Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Post 13th General Elections of Malaysia : Fight for democracy continues on...

There are overwhelming issues raised regarding the final outcome of the just ended Malaysian's 13th General Elections.

The fight for democracy, justice and freedom from oppression and corrupt practices continues.

The majority of genuine Malaysians have spoken and stand up together.

and beware that any "democratic" government that comes into power through deceit and fraud in the elections is indeed a very fragile government because it does not have the support of the majority of genuine rightful citizens.

Please follow news update on major news portal.

May God bless this beloved nation of ours.

Joshua


Post 13th General Elections of Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim: Kebangkitan Rakyat Malaysia





I will reserve from commenting the results of the 13th General Elections in great details except to congratulates all fairly, legitimately, honestly elected representatives whether on parliamentary or state assembly levels.

I would also like to congratulate all Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders, members, supporters, volunteers, voters and Malaysians who gave PR of more than 50% to the total votes cast, giving a majority of 386,000 votes/ voice over Barisan Nasional's slightly over 46% of votes received. Thus concluding that Pakatan Rakyat received the support from majority of Malaysians of their message of anti-corruption, good governance, honesty and integrity compared to Barisan Nasional's half-hearted "transformation" promise.

We continue to place our faith and trust in God.

May God continue to bless this nation.

Joshua


Friday, May 3, 2013

5 May 2013: The Hope of Malaysians is in your hands/ Harapan Rakyat Malaysia adalah pada tangan kamu

This is the last five must watched videos before you go to the polls tomorrow. 
Ini adalah lima video terakhir yang anda harus tengok sebelum mengundi esok.

[Perubahan di tanganmu: Bahasa Malaysia dan Mandarin]


[This is it change! Ini kalilah! Ubah!]

[Kebangkitan rakyat dan perjuangan Pakatan Rakyat: Bahasa Malaysia]


[Compilation of Anwar's speeches with English and Mandarain subtitles]

[Short clip urging us to vote for the future of Malaysia: Mandarin with English Subtitles]
Another version with proper English and Malay subtitle is faulty due to unknown reason


Vote for Mother earth

Vote for Democracy



Vote for Justice and Freedom

Vote 


As an appointed Pakatan Rakyat Information Officer with no allowance and no salary by Anwar Ibrahim along with hundreds of thousands fellow officers out there, I would like officially end my online campaign for Pakatan Rakyat  for the upcoming 13th General Elections. We must have faith in God, and we must believe in hope, believe in justice and believe in change.

May God Almighty bless this beloved nation of ours.

Pakatan Rakyat leaders, members, supporters and volunteers have worked extremely hard for the past two weeks and beyond. It's over to the people now. Change is in your hands.
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Sebagai Pegawai Penerangan Pakatan Rakyat yang dilantik Anwar Ibrahim bersama ratusan ribu Pegawai Penerangan PR yang lain tanpa diberi gaji dan tanpa allowance. Saya ingin mengakhiri kempen online saya untuk Pakatan Rakyat untuk Pilihanraya Umum ke-13. Kita perlu percaya pada Tuhan, percaya pada harapan, percaya pada keadilan dan percaya pada perubahan.

Semoga Tuhan mecucurkan rahmat kepada negara tercinta kita.

Pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat, ahli, penyokong dan sukarelawan telah bekerja paling kuat sekali untuk dua minggu kebelakanagan ni dan lebih. Sekarang, segalanya terpulang kepada rakyat jelata. Perubahan di tanganmu.
Joshua

p/s: Will be back after the Malaysian 13th GE and results.

My Final Appeal , this 13th Malaysian General Elections / Rayuan Saya untuk Pilihanraya Umum Ke-13 Malaysia (Part 5 / 5)


Rakyat Malaysia yang dikasihi, ketibaan 5 Mei 2013 adalah lebih kurang 24 jam dari sekarang. Setelah meneliti isu-isu yang dibincangkan pada ke-empat empat blog saya. Sekarang, saya telah sampai isu terakhir yang saya ingin bincangkan sebelum Pilihanraya pada 5 Mei. Dalam pendek kata, apabila kita mengundi pada 5 Mei 2013, kita perlu undi dengan kesedaran dan nurani dari hati kita.

