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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Memperkasa Parti & Organisasi
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Dalam sidang pimpinan bulanan di Ibu Pejabat hari ini, saya menekankan semula halatuju perjuagan parti: menggilap semula idealisme perjuangan, muhasabah dengan maksud memperbaiki kelemahan dan menjana kekuatan parti dengan memperkemas jentera serta meningkatkan khidmat kapada rakyat.
Untuk maksud tersebut, saya mengemukakan usul mengikut urutan keutamaan yang wajar dilaksanakan segera oleh pimpinan parti.
Pertamanya agar Presiden, Dr Wan Azizah bertanggungjawab memantau liputan media dan segera mengulas isu berbangkit. Kehadiran beliau dirasakan harus lebih menyerlah lagi.
Kedua: Timbalan Presiden, Dr. Syed Husin Ali menumpukan sepenuhnya dalam isu dasar perjuangan yang menunjangi parti – politik, ekonomi, pendidikan dan budaya. Selain isu dasar umum tersebut, perihal yang diprihatinkan masyarakat Melayu dan Bumiputra perlu ditangani.
Ketiga: Naib Presiden, YB Azmin Ali yang melepaskan tugas selaku Pengarah Pilihanraya akan mengetuai pasukan petugas (task force) yang terdiri di kalangan semua Naib Presiden, YB Dr. Lee Boon Chye, YB Sivarasa, Sdr Mustaffa Kamil Ayub, serta Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan; bersama Ketua AMK Sdr Shamsul Iskandar dan juga Ketua Wanita, YB Zuraida Kamaruddin untuk memperkasa kepimpinan parti di peringkat negeri dan bahagian. Tugas pasukan adalah memastikan kelayakan dan keberkesanan serta disiplin pimpinan negeri, bahagian, Ahli-ahli Parlimen dan Ahli-ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri.
Keempat: Setiausaha Agung, Dato’ Sallehuddin Hashim akan mengurus operasi Ibu Pejabat, perjalanan dan jentera parti, jawatankuasa pengurusan dan kempen keanggotaaan.
Lain-lain perubahan adalah:
Pengarah Pilihanraya: YB Saifuddin Nasution
Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Latihan (kepimpinan parti)- YB Fuziah Salleh
Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Keanggotaan Baru – YB Johari Abdul
Pengarah Strategik – YB Tian Chua
Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perhubungan Antarabangsa: Sdr Mustaffa Kamil Ayub
Timbalan Pengerusi : Dr Tan Kee Kwong
Ketua Penerangan: Latheefa Koya
Ketua Komunikasi : Jonson Chong
Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Disiplin: Dato Yeop Adlan Che Rose
Timbalan Setiausaha Agung : Sdr Abdul Halim Mohammed Yussof, Sdr Paul Kadang, YB Raveentharan dan Sharifah Shahidah.
Pimpinan biro kanan selaku Anggota (Jemputan) Biro Politik: Dr Muhammad Nur Manuty, Dr Tan Yee Kew, YB Manikavasagam dan Sdr Baru Bian.
Beberapa anggota lain diputuskan bagi membantu jawatankuasa berkaitan. Ini termasuklah penyertaan YB Wee Choo Keong, YB Gobalakrishnan dan lain-lain.
ANWAR IBRAHIM
Umno defers Penanti meeting to Monday
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
From Suara KeADILan Online
By SK English News
Prime Minister Najib Razak will chair a meeting of the Umno political bureau on Monday to decide if the party should contest in the Penanti by-election due to be polled on May 31.
The meeting was initially scheduled for 5 pm on Thursday, but has been postponed to 1 pm on Monday, according to the Umno website. No reasons were given but possibly, it is because Najib is still in Brunei on an official two-day visit
Other leaders who will attend the meeting include Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, party vice-presidents Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Hishammuddin Hussein and Shafie Apdal.
The bureau will also be discussing other political developments, the website had said.
