ANWAR LICIK BERTANDING UNTUK CETUS KEKACAUAN KERANA AKAN DITUDUH LIWAT

Dengan tiba-tiba Azizah lepaskan Permatang Pauh supaya suaminya Anwar Ibrahim dapat bertanding. Ini merupakan satu strategik licik Anwar. Anwar sudah tahu beliau akan ditangkap tidak lama lagi atas tuduhan liwat. Dengan menjadi calon untuk bertanding di Permatang Pauh dan apabila beliau tangkap, akan hebohlah satu dunia bahawa ia merupakan satu konspirasi untuk menyekat beliau daripada bertanding.

Amerika Syarikat, Perancis, Britain, EU, IMF dan konco-konco Amerika seperti biasa akan bantah kerajaan Malaysia pimpinan Abdullah Badawi kerana ia akan dianggap komplot jahat politik Kerajaan dan tindakan menangkap Anwar telah melanggar hak asasi dan demokrasinya.

Itulah yang Anwar mahukan. Beliau hendak menunjukkan kepada dunia bahawa betapa zalimnya Kerajaan Malaysia terhadap beliau. Beliau akan menuduh Kerajaan Malaysia menggunakan tuduhan liwat ke atasnya semata-mata untuk menghalangnya daripada bertanding dan betullah dakwaannya selama ini bahwa semua ini merupakan satu konspirasi jahat Kerajaan Malaysia terhadap beliau.

Maka, akan hilanglah kes liwatnya yang memang inilah yang Anwar mahukan. Terlepaslah beliau dari tuduhan itu kerana ia merupakan satu konspirasi!

Dipetik berita-berita ini: Dan peta P44 Permatang Pauh

Wan Azizah Kosongkan Kerusi Permatang Pauh Untuk Beri Laluan Kepada Anwar

KUALA LUMPUR, 31 Julai (Bernama) -- Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail meletak jawatan sebagai Anggota Parlimen Permatang Pauh berkuatkuasa serta-merta bagi memberi laluan kepada suaminya Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim untuk bertanding pada pilihan raya kecil nanti.

Wan Azizah, 55, berkata beliau telah menyerahkan surat peletakan jawatannya itu hari ini kepada Speaker Dewan Rakyat Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia. 31 Julai, 2008 16:36 PM

Siasatan Kes Liwat Anwar Ibrahim Selesai: Syed Hamid

PUTRAJAYA, 31 Julai (Bernama) -- Siasatan kes liwat melibatkan Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim telah siap sepenuhnya dan diserahkan kepada pejabat Peguam Negara untuk tindakan lanjut, kata Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.

Katanya adalah menjadi prosedur pihak polis untuk menyerahkan kertas berikut kepada pejabat Peguam Negara sebaik sahaja proses siasatan selesai dilakukan. 31 Julai, 2008 19:18 PM

PETIKAN CHEDET TENTANG LIWAT ANWAR

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7. Is the present complainant a copycat? Hardly likely. Few would care to make public such a very shameful thing as being sodomised. In fact, the last time at least two people came to see me claiming they were sodomised by Anwar. But they were unwilling to make a report or be witnesses in court. One of them, however, did see the imam of Masjid Negara (now Member of Parliament for PAS), to seek advise on the religious angle.

8. There are certain habits which are not easy to be rid off. Habitual smokers will tell you that. So will drug addicts.

9. It is of course up to the courts to decide i.e. if this case finally reaches the court. The court may find Anwar guilty. In which case he would appeal to even higher courts and even to special courts, which can be set up for him.

10. If he could make out that Saiful is a willing partner, then as in the case of Azizan, Saiful's claims would not be regarded as proof beyond doubt. Anwar would be let off.

11. Anwar has practically refused to swear on the Quran on his claim to be innocent. But Saiful is quite willing to do so in a mosque witnessed by religious people.

TERJEMAHAN........

.........7. Mungkinkah pihak yang membuat lapuran kali ini seorang yang cuba meniru? Agak mustahil. Tidak ramai yang sanggup kehadapan dan mengumumkan sesuatu yang amat mengaibkan seperti kena liwat. Sebenarnya, dalam peristiwa yang lalu, sekurang-kurangnya dua orang menemui saya dan membuat pengakuan mereka telah diliwat oleh Anwar. Tetapi mereka tidak sanggup membuat lapuran ataupun menjadi saksi dimahkamah. Bagaimanapun, seorang dari mereka telah pergi menemui Imam Masjid Negara (sekarang ini ahli parliamen PAS) untuk mendapatkan nasihat dari sudut agama.

