Pemimpin BN, marilah bersikap telus dan tulus di Ijok!

April 21, 2007

Oleh Pemimpin Kerdil KeADILan

Setelah tiga hari kempen pilihanraya kecil N11 Ijok berlangsung, nampaknya para pemimpin BN mulai bertukar tempo –dan demikianlah juga nada media cetak dan media elektronik arus utama yang sememangnya merupakan para pelapor upahan para pemimpin BN yang tidak kredibel itu.

Mulai hari ini mereka tampaknya sudah mulai bernada lembut. Jika pada mulanya (yakni pada hari penamaan calon) mereka menggunakan pendekatan menggertak dan berkeras (bagaikan samseng) terhadap pihak pembangkang maka kini mereka cuba memberikan gambaran bahawa yang agresif itu pihak pembangkang bukan pihak mereka.

Bila para pemimpin mulai mededahkan kemungkaran dan salah laku para pemimpin BN dalam pelbagai lapangan — dari rasuah, kepada penyelewengan, kepada ketidakcekapan mentadbir hinggalah kepada kemungkinan melakukan pembunuhan — mereka telah mengertak bahawa mereka akan menyaman para pengkritik mereka itu ke mahkamah.

Namun apabila para pemimpin PKR yang dicabar itu kelihatan tidak gentar dengan dakwaan di mahkamah yag mereka janjikan itu — malah mengalu-alukannya sebagai peluang untuk mendedahkan lebih banyak salah laku dan mendedahkan lebih banyak dokumen bukti — maka pemimpin-pemimpin BN itu mulai agak berlembut sedikit.

Kemudian dicuba pula taktik menggertak bahawa mereka juga akan mendedahkan banyak maklumat tentang salah laku peribadi beberapa para pemimpin PKR, khususnya Anwar Ibrahin dan Khalid Ibrahim (calon). Sayangnya, tidak ada sesiapa yang akan mempercayai dakwaan orang-orang yang kononnya berhati mulia yang tidak mahu menjatuhkan air muka lawan politiknya itu.

Semua orang tahu bahawa para pemimpin yang korup dan gila kuasa tidak mungkin mengawal keserakahan mereka semata-mata kerana mereka mempunyai rasa perikemanusiaan dan compassion terhadap lawan politik mereka. Jika watak-watak seperti Najib Razak, Samy Vellu dan Khir Toyo ini mempunyai maklumat yang boleh menjahanamkan lawan politik mereka maka maklumat itu sudah pasti akan mereka gunakan sepenuhnya tenpa berlengah-lengah lagi.

Ketua dan Timbalan Ketua Pergerakan Pemuda Umno telah menggunakan taktik menuduh para penyokong parti pembangkang yang berkelakuan ganas bagaikan samseng. Namun gambar-gambar foto yang cukup besar lagi jelas yang dapat kita kemukakan (lihat sahaja di laman ini) telah mmperlihatkan suatu imej yang suka dapat dipercayai tetapi benar: seorang pemimpin berkelulusan Oxford dan seorang Menteri Pelajaran Malaysia bersikap dan berlagak tidak ubah seperti samseng jalanan.

Tambahan pula, suatu lagi peristiwa yang berlaku hari ini (21 April 07) menunjukkan bahawa calon PKR dalam piiharaya kecil ini telah diserang oleh satu geng yang terdiri (bedasarkan uniform mereka) daripada anak-anak buah dua orang pemimpin “cendekiawan” Pemuda BN dan Umno itu.

Kini para pemimpin BN ini tampaknya cuba pula mengerahkan bantuan dari pelbagai pihak lain:

  • Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Piihanraya yang menasihatkan parti-parti yang bertanding agar membincangkan perkara-perakara yang bersisi atau mempunyai substance sahaja;
  • Peguam Negara yang menasihatkan bahawa perkara-perkara yang berhubung dengan satu kes pembunuhan ngeri yang akan dibicarakan tak lama lagi tidak harus dijadikan bahan wacana awam;
  • Rencana-rencana dalam akhbar arus perdana yang menasihati semua pihak (khususnya pihak pembangkang) supaya haya menumpukan perhatian kepada persoalan-persoalan dasar dan prinsip –dan bukannya isu-isu pribadi.

PKR tidak ada masalah dengan nasihat dan cadangan ini — dan sejak semula tujuan kami ialah untuk bertanding dalam pilihanraya kecil ini bagi memperjuangkan isu-isu dasar dan prinsip. Namun jika di antara isu-isu dasar dan prinsip itu terdapat juga persoalan salahlaku dan rasuah oleh beberapa para pemimpin yang terlibat maka kami mempunyai tanggungjawab moral mendedahkannya kepada rakyat.

