Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi will not entertain Anwar’s request, Prime Minister urge the people not to be fooled by the tactics

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at the MSC implementation council meeting yesterday. With him are (from left) Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili.

PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is surprised that Umno vice-president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin wants him to step down before 2010.

“I am surprised a member of my cabinet came up with that kind of statement, against what had been agreed by all of us. I am not staying on just for the pleasure of staying on,” he said.

Speaking after chairing the 20th MSC implementation council meeting yesterday, the prime minister said: “The cabinet understood it (the transition plan) and had agreed. The Umno supreme council also agreed on this.

“I am very surprised that he came up with that opinion when he had agreed on that before.”

Under the succession plan, Abdullah will step down as prime minister and Umno president in favour of Datuk Seri Najib Razak in June 2010.

uhyiddin told a press conference on the sidelines of the Forbes Global CEO conference in Singapore on Wednesday that the 2010 timeframe for Abdullah to step down was too long.

Muhyiddin, who is also international trade and industry minister, said he had even asked Najib whether he wanted to wait that long as the latter would have little time to manage and restore the people’s confidence in Umno and Barisan Nasional before the next general election.

Abdullah pledged that he would try his best to fulfil his promises to the people before 2010.

“There are lots of responsibilities and projects which need to be attended to. Reform in the Anti-Corruption Agency is one of them. Police reform had started more than two years ago and matters concerning the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission also need to be looked into.

“I have also promised to eradicate hardcore poverty. There is much to be done and to expand our capacity to serve the people.

“I have made it my responsibility to undertake all these and to help Najib achieve the objectives of the programmes which I have started,” said Abdullah.

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The New Straits Times

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RANTAU PANJANG: Bekas Ketua Penerangan Umno Tan Sri Hussein Ahmad berkata Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hendaklah ditegur secara  berhemah jika mereka melakukan kesilapan dan kedua-dua pemimpin itu pula perlu menerimanya dengan hati terbuka.

“Kalau semua pihak tuduh menuduh mengatakan Abdullah tidak betul dan Najib tidak bagus, bermakna kita telah melakukan penentangan terhadap pemimpin sedangkan pemimpin harus dihormati dan diutamakan,” katanya kepada Bernama di sini hari ini.

Beliau berkata Abdullah dan Najib perlu diberi sokongan dan bukannya ditentang dalam usaha mereka meneruskan perjuangan pemimpin-pemimpin terdahulu khususnya dalam mengekalkan hak ketuanan Melayu di negara ini.

Hussein berkata sikap menolak dasar perjuangan yang dibawa oleh pemimpin terdahulu menyebabkan Umno terus berpecah.

“Sikap materialistik seperti politik wang harus dikikis dengan mengutamakan perjuangan bagi memastikan Umno terus kukuh menjadi warisan orang Melayu,” katanya.
Hussein berkata kelemahan orang Melayu disebabkan adanya kumpulan yang mementingkan kebendaan dan kekayaan.

“Sesetegnah pemimpin sekarang tidak ada lagi perjuangan sebenar, mereka lebih utamakan kekayaan. Sebab itulah kita berada di dalam perpecahan,” katanya. BERNAMA

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mSTAR Online

KUALA LUMPUR, THURS:

An Umno veteran feels that the spat between former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and party president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has reached a stage where it can only be resolved by the intervention of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin as the mediator.

Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Tapa, 85, said only the intervention of Tuanku Mizan, as the representative of the Malay rulers, can bring the two leaders together for talks to end their quarrel.

“It (the spat) has reached a difficult stage for them to resolve on their own. As such, I would suggest that, if possible, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong summon both of them to have discussions.

“I feel no one else can act as the mediator because both of them are like fire. You cannot fight fire with fire. The matter has even gone beyond the stage where Umno veterans can help,” he said when contacted by Bernama.

