Dr M: Don't repeat my 'mistake'
Jul 26, 08 5:51pm
Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged Umno members not to repeat his ‘mistake’ in backing Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to be prime minister.
MCPX“I admit I wronged in choosing Abdullah as my successor. Now I regret because I didn’t think that ‘Mr Clean’ would not be that clean.“I believe that Umno members and leaders at all levels who are angry with me (for anointing Abdullah) surely does not want to make the same mistake,” said Mahathir. The former premier said this in his post on his blog - chedet.com - yesterday, which was aimed at urging Umno members at divisional levels not to nominate Abdullah as Umno president. Despite dissatisfaction within Umno on his leadership, Abdullah has announced that he would defend his party presidency during party polls in December. Explaining how Abdullah was hand-picked as his successor, Mahathir said that he was influenced by people who called the former 'Mr Clean'.No one asked Pak Lah to stayMahathir added that Abdullah was also older than Najib Abdul Razak and no one objected to the succession plan at that time. “(Following this) the Umno general assembly officiated (my choice) of Abdullah as deputy party president during the party elections. “Thus, I assumed that the succession plan to Abdullah was not something that was not wanted by Umno. No one objected,” added Mahathir. However, he notes that when Abdullah announced that he would step down as prime minister in 2010, it was well-received by all - Malays and non-Malays alike. “No one pleaded for him to stay on. It is clear that everyone wanted him to step down,” he said.‘Blame yourself’Mahathir argued that the 2010 time frame was too long and Abdullah should be made to resign immediately in order for Umno and Barisan Nasional to invigorate itself. “If the divisions and branches allow Abdullah to continue as party president, the blame would be on Umno members.
"They would be held responsible for the destruction of Umno and the disaster that will strike the Malays and Malaysia. Component parties would also be destroyed,” he said. Mahathir, who quit Umno in protest of Abdullah’s leadership, has been going on a campaign to unseat Abdullah who he blames for Barisan’s electoral setbacks in March.He has previously backed Najib for the post of Umno president and recently hinted that current Umno vice-president Muhyiddin Yassin was better candidate.
sorce by malaysiakini.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Karpal's view on US
We criticise US, they too can critcise us: Karpal
Ahti Veeranggan Jul 26, 08 6:08pm
If one is ever ready to criticise others on their application of rule of law, one should be prepared to accept similar criticisms against its own system, Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh said today.
MCPXIn a statement, the DAP veteran ticked the government off for rejecting Washington's concern on the application of rule of law in PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy charges.“As such Washington's call for fair and just investigation on Anwar's case was necessary and understandable.“Instead, as sovereign nation, Malaysia should make every effort to be consistent in ensuring justice via application of universal rule of law,” he said.Yesterday, Foreign Minister Rais Yatim demanded that the United States stop “interfering” in an investigation into sodomy allegations against Anwar lodged by a former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.He was responding to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice statement on Thursday urging Malaysia to ensure a “transparent” investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations against Anwar.Karpal said the Putrajaya administration should not accuse the US of meddling in the country's internal affairs when Malaysia itself was guilty of doing the same on Washington in many instances.
Not meddling in internal affairsHe cited the government's criticisms against the US on its application of the rule of law on its own citizens, especially on the high-handed action by law enforcers against blacks, and the treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay as fine examples of interference.He also noted that the Malaysian government under former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad was among the first government to criticise the treatment of Bosnian Muslims by the Serbs in 1990s.“In a world of rapid globalisation, any country which criticises another on application of the rule of law cannot be deemed as meddling into the domestic affairs of the country.“No country can deem itself as immune from criticism when the rule of law was defied and, rendered ineffective and impotent,” he stated.“Therefore Malaysia should not suffer from a phobia over criticism by the US in regards to Anwar's case,” he added.In light of the growing criticisms from abroad condemning the apparent high handedness in the way Anwar was arrested from his house last week, Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar recently briefed more than 90 envoys on this issue.Karpal deemed the government’s move as “Putrajaya's lack of confidence in our very own legal system.”“The government need not be apologetic by ensuring envoys that Anwar would be given a fair trial,” he said.He said the government should not have briefed envoys if it was confident that Malaysia legal system upholds the rule of law and was beyond reproach.
source by malaysiakini
Ahti Veeranggan Jul 26, 08 6:08pm
If one is ever ready to criticise others on their application of rule of law, one should be prepared to accept similar criticisms against its own system, Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh said today.
MCPXIn a statement, the DAP veteran ticked the government off for rejecting Washington's concern on the application of rule of law in PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy charges.“As such Washington's call for fair and just investigation on Anwar's case was necessary and understandable.“Instead, as sovereign nation, Malaysia should make every effort to be consistent in ensuring justice via application of universal rule of law,” he said.Yesterday, Foreign Minister Rais Yatim demanded that the United States stop “interfering” in an investigation into sodomy allegations against Anwar lodged by a former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.He was responding to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice statement on Thursday urging Malaysia to ensure a “transparent” investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations against Anwar.Karpal said the Putrajaya administration should not accuse the US of meddling in the country's internal affairs when Malaysia itself was guilty of doing the same on Washington in many instances.
Not meddling in internal affairsHe cited the government's criticisms against the US on its application of the rule of law on its own citizens, especially on the high-handed action by law enforcers against blacks, and the treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay as fine examples of interference.He also noted that the Malaysian government under former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad was among the first government to criticise the treatment of Bosnian Muslims by the Serbs in 1990s.“In a world of rapid globalisation, any country which criticises another on application of the rule of law cannot be deemed as meddling into the domestic affairs of the country.“No country can deem itself as immune from criticism when the rule of law was defied and, rendered ineffective and impotent,” he stated.“Therefore Malaysia should not suffer from a phobia over criticism by the US in regards to Anwar's case,” he added.In light of the growing criticisms from abroad condemning the apparent high handedness in the way Anwar was arrested from his house last week, Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar recently briefed more than 90 envoys on this issue.Karpal deemed the government’s move as “Putrajaya's lack of confidence in our very own legal system.”“The government need not be apologetic by ensuring envoys that Anwar would be given a fair trial,” he said.He said the government should not have briefed envoys if it was confident that Malaysia legal system upholds the rule of law and was beyond reproach.
source by malaysiakini
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