Anti-Faekah campaign - internal fighting or external stirring?

I have been following closely the development of the anti-Faekah Husin political faction in PKR. As in any other organization, there will obviously be internal fighting.

Neither Umno, MCA or MIC cannot deny the fact that they too have their factions who fight against each other. For example, Umno Team A and Team B which clashed, and the subsequent ‘systematic erosion’ of Team B powerbase, which saw Abdullah Badawi unable to stand against the tirades from Umno Team A’s Mahathir Mohamad.

MCA and MIC too have their own issues. However, for one faction of PKR to target at Faekah as an individual is sad, because knowing this lady as a good administrator, I cannot but stand up to show her my support and solidarity.

I may in the process offend others, but my support is for this Iron Lady who ensures that the reforms are being carried out in the Selangor State Administration. Reforms are necessary to clean up the old system of cronyism which has been a major problem to the country for all these years.

Faekah's firm hand and push for reforms has earned her enemies

From reading recent news articles (scroll below), I see there is no reason why the attack has to reach this level, other than a few people who still wanted to continue with the culture of the old regime to turn politics for their personal gains.

I do not see how a letter, whether you call it a support letter or otherwise, is written by the political secretary to the Menteri Besar to urge the state GLC to give fair consideration. Naturally, the kin of Faekah would seek her help, just as the kin of Azmin or Khalid would also do the same. In the first place, it is not even a support letter.

The letter never “forced” the GLC to appoint the said legal firm to be on its panel, but merely to state that the GLC should give due consideration to the firm. Every thing is in the hands of the GLC whether to appoint the legal firm concerned, and it is out of the hands of Faekah or the Menteri Besar’s office, once the letter is issued.

What “support” letter are we talking about! Please stop all the internal fighting and personal attacks against someone who is firm and fair.

Malaysia Chronicle

Faekah's 'support letter' surfaces as rift intensifies

Correspondence among the Selangor menteri besar's political secretary Faekah Husin, a law firm and a Selangor government-linked company (GLC) is now fodder for the anti-Faekah faction in the ongoing rift in the Selangor PKR.

Sel13.com, a blog critical of PKR and the Selangor government, published two letters yesterday that could put the embattled political secretary in bad light.

The blog posting was also linked to the @pecatfaekah Twitter account - the central point in the online smear movement against Faekah - and Umno blog Parpukari.

The post shows that Faekah had on Aug 10, 2011, written to a Selangor GLC director to recommend a law firm belonging to her relative for appointment on the the GLC’s legal panel.

The letter was issued with the letterhead of the Selangor MB’s office.

“The administration is of the view that (the law firm) should be given a chance as long as it does not contravene any company regulations,” she wrote in the letter, which was also copied to the law firm.

The names of both the law firm and GLC have been withheld pending their comment.

Faekah’s letter appears to have followed her correspondence with the law firm, dated Jun 27, 2011.

The letter from the law firm had sought her consideration to be appointed to the legal panel for Selangor GLCs.

“We hope you can consider our application and if we are given the chance, we will give our best service and will not disappoint you,” the partner of the law firm wrote.

The letter, marked private and confidential, was hand-delivered to the Selangor MB’s office and was received the next day.

Faekah: Ask the firm and GLC

Malaysiakini emailed and telephoned the law firm involved, but the partner who wrote to Faekah has been thus far unavailable for comment.

The person in charge of the legal department of the GLC is also on leave, and will only be back at work on Monday.

It is therefore uncertain if the law firm had indeed been appointed to the GLC’s legal panel as a result of the letter.

In response to attempts to contact the firm, Faekah in a text message said, “I think you should get info - details from (the GLC) and the firm itself.”

"How much (was the) project (granted) to that firm as a result of my so-called letter (worth)?” asked Faekah, who is also a lawyer by training.

She also admitted that the said law firm belongs to her niece and that she had indeed sent the letter.

"Besides that letter, I also signed a few other letters ... from various law firms asking for the same," she said, stressing that the GLCs involved would be able to explain.

"The letter shows transparency has been practised in our administration."

In July 2010, Selangor MB Abdul Khalid called on all exco members, lawmakers and municipal councilors to stop issuing support letters for those applying for government jobs.

This followed a debacle involving a support letter by exco member Ronnie Liu and state contracts worth RM700,000.

Abdul Khalid had also in 2008 suspended his special officer Mohd Yahya Sahri for two months, when the latter was investigated by the Anti-Corruption Agency over support letters he issued using the letterhead of the MB’s office.

Mohd Yahya subsequently resigned, citing no confidence in Abdul Khalid’s leadership. - Malaysiakini