A different set of rules, indeed

UMNO never failed to disappoint people. Being corrupt from top to bottom, it again doing its best to justify why its corrupt candidate in a by-election is a hero, instead, than anything else. Most certain, that corruption and greed are not only exercised within the party but flexed through all government agencies, such as EC, MACC, PDRM, AG, and judges; a clear example from finger tips would be the Illegitimate Perak coup d'etat orchestrated by the chief - a blatant disregard of all civilised rules and constitutions.

Read the article by Tengku Razaleigh:

a different set of rules
I don’t know En. Rohaizat. He may be a fine upstanding citizen. However, his public record of dishonesty would long ago have disqualified him from being a candidate for public office in any normal political party.

Is Umno so short of people that we have to find a lawyer disbarred for financial dishonesty to stand? Has financial misconduct become so common among us that we no longer see it as a factor in a candidate’s suitability? The party leaders who select and screen candidates must have known of this impediment but considered financial misconduct a trivial matter.

Honesty is a minimal condition for public office. Whatever the other virtues of the candidate, he should not be considered if he fails this test. The candidates we field for election must have a clean record because we are asking the public to place their confidence in him as their leader, and democratic government breaks down without public confidence. We are also saying this candidate represents us. I’m sad to have to say such obvious things.

By fielding a disbarred lawyer, today’s Umno is projecting the image that it lives by a different moral code from the rest of Malaysia. One set of rules for Umno, and another for everyone else. Either that, or this is the best we can do.

Ketua Pembangkang terjadi Pengkhianat

"Di negara-negara yang lebih faham tentang selok-belok demokrasi, yang tahu tata susila politik moden, yang tahu erti peranan yang berbeza di antara kerajaan dan pembangkang, Ketua Pembangkang amat dihormati. Malah Perdana Menteri di negara-negara yang matang demokrasi sentiasa menjemput Ketua Pembangkang untuk membincangkan hal-hal negara demi kepentingan umum. Mereka ketepikan politik kepartian demi rakyat dan negara. Ketua Pembangkang tidak dianggap sebagai musuh yang mesti dimaki dan cerca setiap masa. Cuma di Malaysia dan Myanmar, pemerintah ghairah nak tangkap pemimpin pembangkang."

Untuk bacaan artikel seterusnya, sila melayar laman Datuk Zaid Ibrahim.

H1N1 - Situation Deteriorated on Incompetent Leadership

It has never been such a prominent failure demonstrated by leadership and management in the Health Ministry of Malaysia. Actions, directions, and enforcement came very late while public education and prevention were not in priority. Situation worsen... after more than 2400 confirmed infection and 40+ death cases... the threat continues to haunt the general public. And the ministry is yet to formally declared all-out-effort to demonstrate their commitment to combat the epidemic.

Firstly, the Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai was not from a medical backround and can be ignorant, but having a team of well paid medical experts on the payroll who can form an advisory board, it is blatantly incompetent and irresponsible for a leader to betray the trust of citizen. May be, a politician who has no technical background ought not helm such a critical position. As the worst Health Minister in Malaysian history, he should be accountable to resign in shame or be fired.

And the Director General of the Health Ministry, Ismail Merican, equally demonstrated his incompetency. Public can only see him show face in press conference with the minister to announce the number of cases. Couldn't this be done by a press secretary? He, too, should be responsible for the failure to resign or be fired immediately.

Going for the BEST

Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher sits inside his car in this Oct 11, 2006 file photo. Come Aug 23, Schumacher will step in for injured Felipe Massa at the European Grand Prix in Valencia, Spain. – Reuters pic

No better replacement. Retired Formula One racer Michael Schumacher will be jumping back in the cockpit at Ferrari in place of injured protégé Felipe Massa. — Reuters pic

How nice, if a country's administration follows the path in employing and promoting only the best of their staff through meritocracy...to attract, retain, and reward the best talents.

Outraged !

(Yet) An(other) unfortunate soul... sacrificed under oppressive, cold blooded regime.
A heroic spirit... forever clinched to hearts of the consciencious.
An unforgetable tale... served to energise millions of fare minded.
A history... to be remembered.
A learning... must not be repeated.

For a better tomorrow... regime change is inevitable.

--- Condolences to Teoh's family and friends. ---

Silent outrage at Teoh's funeral from Indrani Kopal on Vimeo.

Sad episodes happening, again, and again...

How sad, the authorities failed to carry out their duty professionally. Worse of all, failed to assume full responsibilities and be transparent after tragedies happened. Already, general public has no confidence on the law enforcement agencies to protect their safety in this crime-rampant country.

The entire episode is very strange aside for the usual selective investigations pitched at the oppositions MPs/SAs. Never seize to amaze the general public that the law enforcement agencies are hard to be distinguised from the criminals.

This is Malaysia, your beloved country, after being governed by the ill-minded for 50+ years.

References:
TMI - Ean Yong’s political secretary dead at MACC HQ
MKinin - Exco's aide falls to death from MACC HQ
razaleigh.com - death at MACC headquarters
limkitsiang - death at MACC headquarters

Who is brave? Who is coward?

Why one would try steal the thunder without showing face?

Why one would put others down with after-the-fact comments?

More importantly, why one who always (never failed to be) a big spender in showering monetary gifts and all sorts favours decided not to contest in a by-election claiming it a waste of public funds?

Think! Analyse! Read!
(...but, don't only read/listen to the one-sided news from biased MSMs)

Following is an article taken from The Malaysian Insider.

Kit Siang dares Najib to ask for confidence vote
By Shannon Teoh

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s dismissal of Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) recent win in Penanti has riled the DAP.

The party’s parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang challenged Najib to prove that Barisan Nasional’s (BN) skipping of the Penanti polls was not an act of cowardice. A recent poll of 1,067 registered voters in Malaysia showed that the prime minister only has a 45per cent approval rating just two months into his administration.

“The latest opinion poll shows he is the most unpopular prime minister in the first two months of office in the nation’s history of six prime ministers. It is Najib who should feel the heat that his record is nothing to be proud of.

“Najib should seek a vote of confidence as the first item of business when Parliament reconvenes on June 15, or is he afraid that he would not get 100 per cent support from BN MPs?” the Ipoh Timur MP said.

He was referring to Najib’s comments that Dr. Mansor Othman’s 5,558-vote majority was “not exciting” nor can “a win against independent candidates be something one can be proud of”.

Lim claimed that this win was achieved despite Umno and Gerakan each sponsoring a candidate who both lost their deposits after garnering less than the required one-eighth of votes cast.

“This is really sour grapes by Najib, who should be ashamed that the Umno and BN he leads dare not contest in Penanti, for fear that it would be his third consecutive defeat in the peninsula since becoming prime minister and BN’s fifth consecutive defeat here since the March 8 political tsunami in last year’s general election,” he said.

Lim asserted that the Penanti win was achieved despite many PR supporters not turning up to vote due to the sure-win scenario but that if BN had contested, the Umno candidate “would have gotten a thrashing even worse than in last year’s general election.”

He also cited the Merdeka Center poll that found only 45 per cent of respondents were satisfied with Najib’s premiership.

As such, he called on Najib to follow in the footsteps of Tun Hussein Onn and Tun Abdullah Badawi who sought votes of confidence in their first months in office.