Stop The Lies

Hamid Awaludin was Indonesian minister of law and human rights from 2004-2007 when Jusuf Kalla was vice president, and was Indonesian ambassador to Russia and Belarus from 2008-2011.

Source: Apanama

1. Anwar Ibrahim claims it was Jusuf Kalla who approached him whereas Jusuf Kalla said he was approached by Anwar. Which is true?

Hamid Awaludin:
I was present during Jusuf Kalla’s discussions with both Anwar and Najib. It was Jusuf Kalla who accepted Anwar’s request to mediate. He did not take the initiative and approach Anwar. Jusuf Kalla does not have any political and economic interests in Malaysia.He is busy with his affairs in Indonesia. So why would he take the initiative and approach Anwar? It isn’t logical.

Jusuf Kalla considers both Anwar and Najib as good friends. He wanted to help because they were competing fiercely with one another. That is how he saw this.

2. Anwar claims there were several “preconditions” in the agreement e.g. free elections, fair media, etc. Can you outline any preconditions?

Hamid Awaludin:
I am very sure that there were no preconditions discussed between Jusuf Kalla and Anwar. For me, a deal is a deal. And there was a deal that both parties – Anwar and Najib – agreed to.

Some people always try and find a loophole after the event, or an excuse not to deliver on their promise.Some people are different in character to others.

3. Anwar now claims PM Najib didn’t sign the agreement and it was therefore not valid. Jusuf Kalla says the PM did give his verbal agreement and therefore the deal was agreed by both parties, and was valid. Is Anwar correct or is Jusuf Kalla?

Hamid Awaludin:
Anwar knew that Najib did not sign the agreement. Najib had very reasonable, political reasons for not signing the agreement and Anwar understood and accepted it.

But Najib gave his word that he would honour the agreement. He consented to the agreement. Basic morality teaches us that a man’s word is more important than his signature. And deeds are more important than any declaration. Najib delivered on his promise. He called for national reconciliation during his election result acceptance speech. Najib’s deeds matched his word. Continue reading →

Source: The Choice

Sir Alex Ferguson, the iconic manager of Manchester United retired from the legendary football club last month. After 26 years at the helm, one abiding memory of his tenure was his uncanny ability to eke out extra time – extra time that often saw results change irrevocably.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the self styled “voice of Democracy in Malaysia” categorically lost what looks set to be his final General Election last month. After 30 years in Government and Opposition, Ferguson’s power over time has always managed to elude him.

‘Fergie time‘, as it is known, is not on Anwar’s side and the Opposition leader is fast running out of options.

The fact is there is no magic watch for Anwar, doling out more time to whip up his long-promised ‘Malaysian Spring’. As his childish antics drag on, more ordinary Malaysians are simply getting bored of him.

“I may be arrested,” Anwar crowed at one of his increasingly meaningless Black 505 rallies. ‘No kidding’ seems to be the resounding response from all but his hard-core supporters.

“Umno asked why I’m not stepping down…I have not stepped down because you cheated,” Anwar continued, sounding every bit the sulking child in the playground.

“We won the 13th general election. We reject the results announced by Election Commission because of numerous irregularities and fraud.”

Yet unsurprisingly, neither he nor anyone else allied to his wavering cause has found anything remotely resembling proof of these allegations. But who needs proof when you can shout louder than anyone else? Continue reading →

Low says he preferred to have a press conference together with opposition leaders to prevent any kind of miscommunication (Graphic by Dayang Norazhar/The Mole)

Source: The Mole

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Paul Low says he preferred to share the same press conference with Pakatan Rakyat leaders on death custody victim N Dharmendran to prevent any miscommunication.

The former president of Transparent International Malaysia (TI-M) told reporters today that he has already tried to engage Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s vice-president N. Surendran so that they could have the same press conference.

“Actually I was planning to have this PC with their presence. I prefer to clarify it in front of them straight away because I’ve nothing to hide.

“As a Minister, I’m prepared to do another PC together with them so that they can dispute and I can clarify…that’s the best way,” he said, adding that it was unfortunate that the opposition leaders could not be with him.

Low, who acknowledged that his ministerial portfolio is on human rights, governance and integrity, said that it should be right for both party have a conversation face-to-face to prevent misinterpretation.

