Malaysia is a country which practices the rule of law. Our laws must cover every aspect of our societal life, so we will know exactly what we can do and what we cannot do. Prime Ministers in particular must have everything spelt out for them in this respect. This will enable them to be charged if they had breached the rule of law long after they had retired.
Governments, serving Prime Ministers and Ministers are well placed to initiate action against others. But when the Government, the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister do something wrong, like cover-ups for example, then police reports may be made against them. But how can the person reporting be sure that the police will investigate without fear or favour.
I believe some reports have been made but so far there have been no results. Public confidence would be undermined if investigations by the proper authorities are not made. If the investigation is only to clear the name, then can we say the rule of law is being properly practised?
We therefore need to have more Royal Commissions manned by people of impeccable character like the ones on the Lingam tapes. The Commissions can then make proposals based on speculations and possibilities can then investigate the possibilities and probabilities and help clear those in power. When this is done we can say that this beloved country practises the rule of law.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
THE RULE OF LAW
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Saya akan sentiasa mempertahankan Tun Dr. Mahathir selamanya! Saya keturunan darah Langkawi...dan saya tahu siapa yang berjasa dan siapa pengkhianat bangsa!
Orang macam Anwar Ibrahim, Pak Lah, dan lain-lain merupakan pengkhianat bangsa, agama dan tanah air!
Saya harap Tun dedahkan segala pekung mereka kerana mereka tidak menghargai jasa Tun selama ini. Manusia seperti mereka mesti di ajar tentang adab!
Saya tahu Tun ada banyak rahsia yang belum didedahkan, dan sudah tiba masanya Tun mengorak langkah! Saya dan orang lain akan berdiri teguh dibelakang Tun, Mukhriz, Muhyiddin, Puad Zarkashi, Ruhanie Ahmad dalam memperjuangkan kebenaran!
Syahir Ahmad Hamidi, UMNO Reform!
Dear Tun,
Below is an interesting article written by MatahatiJohor at mykmuJohor blog which I think you should read it in case you miss it:-
Datuk Zaid Ibrahim sebagai Menteri yang bertanggungjawab soal perundangan dan kehakiman ketika mengulas kisah malang Malaysia kehilangan Pulau Batu Puteh kepada Singapura dengan bangganya mengatakan "keputusan ini tidak menimbulkan masalah besar kerana Malaysia dan Singapura mempunyai hubungan yang baik
Dengan Bangganya beliau menambah "khususnya sejak Abdullah Bin Ahmad jadi Perdana Menteri" "sebabnya Abdullah tidak suka hentam pemimpin sana sini".
Dengan kata lain : Biarlah negara tergadai, asalkan Perdana Menteri mempunyai hubungan yang baik dengan Singapura. Jika benar ini kenyataan dari seorang Menteri, maka pandangan ini amat mengguris hati rakyat khususnya rakyat Johor terutama Para Nelayan di kawasan Pengerang.
Dengan ini MataHatiJohor mengesahkan Datuk Zaid Ibrahim telah pun sah diiktiraf menduduki senarai panjang kaki bodek dan pengampu kepada Abdullah Bin Ahmad.
Kerana terlalu taksub kepada Abdullah Bin Ahmad yang telah melantiknya sebagai Menteri, beliau terlupa bahawa beliau adalah anggota Kabinet Kerajaan apabila beliau mengatakan "Kerajaan diminta agar lebih berhati-hati pada masa akan datang bagi memastikan hak kedaulatan kawasan dan wilayah negara ini kekal terjamin di bawah kekuasaan Malaysia."
Mengapa beliau terlupa bahawa beliaulah antara orang yang dipanggil Kerajaan itu? Sebabnya adalah beliau bukan mahu mengulas sangat tentang kekalahan Malaysia dalam isu Batu Puteh tetapi sebaliknya lebih kepada mahu membodek Abdullah Bin Ahmad. Beliau menggunakan peluang ini untuk menghentam Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad yang beliau sifatkan sebagai "pemimpin yang suka menghentam sana sini".
Lebih baik kita mempunyai pemimpin yang menghentam sana sini daripada mempunyai pemimpin 'BACUL' seperti sekarang ini yang masih relax walaupun maruah dan kedaulatan negaranya telah jatuh ke tangan sebuah negara kecil yang dahulunya pun miliknya juga.
Kita di Johor sudah tahu benar sikap Abdullah Bin Ahmad ini yang telah dituba oleh menantunya yang begitu pro Singapura. Baginya apalah ada pada pulau Batu Puteh. Pulau Batu Puteh tidak ada apa-apa faedah bagi Scomi dan ECM Libra. Sedangkan Wilayah Pembangunan Iskandar yang begitu besar ingin diberikan kepada Singapura. Inikan pula sebuah tongkol batu di sempadan perairan negara.
Tetapi bagi rakyat Johor khususnya para nelayan di Pengerang, Pulau Batu Puteh amat bermakna kepada mereka. Rakyat khususnya rakyat Johor amat tidak bersetuju dengan kenyataan bahawa "Kerajaan tidak mempunyai masalah besar dengan keputusan ICJ itu". Rakyat mahukan pemimpin yang lebih patriotik, yang akan merasa kesal apabila kedaulatan dan maruah negaranya tercabar apalagi tergadai. Rakyat tidak mahukan pemimpin-pemimpin yang BACUL seperti yang ada sekarang ini.
Kepada Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, Sila tenguk isu Pulau Pisang di Pontian Johor. Rumah api dipulau ini juga dikendalikan oleh Kerajaan Singapura. Inilah yang perlu Kerajaan yang Datuk anggotai perhatikan dan jangan sampai suatu hari nanti pulau Pisang ini juga tergadai kepada Singapura hanya kerana Datuk sibuk memikirkan bagaimana dan apakah cara seterusnya untuk mengampu dan membodek Abdullah bin Ahmad, Perdana Menteri yang BACUL itu.
Dear Ravi
'you cannot publish all those criticisms against you? Are you afraid to show your website visitors exactly what Malaysians at large think about you?'
Tun published your comment and you must be a Happy man. Selamat Hari Happy dear Ravi. The comments made in Tun Blog shows our true thought about Tun and its represented the Majority of Malaysian. Do you think BN slim win and lost of 5 states to the opposition were due to the opposition strength? Sorry dude, it's due to Tun. Since Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and the current Leaders demonised our beloved Tun we BN supporters either vote for opposition or simply damaged our votes. Ravi, how many times you have set foot to KLCC. Dont you feel ashamed of yourself for every steps you made there was due to the efforts made reliastic by non other than Tun regimes where Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Anwar Ibrahim,Samy Vellu,Ling Liong Sik and Lim Khen Yaik was part of the regime. Dont forget, Pas at one time wanted to aution Putra Jaya but deep inside their heart they wanted to be a resident in the Prime Minister Villa and occupied the goverment building . Thats politic.
Dear Tun,
Let other poeople keep on ranting,ranting and ranting against your comments but in the final analysis you are always right. They are totally wrong and some of them who are against you really made idiotic comments in your blog. What a shame!!You shouldn't have published them at all in the first place. But being fair to them you still oblige to publish it. They should be thankful for letting others to read their idiotic comments. You are very fair,indeed, Tun. Thank you.
politik kt mesia mcm politik budak2 yg bergaduh adik bradik kt rumah, Islam offers the best solution in all aspects for 1400 years ago.it is still the best until now,n yet human ignores it,please tun,u r a wise man,maybe we can have a little chat,now that u r free from the most corrupted politic party.u read a lot of books n i read a lot too, n i found that the Al Quran and hadeeth is the best,u r a wise man tun, hope u can study both of this,there is no such thing this country belongs to the malays,it is for all n its Allah swt properties,please open wide ur mind not narrowing it just onto malays,but it suppose to be for all human race,God does not look at the color of the skin,by the propeties that u own,but its the heart which He looks into,n that only God knows.The system must changed in malaysia, hope u understand,hope u realise that we all die,hope you know that after we die,we will face our God,just for ur information,Hell is true,the heaven is true,the prophet is true,the angels are true,and there is no god accept Allah swt.may Allah swt our almighty God,our GOD bless you Tun,you have the power,you have the knowledge,now its the time Tun,time to raise up ISlAM! if u can do this Tun,you will be surprise of the crowd that will stand behind supporting you :)
sesungguhnya aku hanyalah HambaNya
sesungguhnya aku berada dalam Genggamannya...
sesungguhnya KAMI hnyla hambaMu Ya Allah,Sesungguhnya KAMI berada dalam GENGGAMAN MU Ya Allah,Engkaula TUHAN Ya Allah,dan KAMI bersyukur kerana Engkaulah KAMI ada di dunia ini...
Assalamualaikum w.b.t
You are always among my respected leaders in this country.. I am supporting you Tun!
Good luck tun..
Tun,
Saya dah tak tahan nak melauhkan perasaan marah saya ni memikirkan bagaimana kita boleh terlepas Pulau Batu Putih after 47 years ago kita buat kesilapan.
Semua tahu bahawa pulau itu milik Malaysia (dulu Johor) dan semua dokumen lengkap, sejarah juga membuktikannya.
Malaysia tidak membuat tuntutan, tetapi berusaha mengekalkan haknya. Singapura kemudian membuat 'tuntutan’ hasil usaha, perbelanjaan, komitmen dan sebagainya yang diberikan terhadap pulau itu selama ini.
Tiba-tiba keputusan memihak kepada Singapura dengan kelebihan ia menguruskan dan mengendalikan pelbagai alat yang ada di pulau itu dan dibenarkan oleh Malaysia. Tuntutannya berjaya. Ini yang menyebabkan saya berpandangan ia bukan keadaan sama menang, tetapi terlepas sebuah pulau milik kita akibat kealpaan sendiri.
Kita lihat juga analogi ini, umpama seorang ibu bapa yang ada banyak anak. Seorang anaknya diberi kepada seorang lain untuk dipelihara walaupun dia menyatakan bukan untuk selama-lama. Apabila sudah sampai satu peringkat umur, penjaga itu membawa ke mahkamah menuntut hak penjagaan kekal terhadap anak itu.
Sudah tentu ia menjadi satu kes yang panas. Ibu bapa asal akan kecewa dan berusaha untuk mengekalkan haknya. Ia memberi semua dokumen bahawa itu adalah anaknya seperti surat kelahiran, laporan hospital, bukti DNA, saksi bidan yang menyambut anaknya dulu dan sebagainya.
Penjaga pula akan memberi bukti seperti dia yang membesarkan anak itu. Surat tadika dan sekolah, kos penjagaan, semua bil yang sudah dijelaskan bagi pemeliharaan, kesihatan dan sebagainya. Mahkamah sudah tentu membuat keputusan demi kepentingan kanak-kanak.
Apa lagi kalau dokumen bapa asal memberi hak penjagaan itu wujud dan dapat ditunjuk di mahkamah. Dalam kes seperti ini, saya berpendapat penjaga itu yang boleh menang. Apa lagi kalau ibu bapa asal ada ramai anak dan tidak terpelihara dengan baik.
Demikianlah kes Pulau Batu Puteh itu, kita ada 10 peta bersejarah pun, ia hanya menjelaskan keadaannya dulu. Sekarang tidak lagi. Ia dipelihara oleh siapa dan komitmen yang ditunjukkan itu nyata dan tidak dapat dipersoalkan.
Ini semua sebagai teladan kepada kita pada hari ini. Pemimpin-pemimpin yang mentadbir secara sambil lewa ini telah muncul semula. Sebelum ianya melarat bagi kita sekat depa-depa dari terus bermaharajalela di tanah bumi tercinta ini. Jangan kita terus berputih mata sebagaimana kita berputih mata sebab hilang pulau Batu Putih.
Fikir-fikirkan lah.....
Tun,
In whatever condition, your health is the most important thing.
God always with you.
Why is the present government wants to subsidize a lot on petrol, where it is a global phenomenon? Pak lah is scared that if petrol pump prices were raised, his support will go down. What he didn't realize is that the government is giving free subsidies to neighbour cars as well, and these money can surely be used for other developments in the country. Pak Lah is scared as his popularity is decreasing by the day.
I will always support you, Tun for making the right decision during your days, hardly see you go on leave and passing the workload to your deputy.
Salam, Tun.
Saya baru bertatih untuk menjadi pengunjung setia blog Tun ini. Tiba-tiba saya tertarik dengan salah satu catatan yang pengunjung tinggalkan, lantas saya terus lawati laman web kepunyaan pengunjung tersebut. Dan mata saya secara spontan menangkap ayat ini, tercatat pada sudut sebelah kanan blognya:
"Menyampahkan UMNO kerana ketempangan perjuangannya.
Lalu saya pun tinggalkan catatan ini pula untuknya - entah dia akan terbitkan atau tidak, wallahu'alam:
"Hmm.. Dengan Nama Allah, Tuhan Yang Maha Pengasih Lagi Maha Penyayang, tolong jelaskan kemusykilan saya yang satu ini:
Adakah perlu saya bencikan umat Islam sekarang ini yang majoritinya mengamalkan prinsip dan gaya hidup songsang, sama seperti saudara lakukan terhadap pengikut UMNO yang terpesong?
Orang UMNO salah, maka kita haramkan parti UMNO. Begitu?
Bolehkah kita berbuat yang serupa terhadap Islam - menghukum agama tersebut atas khilaf dan sesat pengikutnya hari ini?
Sekadar hendak menjernihkan kemusykilan hati, tiada niat yang lain.
Wassalam..."
Tun,
Saya pohon jasa baik Tun untuk ajarkan saya dan golongan ini erti perjuangan yang sebenar, jika Tun sudi.
Wassalam.
Assalaamualaikun Tun.
kami sekeluarga memohon kesejahteraan kepada Tun sekeluarga
Tun sekarang pulau batu putih kita sudah kehilangan.Kedaulatan negara telah tercemar. Untuk kembalikan apa yang tercemar mari kita teruskan membina jembatan bengkok dengan segera.Is air pun tat tuntut apa nak jadi
nanti lama kelamaan WPI pun menjadai milik mereka.
Kami sokong Tun keluar parti.Ayuh
Tun di harap dapat buat komen sedikit
Terima kasih Tun kani bersama mu
To Ravi, Izr and all those who claim only positive comments are published in Tun Dr M's blog:
The fact that I was able to read your stinging comments on TDM goes to show that negative comments are also published, not simply discarded as some may claim. So, go ahead and keep on with your criticisms. We would also love to read your negative views.
I agree TDM was not pefect when he was PM (tell me which human being is except God's prophets), but he is still the best leader Malaysia ever had. Anwar Ibrahim, Abdullah Badawi, Najib, Karpal Singh, Lim Kit Siang etc is nowhere near compared to TDM.
Your speech and thoughts always give me a goosebump. I am with you in this, Tun.
I like to respond to one of the comment here. Meritocracy is good. Don`t say it like it is a bad thing. I hope Malaysia become it. A system that gives the greatest power and highest social positions to people with the most ability, isn`t there where we are heading?
It motivates achievement, pulls people interest towards it. I bet Malaysians will no longer sit around at coffee shop or mamak stall talking about politics and how it played, because they are not important in a meritocracy society. They will instead busy worrying about what next breakthrough should they come up to put them at top and how can they deliver and things in that nature.
Dear Tun,
The rule of law, in its most basic form, is the principle that no one is above the law. Thomas Paine stated in his pamphlet Common Sense (1776): "For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other."
However, I feel that procedures of court are subject to manipulation, and seasoned politicians cum lawyer have every opportunity to 'play the gallery' feeding clueless journalists with information that promote 'trial-by-media.'
The law maybe king but unfortunately, perception is the truth.
Well, Royal Commission is just another "wayang kulit", what had they done so far rather than write a stack of report that needs RM500 to be purchased by the public? They are still not granted power to perform any lawful actions against offenders/suspect as the final decision comes from where? Even the polices are the same, who will give orders to "tangkap"?
Tun, for other country, this suggestion of Royal Commission might work or even not required, but Malaysia is a special case, even law is spelled out, but there will be people above the law or manipulating it with influences.
God bless Malaysia!
Can't understand why there are brown noses aplenty among our midst
Well said Red1 -
your piece of comment above have indeed brought comfort to many like me who just could not comprehend those "others who may disagree".
It is alarming to read so much slanders in the comments about Tun in many other medias and blogs that were filled with so much venom to incite hatred towards him.
There were the usual laments of lack of transparency by those "others who may disagree" but then again, they too have also failed miserably in their own denial of "self transparency".
Many attacked Tun's recent UMNO comments by taking them out of the actual context - accusing him of being an ultra Malay and against "Malaysia for Malaysians".
While it is a wonderful slogan for hope - "Malaysia for Malaysians" - nobody can define clearly what it is exactly. It may well be a very powerful weapon to yield but it is no magic wand to perfection.
In the wrong hands, it will bring abuse and life altering impact. One similar example is the effects brought by the birth of Communism in China. Will we learn from history?
After 50 years, we are still working at the "harmony and tolerance stage" and now someone claims that we can fast track by chanting this mantra "Malaysia for Malaysians"and discard totally the above exercise.Hilarious!
Just one question to those "others who may disagree" - How to achieve this wonderful state of "Malaysia for Malaysians" When there are too much said for the sake of disagreement and much too little said for sake of agreement?
