KOTA KINABALU - Both the State and Federal governments should announce a date that they will dissolve the legislative assemblies and Parliament because the five-year mandate given to the current governments have expired today March 8, said SAPP President Datuk Yong Teck Lee.
"Although the constitution gives the government five years from the date of the first sitting of the respective legislature, by convention, the political mandate is for five years only", said Yong.
He told that this convention is applicable to both the State and federal governments and to both the BN and Pakatan state governments. It would be unconventional and irresponsible for any government whose political mandate has expired to embark on new policies or to commit the government to mega projects.
"Even if the Prime Minister or the Chief Minister concerned does not immediately dissolve the legislature, he must announce a date that he would seek advice from the Agung or the Head of State to dissolve the respective legislature.
"The current violence at Lahad Datu is no excuse to delay the general elections because the Malaysian armed forces and police are already on top of the security situation. In any case, there have been past precedents when elections were successfully conducted in the midst of the communist insurgency in Peninsula Malaysia and parts of Sarawak before.
Kemelut berdarah yang sedang melanda Lahad Datu ketika ini telah mengundang pelbagai persepsi dari pelbagai pihak khususnya di kalangan pimpinan pembangkang.
ReplyDeletePelbagai tuduhan dan fitnah dilemparkan ke atas kerajaan BN/Umno khususnya Datuk Seri Najib bagi menambahkan sentimen kebencian rakyat yang telah ditanam sejak sekian lama.
ReplyDeleteTidak cukup dengan kenyataan Tian Chua yang mengatakan, pencerobohan bersenjata di Lahad Datu adalah merupakan sandirawa Umno, malah ada di kalangan penyokong mereka yang tergamak menghina wira negara yang terkorban dengan kata-kata kesat seperti mati katak, anjing kerajaan dan sebagainya.
ReplyDeleteSebelum kita membuat pelbagai andaian berhubung tragedi ini, ada baiknya kita meneliti analisa yang dikeluarkan oleh pemerhati politik dalam dan luar negara berhubung isu ini.
ReplyDeleteMereka berpendapat tindakan ketua pembangkang, Anwar Ibrahim yang mengadakan perjumpaan bersama pemimpin utama Pembebasan Kebangsaan Moro (MNLF), Nur Misuari adalah bertujuan untuk mempengaruhi tentera kerajaan Sulu agar datang ke Sabah.
ReplyDeleteAnalisa itu juga berdasarkan kepada laporan yang dikeluarkan oleh media antarabangsa Reuters dan agensi perisikan tentera Filipina sebelum ini. Mereka antara lainnya mendakwa Anwar adalah merupakan dalang utama terhadap serangan yang dilakukan oleh kumpulan pencerobohan bersenjata.
ReplyDeleteNamun yang menjadi persoalan utama ialah, mengapakah Anwar tergamak melakukan pengkhianatan tersebut? Ini adalah disababkan kerana, menurut analisa tersebut, pakatan pembangkang tidak mempunyai keyakinan terhadap sokongan rakyat Sabah untuk menolak kerajaan BN/Umno.
ReplyDeleteDan sekiranya sokongan rakyat Sabah gagal diperolehi, ia sekaligus bakal menyebabkan impian Anwar untuk merampas Putrajaya hancur berkecai dan bakal menjadi mimpi ngeri buat dirinya. Oleh yang demikian strategi ‘matlamat menghalalkan cara’ perlu digunapakai dalam berdepan dengan dilema ini.
ReplyDeleteSecara keseluruhan Sabah mempunyai 25 kerusi parlimen, dan pakatan pembangkang dikatakan hanya mampu mencapai kemenangan untuk kerusi Kota Kinabalu. Selebihnya masih lagi samar kerana beberapa faktor seperti jarak kawasan yang luas, pecahan pengundi dan sebagainya. Tanpa sebarang kepastian untuk menembusi kubu kuat BN/Umno ini, sudah pasti Awar tidak berani untuk memperjudikan nasibnya.
ReplyDeleteMaka sesuatu perlu dilakukan agar huru-hara dapat tercetus di Sabah dan sekaligus memaksa pemerintah untuk mengadakan darurat. Sekiranya Sabah telah diletakkan di dalam keadaan darurat, ia sedikit sebanyak dapat menghalang negeri di Bawah Bayu itu dalam menghadapi proses pilihanraya umum.
ReplyDeleteDengan cara itu, kerajaan BN/Umno perlu menjalankan pilihanraya yang berasingan di Sabah sekaligus membolehkan Anwar untuk memberikan tumpuan dan fokus yang menyeluruh hanya di kerusi-kerusi yang boleh ditembusi dan memastikan BN kalah di dalam PRU13.
ReplyDeleteUntuk mengelakkan dari menjadi tumpuan serangan, Anwar mengunakan isu pemberian kad pengenalan sabagai ‘escape point’ dalam perancanagn jahatnya itu.
ReplyDeleteTidak ketinggalan juga, rakyat Sabah berketurunan Sulu pada ketika ini dianggarkan hampir 60 ribu orang. Oleh yang demikian, serangan yang dilakukan oleh pihak keselamatan negara terhadap penceroboh bersenjata, sekaligus mampu mengundang simpati rakyat Sabah dan seterusnya marah dengan tindakan pemerintah.
ReplyDeletePendekatan serampang dua mata ini, dilihat akan mampu memberikan kekuatan sokongan terhadap Anwar dalam memastikan usaha untuk menjadi Perdana Menteri tercapai. Begitulah telitinya perancangan Anwar dalam memastikan obejktifnya tercapai dan terlaksana.
ReplyDeleteThe coming General Election will be Malaysia's first "social media election", said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
ReplyDeleteThe Prime Minister said that this was because politicians were already using social media networks to engage with the people online.
