Pak Lah take Dr.Mahathir’s advice, release Hindraf 5
I spoke at Au Long, Taiping on 30thJanuary2008. Among the matters spoken were In countries like New Zealand and in many other countries:
1) Demand the release of the HINDRAF 5
2) SPR should ensure all the 17000 newly registered be eligible voters to vote in the coming elections
Malaysian former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday said the government should talk to the Hindraf leaders, not arrest them under the ISA.
He also said the corruption and vote buying will be rampant in the next election.
Dr Mahathir said BN coalition member the Malaysian Indian Congress was not properly representing the Indians.
The Hindraf rally was one of several streets demonstrations that have shaken the government in recent months, along with an election reform rally that drew more than 30,000 protesters.
These are very serious observation by the former Prime Minister who knows better to urge Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi to release the five Hindraf leaders.
He said the Hindraf protest happened because the government failed to listen to the Indian people grievances.
How true is Dr Mahathir’s observation.
Abdullah must heed this wise advice and release the Hindraf leaders immediately and without any condition. He should open dialogues with the Indian community based on the 18-points memorandum Hindraf had submitted to him in August last year.
We urge the Prime Minister to urgently set up a Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate this matter, release the Hindraf leaders and begin a proper study to help the Indian community based on the 18-points memorandum.
Only this action will ease the anger the Indian community is feeling and clearly expressed during the Nov 25 protest, boycott of Thaipusam at Batu Caves on January 23 and next will show their anger at the general elections expected din mid-March.
Are the 17000 who registered with the SPR in the last quarter eligible to vote in the coming elections?
The Elections Commission Chairman has announced that over seventeen thousand have registered as voters between the months of October-December2008 but these voters may not be eligible to vote in the coming elections as “investigations could not be completed by then”. This is really disappointing. Or are the 17000 new voters perceived as going to vote against the Barisan in the coming elections. Why it takes such a long time to verify and gazette the new voters? We urge the SPR to speed up the process and gazette all the eligible voters so that they can vote in the coming elections. The SPR should if the need be employ more staff for this purpose. The SPR wants powers to sue those who make “wild allegations” against the SPR. Instead of trying to shield from criticisms the SPR should come clean and do its primary work of gazetting eligible voters the soonest possible.
The SPR spends over RM80 million a year to carry out voter registration exercise. All this is shear waste of tax payer’s money as all the particulars of eligible voters could be obtained from the National Registration Department and the data could be used to up date the records of the SPR.
The SPR chief has traveled widely around the globe to witness the election process but the question is why the good practices in those countries are not implemented in Malaysia? Recently we met him in Ipoh and he had just come back after the Australian general elections but nothing has changed since then.
“Malaysian former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday said the government should talk to the Hindraf leaders, not arrest them under the ISA.”
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Mahathir has been the main culprit of what we are experiencing today. He ruled with an iron fist for the last 2 decades and cultivate a “culture” of ISA, corruptions, cronism, nepotism and judicial bickering in which the current adminstration finds it difficult to resist, as absolute power tend to corrupt absolutely, even worse, play with the tune of the “culture”. Why only he(Mahathir) retires then only soften his approach? What can he do to reverse this “culture” that he has created? Remember what he told the Royal Commission of Inquiry recently that he can’t remember anything when he testified at the inquiry? Isn’t that the “denial culture” that he has created and continue to fool the Malaysian public till today? A great man many Malaysians seems to perceived him after he retires, the greater the sins what he has created in the last 2 decades.
“The Elections Commission Chairman has announced that over seventeen thousand have registered as voters between the months of October-December2008 but these voters may not be eligible to vote in the coming elections as “investigations could not be completed by then”.
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Oh yes, taking about SPR, I don’t trust the SPR in conducting the coming election, or even the past general elections. Not only that, I believe there’s a conspiracy to rigged the votes and the results in every single general elections in favour of the ruling coalitions starting with the great man himself, Tun Dr Mahathir. Call me paranoid, but I think the general elections results are the OBVIOUS AND BIGGEST CORRUPTION SCANDAL in Malaysia even though we are fooled to believe it’s not so, as everything, the method, procedure and admintration of the general elections are always clouded with sheer secrecy.
Comment by Jim — January 31, 2008 @ 3:53 am
Dear Kula,
As mentioned by you, recently you met the EC chairman in Ipoh but everything remains the same. Why ? because no matter how many elections this idiot observes, he will not do anything to jeopardize his master (read UMNO). Moreover as the saying goes “Old dogs can’t learn new tricks”.
Comment by Reality — February 1, 2008 @ 3:07 am
He travels just to spend our money and it s working/paid holiday….if he improves it ….then he is “breaking rank”. You see if Jabatan Pendaftaran has all the records of malaysians…that can be matched against a person who registers a day before the elections. EC processing all using papers and pens? or they are still 50 years back? How come under age voters are still in the list? Oh i see … thats why he was retained for a good job!
Comment by seals — February 12, 2008 @ 4:23 pm
Kula, sebelum beri sebarang komen bodoh mengenai kedudukan etnik India di Malaysia, cuba lihat etnik India di Pakistan, India dan Sri Lanka. Kamu kaum India, tidak memiliki sikap toleransi, jika pak lah dan Mahathir kamu kutuk, itu tidak menjadi sesuatu yang ajaib kerana etnik India yang membunuh pemimpinnya, Mahatma Gandhi! Cuba kamu tengok balik program TV di India bagaimana mereka hina Islam, kat sini ada ke chanel TV melayu hina keling. memang kaum keling tak kenang untuk. Susah2 balik india lee kelingggg
Comment by Ramalingan A/L Kula — February 14, 2008 @ 11:15 pm
You will never know how deep is a pit unless you are in it. So before you start commenting that indians are ungrateful you should really need to look at your ownself first. Being an indian is something that we are very proud off. Because we had the guts and courage to fight for our rights rather than just living of what is given by others. Rights that are supposed to be enjoyed by us is being taken and lived by others. That is supposed to be shame off. So im proud to be indians and proud enough on what our fellow Hindraf are up for. Things that should have been done before is being done now with full spirit. May God be with us. To the person who left your comment on February 14, please look around you first.
Comment by Indian — February 20, 2008 @ 5:57 am
There is no poor on chinese community, there is no begger in malay, kadazan, murut or other community in malaysia… Just stupid hindraf begging for supper special autonomy… my mother never have enough money to go to london to demonstrate. ps.. if Mahathir in power… some of hindraf leader (if not) supporters will be shoot dead… it happen before and it will happen again
Comment by Stupid Hindraf — February 27, 2008 @ 5:54 pm