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Batu Sapi : Abdul Hadi Kecam Umno-BN Punggah Khazanah Sabah, Sarawak Tanpa Selesaikan Masalah Rakyat

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT

Oleh Dzulkarnain Taib    

SANDAKAN 25 Okt – Presiden PAS, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang berkata kerajaan Umno-Barisan Nasional yang berpusat di Semenanjung tidak berhak memunggah harta kekayaan dan hasil mahsul negeri Sabah dan Sarawak selagi masalah asas yang membelenggu rakyat kedua-dua negeri tersebut tidak diselesaikan terlebih dahulu.

Ini termasuk hal berkaitan dengan keperluan asasi rakyat Sabah dan Sarawak sepertu bekalan air bersih dan elektrik, perumahan yang selesa, kemudahan pendidikan dan kesihatan disamping isu yang lebih besar termasuk royalti minyak, hasil balak dan gas serta perampasan tanah adat.

“Tidak boleh punggah harta Sabah atau Sarawak selagi tidak selesai isu kemisikinan, isu infrastruktur dan sebagainya. Selesaikan dulu hak rakyat ini baru duduk berbincang hendak bagi 20 peratus royalti minyak dan sebagainya. Inilah konsep federalisme dari perspektif Islam dan jika Pakatan Rakyat diamanahkan rakyat untuk memegang tampuk pemerintahan, PAS akan pastikan rakan dalam KEADILAN dan DAP menerima konsep ini yang berpaksikan kepada konsep keadilan. Saya yakin kita telah sama-sama berjanji untuk menegakkan keadilan bersama.

“Macam mana kerajaan Umno-BN mahu menggunakan wang rakyat untuk membina menara 100 tingkat apabila di Sabah ada rumah yang senget, yang bina rumah dalam  sungai pun ada. Tidak ada Persekutuan Malaysia jika tidak ada Sabah, tidak ada Persekutuan Malaysia jika tidak ada Sarawak. Dikumpulkan semua termasuk Semenanjung, Sabah dan Sarawak baru ada apa yang kita panggil Persekutuan Malaysia,” tegas Abdul Hadi ketika berucap di penutup Perhimpunan Isu Tanah anjuran Pakatan Rakyat Sabah dan majlis pengumuman calon Parti Keadilan Rakyat bagi Pilihan Raya Kecil P185 Batu Sapi di Dewan Hakka di sini petang semalam.

Beliau yang juga Ahli Parlimen Marang berkata walaupun PRK kecil pada nama tetapi kesannya amat besar kepada seluruh negara dalam penantian rakyat menghadapi Pilihan Rakyat Umum ke 13 tidak lama lagi.

PRK dan PRU jelas beliau memberi peluang kepada rakyat untuk menjadi hakim bagi menentukan siapa yang memimpin mereka.

“Kita sendiri lihat dan rasa bagaimana setelah 50 tahun merdeka, rakyat sepatutnya menjadi bijak dan jangan dicucuk hidung mereka serta berani melaksanakan hak mereka dalam pilihan raya.

“Dari satu segi Sabah dan Kelantan tidak banyak berbeza kerajaan kedua-dua negeri dalm sejarah politik negeri masing-masing telah memilih kerajaan negeri yang berlainan dalam tempoh 50 tahun. Inilah pendirian yang betul dan tepat. Walaupun PAS sebuah parti Islam, ia mampu bekerjasama dengan bukan Islam kerana Islam mengajar kita bersaudara sesama Islam dan juga manusia terutamanya golongan yang dizalimi dan dianiayai.

“Kerajaan adalah penjaga amanah bukan guna ruang untuk rampas tanah atau harta negeri. Dalam isu tanah siapa yang terokai tanah yang bukan milik sesiapa untuk urusan kehidupan seperti pertanian atau perumahan hendaklah dipertimbangkan untuk diberi hak ke atas tanah yang diteroka. Kerajaan boleh ambil tanah untuk tujuan tertentu seperti membuat jalan dan kemudahan awam tetapi hendaklah diberi pampasan yang secukup dan adil. Kalau dirampas begitu sahaja tanpa apa-apa diberikan ganti yang setimpal ini perbuatan yang zalim,” tegas bekas Menteri Besar Terengganu itu.

