Diskusi: Trends Ahead of the 13th General Elections with YB Khairy Jamaluddin

Salam sejahtera.

Sabtu yang lepas aku berkesempatan untuk turut serta dalam satu sesi diskusi bersama YB Khairy Jamaluddin di London. Topik yang diperbualkan adalah tentang perubahan landskap politik Malaysia selepas pilihanraya umum yang ke-13. Antara perkara yang kita sedia maklum, Pilihanraya Umum ke-12 yang lepas telah menandakan 'kekalahan' untuk Barisan Nasional apabila kali pertama hilang majoriti 2/3 undi. Khairy menyentuh tentang isu berkaitan pilihanraya umum ke-12 dalam mengupas tentang landskap pengundi dan politik diMalaysia.

Antara perkara yang disentuh oleh Khairy adalah, BN perlu menerima keputusan p/raya umum ke-12 sebagai satu tanda kekalahan dan perlu bekerja lebih keras dalam memastikan mereka masih relevan untuk kekal berkuasa diMalaysia. Selepas ditanya soalan oleh seorang penonton, "Bukankah lebih baik sekiranya BN kalah dalam p/raya seterusnya untuk membolehkan BN membuat revolusi besar-besaran dalam parti komponen mereka?", KJ memberi respon bahawa BN tidak perlu kalah dan tidak mahu kalah. Kehilangan majoriti 2/3 undi sudah cukup menunjukkan kekalahan dipihak mereka. Dan BN terutamanya UMNO sudah mula berevolusi dan melakukan reformasi dalam parti mereka sendiri dimana suara-suara muda mula diketengahkan dan meritokrasi mula dihargai.

Berkaitan tentang pengaruh BN atau UMNO diMalaysia sekarang ini, KJ memberi contoh bahawa BN masih berpengaruh hasil daripada beberapa p/raya kecil yang berlaku sejak p/raya umum yang lalu dimana BN telah menang kerusi-kerusi yang ditandingi dan juga menunjukkan peningkatan undi dibeberapa kerusi hangat yang mana sebelumnya dipegang oleh parti lawan. Namun KJ sedar, kawasan2 yang berlaku p/raya kecil semuanya adalah kawasan semi-urban dan merupakan antara kawasan2 yang tidak maju atau moden. Maka, pengaruh BN dikawasan bandar dan urban terutamanya seperti diSelangor, Kuala Lumpur, Pulau Pinang dan kawasan Kinta City, Ipoh masih belum diuji sejak p/raya umum yang lalu. KJ menyatakan kefahaman dan berpendapat BN perlu bekerja lebih keras untuk p/raya umum ke-13 kerana p/raya-p/raya yang akan datang tidak lagi mudah untuk BN seperti keadaan yang lalu dimana rakyat Malaysia cenderung kepada sistem 1-parti.

Pengundi dan rakyat Malaysia sedang menuju kearah kematangan dalam sistem p/raya dan demokrasi dimana kewujudan parti lawan semakin diterima dan sistem 2-parti telah semakin diterima oleh kebanyakan rakyat terutamanya mereka dikawasan bandar. Dengan ini, BN juga perlu keluar daripada kepompong lama dan zon selesa mereka. KJ berpendapat pemimpin BN perlu berdiri dan mempertahankan kebenaran dan bukannya agenda berdasarkan fahaman parti mereka. Apa yang benar, perlu dipertahankan. Dia memberi contoh, apabila gereja dibakar dan KJ mahu turun melawat tempat kejadian, dia mendapat panggilan mengatakan tindakan dia itu tidak digalakkan kerana kurang relevan dengan perjuangan parti yang disertainya. Namun dia berkeras dan tetap turun kerana KJ berpendapat yang benar tetap benar dan yang salah walaupun daripada pihak yang sama dengan kita akan tetap dikatakan salah.

