Opposition targets Najib in Parliament

malaysianinsider | ...The Opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will now turn their attention towards Datuk Seri Najib Razak by insisting on a review of the 2009 Budget in Parliament tomorrow.

Since taking over as Finance Minister from outgoing Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi, Najib is now facing the prospect of guiding the Malaysian economy in the middle of a global financial storm.

"One of the first things would be a review of the budget proposal and its figures. We need to do that as an urgent matter unfortunately this does not seem to be the direction and policy of the current government and finance minister," Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said of his plans for tomorrow.

"We cannot work on obsolete figures that are not realistic and does not reflect on economic fundamentals," he continued.

Speaking at his Hari Raya open house at Sultan Sulaiman Club, Kg Baru today, he said that most other countries have already reviewed their budgets, including Singapore, which recently went into recession.... selanjutnya

Gerakan syor kerajaan semak harga petrol, diesel setiap minggu

MStar | Gerakan mengesyorkan supaya kerajaan menyemak harga petrol dan diesel setiap minggu jika ia tidak diapungkan supaya rakyat dapat merasai kesan penurunan harga bahan api itu dengan serta-merta.

Presiden Gerakan, Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon berkata, cadangan itu dilihat munasabah berbanding semakan sekali dalam sebulan seperti yang dilakukan pada masa ini berdasarkan trend pasaran harga minyak mentah yang dilihat semakin menurun dan kini telah mencecah harga AS$83 setong.

"Sekarang ini, apabila harga minyak mentah turun di pasaran dunia, kita tunggu sebulan sebelum kesannya dinikmati rakyat.

"Sekarang ini harganya rendah dan kesannya hendaklah dirasai serta merta," katanya selepas berakhirnya Persidangan Perwakilan Nasional Ke-37 Gerakan di sini hari ini.

Koh berkata, perkara tersebut adalah antara tiga perkara utama yang dibincangkan dalam persidangan dua hari parti itu.

Beliau berkata, hal yang berbeza berlaku apabila berlaku penurunan pada harga minyak sawit yang kesannya dirasai serta merta oleh rakyat.... selanjutnya.

Skandal penggantian pesawat Nuri

ikuti pendedahan tersebut di Perak Express.

Najib must keep cronies and family members at bay, says Mahathir

NST | Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak should not be surrounded by cronies and family members when he is prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said here today.
“There are several former members of parliament and experts whose advice he should seek to run the country,” the former prime minister told Bernama after addressing a Malaysian youth seminar at the University of Melbourne.

“There is a lot of work to be done to restore the confidence of the people in the government,” Dr Mahathir said.

“But Najib must not try to do everything himself. He must get proper advice from the right people.

“He should not be surrounded by cronies and family members as this will not be good for the country.”
Dr Mahathir, however, did not identify them. ... selanjutnya.

no2umno - PM yang bangang perlu kroni. Kalau tak der kroni, diorang tak boleh hidup.

Anwar Ibrahim declines comment on new date

NST | Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today declined to comment on a possible new date for the Pakatan Rakyat to take over the federal government from the Barisan Nasional (BN) as he had predicted it would.

When pressed by reporters, he said: “I will not mention it (the date). At the appropriate time ... we will see a change.” “If the people want a change ... no power can prevent and stop it,” he said at his Hari Raya Aidilfitri open house at the Sultan Sulaiman Club in Kampung Baru, here.... selanjutnya.

Gesa mansuhkan ISA

Parti komponen BN sendiri dah tak serasi dengan undang undang rimba ketinggalan zaman, ISA. Klik SINI.
Dan dalam pada itu .... menurut berita Bernama yang tidak di siarkan di dalam Utusan dan Berita Harian, seorang Bekas Panglima Tentera turut merasakan, sudah sampai masanya ISA di pupuskan.

Sedikit petikan dari Bernama ...

"ISA telah berubah daripada segi penggunaannya sejak 30 tahun lepas dan kini digunakan untuk sesuatu yang tersasar daripada tujuan asalnya," kata Thanabalasingam dalam ruangan yang disiarkan oleh New Sunday Times hari ini.

"Saya sendiri tertanya-tanya bagaimana akta yang berkuasa seperti ISA boleh diserahkan kepada budi bicara polis sepenuhnya," kata Thanabalasingam semasa mengulas kenyataan Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar yang polis boleh menggunakan ISA malahan tanpa memaklumkannya kepada beliau.

UMNO parti tak der teloq, tak der ISA tak boleh hidup.

Harga Pemuda Umno RM500 sahaja?

harakah | ...Beberapa blogger Umno mendakwa sebanyak RM180,000 telah dibelanjakan bagi mendapatkan pencalonan dari Pemuda Umno Bahagian Machang sahaja di mana setiap perwakilan yang hendak dibeli undi mereka didakwa diberikan RM500.

Pemuda Umno bahagian tersebut mencalonkan menantu Perdana Menteri, Khairy Jamaluddin sebagai Ketua Pemuda Umno di mana Khairy mendapat 96 undi manakala Exco Pemuda Umno, datuk Mukhriz Mahathir mendapat 78 undi.