Che Det,
Walaupun dalam banyak perkara saya kurang bersetuju, akan tetapi dalam soal Dinar, kita sekepala.
Dijemput Che Det untuk membaca
Idea Lama Dr. Mahathir , Dinar Sebagai Matawang Berkumandang di Jepun
Dr M, I am from Singapore. While you were the PM, SIN was always used by you to gain political mileages. After you have retired from active politics, you still continue to use SIN as your bashing bag. Do you really hate SIN that much? SIN and Malaysia have close historical ties, that's a FACT and your continued verbal onslaughts only worsen relationship for the two sides. While the majority on both sidesdo not buy your 'stories', there are still some hardcore supporters of yours do, rightly or wrongly. Please slow down, Dr M.
I fully agree with you Tun. The problem in Malaysia is not the lack of enforcement (we have too much of that already) but rather we lack enforcable laws.
Most of the laws are not practical, others are cumbersome and some are full of holes. Your suggestion is the right path in enforcing the laws on people that the ordinary enforcement system has no power upon.
Tun,
Saya harap Tun dapat mempertimbangkan supaya Tun kembali kepada UMNO. Tun dan UMNO sama-sama begitu banyak berjasa kepada orang Melayu khasnya dan rakyat Malaysia amnya.
Kamarulzaman
www.tuntutwangandasegera.com
salam tdm
semoga panjang usia
Dearest Tun,
THE RULE OF LAW
The phrase has two important words related to two kinds of people.
- LAW-
This normally ends up with the LAWYER making tons of money on both sides of the fence. Who is that lawyer whom Tun always associate with Shakespeare for hanging purposes?
- RULE-
Which means we need The RULER.
Who is our RULER? The YDP Agong at federal level and sultans/raja at state levels (not Pak Lah).
Blogger MYINC pointed that Rukun Negara is the key. But I believe - banyak dah yang tak percaya kepada Tuhan apatah lagi setia kpd RAJA dan negara. (Test this during whatever interviews.. if they fail they are not malaysians anymore? Take back their ICs and passports and of course no scholarship and no jobs- consider them as aliens)
An interesting development after PRU12,is that the malay rulers are becoming more important again. The RULER is not based on a box however transparent that it may be. Pak Lah is box-based.
As Tun used to say that the west created democracy and dropped bombs on the japanese, afghans and iraqis while asking them to use their kind of rule of law.
We must know the limits of ruling via the ballot box. People are allowed to be political because economically the politicians are in the hands of the corporate giants already. The LAWYERS help in corporate legalities for transformation of free men to become paid/salaried slaves hooked to the industrial conveyor belts....ensuring rights of salaried slaves.
The new ketua kampung/penghulu is your corporate manager who is answerable to the share holders. But the company itself is just an index traded at KLSE or Dow Jones.Suddenly the slaves found out they have been sold to another company....
Is this an industrial society or a financial society? Who is ruling who? IMF, World Bank? CIMB, HSBC? Barclays? Rothschild? Rockerfeller?
Now who rules and what laws?
Tun, does Pak Lah know all this or is he already bought by the financial elites?
Yin & Yan
Kami setian bersama Tun...
you are truly a doctor..
you acknowledge us, teach us, let us see what lies/hidden beneath the surface..
more than just what had always been done in the consultation room of health practitioner..
it is no surprise why you sir, would prefer the name Dr. Mahathir Mohamed (referring to your blog tagline)rather than other names/title honourly gave to you..because you honour yourself and respect yourself, sincerely and willingly to guide us..
doctor= 'didaktor' of greek =to teach/teacher
may you be bless,always..
please sir, do teach us this little people more..
HaNiMH,Shah Alam
askum Tun,
Harapan kami pemuda cawangan keseluruhan memohon tun kembali kepada UMNO suatu hari nanti yang difikirkan tun sesuai.Kembalilah... Kepada kepimpinan fikirkanlah cara penyelesaian terbaik.Berbudi bahasalah sesama kita walau apa keadaan sekalipun kerana kita serumpun.
-Pemuda Cawangan
eeAyah Tun
kami menyokong.
Dollah tu kalau nak terus tidur berhenti segera
salam Tun, saya nak tanya agak2 sapa yg akan ganti pak lah? harap2 biarlah org yg sesuai..setakat ni sy tak nampak calon lain yg boleh menggantikan Tun..
Apa kata klau calon tu Tun bg didikan kelas khas?? supaya make sure bakal pm tu nanti betul2 berkaliber...tak mo lah pisang berbuah 3 kali..
1. anwar yg jadi ejen us dan israel tu
2.pak lah yg lemah dr segi kepimpinan n kurg bijaksana
3..mr xxxx..tak tau sapa..(harap2 yg ni takkan jadi cam 2 org kat atas nu..) kalau jadi gak..3 kali dah...
-nyemah mulya-
Dear Tun,
Can't agree with you no more.
Investigations should be carried out without fear or favour.
The Royal Commission has made its findings and some people still having vendetta against you have made police reports urging investigation on you.
The recommendation to the Agong is your sole power. Can't they still see it? Even if Anwar Ibrahim had at that point of time suggested his krony to be the chief justice, still, it was your absolute power to suggest a name to the King.
Sheesh!
Rgds
Dear Che Det,
You bet! I am beginning to wonder if its you who wrote this article anyway. Its just so not you. Well, at least for the the past 26 years ago anyway.
rule is for us to manipulate
take that oku guy for example...the law is at his finger tips...he could get out anytime he want
u know this very well...we aren't always play by the book
whatever written in the book could be re-write
Tun,... Saya ada membuat artikel mengenai Kedaulatan dan kehilangan Batu Putih ke tangan Si Singapore laknat di http://blog.akarbuana.com.my/?p=80 - Tolong berikan kisah pulau ini dan tanggung jawab pemimpin UMNO diatas kehilangan ini di entry akan datang.
Salam Tun,
Like to recall few press statements quoted by two good politicians on the Rule of Law today.
Saudara YAB CM Lim GE quoted ISA is an dragonian biased rule of law in Malaysia that internationally recognised that the detention of persons without trial was in violation of the rule of law, human rights and the principles of a democratic government.
An interviewed with Datuk Seri Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar talks to The SUN, R. Nadeswaran and Terence Fernandez about his reservations about Umno. He quoted few points as follows:-
People now join Umno, besides political gain, they also want financial gain. (A Senior Malay said : CORRECT.)
Big projects in last 15-20 years mostly given to 12-20Umno crony companies.(Rakyat agreed:CORRECT.. CORRECT.)
Didn’t the rot start with TUN Dr Mahathir?
Mahathir is a very liberal person, you know.
But TUN allowed people to say this. Tun Dr Mahathir has done great things for the country, but he messed up the judiciary and condoned corruption.
Yes. Correct. You are right.
(All Malaysians support: CORRECT..CORRECT..CORRECT.)
If the PM asks me to do something wrong, I won’t do it. My conscience is clear, even if I lose my position. This jawatan (position) is not forever, you know. One day, you’ll be an ordinary person walking into a bookshop and people will spit at you. Malu! (shame).
Hope Malaysians still respect TUN M today and not spit at you since you are an ordinary citizen today. For instance, an UMNO leader condemned you are a "Duri Dalam Daging" UMNO. Such statement made was really hurting TUN integrity and image as an ex-UMNO President and ex-PM of Malaysia and disrespect the title "TUN" honor to Dr M good deeds in helping his Malay race with 1st class privileges and other races are neglected for past 22 years.
Dr M still fights for UMNO todate for no reasons when many UMNO leaders mudah lupa TUN and they behaved "kacang lupakan kulit" selama lama kini.
So what is "RULE of LAW" in Malaysia today? Tun Dr Mahathir has done great things for Malaysia but TUN had messed up the Malaysia judiciary system for past 22 years indeed a shameful legacy for Malaysia. Correct, Correct, Correct. :-(
SAD ANAK MALAYSIAN
Tun, few days ago, the criminals who murdered the couple in seremban a few years ago beside a lake were sentenced under section 3o4a - culpable homicide.
they carried dangerous weapon which was used to slit the victim's throat. it was a MURDER!!
exception of section 300 - murder , are provocation, self defense, assisting public servant, heat of fighting, under consent, the person killed is not the intended person.
none of the above applied in that case. what had happened? it was not fair at all . Tun please highlight this issue, because it only encourage more and more people to commit crime
Tun is a doctor, must take care of yourself ok
don,t worry too much...everything will be all right as God does take care of all His creation in this earth
from
person who pray for you everyday
Malaysian is for Malaysians!! hey
ong tua..why dont u retire gracefully? its not malays that are
losing their rights, its UMNO
melanaue
Mamak Mudah Lupa..
Salam takzim Tun,
Saya mungkin kurang arif mengenai perundangan di Malaysia ataupun di mana- mana negara pun..
Saya merasakan selama ini mungkin setiap pemimpin di sesebuah negara mempunyai perlindungan dari keselamatan dalam negeri, misalnya rahsia- rahsia kerajaan dan sebagainya dan pemimpin-pemimpin itu mempunyai hak untuk dilindungi oleh pihak keselamatan, adakah situasi itu berlaku di negara kita? Bagaimana semasa perintahan Tun dahulu? Semasa saya berada di tingkatan enam dan juga zaman reformasi dahulu saya sering dicabar oleh rakan- rakan mengenai ketelusan pihak keselamatan dan pemimpin kerajaan dalam mengendalikan kes-kes isu semasa seperti ekonomi, politik dan sebagainya. Abang saya bekas anggota polis dahulu sering dihina sebagai anjing kerajaan kerana menjalankan tugas- tugas negara.
Oleh itu,saya juga merasakan polis sekarang juga menjalankan tugas mereka dengan baik.
Tun,
Sewaktu zaman reformasi dahulu, saya selalu berada di dalam keadaan serba salah, rakan- rakan di sekeliling saya menyalahkan pemimpin di masa itu kerana melebamkan mata seseorang dan ketidakadilan sedang berlaku. Hati saya meronta- ronta mengatakan Tun di pihak yang benar tetapi mesej yang disampai kepada rakyat pada masa itu tidak dapat diinterpretasi dengan baik lebih-lebih lagi golongan muda.
sekarang, situasi lebih kurang sama sedang berlaku.
Sekiranya kita tidak tidak bersatu dan yakin kepada kepimpinan negara, mungkinkah kita akan musnah?
Tun,
Marilah masuk UMNO semula, bantulah pemimpin yang ada untuk cemerlang seperti Tun. Latihlah orang yang baru supaya kita akan mendapat pelapis yang baik. Kita sudah hilang pulau batu putih,UMNO pun bukan 100% Melayu,barang semakin naik,tak tahu apa pula selepas ini. Tun, sebenarnya Tun adalah kekuatan UMNO dan ikon orang Melayu.
Terima kasih sebab ada blog ini dan sudah bertahun saya ingin berbincang dengan Tun dari dekat .
Maaf sekiranya saya terkasar bahasa.
Wasalam
Che Det,
I believe some reports have been made but so far there have been no results. Public confidence would be undermined if investigations by the proper authorities are not made. If the investigation is only to clear the name, then can we say the rule of law is being properly practised? - Dr Mahathir Mohamad
Would you care to explain further and who are involved and why do you think any impropriety at all was committed?
If the police do not want to investigate or did could not investigate further than there are the private investigators.
The question is do you want it investigated?
Terima Kasih and Warmest Salaams
ps at 7:57am (local time), there was a soft landing on the southern region of the planet of Mars.
Assalamualaikum Tun
I look forward to my daily 'tutorial' sessions with you, as this is how i use my reading of chedet.com. You give food for thought in an age when few are bothered about the development of the mind.
As a person who has followed your writing/thoughts for a while now i must say this new medium of the internet is giving me a closer look into your mindset and the way you approach things.
Thank you for your openness and honesty on so many issues all these years.
waterfall
We as a country, Malaysia is not yet matured in term of practising the democratic system compared to other government i.e. United States and United Kingdom. Infact, they practise what called Sepration of Power or in French "Trias Politica"
For instance in US, there are 3 branch the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial. The President of United States I believe, even have the veto power but still bound to the constitution and cannot simply misuse the power given to him/her.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers)
So far only 2 President remove from office, Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States)
I hope someday, Malaysia could at least copy US and other matured government structure to move forward to become a country respected by others.
Just my 2cents.
[rizal]
Salam Tun semoga dikurniakan Allah minda dan kesihatan yang cemerlang.
Izinkan saya membuat sedikit komen dari tulisan En Ahmad.... Dalam pemerhatian saya, sebenarnya rakyat Malaysia sendiri yang songlapkan subsidi yang diberi kerajaan kepada mereka... Contohnya berjuta-juta subsidi diesel diekspot secara haram kenegara2 jiran.. salah siapa dan sapa yg untung? Subsidi baja dijual kepada orang tengah (kebanyakkan kpd bangsa asing) ... salah siapa.. jika pengeluaran getah, sawit dan padi kureng?)
Sebenarnya kita rakyat Malaysia khasnya bangsa Melayu yang memang suka mencari jalan mudah untuk senang... Tun sudah beberapa kali menyuruh kita berubah sikap... sejak dari Tun mula memegang jawatan PM dan sehingga beliau melepaskannya... TETAPI kita buat bodo aje... So? Inilah kurnia Allah SWT kepada kita dengan menggantikan dengan pemimpin yang 'malap' saperti Pak Lah sebagai pembalasanNya kita kerana kita kurang bersyukur dengan apa yang telah dikurniakanNya. So tepuk dada tanya IMAN!
Tentang kereta dari negara asing datang ke Malaysia isi petrol kenapa nak disalahkan? Kalau kerajaan 'got ball' buatkan peraturan supaya depa bayar lebih untuk petrol. Rakyat Singapore tak macam disini yang sukakan subsidi... depa kureng pakai tongkat... at least depa bawa wang pertukaran asing untuk Malaysia... hehehe
Salam Tun,
I heard some people said: You have to be 'cruel' to be a leader!
But I agree that at one point you have to be firmed to make a decision for the best of the rakyat but not a decision that had been made by ex-Deputy PM Musa Hitam during the 'Memali Slaughter'.
I agree that during your tenure as the PM of Malaysia, you had done the best of your ability and better than George Bush in case of human right...
Salam Tun,
Saya bersetuju jika diblog ini, Tun memberi laluan kepada komen2 yang menyokong dan yang membangkang kepada YAB Tun... TETAPI kami tidak bersetuju jika komen2 kontra yang terlalu emosi serta memaki hamun diluar tata susila bangsa asia kerana kita tidak pernah diajar untuk berkelakuan kurang ajar kepada orang lain. Hanya mereka yang kureng baik budi pekertinya yang berkelakuan kurang ajar kepada insan lain.
p/s - Hanya Musa Hitam yang mahu mengajar rakyat Malaysia menjadi kureng ajar!
YOU HAVE BRAVENESS HEART!
Dear Tun,
You are the smartest Malay people I had ever seen. Our legal system seems having lost of public trust; until, everything must setup royal commission to investigate.
This practice is the best solution at glance; however, in long term, such is definitely unhealthy. Soon after, people will ask for royal commission for every cases that judged by our court. The legal system will be "boneka"!
Malaysian should consider this seriously.
Alex K.S Tan
Salam buat Tun...
Buat pertama kalinya saya meninggalkan komen dalam ruangan ni setelah beberapa lama menjadi pembaca..
Saya orang kampung yang tidak dikenali dan maaf kalau saya katakan saya hanya menyokong pemimpin yang saya rasakan benar bukan menyokong kerana saya suka. Tetapi malangnya di Malaysia ni terlalu banyak versi tentang satu-satu isu sehingga saya sebagai rakyat sendiri sukar untuk menilai yang mana benar dan yang mana tidak. Hampir kesemua versi samada dari media atau dari pemimpin sendiri mempunyai hujah dan fakta yang ditengahkan yang kadangkala membingungkan saya dan akhirnya kesilapan dalam menilai telah berlaku. Pada saya inilah punca perpecahan yang berlaku dikalangan rakyat.
Pada saya, media massa ketika ini keterlaluan dalam "membodek" pemimpin sehingga saya rasa seperti diperbodohkan tatkala membaca surat khabar atau menonton siaran berita. Kadangkala terlalu jelas kejanggalan dalam fakta yang disampaikan tetapi tetap diteruskan juga mungkin pada anggapan mereka rakyat malaysia masih 'tidur'. Perlu mereka sedar sebagai orang kampung, saya beranggapan 'berita kurang tepat' yang mereka sampaikan saya anggap dibuat atas 'arahan' yang tentunya dari pihak 'atasan'. Jadi secara otomatik saya beranggapan pemimpin cuba memutarbelitkan fakta.
Walau apa pun, saya mahukan Malaysia yang harmoni dan jika itu yang Tun boleh atau dapat 'realisasikan' saya sebagai rakyat biasa ini amat berbesar hati dan menyokong usaha ini 'for the sake of all Malaysian'.
Terima kasih
Nazri
Dear Dr. Mahathir
How many a time during the last five years I had attempted to enable you to focus on what I have in mind for your future greatness but some one down there had aborted all these attempts.
Do not let this happen again Dear Dr.
