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By batsman

Many people seem to be still groggy and asking the question “What happened?” Well guys, the bad news is that your own stupidity slammed into you. The good news is that there is a way out. 

The immense difficulties are plain for all to see. Unfortunately it was also plain for UMNO to see. What happened next was a great but more or less expected tragedy. 

Some people with big egos and small minds started to harp on the differences between component PR parties constantly and maliciously, thinking of proving how smart they are on something which was plain to see for everybody. 

This created a golden opportunity for UMNO to widen the cracks even more by hiring professional provocateurs to harp on these same issues. Anti-Islam provocateurs were used to alienate Muslim voters and extreme conservative Islamist provocateurs were used to scare the daylights out of the funny liberals. 

The results are now plain for all to see. The 3 component parties of the PR are worried about bonding together in case they alienate their own constituencies. We now have another stalemate where before, we had hopes for a fresh beginning. 

Obviously the people who are stuck in the old ways of thinking cannot contribute to any forward momentum anymore. The funny liberals who are allergic to anything faintly resembling Islam have to be abandoned and left behind. Similarly the ultra conservative no compromise Islamists have become a stumbling block to any forward movement. 

Any pandering to these 2 groups is a betrayal of the hopes of the people who voted for the PR during the 12th GE. 

A new force must be found to push the movement forward. The people who look forward to a strong coalition of the 3 component parties of the PR and willing to make compromises and sacrifices to make this a reality have to be the prime motive force now. 

Please don’t allow a second wave of stupidity of tsunamic proportions slam into us again. 

Hey! What I am proposing is still a big risk, but as RPK says – “What are the choices?” 

By possessively clutching your child and trying to suckle him even after he has grown into an adult is a sure way of ruining his future. It is time to take risks. The future may still be a disaster, but clinging on to childish insecurity is a guaranteed disaster. It is time for both PR and PR supporters to grow up. It is time to take the marriage vows and seal the marriage pact unless you guys are thinking of still living in sin? 

So do it, or declare honestly that you cannot do it and then go your own way.

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written by freedom to speak, November 04, 2009 23:31:00

Direct and to the point.
Pakatan Rakyat has to be consolidated and known as ONE united team.
No more team PAS, team PKR and team DAP.
Pakatan Rakyat has to move to the next level or its BYE-BYE!!
STOP TALK, TALK, TALKING AND DO IT!!!

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written by Proarte, November 05, 2009 00:15:31

PAS must 1st agree to abide by the constitution which states that Malaysia is a Secular State. They must have either Hadi or Tok Aziz say this. Otherwise nobody will believe you and there will always fear of a hidden agenda.

Freedom of worship will be upheld. So Lina Joy and Revathi can happily be a Christian and Hindu without unconstitutional coercion to be Muslims. PAS and Anwar have been silent on this and a whole host of other issues. No more 'all things to all men' trickery, speak honestly and truthfully.

If freedom of worship and religious equality is not adressed IN WRITING, then just don't waste time forming a coalition. It will implode.

Interfaith Forums should be encouraged throught the country. If Islam cannot defend itself through logic and debate then it should not enter the political sphere.

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written by justice6, November 05, 2009 00:17:40

can Pakatan have it's own police force?

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written by SocratesI, November 05, 2009 00:52:03

Yes, now we have a Pakatan Rakyat coalition, but much as we would like to see a total amalgamation of the 3 Parties into 1, we should not be "extremists" ourselves and demand the abandoning of the 3 original parties. Surely the Malaysian Rakyat are mature enough to see that this coalition stands for Equality, Freedom, Human Rights, Justice, Free Speech, etc., but the individual Parties can have their own "idiosyncracies" as well which make them who they have been, and who they are today.

The only thing that Pakatan Rakyat component Parties must realize is this - They must always put the "Big Picture" and the "Greater Good" above personal and individual Party ambitions. They must realize that they have the strength to oppose Barisan Najis today is because PAS, PKR & DAP formed Pakatan Rakyat, and any break-up will mean bye-bye to their ever having a chance to take over the reins of Govt. in Malaysia.
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written by quietguy, November 05, 2009 08:39:43

Proarte, stop lying through your teeth. I'll give you the deeds to my bungalow if you can show me where in the Constitution it says that Malaysia is a secular state.

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written by batsman, November 05, 2009 10:58:45

Looks like they are still provoking you guys to focus on the same old issues. Sigh!

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written by masterwordsmith, November 05, 2009 12:54:46

Once again, many thanks for this much needed incisive and deeply penetrating post to make us think and think again. You have trod where few dare to venture and even more are unwilling to acknowledge. Definitely, the rakyat MUST see the macro view of the playing field and leave behind petty differences lest we are entangled by the very same entrapments that our enemies have faithfully planted in landmines all over. I am with you re the new force which I believe is the tipping point for the current dilemma that we see before us. More of such excellent writing is needed, Batsman.

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written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , November 05, 2009 15:00:28

Yes, Batsman, totally agree with you. Like the Good Book says, "Let your yes be a yes and your no be a no." Then we the rakyat will know what to do.

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written by Proarte, November 06, 2009 01:17:34

quietguy said:

"Proarte, stop lying through your teeth. I'll give you the deeds to my bungalow if you can show me where in the Constitution it says that Malaysia is a secular state."

I would hate to see you without a roof over your head. But clearly you have not read the constitution.

Can you show me where it says that Malaysia is not a secular state or that Malaysia is an Islamic state?


If you have a good grasp of the English language, you will come to the inescapable conclusion that Malaysia was designed to be a Secular state with Islam as the religion of the Federation.


A year after Independence, on 1 May 1958, then Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman clarified in the Legislative Council that "I would like to make it clear that this country is not an Islamic state as it is generally understood. We merely provide that Islam shall be the official religion of the state."


Reid Commission draft on the possibility of the provision on religion being misinterpreted, the Alliance and Umno chief Tunku Abdul Rahman assured the Working Party that "the whole Constitution was framed on the basis that the Federation would be a secular state."

Former Lord President Tun Mohamed Salleh Abas, in Che Omar bin Che Soh v Public Prosecutor (198, stated that the term "Islam" in Article 3(1) of the Federal Constitution meant "only such acts as relate to rituals and ceremonies... the law in this country is ... secular law."

I rest my case

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written by batsman, November 06, 2009 15:33:24

Proarte - how many guys have you got working for you to dig up all these things? Whose pays their salaries?

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