Showing posts with label Dr Mahathir. Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Dr Mahathir in hospital for minor surgery, 17 April 2012



Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was admitted to Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) Tuesday morning, 17 April 2012, for a minor surgery to remove nasal polyps.

The medical team led by Prof Dr Abdullah Sani Mohamed (Consultant ENT Surgeon PPUKM), Prof Datuk BS Gendeh (Consultant ENT Surgeon PPUKM), Prof Joanna Ooi (Consultant Anaesthesiologist, PPUKM) and Datuk Dr Hassan Mohamad Ariff (Consultant Anaesthesiologist, IJN) performed an hour-long surgery beginning 9.30am.

Tun Dr Mahathir who was Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister between 1981 to 2003, is currently under observation in the normal ward, according to a statement by his aide Sufi Yusoff.

He is expected to remain in hospital for the next few days.

Visitation is currently limited to family members.

Get well soon Sir.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad pun tidak menyokong perhimpunan haram Bersih 9 Julai 2011 ini





Bekas Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad pun tidak menyokong perhimpunan haram Bersih yang bakal diadakan 9 Julai 2011 ini.

Kata kata bernas beliau mengapa perhimpunan haram membawa lebih banyak keburukan kepada negara itu disimpulkan dalam bentuk 19 points atau 19 perenggan di dalam laman blognya http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/

Berikut dibawah adalah kenyataan Tun Dr Mahathir mengapa perhimpunan haram 9 Julai 2011 tidak harus diadakan :

1. Kita tak dapat nafi bahawa berdemonstrasi mempunyai tempat dalam pengamalan demokrasi.

2. Saya baru kembali dari lawatan ke Mesir. Seperti kita semua maklum satu demonstrasi besar di Kaherah telah berjaya menjatuhkan Kerajaan Hosni Mubarak.

3. Tetapi kesan demonstrasi tidak terhad kepada kejatuhan Kerajaan. Ekonomi Mesir merosot dengan amat teruk. Mesir, yang banyak bergantung kepada pelancongan mengalami kemerosotan 80 peratus semasa demonstrasi berlaku. Hari ini pun pelancong belum kembali dan banyaklah hotel yang kosong.

4. Serangan terhadap polis adalah satu jenayah. Sudah tentu jika polis diserang, maka polis terpaksa menggunakan kekerasan. Jika polis guna kekerasan maka ini akan dijadikan isu oleh yang berdemonstrasi.

5. Mungkin kerana ingin mengelak daripada tindak balas maka polis diarah berundur dan tinggalkan tempat demonstrasi tidak dikawal. Keadaan ini merbahaya kerana orang awam tidak mendapat perlindungan polis lagi.

6. Sudah tentu pemulihan ekonomi terganggu. Pelancong tidak kembali dan jauh sekali pelaburan oleh pelabur tempatan dan asing. Pengangguran bertambah dan yang miskin menderita bertambah.

7. Walaupun demonstrasi diterima dalam demokrasi, ia tidak boleh diguna dengan sewenang-wenangnya. Jauh daripada memberi manfaat kepada rakyat, ia menambah masalah bagi rakyat.

8. Pihak tertentu merancang untuk mengadakan demonstrasi besar-besaran pada 9hb Julai ini. Apakah benar demonstrasi ini bertujuan untuk membersihkan proses pilihanraya?

9. Jika disemak tuntutan yang dibuat lebih merupakan tuduhan terhadap Kerajaan dan bukan tuntutan sebenar. Tujuannya ialah untuk memburukkan Kerajaan supaya meraih sokongan dalam pilihanraya akan datang.

10. Walaupun pengurusan pilihanraya di Malaysia mempunyai beberapa kelemahan tetapi hakikatnya di Negara ini parti lawan boleh menang. Demikianlah pentadbiran pilihanraya di Malaysia sehingga pada tahun 2008 parti lawan dapat menawan lima buah negeri, satu wilayah dan berjaya mengurangkan ahli Dewan Rakyat sehingga tidak tercapai matlamat dua pertiga seperti yang biasa dimenangi oleh parti Kerajaan.

11. Bandinglah dengan pilihanraya di Negara-negara lain termasuk jiran terdekat kita di mana parti bukan Kerajaan tidak dapat wakil dalam dewan sama sekali. Yang menang daripada parti lawan akan dituduh dengan pelbagai tuduhan dan dihadapkan ke mahkamah. Maka mahkamah pun menghukum mereka salah dan tidak dapat mengambil tempat mereka dalam dewan. Ada yang dibenar masuk tetapi tidak berani bercakap. Kalau bercakap tidak akan dilapor dalam media.

