Naked Politics

Naked politics

grip Malaysia

as corruption watchdog

bites state governor.

After Perak crisis

and paralysis

via political frog hop,

now Selangor suffers

humiliation of one-two punches of nude expose

and corruption watchdog

big power bark~bite.

That's the new naked

bare knuckles tactic

in the last month of

outgoing premier

Datuk Seri Abdullah

Ahmad Badawi

pressured by UMNO leaders to step down

next month ahead

of his earlier planned 

exit.

As premier-designate

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

prepares to take over

UMNO leadership

in late March,

we witness

vile devious

political play.

Today

Democratic Action Party(DAP) chairman

Karpal Singh criticizes

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission(MACC)

for compromising its independence

and integrity.

Its chief commissioner

Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan

has literally jumped

into the political fray.

He barks aloud and bites

Selangor Mentri Besar(Chief Minister or State Governor)

Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim

with claim of "good and strong

evidence" of Khalid's abuse of power

over car maintenance and charity beef gift.

This historic statement

by MACC,set up as an independent body

by Malaysia's Parliament,

seems to be contrary

to its aims and objectives.

One is reminded 

of the earlier character assassination

attempt on former deputy premier

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim

via media prosecution.

Now it happens again.

Karpal stresses corruption

watchdog has departed from 

its role with such serious allegation

without proper legal process

in court.

In fact, Khalid has already

filed two defamation suits

in Shah Alam High Court

against his predecessor,

discredited ousted former

Selangor Mentri Besar

Datuk Seri Dr. Mohd Khir Toyo.

His lawyer,Sankara Nair,

filed the suits on Wednesday

(February 18,2009).

Khir Toyo,now Selangor 

opposition leader and state assemblyman

of Sungei Besar, has alleged

Khalid misused state funds

for maintenance of 

his luxury Lexus car

and charity beef gift

distribution from

slaughter of 46 cows

during Hari Raya Aidiladha

celebration at his

Bandar Tun Razak

parliamentary constituency.

Amid severe recession,

Malaysia is hit hard by

horrendous political storm

of wild emotions 

and foul furious

terror furore.

In the pursuit of power

by any means,

some political masters

have forgotten

basic human rights,

constitutional law,

fairness and reasonableness.

Naked politics

at its worst

aimed at maximum

damage,defamation

and destruction

are used

without scruples.

This alarming trend 

is evident in recent events

as follows:-

*Death threat with two live bullets

sent to Karpal Singh at his home

in Jalan Utama,Penang.

The threat warns karpal that

his family would be burned

to death for fooling around

with Malay rulers and Malay issues.

Karpal had earlier stated 

he would sue Perak sultan

for acting ultra vires

Perak Constitution.

*Assassination threat on 

Penang Chief Minister 

Lim Guan Eng for strong

statements on modern parliamentary

democracy and removal of 

immunity of rulers from 

being sued by former premier

Tun Dr.Mahathir Mohamed

during Constitutional Crisis.

*Similar death threat on 

Perak State Assembly Speaker

V.Sivakumar for chairing

State Assembly Special Privileges

Committee that has issued suspension

orders on National Front Perak Mentri Besar

Datuk Dr. Zambry Abdul Kadir

and his six-member for 

contempt of the House.

Acting on complaint

from Canning state assemblyman

Wong Kah Woh,

the panel summoned 

Zambry and his exco

to appear before it

at 3.30p.m. on Wednesday

(February 18,2009).

It bars Zambry from

the Perak State Assembly

for 18 months and the others

each for 12 months for

acting "unconstitutionally and 

illegally in contempt of the House".

This means National Front

would command only 21 votes

against People alliance 28 votes in any formal sitting of Perak State Assembly.

Sivakumar has ruled the three political frogs

as having resigned and vacated 

their seats.

He says Zambry,his exco and the three 

political frogs would be thrown out

if they attend the next formal sitting

of the Perak State Assembly.

