Isnin, 13 September 2010

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Brahing-Che Det...Kombinasi Melayu Bukan Melayu Dalam PERKOSA..

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 04:31 AM PDT

Ibrahim Ali kaji pakatan politik baru, sedia terima bukan Melayu
Oleh G. Manimaran

KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Sept — Presiden Perkasa Datuk Ibrahim Ali tidak menolak kemungkinan akan membentuk satu pakatan politik baru termasuk berganding dengan calon-calon bukan Melayu pada pilihan raya umum ke-13 ekoran perkembangan terbaru yang menolak beliau dan NGOnya sejak seminggu lalu.

Sambil menegaskan ia sebahagian daripada strateginya selepas Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN) selain PAS yang sudah mula menjauhkan diri daripada Perkasa, Ibrahim menegaskan, Perkasa tetap tidak akan menyertai politik.

"Tetapi saya sudah membuat keputusan, saya akan bekerjasama dengan calon-calon yang memahami pendirian kami, termasuk juga calon bukan Melayu, tidak kira kaum, yang boleh memahami Perlembagaan Persekutuan, berakhlak baik, berwibawa, fasih Bahasa Malaysia, untuk menghadapi pilihan raya umum ke-13," katanya ketika dihubungi The Malaysian Insider di Pasir Mas.

Kata Ibrahim, beliau mengambil langkah itu untuk membuktikan bahawa Perkasa dan beliau sebenarnya bukan rasis, sebaliknya berkorban untuk negara, orang Melayu dan Bumiputera dan semua kaum.

Ibrahim mengambil keputusan ini ekoran pendirian dua parti politik terbesar orang Melayu — Umno dan PAS, yang tidak akan menyokong beliau dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang.

Oleh itu kata Ibrahim, beliau menyedari kedudukan masa depan politiknya selepas Umno sudah mula menjauhkan diri dengan menyelar pendirian Perkasa.

Selain Umno, PAS juga memutuskan tidak akan membenarkan Ibrahim menggunakan lagi lambang parti itu dalam pilihan raya selepas membuka laluan kepadanya dua tahun lalu.

Ibrahim memutuskan hubungan dengan PAS selepas kemenangan di Pasir Mas.

"Saya sedar dan memang menjangkakan, PAS tak akan bagi laluan dan saya sedar parti lain juga menjauhkan diri daripada saya. Saya tidak kisah.

"Saya tidak kira soal bertanding atau tidak bertanding, itu bukan soal pokok.

"Perkara pokok bagi saya ialah survival orang Melayu di bumi sendiri," kata beliau yang turut bercakap kepada pemberita pada majlis rumah terbukanya di Stesen Kereta Api Pasir Mas, Kelantan.

Wakil rakyat itu berkata, keputusan muktamad yang akan diumumkan apabila tiba masanya nanti dan ia sudah pasti akan menjadi satu kejutan kepada semua.

"Saya ada strategi saya sendiri, strategi saya ni akan mengejutkan banyak pihak dan strategi ini berpaksikan kepentingan Melayu dan umat Islam dan tak boleh jelaskan sekarang tetapi kita tahu 42 kerusi Parlimen di mana kerusi ini dipertandingkan di antara BN dan Parti Keadilan Rakyat, gabungan Parti Keadilan Rakyat di mana kerusi ini ada persaingan di antara calon MCA, DAP dan Gerakan, dan kerusi ini 62 peratus kerusi di kawasan orang Melayu kita ada cadangan," kata Ibrahim.

Semalam, Pengarah Jentera Pilihan Raya PAS Kelantan Fatah Haron berkata, parti Islam itu sudah menutup pintu kepada Ibrahim untuk menggunakan lambangnya dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang.

Malah semalam, Ibrahim yang mengetuai Perkasa, pertubuhan bukan kerajaan yang lantang memperjuangkan hak dan keistimewaan orang Melayu dan Bumiputera memberi amaran keras kepada Umno agar tidak selesa dengan asas sokongan diterimanya sekarang sambil mendakwa hanya tiga daripada 10 ahli parti itu akan mengundi mereka dalam pilihan raya umum ke-13.

Ibrahim berkata keahlian Umno yang dipercayai dalam lingkungan 3.4 juta orang sebenarnya tidak bermakna memandangkan hanya segelintir penyokong tegar yang akan mengundinya manakala yang lain akan dipengaruhi oleh isu-isu dan tindak tanduk parti-parti lain.

