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Feb

Turkey Gives Muslim world Hope in The Arab Spring

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Categories: Aktiviti, Analisis, Antarabangsa, Anwar, Islam, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Pilihanraya and Politik

From Todayszaman.com

Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said that Turkey’s democratic reforms give the entire Muslim world hope for the future of the Arab Spring.

Ibrahim discussed on Thursday the overlapping roles of Islam and democracy in the reforms sweeping North Africa and the Middle East at this month’s Alliance of Civilizations meeting in ?stanbul. “The Muslim masses want leadership,” Ibrahim said. “The Muslim world needs an effective voice to represent the call for freedom and justice.” Turkey’s role and influence in the Arab Spring is “critical,” Ibrahim stressed, adding that both the Western and Muslim world are looking to Turkey and Indonesia, another flourishing Muslim democracy, at a time of great political change.

The developments in Turkey, Indonesia and in the Arab Spring countries offer the Muslim world a fresh voice, Ibrahim said.

The Malaysian politician described the excitement that bubbled among the masses and the complete silence of the leaders of the repressive regimes of countries that witnessed the Arab Spring uprisings. “This is why I was excited when the prime minister came out and presented the issue of human rights, the issue of freedom for all and the issue of dignity for all men and women as a universal construct, not just a Turkish or Western construct,” he said. “It was timely that the prime minister took a position that no leader can continue without representing the sentiments and aspirations of the people.” “I remain optimistic about the Arab Spring and the future of the Muslim world. We see how Turkey has navigated [successful democratization efforts and reforms],” said Ibrahim of the Muslim world’s generally positive view of Turkey. “Keep up the good work,” he encouraged.

Democracy is often heralded as an ideal that belongs to the West, but Ibrahim disagreed.

“Democracy is not just a Western construct,” Ibrahim said. “Do you realize that Indonesia, the largest Muslim democracy in the world, had free, democratic elections in 1955?”

Ibrahim said he used to joke with former US Vice President Al Gore that Indonesia’s elections in 1955 were far more democratic than Florida’s in 2000. “Why do you think Muslim countries have risen up against exploitation, imperialism and colonization? Because they honor freedom,” he told the crowd gathered at the prime minister’s office in Dolmabahçe Palace.

“The Arab Spring will not be successful if it follows a Western model,” Ibrahim emphasized. And on the question of what sort of government should be established in the place of the toppled regimes, Ibrahim said simply, “Let the Arabs decide.”

But there are universal principles, Ibrahim said, that will not be compromised. “The freedom of expression, the freedom of speech and the battle against corruption and greed … these values we will not compromise,” he said.

Contrasting Turkey, Malaysia’s ‘democracies’

“Turkey is a democracy. Malaysia is not,” Ibrahim said matter-of-factly. Ibrahim argued it is wrong to call Malaysia a democracy. “There is not one free media outlet in Malaysia,” he said.

On Thursday morning, Ibrahim said he read on the front page of a Turkish newspaper a stringent criticism of the prime minister’s most recent comments. “This is what a democracy is all about — the right to disagree,” he said.

“I often joke that in Malaysia we have freedom of speech, but not after speech,” said Ibrahim, who was fired from his position as deputy prime minister and arrested after speaking out against the Malaysian prime minister.

Feb

Let Me Tell You Why Some BN Leaders Fear to Declare Their Assets – Robert Phang.

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Categories: Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Ekonomi, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Kewangan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Penerbitan, Pilihanraya, Politik, Program and Umno

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.

Jan

Israel Dominates the Debate in Malaysia – Again

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Categories: Analisis, Antarabangsa, Anwar, Demokrasi, Islam, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Penerbitan, Politik and Umno

From Wall Street Journal

Recent comments by Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim have demonstrated yet again how issues related to Israel continue to divide this majority-Muslim country – and could influence the country’s next national election.

In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Anwar responded to the question of whether he would open diplomatic ties with Israel by stating his “support” for “efforts to protect the security of the state of Israel,” while at the same time backing the “legitimate rights of the Palestinians.” He stopped short of saying he would establish diplomatic relations between the two states – what he describes as a “tricky” issue – and stated that any change to the status quo would remain contingent on Israel recognizing the aspirations of the Palestinians.

Malaysia is one of three Southeast Asian nations including Indonesia and Brunei that does not have diplomatic relations with Israel, though limited economic ties exist between private companies in both countries.

“Some refuse to recognize the state of Israel,” he said, “but I think our policy should be clear – protect the security [of Israel] but you must be as firm in protecting the legitimate interests of the Palestinians.”

The comments triggered a storm of debate and criticism, with members of the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and other groups accusing the leader of abandoning the Palestinian cause – an emotive cause long-supported in the majority-Muslim Southeast Asian nation.

Lawmakers called on Mr. Anwar’s opposition coalition to release an official statement on the issue, while president of the right-wing Malay group Perkasa Ibrahim Ali said he would raise the issue in Parliament.

