Pakatan losing public confidence, warns Kit Siang!

Pakatan losing public confidence, warns Kit Siang

A top Pakatan Rakyat leader today warned the opposition alliance was suffering from a "bout of loss of public confidence" after it enjoyed unprecedented success in national polls last year.

Pakatan, a loose three-party coalition which seized control of a third of seats in parliament in the 2008 elections, has recently been hit by infighting.
DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang urged the alliance to "impose discipline among their leaders" to protect the opposition's image, especially after its defeat in a by-election earlier this month.

"Pakatan Rakyat had been suffering a prolonged and unceasing bout of loss of public confidence... to convince the Malaysian electorate in its credibility, cohesion, integrity and common sense of purpose," he said in a statement.

Lim cited BN's by-election victory in Bagan Pinang state seat in Negeri Sembilan two weeks ago as an example, saying the opposition "cannot take the setback lightly and must not be in denial about its weaknesses and faults".

BN had lost seven out of eight by-elections held since 2008 polls but it ended the opposition winning streak with a thumping victory in the latest vote, although it was criticised for fielding a popular but graft-tainted candidate.

The main Islamic party PAS is dogged by infighting after its spiritual leader Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat called for an extraordinary general meeting to remove several top party leaders he described as "problematic".

Nik Aziz, a highly respected figure in PAS, made the proposal over his unhappiness that some of the party leaders were keen on pursuing a pact with Umno, the largest party in ruling BN.

PKR was also divided after Zaid Ibrahim, a former cabinet minister who quit last September and later joined the multi-racial party, recently announced his plan to go on a six-month leave.

Zaid reportedly said he did not want to be "distracted by any internal party politics", fuelling speculation on the growing discord within PKR, led by former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.
- AFP

tunku : pakatan rakyat was created without clear and common principles.till now they have not form officially the so called 'pakatan rakyat' party. each of the party have their own personal agenda. each party have leadership problem.each person want to be the leader.just look at the opposition leader,the melodrama queen of moron,anwar which till today is partyless.the Malaysian should not risk the future by voting these jokers.take lim guan eng for example, he always boast that if pakatan given the chance to rule they can wipe out hardcore poverty within one year but in penang after more than a year of their ruling and also the 3 other states, there are still hardcore poverty and the numbers keep increasing.they never walk their talk.they only talk craps and tell fantasy stories to the people.

