Penarik Beca dan Blogger Anti Kerajaan Perpaduan Akan Di Tangkap?

Blogger Penarik Beca atau Bakaq Haq hari ini menerima panggilan telefon dari Bukit Aman memintanya hadir ke Ibupejabat Polis tersebut. Tiada alasan yang diberikan tetapi beliau diminta hadir bersama,

• Isterinya
• Seorang anaknya
• Nombor Telefon Tuan Rumahnya
• Bil Streamyxnya

Setahun yang lalu blogger tersebut yang juga pengkritik hebat Timbalan Presiden PAS dan gagasan Muzakarah dan Kerajaan Perpaduan pernah ditangkap dan direman selama 4 hari oleh Pasukan Siasatan Jenayah Perdagangan Bukit Aman bagi membantu siasatan atas kes mengubah logo PDRM.

Bagaimanapun beliau kemudian dibebaskan dan tiada tindakan susulan kepada beliau mahupun blogger lain yang menyiarkan logo tersebut.

Waktu itu, blogger Bakaq Haq hebat mengkritik segelintir pihak didalam PAS yang bertemu secara sulit dengan Perdana Menteri ketika itu. Bakaq juga adalah blogger pertama yang mendedahkan isu pertemuan dalam gelap di Jalan Bellamy.

Selang sebulan selepas itu, saya pula ditangkap atas tuduhan menghasut rakyat Malaysia menerbalikkan bendera Malaysia. Kebetulan, artikel terakhir saya sebelum ditangkap ialah berhubung kenyataan Tuan Guru Nik Aziz yang tidak dibenar siarannya di Harakah oleh Mustapha Ali.

Selepas Muktamar PAS awal Jun lalu, saya telah memberitahu Bakaq bahawa saya terdengar-dengar akan berlaku penangkapan semula bakaq, saya dan beberapa orang blogger lain.

Hari ini Bakaq menghubungi saya dan dengan nada geram berkata, “betullah hang habaq, depa dah panggil aku dah!”.

Kelantan Very Own SRI-Organic Paddy Field

Sunset at the Paddy Field

It is a location worth shooting a movie. A damn romantic movie about love. An anti-establishment guy living in his world of organic living and a goddess trying to snatch him away. At the end of the day, the serenity of the paddy field, with all the lives surrounding it just lock the heart of the girl there and after all that they have gone through together, they live happily ever after.

I am talking about 20 acres of SRI-Organic Paddy Field in Tunjong, Kota Bharu developed under the Salor Care Foundation.

SRI

SRI or The System of Rice Intensification was developed in Madagascar and popularised in the 1980s by Henri de Laulanié, a French Jesuit priest. Developed quite experimentally and inductively, SRI is not a standardised technological method. More importantly, it is a methodology for comprehensively managing resources— changing the way land, seeds, water, nutrients and human labour are used. SRI is an amalgamation of multiple beneficial practices that Father de Laulanié observed. It involves, 

• Preparing high-quality land
• Developing nutrient-rich and un-flooded nurseries
• Using young seedlings for early transplantation
• Transplanting the seedlings singly
• Ensuring wider spacing between seedlings
• Preferring compost or farmyard manure to
• synthetic fertilisers
• Managing water carefully so that the plants’ root zones moisten, but are not continuously saturated
• Weeding frequently 

Land preparation: The required moisture level has to be maintained uniformly. For best results, SRI requires careful ploughing, puddling, levelling and raking, with drainage facilitated by 30 cm wide channels at two-meter intervals across the field. 

Nurseries: The seedbeds have to be nutrient-rich and established as close to the main field as possible. This will enable quicker and easier transportation between the nurseries and the fields, minimizing both transport time and costs so that the seedlings are efficiently transplanted. No chemicals are applied to the seedbeds. 

Transplanting: This has to take place when the seedlings are just 8 to 12 days old, soon after they have two leaves, and at least before the 15^th day after sowing. The seedlings must be transplanted with their roots intact, while the seed sac is still attached. They must not be plunged too deep into the soil, but placed on the ground at the appropriate point on the planting grid. Transplanting should be at 1-2 cm depth at the most. Transplanting should be done quickly, after gently removing seedlings from the nursery bed. The roots should not dry out. Care should be taken to avoid causing trauma to the roots. 

Spacing: The seedlings should be planted at precise spacing, usually 25 X 25 cm, about 16 plants per square meter. Rice plant roots and canopies grow better if spaced widely, rather than densely. This exposes each plant to more sunlight, air and soil nutrients, and allows easier access for weeding. 

Soil nutrients: It is better to use organic nutrients, as they are better at promoting the abundance and diversity of microorganisms, starting with beneficial bacteria and fungi in the soil. This will promote proper microbial activity, thereby improving production. Under SRI method, even farmers who do not have access to organic manure may use less chemical fertilisers. 

Home-made organic Fertiliser

Watering: SRI requires the root zone to be kept moist, not submerged. Water applications can be intermittent, leaving plant roots with sufficiency, rather than surfeit, of water. Such management encourages more extensive, healthy root systems, and avoids root degeneration. More intensive management involves daily application of small amounts of water on a levelled if field. Farmers can decide for themselves which system is feasible for them and most beneficial for their crop, given soil biota. Reliable and precise irrigation service delivery is important — especially in the early growth period. Once the roots are well established, irrigation can be halted for three to six days at a time to encourage downward root growth. Some drying out of the soil is beneficial for the roots and soil organisms. SRI uses much less water than conventional methods of rice cultivation. 

Weeding: Since there is no standing water and no continuous submergence of rice plants under SRI, weeds tend to proliferate, requiring careful and frequent weeding. The first weeding has to be done within 10 to 12 days of transplantation, and further weedings maybe required at intervals of 10-12 days. Weeding must continue until the crop has grown to such level that the canopy obviates weeding. 

Pak Aep with his organic insectiside

Cost-effective in Every Way

The System of Rice Intensification improves yields with less water, less seed, and less chemical inputs than most conventional methods of rice cultivation. This means that the returns on inputs are higher, making the method potentially more profitable than most of the traditional methods. Initially it does require significantly more labour – mainly for preparing land and weeding. Most SRI farmers have found that as they get to know the methods better and gain confidence in them, their pace of work speeds up, and SRI actually becomes labour saving. SRI could contribute to job creation in rural areas. It is a different matter that SRI is becoming popular more for the obvious overall productivity gains in land, labour, water and capital. 

Higher Yields

SRI improves the productivity of land, labour, water and capital used in rice cultivation. Implementation of SRI has helped improve the yield of local varieties by between 6 and 8 tonnes per hectare. With improved management, hybrid varieties have yielded between 10 and 12 tonnes per hectare under SRI. Often a 20 to 40% increase in yield compared to that under conventional methods is observed in SRI. However, the actual yield increases depend on how well farmers practice SRI. 

Tunjong SRI-Organic Paddy Field

The  paddy field is under the supervision of Mr. Aep Saipudin, an expert in SRI-Organic farming from Indonesia. Its Patron is Hj. Husam Musa, the State Assemblyman for Salor. 

At this Paddy Field utilising organic material is a priority. Water to irrigate the farm is treated organically using plants and effective microorganisms. This is important to ensure no chemical residue from fertiliser and pesticide wash into the paddy field. 

