Pelatih Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN) di seluruh negara perlu
mematuhi syarat yang akan ditetapkan apabila mereka dibenar aktif
berpolitik dalam kem, mulai tahun depan.
Ketua Pengarah Jabatan
Latihan Khidmat Negara (JLKN) Datuk Abdul Hadi Awang Kechil berkata
kepatuhan syarat itu penting bagi menjaga keharmonian mereka dan
menjunjung kedaulatan negara.
"Kebenaran pelatih aktif berpolitik
itu menunjukkan perkembangan terbaharu dan terbaik dalam mengembangkan
ilmu kepolitikan dalam kem PLKN, tetapi ia perlu akur kepada peraturan
ditetapkan.
"Kita mahu setiap pelatih ada kehormatan di samping
memilih pemimpin di kalangan mereka yang ada kebijaksanaannya," katanya
kepada pemberita selepas majlis Ramah Mesra dengan pelatih PLKN di Kem
Etnobotani di Gua Musang, hari ini.
Beliau berkata demikian
ketika mengulas kenyataan Pengerusi Majlis Latihan Khidmat Negara, Datuk
Dr Tiki Lafe semalam yang mengumumkan pelatih di semua kem PLKN akan
dibenar aktif berpolitik sepanjang menjalani latihan tiga bulan itu,
mulai 2013.
Abdul Hadi berkata kempen politik itu hanya
membabitkan kawasan dalam kem bagi mereka memilih pemimpin, sebagaimana
yang dilakukan penuntut universiti.
- Bernama
Jarumemas: Kurang setuju tanamkan imej politik ini dalam PLKN.
Monday 12 November 2012
PAS: Biar masyarakat nilai kenyataan Nurul Izzah
Ketua Dewan Ulama PAS Datuk Harun Taib menyerahkan kepada masyarakat
umum untuk menilai kenyataan Nurul Izzah Anwar berhubung isu kebebasan
memilih agama di kalangan orang Melayu dan juga sama ada naib presiden
PKR itu perlu memohon maaf atas kenyataan tersebut.
"Kalau
dia (Nurul Izzah) rasa bersalah, dia kena tarik balik kenyataannya itu.
Tapi kalau dia rasa tak bersalah, itu hak dia kalau dia tak mahu tarik
balik," katanya seperti dipetik akhbar Utusan Malaysia hari ini.
"Saya percaya rakyat sudah tahu menilai," kata Harun yang enggan mengulas panjang lebar kerana tidak mahu campur tangan dalam isu tersebut, menurut akhbar milik Umno itu lagi.
Turut mengulas perkara itu ialah ahli majlis syura PAS Datuk Dr Mahfodz Mohamed yang berkata kebebasan beragama tidak tertakluk ke atas orang Islam Melayu dan bukannya seperti yang didakwa dinyatakan Nurul Izzah.
Menurut akhbar New Straits Times, beliau berkata, ayat dalam al-Quran yang menyatakan "tiada paksaan dalam beragama" itu hanya terpakai ke atas orang bukan Islam.
Pandangannya itu selari dengan kenyataan bekas timbalan presiden PAS Nasharudin Mat Isa semalam, bahawa kenyataan kontroversi MP Lembah Pantai tersebut bermaksud bagi "memberi kebebasan kepada orang Melayu memilih agama atas prinsip kebebasan manusia".
Nurul Izzah pada 3 November lalu antara lainnya dilaporkan berkata, Rakyat tidak seharusnya dipaksa menganut agama tertentu dan perkara ini juga patut terpakai kepada orang Melayu.
Sumber: malaysiakini
Jarumemas: Berkata benarlah walaupun pahit. Sudah pasti rakyat akan buat penilaian, tetapi sebagai seorang ualam dalam Pas sewajarnya YB mempertahankan agama Islam bukan mengikut telunjuk sesiapa kerana mahukan populariti.
"Kalau
dia (Nurul Izzah) rasa bersalah, dia kena tarik balik kenyataannya itu.
Tapi kalau dia rasa tak bersalah, itu hak dia kalau dia tak mahu tarik
balik," katanya seperti dipetik akhbar Utusan Malaysia hari ini."Saya percaya rakyat sudah tahu menilai," kata Harun yang enggan mengulas panjang lebar kerana tidak mahu campur tangan dalam isu tersebut, menurut akhbar milik Umno itu lagi.
Turut mengulas perkara itu ialah ahli majlis syura PAS Datuk Dr Mahfodz Mohamed yang berkata kebebasan beragama tidak tertakluk ke atas orang Islam Melayu dan bukannya seperti yang didakwa dinyatakan Nurul Izzah.
Menurut akhbar New Straits Times, beliau berkata, ayat dalam al-Quran yang menyatakan "tiada paksaan dalam beragama" itu hanya terpakai ke atas orang bukan Islam.
Pandangannya itu selari dengan kenyataan bekas timbalan presiden PAS Nasharudin Mat Isa semalam, bahawa kenyataan kontroversi MP Lembah Pantai tersebut bermaksud bagi "memberi kebebasan kepada orang Melayu memilih agama atas prinsip kebebasan manusia".