Bahagian 4: Kebebasan daripada kezaliman dan menuntut keadilan

Seorang pemimpin pernah berkata “Apabila kita memilih untuk berdiam diri terhadap situasi yang tidak adil, we telah pun memilih untuk berpihak dengan orang yang melakukan kezaliman”.

Banyak rakyat Malaysia telah mati tanpa pembelaan dan keadilan yang dikembalikan kepada mereka dan keluarga mereka. Contohnya, Aminulrasyid, Teoh Beng Hock, Kugan and Altantuya Sharribu. Tiada seorang pun diantara mereka dibuktikan atau disabitkan dengan jenayah yang boleh dijatuhkan hukuman mati tetapi mereka telah mati dan tiada lagi di dunia ni.

Bagaimanakah mereka mati? Siapa bunuh mereka? Dimanakah pembunuh? Dimanakah keadilan? Siapa dapat member kehidupan kepada mereka? Siapakah boleh pulangkan mereka kepada keluarga dan kawan mereka?

Apabila kita mengundi pada 5 Mei 2013, kita sebagai manusia yang berhati nurani dan beragama, kita perlu dan mesti mengundi untuk menuntut keadilan kepada semua yang ditindas dan dizalimi.

Dari nurani hati kamu, memberitahu Aminulrasyid bahawa kamu akan mengundi untuk menuntut keadilan untuk dia.

Dari nurani hati kamu, memberitahu Teoh Beng Hock bahawa kamu akan mengundi untuk menuntut keadilan untuk dia.

Dari nurani hati kamu, memberitahu Kugan bahawa kamu akan mengundi untuk menuntut keadilan untuk dia.
Undi untuk semua yang telah dizalimi atau ditindas di bawah rejim korup yang angkuh dan zalim.


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My fellow Malaysians, the dawn of 5th May 2013 is just slightly over 24 hours away. After pondering about the issues I raised and discussed in the previous four blog posts. Now I have come to the last issue that I would like create awareness about. At the end of the day, when we cast our vote on 5th May 2013 we should cast our vote with our conscience deep within our heart.

Part 4: Freedom from oppression and fight for justice

Desmond Tutu once said “When we choose to be silent in situations of injustice, we have already chosen the side of the oppressors”

Many Malaysians have died with justice to them. Just to name a few, Aminulrasyid, Teoh Beng Hock, Kugan, Altantuya Sharibuu. None of them were proven guilty or convicted for any offences that demand mandatory death sentence but yet they are dead now.

How did they die? Who kill them? Where are murderers? Where is justice? Who can give back their lives? Who can return them to the loved ones?

We as people of conscience and faith, when we cast our vote this 5th of May, we should and must vote to seek justice for all that are oppressed and down-trodden. 

Tell Aminulrasyid with your heart that you will vote to seek justice for him

Tell Teoh Beng Hock with your conscience that you will vote to seek justice for him

Tell Kugan with your mind that you will vote to seek justice for him


Vote for all who are oppressed and abused under the corrupt regime of tyranny and arrogance.

Vote for Justice

Vote for Change


Joshua


Thursday, May 2, 2013

My Appeal , this 13th Malaysian General Elections / Rayuan Saya untuk Pilihanraya Umum Ke-13 Malaysia (Part 4 / 5)

[English version after Malay version]

Warga Malaysia yang dikasihi, 5 Mei 2013, hari di mana semua pengundi Malaysia akan menentukan pimpinan negara yang seterusnya. Terdapatnya 5 perkara yang kita semua patut teliti dengan sepenuh minda dan hati yang murni apabila kita mengundi pada 5 Mei (505).

