For the last few months one would be forgiven for believing that the lunatics have been running the asylum called the PAS, so inconsistent and muddled their actions have been. But after yesterday, it is worth asking if even the lunatics are in charge. Enough has been said about the incomprehensible strangeness of the government’s actions, and in any case this level of mismanagement is so self-evident that additional comment is unnecessary. What is interesting however is to ask what would make a group of reasonably savvy, seasoned politicians used to exercising and staying in power act in such a self-defeating manner.
Najib Abdul Razak has urged the people of Kelantan to reject PAS in the 13th general election on Sunday as the party leader had deceived the people by making promises which were not fulfilled throughout its 23-year rule in the state.
He said the party’s leader only knew how to shout slogans but they had not done anything to bring development to the state as aspired by the rakyat.
“Twenty-three years of lying to the people is enough. (It) wants to construct the Kota Baharu-Kuala Krai expressway, sets up a fund, they think they can build a highway by setting up a fund (collecting donations from the rakyat), how much had been collected, the cost is RM2 billion… cannot implement,” he said at a programme ‘Himpunan Rakyat 1Malaysia’ at the SMK Sungai Petai in Pasir Puteh today.
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today Umno was not an “assabiyah” (racist) party as certain political parties claimed.
The prime minister said the government had never rejected Islam in the national administration and, in fact, the Umno national spirit was founded on Islam.
“Assabiyah is when we collude to do wrong, meaning we gang up with one group to suppress or oppress other groups,” he said when addressing about 6,000 people at a gathering in Mengabang Telipot, here.
PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, who accused Umno a racialist party of masterminding the May 13 racial riots in 1969.the bloody racial riots 44 years ago were orchestrated by Umno to cling on to power.Hadi told a political rally in Kuala Kangsar,without any hard evidence.he further said Only those who were members of Umno or associated with it were involved. DAP and Gerakan members had nothing to do with May 13.
the riots in Kuala Lumpur started even before the counter-procession was held by Umno in response to opposition victory marches in the wake of the unprecedented gains by PAS, DAP and Gerakan in the 1969 general election.so as Muslim leader working with infidals accuses a fellow Muslim leader as a racialist
Few things excite us more than lies. We constantly lie to ourselves. We lie to those around us, particularly those close to us. In fact, the closer they are, the more we lie to them. We lie to perfect strangers as well. Entire professions and industries have grown around the art of the lie. The more we lie, the better we lie, the more brilliant we are seen to be.
Creative people lie because that’s what all art is about. More people watch feature films than documentaries. More people switch away from news to entertainment channels because after a while reality begins to spook us. Fiction is easier to live with because we know it’s a lie. Readers prefer it as well. So, most non-fiction books today are almost fiction. We read what we find more exciting, not necessarily what is more truthful.Fifty Shades of Grey excites us more than Putin’s biography. Not only is fiction more attractive, more popular, in fact sexier; it’s more enduring. Even great actors are remembered more by the roles they played. Marlon Brando is remembered more as Stanley Kowalski or Terry Malloy or Vito Corleone, the Godfather, than as Calcutta-born Anna Kashfi’s husband or Christian’s father. The lie has outlived the truth.
Have you ever noticed how some people are determined to always get the last word in in every argument, discussion or debate? How they seem to wait till everyone is just about finished, when everyone but him / her has put their pens and writing pads away and pushed their chairs back to stand up, when this person decides to launch a fresh torrent of ideas that set things off on a tangent?
If this were all and such people had a valid observation to make that would lead a discussion forward or lend a fresh perspective to a problem, such people would have been bearable and definitely an asset to have on your team; but often times, such people either lurk in the sidelines waiting for the opportune moment to disrupt things or are every ready to launch a tirade against the windmills even when their isn’t an opposition in sight.
Such people speak because they like to hear the sound of their own voices; because they believe other’s expect them to speak; because they believe they should be considered the last word in everything being discussed however little their knowledge or experience of the subject; because they believe keeping quiet would equal defeat and they don’t believe in losing; or they simply don’t understand that their speaking at that time will virtually jeopardize the whole argument that the erstwhile speaker had striven to establish.
What really irks me the most is that such people, despite your prompting them, reasoning with them or even pleading with them are predictable to a fault: they will have to speak as surely as night follows day every time they find themselves in such a situation, and will continue to speak till everyone else in the room shuts up or turns away in sheer frustration. Little do they realize (or perhaps care about) the impression they create through their determined, more often than not completely uncalled for verbal jousting. The next time the twain meet, the audience, if intelligent, is better prepared for the ensuing verbal duel and either completely ignores the person or walks away from the discussion with ‘its perhaps better for all of us to fight another day’ writ large on their faces.