12. Ada pula diwujudkan kumpulan pembangkang dalam parti Kerajaan. Ini adalah satu sandiwara politik.

13. Dalam pilihanraya yang baru lepas pun banyak tekanan digunakan oleh Kerajaan berkenaan. Sebab itu jumlah calon pembangkang yang menang amat kecil.

14. Malangnya terdapat di Malaysia parti yang berasas dari parti negara jiran ini yang ingin supaya negara ini juga menerima contoh pentadbiran negara jiran. Seperti dengan parti di negara jiran, pada mulanya janji dibuat untuk mendirikan Kerajaan yang baik dan adil. Apabila sahaja rakyat memberi kepercayaan jenis pemerintahan yang didirikan jauh berbeza daripada yang dijanjikan.

15. Memang pun ada sekatan tertentu di negara ini terhadap kebebasan liberal yang didapati di negara barat. Sekatan ini diperlukan kerana mengelak daripada huru-hara berlaku.

16. Pada 1969 berkempen dibenar sepenuhnya iaitu enam minggu. Pada masa kempen, parti politik menggunakan perkauman untuk menarik sokongan. Parti-parti Kerajaan pun terpaksa menggunakan soal perkauman. Balas-membalas berkenaan isu ini dalam kempen menyebabkan ketegangan antara kaum-kaum. Dengan itu berlakulah 13 Mei yang berdarah.

17. Untuk mengurangkan kemungkinan kempen membakar hati, maka dikurangkan masa berkempen. Lagi pun parti pembangkang berkempen sepanjang masa. Perhimpunan dalam rapat parti pembangkang lebih kerap daripada parti Kerajaan. Demikianlah kebebasan di Malaysia.

18. Tidak ada sebab kenapa demonstrasi perlu diadakan di negara ini. Wakil Rakyat parti lawan begitu ramai. Jika kajian perlu dibuat berkenaan undang-undang dan pengurusan pilihanraya, peluang yang banyak terdapat dalam dewan-dewan untuk membangkit dan membahas perkara-perkara ini. Tetapi peluang-peluang ini tidak digunakan sepenuhnya. Sebaliknya demonstrasi hendak diadakan. Apa tujuannya? Membersihkan pilihanraya atau mencuba memburukkan imej parti Kerajaan.

19. Di Mesir saya ditanya kenapakah pentadbiran negara Islam tidak ada yang baik. Saya terpaksa mengaku yang orang Islam mudah diperalatkan.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, ex Malaysian Premier launches memoirs



Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia and the longest serving Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 years from 1981 to 2003. His political career spanned almost 40 years.

On Tuesday, 8th March 2011, Mahathir launched his memoirs in a book titled A Doctor in The House.



When launching the book, Mahathir said he is unconcerned about possible lawsuits over his memoirs.

Dr Mahathir said he was driven to tell the truth in the autobiography :A Doctor in the House."

“There will be those who will not be satisfied.

“If they want to sue, sue lah,” he quipped after launching the book at Mid Valley Megamall.



Dr Mahathir said he had kept its publication a secret until the launch date to avoid a possible court injunction to stop its release.

“I want people to read it. Whatever they think of it is their prerogative,” he said.

It took him eight years to write the autobiography, he said. “I did not type. I used long hand.”

Dr Mahathir said during his tenure as Prime Minister, he was described as a dictator.

“(In the autobiography) I tried to prove that I am not. But some people will still feel otherwise,” he said.

To a question, Dr Mahathir said that through his biography, he wanted to deliver the message that it was not impossible to achieve anything when one is willing to learn.

“I was a commoner, I was not trained in the field of administration, economics or finance. But you can learn if you want to learn. The best reward is not monetary gains but the results of your effort,” he said.

Dr Mahathir also took a swipe at Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim whom he accused had claimed credit for certain things.

“He (Anwar) is claiming that the setting up of UIA (International Islamic University Malaysia) was his idea,” he said.

On his next project, Dr Mahathir said he would look into rewriting The Malay Dilemma.

“When they (the Malays) were poor they were in a dilemma. When they are rich, there is a bigger dilemma,” he said.



The Malay Dilemma is a controversial 188 pages book written by Tun Dr Mahathir in 1970, 11 years before he became Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister.

