‘Retreat’ MP PAS janjikan isu gegar Parlimen hadapi PRU-13

Dr Dzulkefly : Kami bersiap sedia untuk menghadapi debat yang besar, ketika ramai meramalkan sesi Parlimen ini adalah yang terakhir.

KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Okt — Ahli-ahli Parlimen PAS mengakhiri sesi ‘retreat’ tiga hari kelmarin — julung kali diadakan membabitkan wakil-wakil rakyat parti Islam itu, menjanjikan akan membawa sekitar enam isu baru untuk menggegarkan sesi Dewan Rakyat bersidang semula mulai hari ini.

Ia juga dilihat sebagai persiapan komponen Pakatan Rakyat (PR) menghadapi pilihan raya negeri Sarawak dan umum — disebut-sebut sama ada akan diadakan berasingan ataupun serentak awal tahun depan.

Sambil menjanjikan beberapa “kejutan” isu pada sesi kali ini, yang akan berlangsung selama 43 hari, beberapa wakil rakyat yang dihubungi The Malaysian Insider mengesahkan mereka telah membincangkan sejumlah isu secara menyeluruh dan meliputi semua bidang khususnya ekonomi.

Ahli Parlimen Kuala Selangor PAS Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad yang bertindak sebagai pengarah ‘retreat’ sulung ini, yang diadakan di sebuah hotel di ibu negara memberitahu, pihaknya membuat persiapan rapi memandangkan pelbagai pihak mendakwa Bajet 2011 adalah belanjwan terakhir sebelum pilihan raya umum ke-13.

Sesi itu dihadiri kesemua 23 Ahli Parlimen PAS.

Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak selaku Menteri Kewangan akan membentangkan Bajet 2011 di Dewan Rakyat, Jumaat ini.

Pada ‘retreat’ ini, ahli-ahli Parlimen PAS turut diberikan taklimat oleh beberapa penganalisis politik dan ekonomi, membentangkan senario politik dan ekonomi yang berkaitan dengan dasar-dasar pentadbiran Najib.

“Kami bersiap sedia untuk menghadapi debat yang besar, ketika ramai meramalkan sesi Parlimen ini adalah yang terakhir, walaupun saya secara peribadi tidak bersetuju (dengan pandangan ini), dan dengan meramalkan ini sebagai bajet pilihan raya, kami perlu bersiap sedia untuk menghadapi pilihan raya umum ke-13,” katanya lagi.

“Sesi ini, selain sesi bajet, juga didedahkan dengn Rancangan Malaysia Ke-10, program ETP dan Model Baru Ekonomi, EPP dan BIZ Ops... banyak sitilah besar,” kata beliau.

Oleh itu, PAS menghimpunkan input semua pihak pada sesi yang diaturkan secara kebetulan ketika bersiap sedia menghadapi pilihan raya kecil kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri Galas, kata ahli jawatankuasa kerja PAS pusat ini.

“Kami berdepan dengan cabaran perbahasan dengan akan adanya Bajet 2011 dan beberapa rang undang-undang yang telah diaturkan (oleh Parlimen),” kata bekas pengarah unit penyelidikan PAS ini kepada The Malaysian Insider.

“Ini memerlukan persiapan yang rapi dan persefahaman dan perkongsian maklumat di kalangan Ahli Parlimen kami,” kata beliau sambil menambah, PAS “sebagai parti yang bertanggungjawab mahu memastikan penyertaan yang aktif dalam perbahasan kali ini.”

Mesyuarat ketiga penggal ketiga Parlimen ke-12 akan berlangsung sehingga 15 Disember.

Baru-baru ini, Najib ketika berucap pada Perundingan Bajet 2011 menyifatkan Bajet 2011 sebagai yang akan menetapkan rentak transformasi ekonomi ke arah ekonomi maju dan berpendapatan tinggi menjelang 2020.

Persidangan kali ini juga bakal menyaksikan beberapa lagi rang undang-undang yang dikemukakan untuk bacaan kali pertama pada sesi lepas dibentangkan termasuk Rang Undang-Undang Perbadanan Stadium Malaysia 2010, Rang Undang-Undang Lembaga

Perindustrian Kayu Malaysia (Pemerbadanan) (Pindaan) 2010; Rang Undang-Undang Pemberi Pinjam Wang (Pindaan) 2010, Rang Undang-Undang Kawalan Harga dan Antipencatutan 2010 dan Rang Undang-Undang Cukai Barang dan Perkhidmatan 2009.

