ANWAR RELA JADI KUDA DAP


Ketua Pembangkang akui lebih mempercayai Kit Siang, tak kisah dipergunakan

IPOH: Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, berkata beliau rela menjadi kuda tunggangan DAP jika tindakan itu membolehkan pakatan pembangkang menawan Putrajaya pada Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13 (PRU-13). 



Katanya, beliau lebih mempercayai pemimpin DAP dan mendengar nasihat mereka berbanding mana-mana pemimpin dalam UMNO.“Dalam Perhimpunan Agung UMNO, Najib (Perdana Menteri) kata Anwar ini bahaya kerana jika dia menjadi Perdana Menteri, dia akan dipergunakan oleh DAP, oleh orang Cina.


“Ada saya kisah? Saya tidak kisah jika terima nasihat dan pandangan daripada Lim Kit Siang (Penasihat DAP) kerana saya lebih yakin dan percaya dengan beliau daripada UMNO... saya tidak bersikap apologetik (tidak akan menyesali mengenai perkara itu). 

“You can quote me on this (Awak boleh petik kata-kata saya) dan jadikan ia sebagai headlines (berita utama) esok,” katanya merujuk kepada pemberita yang hadir pada ceramah perdana sempena Konvensyen Pakatan Pembangkang Perak di sini, malam kelmarin. 

Baca lebih lanjut di: http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/AnwarrelajadikudaDAP/Article/

KD: Kenyataan sebeginilah yang kurang menyenangkan hati KD.. bukan memusuhi sesiapa, atau terlalu arif tentang politik, tetapi sebagai salah seorang rakyat negara ini, KD merasakan seorang pemimpin tidak wajar mengeluarkan kenyataan yang terlalu bersahaja seperti ini.. ini kerana, setiap perkataan yang keluar dari bibir seorang pemimpin bukan sahaja memberi kesan positif @negatif terhadap rakyat, malah turut memberi kesan terhadap negaranya.. jadi wahai pemimpin, berhati-hati dalam berkata-kata..

TONY, KAMARUDIN LETAK JAWATAN DALAM MAS

KUALA LUMPUR: Ketua Eksekutif Kumpulan AirAsia, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes dan Timbalannya, Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, meletak jawatan sebagai Ahli Lembaga Pengarah Penerbangan Malaysia (MAS), berkuat kuasa serta-merta berikutan pengumuman rasmi pembatalan pertukaran saham dua syarikat itu oleh Khazanah Nasional Bhd, semalam.

Serentak itu, Pengarah Bebas Bukan Eksekutif MAS, Datuk Mohamed Azman Yahya mengumumkan pengundurannya sebagai pengarah bukan eksekutif dalam Lembaga Pengarah AirAsia.

Tony, Kamarudin dan Mohamed Azman, masing-masing dilantik ke jawatan berkenaan berikutan perjanjian pertukaran saham antara pemegang saham utama kedua-dua syarikat penerbangan pada Ogos tahun lalu.

Baca lebih lanjut di: http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/Tony_KamarudinletakjawatandalamMAS/Article

KD: Letak jawatan? agak menghairankan dan mendukacitakan.. kerana kedua-duanya adalah pemimpin yang berbakat.. mungkin juga mereka ada alasan masing-masing..

AKSI SEKS: PELBAGAI PIHAK CABAR AZMIN SAMAN BLOG


SHAH ALAM: Pelbagai pihak mencabar Timbalan Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Azmin Ali membuat laporan polis dan mengambil tindakan mahkamah terhadap blog yang menyiarkan gambar aksi seks lelaki miripnya untuk membersihkan namanya.

Pengerusi RISDA, Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik, berkata Azmin wajar mengambil tindakan undang-undang bagi memastikan perkara itu tidak benar dan sengaja diada-adakan.

Katanya, pemimpin kanan PKR itu mempunyai hak untuk membersihkan diri daripada segala tohmahan termasuk dengan mengambil tindakan undang-undang terhadap mereka yang terbabit dalam penyebaran gambar berkenaan.

“Azmin mesti membersihkan diri. Ambil tindakan undang-undang macam saya. Saya dulu ditohmah dengan pelbagai skandal yang mengaibkan saya tapi saya tahu saya di pihak yang benar dan saya mengambil tindakan undang-undang. Akhirnya saya terbukti tidak bersalah.

