Biarkan si Luncai itu..

Semakin kita cuba mendalami dan meneliti spekulasi demi spekulasi, teori-teori baru konspirasi dan juga segala macam laporan-laporan perubatan, bersumpah mahupun laporan polis, semakin jauh kita menyimpang daripada isu sebenarnya. Pokok kepada masalah yang menimpa negara sekarang bukanlah terletak kepada persoalan adakah si Luncai melakukan kesalahan dengan terjun bersama-sama labu-labunya? Sebaliknya perkara asas yang perlu dibincangkan adalah kenapa si Luncai itu terjun?

Dalam kehangatan setiap rakyat yang mempunyai masa terluang untuk melepak di kedai-kedai kopi, menghadap komputer dan sebagainya, golongan-golongan yang menerima kesan paling maksimum semakin hari semakin terhimpit. Minat rakyat sekarang adalah pada kemungkinan Putrajaya akan diambil alih oleh PR pada 16 September ini. Politik adalah mengenai kemahiran mengelirukan ataupun mengesampingkan perhatian khalayak.

Suka ataupun tidak, berniat ataupun tanpa niat, cakap-cakap Putrajaya berpindah tangan telah mengalihkan perhatian umum, media, dan juga mempengaruhi pelabur-pelabur lokal ataupun asing daripada isu sebenar yang bakal dihadapi negara. Iaitu, tekanan ekonomi yang semakin hari semakin meruncing, kadar inflasi yang meningkat, pembangunan modal insan untuk menjamin kelangsungan masa hadapan negara dan banyak lagi. Sampai bilakah kita mahu berpolitik? Politik tidak pernah surut auranya di Malaysia, jika semua sibuk berpolitik, bila pula urusan pentadbiran negara akan dijalankan?

Sekarang kita bincang isu-isu lain pula, terlalu banyak liputan telah diberikan kepada isu-isu tertentu yang memesongkan perhatian umum kepada perkara-perkara yang lebih penting.

Biarkan.. biarkan..

Tunku Abdul Aziz wrote

Berikut ialah tulisan Tunku Abdul Aziz di New Sunday Times :

TUNKU ABDUL AZIZ: Cut the theatrics, Anwar, and let Malaysians get on with their lives

By : Tunku Abdul Aziz

IT seems to me that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is suffering from paranoid delusions. His preoccupation with what he sees as political conspiracy against him is doing his reputation and credibility, such as it is, enormous damage.

To compound the growing cynicism about his version of events, he has not, to date, been able to produce any verifiable evidence to support his contention.

As far as I am concerned, and for all practical purposes, his claim of victimisation at the evil hands of the authorities is just so much political posturing, and has to be viewed, sadly, as a ploy to gain sympathy for his cause and confuse the gullible in our midst.

And there are many who see a conspirator in every nook and corner, in much the same way that Americans, at the height of McCarthyism, looked under the bed before retiring for the night, half expecting to find a communist lurking there.

While Anwar expects the highest standards of proof in others, he is somehow both careless and cavalier about his own. He has made the preposterous accusation that the charge of sodomy brought against him by his former aide is part of a diabolically clever plot to stop his prime ministerial ambitions dead in their tracks.

That, too, must remain a matter for conjecture unless it can be proved otherwise. Many Malaysians await Anwar’s irrefutable evidence with bated breath.

Does he not realise that many people can, and will, draw their own conclusions about the real reason behind his persistent refusal to give his blood for the purpose of a DNA test?

Let us get that over and done with so that the police can make a quick determination as to whether or not he had been maliciously accused of something he is innocent of.

Readers will no doubt recall that when he was in custody 10 years ago, he accused the authorities of administering arsenic to poison him.

All very dramatic, and the world was understandably aghast and shocked by that revelation.

Independent tests done in Australia, however, proved negative. Anwar showed absolutely no remorse about his having blackened his country’s good name and reputation.

On the premise that there is one law for all, no one should reasonably expect normal police criminal investigation procedures to be set aside or compromised on the spurious ground of a lack of trust in the police. What is the evidence for this?

