Abdul Karim: DAP election result a sham

Posted on January 9, 2013, Wednesday

SIBU: A PBB supreme council member Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the amendment to DAP’s election result to accommodate Zairil Khir Johari was a shame and unacceptable.

“How could his votes have ballooned from 300 to 800 votes after a recount and thus, placing him in the 20th position for the elected committee member smell of hidden hand orchestrating the voting.

“How could DAP, which has always fought for transparency, democracy and good governance, allow its own election be rigged and manipulated just to accommodate Zairil?

“Is DAP trying to hoodwink the world that it is truly a multi-racial party?

“Chong Chieng Jen, who got the fourth highest votes in that election should be able to answer this,” said Abdul Karim, who is Assistant Minister of Youth Development and Asajaya assemblyman.

According to media report, DAP found itself navigating in the sea of criticism after admitting to a party polls mistake and then reinstating a Malay candidate to the last spot in its central executive committee (CEC).

Karim added that the whole fiasco had led to the chairman for DAP election committee, whom he described as a man of principle, to tender his resignation.

PR too carried away with dreams — Abd Karim

Posted on January 9, 2013, Wednesday

KUCHING: Members of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) are too carried away, believing that most people would support them, says a supreme member of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

Abdul Karim, who is Asajaya assemblyman, however did not deny the possibility that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) would be able to get some seats in the state in the coming general election but this would happen only in urban seats through Democratic Action Party (DAP) and not Parti Keadilan Rakyat.

“What happened during the last state election will be repeated. This is due to problems affecting a BN component party given the task to contest the urban seats and not due to the voters supporting PR,” he said.

In response to a claim by PKR de-facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim that the party’s popularity in the state had reached new heights, Abdul Karim said it was a mistake for Anwar to make that assumption “because most Sarawakians are still true BN supporters”.

State BN Youth chief Datuk Fadillah Yusof also doubted Anwar’s claim that PKR’s popularity in the state had reached new heights.

Fadillah, who is also Petra Jaya MP, however said Anwar was free to say anything he wanted, adding that the people would not be easily swayed by such claim.

He believed that most Sarawakians appreciated what the BN government had done for the state and country for the past 50 years, adding that the people were smart enough to evaluate the opposition leader’s claim.

Anwar told a press conference on Monday that PKR was confident that its popularity in the state had risen in the run up to the general election.

Abdul Karim ticks off Pakatan

January 8, 2013, Tuesday

KUCHING: The pledge by Pakatan Rakyat (PR) to build the Trans-Borneo Highway from Tanjung Datu to Kudat, Sabah is just an empty promise made to hoodwink voters as the general election approaches said PBB supreme council member Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

“They also promise to reduce price of petrol within 24 hours after forming government. These promises, however tempting are ‘carrots dangled’ to voters. Fortunately, not many Sarawakians will fall for them,” he said when contacted yesterday.

Abdul Karim, also Assistant Youth Development Minister, was commenting on the pledge made by PKR Sarawak youth chief Ahmad Nazib Johari who had said the party would build the highway if given mandate by the people to form the new federal government.

Ahmad Nazib who made the promises at a political talk in Kota Samarahan on Sunday said with the highway, travelling by road from here to Miri which usually took 14 hours could be shortened to just four hours.

According to Abdul Karim, such a promise was impossible to keep even if PKR de-facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim were to be the Prime Minister.

“The rakyat are beginning to see who this Anwar really is. He could have lobbied for this highway when he was the deputy prime minister and finance minister but then what did he do? We have enough of these sweet promises,” he said.

Karim said Barisan Nasional had many plans for the gradual development of the state and would not resort to making election promises just to win votes.

Anwar penabur janji manis

by Rusnan Mustafa.
Posted on January 8, 2013, Tuesday

Banyak janji ditabur kepada negeri di bawah pakatan pembangkang tidak ditunai

KUCHING: Ketua Umum Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim disifatkan sebagai seorang yang terkenal dengan penabur janji manis di Malaysia.

Menteri Muda Pembangunan Belia (Bandar) Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah mendedahkan bahawa banyak janji yang pernah ditabur oleh Anwar pada 16 September 2008 kepada negeri di bawah pemerintahan pakatan pembangkang tidak ditunaikan.

“Siapa tak kenal Anwar, putar belit dan pemberi janji manis paling terkenal di Malaysia… kalau nak tulis satu persatu janji beliau satu surat khabar tidak cukup,” tegasnya.

Oleh itu, Karim menasihati agar rakyat khususnya golongan belia tidak mudah terpengaruh dengan janji manis daripada individu yang tidak akan menunaikan janjinya.

Tambahnya, berjanji memang mudah tetapi menunaikannya susah dan jika Anwar dahulu sewaktu menjadi Timbalan Perdana Menteri (TPM) kerap datang ke Sarawak seperti hari ini, mungkin Sarawak sudah maju sejak dahulu lagi.

“Kita banyak ketinggalan kerana angkara Anwar semasa menjadi TPM dan sewaktu beliau menjadi Menteri Kewangan, beliau tidak memberi penekanan kepada pembangunan Sarawak.

“Peruntukan untuk membina UNIMAS pada masa itu disalurkan kepada negeri lain sehingga pembangunan UNIMAS pada masa itu tergendala sebentar dan hanya dapat dibangunkan selepas beliau tiada lagi memegang jawatan tersebut,” jelasnya.

‘Election fiasco turns party into laughing stock’

Posted on January 6, 2013, Sunday

SIBU: DAP election fiasco had turned the party into a laughing stock as their creditability has been questioned.

PBB supreme council member Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah voiced out yesterday that DAP should first check their own party election as there were so many fishy tales and stinky smell to clear.

“DAP being a party that claim to be the most democratic, transparent and multi-racial is now a laughing stock with the ‘fishy’ party election.

“I am amused at how DAP had ‘rigged’ their own election results to bring in Zairil as their 20th elected committee member.

“Zairil, who initially got only 300 plus votes suddenly had his votes ballooned up to 800 plus after a recount! Something is not right somewhere!

“So what has Bandar Kuching MP Chong Chieng Jen or Sibu MP Wong Ho Leng got to say? Don’t even bother to question SPR for a clean election.

“Check your own party election first! So much of fishy tales and stinky smell to clear …,” said Karim, who is Assistant Minister of Youth Development and Asajaya assemblyman.