I have something to share with you and that, if accepted and understood by you, will make you an icon for the present and future;
Contact me:
Dr. M.M. Sreenivasan
mmsv29@yahoo.com
016-3767 988
Assalamualaikum Ayahnda TUN,
Segala pujian bagi Allah yang Maha Pengasih lagi Penyayang, Semoga dilimpah kurnia kepada ayahnda Tun kesihatan dan pemikiran yang teramat baik.
Ayahnda Tun, anaknda.. anak bangsa yang telah dibesarkan bersama pemikiran ayahnda Tun. Setiap patah kata ayahnda Tun menjadi bait syair buat kehidupan dan inspirasi anaknda. Tidak pernah tidak anaknda memalingkan muka untuk menatap ayahnda walau di mana ayahnda berada. Tidak pernah tidak telinga ini mendengar kata-kata semangat mu. Segala ilmu dan pengalaman ayahnda bersama anak bangsa menjadikan anaknda seorang yang kuat semangat dan berbangga menjadi warga negara Malaysia. Anaknda mengerti perjuangan ayahnda.
Setiap titis airmata sayu dan hiba mengenangkan betapa agungnya ayahnda sebagai pemimpin negara yang bertaraf dunia, setiap detik itulah menambah semangat anaknda menyokong segala tindakan ayahnda dalam perjuangan memartabatkan Melayu di bumi Malaysia dan seterusnya di mata dunia.
Semoga Allah Panjangkan Usiamu ayahnda yang amat dihormati. Amin.
Akhirkata, ingin anaknda memohon dari ayahnda, teruskanlah memberi kata-kata semangat buat anak bangsa seperti anaknda walaupun diketika itu ayahnda hanya mampu mengerdipkan mata. InsyaAllah anaknda akan faham amanat terakhir ayahnda..
Anaknda menjadi orang yang paling bertuah di dunia ini, jika mendapat balasan dari ayahnda sendiri. InsyaAllah.
Sekian.
Wassalam.
Anak bangsa didikanmu.
Azlina Abd Rawi, ( lahir 1970 hingga kini).
Tun,
Saleh Abas mencabar supaya dibuka kembali Royal Tribunal to re-read his case...
Pls comment....
take care, we love you!
http://hangnadim.wordpress.com/2008/03/
Salam hormat Tun,
ketelusan hendaklah dilaksanakan bukan nampak dilakukan...
sentiasa mengkagumi pemikiran Tun.
BWH,
watch ur mouth bro,u know to whom u may talking to?
iklan sekejap.:p
betul ke Ezam nak masuk umno semula? nak tahu betul ke tak, baca blog gua beb : www.bilik.blogspot.com
Tun,
Pak lah masih berdegil,apakah kita perlu membuat demonstrasi jalanan?
Sy cadangkan agar adakan stiker 'We LOVE Mahathir' agar mereka tahu yang masih ramai menyokong Tun!!
We always support u!!
KHAS BUAT ANAK MELAYU..
PERJUANGAN BELUM SELESAI..
Tidak ada yang lebih menyayat
Dari melihat bangsaku dijajah
Tidak ada yang lebih menyedihkan
Dari membiarkan bangsaku dihina
Airmata tiada ertinya
Sejarah silam tiada maknanya
Sekiranya bangsa tercinta terpinggir, dipersenda dan dilupakan
Bukan kecil langkah wira bangsa
Para pejuang kemerdekaan bagi menegakkan kemuliaan
Dan darjat bangsa
Selangkah bereti mara
Mengharung sejuta dugaan
Biarkan bertatih asalkan langkah itu yakin dan cermat
Bagi memastikan negara merdeka dan bangsa terpelihara
Airmata sengsara mengiringi setiap langkah bapa-bapa kita
Bukan kecil tugas kita, menerus perjuangan merdeka kita
Kerana rupanya selain memerdekakan,
Mengisi kemerdekaan itu jauh lebih sengsara
Bangsaku bukan kecil lagi dan jiwanya
Bukankah sejak zaman-berzaman mereka menjadi pelaut,pengembara, malah penakluk terkemuka
Bukankah mereka sudah mengembangkan sayap menjadi pedagang, peniaga selain menjadi ulama dan ilmuwan terbilang
Bukankah bangsaku pernah mengharung samudera
Menjajah dunia yang tak dikenal
Bukankah mereka pernah menjadi wira serantau yang tidak mengenal erti takut dan kematian
Dimana silapnya hingga bangsaku berasa begitu kecil dan rendah diri
Apakah angkara penjajah?
Lalu bangsaku mulai melupakan kegemilangan silam dan sejarah gemilang membina empayar
Tugas kita belum selesai rupanya
Bagi memartabat dan memuliakan bangsa kerana hanya bangsa yang berjaya akan sentiasa dihomati
Rupanya masih jauh dan berliku jalan kita
Bukan sekadar memerdeka dan mengisinya tetapi mengangkat darjat dan kemuliaan buat selama-lamanya..
Hari ini, jalan ini,
Pasti bsemakin berliku..
Kerana masa depan belum tentu menjanjikan SYURGA
Bagi mereka yang lemah dan mudah kecewa
'PERJUAGAN BELUM SELESAI'
Kerana hanya yang cekal dan tabah dapat membina tanda bangsanya yang berjaya..
Terima kasih TUN DR MAHATHIR MOHAMAD
'We LOVE MAHATHIR'
Rule of Law
It must be fair to all
It shouldn’t favor one class
Denying the others
When police report make
The authority must investigate
Yet you find it never happens
The warlords rule
So what happen now?
In your time you did the same
Selecting persecutions on law
Leaving others Scott free
I know you try
Wanting it your way
Tun, you had your chances
Now let the people decide
In GE12 BN got the mandate
To rule the country
Though I don’t agree
What the directions the country going
With the sleeping beauty snoring away
The economy runs on C4
Quick fix then conveniently forget
UMNO and you
Let it be Tun
These warlords don’t appreciate
They forget already
Write in your blog
Let others bring it up from there
So they don’t describe bad about you
The man who put Malaysia
Where world leaders know
Salam...
to all Tun Mahathir supporters..
don't just said that you're behind Tun, supporting him.. but act your words!!!
Dear Tun,
Assalamualaikum, harap Tun masih kesihatan baik.
Tun howver has been a bloody hypocrite!! How can you talk about rule of law when you yourself single handedly dismantle the judiciary in Malaysia?
How do you expect the Rakyat to trust the judicary when they are corrupted?
When the police and judiciary is controlled by the executive and beholden to it, how can there be "rule of Law"?
Please Tun, retire gracefully with your dignity and stop your senile rantings. You are just now tasting the medicine of your own concoction.
May you RIP!!
Maaf Tun. Komen saya ini mungkin sudah lari dari topik diatas. Cuma saya ingin terlebeh awal lagi untuk mengucapkan tahniah kapada Tun kerana mengikut angka yang saya lihat dibawah bahawa pengunjung blog Tun memang amat sangat popular sekali. Telah hampir mencecah 1 juta dalam jangka masa yang sungguh singkat sekali. Ini menunjukkan bagaimana orang ramai menghargai blog Tun dan dapat berpeluang berinteraksi dengan Tun secara langsung. Pemikiran Tun amat dihargai dan saya harap Tun akan terus sihat dan dapat menyumbang sesuatu yang mendatangkan manfaat kapada negara. Syabas, Tun.
Dulu, kini dan selamanya bersama Tun.
Jasamu dikenang dan TIDAK MUDAH DILUPAKAN, dulu kini dan selamanya !!
Assalamualaikum Tun,
What is your opinion on the decision of the Pulau Batu Puteh that had been given to Singapore?
Why had Malaysia lost the case from your observation?
Dear YAB Tun,
The main intention is to discredit you and not for the rule of law to prevail. It was the same with the apology to the so-called victimised Judiciary.
Anyway, since the PM is so concern about the rule of law...then I think all gloves should come off and the Government should heed with your idea that we investigate everyone.Why just focus on you alone, right??
Lets investigate the ECM Libra transactions, lets have a commission to decide if the Prime Minister is allowed to bring his family into cabinet meetings,lets have a commission to decide whether the son of the Prime Minister receiving contracts is considered a conflict of interest, lets have a commission to evealuate and determine where all the Wang Ehsan monies have been spent?...
The Rule of Law prevailing in our country today is quite similar to the type of democracy practiced and interpreted by the US Administration – if you are in cohorts with them, then whatever type of democracy will be accepted, but if you are not with them, you will be condemned and your system will be branded undemocratic and unacceptable. It is systematic chaos under the guise of greater freedom.
Whatever system in the Rule of Law we have to-day in this country is advanced by a group of young punks, a back door law minister (found corrupt by UMNO itself) and the Apex that listens not to the needs of the ground but only those who surround him so that he can feel good and continue sleeping. Little of the rich heritage in our past is of value to these people so long as their own personal gains are protected and assured; they care little of laws in the country.
What good can we expect in the Rule of Law when the country’s present system of governance is so poorly administered and tainted by the negative indulgence of the 1st Family?
Keep up the pressure, Tun, for the Silent Majority is solidly with you.
salam Tun,
apa komen Tun bila Nazri kata blog ni bukan Tun yang tulis? dia kata mcm tu mesti dia baca blog ni.
Turun ler PL, bawa sekali, kalau boleh, angkatan sekutu kao termauk menantu kau sekali.
Untuk Tun, teruskan lagi. Kami bukan batu api, kami cuma mau hak Bangsa dan negara kami terpelihara.
Sayang buat Tun.
Dear Sir,
In Malaysia racial sentiments always being an issue. In all UMNO general assembly during your presidentcy, without fail you spoke on racial issues, of course nothing good about others.
Then others delegates will follow to talk on racial basis especially on Chinese economic domination. Some even go "amok" when they speak and you and others were ammused.
Whoever attack the Non Malays the best they are heroes of Malays and they have better chances to win in the UMNO election. This trend is planted by you and others are following it including those who kissed your in while you were in power but turn out to be your political enemies now.
If any Non Malay criticizes government policies, you had branded them as they are anti Malays. You even had said "pendatang -pendatang ini mencabarkan kepimpinan Melayu" whether what they said is good or bad for the country but you want good name from the UMNO delegates.
Now you are attacking the present leadership, same way some opposition had said towards you during your primeministership. Can the present leadership brand you the same way as you branded others who had diffrent views from you.
If you are in power now and any body speaks as what you are speaking, by now you would have used ISA towards them.
So please appreciate the freedom you are enjoying now.
Dear Tun ,
Abraham Lincoln said :
TO SIN BY SILENCE WHEN THEY SHOULD PROTEST MAKES COWARDS OF MEN .
Semoga you may live long , live strong , and live happy .
Salam Tun,
Pulau Batu Putih dah gone dan tak lama lagi part of Johore. Kalau ada jambatan bengkok taklah cuak sangat sebab sememangnya Tanjung Pelepas boleh menandingi pelabuhan di Singapura dan Malaysia akan senatiasa di hadapan Singapura. Sekarang ni dengan adanye Wilayah Pembangunan Iskandar yg mana byk syarikat Singapura melabur dalamnya pelabuhan Singapura akan bertambah pesat. Kemungkinan Tanjung Pelepas akan terus melepas dan tak lama lagi akan jadi gajah putih sahaja. Apa komen Tun. Wassalam.
Dear Tun, I totally disagree with your recent speech in JB. To achieve your aim, you are using the unity of Malaysia as chips in a high stake game. You are going against what you have preached during your regime. Supposedly, you have managed to 'bring' down Pah Lah, what stories are you going to spin to undo the damages that has been created??
I respected you on how you had handled the 1997 crisis and in fact I am one of the very few minority that see things your way but this time round...it is no no no!!Most of us agreed that the present leadership is shitty but the way you are doing it is not right.
Assalamualaikum
Doc said,
"I believe some reports have been made but so far there have been no results. Public confidence would be undermined if investigations by the proper authorities are not made. If the investigation is only to clear the name, then can we say the rule of law is being properly practised?"
may i ask, why are you asking this now.. but not when you were on the Malaysian Throne..? n when we are the one who shud be directing this question to you Doc or to BN.
to Loyal2Tun,
u really view everything in a negative way dont u? this is another trait of Malays, if not Malaysians.. anyone who opposed the Tun are enemies.. if that the case, that would not bring the word "Debate or Discussion".. since we are only following one way [the TUN's way]. have you not try to think the other way? do you believe in Destiny? God did not create only 1 path to your destiny.. some things can be achieved with many ways. and we believe there are other ways too towards good political solutions. u all are too fanatic towards the Doctor.. haha!
and u said
"I agree TDM was not pefect when he was PM (tell me which human being is except God's prophets), but he is still the best leader Malaysia ever had. Anwar Ibrahim, Abdullah Badawi, Najib, Karpal Singh, Lim Kit Siang etc is nowhere near compared to TDM."
I cannot agree more.. but we are seeking for one who can be better than the TUN.. are we not?
okes! Salam to Loyal2Tun and The Doc.. hehe!
Sorry,
Izr
Dear, Tun Mahathir,
I will always support you, Tun. Things was better when you was a prime minister compare to today's situation. It's getting worst now.
Assalamualaikum Tun,
You have spoken like a true leaders and from what I've seen, you can be Malaysia Prime Minister for the next 50 years as the people regardless of race still love and support you.
The rule of Law is created by people for the people to follow, it is not to be manipulated and twisted as one deisires. Many would disagree with me when I say that you have always followed the Law and has let the Law to take it natural cause to punish those charged for corruption and sodomy..BUT still you are being blame by the "blind" supportes of being cruel.
In the Pak Lah administration, the Law seem being manipulated or "controlled" by "his" people. Pak Lah has wasted the nations money in opening "old" and not important stories in order to divert attention. Zaid being Pak Lah's lap dog too join in. He seems have personal grudge against Tun.
Maybe Zaid now want to get revenge because Tun did not entertain his LOBBY for "Judge" position!
http://akupening.fawked.net/
Assalamualaikum Tun,
Malaysia dah ada undang-undang yang ok.Kenapa AAB nak tukar sistemnya lagi?AAB hanya tau cakap, tapi bagi orang lain yang buat.Tak betul pun AAB tak tau pun.Hanya pandai bagi cadangan.Macam YB saje...bukan macam Perdana Menteri.Tapi orang buat jugak sebab ingat dia tu Perdana Menteri untuk Malaysia.Orang percaya untuk kebaikan rakyat Malaysia konon.
Terima Kasih Tun.
Salam Tun,
Old topic but new version. Nobody can escape from abusing "The Rule of Law". You ain't commit it, don't you.
It is sincerely hope you reveal what is right and wrong for betterment of UMNO and Nation as a whole rather than nagging all sort of issues and confusing the PEOPLE OF MALAYSIA.
All we wants are better living, safety prosper and peaceful country.
badawi's biggest mistake was to open the ringgit to the world!
" How can the person reporting be sure that the police will investigate without fear or favour "
Very GOOD question my Dearest SIR.
Good afternoon to your my dear TDM.
Basically this simple belief of upright law enforcement officers still exist in Malaysia has long become a MYTH.
No doubt much had been achieved and contributed during your tenure thus changing Malaysia to be one the great countries, but just imagine the consequences or rather consider the possibilities of such question being posed to you during your reign.
ACA has shown some improvement in publisizing small catches whereas big fishes are still at large. Anyway job done...hopefully they can keep up with the pressures.
Ultimate question: Who are willing to risk their rice bowl at times like this? Opposition parties???perhaps. It's a good weapon for them provided they have some leads...
Faithfully,
HPI_J.B
Ayahnda Tun,
Anaknda Percaya yang Ayahnda sudah mengetahui keputusan Pulau Batu Puteh, Walaupun kita masih menang di kawasan terumbu karang tetapi kita kalah di kawasan Pulau.
Anaknda memohon ayahnda menjelaskan segera kerana ada pihak menyalahkan ayahnda kerana kegagalan Pulau Batu Puteh.
http://suaragenerasimuda.blogspot.com
Rulers and law are synonymous in so many ways. To put it in the simplest kind of way it is
"the will of the ruler".
Just like our beloved TUN says "Our laws must cover every aspect of our societal life, so we will know exactly what
we can do and what we cannot do."
And as the prime minister he must be well inform on such thing to uphold the rule of law.
Some law may be extreme to others but maybe appropriate for the benefit of the majority/public.
The law could not (not ever) satisfy everbody/every person because it is man made law and it is made as
to govern a society by the ruler.
"The history of law is the history of civilization, and LAW itself is only the blessed tie that bind human society together.."
I LOVE TO READ EVERYTHING YOU WROTE EVERYDAY
Dear Tun,
As a Malaysian who do not forget easily, I can remember the period that you can do anything in Malaysia, but yet you respect the law and the legal profession. Unlike your detractors, you have always maintained the “Rule of Law” above everything else. I can remember “Operation Lallang” where you detained the youth leaders from all political parties (including our present DPM) under the ISA because the situation was untenable – you know how “peaceful” demonstrations can turn out to be!! Shows that when you were in power, you have used the laws judiciously.