Saying that Malays were bound by the deep-rooted traditional values of the rulers, he explained that it was not wrong for the Malay rulers to intervene in the dispute because it was Umno which had championed the cause of restoring the powers of the Malay rulers.
He said the Malayan Union proposed in 1946 would have usurped the powers of the Malay rulers except for their status as head of the Islamic religion but Umno championed the cause of restoring these powers through the initiative of the party’s founder Datuk Onn Jaafar.

He also said that at stake in the dispute between the two leaders was not just Umno but the Malays in general.

“I see this (dispute) as a harbinger of the destruction of Umno and disunity of the Malays. Pak Lah (Abdullah) heads a Cabinet now. He has won the elections. How can he step down? He cannot resign just because of that (Dr Mahathir’s quitting Umno).

“Many (people) have stated their expression of support to Pak Lah. Those who do not support him are maintaining silence. These are indications of a breakup,” he said.

Abdul Aziz expressed his feelings on what was happening to the Malays in a

“pantun” (poem) which implied that the Malays were in dire straits due to envious leaders, as follows:

Anak raja menjunjung kayu,

Sebab pemimpin berdengki-dengkian.

Former Wanita Umno chief Tan Sri Aishah Ghani feels that the spat between Dr Mahathir and Abdullah was Umno’s domestic problem.

“It is unnecessary to involve the Yang di-Pertuan Agong because this is a party matter. Furthermore, this is not the first time that Umno has faced a crisis. It has been up against worst crises before, and we have resolved all of them.

“It is also not easy to bring these two leaders together for discussions.

They are not children,” the Umno veteran said.

Aishah said she was convinced that the dispute between Dr Mahathir and Abdullah could be resolved if all quarters involved placed party interests above personal interests.

“I feel the matter can be settled if Pak Lah is a little accommodating. My suggestion is for Pak Lah to say when he would step down. He has mentioned that he would step down but has not said when. Now is the time for him to dislose that.

“When there is a time frame, people wanting Pak Lah to step down will no longer keep urging him to do so because they know when he will do just that,” she said.

Aishah said she has been hearing talk among party members who have cynically questioned Abdullah’s statement on his stepping down.

“That’s the problem. It’s just talk. The same goes for (Deputy Prime Minister) Datuk Seri Najib (Tun Razak’s) statement that he will discuss the transition of power with Pak Lah. Do so quickly. Do not just talk,” she said.

She said that as a veteran who had moved up the ranks in the party, she was saddened by what was happening in Umno now.

“We are unable to do anything. We are powerless. We are just ordinary members. What we have are experience and our love for Umno. It is due to this love for the party that we continue to give our views and advice. It is up to them (the current leaders) whether they want to listen to us,” she said.

Recently, political analyst Prof Dr Ahmad Atory Hussein had voiced similar views, saying that it would not be wrong for Abdullah to make the first move and meet up with Dr Mahathir.

“What more when it is in the interests of Umno and the Malays,” said the lecturer of the Law and Public Administration Faculty of Universiti Utara Malaysia.

However, it may be difficult to carry out the suggestions of Aishah and Ahmad Atory because since the spat between Dr Mahathir and Abdullah began, both leaders have met but the dispute has remained unresolved.

And, Dr Mahathir has continued to hurl criticisms at Abdullah and has described the prime minister as weak and being under the influence of people close to him, including his family.

Abdullah, who took over as prime minister, Umno president and Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman from Dr Mahathir on Oct 31 2003, has maintained silence rather than reply to the criticisms.

The dispute between the two leaders reached a “shocking” stage last Monday when Dr Mahathir, who had served as Umno president for 22 years, announced that he was quitting the party after having lost confidence in Abdullah’s leadership.

Many quarters see the move as a last-ditch attempt by Dr Mahathir to remove Abdullah from Umno and the government.

