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Sunday, 6 January 2013

‘Retired civil servants joining opposition hopeless lot’

January 6, 2013

KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) supreme council member Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has described retired civil servants who join the opposition as “hopeless lot”.

“These are frustrated former civil servants who are hopeless themselves when they were civil servants and are now trying their luck as opposition,” he said in a text message.

He was commenting on former Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) general manager Wilfred Landong’s announcement that he had joined Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).

Karim said such retired civil servants would “get nowhere”.

“They (those who choose to join the opposition) will get further frustrated, and they will not pose a threat at all to BN (Barisan Nasional),” he added.

Perhimpunan bukti PR makin terdesak

by Rusnan Mustafa.

Posted on January 5, 2013, Saturday

“Apa lagi yang mereka nak utarakan adakah ini yang dimegahkan sebagai demokrasi ala PR atau ini cara budaya yang mahu diketengahkan oleh PR sebagai cara menyua-rakan rintihan dan masalah.” - Yang Berhormat Tuan Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah

Abdullah, Karim sifatkan pembangkang sudah ketandusan idea raih sokongan

KUCHING: Tindakan Pakatan Rakyat (PR) meng-anjurkan perhimpunan aman di Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur yang dijadualkan pada 12 Januari ini disifatkan ketandusan idea untuk meraih sokongan rakyat di negara ini.

Ketua Setiausaha Politik Kepada Ketua Menteri Abdullah Saidol berkata, pihak pembangkang sudah ber-ada dalam keadaan terdesak kerana banyak pembohongan dan putar belit mereka sudah menjerut leher mereka sendiri.

“Saya kurang yakin dengan janji mereka untuk berhimpun secara aman kerana telah terbukti pada masa yang lepas, apabila mereka hanya berniat untuk menghuru-hara negara demi kerakusan mereka untuk merampas kuasa politik secara kasar dan biadap,” katanya menerusi khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS) kepada Utusan Borneo semalam.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas mengenai tindakan PR yang merancang untuk menganjurkan perhimpunan di Stadium Merdeka Kuala Lumpur pada 12 Januari ini.

Oleh itu, beliau menggesa rakyat yang mahu mengekalkan kestabilan, keamanan dan keharmonian negara menolak cara dan budaya yang tidak bertamadun itu.

“Kita harus tolak budaya politik kasar dan biadap yang diamal oleh pembangkang ini, ia bukan cara dan budaya kita untuk menyelesaikan masalah kerana kita ada kesopanan dan kesusilaan,” katanya yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Semop dan Presiden Kelab Penyokong BN Sarawak.

Kehidupan rakyat di negara ini khasnya di Sarawak yang sudah lama hidup secara bertolak ansur, memahami dan kesefahaman antara satu sama lain, Abdullah memberitahu kedaulatan negara harus dijaga demi menjaga keakraban masyarakat majmuk negara ini.

Sementara itu, Menteri Muda Pembangunan Belia (Bandar) Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah berharap rakyat Sarawak khususnya para belia tidak terikut budaya songsang itu.

“Saya berharap belia dan rakyat Sarawak waras dan tidak terikut budaya ini… ini budaya barat dan tidak serasi dengan budaya timur.

“Apa lagi yang mereka nak utarakan adakah ini yang dimegahkan sebagai demokrasi ala PR atau ini cara budaya yang mahu diketengahkan oleh PR sebagai cara menyua-rakan rintihan dan masalah,” tegasnya.

Pada masa yang sama, Ka-rim turut menyifatkan tindakan pembangkang menganjurkan perhimpunan didakwa aman itu satu langkah terdesak kerana menemui jalan buntu untuk meraih sokongan rakyat di negara ini.

Barisan Nasional doubts there’s peace within PR

Posted on January 5, 2013, Saturday

“Baru Bian can claim and shout aloud but the one that holds the trump card and makes the decision is still DAP. PKR is asking for Miri, and Stampin seats. Just ask DAP whether they agree?"

SIBU: The Barisan Nasional (BN) is unfazed by claims from the opposition pact that all their three parties are now seeing eye-to-eye.

State BN secretary-general Datuk Dr Stephen Rundi said yesterday they were not concerned whether or not Pakatan Rakyat (PR) was more organised in facing BN this impending general election.

“No matter what they claim to be, the reality is that they can never come to terms and we all know that. And we are not concerned whether they are more organised for we will fight them, even in more organised strategy than we’d ever been.

“Come election the voters will tell who they want to lead this country,” Dr Rundi, who is Assistant Minister of Public Utilities (Electricity and Telecommunications), told The Borneo Post when contacted.

State PKR chief Baru Bian was reported to have told a press conference in Kuching on Thursday that the issue of the so-called overlapping seats was never a main concern of the three parties; namely PKR, DAP and PAS.

Baru was also reported to have said that they had reached an understanding that their main target was BN, adding that they had made a stand that they would accept and support whoever the candidate was.

PBB supreme council member Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, meanwhile, said it was wishful thinking on Baru’s part as the statement did not come from Bandar Kuching MP Chong Chieng Jen or Sibu MP Wong Ho Leng, who led DAP.

Karim: PKR only ‘syok sendiri’

Posted on January 3, 2013, Thursday

SIBU: Barisan Nasional is fully prepared for the impending general election and will not be caught off guard again as in the 2008 election, said PBB supreme council member Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

“PKR leaders are in the midst of what the Malay termed as ‘syok sendiri’ (self-thrill) when they show optimism of winning in the next election.

“In the last general election, BN was caught off guard and not fully prepared but not again this time. BN is better prepared now,” Karim said yesterday.

The Asajaya assemblyman and Assistant Minister of Youth Development was reacting to state PKR vice-chairman See Chee How’s optimism that Pakatan Rakyat, of which PKR is a partner, would win because of the nationwide expectations for change.