Bekas menteri persekutuan daripada Umno hari ini mendakwa wang yang digunakan pada kempen pilihan raya lalu adalah untuk membeli undi, satu taktik yang dikenali sebagai “bom”.

Tan Sri Datuk Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir berkata demikian dalam satu forum dengan menjelaskan mengalami pengalaman itu sendiri dengan memberi RM200 hingga RM1,000 dalam kempen pilihan raya Barisan Nasional (BN) untuk mendapat undi.

“Saya telah menjadi ketua dalam banyak kempen dan saya diberikan wang dalam jumlah yang banyak untuk diagihkan,” kata bekas menteri penerangan dan pelancongan di Persidangan Perancangan Strategik Malaysia 2012 di sini.

“Ia secara terang-terangan untuk membeli undi.”

Abdul Kadir berkata istilah yang digunakan untuk strategi itu adalah “bom”.

Beliau menambah secara peribadi tidak pernah menggunakan wang itu.

Kau orang baca dan kiralah berapa banyak duit rakyat lingkup oleh kerana UMNO....

1. PKFZ RM12bill

2. Submarine commission RM500mil

3. Sime Darby RM964mil

4. Paya Indah Westland RM88mil

5. Posmalaysia (transmile) RM230mil lost

6. Eurocopter deal RM1bil wasted?

7. Terengganu Stadium Collapsed RM292mil

8. MRR2 repair cost RM70mil

9. Maybank Overpaid BII RM4bil

10. Tourism -NYY kickback RM10mil

11. 3 paintings bought by MAS—————– RM 1.5M

12. Overpayment by Sport Ministry————- RM 8.4M

13. London 's white elephant sports complex —- RM 70M

14. MRR2 Repairs—————————— RM 70M

15. MATRADE repairs ————————– RM 120M

16. Cost of new plane used by PM————– RM 200M

17. InventQ irrecoverable debt —————- RM 228M

18. Compensation for killing crooked bridge —– RM 257M

20. Lost in selling Augusta ——————— RM 510M

21. Worth of AP given out in a year ———— RM 1.8B

22. Submarines (future Muzium Negara artifacts)- RM 4.1B

23. PSC Naval dockyard ———————— RM 6.75B

24. The Bank Bumiputra twin scandals in the early 1980s saw US$1
billion loss (RM3.2 billion in 2008 ringgit)

25. The Maminco attempt to corner the world tin market in the 1980s
is believed to have cost some US$500 million. (RM1.6 billion)

26. Betting in foreign exchange futures cost Bank Negara Malaysia
RM30 billion in the 1990s.

27. Perwaja Steel resulted in losses of US$800 million (RM2.56 billion).

28. Use of RM10 billion public funds in the Valuecap Sdn. Bhd.
operation to shore up the stock market

29. Banking scandal of RM700 million losses in Bank Islam

30. The sale of M.V. Agusta by Proton for one Euro making a loss of
€75.99 million (RM 348 million)
Same as No:20?

31. Wang Ehsan from oil royalty on Terengganu RM7.4 billion from 2004 – 2007

32. For the past 10 years since Philharmonic Orchestra
was established, this orchestra has swallowed a total of RM500
million.Hiring a kwai-lo CEO with salary of more than RM1 M per annum
!!

33. In Advisors Fees, Mahathir was paid RM180,000, Shahrizat
Abdul Jalil (women and social development affairs) RM404,726 and Abdul
Hamid Othman (religious) RM549,675 per annum

34. The government has spent a total of RM3.2 billion in teaching
Maths and Science in English over the past five years. Out of the
amount, the government paid a whopping RM2.21 billion for the purchase
of information and computer technology (ICT) equipments which it is
unable to give a breakdown. Govt paid more than RM6k per notebook vs
per market price of less than RM3k through some new consortiums that
setup just to transact the notebook deal. There was no math & science
content for the teachers and the notebooks are all with the teachers'
children now.

35. The commission paid for purchase of jets and submarines to two
private companies Perimeker Sdn Bhd and IMT Defence Sdn Bhd amounted
to RM910 million.
Expanding on No 2?