At the time of publication, Mahathir had just lost his parliamentary seat, been expelled from the ruling party UMNO and Malaysia had recently been rocked by the racial riots later known as the May 13th Incident on May 13th, 1969.

The book analyses Malaysian history and politics in terms of race, and posits the following basic positions:

1. The Malay race are the indigenous people (bumiputras) of Malaysia.

2. The sole national language is the Malay language and all other races are to learn it.

3. The tolerance and non-confrontational nature of the Malays has allowed them to be subjugated in their own land by the other races with the collusion of the British.

4. A program of affirmative action is required to correct Malaysian Chinese hegemony in business.

The dilemma thus, was whether Malays should accept this governmental aid — and Mahathir's position was that they should.

Prone to sweeping statements about other races, such as describing Jews as hook-nosedthe book entrenched Mahathir's image as a Malay ultra.

However, Mahathir also dissects the multiple failings of his own race, and the book was intended as a solution leading away from violence towards a harmonious, integrated Malaysia (albeit one where political and economic power is firmly concentrated in the hands of the Malays).

Monday, October 11, 2010

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad shared his experience at the Epworth Hospital in Melbourne, Australia




Epworth Hospital is capable of performing Robotic prostatectomy operations


Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was recently warded at the Epworth Hospital in Australia for suspected viral infection in the chest. Tun Dr Mahathir who ruled Malaysia from 1981 to 2003, shared his experience in his blog : http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/2010/10/melbourne-experience-the-hospi.html#more
is is his writings in full :

1. After three days in the Epworth Hospital, it was suggested that I be discharged but should continue treatment under the Hospital in the Home service.

2. The Home Hospital has a full staff of doctors, specialists and nurses. They will carry out the full hospital treatment, periodical medical examination and treatment, intravenous drips, physiotherapy etc. They do not stay with patients but would visit at the designated time and stay as long as necessary.

3. It is far better than house-call by doctors as they can only give limited service. You feel you are being well looked after as in the hospital, but you have the ambience of home and family.

4. I don't know if we have this service or not but I believe it can contribute to being a developed country.

5. Another service I experienced is the ambulance service. The two ambulance personnel are very highly trained to give first aid including CPR, proper handling of fractures, take blood pressure and heart rate, ECG and other signs and symptoms.

6. They handle their patients very competently, are in continuous communication with the hospital to ensure preparation for receiving the patients.

7. I believe an effort was made by local doctors to provide this kind of service in Kuala Lumpur. Unfortunately after the ambulances had been acquired the financiers backed out. The Return on Investment was not good enough.

8. The Government does not operate a full ambulance service. Nor do all hospitals provide such service.

9. There are now many hospitals in KL - both public and private. A good ambulance service can save many lives.

10. Maybe the Government could afford to support the superior ambulance service in one way or another - at least until they become viable. What we need is just one. If several such service is licensed, all would be likely to fail.



According to the hospital's website, Epworth Hospital is a private not for profit hospital group that operates under its own Act of Parliament, "The Epworth Foundation Act 1980". All surplus revenue generated is reinvested in improving patient care.

Opened in 1920 as a community hospital in Richmond with 25 beds and 5 staff members, Epworth HealthCare has grown to be one of Australia's leading specialist hospitals renowned both locally and overseas.

Epworth HealthCare operates 6 hospitals and is Melbourne's largest not for profit hospital provider.

As a not for profit private hospital Epworth HealthCare recieves no State or Federal Government funding and all surplus revenue generated during the year is reinvested in to new services and equipment, aimed at providing the best possible health care for the almost 90,000 patients admitted to Epworth HealthCare hospitals each year.

Epworth HealthCare has a reputation for providing excellence in patient care and has an impressive list of 'firsts' to its name:

1981 First open heart surgery facility in a private hospital in Victoria

1981 First private hospital in Australia to establish an Intensive Care
facility
1989 First fully computerised Sleep Disorders Unit in Australia

1989 First private Emergency Department accredited to accept time
critical medical patients

1989 First private Renal Dialysis Unit

1996 First Stroke Unit in a private hospital in Victoria

1997 First private hospital in Victoria to appoint a GP Coordinator

2000 First medically managed Hospital in the Home Unit in a
private hospital in Australia

2000 First pacemaker lead extraction using laser therapy

2002 First dedicated electrophysiology laboratory opened in Victoria's
health system

2003 first aboveground radiotherapy centre in Australia. Tattersalls
Cancer Centre opened at Epworth in partnership with Peter Mac