Anwar, for all his political savvy, now runs the risk of being likened to “the boy who cried wolf” — once too often.

He should submit himself voluntarily to the DNA test, and if need be, under an independent expert observer group if this would help.

The police have been more accommodating in his case than I have seen in some others. And if he is innocent of the charge against him, there is “nothing to fear, but fear itself”.

Conspiracy or no, even Anwar must know that the devil is in the detail: how does he propose to seize power except by resorting to unprincipled political machinations and manipulations?

He has to show that he has not totally abandoned his moral and ethical principles and this is the only way that he will ever recover the moral and intellectual high ground that he once occupied.

The moral support of right thinking people everywhere that he could at one time take for granted is beginning to wear thin.

What has happened to the mass exodus to his camp of ethically deficient political malcontents from The Land Below The Wind, across the South China Sea, that he predicted with an almost messianic zeal and prophetic certainty to help him topple the government and transform the nation?

He has done our Sabah politicians grave injury to their reputation. They have proved that they stand by certain personal values and standards of ethical behaviour.

I cannot imagine anything baser and more grotesque than attempting to corrupt and seduce perfectly decent and honourable parliamentarians to betray the trust of the voters who had put them there in the first place to represent them in their constituencies.

What kind of message is Anwar sending to the people of this country, and in particular to the young people now beginning to take an interest in political issues?

Dislodge the government by all means, if this is your purpose in life, but there is a time and place as provided under our electoral process.

The place is the ballot box, and the time is the 13th general election.

This is all part of our democratic system and what business have any of us to bring about a change of administration outside of the legal electoral framework?

I am well aware of the opposition song-and-dance about what they claim to be a defective electoral system before every election. But this constant refrain about the unfairness of it all is muted, now that the same defective process that they used to vent their spleen on with demonic vehemence has catapulted them into power in five states.

I suppose even they must now admit that it has not been that bad, after all, for those who were not expected to pick more than a few crumbs off the floor.

Anwar has made great play of his having to remove his clothes for his medical examination and implied that he was being singled out for special treatment.

I am assured by my doctor friends that it is normal procedure for certain types of examination. Many of us have been through this and we were none the worse for wear.

In my own case, on my visit to Israel two years ago, I was asked very politely to remove all my clothes by airport security.

More than at any time in my entire life, faced with the prospect of having to bare all, and not even paid for it in front of total strangers, I remembered my mother, thinking how right she had been to remind my brother and I always to wear clean underpants!

Like Anwar, I did not like the strip act one little bit, but unlike him, I did not kick up a fuss and neither did I call a press conference to denounce this “barbaric” practice against a senior United Nations official which was what I was at the time.

If I had been gripped by paranoia, I suppose I would have seen the whole exercise as being specially devised to humiliate me, a Muslim.

It was a security requirement and I respected their right to do everything possible in the interests of their country’s security.

Anwar should desist from involving the international community in what is essentially a simple case. He somehow feels that the United States, the European Union and Japan should fight a proxy war against his country to shield him from the due process of law of his country.

I do not claim, naturally, to speak for other Malaysians, but there are people I know personally who are beginning to suspect his motives. It is poetic justice.

We must all take responsibility for our actions, and if we feel that we have been defamed or otherwise unfairly accused, we should place ourselves in the hands and at the mercy of the courts.

Anwar should submit himself to the country’s criminal justice system like the rest of his fellow Malaysians and lead by example.

He is, after all, according to his supporters, a prime minister-in-waiting. I hope they are not holding their breath.

We are all getting a little sick and tired of the “Anwar factor” that is turning out to be an absolutely unnecessary distraction at a time when we need to get on with our lives.

* The writer is a former special adviser to the United Nations secretary-general on ethics.

