The Third Force

And the third word for the day is perfidy.

Dato' Seri Najib Razak was perhaps the most quoted man in the week that ended 17^th of October 2015. But even more impressive was the fact that much of it came out of Rafizi Ramli's mouth. His ill-inspired animus towards the Prime Minister trended along the lines of "Yes, I want him out, but no, not just yet." Of course, if you told Rafizi I said this, he'll tell you that I have the genius of a five year old retard.

But do I?

The parlous state of contemporary politics in Malaysia has boiled down to nothing but a game of perception. With a sluggish economy and deepening political woes, leaders from across the fence are trenching on backstairs cunning to seize opportunities in a multi-cornered and multi-faceted strife. They're all over the place, trampling over one another in conspiracies you never knew existed. It's just crazy.

And it gets crazier.

Unbeknown to many, Rafizi stands in league with PKR president Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and three other lawmakers (hereinafter referred to as the group of five) who are dead against unseating Prime Minister Dato' Seri Najib Razak before 2018. They fear that the opposition coalition would not survive a general election in the event that it is called for prematurely by the Prime Minister.

The fear is also of a neo-partisan confederacy between UMNO and PAS under the circumstances. Such a pact would contract their views and repress their ambitions in a way that would spell an end to their careers. They believe that such a confederacy would lead to a more comprehensive deal that would unite the Malays and demolish the Anwar Ibrahim edifice once and for all.

But I'll scratch the surface on that a little later.

The game of perception

The group of five has been painting a picture that depicts something of a nature contrary to the aforementioned.

They've been talking up a storm since August, broadcasting terms by which a transition government would function in the event that a vote of no confidence against the Prime Minister is passed. The third word has it that Tian Chua was truthfully dishonest with the number of lawmakers he claimed were ready to vote Najib out from office this month. Its psychological warfare at its best (or worst, depending on your slant), and team Rafizi, Azizah, Chua, Sivarasa Rasiah and Nurul Izzah Anwar have you believing that they wanted Najib out yesterday.

But they never really did.

They don't have the numbers in support to begin with. Recent reports and down to earth estimates suggest a rather lukewarm response from even within PKR to the no-confidence proposition. And to fully comprehend why that is, we would have to consider two possible scenarios.

Scenario 1:

The first scenario has to do with a party crisis that has been simmering for quite a while. A source that prefers to remain anonymous seems to feel that much of it has to do with a cold war erupting between cabals aligned to the PKR president and those seen sympathetic towards her deputy, Azmin Ali.

So tense is the atmosphere, there is legitimate fear that forces allied to the president would claw further into the administration of the party in the less than likely event that a transition government is truly formed. It is for this reason above all others that groups allied to Azmin would likely refrain from throwing their weight behind any motion that would result in the institutionalization of a transition government.

As a point of interest, a transition government may be occasioned in the event that a vote of no confidence is passed and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong acts in his absolute discretion by virtue of provisions under Article 40(2)(b) of the Federal Constitution.

In terms of the said provisions, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is at liberty to withhold consent to a request by the Prime Minister to dissolve Parliament, in which case, both the PM and his Cabinet must resign. Be that as it may, both Rafizi and Azmin are well aware that prospects of there being a direct vote of no-confidence against the Prime Minister are wafer thin.

Scenario 2:

The second scenario is hinged on the electoral hypothesis. This is assuming, of course, that a vote of no confidence can be passed against Najib, following which the Prime Minister could and probably would call for the dissolution of Parliament.

Under the circumstances, PKR would take a tumble and concede many of its Parliamentary seats in three cornered fights with PAS and UMNO. The party will barely survive the onslaught and may win only in traditional strongholds. All in all, the Malays would deliver the party a crushing blow by knocking it some 15 seats short of its 2013 parliamentary tally.

Azmin is well aware of the contingency, as is Rafizi. Neither one faction believes that the party will pull through a contest of such proportion without there being heavy casualties on both sides. But of course, Rafizi does not prefer that you know this, which explains one reason for the no-confidence and transition government bullshit.

