<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202779219918640018</id><updated>2011-04-21T21:01:31.681-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Positive Criticism</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Cucu Adam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11606388085817098730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202779219918640018.post-3453640013098367602</id><published>2008-08-30T07:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-30T07:38:32.709-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Permatang Pauh By Election Impacts</title><content type='html'>It would have been better if BN/UMNO did not participate at all in recent by election at Permatang Pauh, as it would have save the tax payers money, as well as the political parties that participated in the by election. It is interesting to note that Datuk Seri Anuar who emerged as the newly elected MP of Permatang Pauh managed to get 31,195 votes, while the BN candidate managed to get only 15,524 votes. This gave DSAI a majority of 15,671 which exceeded what BN candidate got. What had gone wrong with the BN/UMNO, only they know for sure. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Judging from the votes received by the BN candidate if this pattern is to continue in the next general election, the BN candidate Arif Shah will lose the State Assembly seat for Seberang Jaya. Arif Shah managed to get only 6,345 votes as compared to 11,084 votes obtained by DSAI in the Sebarang Jaya State Assembly that makes up Permatang Pauh. It is no surprised as during the 12&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;. General Election he won by only 500 votes, and judging by his performance in the by election, it is very unlikely that he will not contest in any election again.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will there be any difference if BN/UMNO had nominated someone else to contest against DSAI. Some of the names mentioned to contest the by election include Ezam, and it was even rumoured that Samy Velu was a willing candidate to contest against DSAI. Had it been a different candidate will BN/UMNO won the by election, or at least reduced the majority, or could it have been worst. During the campaign almost the entire cabinet members and BN top guns were at Permatang Pauh but received little attention from the voters at Permatang Pauh. The Prime Media did all they could to portray DSAI as untrustworthy and dishonest and &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;that the voters would be making a big mistake should they choose DSAI instead of BN candidate.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The BN/UMNO even went to the extent of manipulating the rifts that occurred in Pakatan Rakyat, and that it will be a matter of time the Pakatan Statement Government in Selangor and Perak would be ouster by BN. In its effort to topple the Perak State Government, the BPR arrest two of State Exco for an alleged bribes received by the two state Exco for a project in Seri Iskandar. As the project is non existence the State Government and the two Exco are suing the BPR for the wrongful arrest of two State Exco.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Every attempt was made to cause an upset for DSAI. Weeks before nomination day he was charged for the second time on sodomy and was remanded in the police lock for one night, and when he was &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;later charged in the court, and &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;was most fortunate to been allowed to make a personal bail (DSAI did mentioned should the bail been refused and that &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;he will be sent to prison, he will contest the by election from behind the bars). A day before the nomination, Saiful the person who alleged was sodomised by DSAI held a Swearing Ceremony at Wilayah Mosque at Jalan Duta. Just before the election Datuk Nalla accused DSAI of receiving RM60 million from Magnum. The BPR had requested Datuk Nalla to make a police report and request him to go to BPR headquarters for more information about the alleged bribery. While at Parliament the DNA Act is now been tabled. All these are done to frustrate DSAI, and &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;to destroy any hope of DSAI to head the Federal Government with the expected crossing over&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;of BN MPs to Pakatan Rakyat before September 16 2008.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Now that the by election is over and DSAI had been sworn as MP for Permatang Pauh as well as appointed as &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Opposition Leader, it is interesting to watch what happen after this. There is no doubt that BN/UMNO will go all out to prevent DSAI from toppling BN/UMNO government with the crossing over of BN MPs from Sabah and Sarawak, and there were talks that some will be coming&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;from Peninsular Malaysia. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Muhiyuddin Yasin, an UMNO Vice President admitted if the support to the opposition become a trend in future by elections, the BN/UMNO will be having a very tough time to win in the next General Election which will be held in 2012. All sorts of excuses had been given for the poor performance of the BN/UMNO during the Permatang Pauh by election. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In order to remain in power and hoping to regain control, the Budget 2009 surprised everyone with all the goodies that were offer to all walks of life. The allocations that were given to Sabah and Sarawak indeed surprised the people in East Malaysia. Abdullah made mistakes by not announcing these before the 12&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;. General Election or before the recent by election in Permatang Pauh. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The Menteri Besar of Kelantan commented that the Budget 2009 are oriented towards the people needs is mainly because of the presence of strong opposition that exists in today Parliament. Surely there are some truths on what Nik Aziz’s remarks. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;BN/UMNO could expect to lose more &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;seats if by elections are to be held in future. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6202779219918640018-3453640013098367602?l=positivecriticism.