May 2008 Archives

The Racist Card


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 31, 2008 1:23 AM | | Comments (13) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
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It is strange that whenever people like Param Cumaraswamy accuse others of being racist they end up by exposing the racist in them. For them you are racist only if you talk about Malays and their need to catch up with other races. If you talk of the imagined plight of other races in Malaysia, and make ridiculous statements that the Tamil Indians in Malaysia are facing "ethnic cleansing" when you know that no such thing is happening, it is not racist.

It is only in Malaysia that people of immigrant origins, so identified by their insistence on being linked race-wise with their countries of origin, are actually accepted as citizens.


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THE MILLIONAIRE CLUB


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 30, 2008 3:31 PM | | Comments (9) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Touching one million hits among bloggers seem to be something to be celebrated. I was told that most bloggers will congratulate each other when one of them hits the million mark, and call the one millionaire.


Some bloggers have described my achieving the million mark within a month of my first posting as something phenomenal; one even suggested that it may be a world record of sorts.

I do not know whether it is.

To me, what is more important is that I have managed to generate enough interest to get that kind of traffic in my blog.


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The Criminalisation of War


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 29, 2008 11:00 AM | | Comments (5) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
When I was in Japan recently I had the opportunity to explain about Malaysia's Non-Governmental Organisation's campaign to make war a punishable crime.

The Japanese had been guilty of perpetrating brutalities during their Manchurian Incident and war against China and also during the Pacific War.

On the other hand they were the only people in the world to experience the first ever nuclear war, of having their citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki reduced to ashes by atomic bombs, with the loss of 200,000 lives and thousands more struck down by radiation sickness later.
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UMNO yang bukan lagi UMNO


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 29, 2008 8:57 AM | | Comments (26) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Saya ucap terima kasih kepada beberapa ahli UMNO yang mahu saya kembali menjadi ahli.

Sebenarnya sejak saya melantik Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi sebagai Perdana Menteri dan dianya mengisi jawatan itu, UMNO tidak pernah layan saya sebagai ahli UMNO, jauh sekali sebagai bekas Presiden UMNO.

Dari awal lagi Menteri-Menteri UMNO, pemimpin-pemimpin UMNO dilarang daripada berjumpa dengan saya atau menghadiri apa-apa majlis di mana saya mungkin berucap.
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Pemimpin Pemusnah


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 27, 2008 10:22 PM | | Comments (17) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog

Pemimpin Pemusnah

Apabila musuh menyokong ketua pasukan lawannya, kita boleh ramal ada sesuatu yang tidak kena berkenaan dengan ketua tersebut.

Inilah yang kita sedang lihat berkenaan dengan Presiden UMNO sekarang. Secara langsung dan tidak langsung kita lihat ketua-ketua parti lawan menyokong pengekalan Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi sebagai ketua atau Presiden UMNO dan Perdana Menteri.

Demikian Karpal Singh, musuh ketat UMNO menasihatkan saya supaya bersara dan tidak campurtangan dalam urusan kepimpinan Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi.
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THE RULE OF LAW


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 24, 2008 8:14 PM | | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Malaysia is a country which practices the rule of law. Our laws must cover every aspect of our societal life, so we will know exactly what we can do and what we cannot do. Prime Ministers in particular must have everything spelt out for them in this respect. This will enable them to be charged if they had breached the rule of law long after they had retired.


Governments, serving Prime Ministers and Ministers are well placed to initiate action against others. But when the Government, the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister do something wrong, like cover-ups for example, then police reports may be made against them. But how can the person reporting be sure that the police will investigate without fear or favour.

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Kesetiaan kepada UMNO


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 23, 2008 6:20 AM | | Comments (6) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. Saya kurang faham dakwaan pemimpin-pemimpin tertentu UMNO bahawa mengkritik atau mendesak Presiden UMNO berhenti bermakna tidak setia kepada UMNO.


2. Tun Razak dan beberapa pemimpin UMNO yang lain telah tidak bersetuju dengan yang di Pertua UMNO Dato Onn Jaafar berkenaan dengan cadangannya untuk buka UMNO kepada semua kaum sehingga Dato Onn terpaksa undur.

3. Apakah sikap dan perbuatan Tun Razak dan rakan-rakannya ketika itu bermakna mereka tidak sayang dan tidak setia kepada UMNO?

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"Duri dalam daging"


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 22, 2008 6:34 AM | | Comments (18) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Saya telah ikuti laporan berkenaan keputusan saya keluar dari UMNO yang disiarkan RTM 1, 8 malam, 19 hb Mei. Komen oleh dua pemimpin UMNO amat menggelikan hati saya.

Tun Musa Hitam dakwa saya adalah 'duri dalam daging yang sekarang sudah dikeluarkan.'

