Perhimpunan 11 Disember

PAS hari ini menyatakan komitmennya untuk menyertai himpunan aman anjuran Gabungan Pilihan Raya Adil dan Bersih (Bersih) di hadapan Parlimen 11 Disember ini sebagai tanda sokongan bersama.

Setiausaha Agung PAS, Dato' Kamarudin Jaffar berkata, parti itu akan menyertai himpunan itu yang baginya bukanlah satu himpunan yang besar tetapi ia adalah untuk menyatakan bantahan kepada usaha kerajaan melanjutkan usia persaraan anggota Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR).
Katanya lagi, himpunan ini satu perhimpunan aman dan pada prinsipnya ia satu himpuann yang sah malah tiada kaitan yang menyatakan ia bercanggah dengan perlembagaan.

Katanya himpunan untuk menyatakan suara ini adalah hak rakyat yang ada dalam prinsip yang ditetapkan dalam perlembagaan persekutuan.
Beliau juga menyelar kenyataan Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Musa Hassan yang menyatakan bahawa himpunan perlu mendapatkan permit dan selaras dengan perlembagaan.
Kamarudin menyatakan, soal permit adalah tertakluk di bawah akta polis dan ia bukan selaras dengan perlembagaan.

"Itu lagi tak betul.Tiada dalam perlembagaan yang kata tidak boleh himpun," kata Kamarudin.
Beliau juga memaklumkan bahawa himpunan ini akan berjalan secara aman dan sebagaimana amalan biasa, penganjur akan minta polis mengawal himpunan itu antaranya untuk tidak mengganggu lalu lintas.

Terdahulu sebelum ini, Bersih dalam satu kenyataanya berkata pihak tersebut akan mengadakan satu himpunan aman di hadapan perkarangan Parlimen bagi membantah usaha kerajaan meminda perlembagaan bagi melanjutkan usia persaraan kakitangan SPR.
Kerajaan dikatakan akan meminda Perlembagaan untuk melanjutkan umur persaraan anggota-anggota SPR dari usia 65 ke 66 bagi membolehkan Rashid terus berkhidmat.
Usul tersebut buat kali pertamanya dibentang secara tergesa-gesa untuk bacaan kali pertama di Dewan Rakyat pada 20 November lepas oleh Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Dato' Seri Mohammed Nazri Abdul Aziz.

Ia akan dibacakan untuk kali kedua pada 11 Disember ini, kata satu kenyataan Bersih.
Menurut satu kenyataan Bersih, perhimpunan akan diadakan pada jam 10 pagi di perkarangan bangunan Parlimen pada tarikh itu.
BN amat memerlukan khidmat Rashid yang licik bagi memastikan kemenangan dalam pilihanraya akan datang.

Ehsan: Harakahdaily.net

2004 Election Summary

Most of people in Malaysia know that the result of General Election 2004 tend to Barisan Nasional. About 14th component of Party in Barisan Nasional. They succeed to win 199 parliamentary seat compare with opposition win only 20 parlimentary seat. It’s because of the new Prime Minister already make the drastically change of administration. Islam Hadhari principle also gives an advantage to BN for win the big majority in Parliament.

Pan Islamic Party (PAS), only win 24 DUN in Kelantan compare with BN 21 DUN. Clearly, Kelantan people try to change the government for make sure that the development and society are stable. The issue of Dato’ Anwar Ibrahim in 1998 that cause BN release Terengganu to PAS on 10th General Election. Now, this issue is not relevant yet. Hopefully, for the next General Election can bring more opportunity for opposition to make some improvement. Make sure that people can select the right Wakil Rakyat.

ALJAZEERA INTERVIEW MALAYSIA INFORMATION MINISTER

Monday, November 19, 2007
Transcript of Malaysia's Information Minister's interview with Al Jazeera News on the Bersih Protest.

Minister: I commend yo-yo-your journalists trying to project... to exaggerate more than what actually happened. That-that-that-that's it. We are not the-the and I-I congratulate your journalists behaving like an actor, that-that's it...

Reporter: As you say that, sir, we're watching scenes of protesters being sprayed by chemical-filled water!

Minister: YA! I am watching! I'm here! You've been trying... trying to do it this - to do this everywhere but in Malaysia people are allowed to, you know? We know our police head our colleague... Police have whatever allowed the procession to go to the Istana Negara, you know? Do police, first police, like, they handle them, they attack them, they... the police don't, don't, don't fire anybody?

Reporter: Our correspondent came back to the office, sir, with chemicals in his eyes!

Minister: You-you-you-you are here with the idea, you are trying to project, what is your mind! You think that we Pakistan, we are Burma, we are Myanmar. Everything you-you are thinking! WE ARE DIFFERENT! We are totally different!

Reporter: Well unfortunately when you refuse to let people protest, it does appear so.

