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Monday, April 26, 2010

KISAH HULU SELANGOR



Sebelum pilihanraya kecil diadakan, kita percaya bahawa tidak ramai orang yang betul-betul mengetahui tempat ini , kecuali sabagai sebuah daerah di negeri Selangor. Sejak kebelakangan ini, kita selalu dapat menonton rancangan televisyen yang mengenai tempat ini, disebabkan oleh pertarungan hebat antara parti-parti politik. Dari rancangan-rancangan tersebut, kita boleh mendapati bahawa sebenarnya penduduk-penduduk tempatan di sini amatlah kasihan.

Walaupun negara kita Malaysia sudah mencapai kemerdekaan selama 52 tahun, tapi kita boleh rasa tempat ini masih tidak berubah seperti dahulu. Suausana di sini masih begitu aman, pemandangan masih begitu indah, dan yang paling menarik perhatian orang ramai adalah pembangunan di kawasan Hulu Selangor, masih begitu cepat sehingga terhenti bertahun-tahun.

Dalam perkara ini, pihak mana yang patut bertanggungjawab ? Bukankan setiap tahun kerajaan kita yang kaya akan memperuntukkan sejumlah wang kepada wakil-wakil rakyat untuk membantu memajukan kawasan masing-masing? Mengapakah perkara yang membanggakan rakyat Malaysia ini boleh berlaku ?

Kawasan tempat terlalu besar ? Bilangan penduduk terlalu ramai ? Jumlah wang terlalu sedikit ? ‘Feng Shui’ tak baik ?

Saya rasa jawapan ini terlalu sukar untuk dijawab.Tapi, apa yang mengharukan saya adalah gambar-gambar yang menunjukkan keadaan penduduk di kawasan FELDA semasa menerima wang bantuan daripada kerajaan BN yang berbelas kasihan, kegembiraan yang ditunjukkan oleh pihak sekolah Cina ketika mereka dengar hadiah sebanyak RM 3000000 yang kononnya wang rasuah sekiranya BN menang dalam pilihanraya kecil tersebut. Keriangan mereka seolah-olah memberitahu kita semua bahawa mereka tidak pernah mendapat kebajikan daripada kerajaan yang begitu baik dalam seumur hidup, kecuali dalam pilihanraya kecil pada kali ini.

Keputusan pilihanraya kecil Hulu Selangor sudah menjadi kenyataan, iaitu P.Kamalanathan berjaya mandapat 24997 undi dan Ziad Ibrahim mendapat 23272 undi. Akhirnya Kerajaan BN telah berjaya menawan hati masyarakat di Hulu Langat dengan hanya membelanjakan RM 167000000 untuk memperoleh 1725 undi kemenangan. Tetapi apa yang saya tidak akan lupakan adalah kehidupan masyarakat di Hulu Langat yang masih begitu telus dan tradisional, tidak tercemar oleh gejala-gejala politik yang kotor dan menakutkan.

Saya berharap penduduk-penduduk di Hulu Selangor tidak akan diabaikan oleh kerajaan lagi dan sekiranya saya berpeluang, saya pasti akan melawat ke tempat yang menarik ini.

Inilah suara rakyat.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

ALCOHOL AND PRINCIPLE


How many lawyers have the habit of drinking (alcohol)? 7 out of 10?
Reason: To entertain the clients with big cases?

How many newspapers editors have the habit of smoking? 8 out of 10?
Reason: To gain inspiration while writing articles?

How many tycoons have the habits of drinking and smoking? 9 out of 10?
Reason: To socialize with individuals of high-profile?

In these few days, the Pakatan Rakyat candidate for Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat, Zaid Ibrahim was slammed to have sinned for taking alcohol. This issue was brought out again and again by the Barisan Nasional, especially the powerful UMNO. The main reason is that in the Islamic law, a Muslim is forbidden to consume alcohol and due to this reason, Zaid faces all kinds of personal attacks, in terms of his belief and his morality.

From an article which I have read in newspapers recently, I understand that

1. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of United Kingdom during the World War ll, was a good drinker. He always had Whisky in the day and Brandy at night. However, he was greatly respected for his contribution in leading the country to achieve victory in the war.

