ANWAR PREPARE BREAKFAST FOR NED?

Dear Editor,

AS A MALAYSIAN, I’m concerned with the direction of my country after the upcoming elections. I’m very concerned with the fact that Anwar Ibrahim, who will be the next Prime Minister if Pakatan Rakyat wins the elections, received money and support from the United States government.

Many local and foreign journalists have reported how US organizations such as the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the Open Society Institute (OSI) have local NGOs and groups directly linked to the opposition. The NED gets its money directly from the US government, and OSI is run by George Soros, who most Malaysians will be familiar with.

Ambiga admitted that Bersih received funding from the National Democratic Institute (part of the NED) and the OSI. Another NED group, the International Republican Institute set aside RM 2,544,670 to provide “technical assistance, training, and consultation” to “state leaders in Penang and Selangor.”

US Senator John McCain, an ardent supporter of Israel and America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which were considered illegal under UN law, heads the International Republican Institute. As a Malaysian, I want to know why the US government is so interested in the opposition and groups affiliated with it?

Malaysian journalists have uncovered letters written by Anwar Ibrahim that were sent to NED President Carl Gershman in Washington DC that discussed sending an international election observer team to Malaysia. Another letter was sent to George Soros, where Anwar expressed interest in collaborating with Soros to work together on an accountability firm.

Anwar has established connections with neo-conservatives in Washington who had strong roles in George W. Bush’s presidency. Ibrahim chaired an NGO called Foundation for the Future, established and funded by the US Department of State and run by Elizabeth Cheney, the daughter of then-Vice President Dick Cheney.

Anwar is good friends with Paul Wolfowitz of the Bush Administration and former US Vice-President Al Gore. As a Malaysian, and as a Muslim, I ask myself if my country will be sold out to the same people who ceaselessly attack other Muslims around the world. There is no question that Pakatan Rakyat is some kind of American proxy government waiting to come to power.

Best Regards,

MALAYSIAN VOTERS