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  • Mohamed Jufrie Mahmood: Elected Presidency Has Become A Joke!

    Mohamed Jufrie Mahmood: Elected Presidency Has Become A Joke!

    The primary objective of having AN ELECTED PRESIDENT is to arm him with the moral authority to SAY NO to the government of the day. Millions need to be spent to achieve this objective. Then they make the whole exercise futile by clipping his powers by subjecting his custodial responsibilities and decisions to the agreement and consent of a bunch of unelected PAP errant boys. Do they think that Singaporeans are fools? This is what you again and again get from another bunch, made up of scholars who pay themselves millions and whose main objective is to retain power. To do that they have to pre-occupy themselves with moves to screw up the system.

     

    Source: Mohamed Jufrie Bin Mahmood

  • Ismail L.A. : Polemik, Jenaka Dan Mati Pucok Presiden Pilihan

    Ismail L.A. : Polemik, Jenaka Dan Mati Pucok Presiden Pilihan

    ?? ALMARHUM YUSOFF ISHAK & SINGAPURA

    Semasa saya kecil saya selalu terdengar dan suka memerhatikan perbualan orang2 tua dengan arwah bapa saya berborak2 perihal politik Singapura dan selalu nama Presiden Singapura yang pertama iaitu Almarhum Yusoff Bin Ishak disebut.

    Waktu itu saya kurang mengerti soal politik semasa tetapi saya selalu dengar mereka menyebut Almarhum sebagai patung bernyawa, Presiden tidak guna, batang pisang dan lain2 lagi yang kurang enak, tidak pernah ada pujian dari lidah mereka.

    Sekarang baharu saya faham dan mengerti situasi pada masa itu dan apa yang selalu Pemerintah war-warkan sikap Almarhum sebagai Presiden yang berjiwa raayat sebenarnya banyak juga raayat yang tidak menyukai, mempersenda diri dan jawatan nya.

    Suatu tugas yang besar yang tidak mungkin dapat menyenangkan hati kepada semua lapisan masyarakat Singapura pada waktu itu.

    Jika polemik pemilihan Presiden untuk dibahaskan tahun ini supaya orang Melayu kita dapat sekali lagi menjawat jawatan itu dengan ehsan Pemerintah maka saya ingat kerendahan Presiden dimata masyarakat akan lebih lagi, bukan sahaja dikalangan Melayu sendiri malahan daripada masyarakat yang lain2 juga.

    Ini kerana hampir semua orang Melayu sedar yang Pemerintah hanya menpergunakan diri mereka dengan permainan politik kerana takut menerima kenyataan dimana Presiden pemilihan Pemerintah dalam pilihanraya Presiden kali ini akan kalah.

    Jika Pemerintah benar2 ikhlas mahukan bangsa minoriti Melayu memegang jawatan yang tertinggi itu kenapa Pemerintah menukar skim pemilihan langsung oleh konsensus Parlimen kepada pengundian raayat dimana umum semua tahu yang masyarakat kita belum lagi setara dengan kebolehan masyarakat bangsa2 lain.

    Hairan Pemerintah hanya mulai sedar bila mereka tersepit dan kini segala alasan tidak akan dapat memenangi lagi hati nurani masyarakat Melayu walaupun dihadiahkan jawatan Presiden itu.

    Presiden Melayu kita kali ini jika ianya terpilih akan dipersendakan dan kali ini akan lebih gelak dan memalukan lagi daripada yang dahulu dan puisi ‘Mati Pucok’ dari saudara Damanhuri Bin Abas politikus dari SDP sangat jelas kebenaran nya.

    Poetry by Mr Damanhuri Abas

    Mati Pucuk – Sempena Bulan Bahasa

    Maruah bangsa tidak berharga.
    Bila pemimpin dipilih sesuka.
    Mati pucuk pimpinan bangsa.
    Tinggal boneka bahan jenaka.

    Diangkat mahkota dibilang Raja.
    Mulut terbuka tanpa suara.
    Disuruh senyum Raja gembira.
    Kuasa konon ditipu bangsa.

    Dimata semua pembodek Kuasa.
    Melayu layu tidak semua.
    Akan ku tuntut Maha Kuasa
    Biar ku papa Maruahku Ada.

    Mati pucuk pimpinan bangsa.

    ✏️ Ismail L. A.

    Source: Mohamed Ismail Ismail

  • SDP: Elected Presidency Reforms A Distraction From Real Democratic Reforms

    SDP: Elected Presidency Reforms A Distraction From Real Democratic Reforms

    In 1993 when the government introduced the Elected Presidency (EP) bill, it gave a grand vision of how system was evolving into a more democratic one where there would be greater checks and balance.