In brief: Anwar’s ‘American dream’

The Star- Malaysia voices displeasure over US statement

Malaysian Insider -  Rais, Rice row over Anwar, Rais explains Anwar’s case to Rice

New Straits Times – Rais: We expect postive response from Rice

1. Until today, immigrants enter America to be part of the hype and ethos of living an American dream. Americans sometimes forgot that they too were immigrants. They flocked into the land inhabited by Red Indians thinking that the Red Indians didn’t have dreams of their own. The Red Indians are the ‘bumiputeras’ there.

2. Today, America is speaking on behalf of the world acting as the police of peace and human rights. Though behind the thin veil, they are actually the one who violated and manipulated the objectives of reaching peace and defending human rights to propagate their own agendas.

3. Let me remind you of Bush’s action against the senates and the people of America, in declaring war over Iraq. Bush and co accused Iraq for having Weapon of Mass Destruction despite a numerous reports from independent team of investigators claiming otherwise. They went there and hanged Saddam Hussain, who was once helped America and was an ally to them.

4. John McCain, a Republican presidential candidate who is being backed up by the two Bushes, the Senior who started the Gulf War and the junior who seems to be the biggest warmonger ever, promised the voters – Americans of all races and nativities – that he’ll keep the army in Iraq for another hundred years. In short, another pro-war president in the making.

5. In America, people have different perceptions on the agendas and efforts taken to bring about self actualization. They see it as the most respected acts possible since all of them came to America to fulfill their dreams – to become the best and to achieve the best. I do think that it’s clear Bush’s American dreams is…..

6. It seems like, Anwar of Malaysia, does have something similar like an American dream, which I have nothing against him having a dream to be pursued. However, if the dream is further backed up by the hands of American government who until today did not apologize for attacking Iraq on false information of WMD and claimed thousands of innocent lives in the process, Anwar maybe can personally tell Americans to stop giving out statements regarding his case (read: dream).

7. Anwar may not want to be associated with American government who actually is the one that disrespects human rights and violates the hope of peace in order to gain control in places where they have huge interest in. They want to ‘help’ liberating Iraqis from Saddam is not because of the people but the sea of oil the Iraqis are walking on.

8. The president of the United States can veto the senates, but he certainly can’t veto the solidarity of the citizens of the Independent Malaysia.

9. We can stop them from meddling into our internal affairs, let us look at the atrocities created when they have their hands on some countries political issues.

10. By saying Americans, I’m only referring to the current government led by Bush. I have an utmost respects and appreciations to my fellow friends and the people who are the citizens of the land where the only thing that matter is the American dreams. And i do have a ‘Malaysian’ dream too..

I support statement below by UMNO Youth, and I am expecting the same tone from other parties youth wings too. (taken from www.bigdogdotcom.wordpress.com)

UMNO Youth International Bureau’s Statement on US’s latest announcement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JULY 21, 2008

The Mockery of U.S Interference

The UMNO Youth International and NGO Relations Bureau strongly condemns the constant interference by the United States into the internal affairs of Malaysia, especially with regards to the detention of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over sodomy allegations by his former aide.

Sean McCormack, spokesman for the U.S State Department who noted that the arrest of Anwar raised serious concerns about our rule of law should be reminded that his country paid absolutely no respect to this doctrine when invading Iraq, a sovereign nation of 28 million people.

Iraq is now a failed state, where the rule of law has ceased to exist. Conservative estimates indicate more than a million innocent Iraqi lives have been lost due to this illegal invasion, which was carried out on false pretexts and deceit.

Perhaps, he should also explain the atrocities at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, a detention centre where prisoners are arrested with no charge yet are tortured inhumanely for as long as the U.S administration sees fit.

Anwar was arrested according to the provision of Malaysian laws, interrogated in accordance to proper rules and regulations and was released as soon as the police completed their questioning. He was treated just as any criminal suspect would have been, and none of his rights as a detainee were violated.

The same cannot be said for the approximately 270 detainees who remain incarcerated in GuantanamoBay. Perhaps, it is time this detention centre is closed down in a manner that builds confidence in the impartial rule of law in the United States, for it is surely a wound that continues to scar the face of the American judiciary.