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The New Straits Times

Bila kita susah, makan pun tak cukup, kita terpaksa meminta bantuan kerajaan, kesana- kemari mancari sedara mara dan sahabat handai. Kita sanggup melutut di depan pegawai kerajaan agar dapat memberi bantuan biasiswa kepada anak-anak untuk bersekolah dan sedikit bantuan untuk menampung keperluan harian. Itu, 50 tahun yang lalu, di mana rata-rata orang Melayu adalah petani & nelayan. Ramai yang miskin dan daif.

Kini, ramai orang Melayu telah bertaraf professional. Golongan pertengahan telah melebihi golongan miskin. Shopping complex telah tumbuh bak cendawan, menandakan kemampuan membeli yang telah tinggi.

Kini telah ramai yang mampu bersekolah dengan tanggungan keluarga sendiri tanpa mengharapkan biasiswa. Selepas tamat pengajian, ada yang berkerja secara professional dengan firma swasta & bukan kerajaan.

Kini kita mula mendengar perkataan ‘meritokrasi’, hapuskan DEB dan hak sama rata antara kaum. Sedihnya bila ianya datang dariipada golongan Melayu Profesional. Yang merasakan apa yang memreka kecapi sekarang ini adalah hasil usaha sendiri, tanpa ada apa-apa bantuan daripada kerajaan.

Golongan ini juga tidak memerlukan tender-tender karajaan untuk mencapai tahap mereka sekarang. Kini masing-masing mempunyai idealogi dan pemahaman politik yang tersendiri. Ramai juga yang leka dengan kehidupan sendiri tanpa menghiraukan keadaan semasa.

Apabila harga barangan keperluan mula naik, semua orang mula naik angin, kerana terasa seperti mereka telah di rompak. Kerajaan kurang pandai. Masing-masing mula menunding jari kepada kerajaan, mereka mula mempunyai teori tersendiri untuk sebuah kerajaan yang sempurna.

Kerajaan sedia ada sudah tidak releven, mula timbul idea untuk menubuhkan kerajaan baru, walaupun YB nya lessen memandu pun tak ada, tak reti berbahasa Melayu pun, tapi kerana dia seorang jurukemera yang cekap (correct, correct, correct…) tak mengapa, janji ianya kerajaan baru.

Kerana kepintaran orang Melayu ini, kini Melayu terbahagi kepada beberapa pecahan, UMNO kem A (yang berjawatan), UMNO kem B(kurang berjawatan/tidak cukup jawatan), Reformasi (golongan taksub), PAS (golongan yang anggap mereka paling beriman) dan golongan yang tak ambil POT.

Masing-masing sanggup mati untuk memperjuangkan idealogi mereka. Ia macam satu pertandingan pula. Apa objektif akhir yang ingin dikecapi disebalik idealogi ini pun agak kabur di pandangan mereka, tetapi yang penting untuk jangka pendek, kalau idealogi ini diterima pakai, maka satu kemenangan bagi mereka.

Contoh mudah ialah, Pak Lah kena lepaskan jawatan. Siapa yang akan mengganti, kita pikir kemudian. Perioriti jangka pendek ialah untuk jatuhkan Pak Lah dulu. Short term thinking cam nie lah yang memburukkan lagi keadaan.

Persoalannya ialah, apa yang ingin kita capai untuk idealogi2 ini. Adakah selama ini kita merempat, tak cukup makan? Setahu saya, sejak 50 tahun yang lepas, kita hidup aman makmur dan keadaan ekonomi yang semakin lama semakin baik.

Adakah hanya kerana harga tol dan harga keperluan meningkat, kerajaan baru perlu di wujudkan. Adakah kerajaan sekarang ini kurang berkemampuan untuk memenuhi kehendak rakyat? Adaka sebegitu kejam kerajaan dan menteri2nya yang tidak langsung peduli akan kehendak rakyatnya? Adakah kita telah mengalami penindasan yang dahsyat sehingga ramai yang mati kebuluran, sehinggakan sebuah kerajaan baru perlu diwujudkan?