Mr. Anwar responded by saying he supported a “two-state solution” with Palestine, a policy he said was no different from the official stance adopted by the United Nations and Malaysia itself.

“I am issuing a stern warning to anyone trying to twist my statement just so that they can say that I have betrayed the aspirations of the Palestinian people,” he said in a statement to the press. His party’s stand “is to defend the rights of whoever it is that has been victimised,” the statement said.

Though an ethnically-diverse nation that practices freedom of religion, Malaysia has declared Islam as its state religion and tensions over Israel-Palestine issues often boil over. A large percentage of the country’s population supports the Palestinian cause, and jumped to criticize Israel after it launched raids on Gaza in December 2008 and stormed a flotilla in May 2010 that was carrying activists and humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Tensions over the issue are even more on edge now, as Malaysia gears up for its next general election, which must be called by early next year, giving politicians more incentive to argue their views in the press than usual.

“The issue is tied in with Malaysia being an Islamic country,” and the idea that “therefore it should support Palestine,” said James Chin, a professor at the Malaysian branch of Australia’s Monash University. He added the caveat that support for the Palestinians became a much larger issue in Malaysian politics after the era of former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who has been accused by world leaders of holding anti-Semitic views, which he disputes.

In a statement to the local press, Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman, a member of the ruling UMNO, disputed Mr. Anwar’s claim that Malaysia’s current policy on Israel is the same as his own. Although Malaysia officially supports a “two-state solution” in settling the Israel-Palestinian conflict, it has also sharply criticized actions taken by Israeli forces in the past, which the foreign minister indicated means Malaysia isn’t supporting “all steps” to protect Israeli security.

“[Anwar’s comments] show a blanket support for anything Israel does,” said Khairy Jamaluddin, the chief of UMNO’s youth wing, who disputed any suggestion Malaysia’s ruling party was trying to politicize the issue ahead of an election. “The issue of Palestine is a top foreign policy priority for my party, it would be an issue during the election year or otherwise… timing doesn’t matter.”

In 2010, Mr. Anwar – who in the past has been described as the face of liberal democracy in Malaysia – found himself on the other side of the argument after he lambasted UMNO for its relationship with a public relations firm called APCO. In Parliament, he said the firm was “controlled by Zionists” and working on behalf of the American government to influence Malaysian government policy – a charge denied by both the government and the public relations firm.

At the time, American-Jewish groups such as B’nai B’rith accused the opposition leader of “anti-Jewish” and “anti-Israel” slanders, and called on American officials to suspend their ties with Mr. Anwar.

Still, many analysts believe the latest kerfuffle is largely electioneering on the part of the ruling coalition, preoccupied with the looming possibility that the next election will be the hardest-fought yet.

“They’re just using it as a weapon to bring (Mr. Anwar) down,” said Mr. Chin at Monash University.

– Celine Fernandez contributed to this article

Jan

Hamas Leader Calls for Two-State Solution, But Refuses to Renounce Violence

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Categories: Analisis, Antarabangsa, Anwar, Demokrasi, Islam, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Malaysia, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen and Penerbitan

From NPR.COM

Hamas Foreign Minister We Accept Two-State Solution With ’67 Borders The Two-Way NPR

Hamas' Deputy Foreign Minister Ghazi Hamad.

Hamas’ Deputy Foreign Minister Ghazi Hamad.

Hamas’ Deputy Foreign Minister Ghazi Hamad told NPR’s Robert Siegel that the Islamic political party has accepted a two-state solution that respects the 1967 borders.

Robert asked Hamad in a very straight forward way: “If Israel were to accept a two-state solution in which Palestine would be in Gaza and the West Bank and have its capital in Jerusalem, is that an acceptable aim that Hamas is striving for or is that in and of itself insufficient because there would still be a state of Israel?”

“Look, we said, frankly, we accept the state and ’67 borders. This was mentioned many times and we repeated many times,” said Hamad. Here’s his full answer:

Ghazi Hamad on All Things Considered

Hamas, which has been known for its rocket attacks and suicide bombings, just signed a reconciliation with its secular rival Fatah. In 2007, Hamas expelled Fatah from Gaza and the Palestinians ended up with a divided government. According to analysts, the reconciliation between the two groups means Hamas is trying to moderate its views to appeal to the West.

Hamad told Robert that people should not judge Hamas on what it used to be before:

Ghazi Amad on All Things Considered

“I think Hamas shows a lot of flexibility. We became more pragmatic, more realistic. Hamas is ready to go more and more for political solutions. Hamas could be a good player in making peace in this region, but don’t use sticks against him, and punishment against Hamas,” Hamad said, referring to the sanctions imposed after Hamas won a decisive majority in the Palestinian Parliament in 2006.

