Nizar says decision will lead to “absolute monarchy”.
Taken from: The Malaysian Insider
By Syed Jaymal Zahiid and Debra Chong
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 9 — Toppled Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin said today’s Federal Court ruling that upheld Barisan Nasional (BN) as the rightful state government will lead to an “absolute monarchy.”
Absolute Monarchy
“If this decision goes on and becomes the law of the day, it will lead to an absolute monarchy,” Nizar said after the apex court declared Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir the rightful mentri besar.
“That means the ruler can now dismiss the prime minister or the mentri besar at any time,” said the grim-faced PAS leader.
While Nizar accepted the court decision, he claimed the ruling had “neglected constitutional precedents” and ignored the wishes of the voters.
Nizar Accepted the Court Decision
Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin (left) accepted the court decision but refuses to go away quietly. Sitting next to him is Perak DAP chief, Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham.
He slammed the BN government as an “illegitimate” one which had been supported by today’s decision. Read more
Popularity: 1% [?]
Perak MB vs MB
Taken from: The Malaysian Insider
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 9 — The Federal Court today agreed with the Court of Appeal and ruled that Barisan Nasional’s Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir is the lawful Mentri Besar of Perak. This snuffs out the last hope of his toppled political rival and predecessor Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin to be reinstated to the position.
Federal Court Bench
The five-man panel of judges comprised Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff, Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Arifin Zakaria and Justices Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin, Datuk Mohd Ghazali Mohd Yusoff, and Datuk Abdull Hamid Embong.
Federal Court Decision
The judgement was read out in court by Tan Sri Arifin Zakaria. “There is no requirement in the State Constitution which requires a vote of no confidence to be taken in the State Assembly. In the present case, there is no doubt that Zambry has the support of 31 of the 59 members of the state assembly,” said Tan Sri Arifin Zakaria.
Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail later told reporters, “It’s a very clear judgment with very, very sound reasonings. There’s no doubt about it. What has been done was to reaffirm the court’s decision,” referring to the Court of Appeal that “Datuk Zambry is the rightful Mentri Besar.”
“What the judges said is that anyone who has the majority can be appointed Mentri Besar but must prove it,” added Abdul Gani, who was present when the judgement was read out. Read more
Popularity: 1% [?]
Betong – the masterpiece of BN politics of development
Written by Dr. John Brian Anthony
Island Mentality
It is nice to hear that Tan Sri Jabu would like to invite Anwar Ibrahim, Head of Opposition in Parliament and Pakatan Rakyat defecto leader to Betong to see for himself the development that the town has achieved. Betong is Jabu’s constituency and he has held the seat for about 30 over years and at the same time the Deputy Minister of Sarawak for about the same duration.
My thought were how myopic Jabu’s ways of thinking and it smack on almost how ” full of himself ” for trying to show off or naive to try to impress a progressive and international known personality as Anwar with Betong development. The reason IS simple: Betong is not even 10% of say Butterworth – the town nearest to Permatang Pauh, Anwar’s constituency.
It is rather disturbing for me if the Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister is thinking of Betong as bench mark for progress in Sarawak because it is not! Read more
Popularity: 2% [?]
Malaysia is made up of 3 countries as equal partner
Written by Dr. John Brian Anthony
There is no 13 States in Malaysia
There are 11 Federated Malay States in Malaya. Sabah and Sarawak are NOT in the same category of Malacca, Johore, Selangor etc. Sabah and Sabah are independent countries before forming Malaysia.
Who says that there was no agreement when Malaysia was formed? Do you really think that Sabah and Sarawak are so silly so as to form Malaysia without an agreement. Most people in Malaya ( i will not refer to Malaya as West Malaysia anymore from now on) were told lies in school and wrong facts of history to create the impression that Sabah and Sarawak are of the same status as the Malay State. Read more
Popularity: 6% [?]
Malay dominance in the civil service should remain unchanged and unchallenged
Taken from The Malaysian Insider
** Dr Lim Teck Ghee is director, Center for Policy Initiatives, and Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam is former president, Transparency International Malaysia.
The article “Emphasis on raising standards” by Shagul (The Star, Jan 30) seems to be aimed at ensuring that the situation of Malay dominance in the civil service should remain unchanged and unchallenged.
Dayakbaru:
This clearly shows that the Malay in Malaya has no intention to bring multi-racial civil service. Is that we Sabah and sarawak people expected by joining Malaysia? The answer is NO. We know that we must never talk about being separated from Malaysia and be independent country of our own. With just an analysis by the Director General of the Civil Service, we should not be blame for thinking that we Sabah and Sarawak should consider leaving Malaysia all together. We formed Malaysia with a dream of equality and progress. Why are we made ” second class” citizen to Malay of Malaya. Read more
Popularity: 4% [?]