Wakil rakyat itu menyerang Umno dan BN ekoran pemimpin-pemimpin BN — dalam perkembangan julung kali kelihatan mula bersatu untuk melahirkan pendirian mereka menyangkal matlamat perjuangan Perkasa dan Ibrahim.

Pemimpin-pemimpin Umno yang selama ini kelihatan "membisu" dalam melahirkan pendirian mereka, secara terbuka mengaku bahawa perjuangan Perkasa boleh memudaratkan dasar BN dan sokongan kepada perikatan 13 komponen itu.

Dalam temu bual dengan The Malaysian Insider Selasa lalu, Setiausaha Agung Umno dan BN Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor menegaskan, partinya tidak akan menyokong Ibrahim jika bertanding dalam pilihan raya umum ke-13 sebagai calon Bebas.

Sebaliknya kata beliau, Umno akan meletakkan calonnya seperti yang dilakukan masa-masa lalu di kawasan Parlimen Pasir Mas, Kelantan.

Ibrahim yang dipecat dari Umno pada 2004 memenangi kerusi Parlimen pada 8 Mac 2008 menggunakan lambang PAS.

"Sebagai Setiausaha Agung (Umno) saya boleh memberitahu anda, kami tiada apa-apa kaitan dengan Perkasa dan sesetengah perkara yang dilakukan oleh Perkasa, kami tidak gembira kerana mereka menghakis sokongan kepada kami," kata Tengku Adnan apabila diajukan soalan bahawa kebanyakan ahli Perkasa adalah dari Umno."Apabila mereka bercakap mengenai kawan-kawan saya kalangan Cina atau kawan saya orang India, mereka menyebabkan kami kehilangan lebih banyak undi," katanya lagi.

Pada Mac lalu, Perkasa pernah mengatakan bahawa sesiapa yang memusuhi pertubuhan ini tidak akan menerima sokongan dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang.

Dalam perkembangan terbaru hari ini, bekas perdana menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mengulangi sokongan kepada Perkasa dengan memberi amaran, Umno boleh kalah teruk dalam pilihan raya umum ke-13 jika parti dominan BN memutuskan untuk menyisihkan pertubuhan hak Melayu tersebut.

Malah, akhbar milik Umno, Mingguan Malaysia juga menulis dalam ruangan Awang Selamat bahawa parti itu tidak wajar menyisihkan Perkasa.

UMNO Turki hampir tumbang....

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 12:35 AM PDT

Turkey referendum win puts Erdogan in poll for 2011
September 13, 2010
Erdogan, addresses a news conference in Istanbul Sept 12, 2010. - Reuters pic
ISTANBUL, Sept 13 — Turkey's ruling AK Party celebrated victory in a referendum on constitutional reform that was seen boosting its chances of winning a third term of single-party rule at an election due within 10 months.

No sooner had Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan declared victory than he stoked hardline secularists worst fears by serving notice that his AK party, whose roots lie in political Islam, would start work on a brand new constitution.

The High Election Board is expected to announce the official results Monday, but television news channels reported the government scored a "yes" vote of 58 per cent versus 42 per cent for the "no" camp. The turnout, among an electorate of just under 50 million, was put at 77 per cent.

Turks voted on the 30th anniversary of the 1980 military coup, and Erdogan had whipped up public support to change a charter written during army rule by reviving memories of the brutal repression that followed the generals' takeover.

Opponents fear an emboldened AK Party will unleash a hidden Islamist agenda if it wins another term in the vote due by next July, though Erdogan denies any plan to roll back modern Turkey's official secularism.

Many of the reforms approved in Sunday's plebiscite were uncontroversial, but changes to the way senior judges are selected have raised concern that the judiciary will lose its independence.

Critics believe the AK government will push through legislation without fear of the Constitutional Court blocking its way, as it did in 2008 when it struck down moves to lift a ban on women in headscarves attending university.

Drawn from Islamist parties banned in the late 1990s, AK Party leaders liken their movement to Europe's conservative Christian Democrat parties.

Erdogan's government has won over many Turks by spearheading a drive to join the European Union and overseeing reforms and a period of unprecedented economic growth that have transformed Turkey from a financial basket case to a star emerging market.

A deep recession last year dented AK's election hopes, but a robust recovery has restored voters faith judging by the outcome of Sunday's plebiscite.

