NAJIB BAGUS

PIHAK admin US masih budak-budak ingusan ketika Datuk Harris menjadi Ketua Menteri Sabah. Tetapi melalui pelbagai bahan bacaan dan cerita politik, kami merasa sudah cukup kenal dengan dia. Apa pun, biarlah kenyataan beliau yang terbaru ini menjadi papan tanda dalam perjalanan politik kita semua. kihoiiiiiii

HARRIS: SABAH BE BETTER UNDER NAJIB
KOTA KINABALU, Nov 15 (Bernama) -- Former Chief Minister Datuk Harris Salleh opines that Sabah will enjoy a bright future under the government of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

He said unlike his predeccesors, Najib was more open to transformation in all aspects for the good of the people, the state and the country.

"I can see Najib is a good man, kindhearted and honest. Of course other leaders are honest but Najib is more concerned about the well-being of the people and the country as can be seen (through his transformation programmes," he told a media conference, here today.

Withiout elaborating further, Harris said the people had placed high hopes on the Prime Minister to deliver the goods, especially in addressing some of the pressing issues facing the state.

"Najib should be able to do something about it...but it takes time because he inherited a lot of long-standing problems," he said.

Citing the issue of Borneonisation, which give priority to Sabahans to head Federal departments and agencies in the state, Harris said: "If the Prime Minister knows about this, surely he will do something to correct it".

"This is not a question of honouring the agreements (during the formation of Malaysia (in 1963) but the Federal govermnent must recognise the ability of Sabah people in the Federal civil service in the state.

"It has been more than 40 years now (since Sabah gained independence) and I believe many Sabahans by now are qualified to take up the posts of head of departments or agencies," he said.

In this respect, he urged the Federal government to increase by more than 50 per cent the number of Sabahans heading Federal departments and agencies in the state, next year.

On the request by state leaders including from opposition parties to the Federal government to revise the oil royalty from five percent to no less than 20 per cent, Harris, who supported it, expressed confidence that the issue could be discussed further with a view to finding a solution in an amicable way. -- BERNAMA

NO GE THIS YEAR

PADA 11.11.11 yang lalu, segelintir orang, terutama daripada parti pembangkang meramalkan YAB Perdana Menteri akan membubarkan Parlimen dan mengadakan pilihanraya umum ke-13. Walau bagaimana pun, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, yang dikatakan meminati nombor 11, tidak berbuat demikian. Kami di US berpendapat tarikh PRU itu bukanlah yang terpenting. Yang lebih mustahak ialah tahap kesediaan BN terutama US untuk membantu memenangi Sepanggar, Inanam dan Karambunai. Dan US yakin, BN kekal segar dihati rakyat. Kihoiiiii

KUALA LUMPUR, 11.11.11: Speculation that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak would announce the dissolution of Parliament today paving the way for the next general election, did not materialise.

The Umno president said the meeting only discussed measures to strengthen the national coalition so that it would emerge stronger to face the election.
"We have also discussed about the importance of us returning to the spirit and BN's principles of respecting one another," he said after the meeting at Menara Dato' Onn here.
He said the discussion also centred around issues of common interest "so that we can come up with consensus on how to tackle issues, either sensitive or otherwise."
The prime minister pointed out that there were statements on party matters or issues which could be made openly but not to the extend of touching the sensitivities of other parties.
He was also asked on the stand taken by the MCA which was reportedly against the proposal to allow Malaysians abroad to vote in the coming election on grounds that they have lost touch with the country for a long time.
Najib said MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek had explained the matter to him today.
The MCA was concerned over the implementation of such proposal as it involved logistics due to the fact that the voting process would involve about 800 parliamentary and state seats.
"So, BN is not opposed to it but BN wants to highlight the enormous difficulty in implementing it," noted Najib.
When met by reporters after the meeting, Dr Chua said if the proposals were implemented, it would involve sending about 800 ballot boxes abroad.
There would also be a need to send party representatives and observers to monitor the voting process and this would involve enormous cost, he said, adding
that the MCA was concerned that this could give rise to doubts or accusation on the validity of the process. -- BERNAMA