Meanwhile,ousted People Alliance

Perak Mentri Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin

says he would vacate

Perak Mentri Besar official residence

today(February 22,2009) to contnue

his fight in Kuala Lumpur.

Nizar and his 10-member exco have filed

constitutional law suit at Kuala Lumpur

High Court to declare Zambry

and his six-member exco "illegal

and unconstitutional".

The five-page suit with

supporting affidavits

from Sivakumar and Nizar

seeks judicial review

to declare Nizar

as the legitimate

Perak Mentri Besar

and an injunction

to stop Zambry 

or his agents from

carrying out the duties

and functions of 

Mentri Besar.

High Court judicial commissioner

Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof

has offered to recuse himself

from hearing the landmark

constitutional law case to escalate

it to the Federal Court in the interest

of speed

and finality.

His grounds are his previous

involvement in PAS legal matters,

PKR legal issues and National Front's

election petition in Sarawak.

His decision is to preserve justice and 

integrity of the court.

Nizar urges the court to disqualify 

Perak legal adviser for National Front

Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid from 

acting for Zambry

as Zambry is being sued

in his personal capacity,

not as Perak Mentri Besar.

Hence,Zambry

has no right 

to make use of

Perak state's resources

including its state legal adviser.

So Perak now

has historic two 

Mentris Besar

and two state governments

each claiming legitimacy.

Outgoing premier

Abdullah has urged

Zambry and his exco

to lodge police report

against Sivakumar.

He feels the Perak

State Assembly Speaker

has shown disrespect

to Perak sultan.

First Perak.Now Selangor.

Elizabeth Wong,poor soul,

has fled the country in deep distress and humiliation over the circulation of her nude pictures via MMS and mass media.

As one reviews

the train of events,

one would ask some

vital questions:-

Have we forgotten what makes a society great?

Do decency,justice and right mean anything at all?

Why not solve Perak crisis by calling for fresh state

election?

Can't the people exercise their right to vote for

representatives of their choice in Perak State Assembly?

Well, what's next? Worst moves? More foul play?

And Use of  ISA? Declaration of State of Emergency? 

 

When Government Becomes

When government

becomes the problem,

not the solution,

what do we do?

When it shatters

the public trust,

should we accept it?

When it robs

our present,

must we validate it?

When it spreads

its corruption menace

should we applaud it?

When a coalition

with a party known

for money politics

as its leader

adopts unprincipled

political practices,

should we support it?

Must we

should we

bear the burden

of its blunders

and pay the price

of erosion of our

constitutional human rights,

the deterioration

of our national competitiveness

the destruction

of quality of life,

security,peace 

and public law

and the decline

in educational standard

of our schools and universities?

When it grabs

power at a state

without the people consent,

should we keep quiet?

Are there no laws

and principles

to outlaw such open

show of arrogance

such raw usurpation

in our modern society

that practises parliamentary

democracy?

Should we

not all rise up

and condemn

it to safeguard

and preserve

our consititutional right

and freedom

to vote for

representatives of 

our choice?  

Perak Two Wrongs

Perak Two Wrongs

Do Not Make

A Right

Two Defectors

Facing Corruption Charges

And An Additional One Lady

~Shameless Betrayal Of Her Party

And Public Trust ~

To Pull Off

Fast Perak

State Government

Collapse

Via

Thin Three

State Assembly Seats

"Majority"

In

HUNG

Perak State Assembly

DO NOT MAKE

Strong Stable

State Government

Now Historic

First 

Not Undisputed

New Perak Mentri Besar

(Chief Minister Or State Governor)

Sworn In

Last Friday

(February 6,2009)

Again Another 

First

Not Undisputed

New Perak Six-Member 

Executive Council

Sworn In 

Yesterday

(February 10,2009)

So 

Wonders

Never End

In Perak

Land Of Grace

Hit By

Frog Hop

Power Play

Storm

Would One

Be

Too Wrong

To Sue

Perak Sultan

And

National Front

For

Acting

Ultra Vires

Perak Constitution

Denying

Public Will

For Free Fair

State Government

And 

Defying

Universal Declaration

Of Human Rights

Like

Citizen Right

To Speak Up

Express Outrage

Public Uproar

Over

Denial

Of Right 

To Choose

Better State Representatives

Of Their Choice?