Another law that you have used wisely and bravely, is the law of economics. Your handling of the economic crisis was fantastic, but unfortunately, because of the mild effect of the economic crisis on the Malaysian public brought about by your brave stand, many people are now forgeting what a brave person you were when implementing the economic policies in the face of “conventional” policies. I know that if your were still the PM, you would not hesitate to increase the price of petrol to be in line with world prices and would not melatah when the price of rice spiked recently. Now we have spend RM4 billion on rice stockpile when the price of rice has gone down by at least 30% recently (last week!!!). Most Malaysians are aware of world/global economic realities and would have accepted the tough times – but these have to be explained to the rakyat!!! We should have increase the price of petrol gradually and now the price have to be increased by at least 40%!!! It is high time for the Malaysians to be realistic and not develop the “subsidy” mentality. Bravo to the Indonesian government for having the courage to increase the price of petrol by 30%!
I am saddened by the fact that DSAI, have seen fit to quote a few economic statistics to show how badly you did in handling the economy of Malaysia!! And comparing apple with oranges. But one thing is for sure, DSAI’s slavish attitude with IMF’s policies would have resulted in an economic meltdown of our country. I still believe that you sacked him because of his stupidity!!!
Jamil
RULE OF LAW
The rule of law, in its most basic form, is the principle that no one is above the law. Thomas Paine stated in his pamphlet Common Sense (1776): "For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other."
In England, the issuing of the Magna Carta was a prime example of the "rule of law." The Great Charter forced King John to submit to the law and succeeded in putting limits on feudal fees and duties.
Perhaps the most important application of the rule of law is the principle that governmental authority is legitimately exercised only in accordance with written, publicly disclosed laws adopted and enforced in accordance with established procedural steps that are referred to as due process. The principle is intended to be a safeguard against arbitrary governance, whether by a totalitarian leader or by mob rule. Thus, the rule of law is hostile both to dictatorship and to anarchy. Samuel Rutherford was one of the first modern authors to give the principle theoretical foundations, in Lex, Rex (1644), and later Montesquieu in The Spirit of the Laws (1748).
In continental Europe and legal thinking, the rule of law has frequently, but not always, been associated with a Rechtsstaat. According to modern Anglo-American thinking, hallmarks of adherence to the rule of law commonly include a clear separation of powers, legal certainty, the principle of legitimate expectation and equality of all before the law.
The concept is not without controversy, and it has been said that "the phrase 'the Rule of Law' has become meaningless thanks to ideological abuse and general over-use".[1]
Overview
The contrast between the rule of men and the rule of law is first found in Plato's Statesman and Laws and subsequently in Aristotle's Politics, where the rule of law implies both obedience to positive law and formal checks and balances on rulers and magistrates.
In his treatise, Law of the Constitution (10th Ed., 1959), pp. 187, et seq., Dicey identified three principles which together establish the rule of law: (1) the absolute supremacy or predominance of regular law as opposed to the influence of arbitrary power; (2) equality before the law or the equal subjection of all classes to the ordinary law of the land administered by the ordinary courts; and (3) the law of the constitution is a consequence of the rights of individuals as defined and enforced by the courts."
— Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol: Constitutional Law and Human Rights, paragraph 6, footnote 1
... every official, from the Prime Minister down to a constable or a collector of taxes, is under the same responsibility for every act done without legal justification as any other citizen. The Reports abound with cases in which officials have been brought before the courts, and made, in their personal capacity, liable to punishment, or to the payment of damages, for acts done in their official character but in excess of their lawful authority. [Appointed government officials and politicians, alike] ... and all subordinates, though carrying out the commands of their official superiors, are as responsible for any act which the law does not authorise as is any private and unofficial person.
— Law of the Constitution (London: MacMillan, 9th ed., 1950), 194.
Another definition can be found at Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol: Constitutional Law and Human Rights, paragraph 6
The legal basis of government gives rise to the principle of legality, sometimes referred to as the rule of law. This may be expressed as a number of propositions, as described below.
(1) The existence or non-existence of a power or duty is a matter of law and not of fact, and so must be determined by reference either to the nature of the legal personality of the body in question and the capacities that go with it, or to some enactment or reported case. As far as the capacities that go with legal personality are concerned, many public bodies are incorporated by statute and so statutory provisions will define and limit their legal capacities. Individuals who are public office-holders have the capacities that go with the legal personality that they have as natural persons. The Crown is a corporation sole or aggregate and so has general legal capacity, including (subject to some statutory limitations and limitations imposed by European law) the capacity to enter into contracts and to own and dispose of property. The fact of a continued undisputed exercise of a power by a public body is immaterial, unless it points to a customary power exercised from time immemorial. In particular, the existence of a power cannot be proved by the practice of a private office.
(2) The argument of state necessity is not sufficient to establish the existence of a power or duty which would entitle a public body to act in a way that interferes with the rights or liberties of individuals. However, the common law does recognise that in case of extreme urgency, when the ordinary machinery of the state cannot function, there is a justification for the doing of acts needed to restore the regular functioning of the machinery of government.
(3) If effect is to be given to the doctrine that the existence or non-existence of a power or duty is a matter of law, it should be possible for the courts to determine whether or not a particular power or duty exists, to define its ambit and provide an effective remedy for unlawful action. The independence of the judiciary is essential to the principle of legality. The right of access to the courts can be excluded by statute, but this is not often done in express terms. A person whose civil or political rights and freedoms as guaranteed by the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (the European Convention on Human Rights) have been infringed is entitled under the Convention to an effective right of access to the courts and an effective national remedy. On the other hand, powers are often given to bodies other than the ordinary courts, to decide questions of law without appeal to the ordinary courts, and sometimes in such terms that their freedom from appellate jurisdiction extends to their findings of fact or law on which the existence of their powers depends.
(4) Since the principal elements of the structure of the machinery of government, and the powers and duties which belong to its several parts, are defined by law, its form and course can be altered only by a change of law. Conversely, since the legislative power of Parliament is unrestricted, save where European Community law has primacy, its form and course can at any time be altered by Parliament. Consequently there are no powers or duties inseparably annexed to the executive government.
2006 World Map of the Rule of Law Index, which measures the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society. Colors range from green (top quartile), to yellow (middle high), orange (middle low) and red (bottom quartile).
In American law, the most famous exposition of the same principle was drafted by John Adams for the constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in justification of the principle of separation of powers:
In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers or either of them: the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them: to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
— Massachusetts Constitution, Part The First, art. XXX (1780).
The last phrase, "to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men," has been quoted with approval by the U.S. Supreme Court and every state supreme court in the United States.
A similar concept is found in Common Sense by Thomas Paine:
. . . the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America THE LAW IS KING. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law OUGHT to be King; and there ought to be no other.
The concept "rule of law" is generally associated with several other concepts, such as:
• Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali — No ex post facto laws
• Presumption of innocence — All individuals are "presumed innocent until proven otherwise"
• Legal equality — All individuals are given the same rights without distinction to their social stature, religion, political opinions, etc. That is, as Montesquieu would have it, "law should be like death, which spares no one."
• Habeas corpus — in full habeas corpus ad subjiciendum, a Latin term meaning "you must have the body to be subjected (to examination)". A person who is arrested has the right to be told what crimes he or she is accused of, and to request that his or her custody be reviewed by judicial authority. Persons unlawfully imprisoned have to be freed.
The concept of "rule of law" per se says nothing of the "justness" of the laws themselves, but simply how the legal system upholds the law. As a consequence of this, a very undemocratic nation or one without respect for human rights can exist with or without a "rule of law", a situation which many argue is applicable to several modern dictatorships. However, the "rule of law" or Rechtsstaat is considered a prerequisite for democracy, and as such, has served as a common basis for human rights discourse between countries such as the People's Republic of China and the West.[2]
The rule of law is an ancient ideal first posited by Plato as grounded in divine reason and so inherent in the natural order. It continues to be important as a normative ideal, even as legal scholars struggle to define it. The concept of impartial rule of law is found in the Chinese political philosophy of legalism, but the totalitarian nature of the regime that this produced had a profound effect on Chinese political thought which at least rhetorically emphasized personal moral relations over impersonal legal ones. Although Chinese emperors were not subject to law, in practice they found it necessary to act according to regular procedures for reasons of statecraft.
In the Anglo-American legal tradition rule of law has been seen as a guard against despotism and as enforcing limitations on the power of the government. In China, the discourse around rule of law centers on the notion that laws ultimately enhance the power of the state and the nation, which is why the Chinese government adopts the principle of rule by law rather than rule of law.
More recently, the rule of law has been considered as one of the key dimensions that determines the quality and good governance of a country.[3] Research, like the Worldwide Governance Indicators, defines the rule of law as: "the extent to which agents have confidence and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, the police and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime or violence."[4] Based on this definition the Worldwide Governance Indicators project has developed aggregate measurements for the rule of law in more than 200 countries.
Declaration of Delhi
In 1959, an international gathering of over 185 judges, lawyers, and law professors from 53 countries, meeting in New Delhi and speaking as the International Commission of Jurists, made a declaration as to the fundamental principle of the rule of law.
Lord Bingham's sub-rules
In his speech on November 16, 2006 for the Sir David Williams Lecture in the Law Faculty of Cambridge University [5], Lord Bingham of Cornhill postulated eight sub-rules of the rule of law. It should be noted that Bingham takes a strongly substantive view on the rule of law, and that these sub-rules would be subject to fierce criticism by journalists.
• the law must be accessible and so far as possible intelligible, clear and predictable
• questions of legal right and liability should ordinarily be resolved by application of the law and not the exercise of discretion
• the laws of the land should apply equally to all, save to the extent that objective differences justify differentiation
• the law must afford adequate protection of fundamental human rights
• means must be provided for resolving, without prohibitive cost or inordinate delay, bona fide civil disputes which the parties themselves are unable to resolve
• ministers and public officers at all levels must exercise the powers conferred on them reasonably, in good faith, for the purpose for which the powers were conferred and without exceeding the limits of such powers
• adjudicative procedures provided by the state should be fair
• the state must comply with its obligations in international law, the law which, whether deriving from treaty or international custom and practice, governs the conduct of nations.
Authoritarianism
Rule of law is frequently opposed by authoritarian and totalitarian states. The explicit policy of such governments, as evidenced in the Night and Fog decrees of Nazi Germany, is that the government possesses the inherent authority to act purely on its own volition and without being subject to any checks or limitations. Dictatorships generally establish secret police forces, which are not accountable to established laws, which can suppress threats to state authority.
Critique
Marxist theory asserts the capitalist state is an instrument of oppression of the proletariat at the hands of the bourgeoisie, which set the laws to suit itself. Following this, some critical theorists analyze the "rule of law" as a judicial fiction which aims at disguising the reality of violence and, in Marxist terminology, "class struggle". This theory presumes that the "bourgeoisie" holds the power to set the laws.
The Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben argues that the state of exception is at the core of the concept of sovereignty, and not the "rule of law" as liberal thinkers have it. While the sovereign claims to follow the "rule of law", any protection the people have, however fundamental, can be jettisoned once the government finds it convenient to do so.
Those that take formal conceptions of the rule of law have criticised more substansive conceptions which question whether a law is "good or bad".
Tun, What is your comment on us losing Pulau Batu Putih?
Does this shows that the current Gov is weak?
Dear Tun,
What you say in Tokyo is true and some people (the progessives) cannot accept this. You are not being a racist!!! You have been fair to all the races in Malaysia. The people who are saying you have not been fair have not have the experience of opening up a business in Malaysia!!! Look at how difficult it is for a Malay or Indian to open a business in various trades (other than makan shops!!) in Singapore. The most difficult racism is the "unwritten" ones!
The race card is always there in what ever country. The US are fooling themselves when they imagined that race is not an important issue when Obama is concerned!!! You just have to look at the demographics when the voting takes place in the US!!!
We have been praticisng powere sharing for the past decade and I see it slipping away now and I agree with you that there is a real possibility of racial unrest in Malaysia. Hope that this unrest is worth it for all Malaysians in the name of 'freedom".
Hj Jamil
Salam Tun,
Salam to all you readers as well.
I think the time for criticism is over, the time for talking is over. I think now is the time for action, now is the time for solidarity. We should get together behind Tun, and actually do something. We should get rid off the corrupted like we scrape the excrement off our boots. We must band together and let our voices be heard. They cannot silence the voice of the many. Now is the time.
Wasalam.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." - Edmund Burke
My dear Tun,
Thank you for your openness and fairness in running your blog. You kept your word (as always) to post comments that are critical of you even if some of these are rude and insulting - calling you all sorts of names. Unfortunately, the blogs of those who fight for freedom of expression (so-called) will not publish any comments which are critical of their leaders!!! Try saying that DSAI is a champion of Lee Kuan Yew's Malaysian Malaysia and that he is a traitor to the Malays, and see whether it is posted!!! Try saying that he is "darling" (or stooge) of the Singaporean press, and the Singaporean government - it will not be posted.
So my apolgies if I use your log to comment on DSAI and his cronies (I know that his adoring supporters) visit your blog.
Hj Jamil
Tun...
Where have you been? It's been two days since you wrote last.
Salam hormat.
Salam Tun,
Mengenai Ezam masuk balik UMNO disambut baik oleh ahli2 tertinggi UMNO menunjukan apa yg Tun lakukan atau mengajak ahli2 lain untuk buat yg sama keluar parti sebagai protest tidak yakin pada kepimpinan Pak Lah adalah satu yg wajar kerana Tun hanya menyuruh keluar parti tapi tidak masuk lain parti sedangkan Ezam keluar parti dan masuk parti lain lepas itu kembali kepada UMNO dapat diterima dengan baik oleh parti. Ini memberi isyarat keluar dan masuk parti adalah satu yg biasa dalam UMNO jadi kenapa tidak kita semua keluar parti bersama dengan Tun selepas itu kembali pada UMNO. Saya berpendapat mereka akan sambut kita semua lebih baik dari sekarang. Ini kerana sewaktu menjadi ahli mereka memandang remeh terhadap ahli2 itu sendiri setelah keluar parti baru mereka hargai justeru itu marilah kita sahut seruan Tun untuk keluar parti. Telah terbukti kelak akan mereka hargai ahli2 yg masuk semula parti. Marilah bersama Tun tanpa ragu ragu lagi.
Jadikan contoh Ezam masuk semula UMNO satu semangat berani untuk keluar parti dan kelak masuk semula kedalam parti demi untuk mendapatkan semangat baru didalam UMNO.
Tun yang Dihormati,teruskan perjuangan demi agama,bangsa dan negara.Hanya orang yang bodoh sombong(Bodoh tak boleh diajar,pandai tak boleh tumpang) saja yang mempertikaikan Tun.Jasa Tun kepada agama,bangsa dan negara tidak ternilai.
Dear Tun,
You are the best P.M from all 4 of them,you bought Malaysia to the top,all the changes you made are for all Malaysian some of them never understand but I will always be at your side and support what ever dicision you made, You are the best....:)
Assalamualaikum Tun yang dihormati,
Bolehkah Tun komen sedikit mengenai isu Pulau Batu Putih?
Adakah keputusan ICJ di The Hague benar2 adil dan tidak boleh dipertikaikan lagi?
Tun,
I will always behind you. I didn't pay much attention to politic when you were at the throne knowing nothing bad could ever happened and realized everything was well executed under your reign. But know I'm afraid and sad under Pak Bodolah. What is the future of Malaysia?
You know there are thousands of silent supporters behind you Tun.
Regards
Amin yunus
silversmyth.vox.com
TUN YANG DIKASIHI...ASSALAMUALAIKUM
Pernah x TUN rasa myesal kerana:
1.mlantik Pak Lah sebagai pgnti TUN.
2.mengambil Pak Lah kembali ke dalam UMNO dan melantiknye sebagai Timbalan TUN
3.berbaik-baik dengan Tun Musa Hitam yang dari dulu smp sekrg menghentam TUN.tp bila anak dia kawin TUN ttp hadirkan diri..baik n ikhlas nyer hati TUN..
(kenapa ada org yang talam 2 muka camni ek)
4.meletakkan jawatn tanpa terus menaikkan Dato Seri Najib sbg penganti.
5.TUN melupakan ape yang dikatakan oleh mereka-mereka yang ingin mjatuhkan TUN dengan melayan mereka dgn baik
6.menaikkan mereka2 yang tidak mengenal budi sehingga kalau dulu TUN lah segalanya bg mereka tp sekrg meghina TUN...(bukan adat org melayu untuk x mghormati org yang byk berkrbn demi negara)
7.memaafkan mereka-mereka yang pernah melawan TUN tetapi TUN melupakan segala phinaan dan kata2 mereka dgn menerima mereka kembali dalam UMNO(spt...Pak Lah n Anwar Ibrahim)
Sesungguhnya TUN adalah seorang yang mmg berhati mulia sehingga sanggup memaafkan perbuatan mereka2ini dan menerima kembali mereka2 sebagai sahabat..Sedih sangat hati saya bila TUN dilayan,dihina, ditomah dan dikeji sebegini.. Kalau ler saya nie cucu CHEDET
(maaf TUN...atok saya lbh kurang sebaya dgn TUN)mmg saya akan mrh n ngamuk sgt2.
Minta2 semua ahli keluarga TUN TABAH..terutama Tun Siti Hasmah..