In an analysis piece by the Associated Press, they point out that Hamas’ more moderate stance may be genuine:

Both Hamas officials and outside analysts say the group has learned some bitter lessons during its four years in power in Gaza. The impression is that Israel’s blockade, which caused widespread hardship in the crowded territory, a blistering Israeli military offensive two years ago and the uprisings throughout the Arab world have all factored into its thinking.

Hani Masri, a Palestinian commentator who sometimes mediates between Hamas and its secular rival, Fatah, said Hamas realized that to lead the Palestinians, it needs “acceptance by the international community, particularly the West.”

In his interview with Robert, Hamad did criticize Israel. He said the ball is now in its court and it needs to decide whether it’s willing to accept a Palestinian state with its capital in Jerusalem and whether it’s willing to “evict” its settlers in Palestinian territory.

“We are just fighting against occupation,” Hamad said. “We are figting to liberate our homeland. This our ambition.”

Hamad also said Hamas was “not in the pocket” of Iran or Syria. Hamad made much the same comments on the BBC’s Hardtalk. But PressTV, the Iranian government’s English-language news service, reports that Hamad told them Hamas would “never recognize Israel.”

For it’s part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel wants nothing to do with a Palestinian government that includes Hamas.

“A leopard has sunk its teeth in our flesh, in the flesh of our children, wives, our elderly, and we will not be tempted to believe that this leopard has now changed its spots,” Netanyahu told the AP. “We will not ignore its voracious growls. We will strike it down.”

Note we’ve added the interview as it aired on All Things Considered at the top of this post.

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From New York Times

One day after celebrating a landmark reconciliation accordfor Palestinian unity, Khaled Meshal, the Hamas leader, said on Thursday that he was fully committed to working for a two-state solution but declined to swear off violence or agree that a Palestinian state would produce an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Related

Palestinian Factions Sign Accord to End Rift (May 5, 2011)
“The whole world knows what Hamas thinks and what our principles are,” Mr. Meshal said in an interview in his Cairo hotel suite. “But we are talking now about a common national agenda. The world should deal with what we are working toward now, the national political program.”

He defined that as “a Palestinian state in the 1967 lines with Jerusalem as its capital, without any settlements or settlers, not an inch of land swaps and respecting the right of return” of Palestinian refugees to Israel itself.

Asked if a deal honoring those principles would produce an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mr. Meshal said, “I don’t want to talk about that.”

He added: “When Israel made agreements with Egypt and Jordan, no one conditioned it on how Israel should think. The Arabs and the West didn’t ask Israel what it was thinking deep inside. All Palestinians know that 60 years ago they were living on historic Palestine from the river to the sea. It is no secret.”

Asked whether in his pact with Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Fatah-dominatedPalestinian Authority, he agreed to end violent resistance, he replied: “Where there is occupation and settlement, there is a right to resistance. Israel is the aggressor. But resistance is a means, not an end.”

He added that over the coming months, as Hamas and Fatah work out their differences, “we are ready to reach an agreement on how to manage resistance.” He noted that Hamas had entered into cease-fires with Israel in the past and that it was ready to do so in the future. There is one in effect right now. But his broad principle, he said, was this: “If occupation ends, resistance ends. If Israel stops firing, we stop firing.”

Asked if he thought nonviolent resistance was a useful approach for the Palestinians, he replied, “Unfortunately, nonviolence doesn’t work against the Israelis.”

Israel has blasted the Fatah-Hamas agreement as, in effect, bringing terrorists into the Palestinian government. The United States has said it is waiting to see what the pact consists of before reacting. Washington provides hundreds of millions of dollars a year to the Palestinian Authority.

“We are going to be carefully assessing what this action really means,” Secretary of StateHillary Rodham Clinton said of the pact in Rome. She said that Washington could not accept a Palestinian government including Hamas unless it renounced violence, agreed to live by previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements and recognized Israel. These are the so-called “quartet principles,” agreed on by the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia.

Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain made a similar point during a visit to London by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. Any new Palestinian government “must reject violence, recognize Israel’s right to exist and engage in the peace process,” a spokesman for Mr. Cameron quoted him as saying.

Mr. Abbas, who has largely given up on peace negotiations with Israel under Mr. Netanyahu, concluded that the best way forward was national unity and an appeal to the international community to create a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.

His Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority holds sway in the West Bank, but Hamas runs Gaza. The two groups fought a brief civil war in 2007 and have been divided ever since. The agreement they signed this week calls for a new government of technocrats to plan for elections in the coming year as well as committees to coordinate security cooperation and questions like prisoner releases.

But the bitterness runs deep and many challenges remain. Mr. Meshal noted in the 30-minute interview that at the unity ceremony in Cairo on Wednesday, there had been a delay because Mr. Abbas had not initially agreed that Mr. Meshal could speak from the podium.

