graveyard of politics

Figured this out via an email forward and requested to forward to all Malaysians like you and me. I figured the most efficient way is to publish it as an open letter to our Prime Minister PakLah, maybe also the Chairman of the "Independent" Election:

TO:-

Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi
Pejabat Perdana Menteri,
Blok Utama, Bangunan Perdana Putra,
Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan,
62502 PUTRAJAYA
No.Fax: 03-88884333

C:C :-

TAN SRI DATO' SERI HJ. AB. RASHID BIN AB. RAHMAN

Chairman Election Commission of Malaysia

Aras 4 & 5, Block C7, Kompleks C,
Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan
62690 PUTRAJAYA.
Tel : (603)-8885 6500
Fax : (603)-8888 9117

And to all beloved Malaysians,

March 11 -08

Dear Prime Minister,

First of all, I would like to welcome you in to the new era of Malaysians politics. The old money, racial and UMNO Putera politics is no more valid in this country where people choose freedom of rights and a democratic process. Many reasons have caused the big waves of change in your government. Some of the points are as below. I hope this will help you to restructure your government.

1. The peaceful assemblies being disrupted by the police for your own political gain.
2. The use of ISA on innocent Malaysians.
3. The on going corruption.
4. The failure of the judiciary system.
5. The involvement of government officials in the murder of Altantunya.
6. The federal constitution law is violated especially in the freedom of religion under article 11, example in the case of Subashini, Lina Joy, Holy Scriptures and Bibles banned from entering the country, the movie Passion of Christ being banned in Malaysia and the demolishment of holy temples.
7. The one sight media coverage.
8. Discrimination against the Indians.
9. Most of the government project are given to the UMNO Putera`s and fly.
10. The indecent and racial remarks made by your Ministers.
11. The keris issue by Hishamudin
12. No transparency in the accounts administration.
13. And of course much of the noise made by the empty vessel, Khairy.

well please spread the word please we need your help!

well care for a sleep again paklah???
The ‘sleeping administration’ of Prime Minister Badawi has been served its wake-up call. And this time it is the Malaysian public that is going to be making the demands on the state, and not vice-versa

On March 8, 2008, Malaysians went to the polls and voted in the country’s 12th general elections. The results, as they were announced over the very same evening and well into the next morning, sent shock waves across the country.

After being in power for more than half a century, the ruling National Front Coalition not only lost the vital two-thirds majority of seats in Parliament, but came close to losing its majority altogether. In the bargain, five state governments were lost, and the opposition coalition made up of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic party (PAS), the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and the People’s Justice Party (PKR) won more than 80 Parliamentary seats and control of five state assemblies.

The most remarkable thing about the election results on the day itself was the fact that they were hardly ever mentioned in the mainstream state-controlled media. As the results came pouring in, it was clear that there was about to be a massive swing to the opposition and that the administration of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was in for a pounding.

Yet official commentators on TV and radio could only mumble inanities such as “we never knew the public were so disaffected”. How? Why?

This election was a clear and simple sign that the Malaysian public has grown thoroughly fed up and disillusioned by the empty promises of the Badawi government, that had won such an overwhelming mandate in 2004. Badawi came to power on a wave of electoral promises, ranging from institutional reform, the opening and freeing of the public domain, the settlement of outstanding cases of high-level corruption and abuse of power, greater transparency and accountability.

Yet after five dismal years, hardly any of these promises have been fulfilled and instead the Malaysian public were fed with broken promises, stunts and gimmicks that were better suited to a vaudeville opera instead.

While thousands of Malaysians continued to live below the poverty line and as prices and crime rates soared, the Badawi government sent a Malaysian astronaut as a space tourist on board a Russian spacecraft, just to break its own book of records.

While the poor Malay-Muslims of northern states such as Kelantan and Trengganu looked for sound economic development and equal distribution of wealth, Badawi’s government treated them to an Islamic civilisation theme park that cost 250 million ringgit (RM), complete with merry-go-round instead.

The real merry-go-round, however, was the Badawi establishment’s total failure to address key institutional, structural and socio-cultural issues that had irked and alienated so many Malaysians over the past four years: the non-Malay minorities have been demanding greater state protection of their collective identities after the spate of Hindu temple demolitions, denial of permits for building churches, seizure of Bibles, etc.

Yet in all these cases, when and where Badawi could have personally intervened, he did nothing and stood silent and indifferent, falling back on his worn-out mantra of being the ‘Prime Minister of all Malaysians’.