Seterusnya KJ menyentuh juga tentang revolusi UMNO yang rata-rata mengamalkan warlordism. Dimana ketua-ketua bahagian yang akan diangkat menjadi calon. Calon-calon yang dicalonkan dalam p/raya selalunya mempunyai hubungan baik dengan 'orang-orang atas'. Keadaan ini mewujudkan situasi dimana meritokrasi ditolak ketepi dan kronisme serta senioriti digunapakai dan KJ berpendapat yang warlordism ini perlu dikikis daripada BN untuk terus kekal relevan dalam pemerintahan Malaysia. Anak muda perlu mengambil inisiatif melibatkan diri dan bersama mengubah struktur yang sedia ada kearah yang lebih demokratik dan pro-meritokrasi.

Selain daripada itu, KJ berkata soal 'bila p/raya baru nak turun bagi sekolah, padang, rumah, sumbangan dan sebagainya'. Dengan nada sinis dia melabel perlakuan itu sebagai 'BN-style'. Namun dia turut menekankan yang pihak lawan juga melakukan perkara yang sama dan apabila mereka melakukan perkara itu, tak pula orang cakap rasuah.

Antara kenyataan lain yang menarik minat aku adalah "Personally I think AUKU should be diminished because it's unfair and it doesn't show that BN is a party of change." Ini menunjukkan kematangan dan prinsip keadilan yang dibawa olehnya. Sayangnya, pendapat ini adalah pendapat peribadi. Antara pendapat peribadi yang lain adalah sekiranya Kelab UMNO dibenarkan diUnited Kingdom maka kelab-kelab lain juga perlu diberi kebenaran dan tidak wajar dibataskan pergerakan mereka.

Pada pendapat aku, KJ adalah satu simbol suara baru, generasi muda dalam UMNO dan BN yang melambangkan kematangan fikiran dan prinsip keadilan yang sejak kebelakangan ini jarang-jarang kita dapat lihat dalam gerakan BN atau UMNO itu sendiri. It's good to have such leaders in the government camp in order to get the voices of justice and youths supaya didengari oleh 'orang-orang lama' atau 'old-timers' yang kadang-kadang tak tau bila entah mereka ni nak bersara contohnya seperti manusia di Sarawak tu. Adakah nak sampai orang keluar berdemonstrasi baru terfikir untuk turun dan beri laluan kepada orang yang lebih layak?

Berkaitan ura-ura yang dia akan bersara sebentar daripada politik, KJ berkata itu adalah keputusan peribadi kerana bagi dia, terlalu lama dalam politik boleh menjadikan seseorang itu bodoh kerana sistem politik itu akan mempergunakan dia sehingga dia tiada masa untuk diri sendiri, membaca dan sebagainya. Justeru, sekali-sekala politician perlu keluar daripada politik dan buat perkara yang mereka mahukan supaya apabila masuk semula, mereka dapat masuk dengan visi yang baru dan lebih bersemangat.

*Banyak lagi poin-poin yang dinyatakan tapi cukup lah setakat ni kerana ini antara yang menarik minat aku.

Salam semua.

You gave me the feeling of heart beats

You make me feel my heart beats

and all the rush, vibrating conciousness

make my hefty breath heavier

sling me into a state of extreme apprehension

It is you, by the will of God

will I ever get through this

perhaps how is the question

God and His plannings

with us in His designs

and all destinies are His craft

And my feeling is as night

dark, quiet or calm?

alone or together?

prayers or lustful play?

Or merely lurching keel?

with undefined ending

O you,

you gave me the feeling of heart beats.

The matter of hearts, in the hand of Allah

A meet with Dato' Shabery Cheek

Salam sejahtera to all fellow Malaysians.

Alhamdulillah, I've gotten the chance to meet with Dato' Shabery Cheek with some of my friends and counterparts on the capacity of Projek Kalsom Deputy Director. I would like to say Alhamdulillah again as our proposal for Projek Kalsom 17 was endorsed by the Minister of Youth and Sports and he expressed full support and interest to assist us in ways he can. This is good news, and the Projek Kalsom 17 committee will commit to our level best to fulfill what we can achieve.

