Menteri Besar Perak Perlu Mendidik EXCO Sivanesan Supaya Lebih Profesional!

Menteri Besar Perak, Nizar Jamaluddin perlu mendidik YB Sivanesan supaya lebih profesional semasa menjalankan tanggungjawab ke atas rakyat setempat terutamanya di sekitar pekan Bidor dan Tapah. Penduduk Tapah dan Bidor sering kali menyuarakan rasa tidak puas hati mereka terhadap Sivanesan yang kerap menyalahgunakan kuasa sebagai Ahli EXCO negeri.

YB Sivanesan yang juga EXCO kerajaan negeri Perak mengugut seorang ahli majlis tempatan kawasan majilis daerah Tapah iaitu En. Appalasamy. Sivanesan dalam perbualan telefon pernah mengugut En Appalasamy bebrapakali bahawa jawatan ahli majils akan ditarik balik. Sebabnya tidak dinyatakan oleh Sivanesan.

En. Appalasamy bersama Datuk Seri Ir. Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin ketika berkempen di PRK Kuala Terengganu baru-baru ini

En Appalasamy sememangnya pemimpin berjiwa rakyat yang amat disegani oleh penduduk kawasan Tapah. Sering membantu penduduk setempat menyelesaikan pelbagai masalah sejak sebelum beliau menjadi ahli majlis di kawasan Tapah lagi. Setelah menjadi Ahli Majlis apabila Pakatan Rakyat mengambil alih pemerintahan negeri, peranannya untuk membantu penduduk tempatan makin terserlah.

Penduduk Tapah yang terdiri daripada pelbagai kaum mengetahui usahanya yang tidak kenal erti penat untuk membantu mereka. YB Sivanesan pula menyalahgunakan kuasa beliau untuk mengugut En Appalasamy untuk menamatkan tempoh jawatannya.

Jika En Appalasamy ditamatkan jawatannya sebagai Ahli Majlis kawasan Tapah. Kerajaan Pakatan rakyat harus memberikan sebab yang kukuh. Ini kerana khidmat pemimpin seperti beliau amat diperlukan di kawasan Tapah. Saya menulis dari pihak penduduk Tapah, mengharapkan bahawa apa yang ditulia oleh saya sampai kepada Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat negeri Perak dan seterusnya mereka mengambil kira pandangan rakyat dalam membuat keputusan yang rasional dalam hal ini.

Najib says no more defections to Pakatan.... Anwar says more to come! (part two)

Najib says no more defections to Pakatan

No more defections to Pakatan Rakyat!

This was the bold pronouncement made by Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak today following the decision by Umno's Bota state representative to join Pakatan yesterday.

"These are all rumours... I don't think so," said Najib.

Yesterday Bota assemblyperson Nasaruddin Hashim (photo) left Umno to join Pakatan in Perak, prompting speculation that others might also follow suit.

According to a Bernama report, Najib today described Nasaruddin's action as unexpected.

The incoming Umno president said that he hoped Nasaruddin could think carefully his decision to join PKR, a Pakatan Rakyat component member.

He added he was made to understand that Nasaruddin's action was due to several factors. He did not elaborate.

He was talking to reporters after attending the MCA's Chinese New Year open house in Kuala Lumpur.

Not right to abandon party

Later, at the Gerakan open house, Najib said Nasaruddin's decision took many by surprise.

"We heard about this two days ago but it is still a shock," he said.

Najib said Umno and BN elected representatives should understand that the party had done a lot of good deeds to the people and the country.

"It is not right to abandon the party because of personal problems or dissatisfactions at a time when the party needs our support," he said.

With Nasaruddin's defection, the Perak Pakatan Rakyat government now has 32 seats compared to BN's 27.

In the March 8 general election, Nasaruddin, who polled 6,556 votes, defeated PKR candidate Capt (Rtd) Usaili Alias with a 2,068-vote majority.

