Semalam, genap sebulan aku mengikuti training di Petaling Jaya. Tinggal lagi sebulan sebelum aku 'khatam' dan insyaALLAH masuk kerja (sungguhpun mereka menjanjikan kerja, aku masih tak lekang daripada mencari kerja - kerja bidang kejuruteraan.
Dalam tempoh sebulan ini, walaupun aku kelihatan huha-huha, hakikatnya jauh di dalam diriku, aku ketakutan. Apa yang aku takutkan...?
"Mu'amalat" (Batasan pergaulan lelaki dan perempuan).
Ya...mu'amalat, yob. Teman takut benor tang situ. Asal ceritanya begini...
Selepas beberapa siri sesi pengenalan diri, maka aku telah diklasifikasikan sebagai 'alim' (entah mana datang idea tu...). Pada peringkat awalnya, aku ditakuti kerana klasifikasi itu. Namun, melihatkan aku bukan jenis menyepi, maka aku didekati.
Akan tetapi, sampai ke satu tahap, sebahagian daripada mereka seolah - olah tidak lagi menghormati aku dari segi batasan pergaulan.
Kadang - kadang aku naik seriau bila jadi hal ini. Seriau kerana, ada masa - masanya tatkala aku seolah - olah akan turut serta. Namun, Alhamdulillah, dalam aku leka, aku cepat sedar akan hakikat itu, dan mampu menarik diri.
Empat tahun aku duduk di dalam dunia UiTM, empat tahun aku berada di dalam pertubuhan agama, empat tahun aku berhampiran dengan orang - orang arif agama. Setelah meninggalkan semua itu, menempuh dunia ini berseorangan, aku telah lupa bagaimana keadaannya 'dunia luar'.
Aku telah lupa bagaimana suatu masa dahulu aku bijak berdepan dengan hal ini...atau adakah pada waktu itu aku masih mentah dan belum boleh membezakan antara baik dan buruk?
Entahlah. Mudah - mudahan Allah menunjukkan jalan bagiku.
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
PAS ada 'Baiah' elak lompat parti - Ustaz Hadi (HARAKAHDAILY)
(Artikel diambil dari laman web HARAKAHDAILY)
KEPALA BATAS, 23 Feb (Hrkh) - "Baiah merupakan akuan bersumpah di hadapan Allah s.w.t dan kepimpinan dalam parti ketika dilantik menjadi calon dalam setiap pilihan raya sama ada umum atau kecil."
Presiden PAS, Dato' Seri Abdul Hadi Awang mendedahkan, PAS nyata mempunyai rahsia tersendiri untuk menyekat Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) daripada mengambil sikap melompat parti kerana tindakan itu bukan sahaja membelakangkan kehendak Allah s.w.t bahkan meninggalkan amanah manusia yang mahu seseorang Adun itu melaksanakan tugas dengan cemerlang.
Katanya rahsia tersebut ialah 'Baiah' yang merupakan akuan bersumpah di hadapan Allah s.w.t dan kepimpinan dalam parti berbanding parti lain ketika dilantik menjadi calon dalam setiap pilihanraya samada umum atau kecil.
"Perbezaan kekuatan Adun-adun PAS ialah 'Baiah' berjanji dengan Allah s.w.t sekiranya kami menipu, khianat, menyeleweng kami akan dilaknat oleh Allah.s.wt, oleh malaikat dan segala yang melaknat.
"Itulah yang tiada dalam parti lain kerana masing-masing mengambil agama suku, politik suku, " ujarnya ketika berceramah di pekarangan Markaz Tarbiyah PAS Pulau Pinang di Pongsu Seribu, Kepala Batas baru-baru ini.
Beliau yang juga Ahli Parlimen Marang, Terenganu memberitahu, walaupun ada Adun atau kepimpinan yang melompat keluar parti, semua pihak boleh melihat di mana 'kedudukan' mereka tika ini.
Sambungnya, golongan terbabit kehilangan maruah dan kehebatan bahkan jika berada dalam parti lain hanya sekadar melukut di tepi gantang bukan lagi diberikan kepercayaan sebagai kepimpinan sepertimana dalam PAS sebelum ini.
"Kita tengok mereka yang lari dari PAS apa yang mereka perolehi sebagai hukuman di dunia.
"Mereka hilang maruah, hilang kehebatan dan tidak ke mana walhal golongan terbabit mempunyai pengetahuan agama yang tinggi. Itulah perhitungan antara dosa dan pahala, " tegasnya.
