Comments on: Perak village head election a step in the right direction http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/perak-village-head-election-a-step-in-the-right-direction/ Let justice flow like a mighty river Fri, 25 May 2012 02:14:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dalbinder Singh Gill http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/perak-village-head-election-a-step-in-the-right-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-15506 Dalbinder Singh Gill Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:04:02 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=6877#comment-15506 i believe nobody will buy their way in s said by dragonia, to me , DAP and many other organizations like MAFREL can play a great watchdog role provided they r not corrupted to disallow anyone from buying their way in . appointing DAP's as local village head as stated by ckchew is a move into the wrong direction because in the end i am afraid things might run out of the party struggle which reflects clearly in their name, DEMOCRATIC ACTION PARTY, maybe they should change their name then. Dont make bad precedents. i believe nobody will buy their way in s said by dragonia, to me , DAP and many other organizations like MAFREL can play a great watchdog role provided they r not corrupted to disallow anyone from buying their way in . appointing DAP’s as local village head as stated by ckchew is a move into the wrong direction because in the end i am afraid things might run out of the party struggle which reflects clearly in their name, DEMOCRATIC ACTION PARTY, maybe they should change their name then. Dont make bad precedents.

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]]> By: LTH http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/perak-village-head-election-a-step-in-the-right-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-15491 LTH Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:03:09 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=6877#comment-15491 During GE12, "We will return to the people local council election!!" is the PR manifesto; And this is how they promised: "Just Change It!" After GE12, "There are legal problems to untangle,you know, we can't just change it!" "We'll need to move the whole SPR machinery over, will cost many millions, I tell you!" "We tried in Parliament, you saw us, didn't you?" (note: knowing full well it was an exercise in futility) Haha, after 010109 Gunung Rapat people's has become such an embarrassment to PR: "We do the election ourselves, at no cost to state gov" "Now go ahead and appoint those elected as required by law .... now what legal problems?" "No SPR needed before, nor are they required now" "Just Change It? .... Don't even need to CHANGE anything" Their very own MP Lee Boon Chye has shown a simple way how PR can now fulfill your election promise!" Question is: Will PR now bite the bullet and WALK THE TALK to show their political will and coalition commitment to really return demorcracy to the people/voters? LTH During GE12,
“We will return to the people local council election!!” is the PR manifesto;
And this is how they promised: “Just Change It!”

After GE12,
“There are legal problems to untangle,you know, we can’t just change it!”
“We’ll need to move the whole SPR machinery over, will cost many millions, I tell you!”
“We tried in Parliament, you saw us, didn’t you?” (note: knowing full well it was an exercise in futility)

Haha, after 010109 Gunung Rapat people’s has become such an embarrassment to PR:
“We do the election ourselves, at no cost to state gov”
“Now go ahead and appoint those elected as required by law …. now what legal problems?”
“No SPR needed before, nor are they required now”
“Just Change It? …. Don’t even need to CHANGE anything”
Their very own MP Lee Boon Chye has shown a simple way how PR can now fulfill your election promise!”

Question is: Will PR now bite the bullet and WALK THE TALK to show their political will and coalition commitment to really return demorcracy to the people/voters?

LTH

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]]> By: mut http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/perak-village-head-election-a-step-in-the-right-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-15489 mut Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:29:13 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=6877#comment-15489 The local council elections have to be restored. If the local councils are not viewed as personal piggy banks, then the state government would be ecstatic for such a move, as the headache of managing local councils would be somewhat shared by the voters. Not everything gets left on the CM's plate. I find LGE's position in your last few postings reminiscent of KTK's lame duck attitude. The only saving grace is he is NOT UMNO's hack. This part the Gerakan fellers still don't get. The local council elections have to be restored. If the local councils are not viewed as personal piggy banks, then the state government would be ecstatic for such a move, as the headache of managing local councils would be somewhat shared by the voters. Not everything gets left on the CM’s plate.

I find LGE’s position in your last few postings reminiscent of KTK’s lame duck attitude. The only saving grace is he is NOT UMNO’s hack. This part the Gerakan fellers still don’t get.