But what the above does not explain is this; if indeed it is not likely for a vote of no-confidence to be pushed through, then why the need to invoke fear of a transition plan Rafizi himself knows is as outlandish as it sounds? Is the target, as always, something of an entirely different nature, something he is not telling us about?

The bullshit never ends…

Rafizi is to the truth what Steven Hawking is to doing the tango. On the 16^th of October 2015, the PKR Secretary General may just as well have told Malaysians exactly why Steven Hawkings could never do the tango.

"There is no such thing as a tango."

Trust me. That would have been very Rafizi. I feel it in my bones.

And it was on the 16^th of October 2015 that the former future godfather of Kajang decided that it was 'time to level with Malaysians'. According to the impression given by him, driving a motion of no-confidence through legislature was akin to getting Steven Hawkings to do the tango.

"Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to happen. It's very difficult to call a vote of no-confidence," said the Pandan MP.

Yeap. He's telling you now, in an about turn, that it's like getting Steven Hawkings to do the tango. It would, of course, be impossible, because there is 'no such thing as a tango'.

The caution was thrown by Rafizi amid soaring emotions he himself had helped inflame over a span of months against the Prime Minister and government. The Pandan MP watered down calls for Najib's resignation by speaking in terms that only meant one thing; the group of five have been lying to you for a very, very long time.

Months of turbo charged propaganda by the group along with DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang suggested that Najib could easily be booted out by a vote of no-confidence, which evidently would prompt the resignation of government. But clearly, the group didn't have their boots in the House.

The Pandan MP went on to say that the public just didn't "understand the (parliamentary) Standing Orders," presumably in the manner he seems to understand them. But let's be clear on one thing; it isn't nuclear technology.

Malaysian legislature is based largely upon the Westminster system, modelled after the democratic Parliamentary system that developed in the United Kingdom. As with most legislatures inclined towards the system, defeat on a budgetary vote would compel either the resignation of the Cabinet or the dissolution of Parliament.

This is so, considering that the government would be denied a supply of treasury or exchequer funds. The loss of supply, as this is termed, is held equivalent to a loss of confidence in government and hence, a vote of no confidence.

Rafizi was well aware of this and yet, tipped the scales to the side of irony. It would have made more sense for the group of five to impress upon lawmakers the need to vote the budget down. But apparently, that was never an option. Doing so would have exposed a party with fissures deep enough to feed the gridlock among party lawmakers.

Be that as it may, they never really did have the numbers to begin with. Not that it mattered, because booting the Prime Minister out was never part of the game plan. This had to do with a certain climate of fear that was gripping the party leadership, threatening to rip it apart at the seams.

It is said that groups allied to Azmin were (and as yet are) fearful that a transition government would spell certain political death for Azmin in the event that executive powers were granted to Wan Azizah or Nurul Izzah. It is further said that these groups are eager to have Azmin supplant Wan Azizah as party president in the nearest time possible, even if it means throwing a spanner at her face..

On the other hand, there is legitimate fear in the Rafizi camp that a confederacy between PAS and UMNO would bleed courage into Selangor PKR, from where Azmin may draw some support to topple Wan Azizah. Sources close to Wan Azizah seem to think that Dato' Seri Haji Abdul Hadi Awang would throw his support behind Najib in very decisive ways should the latter's leadership be under serious threat.

This is another reason why Rafizi persisted with the no-confidence bullshit. He knew that the more he floated the terms of transition, the less likely it would have met the support of pro-Azmin lawmakers.

It's a queer fix, but Rafizi may really have 'saved' Najib from the hooves of destiny. And that is how it is with politics. Lost in the steaming caldron of such deceptive politicking is the biggest casualty of them all; the truth.

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Can Hamid do this rather than talk about the enam kotak and then 17 years later not single kotak surfaces? Or is Hamid scared of making the police report because he does not really have any evidence after all and is just letting out some hot air?