“Rakyat mahu mengetahui perkara sebenar dan mereka mesti mengambil tindakan segera supaya rakyat tahu mereka bersalah atau tidak,” katanya.

Kelmarin, Azmin menafikan lelaki itu dirinya dan mendakwa ia dilakukan pihak tertentu semata-mata untuk memburukkannya.

Di MELAKA, Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam turut mencabar Azmin menyaman pemilik blog yang memaparkan aksi seks lelaki mirip beliau. 

“Individu itu seharusnya berani tampil dan tidak hanya berdiam diri kerana mahkamah boleh menentukan kesahihannya. Saya minta tuan punya diri saman sesiapa yang mendedahkan gambarnya serta mendakwa mereka yang berkenaan di mahkamah.

“Jika tidak mahu mengambil tindakan undang-undang, rakyat perlu menilai sendiri,” katanya.

Mohd Ali berkata, beliau akan berasa hairan sekiranya Azmin enggan menyaman pihak terbabit kerana tindakan seperti itu bukan perkara baru bagi mereka.

Di BATU PAHAT, Ahli Majlis Tertinggi UMNO, Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi meminta membuat laporan polis dan menyaman pengendali blog, jika benar tidak bersalah.

“Sekiranya Azmin benar-benar yakin beliau tidak bersalah, beliau perlu segera membuat laporan supaya pihak berkuasa dapat membuat siasatan, sekali gus menghapuskan kesangsian rakyat.

Sumber: Berita Harian


KD: Satu lagi laporan skandal seks yang mengejutkan dan mendebarkan, terutama apabila si pelakunya membabitkan pemimpin politik... kesahihan masih menjadi tanda tanya.. wahai pemimpin yang disyaki, sila beri respon, agar rakyat tidak terus tertanya-tanya.

GOVT GIVES EQUAL TREATMENT TO ALL SCHOOLS, SAYS MUHYIDDIN

 

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has refuted an allegation that the federal government did not provide aid to Chinese schools (SJKC).

He described the allegation as irresponsible because the government always provided equitable allocation to every school and gave priority to education.

"Education is a crucial matter. If there are people who say that the Education Minister is a Malay...he does not like Chinese people, this is not right.

"My face is certainly that of a Malay, but I have Malaysian guts.

"I assist even the Chinese schools, that's why we help the National Type Chinese Schools.

"Today, I want to announce that we want to give RM1.5mil for the school in Batu Kawan. I also agree to assist the Tamil school here.

"This is a small matter," he said when addressing the people in the Batu Kawan parliamentary constituency here.

Muhyiddin, who is Education Minister, said the government gave its attention to all the 8,500 national schools, 1,200 SJKCs and 500 Tamil schools. "For our future, we will give emphasis on education matters. The Prime Minister gave a substantial allocation to me, but this is inadequate.

"We will increase it, next year we will budget and if we can increase, we can build more schools," he said. - Bernama

SELANGOR BN ON THE WINNING TRACK

By Zubaidah Abu Bakar | zubaidah@nst.com.my 

BACK TO ITS BEST: Positive response to the coalition's aggressive campaign to serve the 5.5 million people in key state 

PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is not oblivious to the fact that his frequent visits to Selangor is making many in Barisan Nasional in other states envious.

But he has to do what he must, that is, reach out and win the hearts and minds of the state's 1.9 million voters before they go to the polls.

His mission is clear. As head of the federal BN and Selangor BN, his focus is to end the opposition's rule in the state.

He has made numerous visits to urban and rural areas, touching base with people from all walks of life, while warning party members to unite and work hard, lest the Parti Keadilan Rakyat-led state government remains in power after the next general election.

BN needs to win nine more seats, on top of its current 20, to recapture the the 56-seat legislative assembly.

Selangor BN, to its credit, must have done something right to exorcise the ghost of the 2008 polls for opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to tell Selangor Pakatan Rakyat supporters last month to launch a war against Umno-BN with the elections around the corner.

That was a day after Najib said BN could take back Selangor because public feedback had been encouraging. Anwar had dismissed BN as a threat in Selangor, citing the opposition's supposedly successful campaign.

Selangor BN coordinator Datuk Seri Mohd Zin Mohamed and his team understand their position as underdog in the polls.

"We are not yet there, although there has been a positive response since we went on an aggressive campaign to serve the people. We have to stay committed and focused until polling day."

