SPR: Pilihan raya kecil Kerdau serentak Merlimau 6 Mac

KUCHING, 18 Feb — Pilihan raya kecil kerusi DUN Kerdau, Pahang akan diadakan serentak dengan Merlimau bulan depan.

Penamaan calon akan diadakan 26 Februari ini manakala hari pengundian pula pada 6 Mac.

Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) yang sepatutnya membincangkan perkara tersebut Ahad ini mengadakan mesyuarat khas lewat petang ini untuk memutuskan bahawa pilihan raya kecil Kerdau akan diadakan serentak dengan kerusi DUN Merlimau.

Tarikh pilihan raya kecil Merlimau diputuskan bulan lalu.

The Malaysian Insider difahamkan keputusan mempercepatkan mesyuarat khas diambil ekoran keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam petang tadi yang mencapai keputusan mengenai kes kerusi DUN Pelabuhan Klang petang tadi.

Mahkamah memutuskan kerusi DUN Pelabuhan Klang tidak kosong.

SPR mengadakan mesyuarat khas susulan mesyuarat bulannya di sini petang ini.

Kerusi Kerdau kosong selepas penyandangnya, Datuk Zaharuddin Abu Kasim, 63, daripada BN, meninggal dunia akibat serangan jantung di kediamannya pada 12 Februari lepas.

Pada pilihan raya umum 2008, Zaharuddin menewaskan calon PAS Hassanuddin Salim dengan majoriti 1,615 undi.

Beliau memperoleh 4,135 undi manakala Hassanuddin mendapat 2,520 undi.

Kawasan DUN Kerdau mempunyai 8,999 pemilih berdaftar, termasuk 8,984 pemilih biasa dan 15 pemilih pos.

SPR melantik 242 petugas untuk mengendalikan pilihan raya kecil ini manakala 10 sekolah, dua balai raya dan sebuah dewan akan digunakan sebagai pusat mengundi yang mengandungi kesemuanya 22 saluran tempat mengundi.

Pengerusi SPR Tan Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof berkata daftar pemilih bagi pilihan raya kecil Kerdau akan mula dijual pada 22 Februari dan pengundi juga boleh membuat semakan daftar pemilih untuk mengetahui maklumat pusat mengundi dan saluran mengundi melalui laman web SPR di www.spr.gov.my dan melalui SMS.

Pengundi juga boleh menghubungi ibu pejabat SPR dengan menelefon 03-8885 6500 dan pejabat pilihan raya negeri Pahang menerusi nombor 09-5165025 untuk membuat semakan.

Dakwaan atas 2 lelaki Syiah ditangguh

Pendakwaan ke atas dua orang lelaki di Mahkamah Syariah Gombak Barat yang dijadualkan hari ini berhubung dakwaan melibatkan fahaman Syiah, telah ditangguhkan.

Jurucakap kumpulan Syiah itu, Kamil Zuhairi Abdul Aziz berkata, ia telah ditangguhkan kepada 31 Mac.

Katanya, kedua-dua lelaki tersebut yang hadir di mahkamah itu hari ini, diwakili peguam syarie Datuk Muhammad Burok.

Tambahnya, peguam juga telah mengemukakan bantahan kerana Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS) diwakili oleh penguatkuasa dan bukannya pegawai pendakwa.

Sementara itu, sumber daripada bahagian pendakwaan JAIS memberitahu Malaysiakini, kes itu masih disiasat.

Sehubungan itu, tambahnya, belum ada pendakwa ditetapkan.

Kehadiran pegawai penguatkuasa ke mahkamah pagi tadi bertujuan melanjutkan bon jaminan terhadap lelaki Syiah berkaitan, katanya lagi.

Salhan K.Ahmad
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Hosni Mubarak Letak Jawatan Presiden Mesir

Mubarak undur, tentera ambil alih Mesir

Presiden Mesir Hosni Mubarak akhirnya meletakkan jawatan dan meminta pihak tentera mentadbir negara itu, umum naib presiden Omar Suleiman.

Kenyataan ringkas di stesen televisyen nasional itu dibuat sehari selepas Mubarak bertegas tidak akan melepaskan jawatannya.

NONEBerita pengundurannya itu disambut meriah oleh lebih sejuta rakyat Mesir yang berkumpul di Dataran Tahrir di Kaherah.

Presiden dan keluarnya sebelum itu dilaporkan meninggalkan istana presiden di ibu negara ke Resort Laut Merah Sharm el-Sheihh.