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Soon after Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad retired as Prime Minister and handed power to Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, questions were asked as to why the former Prime Minister plus his henchman, Tun Daim Zainuddin, were not brought before the court and charged for robbing the country of an estimated RM100-200 billion.

The reason, said all these people, is because they are both Tuns. A Tun is 'protected' and has immunity from the law. Hence you cannot arrest and charge a Tun. And that, say these same people, was why Dr Mahathir and Daim were given Tuns after they retired — so that they will be immune from the law and cannot be punished for what they did to the country.

I tried to explain that this is not true but the explanation fell on deaf ears. Then Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik was arrested and charged in court and all this talk about Tuns getting immunity from prosecution for past, present and future crimes ended. So what do these exponents of 'Tuns have immunity from the law' have to say now?

Of course, when Dr Ling was on trial, Dr Mahathir testified in court and said that he could not remember events surrounding PKFZ. That may have been the only time in history when Dr Mahathir could not remember something but that was good enough to get Dr Ling acquitted.

Now Dr Mahathir himself is under investigation and he said that he fears that the police may take action against him. The fact that his two 'enforcers', Khairuddin Abu Hassan and Matthias Chang, lost their 'protection' means that Dr Mahathir, too, may no longer have his 'immunity'.

So will Dr Mahathir be summoned to the police station or will the police 'give him face' by going to his house to record his statement instead? I suppose that all depends on whether Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak wants to give him one slap or two slaps. Two slaps mean 'you come to the police station'.

Anyway, the reason Dr Mahathir and Daim were never arrested and charged in court for allegedly 'stealing' RM100-200 billion of the taxpayers' money was not because they are Tuns. It is because no one made a police report regarding the crimes they were supposed to have committed.

In 1998-1999, Anwar Ibrahim said that he has enam kotak (six boxes: and I assume large boxes) of evidence to prove that Dr Mahathir and Daim had robbed the country. In fact, this enam kotak was being shouted from the rooftops all over Malaysia. Eventually, those who kept shouting enam kotak transformed into dua belas katak, but that is another story for another time.

Nevertheless, not a single of those enam kotak ever surfaced over the last 17 years since it was revealed that these boxes exist. So where are those enam kotak that are supposed to ensure that Dr Mahathir and Daim will spend the rest of their days in jail?

And did all those people who claimed that they have in their possession the enam kotak ever make any police report? Of course, you cannot just make a police report alleging all sorts of things. You need to provide the evidence to support your police report or else you will be charged instead — for making a false police report.

Yes, that was why not one of those dozens of people who shouted from the rooftops all over Malaysia regarding the enam kotak of evidence against Dr Mahathir and Daim dared make any police report. The truth is there was no enam kotak. There was not even satu kotak. It was zilch!

And that is why Dr Mahathir and Daim were never arrested and charged. Not a single mouse dared to be the one to bell the cat. It was all talk. There was no evidence as they claimed they had in those non-existent enam kotak. The enam kotak were as phoney as those 30 Barisan Nasional Members of Parliament who were supposed to have crossed over on 16th September 2008.

The ex-Deputy Director of the Special Branch, Hamid Bador, says that no police report is required for the police to take action. And he gave his reasons why — such as crime prevention and so on.

That may be true if there is proof a crime is about to be committed or while a crime is being committed. But we are talking about a crime that is alleged to have been committed. In this case the accuser who is alleging that crime or has knowledge of that crime needs to lodge a report and explain why he or she says a crime has been committed.

In short, is it something you heard or something someone told you or is it something you witnessed or something you have evidence of?

And this was what got me into trouble in 2008. I reported something that someone told me and not something that I witnessed. So, instead of taking action on what I reported, the police took action against me. I could not prove what this person told me, and when that person turned around and denied telling me what I had reported, the police pounced on me.

Hamid Bador of all people should know this. And do you know why the police pounced on me? Yes, that is right, because a police report had been made against me. So the police had to act based on that police report that was made against me.