Meetings, going through situation reports and planning take a lot of Zin's time. The Selangor BN war room on the ninth floor of the state Umno building in Shah Alam has become his second home. When he arrived at the building on Wednesday, he was wearing the blue BN shirt and sandals, ready to work till late.

Selangor BN has been on a programme to repair perceptions since 2010 when it organised a BN convention that identified factors that led to the Umno-led BN state government losing its grip on power in 2008.

Umno and its partners in BN have not backtracked  on  their quest to win over those who had turned away from BN in 2008.

Conflicts between  BN parties and the trumping of public concerns by personal interests have been  reduced.

Information technology is being used and the concerns of young voters, who constitute close to 35 per cent of the Selangor electorate, are being addressed.

Selangor BN does not lack good ideas to win back the trust of the    people. It is using innovative approaches  to win over the state’s  5.5 million population, particularly the young working class who spurned BN.

Pakar, which is  Selangor BN’s new  service centre,  is the latest approach adopted to attend to complaints, including on elected representatives or waste management, and enquiries on BN programmes.

A voters’ communication, information and management centre, which has been in operation for less than a week and has not been formally launched, takes calls from 9am to 6pm from Monday to Friday. Callers can  leave a message after office hours.

It has become an instant hit, even receiving enquiries from  Perak and Penang on  1-300-22-2626.

The 20 people manning the centre, including Mandarin and Tamil speakers, are bracing for more calls when  Najib officially opens it  on May 10.

Analyses from  BN  indicated returning support  largely because of  the failure of the state government to fulfil election pledges.

There are people who feel they had been short-changed and they make up the pool of voters that BN is  wooing.

The 20 per cent reduction in assessment, a business premises tax reduction of 10 per cent and free health services for senior citizens are among the unfulfilled pledges.

The people of Selangor, BN leaders said, were receptive to the Najib brand but  they knew that his immense personal appeal alone would not be enough to seal the vote for BN.

The state government may have flaws, but the mistakes of the past government had  dented the coalition’s image.

Only Selangor BN’s ability to offer a better alternative, in terms of managing the state, will convince voters to return power to  BN.

Read more: Selangor BN on the winning track - Columnist - New Straits Times 

PTPTN WILL NOT BE ABOLISHED, SAYS DPM

NO POLITICKING: Government to keep it as long as necessary because it benefits students

 GEORGETOWN: THE National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loan scheme will not be abolished, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday.

He said the scheme would be maintained for as long as it was necessary, adding that it had benefited those who needed funds to study in universities.

“The loan facility is to help needy students further their studies. It also helps those who fail to secure scholarships.

“Abolishing it is tantamount to denying people the right to pursue higher education,” he said at a gathering of some 6,000 civil servants and youth at Universiti Sains Malaysia here.

The fund has disbursed RM43 billion.

Muhyiddin, who is also education minister, said the government would not give in to pressure from certain groups to abolish the scheme just to get electoral support.

He said opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s call to use Petronas’ oil revenue to pay for the loans was not feasible.

Read more? Go to PTPTN will not be abolished, says DPM - Top News - New Straits Times 

AMBIGA AGREES TO MEET COMMISSION 

PETALING JAYA: Bersih co-chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan has agreed to meet with the Election Commission.

She agreed to this during a debate with Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin when he extended an invitation to her to do so together with himself and other members of parliament.

Ambiga had initially been reluctant to do so when Khairy first brought the matter up during the "Electoral Reform: Is Enough Being Done?" debate between the two.

"I ask you as a Malaysian to a Malaysian, let's go to the EC together with all MPs and look at the cases one by one, sit down and get the answers from EC.

"No more PCs (press conferences), no more shouting at each other. Please be reasonable, I offer my hand in friendship... let's go," said Khairy.

Ambiga replied that she did not have confidence in the commission but later relented.

"Have us there so we can explain what we mean and have them there so they can respond," she said to Khairy.

During the debate, Khairy took Ambiga to task for insisting on going ahead with the Bersih sit-in protest on Saturday, saying it was "pre-empting and prejudicial of" the reforms that were now taking place following the setting up of the parliamentary select committee on the matter.

He said seven of eight Bersih demands had been met.

After the debate, Ambiga described Khairy as a "formidable adversary" while the latter said the debate would ensure that the public heard and understood both sides.

The debate was the second in The Malay Mail's "Spark The Debate" series. - NST


KD: This is a better way than sitting in a street to protest...