It is a small village in the kecamatan of Tambusai, Kabupaten Rokan Hulu in the Province of Riau, Sumatra. During the Padri Wars of 1830's , Tuanku Tambusai (aka known as Fakeh Hj Muhammad Salleh ) fought the Dutch forces together with Imam Bonjol and Tuanku Rao in West Sumatra and in Northern Sumatra .The last defence was in Benteng 7 Lapis,Daludalu which fell in 1838. He escaped capture and came to Malaya. He was buried in Rasah in 1882.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
The Confused Minister
I am surprised by the news report which quoted Zaid Ibrahim, the Minister in PM's Dept. in expressing his opinion contrary to the principle of collective responsibility of Members of the Cabinet. If I am still not being absent-minded, it's untenable for a Member of the Federal Cabinet in the Govt of Malaysia to criticise another Minister under whose portfolio is not within his jurisdiction, because it means discipline of a Cabinet code of ethic is now being breached.
What I cannot fathom is the fact that when a Minister of the Cabinet disagreed with the others in our esteemed Govt. of Malaysia, he should by right tender his resignation or reprimanded( by the PM )and stop confusing the public! If he still ignores the dire consequences, than he should not be a Member of the Cabinet, period.
It seemed that there's a host of other Ministers who joined him in showing their support on what is termed as an unjust law being perpetrated. Now this is getting out of hand, and if the PM and DPM is doing nothing about this, it means a rebellion is taking place and all those who did it should be sacked!
Now the so-called collapse of the ruling Coalition looks imminent if the signs are not a mere illusion or a mirage. This compounded the magic cut off date of September 16 being much bandied about as trying to confuse the public. Now the tables seemed to have been turned and it's the Minister who is being confused!
Whatever is going to happen next is everybody's guess, and one of my e-lister of the old Putras yahoogroups predict the collapse of the Empire and probably it is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Unless of course there's a sequel entitled " The Empire Strikes Back " and perhaps more are going under "Operation Musang" or whatever it's going to be called, where Bukit Aman Police Officers will be very busy this few weeks to come.
So let us pray that nothing of the sort is going to happen because the confused Minister Zaid Ibrahim should be going back to his practice and wait for VIP's coming to him to represent them in portracted legal actions against the Govt. Now I know why they say sweet September. The fun is watching the consternation of people who should be governing but turned litigatious because of a simple mistake in detaining a newspaper reporter who reported on what is deemed to be seditious but he got away with just a three year suspension from the party. The confusion seemed to have spread all round the table in PWTC when they arrived at the decision. So Old Putra Jimmy, you are vindicated!
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No less than 6 BN leaders commented on ISA publicly. The Great Leader did not accept Zaid's offer of resignation immediately but instead told him to think it over. I am waiting for his response to the other 5.
Zaid is a lawyer and a good one I hear. Here is a case of one's professional knowledge clashing with one's political life. Zaid disagreed with the the ISA's arrests based on his professionalism. But this clashes with his political appointment. So he took the best way out, that is resigning. Bravo, Zaid.
Dear Pokku and Maarof,
What is being raised is not whether the reason for his resignation is real or imaginary, since as a Member of the Administration he must toe the line of the Government.
If he had been wiser, he should have consulted those who had been longer in the Govt such as Dato' Rais Yatim who's an experienced lawyer and also a former de facto Law Minister as how he should go about getting what he believed to be right on a more practical level.
I am more inclined to regard Zaid Ibrahim as a novice in the art of governing and he doesn't seem to be a team player. If only he had the patience and wisdom, he could have achieved much more than just resigning and thus missed a golden opportunity to be associated with something closest to his profession, that is Judicial Reforms.
Zaid mentioned about teresa as a close friend. Did this emotionally influence his stance? Anyway I was taken aback when teresa said food served at the lockup was fit for dogs to the sniggering of those at the news conference. she mentioned rice & 2 eggs & gravy. Food fit for dogs indeed.... give that to the poor in kampongs and pemdalaman. They would be most grateful. People used to affluence like teresa and those sniggereing supporters are not sensitive to how poor folks feel and wont understand role of and why DEB still needed.
Dear Dato' Ishak,
Those were the words put into her mouth by the Press perhaps. Just give her the benefit of the doubt.
But what's more important is the lesson that she should have learnt and those who thought they could challenge the Govt's resolve to ensure Public Order and Safety is looked after. They talked about poverty but they had never experienced it themselves, thus their words are mere lip service. To me whether it's Theresa Kok who denigrated the food is immaterial. What the Pakatan Rakyat should ask themselves is whether they were there when the poor had to go without for days and the only scraps they could find were the leftovers from the garbage heap in our cities and urban areas. Obviously they just close their eyes to urban poverty which did not bother them at all, since they come from a relatively well to do folks in town.
Time for people to remember 13th May and the dangers of rousing a mob.
As the younger generation, I see no honor in politics even back in the 90's.
Those who make sense are repressed while the monkeys are lauded to seats of power.
Guess it still boils down to the citizens education and how well informed they are of the misdeeds of politicians.
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