LINDA MENANG BESAR

DUA pilihanraya kecil yang berlangsung kelmarin pasti akan menimbulkan pelbagai reaksi. Barisan Nasional dengan penilaiannya, PKR bersama perjuangan mereka dan SAPP yang bakal kembali merenung langkah politik tersendiri.
Kami pihak admin US banyak belajar dari semua itu. Dan akan terus cuba untuk lebih mantap lagi dalam perjalanan penuh liku ini. Demi tulun tokou....

LINDA MENANG BESAR

KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Nov — Barisan Nasional (BN) merampas balik kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) dengan kemenangan selesa pada pilihan raya kecil yang diadakan serentak hari ini.

Dalam kemenangan berganda ini, BN juga mempertahankan kerusi Parlimen Batu Sapi di Sabah dengan majoriti dua kali ganda berbanding 2008.

BN juga mencatatkan majoriti berganda di kedua-dua kerusi Galas dan Batu Sapi.

Kemenangan dua pilihan raya kecil serentak ini dilihat memberi bayangan awal kemungkinan Datuk Seri Najib Razak akan memanggil pilihan raya umum ke-13 dalam waktu terdekat — kemungkinan tahun depan.

Dalam satu temu bual semalam, Najib yang juga Perdana Menteri dan Pengerusi BN menegaskan bahawa pihaknya bersedia untuk menghadapi sesiapa sahaja dalam pilihan raya umum ke-13.

Di Galas, calon BN Abdul Aziz Yusoff mendapat 5,324 iaitu 56 peratus manakala calon PAS Dr Zulkefli Mohamad menerima 4,134. Undi rosak serabanyak 132.

Undi diperoleh calon PAS kali ini kurang sekitar 200 undi. Berbanding 2008, jumlah pengundi baru dan peratusan keluar mengundi meningkat kali ini.

Abdul Aziz merekodkan majoriti 1,190 undi - hampir dua kali ganda berbanding kelebihan undi dicatatkan oleh PAS pada 8 Mac 2008.

Pada Mac 2008, kerusi itu ditawan oleh PAS dua tahun lalu — buat julung kali — dengan kelebihan 646 undi menerusi Che Hashim Sulaima.

Keputusan diumumkan oleh Pegawai Pengurus pilihan raya kecil DUN Galas Wan Mustapha Wan Ab Hamid di Gua Musang.

Pilihan raya kecil DUN Galas diadakan berikutan kematian Che Hashim pada 27 September lalu akibat barah usus.

DUN Galas mempunyai 11,553 pengundi berdaftar. Seramai 9,555 pengundi atau 82.71 peratus keluar mengundi pada pilihan raya kecil DUN Galas berbanding 81 peratus pada pilihan raya umum 2008.

Di Batu Sapi, keputusan diumumkan menunjukkan calon BN Datin Linda Tsen mempertahankan kerusi itu dengan kelebihan 6,359 undi, juga lebih besar berbanding dua tahun lalu yang diterima suaminya yang terbunuh awal bulan lalu.

Pada Mac 2008, suaminya Datuk Edmund Chong Ket Wah memperoleh majoriti 3,708 undi dengan menerima 9,479 undi.

Tsen memperoleh 9,773 undi untuk menewaskan dua pencabarnya Ansari Abdullah dari PKR yang mendapat 3,414 undi manakala Presiden SAPP Datuk Yong Teck Lee memperoleh 2,031 undi.

Jumlah keluar mengundi di Batu Sapi adalah seramai 15,774 orang iaitu bersamaan dengan 61.47 peratus. Undi rosak adalah sebanyak 372.