Mengimbas ketika Terengganu di bawah pemerintahan PAS di antara tahun 1999 hingga 2004, Abdul Hadi berkata kerajaan negeri telah memberi lebih 60,000 geran hak milik tanah kepada rakyat.


Galas : Proses pencalonan ditutup, PAS vs BN

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 08:02 PM PDT

GUA MUSANG 26 Okt. – Tempoh penamaan calon bagi Pilihan Raya Kecil Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Galas di Bilik Gerakan Pejabat Tanah dan Daerah Gua Musang di sini ditutup pada pukul 10 pagi ini.

Hanya dua calon mengemukakan borang pencalonan mereka kepada Pegawai Pengurus Pilihan Raya Wan Mustapha Wan Abdul Hamid dalam tempoh sejam proses itu berlangsung sejak pukul 9 pagi ini.

Mereka ialah calon Barisan Nasional (BN), Abdul Aziz Yusof, 49, dan Dr. Zulkefli Mohamad, 44, daripada Pas.

Sebaik tempoh pencalonan ditutup, Wan Mustapha mempamerkan borang-borang pencalonan di papan kenyataan berhadapan pusat penamaan itu untuk semakan umum.

Tempoh bantahan dibuka selama sejam dan tamat pada pukul 11 pagi. – Bernama


Batu Sapi: It’s a three-way contest

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 07:16 PM PDT

Its nomination day for the Batu Sapi parliamentary by-election which will be held on Nov 4. Nominations are open from 9am to 10am. Objections will close at 11am.

10.00am: Election Commission officials display copies of nomination forms filed by Barisan, SAPP and Pakatan candidates.

9.25am: Wan azizah and other Pakatan leaders walk over to the Barisan tent and greet Barisan leaders.

9.10am: Ansari files his nomination papers. PKR chief Datik Seri Dr Wan Azizah and other Pakatan Rakyat leaders are seated outside.

9.00am: Returning officer announces start of nomination period. Pakatan candidate Ansari Abdullah arrives outside nomination centre.

9.00am: Nomination is open and Datin Linda Tsen arrived with Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman and other Barisan component party leaders. They are seated under a tent outside the nomination center.

9.00am: SAPP candidate Yong Teck Lee arrives at nomination centre with several hundred party flag carrying supporters.

8.10am: Barisan candidate Datin Linda Tsen Thau Lin arrives early at the town field with other Barisan top guns as they prepare to march towards the nomination centre.

Only a small number of PKR supporters are gathered while SAPP leaders said they are not gathering in any significant numbers. At the nomination centre, pockets of crowd waited for the arrival of the candidates with Barisan supporters marching in at 8.30am.

8.00am: By 6am the sun was up over Batu Sapi parliament constituency in the east coast of Sabah. The nomination centre at the Sandakan community hall opens its doors from 9am.

Supporters of Barisan Nasional, Pakatan Rakyat and Sabah Progresive Party began arriving from sunrise.

Security is tight around the nomination centre with a helicopter hovering over as Barisan supporters with flags and banners gathered at the town field around 300m away with small groups of SAPP and PKR supporters gathered on both sides of the main road some 50m away.

CONSTITUENCY PROFILE:

The constituency has 13,835 male (54.08%) and 11,747 female (45.92%) voters.

The seat’s ethnic composition is Muslim bumiputra (59.02% or 15,099) – Suluk, Bajau, Bugis, Orang Sungei and others, Chinese (38.06% or 9,737) – Hakka, Cantonese and Hokkien, non-Muslim bumiputra (2.69% or 689) – Kadazandusun and Murut and Indian (0.22% or 57).

The candidates who have declared their intentions and filed their nominations are Barisan’s Parti Bersatu Sabah Wanita vice-head Datin Linda Tsen Thau Lin, 54, opposition SAPP Datuk Yong Teck Lee, 51, and Parti Keadilan supreme council member Ansari Abdullah.

All in all, 26 nomination forms were taken from the Election Commission since the Nov 4 by-election was declared following the death of Tsen’s husband Datuk Chong Ket Wah in a Oct 9 road accident.


