Kepayahan dan kesusahan rakyat bukan dongengan. Keinginan rakyat untuk hidup tanpa kesusahan adalah aspirasi yang di idamkan oleh semua.
Namun kita masih melihat kemiskinan dimerata-rata terutamanya dibandar-bandar dan dipinggiran pantai yang dihuni oleh nelayan-nelayan kecil.
Perasaan rendah diri dikalangan gulungan ini jelas kelihatan kerana kemiskinan.
Kata-kata orang tua dahulu, ‘hinanya besi kerana karat, hinanya manusia kerana kemiskinan’. Agama kita pula berkata, ‘kemiskinan itu membawa kekufuran’.
Tanggungjawab siapakah untuk mempertingkatkan taraf kehidupan rakyat yang miskin ini?
Jawabnya, selain dari tanggungjawab diri sendiri, yang lebih bertanggungjawab ialah ulil amri atau pun pemimpin yang menjaga amanah untuk mentadbir negara dan rakyatnya.
Apabila ramai diantara rakyat sesebuah negara itu terdiri dari gulungan miskin atau pun sudah jadi miskin satu ‘attribute’ yang dilihat sebagai cirri yang universal ialah kegelisah rakyat yang akhirnya membawa porak peranda dalam sistem politik, ekonomi, budaya dan Agama.
Dalam kata-kata lain negara tersebut tidak akan aman dan kucar kacir dan usaha untuk menjaga keamanan akan bertambah sukar, kerana kekufuran dikalangan mereka yang miskin akan menjadi nyata.
Selalunya jika pemimpin-pemimpin yang menjadi teraju kepada kerajaan didalam negera seperti ini, mereka akan bertindak diluar amalan yang diperintah Tuhan dan akan hilang kememapuan untuk mentadbir dengan beretika kepimpinan yang sebenarnya dan akan melanggar segala undang-undang yang mereka luluskan untuk dilaksanakan.
Itulah sebabnya pemimpin-pemimpin seperti ini akan menjadi berat sebelah dan undang-undang itu akan hanya menjadi pakaian kepada musuh politik mereka.
Timbul pula gejala ‘selective persecution) dimana yang hampir dengan kuasa mampu untuk melakukan apa-apa tindakkan yang diluar batas undang-undang tetapi dipilihara oleh undang-undang yang mempunyai unsur-unsur buruk itu tadi.
Dinegara kita unsur ini amat jelas kerana rakyat masih menunggu siapa kah yang terlibat didalam ‘18 high profile cases’ yang dinyatakan oleh salah seorang dari Ahli Jemaah Kabinet beberapa tahun dahulu.
Setakat ini kes ini nampaknya masih dalam perlindungan pihak yang berkuasa kerana melibatkan nama-nama beasr dan bergelar.
Oleh kerana kekufuran rakyat tadi maka mereka tidak lagi mampu untuk berfikir mengikut cara yang sepatutnya mengikut demokrsasi yang kononnya menjadi pilihan kita.
Olih kerana kemiskinan yang membawa kekufuran itu tadi maka hasilnya akan timbul pemimpin-pemimpin yang buta hati yang datangnya dari jumlah rakyat yang kufur itu.
Maka pimpinan mereka tidak akan dapat memberikan ketenangan dalam pemikiran orang ramai kerana pemimpin-pemimpin itu sendiri tidak dapat memberi jawapan kenapa rakyat dan orang ramai membenci dan memusuhi mereka.
Jika ada seorang dua yang ada nama dan ada sisek kepimpinan walaupun sedikit akan akhirnya menjadi pemimpin yang diikuti ramai dengan membuta tuli.
Akhirnya timbul puak-puak yang yang bertentangan yang mengkritik sesame sendiri yang masing-masing mempunyai kelemahan yang menakutkan untuk dijadikan pemimpin.
Unsur ini juga namapk jelas berada dikalangan kita diMalaysia dalam mana yang berlaku tidak adil akanmengatakan musuhnya yang tidak adil.
Pemimpin yang tidak berkemampuan pula akan menudah lawannya tidak berkemampuan dan yang rasuah akan menudah musuhnya rasuah.
Sebenarnya mereka semuanya sama sahaja, yang yang nampak sedikit betulnya ialah kerana lonjakkan media yang berat sebelah dalam lapurannya dan tindakkan yang tidak beretika.
Saya boleh mengandaikan jika sesuatu malapetaka melanda seprti tsunami dan sebagainya maka ada dikalangan orang ramai yang akan mengambil kesempatan mencuri dan merompak didalam kesibukkan menangani malapetaka tadi.
Begitu jugalah jika pemimpin-pemimpin kedua-dua belah pihak bertelagah maka ramailah dikalangan yang hampir dengan kuasa mengambil kesempatan memeras kekayaan negara kerana keadaan itu memudahkan mereka untuk mendapat sesuatu yang besar dari pemimpin yang sangat memerlukan sokongan itu.
Keadaan ini selalunya berlanjutan dan akan membawa kerosakkan kepada sistem pentadbiran negara.
Kerana kelemahan rakyat dan kepimpinan yang kufur tadi maka berlakulah perkara-perkara yang lain dari apa yang sepatutnya berlaku.
1) Pemimpin yang lemah tadi akan membentuk apa yang disebut sebagai rangkaian kroni yang kuat dan kroni-kroni ini akan mendapat segala apa yang diidamkan dan akan terus menerus menyokong pimpinan yang lemah tadi.
2) Akan wujud fenomena pemimpin yang hanya pandai berretorik untuk mengabuai rakya yang sedidit sebanyak sudah pandai berfikir dan menilai isi kepada rangkapan-rangkapan retorik tadi.
3) Selalunya retorik ini akan memasarkan elemen-elemen yang tidak ada kepada pimpinan yang kuat dengan slogan-slogan yang menghayalkan rakyat dan slogan ini selalunya akan menadapat sokongan dari pemimpin-pemimpin yang ingin memberikan ‘jasa’ kepada pemimpin tersebut.
4) Oleh kerana berkata-kata diatas keperluan semasa dan tidak utuk masa depan yang panjang, selalunya apa yang diperkatakan itu akan bercanggah dengan apa yang dikatakannya sebelum itu.
5) Jika keadaan ekonomi dan peluang untuk penghidupan bertambah mengecil maka kroni-kroni yang terbentuk tadi akan mengambil kesempatan yang sepenuhnya bagi menambah kekayaan tanpa memikirkan nasib mereka yang luar dari rangkaian kroni tersebut. Yang kaya bertambah kaya dan yang miskin bertambah parah.
6) Diatas kemiskinan rakyat ini lah pemimpin yang lemah akan meletakkan harapan untuk terus menerus berkuasa dan kemelaratan rakyat tidak aka nada kesudahannya.
7) Negara tidak akan lagi menjadi hak milik rakyat tetapi sudah menjadi hak milik yang berkuasa. Rakyat hanya diberikan bantuan ehsan dan rakyat menerima sahaja apa-apa yang diehkankan kepada mereka. Mungkin itulah sebabnya Kerajaan Pusat berfikir rakyat Kelantan dan Trengganu itu layaknya hanya menerima Wang Ehsan hasil dari kekayaan mereka yang dikuasai oleh Pusat. Perjanjian boleh diketepikan dan mereka akan berkata; ambil sahaja Wang Ehsan, jangan cakap banyak.
Semuanya ini adalah secebis dari perkara buruk yang melanda negara hasil dari kemiskinan yang membawa kekufuran itu.
Apabila negara mempunyai pemimpin yang kufur maka rakyat tidak lagi dapat memberikan pertimbangan yang wajar dalam kita memilih pemimpin.
Maka tidaklah hairan dalam sejarah dunia ini banyak bangsa yang telah terhakis dari dunia ini.
Rakyat sudah letih di hayalkan oleh retorik lapuk seperti ‘Malayu tidak akan hilang didunia’ dan sebagainay sambil menghunus keris dan ucapan yang berapi-api.
Mereka tidak sedar yang ‘Melayu sudah beransur-ansur hilang dunianya’
Maaf kerana berbicara seperti ini. Mungkin ramai yang marah tetapi percayalah saudara akan mengahadpi apa yang saya perkatakan ini....jika perubah secara ‘total’ tidak dilakukan.
Sekian……………………………………………………………..Aspan Alias.
10 February 2010
09 February 2010
Anwar' Sodomy case: Don't rely on parallel courts
This short write up is to answer one commentator (Daniel) in my blog asking me why I am too quiet about the current Anwar’s court case and he says it is very unlike of me not to say a bit about this issue, which is hotly debated by both the mainstream and the alternative media.