2003 First hospital in southern hemisphere to use Image Guided
Radiation Therapy

2003 Epworth introduces first Da Vinci Robotic assisted surgery to
Australia

2003 Epworth opens the first private sector Medical Observation Unit
in Victoria

2003 Three 'world first' vascular procedures are carried out at
Epworth's Vascular Laboratory:
1. Insertion of a large diameter stent (Express Vascular Large Diameter Stent)
2. Ultrasonic thrombolysis trialled at Epworth
3. Use of a new abdominal aortic aneurysm polymer repair device

2005 Australia's most modern hospital, Epworth Eastern at Box Hill,
is completed and was officially opened by the Federal Health Minister, Tony Abbott on August 2nd, 2005.

Get well soon Tun Dr Mahathir and rest well..

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, warded in Melbourne hospital with chest infection

Update 4th October 2010 (Monday)

PETALING JAYA: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will be discharged soon from the Epworth Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, where he is being warded for chest infection.

His special officer Sufi Yusof said Dr Mahathir would likely be discharged within the next few days.

"Doctors are happy with his progress. He continues to respond well to antibiotic treatment and physiotherapy," he said Monday, 4th October 2010.

Dr Mahathir was admitted to the hospital on Saturday, 2nd October 2010, for flu and cough.

He and Dr Siti Hasmah have sent their regards and appreciation to all who had sent their prayers and wished him a speedy recovery.

Dr Mahathir was in Australia to address a seminar on human development organised by Melbourne Umno Club.



Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, 85 was born on 10th July 1925. He was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 years from 1981 to 2003, making him Malaysia's longest-serving Prime Minister, and one of the longest-serving leaders in Asia.

The outspoken critics of the West, Mahathir's political career spanned almost 40 years, from his election as a Malaysian federal Member of Parliament in 1964, until his resignation as Prime Minister in 2003.


Meanwhile today, Saturday 2nd October 2010, world news reported that the former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir, was admitted to the Epworth Hospital in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday morning, 2nd October 2010, for treatment of a chest infection.

He is now in the general ward for antibiotics treatment and physiotherapy.

"Dr Mahathir's condition is stable and he has been advised to rest. He is expected to be in hospital for a few days for observation," his office said in a statement released in Kuala Lumpur today.

Accompanied by his wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, Dr Mahathir arrived in Melbourne on Thursday, 30th September to address a seminar on human development organised by the Australia Melbourne Umno Club at the University of Melbourne on Saturday, 2nd October 2010.

He was scheduled to share his opinion and idea on the topic "Are We Ready for 1Malaysia: Does Race Still Play a Part?"

(1Malaysia is a guiding principle to build a united and progressive nation in the 21st Century by inculcating the spirit and values of togetherness and sense of belonging, regardless of race, religion and creed.)

At the start of the seminar, the emcee announced that Dr Mahathir was unable to attend the event that he (Dr Mahathir) had been looking forward to and was disappointed that he was unable to do so.

He had asked International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed to address the seminar on his behalf.

Mustapa, when met at the seminar, said Dr Mahathir was resting well. "Tun needs rest and he is going to be fine," he said.

Dr Mahathir's son, Datuk Mukhriz, who is the deputy minister of international trade and industry, was expected to arrive here on Sunday to join his father, he said.

Dr Mahathir, 85, underwent coronary bypass surgery at the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital in January 1989 and a second such operation at the National Heart Institute in September 2007.

Despite his age, Dr Mahathir, who is adviser to Malaysian national car maker Proton and national oil corporation Petronas, often travels abroad to attend international conferences as he remains a highly sought-after speaker at both local and international events.

Source - Bernama, The Star online 2nd October 2010

TUN DR MAHATHIR MOHAMAD DIMASUKKAN KE HOSPITAL MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA KERANA JANGKITAN KUMAN DI DADA


Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, 85 tahun adalah Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang keempat dan berkhidmat sebagai Perdana Menteri selama 22 tahun dari 16 Julai 1981 hinggalah 31 Oktober 2003. Beliau antara pemimpin paling lama berkhidmat di Asia dan juga dunia.

Semoga Tun cepat sembuh. Rakyat Malaysia mendoakan kesejahteraan dan kesihatan Tun.

