SABAH: LAND BELOW THE WINDS OF CHANGE

Sabah: Land Below the Winds of Change

The voting trend speaks for itself: within East Malaysia, dissatisfaction against BN does not necessarily translate into a swing for PKR – unlike Peninsula Malaysia, the party will have to do more than win on 'protest votes' here.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Shashi Karu

31/03/2013: Over the online media, the atmosphere is palpable and almost sweating with suspense. As we near election day, bloggers, commentators and the occasional pundits are beating with increasing intensity to the same rhythms of change: “it’s now or never”, “ubah”, “ini kalilah” and of course, how could you not forget, “ABU!” [Asalkan Bukan Umno].

Analysts alike are expecting a repeat of the March 2008 Tsunami, but this time it’s back with revenge: Peninsula Malaysia is expected to see bigger gains to Pakatan Rakyat - with the bastions of BN in Negeri Sembilan, Pahang and Johor finally caving in to the 'winds of change'. As the tides of politics continues on its charging path, Anwar Ibrahim inches ever closer to Malaysia's first "opposition" Federal government.

CHINESE NAVY MAKES WAVES IN SOUTH CHINA SEA

Chinese navy makes waves in South China Sea

USA TODAY

Analysts: Country's bold move spurred by 'U.S. inaction.'

(Photo: Gao Yi, AP)

BEIJING 27/03/2013– The appearance of a Chinese navy flotilla at an island chain 1,120 miles from its home shores is a clear sign that the new Communist regime is moving to enforce its claims to the entire South China Sea, experts said Wednesday.

James Shoal is 50 miles from the coast of Malaysia, one of several countries that have appealed to the United States for help in countering China's aggressive attempt to seize 1 million square miles of fishing and energy resources.

'MADE IN MALAYA' DI SABAH

'MADE IN MALAYA' DI SABAH

Oleh : NASPAZI

29/03/2013: SEJAK penubuhan Malaysia ditandatangani pada 9 Julai 1963 dan selepas pemasyhuran penggabungan rasminya pada 16 September 1963, Sabah sudah mula pesat membangun dengan pembiayaan pendidikan yang diutamakan serta percuma.

Kekayaan dan kemewahan Sabah juga melimpah, walaupun hasil bumi belum diteroka sepenuhnya dalam konteks era 70-an atau di zaman pemerintahan USNO.

BN AKAN MENANG MUDAH DI KAWASAN KESELAMATAN KHAS ESSZONE?

Umno akan menang percuma di 10 kawasan keselamatan khas? — Mohd Sayuti Omar

26 MAC 2013— Semalam Najib Razak mengistyharkan 10 daerah di Timur Sabah menjadi kawasan Selamat di Sabah. Sepuluh daerah itu ialah Kudat, Kota Marudu, Pitas, Baluran, Sandakan, Kinabatangan, Lahad Datu, Kunak, Semporna dan Tawau.

Pemilihan kawasan itu sebagai kawasan keselamatan khas yang membawa kepada penubuhan satu jawatankuasa menurut Peraturan-Peraturan Pemeliharaan Keselamatan Awam 2013 yang digubal oleh Menteri Dalam Negeri.

THE ROOT OF THE SULUK INSURGENCY

KiniTalk_ The root of the Suluk insurgency

BEKAS PENGARAH JABATAN PELAJARAN SABAH, DATUK DR MUHIDDIN YUSIN SERTAI KEADILAN

MUHIDDIN YUSIN SERTAI PKR?

Oleh : BALQIS ABDULLAH

KOTA KINABALU 26/03/2013: Bekas Pengarah Jabatan Pelajaran Sabah, Datuk Dr Muhiddin Yusin menyertai KEADILAN bersama-sama 318 orang lagi. Beliau menyerahkan borang keahlian kepada Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada program Himpunan Harapan Rakyat di Star City Convention Hall di sini, malam kelmarin.

Lebih 5,000 ahli KEADILAN menyaksikan penyertaan Dr Muhiddin yang terkenal kerana berani menegur Kementerian Pelajaran berkaitan masalah sistem pendidikan di negeri itu.

Beliau juga tidak puas hati dengan layanan Kerajaan Persekutuan pimpinan Umno BN terhadap Jabatan Pelajaran Negeri Sabah berikutan tidak diberi dana secukupnya.

