Tag: Anwar Ibrahim

No More SOSMA Please Anwar! 3

~ The Koboi Project

Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Karim shared a poem that adresses the tyranny and hypocracy of the continued use of SOSMA under a government led by Anwar Ibrahim –

Kuasa itu manis umpama madu
Tetapi kuasa itu juga racun
Menghitamkan kalbu
Kuasa boleh mengubah segala-galanya

Dulu kita kata undang-undang itu zalim
Kita panggil dia draconian
Akta kuku besi
Menafikan hak asasi
Masa itu kita hanya reformis jalanan
Yang bergelandangan

Kini sudah lain
Dunia sudah berubah
Kita sudah di tampuk kuasa
Nun tinggi di Putrajaya

Dari koridor kuasa
Kita mula bercakap
Tahanan tanpa bicara
hampir sebulan pun tidak mengapa

Demi keselamatan negara
Ketenteraman awam perlu dijaga

Hari ini, suara Pak Menteri
Sudah semacam suara Pak Polisi
Lalu, aku yang berpuisi seperti ini
Dianggap menembak kaki sendiri

Image edited from: https://sea.mashable.com/go-jek/199/malaysian-cop-who-punched-anwar-ibrahim-is-peacemaker-for-the-south-thailand-insurgency

http://asamboi.net/sekali-lagi-ahli-parlimen-pkr-sindir-menteri-melalui-puisi-sentap/

Ke Mana Malaysia Kita? 21

~ The Koboi Project

Anwar Ibrahim clears his first test as PM as a self imposed vote of confidence on his government passes. This, despite insinuations by Hamzah Zainuddin, the leader of the PN opposition of homosexuality by way of mentioning a scurrilous headline in the Italian Nova News.

The image is from the Dari Pusat Tasek  installation and performance at Percha Artspace, Lumut Perak Malaysia, which ran from December 2019 -January 2020. The photographs of this event, constitute a work tentatively Panji Pauh Ulung which ispart of the Koboi Project. My essay contextualizing this work, The Koboi Project: diasporic Artist… diasporic Art, is included in Interlaced Journey: Diaspora and the Contemporary in Southeast Asian Art edited by Patrick D. Flores & Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani.

https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/648587

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2022/12/19/chaos-in-dewan-as-hamzah-cites-report-on-1st-homosexual-pm/

https://www.agenzianova.com/en/news/Malaysia-first-gay-premier-in-Islamic-country/

http://pcan.org.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Interlaced-Journey_E-BOOK.pdf

Forms of Government 20

~ The Koboi Project

Dapatocracy: A form of government wherein politicians are out for what they can get (dapat) for themselves. It is notable that the parties in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, including the Democratic Action Party (DAP), have unconditionally backed their Prime Ministerial candidate, Anwar Ibrahim, in forming his Unity Government post GE15. When the cabinet line-up was announced, DAP only got 4 out of 28 positions. This is a sacrifice from the perspective of a party which won the largest quotient of Anwar’s 148 seat majority. They won a whopping 40 seats and, as such, can be said to be making a noble sacrifice. Indeed, it can be said that the DAP is not part of the Malaysian DAPatocracy. But what will become of this traditionally Chinese dominated multiethnic party, given the likely reactions of its base to the equally likely machinations of PH’s new fellows (UMNO, GPS, GRS) remains to be seen.

See –
https://koboiproject.com/2020/06/28/harapan-2/
https://koboiproject.com/2020/06/29/harapan-4/

https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/national/loke-dap-support-for-anwar-as-pm-unconditional-never-asked-for-cabinet-positions/ar-AA14RyIS

Forms of Government 19

~ The Koboi Project

19. Kleptocracy: A form of government that according to Anwar Ibrahim is “a system – a ‘cracy’, that allows leaders to steal.”

Watch Anwar give the definition below.