Perak Power Play

Perak power play

enters into Act 2

with two Mentris Besar

performing special functions.

Yesterday(February 7,2009),

newly sworn in Mentri Besar

(Chief Minister or State Governor)

Datuk Dr. Zambry Abdul Kadir

acted out his role

with high profile public relation

exercise by attending

Perak Gerakan

Chinese New Year

open house

at Kampung Simee

in Perak's state capital,

Ipoh.

His ousted protagonist,

Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin

chaired special executive council(exco) 

meeting

at Perak's Mentri Besar

official residence

at Jalan Raja di-Hilir

5 km. away at about

the same time.

Nizar claims

he is still

Perak Mentri Besar.

So he is still

using the official residence

and official new Toyota Camry car.

Though ordered

by Perak Sultan Azlan Shah

to go

with his exco members,

he is staying put

where he is.

He states

he is the legitimate

Perak Mentri Besar

and Zambry is "illegal".

This is because

he has not quit

with no due legal

process to remove him

at proper formal sitting

of Perak State Asssembly

where no confidence vote

has to be tabled and passed

against his leadership.

Zambry has no alternative

but to operate from 

his own house.

At the special exco meeting,

Nizar and exco members

extended industrial plots

land lease from present

30-60 years to

99 years.

They also approved 342 new councillors

for Perak's 15 local councils.

They revived Ipoh airport

for use by low-cost carrier

Firefly

to operate flights

to Singapore and Subang.

Nizar stresses 

he would report

for work again

next Tuesday

(February 10,2009)

as Tuesday is

his Mentri Besar

meet the people

weekly session.

Meanwhile,

police reports

have been lodged

against Nizar

and People Alliance

leaders for questioning

the rights of

the Malay rulers

by United Malays National Organization

(UMNO) leaders.

The UMNO leaders

including UMNO vice-president

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin

criticized People Alliance

leaders for disrespect

of the Perak sultan.

They claimed

Nizar could be charged

under Sedition Act for

refusing to follow

the ruler's order.

DAP Chairman

Karpal Singh's threat

to file legal suit

against the sultan

to remind him

to comply with

Perak Constitution

was described by

Muhyiddin as

"act of treason".

Perak political temperature

hots up with 

Malaysia's former Prime

Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

joining the fray.

Mahathir,famous

for curbing the excesses

of royalty and exercise

of royal assent,

states tongue in cheek

that many Malays

are supporting Karpal

but "Inilah Melayu moden,

saya ni orang tua (These are

modern Malays, I'm just an old man)".

He stresses 

Perak State Assembly 

should have met and decided

on a vote of no confidence

against Nizar

as "this is the only way

to bring down a government".

He adds "nothing can obstruct

a person from suing" the sultan

but ethically, "it is not good".

In his personal blog,

Mahathir asks

whether UMNO 

is "so desperate"

as to get the support

of two of the three defectors ~

Jamaluddin Mohd(Behrang)

and Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu (Changkat Jering)

~ as the duo are facing

corruption charges

in court

linked to land development.

Amid the brewing controversy,

National Front faces

tough political act.

Already,nine protestors

have been arrested by police

for alleged rioting

at mass public outrage

to block swearing in

of Zambry at Perak's royal town,

Kuala Kangsar,two days ago.

Perak UMNO

and 12 Malay NGOs

are also gearing up

to organize counter protests

with yellow armbands

as sign of loyalty

to show appreciation

and loyalty to 

Perak ruler.

Now National Front

holds political dynamite

with almost all Malay 

Perak government face.

All,except one, Dr.Mah Hang Soon

(BN-MCA - Chenderiang),of

its 28 state assemblymen are Malays

in multi-racial Perak.

