and vindicate himself for ‘chickening’ out once again.

“It appears that he (Anwar) is not willing (to debate with Raja Petra),” Bernama reported Najib as saying. “Sooner or later, the people will question him over his inconsistency. We must be consistent. When we say we practise democracy and we are open, while deploring the government for not being democratic and open. But actually, if we look at their actions like barring some newspapers from attending their press conferences… Is this consistent with what they are preaching all this while?”

No surprisingly then that Najib came in for ridicule as RPK did for hypocrisy. Najib had taken over from former premier Abdullah Badawi in 2009. His administration is regarded as the worst ever, pockmarked by corruption, record number of flip-flops and unprecedented racism and racial bigotry.

“It is certainly not consistent for someone like Najib to accuse another person of inconsistency when he has made the most ever flip-flops of the 6 prime ministers we have ever had, including Mahathir Mohamad who ruled for 22 years,” said Jui Meng.

7 March 2012

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Satu Program Dialog Anak Muda anjuran Anwar Ibrahim Club (AIC) bersama Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim (Penasihat Ekonomi Negeri Selangor) akan diadakan seperti ketetapan berikut:
Tarikh: 10 Mac 2012 (Sabtu)
Masa  : 2.45 ptg – 5.45 ptg
Lokasi: De Palma Hotel Ampang
            Jalan Selaman 1/2 , Palm Square, 
            Ampang Point Jalan Ampang, 68000 Ampang,
            Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Dialog ini antara lain bertujuan untuk membincangkan isu-isu semasa membabitkan generasi muda Malaysia khususnya persoalan masa depan ekonomi, politik dan sosial tanah air.

Untuk makluman, program ini hanya terhad kepada 100 orang sahaja dan penyertaan adalah percuma. Justeru diharap sdr/i dapat mengesahkan kehadiran sebelum 7 Mac 2012 (Rabu)Klik disini untuk sebarang pertanyaan : http://aicmalaysia.blogspot.com/2011/12/program-dialog-bersama-dsai-22-disember.html

2 March 2012

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DEMI RAKYAT

3 Mac 2012 (Sabtu)

1)    4.00 ptg – Hi-Tea – P> Jerai

                Lokasi :  Dewan Orang Ramai Kampong Baru, Gurun

2)    5.30 ptg – Pesta Ponggal – P> Sungai Petani / Merbok

               Lokasi: Taman Seri Wang, Sungai Petani

3)    8.00 mlm – Majlis Makan Malam – P> Merbok

                Lokasi : Dewan Lip Khor Seang, Sungai Petani

4)    9.00 – 12.00 mlm – Pentas Pakatan Rakyat Merbok – P> Merbok

                Lokasi: Madrasah Zubaidiyah, Pekan Merbok

5)    9.00 – 12.00 mlm – Rapat Rakyat Pakatan Rakyat – P> Sungai Petani

               Lokasi : Taman Keladi, Sungai Petani

6)    Penceramah:

i.                    YB Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim

ii.                  YB Dr Tan Seng Giaw

iii.                YB Dato’ Saifuddin Nasution

iv.               YB Dato’ Ir  Phahrolrazi Nawawi

v.                 YBhg Dato’ Seri Chua Jui Meng

vi.               YB Dato’ Johari Abdul

vii.             YB Dato’ Hamdan Mohamad Khalib

viii.           YB S Manikumar

ix.                YBhg Dato’ Wan Salleh Wan Isa

x.                  YBhg Bob Lokman

xi.                YBhg S Surendran

12 February 2012

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The Malaysian Insider

The retired judge highlighted the amendment to Article 121 of the Federal Constitution, made during Dr Mahathir’s administration in the 1980s, which effectively clipped the judiciary’s wings for over two decades.

As a result of the amendment, the judicial powers of the courts were removed and they have only such judicial powers as Parliament gives,” Mohd Dzaiddin said, adding that it meant “Parliament is more superior than what the judiciary was.”

The man, who once headed the country’s courts, said the amendment was repugnant “because Parliament attempted to dictate to the judiciary that it only has judicial powers which Parliament itself says the judiciary has.”

He stressed: “This alters in my view in a very fundamental manner the basic structure of the Federal Constitution, from the concept of the independence of the judiciary to dependence of the judiciary on the executive for its judicial powers.”

Malaysia’s judiciary is not a tool to be used by the government for any kind of political expediency, Mohd Dzaiddin said.

“The judiciary should be completely independent both of the executive and the legislature,” the retired judge said in his keynote speech celebrating Tunku Abdul Rahman’s birthday and the Institute of Democracy and Economic Affairs’ (IDEAS) second anniversary at the Tunku Abdul Rahman Memorial today.

In 1988, then Lord President Tun Mohamed Salleh Abas was sacked by then-Prime Minister Dr Mahathir.