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CHANGE MEANS THAT WHAT WAS BEFORE WASN'T PERFECT. PEOPLE WANT THINGS TO BE BETTER. - ESTHER DYSON

AQUINO GESA PROSES RUNDINGAN BERHUBUNG TUNTUTAN KE ATAS SABAH

Aquino Gesa Proses Rundingan Berhubung Tuntutan Ke Atas Sabah

MANILA 18/03/2013: Presiden Filipina, Benigno Aquino pada Ahad berkata proses rundingan adalah satu-satunya jalan untuk menyelesaikan tuntutan Kesultanan Sulu terhadap Sabah dan beliau turut mengkritik tindakan kumpulan bersenjata menyerang Malaysia.

Aquino turut mengecam konspirasi terancang pihak tidak bertanggjungjawab yang menghantar pengikut-pengikut kesultanan Sulu ke Sabah kerana ia telah mengancam keselamatan 800,000 rakyat Filipina yang tinggal dan bekerja di negeri itu.

Bercakap di Akademi Elit Ketenteraan di Filipina pada Ahad, beliau turut mengutuk tindakan pengikut Sultan Sulu, Sultan Jamalul Kiram III yang membunuh dengan kejam sembilan anggota pasukan keselamatan di Malaysia.

MALAYSIA FACING POLICY 'BLOWBACK'

Malaysia facing policy 'blowback'

Ex-Philippine rebel says fighters once backed by Malaysia part of group battling for control of country's Sabah state.

The former head of a Philippine separatist group, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), has told Al Jazeera that despite support from Malaysia in the 1960s, some of his fighters have now turned against the Malaysian government.

‘PREPARE FOR FUTURE SECURITY THREATS’

‘Prepare for future security threats’

Queville To

KOTA KINABALU 11/03/2013: With the east coast of Sabah being turned into a military command centre, Sabahans must brace themselves for the long haul in overcoming the security threats faced by Sabah, said former chief minister Yong Teck Lee.

“Security operations of this nature can last up to 20 years, or one generation, because of the inherently delicate tasks of identifying who the real enemies are in this troubled region of East Asean, particularly in the Southern Philippines,”

120 ATAU 96?

Profesor Ulung Datuk Dr Shamsul Amri Baharuddin	Pensyarah Sains Politik Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Profesor Madya Dr Mohammad Agus Yusoff
“... mereka akan dapat minimum 120 kerusi. Sekarang 140 kerusi, 24 kerusi kelabu, baki 70 kerusi Pakatan Rakyat... (pada keseluruhan) majoriti tipis,”	"Itu kajian dia. Biarkan. Saya juga buat kajian dan saya mendapati fakta yang berbeza, daripada segi kerusi memang berbeza tetapi dari segi pencapaian, hasil kajian menunjukkan lebih kurang.

'POLITIK RAKUS CARI RUANG MENJELANG PRU13'

'Politik rakus cari ruang menjelang PRU13'

.MUKADIMAH

Suhu politik negara dikatakan mengalami peningkatan sejak selepas Pilihan Raya Umum 2008. Salah satu elemen dan kejadian di sebalik suhu politik yang mengalami peningkatan ialah politik sabotaj dan politik ganas. Ada yang melabel sebagai politik agresif.

Sinar Harian Online mengupas perkembangan ini menjelang Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13. Ikuti penulisan awal mengenainya.

SHAH ALAM 13/11/2012- Penganalisis politik melihat perkembangan politik kini dilihat lebih bersikap peribadi dan melangkaui jangkauan politik sebenar.

HUMMER TURNS OUT A BUMMER

Hummer turns out a bummer

Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz, who is more used to being on the attack, has been put on the defensive over questions surrounding his son, a black Hummer and a controversial Sabah businessman.

4/11/2012: DATUK Seri Nazri Aziz is quite the fearless type. The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department has taken on big personalities like Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and survived.

He gives as good as he gets and it is quite ironic that he may have met his match in Rafizi Ramli, someone much more junior and who is not even an MP. But Rafizi is a shrewd strategist in PKR and Nazri seems to have walked into a trap set by the younger man.

POVERTY DUE TO MINDSET OF BUMIS – MASIDI

Poverty due to mindset of Bumis – Masidi

KOTA KINABALU 3/11/2012: Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun has admitted he used to work as a labourer earning RM5 a day and he feels that poverty in Sabah is mainly due to the mindset of its people and primarily the Bumiputras.

“It is not just due to the lack of infrastructure, but due to the mindset of our people, our youngsters. People might get mad with me for making this statement but this is the reality. We need to encourage our people, coax them to work hard and change their mindset.

