Independent organisations being BIAS

Election Commission (EC) is among the supposedly by-partisan independent organisations in the country (i.e. AG, Judiciary, police, MACC) appeared working so hard for UMNO. It was clearly bias in its action to over-rule the Speaker and refused to call by-elections for 3 ADUNs in the Perak fiasco. The behaviour is widely viewed as a clear attempt to help UMNO to wrest power in the state, unconstitutionally.

Of late, EC responded to the call of UMNO about "unnecessary by-election" as UMNO seems to have lost confidence after losing 5 out of 6 by-elections to its opposition, Pakatan Rakyat. This time EC is seen as favoring to help UMNO to avoid more embarassments in losing more by-elections and maintaining its rule in the country.

By delaying the decision on the date of the by-election (or may be even deciding not to call one since UMNO-BN is on a losing streak), EC is again seen by the public as waiting for a decision (or instructions) from UMNO after its Supreme Council meeting.

Do you think EC is really an organization of independence, professionalism and integrity billed to uphold the constitution and protect the rights of Malaysians?


Read more from MP of Ipoh Timur, YB Lim Kit Siang:

• Election Commission - explain strange/extraordinary behaviour, reinforcing public suspicions about its independence, professionalism and integrity

And read about news report from The Nut Graph by Gan Pei Ling :

• EC chief should quit: Bersih

Un-Separation of Powers

Man! Judicial branch is now stepping over onto the Legislative branch. The separation of powers written in constitution clearly null and void with the Federal Court decision.

What kind of judiciary system and constitution Malaysia has?

Is Malaysia located in the great continent of Africa?

The Federal Court ruling against the suspensions on 16 April is a landmark decision as there are constitutional provisions preventing decisions by the speaker of a state legislative assembly or parliament from being challenged in court.

Article 72, Clause (1) of the Federal Constitution clearly states that "the validity of any proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of any State shall not be questioned in any court."

But with the ruling, the court has set a precedent as now the speaker's decisions and actions can be subject to judicial review.


Read in full an article written by Deborah Loh from The Nut Graph here: Showdown in Perak on 7 May

Also read about an analysis by DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang on his blog here: Usurper Perak MB convening Assembly on 7th May – Federal Court decision against Perak Speaker defective, null and void

And see what Justice NH Chan says here: When the highest court in the land could bring down the Government of the day

The UNwanted and Rejected Leaders

Power can really corrupt one's thinking.

Being in a powerful position for a long time helps cultivate the largest ego, developing the desires of greed, and strengthening the determination in achieving the wants and controls.

Signs of rejection are therefore conveniently overlooked and interpreted otherwise, while struggling through all ways and means to mount a comeback.

Samy Vellu is one good example aside from Mahathir. Of course, they are not the only ones.

The following article taken from The Malaysian Insider.

Dr M unwanted, says Zaid
By Shannon Teoh

KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had no effect on the April 7 by-elections and this shows that people do not want him anymore, says Datuk Zaid Ibrahim.

The former law minister, who has had a running feud with the former prime minister since his move last year to compensate judges sacked by Dr Mahathir in the 1987 judicial crisis, said this in an interview on the “Fairly Current Show”, a short programme that aired on the Internet yesterday.

Zaid, who is widely expected to join Pakatan Rakyat — most likely PKR — soon, also added that his former party, Umno, was too weak to stand up to Dr Mahathir and members were afraid of being ousted like Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who stepped down as prime minister last week after years of criticism by his predecessor Dr Mahathir.

"There were thousands of people in Sungai Petani they say, but clearly there was no effect," he said of Dr Mahathir's stop in Bukit Selambau in a two-stop blitz that included Bukit Gantang on the last day of campaigning in the by-elections.
PR, in fact, increased its majority in the two seats which, Zaid said, was an indicator of Dr Mahathir's unpopularity.

"He feels that people still want him. This is the problem with strongmen who some call dictators. Sometimes, they don't know they are surrounded by people who tell them their leadership is still needed," he said.

He added that it was the same throughout history, citing Suharto, the former president of Indonesia, and Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, who also "do not know when they are unwanted".

However, in a recent blog posting, Dr Mahathir continued to insist that Abdullah was still "entirely responsible for all the ills" in Barisan Nasional which led to the electoral defeats as "a leader plays a big role especially in Malaysia and the quality of his leadership affects the behaviour and performance of his subordinates."

Zaid also mocked the idea that Umno wanted its longest-serving president back.

"It is not that Umno wants to take him back but he wants to rejoin. But nobody is brave enough to stop him. This shows Umno is very weak and its leaders are not brave enough to stand up to him because they are afraid of ending up like Pak Lah," he said of Abdullah, who was handpicked by Dr Mahathir but then suffered years of harsh criticism from him.

Zaid cited, as an example, the fact that Khairy Jamaluddin, Abdullah's son-in-law, won comfortably ahead of Dr Mahathir's son Datuk Mukhriz in the Umno Youth chief contest because "he interfered. If not it would be a tougher fight".

Zaid and Dr Mahathir most recently clashed in a war of words over the appointment of Datuk Seri Najib Razak as prime minister, with Dr Mahathir calling Zaid's plea to the King not to appoint Najib "very stupid".