Justeru itu, PAS tetap berusaha mengajak parti lain untuk bersama PAS memperjuangkan kedaulatan demi menjaga maruah yang tinggi tidak kerana pandangan manusia sebaliknya kerana Allah s.w.t.
PAS katanya, tidak memaksa parti lain terutamanya bukan Islam menerima Islam semata-mata menjatuhkan Kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) yang sudah menyelewengan amanah rakyat dengan melakukan berbagai kekejaman dan kezaliman.
Menyentuh mengenai peralihan kuasa antara Perdana Menteri, Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dengan timbalanya, Dato' Seri Najib Razak sepatutnya belum lagi waktunya kerana Perdana Menteri tidak lagi 'selesai' dengan amanahnya terhadap rakyat sebagaimana janjinya sewaktu mula memegang tampuk pemerintahan daripada mantan Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad beberapa tahun lalu.
Janji Abdullah katanya untuk menyelesaikan masalah kehakiman, rasuah, polis, SPR dan pekerti kalangan kepimpinan Umno masih jauh. "Beliau seharusnya berusaha untuk tanganinya sehingga selesai bukan memberi jalan berundur kepada orang lain yang pastinya mempunyai agenda lain dalam pentadbiran baru kelak.
"Penubuhan Suruhanjaya Kehakiman, Suruhanjaya Polis, Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah tidak setakat itu sahaja malahan kena bersama parti lain di luar BN kerana ia bukan masalah Umno. Ia masalah semua rakyat dan ia perlu dengan sistem demokrasi yang betul, " Kata Ahli Parlimen Marang itu.
Beliau berucap di dalam program anjuran Dewan Pemuda PAS Negeri Pulau Pinang itu lagi.Turut berceramah pada malam itu ialah Ketua Dewan Pemuda PAS Negeri, Ustaz Hafiz Nordin dan Naib Presiden PAS, Haji Mohamad Sabu yang turur dihadiri oleh Pesuruhjaya PAS Negeri, Ustaz Saleh Man. - azm_
Friday, 20 February 2009
Rally @ U.M.
Today is Friday. As always, during lunch break I would walk to the Taman Jaya station 10 minutes away and take the LRT to Universiti Malaya for Friday prayers at Masjid Ar-Rahman.
Earlier, Gayathri said she will lend her car to me so that I can go to the masjid at Section 14, and be back in time for Kumaresan and Nadhir's birthday surprise which was to take place at Secret Recipe (which I missed), just across the road.
However, since she had other matters to attend to, I had no choice but go to U.M.. After prayers, as I was changing into my pants, I heard a chant of TAKBEER outside in the courtyard. I went out to see what it was.
It turned out that the students were holding a rally, stating that they have sent a memorandum to the Agong requesting him to act as the middle-man in the Perak case, and at the same time, chanting "Kuasa Rakyat", and promoting tonight's forum which will state the current Perak issue.
It was very exciting for me, as I've never experienced such an event back in UiTM. If there were any, it would be the infamous rally of August 2008, which I had to admit, internally exposed the 'stupidity' of some of its students.
I could not stay long, as I had to be back in PJ by 2.30; a 20-minute journey away.
Earlier, Gayathri said she will lend her car to me so that I can go to the masjid at Section 14, and be back in time for Kumaresan and Nadhir's birthday surprise which was to take place at Secret Recipe (which I missed), just across the road.
However, since she had other matters to attend to, I had no choice but go to U.M.. After prayers, as I was changing into my pants, I heard a chant of TAKBEER outside in the courtyard. I went out to see what it was.
It turned out that the students were holding a rally, stating that they have sent a memorandum to the Agong requesting him to act as the middle-man in the Perak case, and at the same time, chanting "Kuasa Rakyat", and promoting tonight's forum which will state the current Perak issue.
It was very exciting for me, as I've never experienced such an event back in UiTM. If there were any, it would be the infamous rally of August 2008, which I had to admit, internally exposed the 'stupidity' of some of its students.
I could not stay long, as I had to be back in PJ by 2.30; a 20-minute journey away.
Thursday, 19 February 2009
When the smooth turns rough
Since late January this year, I’ve been commuting from home to Petaling Jaya via the LRT system. Hence, I was introduced to the early rush-hour scenario. One thing that caught my attention was the way commuters waited for the train.