"The comfortable margin of the "yes" vote is market positive as it indicates that the AKP has good prospects of winning a third tern at the general elections due by July 2011," Wolfango Piccoli, a London-based analyst at Eurasia Group consultancy, said in a note.

The result could also make the ruling party more confident of its popular support, and possibly reduce chances that it will embark on a spending spree to win over voters, Piccoli added.

OPPOSITION FARES POORLY

The secularist opposition's poor showing was completed by a mix-up that prevented Kemal Kilicdaroglu, chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP), from voting.

A CHP statement said its party leader had been unaware of changes to regulations limiting where members of parliament could vote. The CHP has pinned hopes on Kilicdaroglu to galvanise the party of Turkey's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, before next year's vote.

Many people expect the fault line between AK supporters and secularists to deepen, as the spirit of compromise remains in short supply in Turkey's democracy.

"Politics will polarise and harden further," said Faruk Logoglu, a former ambassador to the United States. "The ruling party will become even less receptive to the opposition, and the opposition will use tougher words and approaches to undermine the government."

Among other measures in the reform package were steps to make the military more answerable to civilian courts and remove immunity from prosecution for the leaders of the 1980 coup.

Senior military officers are already on trial on charges of plotting to overthrow the AK Party government in a widening investigation critics say is a politically-motivated witch hunt. — Reuters

Aziz Bari kata..."No problem!!"

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 12:03 AM PDT

Tengku Faris (second right) was today declared the new Sultan of Kelantan. — Bernama pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 – Constitutional law expert Professor Aziz Bari said today that Kelantan Regent Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra's installation as the state ruler today is constitutional.

Aziz dismissed accusations of a power grab in the long-standing Kelantan palace crisis that began after the regent's father, Sultan Tuanku Ismail Petra Sultan Yahya Petra, suffered a stroke in May last year.

"There is no question of a power grab or that the constitutional monarchy concept has been contravened because what is being done clearly follows the conditions and philosophy underlying that concept," Aziz told The Malaysian Insider today.

"It should have been done earlier on," he added.

The academic from the International Islamic University stressed that resignations and terminations were "usual" in the constitutional monarchy system, citing instances in Selangor, Perlis and Terengganu after World War II during British rule, as well as in countries like Brunei and the United Kingdom.

Yesterday, the Sultan's eldest sister Tengku Merjan Sultan Yahya Petra described the planned installation of the new Sultan, scheduled for 11 am today, was an act of conspiracy in ousting her brother as the legal Ruler of the state.

Tengku Merjan said that this was because the state constitution stated that the Kelantan ruler could only be replaced in three conditions, which was if the Sultan passed away, disappeared from the state without legitimate reason for more than a year, or if the Sultan abdicated the throne.

She pointed out that any move to dethrone Tuanku Ismail Petra outside the conditions mandated by the state constitution was tantamount to rebellion under the Penal Code.

"Tomorrow (today) is a sad day for the constitutional monarchy system in Malaysia if the conspiracy to oust him succeeds," she said yesterday.

Aziz, however, said the installation of a new Kelantan ruler today was the right move as it would end the uncertainty following the incapacitation of Tuanku Ismail Petra last year.

The constitutional monarchy expert pointed out that the Kelantan royal succession council's act was crucial to prevent the state government's administration from being disrupted.

"The Sultan plays an important role in this process," he said.

Aziz also said that this afternoon's installation of Regent Tengku Muhammad Faris as the new Kelantan Sultan was constitutional as it was based on a recently gazetted clause of the Kelantan State Constitution.

"To me, this explanation is sufficient. Even without this clause, the Kelantan royal succession council, which has the power and plays an important role in appointing and dismissing the Sultan, can appoint a new Sultan," said Aziz.

He added that the council, like the Conference of Rulers in the context of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, was the highest authority in the state and had to act quickly during a crisis.

Aziz also noted that the decision of the succession council could not be questioned in court based on past precedents.

"This has been acknowledged by the court in many cases. For example, past cases which involved challenges on the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 1987, the Terengganu Sultan in 1996 and the latest case in Kelantan in 2009 clearly showed the court's reluctance in interfering with royal disputes," he said.

Aziz pointed out that the Sultan's role as the head of Islam should be viewed in the context of the religion.