YA ALLAH... TABAHKAN KELUARGA TUN MAHATHIR DALAM MGHADAPI DUGAAN DAN UJIANMU YA ALLAH...LINDUNGI MEREKA DARI ANASIR2 JAHAT>>>
Tun, you were Malaysia's light, and I hope your influence today will brighten what looks to be one of the darkest hours of Malaysia's existence.
I've been following the Malaysian politics from here in Aussieland and regretfully, at the moment I feel happy to be out of the country. I hope when I get back, the situation will have improved.
Keep doing what you're doing Tun, you will have a supporter in me.
Dear Doctor,
I can't help but feel pity for you. Only a few years ago, you were the head honcho of this beautiful land. You and your tribesmen, had engineered and rallied for a lopsided Economic Policy that would create a Master Race,and reduce the rest of us to mere working class and thus your servants.
And I look at you now, a frail old man, who has lost the love of the Frankenstein that you created. Who has been labeled a babbling old man and scorned at.
Now consider a scenario where every Malaysian would have stood by you, because you genuinely cared for every child born in this country and fought for everyone, instead of pouring fuel into race ideologies and keeping us in constant paranoia of the draconian grasp, which you nurtured with sheer hatred and blind obedience.You could have been blessed with this status. What an utter waste.
You are a tumor which must be removed. I for one, stand by Tun Musa who rightly describes you as a thorn in the flesh, not only of UMNO but every hardworking Malaysian of Non Malay descent who had suffered the many years of hipocracy from Razak's time and yours.
There is one last use for you, doctor. You must finish your role of destroying UMNO and all the rats that take refuge in it. And so far, you're doing a great job at it.
Remember Tun, God loves unconditionally.Strengthen your faith and keep on marching. You have been chosen to destroy the beast you had fed with your own hands. Once this is complete, maybe God may forgive you. He knows all things and all things know Him.
Best regards,
u mean Tun..for the current government to actually do wat U didnt care to do all these years???
LAW? Tun wasn't it you who destroyed the dignity of our jurisdiction >??
Che Det,
Salaams
i. The Constitution Of Malaysia
ii. Malaysian Law
iii. Laws of Malaysia
Warmest Salaams
salam tun,
kami sentiasa bersama tun,susah dan senang.
Salam Tun,
Easy...
A week government is not built within 2/3 years, or 7/8 years...It's more than that.
So, present weak government is inherited from previous weak government.
Weak government = weak law implementation!
Time to change to other than BN/UMNO. I've been waiting since I was 10 yrs old.
Dear Tun,
I suggest that we form a royal commission to investigate :
1. Whether the PM can bring his family members to cabinet meeting.
2. ECM Libra transactions.
3. Terengganu's Wang Ehsan transactions.
4. The Msia-Spore causeway bridge cancellation.
5. Scomi transactions-any conflict of interest?.
Why the sudden interest in the rule of law anyway...come on...they really think the people will buy into all this spin?
Dear Tun,
I would like to share with you reason how you described a weak PM.My reliable source told me how he run the prime minister office in same routine - unable to read important documents or prefer not to read,just brief by politic secretary,only good positive matter will be addressed,some need advise from Tingkat 4 group first, ( many bad thing will be censored not immediate for him to know,might upset him especially if letter from Tun etc ).Nation development update proggress brief by KJ man,a lot projects revised lately to in line benefit of who supported him who not( Which can manipulated what project to be implemented or KIV recommeded to whom,which will approved,which will not reached his knowlegde )
and one surprised new step is lately son Kamaruddin play indirect role behind the office,he seem put up more ideas advising PM not only how to manage family related projects local oversea,GLI linked,also how to develop a new strategic politic in urgent to save his father stay on UMNO president,how to handle Najip,all seem fit described what Tun said,UMNO now became completely paralyzed and whole party is belong to the family of ABB,his son and in law.Is that what Tun have try to tell Malaysians understand him as how weak he run the job ad Malaysia prime minister? Am I right TUN?Thank Mohjanne
hai Tun,
I sentiasa sokong u
Tun,
I'll always be behind you. Furthermore, I'm convinced of your integrity and innocence in the Lingam matter. You can't stop people from lobbying.
Tun,
Only you can put things right in Malaysia now. I know it is selfish of me to ask you to come back into active politics. Return to UMNO and challenge Pak Lah. You will have a resounding win.
Tun,
I do not have a personal agenda. I'm just sad at the outlook for Malaysia and Malays at large. Our economy is in limbo. And although Malaysians are mostly educated they fail to understand the Zionist agenda disguised in Anwar Ibrahim.
Your country needs you...
Johan DS Azmi
A'kum Tun,
Cadangan untuk penubuhan sebuah Royal Commission semestinya satu idea yang baik namun saya masih melihat ia sebagai satu badan masih tertakluk kepada keputusan badan eksekutif.
Oleh itu, saya mencadangkan agar ditubuhkan satu badan yang dinamakan Ombudsman. Badan ini sudah lama digunapakai di Parlimen Eropah. Ombudsman adalah sebuah badan bebas yang bertanggungan kepada Parlimen.
Penubuhan badan ini akan dapat mengelak dari sebarang gangguan tidak kira Diraja atau Eksekutif kerana segala penyiasatan atau pemerhatian badan ini perlu dihujahkan dihadapan ahli Parlimen.
Seperti yang digusarkan oleh Tun, bagaimana ia dapat membantu jika sesuatu perkara buruk itu dilakukan oleh PM @ TPM? Dengan adanya badan Ombudsman ini, sesuatu siasatan boleh dimulakan dan ia akan disarankan oleh ahli Parlimen di persidangan Parlimen. Apabila dibahaskan, satu panel akan ditubuhkan dan segala kandungan penyiasatan perlu dibentangkan oleh ahli panel di persidangan Parlimen. Ini dapat membantu ketelusan penyiasatan dimana semua ahli Parlimen dapat mengambil bahagian dapat menekan ahli panel untuk membuat penyiasatan yang menyeluruh tanpa sebarang campur tangan kuasa pihak lain terutama mereka yang mempunyai kuasa. Ia juga dapat mengelakkan sebarang salah guna kuasa. Ia amat berguna tidak mengira mana parti yang memerintah.
Penubuhan Ombudsman ini adalah perlu disegerakan kerana pihak pembangkang sudah mula memainkan peranan yang penting di dalam perbahasan Parlimen. Walaupun, kita tahu tiada apa yang baru dalam perbahasan mereka , namun mereka mempergunakan isu yang lapuk untuk menjadi jagoan di Parlimen. Tidak perlu berdia diri.
Wassalam
Kepada Tun yang dikasih..
I am very proud with you.
Minta maaf... sedikit pandapat tentang kepimpinan sekarang
Rakyat Malaysia redha dengan keputusan ICJ, tapi cukup marah dengan cara pemimpin Malaysia memberi ulasan yang terlalu remeh, simplistic dan insult our intelligence dengan mengatakan keputusan beersifat menang-menang. Saya rasa jika middle rock pun menjadi milik singapura pemimpin Malaysia akan kembali ke tanah air dengan kenyataan “ keputusan tetap menang-menang” kerana Johor masih milik Malaysia. Semata-mata untuk menyedapkan hati mereka sendiri dan memperbodohkan tahap pemikiran rakyat Malaysia.
Tun,
macam jumpa emas bila sy jumpa blog Tun kt sini.
sy harap Tun dapat baca luahan hati saya.
hati saya panas, mata saya menangis bila orang tuduh macam-macam kat Tun.
saya yakin dengan sepenuh hati saya kt Tun. saya tau Tun takkan buat perkara yang sia-sia, perkara yang hanya menurut perasaan. Tun ingatlah, saya setia dan sentiasa sokong Tun tak kira apa sahaja kesusahan yang akan datang.sebab saya tau Tun buat semua ni bukan untuk kepentingan diri, tapi untuk bangsa kita bangsa Melayu.
Biar ke mana pun saya akan sentiasa ikut Tun.
Saya doakan kesihatan Tun dan dirahmati tuhan dan kebahagian Tun serta isteri.
Salam.
i support u!
Your record as a past prime minister has been tainted... your unreasonable views are like the pot calling the kettle black..Please don't get too emotional .. it may affect your health.. rise above petty partisan and personal politics.. be a statesman..
Abi
Assalamualaikum wbt,
Tun, teruskan perjuanganmu untuk menyedarkan pemimpin UMNO supaya mrk sedar dan lantang menyuarakan suara rakyat, Mrk bukan tidak memahami kehendak rakyat yang ditunjukkan dlm PRU12 tetapi membutakan hati & fikiran mereka dari kenyataan yang pasti..akhirnya fizikal mrk juga kaku..bangun lah wahai pemimpin-pemimpin UMNO..dimanakah semangat pahlawan melayu??
Tun, Pedulikan halangan & rintangan yang datang..ALLAH selalu berpihak pada org yg benar..kami akan tetap menyokong Tun..
Semoga Tun dan keluarga diberikan kesejahteraan hdp dan dipanjangkan usia hendaknya...
Kami sayangkan Tun..
Assalamualaikum...
macamane dengan politik negara kita sekarang ni, Tun?
Semakin hari saya semakin risau sampai pening kepala memikirkannya...
Semakin hari semakin banyak kelemahan kerajaan diwar - warkan...
Sebagai bekas PM, Tun tak boleh usahakan apa - apa lagi ke untuk atasi masalah ini?
Sesungguhnya, pinta saya supaya Tun masuk semula parti kerana khidmat Tun masih diperlukan lagi.
Mungkin Tun kecewa dengan sikap sesetengah pihak, namun perjuangan kita masih belum selesai...
Biarlah kita dicaci hina, namun maruah agama, bangsa dan negara adalah yang utama...
Kami sentiasa di belakang Tun...
Tun, semasa menerajui Kerajaan dahulu, tidak memberi perhatian sangat kepada Konsep Kekuatan Kententeraan (military power).Tanpa kekuatan yang seimbang, maka susah kita hendak mempertahankan kepentingan negara.Singapura berani mencabar Malaysia terhadap kedaulatan Batu Putih kerana kekuatan ketenteraannya.
Assalamualaikum...
macamane dengan politik negara kita sekarang ni, Tun?
Semakin hari saya semakin risau sampai pening kepala memikirkannya...
Semakin hari semakin banyak kelemahan kerajaan diwar - warkan...
Sebagai bekas PM, Tun tak boleh usahakan apa - apa lagi ke untuk atasi masalah ini?
Sesungguhnya, pinta saya supaya Tun masuk semula parti kerana khidmat Tun masih diperlukan lagi.
Mungkin Tun kecewa dengan sikap sesetengah pihak, namun perjuangan kita masih belum selesai...
Biarlah kita dicaci hina, namun maruah agama, bangsa dan negara adalah yang utama...
YBhg Tun,
The Rule Of Law
Dalam banyak-banyak topik, saya lihat ini adalah topik yang paling ramai mengkritik Tun. Saya faham mengapa ini berlaku.
Ibarat ruang membalas dendam lama, ibarat menangguk diair keruh, sama ada ia berbentuk personal, ikut-ikutan atau terpengaruh dengan dakyah.
Apa pun pandangan mereka terhadap Tun, saya tetap percaya pada apa yang telah Tun lakukan selama ini kerana saya amat yakin akan keikhlasan Tun mahu membina sebuah negara cemerlang,terbilang dan gemilang yang bukan hanya pada slogan semata-mata!!.
Tun telah melalui satu zaman yang amat sukar dalam menterjemahkan visi Tun. Tanpa kekuatan dalaman yang ada pada Tun adalah mustahil untuk kita mencapai apa yang kita ada hari ini. Tindakan Tun mungkin tidak popular, dilihat tidak betul pada hari ini tetapi saya rasa ia amat sesuai dan perlu pada waktu itu.
Isu pemecatan Hakim, perpecahan parti, pemecatan DSAI , operasi lalang dan sebagainya adalah antara cabaran untuk tun tetapi juga merupakan lambang kekuatan, ketegasan dan keberanian Tun, yang sepatutnya ada pada setiap pemimpin yang mahu memimpin negara berbilang kaum seperti Malaysia.
Saya juga akan melakukan perkara yang sama jika saya berada dalam posisi yang sama dengan Tun.Untuk menghadapi orang-orang seperti para pengacau, para demonsrator dsb memang perlu ada ketegasan dan keberanian yang luar biasa. Itulah karisma yang Tun miliki.
Membuka ruangan ini sahaja telah membuktikan keberanian dan kesediaan Tun menghadapi kritikan.
Syabas Tun
Negara tidak akan pergi jauh jika Tun dahulu lemah seperti DSAAB
Go to hell to those who criticize you.
Fear is the reason for Mahathir to talk about the RULE OF LAW.In his era he was the law and he twisted the law by interpreting according to his favour.His amendments had been questioned by leading jurists.Mahathir should look into himself and decide where he went wrong.Only people who do not understand the whole concept will fall to his arguments.
Che Det,
Salaams
A poem by WH Auden:
Law, Like Love
Law, say the gardeners, is the sun,
Law is the one
All gardeners obey
To-morrow, yesterday, to-day.
Law is the wisdom of the old,
The impotent grandfathers feebly scold;
The grandchildren put out a treble tongue,
Law is the senses of the young...
Warmest Salaam to you and YABhg Tun Dr Siti Hasmah
To those still wandering,
I may be one of those of you who were a bit sheepish when i first arrive here thinking that i may be the few odd ones out in the cold but suddenly supporting Mahathir.
Not only i find great company of wiser postings than mine, but a fair share of open contrarian views which hasten a balanced analysis.
Another opposition leader that is our great Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz is another fine example of individualistic non-partisan thinker, when he said that he welcome such a brilliant person as Mahathir to be in PAS.
Thus i find that what is above the Rule of Law here is the Rule of Mind.
People must think and not be emotional for the sake of been always right.
This may sound one-sided but this ex PM made me think straight. It reminds me the time i was from a different relgion and i choose this one. You have to think straight to arrive at the truth.
But there is a basis of the truth. It has to be based on achievements and not mere words. If it is words it has to be the voice that draws true emotions from Barack Obama's heart and not pretentious 'holier than thou' doted with fine sounding Hillarian rhetoric.
The reason why i support Keadilan in principle but not in practice is because i know damn well that Anwar will not give me equal bumiputra rights and non quota entrance in the IPTAs. But i nor my children need those. We are already well fed, well educated, and basking in the sun here. Thank God.
With due respects to others and Anwar i do hope he becomes the next PM as i have written in my blog but with strict conditions. That goes for Mahathir too if he resumes power ever again. And we can bet that this time round things will change because situations have changed.
We as Malaysians do not want to see divisions any more than we want to see Stupid White Rock going to Kiasu State.
PakLah, Chedet and Anwar must now sit together and plan the path hereof of 27 million souls. And you have to bring Karpal Singh along. I know CheDet likes to spare with him.
You do not find a living kicking Karpal Singh in Kiasau State nor in USA. We are unique and we like to stay that way.
We are at the most challenging stage of a global economic challenge and at any time the spoilt rakyat may riot, if they miss their next MacDonalds meal.
Our present PM must speak up and allay the wanderings and fears of an uncertain masses.
There is a saying,
"Be a good leader. If you cannot be a good leader, then be a good follower. If you cannot be a good follower, then get out of my way".
TUN,
Dari awal hingga akhir tajuk ulasan, informasi yang TUN sampaikan amatlah jelas sekali. Semua ini menjuruskan kepada kelemahan kepimpinan Pak Lah sekang.
Jelas lagi dengan perlantikan menteri di bawahnya, RAMAI YANG TAK BERTANDING DALAM PRU12 MENJADI MENTERI PENUH, ini akan menimbulkan ketidak selesaan kepada ramai orang yang bertanding. Itu lah Pak Lah dan kepimpinannya.
Yang bertambah parah apabila keputusan yang dibuat Pak Lah dalam media TV dan akhbar yang berubah dalam 10 jam sahaja, Sekarang kata TAK besok kata YA, pagi kata macam ni , petang kata macam tu…….. Jangankan pengkaji politik pening, masyarakat biasa pun hairan dan binggung dengan keputusan Pak Lah.
Salam perantau
Angkatan Lancang Kuning Nusantara
-amirul-
7;40 am
Yg Amat Berbahagia Tun,
First and foremost congrats on your blog. It gives you an avenue to raise your concerns and give us a chance to 'talk' to you too. I always find it fascinating when you get yourself involved in any fiasco...may it be during your time or now. By far I still think you are a political maestro.
