Jed Yoong

A commenter ,Simple Sam, lamented: “As usual you have found an iota of good to write about the Toyol (instead of the usual compliments re Mahakutee) but nothing positive about PKR or Anwar.”

So, I shall humour you and list two positive things about each.

PKR

1. Its sky blue flag is probably the best looking of all.

2. Khalid Ibrahim’s ex-aide, who is now with Nurul, I believe, is quite good looking.

Anwar

1. His house is very nice and located at a very cooling hill.

2. His daughter, Nurul, is promising.

***UPDATE***TUE Apr 8

Inspired by a post by KTemoc:

Hujan lebat, kampung dibanjir
Katak melompat, khinzir berenang
Rampas kuasa, mungkin difikir
Wakil khuatir, harta terhilang

Hujan lebat, sungai mengalir
Katak hijrah, khinzir berpindah
Impian rakyat, jangan disindir
Nanti undi, senang berubah

BY Jed Yoong

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You guys and UMNO…I dunno. Looks like your idola still causes the MOST emotional responses!

I pray that God will save us from the bane that is called Anwar Ibrahim.

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Anwar Ibrahim mungkin ada pelbagai kepincangan, tetapi kalau tidak licik berpolitik, tidak mungkin beliau dapat menghinggapi sebentar kedudukan Timbalan Presiden UMNO dahulu. Masuknya Kamaruddin Jaafar ke dalam PAS sebenarnya sebahagian dari usaha Anwar untuk memastikan pengaruh beliau tetap tegar dalam PAS mahupun UMNO selepas kejatuhannya.

Lihat sahaja betapa ramai kuncu-kuncu Anwar yang tidak lari dari UMNO, malah mengisytihar ‘taubat’ sekuat-kuatnya semata-mata untuk kekal menghendap di PWTC. Malah, ramai juga penyokong kuat dan ‘fan-club’ Anwar dari zaman reformasi yang kemudiannya menyertai UMNO, seperti Khairy Jamaluddin bersama-sama puak-puak yang kini dikenali sebagai penghuni Tingkat 4.

Read full post @ Tangents: Restless Musings Of A Malay Mind

Besides the drivel about uniting the Opposition, etc. What has he achieved before he was sacked in 1998?

Islamisation? Moral policing? Bahasa baku?

***UPDATE***10.07AM

Come on, Anwaristas. This post is dedicated to your “messiah” and “idola”…..

I read in the New Straits Times today an interview with Gan Pei Nei, the new Rawang state legislator. The 27-year-old was Tian Chua’s assistant before he was elected Batu MP.

I first met her in Ijok. And she caught my attention as she was one of those people who worked silently with a deep conviction that she was doing the right thing.

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It was reported yesterday that the Selangor state exco will declare their personal assets to the public with some dubious conditions.

Before I continue, I want to say it pains me to write this article as Mentri Besar Khalid Ibrahim is the nicest of politicians. Easy-going, affable with no airs despite being a Tan Sri.

My concerns about the conditions are:

1. Children above 21 are exempted. The obvious abuse is to transfer everything to your children or to give them contracts, shares, etc.

2. Only value of assets will be declared not details.

Shares. By this I guess, ‘cos it’s not very clear from the report, it means the number of shares in which companies will not be revealed. The public deserves to know as what’s the point of knowing that X owns RM1mil worth of shares, which can be legit, without knowing in which companies. There may be conflict of interests or favours in the form of companies giving shares to excos for contracts. It’s important to know how the shareholdings change and what shares they are holding.

Property. This is fine ‘cos they probably deserve their privacy. But if it’s LAND then yes, ‘cos we may want to trace whether this was state land, etc. If a single line of info said Land - RMYmillion. It doesn’t really show anything.

At the end of the day, you can always adjust your personal assets by passing it off to cronies or transfering to foreign accounts, children, relatives, etc. Hence, I believe significant movements above a certain amount should be declared. Even then, this can be overcomed by making movements below the amount. Or totally circumvented by just funneling the money to your children, relatives, etc….

3. So what if they declare to the MB? What if an exco member colludes with him?

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Let’s do away with cosmetic declaration and be transparent. PKR should live up to its election promise of a new hope.

I must say that the “mood” & choice of Tan Sri’s replies seem very guarded, and I hate to say this - but BN-ish in some respects, such as above.

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The dust has settled. The non-BN state excos sworn in. Some lingering discontent in Terengganu.

The rakyat has voted. And now they are waiting. Like me, they are scrutinising the non-BN elected representatives who are now in public office. Will they be more of the same?

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In The Sun today:

Anwar Interview by Nades - The Sun

Anwar Interview by Nades - The Sun - Part 2

Konklusi aku mudah..PKR banyak duit..tapi takda supporter…PAS hanya ada supporter tapi kureng duit..makanya saling tunggang la. — Hajiman in mykmu.net forum

Anwar (left) with Lim Guan Eng, Penang chief minister and DAP secretary-general, when they were still FULLY in the opposition. /JYPix

Malaysian blogosphere’s greatest anti-Anwarista, KTemoc, is huffing and puffing that his most hated one, Anwar Ibrahim, may become prime minister after all. This is no doubt giving poor Uncle Kaytee sleepless nights as he twists and turns the knife into our former deputy prime minister.