My answer is simple and straight forward.
I am not the judge. I am not the accused neither am I the defense lawyer. I am also not the prosecutor neither am I the plaintiff or Saiful.
I am quite okay in taking care of all the private parts that has been given by nature especially the one that is located on the back part of my physic.
I don’t allow anybody to touch it unless I want to make it into political issue against some one.
I am not even a witness to the trial and have to do nothing with me especially so while it is on trial.
I don’t fancy the frenzy acts by many quarters setting up parallel courts on the street, in the office, in the coffee shop or anywhere else and above of it all I don’t enjoy seeing people suffering to this extent.
The accused have wife and children and for anyone to enjoy on the sufferings of others will normally bear the retribution themselves as nature has set the world and it’s live with equitable fairness.
That is what my religion says. I personally don’t have much knowledge on religions of others even though I do respect the existence of the faiths and believes.
Name calling on anyone including the accused destroys the basic fabric of rule of law and to me it’s legally wrong.
Why charge him court if the media and the parallel courts have already had the verdicts?
There is one salient point to be remembered by any member of civilized society; Respect the court which is in session, keep our dirty and smelly mouth shut and wait for the case to be over and verdict being read out.
After that, any one can comment as he likes. In the meanwhile just behave like we are in the public gallery of the court, that is keep quiet and say nothing.
To both the warring groups, this is what every one should observe; if we really want to see the Judiciary to retrieve its old glories as real independent and respected pillar of the Federation.
To Anwar supporters your demonstration does not change anything. You don’t have to worry; if Anwar is not guilty it will be decided to his favor. If he is proven guilty everyone knows what is going to be like...ie imprisonment.
But to the judges of the street parallel courts, for heaven sake please stop presiding on the issue. Just accept and respect the real and the actual court that is now in session.
If one has their personal verdict or preferences keep it inside and throw it once it is over and done. From then on please suit yourself.
Daniel, this is my answer. This is the correct answer even though it might not to your liking.
Thanks………………………………………………………Aspan Alias
My answer is simple and straight forward.
I am not the judge. I am not the accused neither am I the defense lawyer. I am also not the prosecutor neither am I the plaintiff or Saiful.
I am quite okay in taking care of all the private parts that has been given by nature especially the one that is located on the back part of my physic.
I don’t allow anybody to touch it unless I want to make it into political issue against some one.
I am not even a witness to the trial and have to do nothing with me especially so while it is on trial.
I don’t fancy the frenzy acts by many quarters setting up parallel courts on the street, in the office, in the coffee shop or anywhere else and above of it all I don’t enjoy seeing people suffering to this extent.
The accused have wife and children and for anyone to enjoy on the sufferings of others will normally bear the retribution themselves as nature has set the world and it’s live with equitable fairness.
That is what my religion says. I personally don’t have much knowledge on religions of others even though I do respect the existence of the faiths and believes.
Name calling on anyone including the accused destroys the basic fabric of rule of law and to me it’s legally wrong.
Why charge him court if the media and the parallel courts have already had the verdicts?
There is one salient point to be remembered by any member of civilized society; Respect the court which is in session, keep our dirty and smelly mouth shut and wait for the case to be over and verdict being read out.
After that, any one can comment as he likes. In the meanwhile just behave like we are in the public gallery of the court, that is keep quiet and say nothing.
To both the warring groups, this is what every one should observe; if we really want to see the Judiciary to retrieve its old glories as real independent and respected pillar of the Federation.
To Anwar supporters your demonstration does not change anything. You don’t have to worry; if Anwar is not guilty it will be decided to his favor. If he is proven guilty everyone knows what is going to be like...ie imprisonment.
But to the judges of the street parallel courts, for heaven sake please stop presiding on the issue. Just accept and respect the real and the actual court that is now in session.
If one has their personal verdict or preferences keep it inside and throw it once it is over and done. From then on please suit yourself.
Daniel, this is my answer. This is the correct answer even though it might not to your liking.
Thanks………………………………………………………Aspan Alias
07 February 2010
Can we walk straight on a crooked path?
The more we read and see about the happenings about politics in this country the more we feel the erratic pulses in us. The atmosphere is to some extent unbearable to consume and it is unchewable.
Malaysia is the only nation whereby almost every one of her population talks about politics and the percentage of the alertness of politics are almost to the optimum.
The issues normally would change after a while, and issues keep on changing endlessly….at least for another while until after the reconciliation point of compromise over these numerous issues in hand is found.
Would we or would we not find the agreeable solution in the next few months or years?
Every one seems to be in soul searching. The government is trying to overcome the lumber of historical misadventures which the current population is suffering.
The carelessness and rashness of managing politics and government by leaders since 2 and the half decades ago is now contributing adverse consequences to lives of all of us.
It seems everybody does not trust every one; “Trust nobody and suspect everybody!” said a friend, a retired government servant who came to sip ice coffee with few other friends just over a week ago.
“These politicians think that this country is their personal property, come in the office to order us what to do and to whom all opportunities should be given to. They dismantle the policies which they set. We implementers are not given the chance to implement the policies fairly, and they just want us to be the conduit of their ill intended personal gains” He said it clear.
“I tell you, no policy has been implemented in good demeanor. The reason is simple; some government servants themselves are compromising their principles and work ethics.”
“AND these are the set of officers who enjoy exceedingly as they get promoted for compromising the rule of law. This has been going on for more than 2 decades.” He mumbled.
“As long as changes are not done structurally let us just forget about good future. Every new leader who comes in is welcomed as we want to see him just do the changes without fear or favor but the same culture and conduct is nurtured. So what do we do?” He asked us.
To incidents of this nature, I normally do not know how to respond, as it has been the normal talk everywhere every time.
There has to a cause for every cause. Obviously this has been the scene for a long time but none in the administration seems to do anything about it. Everything was swept under the carpet and all were taken with no offence.
This culture slowly became deeply seated in the government and the Ministers who were supposed to oversea that policy set by the ruling party is implemented appropriately are not observed as they are themselves are part of the scandalous practices.
So the corrupted leaders and the distrusted officers work hand in glove as corruptors and hence the public outcries become the norm of the day.
BUT that could have been resolved by taking swift remedial actions, but the leaders both the outgoings and the incomings take no heed and all were taking for granted.
They keep on taking the friendliness and the forgiving public as weaknesses.
Corruption has been perceived to happen in every department and it is already the rule of the day that it is not an easy exercise to remedy the state of affairs any more.
We just take the latest happening in the Forestry department which the local TV Station highlighted for the past days.
It revealed another old but still and unresolved problem that is the theft of logs from the reserved jungles of Pahang and Selangor.
In Maran, Pahang team of enforcement authority went in the jungle tracking the thieves.
BUT by the time the enforcement officers reached the location all the thieves were already fleeing the site and only found over a million worth of logs neatly piled at the location.
The same thing happened at Batang Kali Selangor when the enforcement officers went in the jungle to arrest the thieves where they found nobody but only almost 2 million ringgit worth of logs found at 9 locations within the vicinity of the site.
Apparently the thieves had already fled many hours earlier as they managed to place the tractors at another location on a private land and the authority found problem of taking away all the machinery used for the thieving acts.
Why are all these happening and why the thieves managed to escape the scene before the enforcement team arrived at the site?
The answer is the act of thieving the logs involves the inside collaborators. The advance communication system we enjoy now is also enjoyed by this highly syndicated thieving.
The collaborators in the authority just need to text messages through sms to the thieves when the enforcement were ready to enter the jungle.
They share the loot and enjoy their acts as no one can get the sight of the thieves as ‘inside help’ give the thieves and expedient path to escape.
So we see that thieves are everywhere at every time and how could this be resolute?
So do we blame the rakyat for perceiving the government servant alike to politicians as corruptors?
They believe that their (Rakyat) wealth is being milked by the group in power right from the Putrajaya to the deep forest and jungles. They know that thieves are everywhere.
They are sick of witnessing thieves stealing government coffers, jet engines, and logs in the jungle and the thieves both the white and blue collar have already set a kind of standard operating procedure well structured as long as there exist cooperation from inside personnel with strong authority.
Thieving seems to be a good ‘business’ in this country as it involves every segment in the government and the private sectors.
As thieving are mostly protected by the inside people for cash advantages and the big and the white collared are protected by legislated law like OSA, the hope to eradicate corruptions and thieving is certainly unworkable and unattainable.
That is why the rakyat choose to act as they do not want to see their nation to be destroyed and thus the ball is now at the feet of the government leaders.