“I don’t want to go into the details of it, but there was an unfortunate wrong and we overcame it,” he said of the ceremony arrangements. “This is not the superficial issue of who is sitting on the stage. The crucial issue is that there has been a division between the two main parties in the Palestinian arena. Reconciliation should be seen in the arrangement and in who is speaking.”

Asked what had changed in recent months that allowed the long-delayed pact to go through, he said that both Fatah and the new Egyptian government had agreed, for the first time, to Hamas’s adding annexes to the agreement reflecting its views. He declined to elaborate on the contents of those additional items.

Mr. Meshal said that there was recent activity on ways to release Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held for nearly five years by Hamas, but that there had been no breakthrough. He blamed Mr. Netanyahu, saying he was responsible for the delay.

Jan

Jika Pemilu Malaysia Adil, Anwar Ibrahim Yakin Menang

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Categories: Agenda Baru, Aktiviti, Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Ekonomi, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Penerbitan, Pilihanraya, Politik and Program

Dari Detik News

Jakarta – Pemimpin oposisi Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, membantah kedatangannya ke Indonesia untuk meminta dukungan dalam menghadapi pemilu Malaysia 2013. Kedatangannya hanya memenuhi undangan pihak terkait.

“Saya datang untuk memenuhi undangan di ITB di Bandung dan CIDES di sini. Tidak ada tujuan saya untuk itu (minta dukungan),” kata Anwar Ibrahim, usai menyampaikan pidato kebudayaan yang bertajuk ‘Kepemimpinan dalam Dinamika Perubahan Ekonomi Politik’ di Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM), Cikini, Jakarta Pusat, Senin (30/01/2012).

Anwar yakin pada pemilu 2013 mendatang akan menang, ssalkan pemilu itu berjalan tanpa kecurangan.
“Saya yakin kalau sekiranya pemilu itu bebas dan adil kita mampu menang dalam pemilu yang akan datang. Kami siap untuk itu Insya Allah,” ujar Anwar.

Jika terpilih pada pemilu Malaysia mendatang, Anwar pun akan menjalin hubungan yang lebih baik dengan Indonesia. Salah satunya menyelesaikan ketegangan antara kedua negara dengan cara yang baik.

“Kita (Malaysia-Indonesia) akan adakan hubungan dan kedekatan tinggi. Apa isu yang mendesak perbatasan, TKI, budaya diselesaikan dengan cara baik karena kita satu rumpun,” tegas Anwar.

Jan

Kenyataan Media: Qazaf Mekanisma Syariah Halang Fitnah

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Categories: AIC, Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Islam, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Mahkamah, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat and Penerbitan

Oleh AIC (anwar ibrahim club)

Sokong Pelaksanaan Qazaf Sebagai Mekanisme Syariah Untuk Halang Fitnah dan Politik Lucah

Hari ini, 30 Januari 2012, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim melalui barisan peguamnya akan mengemukakan hujah di Mahkamah Rayuan Syariah Kuala Lumpur. Ini bertujuan agar Mahkamah meneliti semula keputusan yang dibuat oleh Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah Kuala Lumpur yang telah menolak permohonan untuk mahkamah memerintahkan supaya Ketua Pendakwa Syarie mendakwa Saiful Bukhari berhubung dengan kes qazaf.

Kelab Anwar Ibrahim (AIC) melihat pelaksanaan qazaf ini seharus dipermudahkan oleh Mahkamah, khususnya di dalam kes melibatkan Datuk Seri Anwar ini. Mahkamah Syariah mempunyai kapasiti yang jelas untuk membenarkan Saiful Bukhari dibicarakan melalui prosiding Mahkamah Syariah dan didakwa di atas tuduhan palsu yang beliau kemukakan pada tahun 2008.

Keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur pada 9 Januari 2012 jelas membuktikan bahawa tuduhan tersebut adalah tidak berasas, malah berniat jahat.

Pelaksanaan qazaf ini, secara jelas berpotensi menutup ruang fitnah daripada dilakukan secara berleluasa, malah ia juga dapat mengekang budaya menggunakan pertuduhan palsu melibatkan jenayah seksual sebagai satu alat politik untuk memusnahkan kredibiliti mana-mana pihak.

AIC melihat pembunuhan karakter ke atas Datuk Seri Anwar sudah menjadi semakin parah. Sekiranya pelaksanaan qazaf ini diperlekeh dan ditolak oleh Mahkamah Rayuan Syariah, ianya bukan sekadar satu ketidakadilan kepada Datuk Seri Anwar, malah secara tidak langsung menafikan prospek perundangan syariah yang jelas menjulang pembelaan hak-hak dan maruah mana-mana individu daripada difitnah sewenang-wenangnya.

Adalah sangat mendukacitakan, di saat Malaysia disebut-sebut sebagai Negara Islam Contoh oleh pemimpin negara, budaya fitnah dan penggunaan politik lucah semakin berleluasa di Malaysia sehingga ke satu tahap yang membimbangkan. Lebih memburukkan keadaan apabila ianya dijadikan satu senjata politik dan seolah tidak terhalang dan kebal daripada undang-undang.

