07 May 2010

What should follow the Cabinet Reshuffle

If the names like Ezam, Khairy, Mukhriz and Razali Ibrahim are among the new faces in the new facet of Najib’s team, who are the potential retirees?

To retire a Cabinet member is just as hard as to promote or to bring in new names for the shuffling exercise. Certainly PM Najib has to take in a lot of pain in considering who should be dropped. It is certainly not as simple as ABC.

Before we go further let us ascertain the basis of considerations which Najib would look upon based on the current political facade and frontage.

If his personal political consideration is the priority, than he should be taking only his ‘boys’ who are currently deputy Ministers and some from the current MPs who are his definite staunch followers.

OR he may take others who are not even Members of Parliament by appointing them to the Senate as qualifier for an appointment to the Cabinet.

These ‘boys’ and his die-hards would replace the current Ministers who are just parasites who are not having the support from the delegates to help out the PM to secure wide support from party members and delegates.

That is why many people are now betting on Razali Ibrahim who secured an all round support from the youth in the UMNO youth general assembly.

Razali would befit in the Youth and Sport Ministry to replace Ahmad Shabery Cheek who is not Najib’s original die-hard as he is more of Pak Lah’s staunch and ardent follower.

Shabery used to pledge for an undivided support for Pak Lah and prepared to do the combating job for the retired PM in the event of any challenge put up against him (Pak Lah).

Shabery is rumored to be dropped since he did not secure a strong support in the last party election as he was just 2 positions away from the Azeez Rahim who managed to scrape through the 25th position in election of the Supreme Council.

It is also a talk of the town that Rais Yatim will be another name tipped to be dropped but the reason for his delisting is just a normal and simple reasoning; he has been in the Cabinet far too long and has been overstaying which hampers another leader to rise.

If I were to be Rais Yatim I shall volunteer to call it day and leave in retirement after decades being a Cabinet Member and he can do some other jobs for the government if he is not used to stay at home.

I am dead sure that Masnah can be a perfect retiring partner; they are well off in live and they can live joyously with what they have earned all these decades. AND again Rais too did not show that he has good national ground support as he lost in all attempts to be the V/P of the party.

What made him stay all these years was because of his capability in managing any Ministry given to him and being able to amuse all PMs, all the years and decades. That is his real unmatched ‘specialty’.

Nazri is another favorite name to be dropped as he is more of a liability to the government and party with his remarks on issue done without even slight decorum.

Public perception on him is very bad and he can be a real and solid baggage Najib has to bear if he is still in the Cabinet. He is not the material to project truthfulness for the government.

He should be following the footstep of Jamaluddin Jarjis who now takes up a Diplomatic position in Washington. JJ had that same image that goes with Nazri today.

There are a few more names said to be dropped but that is not the main reason why I am writing this issue today.

There are 2 serious issues that PM Najib has to think with seriousness.

Exercising major reshuffle is the best thing he can do to prove that he is serious in trying to go for change. As everyone knows the Cabinet image of the day is not up to the expectation for a serious administration.

It is hard to admit that the image of current Cabinet line up is synonymous to corruption, misuse of power, weak and the ministers are not trusted and respected by the public.

In short the whole system in the government is look upon and perceived to be a scandalous system and the corrosion of democratic institution is too noticeable.

The silence majority does not trust Judiciary, Police, the legal institutions and the implementers and it is a very serious issue that needs serious and immediate attention of the leadership who can really comprehend the issues up to the nucleus.

The real issue is the PUBLIC CONFIDENCE in the administrations which have not yet recovered. As long as the Judiciary, the Police and the Legal institution as well as the corruption agency MACC are not settled with the public we are not going to see the changes of public opinion on the administration.

In other words, having massive reshuffle does not change anything if the implementers of Law and order are not going for massive shuffling and reshuffling..

The new Ministers should be told and be made to understand that a Minister’s job is to oversea that all policies set by the law-makers and politicians are implemented in proper and appropriate manner.

Ministers must be made known that they are not there to create and issue projects for their cronies and their ‘soldiers’ and not to collaborate with the implementers to corrupt and be corrupted.

This is the real and actual issue that to be attended to seriously with all the will and sincere effort.

Does Najib have the will and courage to deal with these rotten issues? In the first place does Najib is an automatic qualifier to deal with these issues?

Can Najib with his personal potency tell the IGP or the Attorney General, ‘Now you retire or you will be fired”. Can DS Najib do that at least?