DR MAHATHIR DIMASUKKAN KE HOSPITAL MELBOURNE KERANA JANGKITAN KUMAN DI DADA

Pada 2 Oktober 2010, Bernama (Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia) melaporkan dari Melbourne, Australia bahawa bekas Perdana Menteri Malaysia Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dimasukkan ke Hospital Epworth, Melbourne, Australia sejak 9 pagi hari ini (Sabtu 2 Oktober 2010) bagi rawatan jangkitan kuman di dada.

Beliau kini dirawat di wad biasa dan diberikan antibiotik dan menjalani fisioterapi.

"Keadaan Dr Mahathir adalah stabil dan beliau dinasihatkan supaya berehat. Beliau dijangka berada di hospital selama beberapa hari untuk pemantauan," menurut kenyataan yang dikeluarkan oleh pejabatnya di Kuala Lumpur.

Diiringi isterinya Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, Dr Mahathir tiba di Melbourne, Australia pada Khamis, 30 September 2010 untuk berucap pada seminar mengenai pembangunan manusia anjuran Kelab Umno Australia Melbourne di University of Melbourne pada Sabtu 2 Oktober 2010.

Beliau dijadual berkongsi pandangan dan pendapatnya mengenai topik "Are We Ready for 1Malaysia: Does Race Still Play A Part?" (Adakah Kita Bersedia Bagi 1Malaysia: Adakah Bangsa Masih Memainkan Peranan).

(1Malaysia ialah prinsip yang digariskan untuk membina sebuah negara yang bersatu dan progresif pada Abad ke-21 melalui pemupukan semangat dan nilai kekitaan tanpa mengira bangsa dan agama.)

Sejurus sebelum seminar itu bermula, juruacara majlis mengumumkan Dr Mahathir tidak dapat hadir pada majlis itu yang beliau (Dr Mahathir) nanti-nantikan dan sedih kerana tidak dapat berbuat demikian.

Beliau telah meminta Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri Datuk Mustapa Mohamed untuk berucap pada seminar itu bagi mewakilinya.

Mustapa, semasa ditemui pada seminar itu berkata keadaan Dr Mahathir adalah baik dan sedang berehat. "Tun perlukan rehat dan keadaan beliau adalah baik," katanya.

Anak Dr Mahathir, Datuk Mukhriz, yang juga Timbalan Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri, dijangka tiba di sini esok untuk menemani bapanya, katanya.

Dr Mahathir, 85, menjalani pembedahan pintasan koronari di Hospital Besar Kuala Lumpur pada Januari 1989 dan menjalani pembedahan kedua di Institut Jantung Negara pada September 2007.

Walaupun sudah berusia, Dr Mahathir, yang merupakan penasihat syarikat pengeluar kereta nasional Malaysia, Proton dan perbadanan minyak negara Petronas, sering ke luar negara untuk menghadiri persidangan antarabangsa berikutan beliau terus menjadi pilihan pihak penganjur untuk menyampaikan syarahan pada majlis tempatan dan antarabangsa.

Semoga cepat sembuh Tun. Rakyat Malaysia mendoakan kesejahteraan dan kesihatan Tun.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Call not to appoint Najib as Prime Minister is illogical, said Tun Mahathir





(Source - Daily Express)

Kuala Lumpur: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said it is illogical to call on the Yang di-Pertuan Agong not to appoint Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as the Prime Minister.

Commenting on the call by Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, urging the Yang di-Pertuan Agong not to appoint Najib as the Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir said, "He can say what he likes but he is just one person.


"Whether the Yang di-Pertuan Agong will listen to the opinion of one person will be up to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong," he said at a news conference, Thursday. Zaid, the former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, claimed that Najib's appointment would divide the people.

Dr Mahathir said: "The person who made this suggestion is not someone who is regarded highly or someone who is rational. If I were the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, I wouldn't even want to read about this. It's too stupid.

Who does he want to be?"

Asked whether he would fully support Najib's appointment as the PM, Dr Mahathir said, "I will give a full backing to Najib on condition that he must not appoint any of the corrupt leaders to his Cabinet."

He also commented on perception that Najib was corrupt.

"I'm not talking about what people believe. A lot of people believe about something but there is no legal stand taken on whether Najib is corrupt or not."

Asked on his choice for the Umno Deputy President's post, Dr Mahathir said, it would be Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the International Trade and Industry Minister. "I think what is left is somebody who is... well, could not read English and therefore he did something wrong in Australia. So my choice is Muhyiddin," he said.