Galas: Dr Zulkefli tetap calon PAS

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 07:00 PM PDT

Oleh : Salhan K Ahmad
 
PAS akan tetap meletakkan Dr Zulkefli Mohamad sebagai calon parti itu dalam pilihan raya kecil DUN Galas, kata menteri besar Kelantan Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.

Beliau turut menyatakan kehairanannya apabila ditanya sama ada PAS akan menukar calonnya itu.

“Tukar buat apa kita dah isytihar dah calon kita.

“Tak ada sebab orang tak undi PAS,” katanya kepada media selepas melancarkan Karnival Pertanian Kelantan di Gua Musang hari ini.

Kata-kata mursyidul am PAS itu sekali gus memadamkan khabar angin yang timbul hari ini bahawa parti itu akan meletakkan calon lain bagi menggantikan Dr Zulkefli.

Difahamkan, cakap-cakap itu timbul berikutan serangan yang dilancarkan Umno sejak Jumaat lalu, selepas PAS mengumumkan calon mereka bagi pilihan raya itu.

Sementara itu, ketua penerangan PAS Idris Ahmad juga berkata ura-ura itu tidak wujud.

“Tak adalah cerita macam itu,” katanya ringkas ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini hari ini.

Jumaat lalu, selepas diumumkan sebagai calon PAS Dr Zulkefli Mohamad menjadi sasaran media rasmi Umno – Umno Online – yang melaporkan bahawa beliau pernah ditangkap berkhalwat.

Media rasmi Umno yang memetik laporan beberapa blog mendakwa Dr Zulkefli pernah ditangkap khalwat dengan ‘isterinya’ sekarang, Ramelah Mat Jusoh.

Dalam reaksinya terhadap laporan itu, Dr Zulkefli yang juga pemangku Yang Dipertua PAS Gua Musang menafikan perkara itu.

Malah, katanya, Ramelah yang dilaporkan itu adalah ibunya.

Dr Zulkefli, sebaliknya menjelaskan isterinya bernama Zainab Jalar.

“Fitnah semata-mata, – boleh buat semakan di mana-mana pejabat agama di Kelantan dan seluruh Malaysia,” katanya.


Batu Sapi : BN dan SAPP dah, Bersekutu dan PKR belum bayar deposit

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 03:25 PM PDT

SANDAKAN 25 Okt. – Keseriusan Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) untuk bertanding pada Pilihan Raya Kecil Parlimen Batu Sapi menjadi tanda tanya apabila parti itu masih belum membayar wang deposit kepada Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR).

Sehingga pukul 2.30 petang ini, hanya Barisan Nasional (BN) dan Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) sahaja yang berbuat demikian.

Pengerusi SPR, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd. Yusof pada sidang akhbar di sini berkata, semua calon bertanding perlu membayar wang deposit selewat-lewatnya ketika mengemukakan borang pada hari pencalonan esok.

“Setakat ini sebanyak 26 borang pencalonan Parlimen Batu Sapi telah dijual kepada parti-parti politik dan individu.

“Daripada empat parti yang membeli borang iaitu Barisan Nasional (BN), SAPP, PKR dan Bersekutu, setakat ini kita hanya menerima bayaran deposit daripada dua parti iaitu BN dan SAPP,” katanya selepas meninjau pusat penamaan calon di Dewan Masyarakat Sandakan di sini hari ini.

Turut hadir, Pengerusi SPR negeri, Datuk Idrus Ismail.

Calon yang bertanding bagi Pilihan Raya Parlimen Batu Sapi perlu membayar deposit RM15,000 termasuk deposit untuk berkempen sebanyak RM5,000.

Pilihan Raya Kecil Parlimen Batu Sapi akan diadakan pada 4 November ini manakala pencalonan akan diadakan esok.

Setakat ini tiga parti telah mengumumkan calon masing-masing iaitu BN, SAPP dan PKR


Batu Sapi: BN to field Linda Tsen, PKR banks on Ansari

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT

By Charlie Rudai & Michael Kaung (Free Malaysa Today)

UPDATED AT 6.31PM KOTA KINABALU: Linda Tsen Thau Lin, 54, a housewife and part-time music teacher will be the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Batu Sapi parliament by-election.