Maybe a large number of the leaders have to discharge their own selves from duty to ensure the move to resolve corruption and thieving acts to kick start and effectually workable.
I wish to remind every one including my humble self that ‘we won’t be able to walk straight in a crooked path. Conversely we can’t walk crooked in a straight path ’
Many may hate my guts for writing in this manner, but what other way of expression available for me? I am not a street demonstrator nor am I a member of the opposition party.
Cheers.
Thanks……………………………………..Aspan Alias
Malaysia is the only nation whereby almost every one of her population talks about politics and the percentage of the alertness of politics are almost to the optimum.
The issues normally would change after a while, and issues keep on changing endlessly….at least for another while until after the reconciliation point of compromise over these numerous issues in hand is found.
Would we or would we not find the agreeable solution in the next few months or years?
Every one seems to be in soul searching. The government is trying to overcome the lumber of historical misadventures which the current population is suffering.
The carelessness and rashness of managing politics and government by leaders since 2 and the half decades ago is now contributing adverse consequences to lives of all of us.
It seems everybody does not trust every one; “Trust nobody and suspect everybody!” said a friend, a retired government servant who came to sip ice coffee with few other friends just over a week ago.
“These politicians think that this country is their personal property, come in the office to order us what to do and to whom all opportunities should be given to. They dismantle the policies which they set. We implementers are not given the chance to implement the policies fairly, and they just want us to be the conduit of their ill intended personal gains” He said it clear.
“I tell you, no policy has been implemented in good demeanor. The reason is simple; some government servants themselves are compromising their principles and work ethics.”
“AND these are the set of officers who enjoy exceedingly as they get promoted for compromising the rule of law. This has been going on for more than 2 decades.” He mumbled.
“As long as changes are not done structurally let us just forget about good future. Every new leader who comes in is welcomed as we want to see him just do the changes without fear or favor but the same culture and conduct is nurtured. So what do we do?” He asked us.
To incidents of this nature, I normally do not know how to respond, as it has been the normal talk everywhere every time.
There has to a cause for every cause. Obviously this has been the scene for a long time but none in the administration seems to do anything about it. Everything was swept under the carpet and all were taken with no offence.
This culture slowly became deeply seated in the government and the Ministers who were supposed to oversea that policy set by the ruling party is implemented appropriately are not observed as they are themselves are part of the scandalous practices.
So the corrupted leaders and the distrusted officers work hand in glove as corruptors and hence the public outcries become the norm of the day.
BUT that could have been resolved by taking swift remedial actions, but the leaders both the outgoings and the incomings take no heed and all were taking for granted.
They keep on taking the friendliness and the forgiving public as weaknesses.
Corruption has been perceived to happen in every department and it is already the rule of the day that it is not an easy exercise to remedy the state of affairs any more.
We just take the latest happening in the Forestry department which the local TV Station highlighted for the past days.
It revealed another old but still and unresolved problem that is the theft of logs from the reserved jungles of Pahang and Selangor.
In Maran, Pahang team of enforcement authority went in the jungle tracking the thieves.
BUT by the time the enforcement officers reached the location all the thieves were already fleeing the site and only found over a million worth of logs neatly piled at the location.
The same thing happened at Batang Kali Selangor when the enforcement officers went in the jungle to arrest the thieves where they found nobody but only almost 2 million ringgit worth of logs found at 9 locations within the vicinity of the site.
Apparently the thieves had already fled many hours earlier as they managed to place the tractors at another location on a private land and the authority found problem of taking away all the machinery used for the thieving acts.
Why are all these happening and why the thieves managed to escape the scene before the enforcement team arrived at the site?
The answer is the act of thieving the logs involves the inside collaborators. The advance communication system we enjoy now is also enjoyed by this highly syndicated thieving.
The collaborators in the authority just need to text messages through sms to the thieves when the enforcement were ready to enter the jungle.
They share the loot and enjoy their acts as no one can get the sight of the thieves as ‘inside help’ give the thieves and expedient path to escape.
So we see that thieves are everywhere at every time and how could this be resolute?
So do we blame the rakyat for perceiving the government servant alike to politicians as corruptors?
They believe that their (Rakyat) wealth is being milked by the group in power right from the Putrajaya to the deep forest and jungles. They know that thieves are everywhere.
They are sick of witnessing thieves stealing government coffers, jet engines, and logs in the jungle and the thieves both the white and blue collar have already set a kind of standard operating procedure well structured as long as there exist cooperation from inside personnel with strong authority.
Thieving seems to be a good ‘business’ in this country as it involves every segment in the government and the private sectors.
As thieving are mostly protected by the inside people for cash advantages and the big and the white collared are protected by legislated law like OSA, the hope to eradicate corruptions and thieving is certainly unworkable and unattainable.
That is why the rakyat choose to act as they do not want to see their nation to be destroyed and thus the ball is now at the feet of the government leaders.
Maybe a large number of the leaders have to discharge their own selves from duty to ensure the move to resolve corruption and thieving acts to kick start and effectually workable.
I wish to remind every one including my humble self that ‘we won’t be able to walk straight in a crooked path. Conversely we can’t walk crooked in a straight path ’
Many may hate my guts for writing in this manner, but what other way of expression available for me? I am not a street demonstrator nor am I a member of the opposition party.
Cheers.
Thanks……………………………………..Aspan Alias
05 February 2010
Jadilah pemimpin kepada negara yang berdaulat
Yang memungkinkan hilangnya nilai budaya, hilangnya etika kepimpinan dan perasaan kasih sayang kepada negara ialah apabila kita sudah tidak tahu lagi cara untuk mengendalikan isu yang ada di hadapan kita.
Saya lebih cenderung untuk mengarahkan pandangan dalam tulisan saya ini kepada manusia siasah yang begitu lancar mengeluarkan kata-kata cintakan negara, tetapi tidak begitu faham bagaimana hendak menzahirkan cinta mereka kepada negara yang bertuah ini.
Sebagai pemimpin yang telah diamanahkan yang paling utama ialah untuk memahami bagaimana negara ini terasas dan apabila kita memahami premis yang menjadi asas kepada kewujuddannya barulah kita memahami cara menyayangi negara.
Apabila kita sudah tahu perkara yang pokok ini barulah kita memahami cara kita mencari penyelesaian kepada apa-apa kemelut yang ada dihadapan kita.
Kita wajib mengetahui masalah pokok sebelum kita mampu untuk menyelesaikannya.
Kalau kita cuba melakukan sesuatu tanpa kita ketahui serta memahami isu sebenar, kita tidaklah ada bezanya dengan orang yang mabuk.
Orang yang mabuk kita boleh definasikan dari sudut hakikatnya; iaitu orang yang tidak tahu apa yang dibuatnya.
Tuhan kita pun tidak menerima amalan dan perbuatan orang yang mabuk; dan itu merupakan salah satu dari firmannya kalau kita mahu menerimanya sebagai manusia yang bertuhan.
Jika kita menghormati sebuah negara asing, tiada sebab kita tidak menghormati negeri-negeri yang dibawah naungan seorang Raja Melayu yang berdaulat.
Jika kita akui sesebuah negeri itu berdaulat maka sudah kemestian kita layani negeri dan rakyat negeri tersebut sebagai negeri dan rakyat yang berdaulat.
Jika kita lari dari asas ini maka yang akan kita hadapi ialah pandangan rendah mereka terhadap kita yang akhirnya kita pula yang marah dan menyimpan perasaan yang tidak baik terhadap mereka.
Kelantan dan Terengganu misalnya adalah dua buah negeri yang berdaulat maka kita wajib menerima kedaulatan negeri-negeri tersebut mengikut hakikinya. Kelantan dan Terengganu bukan jajahan takhluk kita.
Kenapa PETRONAS yang dipunyai oleh pusat itu mencari helah untuk tidak memayar Royalti kepada kedua buah negeri itu sedangkan itu sudah termaktub dalam perjanjian?
Sebaliknya kenapa Sabah dan Sarawak boleh pula mendapatkan Royalti tersebut? Kenapa ada perbezaan?
Kenapa Rais Yatim melenting dengan Tengku Razaleigh sedangkan TR memang pun menubuhkan PETRONAS itu atas arah Tun Razak untuk memberi nikmat kepada rakyat negeri-negeri tersebut?
Kenapa ada yang disayangi dan ada yang dibenci? Rais sendiri selalu menasihati kita dalam ucapan politik agar kita jangan bersikap ‘sayang bertompok-tompok, benci merata-rata'.