When I demanded to see that police report so that I can see who was the one who made the report against me, the police replied that it would be shown to me in court. But I refused to accept that cop out. I insisted they show me the police report or else I was going to walk out of there.

The police replied that if I walked out then they were going to arrest me. I said, "Go ahead and arrest me" and stood up and headed for the door. The police officer appealed for me to sit down again and said they will show me the police report.

They then showed me the police report and do you know what? Yes, the police report was made by a police officer.

So, since Hamid Bador said he has information regarding Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's wrongdoings and he also has information that former Attorney General Gani Patail is covering up this crime (because he himself has skeletons in the closet), then it is Hamid's duty to lodge a police report so that based on this police report action can be taken against Najib.

Can Hamid do this rather than talk about the enam kotak and then 17 years later not single kotak surfaces? Or is Hamid scared of making the police report because he does not really have any evidence after all and is just letting out some hot air?

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(Malay Mail Online) – The police will announce it to the public if they decide to question Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad over investigations against him for criminal defamation, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said today.

The Inspector-General of Police was responding to questions on the three investigations into the former prime minister.

"Police reports have been made, investigation will be conducted. Whether we will call him in, you will know," Khalid said in a press conference.

He also stressed that the police are investigating Dr Mahathir over his criticism towards the government and not for his attendance at the Bersih 4 rally in August.

"Many people mistaken that we investigate Dr Mahathir for attending Bersih, but it is not the case. It is for the statement he made during the rally," the IGP added.

Yesterday, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said in the Parliament that the police are conducting three investigations into Dr Mahathir’s criticism towards Putrajaya and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

One of the investigations was concluded and sent to the Attorney-General's Chambers for evaluation, the deputy prime minister and home minister said in a written reply.

The IGP has previously said Dr Mahathir would be investigated after he allegedly accused Umno leaders of corruption.

Dr Mahathir allegedly made the remarks at a press conference during the Bersih 4 rally on August 29 and 30. He later told the police to arrest him if necessary.

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Then Muhyiddin says that he actually does not understand the issue and whatever little knowledge he may have regarding 1MDB was what he had read in The Edge. In short, Muhyiddin's knowledge of 1MBD is limited to the stolen and doctored information that The Edge had published. Beyond that Muhyiddin does not know anything. Or so he claims.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

One of my favourite movies of 1973 was Walking Tall, which was based on the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser. The slogan of that movie was 'walk softly and carry a big stick'. That phrase was actually ciplak from Theodore Roosevelt’s 'speak softly and carry a big stick', which became the thrust of his foreign policy. They did a remake of that movie in 2004.

Anyway, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak was initially accused of being scared. "Why is he so quiet?" his critics said. What kind of Bugis warrior is this who does not fight back? Do something if you really are a fighter. Don't allow your enemies to keep whacking you without hitting back. "Sue! Sue! Sue!" his detractors screamed.

Well, Najib was just walking softly while carrying his big stick. He is not a coward as his enemies claimed. He wanted, as the Malays would say, to allow his enemies to habis modal. They were throwing everything including the kitchen sink at him. Najib wanted to wait until they had nothing else to throw at him and then counter-attack. This, after all, was what his Boffin Boys had advised him to do and he listened to this advice.

But he did not want to bark, like what those opposed to him were doing. Barking dogs seldom bite. He just glared and growled and when the time was opportune he bit; bit his enemies right on their sorry behind. But he did not bite at random. He planned his bites. While his enemies continued barking he strategised and executed his counter-attacks based on timing.

Yes, as they say, timing is everything. Even the most brilliant plans will fail if the execution is wrongly timed. For example, you do not attack Russia in winter, as both Napoleon and Hitler found out the hard way. Winter is what Stalin called Russia's best defence force. The Russian winter would wipe out even the best and strongest army in the world.

In June this year, 1MDB tabled its rationalisation and debt reduction plan to the Cabinet. After listening to what the new management of 1MDB, which took over earlier in the year, was going to do, and which would be completed by the end of the year, the Cabinet approved the plan.

