PETALING JAYA: Syawal should be a month to celebrate brotherhood and fraternity, Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.
The month was also for celebrating victory in fighting against desires during Ramadan and also against cruelty and injustice.
“I, on behalf of my family and Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s leaders and grassroots, would like to wish Salam Aidilfitri to all Muslims in Malaysia and throughout the world,” he said in a statement yesterday.
PENANG:Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is a threat only to the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Umno, and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s position, and not to all Malaysians, said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.
Lim, who was asked to comment on Abdullah’s statement that Anwar was a threat to the nation’s security and economy, said Malaysians in general did not share Abdullah’s views.
“The people in Permatang Pauh did not think so, neither do other Malaysians. The only threat that Anwar poses is to Umno, BN and also Abdullah himself, and this should not be confused as a threat to the entire nation, including the democratic and political process in the country.
“Malaysia is not Umno/BN and Umno/BN is not Malaysia. It is wrong, incorrect and irresponsible of Abdullah to say so.
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters)- Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim stepped up pressure on the government on Thursday, demanding an emergency parliamentary session next week to hold a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
“We must realise this is now a minority government. The majority of MPs are with us now,” Anwar said at a news conference, adding the session should be convened by Sept. 23.
That would be one day before Anwar is due to appear again in court over sodomy charges he denies and which he and his supporters say are politically motivated.
Anwar needs 30 government MPs to join his opposition alliance which has 82 legislators in the 222-strong parliament.
He said on Tuesday he had the numbers and demanded handover talks with Abdullah, although he declined to name MPs and say how many had said they would join him.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s opposition leader has demanded a special Parliament session to hold a vote of no confidence in the government.
Anwar Ibrahim is telling reporters Thursday that the vote needs to be held no later than Tuesday to “deliberate” on a motion of censure and no confidence in the leadership of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Parliament is currently in recess.
Anwar says he has sent a letter to Abdullah to demand the meeting, and expects “an immediate response.”
He says any “delay in his response would be interpreted as nothing short of sabotage” of democracy.
Anwar claims he has the support of more than enough lawmakers from the ruling coalition who want to defect to bring down the government.
Hari ini pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat telah menyerahkan surat kepada Perdana Menteri meminta beliau untuk mengadakan satu persidangan khas Parlimen Malaysia bagi membincangkan usul “Bahawa Dewan yang mulia ini telah hilang kepercayaan terhadap YAB Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi sebagai Perdana Menteri dan kerajaan pimpinan beliau” dan persidangan tersebut perlu dilaksanakan tidak lewat dari hari Selasa 23hb September 2008.
Gesaan untuk mengadakan persidangan tersebut selari dengan Peraturan 11 (3) Peraturan-peraturan Majlis Mesyuarat Dewan Rakyat dan ianya menuntut satu jawapan segera dari YAB Perdana Menteri disebabkan kedudukan genting politik semasa. Sebarang kelengahan dari pihak YAB Perdana Menteri, akan ditafsirkan sebagai satu usaha untuk mensabotaj proses demokrasi dan dianggap sebagai satu penyalahgunaan Kuasa Eksekutif.
Tindakan YAB Perdana Menteri untuk bermain-main dengan istilah serta bahasa yang terkandung di dalam surat kami yang pertama, hanya memperlihatkan kepada rakyat jawapan yang tidak matang. Hasrat pertemuan yang dinyatakan di dalam surat tersebut sangat jelas, iaitu untuk membincangkan hala tuju kepimpinan negara- dengan mengambil kira kedudukan dan posisi beliau, kami telah mengambil satu jalan yang berhemah.
Saya mendapati komen Perdana Menteri terhadap saya sewaktu sidang media semalam sebagai tidak bertanggungjawab dan cuai terutamanya selepas penangkapan beberapa individu di bawah ISA pada hari Jumaat lepas.
Beliau telah mencampur-adukkan isu yang sebenar, iaitu isu demokrasi, kebebasan dan kedaulatan undang-undang dengan isu keselamatan negara. Penggunaan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) untuk mengganggu serta menahan ahli politik yang berseberangan dengan parti pemerintah merupakan satu pelanggaran undang-undang yang nyata. Penggunaannya yang berterusan pasti menghakis keyakinan rakyat terhadap kerajaan dan memburukkan lagi suasana politik semasa.
Perdana Menteri ternyata mengabaikan kedaulatan undang-undang dan sanggup untuk melanggar batas-batas Kuasa Eksekutif yang termaktub di dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Ini sangat menampakkan sikap seorang diktator yang degil untuk terus berkuasa dan menghampakan harapan rakyat.
Sebagai seorang Perdana Menteri yang masih berada di tampuk kekuasaan dan sebagai bekas Menteri Kewangan, kami akan memastikan beliau bertanggungjawab terhadap situasi politik semasa dan salah urus ekonomi negara. Tuduhan beliau bahawa saya yang menyebabkan kedudukan ekonomi negara tergugat sangat tidak berasas.
