NO HOLDS BARRED Friday, 29 October 2010 The Constitutional Conference of January-February 1956 agreed that a Constitutional Commission would be set to address many issues, one being to "safeguard the position and prestige of the Rulers" plus to "safeguard the special position of the Malays and the legitimate interests of the other (non-Malay) communities". There is no agreement on the Malays being accorded special rights and privileges and it was agreed that the new Federal Constitution of Malaya would be based on what the Constitutional Conference decides. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin Read more 10 Comments Be patient, Perkasa tells Orang Asli NEWS/COMMENTARIES Friday, 29 October 2010 By Patrick Lee. Free Malaysia Today The Orang Asli must wait for the government to provide their much-needed infrastructure, according to right-wing Malay NGO Perkasa. “They (the Orang Asli) need to wait. (Prime Minister) Najib (Tun Razak) is taking steps to transform Malaysia,” said Perkasa Youth chief Arman Azhar Abu Hanifah. Asked how long the Orang Asli must wait before seeing results, Arman said it would take time. “Our country is big, and it is still young. It is only 53 years old,” he said. Read more 15 Comments DAP, PKR dismiss ‘secret’ pact to ensure Chinese rule NEWS/COMMENTARIES Friday, 29 October 2010 By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, The Malaysian Insider PKR and DAP lawmakers have furiously dismissed the notion of a secret pact between the two allies to ensure Chinese rule should Pakatan Rakyat (PR) capture Putrajaya. Instead both parties trained their guns on ex-PKR MP Zulkifli Noordin, who made the claim, calling him a liar who was “spinning tall tales” to serve his “political masters” in Barisan Nasional (BN). Read more 11 Comments MCLM’s Social Contract NO HOLDS BARRED Thursday, 28 October 2010 This was our Agreement, our Contract, THE Social Contract, a Magna Carta of sorts. And that is why we defend this Social Contract in the form of The People’s Voice and The People’s Declaration with passion and zeal. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin Read more 6 Comments The mystery of the missing initial report THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Thursday, 28 October 2010 In 2008, the police raided my house to look for the PUSRAWI medical report, which Malaysia Today published and which debunks Saiful Bukhari Azlan’s allegation that Anwar Ibrahim sodomised him. I was also brought in for interrogation with regards to that report. Two years on and that medical report is now said to be missing and the Prosecution declares it is not aware of such a report. Well, maybe we can republish it for the sake of the Prosecution. THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Raja Petra Kamarudin Read more 15 Comments Menara Tertinggi? Binalah Atas Gunung Kinabalu! A REPUBLIC OF VIRTUE Friday, 29 October 2010 Tidak, kita tidak perlu bermegah-megah dengan kecenderungan kepada megalomanic. Kita perlu melihat kepada keperluan semasa dan keutamaan ketika negara semakin hilang arah tujunya dipimpin oleh sebuah rejim yang mabuk kuasa bertunjangkan amalan pemerintahan strategi purba iaitu pecah dan perintah sebagai alat. Tidak, kita tidak mampu menanggung sebuah lagi menara kuasa. A REPUBLIC OF VIRTUE Dr. Azly Rahman (translated by Anonymous, from the English version) Read more 1 Comments Anal Retentive dUMNO speech LETTERS/SURAT Thursday, 28 October 2010 Written by dUMNO Yang Berhormat, Yang kurang Berhormat, dan Yang Tidak Dihormat, Datuk-Datuk, Nenek-Nenek, Tuan-Tuan, Puan-Puan dan para hadirin seklian. For the benefit of the NON's, I will conduct this important speech in England, just to prove that I can speaking it, terrer-terrer, like sebiji Orang Puteh. Let it be known that I will now "change my mode". Read more 8 Comments The Linda Tsen candidacy: Where did it come from? GUEST COLUMNISTS Friday, 29 October 2010 By Mariam Mokhtar, Malaysian Mirror One minute she is a housewife, devoted mother and part-time piano teacher; the next minute she is projected as the 'giant' and superwoman, who will restore BN's glory. They are expecting far too much of her in such a short, concentrated space of time. Read more 7 Comments A legacy of apathy and neglect NEWS/COMMENTARIES Friday, 29 October 2010 By Michael Kaung, Free Malaysia Today SANDAKAN: The Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition government, fighting to prevent the opposition from making inroads into Batu Sapi, is struggling to keep voter anger in check. In a nine-day sprint to woo a bitter electorate in this enormous constituency that sprawls over an area half the size of Johor, the BN election machinery is struggling to placate supporters who had expected wealth and job opportunities to pour in during its long regime. Read more 3 Comments RM465m paid for incomplete RM256m project