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/feeds/3453640013098367602/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6202779219918640018&amp;postID=3453640013098367602' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/3453640013098367602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/3453640013098367602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/2008/08/permatang-pauh-by-election-impacts.html' title='Permatang Pauh By Election Impacts'/><author><name>Cucu Adam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11606388085817098730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202779219918640018.post-4054285205865918526</id><published>2008-07-30T08:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-01T05:14:22.688-07:00</updated><title type='text'>THE TASTE OF DEFEAT</title><content type='html'>When will  BN/UMNO learned to be civilized and accept defeat gracefully. Some of the recent events that took place before and after the recent General Election were a disgrace, shameful and embrasing not only to the nation but also internationally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prior to the General Election, we witnessed the Lingam’s Case that confirmed that the ugly incidents did took place. It is hard to imagine the people in the top judiciary were actively involved and that it was crystal clear that court cases that were tried by those involved,  their verdicts could be predetermined. What had gone wrong with our judiciary? Reforms  will be  introduced but the public confidence in the Malaysian Judiciary System may take sometime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have the Heads of the Police and the Attorney General being sued by Datuk Seri Anuar who felt that through abuses and manipulations by these two high ranking officers, Anuar was confined to Sungai Buloh Prison for 6 years and disqualified him to contest in an election until April 14 2008. These two figures should be suspended from office until the outcome of the court summons by Anuar has been decided by the Court. Never in the history of this country has these two offices being sued by individuals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most damaging among the events that took place is the accusation of sodomy on Datuk Seri Anuar for yet the second time. Has he not been punished enough? Recent events seemed to indicate that the sodomy did not takes place at all. The doctor who did the medical examination on the person allegedly sodomised by DSAI found the no trace of sodomy on the so called victim. DSAI was right in refusing to undergo another DNA examination for the fear that it will be abused to frame him. Any way another DNA is not required as DSAI had done 6 DNA medical examinations when he was charged on sodomy in his first sodomy case.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The government was calling it foul for the leakage of the medical reports that found it way to the internet and had been now being seen and read by millions of people all over the globe. Did the government ever think on the damage over DSAI reputation or is that not important at all. Instead of apologizing to DSAI and his family and withdrawing the case immediately, it seemed that the court case will continue to be pursued.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The government is going all out to put Anuar to shame and frustrated his desire for Pakatan Rakyat to take over the Government of Malaysia on or before September 16 2008. DSAI is now set to contest the by election at Kulim Bandar Baru very soon. It was earlier reported that Ezam will contest a by election if held at Bandar Tun Razak. With the letter of resignation letter from MP of Permatang Pauh to the Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, it is now confirmed that DSAI will contest the Permatang Pauh seat, a seat that DSAI was an MP for 17 years in a by election.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is interesting now is whether the by election will be held or not, as the government will find excuses to deny DSAI to be an elected MP. It will also be interesting if the by election is held, who will be the BN candidate. Will BN/UMNO nominates Ezam or retain the former Masjid Negara Imam to contest for yet  the third time. If denying Datin Seri Azizah the seat for Permatang Pauh was an impossible task, to deny DSAI would be just impossible, and to this end the BN/UMNO may have to put to dirty tactics as they often did whenever a by election was held in the past. And of course if DSAI gets elected, BN/UMNO will announce to the world democracy is at work in Malaysia with an opposition leader such as DSAI winning a by election. Should BN/UMNO wins in the by election the announcement to the world is that the days of Pakatan Rakyat are numbered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UMNO in its efforts to cause disunity in Pakatan Rakyat proposed to have some talks  (Muzakarah) with PAS (a component party of Pakatan). Are they sincere that they are serious about having talks with PAS. What now??? UMNO is even willing to let PAS to be the Menteri Besar/Ketua Menteri post to PAS if together they form a coalition government in the five states ruled by the Pakatan Rakyat. PAS should realized who are their enemies and friends. Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz did the right thing to direct his party to call off any talk with UMNO.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6202779219918640018-4054285205865918526?l=positivecriticism.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/feeds/4054285205865918526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6202779219918640018&amp;postID=4054285205865918526' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/4054285205865918526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/4054285205865918526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/2008/07/when-will-bnumno-learned-to-be.html' title='THE TASTE OF DEFEAT'/><author><name>Cucu Adam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11606388085817098730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202779219918640018.post-5456525441719546040</id><published>2008-04-26T13:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T13:16:24.418-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Isu Babi Di Sepang&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Di dalam keadaan yang tersepit dan juga bagi tujuan memburukkan Kerajaan Pakatan di Selangor, pengumuman oleh Tan Seri Khalid untuk melaksanakan Modern Pig Farming di&lt;br /&gt;Sepang, Selangor telah digunakan secara maksima yang mungkin. Dibuat