There is no Indian state assemblyman

in its Perak line-up.

This is in sharp contrast to 

People Alliance multi-racial 

representation with Perak

State Assembly Speaker

V.Sivakumar.

All Indian representatives

put up by National Front

via Malaysian Indian Congress(MIC) 

in Perak were defeated in 

historic political tsunami

at March 8,2008

General Election.

People Alliance

then captured 

five out of 13 states

of Malaysia.

National Front

lost its two-third

majority in

Malaysia's Parliament

50 years after Independence

on August 31,1957.

The disastrous defeat

and losses in the five states

precipitated UMNO leaders'

pressure on Prime Minister

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

to step down next month

ahead of his earlier planned

exit.

MIC President S Samy Vellu

also lost his Sungei Siput safe

parliamentary seat in Perak

in massive people power

backlash over five Hindraf

leaders' detention without trial

under draconian 

Internal Security Act(ISA).

At its last sitting

on November 14,2008 at 4 pm,

the Perak State Assembly

had passed motion

calling upon the 

Federal Government

to abolish the ISA

and free all detainees

at Kamunting detention centre

located in Taiping, Perak. 

National Front

has lost further

public support

in two by-elections

in Permatang Puah

and Kuala Trengganu

since the March 8 debacle. 

Now with

the Perak Constitutional Crisis

steaming hot 

with public outrage,

Perak state government

is world's big laughing stock

as two rival political state chiefs

~ one newly sworn in and the other

ousted but crying foul ~ 

claim legitimacy

of their leadership.

So Dummies,

hold on to your seats to

watch more stirring scenes

and seething waves of protests 

as hung Perak State Assembly

of 28 National Front

versus 

28 People Alliance

state assemblymen

slug it out 

with three unreliable

independent defectors

holding disputed seats

and the balance of power. 

What is the moral?

"Toppling an elected

popular government

is no simple frog 

hop party play.

Losing the people

trust is worse then

winning the sultan

consent."

Perak Constitutional Crisis

Perak Constituional Crisis

brews as furious citizens

condemn new state government

as unconstitutional and illegal.

Yesterday(February 6,2009),

Perak opened a new 

historic chapter of political

fury.

Riot police fired tear gas to 

disperse hundreds of angry

protestors as they marched to

Istana Iskandariah in Perak's

royal town, Kuala Kangsar

to block

the swearing in

of a new Perak

Mentri Besar( Chief Minister or

State Governor).

But their attempt 

proved futile.

At 4.02pm,

Datuk Dr.Zambry Abdul Kadir

(BN - Pangkor)

was sworn in 

as the 11th Mentri Besar

of Perak before

Perak Sultan Azlan Shah,

witnessed by Perak royalty

and National Front leaders

led by

Prime Minister-designate

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

All 28 People Alliance

state assemblymen led

by ousted Mentri Besar

Datuk Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin

boycotted the event.

Nizar,instead, reported

for work as usual

in his official car together

with his state executive council members.

But he had to

eat humble pie.

At the gate

he asked for permission

from the security guard

to allow him access

to his office.

At his office

he found all his 

personal belongings

gone.

He pulled out

an empty drawer

where he had kept

his things.

To add insult

to injury,

the State Secretary

Abdul Rahman Hashim

interrupted Nizar twice

as he tried to hold 

a press conference.

Nizar, his aides 

exco members and 

reporters were all

escorted out by police.

Perak State Assembly Speaker

V.Sivakumar also personally

delivered an official letter to 

the palace seeking the 

Perak sultan's consent

to convene an emergency sitting

of the Perak State Assembly.

He also took the precaution

to fax a copy of the letter at 1.30pm

yesterday to 

Istana Kinta,the Perak ruler's

official palace in Ipoh. 

 

Nizar,burning with fury,

vowed to fight it out

and sue the "illegal"

new Mentri Besar for

taking over the Perak

government without

proper due process.