Kalau tidak kerana politik masakan Royalti diganti dengan Wang Ehsan yang bertentangan dengan perjanjian dan tidak menghormati negeri-negeri yang berdaulat itu tadi?
Kenapa Rais menuduh TR berdolak dalik, kenapa tidak soal samada yang diperkatakan itu benar atau tidak? Kenapa Rais lupa dengan dolak daliknya selama ini?
Apabila mengumumkan untuk membakar jambatan dengan Mahathir dengan begitu garang tetapi kenapa pula tersengeh-sengeh menghidu Dr Mahathir seperti kucing manja yang hendakkan susu ibunya apabila jatuh dan tersungkur?
Bukankah itu dolak dalik yang paling jelas?
Kenapa tidak kritik Dr Mahathir yang berucap pada 24hb Jun 2006 di Taman Melawati yang dihadiri oleh pemimpin tertinggi PAS semasa beliau mengkritik Abdullah Badawi dahulu.
Kenapa tidak dikritik Dr Mahathir yang mencerca Presiden UMNO di hadapan pemimpin tertinggi PAS dan kenapa tidak nasihat Dr Mahathir untuk meluahkan perasaan melalui saluran tertentu?
Tiada siapa yang mampu menafikan ini kerana saya adalah Pengerusi Forum tersebut yang menjemput Dr Mahathir sebagai penceramah utamanya.
Sampai ke hari ini Dr Mahathir mengecam UMNO, malahan beliau bertanggungjawab besar atas kekalahan UMNO dalam banyak kerusi Parlimen dan Negeri dalam pilihanraya umum yang lalu.
Kelemahan Pak Lah memanglah menjadi penyebab utama tetapi Mahathir membuatkan UMNO bertambah parah.
Kenapa pemimpin-pemimpin kita yang benar-benar berdolak-dalik tidak dijadikan isu?
Kita masih ingat bagaimana pemimpin UMNO menghina Raja-Raja Melayu pada krisis 1993 tetapi sekarang menuduh pihak lain tidak menghormati Raja-Raja Melayu yang berdaulat tadi?
Pada sesiapa yang boleh membaca semasa itu merasakan UMNO sudah hilang wadah ketika mengkritik Raja-Raja Melayu kita. Menghentam Raja-Raja Melayu bermakna menentang perjuangan UMNO itu sendiri.
Jadi yang mana satu yang kita perlu ikut? Rakyat menjadi keliru, dan apabila rakyat keliru, perpecahan dan percanggahan persepsi akan berlaku dan akhirnya membawa padah pada negara dan rakyat juga yang akan melata.
Krisis identiti yang dihadapi oleh UMNO sekarang wajib diperbaiki jika kita masih berminat untuk mendapatkan sokongan ramai.
Berbaliklah kepada BAB 3 Perlembagaan UMNO (ASAS dan TUJUAN).
Dalam BAB itu terkandung kesemua perjuangan yang mesti dilakukan oleh UMNO dan Bab ini adalah Bab yang paling penting kerana itu melambangkan identiti perjuangan UMNO yang sebenar.
Selain dari Bab itu hanyalah atur-peraturan perjalanan parti sahaja.
Saya berharap pengakuan UMNO yang Raja itu adalah asas perpaduan rakyat saya hargai dan ramai yang menghargainya; tetapi biarlah konsisten jangan berdolak dalik lagi.
Jika hilang Raja-Raja Melayu hilanglah identiti kita. Jika kita hilang identiti, maka bangsa kita akan hilang dunianya.
Cukuplah setakat ini: secebis yang disebutkan tadi ialah untuk mengingatkan pemimpin-pemimpin kita supaya menjadi pemimpin bagi negara yang berdaulat dan merdeka, bukan menjadi pemimpin yang …………..
Akhirnya saya ingin menulis sepotong kata-kata dalam bahasa Inggeris yang pada saya sangat bernilai; ‘Everything has got a moral, if you can only find it’ (Lewis Carroll)
Sekian………………………………………………………..Aspan Alias.
Saya lebih cenderung untuk mengarahkan pandangan dalam tulisan saya ini kepada manusia siasah yang begitu lancar mengeluarkan kata-kata cintakan negara, tetapi tidak begitu faham bagaimana hendak menzahirkan cinta mereka kepada negara yang bertuah ini.
Sebagai pemimpin yang telah diamanahkan yang paling utama ialah untuk memahami bagaimana negara ini terasas dan apabila kita memahami premis yang menjadi asas kepada kewujuddannya barulah kita memahami cara menyayangi negara.
Apabila kita sudah tahu perkara yang pokok ini barulah kita memahami cara kita mencari penyelesaian kepada apa-apa kemelut yang ada dihadapan kita.
Kita wajib mengetahui masalah pokok sebelum kita mampu untuk menyelesaikannya.
Kalau kita cuba melakukan sesuatu tanpa kita ketahui serta memahami isu sebenar, kita tidaklah ada bezanya dengan orang yang mabuk.
Orang yang mabuk kita boleh definasikan dari sudut hakikatnya; iaitu orang yang tidak tahu apa yang dibuatnya.
Tuhan kita pun tidak menerima amalan dan perbuatan orang yang mabuk; dan itu merupakan salah satu dari firmannya kalau kita mahu menerimanya sebagai manusia yang bertuhan.
Jika kita menghormati sebuah negara asing, tiada sebab kita tidak menghormati negeri-negeri yang dibawah naungan seorang Raja Melayu yang berdaulat.
Jika kita akui sesebuah negeri itu berdaulat maka sudah kemestian kita layani negeri dan rakyat negeri tersebut sebagai negeri dan rakyat yang berdaulat.
Jika kita lari dari asas ini maka yang akan kita hadapi ialah pandangan rendah mereka terhadap kita yang akhirnya kita pula yang marah dan menyimpan perasaan yang tidak baik terhadap mereka.
Kelantan dan Terengganu misalnya adalah dua buah negeri yang berdaulat maka kita wajib menerima kedaulatan negeri-negeri tersebut mengikut hakikinya. Kelantan dan Terengganu bukan jajahan takhluk kita.
Kenapa PETRONAS yang dipunyai oleh pusat itu mencari helah untuk tidak memayar Royalti kepada kedua buah negeri itu sedangkan itu sudah termaktub dalam perjanjian?
Sebaliknya kenapa Sabah dan Sarawak boleh pula mendapatkan Royalti tersebut? Kenapa ada perbezaan?
Kenapa Rais Yatim melenting dengan Tengku Razaleigh sedangkan TR memang pun menubuhkan PETRONAS itu atas arah Tun Razak untuk memberi nikmat kepada rakyat negeri-negeri tersebut?
Kenapa ada yang disayangi dan ada yang dibenci? Rais sendiri selalu menasihati kita dalam ucapan politik agar kita jangan bersikap ‘sayang bertompok-tompok, benci merata-rata'.
Kalau tidak kerana politik masakan Royalti diganti dengan Wang Ehsan yang bertentangan dengan perjanjian dan tidak menghormati negeri-negeri yang berdaulat itu tadi?
Kenapa Rais menuduh TR berdolak dalik, kenapa tidak soal samada yang diperkatakan itu benar atau tidak? Kenapa Rais lupa dengan dolak daliknya selama ini?
Apabila mengumumkan untuk membakar jambatan dengan Mahathir dengan begitu garang tetapi kenapa pula tersengeh-sengeh menghidu Dr Mahathir seperti kucing manja yang hendakkan susu ibunya apabila jatuh dan tersungkur?
Bukankah itu dolak dalik yang paling jelas?
Kenapa tidak kritik Dr Mahathir yang berucap pada 24hb Jun 2006 di Taman Melawati yang dihadiri oleh pemimpin tertinggi PAS semasa beliau mengkritik Abdullah Badawi dahulu.
Kenapa tidak dikritik Dr Mahathir yang mencerca Presiden UMNO di hadapan pemimpin tertinggi PAS dan kenapa tidak nasihat Dr Mahathir untuk meluahkan perasaan melalui saluran tertentu?
Tiada siapa yang mampu menafikan ini kerana saya adalah Pengerusi Forum tersebut yang menjemput Dr Mahathir sebagai penceramah utamanya.
Sampai ke hari ini Dr Mahathir mengecam UMNO, malahan beliau bertanggungjawab besar atas kekalahan UMNO dalam banyak kerusi Parlimen dan Negeri dalam pilihanraya umum yang lalu.
Kelemahan Pak Lah memanglah menjadi penyebab utama tetapi Mahathir membuatkan UMNO bertambah parah.
