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| Sabah Pakatan Rakyat is yet to consolidate its list of candidates as it toys with STAR and SAPP. |
KUALA LUMPUR: With nominations just days away, speculations are rife that Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim is engaging Jeffrey Kitingan’s State Reform Party (STAR) in a 11th hour bid to find a solution to what promises to be a crippling election for Pakatan Rakyat if it remains adamant and uncompromising on Sabah seats.
Nomination is set for April 20 and by tomorrow all state Barisan Nasional component parties would have announced their list of candidates.
In Sabah, KadazanDusunMurut (KDM)-based Upko and Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) have already announced their candidates. Umno, Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are expected to follow suit.
Amidst this, Sabah Pakatan Rakyat is yet to consolidate its list.
A pre-emptive announcement of some candidates by PKR Tuaran division chief Ansari Abdullah earlier this month, which was later rubbished by party deputy president Azmin Ali, has made clear the depth of distrust and angst within PKR members of the PKR central leadership.
As such, these late-in-day “talks” with local parties can only mean that Anwar is troubled.
Barely a week ago, Anwar said he would direct Sabah Pakatan to re-open talks – which he had himself terminated – with Sabah Progressive People’s Party (SAPP).
Anwar had, at one point, ridiculed SAPP when he asked the party to prove its worth. And this too after incessant meetings dating back to 2011 to discuss possible straight fights.
But SAPP sources said today that they have not been approached “as yet and time is running out”.
SAPP is aiming to contest in 20 state and about 10 parliamentary seats.
STAR, meanwhile, is targeting to contest in at least 40 state and up to 20 parliamentary seats.
Word is that STAR, while weak on infrastructure, has a KDM-reach that outruns PKR’s and Anwar knows this.
Thus, this explains the move to reach out to Jeffrey. According to sources, Anwar’s man spoke to Jeffrey late last week and “made him an offer”.
Meanwhile, rippling through the grapevine here are talks that Anwar’s partiality towards Wilfred Bumburing and Lajim Ukin has backfired. Both defected from Barisan Nasional in July last year, pledging their allegiance to Anwar vis-a-vis PKR.
Anwar had left Bumburing to harness the KDMs and Lajim to look into the Muslim votes.
Herein lies the hiccup. Rumours are that Pakatan needs a bulk of KDM votes and that it doesn’t have it yet.
A wily politician
Said a PKR member, who declined to be named: “The situation has changed. The Muslim seats can go anywhere. Lajim has influence over a few Bisaya seats.
“But Wilfred [Bumburing] is in trouble. People don’t trust him. Our members are saying if he [Bumburing] is sincere, then why is he not a PKR member? They will not support any of his candidates.”
Both Bumburing and Lajim are MPs and are likely to defend their Tuaran and Beaufort seats under the PKR banner. Both have also been pushing for their own followers to be given seats and that has not gone down well with members.
But Anwar is going all-out to get Putrajaya and has declared that he needs the numbers from Sabah and Sarawak to cap their quest.
With just days to go before nomination, there is both scepticism and hope in Anwar’s olive branch extended to the Chinese-dominated SAPP and KDM-fuelled STAR.
Anwar is a wily politician who is apt at playing political poker. His is a hand that can either lift or kill you, a fact that both Jeffrey and SAPP president Yong Teck Lee are well aware of.
Both STAR and SAPP have been championing the cause of the Sabahans and the right to determine their own destiny which they alleged the federal government had hijacked decades ago.
Jeffrey, on his part, has been specific with his call to Sabahans to vote local and Pakatan “is not local”.
A political marriage between them, even a temporary one, will as such give Sabahans a fair chance at taking control of the state even if BN decides to plant its “agents” to split the votes.
But thus far there has been no indication that straight fights in Sabah’s 60 state and 25 parliamentary seats are likely.
Sabahans, natives included, are not as mindless as the political folks in Putrajaya wish to believe.
The unprecedented revelations spinning out of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the insidious federal agenda to neutralise Christian natives by legalising thousands of illegal Muslim immigrants to ensure Umno-BN stays in power, the “timing” of the Lahad Datu incursions, the consolidation of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) – which houses 11 parliamentary and 30 state seats – and the Petronas “scam” on local contractors have deeply scarred Sabahans.