ReplyDelete"Of course, it will not be the biggest factor in the elections, but it is certainly increasing the tempo of political debate and bringing more voices into it," he said.
ReplyDeleteTHE Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which is part of the London-based magazine The Economist predicts that the Barisan Nasional (BN) will win the 13th general election (GE13) based on its successful track record, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's reform agenda and his successful economic leadership.
ReplyDeleteFor international observers, the outcome of the upcoming polls is already clear, that the BN will be victorious, the EIU said.
ReplyDeleteIt also said the opposition Pakatan Rakyat has been making "costly promises" to gain power and these were big stumbling blocks.
ReplyDeleteOn these counts, Pakatan Rakyat comes a distant second, prompting the EIU to predict BN will be the winner.
ReplyDeleteThe EIU, a think tank which offers regular country, industry and risk analysis, said that "it is clearly not feasible" for Pakatan to implement all its campaign promises.
ReplyDelete"For example, providing free secondary education would cost the government RM43 billion while abolishing car duty would cut tax revenue by RM4.6 billion a year."
ReplyDeleteThe EIU pointed out that Pakatan had broken many of its earlier promises, including financial aid for pre-school education, for university students, senior citizens and the disabled, free healthcare for those over 65, lower property taxes and assistance for home buyers. On these counts, Pakatan's populism has remained just hot air.
ReplyDeleteIn Selangor, for example, BN claimed that Pakatan has implemented only 15 per cent of its 31 election pledges, RM2.4 billion worth, made in its 2008 general election manifesto.
ReplyDeleteCompared with BN's successful track record in fulfilling its promises and one has a clear difference in approach.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, Najib has promised Penang 20,000 affordable houses and a monorail service to ease traffic congestion, and if BN comes to power in the state, voters can be sure that these plans would be implemented.
ReplyDeleteThe EIU claimed the "bulk of this group" was undecided about which party to vote for and could swing the outcome of the election. Najib needs to win big in order to secure the future of his reform agenda, while on the other hand, the opposition leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, wants to be the first to break the BN's stranglehold on power.
ReplyDeleteNajib, who is also Umno president and BN chairman, made the selection of winnable candidates the focus of his strategy, regardless of which BN component party had kept the seats previously.
ReplyDeleteAnother key reason for the ruling coalition's strong morale is the "gravity defying" growth of 5.2 per cent that the country is enjoying under Najib's leadership, along with a jump in domestic and foreign investments.
ReplyDeleteThe EIU agrees with the upward trajectory: "Following an estimated expansion of 5.2 per cent last year, we expect GDP to grow at the same rate during the 2013-17 forecast period."
ReplyDeleteGrowth figures announced yesterday by the Statistics Department showed that the economy accelerated to 6.4 per cent growth in the last quarter of 2012 and supporting the full year growth to expand by 5.6 per cent from 5.1 per cent a year earlier.
ReplyDeleteAgainst such a backdrop, the EIU said: "No wonder the writing is on the wall for Pakatan as it tries to cobble together some opposition unity between its squabbling leaders before the polls."
ReplyDeleteThe upcoming general election can be postponed in areas affected by the intrusion of Sulu gunmen should an emergency be declared in the said areas, according to Election Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof.
ReplyDeletethere were legal provisions to allow certain areas to postpone elections.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the law, the EC will take this into consideration before making a decision on elections in areas where emergency has been declared
ReplyDeletethe EC would review details in the emergency order, should it be issued, which will then be brought to a special meeting before a final decision was made.
ReplyDeleteRight now only Lahad Datu and Sempora are affected and we are confident this will be resolved soon. The EC is ready to hold elections at any time
ReplyDelete4,669 applications for postal voting abroad were received until this morning, of which 3,995 were eligible while 674 applications were rejected.
ReplyDeleteMost of the applications were rejected because they had not registered as voters and that is the main requirement for the postal voting facility
ReplyDeletethe highest number of applications was for Kelana Jaya (195), followed by Petaling Jaya Utara (192), Segambut (156), Subang (123), Gombak (106), Shah Alam (98) and Serdang (86).
ReplyDeleteOn the meeting with the political party leaders, Abdul Aziz said they were generally satisfied with the explanation given and improvements carried out by the EC.
ReplyDeletethe meeting focussed mainly on the use of indelible ink, lack of special tents on nomination day, removal of the objections facility during nomination, early voting and prohibition on withdrawing candidates.
ReplyDeleteAbdul Aziz also clarified that ballot papers had serial numbers to ensure no other ballot papers would be inserted in ballot boxes.
ReplyDeleteThis will also facilitate our checks in case of objections. This is because there are political parties which advise their supporters not to use ballot papers provided by the EC, but instead ask for a different ballot paper
DeleteSenario politik PRU 12 (2008) hendaklah dijadikan panduan arah tuju bahtera negara Malaysia pada masa hadapan. Di mana patut berlabuh memilih pelabuhan dan ke mana perlu bahtera itu belayar.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan di bawah pimpinan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak sudah membuktikan kejayaan mengisi perubahan dalam banyak perkara. Gagasan 1Malaysia dan program transformasi serta tuntutan-tuntutan politik dan sosial rakyat dipenuhi, bahkan di luar jangka. Transformasi politik dan ekonomi sedang terjadi.
ReplyDeleteSelepas tahun 2008, rakyat Malaysia terlalu banyak mengalami ujian. Orang Melayu, Cina, India dan suku bangsa di Sabah-Sarawak sudah tahu menilai. Melayu dan bumiputera berpecah sehingga fenomena bertukar menjadikan mereka kumpulan minoriti.
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