"The Sultan's ill health clearly shows that [he] does not fulfil the requirement for him to continue his role as the Sultan, who is the replacement of the caliph. [The] Amirul mukminin (caliph) needs to be healthy and Sultan Ismail (Petra) evidently does not fulfil that criterion," said Aziz, adding that Tengku Muhammad Faris's appointment was correct as he was the eldest prince.

Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat proclaimed Tengku Muhammad Faris as the Kelantan Sultan at 12.30pm today using a new law that was gazetted in July, stoking a constitutional crisis that began after his father fell ill last year.

The announcement was made pursuant to Article 23A of the Kelantan State Constitution — gazetted on July 22, 2010 — which covers the removal of a Sultan from the throne due to a major and serious handicap or illness.

Tuanku Ismail Petra has remained incapacitated after suffering a stroke on May 14 last year, paving the way for the council to name the 35-year-old prince as Regent last year.

"The Kelantan Council of Succession will deliberate on the medical reports and also observations from some imams that the Sultan cannot perform his royal duties," a Kelantan palace source had earlier told The Malaysian Insider, citing use of the new law.

"If the Kelantan Council of Succession decides based on thorough investigations that the Sultan suffers from a major handicap, which prevents him from performing his royal duties as mandated in Islamic religious law, the council needs to appoint a replacement based on the conditions in this clause," added the source.

The Malaysian Insider understands that the insertion of Article 23A into the Kelantan State Constitution (Second Part) was done based on Article 3(2) of that Constitution.

Article 3(2) touches on the following conditions:

(a) The ascension to the throne and other high-ranking positions within Malay customs.

(b) The appointment and characteristics of successors to the Sultan, royal consort or Regent, as well as members of the state regency council.

(c) The dismissal, withdrawal or abdication of the throne by the Sultan or his successors.

(d) The appointment and characteristics of rulers or high-ranking positions under Malay customs, including members of the state religious council, the royal advisory council, or similar bodies; and

(e) The setting up, arrangement, confirmation and termination of ranks, titles, honours, Malay custom; the characteristics of their holders; and controls for the palace, the audience hall and the palaces; may be amended by His Royal Highness with the agreement of the royal advisory council, but cannot be amended by any other way.

Sources also said that as newly-installed Sultan Tuanku Muhammad Faris loved his parents deeply, he has decided that their positions would be preserved through another clause gazetted into the Kelantan State Constitution.

Tengku Muhammad Faris Dimasyhurkan Sebagai Sultan Kelantan

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 11:46 PM PDT


Alhamdulillah. Berakhirlah sudah kemelut istana Kelantan.

Sesungguhnya beruntunglah rakyat Kelantan kerana berajakan seorang Sultan yang bertaqwa.

Apabila Sultan faham agama, lain-lain perkara Insya'Allah akan jadi mudah belaka.

Beruntung jugalah rakyat Kelantan kerana MBnya juga seorang ulamak yang tersohor. Kerajaannya sentiasa mendaulatkan Islam.

Patek di negeri Selangor tumpang gembira.

Allahuakbar.
Di bawah ini ialah kisah Tengku Muhammad Faris untuk kita tatapi....

Tuanku Faris Petra, Raja yang dekat di hati rakyat
Sep 13, 10 2:58pm

Sultan Kelantan yang baru dimasyhurkan, Tuanku Muhammad Faris Petra Ibni Sultan Ismail Petra merupakan seorang raja yang berjiwa rakyat dan dekat di hati rakyat Kelantan.

Sebut sahaja kawasan pedalaman mana yang tidak pernah dilawati baginda bagi menyelami suka duka rakyat termasuk ke kampung-kampung penempatan Orang Asli di Gua Musang dan Jeli.

Sering mengenakan jubah atau berbaju "gumbang" (baju Melayu) serta berkain pelikat dan berkopiah putih ketika melawat rakyat jelata menyebabkan tiada siapa yang menyangka lelaki segak itu merupakan pewaris Kesultanan Kelantan yang baru.

Pernah satu ketika di Pantai Damat, Bachok, baginda tidak kekok duduk bersila dan mendengar kisah penderitaan seorang ibu tunggal yang uzur dan hanya bergantung kepada bantuan bulanan Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM).

Mata baginda berkaca ketika mendengar kisah keperitan hidup Azizah Abdullah, 41, membesarkan tiga anaknya.

