CASE OVER?

AS EXPECTED

At the Press Conference yesterday at Zaid's residence I asked a devil's advocate question:

"Will it be futile, with the judiciary so subservient to the executive, to pursue this line of action, suing Utusan Malaysia and the Election Commission?"

I received this succinctly impactful answer:

"In the struggle for justice nothing is futile."

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Later today: Zaid should not sue for a pusillanimous RM1.

SO HOW NOW IBRAHIM ALI?

A LIFE SNUFFED OUT
AND THE TRIGGER HAPPY
ARE BEHIND DESKS
INSTEAD OF
BEHIND BARS.

WHERE IS THAT CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS?

AT LEAST GOBIND WILL CHAMPION THIS CAUSE.

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JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

IS IT TRUE THAT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO BE INVOLVED IN
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES?

ZAID ACTS FIRMLY

I was invited to a Press Conference by Datuk Zaid Ibrahim and below is the Press Release:

1. Every citizen has a fundamental right to vote. But this right is meaningless if he is not able to exercise it because his name is removed from the electoral roll without his knowledge; or if he is intimidated, or bribed or given all kinds of inducements to influence his choice. In the recent Hulu Selangor by-election, we witness all of the above.
We have witnesses who will come forward with the necessary evidence of blatant bribery starting from the Barisan Nasional (BN) party worker right up to the Prime Minister (PM) himself. The conduct of the Prime Mi9nister is shameless and without precedent. More importantly it is illegal. In these circumstances, we will file an election petition as soon as my legal team is ready to do so. Any voter from Hulu Selangor who wants to volunteer relevant information to any of the PKR, DAP or PAS offices.

2. The conduct of free and fair elections is the constitutional duty of the Election Commission. I maintain that they have violated that duty in the recent by-election. They have allowed intimidation, false information and unfair and illegal electoral practices by the BN machinery without any attempt to stop them. In act, it was obvious to me that the Election Commission was on the side of BN and wanting BN to win. I will therefore institute appropriate legal action against the Election Commission, in hope that future elections will be conducted fairly to reflect the will of the people.

I will also sue Utusan Malaysia for calling me kaki botol. I was never an alcoholic. Whatever I consumed was no more than whatever Mahathir and other UMNO leaders had consumed. The Election Commission should not have allowed for such a malicious and false campaign.

3. Pakatan Rakyat will mobilize a fresh campaign to make free and fair elections a reality in this country. We will never be able to reflect the will of the people and from the next Federal government if BN can conduct the elections as they see fit, as they are doing now. Our Election Commission must conduct elections that conform to international standards. Our country must allow for international observers to attend the Sibu by-election and all other elections in the future. I ask the PM if he is as popular as he claims, then why is he so afraid of a free and fair fight with the Opposition.

4. A Pakatan International Support group will be launched in London in July. This is to garner international support for free and fair elections in Malaysia. Malaysians residing overseas are eligible to be members of this group. They will make representations and provide information to other countries and international organizations on how elections are conducted here and what the ruling party in Malaysia has done to stay in power. By exerting international so we hope this BN government will one day allow for free and fair elections.

Zaid Ibrahim.

28 April 2010

STOP MOURNING, WAKE UP, GET UP, CLEAN UP.

No, all is not lost for Pakatan. The score is still 7wins 3 losses. Buy-elections are worlds apart from General Elections. If Najib is so buoyed by this victory in Hulu Selangor and referred to this as a referendum to his leadership, it becomes imperative that he should call for general elections as soon as possible, remembering that he should strike when the iron is hot. This he will not do. He is more interested in capturing stealing Selangor no matter how. It will take a miracle with this Sultan who figuratively spat at Ibrahim Ali. He would be committing political suicide if he calls for a GE soon. He knows that UMNO is weak. He is scared shitty about Ku Li. His colossal mama-wife’s incessant interference could be his waterloo and his Deputy is archiving all her antics. His coalition partners are near impotent, if not already mummified. His APCO is unable to shake off the hawkish influence interference of THE mentor-kaypoh. He is a lonely man indeed, sleepless in Manhattan Mongolia…..DANG why am I making all these errors….3 already! No he will not call for a GE soon.

As such it is time for Pakatan to do some soul searching. You bet there is a lot of this to do. From my observations PKR is still the weakest in this Pakatan Rakyat coalition. All realize that some in PKR still cannot shake off the UMNO stink. Stink is becoming of a skunk. Are former UMNO, now PKR members skunks? Until they get rid of the UMNO stink, they choose to be skunks. Some of the stink has been so overpowering that they invariably left or were sacked. PKR cannot wait for defections. They must force defections. Purge out those who are there for the power and not for the people. Whatever laxative or purgative PKR has been using is obviously not best in class. This purging process must be BRUTAL. Being NICE is mollycoddling and far from being brutal. Giving second chances is brutally and abysmally stupid. Witch-hunt and weed out the weak. What’s wrong with that? Force out all the toxins. Stop dreaming about Putrajaya until detoxed body PKR is fighting fit.

For now be humble, toke cognizance of mistakes in Hulu Selangor and please fulfill what was promised! Selangor is after all still a Pakatan Rakyat State, yes?

THE MORNING AFTER: MONDAY MOOD

It is 11:55am and I am not about ready to leave Magick River in Hulu Selangor yet. Need to clean up #22 my home away from home since 16 April. No, I am not in a dark mood....pensive maybe...that's why I took a chilling dip in the Magick River and thought about what I will write before I drive out of Kampong Orang Asli Petak. I leave with these thoughts and I'd like to dedicate it to my host Antares and Mary McGuire who bore up with me and the Special Bunch and those of you out there who walked with us on this journey.

GO READ KENNY GAN FOR AN INSIGHTFUL INSIGHT.