Saya telah bertemu dengan ramai pengurus dana di rantau ini, yang mewakili aset yang berjumlah USD 1 trillion dan mereka telahpun menyatakan sokongan mereka kepada perubahan menyeluruh di Malaysia termasuklah kebebasan kehakiman, media dan pihak polis serta agensi pencegah rasuah yang lebih professional, juga peraturan yang mesra pelabur dan jaminan tiadanya campur tangan ahli politik di dalam pengurusan Bank Negara. Inilah antara polisi yang dijanjikan oleh Pakatan Rakyat untuk dilaksanakan, dan insiatif inilah yang gagal diambil oleh pentadbiran sekarang terutamanya selepas 8hb Mac 2008.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is seeking a meeting with Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Tuesday to discuss a handover of power after declaring that he had won over enough government MPs to form the next government.
Anwar needs to convince 30 legislators from the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition to join his three-party opposition alliance in order to get a parliamentary majority.
At a rally on Monday night, he said he had done so, although none of the government’s 140 MPs have publicly declared for Anwar.
“He wanted to meet with the prime minister,” a spokesman for Anmwar’s Keadilan party said on Tuesday.
Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata, beliau sedang membuat temujanji untuk mengadakan pertemuan dengan perdana menteri secepat mungkin bagi membincangkan tentang penahanan ISA dan masa depan politik Malaysia.
Beliau yang juga penasihat PKR memberitahu satu sidang media di ibupejabat PKR bahawa beliau berharap dapat bertemu dengan Abdullah secepat mungkin.
Dalam sidang media itu, Anwar menjelaskan bahawa keputusan untuk berjumpa dengan perdana menteri telah dipersetujui secara bersama oleh kepimpinan Pakatan Rakyat yang bermesyuarat hari ini.
Beliau mendakwa penahanan ahli parlimen Seputeh, Teresa Kok adalah salah satu cara untuk menakut-nakutkan ahli parlimen dan rakyat dan jelas ia melanggar hak asasi seseorang.
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Rakyat wants Umno to stop playing the race card for the sake of political stability, Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.
Anwar said the opposition coalition did not want to allow the Government to create uncertainty or instability by using the race card whenever they were pushed into a corner.
“This is clearly an act of desperation. We urge the Government to respect the laws of the land,” he told reporters Saturday at an impromptu press conference at the PKR headquarters here.
Anwar said this when referring spefically to the detention of Seputeh MP and Selangor senior executive councillor Teresa Kok under the Internal Security Act (ISA), while also condemning the arrests of Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin and Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng.
Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mendakwa, kerajaan Barisan Nasional yang diketuai Umno, menggunakan kuasa kuku besi untuk menindas dan membungkam rakyat Malaysia yang berani bangkit bersuara demi kebenaran dan integriti.
“Mereka teguh menyuarakan ketidakpuasan hati mereka terhadap segala penyalahgunaan kuasa, korupsi dan politik perkauman yang sering dimainkan oleh elit pemerintah,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.
Anwar turut mengulangi kecamannya terhadap ISA dan penggunaannya untuk menahan penulis blog serta aktivis terkenal Raja Petra Kamaruddin, Ahli Parlimen Seputeh yang juga exco kerajaan Selangor, Teresa Kok dan wartawan Sin Chew Daily, Tan Hoon Cheng.
“Pada 8 Mac dan kemudiannya pada 26 Ogos, rakyat Malaysia menyuarakan hasrat mereka agar terbentuknya sebuah kerajaan yang bertanggungjawab dan mampu untuk memenuhi aspirasi rakyat.
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has joined rights groups in condemning a crackdown on the opposition and journalists, saying it was an attempt to derail his bid to unseat the government.
On Friday, the government extended the crackdown, arresting a lawmaker and a reporter from a Chinese language daily under the country’s draconian Internal Security Act (ISA), under which people can be imprisoned indefinitely without trial.
The government, facing a challenge from a resurgent opposition led by Anwar, also detained a prominent blogger.
It also issued warning letters to three newspapers which could result in them being banned after one reported comments from a politician from the ruling party in which he called the country’s ethnic Chinese “immigrants” and “squatters”.
KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim regarded the Budget 2009 as nothing new and that the government had failed to address the issue of competitiveness.
“It is nothing new. We reiterate that in the last four to five years, when there was global pressure and economic slowdown, the prime minister and Barisan Nasional (BN) were not able to provide new stimulus.
“The problem is that we have lost the competitive edge. There are no new foreign direct investments (FDIs),” he said, adding that problems of management and corruption were not dealt with,” he told reporters at parliament lobby on Aug 29.
For an oil-producing country, Malaysia continued to register deficit which would have been understandable for a country that has no recourse, he said.
“The issue is not giving sweeteners to Sabah, Sarawak and the poor because it does not commensurate with the big increase in inflation and high cost. What is given does not alleviate the problem and sufferings of the poor,” he added.
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