PRESS STATEMENT 23 September 2013 Bantah TPPA notices that there are misrepresentations and conflicting statements with regards to BANTAH and have decided to issue a youtube video to explain BANTAH’s objectives, activities and its organisation. The link is as follows:- http://youtu.be/hddtqrLeji8 Bantah TPPA was given birth by individuals and NGOs realizing the dangers and threats posed by the TPPA. Proposed …

“Tiada sesiapa pun yang benar-benar mengenali sebuah negara itu sehinggalah dia pernah berada di dalam penjaranya. Sesebuah negara itu tidak wajar diadili dengan cara layanan kepada warga atasannya, tetapi layanannya kepada warga bawahannya.” (Nelson Mandela) Ketika remaja, saya sering menyelak helaian koleksi keratan akhbar lama milik abah. Salah satunya yang sering diingati ialah helaian akhbar tahun 1982 mengenai seorang personaliti …

“No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones.” (Nelson Mandela) Growing up, I remember sifting through my father’s collection of old newspaper clips. One reported that a certain persona by the name of Anwar Ibrahim was about to …

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3rd September 2013 Below are identified redlines deemed to be non-negotiable positions which Bantah TPPA proposed to be adopted by the Malaysian Government with regards to the TPPA negotiation. 1. Chapter on Trade in Goods (a) There should not be elimination of tariffs (zero tariff) covering all products (by Malaysia?). There should be exceptions for …

Below are the videos of BANTAH TPPA’s appearances on Astro Awani – we appeared 11 times but unfortunately some of the videos weren’t recorded. BANTAH hope that this effort will shed more lights on TPPA to the general public. Episode 1 BANTAH TPPA Anas Alam Faizli: 13 Aug – Introduction to Bantah; Govt Procurement & Petronas Episode 2 BANTAH TPPA …

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE17th August 2013 Bantah TPPA welcomes the Prime Minister and his Cabinet’s assurance yesterday that Malaysia’s participation in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) should not be bound by any fixed timeline, since many issues remain unresolved.We also laud the assurance that the Cabinet members are unanimous in reinforcing Malaysia’s position that the government would only …

Pada tahun 2008, kerajaan Malaysia telah menghentikan perundingan perjanjian FTA Amerika-Malaysia yang sudah berlangsung selama dua tahun, dengan 58 “isu tidak selesai”. Antara penentang utama FTA ketika itu ialah Menteri Pertanian, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, yang dilaporkan berkata bahawa beliau tidak akan berkompromi dalam isu kesejahteraan hidup petani tempatan. Malah, beliau dilaporkan pernah mengatakan ‘langkah mayat saya dahulu.’ YB Khairy …

ISSUE AND CONCERNS ON THE TPPA Bantah TPPA, a coalition of people-based organisations[1] – wishes to highlight issues and concerns which we fear will materialise if the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is signed. 1) National Sovereignty and Policy Space of TPPA Countries: Various provisions proposed especially within the Investment and Regulatory Coherence chapters[2] of the TPPA will restrict the policy …

Back in 2008, the Malaysian government concluded the signing of a US-Malaysia FTA with 58 “unresolved issues”, which discontinued the two-year negotiation. Among leading protagonists was then Agriculture Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who mentioned that he would not compromise the livelihood of local farmers. He was even quoted as saying ‘over my dead body’. YB Khairy Jamaluddin led a …

Sinopsis talk show oleh Sdr Megat Hanis:- 1)TPPA adalah satu perjanjian ekonomi “extension” rentas pasifik yang melibatkan jumlah terkini 12 negara (yg terbaru Jepun) . Sedikit berbeza perlaksanaan dan besar impak jangka panjang TPPA daripada FTA yang Malaysia tandatangan bersama US, dan keluar dari perjanjian pada tahun 2008, atas ketidakmampuan bersaing dan faktor2 ekonomi yang lain. 2)TPPA memberi kesan terhadap …

Bernard Mandeville, ahli komentar ekonomi Perancis pada abad ke-18 dengan sinisnya berkata, “Manusia itu bukankah secara fitrahnya takkan bekerja dengan ikhlas dan bersungguh-sungguh tanpa banyak bertanya dan meminta-minta gaji tinggi, jika mereka itu tidak miskin dan tidak tahu apa-apa? Untuk masyarakat kekal harmonis, perlu ada segelintir yang kekal dangkal dan kekal miskin.” Mandeville sebenarnya menempelang dan menghina masyarakat yang ketika …

BLINDSPOT, MTEM, MTUC, IKRAM, PKPIM, SMM, SAMM, GBM serta 48 badan-badan NGO dan 6 majlis pakatan NGO hari ini dibawah payung Badan Bertindak Bantah TPPA telah menyerahkan memorandum kepada MITI jam 3 petang dengan berjaya untuk menyatakan 4 tuntutan kepada MITI membantah TPPA. Memorandum serta senarai penuh NGO yang terlibat boleh dilihat di sini:- Bahasa – https://aafaizli.com/kenyataan-bersama-badan-bertindak-bantah-tppa/ English – https://aafaizli.com/joint-statement-badan-bertindak-bantah-tppa-malaysia/ …

List of Badan Bertindak Bantah TPPA (Coalition Acts Against TPPA) List of NGOs Aliran Kesedaran Negara Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM) Badan Gabungan Negeri BLINDSPOT Community Action Network (CAN) Center for Orang Asli Concerns Pertubuhan IKRAM Malaysia Pertubuhan IKRAM Siswa Nasional Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) ISMA Japan Graduates Association, Malaysia (JGAM) JERIT JIETU Lim Lian Geok Cultural Development Centre (LLG) …

Senarai NGO Badan Bertindak Bantah TPPA (Coalition Acts Against TPPA) Senarai NGO-NGO Aliran Kesedaran Negara Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM) Badan Gabungan Negeri BLINDSPOT Community Action Network (CAN) Center for Orang Asli Concerns Pertubuhan IKRAM Malaysia Pertubuhan IKRAM Siswa Nasional Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) ISMA Japan Graduates Association, Malaysia (JGAM) JERIT JIETU Lim Lian Geok Cultural Development Centre (LLG) MiDAS …

One of the most wicked economic satirist of the 18th century, Bernard Mandeville cynically proclaimed, “It was generally admitted that unless the poor were poor, they will not do an honest day’s toil without asking for exorbitant wages. To make the society happy it is requisite that great numbers should be ignorant as well as poor.” Mandeville made clear his …