2. Adolf Hitler, the notorious Chancellor of Germany who led his Nazi Party in the World War ll, was not a drinker. Nonetheless, he was known as a war criminal to the world.


Zaid Ibrahim is a prominent lawyer who gained his reputation for upholding his political view, which is democracy for everyone. Even when he was with the UMNO while serving as a Minister, he had the courage to voice out his dissatisfaction for the arrest of blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin, DAP MP Teresa Kok and journalist Tan Hoon Cheng under the Internal Security Act (ISA) with the aim of ‘protecting’ them. He even resigned for the sake of defending his principles on human rights and democracy.

Is this not the leader whom the people are looking for? If a politician is always there to defend the rights of people, who will really care if he/she takes Carlsberg, Tiger, Guinness or even Hennessy daily?

ALCOHOL AND INTEGRITY


When the news about Zaid’s consumption of alcohol was being spread, his reaction was surprisingly straightforward for he chose to admit his misconduct at the first place, unlike our beloved YBs Khairy and Hishammuddin who denied straightaway as their picture of taking alcohol uncovered. From the media, most of us would have heard in the past, 4 of our Prime Ministers did drink before. In fact, we cannot accuse anyone without any solid evidence, even though some may seem very suspicious. However, it is not wrong for us to have our personal assumption with all the rumours we heard.

At this juncture, the most crucial thing that concerns the voters is not the issue of whether a politician has taken alcohol or not because for the people, this has nothing to do with future of the country. Nevertheless, this incident has successfully brought out an important criterion which everyone wants to see, that is integrity in politician. By admitting own mistake, Zaid Ibrahim had proven his integrity and great courage to the people in Hulu Selangor. He even gained the forgiveness of many Muslims for his willingness to repent and acknowledgment of his wrongdoing. In contrast to that, some of the patriotic bloggers, full of wisdom, chose to manifest their integrity by showing pictures modified with Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator to convince the people in Hulu Selangor.

Alcohol is tempting, so is corruption. Personally, if I were to make a choice between taking alcohol and working together with corrupted people with no integrity and principles, I would rather be indulged in drunkenness.

That is the voice of the people.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

PERTANDINGAN BERMULA


Nama Pertandingan : Pilihanraya Kecil
Tempat : Hulu Selangor, Selangor
Tarikh: 17 – 25 h/b April 2010
Nama peserta-peserta:


UTAMA
1.P. Kamalanathan (BN – MIC)
2.Zaid Ibrahim (PR – PKR)

Kedua-dua wakil ini adalah calon utama kerana mereka mendapat sokongan pihak masing-masing.
(BN- UMNO, MCA, MIC dan GERAKAN manakala PR – PKR, DAP dan PAS)

SAMPINGAN
3.Johan Mohd Diah (BN – UMNO)
4.V.S. Chandran (BN – MIC)

Kedua-dua wakil ini adalah calon sampingan kerana mereka telah dipecat dan terpaksa menarik diri.Jadi, mereka dikira manyerah kalah.

Barisan Nasional berlawan dengan Pakatan Rakyat
Pusingan Pertama
BN mendapat sambutan daripada beribu-ribuan penyokong, berbanding dengan PR yang hanya mempunyai kira-kira 400 penyokong pada hari penamaan calon.
1 : 0

Pusingan Kedua
UMNO dan MIC bertengkar dalam proses pemilihan calon dan akhirnya mencalonkan P. Kamalanathan yang tidak berpengalaman, berbanding dengan Pakatan Rakyat yang mencalonkan Zaid Ibrahim yang popular dan berpengalaman dengan sebulat suara.
0 : 1

Pusingan Luar Biasa 1
Pemimpin BN (MIC - Presiden Samy Vellu dan Speaker DUN Perak Ganesan, Panchamoorthy dan Naib presiden UMNO Shafie Apdal) tercedera berbanding dengan beberapa ahli PR biasa yang mengatakan mereka mengalami kecederaan.
0 : 1

Pusingan Luar Biasa 2
Nama Peserta BN, Kamalanathan = Kamal(Melayu) + Alan(Cina) + Nathan(India) = 1 Malaysia, berbanding dengan nama peserta PR, Zaid Ibrahim
1 : 0

Pusingan Terakhir
? : ?

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