Then Najib went overseas and allowed his Deputy, Muhyiddin Yassin, to chair the Cabinet meeting that week, and the 1MDB matter was raised and explained at that Cabinet meeting. With Muhyiddin in the chair, the Cabinet was given a clear picture of developments in 1MDB. Any Cabinet member who was still not clear could ask questions so that the matter can be further explained.

Muhyiddin did not state that he was still not clear and that he still needed further clarification so that he could better understand the issue. Minutes of the Cabinet meetings are protected by the Official Secrets Act, but suffice to say that the Cabinet was happy with the matter and agreed that 1MDB should continue its rationalisation and debt reduction plan until the end of the year when the results are supposed to be in.

Then Muhyiddin says that he actually does not understand the issue and whatever little knowledge he may have regarding 1MDB was what he had read in The Edge. In short, Muhyiddin's knowledge of 1MBD is limited to the stolen and doctored information that The Edge had published. Beyond that Muhyiddin does not know anything. Or so he claims.

In the following month in July, Najib swung his sword and lobbed off the heads of all those in the movement to oust him. Suddenly Najib is not really that scared after all. All those taunts saying that Najib is a coward and is keeping silent and dares not strike back were silenced. He not only struck back, he stuck back with the ferocity of a Bugis who had been rubbed the wrong way.

And now the grumblings are going the opposite way. Instead of grumbling that Najib is keeping silent and is not responding and is a coward, the grumblings are that Najib has no right to do what he did. His actions against his enemies are too brutal, say his critics.

But then that is the fruits of war, is it not? Was Stalin brutal in wiping out four-fifths of Hitler's army? Did the Russians need to chase the Germans all the way back to Berlin and exterminate any German they found in their path? Well, when an army is on the march it does not have the time and resources to take prisoners. That would slow the army down and Russia was in a hurry to reach Berlin before the Americans do — because Capitalist America, Russia's ally during WWII, was actually an enemy of Socialism.

Yes, America and Russia were enemies. But in the war against Germany they cooperated, like the way DAP does (or did) with PAS. However, that does not mean that America and Russia trust each other. Even while they were wiping out Hitler's army there was a competition as to who can reach Berlin first. So while America wasted so much time gathering prisoners, Russia just got its tanks to run over the retreating Germans and not waste time taking live Germans.

And that is the reality of war. You do whatever you can to win. Najib's enemies are doing whatever they can to win. So should Najib not also do the same? Why suddenly talk about what is fair and what is unfair. In war everything is fair.

Fair and unfair are relative. It all depends on which side you are with. Bombing cities and killing millions of civilians in Germany and Japan is terribly unfair to the Germans and the Japanese. But to the Americans it is fair if the war can be brought to an early end. It is even fair to drop napalm bombs and spray Agent Orange on North Vietnam just to prop up the most corrupt South Vietnamese government as long as that government is pro-America.

The long and short of it is: don't start a fight if you cannot take the punches. And if someone wields a sword where in the 'rulebook' does it say you cannot bring down that adversary with your gun? Did you not watch Indiana Jones in that movie Raiders of the Lost Ark?

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(Rakyat Post) – There has been much talk about how the opposition will use the tabling of the 2016 Budget by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to prove the house has lost confidence in the premier.

But how exactly is that done?

Speaking to Pandan Member of Parliament, Rafizi Ramli explained the step by step the process of the Budget bill — which will be tabled after the Friday prayers — as well as where the opposition aims to defeat it.

"Starting from Monday next week, there will be a policy debate, which takes two to three weeks. After that there will be voting," he said.

He said the voting will be to pass the "Supply Bill".

"This is where it is voted to pass the bill at the policy stage. This will be the first opportunity to vote down the budget which also translates into a vote of no confidence."

The PKR secretary-general said if the budget is passed at the policy stage then it will go to the committee stage.

"This stage is where the actual allocation to individual ministries are debated. It will start with the Prime Minister and how much he is allocated and the break down of that amount.