Looking ahead, the only road left is for Sabahans to reclaim the right to “rule” their state the way they see fit.
The question now is, will Anwar and Pakatan set aside their personal demands and help Sabahans achieve this “right”?
If he does, what will be the price of this tryst?
Nomination is set for April 20 and by tomorrow all state Barisan Nasional component parties would have announced their list of candidates.
In Sabah, KadazanDusunMurut (KDM)-based Upko and Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) have already announced their candidates. Umno, Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are expected to follow suit.
Amidst this, Sabah Pakatan Rakyat is yet to consolidate its list.
A pre-emptive announcement of some candidates by PKR Tuaran division chief Ansari Abdullah earlier this month, which was later rubbished by party deputy president Azmin Ali, has made clear the depth of distrust and angst within PKR members of the PKR central leadership.
As such, these late-in-day “talks” with local parties can only mean that Anwar is troubled.
Barely a week ago, Anwar said he would direct Sabah Pakatan to re-open talks – which he had himself terminated – with Sabah Progressive People’s Party (SAPP).
Anwar had, at one point, ridiculed SAPP when he asked the party to prove its worth. And this too after incessant meetings dating back to 2011 to discuss possible straight fights.
But SAPP sources said today that they have not been approached “as yet and time is running out”.
SAPP is aiming to contest in 20 state and about 10 parliamentary seats.
STAR, meanwhile, is targeting to contest in at least 40 state and up to 20 parliamentary seats.
Word is that STAR, while weak on infrastructure, has a KDM-reach that outruns PKR’s and Anwar knows this.
Thus, this explains the move to reach out to Jeffrey. According to sources, Anwar’s man spoke to Jeffrey late last week and “made him an offer”.
Meanwhile, rippling through the grapevine here are talks that Anwar’s partiality towards Wilfred Bumburing and Lajim Ukin has backfired. Both defected from Barisan Nasional in July last year, pledging their allegiance to Anwar vis-a-vis PKR.
Anwar had left Bumburing to harness the KDMs and Lajim to look into the Muslim votes.
Herein lies the hiccup. Rumours are that Pakatan needs a bulk of KDM votes and that it doesn’t have it yet.
A wily politician
Said a PKR member, who declined to be named: “The situation has changed. The Muslim seats can go anywhere. Lajim has influence over a few Bisaya seats.
“But Wilfred [Bumburing] is in trouble. People don’t trust him. Our members are saying if he [Bumburing] is sincere, then why is he not a PKR member? They will not support any of his candidates.”
Both Bumburing and Lajim are MPs and are likely to defend their Tuaran and Beaufort seats under the PKR banner. Both have also been pushing for their own followers to be given seats and that has not gone down well with members.
But Anwar is going all-out to get Putrajaya and has declared that he needs the numbers from Sabah and Sarawak to cap their quest.
With just days to go before nomination, there is both scepticism and hope in Anwar’s olive branch extended to the Chinese-dominated SAPP and KDM-fuelled STAR.
Anwar is a wily politician who is apt at playing political poker. His is a hand that can either lift or kill you, a fact that both Jeffrey and SAPP president Yong Teck Lee are well aware of.
Both STAR and SAPP have been championing the cause of the Sabahans and the right to determine their own destiny which they alleged the federal government had hijacked decades ago.
Jeffrey, on his part, has been specific with his call to Sabahans to vote local and Pakatan “is not local”.
A political marriage between them, even a temporary one, will as such give Sabahans a fair chance at taking control of the state even if BN decides to plant its “agents” to split the votes.
But thus far there has been no indication that straight fights in Sabah’s 60 state and 25 parliamentary seats are likely.
Sabahans, natives included, are not as mindless as the political folks in Putrajaya wish to believe.
The unprecedented revelations spinning out of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the insidious federal agenda to neutralise Christian natives by legalising thousands of illegal Muslim immigrants to ensure Umno-BN stays in power, the “timing” of the Lahad Datu incursions, the consolidation of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) – which houses 11 parliamentary and 30 state seats – and the Petronas “scam” on local contractors have deeply scarred Sabahans.