Penjumlahan undi itu dilakukan di Dewan Masyarakat Sandakan. THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER

SATU LAWAN SATU

PILIHANRAYA Negeri Sarawak perlu diadakan sebelum Julai 2011. Ramai ahli politikus terutama di kedai-kedai kopi berkata pilihanraya itu, yang akan dibuat hujung tahun ini, akan menjadi cermin kepada pihak pemerintah dan pembangkang.
Ia pasti akan menjadi kayu ukur kepada parti-parti politik di negara kita tercinta ini. Upko Sepanggar, dan kami pihak admin akan mengikuti rapat perkembangan politik di negeri jiran kita yang sekali imbas sudah mendahului kita dalam pembangunan menyeluruh....

PR MAHU SOLO DENGAN BN DI SARAWAK

KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 — The Sarawak Pakatan Rakyat (PR) parties have pledged to ensure straight fights with Barisan Nasional (BN) in the upcoming state election, which must be called by July next year.

The fragile coalition of four parties — DAP, PAS, PKR and local opposition party SNAP — made the decision at the inaugural meeting of its leadership council last night.

Sarawak DAP chairman Wong Ho Leng told The Malaysian Insider that the state PR is also aiming to takeover the government led by Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, who has been in power for almost three decades.

“The leadership council also decided to topple BN in the state election, so we are aiming for at least 50 per cent of the seats,” said Wong.

“At the very least we must deny the two-thirds majority,” he added.

The current term of the Sarawak assembly expires in July next year and the government is expected to call for state election by the end of this year.

The opposition collectively won nine seats in 2006, its best performance ever due to the increase in land premium payments and oil price hikes, which took place just two months before the state assembly was dissolved.

DAP currently controls six seats in the 71-member state assembly while PKR has one. Two independents Gabriel Adit and Johnichal Rayong, who won in 2006, have joined the new party, Parti Cinta Malaysia and BN’s SUPP respectively.

When asked if the council has identified a suitable candidate to be offered as replacement for Taib, Wong said the matter would be decided after the state election.

“We have sufficient candidates to be offered as CM, but we leave that after the election,” he said.

Wong also said that PR would come out with a common manifesto for the election to portray its seriousness in taking over the government.

“We are contesting one-to-one, so we will come out with a common manifesto and common theme in the election,” he said.

Wong added that the manifesto would be finalised by the state PR council after consulting each party.

On whether DAP has resolved overlapping claims on five disputed seats with PKR, Wong said the matter would be discussed by the parties’ subcommittee on seat allocation.

“We did not discuss the seat allocation last night, but it will be handled by the subcommittees, which will meet soon,” said Wong.

Both parties are in a tussle over which party gets to field candidates in at least five state constituencies in urban areas which are considered opposition strongholds.

In Election 2008, the two parties could not come to an agreement and were caught in a three-cornered fight against BN in the two federal constituencies of Stampin and Sibu. Both were won by the ruling coalition.

Both parties have met three times since early this year over the overlapping seats but have yet to reach an agreement.

Separately, PKR is also in negotiations with PAS and SNAP, over several rural seats with insignificant opposition presence. THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER

SIAPA TUDUH SIAPA

PILIHAN Raya Kecil Hulu Selangor akan diadakan pada 25 April 2010 ini. Pelbagai perkara menarik sudah berlaku walaupun penamaan calon hanya akan diadakan 17 April ini. Posting di bawah adalah salah satu yang terbaru....kami hanya mahu belajar

APA PERANAN MAFREL?
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 April (Bernama) -- Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) diminta mengkaji semula peranan Badan Pemantau Pilihan Raya (Mafrel) yang membidas tindakan kerajaan pusat meluluskan pelbagai projek perumahan dan sekolah di Hulu Selangor baru-baru ini.

Pengarah Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Hulu Selangor Datuk Seri Noh Omar berkata kenyataan yang dibuat Pengerusi Mafrel Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh mengenai isu berkenaan adalah berat sebelah dan lebih kepada mewakili suara pembangkang.