"Usually the committee stage's debate is not long, it is sharp and direct to the allocation, but in the committee stage for each ministry, there will be voting which presents us with another round of voting that we can defeat.

"If the Prime Minister's Department's budget is shot down or any other ministry's is shot down, it also tantamount to a vote of no confidence. How can the government function if ministries can't work."

He said if a ministry's budget is shot down, it will be a problem for that ministry to function.

"It means it won't be given any budget."

Rafizi said he was certain that even if that happens, it would be argued that it does not translate into a vote of no confidence and that it was also an individual budget allocation that was shot down.

"But do not forget that that one budget is part of the whole budget and if one part of it is not passed it will affect the whole budget."

Rafizi said such an occurrence had never happened in Malaysia before and will be unprecedented.

The closest example in a Commonwealth country, he revealed, would be the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis where then Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party  was dismissed by Governor-General Sir John Kerr who later appointed the leader of the opposition, Malcolm Fraser, as Prime Minister, following the defeat of Whitlam's Budget bill.

"The Senate did not support Whitlam, blocking supply to the government and this went on for two to three months, enabling the government to function for that period of time, which then led to his dismissal."

He said if this happened in Malaysia it would not drag for a long time and a Barisan Nasional leader will have to appear before the King and indicate he has the support of the majority.

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It is still not too late for Najib to pull our country out of its economic tail spin but he has little time left

Koon Yew Yin, Berita Daily

When the curtain comes down on Najib Razak as the country's prime minister – most likely sooner rather than later – there will be assessments about which area of life has suffered most during his period of leadership?

Which subject needs urgent attention in terms of damage control.

The following are the key areas which, in my opinion, need the most remedial work by the next prime minister of the country, irrespective of whether he comes from the Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Harapan.

Mending race relations

Race relations today is at its lowest point in our country's history. What has taken a toll on our racial harmony is the rise of right wing forces within Umno and their call for revenge against those that have not toed the Malay rights line, or who somehow or other have disrespected or dis-honoured the Malays.

Never mind that these so-called Malay 'patriots' are nothing but opportunists and parasitic elements with their own agenda.

The rent-a-mobster and rent-a-rally strategy has provided prime time political propaganda which serves a racially aggressive Umno.

Analysts have pointed to the growth of racial extremism in Umno with the decline in Najib's popular standing and his need for a distraction that can take the limelight away from the 1MDB crisis of confidence.

Many see the prime minister's hands – or at least those of his handlers – in the prominence of the red shirts and its thuggish rally on Sept 16.

It does not matter now whether or not the prime minister has personal responsibility in the ascendancy of this extremist Ketuanan Melayu and Ketuanan Umno group led by the rabble rousing Jamal Yunos, an Umno division leader.

Suffice it to say that the damage has been done not just to race relations in Malaysia. The BN's international image as a moderate nation led by leaders who understand the crucial importance of racial harmony and will not abuse their position of power has also suffered.

One small consolation is that the prime minister himself seems to realise that he may have overplayed the racial card to retain the support of Umno members.

In his recent appearances at the MCA and Gerakan general assembly meetings, and at a meeting on an Indian chamber of commerce, he has made moderate and soothing speeches on the government's commitment to Chinese vernacular education, the Malaysian roots and crucial contribution of Malaysian non-Malays, and the importance of meeting the aspirations of the marginalized Indians. But it may be too little too late.

Read more here

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If you think the Opposition is going to successfully oust Najib soon, please go ahead and continue dreaming. Nothing will happen because the only thing you are guaranteed for are more conspiracies!

Rasyhid Hamzan

The Opposition led by Datuk Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail are combating with one another to be victorious on who can be the biggest conspiracy theorist among them. They have been coming up with conspiracy after conspiracy with such mix that would shame even top cendol sellers in Malaysia.