Looking ahead, the only road left is for Sabahans to reclaim the right to “rule” their state the way they see fit.
The question now is, will Anwar and Pakatan set aside their personal demands and help Sabahans achieve this “right”?
If he does, what will be the price of this tryst?
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim selama menjadi timbalan perdana menteri dahulu tidak pernah kesiankan rakyat Sabah
ReplyDeleteMahathir selaku PM dan presiden umno dan pengerusi BN waktu itu sangat kasihankan rakyat Sabah sehingga sanggup memberikan kewargannegaraan ekspress kepada PATI untuk kekal berkuasa...umno memang parti yang sangat hebat dalam hal-ehwal tipu-menipu THE EVIL INC..mahathir cakap...hehehehe...
DeleteMemang pun tidak pernah. Itu la jepprey berdendam dengannya.
DeleteSekarang dia buat-buat muka sedih konon dia kesian Sabah tak dapat cukup peruntukan pembangunan.
ReplyDelete20 peratus royalti minyak adalah sesuatu yang realistik...be end kata tidak realistik...Musa Aman kata tidak logik...Rahman Dahlan kata Petronas bankrap...Najib umum manifesto kata boleh dinaikkan..ape ni??...umno main kira2 dalam tadika ke..??wahahahaha..!!
DeleteAs far as I concerned Anwar seems no care towards Sabahans.
Deleteharap rakyat tidak mudah termakan janji pembangkang yang menurutnya hanya tahu bercakap dan berjanji serta berpura-pura kesian dengan rakyat, khususnya di Sabah sedangkan yang pasti tidak mampu menunaikan apa yang dijanjikan.
ReplyDeleteya betul janji be end di capati.....
DeleteMalaysians must choose a government that will ensure their future stability and provide an environment of economic certainty to safeguard the nation's continued economic growth and long-term prospects over risky political experiments.
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DeleteIn making the call for the people to place their trust in the time-tested Barisan Nasional (BN) government, UDA Holdings Bhd chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said continuity was crucial to ensure infrastructure development projects continue right until their fruition.
Delete"Without proper continuation (from policymakers), these projects would be prone to delays, impede progress and ultimately lead to failure," he told Bernama here today.
DeleteNur Jazlan, who will be defending his Pulai parliamentary seat in Johor, said construction of infrastructure projects would require consistency especially from a stable government.
Delete"In this sense, I would like to ask whether Malaysian voters want continuity of the government's transformation programmes or a change to an uncertain future," he said.
DeleteHe also cautioned that should BN lose, investors would likely adopt a prolonged wait-and-see approach to evaluate their dependency on the new government and re-evaluate the risk factors.
DeleteNur Jazlan pointed out that the re-evaluation would then affect the leadership and the government's stability, and in the process postpone the holistic reform agenda undertaken by the country in the near term.
DeleteUndoubtedly, the upcoming General Election results would have a huge impact on Malaysia's political landscape, which is why Malaysians should choose certainty and stability over risky political experiments.
DeleteThis is because the elected government would have to ensure the continuation of stability and greater economic prospects to the country, something which the BN has proven commendably from the days before independence, he said.
DeleteAgainst such a backdrop, Nur Jazlan urged Malaysians to vote responsibly and choose the government that guarantees to uphold stability and future prospects of the country.
Delete"The current government needs to be given time in order for the vision and plans to be fully implemented and show greater results," he said in urging for a fresh mandate for the BN government.
DeleteAddressing the need for Malaysian business entities to be more competitive in the global scale, Nur Jazlan said local businesses would have to pick up new skills to adapt to the changes brought about by globalisation.
DeleteHe said advances in information and communications technology were revolutionising information exchange, trade, business, industries, bureaucracy and education.
DeleteHowever, Nur Jazlan said Malaysia's approach to globalisation must be based on Malaysia's terms, circumstances and priorities to ensure the benefits to Malaysians and foreign investors.
Delete"In this context, BN is the only one that can provide the rakyat with stable policies to ensure we can manage the effects of globalisation as a way to achieve a better living standard for the people," he said.
DeleteHe said that stable policies from BN would also protect Malaysia's continuous freedom from foreign economic domination.