Minister: Ya ya we are not like you! You-you have earlier perception, you come here, you want to project us like undemocratic country. This a democratic country!

Reporter: So why can't people protest then, if it's a democratic country?

Minister: YES, PEOPLE PROTEST! People do-do... of course they protest. We are allowing them protest, and they have demonstrated. But we just trying to disperse them, and then later they-they-they don't wanna disperse, but later our police compromise. They have compromised and allowed them to proceed to Istana Negara! Police, our police have succeeded in handling them gently, right? Why do you report that? You take the opposition, someone from opposition party you ask him to speak. You don't take from the government, right?

Reporter: Why did you not break up these protests...

Minister: Pardon? Pardon? Pardon?

Reporter: Why did you not break up these protests more peacefully?

Minister: I can't hear you! I can't hear you!

Reporter: Why did you not break up these protests more peacefully?

Minister: No we-we are! We... this protest is illegal! We don't want..this... the... NORMALLY...

Reporter: OK, so let me return to my former question. Why is this protest illegal?

Minister: YA! It's a illegal protest because we have the erection in Malaysia. It's no-no point on having a protest! We are allowing to every erection... every five years never fail! We are not our like, like Myanmar, not like other country. And, and you are helping this. You Al-Jazeera also is helping this, this forces. The, you know, these forces who are not in passion, who don't believe in democracy!

Reporter: Alright, many thanks for joining us.

Minister: I don't, ya, you, Al-Jazeera, this is, is Al-Jazeera attitude. Right?

About PAS

The Pan Malaysian Islamic Party (Malay: Parti Islam SeMalaysia), commonly known as PAS or Pas, is an Islamist political party in Malaysia and is currently headed by Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang. PAS positions itself as an Islamist party that aims to establish Malaysia as a country based on Islamic legal theory derived from the primary sources of Islam, the Quran and Sunnah, as opposed to Barisan Nasional's Islam Hadhari, which PAS sees as based on a watered-down understanding of Islam.

The party enjoys strong support from northern rural and conservative area such as Kelantan and Terengganu. It is also the first opposition party in independent Malaysia's history to defeat the Barisan Nasional coalition in a Malay dominated state. In 1999, riding a groundwell of popular protest after the arrest and conviction of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, PAS allied itself with the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and Keadilan, founded by Anwar Ibrahim's wife Wan Azizah by forming a coalition known as Barisan Alternatif. In the general election, PAS took over Terengganu from the incumbent Barisan Nasional.
In the 2004 Malaysian general election, the party's strength was greatly reduced.

It won merely seven parliamentary seats, a significant decrease from the 27 parliamentary seats it had won in the 1999 general election. The party leader, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang even lost his parliamentary seat while one of the seven seats was won because a Barisan Nasionalcandidate was disqualified on a technicality.

PAS also lost control of Terengganu but retained control of Kelantan with a very slim majority of 24 out of 45 seats. The party's majority in Kelantan's state assembly was further reduced to 23 seats following the Pengkalan Pasir by-election in 2005. At the present, PAS only has the majority of one seat in the state assembly.

Hopefully, for the next election, PAS can go on to become a top Party In Malaysia.
Democration in Malaysia can bring the apportunity for every people to make a drastically changes by doing the Election.

Exclusively From Wikipedia.

MIC History

The Malaysian Indian Congress (then Malayan Indian Congress and probably until the formation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963) was founded in August 1946 by John A. Thivy, first President of the party (1946-1947). It was established in the course of the continuing struggle of the inter-war tears, to end British Colonial rule, as well as in the need for representation on behalf of Indian Community in the post war development of the country. It was the intense anti-British sentiment that made the MIC under the leadership of its second

President Mr. Budh Singh (1947-1950) critical of the Malayan Union proposals that did not rally Indian support although the proposals were favourable and upheld the principle of jus soli. Later the MIC joined the All Malaya Council for Joint Action (AMCJA) under Tun Tan Cheng Lok in opposition to the less liberal Federation of Malaya Agreement 1948.The second phase of the Party began, under its third President Mr. K.Ramanathan (1950-1951), realising the ineffectiveness and futility of non-cooperation with the Government when the other major communities represented by UMNO (United Malays' National Orgnization) and MCA (Malayan Chinese Association, later Malaysian Chinese Association) cooperated, the MIC contested in 1952 Kuala Lumpur Municipal Elections in alliance with the IMP (?) under Dato' Onn bin Jaafar and other non-communal organizations. In 1954 the MIC under its fourth President Mr. K. L. Devaser (1951-1955) became the third partner in the Alliance with UMNO and MCA. The third phase of the MIC history was its consolidation.