Kalau pasal kenaikan harga nak kena tukar kerajaan, maka semua kerajaan yang ada di dunia ini kena tukar jugalah, sebab it is a world crisis, bukan Malaysia je yang inflasi naik brader….

Inilah dia kesan kepada golongan Melayu yang merasakan diri mereka sangat pandai. Orang lain dirasakan kurang pandai.. Inilah delema Melayu yang sering diperkatakan oleh Tun Dr.M dulu. Bila pandai sikit, mewah sikit mula la besar kepala dan lupa diri.

Me my self bukanlah orang kuat UMNO pun, tetapi kekadang rasa terkilan dengan sikap kita Melayu yang suka berpuak2 dan suka memandang rendah orang lain yang tidak sama fahaman dengan mereka.

Sementara kita bergelut sesame sendiri, kaum lain terus bersatu dan maju. Sedarlah wahai rakan-rakan sekelian. Tidak ada 1 kerajaan di dunia ini yang sempurna. Selama ini kita telah hidup aman makmur walaupun kurang sempurna. Tetapi jika kita bersatu, dengan UMNO pun kita boleh bentuk sehingga menjadi sempurna.

UMNO lah tunjang kepada kekuatan Melayu selama ini. Janganlah kita akhirnya menjadi seperti Melayu di Singapura. Menjadi anak tiri kepada Negara sendiri.

Kita lihat sendiri apabila Cina di beri mandat di Pulau Pinang. Perkara pertama sekali yang mereka sentuh adalah untuk menghapuskan DEB. Berapa ramai sekarang ini orang melayu yang mempunyai tanah di Pulau Pinang. Berapa banyak pula ekuiti pegangan orang Melayu di sana? Orang Melayu di Penang sudah hampir sama dengan Melayu di Singapura tetapi Malayu professional kita masih berbangga dengan Ego masing2 sambil dengan lantang menyuarakan hak sama rata.

Kita lihat pula berapa besar kepala Karpal Singh bila di beri mandat. Tidak ada langsung rasa hormat kepada orang Melayu, agama Islam dan kedaulatan Sultan. Sekiranya kita terus berpecah, lama kelamaan kita akan menjadi kaum minority dan kita akan hilang hak ketuanan Melayu yang selama ini kita kecapi, sama ada kita sedar atau pun tidak.

Apakah selama ini dengan adanya rasa Ketuanan Melayu & DEB, kaum bukan Bumi putra merempat dan tertindas dengan kejamnya. Tidak sama sekali, selama ini kita tetap hidup aman makmur dan semakin mewah. Jadi kenapa perlu menidakkan Ketuanan Melayu dan DEB?

Sudah-sudahlan dengan keEgoan kita tu. Tidak akan kurang nilai Ijazah kita sekiranya kita merendah diri dan bersatu hati, bergabung tenaga dengan kepimpinan yang sedia ada untuk mencapai tahap yang lebih baik dan bersama-sama mempertahankan hak kita.

Jikalau dengan kerajaan baru kita kena belajar dari A, B,C, tetapi kerajaan sekarang ini telah sampai ke huruf S,T, U (50 tahun untuk mencapai tahap ini)…dan kalau kita bersungguh sungguh, saya pasti kita boleh memperbaiki kelemahan yang ada dan meneruskan kecemerlangan ke huruf seterusnya V,W,X hingga Z, insyaallah.

Tidak perlulah kita cuba merekabentuk satu lagi model kerajaan baru, berapa lama pula kita hendak tunggu untuk kerajaan baru itu matang seperti kerajaan sekarang ini. Kalau setiap orang mempunyai model kerajaan sendiri, maka kita akan terus berpecah. Kaum lain yang terus bersatu akan menjadi makin kuat tetapi kita akan menjadi semakin lemah, manjadi semakin minority dan akhirnya tertindas…

Pikir-pikirkanlah……….

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