DENGAN PERTELAGAHAN SESAMA PEMBANGKANG DI SABAH, AKHIRNYA BARISAN NASIONAL AKAN KEKAL MEMERINTAH NEGERI INI UNTUK TEMPOH LIMA TAHUN LAGI
ReplyDeleteSituasi terbaru yang berlaku di Sabah ini bukanlah suatu isu yang baru, sebaliknya telah menjadi asam garam dikalangan parti pembangkang negara ini setiap kali menjelang pilihan raya. Strategi Anwar Ibrahim yang gemar menggunakan khidmat "katak" untuk merampas kerajaan akhirnya memakan diri beliau sendiri. Ternyata kehadiran Lajim dan Bumburing tidak sama sekali memberikan kelebihan kepada Pakatan Rakyat, sebaliknya menjadi beban kepada Anwar kerana terpaksa membuat keputusan yang memuaskan hati semua "katak-katak" peliharaannya.
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ReplyDeleteJika Anwar seorang pemimpin yang bijak, beliau sepatutnya sudah menjangkakan masalah yang bakal beliau hadapi, sekaligus merancang strategi untuk menyelesaikan masalah-masalah tersebut. Sebaliknya Anwar lebih suka ke hulu-ke hilir berkempen memuji diri beliau disamping menyanyikan lagu "Sabah akan hilang". Seolah-olah beliau merasakan kedudukan Pakatan Rakyat TERAMAT selesa dengan kemunculan Lajim dan Bumburing sehingga lupa implikasinya terhadap pembahagian kerusi menjelang PRU13.
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ReplyDeleteKetika tarikh pembubaran Parlimen dan tarikh pilihanraya masih menjadi tanda tanya, bukan main lantang lagi pemimpin-pemimpin pembangkang termasuk Anwar Ibrahim mengkritik DS Najib kononnya takut mengadakan pilihanraya. Kegairahan mereka mengkritik mengenai kedua-dua tarikh penting ini menunjukkan seolah-olah mereka telah bersiap sedia menghadapi pilihanraya umum.
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ReplyDeleteNamun, agak mengejutkan, ketika jentera-jentera BN telah bersiap sedia, pembangkang di Sabah masih bercakaran mengenai pembahagian kerusi. Malah situasinya semakin parah setelah konflik pembahagian kerusi ini menjadi topik perbualan masyarakat di negeri ini. Tidak takutkah Anwar bahawa kegagalan beliau menyelesaikan isu remeh seperti ini akan turut menjadi pertimbangan rakyat untuk menolak kepimpinan beliau??
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ReplyDeleteSituasi yang sama turut berlaku di Sarawak semasa Pilihan Raya DUN Sarawak yang menyaksikan kegagalan pembahagian kerusi di antara PKR, DAP dan SNAP. Kegagalan ini telah menyaksikan pertembungan menarik antara PKR dan SNAP dengan BN. Pertembungan menarik ini akhirnya memihak kepada BN sehingga dapat mengekalkan majoriti 2/3 dalam PRN Sarawak itu.
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ReplyDeleteApakah pertembungan menarik juga akan berlaku dalam PRU-13 akan datang dengan menyaksikan pertembungan sesama kompenan Pakatan Pembangkang? Ianya tidak mustahil dan jika perbalahan ini semakin parah, pastinya akan berlaku pembubaran Pakatan Pembangkang seperti mana yang sering berlaku sebelum ini. Di sini, BN akan merasai kenikmatannya untuk mencapai kemenangan mudah 2/3 majoriti.
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ReplyDeleteBagaimanapun, senario terbaru Pakatan Pembangkang itu tidak berlaku dalam BN yang menekankan semangat muafakat bagi menentukan formula pengagihan kerusi memberi keadilan kepada semua parti komponen. Oleh sebab itu, setiap kali pilihan raya, BN tidak mempunyai masalah untuk berhadapan dengan Pakatan Pembangkang khususnya di beberapa kawasan yang telah dipersetujui kompenan BN.