Nurul Izzah pada 3 November lalu antara lainnya dilaporkan berkata, Rakyat tidak seharusnya dipaksa menganut agama tertentu dan perkara ini juga patut terpakai kepada orang Melayu.
Sumber: malaysiakini
Jarumemas: Berkata benarlah walaupun pahit. Sudah pasti rakyat akan buat penilaian, tetapi sebagai seorang ualam dalam Pas sewajarnya YB mempertahankan agama Islam bukan mengikut telunjuk sesiapa kerana mahukan populariti.
Inking process needs fine-tuning, says Bersih
Electoral reform pressure group Bersih 2.0 has urged the Election
Commission (EC) to look into possible flaws with the process of applying
indelible ink on voters during the next general election.
Read more...
Jarumemas: EC will surely do their best to ensure that the election is carried out transparently.
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Jarumemas: EC will surely do their best to ensure that the election is carried out transparently.
Abdul Rahim: Malaysia does not need revolution
KOTA KINABALU, Nov 12 ― Changes should not be made through revolution
for it may create chaos and disrupt political stability, said Deputy
Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri.
He said moreover, the transformation programmes pursued by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had been successful and acknowledged by the people.
The people should appreciate this and evaluate the integrity of the opposition, Abdul Rahim told reporters here today.
He said the opposition was facing an identity disorder for its direction and goals had somewhat becoming blurred.
“The perpetrators should not put the fate and future of the people at stake to achieve their goal of overthrowing the government through a revolution.
“The people should consider the consequences and implications of a revolution rationally for it will be too late to regret later,” he said.
Abdul Rahim said the success of the Barisan Nasional government in creating stability and a lasting peace since independence had enabled the country to be among the prosperous third world countries. ― Bernama
Source: Malaysian Insider
Jarumemas: Do we have to take what had happened in the Aran nations as an example? If so, we are going to lose everything.
He said moreover, the transformation programmes pursued by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had been successful and acknowledged by the people.
The people should appreciate this and evaluate the integrity of the opposition, Abdul Rahim told reporters here today.
He said the opposition was facing an identity disorder for its direction and goals had somewhat becoming blurred.
“The perpetrators should not put the fate and future of the people at stake to achieve their goal of overthrowing the government through a revolution.
“The people should consider the consequences and implications of a revolution rationally for it will be too late to regret later,” he said.
Abdul Rahim said the success of the Barisan Nasional government in creating stability and a lasting peace since independence had enabled the country to be among the prosperous third world countries. ― Bernama
Source: Malaysian Insider
Jarumemas: Do we have to take what had happened in the Aran nations as an example? If so, we are going to lose everything.
Freedom of religion only for non-Muslims: Masing
(Borneo Post) - Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) viewed the recent
statement by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice-president Nurul Izzah
Anwar as nothing else but an attempt to gain popularity among the
people.
The party president Tan Sri Dr James Masing said he had always been given to understand that freedom of religion in Malaysia was only applicable to non-Muslims.
“Therefore, I am surprised when she (Nurul) said that religious freedom in Malaysia is inclusive,” he quipped.
Masing, who is Land Development Minister, said the statement by the Lembah Pantai MP also shows that PKR was a populist party with no fixed agenda to administer the country.
He stated this when commenting on Nurul’s statement that irked many Muslims, including the Sultan of Selangor, Islamic scholars and some BN leaders.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassan has described the statement as unwarranted especially when it comes from a fellow Muslim.
Nurul was in the limelight after expressing her view on religious freedom by suggesting that Muslims should be allowed to follow any religion of their choice.
Her father Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is the opposition de facto leader, in defending his daughter claimed that Nurul’s statement was not only misinterpreted but also manipulated.
Source: Malaysia Today
Jarumemas: Very true.
The party president Tan Sri Dr James Masing said he had always been given to understand that freedom of religion in Malaysia was only applicable to non-Muslims.
“Therefore, I am surprised when she (Nurul) said that religious freedom in Malaysia is inclusive,” he quipped.
Masing, who is Land Development Minister, said the statement by the Lembah Pantai MP also shows that PKR was a populist party with no fixed agenda to administer the country.
He stated this when commenting on Nurul’s statement that irked many Muslims, including the Sultan of Selangor, Islamic scholars and some BN leaders.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassan has described the statement as unwarranted especially when it comes from a fellow Muslim.
Nurul was in the limelight after expressing her view on religious freedom by suggesting that Muslims should be allowed to follow any religion of their choice.
Her father Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is the opposition de facto leader, in defending his daughter claimed that Nurul’s statement was not only misinterpreted but also manipulated.
Source: Malaysia Today
Jarumemas: Very true.
SIS: Recognise freedom to change faith
The Islamic NGO condemns the attacks on
PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar, and points out that faith by
compulsion may lead to hypocrisy.
Leven Woon, FMT
Freedom of religion as a right enshrined under the Federal Constitution must also recognise the freedom to change faith, said Sisters In Islam (SIS).
Rallying behind PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar’s call for freedom of religion for all, the NGO said faith in any religion was based on free will.
“How can Muslims demand this notion of religious freedom for those wishing to convert to Islam and at the same time argue the denial of this freedom to leave Islam?