But surely the Prime Minister of all Malaysians would stand up for the rights of minorities, defend the plight of the poor and marginalised, listen to the demands and protests of the disaffected, and actually take corrective measures to do his job properly. Throughout 2006-2007 all the signs of a latent protest movement were there, with lawyers demonstrating for judicial reform, ordinary citizens calling for free and fair elections, and religious minorities begging to have their concerns addressed.

The Badawi administration’s reaction to these demands was to demonise protestors, set the police on civil society gatherings, refuse permits for public seminars, ban books deemed dangerous, and stifle freedom of press instead.

Thus it came to pass that an inward-looking administration cut off and isolated from its own public was finally served its notice last weekend. Throughout the campaign the opposition parties of PKR, DAP and PAS repeatedly used the now-iconic image of Prime Minister Badawi dozing off asleep during one of his UMNO party’s meetings, as an emblem of an administration that is cut off, unable to listen and unwilling to respond.

By the second week of the campaign it was clear that the momentum had developed and that the vote swing this time round would be as great as in 2004, though in the opposite direction.

The morning after, a shocked and dazed Badawi stood before the cameras and admitted that his administration had failed to take into account the demands of the public. But with a weakened government and a UMNO party that is unwilling and unable to correct itself, how can there possibly be any change to the Malaysian governmental system, save by voting UMNO and the National Front out of power at the next elections?

This much, however, is certain: The ‘sleeping administration’ of Prime Minister Badawi has been served its wake-up call. And this time it is the Malaysian public that is going to be making the demands on the state, and not vice-versa.
Well please on behalf of malays here please resign and don't be sleepy again!!

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Some Malaysian ruling party members are mounting an Internet campaign demanding the prime minister's resignation after massive losses in national elections over the weekend.

The initiative is an indication of brewing dissent against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who has repeatedly insisted he will not step down and that he commands the loyalty of most members of his dominant United Malays National Organization.

A popular Web site called Maya Kmu Dot Net sought support this week for a petition urging Abdullah to "resign voluntarily as prime minister and UMNO president." Although anonymously run, it is known to be widely read by UMNO members because it features criticism about the party that cannot be aired in regular party forums.

The site says it has conducted a poll in which some 90 percent of more than 2,500 respondents so far say Abdullah should quit.

Mohamad Noh Zainudin, an UMNO grass-roots official who pledged support for the petition, said Thursday that Abdullah must shoulder the blame for "the government's poor image, which caused the bad results" in Saturday's general elections.

"At the grassroots level, there is a feeling that the prime minister should step down," Mohamad Noh, an UMNO branch official in northern Perak state, told The Associated Press. "The senior leaders cannot express this because there is a culture of not speaking out."

Top party leaders have backed Abdullah, saying no one is solely responsible for election results that saw the long-ruling government lose its two-thirds parliamentary majority for the first time since 1969 despite winning enough seats to remain in power.

UMNO, whose members are from the ethnic Malay Muslim majority, forms the backbone of the governing National Front coalition. The election results were the worst ever for the 14-party coalition, which only retained control of eight of Malaysia's 13 states.

Abdullah took his oath of office Monday to remain prime minister for another five-year term. Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said this week that UMNO leaders would reject any calls for Abdullah to resign, adding there should not be "any speculation or effort to change leadership."

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

this is in FOXNEWS for people who can read english

BN wins federal govt but opposition takes five states

The Barisan Nasional will form the next Government as it has won more than half the parliamentary seats.

However, the coalition suffered some of the greatest defeats in its history. Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, in accepting the results, said this was clear proof of democracy at work in the country.

Among the results yesterday were:

* The Barisan lost Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor,
* PAS strengthened grip on Kelantan,
* Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting won in their seats,
* Among ministers who lost their seats were Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin,
* Gerakan acting president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon lost to Dr P. Ramasamy in the Batu Kawan parliamentary seat.

Meanwhile, party leaders urged for calm and police have banned all victory celebrations.