What worries, is that the number of such people that I seem to be bumping into – as I pass through life – seems to be increasing exponentially. I meet such people at work, in my professional circles, in the housing society, when I am on holiday and even at parent-teacher meetings. What such people fail to realize that this rarely helps accomplish anything other than create a fragile equilibrium that is disturbed by the slightest tremor.
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Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) has demanded that PAS president Hadi Awang explain his allegation in a Youtube video that the Islamic party cannot cooperate with a “Marxist” party. PSM secretary general S Arutchelvan said that Hadi’s statement alluded to PSM even if he did not mention it by name. “We want to ask, is Hadi (right) referring to us? If so, please show us the evidence (that PSM is Marxist),” he told a press conference in Kota Damansara
None of the mainstream political parties, including the secular groups, has promised to eliminate or at least enervate the influence of political Islam. No party manifesto envisions the separation of religion from politics and the affairs of the state. Malaysia’s democratic institutions are willingly offering enormous space and unquestionable concessions to Islam in everyday life. I have always believed that mixing up religion with politics is PASS ‘s greatest tragedy in Malaysia
There are three critical areas where PAS PRESIDENT ABDUL HADI AWANG needs immediate improvement in order to become the next prime minister state. Islamization is the last thing that will help PAS to achieve stability, progress and prosperity. Any future government that gives in to the Islamists or helps the youth achieve their desired Islamic form of governance or encourages the influence of religion over democratic institutions will significantly increase Malaysian’s woes.: Malaysia has come under tremendous national and international criticism for the appalling state of human rights. Without containing the influence of state policies tolerant of violence in the name of religion and operations by the non-state actors, PAS will constantly risk its religious and sectarian minorities.All political parties must commit to internal stability (leading to economic growth), respect for human rights and a balanced foreign policy. In order to accomplish that, PAS must secularize its democratic institutions. Without sticking to these goals,PAS PRESIDENT ABDUL HADI AWANG cannot find a road-map to stability. Elections should change policies, not only the regimes. Policy overhaul is precisely what Malaysian, on its part, requires at this juncture for its survival.
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) has demanded that PAS president Hadi Awang explain his allegation in a Youtube video that the Islamic party cannot cooperate with a “Marxist” party.
PSM secretary general S Arutchelvan said that Hadi’s statement alluded to PSM even if he did not mention it by name.
“We want to ask, is Hadi (right) referring to us? If so, please show us the evidence (that PSM is Marxist),” he told a press conference in Kota Damansara.
PSM president Nasir Hashim expressed disappointment on Hadi’s statement.
“We are saddened by this baseless allegation. The Quran says defamation is more cruel than killing.”
In the video posted byTerengganukini, Hadi, in an unnamed location, said PAS was involved in seat overlapping with PKR in order rescue Pakatan Rakyat from a repetition of 2009 Perak crisis.
He also said some candidates were suspected to be drug dealers although he did not reveal any names. “How can they be candidates?” he asked.
“Some candidates have portraits of (Vladimir) Lenin, (Joseph) Stalin and (Karl) Marx, how can PAS support them? PAS is cooperating with PKR and DAP, not with the party of Lenin, Stalin and other Marxists,” he continued.
“How can our party members work under the portrait of Marx? Marx is the prophet of Russians and believed in communism. This is forbidden in Malaysia.”
Asked if Hadi should retract the statement and apologise, Nasir said Hadi should be a gentleman and retract the statement.
contentious issue is the move by the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) to try and usher in a future where the Islamic way of life becomes a part of every day life in Malaysia. PAS says they are willing to discuss the issue, but the implementation of the Hudud law is a matter beyond question and not up for negotiation or debate of any kind.
Despite disagreement with its partners over this, it has started pushing for the implementation of hudud in the state of Kelantan which it had been ruling for the last 20 years. Several Islamic practices are already in place there.
It says hudud would address a multitude of issues affecting Muslims. However, the non-Muslims fear that there will be long-term direct and indirect effect on them although on the surface it is meant only for the Muslims.
The opposition alliance is now in a bit of a fix over this – supporting the plan will mean losing non-Muslim votes while opposing it will see a backlash from Muslim voters. Depending on how the opposition alliance handles this issue, it will affect not only the thinking of Muslim voters but also the stand of the fence-sitters and new voters.