Sweet vindication
Penanti is a small state seat located on mainland Penang. It fell vacant after PKR leader Fairus Khairuddin resigned amid allegations of corruption. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has since cleared him of any wrongdoing.
Late on Tuesday night, Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim named Mansor Othman as the Pakatan Rakyat candidate for Penanti. A former lecturer at Universiti Sains Malaysia, the 56-year old Mansor is also PKR Penang deputy chief.
If he wins, he is expected to also clinch the Penang deputy chief minister (I) post, again vacated by Fairus who has insisted on quitting despite having cleared his name.
The 33-year old received thunderous applause when he went on stage to join Anwar, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and PKR president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail in congratulating Mansor, silencing rumour-mongers from the Umno-BN especially its media that there was a rift.
“I have gone through hell and back. This shows no matter how hard the conspirators tried to destroy me, the truth prevailed. People can always conspire and plot, but only God decides,” Fairus said.
MANSOR OTHMAN HAS A TASK AHEAD, SAID ANWAR
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009By the Administrator
At the gathering with Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim in Penanti last night, Mansor Othman was officially named by Anwar Ibrahim as the party’s candidate for Penanti by-election.
Mansor Othman was introduced at length by the de facto leader of the People’s Justice Party as an experienced leader of intellectual background who had also served as a researcher for Universities and other institutions in the past. He was the political secretary to Anwar when he was the deputy Prime Minister in the late 90’s.
Anwar hoped that with his vast experience and standing, Mansor shold be able to assist Guan Eng, the Penang Chief Minister in the administration of the Penang State Government.
He added that if Mansor is elected in Penanti, he will be PKR’s choice to be the next First Chief Minister of Penang. He qualified it by saying that it was the Chief Minister’s right to choose his Deputy, but PKR will recommend Othman to him. He said this was just like the DAP’s Selangor Exco Members were decided by the DAP.
Anwar has an exchange with Guan Eng whilst Chou Looked on. Behind the Chief Minister is Mansor. Earlier In his speech, Guan Eng emphasied that whoever was chosen by PKR as a candidate would receive full support from the Pakatan Rakyat as they share a common objective in struggle which is one of social reform.
Earlier on, Dato Zahrain appealed to all the party members to work together to ensure a greater victory for the party and Pakatan Rakyat in Penanti. He also snapped at UMNO Assemblymen who seemed to be quick and eager to sweep all the issues of corruption under the carpet in the Penang State Assembly.
The Wanita Wing in Permatang Pauh is strategically quite a force to be reckoned with.
Yusmadi, Angkatan Muda KeADILan leader of Penang and MP for Balik Pulau, advocated for election as a must for democracy, whereby no excuse of costs is justifiable not to have one, appearently in reference to Najib’s inertia to this by-election.
Anwar revamps Keadilan management team
Monday, April 27th, 2009From Suara KeADILan Online
By SK English News
Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has revamped the top management of his Keadilan party in a bid to improve its machinery and offer younger leaders the opportunity to prove their mettle.
Party president Wan Azizan Wan Ismail will be tasked with monitoring media coverage and immediate responses to urgent matters that crop up unexpectedly.
Deputy party president Syed Husin Ali will focus on policy issues involving Malays and the bumiputera community, politics, economy, education and culture.
Information chief Tian Chua will be the new the Strategic Affairs director, while Mustafa Kamil Ayub will chair the International Relations committee with Tan Kee Kwong as his deputy.
Vice-president Azmin Ali will head a new task force with Lee Boon Chye, Sivarasa Rasiah, Mustafa Kamil Ayub, Jeffrey Kitingan, Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin and Wanita chief Zuraidah Kamaruddin.
“Their task will be to strengthen the party in the various divisions and states,” said Anwar. “They will also look at creating a positive atmosphere and instilling party discipline among the state and division leaders including MPs and state assemblymen.”
Saifuddin Nasution will take over as election director, Fauziah Salleh will head the training committee, while Johari Abdul will be in charge of the new membership committee.