Selain itu, dua rang undang-undang yang ditangguhkan pada Jun lepas iaitu Rang Undang-Undang Kanak-Kanak dan Orang Muda (Pekerjaan) (Pindaan) 2010 dan Rang Undang-Undang Kerja (Pindaan) 2010 turut disenaraikan untuk pembentangan pada persidangan kali ini.

Secara keseluruhan, komposisi Dewan Rakyat terdiri daripada 137 Barisan Nasional, 77 wakil Pakatan Rakyat dan lapan Bebas.

Sementara itu, Naib Presiden PAS Salahuddin Ayub berkata, pihaknya mahu menyediakan ahli-ahli Parlimen parti itu membuat persiapan yang tersusun agar kelihatan berkesan apabila membangkitkan isu dalam Parlimen.

“Kita telah sampai ke satu tahap politik dengan spekulasi bahawa ini (kemungkinan) penggal dan sesi menyuarat akhir sebelum pilihan raya umum ke-13,” katanya.

Justeru jelas beliau, sesi pemukiman kali ini muncul penting bagi menyediakan wakil rakyat PAS tampil dalam sesi perbahasan dengan isu-isu secara lebih efektif menyentuh semua aspek kehidupan rakyat.

“Kami membincangkan semua isu sama ada politik, ekonomi dan juga sosial,” katanya.

Ketika ditanya sama ada boleh mengharapkan kejutan, Ahli Parlimen Kubang Kerian ini berkata: “Sudah tentu ada kejutan, tetapi belum sampai masa (untuk didedahkan sekarang).”

Rakan sejawatannya, Datuk Mahfuz Omar berkata, pihaknya menjangkakan lima hingga enam isu baru akan dibawa ke sidang Parlimen kali ini.

“Ya, retreat ini memang baru, kita adakan selama tiga hari... dulu kami biasanya adakan perbincangan peringkat pramajlis sahaja, dalam waktu yang singkat.

“Kami ambil langkah ini kerana mahu menaikkan martabat mutu perbahasan, yang lebih baik dan mantap,” katanya sambil menambah:

“Kami hendak membawa satu bentuk perbahasan yang lebih dinamik supaya rakyat faham isu-isu yang muncul, misalnya bercakap mengenai ETP dan Model Baru Ekonomi, rakyat tidak faham apa isunya.”

Bagaimanapun, Ahli Parlimen Pokok Sena ini menolak bahawa sesi ‘retreat’ kali ini ada kaitan dengan usaha awal PAS membuat persiapan menghadapi pilihan raya umum ke-13.

“Kita tidak tahu bila pilihan raya negeri Sarawak akan diadakan, tetapi jika pilihan raya negeri Sarawak tidak diadakan awal, kemungkinan pilihan raya negeri Sarawak dan umum akan diadakan serentak antara bulan Mac dan Jun tahun depan,” kata Mahfuz.

Pengarah Jabatan Pilihan Raya PAS Datuk Halim Abdul Rahman tidak menolak pihaknya akan menyentuh soal komponen nilai-nilai Islam dalam pembangunan ekonomi demostik.

“Bercakap mengenai soal ETP, kita tidak faham... nampaknya ia lemah dan tidak berdasarkan pada model yang jelas,” kata Ahli Parlimen Pengkalan Chepa ini yang turut mengakui bahawa pihaknya akan menyentuh soal ekonomi secara efektif dan menyeluruh agar ia memenuhi rakyat pelbagai kaum.

Katanya, langkah ini penting memandangkan PAS kini sudah dilihat sebagai parti yang memperjuangkan kepentingan semua kaum.

“Ini persepsi semasa, jadi kami mengadakan perbincangan untuk membawa isu-isu yang menyentuh rakyat semua kaum dan masyarakat,” katanya yang membayangkan isu ekonomi dan jenayah akan menjadi fokus.

Sambil mengakui pertemuan ini sebagai julung kali paling lama diadakan membabitkan Ahli Parlimen PAS, bekas setiausaha agungnya Datuk Kamaruddin Jaafar berkata, pihaknya juga menyentuh isu rancangan pembangunan Kampung Baru.

