PM bidas peniaga enggan turunkan harga barang

Utusan | Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi membidas sikap peniaga yang tidak mahu menurunkan harga barang walaupun harga minyak telah diturunkan sebanyak empat kali.

“Saya tidak suka dengar bila harga barang tidak mahu turun walaupun minyak sudah empat kali turun (tidak termasuk penurunan yang berkuat kuasa esok), seolah-olah mereka nak cari untung besar,” tegas Perdana Menteri kepada wartawan Malaysia di sini hari ini.... selanjutnya.

Hah . .. dia aje la yang pandai marah. Orang lain tak tau kot?

Pandangan 'Bloggers' terhadap pengumuman Pak Lah

suarasukj | .... "Dah Lama rakyat Malaysia mahu beliau berundur,akhirnya pada hari ini 8 oktober 2008 PM telah membuat keputusan penting untuk berundur pada Mac 2009… Sampai bilakah keputusan ini akan kekal atau berakhir di tengah jalan?"[Pinkturtle]

"Bagaimana pula jika sebaik sahaja parlimen bersidang, suatu usul undi tidak percaya kepada Perdana Menteri dikemukakan dan berbondon-bondon ahli Parlimen BN melompat parti, adakah kita akan memiliki Perdana Menteri yang Ke-6 yang mana buat kali pertamanya bukan dari Barisan Nasional". [Tko-17027]

"Keputusan Abdullah itu menunjukkan beliau sangat kecewa dengan sikap timbalannya yang beriya-iya dan tidak sabar untuk mengambil alih jawatan itu.

Keputusan Abdullah membuka senario baru di mana sudah hampir pasti pertarungan merebut jawatan Presiden Umno akan berlaku antara Mohd Najib dengan Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah". [mso]
... selanjutnya.

bad, worse, worst

desiderata2000 | ... Three little words was all I responded to a counsellor buddy when he sms-ed me at 6.00pm that Pak Lah had decided "not to contest" for the UMNO president's post come March 2009, which means he must relinguish the Prime Minister's post to his successor as UMNO President, noinations for which will start soon.

It was "bad" that Opposition Leader Sdr Anwar Ibrahim missed the deadline to deliver Merdeka Mission 916 after the successful March 8, 2008 General Elections, and August 26 Permatang Pauh by-election.

It became "worse" when Malaysia Today blogger-editor Raja Petra Kamarudin was arrested under the Internal Security Act -- he was holding the key to upsetting the incumbent Deputy UMNO President now primed to take over UMNO-presidency, and along with it, Prime Ministership of Malaysia.

"Worst" is yet to come if the last card that the Pakatan Rakyat leaders can't come together with a final plan to vote out the current lame-duck PM that Pak Lah has just become after announcing earlier this afternoon (October 8, 2008) that he's NOT contesting the UMNO party number one post.... selanjutnya.

Pak Lah to give way to Najib...any difference?

simpodkoruk | It's official, Pak Lah will not be defending his post in UMNO and will step down as PM in March next year. Najib is the one that are being nominated to replace him. So, are there going to be any differences? Most importantly will it bring any difference to Sabah? Let's see...

1. UMNO would still exist which mean the "'Melayu Baru" a.k.a "PTI with Mykad" will still be there, alive and kicking.
2. The same government still in power so Sabah will still be the same as before. Being the last state (even though Sabah was supposed to had her own Federal Government) in education and economy.
3. Sabah will still be marginalize since Sabahan will still be considred as 2nd class citizen due to this race base party policy.
4. New leader but the same story, again.

You might say it is still early la to make such assumptions. Well, Najib is obviously more favored by the Malay since he is pro-Malay or some might use the term 'racist' (sorry la Anwar..you are seen as traitor by the Malay). So, same story la.. Cronies will still there, NEP still used; which supposed to help the Bumiputera but as you can see, Sabah is the poorest even though there are a lot of Bumiputera here. So NEP is just helping the Malayan Bumiputera.... selanjutnya.

Pak Lah force to retire - Guan Eng

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was forced to retire against his will at a time not of his choosing.

He said the abrupt and undignified nature of Abdullah's departure was a sad reflection of his weakened political position that lost him the respect of his party.

“Unlike his predecessor Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Abdullah was forced to retire against his will at a time not of his choosing,” he said in his statement released here by his office.

Ironically, he said, the public respected Abdullah more than his party, Umno, because he was seen as a “well-intentioned man who is probably one of the few clean leaders left in Umno”.

“Abdullah should leave a legacy of fighting corruption by having open tender and taking action against the leaders in Barisan Nasional and Umno who abuse the power,” he added.