It is hilarious to see how the Opposition are playing Tom and Jerry with the vote of no confidence against Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Together with the organisers of Bersih they pushed forward a huge street rally that lasted more than 24 hours to call for the resignation of the prime minister. Gullible Malaysians who are unhappy with the PM slept on the streets for a peaceful protest. When that did not work the Opposition portrayed themselves as The Avengers who will save the country. They spoke at large about the vote of no confidence. As time for the parliamentary session drew close, they realised their soap opera is coming to an end. Therefore, 1-2 weeks prior, people like Rafizi Ramli started to feed ideas of the possible no-go with the no confidence vote.

Now, it is about asking the MP who filed the motion to withdraw so Dr. Wan Azizah can table the motion instead. The procedure is clear. A motion has to be tabled 14 days prior in order for parliament discussion to take place. If the tabled no confidence vote is withdrawn now and Dr. Wan Azizah files a new one, the chances are it will not happen this sitting and the Speaker of Dewan Rakyat has already made it crystal clear to the Opposition. The Opposition is going to just dilly dally with the no confidence motion and then later shout out loud and lay the blame on Tan Sri Pandikar Amin when nothing happens. That is the Opposition for you. A bunch of hopeless and confused people.

DAP’s secretory-general Lim Guan Eng claims that Pakatan will abolish the toll of the North-South Highway (PLUS) if they ever govern Putrajaya. Blind supporters of the Opposition are hailing this delusional statement. Why did I say delusional? It is because Guan Eng is a recycling conspirator.

In February 2008 Lim said if Pakatan wins over Penang, the Sungai Nyior toll in Seberang Perai would be abolished. He said that at that time because of anger among the public when this toll booth emerged. It is 2015 now and the toll plaza is still in place. In fact, the toll charge has increased from RM 0.50 to RM 1.20. Not only the Sg Nyior toll is standing tall, the state government under DAP has added more tolls in the state.

When the BN government kept to its promise and abolished certain tolls by paying compensation to the highway concessionaires, Pakatan then criticised BN for allegedly paying the companies too much. When BN called for the abolishment of Sungai Rasau and Batu Tiga toll on the federal highway last year, Pakatan claimed BN was taking advantage over the weak then-MB of Selangor, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim. There is an excuse and reason for everything. The Opposition do not do any work but complain, complain and complain. No wonder a cry baby is leading the coalition.

Deepavali bazaar thugs conspiracy, Sarawak Report conspiracy, 1MDB conspiracy – Tony Pua keeps playing them all. Now that the Thai police has waved the green flag for IGP Tan Sri Khalid and team to interview Xavier Andre Justo in Thailand with regards to 1MDB and alleged tampering of documents, it is a matter of time before DAP’s Agent Mulder, Tony Pua barks up another conspiracy. The script writers must be working overtime now. A Bersih rally in Thailand perhaps? With Singapore also on attack mode against DAP there might be a Bersih in Singapore too, I guess.

I know this opinion of mine will render a lot of bashing if the pro-Opposition media actually publishes it, but I am not afraid of the truth. Criticize me all you want but you can’t change the fact that the Opposition is nothing but bulls**t. If you think the Opposition is going to successfully oust Najib soon, please go ahead and continue dreaming. Nothing will happen because the only thing you are guaranteed for are more conspiracies!

Instead of counting on BN to be defeated, first try to even form a pack that can last the distance. From Pakatan Rakyat to Pakatan Harapan – what next? Pakatan Konspirasi?

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(The Malaysian Insider) – Mohamed Azmin Ali menafikan khabar angin yang Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah bakal menggantikannya sebagai menteri besar Selangor melalui "Langkah Rawang", lapor Sinar Harian.

Azmin mengulas khabar angin dalam sebuah portal Isnin lalu mengenai Langkah Rawang yang bertujuan menyingkirkan Azmin sebagai menteri besar dan akan digantikan dengan bekas ahli Majlis Tertinggi Umno itu.

"Saya tidak pernah dengar benda macam itu. Saya dengar benda betul sahaja. Benda yang tidak betul saya tidak mahu dengar.