Bahagian 4: Harmoni, tolenrasi dan kepercayaan diantara semua rakyat Malaysia tanpa mengira kaum dan agama

Seorang pemimpin yang inginkan kuasa untuk penyelewangan akan memecah-belahkan rakyat dan seorang pemimpin yang inginkan kuasa untuk berkhidmat akan menyatukan rakyat. Sejak kebelakangan ini rakyat Malaysia telah dibubuh pemikiran cetek untuk memainkan perasaan ekstrem kebencian, tidak harmoni diantara kaum dan agama. Malaysia adalah sebuah Negara berbilang kaum dengan melayu-islam menjadi majority lebih daripada 60% di kalangan rakyat Malaysia. Pemimpin yang bermasalah, demi untuk mengekalkan kuasa telah menggunakan strategi “pecah dan perintah” dikalangan rakyat Malaysia.

…di samping menyemaikan ketidakpercayaan dan syak-wasangka diantara masyarakat dan agama. Parti komponen yang berbeza dalam barisan yang sama telah memainkan isu kebencian diantara masyarakat dengan parti MCA dalam Barisan Nasional yang terus menghina undang undang Islam dan nilai-nilai Negara berkebajikan yang berlandaskan Islam yang diperjuangkan oleh PAS (satu ahli dalam Pakatan Rakyat) di kalangan kaum cina. Sementara pada waktu yang sama, parti UMNO dan rakan seperjuangan PERKASA dalam Barisan Nasional menaburkan sentiment ekstrem dan penghinaan pada bangsa dan agama lain di kalangan kaum melayu  jika masyarakat melayu menyokong  ahli Pakatan Rakyat yang lain seperti DAP dan PKR.

Protest terhadap pembinaan kuil Hindu di Shah Alam oleh Kerajaan Selangor Pakatan Rakyat. (Protest against the building of an Hindu temple in Shah Alam by Pakatan Rakyat Selangor State Government)

Protest terhadap pemimpin DAP Lim Kit Siang dan Lim Guan Eng yang juga merupakan Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang (Protest against DAP leaders Lim Kit Siang and Lim Guan Eng who is also the Chief Minister of the Penang State Government)

Protest terhadap pemimpin BERSIH Ambiga Sreenevasan yang memperjuangkan pilihan raya yang bersih dan adil. (Protest against BERSIH leader Ambiga Sreenevasan who fight for clean and fair elections in Malaysia)

Protest dan kencing atas gambar pemimpin Islam PAS (Protest by urinating on the potrait of PAS Muslim leader and spiritual leader)

Bahan kempen pilihanraya yang menyamakan pemimpin PAS Nik Aziz seperti babi (Election campaign material that equates PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz as swine)
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My fellow Malaysian brothers and sisters,  5th May 2013, a day when all Malaysian voters determine the next leadership of our nation. There are 5 issues that we can all ponder on with our mind, heart and conscience when casting our votes this 5th May (505).

Part 4: Harmony, tolerance and trust between all Malaysians regardless of race and religion

A leader who wants power to abuse will divide the people and a leader who wants power to serve will unite the people. Malaysians of late have been sowed with seeds of hatred, racial disharmony and fed with extreme racial and religious sentiments. Malaysia is multiracial nation with muslim-malay made up a majority of over 60% of the country’s population.  It seemed that tainted leaders who are on the brink losing power continue to resort to “divide and conquer” strategy.

…sowing mistrust between communities and religions.  Different parties in the same coalition incite hatred between communities with one party (namely MCA) in Barisan Nasional insulting Islamic laws and Islamic view of welfare/benevolent  state as suggested by PAS  (a member of Pakatan Rakyat) among chinese communities while another party (namely UMNO and ally Perkasa) in Barisan Nasional inciting distrust and insults on other religions among muslim-malay communities if they support other Pakatan Rakyat members of DAP and PKR.