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Pakatan Rakyat premonition to pre-destruction Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is really heading towards self inflcited destruction. So many intense ’infighting’ and ‘civil war’ looms within the component party of the coalition party formed on ‘unholy marriage of (in)convenience between strange bedfellows’. All these, developed within the week. However, the ‘crack’ within Pakatan Rakyat is imminently getting bigger. First, it was PAS Murshidul Am Dato’ Nik Aziz’s call to convene an AGM to sack Deputy Presiden Nasharuddin Mat Isa, Secretary General Dato’ Mustaffa Ali and Selangor PAS Commissioner Dato’ Dr. Hassan Md. Ali for positively developing the idea of ‘working’ with UMNO for the common good of Malay-Muslims, the majorit if Malaysian populous. This was met with a lot of confusion amongst the leaders and grassroot. The matters is worsened when Vice President Salahuddin Ayub annonuced that there will just be a ’special meeting; convened to “discuss the matter” instead of an EGM. The Star has the story: Published: Sunday October 25, 2009 MYT 5:27:00 PM Updated: Sunday October 25, 2009 MYT 7:27:47 PM No PAS EGM, only special meeting: VP Salahuddin (Update) KUALA LUMPUR: PAS will not call for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) as proposed by its spiritual leader, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, but will instead convene a special meeting to discuss issues related to the party, vice-president Salahuddin Ayub said. He told Bernama Sunday that the issue of PAS calling for an EGM no longer arose as Nik Aziz himself had suggested that the forum be changed into a special meeting. Salahuddin said that Nik Aziz conveyed the matter to him at their meeting at the latter’s residence in Kota Baru on Saturday. “It does not arise anymore. I met the Tok Guru yesterday and listen to his views on the party. The central PAS will convene a special meeting soon; Nik Aziz told me about this in our meeting yesterday,” he said according to Bernama. Last Friday, in his blog www.blogtokguru.com, Nik Aziz called for a special “muktamar” to rid the party of “two or three problematic leaders”. He mentioned three leaders in his blog, namely deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa, secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali and Selangor PAS commissioner Datuk Dr Hassan Ali. Meanwhile, Mergawati Zulfakar of The Star reported from Hua Hin that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak felt that the split in PAS was very serious but Umno was still willing to hold Malay and Muslim unity talks with the party. “We are open (for the talk) but if there is a split in the party now, one that is willing to have some form of understanding with Umno and the other that does not want to have anything to do with Umno at all. “So as long as PAS is not able to reach consensus, it will be difficult to hold talks with PAS,” Najib told Malaysian journalists after attending the East Asia Summit here Sunday. When asked whether he was hurt that Nik Aziz refused to have anything to do with Umno, Najib replied: “There are two groups in the party – one that is more political while the other is more sincere about working for the Ummah. “We are grateful that there are people who appreciate that Umno represents the Malays and Muslims. Umno has done a lot in terms of Islam and fighting for the rights of Malays and other races. “There are certain quarters who acknowledge our contributions and there are those who are more interested in politics and ignore what we have done,” he added. ************************* The fact is that, the intra-PAS ‘civil war’ will be seen momentarily arisen from some of the more progessive but very traditional in their values PAS members decided to work with the more viable formula, UMNO. Of late, UMNO is being seen to be strengthening and starting to regain some its lost grounds (with the landslide result of PRK N31 Bagan Pinang) where else PAS is spiraling into deeper conundrums and entanglements. The ‘uneasiness’ within PAS especially the traditionalists aka Ulama factions evolves from the ‘unholy’ alliance with Anwar “Mat King Leather” Ibrahim and PKR, where PAS grassroots already started to voice their ‘dissatisfaction’ on how the Muslim Malay public view party who claims to be ‘Islamists’, with clear contradicting policies within the PR lately. This is more apparent when PAS was seen to be ‘compromising’ their own principles and fundamentals in favour of DAP and PKR. This is a clear indication there is not only a wedge between the Leadership, namely PAS President Dato’ Hj Hadi Awang and the Murshidul Am but a strong wrest for power between the Ulamas and ‘Erdogans’ (Young Turks) is developing into something ugly. This started pre-PAS party elections and at the rebuttal address, Hadi mooted idea of ‘Unity Government’. The Erdogans are closely linked with PAS leaders who are pro-partyless Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim where as it is widely known that majority of the Ulamas do not agree with the one-time-convicted-for-sodomy-but-later-let-free-for-techinicality defacto leader of PR. On the otherhand, the ’squable’ within PKR has worsened. After the recent tiff out in the open between Vice President Azmin Ali and new-kid-on-the-block Dato’ Zaid Ibrahim who was for a brief moment Cabinet Minister in PM ‘Flip-Flop’ Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s 12 month post 12GE government and recently jumped ship into PKR, the ‘civil war’ took a nasty turn. Party President Wan Azizah Wan Ismail sacked Azmin as the PKR Chairman of Sabah. This is on top of the existing ‘civil war’ within PR Selangor, where MB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim is not a favourable choice by Wan Azizah. Malaysian Insider has the story: PKR forms new council, appoints new leaders for Sabah and Sarawak UPDATED By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — PKR moved today to put behind the rising discontent in East Malaysia when it appointed a new state chief for Sabah and also formed a National Integration Council for Sabah and Sarawak. Thamrin Zaini was appointed the new Sabah chief, replacing Azmin Ali after leaders from the state had threatened a revolt recently over the latter’s leadership. But the party hopes that the formation of the new National Integration Council with senior leaders from the state and also from the peninsular will be a more permanent solution to help improve ties with the two East Malaysian states. Among the leaders appointed to the council are Dr Jeffrey Kitingan as coordinator, and Daniel Tajem from Sarawak, Dr Syed Husin Ali and Dr Toh Kin Woon. PKR chieftains in both states were in open revolt and were demanding that local leaders be appointed to head the party. In Sabah, factions aligned to the appointed party vice-president Jeffrey had launched a mutiny against Azmin by submitting a memorandum which, among other matters, claimed that Azmin had under-performed. But after PKR’s national leadership met today for four hours, party president Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail announced that both vice-president Azmin and Mustafa Kamil Ayub would be replaced as Sabah and Sarawak chiefs. Azmin has been replaced by local man Thamrin, who is Libaran assemblyman, and Mustafa was replaced by local lawyer Baru Bian. Wan Azizah denied that Azmin’s removal was due to pressure from PKR Sabah. “There was not any issue of revolt. We had a meeting and they agreed to give me the mandate to choose ( Sabah’s party chief) and they will support my decision,” she told reporters at PKR headquarters in Tropicana here. Both Azmin and Mustafa have been reappointed as party chiefs of Federal Territory and Perak respectively. Wan Azizah also anounced that Penang deputy chief minister Dr. Mansor Othman would replace Datuk Zahrain Mohammad Hashim as Penang’s new party chief with Abd Rahman Yusof as Terengganu chief, and PKR election director Saifuddin Nasution as Kelantan chief. PKR Youth chief Syamsul Iskandar would also be replacing Khalid Jafaar as Melaka party chief Party de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim denied that Azmin reportedly resigned from his Sabah post earlier this week. “Azmin Ali and Mustafa Kamil Ayub were given the task ( to lead Sabah and Sarawak) till the end of October,” he told reporters at PKR headquarters in Tropicana here. In a bid to make headway in both states, which are crucial vote banks for Barisan National (BN), ahead of the next national elections, Anwar took over the leadership of both states in March. However in May, both Mustaffa and Azmin were handpicked to lead the party in the two states. The unilateral move by Anwar to appoint Malay leaders from the peninsula, which was supposedly a temporary measure to consolidate the party in East Malaysia, had backfired. In an effort to help mend the strained relationship between the party’s east and west Malaysian members, the party announced the formation of a National Integration Council for Sabah and Sarawak. ********************** When contacted, Azmin was said to have ‘not known’ of his sacking from the Sabah PKR Chairmanship. Many even within PKR believed that this was more personal than political. Regardless, PR is at the juncture where the rakyat demands that the ‘co-operation’, be it ‘unholy and marriage of (in)convenience’ be made formal and structured as a political organisation, just like Barisan Nasional. Since able to form state governments in five states post 8 March 2008 12 GE, so many spats in the open between PR Leaders, visibily DAP and PAS. T The rakyat is also getting restless with all the PR’s wrongdoings starting to be uncovered, now they have assume power and ‘tasted blood’.