tuduhan bahawa Tan Seri Khalid tidak sensitif ke atas umat Melayu yang beragama Islam. Pada hal apa&lt;br /&gt;yang hendak dilakukan ialah melakukan kawalan yang berkesan ke atas ternakan babi supaya nasib yang buruk seperti berlaku di &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bukit Pelanduk di Negeri Sembilan dan Kuala &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Linggi di Melaka&lt;/span&gt; tidak akan berulang lagi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keadaan yang jijik dan meloyakan sepertimana ditayangkan di RTM dan TV3, jika terus dibiarkan tentunya akan membawa padah yang buruk ke Selangor dan Malaysia. Apakah&lt;br /&gt;penduduk di Sepang tidak mahu perubahan untuk mengawal keadaan ternakan babi berterusan di dalam keadaan yang ada sekarang. Tidak mahukah mereka ternakan babi di&lt;br /&gt;kawasan mereka itu dikawal dan supaya tidak dilakukan sewenang-wenangnya di merata tempat-tempat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malahan projek ternakan babi di Sepang bukannya berlaku sebaik saja kerajaan Selangor bertukar tangan ke tangan Pakatan Rakyat. Ia adalah suatu peninggalan yang jijik lagi&lt;br /&gt;menjijikan oleh Kerajaan Barisan Nasional dibawah Mohd Toyo dan mereka yang sebelumnya. Susah sangatkah untuk memahaminya. Yang anihnya lawatan ke beberapa buah&lt;br /&gt;negara khususnya ke negeri Jerman telah dilakukan dan hasil lawatan tersebut, persetujuan telah diambil untuk mengenalkan Modern Pig Farming di Sepang. Sepatutnya tidaklah&lt;br /&gt;menjadi salah apa yang kerajaan baru Selangor di bawah Tan Seri Khalid hendak lakukan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sayangnya isu ini telah diexplotasikan oleh UMNO dengan membuat tuduhan liar ke atas Tan Seri Khalid. Daripada kata-kata Menteri Penerangan yang baru, isu ternakan babi ini&lt;br /&gt;diharap akan mengoncangkan keyakinan parti PAS yang akan membawa perpecahan di dalam Pakatan Rakyat, dan jika ini terjadi Kerajaan Pakatan Negeri di sekurang-kurang dua&lt;br /&gt;negeri - Selangor dan Perak akan tumbang, dan memberikan harapan besar untuk BN/UMNO berkuasa semula di negeri-negeri tersebut. Adakah ini akan berlaku berdasarkan&lt;br /&gt;perkembangan terkini. Belum ada lagi pemimpin PAS yang melatak menyuarakan pandangan yang sumbang yang boleh menumbangkan kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sebagai pengajaran kepada penduduk di Sepang, sewajarnya keadaan ternakan babi di kawasan tersebut dibiarkan berterusan seperti sediakala, dan biarkanlah mereka berhadapan dengan masalah-masalah yang telah sekian lama mereka hadapi. Tanggohkan apa juga tindakan yang hendak diambil khususnya berhubung dengan rancangan ternakan babi secara Modern Pig Farming. Biarkan keadaan kotor di kawasan tersebut bertambah buruk lagi. Biarkan pencemaran busuk dan pantai Bagan Lallang dicemari oleh najis babi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jangan laksanakan projek Modern Pig Farming pada tahun ini atau pun pada tahun hadapan. Tunggu sehingga penduduk Sepang tidak tahan lagi, dan akhirnya menghantar rombongan untuk bertemu dengan Tan Seri Khalid, dan memohon projek ternakan babi secara Modern Pig Farming disegerakan. Sudah jelas penduduk Sepang tidak lansung menghargai niat baik Tan Seri Khalid yang cuba menyelesaian masalah ternakan babi di kawasan tersebut untuk kepentingan mereka sendiri.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jangan terperanjat Modern Pig Farming akan dilaksanakan di negeri-negeri yang diperintah oleh BN/UMNO seumpamanya di Melaka dan Negeri Sembilan. Sudah menjadi lumrah&lt;br /&gt;sesuatu yang baru walau pun nyatakan membawa kebaikan ditentang habis-habisan tanpa alasan yang kokuh.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6202779219918640018-5456525441719546040?l=positivecriticism.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/feeds/5456525441719546040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6202779219918640018&amp;postID=5456525441719546040' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/5456525441719546040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/5456525441719546040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/2008/04/isu-babi-di-sepang-di-dalam-keadaan.html' title=''/><author><name>Cucu Adam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11606388085817098730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202779219918640018.post-3845112683326150920</id><published>2008-04-25T10:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-25T10:40:38.796-07:00</updated><title type='text'>blogspot.com</title><content type='html'>&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;table, tr, td { background-color: transparent; border: none; border-width: 0; }&lt;br /&gt;body {&lt;br /&gt;background-color:FFFFFF;&lt;br /&gt;  background-image: url('http://www.yourspaceisbest.com//upload/backgrounds/green-bamboo-myspace-background.gif');&lt;br /&gt;  background-repeat:repeat;&lt;br /&gt;  background-attachment:fixed;&lt;br /&gt; }&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;z-index:9; text-align:center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.yourspaceisbest.com/category/5/myspace/backgrounds.html'&gt;Myspace Backgrounds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; at &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.yourspaceisbest.com/'&gt;YourSpaceIsBest.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;          &lt;embed height="0" width="0" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/CIMP/JnB*PTEyMDkxNDUyMzIzNzUmcD*zMjEwMSZkPSZuPWJsb2dnZXI=.swf" flashvars="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" &gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6202779219918640018-3845112683326150920?l=positivecriticism.