Amaran terhadap mengundi (PAS) Pakatan Rakyat yang akan merosakkan bangsa dengan sembahyang di gereja, sekaligus menghina agama Kristian yang akan menghancurkan negara. (Warning against voting for (PAS) Pakatan Rakyat which will destroy the nation, religion and race by seeing future generations praying in churches, thus insulting the Christian faith of destroying the country)

Amaran terhadap mengundi (DAP) Pakatan Rakyat yang  akan  mengadai hak bukan  bukan-Islam di Johor seperti di Kelantan, dimana MCA/ BN menuduh rakyat Kelantan yang 95% terdiri Melayu memilih kerajaan negeri diterajui PAS untuk menindas orang bukan Islam sekaligus menghina nilai-nilai Islam. (Warning against voting for (DAP) Pakatan Rakyat which will turn Johor into another Kelantan, where MCA/BN accuse the people of Kelatan whom 95% are muslim-Malay of electing a state government led by PAS to oppress the non-muslim there, thus insulting Islamic values in the state.
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Undillah untuk MENOLAK parti satu kaum UMNO, MCA, MIC dan kawan-ekstrem PERKASA (Barisan Nasional) yang memecah-belahkan rakyat Malaysia.(Vote against a race-based party of UMNO, MCA, MIC and ally-extremist PERKASA (Barisan Nasional) who divides the races and conquer Malaysians)

Undilah untuk parti DAP, PAS dan PKR (Pakatan Rakyat) yang berbilang kaum.
(Vote for a multi-racial party of DAP, PAS and PKR (Pakatan Rakyat) who unites all Malaysians)


Undi untuk Ubah
Vote for change
Joshua


Vote for Pakatan Rakyat where its ethnic-chinese leader asks Malaysians to fulfill the dreams of a great Malay leader, Dato Onn Jaffar who once dream on a multi-racial political party. Where Malaysians from different background will proudly called themselves Malaysian first and last.



My Appeal , this 13th Malaysian General Elections / Rayuan Saya untuk Pilihanraya Umum Ke-13 Malaysia (Part 3 / 5)


[English version after Malay version]


Warga Malaysia yang dikasihi, 5 Mei 2013, hari di mana semua pengundi Malaysia akan menentukan pimpinan negara yang seterusnya. Terdapatnya 5 perkara yang kita semua patut teliti dengan sepenuh minda dan hati yang murni apabila kita mengundi pada 5 Mei (505).

Bahagian 3: Pengurusan Ekonomi yang baik dan menangani rasuah

Dalam kepimpinan Najib Razak, CPI (Index Tanggapan Rasuah) sedunia telah menjadi daripada teruk ke parah. Pada tahun 2003, Malaysia berada di Tangga ke 37 (Tangga pertama- paling kurang rasuah, and tangga tertinggi- paling rasuah) apabila Tun Dr. Mahathir meletak jawatan sebagai Perdana Menteri. Diikuti pada tahun 2008, semasa Tun Abdullah Badawi menjadi Perdana Menteri, Malaysia merosot ke tangga ke 47 dan pada 2011 setelah di bawah kepimpanan Najib Razak , Malaysia merosot ke tangga 60 yang lebih parah. Sekali gus, menunjukkan kepimpinan beliau gagal memerangi gejala rasuah.

Tambah pula, laporan Global Financial Integrity 2012 menunjukkan Malaysia adalah Negara ke-3 tertinggi dalam aliran keluar wang haram diantara 2001 to 2010 pada jumlah dianggarkan pada USD$ 285 Billion!

Malaysia juga telah melihat 15 tahun bajet deficit yang berturut-turut. Tambah pula, hutang Negara yang mencecah RM 500 Billion pada tahun 2012. Halatuju ekonomi negara seterusnya ditentukan oleh undi anda pada 5 Mei nanti.




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My fellow Malaysian brothers and sisters,  5th May 2013, a day when all Malaysian voters determine the next leadership of our nation. There are 5 issues that we can all ponder on with our mind, heart and conscience when casting our votes this 5th May (505).