The contest for the deputy presidency is now between Muhyiddin and Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib.

A third candidate, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam was barred from contesting after the party's disciplinary board found him guilty of breaching party ethics. Dr Mahathir also commented on the statement by Mohd Ali that he (Dr Mahathir) had a hand in the recent decision taken by the disciplinary board.

Dr Mahathir said: "I wish I had but I'm not a member of Umno. If I had been involved, I would have thrown him out from the very beginning but I'm not involved. I have to very reluctantly wait for the Decision by the Board and I'm not completely happy with it."

He said that Mohd Ali should be treated the same way former Umno Vice-President Tan Sri Mohamed Isa Abdul Samad was treated in 2005.

"Isa was thrown out because he was involved in money politics but he also lost his position as a Minister. But here, we have a very strange decision.

He was found to be corrupt but he can remain as the Chief Minister (of Melaka). Now we have a person who is confirmed corrupt but the party accepted him as the Chief Minister.

Meanwhile Muhyiddin described as "irresponsible and malicious" the statement by Zaid on the country's leadership transition.

He said the statement was clearly aimed at creating unease among Umno members in particular and Malaysians in general.

Muhyiddin said Zaid's statement was not helpful in uniting the people. It also showed his opportunistic character, said Muhyiddin.

"I strongly deny Zaid's claim that the country is in crisis over the appointment of the Prime Minister. The Umno leadership transition is progressing well and it has been proven that Najib has the confidence of Umno divisions to be the new party president," he said in a statement.

Muhyiddin also said it was clearly stated in Article 43(2) of the Federal Constitution that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall first appoint a member of the Dewan Rakyat, who is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the House, as the Prime Minister to preside over the Cabinet.

"The Barisan Nasional (BN) is the party that commands the majority in the Dewan Rakyat, with Umno having the most seats among the BN component parties," he said. Muhyiddin said Najib's appointment as the Prime Minister would unite the people.

"In this connection, I would like to remind the people and Umno members not to fall for Zaid's propaganda which is clearly ill-intent, irresponsible and putting self interest above that of the country," he said.

Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal described Zaid's statement as devoid of logic as it had been the practice to appoint Umno President as the Prime Minister.

He said the power transfer between Abdullah and Najib was progressing smoothly. Mohd Shafie who is Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister said what was important was for the Government to remain focus on the efforts to bring development to the people.

Motion of Confidence???

The former Umno President also spoke on the possibility of a "motion of confidence" be tabled in Parliament to have Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi remain as Prime Minister.

"It's a possibility; it's not against the law. The law provides that to be the Prime Minister, you must have the support of the majority in Parliament but it does not say from which party.

"According to the constitution, the person who shall be made the Prime Minister is a person who has the majority support in Parliament. If you appoint somebody who has no majority support, he will be out," he said.

Dr Mahathir said there was nothing in the Federal Constitution which stated that the Umno President must be the Prime Minister.

"There is no provision. That is only our arrangement," he said, adding that legally, the current PM Datuk Seri Abdullah could continue serving his term until the next general election if he wanted to.

"But of course he may face a vote of no confidence in Parliament... he has a good chance of winning with the support of opposition members but he will become the Prime Minister of the opposition," he said.

Dr Mahathir said opposition members also had votes in Parliament and if they, together with some members of the Barisan Nasional, were to vote for Abdullah, "then he will be the PM."

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Kecelaruan Politik di Perak pernah berlaku di Sabah...

Ketika ini tidak dapat dipastikan, samada DUN Perak telah dibubarkan oleh Menteri Besar Perak ataupun BN kembali berkuasa di Perak setelah beberapa ADUN pembangkang menyertai BN.

Kecelaruan politik berikutan isu lompat melompat parti yang sedang melanda Perak sekarang, pernah berlaku di Sabah pada 1994, lebih tepat 15 tahun lalu.

Presiden PBS Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin Kitingan




Sejurus selepas pilihanraya Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah berakhir pada Februari 1994, parti pemerintah ketika itu Parti Bersatu Sabah pimpinan Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin Kitingan berjaya mengekalkan kuasa.

Namun majoritinya begitu tipis sekali – hanya 2 kerusi memisahkan PBS dengan seteru utamanya Barisan Nasional, BN.

PBS menang 25 daripada 48 kerusi DUN Sabah, manakala BN menang 23 kerusi.

Ekoran majoriti tipis itu, Datuk Seri Pairin melakukan beberapa langkah berjaga jaga.

