Sistem beraja sudah lapuk, ketinggalan

zaman – Fadiah Nadwa

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July 9, 2018

PEGUAM dan aktivis Pakatan Harapan (PH), mendakwa sistem Raja

Berpelembagaan tidak lagi relevan didalam institusi demokrasi negara berikutan

kewujudan monarki dianggap ketinggalan zaman dikebanyakan negara di dunia.

Fadiah Nadwa Fikri berkata demikian mengulas sekeping gambar Ketua Umum

PKR Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim membongkok sambil mencium tangan Sultan
Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Sultan Iskandar dikala Perdana Menteri Tun Dr

Mahathir Mohamad mempunyai hubungan tegang dengan institusi diraja.

“Memandangkan wujudnya hubungan tegang antara perdana menteri sekarang

dengan monarki, tidak menghairankan mengapa yang dikatakan bakal perdana

menteri melakukan sedemikian.

“Apa yang meresahkan tentang perlakuan yang diabadikan gambar itu adalah

budaya feudal yang tidak boleh dipertahankan dan implikasi besar yang

disampainya,” katanya dipetik kolum portal Malaysia Muda bertajuk ‘Jangan

Engkau Cium Tangan Yang Memukulmu’.

Katanya, walaupun sistem Raja Berpelembagaan dihujahkan sekadar

“perhiasaan perlembagaan yang neutral”, ianya tidak lagi boleh diterima,

dipertahan dan diwajarkan berikutan realitinya adalah sebaliknya.

Hujah Fadiah, ia ditunjukkan ketika pra-PRU14 lalu apabila Tunku Mahkota

Johor, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim bertitah untuk tidak menjatuhkan kerajaan

pada ketika itu yang bertentangan dengan apa yang dimahukan rakyat.

“Meletakkan satu kelas manusia lebih tinggi daripada manusia lain hanya kerana

mereka dilahirkan di kalangan golongan bangsawan adalah satu pemikiran yang

memualkan – satu permikiran yang bertentangan dengan nilai kebebasan dan

martabat insani.”
Ujarnya, dikala rakyat sudah bangkit merampas kuasa daripada parti

memerintah negara selama 61 tahun, sistem monarki yang disamakan Fadiah

dengan konsep perhambaan ini tidak lagi boleh diteruskan.

Tegasnya, golongan diraja diberikan layanan dan dipuja persis tuhan sedangkan

darahnya sama merah sepertmana darah rakyat yang diarahkan untuk patuh.

“Mengapa golongan yang darahnya merah, semerah darah mereka yang

dipaksakan kepatuhan kepada golongan itu mempunyai hak keistimewaan

tersendiri?

“Mengapa golongan yang memerah hasil keringat mereka yang bersusah payah

berjuang untuk terus hidup dan mencari kehidupan yang manusiawi perlu

diberikan layanan dan pemujaan persis tuhan?

“Mengapa golongan yang dikurniakan secara mutlak mengikut budi bicara

sendirinya kuasa besar dan kekayaan yang dirampas daripada mereka yang

diperhambakan, kebal daripada kepertanggunjawaban?” soalnya.

Fadiah merupakan peguam hak asasi manusia juga merupakan pelopor gerakan

Malaysia Muda.

Sumber: Malaysian Digest

Fadiah Nadwa Fikri dipanggil polis tulisan

sistem raja ‘lapuk ditelan zaman’

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Ana Ghoib
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2018-07-11
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Fadiah Nadwa Fikri akan disiasat berhubung tulisannya mengenai kedudukan

institusi Raja-raja Melayu. – Foto Sinar Online Facebook

Polis menyiasat seorang peguam aktivis, Fadiah Nadwa Fikri berhubung satu

artikel ditulisnya yang dikatakan mempersoalkan institusi diraja dan berunsur

hasutan.

Fadiah yang merupakan pegawai penyelidik undang-undang Pusat Menentang

Rasuah dan Kronisme (C4) berkata, beliau dipanggil untuk hadir ke Balai Polis

Brickfields esok selepas laporan dibuat terhadapnya.

“Saya telah dipanggil polis untuk disiasat di bawah Seksyen 4 (1) Akta Hasutan

1948 dan Seksyen 233 Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998.

“Soal siasat akan diadakan di IPD Brickfields esok pada pukul 4 petang,” tulisnya

di Twitter hari ini.

Malaysiakini melaporkan Fadiah dalam tulisannya mengkritik perbuatan Ketua

Umum PKR, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim kerana membongkok dan mencium

tangan Sultan.