Mohd Dzaiddin said the incident was due to clashes in opinions between Dr Mahathir and Salleh over the roles of the two arms of government.

Bar Council president Lim Chee Wee also said the incident in 1988 should never be repeated.

“I think there is a recognition now by everybody, we must never go back to the days of ‘88, we must never allow a prime minister to sack judges just because he made a judicial pronouncement which was unfavourable to the government of the day, that must never ever happen again,” he said.

Lim said for commercial cases, Malaysia’s judiciary system was credible enough to handle cases from the region.

“But the ultimate test is of course when it comes to politically sensitive cases or religious cases and how our appellate courts deal with it.

“On that score, I still give them a minus because so far as religious cases go, the conversion cases, there is a fear by our appellate courts in having to make a decision. They keep postponing, the controversial cases just being postponed, then there is of course the Perak crisis,” he said.

On Wednesday, a three-man panel of judges in the Court of Appeal ruled that the rights and freedom of speech enshrined in the Federal Constitution are not absolute.

As a result, veteran DAP MP Karpal Singh’s statement at a press conference in 2009, that the Sultan of Perak could be sued, had crossed legal lines and amounted to sedition, the judges said.

“To be fair, we have very courageous judges who have awarded substantial damages against the government for wrongful detention. So to be fair there are those, in the words of Tun Dzaiddin, ‘silver lining out there’,” Lim said.

10 February 2012

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Dimaklumkan bahawa satu sidang media akan diadakan selepas Mesyuarat Majlis Pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat.
 
Sidang media ini akan diadakan seperti berikut:
 
Tarikh      :  13hb. Februari 2012 (Isnin)
Masa        :  4:45 petang
Tempat      :  Bilik Mesyuarat, Ibu Pejabat PKR, Merchant Square
            Petaling Jaya

 
Antara yang akan menghadiri sidang akhbar ini adalah YB Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim, YB Dato’Seri Haji Abdul Hadi Awang, YB Lim Kit Siang dan para Pimpinan Kanan Pakatan Rakyat.

10 February 2012

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DEMI RAKYAT
 
12 Februari 2012 (Ahad)
 
1)    4.00 – 5.00 ptg – Hi-Tea Bersama Masyarakat Peneroka
             Lokasi: Felda Hutan Percha, Machap, Alor Gajah
 
2)    5.30 – 6.30 ptg – Hi- Tea Bersama Rakyat
             Lokasi: Pekan Gadek, Alor Gajah
 
3)    7.30 – 8.30 mlm – Solat Maghrib dan Tazkirah
             Lokasi : Kg Ayer Limau, Masjid Tanah
 
4)    9.00 – 12.00 mlm – Ceramah Perdana – Demi Rakyat
             Lokasi : Batu 20 ½, Kg Rim, Jasin
 
5)    9.00 – 12.00 mlm – Ceramah Perdana – Demi Rakyat
             Lokasi : Batu 8, Kg Paya Rumput, Paya Rumput
 
6)     Penceramah
i)                   YB Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim
ii)                 YB Goh Leong San
iii)               YBhg Adly Zahari
iv)               YB Teng Chiang Kim
v)                 YBhg Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin

9 February 2012

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Malaysiakini

Pengarah strategi PKR, Rafizi Ramli berkata, kenyataan Menteri Pertanian, Datuk Seri Noh Omar yang mempertahankan National Feedlot Corporation di Parlimen menjadi titik penting dalam isu berkenaan.

Selepas kenyataan itulah, beliau menerima satu salinan buku tunai berhubung projek fidlot tersebut melalui e-mel, kata Rafizi dalam satu wawancara dengan Malaysiakini minggu lalu.

Katanya, serangan PKR sebelum itu hanyalah berhubung
pengunegarahan projek kepada anggota keluarga menteri, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, yang tidak mempunyai pengalaman dalam bidang ternakan lembu.

Isu utama yang ditonjolkan PKR sebelum itu juga melibatkan prestasi projek berkenaan yang menurutnya tidak mencapai sasaran.

“Jika Noh Omar (kiri) tidak pergi ke Parlimen dan kata 8,000 lebih
lembu itu satu kejayaan nasional, (isu itu) mungkin mati di situ saja,” katanya.

Selepas kenyataan Noh Omar pada awal November itu, Rafizi berkata kemudiannya menerima salinan penyata yang menyenaraikan bayaran tunai itu daripada seorang yang tidak dikenalinya.

“NFC berkeras untuk mengetahui siapakah pemberi maklumat itu kerana mereka tidak mahu pendedahan lanjut.

“Tapi daripada cara email itu ditulis, (saya tahu pemberi maklumat itu) bukanlah kartel (daging) atau pekerja yang tidak puas hati,” katanya yang tidak mengenali individu berkenaan.