Justeru harapan besar rakyat Malaysia amnya dan umat Islam yang prihatin khususnya, agar pelaksanaan qazaf ini dapat direalisasikan. Ayuh bersama tolak budaya fitnah dan politik lucah demi kemaslahatan rakyat dan negara, demi menjulang politik baru yang lebih matang dan segar.

Saifuddin Shafi Muhamad
Setiausaha
Kelab Anwar Ibrahim (AIC)

Jan

KEADILAN: Kenyataan Anwar Selari Hamas, Gerakan Islam

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Categories: Analisis, Antarabangsa, Anwar, Demokrasi, Islam, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Penerbitan, Pilihanraya and Politik

Keadilan Daily

Kenyataan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkenaan isu Palestin-Israel adalah selari dengan Inisiatif Keamanan Arab, malah didokong gerakan Islam seluruh dunia termasuk Hamas- sebuah gerakan yang mempelopori perjuangan rakyat Palestin.

Kenyataan Anwar, yang disiarkan oleh Wall Street Journal melalui satu wawancara 26 Januari lalu bagaimanapun diputarbelitkan media milik Umno, kata Ketua Penerangan KEADILAN, Dr Muhammad Nur Manuty.

Beliau ditanya mengenai prinsip Penyelesaian Dua Negara atau lebih dikenali sebagai Two-State Solution yang turut dipersetujui Hamas dan Majlis Keselamatan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB).

“Hamas pernah menyatakan kebarangkalian untuk melihat realiti kewujudan dua buah negara yang berasingan, tetapi pemimpin Hamas mahu memastikan Israel benar-benar jujur untuk mengiktiraf negara Palestin menurut Resolusi Majlis Keselamatan PBB 1967,

“Bagaimanapun sekiranya kedaulatan negara Palestin ini tidak dijamin, Hamas tidak bersetuju.

“Jadi tidak menjadi kehairanan apabila Datuk Seri Anwar, dengan mengambil kiraan politik semasa menyebut mengenai isu ini yang tidak terkeluar dari pandangan gerakan Islam seluruh dunia termasuk Hamas,” kata Muhammad Nur.

Menurutnya lagi, ketua pembangkang itu juga sentiasa dimaklumkan mengenai pandangan dan dasar gerakan-gerakan Islam dalam konteks menyelesaikan konflik antara Palestin-Israel.

Tambah beliau, pendirian Anwar mengenai isu itu juga sangat konsisten dan tidak perlu dipertikaikan.

“Pendirian Anwar supaya rakyat Palestin mendapat hak balik mereka dari segi kesahihan sebagai warganegara tidak perlu dipertikaikan kerana beliau memang konsisten sejak berjuang dalam gerakan Islam dan arena politik.

“Ideanya tentang formula bagi menyelesaikan konflik Palestin dan Israel sentiasa selaras dengan gerakan Islam sedunia. Beliau mendahulukan tentang keselamatan negara palestin yang dijamin resolusisi PBB,” kata beliau yang juga bekas pemimpin Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM).

Bagaimanapun katanya, kenyataan Anwar mengenai isu sekuriti Israel cuba diputarbelitkan oleh media Utusan yang dimiliki Umno, seolah menggambarkan Anwar mementingkan keselamatan rejim itu.

“Sedangkan kerajaan sendiri dalam dasar luar menangani konflik Palestin-Israel sebelum ini tunduk kepada formula dengan mengiktiraf kedua negara, tetapi perkara ini dinafikan menteri luar, Datuk Seri Hanifah Aman,” ujar beliau.

Anwar dalam kenyataannya Sabtu lalu berkata, pendirian beliau sejajar dengan prinsip perjuangan KEADILAN yang menjunjung tinggi prinsip keadilan sejagat dan tegas membela hak mereka yang dizalimi.

“Selain itu, pandangan saya ini ternyata selari dengan Resolusi Majlis Keselamatan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) dan Inisiatif Keamanan Arab (Arab Peace Initiative) yang berteraskan Penyelesaian Dua Negara atau lebih dikenali sebagai Two-State Solution.

“Malahan dasar luar negara juga menekankan prinsip Penyelesaian Dua Negara sebagaimana yang diungkapkan YB Menteri Luar ketika Perbahasan Perhimpunan Agung PBB Sesi ke-66 pada 27hb September 2011 di New York.

Bagaimanapun kata Anwar kesediaan untuk mematuhi prinsip itu bergantung kepada syarat selagi mana hak rakyat Palestin tidak dicerobohi.

“Justeru saya memberi amaran keras kepada mana-mana pihak yang cuba memutar belit kenyataan saya semata-mata mahu menyebar fitnah kononnya saya mengkhianati aspirasi rakyat Palestin,” tegas beliau.