Now please allow me to share a bit of my experience with this leader of ours. My first unofficial 'meet' with him was when I saw him debating Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in television and honestly from that point of view, I felt the debate got carried away in a very personal way by him which is not so professional. Hence, my first impression of him is not quite good.

However now I can confirm that this humble minister of ours is quite a down to earth guy. He's very friendly, very nice and smiles a lot. He scooped food for us while we waited in a line for the buffet. He scooped until all the rice in the tray finishes. And he went to all the tables talking to us students. He invited students to join him in his table for dinner. And the best part is when we(the Projek Kalsom 17 committee) approach him to propose our Projek, he spent some of his time to understand our projek and straight away call his p.a to give instructions on how to help us with. A straight away endorsement! I find this very nice of him as a minister, although he can ask us to send the proposal to him and he'll look at it, but he took some time reading it and asking questions to understand it and straight away give things that we need.

Kata orang, tak kenal maka tak cinta. I feel he's a good person and my first impression of him is a total opposite impression as how I view him after today. I hope and will pray for his success and may many more leaders who are down to earth like him been born in Malaysia not caring whether they're from government or opposition. Good leaders are for us to respect and pledge full support.

At least he's unlike some so-called people leaders who care about how many people will come to his event or talk, or berkira sangat penat nak jumpa student. This kind of leader, boleh bungkus nanti. I would want a leader who's approachable, friendly and open and now I can confirm, Dato' Shabery Cheek is one of them, as for now.

Will be meeting Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil and Khairy Jamaluddin next weekend, insyAllah. Is hoping to pitch another proposal for Projek Kalsom to Datuk Seri Shahrizat, please do pray for us. ;)

* Hail to our national racer hero, Azizulhasni Awang who had an accident during race tragically but still managed to make us proud. I'm so touched by his spirit and patriotism! More of his story HERE.

A good explanation on V-Day issue recently by Dr. MAZA.

Click this link for the youtube video ----> HERE

the unseen, can it be seen?

Smoke all over the room,

clothes, bags, shoes, books scattered

all these seen messiness

are as the feelings shattered.

Life's tough, good thing we can dream of a utopia.

Discussion: Meaning of patriotism in Malaysia

Salam and hye to all.

Are you familiar with such statements:

"Ah, Kerajaan ke kera-jaan? Rasuah teruk!"

"All government servants only know how to procrastinate, everything they do take twice as long!"

"Why should I work in Malaysia? I'm treated as second-class citizen. Everything is Malay! Better if I work in other countries."

From the statements above I would like to raise the issue of patriotism in Malaysia. The question is, is criticising the same as being patriotic? When we listen to people who criticise and we ask them, why are you criticising? Kutuk saja tau! Most of the time, the response is "Because I care lah, I criticise! If not, I buat diam saja."

I would say, such people is patriotic but in a very negative way. I was once like that. Anti-establishment, anti-everything, rebellious, everything is not right. But joining Projek Kalsom last year made me realised that criticising alone is not and never enough. We'll need to start doing something to improve the condition in Malaysia. Talking and finding faults,everyone can do yet the truly patriotic and nationalist will find cure and solutions to the problems. I believe this is how we should act. It's okay to criticise but at the same time, do or suggest things to improve the situation. In simple words, walk the talk!

The next question is, people who leave Malaysia because they feel they are being treated as a second-class citizen and not given equal opportunity in Malaysia, are they right? Or is it fair for them to criticise the government for their decision to move and work abroad and thus creating brain-drain problems in Malaysia?

I feel such people are not patriotic and are putting the blame on others to try and justify things on their behalf. The argument is for such people who leave Malaysia to work abroad and at the same time, criticise the government and the system in Malaysia to justify their actions. I feel it's not right and by doing that it shows although they have the professional knowledge yet they lack patriotism and willingness to strive to improve the situation in Malaysia.