Malaysia – a democracy existing in name only
Taken from the Malaysian Insider (By Debra Chong)
Dayakbaru:
I am not surprise that Tengku Razaleigh called Malaysia a democracy in name only. Before reaching such a conclusion Tengku would have enough evidence to support his statement. Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (TRH) is a well known Malay intellectual and has participated in governing Malaysia and is still with the government. His statement should not be taken in a negative light but serve to remind us Malaysian of the truth today.
Oil producer are poor
Sabah, Sarawak, Trengganu, and Kelantan are poor despite being oil producers. The Federal government suck up so much money and wasted in in many failed projects. The money are lost through the government incompetencies in planning and executing projects and corrupted practices in awarding the contracts. Not enough allocation are given to infra-structure projects and much money are spent on “white elephants” and non productive government program eg 1 Malaysia today, the Monsoon Cup, . Read more
Popularity: 4% [?]
Government Transformation Programme (GTP), a mirage.
Posted by Dr. Francis Ngu
YB Dominique Ng, the ADUN for Padungan, has described the Roadmap for Government Transformation Programme (GTP) of the Prime Minister as a mirage to hoodwink Malaysians, especially in Sarawak, a roadmap which will not be realized or sustained.
NKRAs
6 key performance areas or six areas of improvement, or National Key Results Areas (NKRAs), were announced: reducing crime, combating corruption, raising the living standard of low-income citizens, widening access to education, improving infrastructure in rural areas and upgrading public transportation.
“ Sure these are not only valid areas of concern, but also an admission of the failure of governance under Barisan National; in Sarawak, these have been the neglected areas since the formation of Malaysia.” Says Ng.
BN Governmnet fail in so many other areas too
“ Yet, these are not the only fields where the Barisan National Government has either failed, or has been strong on rhetoric but poor on delivery. With respect to Sarawak, I refer to the omitted or unmentioned areas of Healthcare in the public sector, social welfare, labour rights, public administration, human rights, tourism growth, environmental protection, historical and cultural heritage preservation among others, where Sarawak is trailing far behind.” Read more
Popularity: 16% [?]
William Nyalau – Tuai Rumah MUST support BN
Written by Dr. John Brian Anthony
The Honourable YB William Nyalau brilliant thesis on Tuai Rumah.
About two weeks ago the handsome MP from Lubok Antu – William Nyalau said that Tuai Rumah are part of the government service – in fact TR are government servant according to his brilliant reasoning because TR are given a monthly allowance of $450.00. In fact, the State government contribute $50.00 and the Federal Government gave $400.00. With such reasoning the honourable Member of Parliament made it clear to all Tuai Rumah that they must support BN / government because they are beholden to their pay master – the government.
Is a Tuai Rumah a Government Servant?
The answer is NO! He does not enter into an employment contract with the Civil Service and is not bounded by the General Order. A Tuai Rumah also do not enjoy the benefits accorded to a government servant and the Tuai Rumah are not “graded” as required by every position in the civil service.
Of course the Honourable YB may has his argument – to me he is just adding more confusion to the responsibility of being a Tuai Rumah. It is the lowest possible category class of politicking. I do hope the DUN member for Batang Ai can educate the MP on the matter. Read more
Popularity: 23% [?]
BN YB lost their freedom for thought and hiding behind unjust law
Written by Maramat Tajak
I still remember my immediate thought when I read this article ( Dr. Rundi and the NCR definition) in Sarawak Update.
Dr Rundi seems like a decent chap. I won’t want to pass judgement prematurely about his character.
Rundi is fundamentally wrong
But in the case of his statement on the difference between Temudak and NCR land, I think he is more than fundamentally wrong: he exhibited the same mental affliction that affect even the seemingly brightest young Dayak.
Many YBs and even those who call themselves educated Dayak, with doctorate degrees no less, often refer to the law, as if its the final arbiter of all debates.
In the court of law, yes – the law is the only means by which disputes can be settled.A judge would pass judgement in accordance with the reading of the law.If the law says anyone who get caught stealing will have his hands cut off, the judge will have other interpretation but would pass judgement according to the letter.
The law is not justice. Read more
Popularity: 27% [?]
PM missed opportunity in demonstrating his leadership
Taken from The Malaysian Insider
Things that side track Najib today
Datuk Seri Najib Razak is betting on his Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the recovering economy to win his Barisan Nasional (BN) enough votes to win the next general elections.
But commentators and analysts say that such a strategy can work only if he is not sidetracked by race rows and other controversies.
And with yesterday’s racist comments by a senior aide severely embarrassing the prime minister and the ongoing “Allah” row not going away, it remains a “big if.”
“The GTP is a vote winner but the key to it’s success is BN’s ability to avoid another issue such as the ‘Allah’ controversy,” said James Chin, a political science lecturer at Monash University here. Read more
Popularity: 19% [?]
DPM/ Education Minister School Holiday not sensitive to Sabah Sarawak Needs
Posted by Dr. John Brian Anthony
This letter is from one Dayakbaru reader and he wishes to bring the attention of Dayak that the 2010 School holiday has been reverted back to 5th June which will make life very difficult for those Dayak working in West Malaysia. Has it got to do with the coming State election – predicted to be before gawai 2010?