Kenapa pemimpin-pemimpin kita yang benar-benar berdolak-dalik tidak dijadikan isu?
Kita masih ingat bagaimana pemimpin UMNO menghina Raja-Raja Melayu pada krisis 1993 tetapi sekarang menuduh pihak lain tidak menghormati Raja-Raja Melayu yang berdaulat tadi?
Pada sesiapa yang boleh membaca semasa itu merasakan UMNO sudah hilang wadah ketika mengkritik Raja-Raja Melayu kita. Menghentam Raja-Raja Melayu bermakna menentang perjuangan UMNO itu sendiri.
Jadi yang mana satu yang kita perlu ikut? Rakyat menjadi keliru, dan apabila rakyat keliru, perpecahan dan percanggahan persepsi akan berlaku dan akhirnya membawa padah pada negara dan rakyat juga yang akan melata.
Krisis identiti yang dihadapi oleh UMNO sekarang wajib diperbaiki jika kita masih berminat untuk mendapatkan sokongan ramai.
Berbaliklah kepada BAB 3 Perlembagaan UMNO (ASAS dan TUJUAN).
Dalam BAB itu terkandung kesemua perjuangan yang mesti dilakukan oleh UMNO dan Bab ini adalah Bab yang paling penting kerana itu melambangkan identiti perjuangan UMNO yang sebenar.
Selain dari Bab itu hanyalah atur-peraturan perjalanan parti sahaja.
Saya berharap pengakuan UMNO yang Raja itu adalah asas perpaduan rakyat saya hargai dan ramai yang menghargainya; tetapi biarlah konsisten jangan berdolak dalik lagi.
Jika hilang Raja-Raja Melayu hilanglah identiti kita. Jika kita hilang identiti, maka bangsa kita akan hilang dunianya.
Cukuplah setakat ini: secebis yang disebutkan tadi ialah untuk mengingatkan pemimpin-pemimpin kita supaya menjadi pemimpin bagi negara yang berdaulat dan merdeka, bukan menjadi pemimpin yang …………..
Akhirnya saya ingin menulis sepotong kata-kata dalam bahasa Inggeris yang pada saya sangat bernilai; ‘Everything has got a moral, if you can only find it’ (Lewis Carroll)
Sekian………………………………………………………..Aspan Alias.
04 February 2010
Kerajaan Negeri-Negeri berdaulat-2
Saya telah mendapat sedikit desakkan dari pembaca blog saya untuk saya menyambung tulisan saya pada 2hb Januari yang lalu bertajuk ‘States within the Federation are sovereign’ dalam bahasa Malaysia.
Saya bersetuju dan itulah sebabnya kali ini saya menulis sambungan kepada ‘article’ tersebut dalam bahasa kebangsaan kita.
Sebagaimana yang kita sama-sama memahami, Malaysia adalah sebuah negara merdeka dan merupaka sebuah persekutuan yang dibentuk oleh negeri-negeri yang berdaulat, 9 diantaranya adalah negeri-negeri dibawah naungan Raja-Raja Melayu yang berdaulat.
Tidak ada kedaulatan kerajaan persekutuan jika tiada kedaulatan negeri-negeri yang bersekutu untuk membentuk persekutuan tersebut.
Selain dari negeri-negeri beraja 2 buah negeri ‘Straits Settlement’ Malaka dan Pulau Pinang dan disertai pula oleh Sabah dan Sarawak pada tahu 1963 dahulu maka gagasan Persekutuan Malaysia telah menjadi sebuah persekutuan yang lebih besar dari kita mula-mula mencapai kemerdekaan dahulu.
Sebelum Perekutuan Tanah Melayu dan selepas itu Persekutuan Malaysia setiap negeri-negeri ini mempunyai kerajaan yang berdaulat dan mendtadbir mengikut cara yang tersendiri.
Kerajaan ini mempunyai Raja masing-masing serta pentadbiran yang tersendiri. Apabila Perjanjian Persekutuan Tanah Melayu wujud pada 1hb Februari 1948 dahulu Raja-Raja Melayu seta ketua-ketua kerajaan yang tidak beraja bersetuju untuk mewujudkan Kerajaan Persekutuan.
Kedaulatan kerajaan negeri-negeri itu merupaka ‘attribute’ yang sangat asasi bagi sebuah Kerajaan Persekutuan Malaysia yang mengamalkan sistem Raja Berlembagaan ini.
Didalam sesebuah negeri wujud dewan legislatifnya. Iairu Dewan Undangan Negeri dan pihak Eksekutifnya yang diketuai oleh Menteri Besar yang mendapat kepercayaan ahli-ahli dalam Dewan Undangan Negeri-Negeri.
Badan Kehakiman dan Perundangannya wujud dan selaras dengan kewujuddan Badan-badan tersebut di peringkat Persekutuan.
Disetiap negeri ada sejumlah kawasan-Kawasan Parlimen untuk menyempurnakan perwakilan negeri-negeri yang berdaulat tadi didalam Dewan Legislatif diPeringkat Persekutuan.
Kesemua 122 ahli-ahli Parlimen yang duduk bersidang di Dewan Rakyat itu datangnya dari kawasan dan Negeri-negeri yang mereka wakili.
DiDewan ‘Senate’ kerajaan-kerajaan negeri di wakili oleh wakil-wakil yang dicadangkan oleh Dewan-Dewan Undangan Negeri. Ini juga merupakan simbul kedaulatan kerajaan-kerajaan negeri.
Institusi Yang DiPertuan Agong juga adalah simbul kedaulatan kerajaan–keajaan negeri. Setiap Raja-Raja Melayu adalah ahli kepada Majli Raja-Raja dan disertai oleh Gabenor-gabenor negeri-negeri selat serta dari Sabah dan Sarawak.
Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu ini melantik salah seorang dari Baginda-Baginda Raja-Raja untuk menjadi Yang DiPertuan Agong dan perlantikan ini mengikut giliran yang memakan masa 5 tahun bagi setiap diantara Raja-Raja Melayu.
Sesungguhnya kedaulatan kerajaan pusat adalah kerana kedaulatan negeri-negeri yang bernaung dibawahnya.
Kuasa kerajaan negeri tetap besar kerana kerajaan negeri mempunyai kuasa keatas hasil bumi negara.
FELDA merupakan agensi kerajaan pusat, tetapi bagi FELDA membuka ladang-ladang untuk mendudukkan peneroka kerajaan negerilah yang bertanggungjawab untuk meluluskan pindah milik kerajaan negeri untuk FELDA tadi dan segala cukai-cukai tanah adalah kepunyaan kerajaan negeri.
Begitu juga lah dengan hasil minyak; ianya adalah kepunyai negeri bukannya kerajaan pusat.
Itulah sebabnya kerajaan Sarawak telah membawa kerajaan pusat kemahkamah untuk mengistiharkan yang kerajaan pusat tidak berhak keatas pengeluaran minyak dalam kawasan perairannya. Ini berlaku pada awal tahun 70an.
Maka itulah sebabnya Tun A Razak meminta Tengku Razaleigh untuk melakukan sesuatu untuk penyelesaiannya. Tun Razak faham yang negeri Sarawak adalah negeri berdaulat dan berhak keatas hasil mahsul yang ada didalam negeri serta perairannya.
Itulah sebabnya penubuhan sebuah syarikat Petrolium Nasional (PETRONAS) dicadangkan oleh Tengku Razaleigh dan diterima oleh Kabinet Persekutuan.
Tengku Razaleigh telah memulakan usaha untuk merealisasikan kewujudan PETRONAS dan usaha ini bukanlah suatu usaha yang senang seperti membaca ABC.
Beliau terpaksa berunding dengan kesemua kerajaan negeri yang berdaulat tadi untuk mencari formula yang terbaik untuk bagi kepentingan semua rakyat negara termasuklah bagi negeri-negeri yang tidak ada hasil minyak
Akhirnya diatas kesedaran bersama TR telah berjaya memujuk kerajaan-kerajaan negeri-negeri untuk berkompromi diatas premis hasil negara mesti dinikmati oleh semua rakyat seperti yang diidamkan oleh Tun A Razak.
Kerja keras yang dilakukan oleh TR bukannya senang. Selain dari berunding dengan kerajaan-keraan negeri beliau juga mendapat tekanan antarabangsa untuk menggagalkan usaha kerajaan kita untuk pengwujuddun PETRONAS seperti yang ada pada hari ini.