“Pertemuan ini salah satu langkah persiapan kami menghadapi pilihan raya, banyak isu yang kami timbulkan kali ini,” kata anggota Dewan Rakyat dari Tumpat ini.

TMI

Parliament rejects questions on Utusan, Sarawak CM

Two DAP lawmakers had sought to know if allegations against Taib were being probed. — file pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — Questions on Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud’s wealth and the Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia were among 28 questions from 17 opposition MPs rejected today.

Two DAP MPs from Sarawak, Wong Ho Leng and Chong Chieng Jen, had earlier asked the government to explain if the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has started investigating allegations on Taib’s property ownership overseas, as published on an anonymous website.

“My question is valid. I want to know if an investigation has started because of the report on the website,” said Chong when protesting the Parliament’s decision to reject the question.

“Why was the question rejected? Are we afraid of the CM?” he added.

Chong was citing reports by the anti-Taib website, Sarawak Report, which had revealed Taib’s alleged ties with companies owning multi-billion dollar properties in Canada, the US and the UK.

The website also alleged that Taib accumulated his wealth by abusing his position as the chief minister, a post he has held since 1981.

Meanwhile, Wong said the question was rejected as it was deemed a trivial matter.

“I wanted the PM to explain if the MACC will investigate the enormous amount of wealth owned by the CM in America, Britain, Australia and Canada. If the answer is no, I want to know why,” said the Sarawak DAP chairman

“I think the question is relevant and important. Are we serious in dealing with corruption?” he added.

Another MP whose question was rejected, Serdang’s Teo Nie Ching, had questioned the home ministry’s inaction against Utusan Malaysia for allegedly fanning racial sentiments.

“I want the home ministry to explain why no action has been taken against Utusan for raising racial issues and publishing false news,” said Teo, who had been accused by the Malay daily of giving religious talk at a Muslim prayer hall in her constituency.

“They have been saying zero tolerance on racial issues, but Utusan continues to raise these issues, and until today, there has been no action by the home minister. I want an explanation,” she added.

Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo who asked if action would be taken against Malay rights group Perkasa also found his question rejected.

“It is public knowledge that they make racist remarks, insulting other races. Why can’t the Parliament accept the questions?” asked Gobind.

In his response to the MPs, Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia said he would issue a guideline to assist the federal lawmakers in drafting questions.

“I look at this matter seriously and I see the questions sent by the opposition as coming from the people,” said Pandikar.

“Give me time to study the questions and I will offer tips and reasons for rejecting or accepting a question,” he added.

TMI

Galas : PAS turut senarai calon Orang Asli

Sekurang-kurangnya lima nama telah dikenalpasti untuk disenaraikan sebagai calon PAS di Galas, kata pengarah pilihan raya kecil PAS, Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.

Daripada senarai tersebut, dua nama terdiri daripada kalangan masyarakat Orang Asli dan selebihnya kalangan pemimpin dan aktivis masyarakat tempatan.

"Kesemuanya memang dikenali oleh orang Gua Musang," katanya ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini hari ini

Beliau bagaimanapun enggan menamakan individu yang disenaraikan itu.

Senarai berkenaan juga belum dibincangkan dalam mesyuarat dewan harian PAS pusat, katanya.

Mengulas lanjut, Tuan Ibrahim berkata, nama-nama berkenaan dicadangkan bagi memenuhi kemahuan akar umbi.

Ditanya mengenai pertimbangan yang akan digunakan dalam memilih calon kali ini, Tuan Ibrahim berkata: "Kita pilih calon yang boleh bergelumang dengan rakyat di situ."

Mengulas kesediaan PAS untuk menurunkan wakil daripada masyarakat Orang Asli di situ, Tuan Ibrahim berkata, pertimbangan tersebut dilakukan berdasarkan keputusan pilihan raya umum sebelum ini.

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A short-lived joy in Baram, Sarawak

IN March 2010, indigenous peoples from Long Teran Kanan, Baram in Sarawak were overjoyed when they won a 13-year legal battle against IOI Pelita Plantation. The Miri High Court recognised the Kayan and Kenyah communities’ native customary rights over the disputed land.

However, their joy was short-lived. IOI Pelita Plantation filed an appeal against the High Court ruling in April 2010. A date has yet to be fixed.

