Tsunamic Aftermath Arrivedesi!

mGf DonPlayPuks says it's Revolution post-Revelation March 8, Beatles style.

We all live in a yellow submarine,
The DefMin pays billions and it's no Imagine
The blardy UMNO crony company gets 30percent
Now you git an ide where awe that Petronas trillions went?
It maketh no dent, no tent, no cent
It filleth up UMNO oligarch's petrol tank, armed tanks
They did not rob you and me, they only rob the banks
It's only 30percent, maybe 50percent
One minister asks: whether 20 minutes or fifty early
What's the difference?

So my dear friends of Permatang Pauh
Know thy Public Enemy Number One
Learn the two lessons below well
Othervice, these BN leaders lead thee unto Hell!

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Lesson 1:

From theSUN, rising wit' the People's Power of Ketuanan Rakyat:

WEB EDITION :: Local News

PERMATANG PAUH BY-ELECTION: Toh quits Gerakan
by Himanshu Bhatt

newsdesk@thesundaily.com



SEBERANG PERAI (Aug18, 2008) : Gerakan senior member Datuk Dr Toh Kin Woon resigned from the party today, a day after he visited a PKR operations centre in Permatang Pauh to show support for Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the parliamentary by-election there.

Datuk Dr Toh Kin Woon

Toh is the chief executive officer and director of the Socio-Economic and Environmental Institute (Seri), an independent non-profit think-tank set up by the state government.

He is also the chairman of the Penang State Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Pessoc), and a former Penang executive councillor.

Toh has been known to issue statements on human rights and freedom of expression, sometimes in contrast to stands taken by the BN leadership.

He first raised eyebrows while a BN state executive councillor in 1999 when he showed up at a Hari Raya function at Anwar’s house in Cherok Tok Kun here after Anwar had been sacked from Umno in 1998.

In May, he criticised the Education Department for abiding by a federal directive of disallowing the Pakatan Rakyat state government from going to Tamil schools to give away prescription spectacles. The charity programme had been initiated during his days as executive councillor.

Contacted today, Toh, who was a Gerakan central committee member, said he quit the party without any ill feeling.

He had faxed his resignation to the party office in Penang at 4.10pm.

He said he decided to leave Gerakan to save the party from embarrassment arising from his having a different stand than the official party line.

He also clarified that he had not been pressured or questioned by the party after he had shown up at the PKR centre.

Toh said he would now concentrate on his involvement with NGOs.

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Lesson2:



WEB EDITION :: Local News

Koh: Political tsunami a blessing in disguise for the rakyat
By Humayun Kabir

IPOH (Aug17, 2008): Parti Gerakan believes the political tsunami that hit the country in the March 8 general election is a blessing in disguise for the rakyat as they can now choose between two coalitions.

"This is the beginning of a two-coalition system era and it looks positive although (the tsunami) dealt almost a fatal blow to Barisan Nasional's component parties." said Gerakan Acting president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, adding that the rakyat can now have their say in the running of the government and choose coalition they think will best serve their interests and aspirations.

"However, the present status quo at national and state levels must not be changed by money politics and other undemocratic ways which goes against the rakyat who have expressed their democratic rights through the ballot boxes," he said.

Koh was unhappy with events at state and national levels by both BN and Pakatan Rakyat to try to change the choice of government that was made by the people.

"I asked (Datuk Seri Mohd) Tajol (Rosli Ghazali) why he was doing this (trying to take back Perak from under PR government by Aug 31). He said they are trying to do the same thing at federal level."

Koh also hit out at Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for politicising that he will win over about 30 BN MPs to form the PR government at federal level by Sept 16.

"Right now he (Anwar) can take 30 seats by undemocratic means which means he too can face a whiplash later as 10 or even more MPs might cross back to BN."

"Do we have a federal government that changes every two months?" he askedin his speech when he officiated the party’s Perak delegates conference at a hotel here yesterday.

He said there are positive signs in Malaysian politics as the talk of multi-racial politics is shaping up in a few BN component parties.

Koh said that BN parties that once practised racial politics like MIC and MCA are now opening to the idea of multi-racial politics.

He also called on Malaysians to practise the true form of democracy and not be 'demo-crazy’ as is the trend with some Malaysians today .