TR terpaksa menolak tawaran untuk beliau menjadi Ahli Jemaah Kabinet (Menteri) pada tahun 1974 kerana usaha menguruskan pembetukkan PETRONAS memerlukan masa, tenaga serta pengorbanan yang besar dari pihak Tengku Razaleigh.
Dengan usaha keras TR dengan rakan-rakan PETRONAS pun wujud pada bulan October 1974 dan bermula dai saat itu PETRONAS dan kerajaan-kerajaan negeri pengeluar minyak yang berdaulat tadi.
Maka terhasillah kerjasama PETRONAS dengan kerajaan negeri berdaulat tadi mengikat perjanjian sebagaimana yang tertulis didalam Akta Petrolium 1974 yang diluluskan oleh Parlimen dan Dewan-Dewan Undangan semua Negeri-negeri.
Dalam posting saya yang akan datang kita sentuh dan rongkai Akta ini untuk pengetahuan kita sendiri setidak-tidaknya, jika pun kita tidk mahu mengakui secara terbuka kerana hendak menjaga kedudukkan politik masing-masing.
Sekian………………………………………..Aspan Alia
Saya bersetuju dan itulah sebabnya kali ini saya menulis sambungan kepada ‘article’ tersebut dalam bahasa kebangsaan kita.
Sebagaimana yang kita sama-sama memahami, Malaysia adalah sebuah negara merdeka dan merupaka sebuah persekutuan yang dibentuk oleh negeri-negeri yang berdaulat, 9 diantaranya adalah negeri-negeri dibawah naungan Raja-Raja Melayu yang berdaulat.
Tidak ada kedaulatan kerajaan persekutuan jika tiada kedaulatan negeri-negeri yang bersekutu untuk membentuk persekutuan tersebut.
Selain dari negeri-negeri beraja 2 buah negeri ‘Straits Settlement’ Malaka dan Pulau Pinang dan disertai pula oleh Sabah dan Sarawak pada tahu 1963 dahulu maka gagasan Persekutuan Malaysia telah menjadi sebuah persekutuan yang lebih besar dari kita mula-mula mencapai kemerdekaan dahulu.
Sebelum Perekutuan Tanah Melayu dan selepas itu Persekutuan Malaysia setiap negeri-negeri ini mempunyai kerajaan yang berdaulat dan mendtadbir mengikut cara yang tersendiri.
Kerajaan ini mempunyai Raja masing-masing serta pentadbiran yang tersendiri. Apabila Perjanjian Persekutuan Tanah Melayu wujud pada 1hb Februari 1948 dahulu Raja-Raja Melayu seta ketua-ketua kerajaan yang tidak beraja bersetuju untuk mewujudkan Kerajaan Persekutuan.
Kedaulatan kerajaan negeri-negeri itu merupaka ‘attribute’ yang sangat asasi bagi sebuah Kerajaan Persekutuan Malaysia yang mengamalkan sistem Raja Berlembagaan ini.
Didalam sesebuah negeri wujud dewan legislatifnya. Iairu Dewan Undangan Negeri dan pihak Eksekutifnya yang diketuai oleh Menteri Besar yang mendapat kepercayaan ahli-ahli dalam Dewan Undangan Negeri-Negeri.
Badan Kehakiman dan Perundangannya wujud dan selaras dengan kewujuddan Badan-badan tersebut di peringkat Persekutuan.
Disetiap negeri ada sejumlah kawasan-Kawasan Parlimen untuk menyempurnakan perwakilan negeri-negeri yang berdaulat tadi didalam Dewan Legislatif diPeringkat Persekutuan.
Kesemua 122 ahli-ahli Parlimen yang duduk bersidang di Dewan Rakyat itu datangnya dari kawasan dan Negeri-negeri yang mereka wakili.
DiDewan ‘Senate’ kerajaan-kerajaan negeri di wakili oleh wakil-wakil yang dicadangkan oleh Dewan-Dewan Undangan Negeri. Ini juga merupakan simbul kedaulatan kerajaan-kerajaan negeri.
Institusi Yang DiPertuan Agong juga adalah simbul kedaulatan kerajaan–keajaan negeri. Setiap Raja-Raja Melayu adalah ahli kepada Majli Raja-Raja dan disertai oleh Gabenor-gabenor negeri-negeri selat serta dari Sabah dan Sarawak.
Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu ini melantik salah seorang dari Baginda-Baginda Raja-Raja untuk menjadi Yang DiPertuan Agong dan perlantikan ini mengikut giliran yang memakan masa 5 tahun bagi setiap diantara Raja-Raja Melayu.
Sesungguhnya kedaulatan kerajaan pusat adalah kerana kedaulatan negeri-negeri yang bernaung dibawahnya.
Kuasa kerajaan negeri tetap besar kerana kerajaan negeri mempunyai kuasa keatas hasil bumi negara.
FELDA merupakan agensi kerajaan pusat, tetapi bagi FELDA membuka ladang-ladang untuk mendudukkan peneroka kerajaan negerilah yang bertanggungjawab untuk meluluskan pindah milik kerajaan negeri untuk FELDA tadi dan segala cukai-cukai tanah adalah kepunyaan kerajaan negeri.
Begitu juga lah dengan hasil minyak; ianya adalah kepunyai negeri bukannya kerajaan pusat.
Itulah sebabnya kerajaan Sarawak telah membawa kerajaan pusat kemahkamah untuk mengistiharkan yang kerajaan pusat tidak berhak keatas pengeluaran minyak dalam kawasan perairannya. Ini berlaku pada awal tahun 70an.
Maka itulah sebabnya Tun A Razak meminta Tengku Razaleigh untuk melakukan sesuatu untuk penyelesaiannya. Tun Razak faham yang negeri Sarawak adalah negeri berdaulat dan berhak keatas hasil mahsul yang ada didalam negeri serta perairannya.
Itulah sebabnya penubuhan sebuah syarikat Petrolium Nasional (PETRONAS) dicadangkan oleh Tengku Razaleigh dan diterima oleh Kabinet Persekutuan.
Tengku Razaleigh telah memulakan usaha untuk merealisasikan kewujudan PETRONAS dan usaha ini bukanlah suatu usaha yang senang seperti membaca ABC.
Beliau terpaksa berunding dengan kesemua kerajaan negeri yang berdaulat tadi untuk mencari formula yang terbaik untuk bagi kepentingan semua rakyat negara termasuklah bagi negeri-negeri yang tidak ada hasil minyak
Akhirnya diatas kesedaran bersama TR telah berjaya memujuk kerajaan-kerajaan negeri-negeri untuk berkompromi diatas premis hasil negara mesti dinikmati oleh semua rakyat seperti yang diidamkan oleh Tun A Razak.
Kerja keras yang dilakukan oleh TR bukannya senang. Selain dari berunding dengan kerajaan-keraan negeri beliau juga mendapat tekanan antarabangsa untuk menggagalkan usaha kerajaan kita untuk pengwujuddun PETRONAS seperti yang ada pada hari ini.
TR terpaksa menolak tawaran untuk beliau menjadi Ahli Jemaah Kabinet (Menteri) pada tahun 1974 kerana usaha menguruskan pembetukkan PETRONAS memerlukan masa, tenaga serta pengorbanan yang besar dari pihak Tengku Razaleigh.
Dengan usaha keras TR dengan rakan-rakan PETRONAS pun wujud pada bulan October 1974 dan bermula dai saat itu PETRONAS dan kerajaan-kerajaan negeri pengeluar minyak yang berdaulat tadi.
Maka terhasillah kerjasama PETRONAS dengan kerajaan negeri berdaulat tadi mengikat perjanjian sebagaimana yang tertulis didalam Akta Petrolium 1974 yang diluluskan oleh Parlimen dan Dewan-Dewan Undangan semua Negeri-negeri.
Dalam posting saya yang akan datang kita sentuh dan rongkai Akta ini untuk pengetahuan kita sendiri setidak-tidaknya, jika pun kita tidk mahu mengakui secara terbuka kerana hendak menjaga kedudukkan politik masing-masing.
Sekian………………………………………..Aspan Alia
03 February 2010
States within the Federation are sovereign
One interesting development that follows Kelantan’s struggle for Oil Royalty from PETRONAS is the issue of the Federation Agreement 1948.
For those who are with the party who disagree to pay the State of Kelantan argue that the 1948 agreement on the Federation of Malaya provides no provision for the Federal Government to pay the state Royalty for the oil extracted from Kelantan waters beyond 3 nautical miles of the coast of Kelantan.
Some say the Federal Government has the full power to pay the state in whatever manner they choose and the State should just be thankful for whatever quantum they decide to offer.
