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Date Posted: 18:53:53 10/18/06 Wed
Author: Press Statement By DAP Secretary-General (Lim Guan Eng)
Subject: The Government Must Also Reveal How The Shares Are Distributed Amongst Malays
In reply to: Press Statement By DAP Secretary-General 's message, "The Government Must Also Reveal How The Shares Are Distributed Amongst Malays" on 18:51:54 10/18/06 Wed

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danielempire wrote:
Saturday, March 20, 2004
Malaysians go to the polls -
Time to vote: Today, Sunday, March 21, more than 10 million registered voters in Malaysia will head to some 6,000 polling stations nationwide to cast their vote. The federal elections are being held together with the state elections of 12 states, excluding Sarawak. Polling is from 8am(0000GMT) till 5pm(0900GMT) and the first results are expected by 8pm(1200GMT). Stay with The Star Online for all the news and results. http://thestar.com.my

Support me to support you, Pak Lah tells Malaysians

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has appealed to voters to give a clear mandate to the Barisan Nasional today.

¡§I support the people. I support the people on what they want for their future and a better future for the country, which they will prove through the ballot box.

¡§So to me, you support me so that I can support you. I think it is very important. It's something I've been talking about,¡¨ he said in an interview on TV3 last night.

The Prime Minister was replying to questions raised by The Star deputy group chief editor II Datuk Wong Chun Wai and Utusan Malaysia deputy group chief editor Hamzah Sidek.

He said the people's support would give him the strength and the confidence to work for them.

¡§The people wants a government that is efficient, the people want a government that works for the people, a government that is successful to bring progress, economic prosperity, peace and stability to the country,¡¨ he added.

Abdullah also said that he had received reports that some people were going to try to sabotage the election process by preventing voters from getting to the polling stations.

¡§They may try to create traffic jams or somehow make it difficult for the voters. Such an action is tantamount to being anti-voters. But I tell the people not to worry and to come out to vote without fear,¡¨ he added.

Earlier in Penang, Abdullah cautioned the people against making the wrong choice and forsake the future of the country when casting their votes.


A big crowd of Barisan election workers ans supporters brought traffic along busy Jalan Dr Lim Chwee Leong to a stop when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi made a pit stop at the Barisan operations centre for the Tanjung parliamentary constituency in Penang. Shouts of Hidup Barisan filled the air and Abdullah responded by hoding up his hands in the air. Abdullah's convoy swelled with supporters trailing the entourage along Lebuh Sunagi Pinang, jalan Dr Lim Chwee Leong, Jalan Carnavon, Penang Road, Jalan Codrington and Jalan Burma. Motorists were pleasantly surprised when the Prime Minister smiled and waved at them as he passed. --STARpic by GOH GAIK LEE.
He said the country¡¦s political and economic situation was good and favoured investors and fund managers who had pledged to come in droves to Malaysia.

These investors have expressed full confidence in the Barisan Nasional leadership steering the nation to greater heights, he added.

¡§So, what is your choice? What is it that you want? You want more politics or a stable government that can develop the country?¡¨ he told about 3,000 people at the official launch of IJM Berhad¡¦s affordable home project comprising 5,500 low- and low-medium-cost units at the Bandar Sri Pinang project site, off the Jelutong Expressway, yesterday.

He said investors and fund managers had indicated that the country could achieve greater progress if the Barisan coalition was returned to power with a bigger majority.

¡§That is what they said, not me. I don¡¦t make that claim,¡¨ he added.

Abdullah said he had agreed to become Prime Minister after Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad stepped down on Oct 31 last year and it was now his responsibility to manage the country well.

¡§It is like inheriting wealth from your father where you have to manage the wealth and not make it disappear,¡¨ he said.


http://thestar.com.my/elect...

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16/10 19:31:59
danielempire wrote:
Wrong reasons for a bigger mandate - Lone
7:15pm Sat Mar 20th, 2004
Nomination day has come and gone and the stage is set for our country's 11th general election tomorrow. Many of us would have made up our minds where to mark the ‘X’. But it is said that some 20-30% of voters are still undecided.

These are the sophisticated ones who are waiting for the candidates/parties to win them over during last-minute campaigning. Some of them are said to decide at the very last minute - even as they are lining up to vote.

Ironically, they will be the ones who are really going to decide the outcome of this 11th election. Certainly not those who have already decided that their votes are for the BN or the opposition. In the last 24 hours, these fence-sitters will be wooed by all the candidates.