NEWS/COMMENTARIES Thursday, 28 October 2010 By Rahmah Ghazali, Free Malaysia Today KUALA LUMPUR: The government has paid RM465 million to a company for a RM256 million job that it has not done, according to DAP publicity chief Tony Pua. The apparently scandalous deal was made in 1997 between the Defence Ministry and Kausar Corporation Sdn Bhd. Read more 14 Comments Saiful’s rectum was empty, doctor tells court NEWS/COMMENTARIES Thursday, 28 October 2010 By Debra Chong, The Malaysian Insider Surgeon Razali Ibrahim, who had examined Saiful Bukhary Azlan for signs of sodomy, told the High Court today he found the complainant’s rectum “empty”. Read more 30 Comments Malaysia’s Culture of Political and Social Oppression GUEST COLUMNISTS Thursday, 28 October 2010 By Nurul Izzah Anwar In recent years, Malaysia has seen a huge wave of migrations, with an estimated one million Malaysians now living abroad. The UK is now home to over 50,000 Malaysian citizens. Many travel to the UK to study or work, and choose not to return to Malaysia, often stifled by the lack of civil liberties and basic human rights in their own back yard. This is compounded by the race-based economic and social policies selectively championed by the ruling United Malay National Organisation(UMNO) that enriches a few at the expense of majority Malays who remain poor and where many non-Malays feel that they are often treated as second class citizens. Read more 7 Comments 'Secret DAP-PKR pact to keep Chinese in power' NEWS/COMMENTARIES Thursday, 28 October 2010 The younger generation must be taught the real historical facts surrounding the May 13, 1969 bloody riots so that they can be “exposed to the truth” about Gerakan and DAP. By Rahmah Ghazali, Free Malaysia Today Independent MP Zulkifli Noordin (Kulim Bandar Baru) today dropped a bombshell when he claimed that there is a “secret contract” between PKR and DAP to keep the Chinese in power if the opposition coalition takes over Putrajaya. Read more 21 Comments MCA boss: Dimwits in Umno should retire NEWS/COMMENTARIES Thursday, 28 October 2010 (Free Malaysia Today) - MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek has one piece of advice for Umno leaders who are not the brightest of bulbs – retire. Read more 14 Comments Gerakan challenges Umno to contest in Chinese areas NEWS/COMMENTARIES Thursday, 28 October 2010 (The Star) - Umno can go ahead and contest in Chinese-majority seats in Penang in the next general election if it is so confident of winning, said Gerakan secretary-general Teng Chang Yeow. Read more 18 Comments The Malay understanding of the Social Contract VIDEO Thursday, 28 October 2010 Read more 27 Comments Part 22: How one signature is worth RM614 million but which the MACC does not regard as abuse of power THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Thursday, 28 October 2010 You have seen how a ‘surat sokongan’ or 'support letter' can get you a government contract. You have seen how Malaysian ministers, deputy prime ministers and prime ministers dish out 'surat sokongan' by the truck loads. But what does this translate to in terms of money? Well, this one contract alone comes to RM614 million. 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MCLM’s Social Contract News image This was our Agreement, our Contract, THE Social Contract, a Magna Carta of sorts. And that is why we defend this Socia... The Constitutional Conference also addressed amendments to the Federation Agreement (part 7 of the series on the Social Contract) News image The Federation of Malaya Agreement was signed on 21st January 1948 and came into force on 1st February of that same year. A form of common citizenship was created f... When you don’t trust your own people News image In other words, Pakatan Rakyat does not trust their own party members and they also don’t trust their own candidates. So they ha... The Constitutional Conference was attended by the Alliance government and not Umno (part 6 of the series on the Social Contract) News image Appendix A of the report on the Constitutional Conference held in London from January-February 1956 shows that it was attended by the Alliance government of Malaya and not Umno. A... 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The Constitutional Conference of January-February 1956 agreed that a Constitutional Commission would be set to address many issues, one being to "safeguard the position and prestige of the Rulers" plus to "safeguard the special position of the Malays and the legitimate interests of the other (non-Malay) communities". There is no agreement on the Malays being accorded special rights and privileges and it was agreed that the new Federal Constitution of Malaya would be based on what the Constitutional Conference decides.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

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