As
I read the blogs and the emails sent to me these last few days I sense a
feeling of hoplessness and despair as we near the end of the campaigning for
the by-election in Bagan Pinang. As they see the happenings around them the
reality of what money and power can do in any elections starts to sink in. Ask
anybody that has taken the trouble to go to Bagan Pinang and they will tell you
that if the election was to be decided by whom have put up the most flags, the
most banners and the most pendants and the most buntings…then they will tell
you that Barisan have already won. If the election were to be decided by who
was the most generous in the giving of cash and all things material - Barisan
would have already won. If the
election was to be decided by which of the two candidates was able to reach
more of the constituents -again
Barisan would have already won – because Isa was allowed access to the army
camps. Zulkefly was not. It would seem that the people are resigned to the
possibility that victory will go to those with large purses and big armies. It
is impossible for Pakatan Rakyat to win.
I
have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest of caution. I have
many times remind us all of the power of one. You are one. With me we are two. Bagan
Pinang is a battle. A battle that we would like to win but do not for a moment
take your eyes of the war that we are in with Barisan. That war will have its
conclusion at the next General elections. For now we have to face the battle
that will take place at Bagan Pinang. We must make our preparations. And we
MUST have focus and commitments from every one of you. Every one of you must
take this as your own personal battle. Do as I do. All I can do from here is
write. I write whatever I can to make those who read what I write understand
that our time for change has come. Join us. Tell your friend that their apathy
will kill us. You have not told anyone? Then go now and ask them to be with us.
Are you in or are you out? Follow us. There might just be ten of us now but
tomorrow there will be eleven, the next day tweleve. And that is the way we
will evolve. The power of one. Every person counts. We are in this together.We
want to do this. Come with me. Come stand with me.
If
you think that this by-election is just about winning then I tell you that you
are wrong. It is about a Prime Minister that tells us the world that Malaysia
has the right formula for national harmony in 1Malaysia and then sends his
goons into Bagan Pinang to tell the Malays and the Soldiers there that they
must vote UMNO for the Malays to survive. For Islam to flourish. Conviniently
running down PAS as a party that is prepared to work with the non believers
just so they could take power.
It
is about UMNO, a political party that has been given 50 years to put the Malays
on par with the other races but instead used that time and opportunity to
become a party overflowing with richness, greed and arrogance.
It
is about a government that subjects its people to thuggery and physical
sufferings and pains by unleashing its own Police to beat its people senseless in
the name of keeping civil peace and harmony amongst its people.
It
is about two candidates. One from UMNO that has already been convicted of
corruption, that had already plundered Negri Sembilan of billions of Ringgits
taken for himself and his cronies against another from PAS that has his office
on the top floor of a shop lot.
And
I can go on and I will not finish even when the sun sets today. And this is
what Bagan Pinang is about. So I tell you again that this is just one battle in
a war – but a battle that we must prepare for with all our resources to meet
the might of an UMNO that is hell
bent for victory at any costs. You go and tell UMNO that a convicted corrupt ex
Mentri Besar will win the election for them and they will embrace that man as
the choice of the people…You tell UMNO that if you spend enough money on the
people - they will vote for this
corrupt candidate that they have. UMNO will provide you with the money.
Yes
my friends I can understand why you fell a sense of hopelessness – that UMNO is
too strong, have too much money and all the power to do anything in Malaysia
reside with them.If
you think so then I ask that you go back to the last General Elections. Think Samy
Velu, think Sharizat, think Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor. Think more then
50% of all votes were cast for Pakatan Rakyat! Think what can I do to help in
Bagan Pinang…then maybe together we will make that difference. You are one.
With me we are two.
Bahasa Translation - with thanks to Gerila Rakyat
KITA AKAN ATASINYA!