Jan

Anwar Ibrahim Siap Bertarung

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Categories: Agenda Baru, Analisis, Antarabangsa, Anwar, Demokrasi, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Pilihanraya and Politik

Dari Kompas.com

Mantan Wakil Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, menyatakan siap bertarung dalam pemilu Malaysia, Maret 2013. Walaupun tantangan tidaklah kecil dalam menghadapi pertarungan politik yang semakin keras, Anwar sudah merapatkan barisan untuk memenangi pertarungan itu.

“Selama ini, tuduhan untuk menjegal saya macam-macam. Terakhir, saya dituduh mendukung Israel atau umat Hindu,” ujarnya saat baru tiba di Bandara Hussein Sastranegara, Bandung, Minggu (29/1/2012) malam.

Perjalanan politik Anwar menarik dicermati. Semula dia melesat tinggi ibarat meteor, tetapi kemudian tiba-tiba meredup. Tidak hanya dipecat dari jabatan Wakil Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Keuangan pada 1998 oleh Perdana Menteri Mahathir, Anwar juga dipojokkan dengan tuduhan korupsi dan sodomi.

Anwar pun berkali-kali berurusan dengan pengadilan dan penjara selama 13 tahun terakhir. Mahathir yang berperan besar dalam membesarkan Anwar secara politik juga mencampakkannya dengan melontarkan tuduhan korupsi dan sodomi yang sensitif dalam budaya Melayu.

Menyinggung soal pasang surut hubungan Indonesia-Malaysia, Anwar menjelaskan, isu remeh-temeh kecil selama ini dirasakannya sangat melelahkan. Isu-isu kecil tidak harus mempersulit kerangka besar hubungan kedua bangsa serumpun itu.

Kalau ada kesepahaman di antara kedua bangsa, maka perkara itu sebenarnya mudah selesai. Misalnya, yang satu jangan arogan dan yang satu lagi juga jangan terlalu sensitif.

Anwar ke Indonesia dalam kunjungan singkat dua hari. Ia tiba pada Minggu malam ini di Bandara Hussein Sastranegara. Hari Senin besok, Anwar Ibrahim akan mengadakan dua orasi kebudayaan di Institut Teknologi Bandung dan Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, bertema “Kepemimpinan Dalam Dinamika Perubahan Ekonomi dan Politik”.

Kunjungan singkat ini berakhir pada tanggal 31 Januari. Beliau langsung kembali ke Malaysia lewat Bandar Udara Soekarno-Hatta, Jakarta.

Jan

Jangan Putar Belit Kenyataan Demi Menghambur Fitnah

By Anwar Ibrahim 22 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Antarabangsa, Anwar, Catatan, Demokrasi, Islam, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Penerbitan, Pilihanraya, Politik, Soal Jawab and Umno

Saya diwawancara oleh Wall Street Journal pada hari Khamis, 26hb Januari 2011. Antara soalan yang ditanya kepada saya adalah berkaitan dasar luar negara dan isu Palestin. Saya tuntas menegaskan bahawa kemahuan dan hak rakyat Palestin mesti dibela dan itu merangkumi hak untuk mendirikan negara sendiri serta tidak terus dizalimi. Saya juga mengungkapkan bahawa jika syarat ini dipenuhi maka wajarlah hak rakyat Israel juga dihormati. Berikut adalah jawapan yang saya berikan:

“I support all efforts to protect the security of the state of Israel,” said Mr. Anwar, although he stopped short of saying he would open diplomatic ties with the Jewish state, a step which he said remains contingent on Israel respecting the aspirations of Palestinians.“

Pendirian saya ini ternyata sejajar dengan prinsip perjuangan Parti Keadilan Rakyat yang menjunjung tinggi prinsip Keadilan Sejagat dan tegas membela hak mereka yang dizalimi. Selain itu pandangan saya ini ternyata selari dengan Resolusi 1397 Majlis Keselamatan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) dan Inisiatif Keamanan Arab (Arab Peace Initiative) yang berteraskan Penyelesaian Dua Negara atau lebih dikenali sebagai Two-State Solution. Malahan dasar luar negara juga menekankan prinsip Penyelesaian Dua Negara sebagaimana yang diungkapkan YB Menteri Luar ketika Perbahasan Perhimpunan Agung PBB Sesi ke-66 pada 27hb September 2011 di New York (GENERAL

DEBATE OF THE 66^TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY). Beliau menyebut:

“..Malaysia fully supports the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people for an independent State of Palestine, based on the two-state solution, taking into account the security concerns of both parties (Israel and Palestine).”