Antaranya menunggu lebih 24 jam di depan pintu masuk Istana Negeri Kota Kinabalu untuk mengangkat sumpah sebagai Ketua Menteri Sabah.

Ia bagi mengelak sebarang halangan ke atas usaha melantiknya semula sebagai Ketua Menteri.

Kesemua 25 wakil rakyat PBS yang baru memenangi kerusi DUN masing masing juga dikumpulkan di Sri Gaya, kediaman rasmi Ketua Menteri Sabah.

Ia bagi mengelak cubaan melompat parti atau keluar parti untuk menyertai BN.

Selepas mengangkat sumpah di Istana Negeri, Datuk Seri Pairin menamakan anggota kabinetnya dan ini termasuklah pemimpin kanan PBS seperti Tan Sri Bernard Dompok dan Tan Sri Joseph Kurup.

Namun ekoran majoriti terlalu tipis itu – hanya 2 kerusi, kedudukan kerajaan negeri Sabah di bawah PBS, amat rapuh dan boleh runtuh pada bila bila masa, andainya ada 1 atau 2 ADUNnya melompat parti.

Kekhuatiran dan kebimbangan Datuk Seri Pairin itu akhirnya menjadi kenyataan tidak sampai 3 minggu selepas kerajaan negeri di bawah PBS dibentuk.

3 ADUN termasuk seorang ADUN dilantik, mengistyharkan keluar PBS dan menyertai UMNO.

Mereka ialah Adun Klias – Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin, Adun Kemabong – Datuk Rubin Balang dan ADUN dilantik dari Labuan – Datuk Zaini Isa.

Ekoran tindakan mereka itu, PBS hanya mempunyai 23 kerusi berbanding 25 kerusi DUN yang kini dipegang BN.

Ekoran kemelut politik itu, satu rombongan Adun PBS diketuai Tan Sri Dompok telah diarah Datuk Pairin ke Kuala Lumpur untuk menemui Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dan timbalannya ketika itu Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim bagi mencari penyelesaian konflik politik Sabah.

Namun mereka juga akhirnya bertindak keluar PBS dan mengumumkan menubuhkan sebuah parti baru iaitu Parti Demokratik Sabah, PDS yang kemudiannya dikenali sebagai Pertubuhan Pasok Momogun Kadazan-Dusun-Murut Bersatu atau parti UPKO.


Presiden UPKO Tan Sri Bernard Dompok



Dompok dipilih presiden UPKO sehinggalah sekarang dan kini memegang jawatan menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri.

Manakala Tan Sri Kurup turut mengistyharkan keluar PBS dan menubuhkan Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah atau PBRS.

Presiden PBRS Tan Sri Joseph Kurup



UPKO dan PBRS kemudiannya telah diterima menganggotai komponen BN.

Ekoran tindakan keluar parti beramai ramai itu, maka PBS hanya mempunyai 6 atau 7 ADUN yang setia kepada perjuangan parti itu.

Akhirnya, Datuk Pairin yang juga Huguan Siou atau pemimpin agung masyarakat Kadazan Dusun, bertindak membubarkan Dewan Undangan Negeri pada Mac 1994 untuk membolehkan satu lagi pilihanraya DUN Sabah diadakan untuk mendapatkan mandat baru rakyat.

Namun pembubaran itu tidak diperkenan Istana Negeri Kota Kinabalu.

Akhirnya Datuk Pairin terpaksa akur dan meletakkan jawatan sebagai Ketua Menteri Sabah.

Tan Sri Sakaran Dandai (kini Tun) kemudiannya mengangkat sumpah sebagai Ketua Menteri Sabah yang baru di bawah kerajaan BN.

Kerajaan negeri di bawah PBS tumbang meskipun menang pilihanraya DUN Sabah…!!!!

Semuanya akibat tindakan melompat parti.

Namun proses peralihan kuasa daripada PBS ke BN berlangsung dengan aman tanpa sebarang kekacauan atau keganasan dicetuskan penyokong PBS.

Malah Tun Sakaran sendiri memimpin tangan Datuk Seri Pairin keluar dari pejabat ketua menteri di tingkat 27 bangunan Yayasan Sabah, selepas majlis serah tugas Ketua Menteri Sabah disempurnakan.