source : bigdogdotcom

Azmin Ali – yang membebankan Hari ini juga – Azmin dikatakan menggunakan kekuatan wang – untuk berpolitik dan mendapat pengaruh. Dalam cakap-cakap dengan kumpulan atau mereka yang hadir secara tegar dalam reformasi – Azmin hanya disokong oleh orang yang berkepentingan. Pada waktu itu Ezam lebih disokong kerana berani – kerana tegar memperjuangkan isu sungguhpun mungkin kekecewaan melihat Azmin dengan loyal kepada Anwar tetapi lebih membebankan PKR dalam jangka masa panjang. Perubahan dalam acuan reformasi sebenarnya menurut sesetengah pihak tidak wujud dalam Azmin Ali. Pendapat mengatakan Azmin masih ortodoks membudaya politik corak UMNO. Azmin tidak melihat seseorang itu dari sudut kecekalan memperjuangkan isu dan sanggup berkorban dalam memperjuangkannya, Azmin hanya melihat dari sudut kepentingan politik sahaja. Pengukuran kepentingan seseorang itu adalah semata-mata apa yang boleh diperoleh dan menilai dari sudut kepentingan politik. Perkara lain – pengorbanan kepada perjuangan – tidak bermakna kalau tidak dapat memberi loncatan politik kepada dirinya. Itu yang terkumpul apabila menceritakan dengan beberapa orang yang amat teguh dan berani dalam perjuangan reformasi. Hari ini kita lihat beberapa pergolakan berlaku – mungkin itu hanya bunga kepada apa yang sebenarnya ada. Azmin ditolak dari menjadi Ketua Perhubungan Negeri Sabah dan Azmin dikatakan bergeser dengan Zaid Ibrahim. PKR menerima pandangan Sabah dan dikatakan akan melantik Azmin sebagai Ketua Perhubungan Wilayah Persekutuan. Satu lantikan bagi menghargai sikap loyal Azmin kepada Anwar Ibrahim sungguhpun mungkin tidak berketepatan dengan perubahan yang perlu PKR ambil. Mungkin persoalan dahulu sewaktu awal gerakan reformasi dan setelah tertubuhnya Parti Keadilan Nasional patut timbul – siapa Azmin sebenarnya – loyal kepada Anwar – loyal kepada perjuangan – loyal kepada diri sendiri. source : umno reform

Thamrin ganti Azmin Pengerusi PKR Sabah. Fakta Yang Silap.

Thamrin ganti Azmin Pengerusi PKR Sabah (dari Utusan Malaysia)

KUALA LUMPUR 25 Okt. - Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) hari ini mengumumkan pelantikan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Libaran (Fakta yang silap), Thamrin Zaini sebagai Pengerusi PKR Sabah menggantikan Azmin Ali yang juga naib presiden parti itu.

Perkara itu diumumkan presidennya, Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail setelah bermesyuarat selama empat jam bersama kepimpinan PKR di ibu pejabat parti itu di Tropicana di sini hari ini. Mesyuarat itu turut memutuskan penubuhan Majlis Integrasi Nasional untuk Sabah dan Sarawak yang antaranya disertai Timbalan Presiden, Dr. Syed Husin Ali dan Naib Presiden, Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan,-DARI UTUSAN MALAYSIA..

SENJALIZA.

Fakta yang silap ialah: Thamrin Zaini atau nama sebenar Ahmad Thamrin Haji Zaini BUKANlah ADUN Libaran seperti yang dinyatakan dalam Utusan Malaysia dan DUN Libaran sebenarnya tidak wujud di Sabah. Libaran ialah Kawasan Parlimen di Daerah Sandakan, Sabah yang diwakili oleh YB. Datuk Juslie Ajirol. HARAP DISEDARI.

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