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• Who stabbed Guan Eng in the back?
• Why there won't be a "tsunami" this time around Pt 2
• A May 5 Chaos?/Vote 4 Harmony
• A tahlil for Pak Non

Who stabbed Guan Eng in the back? Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:00 AM PDT Let's read, in full, what Lim Guan Eng had to say about the Registrar of Societies' decision against the DAP.  Guan Eng: 'It's political assassination! We're stabbed in the back!'  18 APR 2013 06:47PM By Lam Seng Fatt and Noorsila Abd Majid KUALA LUMPUR: DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng has called the Registrar of Societies (ROS)  move not to recognise its Central Executive Committee (CEC)  as "political assassination". He also called for The Election Commission (EC) to issue a statement in black and white to prove that DAP can still use its Rocket symbil in in the upcoming 13trh General Election, as reported by The Star. "We can't take the chances," Lim said during a press conference at the DAP headquarters here. "So many promises have been broken. By not recognising our CEC, that means our office bearers are not recognised as officials by the authorities. So, they can't authorise the candidates to use our party symbol." According to Lim, the crisis started when ROS issued two letters with two conflicting messages on April 17. The first letter stated that the inquiry on the CEC – which was caused by a slip-up on non-CEC member Vincent Wu during the last party election on Dec 15, has been postponed to May 9. The second letter, which was received on April 18, stated that the ROS do not recognise the CEC. When asked if DAP would consider standing in the election as independent candidates, Lim said:  "We don't want to contest as independent. We won't be able to tap on the coalition party's strength. We also have to fight other independent candidates. So we have partners – PAS and PKR – who will allow us to contest under their banners." As a sign of solidarity, PAS secretary general, Datuk Mustafa Ali and PKR secretary general, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail were also present at the press conference. Lim said DAP will likely contest in peninsular Malaysia under the PAS ticket and in Sabah and Sarawak under the PKR banner. He urged on Barisan Nasional to fight "fair and square" instead of sabotaging DAP.  'It's political assassination! We're stabbed in the back!' On whether by using the PAS banner will diminish the Chinese support for DAP, Lim said: "Let it be spoken at the ballot box. When we use PAS symbol, people will see how they (the ruling party) have victimised and prosecuted DAP." - ABN News This is what (Guan Eng thinks) Guan Eng excels in.  But the fact is this: the crisis did not start with the ROS. We all know that. The crisis started when DAP members demanded a probe into their party's CEC election boo-boo last December. It was also his own members also demanded that Guan Eng call for fresh CEC elections after the fiasco. The ROS had to investigate.  It's all here, Guan Eng, you can't fool all of us all of the time. You have been stabbed in the back, yes, but by your own members. Assassinated (such a grand word, why not just just opt for, er, screwed? or fucked?) by your own members. Hisham: ROS to begin probe Another DAP life member asks for probe ROS to interview DAP members over party election fiasco Hold fresh polls, DAP urged  DAP grassroots members want fresh CEC elections Disparity in DAP election results caused by human error, say IT expert p.s And if the Registrar thought it was doing Guan Eng a favor, it's got it coming. A lot of quarters are riled by the RoS' ruling, which they deem as too bloody lenient.

Why there won't be a "tsunami" this time around Pt 2 Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:00 AM PDT Winter of discontent again but at someone else In Part 1, I wrote about two factors:  1. The anger towards an ineffective government 2. The Tun Mahathir factor The third reason why there won't be a repeat of the so-called political tsunami that denied the Barisan Nasional its traditional two-thirds majority is what a journalist calls, "the end of Pakatan's innocence". Back in 2008, the pact that bound PKR, PAS and DAP together was new, even though the idea of a multi-party coalition itself wasn't. The BN coalition had been a success formula for decades, bringing together various parties under the leadership of Umno, and there were no intellectual copyrights involved so all Anwar Ibrahim had to do was took an old concept and gave it a new packaging. It worked - well, almost! Pakatan won 5 states and broke the BN's two-thirds stronghold on Parliament. After five years, however, the freshness that was Pakatan has turned quite stale indeed, at least too some quarters. Promises were not fulfilled (perhaps that was what drove Khalid Ibrahim to say recently that Pakatan's manifesto was not a promise!?) and each component of the pact started to show signs of stress. Those who used to support the pact have abandoned it. The latest was Hindraf, the Hindu body that threw its support solidly behind Anwar Ibrahim against Abdullah Badawi because of the promises made to it.  Today, in fact earlier this afternoon, Hindraf has openly called on Hindus and Indians to give the BN back its two-thirds majority in Parliament. The formerly exiled Hindraf leader P.Waythamoorthy said Hindraf had "begged" Pakatan Rakyat to endorse its blueprint even after five years of non-delivery towards Indians in Pakatan-administered states. "Even after they failed to deliver in five states, I told them we can do it right this time, in this election. Until few days ago, I was still begging them. They said there will be a meeting, but none of the leaders showed up," Wathamoorthy said h e r e, adding that Pakatan had "insulted" Hindraf. Hindraf isn't the only one disillusioned with Pakatan Rakyat. To be con'td ...

A May 5 Chaos?/Vote 4 Harmony Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:06 PM PDT Post-Sunday election Venezuela: Malaysians don't need this on May 5 "We have seen an internal PKR document dated Dec 15, 2012, which lists out various steps to create chaos and dissatisfaction against the Elections Commission on polling day by raising repeated protests at the polling station so as to cause the other voters waiting in the queue to be unhappy and dissatisfied with the EC." - Tunku Aziz, former Transparency International (Malaysia) Tunku was NOT ok with Bersih 3.0 and he said so If this was a statement made by some half-past-six punk, I'd ignore it. But this is Tunku Aziz, the gentleman the DAP called the "towering Malay" when he belonged to the party and to Pakatan Rakyat. [Leaked emails show Zionist group did work for PKR, April 17].  Add this to the threat of "peaceful intimidation" against "foreigners with Mykad" by the hate groupie Abutohs [ABU's Anything But Understandable, Apr 18], people have a basis to be quite concerned. I don't know how but the police and the security forces are doing about it but I know they have they have the responsibility to ensure that the these alleged or potential threats on the welfare of the people are not carried out on May 5 when we go to the polls.    p.s. Another wise man who got a lot wiser after a political brief stint with Anwar Ibrahim is Dr Chandra Muzaffar. His latest piece is entitled Vote for Harmony and fits in well with this peace-loving posting.  Read it h e r e.

A tahlil for Pak Non Posted: 17 Apr 2013 10:46 AM PDT The National Press Club will be holding a tahlil for the late Zainon Ahmad or better known as Pak Non, its president from 1999 to 2003, next Thursday 25th April 2013 at 12.30pm at the Sime Darby Convention Centre, Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur. All media acquaintances are invited to attend. Non-Muslims are advised to join the lunch after the zohor prayers. If you are a journalist and wish to attend, please inform the NPC club manager at 019245 8073

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