36. RM300 million to compensate Gerbang Perdana for the RM1.1 billion"Crooked Scenic Half-Bridge"

37.RM1.3 billion have been wasted building the white elephantCustoms, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facilities on cancellation ofthe Malaysia-Singapore scenic bridge

38. RM 100 million on renovation of Parliament building and leaks

39. National Astronaut Programme – RM 40 million

40. National Service Training Programme – yearly an estimate of RM 500 million

41. Eye of Malaysia – RM 30 million and another RM5.7 million of free ticket

42. RM 2.4 million on indelible ink

43. Samy announced in September 2006 that the government paid
compensation amounting to RM 38.5 billion to 20 highway companies.
RM380 million windfalls for 9 toll concessionaires earned solely from
the toll hike in 2008 alone.

44. RM32 million timber export kickbacks involving companies
connected to Sarawak Chief Minister and his family.

45. Two bailouts of Malaysia Airline System RM7.9 billion. At a time
when MAS incurring losses every year, RM1.55 million used to buy three
paintings to decorate its chairman's (Munir) office.
Expanding on No:11

46. Putra transport system bailout which cost RM4.486 billion.

47. STAR-LRT bailout costing RM3.256 billion.

48. National Sewerage System bailout costing RM192.54 million.

49. Seremban-Port Dickson Highway bailout costing RM142 million.

50. Kuching Prison bailout costing RM135 million.

51. Kajian Makanan dan Gunaan Orang Islam bailout costing RM8.3 million.

52. Le Tour de Langkawi bailout costing RM 3.5 Million.

53. Wholesale distribution of tens of millions of shares in
BursaMalaysia under guise of NEP to cronies, children and relatives of
BN leaders and Ministers worth billions of ringgits.

54. Alienation of tens of thousands of hectares of
commercial lands and forestry concessions to children and relatives
of BN leaders and Ministers worth tens of billions of ringgits.

55. Since 1997, Petronas has handed out a staggering 30 billion
ringgit in natural gas subsidies to IPPs who were making huge
profits.In addition, there were much wastages and forward trading of
Petronas oil in the 1990s based on the low price of oil then. Since
the accounts of Petronas are for the eyes of Prime Minister only, we
have absolutely no idea of the amount.

56. RM5700 for a car jack worth RM50

57. Government-owned vehicle consumed a tank of petrol worth RM113
within a few minutes

58. A pole platform that cost RM990 was bought for RM30,000

59. A thumb drive that cost RM90 was bought for RM480

60. A cabinet that cost RM1,500 was bought for RM13,500

61. A flashlight that cost RM35 was bought for RM143

62. Expenses for 1 Malaysia campaign paid to APCO?

63. RM17 billion subsidy to IPP

64. USD24 million diamond ring for Ro$mah --- cancellation of order
-- how much compensation???

sumber

Di peringkat dalaman kepimpinan tertinggi Parti Keadilan, tidaklah menjadi satu rahsia lagi akan kewujudan dua kelompok pimpinan yang masing-masing cenderung kepada Presiden, Datin Sri Wan Azizah Ismail dan Timbalan Presiden nya, Azmin Ali.

Penulis dimaklumkan bahawa bibit-bibit perpecahan ini sudah bermula sejak kempen pemilihan Nasional PKR 2010 lagi dan semakin menjadi ketara apabila Azmin Ali memenangi jawatan Timbalan Presiden.

Ketika kempen pemilihan Nasional 2010 berlangsung, sokongan penuh Wan Azizah ke atas pencalonan Datuk Zaid Ibrahim sebagai Timbalan Presiden parti menjadi persoalan umum kerana logiknya, Azmin Ali yang lebih layak kerana sudah bersama-sama dengan parti sejak mula ditubuhkan, di samping kesetiaannya kepada Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yang tidak boleh dipersoal sesiapa.

Berdasarkan maklumat yang penulis terima, antara kepimpinan parti yang diketahui cenderung kepada Wan Azizah ialah termasuk Fuziah Salleh, Nurul Izzah, Tien Chua, Xavier Jayakumar, Mustapha Kamil Ayub, Shamsul Iskandar, Yusmadi, Elizabeth Wong, William Leong, Sivarasa dan Dr Mansor Othman.

Manakala pemimpin parti yang berdiri teguhpula di belakang Azmin Ali ialah N.Surendran, Zuraida, Dato Kamarul Baharin, Dato Johari Abdul, Rafizi Ramli, Latheefa Koya, Haniza Talha, Nik Nazmi, Abdullah Sani dan Azan Ismail.

Walaupun perpecahan ini cuba diselindungkan dari penglihatan ahli di peringkat akar umbi tapi sudah kedengaran suara-suara kecil yang bertanya kenapa setiap kali program di kawasan salah seorang dari kumpulan yang disebutkan di atas, pihak yang satu lagi pula tidak hadir?