Latheefa Koya will take over the information portfolio, while Johnson Chong will be communications chief.
Yeop Adlan Che Rose will head the disciplinary committee, aided by Abdul Halim Yusof, Paul Gadang, S Raveentharan and Sharifah Shahidah.
Muhammad Nur Manuty, Tan Yee Kew, S Manikavasagam, N Gobalakrishnan and Wee Choo Keong will be the senior members in the political bureau.
Pakatan to form shadow cabinet committees
Monday, April 27th, 2009From Suara KeADILan Online
By Wong Choon Mei
Pakatan Rakyat plans to form shadow cabinet committees to track the performance of arch rival Umno-Barisan Nasional and offer voters alternative policies, ways and means to govern the country more effectively than it currently is.
Said Keadilan Strategic Affairs director Tian Chua: “This is a form of collective responsibility. It will also build teamwork, get Pakatan MPs working together and bring out the best talent for the country.
“This is not about who gets what. That is the outmoded Umno-BN model – fighting for ministries and the number of ministerships. Instead, this is about what we can all do to come up with better solutions for the country.”
Better governance and policies
While the Prime Minister Najib Razak’s coalition has been quick to take aim at the Pakatan for not naming individual ministers, political watchers said it was unnecessary.
What was more important was whether Pakatan as a whole could offer Malaysians better governance and policies.
To do that, Pakatan should gauge the most suitable person for each portfolio rather than make mere political appointments, much the way the Umno-BN was doing, they said.
“This is an excellent first step forward. Out of the cabinet committees formed, leaders of proven capability will emerge who will become future cabinet ministers,” said Ramon Navaratnam, chairman of Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute.
“It is very useful to get this process going, with specialisation in each area of expertise Not only will it help to build a good, strong cabinet with hands-on people in charge, it will also create more active and meaningful debate in Parliament. This can only benefit the Malaysian public,” Ramon added.
“We will not be rushed into any decisions as important as these. If there is an emergency and we need to respond, rest assured we can jump to the occasions. Pakatan has many seasoned politicians and expert practitioners. But until then, our official stand for now is we will decide on the individual shadow ministers when we are fully in power,” said Tian.
CERAMAH PERDANA PENANTI
Monday, April 27th, 2009Dari Blog adunpenanti
ANWAR TO ANNOUNCE PKR CANDIDATE FOR PENANTI ON TUESDAY
Monday, April 27th, 2009By the Administrator
Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the de facto leader of PKR, will announce the party’s candidate who will contest in the Penanti state seat (P.12) in Penang as follows :
Date: 28th April, 2009
Time : 8.30 pm
Venue : Yayasan Aman, Kubang Semang, Penanti, Penang
The de facto leader, the Penang Chief Minister, and the PAS Penang Commissioner are expected to give their speeches there too.
All are welcome!
May 23 Nomination And 31 Polling For Penanti
Monday, April 27th, 2009By the Administrator
The Malaysian Election Commission announced this morning that it is May 23rd (Saturday) for nomination and May 31st (Sunday) for polling for the Penanti by-election.
No campaigning and no polling booths was allowed to be set up by any parties, it was so announced.
UMNO will announce soon as to whether it will contest. In independent, an ex-Wanita leader of Penang PKR, and the Malaysian socialist Party, have indicated their respective interest to contest.
For PKR, no official announcement has been made thus far, though Dr. Mansor Othman, the Penang PKR Deputy Chairman, is widely speculated to be the candidate.
According to Lim Guan Eng, the Penang Chief Minister, who appeared not at ease, he was yet to be informed about the PKR choice of the Penanti candidate.
He added that whoever is elected in Penanti is not necessary to be the next First Deputy Chief Minister of Penang. When he was asked about PAS Permatang Pauh Division’s keen interest to contest in Penanti, he said it was up to PAS to discuss it with PKR.