No synthetic material is use. Fertiliser is develop at the field using goats manure, domestic kitchen waste, grass and other materials found at the paddy field itself. Same goes for the insecticide. A recipe consisting of local herbs, garlic and galangal are used. 

Without the usage of chemicals, the soil and water are rich with bacteria, insects, fish and microorganism. 

For further information on the SRI-Organic Paddy Field, please contact Mr. Nuri or Mr Kamarulzaman at 09 701 1604. Practical training and workshop on SRI-Organic Paddy Farming is also available to those who are interested to learn about this excellent venture. 

To view more photos on of Tunjong SRI-Organic Paddy Field please click here.

Kelantan Launched First State’s Tourism, Culture and Heritage Magazine

On the 3^rd of June, Kelantan MB, Tok Guru Nik Aziz launched the first edition of Gateway Kelantan, a state’s official Tourism, Culture and Heritage Magazine.

Accompanied by two State Executive Councillor, YB. Dato’ Takiyuddin Hassan and YB. Dato’ Mohd Amar, Tok Guru did not try to hide how proud he is after flipping through few pages of the colourful magazine.

Meanwhile, last Saturday, State Exco and Chairman for The Local Government, Tourism and Culture Committee, Dato’ Takiyuddin Hassan took the streets of KB accompanied by Ahmad Shukeri Ismail, Manager for Kelantan Tourist Information Centre and Azman Mohd Daham, Public Relations Director of Kota Bharu Municipal Council (MPKB-BRI) to distribute one thousand copies of Kelantan Gateway to domestic and foreign tourist around the busy streets of the old town Kota Bharu.

Your free copy Sir! Delivered by the Exco himself.

Because of your visit, I get to keep my job, so this is a simple give from me… said the Kelantan TIC Chief.

“Don’t worry about the Parking Summonses, just follow the map inside to pay it, or you can always settle it during your next visit”, said the MPKB PR director.

Takiyuddin later hosted about 150 guests inclusive of foreign tourist, recreational and tourism writers and editors and local press corps at the famous Hover Restaurant. Hover is popular for it’s delicious local version of Nasi Sumatera.

Head of Entourage from Libur, Haji Hussin The Towkey and Takiyuddin

Where’s the rice? Well let just shoot the bugger!

Nasi on the way Mike!

Kelantan Tourist Information Centre publishes Kelantan Gateway quarterly. 10,000 free copies are distributed at each entry point to the state inclusive 3 immigration centres and also at the Sultan Ismail Airport. Malaysia Airport Berhad also helps distributes Kelantan Gateway at selected International Airports in Malaysia. You can also get your free copy of Kelantan Gateway on  FireFly and Air Asia flight.

For those who wish to download soft copy of Kelantan gateway please visit the Kelantan Tourist Information Centre website at www.tic.kelantan.gov.my.

The Kelantan Gateway team are, Takiyuddin Hassan as Chairman, Ahmad Shukeri Ismail (Kelantan TIC) as Editor-in-Chief, Bariah Ishak (ex Media Prima Senior Producer) as Deputy Editor.

Editorial Members are Mohd Najib Badruddin (Kelantan Palace Official Media Head), Azman Mohd Daham (MPKB), YM. Engku Azman Engku Yussof (State Museum), Mohd, Adilan Mat Jusoh (State SEDC), YM. Raja Rusmin Raja Mahmood (Grand Riverview Hotel) and Mr. Mohd Nasir Hassan (ex Berita Harian Bureau Chief). Not forgotten, yours truly as Creative Director and Senior Photographer.

Good day for business.

Syabas Muhyiddin, Nik Aziz Pasti Setuju

Untuk gambar banner di sekitar Parlimen Bachok, sila ke sini.

Bila pemimpin bijak berunding, perundingan tidak perlu berlaku menerusi perjumpaan dalam gelap. Bila pemimpin pintar berunding, perundingan tidak perlu berbentuk dua hala. Bila pemimpin hebat berunding, tiada siapa pun menyangka dia sedang berunding.

Tetapi, semua akan terkejut dengan keputusannya. Pantas dan tepat seperti dimahukan.

Muhyiddin hari ini telah membuka laluan seluas-luasnya buat PAS untuk berunding dengan UMNO. Ramai terkejut dan merasakan ianya adalah satu perangkap atau satu petanda betapa desperadonya UMNO. Tetapi semua silap.

Ini adalah petanda betapa jujur dan seriusnya UMNO mahu berunding dengan PAS.

Timbalan Presiden UMNO hari ini berkata,

“We will not impose any conditions and we accept whatever terms set by PAS. As far as I’m concerned, we have to be open,”(di sini)

Muhyiddin mengajak pemimpin, ahli dan penyokong PAS lupakan yang lalu, let bygones be bygones katanya. Muhyiddin dengan ikhlas bersetuju untuk UMNO tidak meletakkan sebarang syarat tetapi sebaliknya bersedia menerima sebarang syarat dari PAS supaya rundingan ini berjaya.

Syukur kepada yang Maha Kuasa, akhirnya dianugerahkan kepada UMNO seorang messiah yang akan membuka pintu kebenaran buat UMNO.

Keikhlasan Muhyiddin pasti bersambut, kecil tapak tangan, nyiru kami tadahkan.

Memandangkan Muhyiddin bersedia menerima sebarang syarat, saya mencadangkan kepada Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz untuk mengusulkan syarat-syarat berikut sebelum rundingan bermula.

• Presiden UMNO dan Perdana Menteri Malaysia harus mengambil cuti dan serahkan kedua-dua jawatan tersebut kepada Muhyiddin Yassin sebagai Pemangku sepanjang tempoh perundingan.
• Suruhanjaya DiRaja perlu ditubuhkan segera menyiasat kes pembunuhan Altantunya dan mencari segala jawapan yang tidak terjawab didalam perbicaraan di Mahkamah dengan tujuan membersihkan nama Najib Razak buat selamanya. Sesiapa yang didapati bersubahat didalam kes ini harus didakwa segera.
• UMNO dan BN harus mengundurkan jenteranya dari Manek Urai segera dan bukan sahaja tidak bertanding tetapi tidak akan meletakkan calon-calon bebas di situ. PAS wajib diberi kemenangan tanda bertanding.
• Muhyiddin Yassin terus mengetuai perundingan bagi pihak BN sehingga nama Najib dibersihkan.
• Kedua-dua parti, UMNO dan PAS perlu memanggil EGM segera bagi mendapatkan mandat perundingan.

Dengan persetujuan UMNO menerima syarat tersebut, rundingan boleh dimulakan segera.

Berikut adalah saranan intipati rundingan.

• UMNO dan PAS hendaklah dibubarkan.
• Sebuah parti baru ditubuhkan yang menggabungkan ahli kedua-dua parti tersebut. Ini supaya parti yang lebih besar tidak menekan parti yang lebih kecil untuk tujuan politik.
• Parti baru hendaklah mengangkat Al Quran dan Hadith sebagai pedoman dan intisari perlembagaannya.
• Parti baru hendaklah ditadbir berlandaskan pertadbiran yang Islamik dari segenak aspek.
• Parti baru hendaklah diterajui berdasarkan konsep kepimpinan Ulama iaitu, ianya dikawal oleh sebuah Majlis Perundingan Ulama-ulama tertinggi di dalam parti tersebut. Ini tentu tidak menjadi masalah kepada ahli-ahli dan pemimpin UMNO kerana beberapa bulan kebelakangan ini mereka berpegang teguh kepada Ulama memimpin parti.
• Parti baru perlu komitted untuk menjaga kebajikan dan mempertahankan kebebasan mereka yang bukan Islam dan bukan Melayu.
• Parti baru hendaklah komitted mempertahankan pengagihan kekayaan negara secara adil kepada semua rakyat Malaysia tanpa mengira agama dan bangsa keturunan.
• Barisan pimpinan parti hendaklah di pilih terus menerusi pengundian oleh ahli-ahli dengan menghapuskan kuasa perwakilan bagi memastikan segala elemen yang memakmurkan politik wang dalam UMNO dahulu tidak merebak ke parti baru.

