Shadow Policy Committee

PENGARAH Pilihanraya KeADILan Negeri Kedah , Johari Abdul berkata rakyat khususnya para pengundi di Dun Bukit Selambau masih berada dalam mood perubahan selepas pilihanraya umum pada 8 mac lalu dan kemenangan berturut-turut Pakatan rakyat pada dua pilihanraya kecil di parlimen Permatang Pauh dan Kuala Terengganu. “Kita hanya perlu hidupkan semula jentera dan ketengahkan isu-isu yang masih panas untuk mengekalkan kemenangan pada pilihanraya kecil ini,”ujarnya ketika ditemui di Bilik Gerakan jentera Pilihanraya di Sungai Lalang. Menurut beliau yang juga merupakan Ahli parlimen Sungai Petani, para petugas Pakatan Rakyat telah tiba ke kawasan itu sejak pertengahan bulan mac dan kebangkitan anak muda dapat dilihat di markas-markas Pakatan rakyat. “Ini tunjukkan fenomena baru selepas perhimpunan Umno, rakyat bangun secara mendadak menyatakan rasa kurang senang dengan proses peralihan kuasa yang berlaku dalam Umno dan kerajaan,”katanya. Katanya, tindakan pihak pemerintah menghalang ceramah pi...

Seramai lebih 1, 600 orang ahli komponan Barisan Nasional, termasuk Umno, Gerakan, MCA dan MIC, di kawasan Bukit Gantang telah menyertai KeADILan sejak berlaku krisis perlembagaan dan rampasan kuasa Umno /BN terhadap kerajaan Perak yang sah dari Pakatan Rakyat pada Februari lalu. Pengerusi Perhubungan KeADILan Osman Abd. Rahman berkata, mereka ini memasuki KeADILan kerana tidak puas hati dan tidak bersetuju dengan tindakan Umno/BN yang merampas kerajaan Perak secara tidak bermaruah. Dalam satu majlis penyerahan borang di bilik Gerakan Induk, Jalan Simpang, Taiping, semalam, Osman berkata, KeADILan juga sudah menerima lebih daripada 1,000 borang keahlian di kawasan Bukit Gantang dan berjanji akan mengundi dan memberi sokongan padu kepada calon Pakatan Rakyat Mohammad Nizar.

By: Lim Kit Siang, DAP Parliamentary Leader and Ipoh Timor MP Are Malaysians seeing the start of the Najib crackdown from events of the past week? These developments include: 16.3.09: DAP MP for Puchong Gobind Singh Deo suspended for one year in “kangaroo court” proceeding in Parliament without parliamentary pay and privileges for asking the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak whether he was involved in the murder case of Mongolian Altantuya Shariibuu. 17.3.09: DAP National Chairman and MP for Bukit Gelugor Karpal Singh charged under the Sedition Act 1948 for stating that a State Ruler can be brought to court in their official and personal capacities under the Constitution. 18.3.09: Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC) showed utter contempt for the doctrine of separation of powers and continued harassment of the Perak State Assembly Committee of Privileges chaired by Perak State Assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar for suspending usurper Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadi...

Penang has become the first state in the country to eradicate hardcore poverty by arranging financial aid and economic activities for all 726 households registered under the hardcore poor category. Chief Minister and DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng said the initiative was successful partly because of the support of the private sector and social groups who chipped in to aggressively alleviate the hardships of the poor. "Even though it is difficult, including facing bankruptcy, I am more willing to have the state becoming bankrupt to help the poor and be burdened than to be bankrupted by corruption," he said today. The implementation mechanism, overseen by the Welfare Department, consists mainly of funding affected families to ensure their incomes are topped up such that they get at least RM500 every month. The department even helped some individuals set up bank accounts to receive the funds. Lim said checking the state's poverty rate was one of the first things that he ...

Penang Government’s move to reward senior citizens aged 60 and above for their contributions to the state will help those affected by the economic slowdown. Penang Senior Citizens Association president Lawrence Cheah said senior citizens appreciated the gesture. “The senior citizens have, and are still contributing to the state, and they deserve such a reward from the state government. “The timing is appropriate as well, with the economic slowdown affecting so many people including the senior citizens,’’ he said yesterday. Chief Minister and DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng had announced during Pakatan Rakyat’s first anniversary gathering at the Esplanade on Saturday night that all assemblymen and MPs had been instructed to reach out to senior citizens in their respective constituencies. They will collect data on the senior citizens and define the form of contributions. During the same event, Penang Health, Welfare and Caring Society Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said that to be e...

Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) will soon conduct a study to create parking lots for cars along the bustling Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth, Penang, to cater to the growing number of vehicles in the area. Chief Minister and DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng said many motorists were forced to double park, especially outside the Apollo market, as there was not a single car parking lot available in the area. “Many of these motorists have been slapped with summonses by the police for obstructing traffic flow. “We do not blame the police for carrying out their duties but we appeal to them to be a little considerate towards the residents as there are no proper parking facilities for now,” he said after visiting the market recently. Also present were Penang DAP Deputy Chairman and Bagan Jermal assemblyman Lim Hock Seng and council president Farizan Darus. DAP Bagan Jermal Branch Chairman and Sungai Puyu assemblyman Phee Boon Poh Phee said the council did not create any parking lot throug...

Penang Chief Minister and DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng said he would consider barring New Straits Times (NST) from covering his press conferences or functions in response to articles in the newspaper which he alleged were slanderous and false. He said he was willing to accept criticisms but not statements with elements of slander and certain agenda intended to disparage him and the state government. "In the last election they also wrote very bad about us, we also took it. "With or without NST we survive all the time. We urged the people of Penang, if they want to read the truth about Penang don't buy NST," he told reporters after visiting the Relau Community Park today. "The Penang government will not bow to NST but only heed the people," Lim said. "NST must adapt themselves to the new situation. They cannot force the state government to follow what they say, not like before," he added. Lim made these remarks when asked to comment on an arti...

一年后的今天，民眾对国阵的不满情绪显然是有增无减！ 单是看上周日《光华日报》配合308全国大选一周年主办的“煮酒论变天”政治讲座会，出席聆听是场政治讲座会之千名观眾对国阵成员党的喝倒彩，就可以感受到民眾对国阵的不满情绪持续燃烧。 这对国阵，尤其是其在槟州的成员党是个重要的选情探温计。如果槟州国阵，尤其是马华、民政希望在下届大选赢回州政权，接下来恐怕还要做更多的“清扫门户”的工作。 在当晚的讲座会上，受邀请的政党主讲人有马华公会的陈清凉、民政党的汪天来、公正党的蔡添强，以及民主行动党的黄泉安。 论口才、论深谙当下民心所向，蔡添强及黄泉安在当晚是占了上风。在人民怨怼累积了整整50年后的今天，纵使陈清凉及汪天来皆属马华公会及民政党内诸从政者中优秀一员之一，还是没有办法让情绪高涨的民眾静心地听她／他们讲的道理。 “ 煮酒论变天”政治讲座会给人最大的反思，大概是如何解析当今朝野政治人物企图制造的政治舆论。民联的公正党及民主行动党，有了蔡添强、黄泉安等领袖是民联 之幸。凭他们的草根经验（蔡添强是非政府组织出身）、知识性（黄泉安更是电子媒体策略高手），要在华人社区及网民间缔造舆论，实在并不难。 有一个事实是，不论马华公会或民政党今天派出多有素质的政治领袖当华社的说客，相信都很难一洗大家50年至今对国阵、巫统霸权的不良印象，以及对马华、民政在国阵没地位、甚麽也不能做的深刻印象。 “ 煮酒论变天”政治讲座会，近千名观眾的反应，国 阵最大的敌人，是巫统的政治霸权、骄傲及自大。可恨的是，巫统没有反省之心，反而愈向狭隘的种族及宗教极端前进；马华及民政也只能沦为边陲政党，想要它改 变人民的命运，甭谈也罢。

Ceramah Perdana Setahun Pemerintahan Pakatan Rakyat Pulau Pinang akan diadakan pada 7hb Mac ini yakni pada hari Sabtu bertempat di Padang Kota Lama bermula jam 8.00 malam. Antara penceramah utama yang dijangka hadir adalah Penasihat PKR Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Setiausaha Agung DAP Lim Guan Eng yang juga Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang serta beberapa tokoh utama Pakatan Rakyat yang lain. Semua ahli-ahli DAP, PKR, PAS dan orang ramai adalah dijemput hadir ke acara ini.

Kerajaan pemberontak Umno negeri dengan bantuan pasukan keselamatan persekutuan telah berjaya merampas bangunan dewan undangan negeri Perak, sekaligus menghalang ahli-ahli dewan undangan negeri daripada melangsungkan persidangan mereka secara adil. Tujuan kerajaan pemberontak Umno negeri merampas bangunan dewan undangan negeri tersebut adalah untuk menghalang persidangan tersebut diadakan bagi membuka peluang kepada pembubaran dewan agar pilihanraya negeri dapat diadakan semula. Tindakan kerajaan pemberontak Umno negeri tersebut adalah tidak berpelembagaan, menghina perlembagaan negeri, menghina amalan demokrasi dan tidak menghormati mandat rakyat. Umno Perak telah menjadi takut akibat kehilangan populariti mereka di kalangan rakyat dan enggan membubarkan dewan bagi mengadakan pilihanraya semula kerana mereka sedar bahawa Umno akan kalah teruk sekiranya ianya dilaksanakan. Oleh itu, kerajaan pemberontak Umno negeri mengambil keputusan untuk terus memerintah secara kuku besi di dalam us...