Niat sebenar DAP iaitu mewujudkan lebih banyak kawasan parlimen Cina melalui kempen bawah sedar "Satu Orang, Satu Undi, Satu Nilai" kepada rakyat Malaysia.
The problem is not so much what to do with Najib. If Najib were to be ousted, just like Pak Lah was soon after the 2008 general election, then Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin would automatically take over as Prime Minister. The problem is: who would then become the new Deputy Prime Minister? By convention, once the Prime Minister retires/resigns/dies and the Deputy Prime Minister takes over, then one of the three Vice Presidents of Umno becomes the new Deputy Prime Minister. And who would this person be?
Racism is usually defined as views, practices and actions reflecting the belief that humanity is divided into distinct biological groups called races and that members of a certain race share certain attributes which make that group as a whole less desirable, more desirable, inferior or superior.
A massive street rally is being planned to overthrow the ruling government. “We will mobilise a big group and rally on the streets. This is not a threat, this is a promise,” he stressed.
Lisa J. Ariffin, FMT
Pro-Pakatan Rakyat groups have vowed to overthrow the Barisan Nasional government this year through a massive street rally.
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will protect vernacular schools from being abolished after suggestions were made that their continued existence had affected national unity and contributed to Chinese voters overwhelmingly backing the opposition, the DAP said today.
It accuses the tycoon of funding Pakatan Rakyat and practising racial discrimination.
K. Pragalath, FMT
The Muslim Consumers Association today called for a boycott of five businesses owned or partly owned by tycoon Robert Kuok, accusing him of racial discrimination.
(TMI) - An evangelical church group’s Facebook message calling Christians to pray for “Allah’s blessings” on the country has riled up a group of Muslim lawyers who are demanding state Islamic bodies act against what they have branded a “criminal” offence against their creed.
After a week of speculation, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim finally received his appointment letter from Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah this morning and was sworn in for his second term as state mentri besar.
I will conclude with three suggestions. First, in general, urban chauvinism should be avoided and resisted by all parties — politicians, pundits and especially thoughtful scholarly analysts. Simplistic portrayals of a rural-urban divide and denigration of “uninformed, uneducated” rural folks should not pass for intelligent analysis.
BN state communications chairman Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah claims that the people are fed up with PAS who didn't deliver when they were running the state.
By Azli Jamil, FMT
The people’s disillusionment over the bickering PAS administration, a well-managed campaign by Barisan Nasional and the Mukhriz Mahathir factor, are the main reasons why BN won Kedah back from Pakatan Rakyat in the 13th General Election.
The leader of Britain's Conservative Party says we're entering a new era -- where governments themselves have less power (and less money) and people empowered by technology have more. Tapping into new ideas on behavioral economics, he explores how these trends could be turned into smarter policy.
File photo of BN chairman Datuk Seri Najib Razak announcing Zulkifli (right) as the BN candidate for Shah Alam in the recent general election, a strategy which backfired on the coalition.
(TMI) - “They were spending money on local newspapers with shrinking circulation and TV stations that did not appeal to the young. What a waste of time and money”
How do we trust the one calling for reconciliation if he is wielding his weapon? What are the probabilities that he is sincere when he has got a weapon in his hand?
11 out of the 22 swing parliament seats that PR won from BN are Chinese majority seats (largest voting bloc). Whereas all 15 swing seats that BN won from PR are Malay majority seats.
(The Star) - “We are no longer attractive to voters. We are still seen as archaic and out of touch but the changes we bring must not be merely superficial. Just changing Barisan's name is not enough. The rakyat are looking for substantial change”
(Bernama) - NEW faces from Sabah and Sarawak have been speculated will fill vacancies following the decision by Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties, MCA and Gerakan not to accept any posts in the Cabinet.
(The Star) - PKR deputy president Azmin Ali said the decision on who would be the Selangor Menteri Besar lies ultimately with the Sultan of Selangor and he will respect it totally.
Former Penang DCM Fairuz Khairuddin, now with Umno, wants a motion to be tabled in parliament to make Anwar stateless for causing chaos in the country.
(FMT) - PKR’s former deputy chief minister in Penang, Fairuz Khairuddin, today called for Anwar Ibrahim’s citizenship to be stripped if the latter continues to cause chaos in the country.
The daily also quoted former PAS and PKR member Datuk Zulkifli Noordin who raised the spectre of May 13 by accusing the DAP and its veteran Lim Kit Siang of being behind Malaysia’s worst race riots.
Zurairi AR, TMI
Utusan Malaysia ran a series of stories today, repeating calls for both Umno and PAS to unite for the sake of the Malay race and Islam after the recent general election where the Malays allegedly lost their political upper hand to the Chinese.
(TMI) - Datuk Zulkifli Noordin raised the spectre of May 13 last night when he accused the DAP and Lim Kit Siang of being behind Malaysia’s worst race riots even as Umno leaders continue to blame last week’s poor election results on a “Chinese tsunami” that was fanned by the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) party.
“What more does Kit Siang want? Isn’t it enough that during campaigning Kit Siang who supposedly fights for true democracy lets DAP leaders insult Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders? Isn’t he happy when DAP has succeeded in resisting PAS’s Islamic fight including for hudud?” asked Zulkiflee in his column. “So we ask, what more does Kit Siang want? Didn’t he think that what he is doing right now, including insulting Umno leaders, might incite a reaction from the Malays?” he added, warning the DAP adviser not to “play with fire” in flaming the people’s sentiments.
According to a former appeals court judge, although Malays have a special position in the country, they only own about 20 percent of the economy.
(Bernama) - Malays need to be more aggressive to strengthen political and economic power in order not to be regarded as a weak race in their own country.
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim vowed last night never to surrender Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) fight to ensure the pact claims its rightful place in Putrajaya, maintaining his stance that Barisan Nasional (BN) had cheated its way to victory on May 5.
(The Star) - BATU KAWAN: Two men were killed while two others were seriously injured in a shooting at the Bukit Tambun traffic-light junction here Sunday night.
