Gen Hashim identifies Shahrir's Achilles' Heel

Terence Netto, 8:45AM Apr 25, 2013

JOHOR Gen (Ret) Md Hashim Hussein, PKR parliamentary candidate for Johor Bahru, said he has detected the Achilles' Heel of his opponent, the redoubtable Shahrir Samad of Umno, but the former army chief is, of course, not going to let others in on the discovery.

"We are advised by Sun Tzu to know the adversary, his strengths and weaknesses," said the general who loves to spout military philosophy and is apt to extract nuggets of campaign wisdom from his experience heading a Malaysian peacekeeping contingent in Bosnia in 1992.

"I think I have detected his weakness - of course, I'm not going to say what it is," said Hashim (in red scarf), who has styled himself ‘jeneral rakyat' (people's general).

Aliran: Who’s afraid of Anwar Ibrahim?

Far from being discredited in the public eye, ‘DSAI’ has grown much closer to the common people than when Mahathir made him a ‘martyr’ of sorts, writes Khoo Boo Teik

Imagine you were Anwar Ibrahim in September 1998. The pharaonic PM had turned off the lights on you (even cutting the power supply to your residence). On cue, the controlled media sensationalised your alleged immorality, never once referring to your reputed religiosity.

In self-preservation, the politicians ‘in the know’ shunned you like a pariah, forgetting that they used to flatter you as the ‘anointed successor’.

By hardnosed calculation, ‘smart money’ erased its memory of turning to you, as Finance Minister, to calm the financial market spooked by Mahathir’s ‘madness’ during the 1997 financial crisis.

12-Day Countdown to 13GE Polling Day: MCA cuba pancing undi dengan menghina Islam – UMNO berdiam diri membiarkan Islam dihina

April 23rd, 2013

MCA cuba memancing undi dengan menghina umat Islam di Malaysia dan UMNO pula berdiam diri membiarkan Islam dihina. Inilah kerjasama MCA dan UMNO dalam Barisan Nasional yang telah pun dan akan terus memecahbelahkan perpaduan kita sebagai rakyat Malaysia.

Saya kesal dengan tindakan MCA yang menggunakan akhbar The Star yang dikuasainya untuk menyiarkan iklan-iklan politik yang menghina orang Melayu dan mempermainkan agama Islam.

MCA sengaja berbuat demikian untuk menunjukkan kepada kaum Cina bahawa ia tidak akan tunduk kepada orang Melayu dan Islam.

Manakala UMNO pula berdiam diri dan tidak berani mempertahankan Islam dan Melayu kerana mahu membiarkan MCA memperolehi undi kaum Cina melalui cara yang kotor dan keji ini.

DAP bawa watikah PAS ke dewan pencalonan

Subky Latif, 24 Apr 2013

DAP telah mendapat nikmat pertama dari dasar Negara Berkebajikan PAS apabila dapat ditenangkan pada saat hampir tidak boleh menggunakan lambang Roketnya kurang dari 30 jam sebelum waktu penamaan calon dibuka.

DAP jangan risau,  calon-calonnya pasti boleh bertanding tanpa lambangnya atau sekalipun parti itu disembelih oleh ROS. DAP boleh memanfaatkan lambang PAS Bulan Penuh Purnama.

Menenangkan sekutunya itu satu tindakan mulia dan besar pahalanya. Sekali pun DAP parti sekular dan 99 peratus ahlinya bukan Islam tetapi mereka juga mahkhluk Allah yang perlu diselamat pada waktu ia terancam atau berdepan dengan maut.

OVERLAPPING SEATS BETWEEN PAS AND KEADILAN RESOLVED

April 23rd, 2013

The past two weeks have seen the unrelenting assault by the UMNO/BN machinery and media in their attempts to drive a wedge among the Pakatan Rakyat parties and to give the impression that the coalition is in disarray. Nothing can be further from the truth. Once again, as can be seen by the massive turn out of Pakatan supporters and the people in our ceramahs, we have proven them wrong.