Lelaki yang menerajui Mesir selama 30 tahun dan terlepas dariapda enam cubaan membunuh akhirnya terpaksa akur pada kehendak rakyat yang mahukan perubahan.

Mubarak, 82, meletakkan jawatan hari ini selepas 18 hari protes antikerajaan tanpa gangguan - terbesar pernah dilangsungkan di negara itu.

Mubarak terhindar daripada banyak serangan sebelum ini tetapi suara rakyat akhirnya membuktikan sesuatu.

NONEEnam kali pembunuh upahan cuba menamatkan riwayatnya. Perang sampai ke pintu rumah.

Jiran mengebom negaranya. Kerajaan pimpinannya hampir muflis. Aktivis berulang kali menyumpahnya di jalan raya. Tetapi Mubarak selama itu terus juga berkuasa.

Kebanyakan rakyat Mesir masih belum dilahirkan apabila pendahulunyanya Anwar Sadat dibunuh pada 1981.

Mubarak, ketika itu naib presiden, hanya beberapa meter daripada Sadat, dan turut terkena tembakan di tangan.

Beliau mengangkat sumpah sebagai presiden lapan hari kemudian, pada 14 Oktober 1981.

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Departure Day in Egypt? The only one who doesn't want Mubarak to go is the president himself

'Departure Day': Egyptian soldiers stand behind a barbed-wire barricade at Cairo's Tahrir Square as anti-government protesters began massing this morning

Egyptian protesters trying to topple the regime of President Hosni Mubarak have called on supporters to fill every square in the capital today.

The call follows two days of vicious street battles between pro and anti-government camps that marked an ugly turn in the country's crisis.

The military guarded thousands of protesters as they poured into Cairo's Tahrir Square this morning for 'Departure Day' - as the clamour for Mr Mubarak to step down intensified.

Defence Minister Hussein Tantawi and senior army officials visited the square in a sign that Egypt's most powerful institution was sanctioning the demonstration.

Soldiers checked IDs and performed body searches at entrances to the square.

Yesterday menacing gangs backing Mr Mubarak attacked journalists and human rights activists as government opponents pushed supporters out of Tahrir Square.

The new vice president, widely considered the first successor Mr Mubarak has designated, fuelled anti-foreign sentiment by going on state television and blaming outsiders for fomenting unrest.

Omar Suleiman said: 'When there are demonstrations of this size, there will be foreigners who come and take advantage and they have an agenda to raise the energy of the protesters.'

The government has accused media outlets of being sympathetic to protesters, who want the president to quit now rather than serve out his term as he has vowed to do.

The U.S. has been in talks with top Egyptian officials about the possibility of Mr Mubarak resigning immediately and the formation of an interim government that could prepare the country for elections later this year.

A military-backed caretaker government is one of several ideas being discusses as the anti-Mubarak protests escalate in the streets of Cairo and other cities, officials said.

Another option is for Mr Mubarak to resign and cede power to a transitional government run by Mr Suleiman.

White House national security spokesman Tommy Vietor said: 'The president has said that now is the time to begin a peaceful, orderly and meaningful transition.

'We have discussed with the Egyptians a variety of different ways to move that process forward.'

Mr Mubarak, 82, told ABC that he wanted to resign, but he feared the country would sink into chaos if he did so now.

'I do not want to see Egyptians fighting each other,' he said.

Soldiers, mainly protecting government buildings and important institutions, have remained passive since replacing the police on the streets a week ago.

Pro-government mobs beat foreign journalists with sticks and fists yesterday. The Committee to Protect Journalists said 24 reporters were detained in 24 hours and 21 were assaulted.

One Greek journalist was stabbed in the leg with a screwdriver.

Human rights activists have also been targeted. Military police stormed the offices of an Egyptian rights group and arrested at least 30 people, including two from the London-based Amnesty International.

The crisis began on January 25 when protesters launched the biggest challenge to Mr Mubarak's 30-year rule.

Yesterday, the day after Mr Mubarak refused to step down, thousands of his supporters attacked anti-government protesters in Tahrir Square.

His supporters started fierce battles with firebombs, machetes and chunks of pavement that lasted throughout the night and all day yesterday.

At least eight people have been killed and around 900 injured in the two days of fighting around Tahrir.

Under intense international condemnation, the government has offered more concessions to the protesters, but that did nothing to calm the anger.

The anti-Mubarak movement has vowed to intensify protests to force the president out by today.