“Faith by compulsion may lead to hypocrisy,” SIS said in a statement.
The Muslim women rights advocate maintained a strong position against legislation of faith, saying that such practice was meaningless.
“Islam itself means submission to the will of God – not the will of men. The willing submission of the self to faith and belief must therefore be attained through conviction and reason of the individual, not by coercion and duress.
“This is clearly mentioned in the Quran, Surah Yunus 10:99, ‘And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed – all of them entirely. Then would you compel the people in order that they become believers?’,” SIS added.
The organisation also condemned the attacks against Nurul over the latter’s remark made during a forum last week, pointing out that it reflected the shrinking of democratic space for civil public discussion.
It noted that Malaysians were routinely reprimanded or attacked for raising issues pertaining to freedom of religion even though the right was enshrined in Article 11 of Federal Constitution.
It said problems and conflicts would always arise in a multi-religious society like Malaysia, such as non-Muslims who convert to Islam without resolving their duties to their earlier non-Muslim marriage and born-Muslims who never led a Muslim life as they were raised by non-Muslim families.
There are also cases where one converts spouses to Islam unilaterally and coercively and born-Muslims who wish to leave Islam out of their free will.
Source: Malaysia Today
Jarumemas: Freedom to change faith is only for non Muslims.Do not misinterpret the Quranic verse.
Leven Woon, FMT
Freedom of religion as a right enshrined under the Federal Constitution must also recognise the freedom to change faith, said Sisters In Islam (SIS).
Rallying behind PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar’s call for freedom of religion for all, the NGO said faith in any religion was based on free will.
“How can Muslims demand this notion of religious freedom for those wishing to convert to Islam and at the same time argue the denial of this freedom to leave Islam?
“Faith by compulsion may lead to hypocrisy,” SIS said in a statement.
The Muslim women rights advocate maintained a strong position against legislation of faith, saying that such practice was meaningless.
“Islam itself means submission to the will of God – not the will of men. The willing submission of the self to faith and belief must therefore be attained through conviction and reason of the individual, not by coercion and duress.
“This is clearly mentioned in the Quran, Surah Yunus 10:99, ‘And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed – all of them entirely. Then would you compel the people in order that they become believers?’,” SIS added.
The organisation also condemned the attacks against Nurul over the latter’s remark made during a forum last week, pointing out that it reflected the shrinking of democratic space for civil public discussion.
It noted that Malaysians were routinely reprimanded or attacked for raising issues pertaining to freedom of religion even though the right was enshrined in Article 11 of Federal Constitution.
It said problems and conflicts would always arise in a multi-religious society like Malaysia, such as non-Muslims who convert to Islam without resolving their duties to their earlier non-Muslim marriage and born-Muslims who never led a Muslim life as they were raised by non-Muslim families.
There are also cases where one converts spouses to Islam unilaterally and coercively and born-Muslims who wish to leave Islam out of their free will.
Source: Malaysia Today
Jarumemas: Freedom to change faith is only for non Muslims.Do not misinterpret the Quranic verse.
Hindraf doubts Najib’s sincerity
(FMT) -- Hindraf has cast aspersions on the sincerity of Prime
Minister Najib Tun Razak’s invitation to hold a discussion. The
premier’s courtship, said Hindraf chairman P Waythamoorthy, had not
left the movement flushed with excitement as it could be related to the
coming general election.
“We are not exactly excited about this invitation but we have decided to give him the benefit of doubt,” he told reporters here.
He said the invitation had come late on the part of the government since the Indian poor had been marginalised for decades.
Waythamoorthy also urged Najib to lift the ban on Hindraf imposed by his predecessor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s administration.
“It does not make sense for the prime minister to meet leaders of a banned organisation.
“There is no timeline on when it should be lifted but of course we would like for the ban to be lifted as soon as possible,” he added.
Hindraf had become a foul word during Abdullah’s tenure after the movement staged a massive street protest in 2007, which was seen as the catalyst for the following year’s political tsunami.
Meanwhile, Waythamoorthy also called on Najib to shed his “current box of thinking” in order to facilitate meaningful discussions between them.
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Jarumemas: Sceptical with PM's sincerity? Then Hindraf is not fit to see PM.
“We are not exactly excited about this invitation but we have decided to give him the benefit of doubt,” he told reporters here.
He said the invitation had come late on the part of the government since the Indian poor had been marginalised for decades.
Waythamoorthy also urged Najib to lift the ban on Hindraf imposed by his predecessor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s administration.
“It does not make sense for the prime minister to meet leaders of a banned organisation.
“There is no timeline on when it should be lifted but of course we would like for the ban to be lifted as soon as possible,” he added.
Hindraf had become a foul word during Abdullah’s tenure after the movement staged a massive street protest in 2007, which was seen as the catalyst for the following year’s political tsunami.
Meanwhile, Waythamoorthy also called on Najib to shed his “current box of thinking” in order to facilitate meaningful discussions between them.
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Jarumemas: Sceptical with PM's sincerity? Then Hindraf is not fit to see PM.
70% rakyat Selangor sokong Umno-PAS bergabung
Sebanyak 70 peratus rakyat Selangor bersetuju supaya Umno dan PAS
bergabung bagi tujuan mempertahankan agama Islam dan kepentingan
Melayu.
