Wong Choon Mei, Harakah Daily

Pakatan Rakyat has slammed Prime Minister Najib Razak for using “unprincipled methods” to regain a two-thirds majority in Parliament, urging him to come clean on accusations that he was using taxpayers’ money to set up a RM50 million fund to lure opposition lawmakers to the Umno-BN coalition.

“We strongly condemn any unprincipled means such as these to regain the political upper hand,” PAS deputy president Nasharudin Mat Isa told Harakahdaily.

“It is no use and the people will see through it. It is better for Umno to try and beat Pakatan through free and fair elections rather than using unscrupulous defections and gerrymandering exercises.”

Two-thirds craze to shore up sagging prestige

Indeed, Najib has intensified a campaign to rock the Pakatan in a bid to shore up his sagging prestige in Umno. He must call for the next general election before March 2013 and fears are high within his own coalition that he will not be able to help them regain voter confidence by then.

The Pakatan has been gaining ground on a multitude of issues including the non-payment of oil royalty to heartland Malay state, the trumped-up sodomy charges against Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim and the abuse of federal institutions such as the police and the courts to stamp Umno’s will on the people.

"Why is he crazy for a two-thirds majority in Parliament? Barisan Nasional has enough seats to pass law easily,” PKR senior leader Zaid Ibrahim said to a press conference on Friday.

“He should not resort to this. It will only destroy his credibility and Umno’s even more.”

The first couple and the former sec-gen

In the past four weeks, Najib has enticed three PKR MPs – Zahrain Mohd Hashim, Tan Tee Beng and Mohsin Samsuri – to become Independents friendly to the BN. Another two, including problematic Kulim Bandar Bharu MP Zulkifli Noordin, are expected to follow.

Top PKR leaders believe that the PM and his wife Rosmah Mansor had zoomed in on former secretary-general Salehuddin Hashim for his in-depth knowledge of party members and their strengths and weaknesses. They sought his help to ‘persuade’ his party mates to quit.

“Najib and Rosmah met with almost all of them, those who could be used, enticing them with all kinds of reward,” said PKR deputy president Syed Husin.

"It is not impossible that Salehuddin used his six years in PKR to dig out the secrets of his colleagues and used the information to his advantage," PKR strategic director Tian Chua told Harakahdaily.

Taxpayers' money

Accusations are also buzzing that Najib had granted a federal government power deal to his cousin so that commission of RM50 million could be churned to raise funds to finance the defections.

“We have enough evidence to show that this was something that was orchestrated some months back. It is very difficult to obtain hard evidence but we have enough information about these meetings and offers,” Zaid said.

Meanwhile, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has been urged to probe the scandal immediately.

“These are very serious allegations involving the very top leadership of the country. The MACC must restore confidence by immediately initiating an investigation,” PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Akin told Harakahdaily.

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written by ellyna, March 08, 2010 17:09:59

People with no credibility have to resort to such means. I dare you to place the choice in the hands of the rakyat.

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written by justice seeker, March 08, 2010 16:50:05

“We have enough evidence to show that this was something that was orchestrated some months back. It is very difficult to obtain hard evidence but we have enough information about these meetings and offers,” Zaid said.

Meanwhile, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has been urged to probe the scandal immediately.

MACC??????? TUNGGU SAMPAI NEXT GE LAH.

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written by lamakawan, March 07, 2010 13:12:22

The MACC must do its job now to probe Najib and the fat mama for all these allegations of corruption and underhand tactics of political manourverings. It is so obvious that someone must be behind these scum ex PKR aduns to enable them to leave PKR close in time to each other. And notice how these scums were shouting so loud as if that the opposition will fall apart if they leave PKR!!!!!
It is fortunate that we still have rational leaders in PKR that are able to withstand this departure of so many aduns in such a short span a time. Lucking it has not demoralise the rest of the PKR.
Keep up your ambition for a united Malaysia. Hidup Pakatan Rakyat!!!!

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written by Beezee_Beezee, March 07, 2010 10:10:43

Looking and reading at all the series on this so call C4 thing. I am very certain that the AMERICAN Satellite research center could recall the incident on the explosion of the said C4. Surely they must have recorded the incident and if they could replay the since from their back-up, it can also be zoomed how many people were around there. Any guess on this info.

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written by Takiaki, March 07, 2010 00:04:55

He can even swear on his Allah to protect his ass... what is 50m rakyat's money? Let the Almighty punish him for his false oaths. He even put religion under his heels...

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written by lakian, March 06, 2010 22:36:03

correction : it wouldn't do any change.....

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written by lakian, March 06, 2010 22:34:59

did rosmama open her legs offering the big,bushy for these three guys?belief me,even pkr left only one mp i.e.anwar or nurul it would do any change for the people in the coming GE.bn time is no number already,zero!it is only that few second before explotion.

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written by Aduh, March 06, 2010 21:53:11

In the absence of hard evidence, information is still good enough too. After all, in Altantuya's case the rakyat was never given the chance to know the evidence. Yet, he responded by swearing on the Quran.

Keep the topic alive with regular new input of information and maintain to apply the pressure. Will see how long he can.keep his silence.

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written by storm62, March 06, 2010 20:18:54

I wish the umno pm couple a slow and ugly death for all the sins they have done to the People of Malaysia.

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written by Semuaok, March 06, 2010 19:49:49

Najis is 2/3 crazy but the Rakyat is 3/3 for picking a murderer cum crazy guy.

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written by NSTPravda, March 06, 2010 17:34:19

“He should not resort to this. It will only destroy his credibility and Umno’s even more.”!!@@!&^^^
For a person who could resort to C4ing a pregnant lady, do you think he is worried about destroying his "crdibility"? Get real lah!
$emua-nya OK when one can always rely on swearing on Al-Qur'an!!!
Al-UMNOdollarlah!

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written by eloofk, March 06, 2010 16:34:39

You have swear upon Allah that you've never met Altantuya on your alleged involvement in her murder, tarnishing His holy name and now lets see if you intend to further using His name to protect yourself from this alledged unscrupulous misdeed of using the rakyats money to sustain your hold on to power.

It is through his divine power that you are now at his mercy to come clean and ask for his forgiveness rather than to be shame in front of the whole world of what you have done which is slowly but surely being unravelled by His divine power.

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written by malgal, March 06, 2010 16:28:52

that and the new fangled fantasy of a space research centre fronted by our very own angkasawan and endorsed by mrs pm. purportedly to share info and propel the youth to chase their dreams in space.

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written by alpha1, March 06, 2010 16:15:00

This arsehole is using our hard earned money to strengthened his grip over the country so that he can continue to rape it!! Let's see how long his evil deeds can last! He better be careful when there's lightning coz it will strike bastards like him, and his fat ass companion too!!

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