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/feeds/3845112683326150920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6202779219918640018&amp;postID=3845112683326150920' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/3845112683326150920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/3845112683326150920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/2008/04/blogspotcom.html' title='blogspot.com'/><author><name>Cucu Adam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11606388085817098730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202779219918640018.post-7892893816481951539</id><published>2008-03-16T08:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-16T08:32:50.160-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ANWAR – A BY ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT AS SENATOR</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Is it necessary for the newly elected Members of Parliament for Lembah Pantai and Permatang Pauh to resign to enable a by election to be held in order that Anwar Ibrahim to contest the by election and be elected as Member of Parliament. Shouldn’t both of them remain as Member of Parliament? The Malaysian Parliament like other Legislature in other countries such as the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;United Kingdom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; and the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; is made of two Houses. In the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;United Kingdom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; the two houses are called the House of Commons and the House of Lord. The same comparison could be made to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Malaysia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; – the Lower House known as Dewan Rakyat and the Upper House known as Dewan Senate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Since the Barisan Rakyat is now in control of five states, namely Kelantan, Kedah, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Penang&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;, Perak and Selangor, is it not better for one of the states to nominate Anwar Ibrahim as a Senator to enable him to voice his opinions. Alternatively, since Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is one of the coalition parties that formed the State Government of Selangor, perhaps Selangor should nominate Anwar Ibrahim to be a Senator. (All State Governments appoint two Senators from each state).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Alternatively should Anwar Ibrahim chooses to be an elected Member of Parliament, instead of Nurul Izzah (Lembah Pantai) or Puan Azizah (Permatang Pauh) resigning their seats, and to enable Tan Seri Khalid Ibrahim to focus on his newly appointed job as Menteri Besar of Selangor, he should offer to resign as Member of Parliament for Bandar Tun Razak to make way for a by election for Anwar Ibrahim to contest and enter Parliament.&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Likewise the newly appointed Chief Minister of Penang, may also resign as Member of Parliament to enable someone from Democratic Action Party to contest in the by election. He will then be able to focus on his newly appointed job as the Chief Minister of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Penang&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;I also feel that the Deputy President of Parti Keadilan Rakyat should be made a Senator which may either come from Selangor or Perak. Likewise Party Islam (PAS) should nominate Mohamad Sabu, Mustaffa Ali and Appandi Mohamad as Senators. Their nomination may come from Kelantan or Kedah.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;As it, PAS has only two Senators in the House of Senate representing the State of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Kelantan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:State&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;. Having more Senators in the House of Senate representing the Barisan Rakyat will make the Barisan Rakyat to be heard.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6202779219918640018-7892893816481951539?l=positivecriticism.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/feeds/7892893816481951539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6202779219918640018&amp;postID=7892893816481951539' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/7892893816481951539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/7892893816481951539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/2008/03/anwar-by-election-or-appointment-as_16.html' title='ANWAR – A BY ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT AS SENATOR'/><author><name>Cucu Adam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11606388085817098730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202779219918640018.post-3115577115482023991</id><published>2008-03-16T08:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-16T08:30:18.722-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SHOW BN THE EXIT DOOR</title><content type='html'>&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Just before &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:date year="2008" day="8" month="3"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;March 8  2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;, where Malaysians went to the poll, Barisan Nasional (BN) felt that the results will be similar to the Election Results 2004, and at its worst will at least attained a two thirds majority in the Dewan Rakyat. They were even confident that Kelantan that had been under Parti Islam (PAS) for the last 18 years will be regained. And nothing was said or heard that four states on the west coast of Peninsular &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Malaysia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; will go to the opposition parties.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;The results of the Malaysian 12&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;. General Election had been described as political tsunami by many, and indeed surprised not only the &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Barisan Nasional but also the opposition parties, as well as the Rakyat, the business sector and even the world.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;It was unheard before the election that people in the street will talk badly on Barisan Nasional, and it did happened just a day later. They were talking upon the disaster falling on the Barisan Nasional loud and clear, and seemed to be contented with what happened to the Barisan Nasional. And that was what were happening all over the country.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;The victory that the Barisan Rakyat attained in the general election – can it be sustained or will the states be taken back by Barisan Nasional in the next general election, as what happened to the state of Trengganu, which was under PAS for only four years. As a matter many would have expected PAS to regain the state, and it didn’t happened.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Despite using dirty tactics and foul plays, Barisan Nasional only managed to secure 180 seats in the Dewan Rakyat short of 8 to secure a two thirds majority. Remours are going around Barisan Nasional are shopping to secure 8 members of the opposition members to join the Barisan Nasional. There were also remours are also going around that some members of Parliament may crossover to the Barisan Rakyat.