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Basically BN wants their MPs to Vote against ones conscience in order to follow party lines !
Wow ! That means that we have a parliament full of headless/consciousless wakil rakyat !
From the little I know of US politics there are always Republican or Democrat Congressman that may not follow party lines when issues/laws are being passed thru their Congress.
Aiyoyo ! You guys and gals better vote with your conscience in the next election.

Miss opportunities?????

Question No.1 : Who votes those SPINELESS Parliament member in place.

Answer : Majority voters

Conclusion : Majority are blind. They can be easily manipulated by few interest group. They only cares when some disaster strike, but nobody speak for them then.

Kinda sad...

Looks like they're not "wakil rakyat" anymore. They're just "wakil BN". Not that they were much of a "wakil rakyat" to begin with anyway.

Really makes one ponder, what's the point the Opposition even bother going into Parlimen when whatever they say will be shot down instantaneously by wakil BNs?

Like last time, when one of the ruling party's MP said really harsh words against an opposition's MP. The opposition motioned to refer this ill-behaved MP to disciplinary board, only to have the rest of the ruling party's MPs veto against it. What's the point the MPs support such a character in their party?

Things that happens in this country really baffle me sometimes...

Wait a minute? Isn't this akin to what the Jasin MP did?

So basically, BN is asking all their MPs to 'close one eye'.

My God.

I mean, I'm not surprised by the corruption of BN Jasin (that's sort of business-as-usual). But... BINYU SOF?

BINYU SOF?

MY GOD, ARE THESE PEOPLE STUPID OR WHAT? DON'T THEY KNOW HOW TO BE CORRUPT PROPERLY?

The sad part is not that I'm mad at the scale of corruption. No, no, no. The part that pisses me off is that they can't even hide the evidence of their indiscretions discreetly.

GOD. You want to do WRONG, for the love of GOD, DO IT RIGHT.

This report basically points to the rakyat's interest is secondary to the party's agenda. This practise is detrimental to our parlimentary system and breeds mindless wakil rakyats.

There is something seriously wrong with the BN structure as it does not tolerate difference of opinion.

In order to lead Malaysia forward and be a force to be reckon with, we need a mature political system that promotes critical thinking.

Getting back to the point, MP Mohd Said bin Yusof is has broken the law by asking the custom department to 'close one eye'. This should be the main issue and we should pursue and need be prosecute.

As pointed out by the Sun, the company that he alledgedly help out is Binyu Sof Enterprise. Coinsidence? I think not.

Issue 1
Headless MP
Issue 2
Banning movie because its UMNO anniversary

I'm confirmed opposition supporter in the next election. I vote BN the last election which is a mistake.

Folks, do exercise your voting rights wisely in the coming election.

Work with me, not for me? See my middle finger?

I'm sure many are appalled and disgusted by the recent turn of events.

But spare a thought of KIT (LimKS). The poor fellow sat there in the opposition bench watching this kind of crap - corruption, racsim, favouritism etc going on for like what... 40 over years. Hats off to you KIT...

mageP23,

Sorry to burst your bubble... but even if all the readers here vote against BN, we'd hardly be a drop in the bucket.

As one reader pointed out in an earlier post, the pak cik, mak cik on the street are the ones who wield the majority. He even suggested to jeff to change this blog into Bahasa Melayu!! I hate to agree with him but i think he's right.

Come GE, UMNO just use the same old trick "mempertahankan hak dan maruah" and again all these poor, ignorant ppl flock to them. These ppl live in the illusion of being well informed by reading/watching/listening the few government censored medias. What can I say.... it's a winning formula!!! Worked for the past 50 years.
And then, those corrupt ********, walk over them like a glorified peacock.
It has happened and I believe will happen again.

Wanna be a crook also dunno how to be one properly. BINYU SOF ENT? Haha. HOw dumb can they get. Now the chief is telling their one eye jack to close the other eye. Now all are blind. See no evil, hear no evil and better still shut your mouth and speak no evil.

I must commend and thank jeffooi.com for his reporting, which provide an alternative to the main stream media and asks those really hard question. We need people like you to keep the ruling govt from rippig our shorts off.

If you'd stand for election jeff, I'd vote for you.

As a single individual, I can cast only one vote. This is not enough to change the existing ruling party.
Even by saying this, I will still vote for the opposition in the coming election.
What a silly move for me in last election to choose someone being lead into parliament by the nose with a whip.

One vote at a time... while their old uncles and aunties supporting death are going 6 feet underground at a rather fast pace these days.. hope is that the young voters are not as gullible as the older village generation. But at least, we, in the city can do our part.

Guys, at least we need not pay exhorbitant fees to watch Royal London Circus, when we have our daily doses of clown acts, alas, its costing us even more to watch these sick clowns performing.

Most Malaysians seem to have a tendency to cloud the issue. The law does not restrict an elected MP to vote against the party line. It's the party rules that restrict them. So this is a party matter and in all fairness AAB is right to ask the BN MPs to toe the line because these MPs got elected because of the BN ticket. It's as simple as that. If an MP feels strongly enough to vote based on his / her conscience - by all means s/he can always do so at the risk of being subjected to the party's disciplinary rules. The worst that can happen is that s/he gets expelled from the party. So what? Go ahead and run as an independent in the next GE or by-election.

