Aug 162008
The rise of the Anwar clones: PKR’s Gobalakrishnan wearing an Anwar face mask at Nomination Day today. Scores of others were seen bearing such masks.
A PKR supporter taunts an Umno man by waving RM10 ringgit notes in front of him
Wanita/Puteri Umno supporters receive a “hot” reception from PKR supporters lining the path
Chinese PKR supporters liven up the mood with their drums
The crowd erupts when Anwar’s candidacy is confirmed at around 11.45am. Note another Anwar clone at bottom right.
dear anil
it just shows that losing power is painful.And most ruling power seem not to allow such things to happen at all costs. Hopefully for those who just regain and tasted power do not repeat the “mistake”. Look at Musaraff today. clinging to a greasy pole of power and using the barrel of the gun to confront parliamentary power. Mugabe is another example. But we pray that our nation does not follow the likes of these “democracies”. The nation and people are the victims.
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Dear All
From an interview with Asia Times online:
ATol: When Mahathir first rose to power in 1981, his first big bang policy was the promulgation of a nationalistic “buy British last” campaign. Assuming you rise to power next month, as you have predicted, what will be your first big bang policy?
Anwar: I have made it very clear that the economy must be corrected. Which means we must do away immediately with cronyism, procurement and contract policies that favor … family members. …
With a clear policy the Malays, Chinese and Indians within the country will have more confidence in the system. And with this in place I’m very optimistic we will be able to attract back foreign direct investments back into Malaysia.
ATol: As a former finance minister, you once had access to the national accounts. Do you think there is a pressing need for more transparency over how state-owned oil giant Petronas and the national Employees Provident Fund (EPF) are run?
Anwar: Yes. I would say the general management of Petronas is satisfactory. But they are being directed how to disburse funds and priorities are made under political instructions. So it therefore has to be held accountable to parliament. Petronas is a national company and you can’t have a national company beholden to only one man, the prime minister. It breeds suspicion.
So with the EPA; huge funds we are talking about. It must be very professionally managed. You can’t use the EPA funds to prop up markets of your choice, or companies in your own stable, or invest according to strategies decided by the prime minister or his Cabinet.
ATol: So you would implement more transparency over both of these state institutions which many suspect are off-balance-sheet sources of government patronage?
Anwar: Yes, it has to be a very professional team. It has to be very transparent.
P.S. Question of the Day: I wonder where the revenue collected from the recent steep increase in petrol prices went to?
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The dumb dumb sleepy PM challenged DSAI to swear like “Sai the FOOL” did today. What a stupid idiot!! If anybody can just swear by the Holy Koran and get away, then all the criminals in jail will be the first to do it. Lets quote what thw world largest Muslim social organisation has to say:
“Former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid, the titular leader of the Nadhlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Muslim social organisation in the world, today described as “unislamic” the practice of swearing on the Quran.”
Theis just shoes these guys just used “Islam hadhari” to serve their evil intentions only. And our PM claimed proudly that he is religious. He must again been sleeping when he claimed this.
Can somebody save our country??
I hope all Permatang Puah voters give their full support to PKR in the coming election. Kick and throw these BN guys (out) and send them back to their fourth floor…
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i enojoyed reading that i’m seriously considering subscribing. only that i don’t get on the pc often or even daily.
Yet must feedback that the comments here are just as good as the article itself. Really good fun reading the comments. so like Malaysians, the real true Malaysians.
Hidup Merdeka and not mereka only.
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i think the next round should be to completely make UMNO irrelevant. When PKR become the govt, the first thing they should do is to expose, investigate and jail all those crony corrupters and people that place systems of corruption in this country that has robbed generations of malaysians irregarless of their race.
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Greetings from China!! I am now in China, Beijing watching olympics but can’t help following news online in Malaysia as I have many Malaysian friends. Actually many of my comrades and chinese friends are not going to invest or study in malaysia anymore due to the corrupted leadership of UMNO, we would rather goto UK or Australia which the govt is not so corrupted. My wish is for Anwar to be the next prime minister as if corruption is reduce, then Malaysia will be a good place to live in. As for this saiful guy, it have been a laughing stock in China as many of us think how stupid can the malaysian govt be using a small kid as a pawn to swear in front of koran. Why dun you ask … Najib to swear also in koran and broadcast LIVE on TV…? and also ask all UMNO members to swear that they are not corrupted and didn’t steal or rob the country’s wealth?
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Words can’t describe how ashamed I am of BN. When they held those ceramahs,it’s all about defaming Anwar,it’s all political. What about talking bout the rakyat’s woes? Enough of this. BN+CRAP. PM, please just step down.
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