Can Najib tell these important heads of the democratic institution, “Please go, I want my administration to be as clean as I am!”

OR at least he makes pretty sure that the 18 high profile cases which have been hanging for already 5 years now to be brought in the open for the public.

Until Najib can say that, we have no hope for a change and zero chance for transformation that we want to observe.

If he is not able to do that it will be a great disappointment for the rakyat. Let us hear no more blame on the people and the opposition parties as from now on.


Thanks…………………………………………….Aspan Alias

06 May 2010

Khairy, Ezam in the lineup- Mukhriz, full Minister.

For the past week I heard and read about the imminent Cabinet reshuffle to bee soon announced by PM Najib. I heard it is a major one, some are expected names and some are not expected ones which are meant to shoulder responsibilities in place of the current leaders in the states who are not performing.

Bear in mind PM Najib has the unambiguous and explicit rights to choose and announce anyone whom he feels to be at the accurate place and position, even though some quarters may not be delighted to acknowledge it.

Of course there will be some who will feel crippled if the names announced are not to their predilection and their fondness.

There will be some or even many who would be getting the signals that he or she is no more of consequence to the party and government and they should admit that time to retire and live in repentance is the only choice they have in front of them.

It is time for Najib to tell himself, “heck, this is my Cabinet; let me choose whom I think fit. I don’t want to be indecisive anymore. I have enough of being nagged by the retiring power brokers who are trying to influence my decision. Just wait, I shall prove that I have ‘balls’ and I shall just announce it without any exertion”.

PM Najib should continue telling himself, “Hey, it is time for me to stop doing cover-up for the mistakes committed by my predecessors, as I have a lot to cover for my own self too”.

Okay, as the no1 leader of this Federation he has his own way of trying to get back Selangor and other states controlled by Pakatan Rakyat.

If he thinks by appointing Ezam Mohd Nor to be in the government can lead the party to put up a strong challenge to Selangor PR government in the coming GE than Ezam has the liberty to be chosen and be in the government.

AND if he feels that Khairy Jamaluddin is needed to play big role to save Negri Sembilan of the ailing UMNO/BN ruled state than Khairy should be there. After all he is the National Head of UMNO Youth, and the party delegates were the ones who put him there, not Najib.

PM Najib should be fully aware by now that most of UMNO members and leaders can switch allegiance instantaneously and would support Khairy unequivocally and all the prejudices against him in the yesteryears and months would be forgotten.

That is the main attribute of UMNO members. DS Najib should just announce, then the fluid politicians in UMNO would just follow.

One should be by now understood that leadership in UMNO is far and long gone. Let us just read Selangor in brief. Who is fit to take on the mantle of the state? Let us not mention names here but the fact remains that UMNO has zero viable leadership here.

So far there is no name that fits the slot to shoulder the responsibilities in capturing the state government. Let us be frank to the utmost. Can one tell the public who is the fittest?

What about Kedah? UMNO is facing the same problem. The only one shinning potential is Mukhriz. No one sees anybody else there. If Mukhriz is the pivoting leader in Kedah, where is the wrong, if Najib appoints him as a full Trade Minister?

In all morality Perak is still a PR government…say whatever one likes. Let us all find one leader here. Give one name…Nazri? The definite answer is no. He is the candidate to be retired. Zahid Hamidi?..He is already been given mountable task in Penang which the result is already predictable.

In Perak PR is still the choice of the people there but if I were to say this I would be grounded…but that is the fact. It is not that PR is strong in the sate, but UMNO does not have a viable and trusted leader.

All good leaders are outside UMNO. They have preferences for PAS and some prefer to be in PKR while the rest of the good leaders feel they should stay outside and smoke cigar.

What about MCA? Yes MCA leadership seems to be united after their last party election in the EGM, but the party is not acceptable to the Chinese any further as most of them recognize DAP as more viable and conducive for them.

Even many Malays prefer to vote for DAP if there is a fight between MCA and DAP.

As for PM Najib, there is no moral unfairness if he were to appoint Khairy and Ezam Mohd Nor in the government in the imminent Cabinet reshuffle. Appointing Mukhriz as the full pledge Minister is also not a political offense.

As there is quite a slim chance for BN to recover in the PR ruled state it is always important to defend the states which they are still in control and NS is the state which is at touch and go possibility.

So why deny Khairy. After all other leaders are no better than him…almost everyone has issues against them as well. There is no more clean names in the list of candidates.