Some leaders who put up argument are those who are high ups with strings of scrolls and decorations articulate the issue without understanding what the actual contents of the Federation agreement and the spirit of the Federation and Federal Government.
When the issue of Oil Royalty comes to the fore the understanding of the Federation is taken without looking at the right and proper angle and seems to confuse everyone.
Let us reminisce a bit of history so that we comprehend if not all at least a slight of it.
We must not talk in the dark and expediently take the Federation of Malaya agreement as the premise of argument against paying the oil royalty to any state including Kelantan.
When the British failed to go ahead with The Malayan Union in 1946 the power and the sovereignty of all the states and the power of the respective Malay Rulers were reinstated.
It means that each and individual state was sovereign (Berdaulat); both for the Federated and the UN Federated Malay states.
Federation of Malaya was the alternative where the individual sovereign states formed a Federation of all the sovereign states administered by a Federal government in Kuala Lumpur as the capital city for all the states.
The working committee for the formation of the Malayan Union (MU) was represented by 3 parties: The Malayan Union, the Malay Rulers and UMNO.
They took a long and hectic time of 5 months before it was tabled to British Cabinet and Parliament of Westminster Abbey, in London.
The Malayan Union was represented by A.T Newbott, MU) Sec. Gen., KK O’ Connors MU Attorney Gen, W.D Godsall,MU Finance Sec., Dr. W Lineham and A. William, both from MU Public Service Commission.
The representative from the Malay Rulers were, YM Raja Kamarulzaman(Perak), Dato’ Hamzah Abdullah(Selangor), Dato’ Mohammed Sharif(Kedah), and Dato’ Ahmad Kamil(Kelantan).
AND UMNO was represented by Dato’ Onn Jaafar, Dato’ Abdul Rahman Mohd Yassin and Tuan Haji Megat Yunus as the Secretary.
This working committee worked unremittingly writing and formulating the draft of the intended and proposed formation of the Federation of Malaya.
Finally on the 5th of December 1947 the draft was accepted by the British Cabinet and subsequently by the British Parliament on all contents of the drafted constitutions and the moral of the formation of the Federation of Malaya.
On the 1st of February 1948 the Federation of Malaya was formally formed in place of the Malayan Union which was strongly rejected by UMNO (The Malays).
The Malay Rulers were reinstated together with their respective States with sovereignty (Daulat), and subsequently working together with UMNO for total and complete independence which the Federation achieved ultimately on the 31st August 1957.
Meanwhile the Federation of Malaya which encompassed 9 sovereign Federated and non Federated Malay States plus the 2 Straits Settlement states of Penang and Malacca were under British Protectorate with Kuala Lumpur as the administrative centre of the newly found Federation.
Every state on its own until now is a sovereign state with individual House of Legislative called the State Assembly to legislate laws which normally goes in tandem with the Federal Legislative body, The House of Parliament and the Senate.
In the House of Senate each state would send 2 representatives proposed by the State Assemblies form all the states to make up the facet of the Federation of the sovereign states.
I would suggest that every ordinary rakyat including you and me as well as the leaders should take up civic courses on this topic to avoid too many wrong interpretations about the Federation Agreement of 1948.
Now, let us all ask what is the actual meaning and interpretations of Federation of Malaya?
How does it correlate with the issue of currently in debate (Oil Royalty/Wang Ehsan) between the politicians who are on the side of the rakyat and those on the side of their personal gains and greed?
Can the Federal leaders say that the states have no power in the comings and goings of the Federal Government?
I reckon I should deliberate it in 2 or 3 days from now. What I have just written is just the preamble of the actual issue that will be in my next posting.
Thanks………………………………………………………….Aspan Alias
For those who are with the party who disagree to pay the State of Kelantan argue that the 1948 agreement on the Federation of Malaya provides no provision for the Federal Government to pay the state Royalty for the oil extracted from Kelantan waters beyond 3 nautical miles of the coast of Kelantan.
Some say the Federal Government has the full power to pay the state in whatever manner they choose and the State should just be thankful for whatever quantum they decide to offer.
Some leaders who put up argument are those who are high ups with strings of scrolls and decorations articulate the issue without understanding what the actual contents of the Federation agreement and the spirit of the Federation and Federal Government.
When the issue of Oil Royalty comes to the fore the understanding of the Federation is taken without looking at the right and proper angle and seems to confuse everyone.
Let us reminisce a bit of history so that we comprehend if not all at least a slight of it.
We must not talk in the dark and expediently take the Federation of Malaya agreement as the premise of argument against paying the oil royalty to any state including Kelantan.
When the British failed to go ahead with The Malayan Union in 1946 the power and the sovereignty of all the states and the power of the respective Malay Rulers were reinstated.
It means that each and individual state was sovereign (Berdaulat); both for the Federated and the UN Federated Malay states.
Federation of Malaya was the alternative where the individual sovereign states formed a Federation of all the sovereign states administered by a Federal government in Kuala Lumpur as the capital city for all the states.
The working committee for the formation of the Malayan Union (MU) was represented by 3 parties: The Malayan Union, the Malay Rulers and UMNO.
They took a long and hectic time of 5 months before it was tabled to British Cabinet and Parliament of Westminster Abbey, in London.
The Malayan Union was represented by A.T Newbott, MU) Sec. Gen., KK O’ Connors MU Attorney Gen, W.D Godsall,MU Finance Sec., Dr. W Lineham and A. William, both from MU Public Service Commission.
The representative from the Malay Rulers were, YM Raja Kamarulzaman(Perak), Dato’ Hamzah Abdullah(Selangor), Dato’ Mohammed Sharif(Kedah), and Dato’ Ahmad Kamil(Kelantan).
AND UMNO was represented by Dato’ Onn Jaafar, Dato’ Abdul Rahman Mohd Yassin and Tuan Haji Megat Yunus as the Secretary.
This working committee worked unremittingly writing and formulating the draft of the intended and proposed formation of the Federation of Malaya.
Finally on the 5th of December 1947 the draft was accepted by the British Cabinet and subsequently by the British Parliament on all contents of the drafted constitutions and the moral of the formation of the Federation of Malaya.
On the 1st of February 1948 the Federation of Malaya was formally formed in place of the Malayan Union which was strongly rejected by UMNO (The Malays).
The Malay Rulers were reinstated together with their respective States with sovereignty (Daulat), and subsequently working together with UMNO for total and complete independence which the Federation achieved ultimately on the 31st August 1957.
Meanwhile the Federation of Malaya which encompassed 9 sovereign Federated and non Federated Malay States plus the 2 Straits Settlement states of Penang and Malacca were under British Protectorate with Kuala Lumpur as the administrative centre of the newly found Federation.
Every state on its own until now is a sovereign state with individual House of Legislative called the State Assembly to legislate laws which normally goes in tandem with the Federal Legislative body, The House of Parliament and the Senate.
In the House of Senate each state would send 2 representatives proposed by the State Assemblies form all the states to make up the facet of the Federation of the sovereign states.
I would suggest that every ordinary rakyat including you and me as well as the leaders should take up civic courses on this topic to avoid too many wrong interpretations about the Federation Agreement of 1948.
Now, let us all ask what is the actual meaning and interpretations of Federation of Malaya?
How does it correlate with the issue of currently in debate (Oil Royalty/Wang Ehsan) between the politicians who are on the side of the rakyat and those on the side of their personal gains and greed?
Can the Federal leaders say that the states have no power in the comings and goings of the Federal Government?
I reckon I should deliberate it in 2 or 3 days from now. What I have just written is just the preamble of the actual issue that will be in my next posting.
Thanks………………………………………………………….Aspan Alias
31 January 2010
Rais Yatim burning bridges with Kelantanese
Dato Seri Utama Dr Haji Rais bin Yatim, is a well known man. Nobody can complete his day without watching him on TV screen, and that is his ultimate.
I seldom miss watching him on screen while enjoying attending live concerts and giving away prizes to beautiful artists at Angkasapuri. I know he enjoys his job very much.
I wish to have a job like his but I know it is just a wild day dream for me.
He is well known for burning his bridge in 1987 after believing that Mahathir could be toppled by the UMNO General Assembly to add a new lease of his political life, by allying with the team B in the tensed party election.
BUT his bet didn’t pay him as he had to be out in oblivion for slightly more than a decade without anyone giving him a wink while then and started his maneuvering and meandering in politics to regain his positions he used to enjoy.
He regretted a lot for allying with team B, not like TR and the rest in the team who took it as part and parcel of democracy. Losing and winning run in parallel and the team took it as it was.