If an MP won because of the BN ticket, it is reasonable to assume that s/he used BN resources, machinery and goodwill. Therefore the BN president has every right to ask the MP to toe the party line!

As a voter, if you don't like it then don't vote BN or any other party that enforces this rule. But I can tell you - this rule is not unusual in a party based democracy. Think about it, if the MPs of BN (or any other party) do not toe the party line then how can the President of the ruling party (who becomes the PM by default) know for sure that when he speaks or make a decision he does so for the government? You know, we do not have a system of directly electing the PM whose office is vested with certain powers like the US President.

On this point the key issue is whether MPs are allowed any "space" at all to vote on matters which the party has no policy stand, even if such a vote is in agreement with the Opposition.

In the case of BN, which is a component of various parties, it would not be practical. Think about it - there is no real fundamental unity in political and ideological vision except to keep the opposition out of the government. So in many issues BN will not have any official party policies because the various component parties will surely disagree - esp sensitive issues touching on race and religion. Try having the MPs vote based on conscience on such issues - clearly the (race-based) parties' interests are diametrically opposed! There will be chaos and the next thing you know a no-confidence motion will be moved on the PM because the BN MPs will disagree among themselves and hentam each other!

Clearly on such issues, the way to go is to get a compromise. This is what coalition-based politics are all about. And this is why UMNO if it continues to run on the BN ticket can be expected not to be as radical as PAS in matters such as religion.

So, fellow Malaysians, please forget about the Sharir resignation and let's focus on the real issue here - the "close-one-eye" Jasin MP.

The issues involved are dead serious.

For those who don't care, the precedent has been set. You should go to your BN MP with all your parking tickets, overdue council rates, speeding fines etc etc and require them to represent you to ask the authorities to "close one eye" - quickly, before BN closes this opportunity with a guideline to its MPs prohibiting such practice for the rest of us.

One crack of the whip and everyone follows, regardless of conscience.

It's no wonder. We are dealing with domesticated animals.

Looks like many have forgotten about 513. It's sad. But I wonder, how can so many of us not remember? Or to have think that BN is the future?

Look around the world, which govt can you really put your faith onto? We must continuously pressure the politicians to work FOR the ppl. A fair portion of the ppl these days entered into politics aren't really there to help. If we forget who "politicians" really are, we might as well have screwed ourselves!! But of course there are still those whom are really there FOR the ppl. We must oppose to those whom are not real politicians but cronies, as appreciation to those whom are serving the ppl.

Some think there’s no better alternative than BN. But we also CANNOT let BN continue this madness. The first step must happen, which is the reduction of BN’s power. Then only subsequent event can fall into place.

Please vote for those who will make good use of your tax money, and give your child a future. Don't murder our future by voting for the wrong ppl. It starts by every single one of us today, before the makcik pakcik on the streets.

Look at Thailand, who says Thaksin can continue his madness? Obviously the ppl are doing something for their country. Are we?

anyone still remember the NST mouthpiece during the last election wherein Pak Lah stated that no opposition is needed to provide for check and balance in Parliament ...

guess what ?

kiss my foot lar ...

in thailand when the rakyat moved against thaksin, can the police single anyone out easily? all are thais, having same skin color. if we do this msia, we wont be treated as msians but rather malays, chinese n indians + DLL. we are identified by our skin color. another 5.13 perhaps. wasnt that used to instill fear in us? who wants changes? only the minority . even the 2 minorities when added up cant chanllenged the majority. we will lose, we are doomed.

KISS,
Very valid points. I agree that on some issues there has to be a party line, or else there'd be chaos. But I think the thing that is really hard to swallow is the fact that any opposition motion must be voted down regardless of content or merit. As someone on this blog said, there are endless ways we can stretch this premise to an absurd conclusion. If the Opposition moved for the House to express condolences for Ghafar Baba's death, would the Government be beholden to vote against it? The other real importance of this is that otherwise, there'd be no point in having any motions or Bills passed, because we'd already know the outcome.

But I agree the attention shouldn't be deflected away from that thoroughly Malaysian politician Said. Face it, he's only doing what every person in power is doing. Nothing surprising. THe only thing is that he has the cheek to deny that it's wrong. Next time I'm caught speeding (very frequently I might add) I'll just say "abang, tutup la mata. itu kita punya MP pun dah cakap ok, kita rilek la bang."

AAB really screwup big time...sometimes i wonder whether he has a grip on whatever that is happening around him.

The Jasin MP seems to think he is all powerful,,,and as usual..the PM is seen as not knowing how to deal with this incident.

I thought it was something good when he was picked by Tun to lead the nation..now I think Tun made a mistake. Someone else would have been a better choice

Now the esteemed MP is asking, "MP cannot do business ah?". what is this la? can you believe this?! blatant display of arrogance, corruption and essentially everything else that's destroying my country and this guy's going about untouched by the administration!pak lah can't afford to tutup mata with this one. this is a bit too much. this i warlord behaviour. he's giving press statements that make john gotti look like little miss muffet.

Dear all.... BN mean BOLEH NEGOTIATE. Don't blaime them.