The Other Press: NAJIB& HIS 1MALAYSIA GOING DOWN THE SEWERS more dramatic actions of arrogance from the UMNO goons shall be unfolded by the truckloads !

Friday, May 8, 2009

NAJIB& HIS 1MALAYSIA GOING DOWN THE SEWERS more dramatic actions of arrogance from the UMNO goons shall be unfolded by the truckloads !

Prime Minister Najib Razak

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has wasted no time implementing the changes he says are needed to revitalise the struggling economy and prepare Malaysia to attain developed nation status by 2020. Since assuming office April 3, his announcements, which fall into three categories, have been cautiously welcomed by the business community.

The foreign shareholding limit in insurance firms and investment banks has been raised from 49% to 70%, while more licences are to be issued for foreign banks and Islamic financial institutions. By the end of 2010, regulations will also allow for foreign-owned banks to open up to four new subsidiaries more dramatic actions of arrogance from the UMNO goons shall be unfolded by the truckloads !

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A requirement for Malays to hold 30% of equity in a range of service-sector ventures was dropped as the first phase of a plan to position services, which now contribute 11% of gross domestic product, as the main engine of growth. This represents a loosening of the affirmative-action New Economic Policy (NEP), which aims to boost the incomes of ethnic Malays but is seen as hindering investment and furthering corruption.

Civil-service positions are to be opened to outsiders and the political system to be made more transparent under a strategy Najib says is designed to end an era of big government. Malaysia has the largest civil service in Southeast Asia, but it is renowned for the inefficiency of its decision-making.

However, the liberalization is mostly cosmetic and will have little short-term impact on business or the foreign investment climate. In any case, financial institutions were due to be opened up under 2001’s so-called “Financial Sector Master Plan,” which has been delayed. But ethnic Malays have little involvement in the 27 liberalized service industries; foreign banks already control 25% of the relatively small domestic market, and new entrants may struggle to make significant headway.

Most interest centres on Najib’s intentions with his “One Malaysia” vision and the structural change this could bring. His credentials as a reformist will ride on his ability to remake the political landscape to suit this agenda. But Najib is constrained by the same factional, ethnic-based system that enabled him to get to the country’s top position–the system that also undermined his two predecessors, Abdullah and Mahathir Mohame

Corrupt political leadership does not attractive men of outstanding integrity; neither can it be expected to enact effective laws to maintain high integrity in government. That truism has practically reduced our options to only one – a change of political leadership. That is, if we are still serious about restoring the rule of law and the pursuit of excellence for the country.

The scope of the Attorney-General’s powers in these institutions, there is still the question of integrity of the key office-holders who helm these institutions – chief justice, attorney general, inspector general of police and director general of ACA. It is often said that one may have the best laws in the world, but if we have crooks to implement them, the good laws may come to nothing.

Well said Mr Kim Quek.

De facto law minister Nazri Aziz ,once said we ministers are comfortable with as it is why should we change? If you want change try at the election .

So that is the reality this what peoples comment –Kim Quek, many thanks for the above article. It explains clearly and I am sure all readers understand its content. The UMNO/BN regime will not make any reform that benefits the rakyat, the reform is only meant to control our lives and our souls. When najib becomes PM, I bet you more dramatic actions of arrogance from the UMNO goons shall be unfolded by the truckloads !

this is what PA LAH said

, Datuk Datuk Seri when you speak of the reforms to these three pillars of justice, you must also address the public’s perception of the Attorney General (A-G)’s Chambers. As it stands,

These concerns will be addressed through the reforms to the judiciary and the ACA that will take place.

Sir, if the system does not provide fair prosecution, your whole plan will fail. One good example: When Raja Petra Kamaruddin was released, the A-G’s Chambers appealed, but when Abdul Razak Baginda was acquitted, the A-G decided not to appeal. It is about public perception.

We will see what form of mechanisms to use. We haven’t lost touch with that. As in the anti-corruption initiatives, the senior public prosecutor can decide on the charges.

There was resistance to the setting up of a complaints commission on the police before. Why would those opposed to any sort of reform to enforcement agencies, especially the police be any different now?

I don’t think that anyone is opposed to ‘reform’. But different groups want to be heard, to give their input into the design of the reform. That is why the situation now is very different. The police have been more involved, as well as other enforcement groups. There are many things to be worked out but the important guiding philosophy for me is that the Bill must be workable – it must be acceptable to both the police, the ex-Royal Commissioners as well as other civil society groups. As in all things, this means coming to a workable compromise. It is a difficult process, but it is worthwhile.