Tun, apakah Tun lupa Tun jadi duri dalam daging UMNO tahun 1986 - 87 dahulu? Semasa Tun jadi Timbalan Perdana Menteri [di lantik oleh saya]. Tun telah letak jawatan Timbalan Perdana Menteri dan Timbalan Presiden UMNO kerana hendak saya berhenti daripada jadi Perdana Menteri dan diganti oleh Tun. Atas rayuan ahli Majlis Tertinggi, Tun kembali sebagai Timbalan Presiden UMNO. Rupa-rupanya Tun masih punyai niat untuk jatuhkan saya.
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"Letter" to Prime Minister of Israel


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 21, 2008 1:52 PM | | Comments (9) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. There is a letter being circulated purporting to be from me when I was Prime Minister, to Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel congratulating him on his appointment and requesting for the "Clinton Fund", for "the purpose of withstanding the onslaught of Islamic Fundamentalist in Malaysia".

2. This letter is not from me or from my office. Firstly, the font used is not the same as the type in all my letters from the Prime Minister's office.

3. The Malaysian Coat of Arms at the top is not similar to the one on all my letters from the Prime Minister's office.
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LOMPAT


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 21, 2008 11:51 AM | | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. Kita banyak dengar tentang kemungkinan ahli parti Barisan Nasional lompat masuk parti lawan.


2. Jika 35 ahli masuk parti lawan, parti BN akan jatuh. Parti lawan akan menang dan akan dirikan Kerajaan.

3. Apa akan jadi pada wakil rakyat BN yang lompat? Mereka tidak akan jadi Perdana Menteri kerana sudah tentu pemimpin Pakatan akan jadi PM. Ahli-ahli Pakatan yang lain juga ingin jadi Menteri dan Timbalan Menteri.


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Lobby


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 20, 2008 12:39 PM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. In some ways Malaysia is ahead of some developed countries in the appreciation of what is right and what is wrong.

2. In the United States lobbying is permitted and honourable. Many famous figures, especially former members of the Government have firms which offer lobbying services.

3. Foreign countries, including Malaysia find this service very convenient. We lobbied for some favourable policy to be shown for palm oil, tin and rubber imports into the United States for example.

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Pengumuman Keluar Dari UMNO


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 19, 2008 10:11 AM | | Comments (21) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Hari ini, Mei 19, 2008 saya mengumumkan keputusan saya untuk keluar daripada UMNO. Isteri saya turut bersama.

Keputusan ini dibuat kerana UMNO yang ada sekarang bukan lagi UMNO yang ditubuh 62 tahun dahulu yang berjuang untuk bangsa Melayu, Agama Islam dan Negara Malaysia (Malaya); UMNO yang menggagalkan Malayan Union, memperjuangkan kemerdekaan Malaya dan Malaysia dan membangunkan Malaysia sehingga menjadi Negara yang termaju di antara Negara membangun di dunia.

UMNO yang ada sekarang hanya wujud untuk menyokong Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, keluarganya dan tindakan serta dasar yang tidak secocok dengan kepentingan bangsa, agama dan negara.
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Ketuanan Melayu


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 16, 2008 8:22 PM | | Comments (23) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Saya terkejut kerana ada yang berkata saya tidak pun tahu adanya http://www.chedet.com/. Saya tahu walaupun website itu disediakan oleh orang yang cekap dalam usaha ini, tetapi mereka membuat atas arahan saya.

Saya tulis sendiri segala yang terdapat di dalam blog ini. Saya juga tulis sendiri semua ucapan dan rencana yang saya sampaikan. Saya tak dapat baca semua komen terhadap blog saya. Tetapi saya cuba.

Saya realist yang pegang kepada kenyataan. Memang Melayu menjadi Tuan dalam Tanah Melayu dahulu.

Tetapi kerana Melayu tidak berusaha melawan penjajah maka di zaman Tanah Melayu dijajah yang jadi "Tuan" dan yang dipanggil "Tuan" oleh orang Melayu sendiri ialah penjajah terutama British.

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Kepimpinan UMNO masih "in denial"


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 15, 2008 3:55 PM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Saya ucapkan terimakasih kepada pelawat chedet.com terutama pembahas-pembahas yang telah memberikan pandangan serta komentar mereka terhadap penulisan saya.


Saya telah siarkan hampir semua komentar yang dihantar. Saya ingin mengingatkan sekali lagi kepada semua pelawat yang saya terima semua komentar dan akan siarkan kesemuanya kecuali yang mengandungi bahasa kesat. Marilah kita sama-sama menjaga tatatertib di dalam blog ini.

Saya juga akan memberi maklum balas kepada isu-isu yang saya rasakan perlu dan meminta maaf kerana tidak mungkin akan dapat memberi jawapan kepada semua soalan yang ditujukan pada satu posting.

Berkenaan dengan penulisan saya yang sebelumnya, saya kurang faham akan teguran Alex Yap mengapa saya tidak sebut Tan Cheng Lock, pemimpin MCA dan pemimpin-pemimpin lain yang telah berjuang untuk kemerdekaan.


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UMNO - 62 Tahun


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 13, 2008 3:55 PM | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Pada 11hb Mei 2008, UMNO mencecah usia 62 tahun. Ditubuhkan sebagai parti yang demokratik UMNO telah mencapai kejayaan demi kejayaan.