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;The self destruction of Barisan Nasional has just begun. The lost of several seats in the recent election had been attributed by many factors. The internal conflicts that existed among the Barisan Nasional parties are very real and are worrying the leaders. The choice of unpopular candidates over the incumbents, had not caused them to stay away during the election campaign, but in extreme cases, they had been going from house to house and getting the votes not to vote for Barisan Nasional candidates contesting in the election.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;This was something that had been overlooked by Ahmad Badawi in particular. Thinking that Barisan Nasional&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;will make a clean sweep in the election, attempts were made to ignore the requests from several branches on appointment of candidates whom they preferred. Abdullah had been receiving the wrong advices in particular from his son in law Khairy Jamaluddin on the selection of candidates.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;The lost of several seats were attributed by the lost of seats contested by Gerakan, MCA, MIC and PPP which saw the leaders from these parties losing in the election even contesting in safe seats that had been BN’s stronghold for a very long time.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;As in Kelantan since the last 18 years, BN attempt to regain the state failed miserably. The same will go for the four states that are taken by Barisan Alternatif. One of the sure way to keep out BN from taking over the states they lost, is for Barisan Alternatif to fulfill the promises that they made during the election. The fulfillment of these promises will closely be watched by people of the states that remain under Barisan Nasional, and in the next election, they may cast their votes for Barisan Alternatif candidates. The Barisan Alternatif should have a roadmap not only in sustaining the states that they now controlled but show look into possibility of getting other states under their control. The should also&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;focus on Sabah and Sarawak, and if getting these two states under their control an impossible task, the least to lessen the number of seats to be won by Barisan Nasional parties in both states. And the works begin from now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6202779219918640018-3115577115482023991?l=positivecriticism.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/feeds/3115577115482023991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6202779219918640018&amp;postID=3115577115482023991' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/3115577115482023991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/3115577115482023991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/2008/03/show-bn-exit-door.html' title='SHOW BN THE EXIT DOOR'/><author><name>Cucu Adam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11606388085817098730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202779219918640018.post-6934409913212062319</id><published>2008-03-11T20:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-11T20:29:10.964-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ANWAR – A BY ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT AS SENATOR</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Is it necessary for the newly elected Members of Parliament for Lembah Pantai and Permatang Pauh to resign to enable a by election to be held in order that Anwar Ibrahim to contest the by election and be elected as Member of Parliament. Shouldn’t both of them remain as Member of Parliament? The Malaysian Parliament like other Legislature in other countries such as the &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;United Kingdom&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; and the &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;United States&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; is made of two Houses. In the &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;United   Kingdom&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; the two houses are called the House of Commons and the House of Lord. The same comparison could be made to &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Malaysia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; – the Lower House known as Dewan Rakyat and the Upper House known as Dewan Senate.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Since the Barisan Rakyat is now in control of five states, namely Kelantan, Kedah, &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Penang&lt;/st1:place&gt;, Perak and Selangor, is it not better for one of the states to nominate Anwar Ibrahim as a Senator to enable him to voice his opinions. Alternatively, since Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is one of the coalition parties that formed the State Government of Selangor, perhaps Selangor should nominate Anwar Ibrahim to be a Senator. (All State Governments appoint two Senators from each state).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Alternatively should Anwar Ibrahim chooses to be an elected Member of Parliament, instead of Nurul Izzah (Lembah Pantai) or Puan Azizah (Permatang Pauh) resigning their seats, and to enable Tan Seri Khalid Ibrahim to focus on his newly appointed job as Menteri Besar of Selangor, he should offer to resign as Member of Parliament for Bandar Tun Razak to make way for a by election for Anwar Ibrahim to contest and enter Parliament.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Likewise the newly appointed Chief Minister of Penang, may also resign as Member of Parliament to enable someone from Democratic Action Party to contest in the by election. He will then be able to focus on his newly appointed job as the Chief Minister of &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Penang&lt;/st1:place&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;I also feel that the Deputy President of Parti Keadilan Rakyat should be made a Senator which may either come from Selangor or Perak. Likewise Party Islam (PAS) should nominate Mohamad Sabu, Mustaffa Ali and Appandi Mohamad as Senators. Their nomination may come from Kelantan or Kedah.