Is Adenan the chosen one?

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:41

 By Stephen Winfred (Free Malaysia Today)

KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) president and long-serving Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud is expected to lead the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) in the Sarawak state election but relinquish his government and party posts after the polls.

Party sources close to the top leadership also revealed that Taib, who had helmed the state since 1981, has hand-picked former Natural Resources and Environment Federal Minister Adenan Satem as his successor.

"The matter was revealed to the party supreme council at its meeting on Sunday. All the supreme council members have sworn to keep the matter a secret until the time is right for an announcement to be made," a source told FMT.

Could Taib’s cousin Norah be the next Sarawak’s Chief Minister?

August 29, 2010

By Wong Choon Mei – Malaysia Chronicle
(taken from Hornbill Unleashed)

If the rumours turn out to be true, the next Sarawak Chief Minister could be a woman.

There is intense speculation that Abdul Taib Mahmud has made up his mind to pick as his successor Tanjong Manis MP Norah Abdul Rahman, his cousin and the daughter of Taib’s predecessor Tun Abdul Rahman Yakub. If so, Norah would be both Sarawak’s and Malaysia’s first woman Chief Minister.

Earlier this month, Taib said he was ready to call it a day if the people no longer wanted him. His statement sparked a chain of speculation as to who would succeed him. Among names that were touted were Abang Johari Abang Openg, Abang Openg Abang Sapiee, Adenan Satem, Alfred Jabu Numpang and Awang Tengah Awang Ali.

Taib is to resign and his UMNO 'friends' are grinning

by Sebanaku Sarawak

KUCHING: The recent statement by the State Barisan Nasional (BN) Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud last Tuesday on his willingness to step down if the rakyat wanted him to do so has caught many with surprise.

Although the subject of stepping down per se is not something new to Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud as he did in the past indicated that the day would come when he felt that he had to call it a day, it was the timing of his statement that has caused minor tremors in the country - the state election is just around the corner. 

Many believe that Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud has started to realize that he is no longer enjoying strong supports from the rakyat of Sarawak.

Tiong is opening door for UMNO to come into Sarawak?

by Sebanaku Sarawak

KUCHING: The Land of Hornbill is now the only state in Malaysia which United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) has yet to spread its wings.

There were many attempts made in the past by the local Sarawakians, including Dato Sri Datuk Abang Abu Bakar Mustapha and Affendi Jeman, but all failed to materialize.

NEWS FLASH - Sarawak to be an independent country???!!!

On last Monday, all Members of Parliament who presented at the august house were just could not believe what they had heard.

The so-called 'hard' news which they heard from a 'reliable' source had given them the shivers.

It was not on the mass defection of the BN members to the opposition but something bigger than that.

It was on the plan to take out Sarawak from the federation of Malaysia.

And the man behind the plan is said to be the State Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud who is also the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) president.

Asfia and his grandiose plan (Part 2 of 2)

by Sebanaku Sarawak

KUCHING: Chief Political Secretary to the Chief Minister YB Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah is a popular figure among the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) youth members who is regarded as a dynamic leader.

In fact many of the party youth members adore him and would have no hesitation at all to vote him for the PBB Youth Chief post if he was allowed by the party president Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud to contest against the incumbent YB Fadillah Yusuf who is the Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innvoation.

Many youth leaders just could not forget the PBB Jelajah Sarawak which was held in 2005 when YB Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah was the deputy Youth Chief.

Johari berdepan tekanan sekat pelan peralihan kuasa

Oleh Thun Diwan

SIBU: Menteri Perumahan dan Pembangunan Bandar Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Abang Haji Openg harus mengambil langkah bijak dan pendekatan halus untuk memastikan Pelan Peralihan Kuasa dalam genggamannya, dapat direalisasikan.

Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Abang Haji Openg tidak harus bersikap gelojoh kerana langkah seperti itu telah terbukti menggagalkan hasrat Ketua Menteri, Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib untuk menyerahkan Tingkat 22, Wisma Bapa Malaysia kepada pengganti nya, sebelum ini.

Ahli Sayap Pesaka PBB tidak puas hati

Oleh Thun Diwan

SIBU: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu Sarawak (PBB) dikatakan telah menyiapkan senarai nama  Setiausaha Politik kepada Ketua Menteri yang baru dari parti itu.

Senarai nama dari Sayap Bumiputera tidak mencetuskan sebarang perbalahan diantara ahli parti memandangkan ianya ditapis oleh Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Haji Openg sendiri yang bakal menerajui kepimpinan kerajaan Barisan Nasional.

Bagaimanapun senarai nama yang dicadangkan oleh Sayap Pesaka untuk jawatan terbabit dari parti itu dikatakan telah menimbul banyak percanggahan pandangan di kalangan ahlinya.

'Orang Lama' dalam Pelan Peralihan Kuasa

Oleh Thun Diwan

MUKAH: Pelan Peralihan Kuasa Kerajaan Negeri bakal menyaksikan kemunculan beberapa nama ahli politik veteran untuk meanggotai semula pucuk pimpinan kerajaan negeri ini.

Mesyuarat bagi pelaksanaan pelan itu yang dipengerusikan oleh Menteri Perumahan dan Pebangunan Bandar, Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Abang Haji Openg dikatakan masih berkisar tentang pelantikan orang lama itu.

Mesyuarat berkenaan yang telah diadakan beberapa kali selama ini adalah untuk menentukan kedudukan individu tertentu dalam kepimpinan negeri ini selepas Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud menyerahkan tampuk pimpinan itu.

Asfia and his grandiose plan (Part 1 of 2)

by Sebanaku Sarawak

KUCHING: Don't have mercy!!! Go for a kill at the earliest opportunity!!! But if you miss the opportunity, then get ready to be killed!!!

Many politicians subscribe to this 'to-kill-or-be-killed' mindset. As a matter of fact, it could be said that virtually all politicians are subscribing to this mindset.

The reason is that it is the only way to go up in politics. It is for this reason that not many are willing to be in politics.

Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud ajak Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Numpang undur

Oleh Thun Diwan

MUKAH: Ketua Menteri Sarawak, Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud dikatakan telah menyediakan pelan peralihan kuasa bagi tampuk pimpinan kerajaan negeri ini sebagai rancangan pengunduran beliau setelah hampir 30 menerajui Bumi Kenyalang.

Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud dalam pelannya itu dikatakan telah menamakan Menteri Perumahan dan Pembangunan Bandar Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Abang Haji Openg sebagai penganti beliau.

Selain itu, beliau juga turut menamakan Menteri Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar Malaysia Dato Sri Douglas Uggah Embas untuk mengambil alih jawatan Timbalan Ketua Menteri II daripada Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Numpang.

Datuk Amar Abang Johari will be the Chief Minister?

by Sebanaku Sarawak

KUCHING: When local newspapers published the news on the appoinment of Dayang Madinah Tun Abang Haji Openg as a senator, many were wondering why the Pesaka wing of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) didn't object.

The reason being Dayang Madinah Tun Abang Haji Openg who is from the Bumiputera wing was taking the senatorship quota for the Pesaka wing.

She is to replace Dato Sri Empiang Jabu whose term expires on July 11 after serving for two terms.