It is best that those like McCormack and Senator Joseph Biden, who claimed that Anwar’s arrest was politically motivated, attempt to first fix the gaping holes in the American judicial system before instructing Malaysia on the rule of law. The United States has neither the moral high ground nor the expertise to lecture us on how we conduct our internal matters.

The UMNO Youth International and NGO Relations Bureau considers the statement made by the State Department, or similar statements by any foreign party, as undermining the sovereignty of Malaysia and the integrity of the Royal Malaysian Police.

Dato’ Mukhriz Mahathir

Chairman

UMNO Youth International and NGO Relations Bureau

RPK: PAS ‘liwat’ pengundi bukan Melayu

Raja Petra Kamaruddin is deemed to be one of the famous blogger in Malaysia. To some, whatever he writes, they will see it as nothing but the truth. To them RPK is an angel send by God to guide Malaysia out of the messes created by some individuals including him. In his latest article, he put himself in another uphill task when he questioned, criticized and whacked PAS referring the Islamic oriented political party sodomizing the non malays voters to them in recent election. RPK boasted a lot about how huge his balls are, well much to my disgust about him talking about his almost 60 balls, I must admit though, he really speaks his mind even though what he had written up or been ‘reliably’ informed might be completely rubbish!

Yeah, when I say that these PAS types have dull brains because their turbans are too tight and it restricts the flow of blood to the brain, you accuse me of insulting the Prophet. The Sikhs are not offended though. They know however tight their turbans are tied their brains are still very sharp. It is somehow only the Malays who suffer from Tight Turban Syndrome. And need I say more when the actions of these tight-turbaned PAS leaders have proven everything I have said thus far?

RPK in Tahun Meliwat Malaysia article

Well in Pakatan Rakyat now, the scapegoat is PAS after what PAS had done and contributed in recent election. PAS single handedly organized the campaigns to win votes for Pakatan Rakyat’s PKR’s and DAP’s candidates. PKR might have injected ’some’ cash from it’s de facto wallet to fuel the campaigns but well money can’t buy everything especially the votes. The hardworking campaigners do win the votes. And everybody know PAS members are doing all the dirty jobs at the lowest level. Now they are the scapegoat – for talking to UMNO about Malays and Islam at least in the mind of Raja Petra.

PAS constantly talks about Islam the way Paris Hilton talks about sex. But it is of course only talk, unlike Paris Hilton who has many videos to her credit. Whether they really uphold Islamic principles is another thing altogether. PAS likes to focus on rituals and slogans. Pray, fast, go to Mekah, recite and memorise the Quran, ban lipstick and high heels, have separate swimming pools and checkout counters for men and women, don’t allow men and women to shake hands, wear robes and turbans like Sinbad the Sailor, and whatnot. Then they con the voters into voting for them and then they ask us to bend down so that they can sodomise us. Yes, welcome to Malaysia. This year is Tahun Meliwat Malaysia.

RPK wrote in the same article.

While I think some of RPK’s articles really carry huge weights due to it’s contents and facts but this time when RPK is writing about things regarding Malay unity and Islam, I beg not to take it at face value. I would rather appreciate the technique or his writing skills rather than taking the thoughts that he put in his article seriously.

And someone, maybe TG Nik Aziz’s press aide, must translate this article and few other articles RPK wrote about PAS and Islam, so that TGNA knows that the person he sent a letter to when he was in Sungai Buloh Prison is not even thinking of sending TGNA a thank you card as to reply Nik Aziz’s concern to him. In fact, he replied with cursing PAS – the party led (spiritually) by TGNA

The Federal Constitution of Malaysia does not allow for this. The non-Muslims, of course, knew this all along. That was why many non-Muslims voted for PAS in the recent general election. They knew that PAS is all lip service and that there is no way in hell PAS can turn Malaysia into an Islamic State. The gullible and naïve Malays did not know this though. They thought PAS really meant what it was saying. But PAS is a political party. And politicians never tell the truth. Politicians say what the voters want to hear and then do whatever is necessary for their political survical

Malaysian unity starts with the correction of the huge socio-economical gaps between races in Malaysia, Malay Unity is one of the key factor in bringing the gap closer since improvements in the economies of Malays also means Malaysian economies are benefiting too. Same goes to Indians, the Indians must unite too so that appropriate actions can be taken to address the issues faced by the Indians community collectively and at the same time bringing them out from these whole issues where the big socio-economical gap revolves.