The Nut Graph visited the village in August 2010 and found that despite the ongoing legal battle, the oil palm corporation continues to encroach upon the villagers’ native customary land, threatening their livelihoods as well as their last clean water source.

IOI Pelita Plantation estate office

Embattled community

After the High Court ruling, IOI did not stop its operations on the disputed land. It explained this in its press release soon after the High Court judgment. The corporation said the court had not granted any injunctions sought by the natives to restrain the company from continuing its operations on the disputed land.

However, the villagers’ lawyer, Harrison Ngau Laing, points out that the Miri High Court had declared the two provisional leases issued by the state to the company “null and void”. This means that the disputed land still belongs to the villagers. On their lawyer’s advice, the villagers have lodged a police report against the company for continuing to trespass on their land.

“Until today, IOI (Pelita Plantation) has not applied for a stay of execution of the High Court’s decision. Note that an appeal does not operate as a stay of execution,” Harrison tells The Nut Graph during the visit.

In a response to The Nut Graph’s photo gallery piece on the land dispute, IOI Corporation Bhd justified its continued operations on the basis that the High Court had disallowed the indigenous peoples’ claim for a declaratory order to cancel the leases and for vacant possession of the lands to be returned to the natives.

IOI further stated that it was willing to compensate the villagers in accordance with the High Court’s ruling. The company said it was still waiting to for Harrison to provide them with information on the assessment of damages.

Harrison, however, believes that IOI should first stop its activities on the disputed land “if it is serious and sincere in resolving its conflict with the villagers”.

Right to livelihood violated

In the meantime, the Kayan and Kenyah peoples have to put up with their paradise lost. It’s not a question of compensation; it was never their intention to give up their ancestral land to begin with.

Villager Anyi Jau, 57, recalls the day in 1996 when the land of his ancestors was ravaged. Returning from work at a logging camp, he was shocked to find that everything on his ancestral land – crops he planted and structures he had built – was gone.

Anyi Jau (right) and couple Kalang Anyi, 53, and Payajok, 50

“Pokok buah-buahan, padi dan pondok-pondok [saya] semua habis ditolak. Mereka bagi saya RM400 sehektar sebagai sagu hati … Tapi jika ikut hati, saya memang tak mau jual kerana tanah tu tanah warisan,” Anyi tells The Nut Graph.

Bulldozers sent in by then Rinwood Pelita Plantation (IOI Group only took over the plantation in 2006 and inherited the court case) had destroyed everything. The villagers were outraged and many suffered significant loss of income.

Unlike Anyi, some did not receive any compensation for their lost land and destroyed crops and properties from the company. This led to the suit, filed in 1997, by four Kayans representing 92 families from Long Teran Kanan against Rinwood Pelita Plantation. Among the four is the current acting Tuai Rumah (village chief), Lah Anyie, 46.

“[Apart from each villager’s individual lands], Rinwood also destroyed our pemakai menua (communal land).

“That was [like] our mini supermarket; we could get fish, meat, vegetables, medicine, wood, rotan … everything there. Now we’ve to buy everything from outside,” Lah Anyie says.

He adds that IOI Pelita Plantation has offered to hire the villagers to work as estate labourers for RM12 to RM15 per day. But few villagers are willing due to the low pay. Even Lah Anyie pays more to villagers who work in his orchard, at RM25 to RM40 per day.

IOI, however, insists that its “wage rate is quite attractive in the industry”, a representative from its headquarters in Putrajaya tells The Nut Graph in a meeting on 4 Oct 2010. This representative has declined to be named due to company policy that only permits on-the-record statements by senior management.

Right to clean water

The representative also refutes claims by the villagers that chemicals used in the plantation have polluted one of their rivers.

Sungai Tegai, which villagers used for drinking and bathing when they were out working in their orchards, is now polluted, the villagers say. They blame company workers, whom they have seen mixing weedkiller next to the riverbank using water from the river.

“We found dead fish in the river, so we thought something must be wrong and stopped using it,” Lah Anyie claims.

Acting Tuai Rumah Lah Anyie at the dam at Sungai Nunok, explaining how plantation activities are affecting their water catchment area

The IOI representative says water samples are collected from rivers in the estate every three months, and the results so far show no contamination. But on the ground, plantation assistant manager Ellevenson William Dueed does not appear surprised when The Nut Graph inquires about the contamination. “[Workers] may have cut corners [in this case]; I will need to check,” he says.

