Balls in Hand

Finally, it takes so much courage for Pakatan Rakyat to be the FIRST to propose the restoration of the Local Council Election (popularly being referred as the Third Vote), restoring the rights of the people in choosing their own local representatives, rather than being appointed and used by the winning state governments as rewards to bribe their cronies.

In this regards, again, Pakatan Rakayt outshine and outdo their opponent who governed this country for more than half a century. People with conscience receive well on this proposal, and most NGOs (I mean those truly independent NGOs, not those fed by the ruling parties) have been longing, demanding, and pushing this for decades.

Was it not true that Tun Abdul Razak, 2nd Prime Minister, promised to restore the Local Council Election at the time it was suspended? So, how long do the people have to wait if not now? Another 100 years? More lame execuses?

Come on, embrace the change!

Restore the Third Vote and return the right to choose back to the PEOPLE!

"And this is the problem Pakatan Rakyat is going to face. Parliament is controlled by Barisan Nasional, not by Pakatan Rakyat. And Barisan Nasional does not want local council elections for the same reason that PAS is worried about what would happen in Kelantan if local council elections were held. So expect this to be blocked by Parliament.

Let’s take Perak as an example. Say they hold local council elections in Perak, a state under Barisan Nasional control. And, say, Pakatan Rakyat comes in at all or most of the local councils. Can you imagine the headache Barisan Nasional is going to have? The state would move in the opposite direction. Pakatan Rakyat and not Barisan Nasional will be the real power in Perak."

"As I said, Lim Guan Eng made a brilliant move. And now he has Barisan Nasional’s balls in his hand. Guan Eng, you're da man! Hidup Guan Eng!"

-- excerpt from MalaysiaToday - Najib blinked first

"We have heard and seen many cases of council 'chieftains' and members wielding extraordinary power and amassing wealth and living lavishly. The people must be given their democratic rights to purge these 'local warlords', and the only way it can be done is through the proper process of holding elections for local government positions."

-- excerpt from Malaysiakini - Local polls: 'You're wrong, Mr Prime Minister'

Read the following for details:

MalaysiaToday - Najib blinked first

Malaysiakini - PM: Local gov't polls unnecessary

Malaysiakini - Local polls: 'You're wrong, Mr Prime Minister'

Malaysiakini - 'No local elections': Gerakan, Pakatan tick off PM

TheMalaysianInsider - Putrajaya not keen to restore third vote

TheMalaysianInsider - Third vote not likely - before next elections

TheMalaysianInsider - Pakatan states could follow Penang in third vote bid

TheMalaysianInsider - Make way for local elections

Free and Fair

Iraq must be proud, being the first Islamic country in the Middle East conducted a free and fair election.

So, how is Malaysia doing after going through more than 10 elections?

How was Malaysian Election Commission carry out their duty in ensuring a truly free and fair election?

Will Malaysians at large be at par to the brave Iraqis?

"(CNN) -- Israel may have to retire its title as the only democracy in the Middle East. With Sunday's free and fair national election, Iraq joins the honor roll as one of the very few Islamic democracies.

Other Middle Eastern countries hold elections too, of course. But those elections fall into two broad categories. The first category is the blatantly rigged: Iran, most spectacularly, but also Algeria, Egypt, and Yemen, among others. In the second category, elections are more or less honest -- but fail to exert much control over the actions of the government: Lebanon, Morocco, and Jordan."

Read in details here: Will Iraq's democracy vindicate Bush?

Photo Credit: dangerousintersection.org

Stringed Dolls

It is a common knowledge that all these lapdog parties are working for UMNo. They lost majority of the support from the people they claimed they are fighting for. MCA? MIC? Gerakan? PPP? All are same. Someone so powerful who are pulling all the strings behind all these useless parties, and these lapdog leaders never and dare not argue otherwise.

... and who is that?

If you cannot guess it right, then you are really hopeless and stupid!

Here is the definition of it:

Puppet

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by a puppeteer. It is usually (but by no means always) a depiction of a human character, and is used in puppetry, a play or a presentation that is a very ancient form of theatre. The puppet undergoes a process of transformation through being animated, and is normally manipulated by at least one puppeteer.

There are many different varieties of puppets, and they are made of a wide range of materials, depending on their form and intended use. They can be extremely complex or very simple in their construction. They may even be found objects. As Oscar Wilde wrote, "There are many advantages in puppets. They never argue. They have no crude views about art. They have no private lives".

Read more from the following links:

Malaysiakini - 'Puppet masters' behind MCA resignations

limkitsiangblog - First time in 56-year MCA history – fresh party leadership elections decided by external remote control

Gerrymandering the Democracy

Now it is clear.

That is how UMNO/BN can survive the federal government-ship for half a century -- through cheating!

Artwork Description:

English: How Gerrymandering can influence the result of elections in a non-proportional system. In each case there are 36 green and 28 magenta dots in total. Depending on how the 4 districts are designed, there can be a 3:1 or a 4:0 win for the greens, a 2:2 tie, or even a 1:3 win for the state-wide minority party (magenta)

"I would completely overhaul our electoral process to ensure free and fair elections, and adopt proportional representation to replace our existing first-past-the-post electoral system.

Parliamentary democracy in Malaysia has been continuously undermined through gerrymandering (manipulation of electoral composition) and malapportionment (manipulation of electoral size). A clear example of malapportionment is how in the March 2008 elections, Putrajaya, with a population of about 5,000, sent one MP to Parliament while my constituency, Seputeh, which has over 76,000 voters, also had only one seat in Parliament.