Bekas Setiausaha PAS Selangor Norman Toha, kajian yang dijalankan sebuah agensi perunding menunjukkan majoriti penduduk Selangor yang berbilang kaum mahu dua parti itu mengenepikan perbezaan politik dan bergabung tenaga.
“Kalau mengikut kaji selidik yang dibuat sekitar Mac 2012, 70 peratus penduduk mengharapkan satu kerjasama yang baik antara PAS dan Umno untuk mempertahankan Melayu-Islam,” katanya dalam sidang media selepas mengadakan wacana ‘Mengembalikan PAS ke Landasan Asal’ pagi tadi di Hotel Vistana di sini hari ini.
Wacana tersebut menurut Norman dianjurkan atas inisiatif individu ahli PAS yang mahu suara rungutan mereka diberikan perhatian.
Katanya, peserta wacana itu terdiri daripada pemimpin dan penyokong akar umbi yang mahu memberikan pandangan serta luahan tentang kecelaruan hala tuju parti yang semakin tersasar daripada perjuangan asal.
Resolusi wacana
Wacana tersebut juga berjaya mencapai 11 resolusi yang mengandungi desakan supaya parti dan pemimpin PAS kembali kepada landasan Islam yang sebenar.
“Mungkin kita akan ajukan resolusi ini kepada pemimpin tertinggi dalam masa tersekat.
“Harapan kami supaya mereka (pemimpin PAS) agak terbuka menerima pandangan peringkat akar umbi yang sebenarnya sudah lama disuarakan,” katanya.
Berita lanjut....
Jarumemas: Demi kepentinagn agama Islam apalah salahnya UMNO dan PAS bergabung.
Bekas Setiausaha PAS Selangor Norman Toha, kajian yang dijalankan sebuah agensi perunding menunjukkan majoriti penduduk Selangor yang berbilang kaum mahu dua parti itu mengenepikan perbezaan politik dan bergabung tenaga.
“Kalau mengikut kaji selidik yang dibuat sekitar Mac 2012, 70 peratus penduduk mengharapkan satu kerjasama yang baik antara PAS dan Umno untuk mempertahankan Melayu-Islam,” katanya dalam sidang media selepas mengadakan wacana ‘Mengembalikan PAS ke Landasan Asal’ pagi tadi di Hotel Vistana di sini hari ini.
Wacana tersebut menurut Norman dianjurkan atas inisiatif individu ahli PAS yang mahu suara rungutan mereka diberikan perhatian.
Katanya, peserta wacana itu terdiri daripada pemimpin dan penyokong akar umbi yang mahu memberikan pandangan serta luahan tentang kecelaruan hala tuju parti yang semakin tersasar daripada perjuangan asal.
Resolusi wacana
Wacana tersebut juga berjaya mencapai 11 resolusi yang mengandungi desakan supaya parti dan pemimpin PAS kembali kepada landasan Islam yang sebenar.
“Mungkin kita akan ajukan resolusi ini kepada pemimpin tertinggi dalam masa tersekat.
“Harapan kami supaya mereka (pemimpin PAS) agak terbuka menerima pandangan peringkat akar umbi yang sebenarnya sudah lama disuarakan,” katanya.
Berita lanjut....
Jarumemas: Demi kepentinagn agama Islam apalah salahnya UMNO dan PAS bergabung.
‘Pemimpin Islam perlu sepakat dalam soal menjaga agama’
(Bernama) - Penasihat Agama kepada Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Dr
Abdullah Md Zin berkata pemimpin Islam di negara ini perlu sepakat
dalam menjaga kepentingan agama Islam tanpa mengira perbezaan fahaman
politik.
Katanya tindakan sesetengah pemimpin politik yang mengetepikan kepentingan agama demi kedudukan politik dan menyebabkan kecelaruan berpanjangan dalam masyarakat amat dikesalkan.
“Amat dikesalkan kerana pemimpin PAS seperti Nik Aziz dan Haji Hadi tidak mahu memperbetulkan kenyataan yang dibuat Nurul Izzah dalam soalan kebebasan beragama selain turut menyokong dan mengatakan perkara tersebut tidak penting,” katanya pada satu perjumpaan dengan media, di sini hari ini.
Katanya sebagai Mursyidul Am PAS Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat jelas mengetepikan kepentingan Islam apabila menyokong Nurul Izzah sekalipun menyedari Naib Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat itu melakukan kesalahan besar.
“Nik Aziz jika tahu perkara itu salah sepatutnya jangan keluar apa-apa pandangan dan lebih baik menjadi syaitan yang bisu daripada syaitan yang berkata-kata,” katanya.
Beliau turut meminta Nurul Izzah memperbetulkan kenyataannya dan meminta maaf dengan mengakui tidak arif tentang bidang agama.
Pada 3 Nov lepas, portal berita Malaysiakini melaporkan Nurul Izzah yang juga Anggota Parlimen Lembah Pantai berkata rakyat tidak seharusnya dipaksa menganut agama tertentu dan perkara itu juga patut terpakai kepada orang Melayu.
