MPs don’t belittle Makkal Sakhti, don’t misuse people’s trust

MPs were given ample time to submit their questions, for Q&A session when parliament convene for the first time after the historic 080308. However, 29 MPs out of 222 failed, and much to my disgust, some even don’t know what to do once becoming an MP. Apart from that, surely, this time around, it will be nothing but interesting, much more interesting than ‘bodoh’, ‘pondan’, or ‘you-tak-suka,you-keluar-malaysia-la’ remarks. Thank God to the wisdom given to the rakyat and still a considerably strong mandate to BN government, much change has been initiated, far from completion of course, but work has surely begun. They are all just as starters, served just in time so that when the MPs start to quarrel in Dewan Rakyat, the oppositions will come with stomach half-full.

Highest Court is the Court of Public Opinions. NOT

When Zaid Ibrahim was appointed as Minister in charge for judiciary reform, the Bar Council sighed in relief and glad that at last there is some light at the end of the tunnel for our judiciary system. Well, that’s good news to bar council members, judges and the people but not so good news for Zaid Ibrahim. As an introductory note from him, Zaid had suggested the BN government to issue a public apology to Salleh Abbas and other judges whom contracts were terminated not so long time ago, or to be exact when UMNO was in turmoil 20 years ago. Mahathir quickly replied with a very strong statement, somewhat expected of him, saying that what he did was according to the constitution and was legal. And Abdullah Badawi said there’s nothing to be apologized for from the government.

From a person who doesn’t read Law, neither Political science, it is a bit hard to comprehend, therefore some might say, don’t talk about this thing. Some may not see this but, the public is actually more powerful than the Chief Judge of Malaya. Well, quoting from self proclaimed PM-in-waiting, he said in one of his many speeches, everybody knows what Najib has done, what Abdullah and his dynasty has pocketed, in fact everything regarding the accusations of corruptions of power and money. And the crowd will go berserk in agreement, shouting this and that, as if justice has spoken and Najib, Abdullah and some other enemies of PM-in-waiting have been found guilty as hell, and of course the trial was done outside the compound of the court, in a political ceramah. That’s the beauty of our judiciary system, which left me wondering, what else need to be reformed about by Zaid Ibrahim.

Sebulan pasca PRU-12: Babi pula yang diberi perhatian

Pasca pilihanraya umum ke-12 menyaksikan satu aura kesedaran politik yang merebak ke seluruh negara, dari Perlis sampai ke Sabah, merentasi lautan-lautan utama dunia ke seantero dunia, dimana manusia bernama Malaysian boleh ditemui. Kesempatan ini, diguna pakai sebaik-baiknya oleh sesetengah pihak yang berideologi tertentu untuk mempengaruhi minda-minda politikus bidan terjun yang hanya akur kepada situasi semasa, menurut pada kekuatan gelombang arus politik dek bimbang digelar ketinggalan zaman ataupun tidak mahu terasa tersisih dan terasa lost dalam perbincangan politik tanahair yang masih lagi hangat diperkatakan ramai. 

Seperti jua rakan-rakan yang lain, penulis akur akan kegagahan aura ini, namun bezanya penulis mungkin telah lama cakna pada isu ini.

Apa yang sibuk diperdebatkan sekarang adalah isu babi. Menarik bukan? Marilah kita meneliti isu ini tanpa prejudis terhadap mana-mana pihak, dan tanpa fear or favour. Babi pada pandangan bukan melayu yakni non-muslim adalah sumber makanan. Bagi orang melayu pula (muslim), babi pula adalah seteruk-teruk najis yang haram dimakan, dan juga tidak diharuskan disentuh. Melihat dari luar kotak, babi adalah ujian Allah s.w.t akan toleransi manusia di muka bumi ini. Yang mana satu pihak akan melihat, ‘najis’ menjadi santapan perut. Manakala pihak yang lagi satu pula akan tertanya, bagaimana mungkin makanan harian mereka dipandang sebegitu hina. Pada saya inilah sesukar-sukarnya ujian pada toleransi kaum yang ada di Malaysia.

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