1MDB, Hudud and the looming darkness

Well, injustice could also land you in hell especially if it's committed under the pretext of doing good for society. 

The fear of injustice has been the sole stumbling block that prevented the ruling government from supporting Pas' Hudud for more than five decades. But after holding the fort and putting the interest of the multiracial society before politics for more than five decades, things appear to be changing now.

Umno has openly endorsed Pas' Hudud in Kelantan although for so long Umno had refused support because Pas' Hudud was not the same as the Syariah law spelled out in the Quran. Suddenly all those arguments and ridicule against Pas' Hudud appears to have come to nought. Suddenly some Umno leaders are trying hard to convince you that Pas' Hudud is something that has been prescribed in the Quran. 

Political expediency at its best? I hope not but Umno appears to be standing tall with Pas, at least in Kelantan.

Both Pas and Umno are weak in their own way, within their own grouping, but are they stooping so low as to use/abuse Hudud for their political survival? 

On one hand Abdul Hadi Awang appears to be hoisting the Negara Islam flag once again, via this latest Hudud saga, after having given it up a couple of years ago. Negara Islam was traded for Negara Kebajikan for political expediency before the last general election. Now it looks like a different ball game with Umno joining the band. Whatever it is, it never was and never is about upholding Islam and its teachings.

On another front Umno appears busy flogging the same horse to drown growing opposition against its president Najib Razak and his failure to lead. Topping the list of the growing opposition and concerns against Najib is the 1MDB scandal. Jet-setting flamboyance is among others in the long list of disapproval.  

Some say Umno has joined the Hudud bandwagon, not out of sudden conviction, but merely to stop the eroding grassroots support and most importantly to overlay the dark shadows of 1MDB that is looming around the corner. 

1MDB is hanging like the Sword of Damocles over Najib's head and Umno has to do all it could to save its president. I think Umno could do better by just changing its president and that too, I'm sure, would remain as an option especially when more shit hits the fan.

Recent moves suggest that 1MDB could be nearing its end and could be completely shut down. Asset stripping is already in motion. None other than 1MDB critic Nazir Razak's CIMB has been appointed to oversee some of 1MDB's 'fire sale'. 

What next? 

Would those who stole/cheated/siphoned/conned/acted stupid/closed one eye and/or responsible for 1MDB losing hundreds of millions if not billions of Ringgit be put out to dry or would such acts of treason be wrapped up and summarised as 'bad investment' ? 

If at all action is taken against those responsible in the 1MDB scandal, I propose for them to be tried in the state of Kelantan. I believe traitors would be served harsher punishment under Pas' Hudud.

In the meantime, would such traitors be called in for questioning and remanded for investigations or would 'wolves from walled street' be treated differently? 

Remember, injustice will lead you to hell.

p/s Rest assured that no amount of diversion, spinning, propaganda, character assassinations, threats and intimidation could right what is wrong. 
 

Siapa paling bodoh?

Kemelut Hudud menunjukan kebodohan segelintir yang bergelar pemimpin

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — Senior Umno minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz turned the heat up a notch in the controversy over hudud today, harshly describing those bickering over the law and its planned implementation in Kelantan as “stupid people”.

The outspoken politician said there was no need to worry over PAS’s hudud agenda as in the first place, the controversial Islamic penal code runs counter to the Federal Constitution and would therefore never be implemented in Malaysia.

“They are all stupid, whoever is talking about this from whichever political party. This can only happen if there is an amendment to the Federal Constitution.

“So why even talk or bother about something that is against the Constitution and will not happen? Exercise in futility,” the former de facto law minister told reporters when met at the Parliament lobby here.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bodoh dan tiada guna. Itu adalah reaksi Menteri Pelancongan dan Kebudayaan Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz ketika ditanya mengenai pelaksanaan hudud di Kelantan yang sedang hangat dibincangkan.

"Saya tidak peduli jika pandangan saya boleh diguna pakai terhadap kedua-dua belah parti yang mempunyai jurang politik.

"Bagi saya, ia tidak pernah menjadi isu," katanya kepada The Star Online.


Soalan saya - 

1. Berapa ramai pemimpin Umno yang telah tiba-tiba menjadi bodoh atau pura-pura bodoh, dalam isu Hudud, demi kepentingan politik mereka?

2. Apakah Presiden Umno merangkap Pengerusi Barisan Nasional yang masih belum membuat pendirian jelas berhubung sesuatu yang begitu 'bodoh' serta 'tidak masuk akal' ini juga boleh dianggap atau ditafsir sebagai bodoh?

3. Kenapa tiba-tiba ramai sangat dari golongan yang bergelar pemimpin mula mempamerkan kebodohan dikhalayak ramai?  

4. Ramai juga yang bercerita tentang kebodohan kerajaan / pentadbiran dalam isu kenaikan kos tambang pengangkutan awam darat. Siapa yang bodoh dalam kebodohan yang nyata ini? SPAD, kabinet, JPM atau semua sekali? Yang bodoh itu pasti bukan drebar teksi dalam isu ini.

5. Kita nantikan kebodohan seterusnya.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.- Plato

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.- Napoleon Bonaparte

p/s Saya menyokong penuh kenyataan Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz dan menghargai tindakan beliau menyatakan yang benar dalam keadaan seluruh negara seakan diselubungi kebodohan yang melampau. TQ Chief.