He would not 

quit unless a clear

vote of no eonfidence

to remove him 

has been lawfully 

tabled and passed

at the Perak State Assembly.

His refusal to quit

and Datuk Dr.Zambry

swearing-in to take his post

means Perak is now 

deep in constitutional crisis

with two Mentris Besar(Chief Minsters

or State Governors)! 

Now how ~ Perak has

unprecedented two heads of government ~

one just sworn in and the other

ousted and crying foul.

This is because both National Front

And People Alliance command equal

numbers ~ 28 seats each in the hung

Perak State Assembly.

National Front claims it has the "majority"

of three disputed seats of three defectors

who have swung their allegiance from 

People Alliance to National Front

in a Perak political coup.

Sivakumar has already filed a legal

suit at the High Court

to declare the three state seats

vacant

and 

resignations of the defectors

valid.

The decision by Perak Sultan Azlan Shah

not to consent to advice of his Mentri Besar

Nizar to dissolve the hung Perak State Assembly

and call for fresh elections

is under hot dispute.

The validity of  the sultan's dismissal of Nizar

and his state exco members

is being questioned in law.

In a special press statement,

United Malays National Organization(UMNO)

elder statesman and Malaysia's Former

Finance Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah

stresses that Nizar is still the

Perak Mentri Besar!

Tengku Razaleigh says Nizar 

is not the Mentri Besar until

he resigns or is defeated

in a vote of no confidence

at a formal sitting of the 

Perak State Legislature.

"To formally test the mandate

of the current government,

the question must be put to 

the people through state elections,

or to the assemblymen through

a formal vote in the Dewan(Perak State Assembly),"

he points out.

"To remove and install 

governments in any other way

is to violate the Constitution,

erode the rule of law and 

run the risk of forming

an illegal government,"

he adds.

Tengku Razaleigh,Malaysia's

longest-serving

Member of Parliament,

advises that a legitimate government

draws its authority

from the consent of the people

and only from that consent.

"The people consent because

it is their government formed

according to their constitution.

whose leader is chosen through

free and fair election,"

he reasons.

So,in the public eye,

Nizar is still the Perak Mentri Besar.

His political mentors

at the People Alliance

leadership council has 

mobilized resources with

a team of top lawyers

to challenge the toppling

of the opposition-led

People Alliance Perak government

by "unconstitutional and illegal"

means.

People Alliance leaders 

-PKR leader former Prime Minister

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

PAS President 

Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang,

DAP Chairman Karpal Singh

and

DAPAdviser Lim Kit Siang ~

held emergency meetings

and decided to appeal

to the Perak sultan

to review his decision,

failing which legal suits

would be filed against

the sultan and National Front

for "power grab"

ultra vires

the Perak Constitution.

So Dummies,

who is right

who is wrong

in this new Perak

political power play?

Mark Twain would

have laughed aloud

over the political antics,

especially the height,

distance and speed

that Perak political

frogs

have achieved

in order to topple

Perak state government.

They set a historic record

in Perak for

political skulduggery.

Well, bear in mind

always this famous qoute

of Lord Acton (1834-1902):

"Power tends to corrupt

and absolute power corrupts

absolutely."

Malaysia's

prime minister-designate,

outgoing prime minister,

Perak sultan

and others have put up

a fantastic froggy fuzzy

political power drama.

They have put

their fingers and stirred

a right royal pudding.

To the winning side,

the pudding looks

delicious.

To the losing side,

it seems so

bitter.

But good or bad 
~ all things must end

well.

The sultan

has exercised 

his royal prerogative.

The people

need to exercise

their right to 

a government of their

choice.

Better Dummies

to use your understanding

to reason

and pick

real good state assemblymen

able to execute

the public trust

to speak out

and act responsibly

dutifully and faithfully

to safeguard

the public interest.

I would like

to kick the wrong

representatives

in the butt

and see how 

they jump as frogs

and fire them

with my vote.

What is the moral?

To rule right is hard,

to do wrong is easy.