“As a minister I strictly want to ensure what we speak is the truth and we want to be accountable for what we say and do.

“We can answer the question through social media but we believed that may not be the best platform and we would like to have a face to face conference,” he said. Continue reading →

Source: The Mole

Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) de facto leader P.Uthayakumar said it is ironic for opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to label Hindraf as a racist body when he had endorsed the movement and rode on its struggle in the 2008 General Election.

Speaking to the The Mole, Uthayakumar said: “In 2007, during the height of Hindraf’s activism, Datuk Seri Anwar actually endorsed Hindraf.

“He personally appeared in Klang Magistrate Court to lend support for myself and other Hindraf leaders on Nov 26, 2007 when we were charged for sedition.”

Saying the opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat had even used Hindraf’s struggle and sentiment in the 12th General Election in 2008, Uthayakumar said Anwar should define what he meant by racism when mentioning Hindraf.

“I want to know what racism in his definition is? Is it racist when we are fighting for the basic rights of the poor Hindus in this country?” Uthayakumar asked.

“I challenge him for a debate so that we can understand what he meant and he will get to listen on our point of struggle,” he added.

Uthayakumar was commenting on the remarks made by Anwar in Blackout 505 rally at Johor Baru where Anwar reportedly said that both Perkasa and Hindraf were “extremist parties”. Continue reading →

Billions of ringgit of development projects approved in the last 5 years

Just recently Lim Guan Eng challenged Datuk Paul Low, outgoing Transparency International-Malaysia (TI-M) president to publicly declare his assets.

This was after Paul had been appointed a Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in the newly formed Cabinet.

Nevertheless Paul gladly declared that he has no problem doing so to the chagrin of Guan Eng who until today had not declared his assets.

Although he was so eager to call upon others to do so, the Penang Chief Minister had not declared his new assets.

In fact in view of the multi billion ringgit worth of development projects that had been approved during his tenure as Chief Minister since 2008, Guan Eng should be the one declaring his assets urgently.

One of the mega projects which stand out is certainly the controversial RM6.3 billion tunnel and road projects which seem to have sky rocketed from RM4.08 billion to RM6.3 billion now.

And his excuse is, so sorry ah, it is a “typo error”. Eh we are talking about billions of ringgit here and not one or two ringgit.

Such a massive project would have been scrutinised by at least a dozen people including the Chief Minister himself.

The projects undertaken by Consortium Zenith BUCG involves such huge capital and would not have easily slipped anyone’s eyes and any mistake or rather typo error as Guan Eng has put it would not have gone undetected. Continue reading →

Source: Malaysia Today

Another more important point is that it was Jusuf Kalla who revealed the secret deal between Najib Tun Razak and Anwar Ibrahim. And then Anwar goes and whacks Najib when Najib never said a word and it was Jusuf Kalla who spoke out. Should not Anwar whack Jusuf Kalla instead? Why whack Najib? Najib never said anything. Jusuf Kalla was the one who spoke.

The Malays have a saying. Lembu punya susu, sapi dapat nama. I suppose this more or less describes what is happening here.

First of all, why does Terence Netto (in Din Merican’s piece below) have to make references to Jusuf Kalla’s Bugis ancestry? Why mention his race when you are the ones screaming for non-race-based parties and for race not being mentioned on your ICs and so on. Would it have been okay if Jusuf Kalla were Javanese or Balinese or Batak or Acehnese instead of Bugis? And you accuse Umno of being racist when you too play the race card.

Anyway, what is so wrong about him being Bugis? I know the Pakatan Rakyat supporters just love slandering someone’s race like ‘Mahathir the Mamak’ and so on. Are Bugis and Mamak akin to being a leper? His Highness the Sultan of Selangor is Bugis. Are you going to now say that DAP was snookered by a Bugis because the Sultan wants six Malay EXCO members as opposed to five Malay and five Chinese? Why not say ‘Anwar the Mamak got snookered by Jusuf Kalla the Bugis’ since you love disparaging Mamaks and Bugis?

