Malaysians Say The Darndest Things!

Badawi, Take A Good Look In The Mirror!

May 8, 2008

My last blog post “Jangan Hypokrit Sangat Lah” was on the calls by Barisan Nasional politicians for the government to charge Karpal Singh for treason and sedition. What Karpal Singh did was to state that the Perak Sultan does not have a constitutional right to meddle in state administration affairs. Bear in mind, this was just two months after Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had stated that the Terengganu Sultan’s role in the selection of the Terengganu Menteri Besar was unconstitutional.

In the scheme of things, what Karpal and Badawi had said are more or less interchangeable and not much different from each other. So imagine the hypocrisy when BN members just sat back and said nothing when Badawi uttered such ‘treasonous’ and ’seditious’ words, while the whole army of backbone-less Barisan Nasional politicians picked up their pitchforks and were thirsting for a lynching when Karpal uttered his. If Karpal is ‘biadap’, so is Badawi, and even more so, as the Sultan of Terengganu is currently the Agong of Malaysia as well.

I said and I quote my statement from my previous post:

I would advise Barisan Nasional to take a look at the mirror and recognize themselves as the ugly hags that they are instead of pointing their fingers at others.

When I first wrote the original post, Badawi had kept quiet about the whole thing, and in my mind, I thought perhaps he was doing the sensible thing lest someone accused His Highness The Overlord of Malaysia PM Badawi of hypocrisy.

But I guess Badawi is seriously as stupid as he looks, when today, he told his office boy Tengku Adnan to lodge a police report against Karpal for sedition.

Nyah nyah, no one can touch me. I own the PDRM!

Abdullah also said that he has instructed Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Mansor to lodge a police report against DAP chairperson Karpal Singh over his allegedly seditious remarks against the Sultan of Perak.

“The statements that he (Karpal) has made gives the impression that the sultan does not know the law,” he said. (Klaw: Not much different from the impression you gave, bodoh)

“As such, many (including Umno) are upset.”

“I’m also told that others - Malays and non-Malays - who respect the constitution, also feel slighted by what has happened. They may also complain to the relevant authorities,” said Abdullah at the sidelines of the 5th Malaysia International Halal Showcase at Matrade.

Coming from anyone else, it might at least sound slightly credible, but coming from Badawi’s mouth, this is just an absolute load of bullcrap.

First it was Raja Petra and Syed Akbar Ali who are being charged under the Sedition Act. The government, perhaps gauging (incorrectly) that their decision has the support of most Malaysians probably feels emboldened to now use these unjust laws to silence the people and the opposition members of Parliament. If March 8th were tomorrow, I will be confident to say BN will lose even more than they had.

But what can we as a society do to end such unjust laws? Do we have to wait another 4 to 5 years for the next election so that this law can be repealed? Do we take to the streets and let the government know that we do not like this law and this law should be repealed? I have no answers to what we can do to be heard, because memorandums and www.warkahuntukpm.com.my do not work. However, what I do know we can and must do is to first condemn such abuse of power by the Malaysian Government. Write letters to the papers, write a blog post, speak to a family member about this law, just do whatever you can. We must speak up and be heard, or the government will just assume we are silent and we agree with their actions.

I am contemplating changing the title of my previous post to “Jangan Hypokrit Sangat, Pak Lah”. What do you think?

Badawi says the darndest things!

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