Brain drain is not a new problem for Malaysia. We should all work and try our best to come back to Malaysia and serve the country in however way we can. I can only find one justification in the actions of the people who move and work abroad, they are materialistic and want the extra cash they can get by working in other countries. Let's not just put the blame on the government but we ourselves don't do anything to improve things. Things won't improve if we don't take actions. I'm firm to a believe, "take a small step, it will lead to big changes in the future. So, start now!"

What's your take on this?

Together for a united Malaysians! ;)

Strengthening the refutation

Salam and hye to all.

I believe the post before drew many attention, which is good. I hope it was able to educate some people to understand the Islamic principle on this matter.

However, like according to 'clear conscience', who commented saying that the discussion has gone off topic and I agree to that. What I intend to do is to share understanding of Islamic principle on 'immoral activities' and for us to realise the existing of difference perspectives in interpreting 'immoral activities' due to our different beliefs. Yet, for Islam, that's how we interpret 'immoral activities' and none can force us to say no as that's how we see things.

Then, the core argument I intended to bring up is to show that Mr Tan is not right to criticise Ustaz Nasrudin's campaign because the campaign is for Muslims and doesn't involve the non-muslims. And the term 'immoral activities' is used from the point of view of Islam. Hence, due to the practice of democracy, it is unwise and rude for such politician like Mr Tan to use phrase like 'mind your own business' in his post to refute a campaign which he doesn't really understand the nature of it. Again let me kindly remind, that the campaign is for muslims and doesn't involve the non-muslims.

Now perhaps some people still doesn't get it, so I'll use an analogy. We know the Hindus don't eat cow meats because of its prohibited by their religion. Hence, if the hindus want to make a campaign to 'check the other hindu people and make sure that they don't slaughter cows and eat their meats', then it's their rights and I won't interfere because it's the matter of their religion. The same case and thing is happening right now with Ustaz Nasrudin campaign. The campaign is done by Muslims and for muslims according to Islamic principles. Hence, why must such non-muslim who doesn't understand the nature of the campaign criticise and say the campaign must be stopped? Furthermore, he accused the campaigner of extremism. As politician, his views may carry weight and it is worrying to have such person being a Malaysian politician. Can't even imagine if he's elected to become our high-profile ministers!

Keep in mind, I would like to bring your attention to this issue because I feel this isn't how we should do things in Malaysia, we need understanding between each other. Because from understanding then only will come tolerance.

The same goes, if the chinese wants to start a campaign 'to make sure the other fellow chinese do not sweep the floor of their house during the first day of Chinese New Year', then people of other religion and beliefs do not have rights to stop this campaign.

As long as the campaign doesn't go into extreme like for the V-Day campaign, if unmarried muslim couples caught kissing each other are killed or beaten like hell then we should stop such campaign. Otherwise, we shouldn't interfere as it's to help our fellow Muslims to avoid from sinning. A brother will take good care of his other brothers and sisters and this is what we are practicing, hence your understanding of this issue is needed to create a situation of tolerance between us although we have different beliefs.

The differences between people should be celebrated yet people are using such things as reason to fight each other.

Selamat.

Valentine's Day: Refuting Tan Keng Liang

Referring to the post by Tan Keng Liang click --> here.

Stating my opinion, I would like to express disagreement towards the views expressed by Mr Tan in his post. I feel Mr Tan has poor understanding of Malaysian multiracial and multireligion society and thus leading him to produce such statement.

First argument:

Quoting his statement "I regret the statement by PAS Youth Chief that implied Valentine’s Day would be filled with sinful activities and immoral acts.",

followed by his other statement "This is clearly a blatant insult to those who celebrate Valentine’s Day in Malaysia. It would indirectly cast doubt over the morality of all those who will celebrate Valentine’s Day."