Another point to note is that Anwar Ibrahim approached Jusuf Kalla to ask for the latter’s help in brokering a deal. Now you tell him to fuck off and butt out of Malaysia’s internal matters? It is you who asked for his help, not him who kaypoh. And did Pakatan Rakyat not also approach Australia to ask them to interfere in Malaysia’s elections? And did not someone from Australia, at your request, come to Malaysia during the Bersih rally? Are you now going to tell the Australians to fuck off and stay out of Malaysia’s internal matters? Continue reading →

Now that the general election is over, we are seeing the true colours of Pakatan Rakyat politicians and their intention of winning seats.

Of course they would say that they want to serve the rakyat. But when they say that, they should mean what they say or do what they mean.

In most constituencies won by Pakatan candidates, we see a state of neglect of the area and neighbourhoods.

This is because these politicians are so engrossed with politicking rather than carrying out their fiducial duties as elected representatives.

Very often, we come across potholes, clogged drains, illegal massage parlours (especially in Selangor – see Dec 22, 2011 article in Stopthelies) and a host of other problems left unattended.

The people have been shortchanged by these elected representatives. In return for the people’s votes, they have not lived up to the expectations of ensuring a better delivery system and looking after the welfare of the people.

They have used quality time jostling for positions within their respective parties. Instead of devoting their time serving the people, they serve their own interest and fulfilling their selfish agenda. Continue reading →

Source: Sya – The One & Only

1. Fitnah Blackout

• Two DAP election candidates in Bentong have now stated that there was no power blackout in Bentong, contrary to postings on Facebook during polling day on Sunday. In addition, Tenaga Nasionalhad also denied that there was a power cut or power failure while counting was going on. Wong Tack, the environmental activist who sought election on the DAP ticket as MP for Bentong, made a Facebook posting today denying the alleged blackout. He wrote: “Dear all: There was no black-out in Bentong main counting center (Dewan Jubli Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah)

• Ketari DAP assemblyman Lee Chin Chen said, “There was definitely no blackout

• Anwar masih meneruskan dengan 505 Blackout Rally walaupun isu blackout telah dinafikan sendiri oleh 2 calon DAP di Bentong

2. Fitnah Bangla

• Serdang DAP MP Dr Ong Kian Ming now wants to personally meet Chua Lai Fatt and apologise to him and his family for the accusation.Chua, it turned out, is of Indian parentage but adopted by a Chinese family in Klang who gave him that name.When contacted by The Star, Chua declined to be interviewed.“I want to stay away from the media spotlight,” he said.Dr Ong had used first-time voter Chua as an example when he questioned the Election Commission on allegations that the Government had issued MyKads to foreigners on May 4, the eve of the general election.He has since made an apology in the Chinese media over the accusation.The Chinese papers quoted him as apologising to Chua for wrongly accusing him of being a foreign voter in GE13.“I found out why Chua has a Chinese name. I feel very sorry.“I apologise to Chua and his family members,” said the DAP representative, adding that he hoped to personally extend his apologies to the voter and his family.

• KUALA TERENGGANU: Seven men were roughed up during polling day at SK Ladang here after supporters of a political party accused the group of being “phantom voters” from Bangladesh.Police said three of them were held captive until the end of the polling period and were not able to cast their votes.The bullied group, of Indian ethnicity and locals, had studied at a university here previously and were registered voters in Kuala Terengganu. (Seven Malaysians Voters Assaulted After Being Accused As Foreigners)

• CEO Air Asia Tony Fernandez turut menafikan bahawa Air Asia membawa sebanyank 40 000 Bangla dari Sarawak ke Kuala Lumpur dan juga mencabar BERSIH Ambiga untuk menunjukkan bukti dan sehingga ke hari ini Ambiga tidak menjawab cabaran Tony Fernandez.

• AirAsia Group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes has challenged Bersih co-chairman Datuk S. Ambiga to investigate whether they (AirAsia) had organized charter flights to cater for ‘phantom’ voters.Fernandes, in his Twitter, said for greater transparency, official representatives from Bersih and Pakatan Rakyat are welcomed to check on this issue.He said it is not an issue at all.In his tweet, he said: “No issue at all. Ambiga can come herself. RT @esKahn @tonyfernandes cool. for greater transparency, how about allowing official reps from Bersih and PR to check?” Continue reading →