(SABTU HARI KUNING! / YELLOW SATURDAYS!)
ALHUSSEYN
Soi Lek â Mereka semua bukan bersih!
Hanya selepas 24 jam menegaskan akan terus
menjalankan tugas sebagai menteri, Ahli Parlimen dan pemimpin parti pada sidang
media di Labis, kelmarin, Dr Chua Soi Lek telah mengumumkan peletakan semua
jawatannya sebagai Menteri Kesihatan, Ahli Parlimen Labis, Naib Presiden MCA
dan semua jawatan dalam parti pada peringkat kebangsaan serta negeri, berkuat
kuasa serta-merta.
Chua Soi Lek tidak mempunyai pilihan lain setelah keputusan mesyuarat kabinet
mendapati beberapa menteri telah menggesa supaya beliau bersara dari jawatannya.
Tetapi keadaan tersebut telah di nafikan oleh PM Abdullah Badawi :
"Tak bincang dan tidak buat keputusan (mengenai isu itu) dalam mesyuarat jemaah
menteri," katanya disini
Takkanlah perkara sepenting itu kabinet tidak mahu bincangkan.Mustahil
sekali.Tapi kenapa Abdullah Badawi mahu berbohong kepada rakyat?
Tentu ada sesuatu yang tidak dapat dielakan, setelah begitu beriya benar Soi
Lek menyatakan akan mengekalkan jawatannya dan akan terus berkhidmat supaya
tidak menghampakan para pengundinya ; tiba-tiba mengambil keputusan yang
sebaliknya.
Betapa kesalnya Soi Lek dengan gesaan jemaah menteri memintanya meletakan
jawatan apabila dia berkata :
âDengan pengakuan itu , saya sangka orang akan memaafkan kelemahan saya ,
tetapi sangkaan saya itu meleset ; bahawa kejujuran tidak selalunya
dihargai.Terpulanglah kepada orang ramai mengadili saya," katanya .
Tidakkah yang demikian itu menggambarkan rasa kecewanya terhadap keputusan
mesyuarat kabinet tersebut?
Petikan dari temubual dengan wartawan the Star :
Q: Will this matter severely affect the support from the Chinese community for
Barisan? Adakah perkara ini akan memberi kesan buruk sokongan komuniti Cina
terhadap Barisan?
A: No. I thought a lot of people think I am a baggage to carry because they
want to behave like âholier than thouâ. Maybe the support will increase.
Tidak, saya fikir ramai yang berpendapat saya ini satu bebanan yang terpaksa
dipikul kerana mereka mahu bersikap âlebih mulia dari kamuâ. Mungkin
sokongan tersebut akan bertambah
Q: Why is that so? Kenapa begitu?
A: Because then they think all they have in the Government are all very clean.
Kerana mereka sangka apa yang ada dalam kerajaan adalah bersih semuanya.
Chua Soi Lek mengingatkan mereka yang masih bernasib baik berada dalam kerajaan
atau peringkat negeri dengan kata nasihat ; atau mungkin juga lebih bersifat
amaran dengan berkata :
I am not the first and I will not be the last to become the victim in this way
to bring a leader down whether at state or national level. I am sure I will not
be the first and I will not be the last.
Saya bukanlah yang pertama dan saya bukanlah mangsa terakhir seorang pemimpin
dijatuhkan dengan cara begini , samada diperingkat negeri atau kebangsaan.Saya
pasti saya bukan yang pertama dan bukan yang terakhir.
Nampaknya episod kebobrokan para pemimpin BN tidak serta merta terhakis begitu
sahaja dengan perletakan semua jawatan oleh Soi Lek . Ingatlah sindiran sinis
beliau â âBecause then they think all they have in the Government are all
very clean.â
Ya, masih ramai yang kaki busuk dalam kerajaan BN yang diterajui PM Abdullah
Badawi, cumanya belum terbongkar seperti mana yang berlaku kepada Soi Lek.Sebab
itu kita dapat lihat kekecewaan Soi Lek yang teramat sekali melalui
kata-katanya --- âramai yang berpendapat saya ini satu bebanan yang terpaksa
dipikul kerana mereka mahu bersikap âlebih mulia dari kamuâ
Dan juga amaran beliau :
Saya bukanlah yang pertama dan saya bukanlah mangsa terakhir seorang pemimpin
dijatuhkan dengan cara begini , samada diperingkat negeri atau kebangsaan.Saya
pasti saya bukan yang pertama dan bukan yang terakhir.
Sama-samalah kita tunggu episod selanjutnya.Pilihanraya yang semakin hampir ini
merupakan musim gugur bagi sesetengah pihak dan musim kembang bagi sesetengah
yang lain.
Laporan berkaitan disini
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Englishsection
Najib challenged to an discourse over reduction of oil prices
KUALA LUMPUR - Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been challenged
to a televised "intellectual discourse" on his assertion that the country will
become bankrupt if the government reduces oil prices.
Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) youth chief Salahudin Ayub said as a net
exporter of oil, Malaysia national oil company Petronas has been enjoying a
windfall over worldwide oil price increases.
He noted that Petronas enjoyed some RM76 billion in profit before tax last
year, an increase of some RM20 billion from the previous year.
In a press conference at the PAS headquarters on Jan 2, Salahudin who is also
Kubang Kerian parliamentary member suggested that the hefty profit made by
Petronas not only be used by the national giant to subsidise fuel but also to
provide free elementary and secondary education for Malaysians regardless of
their race or religion.
He said parents who had to send their children to schools beginning today had
to fork out between RM200 to RM300 for each child despite Prime Minister Datuk
Seri Abdullah Badawi's decision to abolish school fees last year.
Salahudin said Najib could bring his team of experts to help him back up his
claim should the deputy premier not able to expound on his assertion himself.
Najib had dismissed the idea of reducing oil prices while on a visit to Sabah
recently, as an opposition ploy to gain support in the run up to election.
"Throughout the world oil prices are rising, it's not possible for the
opposition to bring fuel prices down. It simply does not make sense ... they
(opposition) are just trying to make fools of the people of Sabah," he was
quoted as saying by the national news agency Bernama.
"Don't come here (to Sabah) and try and fool the people. We can use Petronas'
profits to reduce fuel prices, but on the condition we (government) have to
forego development projects like building schools or universities," Najib said.
"If all expenditure is going to be for reducing fuel prices, the country will
become bankrupt," he said, adding that fuel prices in Malaysia were the lowest
in the region.
Youth chief: No boycott, wants stability
At the press conference Salahudin also managed to side-step Election Commission
Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman's bait, when he urged the opposition to
boycott the election following numerous complaints that the election is not
free and fair.
Instead Salahudin reminded Abdul Rashid to work on the demands made by a
coalition campaigning for a free and fair elections (Bersih) which among others
called for postal ballots to be abolished, for the electoral rolls to be
cleaned up from "phantom voters" and for equal access to the media for all
parties.
Asked whether PAS youth would be prepared to boycott the election, Salahudin
indicated that there were still room for the opposition to manoeuver within the
restricted democratic space in the country.
"We do not want a situation of instability to break out (as a possible
consequence of the opposition boycotting the election)," he said.
He said Rashid's challenge is a threat to the democratic practice in the
country.
"Even though the opposition has questioned the transparent (practices) of the
EC, it should not be the reason for the opposition to boycott the election," he
said.
He also commented on Health Minister Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek who was caught on
DVD with a "personal friend" and Salahudin repeated thrice that such a practice
was not "our culture". He however noted that the incident had more to do with
internal politics within the ruling party.
Also present at the press conference was PAS youth secretary Ahmad Sabki
Yusuf. âSaadon Aksah/ES
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