From these two statements it is clear that Mr Tan doesn't really understand the situation in our multireligion society in Malaysia. By saying that Valentines Day would be filled with sinful activities and immoral acts, PAS Youth Chief Nasruddin Hassan is generally viewing Valentine Day from the point of view of Islam. Mr Tan needs to understand that for Muslims, it is sinful even for unmarried couples to be alone together. Moreover in Valentines Day where most couples will take opportunity of this day to embrace each other in manners intolerable to Islam or in even worse condition leading to sexual intercourse between unmarried couples.

The reason for this is because Islam respect the value of women and the right of men. Value of women where women are to take good care of their chastity and good morality. This is important to ensure the 'right' for her 'future' husband is fulfilled because it would be unfair for the man to find out that his 'future' wife is no longer chaste and had been 'enjoyed' by other men due to various reasons, one of it being the reason of 'love'.

The second reason for this is to help prevent further social problems. All of us agree that abortion is immoral because it's the same as killing a soul with life. Having said this, we also agree to abandon newly born baby due to various factors is even worse. The problem is, Mr Tan, unmarried couples who get involve with sexual intercourse and then leading to the girl being pregnant, the result in most cases of unwanted pregnancy by unmarried couples is either abortion or the baby being born and abandoned. This leads to other social problems which will take another thousand of words to be discussed on so I'll leave it for now.

Second argument:

Quoting another sentence from the blog, "PAS Youth must understand the nature of Valentine’s Day with an open mind and do not interpret the celebration with their “narrow mind”"

Reversely, I would want to plead Mr Tan to view the issue of Valentine's Day from a 'bigger' and not such narrow perspective of celebrating love. We should see the issue of Valentine's day from a wider perspective of morality, social problems, value of women and the rights of men rather than only talking from the point of view of love. There are bigger implications from Valentine's day towards social problems and issues of morality rather than just celebrating love. Should this issue not addressed, Malaysia is in danger of being in serious social dilemma like what the United Kingdom is facing.

Having the chance to study in the United Kingdom I come to understand, among biggest social problems faced by the UK Government are 'alcohol consumption' and 'teenage pregnancy'. Even modern and developed country like UK is facing problem with teenage pregnancy which impacted them not only socially but also in many other aspects. So, why should us, Malaysia, which is still a developing country, take the issue of 'teenage pregnancy' lightly? Hence, Valentine's day play quite a significant role in contributing to unwanted pregnancy and teenage pregnancy because the day itself is used as a 'formal' platform where most teenage lovers will find opportunities to embrace each other.

Third argument:

Quoting his statement in the post, "Malaysia, a multiracial and religion country, has long been a moderate country and free of extremism." Being an active politician, Mr Tan should understand that a multiracial and religion country and society consist of people with different views and beliefs. Hence, in order to make decisions we will need to consider people of different beliefs. I would not say things on behalf of other group of people, instead I would refer to this issue from the point of view of Islam.

As a nationalist in Malaysia, Mr Tan should understand more than 50 percent of Malaysians are Muslims. The nature and teaching of Islams are such where we prohibit sexual intercourse before getting married. Having said this, it also means all actions directing to sexual intercourse before marriage should be actively discourage. Hence this is why our good Malaysian, Ustaz Nasrudin Hasan Tantawi is initiating a campaign to discourage such activities which happen rampantly during Valentine's Day.

I understand, being a non-muslim, Mr Tan might not comprehend fully the understanding and the preachings of Islam. However, there is no excuse for a politician like Mr Tan to disrespect the rights and beliefs of other group of people, in this case, the Muslims in Malaysia to discourage the celebration of Valentine's Day as this is our right.

Fourth argument:

Quoting another statement by Mr Tan: "This latest statement by PAS clearly signify more efforts by PAS (with the support of their partners in Pakatan Rakyat) to create their extreme version of Islamic State in Malaysia."

In my defence of the action, I would like to call upon Mr Tan to understand that what is done by PAS Youth Chief, is not in any sense considered as extremism. Instead we are trying to defend the teachings of Islam and at the same time will be benefiting Malaysia and Malaysian society by helping to prevent social problems from increasing.