The widow of MP Edmund Chong Ket Wah is also the deputy wanita chief of the Elopura Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) division that was headed by her late husband who died in a road accident on Oct 9 causing the by-election.

Chief Minister Musa Aman described Tsen as a capable woman who would serve Batu Sapi well.

"It is now time for all BN component parties to work together to ensure victory," he said today.

Her late husband was the PBS treasurer general and a two-term MP for Batu Sapi , parliamentary constituency with 25,582 voters with 1,535 being postal.

However FMT learnt that PBS supporters in Batu Sapi are reportedly unhappy with the late decision to drop a front-runner as a candidate in favour of Tsen.

State BN leaders had initially contemplated fielding former Sibuga assemblyman Thien Fui Yun in the parliamentary by-election but has since changed their minds at the last minute.

Tsen became the new hot favourite – and subsequently the BN’s choice – after the state BN felt that a local face would be a better candidate. The fact that she was the widow of Edmund Chong, whose death in a road accident on Oct 9 caused the by-election, also played a factor in the decision to pick her.

Sources said PBS president Joseph Pairin Kitingan, who had been given the mandate to select the candidate for BN, had initially opted for Thien.

However, the announcement by the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) that its president and former Sabah chief minister Yong Teck Lee would contest for the seat in the Nov 4 parliamentary by-election, as well as pressure from his right hand man, deputy president Dr Maximus Ongkili, saw Pairin changing his mind, they said.

Thien, a PBS vice president and chief of PBS’ Gum Gum division, a state constituency neighbouring Batu Sapi, was reportedly angered by the decision, said a source.

To quell any hint of rebellion, another source said, PBS deputy president for the Chinese quota, Dr Yee Moh Chai organised a dinner gathering for the party’s Chinese members including Thien at a restaurant in Sandakan last night.

“Supposedly Yee explained to them the reason behind the party’s leadership decision. Thien wants to know why," said one of the sources.

Voters want local person

Political observers who have been monitoring PBS politics said Pairin has been known to change his mind at the eleventh hour and his decision should come as no surprise to Thien and his supporters.

In the 2008 general election he also shocked incumbent Jornah Mozihim whose name was already announced as a candidate by the state BN chairman a few days earlier, by replacing her with Sarapin Magana as PBS-BN candidate for Matunggong state seat.

Sources said that of Tsen (right) and Thien, Tsen seems to have the advantage with the BN going for sympathy vote to curb the in-roads SAPP, who are considered strong contenders following its call for autonomy for Sabah among others, have made since quitting the BN in 2008.

PBS leaders believe that SAPP’s decision to field Yong is an indication that the party is "going for broke" in the election.

Sabah CM Musa, also the state BN chief, who announced Tsen’s candidacy today, has been reported as saying that BN’s candidate will be a local person who knows and understands the needs of Sandakan people.

"The people of Batu Sapi want a wakil rakyat from the same area who understands their problems better," he said yesterday.

Ansari is PKR’s pick

The Batu Sapi by-election is expected to see a three-cornered fight with PKR also joining in the fray. The peninsular-based party named seasoned politician-cum-lawyer Ansari Abdullah as its candidate today.

The announcement was made by PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim in the presence of several Pakatan Rakyat leaders here.

Ansari, who is an Anwar loyalist, is Tuaran chief and a central leadership council member. He is also closely linked to deputy president aspirant Azmin Ali.

Sources told FMT that Anwar picked Ansari over others to take advantage of the large number of Muslim bumiputera voters at Batu Sapi.

"In any event Anwar is not keen to win this by-election. He thinks the general election is just around the corner and wants to gauge the support of the Muslims for the party," said a source.

PKR is also believed to be upset with Yong for failing to step aside to allow for a straight fight between PKR and BN.

Going solely by popularity factor, many Batu Sapi voters believe Yong is the favourite to win this by-election.

There are 25,582 voters including 1,535 postal voters in Batu Sapi comprising 59% or 15,099 Muslim bumiputera, 38% or 9,737 Chinese, 2.69% or 689 non-Muslim bumiputera and 0.22% or 57 others