8. Ada beberapa tabiat yang sukar untuk dibuang. Perokok tegar akan menyatakan sedemikian. Begitu juga penagih dadah.

9. Sudah pasti ini tergantung kepada mahkamah untuk menentukan dan inipun jika kes ini akhirnya sampa kemahkamah. Mahkamah mungkin mendapati Anwar bersalah. Dia kemudiannya boleh merayu kepada mahkamah yang lebih tinggi malahan kemahkamah-mahkamah khas yang diadakan untuknya.

10. Jika dia berjaya membuat Saiful kelihatan sebagai pasangan yang rela seperti didalam kes Azizan, maka kenyataan Saiful tidak boleh dianggap sebagai bukti yang tidak dapat dipertikaikan. Anwar akan dibebaskan.

11. Anwar telah menolak untuk bersumpah diatas Quran untuk membuktikan dirinya tidak bersalah. Tetapi Saiful sanggup untuk melakukannya didalam masjid dan disaksikan oleh alim ulamak.

ANWAR ARRESTED

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ANWAR IBRAHIM VS SHABERY CHEEK

Tiada perkara baru yang didebatkan dalam soal kenaikan harga minyak antara mereka berdua malam tadi. Semua yang ditimbulkan sudah pun menjadi pengetahuan umum. Tidak ada pun jalan penyelesaian.

Anwar ambil mudah sahaja. Berikan dia kuasa menjadi Perdana Menteri dengan kerajaan barunya, tahulah apa dia hendak buat. Tetapi Anwar tidak boleh kelentong setiap rakyat setiap masa. Bukan mudah mengawal harga minyak yang dikuasai oleh pedagang asing yang mementingkan untung semata-mata. Minyak yang ada di negara kita cukup makan sahaja.

Shabery pun tidak memperincikan kenapa kerajaan telah menaikkan harga minyak padahal inilah wadah yang terbaik untuk kerajaan memberi penjelasan yang meyakinkan. Beliau sibuk mengungkit kisah silam Anwar yang semua orang tahu kaki gempak dan kelentong. Beliau jelas tidak profesional dan meyakinkan.

Hasilnya, rakyat menghabiskan masa untuk menyaksikan mereka yang mempunyai kepentingan politik peribadi - seorang hendak menjadi Perdana Menteri dan seorang lagi mencari populariti dan tempat dalam hieraki UMNO - sedangkan rakyat masih terbeban dan terpinga-pinga dengan kehidupan yang semakin payah dan merunsingkan.

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Many people have said the debate was a good sign of the openness of the present government. They said the room for the freedom of expression has been unlocked . They said the winner is the Abdullah Badawi's government.

But they forget the real loser is the people! What 's the use of freedom of expression if it leads to nought, if the people continue to have empty stomach!!

Harley-Davidson to buy MV Augusta for US$109m

Proton likely to get flak as it had sold the company for one euro in 2006

By S JAYASANKARAN
IN KUALA LUMPUR

AMERICAN motorcycle giant Harley-Davidson has, according to the Associated Press, agreed to buy MV Augusta for US$109 million, in sharp contrast to the one euro it paid when it bought the Italian bike-maker from Proton Holdings in 2006.

Harley-Davidson said in a statement out of Milwaukee last Friday that it was likely to seal the deal in weeks but the news is likely to unleash a firestorm of criticism against Proton, which was savagely assailed for the 2006 sale by no less a person than former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, who conceived Proton back in 1984.

Proton, then under the leadership of Dr Mahathir protege Tengku Mahaleel Ariff, bought a 57.75 per cent interest in MV Augusta in December 2004 for 70 million euros (S$154 million). Dr Mahathir had stepped down as premier a month earlier but had been appointed Proton adviser by his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at the time.

By 2005, Proton was floundering amid intense competition from better-quality Japanese models and relations between Tengku Mahaleel and the new Proton board, all appointed by Mr Abdullah, were tense. These culminated in the chief executive's contract not being renewed. Barely a year later, the company sold MV Augusta, with its debt of 107 million euros, for one euro.

Even so, the Harley deal would appear to vindicate both men and is likely to redound upon Proton and, by extension, Mr Abdullah and his administration, which has stoutly defended Proton's new management against the criticism of Dr Mahathir.

TANGKAP SAJA ANWAR!