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;As it, PAS has only two Senators in the House of Senate representing the State of &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Kelantan&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:State&gt;. Having more Senators in the House of Senate representing the Barisan Rakyat will make the Barisan Rakyat to be heard.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6202779219918640018-6934409913212062319?l=positivecriticism.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/feeds/6934409913212062319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6202779219918640018&amp;postID=6934409913212062319' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/6934409913212062319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/6934409913212062319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/2008/03/anwar-by-election-or-appointment-as.html' title='ANWAR – A BY ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT AS SENATOR'/><author><name>Cucu Adam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11606388085817098730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202779219918640018.post-8136633191863944786</id><published>2008-03-11T20:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-11T20:26:11.414-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Party Manifesto</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="MS"&gt;During the recent election campaign the Opposition Party came up with their party manifesto. Now that five states, namely &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Kelantan&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Kedah&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Penang&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Perak&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Selangor&lt;/span&gt; are ruled by &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Barisan&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Rakyat&lt;/span&gt; some leaders from the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Barisan&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Nasional&lt;/span&gt; are demanding that &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Barisan&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Rakyat&lt;/span&gt; honour the promises they made through their party &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;manifesto&lt;/span&gt;. What they failed to understand or pretend not to understand,&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;the promises to implement what was written in the manifesto is will only apply if they formed the Federal &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Government&lt;/span&gt; of Malaysia.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="MS"&gt;It is plain stupidity on the parts of so called leaders like Dr &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;Mahathir&lt;/span&gt; Mohammad being a former Prime Minister and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Hishamuddin&lt;/span&gt; Hussein to make statements that they expected &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Barisan&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;Rakyat&lt;/span&gt; who are in control of the five states to honour the promises outline in party manifesto.There is no doubt that many more of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;Barisan&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;Nasional&lt;/span&gt; leaders will be echoing the same message, and will make similar statements that &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;Barisan&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;Rakyat&lt;/span&gt; leaders can make promises but in no position to honour such promises.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="MS"&gt;They hope that this will trigger the people’s anger towards &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;Barisan&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;Rakyat&lt;/span&gt;, and that it will pave the way for them to take back the five states. Let us hope the Malaysian at large are not easily influence by these unhealthy statements made by the so called leaders. It just proved their shallow understand of what democracy is all about.   &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="MS"&gt;The leaders from &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"&gt;Barisan&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"&gt;Nasional&lt;/span&gt; made several press statements that they accepted the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"&gt;Barisan&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"&gt;Nasional&lt;/span&gt; defeat in the recent election with an &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"&gt;opened&lt;/span&gt; heart and respected the wishes of the people. Yet in another breath with twists and turns, it was crystal clear that they were not sincere in what they said. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6202779219918640018-8136633191863944786?l=positivecriticism.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/feeds/8136633191863944786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6202779219918640018&amp;postID=8136633191863944786' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/8136633191863944786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/8136633191863944786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/2008/03/party-manifesto.html' title='Party Manifesto'/><author><name>Cucu Adam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11606388085817098730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202779219918640018.post-4306628539599792593</id><published>2008-03-11T02:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-11T02:45:50.622-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MAKING IT WORKS</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;The nation and perhaps the entire world is watching closely with interest whether the five states won by the Opposition Parties, namely Kelantan, Kedah, Perak, Penang and Selangor will be able to rule the five states in an effective manner, and are far better that those states that continued to be ruled by the Barisan Nasional . Differences do exist and it will not be easy to just leave them aside. More importantly such weaknesses and failures will be highlighted by the Barisan Nasional and the media that are controlled by them to cause instability in those five states.