Pada pilihanraya DUN Sabah 1999, PBS cuba merampas semula tampuk kerajaan negeri daripada BN menerusi proses demokrasi rakyat namun hasrat itu tidak kesampaian apabila PBS hanya menang 17 daripada 48 kerusi DUN.

Pada pilihanraya itu, setiap calon PBS diwajibkan menanda tangani surat akujanji yang bermaksud akan meletakkan jawatan sebagai ADUN sekiranya menang tetapi melompat parti.

Selepas pilihanraya 1999, 6 ADUN PBS turut mengambil tindakan keluar parti.

Namun surat akujanji yang ditandatangai tidak diperkenan Speaker, sekaligus tidak membawa kepada pilihanraya kecil di 6 kawasan DUN itu.

Ketika pemerintahan PBS, parti itu pernah mengusulkan untuk mewujudkan udang undang anti lompat – namun ditolak kerana bercanggah dengan kebebasan berpersatuan sepertimana termaktub di dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

PBS kembali semula ke pangkuan BN pada 2002.

Apapun, tiada undang undang juga yang menghalang seseorang wakil rakyat daripada melepaskan jawatan sebagai ADUN atau Ahli Parlimen secara sukarela.





Ini terbukti apabila pada 31 Julai 2008, Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail meletakkan jawatan sebagai Ahli Parlimen Permatang Pauh yang disandangnya sejak 1999.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim kemudiannya menang kerusi Parlimen itu pada pilihanraya kecil Permatang Pauh, 26 Ogos 2008.

Senario yang berlaku di Perak hari ini berpunca tindakan melompat parti dan ternyata melukakan hati pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat khsususnya Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Ironinya, Datuk Seri Anwar tahun lalu pernah mewar warkan bahawa Pakatan Rakyat akan mengambil alih pemerintahan kerajaan Persekutuan menjelang 16 September 2008 menerusi tindakan melompat parti sekurang kurangnya 30 Ahli Parlimen BN.

Kini sekarang, siapa pula yang melompat????

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Pak Man Telo New York....What Tun Dr Mahathir said is very2 true indeed




On 15 December 2008, Tun Dr Mahathir wrote about 'PAK MAN TELO-NEW YORK' in his chedet.com blog as follows :

(it means another version of Pak Man Telo - an infamous skim cepat kaya mastermind who swindled millions of ringgit in Malaysia, does exist half a world away in New York.. and one of his clients has committed suicide because of this failed investment!!!)

1. Today's Starbiz reports that 50 billion US dollars of investor's money were lost by just one man.


Bernard Madoff??


2. Bernard Madoff invested US5000 of his money to set up an investment firm. Such was his personality and sales talk that he was able to convince lots of rich people to invest their money with him. The returns were so good that his fund became exclusive, open to select people only.

3. When he was arrested recently by the FBI he admitted that "There is no innocent explanation".

4. We got on to Pak Man Telo ponzi scheme quite early. He caused the naive Malaysian who invested in his scheme several millions, I believe.

5. Apparently the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of America did not detect Madoff's operation for years. He was even made Chairman of Nasdaq Stock Market.

6. He was living a high life, with a 5 million dollar mansion in Manhattan and membership of the most exclusive clubs.

7. Pak Man Telo would probably have done better if he had gone to New York where he would not have the Malaysian Government overseeing such activities. Or perhaps the SEC might learn some lessons from Malaysia as indeed the US Government has learnt about bailing out companies.

AND TODAY 24 DECEMBER - THERE IS A NEWS REPORT FROM NEW YORK - THAT A MADOFF INVESTOR WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS MANHATTAN OFFICE OF POSSIBLE SUICIDE AFTER LOSING USD 1 BILLION.... HERE IS THE NEWS REPORT:

The financial loss for one of Bernard Madoff’s clients may have been too much to bear.

Rene-Thierry Magon de La Villehuchet, the founder of a hedge fund that invested more than a billion dollars with Madoff, was found dead in his Manhattan office this morning in an apparent suicide, according to a French newspaper reported by the Associated Press.

De la Villehuchet, 65, was a co-founder and chief executive officer of Access International Advisors, LLC, according to private marketing document reported on Bloomberg.com.

Access International reportedly invested $1.4 billion with Madoff, who was arrested on December 11 for allegedly running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.

SO WHAT TUN DR MAHATHIR SAID ON THAT SUBJECT IS VERY TRUE AND ACCURATE INDEED. WE SALUTE YOU SIR, YOU ARE A TRULY WORLD LEADER!!!!
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