His Highness got it wrong

One would have expected a more judicious decision from a former Lord President, our former King and a respected statesman, this decision does not represent the wishes of the people, in a democracy that is of paramount importance and as head of the state that should have been what was to be delivered.

His highness has had two options, one to send the whole issue back to the state assembly for a vote of confidence or no confidence which ever way it is put and the other is to accede to the request of the Menteri Besar to dissolve the assembly and call for a State election.

The question is which of the two options does does the King choose?

It is his prerogative but the Constitution could have made things easier by giving him only one course of action then why did it give him two? To confuse the issue?

No, but to ensure that whichever decision he makes it has to safeguard the wishes of the people, the rakyat.

The members of the state assembly were not voted because of their personalities, but because of the parties they represent, so in the final analysis that should remain intact, and if HRH believes that there may be a change of heart of the electorate then he dissolves the Assembly.

If he has reason to believe, any reason at all that the state assembly persons are only interested in their own personal agendas and not that of the electorate that voted them, and if in pursuit of this own interest they would vote with the opposition to knock out the incumbent state Government he must dissolve the state assembly and allow the people to decide what they want as is very clearly the case here, it is not what the state assemblymen want but what the electorate have expressed through the ballot box that matters and needs to be safeguarded at all costs.

If on the other hand this is because there is a matter of competency, where the Menteri Besar is incompetent for the job, is finding it difficult to get on with tasks at hand lacking the cooperation of his own team,and has sought the permission of the ruler to dissolve the assembly to seek a new mandate for himself, and in his opinion the Ruler is satisfied that both sides of the assembly will vote for his removal then it goes to the assembly for a vote of no confidence. This wills ave the peoples money and time.

In this case the issues are clear, all the assembly persons were given a mandate by the respective electorate, they were required to serve the electorate on the ticket with which they secured their seats, and here two of them have been charged with corruption, (I believe the charges were trumped up, to force them out of office to secure a by election and take back the state, with these charges hanging over them, they would easily succumb), then there is the case of the crippled DAP assemblywoman who was given the position of deputy speaker, she represents not only the DAP, but more importantly women and the disabled, and she publicly claimed she left because she was treated badly as she did not receive a Toyota Camry, the DAP has to take some accountability for the appointment of this opportunist, clearly a political prostitute.

In light of all this evidence the Sultan should have rightfully sent the mandate back to the people by dissolving the assembly, so that the people could decide and the people could have their voices heard.

The two choices are laid out not for an "ini mini miynee more" choice but for a judicial choice, and the Ruler should have made the choice after due consideration taking the wishes of the electorate into account first not the party who by means so apparent secured a dubious majority.

I really do not know what fate awaits Karpal for standing up and challenging the decision, but to Karrpal I say it takes a really brave person to have done that and that I am proud of you sir.

To Najib I say this is the hollowest of all or any victory you have had in your life, you really do not have any true victory of your own in you political life to talk about, and that this victory will cost you and cost you dearly, it is the beginning of your demise from the political scene and the curse that will send UMNO to the rubbish dumps of history.

Xroy

The Times are changing, feel the change.

Do not believe those who say that we should not demonstrate, it is not the "Malaysian Way" they say, and then deprive you of all your basic rights,by curtailing your basic freedom.

Today in Ipoh Anwar Ibrahim is planning a huge rally, I am praying for its success, because if it succeeds then we would have opened yet another front, in our quest to sack this corrupt regime.

Demonstrations in KL are now common, Trengganu has experience of the same now Ipoh, hope the next is Kedah and Penang, going southwards is a matter of time, because to sack this Government we need to have the rallies all over the country simultaneously, and if you see what is happening that is exactly what we are gearing up for.

It has been done in neighboring Thailand, it has been done in many other countries it can be done here and so be it, because a Government that hits and kills its people needs to be sacked. A government that has repeatedly ignored the wishes of its people and undermined their wishes as relayed through the ballot box, is not a Government but a bunch of bandits out to seize power and keep it to themselves.

Today I reckon will begin a new chapter in our History as Malaysians, when we shall stand up united as one and say, "No More!!! Enough is Enough!!! we are not going to take this lying down."

We have been trampled upon so that we could feed the greed of a very select group of bandits known as the elite of UMNO and their lackeys in the Barisan Nasional.

To those of you who can make it to this rally, please do not delay go, your country needs your, your children and your children's children need you to, so go and go now.

Do you Believe Najib?

Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak today denied having offered the Perak Pakatan Rakyat state assemblymen and the lone assemblywoman cash for their defection from their respective parties.


Addressing reporters at a specialy packed press conference at his office today, Najib told the press that BN did not resort to ‘buying’ the four over.

"No, no, no. There was no buying over," he told reporters after announcing that the BN had now secured the majority to form the new Perak state government following the defection of the four.

What he did not say is if they were given any incentives like posts in the new Perak cabinet he hopes to form with this new found majority.

It was only recently in fact a few days ago when Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was reported to have said that such crossovers are not morally right. To Najib apparently it seems morally right, his morals comes from his upbringing and that is manifested here as he seems to doing what his father started after the 1969 elections, getting the parties from Sarawak and the Peninsular to join the then Alliance party and form the Barisan Nasional.

Mahathir a great disciple of Razak followed that trend when they ousted the PBS in Sabah by buying over state politicians. This is all a result of upbringing, I hope Muhyiddin will remain true to what he has said, it may give Malaysians some hope.

Perhaps the most shocking revelation is that Mahathir Mohammed has himself condemned the Barisan for accepting the two candidates, he woudl have preferred they do this after the court trial of the two for corruption.

No conveniently the case will be postponed till kingdom come or the two may not be found guilty or the charges may be dropped.

Najib has said no money was involved, the question is did these men and the one woman crossover for absolutely no material or pecuniary advantage from the BN or UMNO in particular?

Asking the question of Najib is the last thing I'd want to do, most Malaysians do not trust him I am sure and as such I am asking the question here please respond to the poll.