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ReplyDeleteMelihat kepada perkembangan pembangkang Sabah ini, Bullet amat bersetuju dengan kenyataan Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal bahawa kegagalan pakatan pembangkang menyelesaikan isu agihan kerusi kali ini membayangkan mereka juga tidak akan mampu menangani isu yang lebih penting membabitkan rakyat, agama, bangsa dan negara. Inikah contoh kepimpinan yang kononnya layak untuk mentadbir negara? Jika masalah dalam parti pun gagal diselesaikan, bagaimana pula dengan isu-isu yang lebih besar?
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ReplyDeleteDengan rundingan bagi kemungkinan pertandingan satu lawan satu atau bersemuka antara BN dan pakatan pembangkang yang sepadu di Sabah tidak menampakkan hasil, BN kini berada dalam kedudukan lebih baik untuk memberi pukulan maut berganda terhadap lawannya bagi pilihan raya parlimen dan negeri.
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ReplyDeleteBenih ketidaksefahaman mula bercambah dalam kalangan pembangkang apabila Ketua Umum Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mengumumkan di sini baru-baru ini bahawa pakatan pembangkang akan berdepan BN secara sendiri tanpa sokongan parti yang berpusat di Sabah dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang.
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ReplyDeleteIni tidak diterima baik oleh pemimpin Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP), sebuah parti tempatan yang meninggalkan BN pada 17 Sept, 2008, yang mengharapkan perikatan strategik untuk berdepan kekuatan jentera pilihan raya BN. Dalam apa yang dilihat sebagai satu tamparan kepada pembangkang, setiausaha agung SAPP Datuk Richard Yong kemudiannya menyifatkan pengumuman Anwar sebagai membayangkan "pakatan pembangkang terlebih yakin".
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ReplyDeleteLebih memburukkan keadaan, Pengerusi Parti Reformasi Negeri Sabah (Star) Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan mengesahkan menyertai persaingan itu, dan menjangkakan partinya terlibat dalam pertandingan tiga penjuru atau lebih bagi sebahagian besar kerusi parlimen dan negeri. Tanpa menyebut bahawa ini mungkin memecahkan lagi undi pembangkang dan memberi kelebihan kepada parti pemerintah, Jeffrey berkata "setiap parti politik bebas meletak calon dalam pilihan raya memandangkan ia sejajar dengan prinsip demokrasi yang diamalkan di Malaysia".
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ReplyDeleteberdasarkan senario politik yang berlaku di negeri ini, dengan perpecahan dan ketidaksepakatan antara parti pembangkang, BN nampaknya mempunyai kelebihan untuk memerintah Sabah bagi tempoh lima tahun lagi. dengan SAPP dan STAR menyertai saingan itu dan memberi tumpuan khas terhadap isu agenda Autonomi Borneo, ini sudah tentu memberi lonjakan untuk BN mengulangi kejayaannya pada pilihan raya umum ke-12.
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ReplyDeleteKelebihan semestinyalah di pihak BN, kerana dalam arena politik, apabila berlaku perpecahan atau ketidaksepakatan dalam kalangan pembangkang, parti pemerintah akan sentiasa meraih manfaatnya. contohnya keputusan pilihan raya umum 2008 bagi kerusi DUN Likas, Kepayan dan Inanam di Sabah, perpecahan undi pembangkang memberi kemenangan kepada BN.
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ReplyDeletefaktor menyenangi pentadbiran kerajaan Sabah yang baik di bawah kepimpinan Musa, lebih-lebih lagi dalam membawa pembangunan dari semua aspek kepada rakyat dan penerimaan dasar transformasi baharu yang dilaksanakan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, yang mengilhamkan gagasan 1Malaysia, akan turut menyumbang kepada kejayaan dalam pilihan raya.
Leaked email correspondence obtained by The Choice (see letter here) confirms that the infamous Zionist lobbying firm Orion Strategies did work on behalf of senior PKR officials – despite the party's vigorous denials.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking to Free Malaysia Today (FMT) on 2 April, top PKR official Rafizi Ramli categorically denied that his party had anything to do with Washington DC-based Orion:
ReplyDelete"Any attempts to link PKR to any paid foreign agents is just an election gimmick to defame Anwar Ibrahim, that has been done previously. It did not bear any fruit the last time. I am sure it will backfire this time around as well."