Lastly we must appreciate that DS Najib and Khary know each other very well.


Thanks……………………………………Aspan Alias

05 May 2010

Berbeza, tapi membina akhirnya

Sejak dua dekad yang lalu kita orang Melayu bak kata orang kampong saya adalah dalam keadaan ‘simpang perenang’ maksudnya dalam keadaan kelam kabut.

Perbezaan pendapat dan pandangan tentang isu-isu politik, ekonomi dan sosio begitu jelas dan saya nampak ianya merupakan proses pencarian nilai murni yang telah hilang dari penghidupan seharian kita semua.

Saya mungkin berbeza pendapat dengan ranai orang dan yang ramai itu pula banyak perbezaan dengan orang ramai yang lain.

Keadaan bertambah menekan lagi apabila kita berhadapan dengan ‘politcal,social dan economic invasion’ yang orang Melayu nampak dari bangsa-bangsa asing yang mendiami negara kita yang berdaulat ini.

Keadaan ini tentang berlaku dengan bersebab.

DAN penyebab ini pun berbeza-beza mengikut pandangan ahli-ahli politik, komuniti perniagaan yang terdiri dari berbilang kaum orang-orang perseorangan dan sesiapa dikalangan ini yang lebih berpengaruh akan menguasai pandangan waktu dan ketika tertentu

Ianya akan berubah dari masa kesemasa mengikut isu yang sedang diperbahaskan.

Didalam sejarah pembangunan sesuatu bangsa perkara yang berlaku seperti yang kita alami ini adalah suatu proses yang lazim dialami oleh mana-mana bangsa yang sedang membangun.

Itu sebabnya dinegara Cina proses ini telah mereka lalui sejak 3000 tahun yang lalu; selepas satu dynasty timbul satu dynasty; 26 jumlah dynasty keseluruhannya dalam sejarah negara tersebut.

Didalam pemerintahan dynasty-dynasty tersebut masalah-masalah yang dihadapi rakyat bukannya kecil dan masalah-masalah itulah yang membawa perubahan dari satu dynasty kesatu yang lain sehinggalah sampai kedynasty Qing yang merupakan dynasty yang terakhir.

Dynasty Qing diakhiri dengan ‘people revolution’ pada tahun 1910 yang membawa negara Cina kesatu pemerintahan berparti iaitu Parti Komunis China dan dari saat itu banyak revolusi-revolusi berlaku yang membawa banyak ‘adjustment’ kepada system pemerintahan Cina.

Tetapi dalam proses itu negara Cina tetap membangun dan negara itu bukan sahaja sebuah negara yang luas dan besar ekonominya tetapi negara itu merupakan satu temaddun besar dan tidak ada apa yang mereka tidak tahu yang berlaku disetiap sudut dunia ini.

Berbalek kepada keadaan kita disini, Rakayat berpecah diantara kaum dan sesame kaum dan ianya jangan kita sangka tidak akan berakhir.

Kalau kita mengaku yang kita ini orang Islam seperkara yang kita wajib percaya dan unguli ialah, semua ini merupakan afa’al tuhan yang maha esa.

Bumi dan alam ini adalah kenyataan tuhan, dan dunia ini merupakan makhluk yang paling ‘intelligent’ jika dibandingkan dengan semua pemikiran manusia dikumpulkan sekali.

Dunia boleh membuat ‘adjustment’ dengan sendirinya dan kalau kita ikuti dengan teliti dari ‘ice-age’ sehingga sekarang terlau besar perbezaannya.

Semuanya ini adalah afa’al tuhan yang paling besar dalam proses membina dunia untuk keperluan umat dan penghuninya serta pemaparan kebesaran tuhan untuk kita tauhidkan.

Saya percaya dengan sepenuhnya bangsa Melayu adalah bangsa yang berdaulat, dan jika kita sabar menghadapi proses ini maka kita akan bangkit menjadi satu bangsa yang maju dan Berjaya.

Setiap bangsa ada sejarahnyanya tersendiri. Bangsa-bangsa yang maju sekarang ini semuanya menhadapi proses seperti yang kita sedang lalui.

Kejayaan mungkin tidak tercapai dalam masa kita masih hidup tetapi sudah cukup bagi seseorang yang bertuhankan Allah untuk memulakan usaha untuk generasi akan datang maka sesuailah dengan apa yang diyakini yang manusia itu dilahirkan untuk menjadi khalifah dimuka bumi ini.