here's some hottest seats results
Hot Seats
P3 Arau Ismail Kassim (Umno) vs Dr Harun Din (PAS) Harun loses
P5 Jerlun Mukhriz Mahathir (Umno) vs Idris Ahmad (PAS)
Mukhriz wins
P7 Palang Terap Ghazali Ibrahim (Umno) vs Mohd Nasir Zakaria (PAS)
PAS wins
P8 Pokok Sena Mahfuz Omar (PAS) vs Abdul Rahman Ibrahim (Umno) Mahfuz wins
P11 Pendang Dr Mohd Hayati Othman (PAS) vs Md Rozai Shafian (Umno) PAS wins
P15 Sungai Petani Zainuddin Maidin (Umno) vs Johari Abdul (PKR) PKR wins
P25 Bachok Nasharuddin Mat Isa (PAS) vs Dr Awang Adek Hussin (Umno) PAS wins
P36 K.Terengganu Razali Ismail (Umno) vs Mohamad Sabu (PAS) UMNO wins
P37 Marang Abdul Hadi Awang (PAS) vs Dr Ahmad Ramzi Mohamad Zubir (Umno) PAS wins
P41 Kepala Batas Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (Umno) vs Subri Mat Arshad (PAS) Pak Lah by 11,000
P43 Bagan Lim Guan Eng (DAP) vs Song Choy Leng (MCA) DAP wins
P44 Permatang Pauh
Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (PKR) vs Pirdaus Ismail (Umno) PKR wins
P46 Batu Kawan Dr Koh Tsu Koon (Gerakan) vs Dr P. Ramasamy (DAP) DAP wins by 3,000
P48 Bukit Bendera Chia Kwang Chye (Gerakan) vs Liew Chin Tong (DAP) DAP wins
P50 Jelutong Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun (DAP) vs Dr Thor Teong Ghee (Gerakan) DAP wins
P51 Bukit Gelugor Karpal Singh (DAP) vs Koay Har Huah (MCA) DAP wins
P57 Parit Buntar Abdul Raman Sulaiman (Umno) vs Dr. Mujahid Yusof (PAS) PAS wins
P60 Taiping M Kayveas (PPP) vs Nga Kor Ming (DAP) DAP wins
P62 Sungai Siput S Samy Vellu (BN_MIC) vs Dr Michael Jeyakumar (PKR) PKR wins
P64 Ipoh Timur Lim Kit Siang (DAP) vs Liew Mun Hon (MCA) Kit Siang wins
P65 Ipoh Barat M. Kulasegaran (DAP) vs Yik Phooi Hong (MCA) DAP wins
P66 Batu Gajah Fong Po Kuan (DAP) vs Cheah Yoke Can (MCA) Fong wins
P68 Beruas Chang Ko Youn (Gerakan) vs Ngeh Koo Ham (DAP) Gerakan wins
P71 Gopeng Ling Hee Leong (MCA) vs Lee Boon Chye (PKR) PKR wins
P76 Telok Intan Mah Siew Keong (Gerakan) vs M. Manogaran (DAP) DAP wins
P77 Tanjong Malim Ong Ka Chuan (MCA) vs Mohamad Azman Marjohan (PKR) Ong wins
P85 Pekan Mohd Najib Tun Razak vs Khairul Anuar Ahmad Zainudin (PKR) Umno wins by 26,000
P98 Gombak Said Anuar Said Ahmad (Umno) vs Mohamed Azmin Ali (PKR) PKR leading
P100 Pandan Ong Tee Keat (MCA) vs Syed Shahir Syed Mohamad (PKR) MCA wins
P103 Puchong Gobind Singh (DAP) vs Lau Yeng Peng (MCA) DAP wins
P106 Petaling Jaya Utara Chew Mei Fun (MCA) vs Tony Pua (DAP) DAP wins by 19,000
P107 Subang R Sivarasa (PKR) vs S. Murugesan (MIC) PKR wins by 8,000
P109 Kapar P Komala Devi (MIC) vs S Manikavasagam (PKR)

PKR wins
P110 Klang Charles Santiago (DAP) vs Ch'ng Toh Eng (MCA) DAP wins by 16,975
P115 Batu Tian Chua (PKR) vs Lim Si Pin (Gerakan) PKR wins
P120 Bukit Bintang Fong Kui Lun (DAP) vs Lee Chong Meng (MCA) DAP wins by 3,000
P121 Lembah Pantai Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (Umno) vs Nurul Izzah Anwar (PKR) Izzah wins
P122 Seputeh Teresa Kok (DAP) vs Carol Chew (MCA) DAP wins 36,000
P124 Bandar Tun Razak Tan Chai Ho (MCA) vs Abdul Khalid Ibrahim (PKR) Khalid wins
P130 Rasah Dr Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA) vs Loke Siew Fook (DAP)
DAP wins
P131 Rembau Khairy Jamaluddin (Umno) vs Badrul Hisham Shahrin (PKR) Umno wins
P138 Kota Melaka Wong Nai Chee (MCA) vs Sim Tong Him (DAP)
DAP wins


well give your comments.
anyway blogger Jeff Oii is heading to parliment!