Sebaik sahaja beliau menerima buku tunai itu, Rafizi berkata, beliau kemudiannya menyemak senarai berkenaan untuk mengesan pembayaran yang diragui.

“Bayaran untuk kondominium, dan juga kepada pemaju hartanah mewah tidak… masuk akal dengan syarikat seperti itu,” katanya.

Selepas itulah PKR mengetahui mengenai pembelian hartanah, termasuk kondominium mewah di Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.

“Kita sudah tahu perkara ini apabila kita mendapat buku tunai itu tetapi kita turun (untuk periksa). Saya rasa kami ambil masa
dua hingga tiga minggu sebelum sidang akhbar pertama untuk mendedahkannya.”

Katanya, 50 peratus daripada usaha itu merupakan kerja-kerja yang dijalankan untuk mengesahkan pembelian tersebut, termasuk melawat sendiri hartanah tersebut dan juga membuat semakan melalui sumber awam.

“Jadi 15-20 peratus lagi itu sebenarnya mengikut naluri dan risiko yang kami ambil… kerana jika anda mahu dapatkan dokumen lengkap, saya tidak fikir anda akan dapat apa-apa,” katanya.

2 February 2012

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From Malaysia Chronicle

In the last few weeks, I have openly condemned the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency’s (MACC) inaction over the NFC Scandal and the blazen shameless admission of acceptance of gratification by Awang Adek. Since then, Malaysians have witnessed another “rejected” Minister, Azalina Othman Said, making a similar admission.

It seems that instead of being embarrassed, apologetic and standing down from public office, these shameless BN ministers are being emboldened to use the propaganda tools of their party and the mainstream media to make their misconducts look innocent. Like most Malaysians, I am appalled and find this most repulsive.

An echo in the PM’s Department

My call for Shahrizat Jalil and Awang Adek to resign from all posts in the party and the government is exactly to prevent what is happening now. I knew they would use all their resources to spin fabulous stories of how they have been victimized and how the whole fiasco is a misunderstanding.

You can clearly see that happening when Perkasa’s Ibrahim Ali comes to Shahrizat’s defence and tries to make the Auditor-General a political scapegoat. You then see the jantan or macho minister in the PM’s office, Nazri Aziz, explaining why there cannot be a public declaration of assets by those holding high public office.

To make it appear that the Chinese community also share this “aspiration” for secrecy, Nazri’s deputy, VK Liew, echoes his boss’s sentiments by saying that that it is inappropriate for the MACC to keep records of properties of ministers and deputy ministers.

That to me amounts to abusing the 1Malysia concept to cover up for wrong doings by government leaders. That is against the Islamic principles of “Amr Ma’aruf Nahy Mungkar” i.e. encourage righteousness and discourage evil. That it is done by the highest echelons of our government leaders is public display of arrogance of the highest order.

VK Liew, please break wind in your own home!

Let us remind ourselves that Teoh Beng Hock died over allegations of a mere RM 2,400-00. Ahmad Sarbaini died because of similar minor allegations which until today have just gone silent. Yet, when the riches of the powerful are involved, the MACC either drag its feet or behave like eunuchs emasculated of all their powers. I ask the MACC – why the discrimination?

But I cannot stomach it if so called Chinese leaders like VK Liew speaks with a forked tongue just to please his political masters. Let me say this to VK Liew – “IF YOU HAVE TO FART, PLEASE DO IT IN THE COMFORT AND PRIVACY OF YOUR HOME. IF YOU HAVE MUCH TO HIDE, THEN QUIT”

It is on record and for reasons best known to MACC, they had acted in a very high handed manner against Lawyer Rosli Dahlan in asking him to declare his assets whereas he had never even served in any public office. He had been a private practitioner all along and despite his innocence, he was humiliated, abused and charged just because he acted professionally to defend his client. Yet, we now have a senior UMNO Minister and his Chinese deputy saying that MACC cannot be entitled to keep records of Ministers’ wealth. What is it that these UMNO and BN Chinese leaders so afraid of in making and open declaration of their wealth if all their accumulated wealth are legitimate?

I wish to remind VK Liew that he is elected by the people to serve in public office and his salary comes from law-abiding taxpayers.The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president is therefore accountable to the people at all times and can be made answerable the MACC when needed. If you have nothing to hide or what the Chinese would say, “Something that cannot see the daylight”, then what is there to fear?

If there’s nothing to hide, they should not be scared

As a former MACC advisory panel member, I fully support MACC Advisory Panel Chairman, Zaitun Zawiyah Puteh, over the commission’s proposal to the government as follows:

a) to obtain a copy of the declaration of assets of Cabinet members and their spouses and other family members;

b) that a copy of the declaration of assets of all members of the federal administration be given to the commission;

c) that their spouses and other family members be required to disclose their assets through a statutory declaration and a record of it be kept by the MACC.