&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Whether these five states will be continued to rule by the Barisan Rakyat (Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Democratic Action Party and Parti Islam &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Malaysia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;) in future will depend much on the co-operation among these three parties). Their success will then no longer be manipulated by the Barisan Nasional and the media. In all probabilities more states may fall to them in the next General Election, and their success attained will be envy by the states ruled by Barisan Nasional.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;As said, it will not be easy to put aside the differences that existed among the parties that make up the Barisan Rakyat. Even before the new Menteri Besar and Ketua Menteri are appointed there are already demands from various sectors that the lines up of the State EXCOs posts. These are not healthy signs which may jeopardize the effective functions of the five states in questioned.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Due credit deserves to be given to the newly appointed Menteri Besar of Kedah, who is offering EXCO position to newly elected DAP and to the Independent in Kedah. The other three other states (Kelantan been excluded) should follow the fine example shown by the newly appointed Menteri Besar of Kedah. I believe DAP and Keadilan should appoint the sole PAS member in the Penang State Assembly to as an EXCO member as well. Think of the long run impact Barisan Rakyat.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Top party leaders from parties that make up the Barisan Rakyat should sit down and deliberate seriously and come to agreement on maximum co-operation among them. Notably in this aspect is the role to be played by Datuk Seri Anwar from Keadilan.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;To ensure the voices of&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Barisan Rakyat are also heard in the Dewan Senate, I believe the Senatorship should be offered among others&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;to Syed Husin Ali (Deputy President – Keadilan), Mohammad Sabu and Datuk Mustafa Ali. Forget about what the Barisan Nasional would comment on these appointments, as past performance proved that &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;they are even bigger culprit.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Barisan Nasional continues to rule &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Malaysia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, and may continue to do for many years to come. The obvious advantage that the Barisan Nasional possessed is the support they get from Barisan Nasional parties &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;in Sabah and &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Sarawak&lt;/st1:place&gt;. Together these two states contributed 52 Members of Parliament from the total of 180 Members of Parliament won in Malaysia 12 General Election. Barisan Rakyat should make an effort to intensive their efforts to spread their wings all over these two states. Perhaps get the existing local parties in these two states to become members of Barisan Rakyat, and give an all out efforts to strengthen them. The Barisan Nasional in these two states will be able to remain power for sometime, but the least the Barisan Rakyat could do is to win some seats (both Parliament and States) from these two states.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;In the past, too often DAP and Keadilan contested for the same seats in both Sarawak and &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Sabah&lt;/st1:place&gt;, and by doing so the Barisan Nasional easily won the seats. Some of the seats were marginally won, and it is not something impossible for Barisan Rakyat parties to win seats in these two states. Barisan Rakyat must make it appears that they are ready to rule Malaysia, and should go all out efforts to make it happens in the next General Election, which will be about four years from now, or earlier. Make it as the main agenda.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6202779219918640018-4306628539599792593?l=positivecriticism.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/feeds/4306628539599792593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6202779219918640018&amp;postID=4306628539599792593' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/4306628539599792593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/4306628539599792593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/2008/03/making-it-works.html' title='MAKING IT WORKS'/><author><name>Cucu Adam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11606388085817098730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202779219918640018.post-3619137608431074756</id><published>2008-03-10T03:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-11T02:42:47.648-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BARISAN NASIONAL LOSSES</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Barisan Nasional was too over confident that they would win easily &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;in the recently held &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Malaysia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; 12&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;. General Election. In spite of all the advantages which they had – enormous some of money for their campaign, the government machinery (including the Police and the Election Commission (SPR), as well as the local media.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;Without shame and the feeling of wrong doings, local media were extensively used to spread Barisan Nasional propaganda and lies, to the extent it became boring to read the local press or even to listen to radio and watch TV news. The mastermind in spreading the Barisan Nasional lies was none other the ex Minister of Information, Zainuddin Maidin, who was contesting in Sungai Petani (P.15) and failed to defend the seat. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Since he lost his seat, his face no longer appeared on the local TV unlike those days where more often than not his stupid and ugly looking face will appeared on local TV without failed for the last four years or so. It is a great relief that the nation is spared the torture to witness the lies propagated by this man. Zainuddin Maidin was not the first Minister of Information to have resort to using the TV in particular, to prorogate Barisan National lies. In the past Datuk Rahmat when he was the Minister of Information was no different. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Samy Vellu the ex Minister of Works, who contested in Sungai Siput (P.62) failed to defend his seat having been the MP closed to two decades. Perhaps his downfall was because&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;the hatered by many, even among the Indians, as well as his big mouth. One of the statements he made during the election campaign was that his opponent Dr Michael Jeyakuman Devaraj of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) will never ever unseated him. Serve him right for his big mouth. Because of the hatred towards this one man, only 3 out of 9 were elected to represent Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) made it to the Parliament.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;During the campaigning period there were too many negative statements made by Ministers (Samy Vellu, Ong Ka Ting and Dr Lim Keng Yaik), Chandra Mustaffa (Just World), Nallakumar, Roslan Kasim (ex founder of Parti Keadilan Nasional) and others on the ex Deputy Prime Minister, Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim. This could be a contributing factor for Barisan Nasional loss in the election. The Rakyat must have been fed up and boring to hear the same music been played too often by these kinds of people), especially when the General Election was just around the corner. Why was such comments not made long before the election was held. Purely cheap stuff and propaganda that would suit the Barisan Nasional.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar was also responsible for Barisan Nasional loss in the previous election. He is the son in law of Ahmad Badawi (Prime Minister of Malaysia) and contested in Rembau (P.131). Although he won in the election it was by a much reduced majority than the General Election of 2004. Perhaps he could be one of the persons responsible for the loss of Barisan Nasional candidates in the state of Kelantan in the recent election. His ‘Enough18 Years of PAS Rule in Kelantan’ backfired on him, and turned to be ‘Enough of 50Years Rule of Barisan Nasional Rule in Malaysia’ It is strange that not a word &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;from comes him after the General Election, except for a brief statement of his admission that some mistakes were made during the election campaign that caused Barisan Nasional losses.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Perhaps once didn’t notice and take into account the role played by Ramly the Speaker of Dewan Rakyat that caused the Barisan Nasional lost. As always including the Speakers before him, he seemed to treat whatever proposals for a debate that came from the Opposition Members were always &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;not urgent, and need not be debated. He may still remain as the Speaker for Dewan Rakyat when Parliamentary session commences very soon. Will he continue with the same tactics whenever proposals from the Opposition Members are tabled? It left to be seen.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Of course the list is incomplete without mentioning the role played by the Chairman of&lt;br /&gt;Election Commission, Rashid, and his so called gang. Despite of the many reports that were made on the irregularities that existed in Voters Lists in the Election, and the numerous defectives directives given by the commission, he denied such irregularities and defects. The Election Commission is supposed to be an independent body, but under Rashid the commission is behaving like a government agency that listened to orders dictated by the Prime Minster and the Cabinet. He would be not around in the next General Election, and hopefully the new Chairman to be appointed will be more professional and not to be bias towards the Opposition.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Added to this list was the role played by the police headed by IGP Musa. Musa and his officers should go to advanced countries to witness how protest demonstrations are carried out&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;such as in&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;the &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;United Kingdom&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;. Usually the police will walk with the demonstrators in a long queue and their roles were solely to regulate smooth movements of traffic and will not resort to using water cannons and the likes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Another figure that needs to be mentioned is Hishamuddin bin Hussein who displayed the keris (Malay dagger) during UMNO Youth Movement Annual Meeting, that hurt the feelings of the non Malays. Mohamad Nazri Abd Aziz (Perak) during the recent Parliament session mentioned that the opposition parties would be badly defeated in the 12 General Election. Did he realized now how &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;badly the Barisan Nasional was beaten in the election. Even his home state, Perak is now ruled by the Opposition. Mind your mouth and think before you say something, and look at the damages you had done. It is fortunate that you were elected in the recent election otherwise they will be too many people who will be overjoyed by your defeat.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;There were too many more people who contributed to Barisan Nasional losses and the list should also include Mohd Toyo (the ex Menteri Besar of Selangor), Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam (Chief Minister of Melaka), Anuar Musa (Kelantan) Rais Yatim. You all tried to portray yourself as heroes but in actual fact you are behaving as villains and big bullies.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Let History Be The Judge To Your Deeds&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6202779219918640018-3619137608431074756?l=positivecriticism.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/feeds/3619137608431074756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6202779219918640018&amp;postID=3619137608431074756' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/3619137608431074756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6202779219918640018/posts/default/3619137608431074756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://positivecriticism.blogspot.com/2008/03/malaysian-election.html' title='BARISAN NASIONAL LOSSES'/><author><name>Cucu Adam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11606388085817098730</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