Selama saya membaca blog dan email yang saya terima
beberapa hari ini, saya mula perasan adanya rasa putus harapan dan putus asa
semasa kempen PRK Bagan Pinang ini menuju ke penghujungnya. Apabila keadaan
sekeliling diteliti, realiti kelebihan wang dan kuasa jelas kelihatan. Tanyalah
sesiapa yang sanggup meluangkan masa ke Bagan Pinang dan mereka akan berkata
jika PRK ini ditentukan oleh siapa yang meletakkan bendera, banner, poster atau
banting terbanyak..mereka tentu menjawab yang BNlah yang menang. Jika
pilihanraya ditentukan berdasarkan siapa yang paling banyak memberi wang atau
sumbangan – Barisanlah yang menang. Jika pilihanraya ditentukan oleh calon yang
mana yang paling banyak masa untuk berjumpa dengan pengundi – Barisan lagi yang
menang – kerana Isa dibenarkan untuk masuk ke kem tentera manakala Zulkefly
tidak dibenarkan. Seolah-olah rakyat terpaksa menerima hakikat yang kemungkinan
besar kemenangan akan diperolehi oleh mereka yang sokongan kewangan dan bantuan
yang kuat. Nampak seperti mustahil Pakatan Rakyat akan menang.
Dalam
pepatah hidup ini, saya akan berhati-hati untuk menggunakan perkataan mustahil.
Banyak kali telah saya ingatkan tentang kuasa satu. Anda hanya sendiri (satu).
Tapi bersama saya kita jadi berdua. Bagan Pinang ini satu perang. Perang yang
sudah tentu kita ingin menang tapi jangan kita lupa yang kita juga dalam perang
besar dengan Barisan. Perang besar itu akan memuncak di PRU akan datang. Buat
masa ini baik kita tumpukan kepada perang kita di Bagan Pinang. Kita mesti
bersedia. Dan setiap daripada kita WAJIB memberikan fokus dan komitmen. Setiap
daripada kita harus mengambil rasa ini sebgai tanggungjawab masing-masing. Buat
seperti apa yang saya buat. Apa yang boleh saya lakukan ialah menulis. Saya
menulis agar tulisan saya ini boleh dibaca oleh orang lain dan membuat mereka
faham bahawa masa perubahan itu telah pun sampai. Marilah bersama kita.
Ceritalah kepada rakan-rakan anda yang berpeluk tubuh itu akan membantutkan
usaha kita. Sudahkah anda mengajak rakan-rakan lain? Jika tidak, ajaklah mereka
untuk bersama kita sekarang. Hendak turut serta atau tidak? Marilah bersama
kita, mungkin hari ini kumpulan kita hanya sepuluh orang tapi mungkin esok ia
menjadi sebelas, mungkin lusa dua belas. Dan itulah caranya kita berkembang.
Kuasa satu. Setiap orang diambilkira. Kita lakukan ini bersama-sama. Inilah
yang boleh kita lakukan. Marilah bersama saya dan berdiri dengan saya.
Jika
anda fikir usaha dalam PRK ini hanya untuk mengejar kemenangan, anda telah pun
silap. Ianya adalah disebabkan daripada kenyataan Perdana Menteri kepada dunia
yang mengatakan Malaysia mempunyai formula yang sesuai untuk keharmonian rakyat
namun selepas itu konco-konconya dihantar ke Bagan Pinang untuk melaungkan
kepada kaum Melayu dan pihak Tentera yang mereka mesti mengundi UMNO supaya
Melayu boleh terus hidup. Supaya Islam boleh bertahan. Mereka mengutuk PAS
ialah parti yang bersekongkol dengan orang kafir agar mereka boleh mendapat
kekuasaan.
Ia juga disebabkan oleh UMNO, sebuah parti politik
yang telah diberi peluang 50 tahun untuk meletakkan bangsa Melayu sama taraf
dengan bangsa-bangsa lain tapi sebaliknya tempoh itu disalahgunakan oleh parti
itu untuk membolot kekayaan, menjadi tamak dan bermegah diri.
Ia juga disebabkan oleh kerajaan yang membiarkan
rakyatnya dibuli dan dikasari dengan mengarahkan Polis untuk membelasah
rakyatnya sendiri untuk kononnya menjaga keamanan dan keharmonian masyarakat.
Ia
juga disebabkan oleh dua calon. Seorang darinya datang dari UMNO yang telah
dijatuhkan hukuman atas kesalahan rasuah, dan telah merompak berbilion-bilion
Ringgit dari Negeri Sembilan untuk dirinya dan kroninya dibandingkan dengan
calon dari PAS yang pejabatnya hanyalah tingkat atas lot kedai.