I leave the rest for you guys to comment.

Yang sebenarnya…

Selepas 4 hari berada di Malaysia, memang terasa bahang politik tanahair yang semakin hari semakin bergolak. Terpampang di dada-dada akhbar Ketua Polis menyaman politikus terkemuka negara, pergaduhan aide ADUN dengan ahli Parlimen sendiri, tarik tali pemilihan cawangan dan bahagian, serta pelbagai lagi rencah dan gossip politik terkini Malaysia. Yang terhibur tentunya kalangan ahli-ahli parti politik dan golongan-golongan yang berhubung rapat dengan politikus-politikus tertentu. Hakikatnya, pada pandangan rakyat bawahan, hari-hari berlalu tiada bezanya apabila mereka masih perlu kais pagi untuk makan pagi, dan kais petang untuk makan petang. Cerita politik ini tidaklah menjadi keutamaan pada mereka. Yang penting ’soru’ anak dan isteri terjaga.

Pada mereka apalah bezanya jika si polan bin si polan menjadi PM Malaysia, jika dalam keadaan ekonomi yang semakin mendesak dan menekan ini, yang menjadi topik hangat perbualan setiap ahli politik Malaysia adalah mengenai KUASA. Tidak terkecuali seorangpun politikus yang bercakap mengenai kesusahan rakyat, cara mengatasi kegawatan ekonomi, persediaan yang dibuat negara untuk mendepani hari-hari yang semakin suram dan gelap. Ironinya, politikus kita saban hari mencanangkan perjuangan mereka adalah demi rakyat dan demi menegakkan keadilan.

Sungguh mengecewakan saya sebagai mahasiswa apabila Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia (SMM) dan Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Pelajar Islam Malaysia (PKPIM) yang bertegang urat leher, bertikam lidah antara satu sama lain mengenai perbedaan penerimaan terhadap ikhtiar muzakarah (atau muqabalah) yang diadakan antara UMNO dan PAS. Sebagai mahasiswa, tidak perlu kita risau jatuh bangun sesebuah parti politik itu ekoran terjadinya rundingan ini, sebaliknya kita perlu cakna dan prihatin kepada apa yang dirundingkan itu, persoalan dasar dan pokok pangkal kepada apa yang dibincangkan. Ini tidak, isu perlu atau tidak bersemuka yang dijadikan modal bertikam lidah.

Yang sebenarnya… rakyat telah dikesampingkan daripada permasalahan yang lebih besar yang bakal menimpa segenap lapisan masyarakat. Memang betul, harga minyak telah pun dinaikkan 40peratus dan mekanisme meringankan beban rakyat telah dijalankan oleh kerajaan, namun kadar inflasi yang menokok sehingga lebih 7% dan kegoyahan pasaran saham tempatan seakan-akan memberi indikasi kegawatan ekonomi yang telahpun melanda cuma rakyat masih dibutakan mata dengan gosip-gosip politik tanahair seperti kes liwat, dan kes altantuya yang lebih menarik perhatian umum.

Saya merayu kepada politikus-politikus tanahair untuk kurangkan berpolitik dan lebihkan bekerja untuk menghadapi krisis global ini. Mahasiswa, jadilah golongan pendesak kepada kerajaan dan pembangkang untuk sentiasa fokus kepada permasalahan terutama dan janganlah ditarik sama kedalam perdebatan politik yang kita tahu sentiasa berakhir dengan kedua-dua pihak diangkat sebagai pemenang oleh fanatik-fanatik.

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