You have now given the weak tag to the current government because they lost in the election and their inability to tackle some national issues. You also now tell the UMNO people that the non-malays are getting more vocal because the present day government is weak. Well, that's all sensible thinking on your side but I cannot help but reflect on your times as the PM of this beloved country. You made sure people tow the line and any dissenting voice was dealt with very subtle but real assertive measures. It was because of your style of admin that so many people just did not want to speak up lest they dare the consequences. Suara-suara lantang yang menentang tak banyak tetapi kalau adapun ditangani dengan cara Tun sendiri yang ramai juga mengenalinya. You love your loyalists and really took care of them in their bad times. Tetapi semasa Tun lah juga banyak langkah2 asertif diambil bagi orang Melayu dan Bumiputera atas nama keseimbangan kesejahteraan negara. Anehnya selepas 50 tahun merdeka dan 38 tahun DEB dan selepas 22 tahun Tun memerintah jurang antara kaum Melayu dengan kaum lain masih di tahap yang tinggi. Year after year your government and the present government has been proving with all sorts of statistics that the Malays are really lagging in the economic wealth of this country. Betul kah itu semua Tun? Statistics can be manipulated ever so easily especially when you have all the resources in your own hands. Sebagai seorang warga Malaysia Bumiputera (because my grandparents came from South India just like yours did) saya telah lama tinggal di luar negara tetapi tidak pernah lekang dengan berita-berita terkini dalam negara. Kalau di negara luar, UK umpamanya, kaum minoriti ada kuota khas sebab they believe in race equality and they really want to see other minority races given the same treatment. Saya juga sebagai seorang Islam dari Malaysia berfaedah daripada polisi tersebut. But what happens back home is appalling, the least to say. Sejak 50 tahun kemerdekaan kita semakin mengenepikan kaum lain. The only meeting point is through politics but the politics you decide they should play. Sebab itu parti politik kaum-kaum lain pun kena teruk kali ini dalam pilihanraya kerana their people realise now how their leaders were playing to your tune for their own gains. Demonstrasi jalanan during your time was almost unheard of until DSAI was expelled from government. You really had all the tricks in the bag to use to shut people up. The police, judiciary (which has been proven now) and almost the entire government machinery was under your rule and direction. Masa itu orang tak berani bersuara. Kalau di Parlimen semuanya 'yes man' and so was the cabinet. Then came your successor, Pak Lah, who believed that there should be some freedom of expression. The problem is kita pula tak dapat handle the freedom sebab selama ini ditekan daripada bersuara secara lantang. A lot of people suddenly found this freedom which they did not really know will eventually bring about a massive change to the landscape of the country's political scene. I do not remember having seen BN members debating and opposing the views of one another in Parlimen until it was Pak Lah's time. Kadang-kadang perdebatan hebat berlaku antara ahli-ahli UMNO/BN sendiri kerana kebebasan yang diberikan itu. Walau bagaimanapun sememangnya ahli pembangkang tak banyakpun dalam Parlimen ketika itu. So, on one side we are saying Pak Lah is weak tetapi on the other hand he gave some form of freedom to people to air their views.
The issue you raised recently that kaum lain sudah mula berani kerana kepimpinan kini lemah. Betulkah Tun? Is it sebab kepimpinan sekarang lemah or is it sebab orang sudah mulai sedar dan boleh meluahkan tentang hak mereka. Betullah kalau kita guna cara kuku besi, maka tiadalah orang bersuara dan nampak tenang lah negara kita seolah2 tiada isu negatif antara kaum. But the reality is that many non-Malays have had their grievances surpressed all this while and now it is being let out like the lava from the eruption of gunung berapi. I cannot help but notice that over the years the non-malays are beginning to look more alien in their own country in which their parents and some grandparents were born. The so-called foreign labour from Indonesia seems to be better class citizens than this lot. Orang-orang Melayu kita diberikan macam-macam jenis subsidi and I suppose you were just short of making this country a welfare state. Berbilion-bilion dibelanjakan ke atas kaum Bumiputera melayu atas nama keseimbangan but unfortunately sampai sekarang ramai yang merempat di luar bandar dalam kemiskinan. The ones who are capitalist and close to the powers that be jadi semakin kaya. Bila kita kira the economic cake, sekali lagi terbukti bahawa kaum Melayu masih ketinggalan. This statistic game can go forever and you know that better than I do. Berbilion-bilion wang yang sepatutnya hak rakyat disamun dengan rakus oleh ahli-ahli politik dan pejawat awam yang lupa keimanan dan alpa dengan rasuah dan salahguna kuasa. Only the chosen Malays get to enjoy the cake meant for all Malays. Siapa yang bertanggungjawab memberikan tongkat sakti ini kepada golongan elit Melayu? I suppose the government and that is the leadership of the PM. Your tenure being more than 20 years was a fantastic uplifting of the Malays but who got richer and who remained poor? Janganlah kata diskriminasi terhadap kaum lain, diskriminasi yang lebih teruk wujud antara kaum Melayu sendiri.
What is more sad is that these days some Malay leaders secara lantang boleh 'menghalau' pemimpin-pemimpin lain keluar dari negara ini di Parlimen. Betulkah Tun bahawa sekarang orang Melayu boleh hidup bersendirian tanpa bantuan kaum-kaum lain? I have not seen anything more arrogant than that. Apa jadi kalau orang Melayu yang asalnya dari Indonesia, Mongolia dn so forth pula disuruh keluar oleh golongan Melayu Proto iaitu orang asli di Malaysia. Sudah tentu mereka tidak mampu sebab they have always been in the weak zone in all aspects of their lives. You yourself is an Indian Malabari. What happens if they ask you to leave as well?
The way forward I think is not to shut the gabs of the non-Malays but to include them more honestly and fairly. Kalau HIndraf minta hak orang India bagi saja dengan syarat hak Bumiputera dikekalkan seperti sekarang. Just share a little bit more with them but without compromising what the others are getting. Susah sangatkah itu Tun? Why prolong the matter more and make the others like the Tionghua group realise that they are also in the same boat as the Indians. Well I think thats exactly what they thought when they casted their votes to the opposition candidates and parties.
My humble apologies if any of my frank comments above mengguris hati atau perasaan Tun. Siapa yang boleh melupakan jasa Tun kepada kaum Melayu dan negara ini, kecuali kaum melayu sendiri. And thats happening as well. Selepas diberikan macam-macam kemudahan kepada kaum Bumi sekarang mereka pun banyak yang menentang kerajaan BN. Mereka tuduh macam2..kroni, nepotisma, salah guna kuasa, rasuah dan macam2 lagi. Well, apa nak dikata, the times are getting worse for the economy in the whole wide world and the government is trying to teach the Malays to berdikari sedikit dan tidak bergantung kepada subsidi. Betulkah Tun perkara itu boleh dilakukan? I think orang Melayu luar bandar dan bandar yang daripada golongan berpendapatan rendah ini tak kisahlah sangat but what about yang selama ini diberikan tongkat sakti untuk berjalan. Kalau diambil balik tongkat itu tak berjalanlah gamaknya sebab dah lupa berjalan tanpa bantuan tongkat.
I think I better pen off here and I hope these views make some sense. It will be great if my views could pass through your moderation and I will like to see what others think.
As for Tun, all the very best in your next political move and hopefully you get your check-mate at the end of the day, as you usually do!
Salam.
TUN,
setuju dengan TUN 110%.
"THE RULE OF LAW" Saddam Husin ker
atau
"THE RULE OF LAW" Bush Amerika
yang banyak membunuh dan merosakkan..?
Mana anda pilih...?
Fikir-fikirkan..
salam perantau
angkatan lancang kuning nusantara
ashar 8;19
Assalammualaikum Tun....
Harap Tun Tetapkan pendirian dan lakukan yang telah Tun rancangkan, semoga berjaya TUN.
Dear Beloved Tun,
Every word that you said is actually a message to others but what a pity they refuse to understand.
Love you Tun, i dont know why but i simply adore you as a great person with wisdom.
To 'ravi';
Your comments dated 25 May 2008, timed 7:01 pm refers.
I am truly happy to see your comments published.What is your complaints and what makes u not happy with? Human legal rights? Could u explain further? Is it regarding ISA? Those detained during TDM's era or the case of Anwar Ibrahim? Please explain further, for the sake of argument.
I strongly believe, any decisions made by TDM regarding above is totally for the betterment and security of our country at that particular time.
got it somewhere....
..."allegations that Mahathir and his colleagues were involved in fixing the appointments, promotions and sacking of judges"........
-I don't know whether Pak Lah realised that Pak Lah himself was fixed to be the PM by Dr M? If 'fixing'is wrong then he should vacate the PM seat.
- Dr M admitted that it was a wrong fix
-Well let us all help Dr M to fix it again
Yin & Yan
MAlaysia has no class. Such savage and barbaric society has a long journey to become a developed nation. Malaysia is willing to smear and prosecute its former Prime Minister based on error in technicalities. I doubt even the Roman empire does such a thing.
Grow up Malaysia.Judicial integtrity is in doubt not because of appointments in it Chief Judges, but due to the inefficiencies and beauracracy in the judicial system
Tun,
Apparently Pak Lah is using the old tactic to politically shut down an enemy i.e 'the statutory laws'!
Talk about statutory laws, you only recognize 'black' or 'white' & no reasoning is needed to prove 'black' is actually 'white'.
Pak Lah knows very well that your reasonings are always sound and inviting & that he cannot rebute or argue to the best of his offence or defence.
Then, come the Americans' ways ... i.e you're either one of us or a terrorist!
That's the reason people like Zaid Ibrahim and Nazri Aziz (former lawyers) are Pak Lah's current prominent political soldiers.
Zaid & Nazri were trained to turn white into black and vice versa!
However, I believe that Malaysians are wise enough to be able to read between the lines and understand the scripts.
I also believe that the majority of the people are better 'judges' in coming to their decisions to know why 'black can become white and vice versa'!
p/s I sokong Selangor govt haram 'Islam Hadhari'!
"The Commissions can then make proposals based on speculations and possibilities..."
hmmm.. more proposals? but if the implementation is not done correctly, then we are just all walking in circles...
AZMI KHAN
Assalamulaikum Tun, and to all.. salam sejahtera...
Read most all of your comments agreed and disagreed. Positive and negative. For those who give comment against Tun, have you ever though of how would you be if you are the one who is the PM of Malaysia for 22yrs? Can you achive what he'd achived? Have you asked yourself that? No doubt he's a human as we are, do mistake all the time.. but for his hardwork have you ever appreciate it ever to live in Malaysia at during his time? I think a lot have. Human never going to be fair even for himself. Common! Your critics should be for the betterment of the nation not for the condemning for worst and blaming others. This will go no where except that's what you want.
For those who's agreed and support Tun, what have we done for him ( he's definitely disagrees with this.. what have we done for the country to be exact). Is it enough for us writting in this blog only? Have we asked ourself how we can help to build the nation to the right path again? What steps should we take to fulfill? I think everybody have their own ideas and ways... we could start it now.. of course we can never be as good as Tun but we must try...
we support you tun .. keep fighting :)
Assalamualaikum,,,Tun yang amat saya segani,
Saya sebagai generasi saluran 3 sudah bosan dgn media yang masih cuba menyokong dan menegakkan yang salah dan ini merupakan saluran kerajaan utk mengabui mata rakyat dan saya merasa berbangga kerana mempunyai saluran blog ini Utk meluahkan isi hati saya,walaubagaimanapun saya masih menontonnya sebagai hiburan semata-mata.
Semasa dibawah tampuk Tun dahulu saya berasa aman,tidak ada kekecohan seperti sekarang,keadaan ekonomi yang stabil walaupun diancam krisis dan berbesar hati mempunyai perdana menteri yang dikenali dan disegani di peringkat negara,lantang bersuara dalam menegakkan kebenaran,mungkin disebabkan ini melayu dan ketuanan melayu semasa itu tidak diperkotakkatikan oleh mereka yg bukan melayu dan membawa kemenangan besar kepada parti (bukan hanya sepenggal) pd masa itu, dan sekarang ini hanya melihat ibarat "seorang ayah yang tua yang mana sudah tidak larat nak menjaga kerenah anak2 nya dan rumah tangganya sendiri" -support our local band-www.nanchaos.blogspot.com
assalamualaikum Tun
saya nak tanya sesuatu dan berharap sangat tun dapat jawab. sejak akhir-akhir ini tun jarang kelihatan bersembahyang jumaat dimasjid putra putrajaya, adakah kerana tun ditempat lain ataupun ada "orang-orang tertentu kurang senang" kehadiran tun disitu?
saya antara yang takkan lepaskan peluang bersalaman dan menyapa tun bila bertemu di masjid putra jadi sekarang saya rasa seperti kehilangan. diharap tun dapat meluangkan masa semula bersama kami
terima kasih
Assalamualaikum...Umno bukan hak milik Tun DrM atau Pak Lah serta peminpin2 lain tetapi hak milik ahli2 umno yang ikhlas memperjuangkan dan sanggup berkorban demi perpaduan dan memastikan Umno berjaya serta kuat kerana Orang melayu atau bumiputra.
Peminpin akan datang dan akan pergi sama juga dengan kehidupan kita kalau kita beramal dengan rukun Iman iaitu Qada dan Qadar.Apabila agama kita letak di nombor 2 maka kita akan mengikuti jejak syaitan/iblis yang memang mahu kita terus sesat seperti janji dia kepada ALLAH SWT.
Bukan semua orang sempurna dalam semua hal terutama dalam arena politik Malaysia..
Apabila harga naik kita marah dan mula salah pihak kerajaan kerana gagal mengawal kenaikan harga dan masa yang sama kita mahu kenaikan gaji tetapi kita tidak mahu lihat bagaimana buruh-buruh kasar terutama petani atau nelayan yang mengerah tulang emapt kerat untuk memenuhi permintaan perut kita.Dalam masa kita senang adakah kita rasa bersyukur dengan nikmat pemberian Allah swt ini,gejala rasuah ,kroni dan sebagainya sudah tertanam dalam semua golongan baik BN,PAS,PKR,DAP atau siapa saja.Ini sememangnya realiti kehidupan kerana manusia mahukan kesenangan dan adakah kita mengaku kita sebenarnya yang mahukan ini semuanya.
Adakah sanggup boikot semua barang sedangkan kita perlukan dan adkan kita mahu buat tunjuk perasaan kepada tauke pengilang yang sekarang sudah jadi bilionair,jawapannya tidak.Baik pihak BN atau Pakatan Rakyat serta NGO semua menyepi diri hanya pandang bercakap atau melalui blogger saja.Kita hanya banyak bercakap tentang politik terutama orang melayu baik dalam kelambu atau kedai kopi,banyak ceramah dibuat oleh orang melayu hanya tentang politik yang memburukkan sesama bangsa melayu.Tun DR M pun selama 22 tahun masih gagal memajukan kesemua orang melayu .Apa jadi dengan pekerja Tongkah Holdings yang tak terbela di sebab anak Tun dan nanti akan jadi juga kepada Pak Lah apabila sudah tiada kuasa.Ini dikata dunia apabila kita diatas kadang2 kita terlepas pandang.Semua MP atau adun yang ada bukan semua dapat bersama rakyat 24jam untuk menyelami permasalahan dan ada yang hanya muncul apabiala PRU dengan janji manis.
Hanya kepada ALLAH SWT kami berharap pembalasan keatas mereka jika mereka tidak menuaikan segala kata2.Setengahnya hanya bergantung kepada orang2 kanan ini juga berlaku semasa Tun DrM dalulu dan akhirnya kita lihat orang tetap berkata kedua-duanya sama tetapi caranya berbeza.
Dear Sir,
Of late there more good comments are seen in your blog then before. There are deffinately bad many comments not publishing. Some good comments are even emailed to commenters.
You seek cheap publicicity by doing this. Even after all the damamge you have done to this country there still people praising you. Probably they do not know the damage you have done.
Being the most uncivilised politician in the country you will do anything including starting a racial riot just to bring down the present PM.You cited about it in Japan.
Only if you had manage resources of this country well Malaysia would become a member of OECD.
You would have thought if you leave UMNO, many will leave. Remember your own son didi not leave. Tell him to leave to show him loyalty to UMNO. Tell those who are praising you in your blog to leave UMNO. Definately they wouldn't, because their lunch and dinner being paid by UMNO a culture create by you.
On rule of law, it is you who spoiled every thing. You are not fir to talk aboout it at all.
We support you always Tun ....
assalamialaikum tun...
saya setuju dengan tun..
walaupun negara kita ada undang2, tapi penguatkuasaannya terlalu lemah.
kita ambil satu contoh mudah, buang sampah merata-rata, sepatutnya denda rm500, tapi itu pun kita tak mampu buat.
kes2 yang besar, yang berprofil tinggi, media akan memutarbelitkannya, cover orang sana, cover orang sini. semakin besar jawatan, semakin ramai kenal orang, senang orang tolong cover.
apa nak jadi?
saya harap tun akan cuba sedaya upaya tun untuk membersihkan ini semua.
pandangan peribadi saya, wawasan 2020 yang tun gagaskan itu, tak akan mampu dicapai.
sebab tun aje yang dah maju, tapi majoriti rakyat belum lagi..
semoga Tun sentiasa sihat..
wassalam.
Dear TUN
I do agree with what you said, there is allways a question to ask you, did you practice what you have said ?? Or just surface to show you follow but the back you bend all rule to suite you.
I 100% dare to said you are not a clean PM and neither do Pak Lah is clean? All i can said is he is not clever as you. You are just like the Father Crab teach Son Crab to walk straight. All we need now is to change the goverment and we will see the difference.
Err..hi,im just a young malaysian,read this article and do think about..
i think we people need to know (im mean really understand) 'WHY' we cannot do,rather than the WHAT we cannot (which,who do not know?may be not 100% but i dare say 80%)..some people just don't want to understand (they asked,for what?) even though they knew,so still practice.Some knew and even understood,just don't believe others will be like them,thus still do the same(as a rule of survival in society,perhaps).
