It all started with some ADUNs of Pakatan Rakyat 'hopping' to become independents supporting the BN...
2 PKR ADUNs, 1 DAP ( and the other 1 UMNO who, I believe, jumped to PKR and back to UMNO) - end result Pakatan Rakyat lost the majority - and the PR Menteri Besar ( a good man) had most likely no more the confidence of the majority...
Out comes 3 resignation letters from the 2 PKR ADUNs and the 1 DAP ADUN - Were these pre-signed letters, dated later by the Speaker (or the Pakatan Rakyat or some other)? We have also heard that BN has a similar practice - pre-signed resignation letters? - What do the rakyat (the people) say about pre-signed resignation letters? I am of the opinion that this practice is wrong and should be stopped...
UMNO-BN wrests the majority when 2 PKR and 1 DAP ADUN jump ship? Why did these ADUNs jump ship? Maybe they were offered rewards ....maybe they were threathened? Either way, the blame/fault lies with these 3 ADUNs - and with the Pakatan Rakyat who picked them as their candidates to run for the said State Assembly Seats.
LESSON: Pick persons of credibility and honour. Pick persons who 'cannot be bought' or be threathened into doing things. Pick persons with an history of struggling for justice and human rights... (Pick certainly not some ex-UMNO, ex-BN party leader - .... Pick certainly not some 'opportunistic politician'...). Sadly, sometime the choice is not based on credibility, history of struggle, character - etc - but whether this is a person who will listen to me (the political leader), not even whether this person will listen to the party...
All that followed in PERAK, including in the courts, were just matters that resulted from the not following of the procedures provided for in the Constitution (and the law).
- A new MB was appointed by the Sultan when the old appointed MB was and still is a Menteri Besar
- The Election Commission overuled the Speaker's decision that the 3 former PR ADUNs had resigned and there was now a vacancy - and a by-election was needed. Did the EC have such a power?
- The Speker's suspension of some BN ADUNs (including that 'BN MB') - suspending them from attendance in the State Assembly for a very long time [which resulted that if and when the Assembly sits, there will be still more PR ADUNs who will be able to attend...]
- The calling for an Assembly seating by some other, who did not have the authority to do so.
- The interference of the court (the Federal Court, included) into matters that were clearly beyong the jurisdiction of the courts - which was also clearly stated in the Constitution..
- The Democracy tree - ....
Well, all the above arises by reason that proper procedures as per law, and Constitution, were not followed...
BUT - really, if there was no real resignation of the 3 former ADUNs of PR - it means that the BN now has the majority support...
At the end of the day, PR is to be blamed for picking the wrong persons to become ADUNs
BEST SOLUTION FOR PERAK : - Dissolve the Perak State Assembly, and go for a fresh Elections
[But UMNO-led BN is certainly too scared to do that, as more likely this will result in an even greater victory for the Pakatan Rakyat...]
Why will UMNO-led BN do worse that it did before?
Before GE2008, many would not have believed that it was possible to defeat the UMNO-led BN (who ruled for the past 50+ years) at the Federal level or in the West Coast States - hence, many would have just voted for BN - the sure winning side. But today, if there is to be another Perak Elections, more votes will be obtained by the PR and Opposition - and this may translate into more seats. The past few by-elections in the Peninsular Malaysia also supports this. Prior to GE2008, it was near impossible to win against the UMNO led-BN candidates...
What Pakatan Rakyat must concentrate on today is to show the people (the rakyat) how things would be different and/or better if the PR rules...the time has come to go beyond those nice sounding slogans - and put forward concrete workable ideas and solutions for change...
The passing of new GOOD laws require only a simple majority. Changes to the Constitution require 2/3 majority. [PENANG - the PR has sufficient majority in the State Assembly for even the amendment of the State Constitution to put in guaranteed rights for the people, .... [Without Penanti, PR already has a 70 % majority - i.e. more than 2/3]
The people really want change - they want real choices and options...
2 PKR ADUNs, 1 DAP ( and the other 1 UMNO who, I believe, jumped to PKR and back to UMNO) - end result Pakatan Rakyat lost the majority - and the PR Menteri Besar ( a good man) had most likely no more the confidence of the majority...
Out comes 3 resignation letters from the 2 PKR ADUNs and the 1 DAP ADUN - Were these pre-signed letters, dated later by the Speaker (or the Pakatan Rakyat or some other)? We have also heard that BN has a similar practice - pre-signed resignation letters? - What do the rakyat (the people) say about pre-signed resignation letters? I am of the opinion that this practice is wrong and should be stopped...
UMNO-BN wrests the majority when 2 PKR and 1 DAP ADUN jump ship? Why did these ADUNs jump ship? Maybe they were offered rewards ....maybe they were threathened? Either way, the blame/fault lies with these 3 ADUNs - and with the Pakatan Rakyat who picked them as their candidates to run for the said State Assembly Seats.
LESSON: Pick persons of credibility and honour. Pick persons who 'cannot be bought' or be threathened into doing things. Pick persons with an history of struggling for justice and human rights... (Pick certainly not some ex-UMNO, ex-BN party leader - .... Pick certainly not some 'opportunistic politician'...). Sadly, sometime the choice is not based on credibility, history of struggle, character - etc - but whether this is a person who will listen to me (the political leader), not even whether this person will listen to the party...
All that followed in PERAK, including in the courts, were just matters that resulted from the not following of the procedures provided for in the Constitution (and the law).
- A new MB was appointed by the Sultan when the old appointed MB was and still is a Menteri Besar
- The Election Commission overuled the Speaker's decision that the 3 former PR ADUNs had resigned and there was now a vacancy - and a by-election was needed. Did the EC have such a power?
- The Speker's suspension of some BN ADUNs (including that 'BN MB') - suspending them from attendance in the State Assembly for a very long time [which resulted that if and when the Assembly sits, there will be still more PR ADUNs who will be able to attend...]
- The calling for an Assembly seating by some other, who did not have the authority to do so.
- The interference of the court (the Federal Court, included) into matters that were clearly beyong the jurisdiction of the courts - which was also clearly stated in the Constitution..
- The Democracy tree - ....
Well, all the above arises by reason that proper procedures as per law, and Constitution, were not followed...
BUT - really, if there was no real resignation of the 3 former ADUNs of PR - it means that the BN now has the majority support...
At the end of the day, PR is to be blamed for picking the wrong persons to become ADUNs
BEST SOLUTION FOR PERAK : - Dissolve the Perak State Assembly, and go for a fresh Elections
[But UMNO-led BN is certainly too scared to do that, as more likely this will result in an even greater victory for the Pakatan Rakyat...]
Why will UMNO-led BN do worse that it did before?
Before GE2008, many would not have believed that it was possible to defeat the UMNO-led BN (who ruled for the past 50+ years) at the Federal level or in the West Coast States - hence, many would have just voted for BN - the sure winning side. But today, if there is to be another Perak Elections, more votes will be obtained by the PR and Opposition - and this may translate into more seats. The past few by-elections in the Peninsular Malaysia also supports this. Prior to GE2008, it was near impossible to win against the UMNO led-BN candidates...
What Pakatan Rakyat must concentrate on today is to show the people (the rakyat) how things would be different and/or better if the PR rules...the time has come to go beyond those nice sounding slogans - and put forward concrete workable ideas and solutions for change...
The passing of new GOOD laws require only a simple majority. Changes to the Constitution require 2/3 majority. [PENANG - the PR has sufficient majority in the State Assembly for even the amendment of the State Constitution to put in guaranteed rights for the people, .... [Without Penanti, PR already has a 70 % majority - i.e. more than 2/3]
The people really want change - they want real choices and options...
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