Anwar Ibrahim patut ditangap terus. Dialah punca negara tidak habis-habis kecoh. Rakyat sudah membuat pilihan siapa mereka mahu memerintah negara dan negeri-negeri pada pilihanraya lalu. Tunggulah lima tahun lagi kalau pun ingin menjadi Perdana Menteri. Biarkan rakyat putuskan siapa yang mereka hendak pilih seterusnya.

Tidak perlulah Anwar buat banyak gempak. Rakyat ramai juga yang susah. Polis terpaksa bertindak menjaga ketenteraman awam yang tidak terlibat dan tidak mahu terlibat. Dalam sejarah demonstrasi yang beremosi mana ada demonstrasi secara aman. Cukuplah. Apa yang berlaku di negara ini kini adalah pilihan rakyat juga.

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Julai (Bernama) -- Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim diberi tempoh sehingga pukul 2 petang esok untuk hadir ke Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen Kuala Lumpur (IPKKL) bagi memberi keterangan berhubung kes liwat yang didakwa bekas pembantunya, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Datuk Mohd Bakri Zinin memberi amaran bahawa jika arahan itu diingkari, polis akan mengambil tindakan undang-undang termasuk menahan bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri itu.

Mohd Bakri berkata tindakan undang-undang juga akan dikenakan terhadap sesiapa yang cuba menghalang tugas polis daripada menahan Anwar nanti. "Polis akan ambil tindakan undang-undang jika beliau tidak hadir dan sesiapa yang menghalang kerja kami akan dikenakan tindakan di bawah Kanun Keseksaan," katanya pada sidang akhbar di sini hari ini.

MUHYIDDIN BOLEH KALAHKAN NAJIB?

Dipetik pandangan baru CheDet mengenai krisis kepimpinan dalam UMNO. Teori CheDet ini boleh pakai juga. Melihatkan Najib memberi kesetiaan melulu kepada Abdullah Badawi sampai tidak berani bersuara apa-apa dan bukan ketaatannya dicurahkan untuk kebaikan ahli dan parti UMNO, memang Muhyiddin boleh merampas jawatan Timbalan Presiden UMNO itu.

Muhyiddin telah menunjukkan kredibilitinya sebagai pemimpin yang berani bersuara walaupun terhadap Abdullah demi kebaikan orang Melayu dan UMNO.

Dr Mahathir Lihat Muhyiddin Boleh Kalahkan Najib Untuk Jawatan Timbalan Presiden Umno

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Julai (Bernama) -- Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad berkata Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin mampu memenangi jawatan Timbalan Presiden Umno sekiranya beliau bertanding pada pemilihan parti Disember ini.

Bekas Perdana Menteri itu berkata sekiranya Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berhasrat mempertahankan jawatan Timbalan Presiden Umno, beliau mungkin ditentang oleh Muhyiddin di mana keputusannya mungkin berpihak kepada Muhyiddin.

"Tanggapan umum terhadap Najib ialah beliau seorang pemimpin yang lemah dan tidak mempunyai pendirian sendiri," katanya kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan pejabat Kongres India Muslim di sini hari ini.

Dr Mahathir berkata Muhyiddin, yang sehingga kini tidak menyatakan jawatan yang ingin ditandinginya, boleh memenangi jawatan Timbalan Presiden kerana beliau lebih mudah diterima oleh anggota Umno yang menyokong Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan juga golongan yang tidak menyokong Abdullah.

KEKALAHAN BN DI PRU12 SATU RAHMAT?

Dipetik PM Abdullah Badawi berkata kekalahan Barisan Nasional pada pilihanraya umum lalu membawa rahmat. Apa yang rahmat? Begitulah sikap Abdullah apabila hendak meleraikan dirinya daripada sebarang isu atau masalah.

Sebenarnya, Abdullah ini, seorang yang tinggi ilmu agamanya, menggunakan takdir sebagai alasan dalam apa perkara yang menimpanya. Dia akan bersikap ambil mudah, tidak kisah dan acuh tak acuh kerana apa yang berlaku akan dikatakannya sudah takdir.

Beliau langsung tidak mahu menerima hakikat masalah yang timbul dalam bukan sahaja BN and UMNO, malah negara adalah kerana kepimpinannya yang lemah tidak bermaya dan bervisi!

Nasib baik BN tidak kalah habis kalau tidak apa pula Abdullah akan kata. Takdir juga!

KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Julai (bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menyifatkan keputusan pilihan raya umum 8 Mac lepas menyimpan pelbagai rahmat apabila berjaya mendidik Barisan Nasional (BN) untuk tabah menerima erti kegagalan dan kekecewaan dalam usaha murni berjuang untuk rakyat.

