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Najib announces release of 13 ISA detainees!

April 3rd, 2009
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A masterstroke indeed. No names given by new Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak in his speech other than mentioning that 13 ISA detainees will be released with immediate effect.

Indian community will be praying hard that it includes the HINDRAF 5.  The opposition will lose some topic to talk about if Uthaya and friends are out.

Syed Hamid mentioned 2 HINDRAF guys released – Ganapatirao and another name I couldn’t hear properly. I think its Gangadharan. Yup, confirmed by the Star just now.

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Waytha Press Statement on Bukit Selambau

April 3rd, 2009
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received via email from Waytha:

HINDRAF – BRIEF PRESS STATEMENT 030409

1) 1. HINDRAF acknowledges that our grass root supporters are disappointed that the Bukit Selambau seat was not offered to any of the 5 short listed candidates (two of whom were HINDRAF coordinators and remaining 3 were reputable KEADILAN local leaders) and urge our supporters to remain focussed and calm.

2) 2. I had spoken to HINDRAF National Coordinator RS Tanendran and he confirms that most of his statements had been taken out of context and manipulated by the government run media to portray that HINDRAF does not support PAKATAN to create confusion and anxiety amongst supporters.

3) 3.The discretion of candidate selection in Bukit Selambau was within the prerogative of Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim along with the other leaders of the PAKATAN coalition. However we hope in future there would be some level of consultation with HINDRAF to avoid any unwarranted confusion.

4) 4.Our mutual “Political Enemy” would be no other than the BN imperialist government. Our goal is to create awareness of the depleted state of her subject, to stay focussed by initiating actions by working together hand in hand in fairness to ensure we successfully get rid of our “common enemy” in the next elections. After 50 years HINDRAF created the awareness that changed the mindset of 80% traditional Indian BN voters who had always been loyal to BN.

5) 5. It is time all Pakatan leaders-Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Mr.Lim Kit Siang and Dato Seri Haji Hadi Awang realise that the current Political climate has to be maximised. If we fail to work and act together to get rid of BN in the next GE (2012) then the hope of opposition ever taking over the reign of the Country will die permanently and I honestly envisage the crack and crumble of PAKATAN from then on.

6) 6. I had the opportunity to discuss pertinent questions raised by grass root supporters of HINDRAF with Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim and we had come to an understanding that matters affecting the Indian community would be further discussed and resolved at a later date with leaders of all 3 PAKATAN coalition.

7) 7.The Indian voters in Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau are aware of the predicament of the society and are now politically mature thus they could not be fooled by BN and their “peanuts” often thrown during elections.

8) 8.HINDRAF reiterates its commitment to campaign and support PAKATAN candidates in both Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau.

P.Waytha Moorthy

Hindraf- Chairman

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Explosive interview with Kalaivanar

April 2nd, 2009
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This is a must-watch interview. Kalaivanar (ex-PKR) brings out some pertinent points. I also wonder – how many politicians from either side actually visited the ISA detainees? Can we imagine top politicians dropping by Kamunting to visit Uthaya and co?

2. Kerajaan PAS or Kerajaan Pakatan in Kedah?

3. Manikumar already pre-choosen?

4. Promised deputy speaker, senatorship etc?

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Pakatan states get more welfare aid from ministry

April 1st, 2009
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This is indeed great news. The poor get double benefits – welfare aid from the state and also federal government. The federal government tries to woo them, while the state government tries to keep them loyal. Winner – the poor.

This may encourage the folks to continue give sweet promises to the vote seekers, and enjoy more benefits by not voting for them.

On hindsight, why do these states suddenly have lots of poor people (Oct 2008 to March 2009)? Developed State Selangor (as per Khir Toyo’s definition) is third place! So much for being developed.

There have been complaints that Welfare Department stopped depositing money into recipients accounts recently. One of the family we help mentioned it. Not sure if the money is flowing in again.

The poor in Pakatan Rakyat-led states topped the list of those receiving welfare aid from the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry, said its minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen.

“We are giving more to the Opposition-led states. There is no pilih kasih (favouritism) here and this is shown in our statistics of Projek Cari, a special project launched to reach out to the poor,” said Dr Ng.

Projek Cari registered a total of 128,944 poor people nationwide applying for welfare aid but only 54,671 were approved. A total of 27,629 were rejected and 46,644 applications were still pending, she said.

Perak topped the list with 4,974 poor qualifying to receive welfare aid under Projek Cari from last October to March this year.

Second in the list was Kedah with 4,254 new cases, followed by Selangor (4,092), Kelantan (3,454), Penang (2,363), Pahang (2,281), Sabah (2,218), Johor (1,866), Negri Sembilan (1,653), Malacca (1,358), Sarawak (1,005) and Perlis (594).

Projet Cari to trace the poor nationwide would continue as the second economic stimulus package provides more funds for the ministry to pay the workers tasked with tracking down the deserving poor, Dr Ng said.

The budget allocated for welfare under the ministry had also increased from RM350mil annually to RM850mil for this year, she said.

Anyone earning below RM720 a month is classified as poor by the ministry, which would conduct a review on a yearly basis.

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another criteria for potential candidates

April 1st, 2009
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i think that health condition should be made a pre-requisite by SPR. The existing laws should be modified. Why you ask?

Well, let’s look at the number of reps who died of heart attack. Know why Bukit Gantang and Kuala Terengganu had by-elections?

More recently, Thanenthiran of HINDRAF admitted due to heart problem. Imagine if he was selected by PKR as candidate for Bukit Selambau.

Add to this the alarming statistics being revealed by agencies like Health Ministry – high percentage of obesity, diabetes, blood pressure, heart problems, mental disorder, etc. Less people exercising, less people eating proper food. The numbers are alarming indeed. So, chances are high that you may outlive your elected representative!

Now, is that a good thing? Election means goodies and local economic activities are jump-started.

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