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]]> By: dragonia http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/perak-village-head-election-a-step-in-the-right-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-15486 dragonia Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:07:09 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=6877#comment-15486 If anyone is allowed to be voted in the local election, the rich BN guys will buy their way in. He will create money politics and probably create more havoc in the municipal council where the council president is also from the federal govt. If anyone is allowed to be voted in the local election, the rich BN guys will buy their way in. He will create money politics and probably create more havoc in the municipal council where the council president is also from the federal govt.

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]]> By: ckchew http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/perak-village-head-election-a-step-in-the-right-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-15484 ckchew Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:50:32 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=6877#comment-15484 Back off lee boon chai, we want to appoint our dap members as the new village chiefs. why are you trying to stop our moves by having the election? we oppose any move to have a democratic process. it's our right to appoint anyone from our party to head the new village, ipoh city hall and also mpsp in penang. anyone dare to opposite us will earn our wrath & curse. Back off lee boon chai, we want to appoint our dap members as the new village chiefs. why are you trying to stop our moves by having the election? we oppose any move to have a democratic process. it’s our right to appoint anyone from our party to head the new village, ipoh city hall and also mpsp in penang. anyone dare to opposite us will earn our wrath & curse.

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]]> By: Dalbinder Singh Gill http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/perak-village-head-election-a-step-in-the-right-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-15480 Dalbinder Singh Gill Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:00:30 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=6877#comment-15480 its the right step, i support it its the right step, i support it

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]]> By: K http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/perak-village-head-election-a-step-in-the-right-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-15478 K Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:37:43 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=6877#comment-15478 Dear Lee San Seong Village election is nothing new, even in Perak. We do not elect PR just for them continue the polices and practices of BN but to make sweeping changes that usher us to the standards of the First World. So kindly refrain from the usual references to the worse practices but benchmark PR govts to their election manifesto and First World standards. Unfortunately many PR Spin-doctors (just like the MSM before) are working over-time to convice the rakyat that they should be thankful for such insignificant gains. About this Perak election, this is clearly a political power game between PKR and DAP where the PKR leaders is trying to hijack the village administration. If Perak is serious about giving power back to people, then they shouldn't appoint a politician to be a mayor or the head of municipal council. Dear Lee San Seong

Village election is nothing new, even in Perak.

We do not elect PR just for them continue the polices and practices of BN but to make sweeping changes that usher us to the standards of the First World. So kindly refrain from the usual references to the worse practices but benchmark PR govts to their election manifesto and First World standards.

Unfortunately many PR Spin-doctors (just like the MSM before) are working over-time to convice the rakyat that they should be thankful for such insignificant gains.

About this Perak election, this is clearly a political power game between PKR and DAP where the PKR leaders is trying to hijack the village administration. If Perak is serious about giving power back to people, then they shouldn’t appoint a politician to be a mayor or the head of municipal council.

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]]> By: Speak Up Malaysia http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/perak-village-head-election-a-step-in-the-right-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-15477 Speak Up Malaysia Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:34:01 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=6877#comment-15477 Politicians are all the same. Human beings are all the same. If you give a person unlimited power, 99.9% this person will abuse his or her unlimited power. It's human nature. It's an unfortunate fact of life: power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. History is full of examples like Adolf Hitler. This is why it does not really matter whether Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat is in power. Don't be naive to think that Pakatan Rakyat politicians won't abuse their power when it forms the next Malaysian government, because they will if there are no proper checks and balances in place. The more important issue is that we, The Rakyat, must demand from our elected representatives a proper separation of powers between the executive, legislature, judiciary and media. This independence is crucially needed in order to check and balance the activities of Malaysian politicians. The Rakyat must always be vigilant and keep looking over the shoulders of Malaysian politicians, regardless of party, to ensure that they are doing what they promised to do. No checks, no balance and guess what? Look at the past 20-30 years in Malaysia and you have the answer. This is also why the ISA must be abolished immediately. The ISA is currently being used as a political tool to shut up the opponents of those in power. If we, The Rakyat, do not demand for the abolition of the ISA, who is to say that Pakatan Rakyat politicians won't continue to use this draconian law when they come to power? Do we really want our children to grow up shackled by the ISA's chains of fear? Do we want our children to inherit a Zimbabwe or Myanmar? Malaysians can never be free until ISA is abolished. Once and for all, in 2009, SPEAK UP MALAYSIA and tell the corrupt politicians in power: ISA GOES OR YOU GO. "The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist." Sir Winston Churchill “I worry that we will become a Fiji or Zimbabwe, that we will be dominated by a certain group using the machinery of government to keep control.” Datuk Zaid Ibrahim Politicians are all the same. Human beings are all the same. If you give a person unlimited power, 99.9% this person will abuse his or her unlimited power. It’s human nature. It’s an unfortunate fact of life: power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. History is full of examples like Adolf Hitler.