Sebagai contoh, program parti di kawasan Nurul Izzah iaitu Lembah Pantai, tidak akan dihadiri oleh Azmin Ali. Begitu juga sebaliknya dengan program parti di kawasan Gombak di mana Azmin sebagai ahli Parlimennya, juga tidak akan dihadiri Nurul Izzah.

Hal yang sama juga berlaku dalam kontroversi membabitkan kilang pemprosesan nadir bumi Lynas di Pahang. Kilang Lynas tersebut terletak di kawasan Balok, dalam Parlimen Indera Mahkota yang dikuasai Azan Ismail tapi kenapa pula Fuziah Salleh sebagai ahli Parlimen Kuantan yanglebih banyak menangani isu tersebut?

Mungkin Fuziah diarahkan pucuk tertinggi parti untuk memimpin isu tersebut atas sebab-sebab tertentu, tapi menjadi kehairanan ramai (termasuk penulis sendiri) kenapa beliau tidak pernah merujuk kepada Azan Ismail dalam banyak hal terutama yang membabitkan penduduk kawasan sekitar Balok di mana lokasi kilang tersebut terletak.

Sudah tentu bila bercakap tentang hubungan Wan Azizah dan Azmin Ali, penulis tidak rasa persoalannya ‘siapa’ tapi lebih kepada ‘apa’ yang menyebabkan perkara ini berlaku?

Penulis tidak mahu mengulas panjang mengenai hal tersebut, cuma apa sekalipun masalahnya, penulis menyeru agar semua pihak terlibat mengenepikan masalah peribadi masing-masing dan meletakkan kepentingan parti di kedudukan tertinggi sekali.

Lebih lagi dalam keadaan parti sedang sibuk menyiapkan diri untuk menghadapi pilhanraya umum ke-13 yang dijangka berlangsung pada bila-bila masa, keadaan sedemikian sudah tentu tidak sihat untuk parti dan ahli-ahli dibawah nya.

Walaupun Datuk Seri Anwar sudah dibebaskan dari pertuduhan liwat yang membelenggu beliau selama tiga tahun kebelakangan ini, tapi itu tidak sama sekali bermaksud parti sudah terlepas dari masalah yang boleh menggugat peluang parti untuk menguasai Putrajaya.

Sebaliknya ada lebih banyak isu-isu semasa yang perlu diberi penekanan dan semua ini menuntut kerjasama semua pihak dalam kepimpinan tertinggi parti.

Sedarlah, perpecahan dalaman boleh menjadi barah peringkat bahaya lebih-lebih lagi apabila ada yang berani mensabotaj. Belajarlah dari kesilapan UMNO.


Azman Ariffin/sa/kini

The mini battle for the remaining race seat at Williams F1 has concluded. The Grove based team has announced that Bruno Senna will partner Pastor Maldonado in the 2012 season. Those who lost out include last year’s man Rubens Barrichello, ex Force India man Adrian Sutil, dropped Toro Rosso youngster Jaime Alguersuari and Tonio Liuzzi.

The nephew of three-time world champ Ayrton made his F1 debut with Hispania back in 2010, but was left without a seat for 2011. He came into the picture after Lotus Renault GP dropped Nick Heidfeld in Belgium, managing eight races, but the team, now called Lotus, have Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean for 2012. The 28-year-old Brazilian will make his debut with Williams on 9 February at Jerez for the first test of the year.

“Bruno only started racing when he was 20 years old but quickly proved his talent in F3 and GP2. In a tightly fought 2008 GP2 season, Bruno finished second in the Championship with notable victories in Monaco and Silverstone, the latter in the wet. The circumstances of Bruno’s two seasons in F1 have not given him an ideal opportunity to deliver consistently so it was essential that we spent as much time with him as possible to understand and evaluate him as a driver,” said Frank Williams.

“We have done this both on track and in our simulator and he has proven quick, technically insightful and above all capable of learning and applying his learning quickly and consistently. Now we are looking forward to seeing that talent in our race car,” the founder added.

Driving aside, Senna is bringing sponsorship money to Williams as well, including from long-time supporter Embratel, but he insists that it wasn’t about money. “I am sure about that. They have been putting us through the paces with all sorts of testing, and they did not even talk about the sponsorship at the start – they wanted to assess me before anything else,” he told Autosport.