Membahasakan diri baginda dengan perkataan "kita" menyebabkan baginda dan rakyat seperti tidak ada jurang pemisah yang boleh merenggangkan hubungan rakyat dan raja.

Ketika di rumah Azizah, baginda yang turut menghulurkan sumbangan peribadi, juga sempat memberikan perangsang kepada tiga anak wanita itu untuk berjaya dalam pelajaran mereka.

Tuanku Muhammad Faris Petra merupakan putera sulung Sultan Kelantan sebelum ini, Tuanku Ismail Petra Almarhum Sultan Yahya Petra.

Pendidikan awal

Baginda mempunyai tiga adinda iaitu Tengku Bendahara Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra, Tengku Temenggong Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra dan Tengku Amalin A'Ishah Putri.

Baginda mendapat pendidikan awal di Kota Baharu dan di Kuala Lumpur dan seterusnya di Oakham School Rutland, England sehingga 1989 sebelum melanjutkan pengajian dalam bidang Kajian Diplomatik di Kolej St. Cross dan Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies sehingga 1991.

Tuanku Muhammad Faris Petra diputerakan pada 6 Okt 1969 dan dianugerahkan gelaran Tengku Mahkota Kelantan pada Oktober 1985 dan sejak pelantikan itu baginda telah menunjukkan kecenderungan untuk mempelajari dan mendalami selok belok pentadbiran negeri.

Baginda mula menarik perhatian seluruh negara dengan liputan meluas media ketika bertitah merasmikan Perhimpunan Perpaduan Melayu sempena Maulidur Rasul 1429 Hijrah di Dewan Merdeka, Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC) di Kuala Lumpur pada 2008.

Ketika bertitah pada majlis itu, baginda secara terbuka mengingatkan usaha penyatuan Melayu perlu diberi keutamaan yang tinggi berikutan kedudukan orang
Melayu dan Islam yang kian tercabar kerana ia boleh menjejaskan keharmonian negara.

Baginda berharap segala perbezaan pendapat dan perbelahan diketepikan melalui jalan yang bijaksana dengan perpaduan ummah harus diutamakan demi agama, bangsa dan negara sebagaimana yang diimpikan oleh semua.

Di masa lapangnya, baginda gemar membaca bagi mengikuti perkembangan semasa di dalam dan luar negara di samping meminati sukan lasak seperti ekspedisi kenderaan pacuan empat roda dan kejohanan kuda lasak.

Selain itu baginda juga menunjukkan minat mendalam terhadap sukan memanah, berkuda, boling serta suka memelihara haiwan kesayangan seperti kuda, kucing, ayam dan burung.

Dalam hubungan dengan rakyat, baginda ternyata mengambil berat kebajikan mereka dan kerap kali dalam diam-diam dan di luar pengetahuan media, baginda menjengah kehidupan mereka yang memerlukan pembelaan.

Komander Askar Wataniah

Baginda juga turut melibatkan diri dalam pelbagai pertubuhan kebajikan dan sukan dan juga aktif berperanan dalam organisasi berkaitan dengan keselamatan dan ketenteraan.

Baginda telah dilantik sebagai Komander 506 Askar Wataniah berpangkat Brigadier Jeneral (Kehormat).

Umum juga mengetahui hubungan yang akrab baginda dengan ayahanda baginda dan kegeringan Tuanku Ismail Petra pada 14 Mei tahun lalu membuatkan baginda diselubungi kesedihan dan berasa tertekan.

Baginda pernah mengimamkan solat hajat bersama-sama rakyat jelata sebelum ini bagi memohon kesejahteraan ayahanda baginda.

Pada 24 Mei tahun lalu, Tuanku Muhammad Faris Petra telah dilantik sebagai Pemangku Raja Kelantan setelah ayahanda baginda mendapat rawatan susulan di Hospital Mount Elizabeth, Singapura.

Pelantikan itu membolehkan baginda menjalankan tugas Sultan Kelantan mengikut perenggan (b) Fasal (1) dan (3) Perkara 22A Undang-undang Tubuh Kerajaan Kelantan (Bahagian Yang Kedua) yang menurut pakar perundangan mempunyai kuasa yang sama dengan Sultan mengikut Perkara 4 Fasal 1 Undang-Undang Perlembagaan Tubuh Kerajaan Kelantan dan Majlis Perajaan Negeri mengikut peruntukan tersebut.
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