Suara P.194 Petra Jaya

Abg Johari: PKR reps loyal opposition
Posted on June 22, 2011, Wednesday


PBB DEPUTY president Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg was certainly not short of praises for the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) elected representatives yesterday, labelling the trio as ‘loyal opposition’.

The accolades came about after the elected representatives showed up for the opening ceremony of the State Legislative Assembly sitting in full official dress code of the assembly.

Grateful for the gesture, Johari who is also Housing and Urban Development Minister said PKR had shown respect to both the house and the Head of State.

Head of State Tun Datuk Patinggi Abang Muhammad Salahuddin and wife Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Norkiah were present to officiate at the opening ceremony where Salahuddin also delivered an opening address.

“One thing that I find strange today is the failure of DAP elected representatives to put on the DUN official uniform.

“One thing that I find strange today is the failure of DAP elected representatives to put on the DUN official uniform.

“On the other hand, we are grateful that PKR assemblymen adhere to the regulation which calls for the use of proper uniform.

“We can see this as being loyal oppositions,” Johari, who is Satok assemblyman, said when met by reporters after the opening ceremony yesterday.

Touching on DAP elected representatives’ refusal to don the official uniform, he said that this also happened in Perak when their assemblymen did not wear their official attire.

He said that the Raja Muda of Perak had even expressed his concerns over the matter, stating that the uniform had no political elements in it, but more of a respect to the house and the head of state.

Highlighting DAP’s refusal to don the official uniform as a protest on wearing the ‘songkok’, Johari said that the songkok was not a symbol of any religion.

He explained: “In India many non-Muslims wear songkok as part of their culture and this can be said to the wearing of the songkok in this country as well.

Even Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng wore a songkok when attending the Rulers Conference.

“The songkok completes the attire of an elected representative’s DUN uniform.”

Johari added that wearing the full uniform was all about respect and those who did not wear their uniforms had no respect to the state.

He also said that the situation happened before but it was not obvious.

His observation could be due to the lower number of opposition assemblymen in the DUN then, when compared to the present number.

Johari added: “However grateful we are to PKR for adhering to the dress code, I am not saying the rest are not loyal, but on the surface, they (DAP members) look like they do not respect the DUN.”

Raja Petra Kamarudin
Dear Najib, I sokong you. Well, to be exact, I sokong your statement below as reported by Bernama.

Yes, politics is about perception, not reality, as you said. I am glad you now understand this. In fact, your people have been using this tactic themselves.

You see, recently I gave an interview on TV3 and they very cleverly presented it as if I am now endorsing you and supporting you and that you have bought me off and I am now an Umno Trojan horse.

That may be just the perception created by Umno or TV3. But many believed this because, as you said, politics is about perception, not reality.

Let me give you another example. Many believe you are somehow, directly or indirectly, involved in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder. Whether this is true or not does not matter. That is the perception and, as you said, politics is about perception, not reality.

Many also believe that Anwar is innocent of both the Sodomy 1 and Sodomy 2 allegations plus he is not the man in the porn video. Again, whether this is true or not does not matter. That is the perception and, as you said, politics is about perception, not reality.

So you see, just on these two issues alone you and Umno lose. And I am yet to go into other issues like your wife’s handbags that run into millions of Ringgit. And I have not even gone into her shoes, clothes and overseas shopping expenses yet. Your wife makes Imelda Marcos look tame by comparison. That, again, is the perception and can never be erased as much as it may be denied.

If I really wanted to get you, Najib, there are hundreds of issues I can raise. However, to be fair to me, I have picked and chosen only a few issues here and there. I have not really launched a crusade against you. If I did, you would suffer what Abdullah Ahmad Badawi suffered and you would go the way of the last Prime Minister -- into forced retirement.

The fact I have not attacked you enough is the reason why many say you have bought me off. But then these people are political novices who think they know politics but actually know nuts. That is why we need not bother with these dim-witted people. I call them bodoh sombong. Dah lah bodoh, sombong pulak.

Let me tell you why I do not wish for you to be forced out of office like Pak Lah before you. No, it’s not because I love you. It is because I know that you are surrounded by stupid people. And I personally know many of these people. We used to hang out together in the days of the pre-March 2008 GE.

If you were to be forced out, then Muhyddin Yassin would take over as Prime Minister. And this would be more dangerous for the opposition.

I would rather you remain as Prime Minister until the next general election. Then the opposition has a better chance. If Muyhiddin takes over as Prime Minister before the next election then the opposition may suffer.

So you see, Najib, what you said is true. Politics is about perception, not reality. And you need to be good at perception management. But your people are not. They are too arrogant and they think they are smart. I alone can makan all your people. Yes, Raja Petra Kamarudin alone can take on your entire team.

So please don’t flatter yourself when your people tell you that I am now your supporter because I no longer attack you too much. I don’t attack you too much because I don’t want you to fall and for Muhyiddin to take over as Prime Minister.

I personally know Muyhiddin’s people. They are clever. I also personally know your people. They are not. So better we deal with you than with Muyhiddin.

Tell me, Najib, what is the best your people can do? So far they only know how to shout BABI. That’s all, BABI -- Brother Anwar Bin Ibrahim. You think just by shouting BABI the opposition is going to fall?

Dear Najib, if you want to survive then you had better sack all your so-called advisers. Semua ego besar. Kepala bapak dia orang. Find better people or else you are finished. Remember, you said it: it’s all about perception.

By the way, the answer is no! I do not wish to work for you if you sack all the idiots around you, not even if I come directly under Rosmah….if you know what I mean (pun intended).

1.What did he say hours after the Sarawak State elections. As UMNO Youth Chief and MP for Rembau he tweeted,’In the cold light of the day although we won,we suffered our biggests losses ever in Sarawak.So,Putrajaya ,we have a problem. Face Facts.”


2.Khairy made a statement in Keningau,Sabah at the Kaamatan Festival in Penampang which was published by bernama,”UMNO Youth had been caught up in the crisis stemming from the purported cold war.“


Aziz Adenan PBB Youth Information Chief could not justs be firing blanks could he? He has already issued a Press Statement very much earlier that said,”We are disappointed and hurt by the comment of Khairy Jamaluddin in Tweeter about Barisan National election performance in Sarawak Election 2011.” Of course,Khairy avoided the subject and did not respond and it has led to an AVALANCHE of public statements from various Sarawak leaders which are attacking Khairy.