Tuhan pun memfirmankan yang DIA telah menjadikan manusia itu berbeza-beza dan berpuak-puak untuk kita mengenali dan menghormati diantara satu dengan lain.

Bayangkan jika tuhan jadikan manusia ini satu agama, satu bangsa dan satu pemikiran, dimana letaknya kehidupan didunia ini?

Jika tuhan jadikan manusia dan umat hanya dalam satu pemikiran yang baik dan tidak ternoda, maka apa perlunya askar, polis dan apa-apa yang lain yang menghidupkan kebesarannya yang esa itu?

Bezanya sekarang samada saya dan saudara/ri tindakkan kita itu berada dalam sepenuh keredhoanNYA atau sebaliknya.

Carilah DIA dengan intensif, kerana DIA berpesan yang DIA berselindung disebalek yang terang.

Wassalam.


Sekian……………………………………………….Aspan Alias

04 May 2010

TS Musa Hasan - emotional or professional?

I fail in my attempt to refrain from commenting on the mishap that befell on a tender 15-tear old Aminulrasyid last week when he was shot dead while driving with his friend Azamuddin Omar.

I must first extend my deepest condolences to all family members of anakanda Aminulrasyid and all my prayers are for his soul to be placed among the aulias and the syuhadas in front of the Almighty Allah in the Arash.

There was subsequent hue and cry among the watchful public criticizing the police action which some quarters think the police was acting like killing a mosquito with a big baton.

There are now lots of interpretations and perceptions on the shooting and many lines of stories are heard here and there, but the police have classified the case as murder.

But based on the news report and what the men on the streets are deliberating in the open the incident could have been avoided but the police might have reasons (not excuses) for the continuous firing to take place to the already dead teenager.

What created another public ruckus today was the beating of Azamudin Omar the close friend of the decease when the police have almost caught him and by that time the police could have known that they were just boys of the teens.

Why did the police kept on beating this tender age boy as he had no avenue to defend himself against the mighty police with arms and bullets?

The irony is the police have already classified the case as murder, why do we need an inquest? Why do we need to go through long process as it was a clear cut murder case?

There are some quarters with a theory that if we fail to convince the public than just confuse them.

The police on the other hand shouldn’t be blaming the public for taking the incidence too close to their chest as it is something unseen before this and the victim is just a teenager who does not deserve to lose his live for the kind of offense he committed that particular night.

The police can’t blame the traumatic neighborhood to take close concern as they are all having teenagers’ children who might face the same situation in the future and everyone is watching this incidence up to their breath.

Over all the police have responded quite well to the public scrutiny but what surprised many quarters was the response of the number 1 in the force whose name is Musa Hasan with the position of Inspector General of the Police (IGP).

He said, “If the people do not want the law to be enforced, then I can instruct my men to refrain from stopping cars or from going after illegal racers”.

To me that statement is uncalled for and that reflects his personal character; mixture of ego and childishness and it is too far from being a professional.

Let us all remind the IGP the following:

All Malaysian know that you are an IGP, you are the Inspector General of the force.

You are the number 1 and nobody is above you in the police force. You don’t have to show and demonstrate the scale of authority empowered to you. We know all that.

Musa should learn some simple lessons from his subordinates like the CPO of Selangor who has the finesse and ethics when confronting the public.

The finesse and decorum show world of difference between IGP and the CPO.

Lastly if he takes things very personal than he is not a police any longer and he could just consider retiring at a premature date. Please remember that he is not the first to be the IGP as there were numerous numbers of men holding that position before him.

The arrogance of Musa has been observed on many issues and the tendency to commit uncalled for statements by him is very great as he talks too much too many times like a budding politician.

This is a case of a teenager who was shot dead and the mourning family is in devastation and grieve, and showing the pips on the shoulders at this time would irritate the public of this democratic nation, while the mother and the family members of Aminurasyid are licking their wounds all by themselves.

We had never heard a statement of that ‘class’ before this from all lists of the country’s former IGPs.

Sorry Tan Sri, I am just trying to be plain about this issue. I admit you are trying your best to resolve this issue, but I reckon you should dispose your duty with prim and proper when dealing with the concerned public.

I spent quite a number of years of my early life in the police barracks and camps as my late father was also a low ranking police personnel when he was living.

Like many others in the force,he had no opportunity to become the IGP as he was just a primary school leaver.


Thanks……………………………..Aspan Alias