On the other hand, I would like to point out that to disallow and disrespect others rights, in this case, the Muslims rights to practice the teaching of our religion which is to discourage the celebration of something detrimental to Islam and the society such as Valentine's Day among Muslims is a sign of extremism itself. So perhaps Mr Tan can reconsider the stance taken by yourself in this issue.

Lastly, quoting the last statement from Mr Tan: "PAS must learn to understand the culture of all Malaysians, comprising of various race and religion.". I would like to kindly urge Mr Tan to learn and try to understand the nature and culture of all Malaysians, comprising of various race and religion because if you do understand, then you'll know why are Muslims such as Ustaz Nasrudin actively discouraging the celebration of Valentine's Day. This is a friendly reminder to Mr Tan as it is important for yourself because if you want to develop your career and become successful politician, you will need to fully understand the context of pluralism in Malaysia.

Fifth argument:

Having done with my arguments rebutting Mr Tan's post, I would like to point out a statement from our Ustaz Nasrudin quoted from thestar online:

"In Penang, PAS youth is working closely with the Islamic Religious Department to check immoral activities among Muslims, he said."

Having said this, this activity of discouraging the celebration of Valentine's Day only involves the process to check immoral activities among 'Muslims'. Hence, if Mr Tan wants to celebrate Valentine's Day, feel free to celebrate. However, I would like to stress, the right to take care and monitor our own beloved brothers and sisters of Islam is still our right and I shall support this noble campaign as a Muslim.

Conclusion:

The intention of this post is not to undermine any individual but to educate the people as to why do Muslims are against Valentine's Day. Furthermore, this post is to stress that we should have proper understanding of certain issue to make a fair judgement to it. And to our Muslim friends, we should start educating our non-Muslim friends as to why we discourage the celebration of Valentine's Day so all of us can have the same understanding. From understanding then only will come tolerance.

This post is written and consist of personal opinion by,

Mohd Faiez Mohd Ali

A Malaysian undergraduate student.

Talk: A Frank Discussion with Khalid Ibrahim

Didoakan semoga semua berada dalam keadaan sejahtera sentiasa.

Atas kapasiti sebagai seorang junior executive untuk UKEC, aku berpeluang untuk menyertai talk bersama Menteri Besar Selangor sebentar tadi di Cass Business School, London. Walaupun berada disitu dengan tugas namun sempat mendengar pandangan dan pendapat yang diluahkan oleh YAB MB. Beliau hadir bersama dua lagi tokoh, seorang adalah Tricia Yeoh manakala seorang lagi aku lupa nama Tan Sri tu.

Pertamanya, aku bersetuju seperti apa yang dinyatakan oleh Pengerusi UKEC, Farquar Haqqani bahawa gaya penyampaian oleh YAB MB adalah ibarat pesanan daripada seorang ayah kepada anak-anaknya. Penyampaian yang tenang, berisi dan seperti mempunyai penyelitan harapan buat kami, pelajar yang menyertai. Namun kelajuan penyampaian yang agak perlahan kadang-kadang membuatkan aku sedikit terkhayal dan juga memakan masa sesi soal jawab.

Banyak isu yang disampaikan dan dikupas. Antara yang ditekankan adalah situasi politik baru di Malaysia dimana kehadiran PR membawa revolusi politik baru di Malaysia. Parti politik dan ahli parlimen serta ahli dewan undangan negeri terutama di Selangor dibawah pimpinan YB MB beranggapan accountability terhadap rakyat adalah penting dan menjadi keutamaan. Oleh sebab ini, kerajaan PR di Selangor telah mengetengahkan beberapa langkah untuk memastikan transparency menjadi kenyataan, contohnya memulakan SELCAT.