Please read the letter below.
Dear Sir,
I would like to thank you for being vocal about justice and rights of our people. More often than not the Federal Government takes us for a ride. And we are seen as the backward people in Malaysia. Read more
Popularity: 24% [?]
Sabah 20 points / Sarawak 18 points agreement
Written by Dr. John Brian Anthony
For further information in regards to the related article, kindly refer to Wikipedia.
Dayakbaru:
The 20 point agreement / 18 point agreement is between made between TWO countries ( Malaya and Sabah / Malaya and Sarawak).
Such being the case, no changes can be made on the agreement without the consent of the other. In the case, they seemed to be effort by the Federal Government to put aside this agreement or even ignore this agreement as it gets their way of integrating Sabah and sarawak according to West malaysia UMNO point of views and political agenda.
Sabah and sarawak must NEVER give up on this agreement as it provides us with more autonomy. The founding fathers has the foresight to see the greed of West Malaysian and sadly for Sabah since UMNO has come in and rule Sabah it has lost most of its autonomy. sarawak should continue to fight to uphold the 18 points agreement. While working with PKR those leaders from sarawak MUST insist that Pakatan Rakyat respect and enforce the 18 point agreement when they do come into power. Read more
Popularity: 23% [?]
Update Janji Bepilih ari Lubok Antu
Taken from Utusan Borneo
Dayakbaru : Bala kitai enggau bala2 bukai tau merati ke pemansang ke di sebut perintah tu lalu meri kitai “status” update tiap 6 bulan nentu ke projek tu amat di gaga. Dalam itong kasar semua duit kena ngaga jalai dalam genturong menoa Lubok Antu iya nya RM366 million. Di banding ngena mata kasar Lubok Antu deka ngembuan jalai ti manah lalu jauh mansang ari Kapit, Marudi enggau Kanowit.
LUBOK ANTU :
Enggau pemisi infrastruktur jalai ke manah ti mungkur mayuh rumah panjai ba pelilih menua Lubok Antu deka terus ngangkatka pemansang sereta ekonomi orang mayuh ba pelilih menua nya.
Penerang ari Opis Kereja
Injinia Pelilih Menua Opis Kereja Sri Aman Mehan Jorai maya meri penerang ngagai Kaban Parlimen Lubok Antu William Nyalau Badak enggau Kaban Kunsil Nengeri Batang Ai Malcolm Mussen Lamoh madahka mayuh ari ungkup jalai ke udah dikemendarka ba baruh Stimulus Pakej Kedua mayuh udah dikena ngenembuka jalai ke udah dijanji maya bepilih mit Batang Ai taun siti nyin tadi.
“Pejalai kami saritu deka meri penerang ngagai dua iku Yang Berhormat (YB) pasal penembu projek jalai ba Batang Ai kelebih agi ke udah dikemendar ba baruh Stimulus Pakej Kedua ke mungkur empat buah jalai alun ba sitak menua tu,” ku iya. Read more
Popularity: 22% [?]
Sarawak Football Team 2010
Written by Dr. John Brian Anthony
Football
In our years in Secondary School in sarawak, we played a lot of football. Football was played by all races in Sarawak. Fewer Chinese initially played football because they prefer basketball or table tennis. I was in secondary school from 1967 till 1971. It was a long way back then when the boys from the long houses and the Kelabit and Orang Ulu boys are made of “tough” material and with strength.
Now it looks like not a single Dayak knows how to play football anymore. Or is it? Just look at the sarawak State Football team today. The names are given below.
Popularity: 30% [?]
Is PERKASA an Opposition organization?
Written by Dr. John Brian Anthony
Is PERKASA Opposition to BN?
I would like to post the question to Telaga Kumang, Deo, Koklir, MJC, John Jamban, Anakmit, Dayaklama – etc. Based on Dayaklama the argument you put forward, anybody who disagree with BN and is not a member of BN is Opposition. Perkasa is dead against UMNO policies and my friend Ibrahim Ali of UiTM ( School of Mass Communication) intake of 1972 July is an independent YB, using Parti Keadilah Symbol to contest in the last election. Is PERKASA an Opposition organization.? What is Tun Mahathir doing standing shoulder to shoulder with Ibrahim Ali and many UMNO are now members of PERKASA? – refer The Malaysian Insider 2nd Feb 2010.
By the same token, are Dayak NGO opposition just by raising up Dayak issues?
When SDNU, SADIA, SDGA, DCCI, talked about the importance for the government to progress the Dayak in a a special way : Tan Sri Leo Moggie even say that NCR land without title should qualify to receive assistance from the government while Dr. James disagree – is Tan Sri Leo Moggie an Opposition? Dr. James gives no detail of his NCL plan land development. As usual, for a person who have no idea on how to make Dayak progress through his political leadership. Read more
Popularity: 23% [?]
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