Selamat bersatu umat Melayu dan selamat melangkah sebagai ummah.

ADIOS Amigo – Tok Guru To Nash

Tok Guru Nik Aziz, Pesuruhjaya PAS Kelantan hari ini menggesa Ahli Parlimen PAS Bachok supaya tinggalkan PAS dan sertai UMNO.

Ahli Parlimen PAS Bachok, ialah Nasharuddin Mat Isa yang juga TImbalan Presiden PAS.

Berikut adalah laporan The Star,

Join Umno


In KOTA BARU, PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat told Nasharuddin to quit the party and join Umno if he was so interested in unity with the Barisan Nasional party.

He should also relinquish his seat as Bachok Member of Parliament, where he was elected under the PAS ticket in last March’s general election, Nik Aziz said.

“He is causing a lot of problems in PAS with all this rubbish talk about the unity government with Umno.

“It has never been on the agenda for PAS nor Pakatan Rakyat, and this is just his personal opinion and not a stand of the party,” he told reporters after chairing the weekly state executive committee meeting at Kota Darul Naim Wedsnesday.

Reiterating his allegations that those in PAS behind the unity talks were merely “puppets of Umno,” he described what Nasharuddin was doing as “immoral.”

Selepas Racun Lipas, Najib Sedia Sapukan Gam Tikus

Dua malam lepas, bapa saudara saya yang tinggal di kampung Tikat dekat Penambang meninggal dunia. Sewaktu menziarahinya, kenangan semasa kecil menyentuh hati saya. Di situlah saya belajar turun ke sawah padi dan terjun ke dalam sungai. 

Kampung Tikat, tak lebih 10 kilometer dari pusat bandar adalah sebuah daripada kampung yang paling mundur di Kelantan satu ketika dulu iaitu sejak BN merampas semula Kelantan daripada PAS setelah PAS diusir dari BN. 

Sepupu-sepupu saya yang tamat persekolahan semuanya gagal mendapat pekerjaan dalam perkhidmatan awam. Mohon untuk menjadi rekrut tentera pun tidak dapat kerana alamat rumah mereka di Kampung Tikat. 

Penduduk kampung Tikat di diskriminasikan oleh Kerajaan Barisan Nasional sama ada dari segi pembangunan, pembahagian baja, biasiswa dan jawatan di dalam perkhidmatan awam. Nasib penduduk di situ sama seperti beberapa kampung lain kerana penduduk di situ secara bulat mengundi PAS di dalam pilihanraya negeri 1977. 

PAS tewas teruk dan hanya mampu memenangi 2 kerusi DUN setelah berlaku perpecahan di dalam parti itu yang berpunca dari penyertaannya ke dalam BN pada tahun 1971. 

Di dalam pilihanraya pertama setelah 13 Mei 1969, iaitu pada tahun 1974 menyaksikan PAS bertanding di atas label BN dan menentang beberapa pemimpin mereka yang keluar parti dan menamakan diri mereka Bebas Bersatu. 

Setelah memenangi Kelantan di atas label BN, PAS hilang kuasa didalam menamakan calon mereka sebagai Menteri Besar sebaliknya keputusan itu dibuat oleh pemimpin UMNO. Akibatknya Mohd Nasir dari PAS di angkat menjadi MB walaupun dia bukan pilihan PAS. Akibatnya berlaku undi tidak percaya kepada Mohd Nasir dan dia ditumbangkan pada tahun 1977. 

UMNO kemudiannya mengusir PAS keluar dari BN. PAS yang masih mempunyai majoriti di dalam Dewan Negeri Kelantan memohon perkenan Pemangku Sultan Kelantan supaya dilantik Menteri Besar baru dari nama yang dicadangkan oleh PAS. Istana Kelantan bagaimanapun memilih untuk membubarkan Dewan Undangan Negeri Kelantan dan ini membangkitkan kemarahan rakyat. 

Akibat dari rentetan insiden yang berlaku, Ibrahim Ali dan beberapa pemimpin UMNO telah mengapi-apikan keadaan sehingga berlaku rusuhan. Akibatnya, Parlimen mengisytiharkan Kelantan diperintah di bawah akta Dharurat. 

Sepupu-sepupu saya ketika dibesarkan oleh ayah mereka menerusi pendapatan dari bergatih beca. Usaha mereka untuk membantu ayah mereka dengan berkerja di dalam perkhidmatan awam atau tentera tidak tercapai kerana diskriminasi politik. 

Akhirnya, sepupu perempuan saya yang juga anak yang sulung dikahwinkan dengan seorang pekerja di Restoran Nasi Sumatera Osman Laring. Selepas Osman Laring meninggal, si suami membuka kedai makan sendiri. Adiknya yang gagal mendapatkan perkerjaan ataupun melanjutkan pelajaran walaupun lulus MCE akhirnya menjadi tukang basuh pinggan di restoran abang iparnya. 

Bagaimanapun, dua hari lepas di saat ayah kesayangan mereka menghembuskan nafas terakhir, 4 dari sepupu saya tidak dapat berada disini ayah mereka kerana mereka kini memiliki rangkaian kedai Nasi Ayam Kampung di sekitar Lembah Kelang. 

Kalau dahulu mereka dilahirkan di sebuah pondok kayu usang, saat ayahnya meninggalkan  mereka, rumah itu sudah berganti banglow batu sederhana. Kalau dahulu ayah mereka hidup tertekan dan mereka mengharapkan derma dan sumbangan, kini mereka adalah antara penderma utama termasuk sumbangan politik kepada PAS. 

Saya menggelarkan mereka orang kaya Nasi Ayam Kampung. Tetapi mereka tidak pernah berubah. Mereka terus setia kepada resam hidup mereka sewaktu miskin dahulu dan mereka terus setia bersama parti politik yang mengajar mereka ilmu dunia dan akhirat. 

Nasharuddin Mat Isa, Timbalan Presiden PAS tidak berasal dari Kelantan. Dia juga tidak berasal dari Kedah. Tetapi hari ini, tentu sekali dia adalah manusia paling gembila mendengar kenyataan Perdana Menteri Malaysia dan Presiden UMNO. 

Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak, hari ini mengakui keiklhasan PAS di dalam mengesyorkan Kerajaan Perpaduan bersama UMNO. Kenyataan Najib hari ini seharusnya di baca begini, 

“Keikhlasan kerjasama Nasharuddin Mat Isa dan Leftenan Jeneral Wan Abu Bakar untuk melupakan usaha mempertahankan kepimpinan Pak Lah dan kini berusaha mengembalikan legasi Tun Abdul Razak di terima Najib”. 

