Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email More empty promises from our PM. He says that problems faced by Indian community will be looked after, but clearly the community does not feel so. He used the all to familiar “will” word in saying “This is not just an empty promise but a serious promise that we will carry out”.
Then, he went on to say that everything in the BN manifesto will be done, but sad to say, there’s nothing much in it for the Indians. no special fund like ASB, no dept for non-muslims, no ban on temple demolition, no conversion of partially-aided to fully-aided status for tamil schools, no mention of achieving 1.5% equity, nothing about illegal conversion, death in jails, housing discount for all races. NOTHING.
Read MK’s analysis of the manifesto here:
So, how to trust?
Abdullah: We will solve woes faced by Indians
KEPALA BATAS: The problems faced by the Indian community in the country will be seriously looked into and addressed, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.
“This is not just an empty promise but a serious promise that we will carry out. I am listening to your problems and demands.
“We will discuss your problems and will execute whatever we have promised in the Barisan Nasional’s manifesto if we win in the coming elections [here’s the catch – there’s nothing specific in the BN Manifesto for the Indians! You can see how the information is manipulated to show as if things will change. Read the manifesto and check if the word “indian” appears or not.].
“These include education for the Indians and problems faced by Indians in estates,” he said in his address to about 2,000 Indians at a dinner at Dewan Millennium here. They comprised members and division leaders of the Kepala Batas MIC, Indian Progressive Front and People’s Progressive Party.
Abdullah said the Government was aware that there were many other problems affecting the Indians that had not been settled. [since when become aware? since the memo submitted in august 2007 or even way before that? or after the rally?] He said the Kepala Batas district office was doing its best to resolve problems affecting the community, including Indian temples and land matters.
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why is he running away…….jooooott….
The Associated Press
Sunday, March 2, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia’s government has rejected an Islamic opposition party’s challenge to hold an American-style public debate between their leaders ahead of March 8 general elections, news reports said Sunday.
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party President Abdul Hadi Awang recently dared Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to hold a televised debate similar to those held by U.S. presidential candidates.
But the Sunday Star newspaper quoted Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz as saying there was no place for such debates in Malaysia.
“We don’t follow the American system in our country. We (the country’s leaders) should be debating with villagers or town folks concerning local issues affecting them,” she said in the report.
A shame to fair politics ….
FW:Anwar virtually blacked out in mainstream media
If an alien from another planet were to check out the mainstream media coverage of the general election campaign, he or she would not know that a person by the name of Anwar Ibrahim existed.
It appears that the mainstream media have virtually blacked out the opposition icon from their coverage of the election campaign. Anwar has been instrumental in forging closer cooperation among the various opposition parties and ensuring one-to-one contests.
Some analysts believe the media, especially television stations, have been told not to portray the opposition in a favourable light. Anwar especially appears to be the target of a complete blackout.
This has prompted an angry reaction from Anwar, who told ABC News:
Anwar says the vote will be flawed and media coverage of the election has been totally unbalanced.
“Do you know that not one report about me in the media, in the government-controlled media or an entire mainstream media in this country,” he said.
“There’s a complete ban, a blackout, and yet you call it free and fair elections.”