Ternyata dari kenyataan Menteri Luar Negara, dasar Malaysia adalah bersedia menghormati hak rakyat Palestin dan Israel untuk menikmati keamanan dan kedamaian. Akan tetapi kesediaan kita pastinya bergantung kepada syarat selagi mana hak rakyat Palestin tidak dicerobohi. Justeru saya memberi amaran keras kepada mana-mana pihak yang cuba memutar belit kenyataan saya semata-mata mahu menyebar fitnah kononnya saya mengkhianati aspirasi rakyat Palestin. Pendirian Parti Keadilan Rakyat adalah tuntas membela hak sesiapa sahaja yang dirampas dan dizalimi. Iltizam untuk memastikan keadilan buat semua tidak pernah surut malah pastinya digilap dan diperkukuh.

ANWAR IBRAHIM

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I was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, 26th January 2011. Among the questions posed to me was concerning foreign policy and the Palestinian issue. I was firm in stating that the wishes and rights of the Palestinian people must be protected and that includes the right to form a independent and sovereign state of their own, and not to be continuously oppressed. I also posited that if these conditions are to be must be fulfilled, then by the same logic, the rights if the Israelis should also be respected. My full response to this matter is reproduced below:

“I support all efforts to protect the security of the state of Israel,” said Mr. Anwar, although he stopped short of saying he would open diplomatic ties with the Jewish state, a step which he said remains contingent on Israel respecting the aspirations of Palestinians.”

My position is clearly in line with that of the principles of struggle of the People’s Justice Party which values highly the Principle of Universal Justice and strongly defend the rights of the oppressed. In addition, my view runs concurrent with that of Resolution 1397 of the United Nations Security Council and the Arab Peace Initiative which promotes the Two-State Solution. What more, the same principle of the Two-State Solution approach had been addressed by the Hon. Foreign Minister at the General Debate Of The 66th Session Of The United Nations Assembly on 27th September 2011 in New York. He mentioned:

“..Malaysia fully supports the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people for an independent State of Palestine, based on the two-state solution, taking into account the security concerns of both parties.” (Israel and Palestine)

It is clear from the Foreign Minister’s statement that Malaysia adopted a policy of respecting both the rights of the Palestinians and Israelis to enjoy peace and security. However, this condition shall largely depends on the prerequisite that the rights of the Palestinians are not violated. Hence, I would like to sternly warn any distractor who wishes to twist and turn my statement and henceforth spread lies that I have turned my back on the aspirations of the Palestinians. The principle of the People’s Justice Party is very clear in defending whose rights have been denied and oppressed. Our commitment to uphold justice has never faded, in fact it is always renewed and strengthened.

ANWAR IBRAHIM

Jan

Debat Dituntut Dalam Islam Tapi Najib Elak Untuk Sorok ‘Sesuatu’

By Anwar Ibrahim 3 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Ekonomi, Islam, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Kewangan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Penerbitan, Pilihanraya, Politik, Program, Sidenotes and Umno

Keadilan Daily

Budaya debat antara pemimpin selaras dengan tuntutan al-Quran dan menjadi tradisi kepimpinan silam tamadun dunia, kata Ketua Penerangan KEADILAN, Dr Muhammad Nur Manuty.

Sambil memetik Surah An-Nahl: 125, beliau berkata budaya itu lumrah ilmuan dan kepimpinan silam kerana kebenaran akan lebih terserlah dan pandangan baru dapat dicerna demi kepentingan negara dan rakyat.

“Lebih penting, rakyat diberi peluang menilai secara empirikal dan adil akan ketrampilan dan keikhlasan kepimpinan yang diberi amanah mengurus negara pada masa depan.

“Inilah demokrasi sebenar yang dituntut oleh rakyat,” katanya pada kenyataan media, hari ini.

Dr Muhammad Nur kesal dengan keengganan Datuk Seri Najib Razak menyahut seruan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim untuk berdebat secara terbuka mengenai isu politik, ekonomi dan kebajikan rakyat yang sedang hangat diperkata. Continue reading ‘Debat Dituntut Dalam Islam Tapi Najib Elak Untuk Sorok ‘Sesuatu’’

Jan

Latest ‘Datuk T’ Sex-Video Threat Shows Desperation Of UMNO-BN

By Anwar Ibrahim 4 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Isu Semasa, Malaysia and Media

I refer to the latest disgraceful attempt to smear Parliamentary Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim with the fabricated sex video allegations, published today in the front page of the UMNO-owned Utusan Malaysia newspaper. In the report, a member of the notorious ‘Datuk T’ group, Shuib Lazim, challenges the Opposition Leader to subject the sex video to forensic tests and threatens to produce new sex videos. Since March of last year, ‘Datuk T’ and UMNO linked media and bloggers have been periodically making the same type of false, malicious and baseless attack upon Anwar. This is the low level to which UMNO/BN has sunk. It is significant that UMNO/BN -linked media and bloggers have been at the forefront of publicising and repeating the sex video allegations and in displaying the sex video. A former Umno Vice President, Rahim Thamby Chik, is one of the members of the porn-peddling ‘Datuk T’ group, and Umno’s fingerprints are all over the contemptible sex video episode.

