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- Anwar Timbang ‘Bersara’ Jika Pakatan Kalah PRU
- Anwar Seeks to Exploit Young Malays’ Anger
- Kes Fitnah II Terhadap Anwar Tuduhan Jahat Umno – Surendran
- Siri Jelajah Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim Ke Parlimen Selayang, Selangor
- Assange Show Final Episode: Anwar Ibrahim – ‘the voice of democracy’ in Malaysia
| Anwar Timbang ‘Bersara’ Jika Pakatan Kalah PRU Posted: 04 Jul 2012 01:20 AM PDT Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim membayangkan, beliau mungkin bersara daripada politik sekiranya Pakatan Rakyat tidak berjaya merampas Putrajaya dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang. Anwar yang sering dirujuk sebagai “perdana menteri dalam penantian” itu berkata, beliau mungkin “kembali mengajar” jika Pakatan tidak berjaya ke arah itu, lapor Financial Times semalam. “Kita persembahkan manifesto, dasar-dasar kita, dan sudah tentu sekiranya diberikan mandat, saya teruskan, atau pun saya akan fikirkan kembali untuk mengajar,” beliau dipetik sebagai berkata dalam wawancara dengan akhbar itu. Akhbar yang beroperasi daripada London itu juga memetik Anwar sebagai mengakui, pilihan raya umum ke-13 “mungkin” menjadi peluang terakhirnya untuk menjadi perdana menteri. Dalam masa yang sama, harian yang diedarkan di seluruh dunia itu menulis, Anwar, 65, kelihatan “letih” untuk seseorang yang mencari peluang terbaik mentadbir negara. Anwar sebelum ini dilaporkan berkata, beliau yakin akan berlaku pertukaran kerajaan dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang. |
| Anwar Seeks to Exploit Young Malays’ Anger Posted: 04 Jul 2012 01:17 AM PDT On the 14th floor of Malaysia's parliament building – a white, honeycombed 1960s box on the Kuala Lumpur skyline – Anwar Ibrahim speaks quietly for a man known domestically as a populist firebrand. "This will be a different election," Malaysia's opposition leader promises, dressed in a subdued blue suit and tie. "We are changing the entire political landscape of the country. I think a growing number, particularly the younger Malaysians, want Malaysia to evolve as a mature, vibrant democracy." What many younger Malaysians want was on vivid display two months ago, when tens of thousands of demonstrators took to central Kuala Lumpur in a rally organised by Bersih, an opposition-linked civil society group pushing for electoral reform. The protest ended violently after demonstrators were dispersed by police using water cannon and teargas. It was a surprisingly strong showing of popular frustration and also placed Mr Anwar yet again into an uncomfortable spotlight, only months after his acquittal on sodomy charges – the latest chapter in a turbulent political career that has taken him from deputy prime minister and anointed leader-in-waiting in the late 1990s to prison, the formation of a political party and back into parliament. Video taken at the demonstration by Bersih – Malay for "clean" – showed him gesturing to the crowd, leading the attorney-general to charge that he had been encouraging demonstrators to breach a barricade and enter a square where public protests are banned. "Really flimsy," Mr Anwar says of the charge, repeating the gesture by rolling one hand over another. "Look at it clearly in the point of law, what is the evidence?" Mr Anwar's supporters see this as another government-inspired ploy – just like the most recent sodomy charge – to keep him off the campaign trail. The election will be close. It was at the hands of Mr Anwar's People's Alliance that the ruling coalition, dominated by the United Malay National Organisation (Umno), lost a two-thirds majority in parliament in 2008 – a shock for a party that has ruled Malaysia since independence. "The next election will be the most competitive in [the] history of Malaysia," says Bridget Welsh, an expert in Malaysian affairs at Singapore Management University. "The opposition, while facing problems internally and its own trust deficit, has gained support by moving from problem raising toward gaining experience at the state level in government offering more options for Malaysians." Now 65, Mr Anwar admits this is "probably" his last shot at becoming prime minister. He seems tired for a man facing his best shot yet of governing the country's complex mix of 28m Malays, Chinese and Indians. "We present our manifesto, our policies and, of course, if I get a mandate, I continue, otherwise I think I'll go back to teaching," Mr Anwar says. Six years in jail on sodomy charges have taken their toll. Another cat and mouse game with Malaysia's judiciary looks likely, thanks to his hand gestures at the bersih rally. On Monday, a judge set a date in September for hearing an application by Mr Anwar's lawyers to dismiss the charge. Yet he perks up when asked to rate the Najib administration's record. "You talk about '1Malaysia', but the race divide now is worse than before," says Mr Anwar. "Who would question the whole spirit of Malaysia? We don't. But the action [of the government] is something else." Mr Anwar's supporters say he is one of the few whose agenda can pull together the country's complex ethnic patchwork. Yet critics say his challenge in power would be holding together his own coalition of the ethnic Chinese Democratic Action Party, his own Parti Keadilan Rakyat and the Islamist Parti Islam Malaysia. "This is not a coalition based on just flimsy deals," he insists. "We actually crafted clear policies. There may be some minor issues that we could argue on, even within one party, or one race. But with the substantive issues, no." As he leaves his office the opposition's best hope for power seems more energised. But the fact that his office is devoid of any decoration, and his desk is empty, reveals how pressured he remains. "We don't keep papers here because there's no security here as far as we are concerned. I don't leave anything here. It's not good," Mr Anwar says, quietly again. "But then that's how we have to survive." |