In the ‘old days’, commuters were scattered throughout the platform. Nowadays, they just line up obediently. It seems to remind me of Japan. But, how effective is it in terms of the commuters’ disciplines? Let’s take a look at the scenarios that occurred whilst I was waiting for the train:
A train was due in a couple of minutes. People were lining up at where the train door should be positioned. Pregnant ladies and old folks were ‘excused’ and went straight in front to the platform edge. OK, nothing wrong with that. An advantage to them for being so.
The train approaches the platform. People were being distracted from whatever it is that they were doing; reading, text-messaging, day-dreaming. OK, normal reaction.
The train stops. Here’s where things start to go nuts:
1. Commuters from within the train had barely disembarked, already had the commuters-to-be from outside began to ram the entrance.
2. Despite the fact that commuters on the platform were walking in a line towards the train, psycho-maniacs arrived on the scene, cutting the line and overtaking those who have been queuing heading for the train, causing a bottleneck at the entrance.
3. The train car is packed to the neck. But, there are still those insisting on embarking the train, suffocating those already inside.
Such a procedure could have made travelling on the train smoother. But, when egoism conquers all, everything goes haywire.
Even though Malaysia is well developed, a large number of its nations still live in the third-world scenario.
As long as Malaysians are still conquered by the third-world scenario, as long as they are still be conquered by egoism, nothing in this country can go smoothly. Not only commuting trains and buses, but as well as driving. Because once idiots take to the road, no one can drive in comfort and peace.
In the ‘old days’, commuters were scattered throughout the platform. Nowadays, they just line up obediently. It seems to remind me of Japan. But, how effective is it in terms of the commuters’ disciplines? Let’s take a look at the scenarios that occurred whilst I was waiting for the train:
A train was due in a couple of minutes. People were lining up at where the train door should be positioned. Pregnant ladies and old folks were ‘excused’ and went straight in front to the platform edge. OK, nothing wrong with that. An advantage to them for being so.
The train approaches the platform. People were being distracted from whatever it is that they were doing; reading, text-messaging, day-dreaming. OK, normal reaction.
The train stops. Here’s where things start to go nuts:
1. Commuters from within the train had barely disembarked, already had the commuters-to-be from outside began to ram the entrance.
2. Despite the fact that commuters on the platform were walking in a line towards the train, psycho-maniacs arrived on the scene, cutting the line and overtaking those who have been queuing heading for the train, causing a bottleneck at the entrance.
3. The train car is packed to the neck. But, there are still those insisting on embarking the train, suffocating those already inside.
Such a procedure could have made travelling on the train smoother. But, when egoism conquers all, everything goes haywire.
Even though Malaysia is well developed, a large number of its nations still live in the third-world scenario.
As long as Malaysians are still conquered by the third-world scenario, as long as they are still be conquered by egoism, nothing in this country can go smoothly. Not only commuting trains and buses, but as well as driving. Because once idiots take to the road, no one can drive in comfort and peace.
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
What Do You Fear?
During one of my training sessions, we were asked of our fears. The general answers were hydrophobia, claustrophobia, and multiple phobias. Not to mention about God and death. My answer however was death... and fear itself.
However, it came to me recently that apart from the fears I mentioned, I found out about another fear, one that not many will tend to realise, even in full conciousness.
What fear is that? It is...
"To be successful beyond control"
("Mencapai kejayaan melampaui kawalan diri")
What does it mean?
It means that when you achieve a certain success, you come to a point where you start to lose control of yourself; you tend to forget those around you, lose humbleness, be arrogant, snobbish etc..
Alhamdulillah, Allah gifted me with the ability to master the English language; verbally and on-paper. This was acknowledged so by the trainers who made assessments on our presentations.
However, despite the fact that I was openly praised at certain times, I tend to be fearful every time I was complemented.
I feared that I would lose my identity, start acting high-and-mighty, and look down upon others who are less fortunate than me. To prevent this, I made use of Allah's 'gift', and used it to help and assist others.
Not only the abilities in the form of understanding, but even posts in societies can be a test on its successors.
I've heard of people of whom when they were told that they are next-in-line to hold certain posts, they start to daydream and wander off into Cloud 9. I do not deny the fact that I was possessed by this situation. But, when I came out of it, I felt so sick.
So, friends. Bear in mind that not only failure is a test from Allah, success can also act as a test, in which man will be tested whether he can remain humble, or go nuts.