ReplyDeleteBut the emails obtained by The Choice show that Orion employee Mike Mitchell wrote to the offices of American Congressmen, soliciting meetings with PKR counsellor and former SUARAM Chief Executive Cynthia Gabriel.
ReplyDeleteMitchell wrote:
ReplyDeleteDear [name expunged by The Choice], I hope this finds you well. I am arranging meetings for two Malaysian democracy/civil society activists who will be visiting Washington late next week. I know there are many demands on the Congressman's time but was hoping for a short window where they can pay a courtesy call to your office. Both are excellent English speakers. Details are below. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, Mike.
Ibrahim Suffian of the Merdeka Centre for Opinion Research was due to accompany Gabriel on her lobbying trip. It is believed that they postponed their trip at the last minute, for unknown reasons.
ReplyDeleteIn a joint statement both Gabriel and Suffian vigorously denied any knowledge of Orion Strategies or the Washington trip.
ReplyDeleteIn his emails to the American Congressmen, Mitchell warns that "un-resolved issues" are "threatening the integrity of Malaysia's electoral process" and could "plunge Malaysia into deep, post-electoral civil crisis." Gabriel could "discuss political developments", with the Congressmen, Mitchell suggests.
ReplyDeleteAnwar's PKR have been accused of planning violence and unrest on Election Day. In an article in FMT on 10 April, former Transparency International-Malaysia (TI-M) president Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim claimed to have proof the opposition planned to create "chaos" on polling day.
ReplyDelete"We have seen an internal PKR document dated Dec 15, 2012, which lists out various steps to create chaos and dissatisfaction against the Elections Commission on polling day by raising repeated protests at the polling station so as to cause the other voters waiting in the queue to be unhappy and dissatisfied with the EC," Tunku said.
ReplyDeleteOrion Strategies represent numerous right-wing politicians in the United States and are also one of the fiercest defenders of the Israeli government. They are infamous for launching smear campaigns against American politicians deemed critical of the Jewish state.
ReplyDeleteOrion's Vice President, Michael Goldfarb, launched a smear campaign against President Barack Obama during his re-election campaign last year, accusing the President of associating with critics of Israel.
ReplyDeleteRandy Scheunemann, a former advisor to U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, heads Orion Strategies. Scheunemann helped establish the 'Emergency Committee for Israel', a lobbying outfit which has close links to the hard right of Israeli politics and the Likud government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
ReplyDeleteIn his denial to FMT, Rafizi suggested that PKR would not be in a position to hire Orion Strategies because "the cost itself will be prohibitive given the limited financial resources available to us."
ReplyDeleteKetua Menteri Melaka Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam menyifatkan manifesto tambahan pakatan pembangkang negeri itu yang dilancarkan malam tadi bagi pilihan raya umum ke-13 (PRU13) sebagai satu manifesto kosong dan tidak mempunyai sebarang objektif.
ReplyDeleteBeliau yang juga Pengerusi BN negeri berkata kesemua manifesto yang disenaraikan telah lama dilaksanakan kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) demi kebajikan rakyat negeri itu.
ReplyDeleteKatanya manifesto termasuk menyediakan rumah mampu milik kepada rakyat, menaik taraf sistem pengangkutan awam dan insentif anak muda melanjutkan pelajaran telah dilaksanakan BN, malah lebih baik berbanding negeri yang diperintah pembangkang.
ReplyDeleteMengulas mengenai pencalonan beliau bertanding di Parlimen Bukit Katil, Mohd Ali berkata, ia salah satu cara bagi membantu negeri Melaka mendapat pelbagai bantuan demi rakyat.
ReplyDeleteDitanya berhubung pengganti beliau sebagai Ketua Menteri Melaka, Mohd Ali berkata beliau akan menyokong sesiapa sahaja yang dipilih Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
ReplyDeletePeople will keep on talking.
ReplyDeleteHe is always be like that.
ReplyDeleteMemang sudah lumrahnya.
ReplyDeleteTanya sama pokok Anwar suka apa. Nanti jawab pokok Anwar main baba
ReplyDeletei wonder sapp how it feels.
ReplyDeleteDeploy a new one.
ReplyDelete