Regarding the Royal Commissions, are they third party who do not involve in government and legislation? if they are really of impeccable character,that's a good way.However,what IF they are also involved in corruption or bribe or other self-centered intention,then..
That's why people need to know WHY! the doubt between for the nation (everyone) or for oneself or a small group only :)
Dear Tun,
When you were our PM , our country have prosper and the economics have become stronger.NOW under the current PM we are heading backwords...Thats why I think all the negative things have been thrown to you cause there is nothing good to say for the present goverment ....
TUN,
OR WHOEVER READ THIS ON BEHALF OF TUN PLEASE ASK HIM TO
PUBLISH THE ARTICLE THAT YOU WROTE WHEN U WERE 11 YRS OLD WHICH WAS PUBLISH IN NEWPAPER OR YOU SCHOOL MAGAZINE. BUT ITS REALLY INTERESTING.LETS THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW YOU ARE GENIUS SINCE U WERE YOUNG
Salam Buat Ayahanda Tun,
Saya baru saja berbicara dengan Pengerusi Ayahanda Johor...Ayahanda Ba_ _ _om. Firasat dia Kuat mengatakan antara punca kita kalah dalam keputusan hak milik Pulau Batu Putih ialah:-
1. Mahkamah ICJ di Belanda tapi kita pula Boikot Barangan Belanda kerana satu slot filem pendek.
2. Singapore yang berkiblatkan israil gunakan peluang ini untuk mencari sokongan Hakim belanda untuk gagalkan Malaysia.Mungkin filem tersebut juga termasuk dalam agenda S'pore untuk mengenakan Malaysia.
3. Peguam yang bela kita cuma 4 sahaja-sedangkan untuk bela singapore sampai 12 orang. Anwar pun punyai team peguam yang lebih banyak.
4. Faktor kelemahan Pak Lah juga menyumbang kepada kekalahan tersebut.
5. Ini dibuktikan apabila Pak Lah bagaikan Restu...tanpa sedih apabila ternyata kita kalah. 1 surat boleh kalahkan berpuluh-puluh fakta sejarah. Sejarah Hitam bertambah satu lagi semasa pemerintahan Pak Lah.
Sekadar renungan dari orang lama Johor.
I LOVE YOU!
Come back baby!!!
Come back to UMNO!
Cadangan saya kepada kerajaan :-
1. Wujudkan satu Badan Bertindak untuk meningkatkan ekonomi orang melayu. Badan ini harus diketuai oleh Tun dan orang2 pilihan beliau supaya tindakan dapat di ambil dgn berkesan dan dlm jangka masa pendek.
2. Nampaknya sekarang ini tiada apa lagi yang dapat mengubah nasib orang melayu selain dari wang dan pegangan pai ekonomi yg lebih besar.
3. Kemudian golongan jutawan2 melayu yang sudah merasa nikmat bantuan kerajaan ini harus membentuk satu team atau network untuk membantu kembali orang2 melayu di bawah ini dengan apa cara mekanisma yang dirasakan sesuai. Usaha ini harus dijalankan dgn telus dan dgn niat yg ikhlas utk memajukan dan meningkatkan martabat dan maruah org melayu secepat mungkin.
4. Sekarang ini org melayu perlukan dana utk terus bergerak . Pada hemat saya Tun harus merubah gerakan Tun dgn mengambil inisiatif mengkayakan org melayu dgn cara Tun sblm ini yg mmg berjaya melahirkan tycoon melayu cuma skrg ini perlu diramaikan tycoon2 ini dan mereka ini pula perlu sedar bila mereka telah berjaya nanti , tangungjawab mereka adalah utk meneruskan kecemerlangan itu dan mereka pula yg menjana tycoon2 melayu akan dtg. Kita kena sama 2 membantu bangsa kita jika tidak siapa lagi.
4. Saya amat berharap Tun mengambil kira perkara ini dan duduk berbincang dgn PM hanya tentang perkara ini demi kemakmuran org melayu. Tiada apa lagi yg kami mahukan selain keamanan negara ,kemakmuran bangsa melayu di bumi sendiri juga haruslah dijaga . Mungkin tindakan ini di buat secara tertutup agar tidak timbul apa2 persoalan nanti.
Doa dari mafiapg semoga ALLAH membuka hati Pak Lah utk menerima pandangan2 TUN berhubung orang melayu. Tun mempunyai resepi kejayaan org melayu , jadi tolonglah Pak Lah leraikan segera kekusutan ini dan bincanglah...bincanglah ...bincang
lah Dgn Tun. Amin Ya Rabbal Alamin.
Tun,
u r a roll model to the malaysian pple and the whole world, beleive me...
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, I miss your next post, and thus your wisdom on issues pertinent to us all. For those who share this feeling, we can meanwhile read Tun Dr Mahathir Mahamad's view on "Asia should liberate Itself from Western hegemony" a speech Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad delivered at the Japan Foreign Correspondents' Club in Tokyo, Japan on Friday, 23 may, 2008. Thanks. Here is the link:
http://anotherbrickinwall.blogspot.com/2008/05/dr-mahathir-asia-should-liberate-itself.html
Hmmm.. and so now how??
This wasnt the tune you were singing when you were the PM. This wasnt the way things were when you were running the country... yes la, although I understood perfectly why you had to some times employ the strong arm tactic during your tenure, (I equal it as to a mother would strong arm tactic her way to stop her daughter from doing stupid stunts like running away from home and ruining her future)I cannot fathom why would you write what you wrote..."The rule of law" It contradicts what you had practised during your time as PM! Am I right?
Yes, you are my hero.. but I must admit, even heroes make mistakes and I sometimes do get pissed off with heroes.. So, this is one incident that I feel of all people you should understand why most of the people entrust to enforce the law are so screwed up.
From DBKL to Police "RAJA DI MALAYSIA" to Custom to Immigration to RELA to Ju don't know what (judiciary) We are so screwed BIG TIME!!!
Nope, it is not entirely your fault.. our not so new, tak sedar diri, good for nothing, waffled face looking fella for a PM could have, should have but didnt have corrected it. The fault lies with the current PM for allowing the wrongdoing to carry on and grow. So, again, I am asking..
So now how??
Tun, please clarify on Pak Lah & sons strategy on:
1. Kamal moved in to Sri Perdana
2.Keep Nor Yakob as the Finance Min 2
3. Level 4 staffing at Perdana
4. control over Media Prima
5. GLC Heads and Amirsham heading the EPU
Tun
realy miss u... why dont you post a new post.. plz tun! i wanna read more.. more from u Tun..
p/s kirim assalamualaikum & sihat selalu kpd Tun Siti..
TUN,
OR WHOEVER READ THIS ON BEHALF OF TUN PLEASE ASK HIM TO
PUBLISH THE ARTICLE THAT YOU WROTE WHEN U WERE 11 YRS OLD WHICH WAS PUBLISH IN NEWPAPER OR YOU SCHOOL MAGAZINE. BUT ITS REALLY INTERESTING.LETS THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW YOU ARE GENIUS SINCE U WERE YOUNG
Totally agree with you, the time that I admired Tun the most during his childhood when he read the newspaper regarding the Malayan Union and had changed his course of life.
What laws ?
Civil laws, syariah laws, federal laws, state laws .... too many kind of laws, too many overlapping laws.
Malaysia Digest
Kami di www.teras-umno.com merayu kepada YABhg. Tun Dr. Mahathir untuk menimbang semula keputusan beliau itu. Beliau masih dihargai dan diperlukan oleh UMNO. Sewajarnya beliau bersama dalam proses menguatkan UMNO dan bukan meninggalkannya. Dengan meninggalkan UMNO beliau mengocak keyakinan bukan sahaja ahli-ahli UMNO tetapi seluruh rakyat Malaysia terhadap UMNO dan teras perjuangan UMNO.
Kami mengharapkan YABhg. Tun Dr. Mahathir tidak lupa kepada UMNO sebagai platform untuk beliau berjuang selama ini. Dengan UMNO beliau telah mencurah bakti dan mencipta nama bukan sahaja di Malaysia tetapi dimata dunia. Beliau merupakan salah seorang negarawan (world leaders) yang memperjuangkan Islam, hubungan negara selatan-selatan dan kesejahteraan dunia sehingga kini. Ringkasnya beliau menjadi kebanggaan rakyat Malaysia dan UMNO yang menyokongnya.
Kami mengharapkan kepimpinan UMNO, khususnya YAB. Dato’ Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Presiden UMNO dan Perdana Menteri Malaysia dapat mencari jalan penyelesaian terhadap kemelut yang sedang menimpa dan mesti diharungi oleh UMNO dengan penuh kesabaran, hikmah, memutus penyelesaian terbaik dan dengan berserah kepada Allah memohon keredaanNya.
InsyaAllah pertolongan dari Allah akan datang dengan usaha, ikhtiar dan komitmen UMNO untuk terus berjasa kepada Agama Islam yang menjadi pegangan dan petunjuk dunia akhirat, kepada Bangsa Melayu yang masih lemah dan tertinggal dan Negara Malaysia tercinta tanah tumpah kita.
Daripada;
www.teras-umno.com
Salam AYAHANDA RAKYAT
Rimbun pelindung untuk semua
selagi ada keringat dan airmata
Izinkan,
Jangan dipagar nyior yang condong
buahnya jatuh kelaman orang.
Sementara UMNO cuba mencari tiang seri yang baru
Ada orang sudah mencanai dan mengorak langkahnya.
Pemimpin2 mereka sudah nampak yang terang dalam gelap ketika kita masih buta dalam terang.
Lu olang (orang) masih tatak(tidak) faham itu erti 'Lima ekor babi panggang' kah?
Nanti kita tambah dia punya ternakan, boleh export sama Singapore lo ?
‘untung, untung, untung untung untung’( to the beat of the drums)
Dia punya laging(daging) kita hantam (makan)cukup2 dan itu tulang boleh kasi tanam lalam2(dalam2}tak mahu lu olang (orang) bau lo?.
Lu olang gaduh, kita olang pun susah. Gua punya I.C sama paspot pun Malaysia jugak.
Olang kaya boleh miglate(migrate),
kita olang macam katak bawah tempulong(tempurung), mahu lompat lain Negara pun susah?.
Kita masih menantikan tayangan filem”Ali Baba (AB) edisi baru arahan Anwar Ibraham.
Lompat, lompat, lompat apek lompat
Aiyaah.
Alfatihah, Amin
Assalamualaikum Tun,
You will always have my support, Tun!
Keep up your "perjuangan" and may Allah bless you.
Salam AYAHANDA RAKYAT
Lagenda Melayu yang subur sentiasa,
seperti mawar dititis embun pagi.
Izinkan,
Everytime that 'Lingampoops' minister opens his mouth, my fingers become 'itchified' to post on chedet.com
Heard nowadays, for a price, one can obtained a 'degree' from some reknown 'international' universtities, Is that true?
Perhaps there is not so reknown university of the Apes, where he obtained his credentials. An insult to his Alma matta, thats about it.
Don't be irked by his statements.
we just listened and asked ourselves? is he using his brain or
brains? then asked, which one?
Thank god, he's one mouth to speak!
Who ever wud imagined the infamous development in the seas off Dubai.
Cud we imagine the same around the seas off Pulau Batu Putih?. The difference perhaps, Dubai caters for the 'rich and famous' but pulau Batu Putih will caters for the fleets of 'the rich and powerful'
Rules and regulations are for obedience of Fools (like them) and for guidelines of the wise (like us)
HE! He! He!
Sama2 gunung didaki(kita),
sama2 lurah dihumbani(mereka)
Alfatihah.
Tun...
It's been 3 days now. Why are you in your 'office'(I meant writing)?
salam hormat.
TUN,
I always support you
from
Rosni516
Antibiul and Loyal2Tun
I responded to you but TDM deleted my comments (as usual). However, you can visit my BLOG dedicated to TDM www.expmmalaysia.blogspot.com
Salam kepada Tun dan semua pembaca.
1. Saya cuba memahami tulisan "The Rule of Law" oleh Tun. Ianya kelihatan amat jelas, berterus terang dan jujur.
2. Dalam komen yang diberikan oleh Ravi, beliau juga mengambil secara literal penulisan Tun dan akhirnya membuat kesimpulan bahawa Tun bercakap tidak serupa dengan apa yang Tun amalkan dalam legasi pemerintahan Tun sebagai PM, terutama dalam hal "human's rights" atau isu ISA. Yang demikian itu, bagi Ravi Tun tidak layak untuk bercerita mengenai "Rule of Law".
3. Nonetheless, I do not agree that Tun's "The Rule of Law" must be taken literally.
4. Before anyone shall give their verdict or sentence, the ratio decidendi, OR obiter dictum must be given fairly.
5. In the case of "The Rule of Law written by Tun", I do really need both ratio and obiter comments from the readers.
6. Anyone can help me with para (5) above?
ps: Wak cuma ingin tahu... almaklumlah, orang kampung!
Tun you say: “I believe some [police] reports have been made but so far there have been no results”
I say: There were hundreds of police reports made against you, your ministers and your government through your 22 year reign, they too – so far – have seen no results. Why did you not do something about it when you could when you were in power? But you do kick-up-a-fuss now, Why?
Tun you say: “We therefore need to have more Royal Commissions manned by people of impeccable character like the ones on the Lingam tapes”.
I say: Well that is very much to Pak Lah’s credit. How many Royal Commissions did you authorise in your 22 year reign? Hardly any.
Conclusion: You are the right one to talk now, really!
Assalamualaikum Tun,
Semoga Allah memberkati urusan Tun.
Bulan lepas saya buat laporan polis kerana kereta saya dipecah masuk di kolam air panas selayang yang mana parking berbayar.Yang peliknya polis tersebut hanya berkata biasalah tempat tuu dah banyak kena bukan kamu seorang,padahal balai polis tak sampai 1km dari tempat kejadian.Sikitpun mereka tak hairan
macam orang taktahu apa2.Pencuri dah buat kerja dia tapi polis kata biasalah.Nak buat apa dengan orang macam nii,i rasa tun wajib teruskan perjuangan yang belum selesai.
salam tun,
let them talk,let them criticise,let them condemn,let them bash you,if only their acts can satisfy their hatred.BUT God knows who you truly are Tun.
bila tun baca puisi 'perjuangan belum selesai' airmata yg menitis itu adalah keikhlasan tun dan ianya betul2 menyentuh hati saya.
Ramai yg pernah bekerja dgn tun dulu semuanya memuji tun seorang yg kuat bekerja. seorang yg jarang marah tetapi bila marah sangat ,tak bercakap pulak.Cara itu betul kerana bila marah kita akan bercakap perkara yg bukan2.
saya harap tun banyak berehat krn bila tun bercakap, kedengaran sgt lemah dan bergetaran dan ini kdgkala disalah tafsir oleh grup anti-Tun .
kepada yg mengutuk tun dan kdg2 menghina tun tak kira lah menteri2 ke atau bukan ahli politik, berhentilah,anda mengutuk & menghina seorang tokoh legenda yg berwibawa.tak malukah menghina 'BAPA seluruh rakyat malaysia'?
mungkin setelah Tun pergi,barulah mrk tahu yg hilang itu sebenarnya 'berlian asli' berkualiti tinggi!
sebenarnya Pak lah mesti turun 'takhta' tapi sy rasa tentu kalau turun sekarang ,begitu 'mengaibkan'apatahlagi setelah 'kalah' besar PRU12 beserta desakan tun M .Mungkin Beri dia masa memikirkan cara bagaimana harus turun secara terhormat sebagai pemimpin negara..
The truth, he definitely MUST go.period.
stop all your ravings and rantings Tun.. not good for your health if you keep on going with your vicioys and vile attacks agaianst the national leadership.. stop it please
PJ
The oppositions are fond of calling for royal commission at every opportunity. What so great of having royal commissions? It is all RUBBISH. The intention is nothing more to belittle and embarrass UMNO and the Malay leadership.That's their true intention when they know that UMNO is having a lame duck Presiden yang dah tak ada taring. They are trying to bully the Malay leadership and unfortunately the Malay leadership now are more or less being trapped by the oppositions. Why? Because depa DAH BODOH STUPID !!
Tun,
With regard to ISA, the government must make a strong stand that the Internal Security Act must be maintained at all costs,dulu, kini dan selamanya. No two way about it. The government must not give in to the demand of the oppositions. The majority of the rakyat have not reached to a stage where we can call ourselves a truly cultured,civilised and united Malaysians.We are still immatured in our thinking and most of us are still discussing things based on racial lines which sometimes have gone overboard and can cause chaos and havoc. Prevention is better than cure. That is a fact and we just cannot be hypocritical that our mentality has changed more towards liberal thinking. No,it is far from the truth. Only the few middle class elite Malaysians are having that idea. If I have my way I will rule this country in an autocratic style of government to ensure that peace and security cannot be compromised. I don't care about people having liberal thinking. It will be disaster if we feel confident that this country is now more united. Just a dream! When you read articles in the blogs, you can safely draw into conclusion very glaringly how divided we are.Make no mistake about it.
