The people of Malaysia, or shall I say the 'opposition'(?) as in all those who oppose the government's policies lumped together, have to think ahead of what obstacles the authorities might place to prevent such a huge gathering. Already the de facto PM or the man without portfolio had stated that the march should be stopped. It would be interesting to know how the PDRM will handle this open conflict.
06/11: Latest on the 10 November 2007 gathering of 100,000 people
Category: News
Posted by: raja petra
Malaysia Today
At 11.00am this morning, a delegation from BERSIH went to the Istana Negara to hand deliver a letter to Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Alwathiqubillah Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Almuktafi Billah Shah. The letter was basically to inform Tuanku about the rakyat’s ‘visit’ to the Istana on Saturday, 10 November 2007.
The Istana has asked BERSIH to submit the names of the representatives of the 100,000 delegation who will be going into the Istana to deliver the Rakyat’s Memorandum. Invariably, 100,000 people will not be able to go into the Istana. This is an indication that Tuanku has perkenan (consented) to receive the representatives of the 100,000 delegation.
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
What The Bersih March Means To Lulu - Part 1
“The EC has to pass through Parliament. This is the reality of the political system in this country. Anything that needs to be done, has to go through Parliament. And amendments will have to go through majority vote in Parliament. And BN has 92 percent of the seats in Parliament. That’s the reality."
“It is not what I or what Sri Gading or Mambong wants. It is the will of the people, because the people place BN to take charge of the country. If you are upset, please go and scold them now. In the next election, go to the ground and tell the people not to vote for BN. We make decisions based on the mandate that was given to us by the people."
-Nazri Aziz - Minor amendments to election laws Malaysiakini
"yes. Currently the BN has 92% of the seats in Parliament.
But what means did they apply to get there."
"Let Lulu give some examples of how supposedly independant impartial and fair the EC is.
In the 04 GE, the Subang Jaya state seat was a walk-over for Lee Hwa Beng. The oppossition candidate was disqualified as he was faulted for failing to report to the IRB his expenses within 30 days after the last general election in which he contested and lost.
Are you aware that our Hadhari PM also commited the same offence,
Pencalonan Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi bagi P41 - Kepala Batas dan Dato' Azhar Ibrahim (BN) bagi Penaga - N1, nyaris dibatalkan kerana tidak menyerahkan penyata perbelanjaan pilihanraya 1999. Kejadian itu menyebabkan pengumuman calon yang bertanding di kawasan parlimen Kepala Batas terpaksa dilewatkan sehingga pukul 12.30 tengahari.
Terangnya, Dato' Abdul Ghani selepas tempoh bantahan pukul 11.00 pagi telah terus mengumumkan bahawa semua bantahan ditolak tanpa memberikan penjelasan yang sewajarnya kepada pembantah sepertimana yang dinyatakan dalam peraturan bantahan.
but (of course...) the bantahan was ditolak and we now have to tolerate him as our PM."
"Teresa Kok is one of the most popular, hardworking and effective MP in and out of parliament. Her constituency Seputeh has 74,702 voters in the 2004 GE.
In contrast, do you know how many voters there are in the "bodoh!" and "racist!" MP's constituency?
P061: PADANG RENGAS: 24,863
Even the majority Teresa Kok got was more than the number of votes Nazri Aziz got.
That lady is three times the MP that Nazri is.
The BN, through electoral gerrymandering, has slowly eroded the principle of “one man, one vote.” Districts that have traditionally demonstrated strong support for opposition parties often have disproportionately large populations when compared to those districts that have traditionally supported the BN.
The original 1957 Constitution contained a provision limiting the size discrepancy between any two districts to no more than 15%. This restriction, however, has since been eliminated by constitutional amendments in 1962 and 1973.
Have you heard of postal votes? Did you hear about the drama in Bukit Bintang?
DAP's Fong Kui Lun won with a 286 majority. Razor thin. He received 19,107 votes. whereas the BN candidate received 18,821 votes.
Did you know that that 4,465 of her votes came from postal votes? 24% of her votes, from a voting process which to quote Nazri, "Parliament does not have a say how the army carries out the manner of voting. " when asked, "Why are political parties not allowed to send representatives to oversee postal voting. Is the postal voting system a fraud, an operational centre for the BN to maintain power?""
No wonder why Lim Kit Siang, and even Haris Ibrahim are concerned about the sudden appearance of 3,000 postal voters given that there are no new police stations or army barracks in the area.
The Election Commission is seen as one of the primary instruments through which the BN has manipulated the election process for its own political gain. We need to voice out our grievances, and fight for a fair election.
The Bersih March is a call to Kembalikan Hak Rakyat.
It is a a peaceful rally to press for reforms in the electoral system to ensure free and fair elections. A memorandum will also be handed by BERSIH representatives to His Majesty the Yang Dipertuan Agung."
from What A Lulu
Government fed by the people
Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.
Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?
When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.
Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Possibility and necessity
It is possible to fit 21 persons in this Mini.
It is necessary to take these 14 children home.