Under Tun V.T Sambanthan, the fifth President (1955-1973), the party grew in membership as well as in the number of branches, becoming a mass based party, and the same time firmly entrenching the MIC as a partner of Alliance. On 31 August 1957, independence of Malaysia was achieved under the Merdeka Agreement in which Tun V.T. Sambanthan was a signatory.The fourth phase of the party began with Tan Sri Dato V. Manikavasagam, the sixth President (1973-1979). It was during this period that the MIC as a member of the Alliance became part of Barisan Nasional (BN). BN (National Front), including 10 parties, succeeded the Alliance in 1974. MIC sponsored the Nesa Multipurpose Cooperative and the MIC Unit Trust as part of its programme for economic ventures, and also set up the MIC Education Fund for members children and the Malaysian Indian Scholarship for higher education as well as acquiring an

Institute for training Indians in technical and trade skills. With the demise of Tan Sri Dato V. Manikavasagam on 12 October 1979., Dato Seri S. Samy Vellu has taken over the helm of the Party. In the 2004 parliamentary elections, the BN-MIC won nine seats (4 in Selangor, 2 in Perak and 1 in Johor, Pahang and Negeir Sembilan). The party is represented in the central government by the Minister of Works, three Deputy Ministers, and three Parliament Secretaries. In 1996, Indians represented 7.2% of the population of Malaysia.

The flag of the Malaysian Indian Congress is made of 16 horizontal stripes: the seven red and seven white stripes from the Malaysian national flag and a blue stripe on top and bottom of the flag. Those blue stripes symbolize peace and prosperity. A green circle placed in the center of the flag symbolizes unity; the acronyms Ma Yi Kah (மஇகா, Tamil) and MIC (Bahasa Malaysia) are written in green inside the circle.

Demontrasi Ciri Budaya Politik Malaysia

Dicanangkan kononya demontarasi bukan budaya kita. Hakikatnya, ia bukan saja budaya kita, tetapi budaya semua manusia. Malah ia merupakan ciri penting dalam negara sesebuah negara demokrasi. Demokrasi bukan sahaja dalam pilihanraya dan kebebasan akhbar, tetapi juga kebebasan berdemontrasi.

Dalam hal ini, perlu dibezakan antara demontrasi dan rusuhan. Ini kerana demontrasi bukan rusuhan. Demokrasi menjamin kebebasan demontrasi secara aman. Demontrasi adalah merupakan perhimpunan aman. Kalau demontrasi kacau-bilau, itu dinamakan sebagai rusuhan. Perlu diingat bahawa rusuhan boleh berlaku akibat daripada provokasi daripada pihak tertentu yang ingin menimbulkan kekecohan.

Hakikatnya, Malaysia seperti mana banyak negara lain wujud atas asas demontrasi. Kalau tidak kerana menentang orang Melayu terhadap penubuhan Malayan Union, sudah pasti Malaysia masih lagi dicengkam oleh penjajah Inggeris dengan menerima segala prinsip dan dasar yang jelas mengakibatkan orang Melayu melukut di halaman sendiri. Persoalan yang bermain sekarang siapakah yang berdemontrasi menentang Malayan Union ini? Sudah tentulah orang Melayu yang berada bawah satu payung iaitu UMNO yang dipimpin oleh Dato' Onn Jaafar ketika itu.

Tetapi demontrasi itu disertai oleh orang Melayu dari segenap lapisan masyarakat dan bukan sahaja penyokong UMNO. Sebaliknya orang Melayu dalam PAS, API, KMM, AWAS dan sebagainya turut menentang penjajah. AKibat demontrasi besar-besaran dari kalangan orang Melayu, telah menyebabkan British pada ketika itu membatalkan Malayan Union. Ini semua adalah roh dan semangat orang Melayu tidak akan terpadam untuk mendapatkan hak dan kedaulatan tanahair mereka.

Selepas Persekutuan Tanah Melayu ditubuhkan pada tahun 1957 dengan Pilihanraya pertama pada Tahun 1955 dimenangi Parti Perikatan pimpinan Allahyarham Tunku Abdul Rahman, barulah bermulanya pemerintahan sendiri oleh bangsa Melayu. Menyorot semula peristiwa sejarah gagasan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, banyak demontrasi dilakukan oleh orang Melayu apabila wujud ketidakpuasan hati terhadap sesuatu isu. Contohnya dalam kes Natrah di Singapura.

Dalam erti kata yang lain juga, usaha penubuhan Malaysia dilakukan oleh pemuda-pemuda Melayu termasuklah Pemuda UMNO melakukan demontrasi didepan Kedutaan Indonesia membantah Sukarno. Mereka juga berdepan demontrasi membantah tuntutan Filipina ke atas Sabah.

Walau apapun yang diperkatakan sebagai Perhimpunan Haram pada masa kini adalah merupakan satu stigma yang sangat tidak adil kepada pihak tertentu dalam menyuarakan pendapat dan tuntutan. Semoga demokrasi di Malaysia terus segar dan dapat dinikmati semua rakyat.