Alas to no avail. Those who disbelieved the political powers of Anwar Ibrahim, including me, are still coming to terms that the puny political party born in the aftermath of the UMNO political “bloodshed” in 1998, PKR, is now the parliamentary opposition leader with 31 Members of Parliaments (MPs).

Anwar has successfully engineered the Barisan Rakyat’s (BR) electoral victory. Make no mistake, is it possible that Hindraf, Bersih and Lingamgate came one after another and so close to the recent general election? Hindraf shook the Indian votes, once a safe vote bank for the Barisan Nasional (BN) while Bersih and Lingamgate brought to the public consciousness our far from free and fair elections and the rot in our judiciary respectively. All three also challenged prime minister Abdullah Badawi’s leadership as they suggested that he wasn’t quite holding the country and the warring factions in Barisan Nasional (BN) together.

The crux of disapproval of BN leaders crossing over is whether the ideals of BR will be sacrificed. Founded upon a “New Hope” for the country, the post-election horse trading reminds many of BN’s previous enticements to Opposition politicians who jumped ship. Some detractors also feel that such methods are dishonest as the candidates contested on a BN ticket. Others worry that BR will be contaminated by the tainted BN MPs.

For the first time in history, another coalition is just 30 parliamentary seats to taking over the federal government. After much thought, I’ve concluded that it’s more beneficial to the country to seize the moment and ride the momentum.

Is it ethical for East Malaysian MPs to cross over? I believe it depends on whether you feel the two states have been fairly represented over the years. They are among the richest in resources yet the poorest in the country. What has former and longest serving premier Mahathir Mohamed done in his 22 years to develop the states? From a glance, I see nothing much in my last visit to Sarawak two years ago. Under BN, the only party that benefited was UMNO and its cronies. Why does Sarawak have to pay so much in royalties to the federal administration? For the army? What else?

As a voter, I am realistic. I want a government that will bring changes. One is replacing the much abused New Economic Policy with a fairer poverty eradication programme. Another is restoring our democratic institutions like our judiciary and the media. Both have been promised by BR.

The status quo is likely to be preserved under BN. Hence, we can afford to take a chance with BR.

Politicians are politicians, they are not gods and are only human. The fact is many ex-BN types are already in PKR and more may cross over.

Although I would prefer the perfect transition of power in which the ideals of democratic election are upheld, we may have to compromise and keep the bigger picture in mind.

So far, Anwar and co have made the right noises and moves. Let’s see where we will be in four years.

This post by Product of The System is simply TOO FUNNY. I feel the same.

An excerpt:

Well, Anwar Ibrahim will indeed make a great opposition leader. Just one problem though, like his wife, he too is not interested to be opposition leader. He wants to be Prime Minister, which is why he is currently obsessed luring disgruntled BN MPs to cross over to Keadilan, at no cost apparently. This brings me to my next provoking thought. Isn’t vote-buying and party-hopping more of an UMNO/BN culture?

Read more @ unwantedcitizen.blogspot.com

Translation: Khalid Ibrahim, the new Selangor Mentri Besar, is a product of the New Economic Policy, charged Ali Rustam, UMNO vice-president and Malacca CM. He said Khalid is like a man who has forgotten the reasons for his success as he previously implemented the NEP as chief executive of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB). Erm, I’m not quite sure what lupa daratan means. So hopefully someone can correct me if I got it wrong…. Muhd Taib, UMNO information chief, also joined the fray and used another peribahasa (proverb): kacang lupakan kulit (this one, I think, means ungrateful…..). I hope UMNO leaders won’t break into syair ‘cos judging from their performance in the UMNO general assemblies, most of them are not particularly talented.

From Utusan (MON - Mar 17, 200 :

KUALA LUMPUR 16 Mac – Naib Presiden UMNO, Datuk Seri Mohd. Ali Rustam menyifatkan Menteri Besar Selangor, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim umpama manusia yang lupa daratan apabila mendakwa Dasar Ekonomi Baru (DEB) gagal memberi faedah kepada orang Melayu.

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Press Statement by Anwar Ibrahim (SAT - March 15, 200 :

I am therefore deeply concerned with the attempt being made by certain elements to stoke the flames of racial hatred in the aftermath of the March 8th Malaysian elections. We have reason to believe that this vicious campaign is being orchestrated by a small number of very wealthy Malays and UMNO leaders who are themselves guilty of squandering and abusing the NEP to enrich themselves and their cronies at the expense of the general public. These people are now using the UMNO and government controlled media to incite fears among the Malays and deflect attention away from their electoral defeat and from UMNO’s historic failures to address the needs of all Malaysians including the poor and marginalised Malays.

I ask my fellow Malaysians to reject the desperate attempts by some UMNO members to salvage the remnants of a broken party by pandering to people’s fears and sowing divisions and disunity among the people of our nation. 

JY: Hmmmmm. Good statement. I thought he was overseas…..

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