This is why it does not really matter whether Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat is in power. Don’t be naive to think that Pakatan Rakyat politicians won’t abuse their power when it forms the next Malaysian government, because they will if there are no proper checks and balances in place.

The more important issue is that we, The Rakyat, must demand from our elected representatives a proper separation of powers between the executive, legislature, judiciary and media. This independence is crucially needed in order to check and balance the activities of Malaysian politicians. The Rakyat must always be vigilant and keep looking over the shoulders of Malaysian politicians, regardless of party, to ensure that they are doing what they promised to do. No checks, no balance and guess what? Look at the past 20-30 years in Malaysia and you have the answer.

This is also why the ISA must be abolished immediately. The ISA is currently being used as a political tool to shut up the opponents of those in power. If we, The Rakyat, do not demand for the abolition of the ISA, who is to say that Pakatan Rakyat politicians won’t continue to use this draconian law when they come to power? Do we really want our children to grow up shackled by the ISA’s chains of fear? Do we want our children to inherit a Zimbabwe or Myanmar?

Malaysians can never be free until ISA is abolished. Once and for all, in 2009, SPEAK UP MALAYSIA and tell the corrupt politicians in power:

ISA GOES
OR
YOU GO.

“The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist.”
Sir Winston Churchill

“I worry that we will become a Fiji or Zimbabwe, that we will be dominated by a certain group using the machinery of government to keep control.”
Datuk Zaid Ibrahim

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]]> By: Lim Sang Seong http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/perak-village-head-election-a-step-in-the-right-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-15473 Lim Sang Seong Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:49:51 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=6877#comment-15473 The local elections is what everyone wants. However, the BN scrapped this mode of representation due to the fact that most of the time, the opposition members got elected to the local councils. Now, in Perak we see that at the village heads level, the PR govt would like to see that the village head is truly a representative of the local populace. This is certainly a positive step in the right direction. I commend the PR govt for this first step. Well, the non-PR states of Johor , Pahang , Negeri Sembilan etc still appoint their village heads. The head of local town councils in Sarawak and Sabah are political appointees and yet not one newspaper columnist nor commentator write in and complain ! Do not practise double standards. The people can see and analyse. The local elections is what everyone wants. However, the BN scrapped this mode of representation due to the fact that most of the time, the opposition members got elected to the local councils.

Now, in Perak we see that at the village heads level, the PR govt would like to see that the village head is truly a representative of the local populace. This is certainly a positive step in the right direction. I commend the PR govt for this first step.

Well, the non-PR states of Johor , Pahang , Negeri Sembilan etc still appoint their village heads. The head of local town councils in Sarawak and Sabah are political appointees and yet not one newspaper columnist nor commentator write in and complain !

Do not practise double standards. The people can see and analyse.

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]]> By: Chan Teck Hock http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/perak-village-head-election-a-step-in-the-right-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-15472 Chan Teck Hock Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:47:17 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=6877#comment-15472 Hello Anil, On a side issue, do you know that it takes forever to load a page in your blog, lately. There must be a problem with one of your illustrations or files that is causing this. Yours is one of my favourite blogs which is the first thing I go to when I log on. I am getting frustrated with the wait. Cheers, Teck Hock. Hello Anil,

On a side issue, do you know that it takes forever to load a page in your blog, lately. There must be a problem with one of your illustrations or files that is causing this.

Yours is one of my favourite blogs which is the first thing I go to when I log on. I am getting frustrated with the wait.

Cheers,
Teck Hock.

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