Lim was commenting on the Prime Minister's decision not to defend his Umno presidency in the coming party election.

After chairing the BN supreme council today, Abdullah announced that he would not defend his post as Umno president and would step down as prime minister in March next year. – Bernama

"Saya tak pernah lompat" Abdullah

klpos | Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menafikan bahawa beliau akan mengambil cuti berikutan keputusannya untuk mengawalkan peralihan tampuk kepimpinan parti dan kerajaan.

"Saya akan bercutikah? Macam mana anda tahu?

"Tidak. Saya tidak akan bercuti. Saya ada banyak kerja untuk dibuat," kata beliau selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat khas Majlis Tertinggi Umno di sini pagi ini.

Mesyuarat itu juga memutuskan untuk menangguhkan Perhimpunan Agung Tahunan Umno dan pemilihan Disember ini sehingga Mac depan.

Abdullah dilantik sebagai Perdana Menteri dan memangku jawatan Presiden Umno pada Oktober 2003.

Beliau turut ditanya sama ada bersedia melakukan pengorbanan demi kebaikan dan kepentingan parti dengan melepaskan jawatan yang disandangnya.... selanjutnya.

PM must be brave to reform before quitting - Kit Siang

malaysianinsider | ...“Accept the Umno Supreme Council ultimatum that his premiership ends by March next year but ending his hitherto lacklustre premiership in a blaze of glory in the final six months by leaving a lasting legacy for future Malaysians by being a courageous reformist Prime Minister,” Kit Siang told the crowd at a ceramah in Serdang.

The text of his speech was sent out today.

Kit Siang said Abdullah can begin his six-month programme of reform in the next Cabinet meeting by choosing to act in at least 10 areas, which are:-

1. Police – Establish the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) by the end of the year, based on the Bill proposed by the Royal Police Commission, in order to create an efficient, incorruptible, professional world-class service to restore to Malaysians their fundamental freedom to be free from crime and the fear of crime.

2. No more foot-dragging with judicial reforms by ensuring that a Judicial Appointments Commission is established by the end of the year and that the country is not plunged into another era of judicial darkness and scandal with the appointment of the first Umno Chief Justice in the 51-year history of Malaysia.

3. A total revamp of the Anti-Corruption Agency, which has proved to be an utter failure with Malaysia's Transparency International Corruption Perception Index plunging from No. 37 in 2003 to No. 47 in 2008, when we should have improved to at least No. 30 according to the National Integrity Plan – with the formation of a completely independent anti-corruption commission by the end of the year.

4. Far-reaching parliamentary reforms including the introduction of a full-fledged Parliamentary Select Committee system whereby every Ministry is shadowed by a Parliamentary Select Committee.

5. Repeal of draconian Printing Presses and Publications Act to ensure press freedom and an independent media.

6. Immediate release of Raja Petra Kamaruddin, the Hindraf Five and all other Internal Security Act detainees and the repeal of the ISA.

7. Declaration of Malaysia Day on September 16 every year as a national public holiday.

8. 20% oil royalty to Sabah and Sarawak to be devoted solely for the development of the people in the two states and not for the enrichment of a handful of political parasites.

9. Meritocracy as a national policy to reverse brain drain and to retain the best and brightest to transform Malaysia into a competitive global player in the international economic scene.

10. Full acceptance of “Bangsa Malaysia” as primary nation-building objective and not ketuanan Melayu or any other communal, retrogressive or obsolete concept..... selanjutnya.

Nasib Abdullah ditentukan dua minggu lagi

harakah | .... Desakan pihak-pihak tertentu dalam Umno supaya Abdulllah berundur segera, berjaya dipendekkan daripada 21 bulan (Oktober 2008 - Jun 2010) kepada enam bulan sahaja.

Walaupun diberi alasan tempoh sehingga Mac diambil, untuk memberikan ruang kelicinan proses peralihan kuasa kepada Dato' Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak, namun besar kemungkinan ia lebih pendek dari tempoh enam bulan.

Selesai mesyuarat MT sebentar tadi, Abdullah berkata beliau akan mengumumkan sama ada akan mempertahankan jawatan Presiden Umno pada pemilihan parti kali ini sebelum persidangan perwakilan bahagian parti bermula.

Tempoh dua minggu itu diambil untuk Abdullah mengambil kira 'feedback' daripada Umno Bahagian yang akan bermula mengadakan persidangan 9 Oktober ini.

Di sebalik larangan peraturan Tataetika Umno yang ketat dan kelebihan undi bonus yang ada kepadanya sebagai Presiden Umno, Abdullah dilaporkan tidak yakin beliau dapat melepasi kuota pencalonan sebanyak 30 peratus atau dari 58 bahagian.