No better person to know the assets of Ministers than the MACC

It is most appropriate for MACC to know the assets of all who hold high public office. That is what accountability and transparency is about in the public sector. Liew is, therefore, seriously flawed in his argument that MACC’s main role is only to receive and investigate complaints on corruption in the country.

To be an effective enforcement agency, the MACC must have reliable records to enable it to gather reliable and solid evidence for a successful prosecution. If Liew, cannot understand such basic logic in the fight against corruption, it is time for him to step down or for the people to elect another more intelligent leader.

“HUMBLENESS IS GOOD VIRTUE, ARROGANCE SHALL FALL,

THE MEEK WILL RULE THE WORLD”.

Tan Sri Datuk Robert Phang is a prominent citizen, an ex-member of the MACC advisory panel.

22 January 2012

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Saya mengucapkan Xin Nian Kuaile dan Gong Xi Fa Cai kepada semua kaum cina di Malaysia. Adalah diharapkan sambutan Tahun Baru Cina tahun ini lebih meriah dengan sambutan bersama rakyat Malaysia keseluruhannya.

Tahun ini merupakan tahun Naga. Ianya melambangkan, antaranya Keadilan, Keberanian dan Berhikmah buat masyarakat Cina. Oleh kerana itu sempena sambutan tahun baru, yang selalu dianggap sebagai satu titik permulaan serta memperkukuh azam, saya berharap kita bersama beriltizam membentuk Malaysia sebagai sebuah negara berbilang kaum yang adil dan saksama.

Perpaduan perlu dijalin demi kemaslahatan negara. Kita berhasrat Malaysia yang dicintai ini senantiasa makmur, bebas dari rasuah dan rakyatnya hidup dalam kerukunan serta harmoni.

ANWAR IBRAHIM

22 January 2012

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The Malaysian Insider
Oleh Shannon Teoh

Pendedahan-pendedahan skandal kewangan yang melibatkan pemimpin tertinggi Umno kebelakangan ini menyaksikan naungan politik BN menjadi fokus pada tahun yang dijangka akan diadakan pilihan raya umum, demikian menurut pemerhati politik.

Sementara tuduhan terhadap penyalahgunaan dana RM250 juta Pusat Fidlot Nasional-yang dijalankan oleh keluarga Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil telah mendominasi tajuk utama sejak November, dan skandal-skandal lain dikaitkan dengan menteri Barisan Nasional (BN) turut menjadi perhatian umum.

Pemerhati politik memberitahu The Malaysian Insider bahawa terdapatnya hubungan antara politik dan perniagaan yang berkembang dengan penelitian masyarakat bahawa “skandal ini akan berkekalan.”

“Masyarakat akan bertanya sama ada kerajaan akan berkhidmat untuk kepentingan ahli politik atau kepada majoriti rakyat Malaysia yang bukannya ahli politik,” jelas Pengerusi Pusat Penyelidikan Polisi Awam, Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam kepada The Malaysian Insider.

Presiden Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) Datuk Paul Low berkata, pemerhati melihat masyarakat mula berminat dalam isu rasuah kebelakangan ini, dengan kajian baru-baru ini menunjukkan 90 peratus rakyat Malaysia akan menggunakan peluang untuk melawan rasuah.

“Jelas menunjukkan masyarakat sekarang tidak akan melepaskan perkara itu dengan mudah. Skandal ini akan berkekalan,” katanya.

PKR telah berulangkali mengeluarkan tuduhan terhadap Ketua Wanita Umno dan keluarganya kerana didakwa telah menyalahgunakan dana projek penternakan lembu, termasuk hartanah dan tanah bernilai RM 27 juta yang tidak berkaitan dengan projek berkenaan.

Mereka turut mendesak Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom dikenakan tindakan terhadap dakwaan penyalahgunaan wang zakat untuk bayaran guaman bernilai RM63,650.

Blogger yang hanya dikenali nama samaran, TheWhistleblower711, turut menuduh bekas Menteri Pelancongan, Datuk Seri Azalina Othman dan Timbalan Menteri Kewangan Datuk Awang Adek Hussin masing-masing menerima RM300,000 RM100,000 daripada Pengarah Urusan Gerbang Perdana, Yahya Abd Jalil.

Namun begitu, kedua-dua menteri Umno terbabit menafikan dakwaan berkenaan; Azalina menyatakan bayaran tersebut merupakan untuk pembayaran jualan kereta klasik dan Adek Awang menjelaskan bayaran itu dibuat terhadap pelaksanaan program sosial di Bachok, yang mana beliau merupakan ketua cawangan. (more…)