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Saturday, June 30, 2007

Spirit of Reformasi Lives On in Ezam: Syabas!

I was heartened to read the latest initiative by former PKR Youth chief Ezam Mohd Nor, now in another capacity mainly to maintain the fight against corruption in high places. Nothing less than a loud "SYABAS" to Ezam for maintaining his Reformasi spirit even after breaking ties with Parti Keadilan Rakyat. It's alright he's now using an NGO vehicle as long as the objectives remain noble.

PKR comrades wish him well as long as he's comitted to make progresive change in NegaraKu.

Even PKR de facto chief Sdr Anwar Ibrahim maintains Ezam remains a "friend".

From The Star,

Saturday June 30, 2007


Gerak: Minister involved in CBT


PUTRAJAYA: Former Parti Keadilan Rakyat Youth chief Ezam Mohd Nor has no intention of joining another political party for now despite invitations from his friends in Umno and PAS.

He prefers to concentrate on his role as chairman of the Movement for Democracy and Anti-Corruption (Gerak) to “highlight and fight” corruption in the country.

Asked if he had been invited to join other political movements following his resignation from PKR, Ezam said: “Sort of, because I have many friends in Umno and PAS. And naturally, as friends, they have invited me to be with them. But my focus now is on Gerak.”


It took six months to compile the document which contains police reports lodged against the minister... EZAM MOHD NOR
On Tuesday, Ezam announced that he had quit PKR and accused his one-time political idol Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of dictatorial politics. His resignation took effect on April 4 but he had quit all his party posts in February.

Yesterday, Ezam, as chairman of Gerak, handed a 632-page document to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi which contained allegations of criminal breach of trust and misappropriation involving a senior Cabinet Minister.

The document, which according to Ezam took Gerak six months to compile, contained two police reports lodged against the minister made by a chief executive officer of a public-listed company in 1998, statements by the Malaysian Companies Commission as well as receipts and invoices amounting to millions of ringgit.

Asked to reveal the identity of the minister, Ezam said he had made a verbal agreement with the Prime Minister’s Office not to name the individual.

Ezam said he decided not to hand over the document to the Anti-Corruption Agency as he had had “problems with the ACA chief previously, so I think it is better that I go straight to the chief of the ACA chief, which is the Prime Minister, concerning this case.”

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MEANWHILE, from the NST:

Anwar: I hold no grudges


PETALING JAYA:
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said he held no grudges towards former Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) deputy president Abdul Rahman Othman and youth chief Ezam Mohd Noor, who quit the party recently.

"We might not always share the same opinions but I still regard them as good friends," he said.

Anwar was speaking yesterday on the defections, which he claimed were not unanticipated.

"It wasn’t a sudden walkout. Abdul Rahman started losing interest and became less involved in the party after his defeat in the 2004 general election. Ezam felt that his values were more in line with Pas’ and made his intentions clear about seven months ago," he said.

Ezam had earlier been reported to have accused PKR leaders of failing to deal with "narrow" and "petty" internal politicking.

On his future in politics, Anwar said he was fully committed to PKR.

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