Ada sumber berpendapat, Abdullah berada dalam keadaan terdesak akibat keengganan timbalannya memberi laluan kepada beliau untuk kekal sebagai Presiden untuk tempoh tiga tahun lagi. ... selanjutnya.

Ulamak terkejut perangai anak

kosmo | Seorang anak perempuan ulama terkenal Britain, Omar Bakri Mohammed merupakan seorang penari separuh bogel, lapor sebauh akhbar semalam.

Omar yang kini berada di Lebanon selepas diusir dari Britain mengaku terkejut dengan tindakan anak perempuannya itu, Yasmin.

Yasmin yang berumur 27 tahun menjalani kehidupan sedemikian kerana memberontak corak kehidupan bapanya yang mahu badan wanita ditutupi dengan pakaian.... selanjutnya.

no2umno - Kitorang dah biasa dah ... anak atau cucu ....lebih kurang je.

Najib more unpopular than his boss - Anwar

minsider | ...."From a survey [it] showed that however unpopular Abdullah is now, Najib is more unpopular. He has a major problem of credibility. Many unexplained cases which does insinuate his involvement in [an] earlier murder case he has to explain, I'm not suggesting anything beyond that," Anwar said in Hong Kong, while in Hong Kong for an Asia investment conference.

"It's not a matter of going to the mosque and swearing that you are not involved. Then you make a mockery of Islam, the Quran and the law.

"If you go to the prison and say to these convicted murderers and rapists, 'if you swear on the Quran you go scot free', then 99.9 per cent would go free."

Discussions on whether Abdullah would step down early would not derail the opposition's plans, Anwar said, denying that he had lost credibility after failing to meet the Sept 16 deadline by which he had said he would have enough support in government to become prime minister.

While he had the names of the MPs who supported him, he said he could not disclose them because of the climate of fear in Malaysia.

"The climate of fear is real. Why do we need to expose them" and make them take such a risk, he asked.... selanjutnya.

Mesyuarat di Seri Perdana, Abdullah undur Jun 2009?

Suarakeadilan | Satu mesyuarat tergempar diadakan oleh Perdana Menteri, Abdullah Badawi di Kediaman Rasmi beliau , Seri Perdana Putrajaya malam tadi bersama dengan beberapa penasihat beliau, menurut sumber kepada Suara Keadilan.

Menurut sumber berkenaan, mesyuarat berkenaan diadakan bagi berbincang dan memikirkan masa depan politik Abdullah yang telah diketahui umum seperti telur di hujung tanduk.

Dipercayai, mesyuarat yang berakhir kira-kira jam 2 pagi tadi dan telah bersetuju bagi Abdullah melepaskan jawatan Presiden Umno seterusnya Perdana Menteri pada Jun 2009.

Dengan itu, menurut sumber, beliau tidak perlu bertanding pada pemilihan Umno Disember ini yang dikatakan mempunyai kemungkinan besar, bapa mertua calon Ketua Pemuda Umno Khairy Jamaluddin, tidak mendapat kuota 58 percalonan bahagian sekiranya beliau berkeras untuk mempertahankan presidenya.... selanjutnya.

Kalau Abdullah mereka buang, kenapa tidak Najib?

Harakah | ... Mereka berkata demikian ketika mengulas proses peralihan kuasa yang diputuskan supaya dipercepatkan oleh mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi (MT) Umno.

Timbalan Perdana Menteri bersama-sama mesyuarat tergempar MT pagi tadi dilaporkan mencincang pelan peralihan kuasa pada 2010 yang dirayu Abdullah dan memutuskan supaya Presiden Umno itu berundur segera.

Perhimpunan Agung Umno yang akan menyaksikan proses pemilihan kepimpinan ditangguhkan dari Disember ini kepada Mac akan datang dan Abdullah pula dipaksa berundur dalam tempoh beberapa minggu sahaja lagi, kalaupun tidak beberapa hari.

Najib, atas sifatnya sebagai Timbalan Presiden Umno, dijangka akan menggantikannya.

"Siapa pun pemimpin, ia tetap Umno yang sama," Kamarudin memberitahu Malaysian Insider (MI). "Najib akan dipengaruhi oleh Tun Dr Mahathir (Mohamad) dan kita akan melalui satu lagi tempoh kepimpinan dan polisi yang lemah".

"Inilah proses peralihan kuasa yang paling kacau bilau. Adalah ironi mengapa mereka menuduh (Datuk Seri) Anwar (Ibrahim) yang bertanggungjawab ke atas ketidakpastian dan kemelut ekonomi, sedangkan adalah jelas Umno tidak boleh menentukan arah haluan parti mereka, apa lagi negara," kata Kamarudin yang juga Ahli Parlimen Tumpat. ... selanjutnya.