Dear Tun,
Sadly it was the same during your tenure. I felt that when reports were made against the government ministers investigations were not carried out. However, I support your call to investigate here.
Regards
Dear Tun Dr. M,
We always support you. You can still change them, Tun
Regards,
nizamshah
Tun,
Tolong maklumkan siapa yang buat blog ni semak bahagian "Link to this Post" tu..sesetengah link tu sengaja nak amik kesempatan dengan kemewahan pengunjung yang tun dapat dengan posting yang merapu yang hanya nak tambah traffic ke site sahaja.
Kalau rasa susah sangat baik buang terus create a link tu lebih senang.Sesetengah orang hanya nak traffic ke website sahaja.
Rasanya ini tempat untuk kita serius sama-sama fikir utk majukan dan selamatkan negara.Sedihnya bangsa melayu ini sentiasa bijak mempergunakan orang lain.Betul cakap Tun dahulu.
Essentially, the rule of law upholds the noble principles that:
1. the absolute supremacy of regular law as opposed to the influence of arbitrary power
2. equal subjection of all classes to the ordinary law of the realm
3. the constitution is a consequence of the rights of individuals determined by the courts
On the other hand, rather than the rule of law, it is often times, sadly, by the rule by men.
There is a great quotation that says, that " the law should be like death, which spares no one." And that "power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely"
For the love of this country, Tun, we are in support of your endeavors.
God bless you.
You are fighting a losing battle, Tun sahib!
please retire for good so that it doesn't affect your health. Heed this advice, please.
PJ
Tun, I will always support you. I am very sad that this Pak Lah (is biting the hand which fed him) is so ungrateful that he is willing to hide his shortcomings by harping on Tun. The so called stooges like Zaid and Sharir are so arrogant like SIL and the funny thing is that UMNO just watches it. Now he bring another joker Ezam to support his SIL.
Dear Tun,
Some poeople want you to stop ranting and said you are fighting a losing battle. No, Tun, you must carry on with what you are doing. It is the most honorable thing to do without the slightest shadow of doubt. It is not a matter of fighting a losing battle. You don't lose anything at all. But the fact still remains that you need to express what you think is necessary to explain to the rakyat the wrong doings of the present administration and to save the future of UMNO. You are the most qualified statesman that have the credibility and the respect from the majority of the UMNO members and the rakyat. They trust your words and listen more to you rather than anybody else. Your followers are not DUMB people. They know your quality. It is undisputable that you have an impeccable reputation as being a very honest person.We know that UMNO is in deep trouble. Somebody must be brave enough to tell these haprak and HP6 UMNO leaders to go back to the right direction. They have lost totally their bearing but unfortunately still behaving in a state of denial. They simply fail to accept or recognise the fact that if they don't change course the whole UMNO will collaspse sooner or later. Be rest assured that if this happens "tiada maaf bagi PEMUSNAH BANGSA MELAYU !! Mereka akan di KENCINGKAN !!
Here’s a list of 22 questions or rather 22 groups of questions we would like to ask Mahathir, one for each of his 22 years in power:
1. On clean government. You came to power in 1981 and introduced the slogan “bersih, cekap dan amanah” (clean, efficient and trustworthy). What did you do to further that? Did you make the Anti-Corruption Agency more independent and effective? Did you ensure that the police and judiciary did their job properly and reduce corruption in their ranks? Did you ensure that ministers and chief ministers not have income beyond their legal means? How many big guns were prosecuted for corruption offences during your long tenure? What happened to “bersih, cekap dan amanah”?
2. Press freedom. Your criticism of the government got plenty of coverage in the local media whereas during your time, criticisms against you by two former prime ministers were muted in the mainstream newspapers. Editors in Umno-linked newspapers too were removed during your time for not toeing the line. What did you do to advance the cause of responsible press freedom?
3. Proton. You went ahead with the national car project in 1983 despite a number of experts disagreeing with you, especially with respect to lack of economies of scale. Isn’t it true that Proton’s profits over the last 20 years came out of vastly higher prices that the Malaysian public has to pay to subsidise Proton, resulting in considerable hardship for Malaysians who need cars because of the poor public transport system? More lately, why was it necessary for Proton to buy a stake in a failed Italian motorcycle manufacturer when it could not even produce cars competitively?
4. Heavy industries. Why did you push into heavy industries such as steel and cement in the 1980s, ignoring studies which suggested developing natural resource-based industries instead? They caused major problems and billions of ringgit in losses.
5. Population. Why did you encourage a population of 70 million for Malaysia and change the name of the National Family Planning Board to the National Population Development Board? How do you expect poor people to take care of five, six or more children? What kind of quality of life can they provide their children?
6. Immigration. Why did you allow hordes of people to immigrate, mainly from Indonesia, in such an unregulated way that there are as many or more illegal immigrants than legal ones now, accounting for some two million or more people? Did you not realise that this would cause serious social problems?
7. On his first deputy. Some five years after you came to power, there were serious rifts between you and your deputy Datuk (now Tun) Musa Hitam. What was the cause of these problems and was it because you were heavy-handed and did not consult your ministers?
8. On the first serious Umno split. When Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and Musa took on Tun Ghafar Baba and you at the Umno general assembly of 1987, it caused a serious split in Umno, with you winning by a very narrow margin (761 to 718). Why did you not seek to heal the rift in Umno post the elections? Instead, you purged Umno and its successor Umno Baru of those who opposed you, causing an unprecedented split in Malay unity.
9. Operasi Lalang. Why did you have to resort to this move in October 1987, when you used wide powers of detention under the Internal Security Act to detain over 100 people, close down four newspapers and cause a wave of fear throughout the country? Was it to consolidate your tenuous hold on power then by using an oppressive law?
10. Judiciary. What was your motive to take action in 1988 to remove the then Lord President and several Supreme Court judges from their positions under allegations of judicial misconduct, a move which was heavily criticised by the Bar Council and other bodies? Was it because you needed more compliant judges whose rulings would not threaten your position of power in a number of cases in court? Was this the first step in dismantling the judiciary’s role as a system of checks and balances against the legislature and the executive? What have you to say to repeated assertions by many, including prominent ex-chief justices, who maintain that this led to the erosion of judicial independence?
11. Education. You presided over the education system at an important part of its transformation first as Education Minister in the 1970s, then as Prime Minister. Would it be correct to surmise therefore that you were also responsible for its decline during those years? Why did you not spend more money and resources to ensure that our education system was excellent and continued to improve but instead spent billions on other showpiece projects? Why did you allow our national school system, which is the ideal place to develop ties among young Malaysians, to become so divisive that today, 90% of those who attend national schools come from only one race while the rest have opted out?
12. Former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin. Why did you give this one man so much power? And you have not given a satisfactory explanation why he left government the second time round. Did it have anything to do with the forced consolidation of banks? Why did the government buy back Malaysian Airline System (MAS) at RM8 a share in 2000 from Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli when the market price was less than half that?
13. Cronyism and patronage. Did you not encourage cronyism and patronage by dishing out major projects to a few within the inner circle? People such as Tan Sri Halim Saad (the Renong group — toll roads, telecommunications and so on), Tajudin (mobile telephone group TRI and MAS), Tan Sri Amin Shah Omar (the failed PSC Industries — multi-billion ringgit naval dockyard contracts) and Tan Sri Ting Pek Khiing (Ekran — the Bakun Dam), to mention just a few?
14. Privatisation. Why did you allow privatisation to take place in such a manner that the most profitable parts of government operations were given away? Toll roads had guaranteed toll increases and compensation in the event traffic projections were not met. Independent power producers had contracts that guaranteed them profits at the expense of Tenaga Nasional.
15. Tun Ghafar Baba. Although Ghafar had the highest number of votes among Umno vice-presidents when Tun Hussein Onn became Prime Minister in 1976, you, who got the lowest number of votes, were chosen as Hussein’s deputy. Yet, when you called upon Ghafar to be your deputy in 1986 when you fell out with Musa, he obliged, helping you to win the Umno presidency. Yet, you and your supporters did little to back him up when he was challenged for the deputy presidency in 1993 by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Can we say that you stabbed him in the back? And what about Hussein, the man who picked you as his successor? He died not as a member of Umno as he had refused to join your Umno Baru.
16. Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Did you move against him because he was a threat to your position in 1998? Did you use the entire government machinery at your disposal to get him sentenced? Do you think he got a fair trial? Don’t you think the country suffered terribly because of nothing more than a power struggle involving the two of you?
17. Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Was it really necessary to spend RM10 billion on a showpiece airport at Sepang when Subang airport could have been so easily expanded?
18. Putrajaya. What is the justification for spending RM20 billion on a grandiose government city at a time when office space was available in Kuala Lumpur? Could the money not have been put to better use, such as improving educational resources?
19. Government-linked companies. Why did you not make efforts to improve the performance of GLCs? Why did you allow funds such as the Employees Provident Fund and Kumpulan Wang Amanah Pencen to take up dubious investments? These have led to hundreds, if not billions, of ringgit in losses to these funds.
20. Islamisation. At the end of your tenure after your falling out with Anwar, you criticised the extreme elements in Islam of taking control of government institutions and doing things that divided Muslims from non-Muslims. But isn’t it true you started it all with your “Menyerap Nilai-Nilai Islam Dalam Pentadbiran Negara” policy of 1981 when you lured Anwar into Umno to help you promote it? And why did you declare that Malaysia was an Islamic state when it is clearly enshrined in our Federal Constitution as the wishes of our founding fathers that Malaysia should be a secular country given our multi-racial and multi-religious composition? Were you trying to reverse the policy of the nation’s founding leaders?
21. Approved permits. You blamed International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz for the AP fiasco. As we recall, you appointed her and kept her at the ministry since 1986 until you stepped down in 2003 and never once complained or took action over the issuance of APs by the ministry. Indeed, she was embroiled in some controversy over bumiputera share allotment but you stood by her. So why make it an issue now? If you say you were not aware back then, what does that tell us?
22. Money politics. Why did money politics (vote buying) in Umno become such a big issue during your tenure as Umno president? Why were you so powerless to do anything about it when the solutions were so simple? There are other questions, of course, but this is our list of 22. In the same way that Mahathir hopes the government will answer his questions, we hope that Mahathir will answer ours.
U ARE THE BEST TUN
Rule of Law?
There's 2 side to this Rule of Law you've been talking about. The common law which apply to ALL of us and another law which does NOT apply to VIPs like your good self and your former party VVIPs.
Anyone disagree?
Guess not.
Salam Tun
Kami semua menyokong Tun.
Hidup Tun...........
Hidup D Mukhriz..............
Hidup TS Muhyidin..............
Wassalam
Assalamualaikum Tun,
TQ Tun again for the interview about Burma Politics granted to us. Tun’s wise third party vision and guidance are invaluable for us. But sadly Junta and opposition are not in a position for give-and-take policy for the benefit of the people. And both are keener to lord over the minority races and religious groups.
I am glad after reading Tun’s Rule of Law. I hope the present and future Malaysian governments would emphasize on amending or upgrading all the Laws, Rules and Regulations to be fair and give justice to all the citizens including all the foreigners here.
As a foreigner, when looking from our side, I feel that we are treated unfairly with xenophobic short sightedness here. It is even worse for the Burmese/Myanmars here because even Burmese Muslims are treated as 10th grade foreigners here. There is discrimination every where. We are not asking the privileges of the citizens but requesting to be treated equally as all other foreigners.
I hope Tun could push for the amendments of all the laws/rules/regulations/government circulars and orders to be written clearly so all the foreigners are treated equally.
We are pleased with Tun’s comments about ASEAN Charter’s Integration policy.
Thanking Your Honour
Yours Humbly
Wasalaam
Dr San Oo Aung
http://sanooaung.wordpress.com/
Tun, you are not the right person to talk about the rule of law. During your rule, you had scant regard for the rule of law. what a mockery it is to see a person who had abused his authority and violated all ethical and legal norms during his tenure of office to pontificate vociferously on the rule of law! It does not make good sense, Tun!
Abi
Salam,
Tun, im young. still student.
after the 12 election, suddenly i felt that Malays are not in comfortable position anymore. before this, i dont really care and take notes towards all those things.
well, senang crita, saya adalah satu contoh bangsa melayu yg rase selesa dgn kedudukan melayu dgn hak2 istimewa nya yg pelbagai.dan saya yakin Tun sendiri tahu tentang kewujudan golongan2 sebegini.
suddenly, saya disedarkan oleh ayah saya tentang melayu yang semakin lemah kerana Pak Lah Badawi. saya nampak semua ini sebenarnya, tetapi i just dont care.
before i say anything, saya betol2 nak tau pandangan Tun mengenai Pulau Batu Putih yang telah menjadi wilayah Singapura. Sebab utama kegagalan Malaysia mendapatkan hak kedaulatan ke atas Batu Putih. adakah berkaitan dgn pemerintahan Pak Lah yang lemah?and one more is about kemasukan Ezam ke dalam UMNO. this 2 things is very important to me before i can start judging anything. i believe in you. And i know that u`re very busy person an kemungkinan utk tidak membaca email saya adalah tinggi. But i just pray to Allah, u urself will read my email, this email.. AMIN...
Hi Y.A.B Tun M,
This is Happy again at the wee hours of the morning.
Congrats on the 1 M hits on your web log.
I can't help but read all of your blogs.
I would like to respond today to your blog about the rule of law.
The royal Commissioner is a good example of a separate body of abled authority to make queries and investigate but it is only limited to ... well the Lingam's case, as i call it.
It's funny too how the newspapers in recent month displayed this piece of news. They even played CSI, displaying 2 pictures for the audiences to make comparison on Lingam's backdrop in the video clip. hahaha.
I found it simply hilarious.
Ok back to rules of law in malaysia.
There will always be corruption. Malaysia is, as a fact stated in one of the corruption website from some legit resource listed it as perhaps the 4th or 5th most corrupted countries in the world. :) Well, Indonesia always made itself the top 3. But Malaysia being in the top 5 is just amazing.
Wow. Corruption. From traffic police to government insiders.
The scenario that Tun has depicted about police reports lodged by citizens with no follow ups due to intimidation, perhaps corruption, perhaps ignorance and laziness by the authories just further confirm the lack of implementation by authorized bodies such as the police force to , ... (i will just say it in the most simplest manner)... SET THINGS RIGHT.
who keeps citizens in check?
The police force.
Who keeps the police force in check?
I seriously don't know.
And, most important who keeps the government in check?
Well, now recently the ACA, The royal commissioner,...
But we need more permanent authority.
And it should be an independent body with alot of power to investigate and implement laws to keep the government people in check.
TQ.
Best regards,
Happy
Tun,
Keluhuran undang-undang merupakan satu doktrin yang suci dan murni. Olah itu, mereka yang telah mencabul prinsip itu semasa memerintah negara selama 22 tahun, tidak layak untuk bercakap seolah-olah serba tahu tentangnya. Ini adalah masa yang sesuai bagi mereka untuk menebus salah laku serta penyalahgunaan kuasa dan autoriti mereka semasa mentdbir negara.It's right and proper that such abominable creatures atone for the sins they committed when they were at the helm of national affairs.
Abi
Dear Tun,
Zaid asks media people to forward proposals for greater press freedom.
What Greater Press Freedom they are talking about. It is all RUBBISH !!
Forget about Press Freedom for the sole purpose to demand ISA or OSA to be repealed. For now it is adequate for the media to play their role in the development of our country.
Why should the govt. entertained their demand. The govt. wants to show that it is transparent and accommodative to their demand because of the situation that it is now facing being a very weak govt. so that its popularity will not be dragged to GROUND ZERO.
The govt. shouldn't be addressing all this so-called reforms and highlight them like as if the govt. is under seige or held to ransom. What reforms, in the first place they are shouting and clamouring? All nonsense!! Our legal system is perfect. All we need is to adjust the administrative aspect of running the system. That is all. To me, it is just a gimmick to satisfy the oppositions and to boost somebody's ego and claim that he is a HERO in championing for reforms.
I WOULD TOTALLY BE IN FAVOUR IF THE FIRST REFORM IS TO CHANGE THE LEADERSHIP. PERIOD.This should be given priority. Without changing the leadership whatever reforms to be made will be as haprak and HP6!! Make no mistake about it. Yes, change Pak Lah first!!
To Expat in Asia,
You're not the only one with the problem. Many of us has court case pending years. Boo-hoo. We have bigger problems here.
For the sake of our people Tun Mahathir hastened court cases of certain individuals who were/are trying to ruin this country. Your case is just a drop in the deap blue sea.
Long Live Tun Dr Mahathir!
Tun,
When have the police investigated when a PM or his cabinet members have been accused of wrongdoing. A police report would never work, even during your tenure it was the same.
Until and unless the AG, The ACA and the Police are given the clout, do not expect much and VIPs can even get away with murder.
It is telling that, most of the Mahathir supporters in these posts are one-liner comment that express very little content. Most of the rest of Mahathir supporting posts are emotionally charged comments again with very little to no logic applied.
I ponder on this nation's largest population's apparent inability to reason, to think and to conclude, and instead rely too much on emotions and rage of the moment.
...and on the larger implication for the future good of Malaysia, and I feel a chill.
Tun,
You've never lost your ascerbic sense of humour....keep it up.
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