Setelah sekian lama bermain secara rali di mana bulu tangkis dipukul ke sana ke mari di kedua-dua belah gelanggang tanpa maklamat yang jelas, akhirnya Najib memberikan bola tanggung. 

Nasharuddin yang sudah lama menantikan peluang itu akhirnya menerkam untuk smash. Nasharuddin segera menjawab kepada media, “terima kasih atas kesudian Najib berbincang pelbagai isu yang dihadapi negara tetapi berkata PAS tidak akan jadi boneka kerajaan”. 

Pertama kali dilihat seolah-olah Najib dengan Nasha bercakap macam itik dengan ayam. Apakah mereka sebenarnya bermain badminton di gelanggang berlainan? 

Berikut adalah laporan The Star, 

When asked if he thought PAS was sincere about the talks, Najib said: ”I sense that they are sincere.” 

Pressed further whether he was confident that such talks would transpire, he said : “Ini baru titik permulaan. Kita kena risik dulu lah. Macam kita nak kahwin. Risik-risik dulu. Jadi, jadilah, takdir menentukan. Apa bentuk kita tak tahu. (This is just the starting point. We have to make inquiries first. It’s like when we want to get married. We make inquiries first. If happens, it happens, let fate decide. What form (of unity government) we do not know.” 

“We have an open mind. We will see what sort of cooperation is suitable and after that we can discuss. There is no problem to it,” he said. 

In an immediate response, PAS deputy president Nasharudin Mat Isa welcomed Najib’s willingness to talk on issues affecting the country. 

However, he stressed that PAS would not be the Government’s puppet. 

Memang jelas bahawa PAS tidak akan menjadi boneka UMNO. Yang jelas akan menjadi bahkan sudah lama menjadi boneka UMNO ialah Nasharuddin Mat Isa, begitu juga Mustaffa Ali, Harun Din, Hassan Ali dan kawan-kawan mereka dari Terengganu. 

Apabila datang ke Kelantan minggu lepas ternyata Nasha lebih selesa diselimuti hawa dari penghawa dingin di hotel paling hebat di Kota Bharu daripada dibakar bahang melawat kawasan parlimennya di Bachok. 

Mengapa tidaknya, di serata persimpangan jalan ke Kota Bharu, bahkan di pintu masuk utama ke Kompleks Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan, terpampang jelas banner-banner yang menyokong Tuan Guru Nik Aziz di dalam usaha menentang gagasan Kerajaan Perpaduan bersama BN. 

Kalau dibandingkan diantara sepupu-sepupu saya dan Nasharuddin Mat Isa, saya yakin sepupu-sepupu saya turut berada. Tetapi mereka tidak memilih untuk hidup di dalam ‘Gated Community” di dalam kawasan esklusif yang hanya menempatkan 30 buah banglow sahaja seperti Timbalan Presiden PAS. 

Mereka juga tidak pernah mengumpul kekayaan dengan memohon projek dari Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan seperti Nasharuddin Mat Isa. Apalagi mengaut untung atas angin menerusi projek perumahan rakyat? 

Mungkin sebab itulah, sepupu-sepupu saya tidak perlu berbaik dengan UMNO dan bercerita pasal agenda Melayu. Kejayaan mereka bukan kerana UMNO dan bukan melaui MARA. Sebagai warganegara Malaysia, sepupu saya menjunjung Rukun Negara yang pertama iaitu Kepercayaan Kepada Tuhan. 

Sepanjang hidup mereka, mereka berserah kepada Yang Maha Kuasa dan mereka buktikan bahawa untuk orang Melayu berjaya, orang Melayu tidak perlu berserah kepada UMNO. 

Nasharuddin Mat Isa sebagai pemimpin kanan gerakan Islam, seharusnya belajar dari penderitaan sepupu saya. Allah lebih berkuasa daripada UMNO Barisan Nasional.

Cik Lee and Nik

Tok Guru called him Cik Lee and he called Tok Guru, as Nik. Cik Lee told Nik, this is his first visit to Kelantan. Nik told Cik Lee, he respected Singapore for its stands against corruption and its cleanliness. It is Islamic!

Updated

Cik Lee and Nik spent almost 75 minutes in a closed-door meeting at the MB’s office in Kota Darul Naim.

Republic of Singapore Education Minister and Finance Minister accompany Cik Lee. During the greeting session when the media corps where allowed inside, Cik Lee chats with Nik in Malay Language.

Later, after lunch, State Exco for Economic Planning, Finance and Welfare, Husam Musa and Cik Lee held a private discussion in a hotel here in KB. Afterwards Cik Lee and his entourage went for sightseeing in Kota Bharu under very minimal security.

Cik Lee is schedule to leave for Kuantan later tonight.

Bila PAS Tertelan Racun Lipas UMNO

bila anda mendengar ada di antara pemimpin-pemimpin PAS berkata, “kita akan terus berunding dengan UMNO dan akan terus bersama Pakatan”, fikirlah masak-masak dan ingatlah kalimah ‘Boneka UMNO’ yang disebut oleh Tuan Guru Nik Aziz yang amat-amat kita sayangi itu

Nik Aziz, di hina oleh Timbalan Presiden PAS, lebih dasyhat dari penghinaan oleh mana-mana musuh politiknya.

Bukankah saya sudah dedahkan di blog ini bahawa PAS akan dibawa menyertai Barisan Nasional pada bulan Jun 2009? Bukankah ramai yang terkejut dan ramai juga yang memaki hamun saya dengan pelbagai bahasa yang indah-indah. Dan bukankah ramai sudah terlupa apa yang saya tuliskan itu.

Saya bukan Nujum Pak Belalang, saya bukan kaki temberang. Tetapi apa yang jelas ialah, pada penghujung April 2009 yang lalu, pemimpin-pemimpin sebuah parti komponen Barisan Nasional (bukan UMNO) telah di dalam beberapa sessi bertemu akar umbi memberitahu bahawa PAS akan dibawa menyertai BN pada bulan Jun 2009.

Khabarnya pada hari ini, 3 dari setiap 4 ahli parti itu mahu parti komponen tersebut segera tinggalkan BN. Parti tersebut lebih rela bersama musuh tradisinya sebagai pembangkang daripada melihat air liur mereka yang diludah ke langit sekian lama jatuh ke muka sendiri.

Bagaimana parti tersebut mendapat tahu bahawa PAS akan menyertai BN pada bulan Jun? Apakah parti itu telah diberi taklimat terlebih dahulu tentang perkara tersebut. Apakah parti-parti komponen BN yang lain juga tahu akan perkara ini?

Selepas UMNO gagal mengundang PAS menubuhkan kerajaan bersama di Selangor dan Perak pada 9 Mac 2008 dan beberapa hari kemudiannya, kedudukan Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menjadi begitu tidak stabil. Sebuah badan bernama TASK FORCE 2010 ditubuhkan dengan diketuai oleh Bekas Atache Tentera Malaysia ke Pakistan dan Pegawai Tinggi dalam Kor Risik Angkatan Tentera Malaysia. Pegawai tersebut kini dipinjamkan ke Jabatan Perdana Menteri. Beliau anak kelahiran Terengganu dan bernama Wan Abu Bakar.