Rais started building back his bridge even while he was in the opposition and when his party S46, was disbanded and all its members joined UMNO, his move to rebuild his bridge became more expedient and convenient.
He succeeded and now his is back in front of the camera which he rejoices it glaringly.
The bridge that he rebuilt has to be taken with good care and he never want to burn it anymore like what he did 23 years ago.
To him the lesson and cost of burning the bridge was too dear for him to pay, and it will never happen again…swear…not again. It was not easy to rebuild it.
BUT now he is back in the lime light but this time he burns his bridge with the poor and the proletariat of Kelantan and his outburst against TR is definitely part of his move to insulate his esteemed and glamorous position in the government.
Taking the statement of TR that was misquoted by the media in the year 2000 as a very expedient and neat for him to impress the person whoever he wants to impress and to be looked tall among the rest of the present lineup.
Obviously he has done a very lengthy home work as it not an easy task to find fault in TR as far as the oil issue is concerned.
He does not focus on the reality of facts that the agreement between PETRONAS and all the States is real and to decide replacing the Royalty payment with Wang Ehsan to the people is a direct collision with the agreement inked by the State governments including Kelantan with that National Petroleum corporation.
There is a move to put Kelantanese in isolation by the Federal leaders and it is too obvious and observable.
The same contents in the agreement was signed by Sarawak and Sabah and these 2 states enjoy the Royalty even while Sabah was under opposition rule under Joseprh Pairin.Sabah is paid with Royalty without exertion. Why the difference?
Why didn’t Rais help to enlighten the people on the street to answer why the leaders at the Federal are so paranoid and unreasonable with the Kelantanese, but instead focus in attending to the misquoted statement of Tengku Razaleigh in 2000?
Rais must answer why he and the rest up there exercise double standard in the application of Law and in particular over this simple verbaged agreement?
Why are the Federal leaders too obsessed in getting at Kelantanese and to apply vengeful acts against them just because they are not supporting BN in the General Elections?
Please appreciate that the agreement was between Petronas and the government of the day not with UMNO.
Does it occur in the mind of these leaders that the rakyat is not prepared to be deceived any longer and their irritations is building up watching and witnessing the Federal Government’s attempt to find ways and means to read laws only to their ungainly interpretation.
Where is the 1Malaysia, when Sabah and Sarawak is treated differently, and Kelantan has to be reprimanded for not voting for the mismanaged BN government?
What wrong has the Kelantanese done to the country? What right has the BN Federal Government done to the Kelantanese PAS Government?
Why the Federal Malay leaders are so obsessed in hating the people of Kelantan and making use of the Mustapha Mohammad and Awang Adek to deceive their own people?
Don’t these 2 leaders have a bit of guilt being sycophants at the expense of their own people they claim to lead?
Does Rais see this in real and actual perspective? Where has the knowledge of Law which somebody has gone up to the optimum level of studies in the field gone to?
I appreciate the problem faced by the Mustapaha. He is torn in between the wants of his own Kelantanese voters and the ill intentions of their bosses in Kuala Lumpur.
BUT in this situation he should be prepared to sacrifice. If he chooses to take care of his own personal position he is taking Kelantanese as his sacrificial lamb.
So UMNO leaders of Kelantan must be prepared to tell the Federal leaders that they want the oil Royalty which is provided by the agreement and that is the main purpose of being UMNO leaders.
AND Rais who is already at this current age should also share the burden to advice the leadership what BN can expect if they go against the very basic need of the people and in this, the Kelantanese.
Tengku Razaleigh has done it. He has resigned to the fact that he has to accept the slogan ‘rakyat didahulukan’ as Najib has been selling since his ascendance to the Premiership…and why he (Najib) is not applying it like TR does?
Was he just selling the slogan for his own rhetoric? To Dr Rais Yatim I have a short line of reminder for him, ‘They who act without sufficient thoughts will often fall into unsuspected danger’.
Thanks everyone……………………………………..Aspan Alias
I seldom miss watching him on screen while enjoying attending live concerts and giving away prizes to beautiful artists at Angkasapuri. I know he enjoys his job very much.
I wish to have a job like his but I know it is just a wild day dream for me.
He is well known for burning his bridge in 1987 after believing that Mahathir could be toppled by the UMNO General Assembly to add a new lease of his political life, by allying with the team B in the tensed party election.
BUT his bet didn’t pay him as he had to be out in oblivion for slightly more than a decade without anyone giving him a wink while then and started his maneuvering and meandering in politics to regain his positions he used to enjoy.
He regretted a lot for allying with team B, not like TR and the rest in the team who took it as part and parcel of democracy. Losing and winning run in parallel and the team took it as it was.
Rais started building back his bridge even while he was in the opposition and when his party S46, was disbanded and all its members joined UMNO, his move to rebuild his bridge became more expedient and convenient.
He succeeded and now his is back in front of the camera which he rejoices it glaringly.
The bridge that he rebuilt has to be taken with good care and he never want to burn it anymore like what he did 23 years ago.
To him the lesson and cost of burning the bridge was too dear for him to pay, and it will never happen again…swear…not again. It was not easy to rebuild it.
BUT now he is back in the lime light but this time he burns his bridge with the poor and the proletariat of Kelantan and his outburst against TR is definitely part of his move to insulate his esteemed and glamorous position in the government.
Taking the statement of TR that was misquoted by the media in the year 2000 as a very expedient and neat for him to impress the person whoever he wants to impress and to be looked tall among the rest of the present lineup.
Obviously he has done a very lengthy home work as it not an easy task to find fault in TR as far as the oil issue is concerned.
He does not focus on the reality of facts that the agreement between PETRONAS and all the States is real and to decide replacing the Royalty payment with Wang Ehsan to the people is a direct collision with the agreement inked by the State governments including Kelantan with that National Petroleum corporation.
There is a move to put Kelantanese in isolation by the Federal leaders and it is too obvious and observable.
The same contents in the agreement was signed by Sarawak and Sabah and these 2 states enjoy the Royalty even while Sabah was under opposition rule under Joseprh Pairin.Sabah is paid with Royalty without exertion. Why the difference?
Why didn’t Rais help to enlighten the people on the street to answer why the leaders at the Federal are so paranoid and unreasonable with the Kelantanese, but instead focus in attending to the misquoted statement of Tengku Razaleigh in 2000?
Rais must answer why he and the rest up there exercise double standard in the application of Law and in particular over this simple verbaged agreement?
Why are the Federal leaders too obsessed in getting at Kelantanese and to apply vengeful acts against them just because they are not supporting BN in the General Elections?
Please appreciate that the agreement was between Petronas and the government of the day not with UMNO.
Does it occur in the mind of these leaders that the rakyat is not prepared to be deceived any longer and their irritations is building up watching and witnessing the Federal Government’s attempt to find ways and means to read laws only to their ungainly interpretation.
Where is the 1Malaysia, when Sabah and Sarawak is treated differently, and Kelantan has to be reprimanded for not voting for the mismanaged BN government?
What wrong has the Kelantanese done to the country? What right has the BN Federal Government done to the Kelantanese PAS Government?
Why the Federal Malay leaders are so obsessed in hating the people of Kelantan and making use of the Mustapha Mohammad and Awang Adek to deceive their own people?
Don’t these 2 leaders have a bit of guilt being sycophants at the expense of their own people they claim to lead?
Does Rais see this in real and actual perspective? Where has the knowledge of Law which somebody has gone up to the optimum level of studies in the field gone to?
I appreciate the problem faced by the Mustapaha. He is torn in between the wants of his own Kelantanese voters and the ill intentions of their bosses in Kuala Lumpur.
BUT in this situation he should be prepared to sacrifice. If he chooses to take care of his own personal position he is taking Kelantanese as his sacrificial lamb.
So UMNO leaders of Kelantan must be prepared to tell the Federal leaders that they want the oil Royalty which is provided by the agreement and that is the main purpose of being UMNO leaders.
AND Rais who is already at this current age should also share the burden to advice the leadership what BN can expect if they go against the very basic need of the people and in this, the Kelantanese.
Tengku Razaleigh has done it. He has resigned to the fact that he has to accept the slogan ‘rakyat didahulukan’ as Najib has been selling since his ascendance to the Premiership…and why he (Najib) is not applying it like TR does?
Was he just selling the slogan for his own rhetoric? To Dr Rais Yatim I have a short line of reminder for him, ‘They who act without sufficient thoughts will often fall into unsuspected danger’.
Thanks everyone……………………………………..Aspan Alias
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