Peguam itu menulis di Facebooknya: “Terlalu banyak perkara yang berlaku

selepas pilihan raya yang meresahkan.

“Pertemuan Anwar Ibrahim yang diabadikan dalam sebuah gambar di mana dia

tunduk dan mencium tangan seorang manusia bergelar sultan adalah salah satu

daripadanya,” katanya.

Selain mempersoalkan perlakuan Anwar, artikel itu turut mengingatkan bahawa

sistem beraja atau monarki “sudah tidak boleh dipertahankan” dan telah “lapuk

ditelan zaman”.

“Memandangkan wujudnya hubungan tegang antara perdana menteri sekarang

dengan monarki, tidak menghairankan mengapa yang dikatakan bakal perdana

menteri melakukan sedemikian.

“Apa yang meresahkan tentang perlakuan yang diabadikan gambar itu adalah

budaya feudal yang tidak boleh dipertahankan dan implikasi besar yang

disampainya”.

“Dalam melawan lupa, kita perlu diingatkan bahawa rata-rata di dunia,

kewujudan monarki telah lama lapuk ditelan zaman. Sejarah menunjukkan

bahawa absurditas institusi ini tidak lagi boleh diterima, dipertahan dan

diwajarkan,” tulis Fadiah dipetikMalaysiakini.

Tidak lama selepas dibebaskan dari penjara, Anwar menghadap beberapa orang

sultan termasuk Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Fadiah turut berkongsi pautan artikel panjang yang ditulis dalam sebuah

blog.

Unrepentant Fadiah: This is why I spoke

against back-pedalling Anwar

Vinodh Pillai
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July 24, 2018 8:00 AM
PETALING JAYA: Fadiah Nadwa Fikri, the activist currently under investigation

for sedition, says Malaysians are not naive about why PKR de facto leader Anwar

Ibrahim met with royalty shortly after his release from prison two months ago.

Fadiah, 35, from Alor Setar, Kedah, whose sedition probe has begun because of

her comments on the issue, said Anwar did so because he believed getting the

support of the Malay sultans would help keep him in the prime minister’s good

books as Dr Mahathir Mohamad himself has a somewhat strained relationship

with the monarchy.

Or was Anwar simply currying favour with the sultans?

Fadiah, a legal officer with the C4 group (Center to Combat Corruption and

Cronyism), wrote on Malaysia Muda, a blog she co-founded to challenge the

status quo by airing controversial issues, that Anwar’s recent kissing of Johor

ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar’s hand was perpetuating an “indefensible

feudal culture”.

Reiterating her point to FMT, Fadiah said Anwar’s actions were proof that the

past hype from him about freedom and the greater good was nothing but rhetoric

to garner support from voters and to bolster his standing in the new political era.

She said he now found it in his interests to backpedal on some of his previous

positions and appeared quite willing to do so.

“What Anwar did reflects our current political culture: politicians will still do

whatever it takes to ensure that their current and future positions in power are

secure, thus perpetuating the feudalism that runs deep in Malaysian politics,” she

added. “There has been no proper change yet.”

Fadiah said she was not naive enough to believe that politicians would ever

come to the rescue of their electorate against their own best interests. However,

she said she was nonetheless disappointed in Anwar and felt betrayed by his

actions as she had supported him in the past and had high hopes for real change

in the country.

Despite being called in by the police for her statement to be taken, Fadiah is

showing no signs of backing down. In fact, she plans to write more articles

critiquing the powers that be, including Anwar and the monarchy, and calling it as

she sees it – wherever that may lead in the sedition stakes.

It could be a perilous path to follow, but she says she is drawing strength from

the support and solidarity she has received.

“I am so glad we can talk about things these days. I don’t want to impose my

views on anyone, just to stimulate discussion of previously taboo issues, and

perhaps be instrumental in bringing real, positive change.”

She also said it was ironic that in the past, she had supported those accused of

sedition but now found herself in that very situation.

“Malaysians can no longer be punished for talking about issues deemed

controversial to the state. Institutions have to be held accountable by the people,”

she said.

“In light of this reality, it is imperative that people use their new freedom to

critique those holding power. Malaysians have to reclaim the true meaning of

democracy – power for the people and by the people. Otherwise, we will be

complicit in perpetuating the inevitable abuse of power.

“I expected more people to voice their disquiet about Pakatan Harapan not

abolishing the Sedition Act,” she added.

“We must continually remind the new government to keep its promises because

we cannot rely on our political overlords to bring about necessary change without

our continual prodding.

“We must mobilise our collective energy to build a just and progressive Malaysia

for everyone.”

Fadiah is expected to be questioned by the police again in the coming weeks.