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Bersih Rally Test Of BN Tolerance Posted: 18 Jun 2011 07:19 AM PDT From The Malaysian Insider The Bersih 2.0 rally next month will be the litmus test of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government's commitment to tolerance and openness, PKR said today. The opposition party said the planned mammoth July 9 rally to demand electoral reform will determine if Malaysia can progress as a society in step with the demands of an increasingly progressive public. "The ability and right of a citizen to elect a party of his choice independently and without manipulation is central to the political integrity that the rakyat now demands loudly of any political party in Malaysia," PKR said in a statement today. It pointed out that the lack of integrity in the electoral system will continue to impede efforts by the government to advance Malaysia economically and socially, despite the Najib administration's promise of future prosperity. The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lynchpin also chastised BN for its "blatant antagonism" towards the rally, in particular "strong statements bordering on threats" issued by the Home Ministry in recent weeks. PKR warned that the ruling coalition's zero tolerance attitude towards Bersih 2.0 and electoral reform only serves to ensure continued erosion of public confidence in national institutions. PR component parties and activists are gearing up to march on July 9 in the second such rally by election watchdog Bersih. The first rally in 2007 saw up to 50,000 people take to the streets of the capital, where they were dispersed by police armed with tear gas and water cannons. The 2007 rally has been credited for the PR's record gains in Election 2008, where the opposition pact swept to power in five states and won 82 parliamentary seats. PAS has promised to bring some 300,000 protestors this year in hopes that it will galvanise support for the opposition in the next general election, which is expected to be called within a year. Umno Youth and Malay rights group Perkasa has said they will march on July 9 also to counter the Bersih rally.

Dr Tan: Siapa Biaya Kos Pertunangan Anak Najib? Posted: 18 Jun 2011 07:15 AM PDT Dari Malaysiakini Pemimpin PKR Dr Tan Kee Kwong hari ini menimbulkan soalan siapa yang membiayai bil bagi majlis pertunangan anak Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak yang diadakan di Seri Perdana, Putrajaya malam semalam. Majlis tertutup itu dikhaskan kepada kira-kira 800 tetamu istimewa dan terpilih yang terdiri daripada golongan dan kerabat diraja termasuk dari negara asing, ahli politik, tokoh perniagaan dan kenalan rapat yang lain. Hanya media rasmi sahaja yang dibenarkan membuat liputan. Majlis itu diadakan sempena pertunangan anaknya Nooryana Najwa kepada Daniyar Nazarbayev, yang mempunyai pertalian dengan presiden Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. "Saya difahamkan nota pembelian daripada sebuah hotel terkemuka itu dikeluarkan atas nama Jabatan PM. Ini menimbulkan soalan, siapa sebenarnya membayar bil katering yang berjumlah RM81,000," soal Dr Tan. Beliau yang merupakan bekas ahli parlimen Gerakan dan juga timbalan menteri berkata soalannya itu penting, khususnya ketika rakyat sekarang diminta ‘mengetatkan tali pinggang mereka ketika menghadapi kenaikan kos kehidupan’. "Pengurangan subsidi minyak dan barangan keperluan, memeritkan rakyat. Justeru, soalan siapa yang menanggung perbelanjaan itu perlu dijawap, lebih-lebih lagi nota pembelian dibuat atas nama Jabatan PM," katanya. Awal bulan ini, lawatan Najib serta keluarganya ke Kazakhstan menjadi isu hangat apabila ahli parlimen Kuala Selangor, Dzulkefly Ahmad membidas perdana menteri kerana didakwa bersalah dari segi moral kerana menggunakan dana awam bagi merisik perkahwinan anak perempuannya. “Tindakan Najib ini tidak ada kelas langsung iaitu menggunakan wang kerajaan dan rakyat untuk urusan peribadi," kata pemimpin PAS itu. Sebaliknya, Wisma Putra menafikan laporan itu dan menegaskan bahawa lawatan itu adalah untuk memenuhi penerimaan perdana menteri terhadap undangan yang telah lama dibuat oleh Presiden Nursultan Nazarbayev untuk melawat negara itu. Lawatan itu, juga dikatakan kebetulan diadakan serentak dengan penganjuran Forum Ekonomi Islam Sedunia (WIEF) ke-7 di Astana dari 7 hingga 9 Jun lalu.

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