UMNO dibawah pimpinan Dato Onn Jaafar telah menewas rancangan Malayan Union, British.

UMNO di bawah pimpinan Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra telah berjaya merebut kemerdekaan daripada British.

UMNO dibawah tiga Perdana Menteri yang berikut telah berjaya menstabilkan negara dan membangunkannya sehingga menjadi negara contoh kepada negara=negara membangun yang lain.

Kepimpinan parti campuran (Perikatan dan Barisan Nasional) oleh UMNO memperolehi kemenangan dua-pertiga tiap pilihanraya Parlimen melainkan pada 1969. Kerajaan Malaysia yang didirikan semuanya kuat dan dihormati di dalam dan di luar negeri.


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Kegagalan Barisan Nasional


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 12, 2008 4:10 PM | | Comments (13) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Presiden UMNO, Pengerusi Barisan Nasional dan Perdana Menteri telah menyalahkan semua orang kecuali dirinya sebagai penyebab prestasi Barisan Nasional yang buruk pada Pilihanraya Umum ke-12.

2. Dia menyalahkan pengundi kerana kononnya tidak mahukan dia menang dua-pertiga majoriti; ahli Barisan Nasional kerana sabotaj, ahli UMNO di Kedah dan Perak juga kerana sabotaj, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah kerana kekalahan Barisan Nasional di Kelantan dan saya sendiri kerana lantang mengkritik dirinya dan Kerajaan pimpinannya.

3. Apa yang dikatakan olehnya bukanlah semuanya salah. Ada banyak kebenaran di dalam apa yang dikatakan. Saya tahu ramai ahli UMNO yang mengundi pembangkang. Saya akui apa yang saya katakan mungkin pengaruhi sesetengah daripada mereka untuk lakukan apa yang tidak pernah terfikir oleh mereka.


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The Ex-Gratia Payment


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 9, 2008 1:30 PM | | Comments (5) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
The Malaysian Government of Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi recently decided to pay certain judges ex-Gratia Payments.

Clearly the Government felt contrite over what had happened to these judges many years ago, and felt a need to make amends, but not quite enough to apologise as was suggested by the de facto Minister of Justice, Dato Zaid Ibrahim.

In fact if newspaper reports are to be believed the Cabinet rejected the proposal by the new Law Minister. Nothing was decided about the ex-Gratia payment.

But a dinner was held by the Bar Council which rumours say was paid for by the Government during which the Prime Minister announced two things which must gladden the hearts of members of the Bar.

(Edisi Bahasa Melayu di bawah)
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Kerajaan yang lemah tidak baik bagi negara berbilang kaum seperti Malaysia


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 7, 2008 1:27 PM | | Comments (6) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Saya ucapkan terimakasih kepada pelawat yang sudi melayari chedet.com. Saya minta maaf kerana tidak berkesempatan mengeluarkan artikel baru buat masa ini.

Tetapi sebagai menyahut permintaan pembaca, saya telah mengalih bahasa penulisan yang sebelumnya untuk paparan kali ini, sementara saya sediakan artikel yang baru.

Saya akan cuba menulis sekerap mungkin. Dua artikel pertama sebelum ini telah ditulis di dalam bahasa Inggeris. Saya akan tulis di dalam kedua-dua bahasa, Malaysia dan Inggeris, mengikut kesesuaian.

Saya mengalu-alukan maklumbalas pembaca sebagai cara untuk mengetahui pendapat yang berlainan daripada pendapat saya sendiri.
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A Weak Government is not good for Multi-racial Malaysia


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 2, 2008 1:00 PM | | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
I would like to thank all visitors to chedet.com. for their kind words and for welcoming me to the blogosphere. To be honest, I was indeed surprised by the overwhelming response to my weblog.

To my critics and detractors I welcome your comments, but I would appreciate that responses be focussed on the issue that I blog. This is to allow a healthy debate and to gauge points of view which differ from my own.

I apologise that due to the overwhelming traffic, I may not be able to respond to all comments and queries as much as I would like to. I will be selective and respond to points repeatedly raised by commentators in relation to what I've posted.

I shall also not respond, unless absolutely necessary, to issues that have been raised and answered by me in other forums, especially those pertaining to unsubstantiated allegations.
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The Appointment of Judges


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at May 1, 2008 1:27 AM | | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
The Prime Minister has announced that judges would be chosen by a Commission specially set up for this purpose.

2. No details have been made public as to the way the Commission would work.

3. Would the Commission actually appoint the judges or would it only recommend the names for the PM to approve or would the Commission recommend directly to the Agong for him to exercise his prerogative? Or would the Agong require the approval of the Rulers Conference? Or would the Conference of Rulers be merely consulted as is done now? Or would they be able to reject the candidate, and ask for new candidates or name new candidates of their choice?

4. It would be interesting to know the full details of the procedures, above all with regard to the role of the PM.
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