It is necessary to pass the tray this way because it is too jam-packed inside.
It is necessary to take these 14 children home.
It is necessary to pass the tray this way because it is too jam-packed inside.
Story of the Phantom voters...
also from Zorro-unmasked.
"On Friday 2 Nov, Haris Ibrahim of People's Parliament, Ahirudin Atan of Rocky's Bru, Tony Yew of Can You See It, and I met some twenty Ipoh Timur constituents who wanted to know about the mysterious increase in the number of new voters injected into their constituency. An increase of some 8000 voters, 3000 of which will be postal votes surely triggered off the alarm bells.
We arrived just before 3pm at the Perak Election Commission office and met two groups of people. We told one group that they could not be included in the dailogue because they belong to the Gopeng constituency. The meeting took place at the Meeting Room and it was chaired by an En. Othman who sat in for the Pengarah who was urgently called to PutraJaya! He started the meeting by declaring that he was in no position to make any statements when he realized that the Press was present. Body language changed when we informed him and his two lady officers that four of us were bloggers but had come from KL to assist the Ipoh Timur group. With this assurance the officer acted congenially and even asked that a notebook be hooked up in the room for the group to check on their registration. Let me put on record that En Othman and his assistants acted professionally and friendly. We presented to the officers three cases for their attention:
Case1: Mr. N H Wong asked why he was transfered to vote in another constituency when he voted in Ipoh Timur in 2004. He still resides in the constituency.
Case 2: Mdm Wong Lee Li had never voted before. When urged by friends she registered but found out that she was registered to vote in Kebun Teh in Johore Bahru and her registered address in JB was 37 Jln Nibung, Taman Kebun Teh. Mdm Wong said that she was born in Ipoh, worked and lived in Ipoh and has never lived and worked in Johore Bahru.
Case 3. Rocky too had never voted before. Upon registration in KL in September 2007, he was told that he was a registered voter in 1999 in the Gopeng constituency! His residence address was 59 Jln Raja Mewa Mahidi, Rapat Setia. Rocky produced a police report to protect himself and to lodge a protest that someone falsified information to SPR and voted in his name. Rocky can't remember working and living in Perak.
So where does Phantom Votes come in? In the span of 4 years it is not possible that the people of Ipoh Timur went on a frenzied breeding spree!!! to up their voter eligibilty by some 5000. No new army camp was mobilised and definitely hundreds of police balai did not sprout profusely in Ipoh Timur. Your guess is as good as mine how useful the role these 8000 odd new voters would be. This figure is suffiient to show Uncle Kit his exit from Ipoh Timur.
AND THESE ARE MERELY THREE CASES. AND THERE ARE A FEW MILLION ELIGIBLE VOTERS OUT THERE STILL SITTING ON THE FENCE. GO REGISTER TO VOTE UNLESS YOU WANT TO PROSTITUTE YOUR SACRED VOTE. STOP WHINING AND SAYING THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS BAD. YOUR INDIFFERENCE IS THE MAIN CAUSE. YOU ENCOURAGED THE GOVERNMENT TO CHEAT. YOU DESERVE THE GOVERNMENT YOU HAVE"
"On Friday 2 Nov, Haris Ibrahim of People's Parliament, Ahirudin Atan of Rocky's Bru, Tony Yew of Can You See It, and I met some twenty Ipoh Timur constituents who wanted to know about the mysterious increase in the number of new voters injected into their constituency. An increase of some 8000 voters, 3000 of which will be postal votes surely triggered off the alarm bells.
We arrived just before 3pm at the Perak Election Commission office and met two groups of people. We told one group that they could not be included in the dailogue because they belong to the Gopeng constituency. The meeting took place at the Meeting Room and it was chaired by an En. Othman who sat in for the Pengarah who was urgently called to PutraJaya! He started the meeting by declaring that he was in no position to make any statements when he realized that the Press was present. Body language changed when we informed him and his two lady officers that four of us were bloggers but had come from KL to assist the Ipoh Timur group. With this assurance the officer acted congenially and even asked that a notebook be hooked up in the room for the group to check on their registration. Let me put on record that En Othman and his assistants acted professionally and friendly. We presented to the officers three cases for their attention:
Case1: Mr. N H Wong asked why he was transfered to vote in another constituency when he voted in Ipoh Timur in 2004. He still resides in the constituency.
Case 2: Mdm Wong Lee Li had never voted before. When urged by friends she registered but found out that she was registered to vote in Kebun Teh in Johore Bahru and her registered address in JB was 37 Jln Nibung, Taman Kebun Teh. Mdm Wong said that she was born in Ipoh, worked and lived in Ipoh and has never lived and worked in Johore Bahru.
Case 3. Rocky too had never voted before. Upon registration in KL in September 2007, he was told that he was a registered voter in 1999 in the Gopeng constituency! His residence address was 59 Jln Raja Mewa Mahidi, Rapat Setia. Rocky produced a police report to protect himself and to lodge a protest that someone falsified information to SPR and voted in his name. Rocky can't remember working and living in Perak.