“Apabila anda bertanya saya, tiada paksaan dalam beragama...bagaimana seseorang itu boleh berkata, maaflah, ini (kebebasan beragama) hanya terpakai kepada orang bukan Melayu, ia sepatutnya diguna pakai secara sama rata,” katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian pada forum bertajuk “Negara Islam: Versi Mana; Tanggungjawab Siapa?” di Subang Jaya pada 3 Nov.
Sumber: Malaysia Today
Jarumemas: Sewajarnya...
Katanya tindakan sesetengah pemimpin politik yang mengetepikan kepentingan agama demi kedudukan politik dan menyebabkan kecelaruan berpanjangan dalam masyarakat amat dikesalkan.
“Amat dikesalkan kerana pemimpin PAS seperti Nik Aziz dan Haji Hadi tidak mahu memperbetulkan kenyataan yang dibuat Nurul Izzah dalam soalan kebebasan beragama selain turut menyokong dan mengatakan perkara tersebut tidak penting,” katanya pada satu perjumpaan dengan media, di sini hari ini.
Katanya sebagai Mursyidul Am PAS Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat jelas mengetepikan kepentingan Islam apabila menyokong Nurul Izzah sekalipun menyedari Naib Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat itu melakukan kesalahan besar.
“Nik Aziz jika tahu perkara itu salah sepatutnya jangan keluar apa-apa pandangan dan lebih baik menjadi syaitan yang bisu daripada syaitan yang berkata-kata,” katanya.
Beliau turut meminta Nurul Izzah memperbetulkan kenyataannya dan meminta maaf dengan mengakui tidak arif tentang bidang agama.
Pada 3 Nov lepas, portal berita Malaysiakini melaporkan Nurul Izzah yang juga Anggota Parlimen Lembah Pantai berkata rakyat tidak seharusnya dipaksa menganut agama tertentu dan perkara itu juga patut terpakai kepada orang Melayu.
“Apabila anda bertanya saya, tiada paksaan dalam beragama...bagaimana seseorang itu boleh berkata, maaflah, ini (kebebasan beragama) hanya terpakai kepada orang bukan Melayu, ia sepatutnya diguna pakai secara sama rata,” katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian pada forum bertajuk “Negara Islam: Versi Mana; Tanggungjawab Siapa?” di Subang Jaya pada 3 Nov.
Sumber: Malaysia Today
Jarumemas: Sewajarnya...
Pemimpin-pemimpin politik jangan kiasu
Tiada gunanya jika pemimpin-pemimpin
politik kita sering bercakap mengenai budaya politik baru namun tidak
disusuli dengan tindakan konkrit. Elak menjadi pemimpin yang cakap tak
serupa bikin dan kiasu.
Markus Lim, The Malaysian Insider
Tempoh empat tahun dalam dunia politik nampaknya begitu lama dan sesuatu yang cukup memeritkan.
Apa tidaknya, tidak pernah satu hari sejak berakhirnya Pilihan Raya Umum ke-12, tidak kedengaran perbalahan politik antara dua pihak yang bertelagah.
Rakyat pula mengaru-garu kepala dan tertanya-tanya – apa sudah jadi dengan wakil rakyat yang dipilih mereka? Mengapa wakil-wakil rakyat yang dipilih ini boleh berkelakuan sedemikian? Apakah mereka sudah lupa bahawa kuasa dan jawatan yang disandangnya ketika ini hanya bersifat sementara?
Suara rakyat yang meminta wakil rakyat melihat ke hadapan tenggelam timbul dan bagaikan tidak diendahkan.
Paling mendukacitakan, perbalahan dan perang lidah antara pihak pemerintah dan pembangkang belum menunjukkan tanda-tanda akan reda.
Sebaliknya, keadaan bertambah buruk. Di satu pihak, pelbagai isu dibangkitkan dengan harapan seteru mereka akan memberi maklum balas. Di satu pihak lagi pula, mereka hanya mampu bertahan dan menangkis tohmahan demi tohmahan.
Kedua-dua pihak seolah-olah tidak bersedia menerima kehadiran sesama mereka. Matlamat utama ialah kemenangan di satu pihak manakala kekalahan di pihak lawan.
Berita lanjut...
Jarumemas: Sikap hormat menghormati, bawalah berbincang cara lelaki bukan menghentam, menghina, seolah-olah mahu menghancur bangsa, agama dan negara sendiri.
Markus Lim, The Malaysian Insider
Tempoh empat tahun dalam dunia politik nampaknya begitu lama dan sesuatu yang cukup memeritkan.
Apa tidaknya, tidak pernah satu hari sejak berakhirnya Pilihan Raya Umum ke-12, tidak kedengaran perbalahan politik antara dua pihak yang bertelagah.
Rakyat pula mengaru-garu kepala dan tertanya-tanya – apa sudah jadi dengan wakil rakyat yang dipilih mereka? Mengapa wakil-wakil rakyat yang dipilih ini boleh berkelakuan sedemikian? Apakah mereka sudah lupa bahawa kuasa dan jawatan yang disandangnya ketika ini hanya bersifat sementara?
Suara rakyat yang meminta wakil rakyat melihat ke hadapan tenggelam timbul dan bagaikan tidak diendahkan.