Remember! No matter how hard you try to achieve something, by the end of the day, it is He who grants it to you. As how Allah rewards you with something, He has the power to repossess it from you.
And so, never be selfish with whatever it is that you bear. Be humble, and use it to benefit yourself and others.
However, it came to me recently that apart from the fears I mentioned, I found out about another fear, one that not many will tend to realise, even in full conciousness.
What fear is that? It is...
"To be successful beyond control"
("Mencapai kejayaan melampaui kawalan diri")
What does it mean?
It means that when you achieve a certain success, you come to a point where you start to lose control of yourself; you tend to forget those around you, lose humbleness, be arrogant, snobbish etc..
Alhamdulillah, Allah gifted me with the ability to master the English language; verbally and on-paper. This was acknowledged so by the trainers who made assessments on our presentations.
However, despite the fact that I was openly praised at certain times, I tend to be fearful every time I was complemented.
I feared that I would lose my identity, start acting high-and-mighty, and look down upon others who are less fortunate than me. To prevent this, I made use of Allah's 'gift', and used it to help and assist others.
Not only the abilities in the form of understanding, but even posts in societies can be a test on its successors.
I've heard of people of whom when they were told that they are next-in-line to hold certain posts, they start to daydream and wander off into Cloud 9. I do not deny the fact that I was possessed by this situation. But, when I came out of it, I felt so sick.
So, friends. Bear in mind that not only failure is a test from Allah, success can also act as a test, in which man will be tested whether he can remain humble, or go nuts.
Remember! No matter how hard you try to achieve something, by the end of the day, it is He who grants it to you. As how Allah rewards you with something, He has the power to repossess it from you.
And so, never be selfish with whatever it is that you bear. Be humble, and use it to benefit yourself and others.
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Nizar perjelaskan sebab tidak melepaskan jawatan MB (Malaysiakini)
Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin telah mengutus surat kepada Sultan Azlan Shah menjelaskan sebab-sebab mengapa beliau tidak akan meletakkan jawatan sebagai menteri besar Perak.
Surat tersebut adalah reaksi kepada titah baginda yang tidak memperkenankan pembubaran Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Perak serta Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin dan barisan exconya meletak jawatan berkuatkuasa serta merta.
Manakala Setiausaha kerajaan negeri Perak, Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Hashim telah mengarahkan Mohamad Nizar dan semua anggota exconya mengosongkan pejabat mereka dengan segera.
Berikut adalah kandungan penuh surat Mohammad Nizar kepada baginda Sultan:
5 Februari 2009
Mengadap Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Sultan Azlan Shah Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-Lah Paduka Sultan Negeri Perak Darul Ridzuan Yang bersemayam di atas takhta Kerajaan Negeri Perak Darul Ridzuan dengan beberapa amat kebesaran dan kemuliaannya.
Assalamualaikum
Ampuan Tuanku,
Dengan hormat dan takzimnya patik merafa'kan sembah dan berdoa kehadrat Allah Suhanahu Wata'ala, mudah-mudahan Duli Yang Maha mulia Tuanku sentiasa berada dalam keadaan selamat dan kesejahteraan.
Ampuan Tuanku,
MERAFA' SEMBAH MEMAKLUMKAN PERKEMBANGAN TERKINI DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK DARUL RIDZUAN
Warkah yang tidak sepertinya ini sebagai pengganti diri patik untuk menyembahkan kepada Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tuanku mengenai isu kedudukan terkini Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak Darul Ridzuan.
Patik merafa' sembah menjunjung kasih di atas perkenan Duli Yang Mah Mulia Tuanku pada pagi ini. Patik memohon izin untuk menyembahkan beberapa perkara:
1. Artikel XVl (6) Undang-undang Perlembagaan Negeri Perak menyatakan bahawa "If the Menteri Besar ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the Legislative Assembly, then, unless at his request His Royal Highness dissolves the Legislative Assembly, he shall tender the resignation of the Executive Council". Ini bermakna sokongan Menteri Besar itu perlu diputuskan oleh Persidangan Dewan Undangan Negeri.
2. Jumlah Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Pakatan Rakyat dan Barisan Nasional adalah sama iaitu 28 orang. Adalah kurang tepat andaian Barisan Nasional mempunyai majoriti. YB Yang Dipertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak telah memutuskan bahaw Adun bagi kawasan Behrang, Changkat Jering dan Jelapang bukan lagi Adun. YB Yang Dipertua Dewan Undangan
Negeri Perak dan Kerajaan Negeri Perak juga telah memfailkan satu permohonan untuk satu perisytiharan bahawa ketiga-tiga Adun berkenaan bukannya Adun untuk kawasan-kawasan tersebut, di Mahkamah Tinggi pada pagi ini. Sewajarnya kita menunggu keputusan mahkamah dalam kes tersebut.
