The Member of Parliament for Titiwangsa, Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani Among Nine Umno MT Members Appointed
“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.”
The desire for martyrdom for the country is our hearts
It will test the strength of the enemy.
Why one does not to speak to others?
Whoever I see is silent.
O country, I submit myself to thee
Now even the stranger speaks of thy courage.
We will display courage at the right moment,
Can’t show what’s inside our hearts now.
The Member of Parliament for Titiwangsa, Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani, UiTM former Vice-Chancellor Prof Tan Sri Dr Ibrahim Abu Shah, Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah (YADIM) president Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki and Kuala Selangor Member of Parliament Datuk Irmohanizam Ibrahim were also appointed as MT members.
Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor announced the appointment of the nine MT members at his office, here Friday.
He said the appointment of the nine individuals completed the 13 additional MT members decided by Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak according to Clause 9.2.8. of the Umno Constitution.
“Their appointment is based on their experience that can provide positive inputs to the party and will move together with the 25 MT members elected by the delegates at the party election last month,” he said.
Tengku Adnan said the appointment letters would be circulated today to those appointed as MT members and they were expected to take their oaths on Dec 4.
“Their status is the same as those MT members who were elected by the delegates.
“They will attend the special meeting of the Supreme Council after the Umno Youth, Wanita and Puteri assemblies on Dec 4,” he said.
At the first MT meeting last week, Najib had announced the appointment of four leaders of the party wings as additional members to the 25 MT members who had won in the election namely Wanita Vice-Head, Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun; Wanita Assistant Secretary, Datuk Rosni Sohar; Youth Vice-Head, Khairul Azwan Harun and Puteri Vice-Head, Zahida Zarik Khan.
In addition, seven Menteris Besar who did not contest the MT posts in the Umno election would be invited to attend the MT meeting but were not appointed to the post.–BERNAMA
In fact, our country is witnessing a ‘fixed match’ between the `fake nationalists’ led by Tun Mahathir and ‘pseudo secularists’ led by DAP and PAS to grab power. And, the common Malay is suffering. continuing with minority appeasement policies, people fear communal violence will engulf entire nation in the run-up to G14 elections. Both the sides are promoting fundamentalists
Mahathir’s Racism is a cover for his corruption of power Tun Mahathir must not be confused with his weakness or ‘fickleness’, as some observers have claimed, in the backdrop of his on Proficiency in English Language and Nationalism decision. In the larger public interest, it is crucial that the record is set straight. Tun has always wanted something or the other to be banned. English in is hardly the only item in that list. Language and technology have been two perennial fault lines where his lava-like anger keeps steaming and occasionally… will go after the use of English in every forum feasible for years and years, and advocate the shutting down of schools offering English express his distaste for English education by sending his children son to the UK to study.However, people, particularly the privileged class, are also to be blamed for the mess because they have allowed themselves to be swayed by Tun Mahathir who have distorted the meaning of the terms like secularism, patriotism and nationalism to suit his vested interests. All of us are unaware of the real meaning of these terms which played crucial role in country’s freedom struggle and shaping the idea ofMalaysia. Today, fake nationalists are emulating Hitler (hate and racial supremacy) and pseudo secularist the British (divide and rule).Many of us may not agree with the ideologies of these great men like Tunku Abdul Rahman
but we can at least try to understand and follow the common ideas. And, believe me, it is the only way to address the problems the country is facing today.
Mahathir was education minister from 1974 to 1977, and during that time, Malay neo-nationalism was on the rise. Even Malay creative writers like Muhammad Haji Salleh and Syed Alwi who were originally writing in English were feeling uneasy about writing in the colonial language and decided to switch to writing in Malay. So Mahathir was going with the flow. He promoted Malay to please the nationalistic herd, and he had no qualms about letting our standard of English slide.Why didn’t he stand up and tell them that in the 1970s? In those days, Malay was even less of a language of maths and science. He was education minister, for crying out loud. He was a leader, he was supposed to lead with the right ideas. Of course lah, he didn’t because he was scared he would lose his position. In those days, if he had tried to champion English, he might have got lynched! And Mahathir must have loved his neck too much.
We know, however, what he was not scared of doing. In fact, it was one of the first things he did when he became education minister – the sort of thing he does best. Yes, exert control. Mahathir the control freak bulldozed university campuses and forced academia to be subjected to Government control. He kicked aside academics who opposed the move and placed his own men in vice-chancellor positions. I know that he replaced the excellent VC of Universiti Sains Malaysia, Hamzah Sendut, with a civil servant. What did civil servants know about administering universities except how to behave like feudal lords?