Bagaimanapun, setakat berita ini ditulis, dengan slogan "Berani Berubah!", Ahli Parlimen Jerlun itu telah pun mendapat mendapat 30 pencalonan untuk bertanding jawatan Ketua Pemuda Umno dan memerlukan hanya lapan pencalonan sahaja lagi untuk melayakkan diri bertanding jawatan itu.

Jumlah minimum pencalonan untuk bertanding jawatan tersebut ialah 38.

Khairy setakat ini mendapat 15 pencalonan manakala Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo mendapat tujuh pencalonan.

Di Kimanis, para penyokong Khairy tidak puas hati dengan keputusan mesyuarat Pemuda bahagian itu di mana Mukhriz akhirnya dicalonkan.

Seorang penyokong Khairy memberitahu Malaysiakini, antara 45 hingga 50 penyokong dihalang untuk masuk semula ke Dewan Orang Ramai Membakut, dekat Papar, tempat mesyuarat itu dijalankan. ... selanjutnya.

Puteri UMNO Bukit Bintang bertengkar

Ketua pendekar ... oppssss

KETUA Puteri bahagian Bukit Bintang, Leni Abd Latif (kiri) bertengkar dengan Lyana berikutan mesyuarat Puteri bahagian Bukit Bintang ditunda.

Korang tengok budak baju biru tu tengah sengeh sambil mencangkung tengok gelegat Puteri puteri UMNO yang bertengakar. kelakar kan ..... dan seorang puteri yang angkat kamera untuk buat lapuran pada boss atas. Oiii barua sapa tu?

Kalau ada yang memiliki gambar acara tarik tarik rambut lagi ok.

Najib Terguna Ungkapan "Suara Rakyat Suara Keramat" !!

jomsumpit | ....Jika tidak, sebelum ini berbagai alasan diberikan jika ada usaha untuk menurunkan harga minyak. Sebaliknya bila harga dinaikkan, maka cerita yang sama dimainkan iaitu "pasaran minyak global naik maka minyak negara juga mesti dinaikkan". Rakyat sudah muak dan melihat perkara ini dengan berhati-hati. Rakyat sudah mula menilai pemimpin yang mereka pilih. Lantaran itulah kini rakyat sudah mula ditakuti dan bisa bersuara. Jika tidak kerana Anwar, masakan minyak akan turun. Begitulah pandangan rakyat mengenai hal ini.

Namun kini, semuanya sudah terlambat. Buatlah peralihan kuasa macam mana sekalipun, jika ia masih berkisarkan dalaman UMNO. Maka rakyat sudah tidak percaya dan hilang keyakinan. Derita rakyat sudah berada dikemuncaknya. Mereka mahukan perubahan bukannya peralihan kuasa. Kuasa dialih tapi sistemnya tetap sama, mana mungkin rakyat dapat hidup selesa. Maka itulah perubahan kerajaan yang diperlukan sekarang. Menyedari hakikat ini maka lucu benar bila melihat kenyataan TPM Najib Razak di media hari ini. Beliau mula pandai menyebut "Suara Rakyat Suara Keramat" !!. Agaknya beliau lupa, itulah ungkapan yang sering digunakan oleh Anwar selama ini. Entah mengapa, tiba-tiba Najib terkena badi Anwar agaknya atau beliau bermimpi disiang hari memikirkan sempat atau tidak untuk beliau menjadi Perdana Menteri bulan Mac 2009 nanti.... selanjutnya.

Jangan serah Malaysia Kepada Penjenayah

... selanjutnya di deadalienx.

More Altantuyah and Najib information surfaces!

malaysianpoliticsblog. | Altantuya Shariibuu, the controversially murdered Mongolian national, and Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak are back again in the spotlight.

MCPX

Making waves in cyberspace is an article entitled ‘Abuse of power by the deputy prime minister’ appearing in ISA detainee Raja Petra Kamaruddin’s Malaysia Today website.

The report reveals a string of SMS messages purportedly exchanged between Najib and lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (left) over a period of nearly one month, starting from Nov 8 to Dec 2, 2006.

The correspondence between the two had revolved around Abdul Razak Baginda (right), one of Najib’s advisors charged with abetting two police officers in the slaying of the 28-year old Mongolian national - with whom the deputy premier has been alleged to have had a sexual relationship.

The 55-year old Najib, who has repeatedly denied the allegations, has sworn his innocence twice - the latest at a mosque during the height of the Permatang Pauh by-election tussle with Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim.... selanjutnya.

Najib under pressure, again

malaysianinsider | Raja Petra Kamarudin is behind bars but his campaign to link Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak with the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shariibuu intensified today – with a startling allegation.

His website, Malaysia Today, carried a report detailing what it alleged was an exchange of text messages between Najib and Shafee Abdullah, the prominent lawyer who represented Abdul Razak Baginda before he was charged with abetting two police officers in the murder of the model.