“We complain about Sabah not having enough work opportunity, yet there are 300,000 foreigners working in Sabah. It is simply not logical for us to say that there is a lack of jobs out there when 300,000 foreigners are working in Sabah. Yet our people remain unemployed,”

SABOTAJ BUKAN 'BUDAYA EKSKLUSIF' UMNO SEMATA-MATA

Sabotaj bukan 'budaya eksklusif' Umno semata-mata

ANALISIS 26/10/2012- Ramai telah mengulas sejak keputusan Majlis Tertinggi Umno mahu menubuhkan panel khas menangani masalah sabotaj baru-baru ini diumumkan. Parti teras Barisan Nasional (BN) itu mahu mengambil tindakan segera ke atas ahli parti itu yang didapati melakukan perbuatan khianat dan sabotaj ke atas parti dan ia dilihat satu amaran keras menjelangnya Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU13).

PAKATAN BELUM MAMPU TEWASKAN BN SABAH

Penganalisis: Pakatan belum mampu tewaskan BN Sabah

25/10/2012: Pakatan Rakyat tidak cukup kuat untuk menewaskan BN di Sabah walaupun gabungan pembangkang dari Semenanjung itu telah dapat menembusi negeri di Malaysia Timur itu, kata seorang penganalisis politik.

SABAH BN WILL WIN SEATS ‘BY DEFAULT’?

Sabah BN will win seats ‘by default’

Some analysts in Sabah believe that as many as 20 seats, including five or six parliamentary seats, could go to BN as a result of a split in opposition votes.

KOTA KINABALU 11/10/2012: Sabah is set to see multi-cornered fights in most areas in the coming general election. This means that the ruling Barisan Nasional may have the edge.

At this stage, observers can conclude that the opposition parties in Sabah are giving Umno-led BN a “free advantage” to retain a majority of the Sabah seats.

PENGUNDI SEMAKIN MUAK DENGAN KEMPEN NEGATIF BN & PR

Pengundi tidak berminat dengan kempen negatif, kata penganalisis dan ahli politik

KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Okt — Pengundi semakin muak dengan kempen negatif kedua-dua Barisan Nasional (BN) dan Pakatan Rakyat (PR) dan penganalisis telah memberi amaran bahawa memburuk-burukkan lawan dalam sesi Bajet di Parlimen yang sedang berlangsung di hadapan umum boleh menyebabkan gabungan pemerintah untuk kehilangan sokongan pilihan raya.

JANGKAAN BN MENANG PRU13 SEMAKIN MEROSOT?

Kajian: Jangkaan BN menang PRU13 susut

[DIKEMAS KINI] SHAH ALAM 25/09/2012- Peratusan jangkaan Barisan Nasional (BN) akan menang Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU13) merosot berbanding awal tahun, demikian menurut hasil kajian terbaru diumumkan hari ini.

Sebaliknya, jangkaan bahawa Pakatan Rakyat (PR) akan mencapai misinya menguasai Putrajaya dan menggantikan BN di pusat pula meningkat.

Peratusan pengundi yang tidak pasti berhubung soalan yang membawa kepada jangkaan itu - "dengan andaian anda tidak memihak kepada mana-mana parti politik, parti manakah yang anda jangka akan menang di peringkat nasional dalam PRU13 dan menguasai Putrajaya", mengalami penurunan daripada 30 peratus kepada 26 peratus.

SABAH: STILL A ‘FIXED DEPOSIT’?

Sabah: Still a ‘fixed deposit’?

21 September 2012: Sabah will be a focal point in the coming general election, especially after the defections of two BN MPs. If the opposition can avoid contesting three-cornered contests then Sabah’s status as a BN ‘fixed deposit’ state could hang in the balance, writes Arnold Puyok.

The upcoming 13th General Election is sure to be a hotly contested election. It will be a litmus test for Prime Minister Najib Razak who is banking on his “transformational agenda” to return the BN to power.

Indeed, to restore the BN to a two-thirds majority. For PR, the election is seen as Anwar Ibrahim’s last chance to take over Putrajaya after the alleged September 16 coup failed. Even though many of the seats contested come from Peninsular Malaysia, the real battle will be in Sabah and Sarawak.

OBSERVERS CAST DOUBT ON PAKATAN’S READINESS TO RULE

Observers cast doubt on Pakatan’s readiness to rule

PETALING JAYA, Sept 18 — Political observers have cast doubt on Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) readiness to rule the country if the coalition manages to wrest control of Putrajaya in the upcoming general election, saying there are unresolved issues blighting their chances.