    Then prime minister Goh Chok Tong even said that “In introducing this Bill, the present Government, is in fact, clipping its own wings. Once the constitutional amendment is effected, this Government will have some of its powers checked.”

    The truth was not quite as noble. Instead, many saw the move as Mr Lee Kuan Yew ensuring that Mr Goh, as the new prime minister, would not run off with the horse, so to speak. Following the introduction of the scheme, the late Ong Teng Cheong then became Singapore’s president from 1993-1999.

    Mr Ong actually believed Mr Goh that the EP was formulated to clip the Government’s wings. During his tenure, President Ong famously asked for the state’s accounts to be made known to him, to which he was told that the information would take 52 man-years to compile. Towards the end of his term, Mr Ong publicly complained of his “long list of problems” with the Government. He also announced that he would not seek a second term.

    Which was just as well because PM Goh revealed that although Mr Ong had sought a second term, the Government could not support his bid. Mr S R Nathan was chosen instead.

    Before he left office, however, Mr Ong told the public that some cabinet ministers and civil servants had treated his office as a “nuisance” and that the government had indicated that it did not need his approval in using the reserves to fight the Asian financial crisis that occurred in 1997.

    The very public spat prompted Mr Lee Kuan Yew to step in, upbraiding everyone for harbouring illusions about the powers of the presidency. He slapped down Mr Goh’s statement about the government clipping its own wings: “No, if you’ve to clip the wings, then you are in for trouble, you cannot govern…I cannot remember it but I would not have used that phrase because the executive powers of the Government should not be clipped.”

    Then in 2004, Mr Lee Hsien Loong introduced legislation to bypass the president when it came to the transfer of reserves to GLCs and statutory boards (see here), making the EP even more meaningless.

    The government is in the midst of reviewing the Constitution to pave the way for a president from the minority race. Only the very naive will fail to see the move for what it is – to ensure that the PAP’s candidate ascends to the office. The EP scheme degenerates into a deeper and bigger political farce.

    It is clear that the PAP has absolutely no intention of allowing its powers to be scrutinised and checked by anyone. Together with schemes like the Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) and the Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP), the Elected Presidency serves only to create the illusion of democracy in Singapore.

    What we need is a genuine democratic system where all political parties can openly and fairly contest for seats in elections overseen by an independent elections commission, where the mass media is not monopolised by the PAP, and where the civil liberties of the people are not curtailed.

    Only then can we hope to check the government and truly protect our reserves.

     

    Source: http://yoursdp.org

  • Damanhuri Abas: Mana Maruah Bangsa Melayu Singapura?

    Damanhuri Abas: Mana Maruah Bangsa Melayu Singapura?

    Pepatah melayu baru sempena bulan bahasa:-

    Kasi bakul, masuk bakul, kena angkat, syok sendrik.

    Alahai bangsa ku. Maruah mana dah pegi….

    Adakah Melayu Singapura suka membodek dan mudah diperbodekkan?

    Soalan cepumas untuk bangsa ku.

    Maaf kalau kurang enak dibaca.

     

    Source: Damanhuri Bin Abas

     

     

  • Jufrie Mahmood: PAP Policy Only Lip Service, They Are There To Protect Themselves

    Jufrie Mahmood: PAP Policy Only Lip Service, They Are There To Protect Themselves

    The fact that the constitution has to be amended and rules need be tweaked to, firstly, prevent Dr Tan Cheng Bock from moving into the Istana and secondly to allow a minority (read Malay as the Indians have already had two of their own) to be elected as President show firstly, how dirty the PAP is and secondly, how its policies to integrate Singaporeans of different races and build a united country for the past 5 decades of its rule have failed miserably.
    The expected raising of the bar would disqualify Dr Tan Cheng Bock from contesting while the lip service given to the national language and the perceived disloyalty of the Malays emanating from the PAP’s ill conceived NS and other policies such as immigration, SAP Schools, etc, have prevented Singaporeans of all races from intergrating as one united people.
    Unlike what is happening here our close neighbour Indonesia did it differently, where its national language is spoken fluently by all its citizens. They did not find the need the tweak its electoral rules enabling Ah Hock, an ethnic minority to be elected as governor of Jakarta without much fuss.
    Similarly the Americans did not amend its constitution to allow Obama, an African American whose ancestors came from Kenya, to be elected as President.
    The PAP is really a sick, racist party which does not practise what it preaches. Wayang and more wayang all the way – for 57 long years since 1959, to keep itself in power.
    Furthermore, Singaporean are not so stupid as to believe that a CEO who manages a $200 million company, for instance, is necessarily more capable than one who is in charge a $100 million company. The fact of the matter is they just want a president whom they can go to bed with.

     

    Source: Mohamed Jufrie Bin Mahmood