If you consider the March 2008 elections, Barisan Nasional (BN) obtained barely half of the popular vote — about 51% of the 7.9 million votes cast and yet they controlled 63% of the seats at stake in Parliament, i.e. 140 out of 222 seats. If you exclude the voters in Sabah and Sarawak, where BN won all but two seats, their popular vote dips to 49.8% in Peninsula Malaysia. (Source:http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=10778)

This kind of electoral manipulation is traitorous to the people's will."

"“The reason we lost Selangor in 1969 was because of the non-Malay votes. So we decided to take Kuala Lumpur out of Selangor and turn it into Federal Territory to reduce the non-Malay voters in the state. Then we created a new Malay city called Shah Alam so that we can flood Selangor will more Malays and dilute the remaining non-Malay voters in Selangor.”

That was what Fahmi explained -- the reason why Selangor was split into two with the creation of the Federal Territory and the reason why Shah Alam was created as the new State Capital cum Malay city.

“It worked for awhile as long as the Malays vote Umno and the non-Malays vote opposition. But when the Malays also vote opposition then this strategy no longer works. So we need to think of a new strategy.”

The ‘new’ strategy Umno is talking about is not actually new but is an ongoing strategy. This strategy is called gerrymandering and it was invented by the Americans."

Read more on the following articles:

TheNutGraph - MP Watch - Teresa Kok (Seputeh)

MalaysiaToday - Why the two-thirds is crucial

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Naked Truth is Oily

Here's the definition of "Naked Truth" when you google it:

Slang Dictionary

naked truth

n.

the complete, unembellished truth. : Sorry to put it to you like this, but it's the naked truth.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.

Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.

Idioms & Phrases

naked truth

Plain unadorned facts, without concealment or embellishment. For example, What I've told you is the naked truth. This expression supposedly alludes to a fable in which Truth and Falsehood went bathing, Falsehood then dressed in Truth's clothes, and Truth, refusing to take another's clothes, went naked. [Late 1500s]

The truth is oily:-

Truth is the facts. Once established, it will be there forever - like oil being spread, it's hard to clean and cover up. Through time, truth will surfaced and back to haunt those conspired.

The truth is painful:-

Upon truth being revealed, it caused pain to and hurts many. What about pain? Those who covered up the truth fear it. Those who twisted the facts worry about it. Those who cheated shun it. And those who were betrayed are certainly longing for it while enduring the inflicted pain.

“Can the sons of the second and third Prime Ministers of Malaysia explain why they have turned their backs on their father’s joint legacy of 5 per cent oil royalty to the states and instead embraced the fourth Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir’s distortion and violation of the petroleum agreements with the various states?

Lim said that Umno’s gag order is aimed at silencing Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah as the veteran Umno man has openly clashed with his party over this issue.

“It is no more a question of who and what is historically right or wrong but who has the present power to impose his views on the country at the moment, right or wrong.

Lim also criticized those who have attacked Tengku Razaleigh.

“Those who are baying for Razaleigh’s blood, like Umno Supreme Council member Dr. Mohd Puad Zarkashi demanding for action to be taken against the Gua Musang Member of Parliament for speaking out on the Kelantan oil royalty issue, have personal political axes to grind.

"Development funds for the states are strictly controlled by Putrajaya, and the PAS government which has ruled Kelantan for more than 20 years claims BN is stifling its economy to squeeze the Islamist party out of the state."

Refer to following news articles and blog posts for details:

1. Lim wants oil royalty documents declassified

2. Kelantan govt to hold retreat to address weakness

3. Why have the sons of the second and third Prime Ministers turned their backs on their father’s joint legacy on 5% oil royalty to the states?

4. Ku Li: Iklan isu royalti kelirukan, cetus implikasi baru

5. Do the right thing

6. Sons who turned their backs on daddy's oil legacy

Refer to following link for the definition:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/naked+truth

Fairness and Justice

No love to her father, but salute Marina (pic) for her open mind. A very fair assessment that speaks out loud on fairness and justice for the weak - in this case, the women.

In particular, she exposed the iron fist in using the PPA to sensor and silent the mainstream medias.

Unfortunately, she is now a victim of PPA for being open.

Read her blog post, you will like it:

The Column That Wasn't

(Marina Mahathir is a champion for Muslim women's rights and HIV/AIDS.)

5,200 Go Naked

This is actually great in demonstrating the human rights. People has the right to bear their bodies for a great cause, such as arts, education, and awareness (i.e. demonstration by PETA).

Don't get it wrong, not promoting pornography here, but doing nude photo shoots in concerted, planned, orderly and controlled fashion are of nothing to worry about. Spencer Tunick and his team did well here.

Don't drag politics and religions into this topic. Don't do it yourselves if your believes against it and learned Muslims at large know the boundary, but embrace the basic rights of humans. Many of the world renowned artworks involves some form of nudity, especially those from Greek civilisation.

Of course, we are not to expose our bodies just for the sake of exposing, or walk around the streets without proper clothings as you like - that is in violations of laws and the civilisation.

Additionally, we ought not look at our bodies as shameful piece of items - which should be an artful creation of god(s) [WHOever your god(s) is/are].

Read the following news article for more info:

5,200 nude Australians mob Sydney Opera House for Spencer Tunick photo shoot