A Facebook page that started the protest movement told supporters to gather in all Egyptian squares at noon 'so that we can put the last nail in the regime's coffin and declare the victory of the January 25 revolution'.

An exodus of foreigners has continued in the country, with the UN evacuating much of its staff.

One million tourists are believed to have now left the country.

Exodus: A Thai citizen weeps after she was evacuated from Egypt. The protests have seen thousands of tourists flee the country

Clashes: The protests have seen violent conflicts in Cairo, Suez, Port Said and Alexandria


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1353594/Egypt-protests-Call-anti-Mubarak-supporters-square-Cairo.html#ixzz1D05CNkm0

Pakatan: Najib perlu respons isu ‘Tanah Melayu’ Mahathir

KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Feb — Pemimpin-pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat (PR) menggesa Datuk Seri Najib Razak agar respons kepada kenyataan terbaru Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mendakwa Malaysia hanya milik orang Melayu dan kaum-kaum lain perlu menghormati kedaulatan orang Melayu negara ini.

Malah mereka juga mahu perdana menteri menyatakan pendiriannnya mengenai isu itu sama ada beliau turut menerima kenyataan Dr Mahathir atau berpandangan sebaliknya.

Wakil rakyat-wakil rakyat pembangkang yang dihubungi The Malaysian Insider berpendirian tegas kenyataan Dr Mahathir bercanggah dengan konsep 1 Malaysia sama sekali.

Pada satu wacana anjuran Majlis Bekas Wakil Rakyat Malaysia (Mubarak) Wilayah Persekutuan Selasa lalu, Dr Mahathir (gambar) berkata, rakyat Malaysia mesti mengakui negara ini adalah milik orang Melayu dan oleh itu, mereka mesti menerima budaya dan bahasa masyarakat itu.

Bekas perdana menteri berkata nenek moyang negara ini memberikan orang Cina dan India taraf kewarganegaraan sebab mereka mengharapkan kedua-dua komuniti itu akan menghormati kedaulatan orang Melayu.

Selain itu, Dr Mahathir juga menekankan, bukan Melayu mesti menerima konsep Bangsa Malaysia untuk membantu memperkukuhkan perpaduan nasional.

Beliau yang menyandang jawatan perdana menteri selama 22 tahun berkata, masyarakat Cina dan India mesti mengutamakan kepentingan negara berbanding soal kaum dan identiti mereka sebagai rakyat Malaysia.

Sehubungan itu Dr Mahathir menambah, jika orang Cina dan India terus melihat diri mereka berdasarkan negara asal mereka, maka ia bermakna mereka adalah imigiran ke negara ini.

Oleh itu tegas Ahli Parlimen Pokok Sena dari PAS Datuk Mahfuz Omar, Najib tidak boleh berdiam diri dalam hal ini.

“Najib tidak boleh kekal berdiam diri dalam perkara, beliau perlu memberi respons kepada kenyataan Dr Mahathir.

“Penting untuk melihat apa pendirian yang hendak diambil oleh Najib, dan sama ada beliau bimbang dengan kesan sekiranya beliau tidak bersetuju dengan pendirian Dr Mahathir itu,” kata Mahfuz kepada The Malaysian Insider.

Naib presiden PAS itu menarik perhatian, pemimpin-pemimpin dalam Barisan Nasional (BN) yang tidak bersetuju dengan bekas perdana menteri itu berakhir dengan kerjaya politik singkat memandangkan Dr Mahathir tidak boleh menerima kritikan.

Merujuk kepada serangan Dr Mahathir terhadap penggantinya Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Mahfuz mendakwa ahli politik veteran itu secara konsisten memperlihatkan bahawa beliau menentang dasar-dasar dibawa Najib seperti konsep 1 Malaysia.

Najib menggantikan Abdullah pada April 2009.

“Kita dengan jelas boleh melihat bahawa Dr Mahathir tidak gembira dengan Najib. Najib di sebelah lain telah gagal untuk memahamkan rakyat tentang konsep 1 Malaysia.

“Jika Dr Mahathir sendiri tidak boleh menerima atau memahaminya, bagaimana rakyat jelata boleh memahami perkara itu?” kata Mahfuz.

Oleh itu kata beliau, PR tidak mengiktiraf atau menyokong sebarang pandangan yang tidak menghormati hak kaum-kaum lain dan yang tidak menyumbang kepada proses pembinaan negara.

Setiausaha publisiti DAP kebangsaan Tony Pua pula melabelkan Dr Mahathir sebagai ‘supremacist’ dengan berkata, tiada peruntukan dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang menyokong pandangan bekas presiden Umno itu.