When you started off five years ago, we were all supportive of you. What went wrong along the way? Was there opposition to your reforms and plans?

Reforms are not easy. I have tried so, so very hard and it is not easy. I know. I tried with the IPCMC (Independent Police Complaints and MisconductCommission) , see how difficult it was? You can’t just rush in and bulldoze through and have a “I don’t care a damn” attitude.

I wouldn’t call it that but it was not easy to get people on the same page.

But you had 90% of the mandate – not just from Umno, but from the rakyat! People who So there were elements out to sabotage your efforts.?

would normally vote Opposition voted for Barisan Nasional. You could have capitalised on this overwhelming support.

Yes, my dear friend, but my survival is in Umno! If Umno doesn’t want me what can the 90% do? That is the system, unfortunately. This is not like (electing) the president of the United States who is appointed directly by the people (laughs).

Maybe you need to reform Umno first before you reform the agencies.

Ah well …

While giving credit to Pak Lah for at least admitting that our judiciary and anti-corruption efforts are in bad shape, his optimism over the effectiveness of these reform measures is at best naïve, and at worst dishonest and deceiving.

PRIME MINISTER IN WAITING NAJIB Is this the man? The custodian of the dying ember? The man who generations to come will remember as the last man standing, before the new dawn set in? OR Is this the man who is going to set in an even more harsh regime? To ensure he and his team will have a long run on the nation? Driven by chauvinism, and detested by the international as well as the domestic society? Is this the start of a dynasty in the Malaysian Public Life? Does this mean that we Malaysians are so incapable that we need a select few families to tell us how to live our lives? Are we so dependent that all aspects of our lives need to be controlled? Are we so handicapped that we need these political dynasties to teach how to interact with each other? CAN WE THE MALAYSIAN PEOPLE RISE TO THE OCCASSION WHEN THE NATION NEEDS US? CAN MALAYSIA DEPEND ON US? Dr Mahathir’s autocratic, said those who engaged in money politics in UMNO should be arrested under the ISA. Oh Please do that. No better way to make UMNO more popular among the warlords. AND the first one they would have to arrest who be him being the Father of Money Politics or more popularly known Mr. Ten Percent..we must first put najib in.Umno divisional election nominations to win the party presidency uncontested,(MONEY POLITICS ) Najib is now forced to endure screaming volleys of epithets, the latest that he will foster a dictatorial regime once he takes office.HOW HONEST IS, HE ADMITTED HE SENT THOSE SMS THE HIS LAWYER.

WHY Razak Baginda, the fall guy, with no further obstacles or hindrances in sight for Najis in his ascending to the Top Power, has now been released??? The real murderers whose identities are obvious but are still at large, with RPK detained under ISA but just released and PI Balasundram exiled overseas there are no other major obstacles and hindrances to Najis’ ascendancy to the pinnacle of his power come March 2009. This is only obvious that UMNO has now the final say in justice with their man Zaki as the Chief Justice. This is the obvious Justice of Malaysia, the laughing stock of the whole world, Malaysia should be boycotted by the world communities for their greatest injustices towards human rights and common normal justices. THIS IS MALAYSIA’S MALAY SUPREMACY AT ALL COSTS BUT GOING DOWN THE SEWERS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER IN WAITING AFTER THE 51ST YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE

The central doctrine of Najib’s United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the dominant member of the 13-party National Front coalition, is the reinforcement of Malay rights under the NEP. Devised by his father, Abdul Razak, in 1971 as a temporary measure to close the economic gap between Malays and the minority Chinese, the NEP has become deeply entrenched and institutionalized. If Najib wants to shift the reform parameters further, he will have to confront its most powerful supporters.

On the eve of taking office, Najib reassured the UMNO divisional powerbrokers–who ultimately decide the party’s leadership–that he would not dismantle the NEP. A subsequent trade-off on cabinet allocations, which maintained the delicate ethnic and regional balance, suggests the reform limits have already been set.

Moreover, the NEP has created a new business class of elite Malays, the Bumiputras, who, depending heavily on the policy’s racial bias to advance their interests, are recipients of large contracts from the government. In many cases, the Bumiputras have forged close alliances with UMNO powerbrokers, giving both a stake in retaining the NEP. They make up a powerful constituency that will prove difficult to overrule.

Economic reform will continue, but at a gradual pace dictated by the Malay elite. While Najib recognizes the need to dismantle cultural and ethnic boundaries for the country to attain its development vision, he is a pragmatist who will continue to work within established political boundaries