Perdana Menteri berkata keputusan yang menyaksikan kemerosotan BN itu bukanlah satu tragedi yang perlu diratapi selama-lamanya dan sebaliknya semua pihak dan parti komponen BN perlu bangkit mulai sekarang untuk memperkukuhkan perjuangan dan usaha mendekati rakyat.

"Apa yang berlaku, telahpun berlaku. Apa yang penting ialah reaksi kita selepas itu dan apa yang patut kita lakukan selepas itu.

"Kalau kita tidak sedia melihat perkara ini sebagai satu pengajaran, maka tentulah apa yang akan berlaku kepada kita ialah kesusahan yang berpanjangan... Ini adalah perasaan dan sikap saya sebagai Presiden Umno dan Pengerusi BN," katanya ketika merasmikan Perhimpunan Agung MIC ke-62 di Dewan Merdeka, Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra di sini, Sabtu.

BLOG DAN SMS TULAR BUDAYA FITNAH?

Dipetik seorang menteri berkata demikian. Sebenarnya sejak berkurun dulu lagi sewaktu belum ada internet dan telefon, tabiat menfitnah ni sudah wujud pun. Banyak kesultanan, empayar, dinasti, bangsa, komuniti, perhubungan, keluarga dan banyak lagi hancur musnah kerana mulut manusia yang berbisa ini!

Nampaknya alat-alat teknologi kemunikasi baru ini jadi kambing hitam kepada masalah politik dalam negara di bawah pimpinan PM Abdullah Badawi!

KOTA BAHARU, 12 Julai (Bernama) -- Budaya fitnah melalui blog dan khidmat SMS yang semakin menular kini dikhuatiri akan merosakkan tamadun bangsa dan menghancurkan negara jika tidak dikawal, kata Menteri Perpaduan, Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Warisan Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal.

Beliau berkata kementerian memandang serius budaya itu kerana terdapat kecenderungan rakyat semakin mempercayai blog dan SMS sedemikian.

"Ini yang merisaukan kerajaan kerana budaya fitnah melalui blog dan SMS sudah ditahap yang boleh merosakkan budaya bangsa yang akhirnya boleh menghancurkan negara. Ia perlu dikawal segera," katanya kepada pemberita selepas melancarkan Program Jiranku Keluargaku di Padang Perdana di sini Sabtu.

Mohd Shafie berkata rakyat dinasihat menilai terlebih dahulu kandungan blog dan SMS yang diterima mereka sebelum membuat sebarang keputusan.

ABDULLAH : WHAT ABOUT PM'S POST?

Although the UMNO presidency comes with the Prime Minister's post, Abdullah was very definitive not to mention any thing about his position as Prime Minister when he hands over the UMNO top post to Najib.

Maybe it will be automatic that the PM post will go to Najib as well but UMNO first need to get the BN component members' agreement as a mark of respect to them. Or will there be a separation of power in that UMNO President need not necessarily becomes PM?

Or is it a strategy not to make Abdullah a lame duck PM if he announces the exact date of his departure? Anyhow, many in UMNO are still not happy that Abdullah did not exit soonest. And one most important thing is that anything can happen or change in the next two years! Keep your fingers crossed!!

KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today announced that he would hand over the post of Umno president and Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman to his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak by middle of 2010.

He said the process of transferring the power had begun today and that with the decision, he would not be leading the BN in the coming general election expected to be held sometime in 2012 or 2013.

"I took the opportunity to inform the supreme council at the meeting just now that I have reached an agreement with Datuk Seri Najib that I will not be leading the BN in the 13th general election.

"And this will also mean that we have to set in motion the process of transferring the power. I informed the supreme council that the process would begin with the announcement I'm making today. "...that I plan to hand over the (Umno) president's post to Datuk Seri Najib by middle of 2010," he told a news conference after a close-door special briefing with Umno divisional leaders as well as leaders of the party's three wings -- Wanita, Youth and Puteri -- at the Dewan Merdeka, Putra World Trade Centre here today.

PARLIAMENT IS THE SAME NO MORE

The Parliament today is no more the same as before the 12th General Elections. In the last Parliament, BN MPs could afford to play truant and doze off during parliamentary sessions. Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers and Deputy Ministers could absent themselves as they liked and let their Parliamentary Secretaries reply with half-baked answers to questions raised by the not so many opposition MPs on their behalf.