Ampuan Tuanku,
Atas alasan di atas dan berdasarkan prinsip demnokrasi dan Raja Berperlembagaaan, Patik dengan ini merafa' sembah memohon agar Dewan Undangan Negeri dibubarkan bagi membolehkan rakyat memilih semula kerajaan yang dikehendaki mereka.
Ampuan Tuanku,
Patik dengan ini merafa' sembah bahawa pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat sebulat suara meminta patik untuk tidak meletak jawatan sehingga krisis perlembagaan ini diputuskan oleh Mahkamah atau Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak.
Ampuan Tuanku,
Patik akhiri warkah yang tidak sepertinya ini dengan sekalung penghargaan ke atas keprihatinan dan pertimbangan Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tuanku, mudah-mudahan Allah Subhanahu Wata'ala melanjutkan usia Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tuanku dan seluruh kerabab Tuanku dan semoga sentiasa berada di dalam kesejahteraan dan kebahagian yang berkekalan.
Amin Ya Rabbal 'Alamin
Ampun Tuanku,
Patik dengan segala hormat takzimnya; bagi pihak Ahli-ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Pakatan Rakyat
YAB Dato' Seri Ir Haji Mohammad Nizar bin Jamaluddin
Menteri Besar Perak Darul Ridzuan
Surat tersebut adalah reaksi kepada titah baginda yang tidak memperkenankan pembubaran Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Perak serta Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin dan barisan exconya meletak jawatan berkuatkuasa serta merta.
Manakala Setiausaha kerajaan negeri Perak, Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Hashim telah mengarahkan Mohamad Nizar dan semua anggota exconya mengosongkan pejabat mereka dengan segera.
Berikut adalah kandungan penuh surat Mohammad Nizar kepada baginda Sultan:
5 Februari 2009
Mengadap Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Sultan Azlan Shah Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-Lah Paduka Sultan Negeri Perak Darul Ridzuan Yang bersemayam di atas takhta Kerajaan Negeri Perak Darul Ridzuan dengan beberapa amat kebesaran dan kemuliaannya.
Assalamualaikum
Ampuan Tuanku,
Dengan hormat dan takzimnya patik merafa'kan sembah dan berdoa kehadrat Allah Suhanahu Wata'ala, mudah-mudahan Duli Yang Maha mulia Tuanku sentiasa berada dalam keadaan selamat dan kesejahteraan.
Ampuan Tuanku,
MERAFA' SEMBAH MEMAKLUMKAN PERKEMBANGAN TERKINI DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI PERAK DARUL RIDZUAN
Warkah yang tidak sepertinya ini sebagai pengganti diri patik untuk menyembahkan kepada Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tuanku mengenai isu kedudukan terkini Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak Darul Ridzuan.
Patik merafa' sembah menjunjung kasih di atas perkenan Duli Yang Mah Mulia Tuanku pada pagi ini. Patik memohon izin untuk menyembahkan beberapa perkara:
1. Artikel XVl (6) Undang-undang Perlembagaan Negeri Perak menyatakan bahawa "If the Menteri Besar ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the Legislative Assembly, then, unless at his request His Royal Highness dissolves the Legislative Assembly, he shall tender the resignation of the Executive Council". Ini bermakna sokongan Menteri Besar itu perlu diputuskan oleh Persidangan Dewan Undangan Negeri.
2. Jumlah Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Pakatan Rakyat dan Barisan Nasional adalah sama iaitu 28 orang. Adalah kurang tepat andaian Barisan Nasional mempunyai majoriti. YB Yang Dipertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak telah memutuskan bahaw Adun bagi kawasan Behrang, Changkat Jering dan Jelapang bukan lagi Adun. YB Yang Dipertua Dewan Undangan
Negeri Perak dan Kerajaan Negeri Perak juga telah memfailkan satu permohonan untuk satu perisytiharan bahawa ketiga-tiga Adun berkenaan bukannya Adun untuk kawasan-kawasan tersebut, di Mahkamah Tinggi pada pagi ini. Sewajarnya kita menunggu keputusan mahkamah dalam kes tersebut.