Paling mendukacitakan, perbalahan dan perang lidah antara pihak pemerintah dan pembangkang belum menunjukkan tanda-tanda akan reda.
Sebaliknya, keadaan bertambah buruk. Di satu pihak, pelbagai isu dibangkitkan dengan harapan seteru mereka akan memberi maklum balas. Di satu pihak lagi pula, mereka hanya mampu bertahan dan menangkis tohmahan demi tohmahan.
Kedua-dua pihak seolah-olah tidak bersedia menerima kehadiran sesama mereka. Matlamat utama ialah kemenangan di satu pihak manakala kekalahan di pihak lawan.
Berita lanjut...
Jarumemas: Sikap hormat menghormati, bawalah berbincang cara lelaki bukan menghentam, menghina, seolah-olah mahu menghancur bangsa, agama dan negara sendiri.
Bigots, cronies, tyrants and thugs
Religious bigots and feudalists, Umno and its business
cronies, Malay supremacist and their secret spies and Trojan horses are
all coming together.
Mohd Ariff Sabri Aziz, FMT
Umno is marshalling all the reactionary forces in this country to put down the majority.
Religious bigots represented by the likes of Hasan Alis, Zulkifli Nordins and the racial bigots represented by the Ibrahim Alis.
Their running dogs are now resorting to (i) attacks on the person, and (ii) patronising comments.
A specter is indeed haunting our country — the specter of Malaysians reclaiming lost rights.
All the powers of the corrupt government have entered into an unholy alliance to exorcise this specter.
Religious bigots and feudalists, Umno and its business cronies, Malay supremacist and their secret spies and Trojan horses are all coming together.
The specter that is coming back is the specter of Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his ilk. It’s bulldozing over us.
Post-independence, this country was tugging along on the road of democracy and was doing fine.
It was a slow process as Malaysians underwent a period of growing pains.
Frankly, we have just begun to learn the dynamics of democracy. Suffrage means people acquire rights to self-determination.
Participatory democracy meant, they can define their being and determine their future instead of having their lives run by dictates and central command of a society structured on feudalism – a paramount master and his cabal at the top, enslaving the rest.
Malays are beginning to free themselves from being defined and determined by their feudal masters.
Power corrupts
This is no longer the age of command society where your wish becomes a command to me. Everything must be decided to a set of rules.
We are moving away from a central command society to a modern one embracing democracy.
We could have matured into a better society faster save for the route being suddenly and rudely interrupted by the emergence of Mahathir.
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Jarumemas: Why oppositions always find that BN is always to blamed?
Mohd Ariff Sabri Aziz, FMT
Umno is marshalling all the reactionary forces in this country to put down the majority.
Religious bigots represented by the likes of Hasan Alis, Zulkifli Nordins and the racial bigots represented by the Ibrahim Alis.
Their running dogs are now resorting to (i) attacks on the person, and (ii) patronising comments.
A specter is indeed haunting our country — the specter of Malaysians reclaiming lost rights.
All the powers of the corrupt government have entered into an unholy alliance to exorcise this specter.
Religious bigots and feudalists, Umno and its business cronies, Malay supremacist and their secret spies and Trojan horses are all coming together.
The specter that is coming back is the specter of Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his ilk. It’s bulldozing over us.
Post-independence, this country was tugging along on the road of democracy and was doing fine.
It was a slow process as Malaysians underwent a period of growing pains.
Frankly, we have just begun to learn the dynamics of democracy. Suffrage means people acquire rights to self-determination.
Participatory democracy meant, they can define their being and determine their future instead of having their lives run by dictates and central command of a society structured on feudalism – a paramount master and his cabal at the top, enslaving the rest.
Malays are beginning to free themselves from being defined and determined by their feudal masters.
Power corrupts
This is no longer the age of command society where your wish becomes a command to me. Everything must be decided to a set of rules.
We are moving away from a central command society to a modern one embracing democracy.
We could have matured into a better society faster save for the route being suddenly and rudely interrupted by the emergence of Mahathir.
Read more....
Jarumemas: Why oppositions always find that BN is always to blamed?
Nong Chik: Elections after Chinese New Year
Md Izwan, The Malaysian Insider
The 13th general elections will be called after Chinese New Year, Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin predicted today, because the major festivals celebrated in multicultural Malaysia would be done with by then.
“We have celebrated Raya Haji, after this we will be celebrating Deepavali and Christmas. Then next year, the Chinese community will be celebrating their new year.
“But let us not forget the biggest festival for the people, which is the victory for the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the most important celebration that is after the Chinese New Year,” the Federal Territories Minister said after officiating the 1 Malaysia For Youth (1M4U) launch here this afternoon.
The Lunar New Year festival is expected to fall on February 10 next year. The Chinese community typically celebrate it for 15 days.
However, Nong Chik was quick to add that the date was only his forecast and the decision to call for elections was with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Source: Malaysian Insider.
Jarumemas: Just prediction and speculation. PM will decides when.
The 13th general elections will be called after Chinese New Year, Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin predicted today, because the major festivals celebrated in multicultural Malaysia would be done with by then.