The millions and millions of ringgit spent on posters, banners, ceramahs, caretaker government rallies, food, drinks and all other paraphernalia is really be for this pampered group. For the majority of the voters, all this spending makes little difference as their decisions have already been made - long before the dissolution of Parliament and long before nomination day.

Some time ago I had written two letters and to many, I sounded schizophrenic. The first was entitled: ‘No meaningful democracy without effective opposition’ and this was followed by : ‘I'm voting for BN’.

I received letters and e-mails supportive of my letters and others containing brickbats. I was said to be pro-alternative or pro-opposition one day and pro-BN the next. The outcome of the 11th election is a foregone conclusion. BN will win and probably win big.

But how big a win may be within the control of the voters. To deny BN a massive majority is something possible. The question we need to ask ourselves on or before polling day is whether the governments we have had until now, with their massive majorities, have made good use of our votes and trust.

Have they made Malaysia a better place for us all after each election? Have they lived up to our hopes and aspirations and made the best use of our natural and human resources as well as our money?

If they have not, then we must do something about it. Pak Lah should have given us all more time to judge him and his agenda before calling for an election. The question we must pose to ourselves is whether continuing to give the BN our votes and ensuring it has a bigger majority and mandate will result in better governance (that's what we are looking for, right?)

Or will ensuring a stronger parliamentary opposition provide us with better check and balance and eventually better results? Being cognisant of the past abuses of massive majorities had, one is wearied.

Over the past many days, the caretaker PM, his caretaker ministers and other BN candidates have all being calling on the electorate to give the BN a bigger than before mandate. And just what do they plan to do with it?

These are some news headlines on the reasons why Pak Lah needs a bigger mandate:

I will work even harder for Malaysia - caretaker PM

BN wants a strong mandate to become a nation of excellence

BN will use the people's mandate wisely for better development - Abdullah

Give strong mandate to PM to enable him to bring to fruition to all the bold measures he has initiated - Lee Lam Thye

I can't speak for others but before Oct 31, 2003, I was firmly going to cast my vote for the alternative. But over the past three or four months there have been rays of hope of change for the better with the new PM.

But before he could walk the talk, he called for an election and doubts set in again. And now there are all these calls for a bigger mandate. A frightening prospect indeed if it materialises considering all the abuse, corruption and bad governance in the past.

The reasons given for a bigger mandate do not hold water. More foreign investments, more development, more prosperity, more glory, more distinction, more this and more that. What about those things which I hope to find mentioned like abolishing inhumane and anti-human rights acts and laws like the ISA, the OSA and the Printing Presses and Publishing Act.

Not forgetting more democratic space, the return of local council elections and real independence of the Election Commission and the ACA. The promise of a truly independent judiciary would have been an added sweetener.

These are hopes and aspirations of right-minded people and if a bigger mandate will see them flourish then obviously I will be voting BN. But sadly, all the calls for a bigger mandate were not for these reasons.

So, tomorrow I will know which party to vote for unless there is some sudden last-minute change. I am really not pro-alternative or pro-BN. What I am (and I believe there are many like me) is pro-Malaysia. May we all vote wisely and God bless Malaysia. http://malaysiakini.com/let...
16/10 19:32:58
danielempire wrote:
YW Yeoh
7:17pm Sat Mar 20th, 2004
In my view the greatest stumbling block to the secular opposition as represented by DAP and Keadilan is the effectiveness of the BN propaganda machine in convincing voters:

1) That a vote for DAP is a vote for PAS, i.e. any loss of support for BN helps PAS, and that a vote for DAP strengthens PAS' Islamic state agenda and that

2) The DAP cannot bring development.

Let me briefly suggest some effective and factual rebuttals. A vote for DAP weakens both PAS and BN, and strengthens the cause of the secular democratic opposition. DAP must regain the role of opposition leader in Parliament and the state assemblies of Penang and Perak, at the very least.

Remember the glorious days in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s when DAP was the opposition leader not only in Parliament but also in the state assemblies of Penang, Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor and Pahang with representation even in Kedah and Sarawak? Only a strong, vocal and effective secular opposition will stem the tide of Islamisation in Malaysia with all its attendant threats to the Malaysian way of life.

The unprecedented resurgence of PAS is not caused by DAP, rather, it is caused by Umno/BN mainly via two key factors. Firstly being the injustices perpetrated on Anwar Ibrahim which PAS capitalised on, and secondly by Umno/BN playing the race and religion cards in politics to hold on to power.