March is new deadline for Pak Lah to quit - Muhyiddin

MInsider | Umno vice president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today the postponement of the party elections to March next year indicates a new deadline had been set for party president Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi to step down.

"It was earlier decided 2010, but at today's meeting the president and deputy president indicated that the postponement from December to March is to facilitate earlier transition, you can analyze anyway you want, but as far as I am concern, maybe a new deadline has been set, but let the president make the announcement," he told reporters after the supreme council special meeting today.

"I sense magnanimity in making this decision which is very important for the party," said the International Trade and Industry Minister.

When asked whether he was satisfied with the decision, as it is still unclear whether March 2009 is the new deadline, Muhyiddin said: "There must be some element of trust on the decision made today, there is no need for unnecessary speculation."... selanjutnya.

Anwar nafi wujud perbualan dengan Perdana Menteri

MStar | Ketua Umum Pakatan Rakyat, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menafikan kandungan emel yang kini disebarkan dan tulisan dalam blog kononnya ada rakaman perbualan beliau dan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

"Mutakhir ini bertebaran cerita bahawa ada rundingan di buat oleh wakil Pakatan Rakyat dengan BN mengenai peralihan kuasa.

"Catatan ringkas melalui beberapa catitan emel dan blog kononnya ada rakaman perbualan saya dan Abdullah yang dilaporkan adalah tidak benar sama sekali," kata beliau dalam blognya semalam. ...selanjutnya.

Radenjowo dengan ini mengesahkan ... tiada perbincangan antara Pak Lah dan Anwar ....Kalau ada pun, buat buat la tak der. DAn kalau benar benar ada .... Best Gak.

Rasanya UMNO jer yang risau. Pada yang tak sokong UMNO .... horey !!!

Pak Lah tahu - dakwaan Anwar mengenai peralihan kerajaan BENAR?

umnoreform | Mesyuarat tergempar Majlis Tertinggi UMNO akan diadakan hari ini. Ramai yang menjangkakan sesuatu keputusan penting mengenai peralihan kuasa akan diperbincangkan hari ini. Ada yang telah membuat spekulasi bahawa memang ada pertemuan antara wakil PKR dan wakil Pak Lah mengenai peralihan KERAJAAN dan bukan peralihan kuasa antara Pak Lah dengan Najib.

Spekulasi bahawa Pak Lah sudah tahu mengenai BENAR ada peralihan kerajaan timbul dan mesyuarat ini adalah untuk mencari daya dan melakukan tindakan susulan mengenai cara yang terbaik untuk menghalang Pakatan Rakyat dari memerintah. Berita Harian hari ini mengatakan bahawa mesyuarat hari ini adalah untuk membincangkan peralihan kepimpinan UMNO di samping hasrat menangguhkan pemilihan parti tetapi sumber turut mengatakan bahawa ini bukan mengenai hal ehwal UMNO tetapi lebih kepada perubahan kuasa dan Barisan Nasional ke Pakatan Rakyat.... selanjutnya.

Siasat Campurtangan Abdullah Dalam BPR – AMK

suarakeadilan | menggesa Badan Pencegah Rasuah (BPR) menyiasat Perdana Menteri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi kerana menyalahgunakan kuasanya mengarahkan agensi kerajaan itu menahan Presiden Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) Yong Teck Lee.

Pada 22 September lalu, bekas Timbalan Presiden SAPP Raymond Tan yang juga Timbalan Ketua Menteri Sabah mendedahkan bahawa beliau berjaya merayu kepada Abdullah supaya tidak menahan Yong Teck Lee.

Abdullah pada masa itu Yong ditahan BPR, selepas pemimpin Sabah itu mengepalai usaha undi tidak percaya terhadap kepimpinan beliau. Yong disiasat BPR atas dakwaan rasuah, yang menurut Yong telah lama selesai 15 tahun lalu.

Bercakap dalam satu kenyataan media 23 September lalu, Ketua AMK Shamsul Iskandar Mat Akin berkata Timbalan Ketua Menteri BN itu secara langsung menunjukkan campurtangan Abdullah dalam kerja-kerja BPR.

“Pendedahan tersebut, sekiranya didapati benar, pastinya amat mengejutkan rakyat. Ini berikutan sebelum ini Abdullah acapkali menegaskan bahawa beliau tidak pernah mencampuri sebarang urusan penyiasatan oleh mana-mana badan penguatkuasa negara malah berusaha untuk menjadikan badan-badan tersebut bebas dari sebarang campurtangan pihak pemerintah,” tegas Shamsul.... selanjutnya.