Menurut Noh dakwaan Mafrel bahawa Barisan Nasional (BN) melanggar undang-undang pilihan raya juga dilihat seolah-olah badan bebas itu tidak memahami sepenuhnya bidang kuasa mereka, undang-undang SPR, kuasa polis dan kuasa kerajaan tempatan.

"Mafrel pun tidak faham dari segi bidang kuasa mereka, tidak faham mengenai undang-undang SPR, mengenai kuasa polis, kuasa kerajaan tempatan. Apa kena mengena ia (Mafrel) minta SPR untuk ambil tindakan, ini belum lagi pilihan raya.

"Kalau ia (Mafrel) tidak puas hati, patutnya laporan kepada polis atau kerajaan tempatan. Tapi saya rasa Mafrel pun tidak turun padang dan lihat keadaan di Hulu Selangor sekarang. Siapa yang banyak naikkan bendera? Malah semalam pun Penasihat PKR (Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim) turun ke Sungai Tinggi untuk berkempen," katanya kepada pemberita di Lobi Parlimen di sini, Isnin.

Noh yang juga Timbalan Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Selangor mengulas kenyataan Pengerusi Mafrel yang mengatakan tindakan kerajaan BN mengumumkan peruntukan dan pelbagai projek perumahan dan sekolah, seolah-olah tidak menghormati proses pilihan raya demokratik dan menggesa SPR bertindak tegas terhadap BN.

Mengulas lanjut, beliau berkata sekiranya Mafrel betul-betul mahu memainkan peranan sebagai badan bebas, mereka sepatutnya turut menegur kerajaan negeri di mana pada hari yang sama turut menyampaikan sumbangan dan bantuan pada satu majlis yang dihadiri Menteri Besar Selangor Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

"Mengapa hanya kerana pemimpin persekutuan turun memberikan peruntukan, hendak dipersoalkan sedangkan Menteri Besar (Selangor) sendiri pergi turun (padang) bagi geran tanah, kenapa tidak menegur kerajaan negeri. Apa juga yang dibuat oleh kerajaan persekutuan semuanya salah dan kerajaan negeri tidak ditegur sama sekali.

"Kerana itu, Mafrel terutama pengerusinya tidak layak sama sekali untuk menjadi badan pemantau bebas. Belum ada kuasa penuh sudah buat teguran. Kalau diberi kuasa sebagai badan bebas pun, sudah tidak bebas lagi," katanya.

Sementara itu, Ketua Umno Bahagian Cheras Datuk Syed Ali Alhabshee pula menasihatkan Mafrel supaya tidak menjadi "penyibuk yang bermusim" dengan terus-menerus mengkritik usaha kerajaan untuk membela nasib rakyat.

Beliau berkata Mafrel boleh mengemukakan laporan lengkap kepada SPR jika mereka mendapati kerajaan tidak telus dalam menghadapi pilihan raya kecil atau umum.

"Setiap kali berlakunya pilihan raya umum atau kecil, Mafrel akan mendesak SPR mengambil tindakan tegas terhadap kerajaan BN yang dakwa mereka tidak telus tetapi selepas itu mereka akan senyap.

"Ini menunjukkan Mafrel sebenarnya badan bebas yang jadi kuda tunggangan pembangkang yang sibuknya bermusim, sekadar untuk memanaskan keadaan," katanya dalam kenyataan di sini.

Syed Ali berkata organisasi berkenaan sepatutnya sudah membentangkan laporan mengenai pemerhatian mereka terhadap proses pilihan raya kepada SPR.

"Tetapi saya difahamkan sehingga ke hari ini SPR tidak pernah pun menerima laporan daripada Mafrel mengenai perjalanan pilihan raya di negara ini, jadi apa sebenarnya yang mereka pantau?," katanya.

Beliau juga mahu keanggotaan Mafrel didedahkan kepada umum supaya rakyat dapat menilai sejauh mana kebebasan badan itu atau hanya mengikut telunjuk pembangkang semata-mata.

-- BERNAMA