“Kemungkinan Najib dan Mahathir harus menunjukkan kepada rakyat Malaysia di mana adanya konsep ‘supremacist’ dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang dirangka oleh nenek moyang kita.

“Najib perlu menjelaskan bagaimana konsep 1 Malaysia beliau secocok dengan pandangan dibawa Dr Mahathir,” kata ahli Parlimen ini.

Dalam pada itu, penasihat DAP Lim Kit Siang berkata, Dr Mahathir memperlihatkan “percanggahan” memandangkan beliau bukan sahaja bertindak bertentangan dengan konsep 1 Malaysia, tetapi juga gagasan “Bangsa Malaysia” yang diperkenalkan ketika era kepimpinannya.

“Apa yang beliau katakan itu penuh dengan percanggahan... ia bercanggah dengan gagasan Bangsa Malaysia (dibawa Dr Mahathir sendiri) dan juga 1 Malaysia,” kata ahli Parlimen veteran ini.

Kata beliau, Wawasan 2020 bertujuan mewujudkan rakyat yang komited kepada negara, kesemua negara bekerja menerusi platform yang sama.

Malah pada wacana itu, Dr Mahathir berkata gagasan 1 Malaysia dan Wawasan 2020 berbeza kerana beliau mahu mewujudkan satu identiti nasional yang bersifat inklusif.

“Apabila kita cakap mengenai 1 Malaysia, orang ramai bercakap mengenai kesaksamaan bagi semua kaum. Bagi Melayu ia bermakna menghapuskan sekolah-sekolah vernakular.

“Bagi orang Cina dan India pula, 1 Malaysia bermakna menghapuskan hak orang Melayu,” kata beliau.

Married Men Are Sexier

It's true married men ARE sexier - and I've got yours in my sights:
A confession that will enrage all wives from a serial seductress

According to a new study, single women find married men much more attractive than their unattached counterparts. Here, Amanda Parkin, a 48-year-old lecturer from Bexley, Kent, reveals why she’d never fall for an unmarried man...
Seducer: Amanda would much rather be a mistress than a wife

Seducer: Amanda would much rather be a mistress than a wife

A few days before Christmas, I went on a date with my lover Peter, a 52-year-old businessman and a lovely, kind, generous man.

We enjoyed a romantic dinner and talked about our plans for Christmas over a ­bottle of wine. I was thrilled when Peter presented me with a gift: a beautiful pair of diamond earrings.

That night we curled up in bed together like any other happy couple. But the ­following morning, I woke up to an empty bed, as Peter had slipped away in the early hours to make the two-hour drive back home to help his wife wrap their children’s presents and prepare their stockings.

Meanwhile, I settled down to watch a film, perfectly ­content to spend Christmas alone.

Of course, there will be many women who will ask how I can ­possibly feel happy playing second fiddle to a wife and children on such a special day of the year — or in fact on any day of the year.

But the way I see it, being a ­mistress brings me all the benefits of a ­relationship without any of the hassle or aggravation that comes with being a nagging wife (which, let’s face it, happens to the best of us).

I love being a mistress and, as long as the wives don’t find out, I intend to stay one for as long as I enjoy it. In fact, I think more women should try it.

So I for one wasn’t surprised to hear last week about new research on ‘mate-poaching’ which says when deciding if someone is attractive, we take our cue from others. The study discovered that ­single women find married men attractive because, in being ­married, they have been given the ‘stamp of approval’ by another woman.

I’ve always found married men more attractive than their single counterparts. They’re better lovers, more attentive, more mature, and they know exactly what they want from a relationship.

Peter has been happily married for 25 years so he’s obviously doing something right. He clearly dotes on his children and his eyes light up when he talks about them. He doesn’t talk that much about his wife to me but I see in him a kind-hearted, loving man who ­provides for his family, and what’s not to like about thats?

It makes a man hugely attractive to see how much he loves his family.

But for me, it’s not just about the seal of approval from someone else. I’m approaching 50, but I’ve never felt sexier or more confident because of the attention lavished on me by my married lover.

'He doesn't talk much about his wife to me but I see in him a kind-hearted, loving man who ­provides for his family, and what's not to like about that?'

Were I to date someone single and settle down, I’d be quickly back into the humdrum tedium of a long-term relationship.

I don’t want to be the harridan at home moaning about ­taking the bins out, not having enough money to pay the bills and walking around with a face pack on.