Leftenan Jeneral Dato’ Wan Abu Bakar Omar, Ketua kepada Nasharuddin Mat Isa di dalam “Agenda Melayu”

Tujuannya ialah mempertahankan Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Cara untuk mempertahankan Abdullah ialah dengan menggunakan agenda Melayu. Agenda Perpaduan Melayu ini telah menarik Nasharuddin Mat Isa untuk bersama dengan Dato’ Wan Abu Bakar. Hanya Nasharuddin yang dapat memberi penjelasan sejauh mana penglibatannya dan samada penglibatannya itu dibayar dengan wang ringgit.

Bagaimanapun TF2010 ini gagal untuk membuahkan hasil bila Majlis Tertinggi UMNO bangkit memberontak dan menggulingkan Pak Lah akibat tekanan perang saraf 16 September oleh Anwar Ibrahim.

Berkemungkinan besar, 16 September hanyalah satu ilusi dan serangan saraf. Apa yang Anwar Ibrahim mahukan ialah berlaku peralihan kuasa segera di dalam UMNO. Anwar Ibrahim dan beberapa pemimpin yang bersamanya tahu bahawa mereka perlukan satu peralihan kuasa di dalam UMNO untuk memberi ruang kepada yang Di Pertuan Agung melantik Perdana Menteri baru selepas Perdana Menteri yang dilantik sebelumnya meletakkan jawatan.

Diluar ruang lingkup pengetahuan media dan golongan massa, satu usaha membentuk sebuah Kerajaan Perpaduan  sebenar telah dibincangkan. Ustaz Hadi, Presiden PAS tidak berbohong bila dia berkata idea Kerajaan Perpaduan telah dipersetujui oleh pemimpin-pemimpin dalam Pakatan Rakyat. Tetapi ini tidak bermakna Haji Hadi bercakap benar. Ini kerana Kerajaan Perpaduan yang dirancang pada ketika itu bukanlah Kerajaan Perpaduan cap ayam yang menggabungkan Kerajaan yang ada pada ketika itu dengan pembangkang. Sebaliknya ia adalah sebuah kerajaan alternatif yang bakal menggantikan Kerajaan sedia ada.

Nasharuddin bersama rakan dalam Pakatan yang cuba ditikam belakang  dalam gelap olehnya

Kerajaan Perpaduan yang cuba diusahakan pada ketika itu ialah di antara PKR, DAP dan PAS dengan beberapa parti politik kecil yang lain beserta beberapa pemimpin yang juga ahli Dewan Rakyat Melayu dari UMNO.

Apabila Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menyerahkan surat perletakkan jawatannya kepada YDP Agong, pembangkang akan mencadangkan pula kepada istana untuk mengambil kira penubuhan Kerajaan Alternatif yang dicadangkan oleh mereka.

Awal April itu, pembangkang sudah begitu hampir untuk menubuhkan sebuah Kerajaan baru. Sukar di buat spekulasi apa yang menggagalkan mereka. Namun kalau ditelitikan, beberapa minggu sebelum perletakkan jawatan Abdullah, Ustaz Hadi telah mengumumkan cadangan sebuah Kerajaan Perpaduan dan Kerajaan Perpaduan itu adalah di antara BN dan pembangkang.

Apakah ini bermakna Haji Hadi tidak menyetujui Kerajaan Perpaduan yang dianjurkan oleh Pakatan Rakyat sendiri lantaran beliau mengambil inisiatif sendiri dan mencadangkan yang sebaliknya?

Ramai yang melihat Kerajaan Perpaduan yang dianjurkan oleh Haji Hadi adalah satu usaha terakhir oleh segelintir pemimpin didalam PAS untuk menyelamatkan Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Bagaimanapun, sudah tentu pada waktu itu, Wan Abu Bakar sendiri sudah tahu bahawa kedudukan Abdullah mustahil untuk diselematkan lagi.

Oleh yang demikian, cadangan Kerajaan Perpaduan oleh Hadi sebenarnya adalah bukti penentangan Hadi terhadap kerajaan alternatif yang dicadangkan oleh Pakatan Rakyat sendiri.

Isu agenda Melayu hanyalah satu perang saraf anjuran TF2010 dan usaha di antara Wan Abu Bakar dan Nasharuddin Mat Isa. Apakah Melayu lebih lemah hari ini berbanding dengan 1988 dan 1999? Apabila UMNO diharamkan, Barisan Nasional telah pada satu ketika dipengerusikan oleh Presiden MCA. Ahli-ahli Dewan Rakyat dari UMNO telah menjadi anggota bebas buat seketika. Pada saat dan ketika itu, kewujudan dan penerimaan semula UMNO (BARU) kedalam BN berada di tangan bukan Melayu.

Pada tahun 1999, pengundi-pengundi Melayu telah secara beramai-ramai mengenepikan UMNO. UMNO dan BN terselamat dan masih berjaya mempertahankan majoriti 2/3 di Dewan Rakyat dengan bersandarkan sokongan padu bukan Melayu. UMNO kehilangan Terengganu iaitu negeri yang paling tinggi penduduk Melayu. Pemimpin-pemimpin besar UMNO ramai yang menang tipis termasuklah Najib Razak sendiri. Sekali lagi penguasaan politik Melayu berada dalam genggaman Bukan Melayu.

Tetapi dalam tahun 2008, majoriti orang Melayu mengundi UMNO dan Barisan Nasional, tetapi kegagalan BN mempertahankan majoriti 2/3 nya dan prestasi buruknya di Semenanjung Malaysia ialah kerana pengundi Bukan Melayu telah menolak BN.

UMNO sebenarnya semakin kukuh kerana peratusan perwakilannya semakin meningkat berbanding dengan rakan kongsi dalam BN.

Kehadiran ahli-ahli Parlimen Melayu dan Islam di Dewan Rakyat juga masih majoriti. Di dalam BN, UMNO semakin besar pengaruhnya kerana parti-parti komponen yang lainnya semakin lemah. Jadi mengapa mahu di laung-laungkan agenda Melayu?

Bukankah usaha sebenar yang patut UMNO lakukan ialah mengembalikan kepercayaan Bukan Melayu kepadanya. Agenda Melayu itu sebenarnya adalah satu perang saraf dan UMNO telah menang di dalam perang saraf tersebut.

PAS adalah biawak hidup yang sudah tentu UMNO tidak mahu memikulnya ke dalam BN. Pemimpin UMNO sedar kemasukan PAS ke dalam BN hanya akan mempercepatkan kehancuran BN dengan menimbulkan kemarahan parti-parti komponennya.

Kemasukkan PAS ke dalam BN juga akan menyebabkan pengundi Bukan Melayu merasa mereka dikhianati oleh PAS, lantaran mereka sudah tentu semakin benci kepada BN.

Agenda Melayu sebenarnya adalah satu racun, sama seperti sejenis racun lipas. Apabila racun itu dimakan lipas, lipas tersebut akan kembali ke sarangnya dan mati. Seluruh tubuh lipas itu menjadi racun. Lipas-lipas lain yang memakan lipas beracun itu akan mati dan seterusnya ini akan memusnahkan koloni lipas tersebut.

PAS sudah termakan racun tersebut. Apakah kelak ini akan menular ke seluruh koloni pembangkang?

Haji Hadi sendiri merangkak di dalam kesamaran yang penuh dengan kontradiksi bila bercakap tentang Kerajaan Perpaduan yang ditajanya. Keadaan semasa semakin bertimpa-timpa kekeliruan yang mencelarukan. PAS mahu terus bersama Pakatan Rakyat tetapi PAS mahu terus berunding dengan UMNO. Bukankah ini sebenarnya adalah agenda UMNO.