Ampuan Tuanku,
Atas alasan di atas dan berdasarkan prinsip demnokrasi dan Raja Berperlembagaaan, Patik dengan ini merafa' sembah memohon agar Dewan Undangan Negeri dibubarkan bagi membolehkan rakyat memilih semula kerajaan yang dikehendaki mereka.
Ampuan Tuanku,
Patik dengan ini merafa' sembah bahawa pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat sebulat suara meminta patik untuk tidak meletak jawatan sehingga krisis perlembagaan ini diputuskan oleh Mahkamah atau Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak.
Ampuan Tuanku,
Patik akhiri warkah yang tidak sepertinya ini dengan sekalung penghargaan ke atas keprihatinan dan pertimbangan Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tuanku, mudah-mudahan Allah Subhanahu Wata'ala melanjutkan usia Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tuanku dan seluruh kerabab Tuanku dan semoga sentiasa berada di dalam kesejahteraan dan kebahagian yang berkekalan.
Amin Ya Rabbal 'Alamin
Ampun Tuanku,
Patik dengan segala hormat takzimnya; bagi pihak Ahli-ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Pakatan Rakyat
YAB Dato' Seri Ir Haji Mohammad Nizar bin Jamaluddin
Menteri Besar Perak Darul Ridzuan
Perak people robbed, shortchanged (Malaysiakini)
(This article was taken from Malaysiakini)
'It can be assured that there will be serious repercussions come the next general elections if the BN is allowed to govern Perak in this way.'
On Perak gov't collapses - BN claims power
Meng: If this is the beginning of Najib's politics, it bodes danger for the country and the rakyat. It is obvious that this is a man familiar only with cloak-and-dagger politics.
From his meeting with Saiful the sodomy accuser to Jamaluddin the Perak rep, everything smells of a rat.
This latest move by Najib is nothing more than a coup and not a proper transfer of power.
The people of Perak have been robbed and shortchanged and I can assure you that there will be serious repercussions come the next general elections if the BN is allowed to govern Perak in this way.
It is hoped that in this darkest hour, the Perak sultan in his wisdom will call for the dissolution of the Perak state assembly to make way for state elections.
If His Highness does not, then the rakyat will surely protest and will return with a vengeance at the next general elections.
Either way, the Barisan Nasional government is nearing its end. They are about to be checkmated.
Vivian Lim: After losing in two free and fair by-elections, Najib finally claims victory in Perak by undemocratic means. I was born and grew up in Perak.
The people of Perak gave victory to Pakatan Rakyat on March 8. Now Najib has, with one shake of his witch's broomstick (and God knows what else) taken away from Perak a government led mainly by people who serve the rakyat.
I appeal to Hee, the ex-DAP state assemblyperson. Please think. If you left DAP because of the ‘bad' guys there, do you honestly think Najib and his cronies are better?
Some things are more important than money or revenge. Rightly or wrongly, you will forever be remembered as someone who denied Perakians true democracy, and delivered them into the hands of their corrupt oppressor.
Do you honestly think you will get much joy out of being a part of BN? If it were not for DAP, you would not have risen from clerk to deputy speaker.
I also appeal to all Perakians and Malaysians to stand up in whatever way you can, defend what little democracy we have left before it is all taken away.
As I am writing this now, I do not yet have news of the Sultan of Perak's decision. I pray that His Highness will do what is wise, just and courageous.
I will not appeal to Najib. We all know there is no point in that.
Prema Subramaniam: As a resident of Perak, it is really a disgrace for Barisan Nasional to pinch the Pakatan Rakyat state representatives.
We pray that our Sultan will cede to Nizar's request and immediately dissolve the state assembly. All the BN representatives will lose their deposits if a snap elections were to be held.
The three state assembly persons who defected to BN are capable of doing anything for their personal gain.
For them, their self interests are above party interests. PR, please vet all your candidates before letting them stand for snap polls.
Perakian: To our benevolent Sultan Azlan Shah. I am a born-bred Perakian. Batu Gajah was my home for the first four years of my life before my family shifted to Ipoh where we still stay in.
Hence, I plead to you, my dear ruler, that you will exercise your excellent judgment and discernment to hear the hearts of Perakians, your people.
Yesterday was indeed a dark day for Perak when we saw a power struggle being conducted instead of nation-building. We have hopes of a better Perak, one that is growing economically and in stability.