So where does Phantom Votes come in? In the span of 4 years it is not possible that the people of Ipoh Timur went on a frenzied breeding spree!!! to up their voter eligibilty by some 5000. No new army camp was mobilised and definitely hundreds of police balai did not sprout profusely in Ipoh Timur. Your guess is as good as mine how useful the role these 8000 odd new voters would be. This figure is suffiient to show Uncle Kit his exit from Ipoh Timur.
AND THESE ARE MERELY THREE CASES. AND THERE ARE A FEW MILLION ELIGIBLE VOTERS OUT THERE STILL SITTING ON THE FENCE. GO REGISTER TO VOTE UNLESS YOU WANT TO PROSTITUTE YOUR SACRED VOTE. STOP WHINING AND SAYING THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS BAD. YOUR INDIFFERENCE IS THE MAIN CAUSE. YOU ENCOURAGED THE GOVERNMENT TO CHEAT. YOU DESERVE THE GOVERNMENT YOU HAVE"
Story of the Phantom
from Zorro-unmasked.
"When I was a kid, my hero was Phantom, a comic-book hero. In fact he was everybody's hero.
Before Batman, before The Shadow, before The Green Hornet, before The Lone Ranger, even before Captain Marvel and Superman, the comics' first masked mystery-man hero had long since been striking fear into the dark hearts of the wicked.
Indeed, by the time the world-famous adventures of The Phantom were first recorded in print more than six decades ago, the grim champion of justice had already been around for nearly 400 years.
Such is the riveting, myth-freighted legend of The Phantom -- "The Ghost Who Walks," "The Man Who Cannot Die," "The Guardian of the Eastern Dark." In the beginning he had been a half-drowned sailor, flung ashore on the terrible, blood-drenched Bengalla coast after pirates burned his ship and slaughtered his mates. The gentle Bandar pygmies, taking him to be a sea god of ancient prophecy, nursed him back to fitness and became his everlasting friends -- as the castaway faced his destiny, donned costume and mask and was reborn as the first of the Phantoms, scourge of predators everywhere.
"I swear to devote my life to the destruction of piracy, greed, cruelty and injustice!" he cried as he formally took "The Oath of the Skull" by firelight. "And my sons and their sons shall follow me!"
The modern Phantom is the 21st of the line. Since Feb. 17, 1936, he has been the law in his dangerous part of the world, a one-man police force, a silent avenger who appears and vanishes like lightning. His home is the fearsome "Skull Cave," deep in the heart of his jungle. His only intimates have been the faithful Bandar, his great white horse Hero, his savage gray wolf Devil, and his lovely American sweetheart Diana Palmer."
My introduction to The Phantom was during lower secondary school days when this fat Indian man used to place his comics just outside MBS, Sentul, KL. He must have got them from somewhere because every comic had two inches of its front cover torn off and it was being sold at 20 or 40 sen each. The idea of someone with almost mystical power and strength fed my imagination. His mortality as suggested by having descendants taking over made it more believable.
"When I was a kid, my hero was Phantom, a comic-book hero. In fact he was everybody's hero.
Before Batman, before The Shadow, before The Green Hornet, before The Lone Ranger, even before Captain Marvel and Superman, the comics' first masked mystery-man hero had long since been striking fear into the dark hearts of the wicked.
Indeed, by the time the world-famous adventures of The Phantom were first recorded in print more than six decades ago, the grim champion of justice had already been around for nearly 400 years.
Such is the riveting, myth-freighted legend of The Phantom -- "The Ghost Who Walks," "The Man Who Cannot Die," "The Guardian of the Eastern Dark." In the beginning he had been a half-drowned sailor, flung ashore on the terrible, blood-drenched Bengalla coast after pirates burned his ship and slaughtered his mates. The gentle Bandar pygmies, taking him to be a sea god of ancient prophecy, nursed him back to fitness and became his everlasting friends -- as the castaway faced his destiny, donned costume and mask and was reborn as the first of the Phantoms, scourge of predators everywhere.
"I swear to devote my life to the destruction of piracy, greed, cruelty and injustice!" he cried as he formally took "The Oath of the Skull" by firelight. "And my sons and their sons shall follow me!"
The modern Phantom is the 21st of the line. Since Feb. 17, 1936, he has been the law in his dangerous part of the world, a one-man police force, a silent avenger who appears and vanishes like lightning. His home is the fearsome "Skull Cave," deep in the heart of his jungle. His only intimates have been the faithful Bandar, his great white horse Hero, his savage gray wolf Devil, and his lovely American sweetheart Diana Palmer."
My introduction to The Phantom was during lower secondary school days when this fat Indian man used to place his comics just outside MBS, Sentul, KL. He must have got them from somewhere because every comic had two inches of its front cover torn off and it was being sold at 20 or 40 sen each. The idea of someone with almost mystical power and strength fed my imagination. His mortality as suggested by having descendants taking over made it more believable.
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