Why should I when instead I can be the mysterious lover being treated to romantic ­dinners and expensive jewellery?

Women might hate me, but it wasn’t like I set out to become the other woman. I was brought up in a respectable middle-class household and I truly believed in the institution of ­marriage.

My own parents were devoted to one another and stayed happily married for more than 40 years until my mother’s death eight years ago.

I was just 22 when I married my first husband Edward, a printer, and like many women I genuinely thought we’d be together for ever.

But it wasn’t to be. The marriage started to crumble after a few years and, no matter how hard I tried to make it work, the spark had gone. Looking back, I think I married too young and I outgrew my husband both emotionally and mentally.

After the birth of our children James, now 23, and Sarah, 19, our sex life became stale and boring. I stopped making an effort with my appearance too and I felt ­unattractive and frumpy. Plus, if I’m honest, I no longer found Edward attractive after he ballooned to 22st.

The sex was ­regimented, his idea of foreplay was to have a shower and beckon me to bed. My stomach used to crawl and it was truly a case of lying back and thinking of England.

I wasn’t ready for a life of celibacy, so I decided to have an affair.

Some people might find this hard to understand but the first time I cheated on Edward I didn’t feel even a pang of guilt.

Somehow I’d even convinced myself that perhaps an affair could actually keep my marriage together. Perhaps if I was satisfied outside the marriage, I would have no desire to leave it?
Illicit liaisons: Amanda only dates men interested in extra-marital affairs (posed by models)

Illicit liaisons: Amanda only dates men interested in extra-marital affairs (posed by models)

The first affair was with a friend of Edward’s. It may have lasted only a few short months, but by then it was too late, the spark inside me had been spectacularly reignited.

The next was even closer to home, Edward’s older brother, Simon. It was foolish, but the feeling of being desired again was addictive. I realised then, being a mistress suited me perfectly. I knew I had to leave Edward.

Since then, married men are the ones I have targeted. They’ve all been respectable — accountants, lawyers, a paramedic — but they’ve been exciting liaisons nonetheless. Usually I meet them online, using websites that specialise in extra-marital relationships such as illicitencounters.com.

What’s fantastic about these sites is that you’re able to meet men who only want affairs, not relationships. And that suited my lifestyle more.

Without having a man to worrying about, I have plenty of free time for my children, my job and my social life, yet I still feel desirable.

People assume that affairs are just about sex, but I take time to get to know the men I date and I would never have a one-night stand.

I’m choosy and I like men to be well groomed and immaculately dressed. Most of them are perfect gentlemen and insist on paying for dinner and showering me with gifts, flowers and chocolates.

I know some women will think I’m a predator, out simply to snare their husbands, but I don’t see it that way. I have firm rules.

First, I date only men who live far away, and, second, I would never go near a friend’s husband.

As for feeling guilty about the other woman in his life, as far as I’m concerned that’s an emotion reserved only for the one who is betraying her.

I never let myself become too emotionally involved with married men. I’ll admit that I’m very fond of Peter — he’s met my children and he even attended my son’s wedding last October, telling his wife he was away on a business trip — and my family know I date only married men.

But if I felt that I was falling in love with Peter I wouldn’t hesitate to end the relationship. It’s not worth the heartache.

I’m sure there are plenty of ­mistresses out there who are ­clinging on to the hope that one day their lover will leave his wife. I’m not one of those women. I’m in control of the situation and I choose to be a mistress.

Perhaps one day I will long to settle down, but at the moment I have no desire for the compromise that comes with a long-term relationship.

For now, I’m perfectly ­content and my friends and family are accepting. It’s a simple, uncomplicated ­existence and that’s the way I’d like it to stay.

That survey was right, why would I have a single man when I can have someone else’s husband? My set-up may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it works for me

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1346590/Married-men-sexier-A-serial-seductress-confesses-all.html#ixzz1CoMBjeru

Rais Berjaya Halang Sharpshooter

KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Feb — Mahkamah Tinggi membenarkan injunksi kepada Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim bagi menghalang blogger Amizudin Ahmat daripada terus menerbitkan dakwaan bahawa menteri itu telah merogol seorang pembantu rumahnya dari Indonesia.

Hakim Zabariah Mohd Yusof hari ini membenarkan permohonan ex-parte untuk menghalang Amizudin daripada menerbitkan perkataan-perkataan berunsur fitnah terhadap Menteri Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan itu menerusi blognya, sharpshooterblogger.blogspot.com.