Sudah tentu UMNO mahu PAS terus berunding dengannya supaya UMNO boleh dilihat ikhlas mempertahankan penguasaan Melayu dalam arena politik dan menerusi rundingan ini, kredibiliti PAS di kalangan pengundi-pengundinya akan semakin luntur.

Pada waktu yang sama UMNO sudah tentu mahu PAS terus bersama Pakatan Rakyat kerana kemasukan PAS ke dalam BN hanya akan mempercepatkan kehancuran BN dan bukan membantu membaik pulih BN untuk berdepan dengan pilihanraya akan datang. Dengan PAS terus berada di dalam Pakatan juga, UMNO boleh terus menggunakan ketidak tentuan dalam PAS untuk menghancurkan Pakatan.

Oleh yang demikian, bila anda mendengar ada di antara pemimpin-pemimpin PAS berkata, “kita akan terus berunding dengan UMNO dan akan terus bersama Pakatan”, fikirlah masak-masak dan ingatlah kalimah ‘Boneka UMNO’ yang disebut oleh Tuan Guru Nik Aziz yang amat-amat kita sayangi itu.

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Don’t test PAS members on Tok Guru Nik Aziz. Don’t test PAS members’ patience in this regard. Don’t test PAS members’ loyalty to Nik Aziz.

By An angry PAS youth leader (Malacca)/Malaysia Today

Newly re-elected PAS Deputy President Ustaz Nasharuddin Mat Isa was quoted by The Malaysian Insider rubbishing the stance of PAS’s spiritual leader Tok Guru Dato’ Nik Aziz’s position on PAS-Umno talk.http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/28831-no2-says-tok-guru-is-not-pas. Mat Isa said Tok Guru’s statement regarding his total rejection of PAS-Umno unity talk was personal and that PAS members “take the party’s stance.” He added that there were many issues that could be discussed between the political parties and that he (and his ilk) have “an open attitude when it comes to holding discussions.”

Before I proceed, I would like to say this to Mat Isa: Don’t test PAS members on Tok Guru Nik Aziz. Don’t test PAS members’ patience in this regard. Don’t test PAS members’ loyalty to Nik Aziz. Woe and woe unto you if you dare to do that. I can assure you that you will lose ignominiously if you continue with this kurang ajar culture in PAS.

Dear Nasa, you are overreaching yourself and you are pushing many a silent people to the limits. You would have to shoulder the consequences. Who are you to contradict Nik Aziz? Dato Dr Haron Din was quoted saying yesterday that “the difference between an Islamic and a non-Islamic party is loyalty to leadership”, now you are turning PAS into “un-Islamic” party by beingkurang ajar and utterly nefarious and a disloyal figure to PAS’s ultimate leadership.

You weren’t born when Tok Guru Nik Aziz was fighting for PAS and its ideals. You can’t lecture him on PAS and what it stands for. No one in PAS can do. He is PAS’s conscience and his courage and fatigue represents the spirit of this nation. Despite his advanced age, deteriorating health and uninterrupted 20-year rule of Kelantan, he continues to wake up every morning to serve Islam, his people and nation (you do nothing). And Malaysians (Muslims and non-Muslims) can attest to one hard fact: that Nik Aziz is the conscience of this nation.

In 2008, you used his magic to win a seat in Kelantan while you couldn’t dare to stand in your home state of Negri Sembilan. In 1999, you won a seat in Kedah purely on Anwar Ibrahim’s expulsion from Umno which rocked the Malay community to the extreme. When you stood in Besut, Terengganu in 2004, you lost badly in a purely Malay constituency. What does that tell you? You have no influence on your own to steer PAS to greater heights neither do you have the vision to strengthen it for future challenges. All that you do is engage in shadowy work and even contradict our leaders and betray our friends who have been useful to us.

Ustaz Nasharuddin, when talking about PAS-Umno unity talk, please answer the following questions:

1. Why now?

2. Why not before the March 08 general elections?

3. What should we unite for? On what? About what? For what?

4. Is PAS a pure Islamic party that represents Malays and non-Malay Muslims or a Malay party?

5. What are the issues that we need to talk about? List them ONE by ONE. No cheap talk please!

6. Why PAS and Umno and not PAS, PKR DAP on one hand and Umno/BN on the other?

7. Why PAS and Umno and not PAS and PKR on one hand and Umno on the other?

8. Why you and not Najib Razak and Anwar Ibrahim, after all Anwar has more Malay support than you do and he is the head of Pakatan?

9. What is it that Umno lacks that need PAS support? The passage of Hudud laws in Parliament? Did Umno bring such laws to Parliament in the first place? And even if Umno were to do so, (which will never happen anyway), do we need to talk? Can’t we support such amendments while we are pure PAS members in Parliament?

10. Why did we go into the elections to get PAS leaders of our own and now you are telling us that we need to follow Umno leaders? Do you know we paid many prices for being in PAS? Do you know that Umno tormented us for decades for being in PAS? Do we need to list the agony and pain we went through? Or Nik Aziz as Kelantan MB went through?

11. What is it that Umno led by Najib Razak realizes today that needs our support? Be specific. You aren’t singing lullabies to children.

12. In what way do we keep the legacy of all past PAS Presidents by betraying their legacies when they left us for God’s mercy?

13. Is Umno ready to improve the police, judiciary and civil service personnel that it needs our Parliamentary support?

14. And if that’s the case, PKR and DAP will support such plans (which Umno will never do anyway), so when will we have PAS, PKR and DAP vs Umno “unity talk”?

15. Is it us who chose to be the enemies of Umno or Umno chose otherwise?

16. Is it us who tormented Umno people or it is us who paid heavy prices for being in PAS?

17. If the talk is about “issues concerning the nation” as you said, then why do we need constant talk about it in the media so much so that you fail in your parliamentary duties and as a PAS leader?

18. Is it PAS alone that’s concerned about the nation? What about PR parties and NGOs? Are they part of the “issue driven discussions”?

19. Why are you interested in something that will divide PAS and make us lose focus while we are on threshold of achieving an imminent victory in the near future insya Allah?

20. Perak PAS Commissioner Ustaz Ahmad Awang revealed in the Muktamar that a “national PAS” leader has tried to influence him to accept an all Malay state government in Perak, who is this leader?

21. Do you think Malaysia as a nation state can continue to exist if we go on that road and impose Malay leadership on a state like Perak which has more than 45% non-Malay inhabitants?

22. In your opinion, was that leader right in suggesting that idea that Ustaz Ahmad Awang rejected?

23. Non-Muslims who have shunned us for 5 decades are running to us; do we embrace them and show them the hospitality and protection Islam offers them or do we return them to the “enemy” they ran from?

24. Umno started attacking the Chinese and Indians when they deserted Umno for PAS, yet Umno won in 1999 on Chinese and Indian vote and not Malay vote, why did Umno not call for Malay unity?

25. Is it only PAS that needs to be fearful of Malays when it gets non-Malay vote? Since when did PAS Malay supporters show enmity towards non-Muslim PAS supporters? Did PAS lose Malay ground by getting Chinese and Indian support? If that’s the case, why is Umno desperately trying to woo them back?