And I believe Perakians have seen glimpses of development since Pakatan Rakyat governed the state.
Verily, the PR state government is far from perfect, far from ideal, but I believe this government ought to be given a more significant chance to serve the people of Perak.
I am not a lawyer, hence, I do not know how to speak the lingua franca of law and legalities. But, I do know that the Perakians have spoken on March 8, 2008 and we have chosen the PR government to represent us.
At least, let us decide once again on who we believe can govern this state well. Let us have the government we voted for, not one that barges in through crossovers.
The time has come for nation-building to be the country's and the state's highest priority.
This responsibility and privilege has become even more significant under such trying economic times, where the man-on-the-street is hard hit and the poor become even poorer.
Peter Ooi: It is rather sad that the Perak government under Pakatan Rakyat has to dissolve after hardly having served the state for less than a year.
It had to dissolve not because of its incapability to govern or administer efficiently but because of a few its elected representatives found it fit to desert their parties.
But whatever reasons these reps may have to leave, they are not acceptable to the public.
They were elected using the manisfestoes of their parties. It is the ideals and principles of the said manifestoes that the voters believed when they cast their votes.
Any rep leaving the party after having won is no better than a dishonest salesman who hoodwinks customers into buying products only to find that product's quality does not measure up to what was claimed.
Besides, it is common that large amounts of money be involved in trying to 'buy' reps from the opposite camp.
If the government is serious in combatting corruption, this is one area that it could completely eradicate corruption. Pass a law forbidding party hopping. When party hopping ends, corruption ends.
As long as party hopping is allowed, no government can rule effectively and efficiently. Every one is a suspect.
Thus, the powers-that-be would spend most of their time keeping track or spying on the ‘suspects' instead of concentrating on the day-to-day running of the country.
If Najib is serious in combatting corruption, make party-hopping against the law. Right now the rakyat in Perak are suffering due to uncertainties in the government.
Francis Rozario: The Perak sultan has the prerogative to dissolve the state assembly or to ask for a vote of confidence and if the current Perak MB does not receive such a vote of confidence, the ruler may then appoint another person who commands the majority of the assembly.
It is not necessary to dissolve the assembly at all but if there is a stalemate, then the sultan will have no alternative but to dissolve the state assembly.
Whilst this is a burden on the taxpayer, it is nonetheless necessary. It will help the rakyat to tell Najib that he is not PM material as this whole issue smells of his own personal involvement.
It is time the peole speak and if Perak goes for elections, the people must speak loud and clear.
Andrew Khoo: So much for the immorality of party-hopping and switching of allegiances.
Not that BN held the moral high ground before, but it certainly cannot claim it now and in the future.
G-man: All I can say is how disgusted I am by the conduct of the three defectors from PKR. This goes to show it was all about money and never about the people.
The reps for PKR were voted in for the parties they represented, not the individuals.
And it doesn't surprise me to see two corrupt politicians join the rest of these corrupted as they say birds of a feather, flock together.
The right thing to do is to call for a fresh mandate from the people and let them decide again.
23PSI: The wresting of control of Perak is a hollow victory - one without the support of the electorate.
BN may have succeeded in swinging the representatives over, but the electorate it has not. This only serves to make BN more repugnant than it already is.
Richard Teo: Its sickening. Once again the will of the people has been frustrated by the BN government which has used their power and money to lure the required number of reps to take over the Perak government.
It does not take a genius to know where the Pakatan Rakyat weakness was centred. The two reps who defected were involved in a corruption case which was scheduled for hearing on Feb 10.
What was offered to them is a matter of conjecture but their disappearance during the first few days of the Chinese New Year holidays indicated some kind of deal was struck and the two PKR member was going to hop over to BN in order to save their skin.
It would be interesting to see how the corruption case will now proceed. Most likely the powers-that-be behind the BN government will arrange for some kind of show trial which will eventually exonerate them of any guilt.
The only way for Perak to have a government of the people and for the people is to have a snap election which will finally decide which coalition should have the mandate to form the state government.
This can only happen if the Perak Sultan plays a pivotal role by being non-partisan in his decision to call for a snap election. For a democracy to survive and flourish, the sultan must pay heed to the wishes of its people.
The March 8 election which swept Pakatan Rakyat to power was no accident. If BN is allowed to frustrate the will of the people, then change will not happen because they have deemed it fit to cast aside the aspirations of the people.
This is a testing time for our democracy and the Perak Sultan's decision will no doubt indicate which direction our fledgling democracy will be heading.