“We have celebrated Raya Haji, after this we will be celebrating Deepavali and Christmas. Then next year, the Chinese community will be celebrating their new year.
“But let us not forget the biggest festival for the people, which is the victory for the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the most important celebration that is after the Chinese New Year,” the Federal Territories Minister said after officiating the 1 Malaysia For Youth (1M4U) launch here this afternoon.
The Lunar New Year festival is expected to fall on February 10 next year. The Chinese community typically celebrate it for 15 days.
However, Nong Chik was quick to add that the date was only his forecast and the decision to call for elections was with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Source: Malaysian Insider.
Jarumemas: Just prediction and speculation. PM will decides when.
MIC snubs Najib-Hindraf talk
Denying that Najib has lost confidence in MIC, Palanivel claims that the people are returning to MIC’s fold.
Leven Woon, FMT
MIC president G Palanivel was today left unimpressed that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has bypassed his party to approach harsh government critic Hindraf on a talk of issues plaguing the Indian community.
He also shunned the idea that such talk was a sign of the premier’s deteriorating confidence on MIC.
“Let it be within the PM and Hindraf. I don’t worry about (PM’s) confidence, MIC’s support has increased a lot among the public.
“I don’t worry what the Hindraf and PM are talking about. I am not going to interfere,” he said when met by reporters after a Deepavali celebration here today.
Palanivel’s comment came amid an announcement made by Minister of Prime Minister Department Nazri Abdul Aziz on Wednesday that Najib has invited Hindraf and other Indian groups for a discussion.
Yesterday, Hindraf cast aspersions on the sincerity of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s invitation, saying that it could be related to the general election. However it was willing to talk to the government for the sake of the Indian community.
Keeping mum on Batu Caves project
Meanwhile, the MIC president dodged questions on the 29-storey condominium project near Batu Caves Hindu temple, two weeks after Pakatan Rakyat leaders showed evidence that MIC councillors were involved in approving the project in 2007.
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Jarumemas: PM has his own reason why he wanted to meet Hindraf personnels.
Leven Woon, FMT
MIC president G Palanivel was today left unimpressed that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has bypassed his party to approach harsh government critic Hindraf on a talk of issues plaguing the Indian community.
He also shunned the idea that such talk was a sign of the premier’s deteriorating confidence on MIC.
“Let it be within the PM and Hindraf. I don’t worry about (PM’s) confidence, MIC’s support has increased a lot among the public.
“I don’t worry what the Hindraf and PM are talking about. I am not going to interfere,” he said when met by reporters after a Deepavali celebration here today.
Palanivel’s comment came amid an announcement made by Minister of Prime Minister Department Nazri Abdul Aziz on Wednesday that Najib has invited Hindraf and other Indian groups for a discussion.
Yesterday, Hindraf cast aspersions on the sincerity of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s invitation, saying that it could be related to the general election. However it was willing to talk to the government for the sake of the Indian community.
Keeping mum on Batu Caves project
Meanwhile, the MIC president dodged questions on the 29-storey condominium project near Batu Caves Hindu temple, two weeks after Pakatan Rakyat leaders showed evidence that MIC councillors were involved in approving the project in 2007.
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Jarumemas: PM has his own reason why he wanted to meet Hindraf personnels.
Gejala Melayu murtad sangat mengkhuatirkan
“Kita boleh menegaskan bahawa orang
Islam tidak boleh murtad mengikut hukum Islam tanpa dikenakan hukuman
mengikut syariat Islam akan tetapi untuk selesa dengan hanya takrifan
Perlembagaan mengenai definisi orang Melayu adalah berugama Islam
adalah dangkal,” kata Setiausaha Agung Mapim, Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid.
(Harakah) - Sepatutnya kedudukan Islam di kalangan orang Melayu, walaupun mempunyai takrif yang tersendiri di dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan namun ia tidak boleh memberi jaminan bahawa orang Melayu secara hakikatnya boleh kekal keislamannya.
“Kita boleh menegaskan bahawa orang Islam tidak boleh murtad mengikut hukum Islam tanpa dikenakan hukuman mengikut syariat Islam akan tetapi untuk selesa dengan hanya takrifan Perlembagaan mengenai definisi orang Melayu adalah berugama Islam adalah dangkal,” kata Setiausaha Agung Mapim, Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid dalam satu kenyataan.
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Jarumemas: Perkara-perkara yang melibatkan agama Islam sewajarnya diambil tindakan segera supaya tidak ada pihak-pihak tertentu yang mengambil kesempatan memperlekehkan dan menghina agama Islam. Biasanya pihak berkuasa mengambil tindakan selepas terhantuk baru nak tengadah!!
(Harakah) - Sepatutnya kedudukan Islam di kalangan orang Melayu, walaupun mempunyai takrif yang tersendiri di dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan namun ia tidak boleh memberi jaminan bahawa orang Melayu secara hakikatnya boleh kekal keislamannya.
“Kita boleh menegaskan bahawa orang Islam tidak boleh murtad mengikut hukum Islam tanpa dikenakan hukuman mengikut syariat Islam akan tetapi untuk selesa dengan hanya takrifan Perlembagaan mengenai definisi orang Melayu adalah berugama Islam adalah dangkal,” kata Setiausaha Agung Mapim, Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid dalam satu kenyataan.
