Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Nurul: I agree with Zaid



Lembah Pantai Member of Parliament Nurul Izzah Anwar has made the right decision to agree with Dato' Mohd Zaid Ibrahim in respect of media interviews.

Free Malaysia Today
Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:20

By Stephanie Sta Maria and Syed Jaymal Zahiid

KUALA LUMPUR: Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar is at odds with her father regarding PKR deputy presidential hopeful Zaid Ibrahim.

Anwar Ibrahim, the PKR supremo, had warned party leaders not to engage Umno-linked media but Zaid had stressed that he would not hesitate to talk to all media organisations.

However, Nurul said she agreed with Zaid and she could understand where the former Umno law minister was coming from.

"I can rationalise Zaid's statement because we cannot espouse freedom of media and then take an extreme position with certain media," she told FMT.

However, Nurul stressed on the need for caution when speaking to the media, especially those owned or linked to Umno.

"What we need to do is exercise caution, practice constructive engagement and be very careful to ensure that our words are not manipulated. We cannot boycott a particular media no matter how unfair or bigoted they are," she said.

Zaid had recently given interviews to both Utusan Malaysia and New Straits Times, launching veiled attacks against, what some observers have dubbed as, the “Anwar-Azmin cartel”.

Azmin is Zaid's main rival in the contest for deputy presidency and touted as Anwar's preferred choice for the number two slot.

Zaid, who joined PKR last year, had consistently cried foul over alleged attempts to undermine his deputy presidency bid.

'Umno culture' in PKR

In the interview with Utusan's weekend edition, Zaid had lashed out at the party leadership, saying that “Umno culture” was emerging in PKR.

However, Nurul felt that Zaid had crossed the line with this remark.

"I didn't see Zaid exercising caution when he said that an Umno culture was emerging.

"I am very careful with all media especially the mainstream ones and always provide my statements in writing wherever possible," said the first-term MP.

PKR's attempt to become the country's political trendsetter by introducing a direct election system and the escalating battle for the No 2 post have exposed its weaknesses and created deep fissures.

The contest for deputy presidency is expected to be a three-cornered fight with vice-president Mustaffa Kamil Ayub also vying for the post.

6 comments:

  1. As of at this time, what ever even happen in the on going party election in PKR, I belief that it is an on going process of maturity to any new party.

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  2. kita sungguh berbangga sekali sebagai rakyat Malaysia kerana di dalam arena politik negara, ada parti pembangkang yg semakin digeruni oleh pihak BN.Seharusnya tolak ansur berpolitik dengan menenangkan isu yg emosional misal perbalahan dalam rebutan jawatan sedapat boleh perlu ada perbincangan sebelum kata kata yg boleh mengundang ekploitasi oleh BN.Di pihak rakyat mereka sungguh berasakan bahawa parti pembangkang merupakan organisasi politik kuat kerana sudah sekian lama menyuarakan hasrat rakyat.melalui saluran parti pembangkanglah suara rakyat dapat dikemukakan kpd pihak kerajaan.ketelusan parti pembangkang dalam membawa isu2 sensitif spt rasuah dan yg lain amat mendapat sokongan oleh rakyat.oleh yang demikian, jika parti pembangkang sudah semakin kuat apa yg diharapkan lagi agar pad pilihanraya akan datang dapat memenangi kawasan spt perak, negeri sembilan serta tetap mengekalkan kerusi lama itu terutama sekali di selangor. parti pembangkang hendak bijak memeliharakan perkhidmatan mereka kpd rakyat di negeri selangor dan jangan biarkan pihak lawan mengambil semula apa yg telah tuhan berikan itu.selamat meneruskan perjuangan hingga ke titisan yg terakhir. hidup parti rakyat.

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  3. saya sarankan agar PKR dan PAS, berkerja rapat2 ,dekat pada ALLAH, demi kejayaan untuk memimpin kita rakyat yang semakin muak dgn telah pemimpin yang ambil hak rakyat.kita doa kau orang kerja sama2 dan banyak solat hajat sama2 agar Allah memberi pertolongan,jangan bersengketa dgn keadaan yang ke anak anakan.

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  4. UMNO, PKR and PAS could not work together because although all have same GOD, they have different religions. Islam UMNO, Islam PAS and Islam PKR.

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  5. sebenarnya da 4 Islam di Malaysia - UMNO, PAS, PKR and Hadari.

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  6. cubit cubitan. hayun... kawan tak perlu fikir. show time dangdut.

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