Hakim menetapkan 11 Februari ini untuk sebutan semula kes dan afidavit difailkan oleh kedua-dua pihak sebelum kes itu didengar pada 22 Februari.

Dalam permohonannya, Rais berkata perkataan-perkataan yang digunakan dalam artikel blog itu menunjukkan beliau merogol pembantu rumah dan seolah-olah beliau boleh membunuhnya.

Awal bulan lalu, laporan portal berita detik.com menyebut pembantu rumah berkenaan menafikan dakwaan tersebut.

Dalam pernyataan bertulis yang ditandatanganinya, pembantu rumah itu menegaskan tidak pernah terjadi cubaan gangguan seksual oleh majikannya selama beliau bekerja di Malaysia.

“Saya bekerja selama lapan tahun di rumah Datuk (Rais). Selama itu baik-baik saja, tidak pernah ada permasalahan, apalagi terkait perlakuan kasar serta tidak senonoh terhadap saya,” katanya dalam kenyataan itu.

Beberapa hari sebelum itu, Rais menafikan dakwaan kononnya beliau terlibat dalam satu kes jenayah memperkosa pada 2007 dan semua dakwaan lain yang dilemparkan oleh penulis blog di Internet dan parti pembangkang terhadapnya.

“Saya menafikan sebarang alegasi tersebut sama ada yang berkaitan alegasi memperkosa mana-mana individu empat tahun dahulu atau lain-lain dakwaan yang dicetuskan penulis liar blog di internet atau mana-mana entiti politik,” katanya.

Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak juga mempertikaikan mengapa perkara tersebut ditimbulkan sekarang.

Penafian Rais muncul beberapa minggu selepas dakwaan itu dilaporkan dibawa oleh pendedahan WikiLeaks.

Bagaimanapun tiada dokumen berkaitan diperoleh di laman web WikiLeaks.

Rais memfailkan kes terhadap Amizudin pada 31 Januari lalu dengan mendakwa blogger itu menerbitkan atau menyebabkan penerbitan artikel berunsur fitnah di bawah tajuk “Hei Pak Menteri . . . mana mau lari . . .” pada 28 Disember lalu.

Dalam kenyataan tuntutan, Rais berkata tulisan bersama gambarnya dipaparkan dengan ketara dan mempunyai perkataan-perkataan yang memfitnah beliau.

Malah tulisan blog itu juga menunjukkan beliau seorang individu yang berkuasa mengambil kesempatan ke atas pekerja-pekerja, seorang suami yang tidak setia dan pemimpin tidak bermoral.

Kata beliau, artikel fitnah itu disiarkan tanpa terlebih dahulu mengambil langkah untuk memeriksa fakta dengannya.

PAS Tidak Akan Kerjasama Dengan Umno: Khalid Samad

Ahli parlimen PAS Shah Alam Khalid Samad berkata parti Islam itu lebih suka bekerjasama dengan kumpulan 'berakhlak mulia' dalam DAP dan PKR berbanding golongan Islam dalam Umno.

“Umno ajak PAS kerjasama kerana kedua-duanya parti Melayu macam orang Melayu Islam yang ajak kita pergi pub untuk minum bir.

orange book forum klscah 250111 khalid samad"Tapi ada pula orang bukan Melayu bukan Islam ajak kita pergi kedai mamak minum teh tarik," katanya dalam satu majlis ceramah anjuran PKR di Petaling Jaya malam tadi.

Khalid mendakwa, perbandingan itu dibuat berdasarkan realiti terhadap tindakan Umno sepanjang pentadbiran selama 53 tahun di Malaysa, termasuk rasuah dan salah guna kuasa.

"Jadi kita patut ikut Umno atau ikut orang yang ajak kita minum teh tarik?," soalnya yang disambut dengan jawapan "teh tarik" oleh kira-kira 1,000 yang hadir di ceramah berkenaan.

Tambahnya, tindakan yang ditunjukkan PKR dan DAP juga lebih selari dengan nilai-nilai Islam yang didukung PAS.

"PAS tidak akan bekerjasama dengan Umno sekalipun dijemput oleh (Yang Di-Pertuan) Agong," tegasnya.

Khalid mewakili PAS dalam siri pertama Jelajah Pimpinan Keadilan yang bermula malam tadi di Taman Sri Manja, Petaling Jaya.

Program itu dilihat sebagai usaha PKR untuk memulihkan imejnya yang tercalar, kesan daripada pemilihan langsung yang dijalankan parti itu November lalu,

Ceramah berkenaan dianjurkan PKR cabang Lembah Pantai.