Dian Abdullah: Twist and turn, here and there. Well, now it is up to the Sultan of Perak to do the right thing. That is to dissolve the state assembly and let the people decide again.
The arrogant manner Umno had continued with will not last long. In fact, if fresh elections are permitted, I am very sure the people of Perak will teach and even shame Najib and Umno beyond repair.
The Perak people have benefitted much during the short period under MB Mohd Nizar. Though many obstacles were put in front of him by Umno, he never once lost his cool.
Instead, he continued dutifully with his work. This is what the people have observed and I believe the royalty has noticed that too.
Like all Malaysians, I truly believe many more people have become sick and tired of the way money had been used to purchase power and position.
Umno stands to lose all rights and positions in Perak for a long, long time. The people of Perak will do their ‘kung fu kick' and seal their fate.
Aliran Executive Committee: Aliran is alarmed that the duly elected legitimate government in Perak is being toppled through immoral party-hopping thus frustrating the will of the people.
These party hoppers do not represent themselves but they are the representatives of the people. In the last election, these individuals were not elected solely on their individual merit.
Votes were mainly cast for the Pakatan Rakyat in rejecting the BN. If the people had chosen to cast their votes on the merit and qualification of candidates, many of them would not have been elected.
It is very clear the votes were meant for the party. These individuals have no right to now nullify the electoral process.
It would only be morally right that the state assembly be dissolved and fresh elections be held. Let the people decide again who should form government.
An alternative government should not be allowed to emerge through defections under such questionable and dubious circumstances without seeking a fresh mandate from the people in line with their aspirations.
Michael: Nizar is still the MB of Perak. The existing state assembly recognises him as the MB to date.
He will only lose his post via a vote of no-confidence against him in the state assembly and not outside the state assembly ,in concordance with the laws of Perak.
Until the next state assembly meeting is conducted to sack him, he is still the lawful MB. This is different from the absence of a valid state assembly (as normally happens immediately after a fresh election) when the party with the simple majority is allowed to form the government.
Therefore, His Royal Highness, the Sultan of Perak will not be wrong should he decide to dissolve the state assembly upon the request by the current MB.
Unless, of course, our beloved sultan thinks that BN will be able to form a more stable and united state government.
Jamaluddin oh Jamaluddin...
Beberapa hari yang lalu, saya terbaca satu artikel di Harakahdaily, menyatakan bahawa Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi, ADUN Behrang, di dalam tempohnya sebagai wakil rakyat KEADILAN ada menyebarkan khabar angin menyatakan bahawa Menteri Besar Perak, YAB Dato' Seri Haji Ir. Mohd. Nizar Jamaluddin adalah 'patung boneka' parti DAP.
Seingat saya, Jamaluddin bersama - sama dengan Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham serta YAB Menteri Besar adalah calon - calon Menteri Besar Perak yang baru ekoran kemenangan Pakatan Rakyat di dalam Pilihanraya Umum ke-12 tahun lalu.
Jamaluddin oh Jamaluddin...mengapa dengan dikau, wahai Ludin?
Adakah engkau di dalam kesedihan yang teramat kerana tidak dicalonkan? Sungguhpun engkau hanya sekangkang kera daripada menjadi orang teratas negeri Perak?
Jamaluddin oh Jamaluddin...
Tidakkah engkau sedar? Andaikata engkau yang menjadi Menteri Besar sekalipun, nescaya engkau juga akan turut dilabel 'patung boneka' DAP.
Entahlah, Ludin. Aku malas nak layan perangai engkau.
Seingat saya, Jamaluddin bersama - sama dengan Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham serta YAB Menteri Besar adalah calon - calon Menteri Besar Perak yang baru ekoran kemenangan Pakatan Rakyat di dalam Pilihanraya Umum ke-12 tahun lalu.
Jamaluddin oh Jamaluddin...mengapa dengan dikau, wahai Ludin?
Adakah engkau di dalam kesedihan yang teramat kerana tidak dicalonkan? Sungguhpun engkau hanya sekangkang kera daripada menjadi orang teratas negeri Perak?
Jamaluddin oh Jamaluddin...
Tidakkah engkau sedar? Andaikata engkau yang menjadi Menteri Besar sekalipun, nescaya engkau juga akan turut dilabel 'patung boneka' DAP.
Entahlah, Ludin. Aku malas nak layan perangai engkau.
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