Semua pemimpin berkuasa yang bersalah — baik jawatannya TPM maupun Menteri Kerja Raya maupun Menteri Besar Selangor –mestilah memebersihan diri mereka dengan berterus terang kepada rakyat. Bukan bertindak seperti sekarang — menojah-nojak ke sana sini, menyalahkan dan mengertak orang lain.

Rakyat dan para pengundi di Ijok tidaklah sebodoh yang mereka sangkakan.

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Khalid, photographers intimidated by a gang

April 21, 2007

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Intimidation by BN since nomination day. Hishamuddin Hussein Onn and Khairy Jamaluddin in action.

Ijok, 21. 04. 07 – About 20 people, including some in Pemuda BN uniform, allegedly tried to intimidate PKR candidate Khalid Ibrahim and two freelance photographers in Ijok this afternoon.

The 2.40pm incident was said to occur near a restaurant at Batu 8 Ijok, where a Pemuda BN operation centre was situated close by.

PKR acting youth chief Shamsul Iskandar said one of the freelance photographers was injured during the incident while Khalid was unscathed.

He said a police report had been lodged on the incident.

In a SMS reply, Pemuda BN deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin said he was unaware of the incident.

“I am not aware of any incident involving Pemuda BN and the individuals you mentioned,” said Khairy.

Face ‘smashed’

Popular blogger Jeff Ooi, one of the photographers present during the incident, told malaysiakini that he and the other injured photographer were guests of Khalid at the nearby restaurant.

The two photographers ducked into their car after witnessing a ‘mob’ trying to stop Khalid’s car from leaving the area.

Ooi said the injured photographer, who declined to be named, was later hit by a water bottle hurled through a half-open car window when trying to inch away from the venue while being surrounded.

“A person in a Pemuda BN uniform threw the water bottle which smashed into the face of my friend. The impact caused his glasses to break, cutting the area below the eye.

“It was from a close distance. We were basically surrounded… he now requires medical treatment,” said Ooi.

He also claimed that the man who threw the bottle also attempted to grab their cameras in the car but failed,

Ooi confirmed that he had pictures of the incident, but added that it would not be distributed to the press.

[From Malaysiakini.com]


KeADILan says Khir Toyo, Najib abusing powers

April 21, 2007

Fight between an opposition party and a corrupt regime

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Press Release

21 April 2007

(Ijok) Leaders of the People’s Justice Party (KeADILan) today lambasted the deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Najib Razak for abusing his powers and attempting to shut down public debates about his ministry’s arms deals.

Tian Chua, the Information chief of KeADILan said, “Najib Razak is a civil servant who takes his salary from our taxes, yet he has been campaigning full-time here for a political party.

“Since when did his portfolio change to a full-time election worker for Umno?”

Tian Chua also brushed aside Barisan Nasional (BN)’s accusations that the opposition had been personal during the by-election.

“Our questions pertain to our public defence contracts and agreements where the late Ms. Altantuya was said to be involved in as part of the negotiation team.

He added, “These are not personal attacks, but everything – from the submarine deal, the purchase of Sukhoi jets, the mysterious murder of Ms. Altantuya and the exorbitant commissions including those given to Abdul Razak Baginda – are all related to the Minister and his ministry.”

Tian Chua also said the instructions by the authorities to the media to blackout these issues and of Altantuya smacked of “political interference of the highest order” during the by-election.

BN’s dirty tactics

At the same press conference with KeADILan’s candidate for the Ijok by-election Tan Sri Dato’ Khalid Ibrahim and Dr. Lee Boon Chye, the vice-president of KeADILan, Tian Chua announced that BN would use more intense and dirtier tactics than those employed in Machap.

He showed a copy of the video CD which alleged sexual improprieties and distributed during the Machap by-election, and leaflets calling Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim a ‘Jewish’ agent. The VCDs were later distributed to the media.

“BN is desperate and bankrupt to reuse their slander campaign materials when Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim was first sacked from government; the slander later were proven to be not true,” said Tian Chua.

He added that BN would employ more ‘extreme’ tactics as the polling day approaches.

Is Khir’s RM 36 million a lie?

Meanwhile Dr. Lee challenged the Chief Minister of Selangor, Khir Toyo to make public as to where the RM 36 million will be allocated and used in which development projects.

“The proper process is to have public expenditure approved in an annual budget and an open and competitive tender is called for.

“We doubt this is the case here, Machap or even Batu Talam,” he said, referring to the previous two by-elections held this year.

Dr. Lee said if Khir is unable to furnish the list, then the RM 36 million announced is nothing but a lie.

“BN is used to making empty promises but this time, we will hold them accountable.

“Ijok is more than a fight between two candidates; it is a fight between the rakyat against a corrupt regime,” he added. (END)