(Harakah Daily) - Keengganan kerajaan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak menunaikan hak Kelantan untuk mendapat bayaran tunai royalti minyak mungkin akan menyebabkan isu itu dibawa ke jalan raya, kata Naib Presiden PAS, Salahuddin Ayub.
"Saya tidak boleh menolak kemungkinan isu itu akan di bawa ke jalan raya jika kerajaan Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN) terus berdegil menafikan hak Kelantan untuk mendapatkan bayaran tunai royalti minyak.
"Rakyat sudah berhimpun di dalam stadium dan majlis-majlis ceramah mengenai isu royalti untuk menyatakan bantahan mereka terhadap keengganan kerajaan pimpinan Perdana Menteri.
"Di Kelantan kini ceramah diadakan setiap malam seolah-olah menghadapi pilihan raya dan kehadiran begitu ramai rakyat membuktikan mereka membantah sikap degil Umno itu," katanya.
Jika bantahan rakyat yang disuarakan melalui kehadiran mereka dalam perhimpunan besar di stadium dan juga siri-siri perhimpunan dalam ceramah umum itu tetap tidak dipedulikan, Ahli Parlimen Kubang Kerian itu tidak dapat menolak kemungkinan mereka akan berhimpun di jalan raya pula.
"Bukan di Kota Bharu, tetapi di Kuala Lumpur. Bukan sahaja anak-anak Kelantan di Kuala Lumpur dan rakyat Kelantan yang datang beramai-ramai dari negeri itu, malah seluruh rakyat yang cintakan keadilan akan berhimpun," kata Salahuddin.
Sebelum ini, bekas Naib Presiden Umno Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah mengingatkan kerajaan Najib supaya jangan menafikan kehendak rakyat dengan menolak royalti minyak kepada Kelantan.
Beliau juga mengingatkan, pertikaian mengenai minyak telah mencetuskan Revolusi Islam Iran pada tahun 1979.
"Ayatullah Khomeini berumur 91 tahun ketika beliau memimpin kebangkitan menentang Shah lebih 30 tahun lalu," Malaysian Insider memetik beliau berkata.
Beliau mengaitkan revolusi itu dengan tindakan Mohammad Reza Pahlavi menyalahgunakan kekayaan minyak Iran.
Bagaimanapun, Razaleigh segera menafikan bahawa beliau mahu memimpin revolusi seperti itu.
Beliau juga menyifatkan kerajaan pusat berlagak seperti 'Godfather' apabila enggan membayar bayaran tunai royalti minyak kepada Kelantan.
"Kerajaan Persekutuan berlagak seperti Godfather walaupun kuasa mereka datang dari 13 negeri," kata Razaleigh sambil menyamakan sikap menindas Putrajaya dengan sikap ketua penjenayah.
Sehingga kini, tidak ada tanda kerajaan pimpinan Najib mahu mematuhi perjanjian antara Petronas dengan kerajaan Negeri Kelantan pada 9 Mei 1975.
written by ctlyn, March 05, 2010 15:59:23
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written by fireduck, March 05, 2010 15:47:01
But strangely, I keep hearing of the people being suppressed and injusticed by the Govt, who is the Executive. So I look around to see if Parliament can help correct the actions of the arrogant Executive. Nothing there, because partly thanks to you and I, we do not have enough parity in the august House, so those who speak for us rakyat, or dare to do so at all, are immediately and constantly bullied into silence.
Then I look at the black robed Judiciary. But nothing there either. Some of them are meekly subservient to the Executive, while the rest of them wear the black robes to hide an equally black heart, at least where dispensation of justice is concerned. Sigh ....
But wait, there's the 4th Pillar. Surely it is to count for something in order to be considered as a Pillar in the same breath? So, I look at the splendid gold coated Palaces. Alas, the residents of those palaces must be too busy with modern everyday matters of their own to be concerned about the poor rakyat. Since we have to celebrate and rejoice their birthdays every year, they must be very very important people, and I guess people of such importance cannot be expected to come down to a commoner's level to hold a conversation with the commoner in order to find out what injustices he is suffering from.
Being the blur sotong that I am, I still don't get why it is called the 4th Pillar. Pillars give me the impression that it is to hold up or uphold (whichever way you like) something. Hmmm .... maybe they are expected to uphold the Executive Powers, I suppose.
Then, I was told that such scenarios were prevalent throughout history. The positive thing is that with the end of each decadent society/period comes a positive progressive society, much like the mythical phoenix tising from the ashes. But I hope we do not have to reduce our nation to ashes in order to rise up a promising phoenix.
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A suggestion. Make it coincide with an event when there is a gathering of foreign leaders in KL.