When the Mahathir administration started the gradual (and accelerating) process of bringing religion into the constitutional and political life of the nation, this was the signal to PAS that their time had, at long last, come. Umno has now got the nation on to a treacherous slope and they cannot find the brakes to stop the slide, without losing power.

The way to work for a return to secularism is not by supporting Umno/BN but by voting for a strong secular opposition to show the nation and the international community that there is a significant proportion of Malaysians who hold dear to secular democratic principles.

Of course a big part of the shift in Malay/Muslim support towards PAS is the rebellion against Umno due to corruption and abuse of power and the loss of civil and democratic freedoms in the 22 long years of the Mahathir administration.

Pak Lah is a good leader, but this is no reason for giving Umno/BN a landslide victory.

An effective opposition was personified, largely, by its senior leaders such as Lim Kit Siang and Karpal Singh that have represented DAP since 1969. But it is time for the DAP to start entrusting leadership and power to a younger set of leaders so that the party can be reinvent and rebuild itself after this elections, to re-emerge once again, as a credible and respected opposition force.

It is not the opposition's role to bring about development; it is the ruling government’s responsibility and obligation. Of course the DAP cannot bring development. How can it when the fundamental right of citizens to elect their representatives at the most basic level of the democratic system, i.e. at district, municipal and city level has been unjustly suspended by the BN/Umno government since 1965?

Until local government elections are restored, Malaysia cannot even claim to have fulfilled the forms of democracy, let alone the substance.

Tomorrow is polling day, please do all you can to mobilise voter opinion to vote for a strong DAP in Parliament and the state assemblies. The chance may never come again.

Don't worry about MCA losing its seats, there are plenty of appointed positions waiting for them as city, municipal or district councillors, senators, directors of statutory bodies etc. They can still serve if they wish to. Do worry about MCA representatives who have no guts to represent our critical interests and supporting blindly whatever legislation placed before them.

This is not an election about development. We have lots of development. This is an election about claiming back our fundamental rights that have been severely eroded over the past 22 years.

And while we are at it, boot out every corrupt incumbent candidate so that we, the people, will never be hoodwinked again!

Remember that the late opposition legend, Dr Tan Chee Khoon, won his Kepong parliamentary constituency in 1964 by only two votes. Every vote counts.

Go get them!

http://malaysiakini.com/let...
16/10 19:33:26
danielempire wrote:
March 20, 2004 MTUC Dengan Hampir 500,000 Ahli Menyokong 7 Calon Keadilan
Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia (MTUC), badan payung kesatuan-kesatuan sekerja di Malaysia, memberikan sokongan kepada lapan calon pada pilihanraya ini, dan tujuh dari mereka merupakan calon Keadilan.

Di peringkat Parlimen ialah Syed Shahir Syed Mohamud (Kelana Jaya), Dr. Mohd Nasir Hashim (Subang), Sivarasa Rasiah (Petaling Jaya Selatan) dan Dr. Jeyakumar Devaraj (Sungai Siput).

Di peringkat DUN pula ialah Abdul Razak Hamid (Bagan Dalam), P. Selvam (Bukit Lanjan) dan K. Kunasekaran (Jalong).

Setiausaha Agung MTUC, G Rajasekaran berkata majlis tertinggi MTUC tiada masalah untuk menyokong calon-calon tersebut.

"Kami mengambil keputusan menyokong calon-calon tersebut secara terbuka kerana mereka terbukti sebagai pejuang hak pekerja selama lebih 20 tahun."

Misalnya, menurutnya lagi, tiga daripada mereka ialah pemimpin kesatuan sekerja yang aktif. Dua merupakan peguam sumber manusia, seorang lagi seorang aktivis sosisal manakala dua lagi bergiat di dalam aktiviti akar umbi secara aktif di kawasan-kawasan mereka.

Syed Shahir ialah exco Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Industri Gabungan Peralatan Pengangkutan; Abdul Razak merupakan Naib Presiden MTU; dan Selvam pula merupakan setiausaha eksekutif kesatuan sekerja Flextronics Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd.

Sivarasa ketika mengulas perkembangan tersebut, berkata beliau berjanji untuk "membuat usaha berterusan untuk memperbaiki kebajikan pekerja."

Beliau menjadi penasihat undang-undang untuk sejumlah kesatuan sekerja, NGO dan kumpulan masyarakat, dan terbabit dalam kes undang-undang yang berkaitan sejak 1987.

MTUC mempunyai 247 kesatuan gabungan dengan 464,000 ahli.

Posted by editor at March 20, 2004 02:03 AM http://www.partikeadilan.com
16/10 19:33:52
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