Forms of Government 11

~ The Koboi Project

11. Xerocracy: A form of government in which power is achieved and maintained by rule by leaflet … surat layang lah…. apa lagi – Misalnya  ’50 Dalil Kenapa Anwar Ibrahim Tidak Boleh Jadi PM .oleh Khalid Jafri Bakar Shah.

https://radziamin.blogspot.com/2011/08/50-dalil-mengapa-anwar-tidak-boleh-jadi.html

Forms of Government 5

~ The Koboi Project

5. Meritocracy: A form of government based on fair competition and excellence. Of course, while claims are made for this form of governance, it can not exist without equality of opportunity. This is a reflexive relationship. The more opportunity a community or class has, the more capacity for merit its members might accrue. Less opportunity for the group will make it harder for individuals to achieve thge so called ‘meritorious’ results. Unmitigated meritocracy might bring what I call synchronic justice, but it might be unjust in terms of the history of opportunity. This historical dimension can be addressed by affirmative action, which might enable what I term diachronic justice. Malaysia’s NEP is a case in point. The problem, however, is that it is very difficult to ascertain when diachronic justice has been done and the goal must be reset to synchronic justice .

Updated 22.11.2023

Nahvin Muthusamy used his speech as a Royal Education Award winner at the Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka’s (UTeM) 19th convocation ceremony, to call for an end to racial quotas and a turn towards Meritocracy in Malaysian higher education. Is it time to pivot from diachronic justice to synchronic justice? Are the Malays ready to compete without a handicap? If, as the infamous exchange between another young Indian student and the Prime Minister of Malaysia at the Kolej Matrikulasi Pulau Pinang confirms, the answer to these questions is a resounding -NO!; are we at least ready to modify our ethnocentric quota system, to better ameliorate the devastating narrowing of opportunity it brings to the least fortunate non-Malays?

https://says.com/my/news/prioritise-meritocracy-not-quota-system-says-recipient-of-utem-s-royal-education-award

https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2023/08/06/social-media-reacts-with-anger-over-pms-behaviour-to-girl-who-asked-question-on-meritocracy

Forms of Government 1

~ The Koboi Project

1. Hypocracy: The most common form of government throughout the democratic world. Particularly popular in Malaysia!

Update 20.09.2023: The recent DNAA (Discharge not amounting to acquittal) of Deputy Prime Minister Zahid Hamidi on 47 graft charges (involving  Yayasan Akalbudi funds), following on from various governmental actions and decisions like the announcement in May of various allocations and mega projects (despite a pledge to discontinue such practices), has laid Anwar’s government open to accuations of hypocrisy.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/09/04/high-court-grants-zahid-discharge-not-amounting-to-acquittal-in-yab-case

https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2023/05/12/anwar-cautioned-against-hypocrisy-in-billion-ringgit-allocations-mega-projects

Ke Mana Malaysia Kita? 17

~ The Koboi Project

NOW SHOWING at a Parliament Near You! … Anwar Ibrahim’s Unity Government Cabinet! PKR, DAP, AMANAH, UPKO, MUDA, MAP, UMNO, MCA, MIC, PBRS, PBB, PRS, PDP, BERSATU Sabah, PBS, STAR, SAPP, USNO, WARISAN, MUDA, PBM, KDM, ….

Image: https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/430304939366589610/

Ke Mana Malaysia Kita? 14

~ The Koboi Project

Zahid visiting Anwar in Hospital in 2017. Pecah belah kuncu yang rapat, Lama lama berkuncu lagi!

A friend, in need, is a friend indeed. Whenever Anwar Ibrahim has been in need Zahid has been there in deed –

  1. Brothers in activism at Universiti Malaya in the 1970’s
  2. Zahid was chief during Anwar’s risi in UMNO in the 1990’s
  3. Spearheaded Anwar’s challenge to Mahathir during Umno general assembly in June 1998
  4. Stood by Anwar at the cost of being detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) when Anwar was sacked in Sept 1998.
  5. Joined Najib to write a letter to the Agong, backing Anwar’s bid to become prime minister in October 16, 2020.
  6. A press statements matching with Anwar’s in a bid to topple Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in March 2021.
  7. His surprisingly intimate and sympathetic conversation with Anwar against respective party sentiments, leaked in April 2021.
  8. And now, leading UMNO in backing Anwar’s long awaited asscent to Malaysia’s Prime Ministership

Image: https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2021/03/17/full-circle-why-the-coming-together-of-anwar-and-zahid-is-no-surprise

https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2020/10/16/revealed-najib-zahid-jointly-wrote-to-palace-in-support-of-anwar

https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2021/03/05/bn-ph-come-together-with-identical-statements-signed-by-zahid-and-anwar

https://soundcloud.com/malaysianow/anwar-zahid-phone-conversation

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