Najib says no more defections to Pakatan.... Anwar says more to come! (part one)

Perak: Umno state rep defects to PKR

Bota assemblyperson Nasarudin Hashim has quit Umno to join PKR, resulting in Pakatan Rakyat now controlling 32 state seats in Perak.

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When contacted, Perak Menteri Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin told Bernama that Nasaruddin made an announcement that he was joining PKR at the party’s headquarters in Petaling Jaya.

With this development, the BN seats have been reduced to 27, (Umno 26 and MCA 1).

Nasaruddin, 58, is also a former chairperson of the Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (Felcra).

He is the first Umno elected representative to defect to the opposition alliance.

'Beginning of a new wave'

Meanwhile, Nasaruddin in a press statement posted on PKR advisor Anwar Ibrahim's website, said he took the decision after considering the interests of his constituents.

In the general election held in March last year, Nasaruddin defeated PKR candidate Capt (Rtd) Usaili Alias by a majority of 2,068 votes.

There had been talk that Nasaruddin might quit Umno after he lost in the contest for the division head post of Parit Umno, two months ago.

He had been the deputy head of the division prior to the contest.

In a related development, Anwar Isaid Nasaruddin’s decision is critical and reflected the sentiments of his voters, namely the Malays in his constituency.

He said this reflected the demand of the public and saw it "as the beginning of a new wave," when quizzed over the significance of the move.

Fairus dropped as Penang PKR deputy chief

In a startling development, Penang Deputy Chief Minister (I) Mohd Fairus Khairuddin has been dropped as the state PKR deputy chairperson following a reshuffle last night.

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The decision by the party's state liaison committee has added fuel to the already raging speculation that the 32-year-old politician could be on his way out.

Also dropped was another deputy chairperson, Bukit Tambun state assemblyperson Law Choo Kiang.

Mohd Fairus has been replaced by Dr Mansor Othman while Law's position fell to Machang Bubuk state assemblyperson Tan Hock Leong.

However, the deputy chief minister remains as an ordinary state PKR liaison committee member.

Meanwhile, Zahrain Mohamed Hashim and S Raveentharan retained their positions as PKR state chief and deputy chairperson respectively.

As for the state PKR Youth chief post, it was filled by Balik Pulau MP Mohd Yusmadi Mohd Yusoff.

In an earlier reshuffle after the Permatang Pauh by-election on Aug 26 last year, another state executive councillor Abdul Malik Kassim was dropped as the state liaison committee secretary.

He was replaced by PKR's state election director Mustafa Kamal Mohd Yusoff.

Performance being monitored

State chief Zahrain was reported in Bernama as saying that Mohammad Fairus, Law and Abdul Malik were dropped to enable them to concentrate on their duties in the state administration.

He also added that a special committee headed by Mansor had been set up to monitor the performance of PKR executive councillors, assembly members, members of parliament and council members.

"Those who perform badly will be dropped from the line-up in the coming term," he said.

He also stressed that the move to drop the three had nothing to do with performance but rather, to enable them to concentrate on the state administration.

Talking to Malaysiakini later, Zahrain said the reshuffle was part of the party strategy to strengthen its operations and separate the state PKR leadership from the Pakatan Rakyat state government.

"We just reshuffled to separate party leadership from that of the state government.

"By separating the powers, the state leadership can fully concentrate on party matters while the government leaders can focus solely on state administrative matters.

"This will enhance our state party operations and improve performance of our government leaders," he said.

Asking for a bigger role

Zahrain was also reported by Bernama as saying that PKR should be given bigger roles in the state administration and agencies.

He called on the state government to increase PKR representations in statutory bodies and in government-owned as well as government-linked companies.

He expressed dissatisfaction over several of the state government's decisions which, he said, were made without consulting the party.

As an example he cited the appointment of former Gerakan leader Lee Kah Choon as investPenang executive chairperson.

He however said that relations with DAP and Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng remained good.

"We enjoy excellent relations but as a party, we do need to state our requests. This is normal," he said.