These SMSes – if true – raise some questions over the handling of the case and suggest that Najib took a strong interest in the investigation from the beginning.

The SMS exchange, which went on from Nov 8 to Dec 2, 2006, is likely to become great fodder for the Opposition when Parliament sits again on Monday. More so now that Najib is a cusp away from becoming the president of Umno and the prime minister of Malaysia.

In one SMS, Najib allegedly tells the lawyer that Razak Baginda – his advisor – “will face a tentative charge but all is not lost.”'

Malaysia Today said that this message raises some questions about Najib's role in the case. “Why did he mention ‘tentative’ charge and that ‘all is not lost’ for RB (Razak Baginda)? How would Najib know this before Razak was charged? These are important questions which will have ramifications, not just on this case but far beyond,” a posting on the website said.... selanjutnya.

no2umno - Malaysia adalah sebuah negara yang boleh di pimpin oleh pelbagai bentuk pemimpin. Minta minta lanun somalia tak bertanding dalam pemilihan UMNO tahun ni.

Security staff at hospital on strike

Star | Some 140 security personnel at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) here went on strike for 15 hours on Friday over a salary dispute.

The 70 personnel who were to report for night shift at 8pm, refused to do so.

Langahati Kuwak, 54, a security supervisor, said the company, an outsourcing company with the Health Ministry at HTAR, had not paid their basic salary since June. He said their full salary was about RM800 each.

“Our life is in limbo now, I have four school-going children in Semporna, Sabah, and I need to send money home,” he said.

Langahati said they were paid a few times a month, between RM100 and RM200 each time.

“But the partial salary that I received is not enough even for myself,” he said.

State Health, Plantation Work­ers, Poverty and Caring Govern­ment committee chairman Dr A. Xavier Jayakumar said he had contacted the director of the security company on the matter.... selanjutnya.

no2umno - Wakakakaka ... tak kan tokey tak der duit kot. Buat belanja pemilihan UMNO ke? Tu .. pekerja sedang pening kepala nak hantar duit ke kampung. Cuba bayangkan kalau sekurity tak der di hospital. Kot kot ada mayat yang hilang atau pesakit yang mungkin jadi doktor. Pada mereka yang takut untuk di bedah ... boleh cabut lari malam malam. KAh kah kah ... Sapa punya kontrak tu ?

Oil can go as low as US$60 / barrel

NST | The stunning collapse in oil markets accelerated on Friday, sending a barrel of crude plunging below US$78 (RM273) as investors grew more pessimistic about resolving a mushrooming global economic crisis.

Oil hasn't been this cheap in 13 months -- a rare silver lining for consumers amid a rapidly imploding financial landscape. Crude prices have almost been cut in half since surging to a record near US$150 barrel recently. Energy experts believe prices could go even lower.

"There's so much fear out there and that's really gripping the oil market. People are just afraid to hold a position so they're closing out and selling off," said Michael Lynch, president of Strategic Energy & Economic Research in Winchester, Massachusetts.

"As long as this financial crisis continues, we could see prices go down into the $60 range," Lynch said.... selanjutnya.

no2umno - Minyak dunia di pengaruhi pasaran, minyak tempat di pengaruhi perompak dan mangkuk hayun. Tu sebab lambat turun.

People just Khan believe it!

Star | The conferment of Datukship on Bollywood heartthrob Shah Rukh Khan has stirred up a controversy. Politicians, professionals and the man on the street are hotly questioning the wisdom of the move.

Some commented that the actor did not deserve the award as “he hardly knows where Malacca is” and asked whether he had promoted Malacca in his songs and movies.

SMSes received by The Star also hit out at the move, saying such awards should be given to local artistes.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the decision to confer the title on the actor was suggested to Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob by former Finance Minister Tun Daim Zainuddin recently.... selanjutnya.

no2umno - Kalau dah BODOH terang terang di tunjukkan oleh Pemimpin UMNO ... aku tak tau betapa BODOHNya penyokong UMNO. Pecah perut cerita pasal Datuk Shah Rock Khan. Wakakakaka ... seronok gak mengutuk UMNO masa rumah terbuka sekarang ni. Semua orang cerita pasal tajuk yang sama. Yang mengundi UMNO pun tersipu sipu bila kita cerita BAB ni. Nak sampok tak berani, nak kutuk tak sampai hati. Pasang telinga dengar dengar kan je.

Rakyat Melaka apa komen? Takkan senyap jer ... Macam tak ngaku jadi rakyat melaka lak. Aku ingat tu sebab la, Sultan Melaka lari dari Melaka. Tak tahan dengan rakyatnya. Buat apa? Buat bodoh .... dari zaman kesultanan sampai zaman sains dan teknoloji. Kalau zaman dulu ada pangkat DAtuk .... aku ingat dah ramai penjajah dan peniaga dari Sepanyol, India, Arab, Cina dan macam macam lagi dah dapat DATUK ... Tanah jual, anugerah jual. Sekarang maruah pun korang nak jual.

Macamana pemimpin BODOH pun UMNO dok puji. Tak masuk akal langsung.