The renewed psywar and dirty tactics campaign began with their circulation of yet another sex video to humiliate Pakatan leaders followed by the use of the Registrar of Societies to precipitate a crisis in DAP regarding the party’s legitimacy and casting grave doubt over the authority of the Central Executive Committee at the eleventh hour. Since nomination day, their media have also gone to town about the supposed split between PAS and PKR over a few overlapping seats. The suggestion that this is ‘a time bomb waiting to explode’ is sheer nonsense.

Kumpulan intelektual pula kempen tolak politik kotor

Hazayani Zakaria,23 Apr 2013

KUALA LUMPUR: Bimbang dengan budaya keji yang semakin subur dalam politik di Malaysia, sekumpulan ilmuan, sarjana, ulama, sasterawan, budayawan dan penggiat masyarakat menubuhkan Gerakan Intelektual Rakyat (Gatera).

Gatera dari Bahasa Sanskrit yang bermaksud sudut pandangan bertujuan menyedarkan masyarakat supaya memilih pemimpin politik yang memperjuangkan nilai luhur masyarakat yang beradab.

Pengerusinya, Profesor Dr Shaharir Mohamad Zain berkata, Gatera akan bergerak ke lapangan masyarakat untuk mengajak mereka menolak segala budaya kotor yang diamalkan dalam politik.

3 DUN T'ganu kepada PAS, Labuan, Sg Aceh, Panti kepada PKR

Harakahdaily, 22 Apr 2013

KUALA LUMPUR: PAS mencadangkan agar parti itu menyerahkan kerusi Parlimen Labuan, DUN Sungai Aceh di Pulau Pinang dan Panti di Johor kepada PKR.

PKR pula dicadangkan oleh PAS agar menyerahkan tiga DUN di Terengganu iaitu Bukit Besi, Seberang Takir dan Kota Putera kepada PAS.

Manakala kerusi DUN Kota Damansara di bawah Parlimen Subang akan dirundingkan antara PAS dan PKR.

September 1998 – we need to remember this!

From Steadyaku47

Sometimes we will find amongst us an individual who by his deeds will wake the conscience of an entire nation. This was what happened in September 1998. Over fifteen years ago there was Reformasi – before Pakatan Rakyat, before Najib or Mahyuddin. This Din guy was still wet behind his ears. How many of you still remember what happened in that month of September in that year? Tell me…how many of you? Let me refresh your memory. Did you remember this announcement on TV3?

13 Day Countdown to 13GE Polling Day – Johor as the fulcrum of political change in Malaysia

On the third day of the 13GE, I want to sound a clarion call to all Johoreans for Johor to be the fulcrum of political change in Malaysia and let “Johor Leads” be the new slogan for all Johoreans in the new Malaysian politics of the future struggling to be born in the 13GE, moving from the politics of the past based on race politics, corruption and mass abuses of power.

Mood rakyat mahukan pembaharuan - Aishah

Hazayani Zakaria,   21 Apr 2013

JEMPOL: Calon PAS P127 Jempol Wan Aishah Wan Ariffin optimis akan diterima rakyat di kawasan itu meskipun beliau merupakan muka baru di lapangan politik berbanding lawannya Tan Sri Isa Samad.

Aishah yang sinonim dengan gelaran 'Aishah janji manismu' berkata, beliau akan membawa idea yang segar selari dengan kehendak rakyat yang mahukan perubahan.

"Memanglah dia (Tan Sri Isa Samad) orang lama dan saya orang baru (dalam politik) tapi saya rasa dalam mood yang kita ada sekarang rakyat berkehendakkan pembaharuan. Jadi tiada masalah saya orang baru," kata beliau ketika ditemui selepas selesai proses penamaan calon di Kompleks Pejabat Kerajaan, Bandar Sri Jempol semalam.