YAB MB juga mengulas sedikit mengenai isu air di Selangor. Dimana diantara kerajaan Selangor dan sektor persendirian telah ada perjanjian untuk membenarkan kenaikan harga air sebanyak 15% setiap dua tahun. YAB MB kemudian memperkatakan, beliau telah mengira sendiri secara kasar dan berpendapat bahawa kerajaan negeri dapat menyediakan perkhidmatan yang sama dengan harga yang lebih murah lalu YAB MB mengambil keputusan untuk tidak menurut tuntutan oleh sektor persendirian untuk menaikkan harga minyak setiap dua tahun.

Disamping itu, YAB MB berkongsi satu peristiwa dimana beliau telah enggan merasmikan jalan berturap yang baru dibina sepanjang 30km dengan menyatakan bahawa, apabila ditanya berapa kos jalan itu, kontraktor menyatakan Rm900 juta. Namun beliau berkata bahawa sewaktu terlibat dalam usaha membina lebuhraya Guthrie sepanjang 32 km dahulu, kosnya hanyalah Rm320 juta. Atas sebab tidak bersetuju dengan kos dan menganggap terdapat salah guna kuasa maka YAB MB mengambil sikap enggan untuk merasmikan jalan itu. Beliau turut menekankan bahawa PR akan bersetuju dengan projek-projek yang membawa manfaat kepada rakyat tanpa mengira sama ada projek itu daripada BN atau PR.

Mengulas tentang isu Khusrin, YAB MB menceritakan perihal sejarah dimana kerajaan BN dibawah pimpinan Tun Mahathir telah meminda perlembagaan supaya kuasa Raja untuk menentukan pelantikan Setiausaha Kerajaan ditarik. Mengambil contoh daripada perkara ini, YAB MB berkata PR diSelangor cuba untuk menunda pindaan ini bagi memberikan semula kuasa melantik S/U Kerajaan Negeri kepada Sultan Selangor tetapi usul ini telah ditolak mentah-mentah oleh semua ADUN BN di Selangor. Maka tanpa majoriti 2/3, usul ini tidak dapat diteruskan. YAB MB seterusnya membuat penjelasan betapa UMNO yang selalunya memperjuangkan ketuanan Melayu sendiri telah menolak pindaan usul yang akan mengembalikan kuasa ketangan sultan Melayu. Beliau turut menambah bahawa perkara ini menunjukkan terdapat fahaman dan permainan politik yang tidak sihat berlaku diMalaysia dimana usul ditolak bukan kerana usul itu tidak baik tetapi kerana parti menyuruh untuk menolak usul tersebut.

Berkaitan dengan perkara diatas, YAB MB menekankan sekali lagi kepentingan politik baru dimana ahli politik bukan sahaja perlu lebih transparent kepada rakyat, tetapi juga mengambil keputusan berdasarkan kepentingan rakyat dan bukan kepentingan parti. Sekiranya sesuatu perkara itu baik untuk rakyat, maka lebih baik disokong biarpun datang daripada pembangkang ataupun kerajaan.

Seterusnya sesi soal jawab dibuka dengan 2 pusingan dimana persoalan mengenai sistem pengangkutan di Malaysia dan adakah pilihanraya negeri Selangor akan menuruti seruan YAB Perdana Menteri sekiranya YAB PM memanggil Pilihanraya umum tahun ini. Soalan mengenai keberkesanan dasar kerajaan Selangor memberikan subsidi dalam bentuk air kepada rakyat sama ada adakah dasar ini boleh diteruskan untuk jangka masa panjang tanpa menjejaskan ekonomi Selangor ataupun kerajaan Selangor sekadar mengambil dasar populis jangka masa pendek untuk memperoleh undi rakyat Selangor turut ditanya. Bagi aku jawapan yang diberikan oleh YAB MB Selangor adalah memuaskan dan menepati soalan-soalan yang diajukan kepada beliau.

Sekian. Selamat. ;)

How do we know if there is a God?

Muhammad saw once said,

The presence of a dung proves a camel was here.

The footprint left in the sand proves a person was here.

And the proofs of these world, sky, land and creations are evidences that something with bigger power(Allah) is here.

*These sentences are partly taken from a talk by Bro. Khalid Yassin here.