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Jarumemas: Perkara-perkara yang melibatkan agama Islam sewajarnya diambil tindakan segera supaya tidak ada pihak-pihak tertentu yang mengambil kesempatan memperlekehkan dan menghina agama Islam. Biasanya pihak berkuasa mengambil tindakan selepas terhantuk baru nak tengadah!!
Keep faith out of politics
Religion and politics — that’s a potent mix guaranteed to be explosive.
Nurul Izzah’s slip has been seized on by Umno because the fight in the polls is essentially over the majority Malay votes, especially in the rural constituencies which are heavily in favour of the ruling party. Of the 222 parliamentary seats, only about 45 are Chinese-majority in urban areas and there is not a single seat with an Indian majority.
Wong Chun Wai, The Star
IN the run-up to the general election, holding forums on political issues, even in churches, has become fairly common.
While most churches would be careful about bringing politicians into a house of worship to talk politics, there are some that are prepared to organise or at least play host to such events.
Last Saturday, the Oriental Hearts and Mind Study Institute (OHMSI) conducted a talk on “Islamic State: Which Version? Whose Responsibility?” with the keynote address by Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa, director of the Islamic Renaissance Front. The forum was held at a church in Subang.
But the person who captured the headlines was PKR deputy president Nurul Izzah Anwar who was one of the moderators. In response to a question from the floor, she found herself caught in a controversy over whether Malays have a right to choose their religion.
She was speaking to a largely urban non-Malay audience and, as seen in a video recording of the event that has now gone viral, she was greeted with loud applause.
The feisty politician has since denied making any statement suggesting that there should be no compulsion on Malays to be Muslims.
But she earned a royal rebuke from the Sultan of Selangor and she has quickly blamed Utusan Malaysia for allegedly distorting and twisting her reply to a member of the audience.
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Jarumemas: That should be the way.
Nurul Izzah’s slip has been seized on by Umno because the fight in the polls is essentially over the majority Malay votes, especially in the rural constituencies which are heavily in favour of the ruling party. Of the 222 parliamentary seats, only about 45 are Chinese-majority in urban areas and there is not a single seat with an Indian majority.
Wong Chun Wai, The Star
IN the run-up to the general election, holding forums on political issues, even in churches, has become fairly common.
While most churches would be careful about bringing politicians into a house of worship to talk politics, there are some that are prepared to organise or at least play host to such events.
Last Saturday, the Oriental Hearts and Mind Study Institute (OHMSI) conducted a talk on “Islamic State: Which Version? Whose Responsibility?” with the keynote address by Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa, director of the Islamic Renaissance Front. The forum was held at a church in Subang.
But the person who captured the headlines was PKR deputy president Nurul Izzah Anwar who was one of the moderators. In response to a question from the floor, she found herself caught in a controversy over whether Malays have a right to choose their religion.
She was speaking to a largely urban non-Malay audience and, as seen in a video recording of the event that has now gone viral, she was greeted with loud applause.
The feisty politician has since denied making any statement suggesting that there should be no compulsion on Malays to be Muslims.
But she earned a royal rebuke from the Sultan of Selangor and she has quickly blamed Utusan Malaysia for allegedly distorting and twisting her reply to a member of the audience.
read more....
Jarumemas: That should be the way.
‘Pembawa obor’ PKR enggan bertanding pilihan raya
Presiden PKR Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail tidak berminat untuk
bertanding dalam pilihan raya umum (PRU) akan datang mengatakan beliau
mahu menghabiskan masa berkempen untuk Pakatan Rakyat (PR) daripada
untuk dirinya sendiri.
Bekas ahli parlimen Permatang Pauh selama dua penggal itu tidak boleh bertanding di kerusi parlimen selama lima tahun di bawah undang-undang selepas meletakkan jawatan bagi memberi laluan kepada suaminya, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim kembali ke parlimen.
Akan tetapi beliau masih lagi layak untuk bertanding di kerusi dewan undangan negeri (Dun) sama ada di Pulau Pinang, tempat beliau mendaftar sebagai pengundi atau Selangor dimana beliau menetap sekarang.
“Saya mahu bebas berkempen di semua tempat,” Dr Wan Azizah memberitahu The Malaysian Insider dalam sebuah temubual eksklusif baru-baru ini.
Berita lanjut...
Jarumemas: Apa kata pengundi?
Bekas ahli parlimen Permatang Pauh selama dua penggal itu tidak boleh bertanding di kerusi parlimen selama lima tahun di bawah undang-undang selepas meletakkan jawatan bagi memberi laluan kepada suaminya, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim kembali ke parlimen.
Akan tetapi beliau masih lagi layak untuk bertanding di kerusi dewan undangan negeri (Dun) sama ada di Pulau Pinang, tempat beliau mendaftar sebagai pengundi atau Selangor dimana beliau menetap sekarang.
“Saya mahu bebas berkempen di semua tempat,” Dr Wan Azizah memberitahu The Malaysian Insider dalam sebuah temubual eksklusif baru-baru ini.
Berita lanjut...
Jarumemas: Apa kata pengundi?
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