Another river, Sungai Tinjar, is located just beside the village but has been contaminated due to logging activities upstream. The last available water source for Long Teran Kanan villagers is also threatened by plantation activities.

“Our pipes are often blocked because of the gravel and sand that has entered and contaminated the river. It’s revolting because we use this water to cook and drink,” Lah Anyie says.

The community raised the matter with IOI Pelita Plantation in a November 2009 meeting. However, the company has not halted its activities at the river’s water catchment area.

Wrong development concept?

Rinwood Pelita Plantation was a joint-venture company set up in 1996 between Rinwood and Sarawak’s Land Custody and Development Authority (Pelita). In 2006, IOI acquired 70% of Rinwood’s shares, while Pelita held the remaining 30%.

Despite the fact that the Kayan and Kenyah community settled there in the 1960s, Pelita considered their land state land. Pelita issued two provisional leases to Rinwood to develop the areas into oil palm plantation without consulting the community.

Harrison points out that the state has been arbitrary in recognising native customary rights over land. “When Petronas wanted to build a pipeline across this same land, the community was compensated accordingly. So why the double standard?” he asks.

Additionally, Long Teran Kanan’s case bears many resemblances to other land conflicts that have arisen out of Konsep Baru. Introduced by the state in the 1990s, Konsep Baru was supposed to promote commercial development of “idle” native customary lands. Under this scheme, companies would engage in joint ventures with native landowners and the state.

However, in practice, native landowners are rarely consulted or informed before the state leases out their native customary land to the companies. Hence, most native landowners only find out when the bulldozers roll in.

Longhouse in Long Teran Kanan

For the native landowners, the only recourse for justice is the courts, as many feel it is pointless to turn to politicians or government agencies for help. “We have complained to our YBs and [they] would say, ‘Okay, I’ll do something’, but nothing [ever] happens,” Lah Anyie says.

Stalemate

IOI is distancing itself from any past violations by Rinwood. As far as the corporation is concerned, it has adhered to the principles and criteria of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to respect native customary rights and acquire land only with “free, prior and informed consent of local communities”.

The IOI representative from Putrajaya tells The Nut Graph that they have always left alone the land already cultivated by the community. Many of the alleged violations, including the bulldozing of crops and structures belonging to the Kayan and Kenyah peoples, may have been committed by IOI’s predecessor, the representative claims.

But this difference may mean little to the people of Long Teran Kanan, whose lives are tied to their land – the loss of which is irreplaceable.

By Gan Pei Ling - The Nut Graph

Sokong usaha wujud pusat pendidikan Islam

PETALING JAYA, 11 Okt : Banyak projek pembangunan pendidikan yang wujud pada hari ini gagal berperanan sebagai kilang untuk melahirkan manusia yang mengikut acuan Allah.

Justeru, masyarakat perlu memberi sokongan kepada usaha untuk mewujudkan pusat pendidikan Islam bagi membetulkan kehidupan manusia.

Presiden PAS, Datuk Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang berkata, ini kerana ilmu Islam datangnya dari al-Quran yang membetulkan segala ilmu yang lain.

Sehubungan itu, katanya peranan untuk mewujudkan pusat pendidikan Islam adalah suatu perkara yang besar.

Ini, katanya kerana selama ini pusat ilmu Islam sering ditindas dan ditekan oleh pihak-pihak berkenaan.

Beliau yang juga Ahli Parlimen Marang menambah, mereka yang membantu usaha tersebut mendapat sumbangan yang besar di sisi Allah.

Ustaz Abdul Hadi menyatakan demikian ketika berucap pada Majlis Makan Malam Perdana bagi mengumpul dana Kompleks Pendidikan dan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Kodim) berkenaan di pekarangan Masjid Kota Damansara, malam semalam.

Beliau mewakili Menteri Besar Kelantan selaku penaung Kodim, Tuan Guru Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat yang tidak dapat hadir pada majlis berkenaan. Hadir sama ialah Penasihat Kodim, Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.

Sementara itu, Pengerusi Kodim, Ustaz Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh berkata, pihaknya membuka peluang kepada orang ramai untuk mewakafkan sumbangan sendiri atau waris.

Katanya, kompleks tiga tingkat itu dibina di atas sebidang tanah yang diwakafkan seluas tiga ekar di Kampung Tok Has, Besut.