| Kes Fitnah II Terhadap Anwar Tuduhan Jahat Umno – Surendran Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:56 PM PDT Penghakiman bertulis berhubung kes Fitnah II melibatkan Ketua Umum KEADILAN, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim adalah bukti jelas menunjukkan tuduhan tersebut hanya fitnah jahat didalangi Umno. "Penghakiman itu selari dengan pendirian kita yang menyatakan sememangnya itu merupakan satu fitnah," kata Naib Presiden KEADILAN, N Surendran. Beliau mengulas penghakiman bertulis oleh Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi, Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah dalam perbicaraan kes Fitnah II Anwar yang mendapati mahkamah tidak boleh yakin sepenuhnya berhubung integriti sampel yang diambil untuk ujian DNA daripada pengadu, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan. "Justeru, saya menuntut agar kes rayuan oleh Peguam Negara digugurkan segera kerana kes tersebut tiada bukti," tegasnya. Surendran juga menggesa Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak berhenti menggunakan polis dan badan kehakiman sebagai medium untuk menjatuhkan Anwar yang juga Ketua Pembangkang. "Najib harus berlawan secara adil, gunakan debat dan sebagainya, bukan melalui cara salah dan jahat," kata Surendran lagi. Dalam penghakiman bertulis 80 muka surat oleh Zabidin semalam, beliau menyatakan mahkamah tidak ada keterangan untuk menyokong tuduhan Saiful yang kononnya ada berlaku penetrasi. "Ini adalah satu kesalahan seksual, ia adalah undang-undang lapuk yang mahkamah sentiasa enggan untuk mensabitkan orang yang dituduh semata-mata atas keterangan pengadu (Mohd Saiful) yang tidak disokong. "Oleh itu, tertuduh dilepas dan dibebaskan daripada pertuduhan," kata Zabidin dalam penghakiman itu. Pada 9 Januari lepas, Zabidin membebaskan dan melepaskan Anwar daripada tuduhan fitnah bekas pembantunya, Saiful hasil ciptaan kerajaan Umno BN |
| Siri Jelajah Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim Ke Parlimen Selayang, Selangor Posted: 03 Jul 2012 12:58 PM PDT Merdeka Rakyat 1) 7.15 mlm – Solat & Tazkirah Maghrib 2) 7.30 – 12.00 mlm – Majlis Jamuan Makan Malam Penceramah: i. YB Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim 3) 9.00 – 12.00 mlm – Ceramah Perdana – Merdeka Rakyat Penceramah: i. YB Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim |
| Assange Show Final Episode: Anwar Ibrahim – ‘the voice of democracy’ in Malaysia Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:07 AM PDT In the final episode, Julian Assange talks to Malaysia's opposition leader, who faced prison terms twice in what he calls politically-motivated cases. But he never gave up fighting for democracy in a country he brands less democratic than even Myanmar. Klik here to Watch the full new episode of The Julian Assange Show exclusively on RT. When Anwar Ibrahim, the former deputy prime minister of Malaysia and currently leader of the opposition party, says democracy, he means "an independent judiciary, free media and an economic policy that can promote growth and the market economy." However, at the same time, he told Assange that the people of Malaysia should understand what abuses all these elements of freedom may bring to their country. "Arab Spring – one area clambering for freedom. Then we have Occupy Wall Street… and the limitations, the unbridled greed and the gap between the very rich and very poor, the complicity between the big business groups and politics – these we need to avoid," Ibrahim says.
From prison to parliamentNowadays Ibrahim's opposition political party is gaining more and more support from the people. However, before his voice was heard, he went through six years in solitary confinement in prison and two criminal cases. Ibrahim was first arrested for supporting land farmers in the north and demanding better treatment from the government. As a result he spent two years in detention without trial. The activist was released after Mahathir Mohamad became prime minister, whose reforms he supported. He even became his deputy. But in 1998 Ibrahim was imprisoned for six years 'for corruption and sodomy' after he fell out with his boss. He was released in 2004 largely thanks to campaigning by his wife. Thousands of people went into the streets in his support. In 2008, a significant year for Malaysian politics, Ibrahim tried to get elected to parliament. He maintains this was a real challenge because his opposition party was not given even a minute of air-time. "We won 10 out of 11 parliamentary seats, and so I believe we are ripe for some sort of Malaysian Spring through the electoral process," he says. And despite the fresh allegations of sexual harassment he faced in 2008 and the abuse he suffered on a daily basis at the hands of the national media, his party gained more support from people. In January 2012 he won the case. But with Malaysian elections looming and Anwar tipped to win, he has recently been charged with unauthorized assembly. On Monday he faced fresh charges over his part in a mass rally for electoral reforms. If he is found guilty, Anwar might be sentenced to up to two years in prison and a fine. This will mean that he could be disqualified from standing in elections. |
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