Pak Lah penakut

Takut punca PM enggan temui pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat - Anwar

harakahdaily | ...Ketua Pembangkang itu melahirkan rasa dukacita terhadap keengganan Perdana Menteri bagi membincangkan perkara penting berkaitan politik negara.

"Saya tidak mengerti kenapa pertemuan yang begitu penting untuk rakyat ditolak. Kenapa Perdana Menteri sukar ditemui untuk berbincang dengan pembangkang.Image

"Janganlah kerana rasa takut kepada penyokong sendiri maka pertemuan itu ditolak, gunakan kedudukan dan kuasa kita sebagai seorang Perdana Menteri jangan sekali-kali dipengaruhi pihak lain," ujarnya pada persidangan media di sini, hari ini.

Sebelum itu beliau mengadakan pertemuan tertutup dengan Mursyidul Am PAS, Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat dan Presiden PAS, Dato' Seri Tuan Abdul Hadi Awang di JKR 10.

Perdana Menteri baru-baru ini menolak untuk berjumpa dengan pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat selepas dihantar surat bagi diadakan pertemuan tersebut. ... selanjutnya.

PM to proceed with Gunfight, forgotten about fuel prices?

online-futures | .... The famous Gunfight at the OK Corral more than 125-years ago in Tombstone, Arizona, is set to repeat again here. The only difference this time – it’s a one-to-one gunfight between Abdullah and Anwar. Cowboy PM Badawi is waiting for Cowboy Anwar to draw his “gun” so that he can draw his pistol tucked into the waistband of his pants – ISA (internal security act). While deputy PM Najib rejoiced after he was crowned the new Finance Minister, he was nevertheless given the post as deputy chairman of Khazanah Nasional Berhad only while the chairmanship still belongs to PM Badawi (after a check from Khazanah website). Whether the portfolio swap (between PM and his deputy) was a temporary carrot to pacify Najib and his gang is up to your interpretation.



After bombarded by four warlords to resign not later than 9 Oct at the UMNO’s supreme council meeting, Abdullah Badawi was rumored to have decided to throw in the towel until his son-in-law, Khairy, jumped in and persuade his father-in-law to reconsider and continue to fight for his survival for the position as president of UMNO. It’s only normal for Khairy to prolong Badawi’s tenure because the former’s political survival depends solely on the latter’s position as PM. Furthermore political calculation reveals Najib will most likely refrain from challenging his boss should Badawi decided to defend his position. Interestingly Teresa Kok was released after just a week under the draconian ISA-law prompting the speculation if Najib has anything to do with it. It doesn’t help to inherit an unstable government if it’s fated that the country will have Najib as the next PM.... selanjutnya.

9 Okt ibarat 'dengar guruh di langit'

malaysiakini | "Jangan kerana mendengar guruh di langit, air di tempayan dicurahkan", demikian nasihat beberapa pemimpin Umno bahagian kepada Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Presiden Umno minggu lepas digesa meletakkan jawatan tersebut sebelum mesyuarat bahagian-bahagian bermula pada 9 Oktober kerana dibimbangi beliau tidak mendapat cukup pencalonan.

Desakan itu - sebahagian strategi untuk menyegerakan peralihan kuasa kepada timbalannya Datuk Seri Najib Razak - disuarakan oleh beberapa anggota Majlis Tertinggi (MT), termasuk anggota-anggota kabinet, Khamis lalu.

Bagaimanapun pemimpin-pemimpin bahagian yang dihubungi Malaysiakini hari ini percaya suara-suara itu membuat keputusan "terlalu awal" kerana mesyuarat belum bermula.... selanjutnya.

Terpulang kepada PM untuk berundur atau tidak 9 Oktober - Muhyiddin

klpos | Naib Presiden Umno Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin berkata terpulanglah kepada Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi memutuskan sama ada akan mengundurkan diri atau tidak pada 9 Oktober.

"Kita serahkan kepada Perdana Menteri dan juga Presiden Umno untuk memikirkannya. Saya tidak fikir ada keperluan untuk memberikan tekanan atau memperkatakan lagi mengenainya.

"Saya fikir beliau sedar apa yang berlaku pada peringkat akar umbi. Beliau boleh dapat banyak maklumat daripada para pegawai dan sumber-sumber politiknya untuk menilai apa yang telah berlaku di sana (akar umbi)," kata beliau ketika ditanya sama ada Perdana Menteri akan mengundurkan diri pada 9 Oktober.... selanjutnya.