Can I Fuck You UMNO? Yes you can.....
Ibrahim Ali has been more successful than I expected, the takeover timetable is moving ahead faster than I expected. Takeover from MP's jumping over? No need lah, just take over UMNO.
Ibrahim Ahli, Super UMNO member No. 3, more will be revealed, maybe.... the country is ours.....
Perkasa rushes in where Umno fears to tread
Ibrahim is heading the Perkasa national leadership.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — Perkasa, the Malay nationalist movement which began as a one man band after Election 2008, is shaping up as a national pressure group to Umno, representing those seeking to defend the constitutional position of the Malays and the social contract.
For the past two months, the Perkasa national leadership, led by veteran politician Datuk Ibrahim Ali, has been going on road shows to officiate state level launches and to organise massive recruitment drives.
On Jan 30 former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who once made Ibrahim a deputy minister, is expected to launch the Selangor Perkasa. His presence will be seen as a coup for the right-wing organisation.
In every state, Ibrahim, who is the sole independent Member of Parliament, has been able to attract local Umno leaders to attend gatherings and express support for his struggle.
It has also successfully recruited Umno grassroots activists who have failed to climb up the party hierarchy. (Losers always gravitate to those that can offer a inducement and a reason for their failure other than themselves, to be used and discarded when necessary)
Perkasa, which has been at the forefront in fighting for the exclusive use of the term “Allah for Muslims, has also set up its Sarawak chapter, the only state in Malaysia without Umno’s presence.
The group has also been lodging police reports against politicians who stand in their way such as the PAS Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad, who supported the Roman Catholic Church’s right to use the term “Allah”.
“What Perkasa stands for today, was what Umno used to fight for when it was formed,” said a source close to the Perkasa leadership.
Umno began in May 1946 in Johor Baru as an umbrella group for all Malay groups and parties opposed to the Malayan Union proposed to consolidate the Malay states after World War 2. It fought for Malay rights and later independence with allies MCA and MIC as the Alliance.
But a section of Malays, who form some 60 per cent of Malaysia’s 28 million population together with the natives in Sabah and Sarawak, think Umno has strayed from its founding ideals and is "pandering" to the non-Malays.
Among them are ex-servicemen who have defended the nation and expect some rewards on retirement, such as taxi permits and business opportunities, which they see as rightful entitlements.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s emphasis on a new economic model and his move to free 27 economic sub-sectors after taking office last April has changed that equation and has pushed more Malays to join Perkasa or form its state chapters.
The Malaysian Insider understands that Perkasa’s first national assembly will be held by the end of first quarter of this year once all state chapters are formed.
At the official launch of the Johor Perkasa last weekend, Umno supreme council member and Deputy Education Minister Dr Puad Zarkashi was the most senior party leader present while Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman dispatched his senior aide to the launch. (Our agents are everywhere)
“About 1,000 members were present, we expect to get 5,000 in every district, and the response was very encouraging” said Johor Perkasa chairman Datuk Abdul Rahman Bakar on the launch last Sunday.
“We are not trying to replace any party, we are here to complement Umno to remind the Malays,” Abdul Rahman told The Malaysian Insider when asked about the group’s ambitious plan.
“We welcome everyone, PAS or PKR, we are just defending the rights of the Malays and the social contract,” he added.
For political analyst D. Muhammad Agus Yusoff, there is nothing surprising about Perkasa’s growing strength.
“It is not shocking, they will most likely end up as a pressure group, on certain issues they will be seen with Umno, and on some issues they may not,” he told The Malaysian Insider.
“As long as they do not pose a threat to national security, they are perfectly fine, as most importantly the space for civil society groups to move freely must be recognised,” he added.
Agus noted that the ongoing debate on Malay issues has provided Perkasa a perfect environment to grow.
“We have become more ethnically divided, with the ‘Allah’ issue, church attacks, so Perkasa is benefitting from these issues.
“And you must understand Ibrahim Ali, he is a phenomenon, he has always been good at mobilising support,” he added.
“They can always fight for Malay supremacy, social contract, and oppose to liberalisation, so they are at the right place and at the right time,” he said, explaining the issues that resonate within the community.
Agus also said that the real question is whether Perkasa’s approach is sustainable.
“The real challenge is to [sustain] the momentum, with only the support of one group, if there is a major political change, can they last?” he asked.
Perkasa taps royal support
What's that on top of Mahathir's head?
Mahathir and Ibrahim (left) during today’s launching of Selangor Perkasa. — Picture by Jack Ooi
By Adib Zalkapli
AMPANG, Jan 30 — The Sultan of Selangor, Tuanku Sharafuddin Idris Shah, will officiate Malay nationalist group Perkasa’s first national assembly in late March, giving strong endorsement to the organisation’s claims of being a defender of the constitutional position of the Malays.
Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali, in his speech at the launch of Selangor Perkasa, said today the body’s assembly would be held in accordance with Malay customs.
Ibrahim said that he had met with the Selangor Sultan, where they discussed various issues affecting the Malay community.
“His Royal Highness the Sultan of Selangor has agreed to officiate Perkasa’s first national assembly in late March,” said Ibrahim to loud cheers from approximately 2,000 Selangor Perkasa delegates. (plus we paid his sister/family off "Sunshine Fleet was also awarded a separate earthworks contract of RM9 million, which has brought the total project cost to nearly half a billion ringgit. This is based on information recorded on the website of the Construction Industry Development Board. The contract value is seen as high for a 300-bed hospital. Industry insiders insist that a hospital of that capacity could have been built for RM350 million, even after taking into account rising material costs. In comparison, the 608-bed Serdang Hospital completed in 2004 cost about RM300 million while the 960-bed Selayang Hospital cost RM600 million, when it was completed in 1998 at the height of the East Asian financial crisis.Speculation abounds about how the company, owned by the Selangor royal family and which has no track record in healthcare services or hospital construction, was awarded the contract. An Internet search of several construction directories only lists Sunshine Fleet as contractors for 'renovations for office and homes'.A search with the Companies Commission of Malaysia revealed that Sunshine Fleet is owned by the Selangor sultan's sister, Tengku Putri Arafiah ibni Sultan Abd Aziz Shah (70%), her son Putera Azamuddin Shah bin Abdul Aziz (10%), and her uncle Tengku Abdul Samad Shah ibni Sultan Salahuddin Abd Aziz Shah (20%).")
Also present at the launch was Selangor Umno deputy chief, Datuk Noh Omar, who is also Agriculture and Agro-based Minister. (Another Super UMNO sleeper in UMNO)
Perkasa, which began as a one man band after Election 2008, is shaping up as a national pressure group to Umno, representing those seeking to defend the constitutional position of the Malays and the “social contract”.
With the launch of the Selangor Perkasa today, which was officiated by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the organisation has now successfully formed chapters in all West Malaysian states.
In his speech, Ibrahim also pledged that Perkasa would continue to speak without fear or favour, and to fight for the Malay community in the same way Hindraf and the Chinese education group, Dong Jiao Zhong have been fighting for their communities.
“Perkasa is not Umno, not PAS and not PKR,” declared Ibrahim.
“As long as the Malays are not saved, the country will go down the path of destruction,” he added.
Ibrahim also urged Umno members who were unhappy with the party not to join the opposition, but to team up with Perkasa instead.
“Don’t trust (Datuk Seri) Anwar Ibrahim. If you are unhappy join Perkasa; we have had enough of splits in the community, let us all unite in Perkasa (i.e with Super UMNO),” said Ibrahim.
Ibrahim Ali defends Nasir’s outburst
By Adib Zalkapli
“Now you are talking about Nasir Safar, but if you read Chinese newspapers, listen to the speeches, they are worse and look also at how DAP leaders dared to step on pictures of Malay leaders,” said Ibrahim referring to the incident in Ipoh last year when pictures of former PKR lawmakers Jamaluddin Radzi and Osman Jailu were turned into doormats outside the entrance of the Perak DAP convention.
“I understand why Nasir said that, I can symphatise with him, I want to say the same things but I have to control myself, (I scolded this dungu about this, we are so close to taking over UMNO and don't need our agent to make a slip up, he can say what he wants when we are in power) I am more mature now,” said Ibrahim.
Nasir was forced to resign as Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s special officer yesterday after he allegedly called non-Malays “pendatang” and said that “Indians came to Malaysia as beggars and Chinese especially the women came to sell their bodies” at a 1 Malaysia seminar in Malacca. (I still like my china dolls at the massage parlour thought, would not want a chinese-free malaya if no more massage parlours)
Najib’s office has also quickly disassociated the PM from Nasir’s remarks.
Nasir also allegedly threatened to revoke the citizenships of Indians for making excessive demands on the government.
“Maybe Nasir is still young, perhaps he has been reading some offensive blog postings, and Facebook messages which resulted in his outburst,” Ibrahim told The Malaysian Insider.
“People like Nasir are fighters so maybe he felt he had to say it,” he added.
He added Nasir’s resignation as announced by the Prime Minister’s Office yesterday after reports surfaced is not an issue.
“I don’t want to comment on his resignation. It is not the issue. Nasir is just an individual. We must understand why he acted that way,” said Ibrahim.
Nasir attempted to play down the incident yesterday by saying that he was only giving a talk on the nation’s history.
His remarks at the 1 Malaysia seminar in Malacca had caused unhappiness among MCA and MIC leaders who walked out of the meeting.
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