"Langkah Rawang adalah spekulasi yang tidak betul dan tidak ada kena mengena dengan jawatan saya sebagai menteri besar sekarang," kata Azmin seperti dilaporkan akhbar Sinar Harian.

Portal itu sebelum ini mengatakan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Rawang Gan Pei Nei daripada PKR akan mengosongkan kerusinya memberi laluan bekas timbalan menteri pengajian tinggi itu untuk bertanding dalam pilihan raya kecil.

Portal itu turut mengatakan, langkah untuk menjatuhkan Azmin sedang giat dilakukan penentang-penentangnya di Selangor.

"Adun Rawang akan mengosongkan kerusi itu bagi membolehkan diadakan semula PRK DUN Rawang untuk memberi laluan kepada Saifuddin selaku ayam sabung PKR yang diperkatakan ramai bakal menjadi MB baru bagi menyingkirkan Azmin yang semakin ditolak ramai pemimpin mahupun ahli PKR," tulis portal itu.

PKR tahun lalu menyingkirkan Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim sebagai menteri besar Selangor melalui "Langkah Kajang".

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(FMT) – They can either raise their hands and support it when it comes to the voting on the document or do the disappearing act.

A political analyst reckons that MPs have only two choices on Budget 2016 after it's announced on Friday afternoon by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak as Finance Minister. They can either raise their hands and support it when it comes to the voting on the document or do the disappearing act.

The choice is theirs, said Shahbudin Husin the analyst in his latest blog posting. He added that the people know, amidst various burdens imposed on them and their suffering at a time when the economy was heading south, the ringgit was down, and the stock market in the doldrums, that one of the main causes was Najib as Prime Minister and Finance Minister.

He was taking his cue from a statement by Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah who felt that the MPs on the government side would not, in the normal course of circumstances, oppose the Budget. "However, if the MPs feel that there are substantive issues to oppose the Prime Minister, they have the right to do so (not support the Budget)," the analyst quoted Razaleigh as saying.

It also becomes the duty of MPs, added the analyst, to oppose on behalf of the people if the Budget was merely "sugar-coated".

"This year, we will focus our efforts on strengthening the resilience of the economy, manage the impact of the world economy and external events on the local economy and protect the wellbeing of the people," Shahbudin quoted Najib as saying in the social media.

"The people will not believe him on the Budget just as they don't believe him on the RM2.6 billion in his personal accounts being a political donation. They will see the Budget as nothing more than empty promises, coming up with all sorts of things, to try and revive and restore his image. None will believe these empty promises."

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Najib is showing a more brazen approach against dissent, one that highlights his loyalty-first policy

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(Malay Mail Online) – Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will be the next critic that Putrajaya pursues, DAP's Lim Kit Siang alleged today following his six-month parliamentary suspension.

Asserting his ban from Dewan Rakyat to be part of the government's suppression of criticism over state-owned 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the Gelang Patah MP said Dr Mahathir will soon join a list of others the former said have been punished for speaking out about the firm.

"I am only the latest victim of the 1MDB Monster and more victims, including former prime minister Tun Mahathir, would be the casualties unless the 1MDB Monster could be stopped in its tracks," he said in a statement today.

Others whom he said have suffered due to their opposition to 1MDB include Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin who was removed as deputy prime minister, Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal who was dropped as a federal minister, Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Patail who was replaced as Attorney-General, and several more.

Lim claimed others who will now come in for Putrajaya's attention are Bank Negara Malaysia Governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz, DAP MP Tony Pua, Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown, The Edge Group's Tong Kooi Ong and Ho Kay Tat, and investigators part of a special taskforce that was examining 1MDB.

Lim was suspended from Dewan Rakyat for six months yesterday for insulting Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia by accusing him of exceeding his powers in suspending the Public Accounts Committee's inquiry on 1MDB.

Pandikar on Wednesday demanded Lim apologise for remarks the latter made on Tuesday, which the latter ignored.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said then submitted a motion to suspend Lim, which was approved yesterday by 107 assenting votes versus 77 opposing.

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