The challenge to the Opposition leader to subject the sex video to forensic tests is a shameless and desperate tactic by ‘Datuk T’ and UMNO/BN. The sex video is widely disbelieved throughout the country, and there is no need for Anwar Ibrahim to resort to forensic tests to persuade the public that the video is a fabrication. Having themselves been responsible for creating and spreading the fabricated sex video against Anwar, it is simply outrageous that ‘Datuk T’ are now issuing challenges to Anwar !

Today’s statement by Shuib Lazim and Utusan Malaysia is also a clear attempt to lay down the groundwork for the release of new fabricated sex videos aimed at tarnishing Anwar’s reputation. We expect that more such porn tapes will be fabricated and distributed as the 13th General Election nears. In the face of these dirty and uncivilised tactics by UMNO/BN, Anwar Ibrahim and Pakatan Rakyat remain unflinching in their commitment to the ongoing battle to end corruption, abuse of power and economic mismanagement in our country.

Issued by,
N SURENDRAN
VICE PRESIDENT
KEADILAN

Jan

Ah Wah Gor Memintas Ah Jib Gor Dalam 24 jam!

By Anwar Ibrahim 4 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Islam, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Penerbitan and Politik

Merdeka Review
Oleh Lim Hong Siang

Sekali lagi Najib Razak tersungkur di gelanggang internet, apabila terbuka untuk persaingan bebas tanpa sekatan. Apa tidaknya, usaha Najib untuk mendampingi warga internet Cina terus digagalkan, apabila mengundang pelbagai reaksi negatif – yang dijelmakan dengan pendekatan yang cukup “kreatif”.

Bermula dengan laman sosial Facebook versi bahasa Cinanya yang dibanjiri sindiran dan kritikan tajam, seterusnya diperlekehkan pula apabila warga internet menubuhkan laman Ah Jib Soh (makcik Ah Jib, merujuk kepada isteri PM), dan terkini, laman sosial Facebook Ah Wah Gor (merujuk Anwar Ibrahim) – menarik bilangan peminat yang lebih daripada Ah Jib Gor dalam tempoh 24 jam selepas ditubuhkan.

Sejumlah 14,697 orang warga internet yang menekan butang “like” di laman rasmi Ah Jib Gorpada jam 7.16 petang 21 Januari 2012, longgakan sejak ditubuhkan pada 13 Januari 2012. Sementara Ah Wah Gor, yang ditubuhkan pada 20 Januari 2012, mencatat 18,594 “like” pada masa yang sama. Malah, menurut admin Ah Wah Gor, laman ini berjaya memintas Ah Jib Gor dalam tempoh 19 jam. Sehingga jam 12.26 awal pagi 22 Januari, Ah Jib Gor mencatat 15,418 like, sementara Ah Wah Gor mencatat 24,890 like.

Perlu diingatkan bahawa laman Ah Jib Gor adalah laman sosial rasmi versi bahasa Cina untuk Najib, dikesahkan Setiausaha Politiknya Wong Nai Chee, malah sesetengah soalan yang diajukan dijawab oleh Najib sendiri, sebelum diterjemahkan, menurut Wong Nai Chee.

Ah Wah Gor pula, ditubuhkan oleh penyokong Anwar Ibrahim secara tidak rasmi, menyatakan bahawa tujuannya bukan sekadar untuk memintas bilangan peminat Najib, tetapi ia adalah “pertarungan maya” sokongan kedua-duanya – untuk menaikkan semangat orang ramai. Malah, admin Ah Wah Gormengalu-alukan “perbincangan politik”, dengan peringatan agar warga internet tidak menggunakan ruang itu untuk serangan peribadi, penghinaan terhadap agama dan institusi Raja.

Pengamatan MerdekaReview mendapati kebanyakan komen yang ditinggalkan di laman Ah Wah Gor adalah positif untuk Anwar Ibrahim – luahan sokongan terhadap Ketua Pembangkang Parlimen ini. Malah ada yang menyifatkan pertarungan antara Ah Wah Gor dengan Ah Jib Gor sebagai pemilihan calon Perdana Menteri dalam PRU 13.

Sementara Ah Jib Gor pula masih dibanjiri komen yang negatif terhadap Perdana Menteri, meskipun komen yang emosi telah berkurang (tidak pasti dipadamkan atau kerana disiplin warga internet), namun kritikan dan soalan yang tajam terus diajukan.

Pada masa yang sama, laman Ah Jib Soh pula mencatat 8,018 like pada jam 12.26 awal pagi 22 Januari 2012. Identiti adminnya tidak diketahui, tetapi dengan terang-terang “menyamar” sebagai isteri PM melalui status yang diperbarui. Dengan status yang bernada “sindir” dan jelas untuk memerli isteri PM, Ah Jib Sohkini menjadi “penghibur” kepada peminatnya.