“Kompleks yang dianggarkan berharga RM3 juta ini dibina berasaskan sumbangan derma orang ramai yang dijangka dapat disiapkan dalam masa lima tahun,” ujarnya

Beliau menambah, kompleks Kodim mengandungi Masjid al-Hidayah di bahagian paling bawah yang dianggarkan dapat memuatkan makmum seramai 1,500 orang pada satu-satu masa, selain sebagai tempat halaqat menghafal al-Quran dan hadis.

Maktabah pula, ujarnya terletak bersama masjid yang akan menempatkan berbagai jenis kitab serta kemudahan internet, e-kitab dan peralatan dakwah kepada bukan Islam.

Qa’ah kuliah, katanya berada di tingkat 2 dengan bilik-bilik kuliah yang akan dapat memuatkan 40 orang setiap bilik.

Tambahnya, di tingkat tiga pula terdapat dewan tertutup yang dianggarkan boleh memuatkan 3,000 orang bagi satu-satu masa yang dilengkapi dengan pentas dan ruangan untuk tetamu VVIP.

Dewan itu juga, ujarnya dapat memuatkan empat gelanggang badminton dan sukan yang lain selain tempat untuk muslimat beriadah.

Menurutnya, matlamat Kodim adalah untuk mengembalikan keagungan keilmuan Islam, mewujudkan sebuah pusat dakwah Islamiah kepada masyarakat non muslim.

Di samping itu, katanya, Kodim juga bertujuan memperkenalkan biah Islamiah sebagai satu cara hidup kepada masyarakat, melahirkan generasi al-Quran dan al-Hadis di samping mewujudkan satu medium dakwah yang baru bagi pengembangan Islam di Terengganu dan Malaysia amnya.

Justeru, katanya orang ramai yang ingin menyumbangkan boleh berbuat demikian atas nama Kompleks Pendidikan Islam Besut melalui akaun BIMB bernombor 13035010044424 atau Maybank 563046101804.

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Kerja keras pastikan Galas menang : Datuk Seri Ir Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin

KUALA TERENGGANU – Pakatan Rakyat (PR) akan bekerja keras dalam memastikan kemenangan calon pada pilihan raya kecil kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Galas pada 4 November nanti.

Ahli Jawatankuasa Pas Pusat, Datuk Seri Ir Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin berkata, kemenangan akan dipastikan milik calon yang dipilih PR kerana di kawasan itu terdapat lebih 20 peratus pengundi Cina selain 11 peratus Orang Asli.

“Hasrat ini dijangka tercapai kerana kita tidak gentar dengan calon yang bakal diletakkan Barisan Nasional (BN) untuk bertanding di Galas nanti.

“Saya menyatakan sedemikian kerana kemenangan di Sibu semasa Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) 16 Mei lalu memang di luar jangkaan dan menunjukkan penduduk di situ sudah muak dengan politik BN," katanya.

Sehubungan itu katanya, tidak mustahil penduduk di kawasan Galas boleh terus mengekalkan kerusi milik Pas daripada jatuh ke tangan BN walaupun pelbagai agenda politik bakal dimainkan sepanjang kempen pilihan raya akan datang.

Beliau berkata demikian pada majlis makan malam dan sesi dialog sempena dana pilihan raya di Hotel Permai, Kuala Terengganu.

Sementara itu, Nizar berkata, desas-desus menyatakan Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah bakal menjadi calon di Galas hanya tawaran daripada pucuk pimpinan UMNO, namun belum ada kata putus.

“Kemungkinan beliau (Ku Li) akan menolak tawaran itu dan perkara ini telah pun dinyatakan dalam Parlimen oleh beliau sendiri.

“Sekarang, PR menunggu siapa calon yang bakal diletakkan oleh BN di sana dan kita yakin tidak memberi masalah kepada jentera PR untuk meyakinkan penduduk di kawasan itu," katanya.

Apa yang penting katanya, setiap calon yang dipilih PR akan disokong dan cuba membantu sedaya upaya agar kemenangan terus berpihak kepada calon mereka.

“Hasrat ini penting bagi membuktikan kepada rakyat bahawa PR bukanlah satu parti yang mensia-siakan rakyat, tetapi sebuah parti yang memperjuangkan hak semua kaum di Malaysia,” katanya - SinarHarian

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