26. Do you think Umno would talk of Malay unity if it was getting the “fixed deposit” Chinese and Indian votes as usual?

27. How would Islam’s image be affected by your betrayal to the non-Muslims?

28. Do you know that for Islam to be implemented in Malaysia, we need the understanding of the non-Muslim community? Did we learn from Sudan’s former military President Jaafar Nimeiri who imposed Sharia while ignoring the views of the non-Muslim community? Many Islamic scholars implored him to “at least” make the non-Muslim community to understand what was being done. But Nimeiri being a military man went ahead and declared Sudan an Islamic state and crushed all the opposition. Today, we have Southern Sudan (to be a separate nation in 2011) as a result. The nation continues to bleed till today. All it took was for one man to rush and pretend that he was intelligent and “God fearing” and that he was “uniting Muslims under God’s decrees”.

29. Do you appreciate that Anwar Ibrahim and Lim Kit Siang have been useful to us?

30. Do you appreciate that DAP has improved our image in the Chinese heartland so much so that Chinese villagers who would have puked at seeing PAS’s flag today overwhelmingly vote for us?

31. If yes, how do we repay them? Do we betray them and ignore them or we build better bridges with them and from thereon move forward and have our direct contact with the Chinese community established?

32. Do you appreciate that PKR and DAP have been useful to us? Between Umno and PKR and DAP, which party(ies) has helped us to be where we are now? Umno fought us, fights us and continues to do so in a cruel manner, do PKR and DAP do the same?

33. Do you believe PAS alone can rule Malaysia NOW? If yes, how? If not, how do we go about it?

34. Do you believe that Anwar Ibrahim’s New Economic Agenda, the Lingam Tapes, his detailed NEP misuse information, his mistreatment at the hands of Umno, the 1998 episode, his charisma, his experience, his networks, his campaign for our members in different states and his ability to convince DAP leaders to stop attacking PAS and instead concentrate on Umno has been useful to PAS and enabled us to win in a number of places we couldn’t imagine? Remember, it was only Anwar and Raja Petra Kamaruddin who repeatedly said Umno will be routed prior to the elections while BN media practically lynched Anwar and asked “who is Anwar”?

35. If your answer is yes, how do we repay him? Do we betray him now or we work with him and after he leaves, we install either you, Husam or Mohd Nizar as a replacement? If not, tell us how you won your seat in Yan in Kedah in 1999.

36. If you have popular Malay support, why did you lose in Besut? Why did PAS lose Terengganu since we are “more Malay” than Umno itself? Did you learn something? Why did Nik Aziz maintain his grip on Kelantan? Any lessons?

37. We used Mohd Nizar as an experiment and it yielded results; how do we achieve a national result now? And in what way does talking to Umno make PAS’s ideals realized?

38. An Islamic party has a moral duty to its Muslim and non-Muslim friends. Why are you reluctant to have a “unity talk” with either PKR or DAP or at least PKR which is a multiracial party but a Malay majority party in the grip of Malay leadership as well? Where is your honour in showing respect to comrades who struggle(d) with you?

39. What are the similarities between Umno and PAS that necessitates talk in the first place?

40. Many of our leaders are victims of ISA and other cruel Umno engineered rulings just like all PKR and DAP leaders are as well, what are the ideals we share with Umno that calls for PAS to desert like-minded PKR and DAP leaders for Umno leaders like Najib, Nazri Aziz, Kerismuddin, Bung Mukhtar Radin and Khairy?

41. PAS contested non-Malay seats and won (take Dr Siti Mariah for example); PKR (Malay MPs) have contested non-Malay seats (take Zahrain Mohd Hashem of Penang-PKR) but DAP didn’t contest a single seat with Malay majority. So, in what way does DAP constitute a danger to us?

42. If Malays are divided, who is to blame? And when did this division start? How and why was PKR formed? Why was PAS ejected out of BN when we joined them after we lost everything?

43. Which party closed its door on many Malays and even passed a resolution banning the return of any party member who has defected to another party? Umno! The same Umno wants Malay unity now? You buy that? And that unity is about what? After all, even a husband and a wife are not united!

44. PAS has been there for decades, were we united with Umno? If the unity talk is about issues, we supported Umno on certain issues in the past and we can do now when need be, so why talk about unity?

45. Does Umno have a heavenly decree to rule Malaysia and lead the Malays? Why NOT insist on PAS totally replacing Umno as the dominant party in Malaysia and lead Malaysia as well?

46. In what way do we achieve PAS’s struggle by talking to Umno or uniting with it?

47. PKR and DAP have supported issue based discussions in the past. Anwar said he is ready to meet Najib on Perak. Anwar said he is ready to support constitutional changes that improve the judiciary and other state institutions. Lim Kit Siang repeated the same. But they didn’t talk about PKR-Umno unity or Umno-DAP unity! Why us? Can’t we be a constructive opposition party without ever meeting Umno face to face?

48. Why do you need to demoralize the highly charged PAS now?

49. Umno Kelantan leader Che-Alwi has called on Tok Guru Nik Aziz to resign since he couldn’t get his “people” into PAS Central working committee, do you realise that it is you more than any one else who has divided PAS and is confusing the younger cadres? And do you cherish Umno leaders badmouthing PAS’ most respected political figure? Yet you want to talk to Umno? So you want to reward them for humiliating Nik Aziz?

50. Khairy launched a scathing attack on Tok Guru Nik Aziz and hired Mat Rempits during last year’s elections, he said Nik Aziz failed and can’t provide leadership. He came up with the Pade-doh campaign that humiliated the elderly leader. Tok Guru cried and many of us did whatever we could to rally to him. The same Khairy today says we should unite. So you support Khairy instead of Nik Aziz? For you Khairy and his ilk are better than Nik Aziz? Explain yourself!

51. Why are you wasting PAS’s time on irrelevant issues that will never happen rather than strengthen the party, raise its profile among the unwilling Malay supporters and further engage the non-Malays, Sarawakians and Sabahans?

52. Why are you silent? Why is Utusan your media? Why not the popular blogs, Malaysiakini, Malaysian Insider, Malaysia-Today, The Nutgraph etc?

53. Tell us what you have done for PAS and PR in regard to making policies, revising them or coming up with issues that are of concern to Malaysians.

54. Rather than wasting your time in seeking Utusan Malaysia coverage, why not spend time with PAS’s soldiers in the trenches in Negri Sembilan, Johore, Pahang, Malacca and other states who are preparing for the future?

55. Umno won’t give PAS the PM post, so why should we talk? Doesn’t that mean you despise your own leaders?

56. You can’t manage a simple victory like the one we have had now, how do you intend to manage a bigger one? You are exactly the kind of leaders martyr Sayid Qutb warned against when he wrote in his “This Religion” book that an Islamic leader who can’t manage victory will betray Islam’s cause.

57. Do you know for a leader to succeed, he has to be loved by his soldiers? Why are you making yourself hated in PAS and Pakatan? Why not listen to what the voters want? Are you honest with your Creator and yourself and with us?

58. What gives you the strength to contradict Tok Guru Nik Aziz? Is he your age-mate? Can you tell us one achievement he has accomplished on any front that you remotely even tried to achieve let alone achieving?

59. Many people (the intellectuals, economists, authors, NGO’s and highly educated/urbanite Malays) don’t understand PAS. What have you done in the past one year for them to understand us? What have you done to make PAS liked by all people so that it becomes a giant party in the future and even rule alone or with PKR?