They could escape then. But now, the BN leaders and MPs are in the line of fire. They are peppered with questions - their roles as the Government are scrutinised, their policies and plans are dissected, their laws are examined, their conducts are probed, their riches are questioned, and so on.

The Parliament are no more the home of dumb MPs. They are now the clever, intellectual and shrewd ones. They put up intelligent and critical questions but sad to say, there are still those who talk and behave like monkeys in the august house

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 (Bernama) -- The numerous questions raised by Opposition members in the Dewan Rakyat today agitated backbencher Datuk Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) who asked for the rationale in allowing the questions. He was perplexed as to why the Opposition members were allowed more questions whereas the Barisan Nasional were the majority in the Dewan Rakyat.

"I want an explanation. I have been observing everyday, this is not fair. This House is not controlled by the Opposition but by the Barisan Nasional. Our numbers are more than the Opposition," said Bung Moktar.

ANWAR TAKUT SUMPAH DENGAN AL-QURAN

Anwar Ibrahim seperti biasa akan memberi pelbagai alasan untuk menyelamatkan dirinya. Yang terbaru ialah apabila disuruh 'mubahalah' iaitu bersumpah dengan Al-Quran untuk membuktikan kebenaran yang beliau tidak terlibat dengan tuduhan liwat dengan pembantunya baru-baru ini, Anwar telah meletakkan pelbagai syarat.

Padahal, inilah jalan keluar yang paling mudah, cepat dan afdal untuk beliau meleraikan dirinya dengan kes liwat itu. Tidak perlu meminta kehadiran ulamak, sampai hendakkan ulamak dari luar negara, empat saksilah dan sebagainya. Anwar jelas berbolak-balik kerana beliau memang tidak mahu menjunjung Al-Quran kerana beliau amat takut terkena atau termakan sumpahan atau bala yang akan diturunkan ke atasnya oleh Tuhan jika beliau berbohong.
Jika beliau tidak bersalah Al-Quran boleh menjadi pegangannya. Soal aib tidak timbul kerana beliau boleh memberitahu dunia bahawa beliau tidak melakukan perbuatan terkutuk itu. Ia sebaliknya akan mengaibkan orang lain yang menuduhnya.

Pada Anwar, tepuk dada tanya selera!

ABDULLAH BLAMES BLOGGERS

Bloggers Too To Be Blamed For Rumours And Speculation, Says Abdullah

KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi wants bloggers to stop speculating and spreading rumours on the Internet as this is another cause of the unsettled political situation in the country.

"I want to tell the blogs to stop all these as they are also responsible for what has happened. The best thing they could do is to stop," he told reporters after holding several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the 6th D-8 Heads of Government Summit here Monday.

The prime minister was commenting on the current political situation in the country, which seemed unsettled since the last general election in March.

"Slandering has become more rampant. One no longer cares whether the accusations are true or otherwise," Abdullah told Bernama Sunday.

"Whatever the truth, the truth will come out...don't worry about it," Abdullah said.

Asked how the government intended to stop these rumours and allegations on the Internet, he said :" When the truth comes out, all these will stop, we will make sure of that.

ANWAR SUCCEEDS TO GET FOREIGN (U.S.) POWER

As predicted, Anwar managed to attract the attention of a foreign super power, the United States which is known to be Anwar closest ally, to his sodomy case. At least this time PM Abdullah able to show his mantle by responding bravely and swiftly against this world police!


KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Tuesday asked Wisma Putra to send a protest note to Washington following the warning issued by the United States (US) to Malaysia concerning the allegation of sodomy against Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Describing the warning as interference in the affairs of the country, the Prime Minister said Malaysia had its own government, laws and enforcement and knew what needed to be done with regard to the case.

"It is a statement which tries to interfere in our country... we will certainly ensure that any investigation will be carried out properly, fairly and without cruelty to anyone.

TUN DR. MAHATHIR: MALAYSIA'S MASTER BRAND BUILDER

KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 (Bernama) -- Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed leads the list of those honoured with Brand Laureate Hall of Fame Award tonight.

He received a Lifetime Achievement Award as an acknowlegedment of his works as a Malaysia's master brand builder, said the Brand Laureate chief executive officer Dr K.K. Johan at the Brand Laureate Awards 2007/2008 Gala Dinner here tonight.

He said Dr Mahathir, during his tenure as Prime Minister, has positioned Malaysia as a respectable nation and a force to be reckoned in international arena.

Brand Laureate Award is to honour brand icons and statesmen in Malaysia and Asia Pacific region.