NEWS: Lim Kit Siang claimed Pakatan not matured
Exclusive interview with Lim Kit Siang: Pakatan not yet achieved maturity
Sin Chew Jit Poh, 07-09-2009
Along the 17 months since the formation of Pakatan Rakyat, the first 12 months was a honeymoon and internals problem, including the personnel disputes within the party and frictions among the three component parties, have started to surface over the past five months.
After BN wrestled back the Perak state government, there were rumours that BN is now aiming for Selangor. Faced with internal and external problems, DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang, who is keeping an eye on BN's governance, could not help but to urge his own party members to be vigiloant to avoid being defeated before the end of their term.
Lim, like anyone else, could not have expected the 8 March general election results. But they still have to complete the promises they made to the people.
However, Pakatan is still unstable even 17 months after its formation. Its internal conflicts are the greatest pressures, as well as the greatest worry for Lim.
Lim seemed to have reservations on whether Pakatan would capture the federal govenrment in the next general elections. “To do” and “can do” are two different things. Lim is still unclear about the tendency of Chinese voters as he is clearly understands that the recent Pakatan problems have made the people wonder whether they should pin their hopes on Pakatan.
Lim admitted that Pakatan is facing the most serious crisis and if they want the people to continue support Pakatan in the next general elections, they will have to first be matured!
After the 8 March general elections, various remarks that incited racial sentiments could be heard everywhere and racial relations are still very acute and sensitive. MCA, which claimed to be the biggest Chinese based political party, is currently trapped in a party crisis. Many issues related to the Chinese community's interests have been shelved. Meanwhile, DAP, with most of its supporters are Chinese, has failed to escape from Pas' Islamic state controversy.
Pakatan's problems have surfaced one after another and Lim realised the disappointment of Pakatan's supporters, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and netizens.
Could Pakatan have another breakthrough after the 8 March general elections to take over the federal government? With the internal and external problems, even a brave politician Lim would nbot venture to guess.
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Pakatan pecah: Mustafa persoal Kit Siang
KUALA LUMPUR 9 Sept. - Setiausaha Agung Pas, Datuk Mustafa Ali berkata, pemimpin veteran DAP, Lim Kit Siang sepatutnya berusaha memperkukuhkan pakatan pembangkang dan bukannya menjangkakan kerjasama mereka akan berpecah.
Beliau berkata, walaupun tidak dinafikan bentuk pakatan yang wujud ketika ini longgar dalam konteks ia tidak didaftarkan, namun terlalu awal melontarkan kenyataan seperti itu di saat pakatan pembangkang sedang melakukan proses penyatuan dan pengukuhan.
"Tak apalah, saya boleh berbeza dengan Kit Siang tentang perkara ini kerana saya rasa yang perlu kita buat ialah perkukuhkan bukan menjangka ia akan berpecah. Kita hadapi dulu, apa yang akan berlaku kemudian itu soal lain.
"Walaupun saya akui bahawa memang pakatan rakyat ini satu pakatan longgar dalam konteks kita belum daftarkan parti ini tetapi dalam beberapa kali pilihan raya lepas kita sudah bersama.
"Ini termasuk dalam siri pilihan raya kecil dan insya-Allah kita akan terus bersama untuk Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13," katanya pada sidang akhbar yang turut dihadiri Ketua Penerangan, Idris Ahmad di ibu pejabat Pas di sini hari ini.
Mustafa mengulas mengenai kenyataan pemimpin veteran Kit Siang yang bimbang dengan masa depan pakatan pembangkang berikutan beberapa perkembangan yang berlaku khususnya di negeri-negeri yang diperintah pembangkang.
Kit Siang menyatakan demikian dalam wawancara beliau dengan sebuah media tempatan baru-baru ini.
source : utusan.com.my
PKR rep sues MP from DAP, media firms
KUCHING: Padungan assemblyman Dominique Ng Kim Ho of PKR has filed a defamation suit against Bandar Kuching MP Chong Chieng Jen of the DAP, both member parties of the Pakatan Rakyat alliance.Ng alleged that Chong, the Sarawak DAP state secretary and also Kota Sentosa assemblyman, had defamed him in several press statements published by two Chinese newspapers.
“The most serious allegation was when he accused me of being a ‘stumbling block’ to the co-operation between PKR and DAP,” he said on Wednesday.
Ng also named See Hua Daily News and Sin Chew Media Corp, which published the statements, as co-defendants.
In his suit, he would leave it to the court to decide on damages.
Chong said he received the writ on Monday, adding that he was not afraid of the lawsuit.
“I have learnt from experience and am used to it,” he added.
Chong’s father Siaw Chiang earlier brought a similar defamation suit against Ng who was the former state PKR liaison chairman.
“Siaw Chiang sued me over an incident during the March 2008 general election. I have counter-sued him over another incident,” added Ng.
tunku : in bn we are seeing ong tee kiat(mca) and tiong king sing(spdp) suing each other and in pakatan dominic ng(pkr) and chong chieng jen(dap).what a great melodrama.pkr fighting with dap from day one in sarawak over who will have more seats and they are dreaming of wresting the state.
Barisan 7 Pakatan 5
Cow head dozen. Did you say that the S23 cow-head protest, which saw 12 people aged 31-67 yrs charged in court yesterday, was the political game of one party? Well, now you know you were an idiot because the 12, who have been charged for sedition as well as illegal assembly, are members of parties from both BN and PR.Find out here how many of them are your comrades.
Related article: Sedition charge unfair, says lawyer.
source : rockybru.com.my
Cow head demo: Umno, PAS and PKR show?
It is understood that the Section 23 Residents' Action Committee members is also made up of people from the three parties. The 10-member panel is said to comprise 7 Umno, 2 PKR and one PAS.
Meanwhile, a group calling itself Perkasa, a Malay non-governmental group headed by Datuk Ibrahim Ali has pledged to provide legal counsel to the 12 protestors, who have been charged with sedition and illegal assembly.
Ibrahim, the maverick MP from Kelantan, has said the group was prepared to take up the case as a jihad. The Pasir Mas MP has condemned the country's leaders as cowards. Ibrahim was in Umno, contested under a PAS ticket and is now an independent. The question now for those charged with sedition - would they still get to keep their party membership if convicted later? After all, both BN and PR leaders have criticised their actions.
source : chunwai08.blogspot.com
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