Part 3: Accountable Economic Management and Anti-Corruption

Malaysia's global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) has gotten from bad to worst under the premiership of Najib Razak since 2009. When Dr. Mahathir stepped down as Prime Minister in 2003, Malaysia’s ranking drop from 23rd in 1995 to 37th place. Followed by Tun Abdullah’s premiership till 2008, Malaysia’s ranking plunged further to 47th place. In 2011, under Prime Minister Najib Razak, the ranking fell to all time low of 60th concluding that his leadership has failed to combat corruption miserably.

In addition to that, Global Financial Integrity 2012 reports that Malaysia is the 3rd Highest Nation for cumulative illicit financial outflow from the year of 2001 to 2010 at a colossal amount of USD$ 285 Billion!

Malaysia observed a continuous 15 years of budget deficit and all time high national debt at about RM 500 Billion by 2012. The future of the nation's economy will be determined by your vote this 5th of May!





Vote against corruption

Vote against corrupt, tainted and arrogant leaders

Vote for accountability, competency and transparency

Vote to “Ubah”


Joshua


Wednesday, May 1, 2013

My Appeal , this 13th Malaysian General Elections / Rayuan Saya untuk Pilihanraya Umum Ke-13 Malaysia (Part 2 / 5)

[English version after Malay version]

Warga Malaysia yang dikasihi, 5 Mei 2013, hari di mana semua pengundi Malaysia akan menentukan pimpinan negara yang seterusnya. Terdapatnya 5 perkara yang kita semua patut teliti dengan sepenuh minda dan hati yang murni apabila kita mengundi pada 5 Mei (505).

Bahagian 2: Menjunjung semangat demokrasi

Index Demokrasi  2011 dilaporkan oleh Unit  “The Economist”  dalam 167 negara, Malaysia berada di tangga 71, sama dengan Zambia dan di dalam index ini, Malaysia berada dalam kategori “Demokrasi cacat”. Walaupun Malaysia mengadakan pilihanraya pada setiap 5 tahun, pilihanraya Malaysia masih tidak cukup bersih dan adil.

Gabungan Piliharan Raya yang Bersih dan adil atau gabungan BERSIH merupakan satu respon kepada “Demokrasi Cacat” Malaysia. Gabungan BERSIH telah mengadakan himpunan besar sehingga ratusan ribu orang di seluruh dunia terutamanya pada Julai 2011 dan April 2012 minta pilihanraya yang bersih dan adil.

Walaupun Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya berjanji untuk memperbaiki system pilihanraya di Malaysia, pilihanraya masih mengalami kontroversi seperti senarai pengundi yang dipertikaikan, pengundi hantu, pemberian IC untuk undi seperti yang dibincangkan pada Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja di Sabah kebelakangan ni dan masalah dakwat kekal terkini.

Adakah kamu ingat Auntie Bersih? Kenapa Makcik ini keluar untuk disembur air pemedih mata?






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My fellow Malaysian brothers and sisters,  5th May 2013, a day when all Malaysian voters determine the next leadership of our nation. There are 5 issues that we can all ponder on with our mind, heart and conscience when casting our votes this 5th May (505).

Part 2: Preservation and respect for democracy

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index 2011 ranking of 167 countries, Malaysia was ranked 71, tied with Zambia and under this index, Malaysia is also categorized as a “Flawed Democracy”. Despite holding elections at a regular interval, Malaysian elections are still far from clean and fair. 

This “Flawed Democracy” has prompted the BERSIH coalition- a coalition for clean and fair elections in Malaysia. The BERSIH Coalition has held mass rallies of tens of thousands to hundred of thousands across the world in the past, notably in July 2011 and April 2012 demanding for clean and fair elections. 

Despite some reforms pledged by the Election Commission, the elections are still marred by several contentious issues such as fraudulent electoral roll, phantom voters, ICs for vote in Sabah as revealed by the recent Royal Commission of Inquiry and latest the indelible ink fiasco (happened with the advanced voters- mainly involving security forces and their spouse voted on 30th April).

Remember those times? Remember “Auntie Bersih”…why would she choose to be sprayed with chemical-laced water?



Vote for democracy

Vote for leaders that uphold the sanctity of democracy

Vote to “Ubah”

Joshua

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