Saya boleh teruskan lagi tapi ia takkan habis sampai
matahari terbenam hari ini. Itulah sebab utama untuk perjuangan kita di Bagan
Pinang. Jadi ingin saya tegaskan yang ini hanya satu pertempuran dalam perang
besar – tapi kita harus bersedia dalam perang ini dengan semua sumber kita
untuk menghadapi kekuasaan UMNO yang sangat terdesak untuk menang. Patutkah UMNO
mengatakan jika bekas Menteri Besar yang korup ini memenangi pilihanraya untuk
mereka, mereka akan mengagungkannya dan mengatakan yang dia adalah pilihan
rakyat.. Patutkah UMNO jika mereka menabur duit kepada rakyat – rakyat akan
mengundi calon korup mereka. UMNO hanya perlu menyediakan duit sahaja.
Ya rakanku sekelian, saya
faham jika anda mula rasa putus asa – yang UMNO terlalu kuat, terlalu mewah
dengan duit dan berkuasa untuk berbuat apa sahaja di Malaysia. Jika itu yang
anda fikirkan, saya minta anda mengenang kembali apa yang berlaku di PRU yang
lepas. Fikirkan Samy Vellu, fikirkan Sharizat, fikirkan Kedah, P.Pinang, Perak
dan Selangor. Fikirkan 50% lebih undi memihak kepada Pakatan Rakyat! Fikirkanlah
apa yang anda boleh sumbangkan di Bagan Pinang…dan mungkin dengan bersama,
perubahan itu akan tercapai. Anda Cuma sendiri. Bersamaku kita menjadi berdua.
..." pls isa a 2nd chance & ..& ...
ReplyDelete&...me Too , ok ? pls !! "
G'Day Sir, read in m'siakini that there's a gag on chinese newspaper to report about isa past offence ....mmmm, even actual facts pun cannot be reported or published nowadays.......haiya
ReplyDeleteDear HH,
ReplyDeleteThere is no power greater than that of ALLAH ALMIGHTY and it may appear that ISA will be returned. Let us supplicate to ALLAH that those postal voters shall cast their votes with conscience, without fear or favour. " Kun Fayakun " is our our only battlecry.
This was the feeling most of us had on Mar 8 2008 and see what happened. They poured money like water. It fell from trees. We had new roads, free dinners, promises.
ReplyDeleteThe people did not fall for all these.
So do not loose hope. WE MIGHT STILL WIN THIS BY-ELECTION.
Ababg Hussein,
ReplyDeleteYes, you are right. When it comes to UMNO (notice I did not use "BN" as the rest of the BN component parties are just lap dogs & are irrelevant) "Might is Right"!
The sad part about all this is that if Isa wins, then it just shows us that the Malaysians in Bagan Pinang don't care what UMNO does...don't care that their rep is a crook...just don't care!
Najib just told the Malaysian students in Paris that Isa deserves a second chance because even criminals get a second chance BUT he also said that what happened to Isa was just a "Technical Matter"...looks like we can see clearly how our PM looks upon Money Politics in UMNO...just a technical glitch...nothing wrong!
UMNO will NEVER change!
Even if we lose, the upside is still there. So long as take down their majority!!!!
ReplyDeleteBesides money and the corrupt UMNO, we are really fignting an uphill battle.
1) Corrupt Judiciary
2) Biased EC
3) Corrupt MACC and PDUM (Polis Di UMNO Malaysia)
sunwayopal
http://www.myrealestate.com.my
Dear En Hussein,
ReplyDeleteI really respect you and the like of TGNA & Khalid Samad.IF all the rightful thinking politians show their commitment, our country shall be a developed country by now. Sometime I wonder why are all these BN goons are so greedy since their wealth will last them for a few generations. Maybe they will bring along their wealth to their grave.
Wow HH,
ReplyDeleteI admire your drive, your energy, your passion, your single-minded purpose & committment to see our beloved nation restored to its full glory. Where all its citizens can stand proud and tall.
We need a pandemic (like H1N1), so all the other Rakyat are infected with a transformed mind-set just like you, in order to bring about effective change.
Happy Infecting & Keep up this noble work you are doing !!!