60. Umno is for racism which is haram in Islam, selective justice, tribal hegemony, oppression, exploitation, endemic corruption, family rule, hatred, division, lies, sodomy and dirty politics, total destruction of state institutions (look at Perak), and in Umno’s history, it has the least popular leader in Najib Razak today. For God’s sake, what do we benefit from such a party and scandalized leadership? Do you believe we share more with Umno than with PKR and DAP?

We are waiting for answers and we demand them now. We are becoming impatient. When we voted for you (including myself who is a youth leader from Malacca), we did it because we hate to humiliate incumbent leaders and your age also mattered.

You were young and we thought a new chance had to be given to you. Removing an incumbent was more traumatizing for us as PAS members than installing a new one. That is why Datuk Husam Musa was not elected. It is not that he is not liked. He is indeed. Far more liked than you. From now on, we demand that you stop your unity talk nonsense and concentrate on PAS and PR. Otherwise tell us the truth and then we can go our separate ways. As simple as that!

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The election outcome is also seen as an indirect blow to Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat.

Several Kelantan big-guns aligned to Nik Aziz lost, chief of whom was his “political son” Husam.

The others were vice-president candidate Datuk Nik Amar Nik Abdullah and central committee candidates Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan, Datuk Anuar Tan and Datuk Wan Rahim Wan Abdullah. All are state exco members in the Kelantan administration.

Shortly after the results were announced, Nik Aziz suddenly left the muktamar.

Some thought he had taken the news badly and gone to the hospital. Actually he decided to return to his hotel to rest because he was due to speak at an evening ceramah.

Nik Aziz, despite his Mursyidul Am or spiritual leader status, may increasingly find himself an isolated figure in the party against the ascendant Terengganu faction led by Hadi and his right-hand man Datuk Mustafa Ali.

Another big name casualty in the central committee contest was Khalid Samad, the Shah Alam MP who shot to fame when he visited a Catholic church in his constituency and who has shone in Parliament.

He was one of the most outspoken persons among the moderates and he paid the price for that.

The new scenario is bound to see a shift in ties between PAS and its Pakatan partners.

The most damaging spin against Nasharudin’s campaign is that he is a political adventurist who will take PAS into Umno and that he will be another Nakhaie Ahmad, the highest ranking PAS leader to have ever crossed over to Umno.

Such allegations have been quite unfair to Nasharudin because he has neither the charisma nor energy to do that. At most, he will be a friendly face for Umno.

The party has also made it very explicit that Umno is their prime enemy and they will check him if he tries to steer them towards Umno.

What is most likely to happen is that the group behind Nasharudin will use their Umno ties as a bargaining tool in Pakatan.

This group distrusts Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, they do not want him as the Prime Minister and neither do they wish to be subservient to the secular agenda of DAP.

Many of the more informed delegates agree that Nasharudin has not really performed as a No. 2. He spends too much time overseas and clings too much to the coattails of Hadi.

Even at the present muktamar, he was following Hadi like a faithful shadow rather than striking out to mingle with delegates and members.

The fact that he did well shows the degree to which delegates hold on to the party policy of “leadership by the ulama”.

Nasharudin secured only 480 votes against his challengers’ combined total of 542 votes, a sign that the party is split down the middle on the issue of cooperation with Umno.

Maintaining an ulama in the No. 2 post, whatever his shortcomings, was more important than retaining one of the top performers in the party.

PAS members would be peeved if they knew that a number of Umno leaders had reacted to the election results with glee.

They think the outcome would work to Umno’s advantage.

Same old story

DAP strategist Liew Chin Tong who authored an academic thesis on PAS described the latest development in the party as “the same story with different actors and people playing different roles.”

“For instance, a few years ago, Nasharudin was regarded as one of the agents of change. Today, he has become part of the conservative establishment,” he said.

He noted that PAS, in the last 10 years had struggled with the question of whether it should cooperate with another party, who it should cooperate with and, most of all, the compromises it will have to make.

“It is evident they want to respect the ulama and keep the party intact,” said Liew.

PAS will assume a more conservative outlook after this, or at least, over the next two years.

But it will not go backwards as some have suggested. It will also not go very far forward withUntitout the ideas, energy and networking of the reformist group whose powers have been checked.

Basically, the party is still trying to find a balance between its Islamic ideals and the imperatives of politics.

It has very clear objectives for the near future – a spanking new headquarters in Putrajaya, capturing the Federal Government and claiming the post of Prime Minister.

The only problem is that not many people believe the party can achieve that under the new team. – The Star

Perwakilan Undi Tolak Orang-Orang Nik Aziz

Analisa ringkas – keputusan perwakilan menunjukkan kemenangan kepada calon-calon pro Pakatan Rakyat dengan 12 orang dari mereka memenangi pertandingan bagi 18 jawatan AJK PAS Pusat. Keputusan Naib Presiden memihak kepada Husam Musa bila ketiga-tiga yang dikatakan menjadi pilihan Husam menang.

Mereka yang rapat dengan Anwar Ibrahim juga menang dengan undi besar. 

Jika dilihat analisa itu, seharusnya Husam telah menang. Tetapi Husam tewas besar. 

Bagaimanapun, Husam  (Timbalan Pesuruhjaya PAS Kelantan) tewas bersama Dato’ Mohd Amar (yang disebut bakal MB Kelantan dan seorang Ulama, Ahli exco dan Timbalan Pesuruhjaya PAS Kelantan), Dato’ Takiyuddin Hj Hassan (Ahli Exco dan Setiausaha Perhubungan PAS Kelantan) dan Dato’ Anuar Tan (Ahli Exco dan Bendahari PAS Kelantan). Keempat-empat mereka adalah pembantu-pembantu Nik Aziz dan mereka tewas bersama 3 lagi tokoh PAS Kelantan.

Hanya Dato’ Kamaruddin Jaafar, Setiausaha Agung PAS yang disebut sebagai sahabat baik Anwar Ibrahim adalah calon dari Kelantan yang menang.

Analisa jelas menunjukkan tidak berlaku trend menolak calon Ulama, Pro Pakatan, Profesional atau Pro UMNO. Yang jelas menjadi mangsa ialah kesemua orang kanan Tok Guru Nik Abdul Aziz.

Apakah yang berlaku adalah manifestasi penolakan atau undi tidak perjaya kepada Nik Aziz oleh Perwakilan PAS atau ianya hanya satu kebetulan. Para perwakilan harus bertanya, apakah mereka memang berniat menolak calon-calon dari Kelantan?

Ini bagaimanapun adalah petanda baik bagi Kelantan. Setidak-tidaknya pemimpin-pemimpin kanan PAS Kelantan boleh fokus kepada mempertahankan Negeri Kelantan, sama ada melalui sudut kewangan maupun tenaga kepakaran mereka.

Husam and other Kelantan Big Gun Lost in Muktamar

Let me take this oppurtunity to thank all for your supports and prayers. It is not possible for Husam to make this far  without those supports. For those who have spent so much time praying for him, god willing this is not the end for Husam.

Husam wanted to be the bridge between Pulau Melaka and Rusila, while committed to push for a greater PAS legacy under the leadership of President Hadi Awang. But for now, it seems the delegates is not willing to lend their supports to all Nik Aziz’s state executive councillors. For now, let us begin the new journey by congratulate the winner.

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