Apakah Malaysia bakal memusing jam ke belakang pada zaman 1970an dimana judi menjadi budaya masyarakat ini atas alasan membantu orang susah iaitu Loteri Kebajikan Masyarakat. Sekarang ini Zaid Ibrahim Ahli Parlimen Kota Bharu mencadangkan pula supaya diadakan Judi Khas untuk mengumpul dana untuk memajukan sukan di negara ini ?
Berikut ialah laporan akhbar The Star 1 December mukasurat 12. Beliau malah mencabar hukum Allah dimana beliau berkata “What are we afraid of?” Apa yang harus kita takutkan . Walaupun pada asalnya beliau maksudkan kenapa harus takut kepada suara yang akan membangkang cadangan beliau. Seolah-olah hanya 6 orang ahli Parlimen sahaja yang akan membangkang. Ini menunjukkan Zaid Ibrahim memperlekehkan Pak Lah sebagai PM yang pada fikiran beliau akan menyokong cadangan beliau, sepertimana Noh Omar yang mendahului memberikan pandangan mengenai isu tahanan wanita dibogelkan.
The Star - Thursday December 1, 2005
Zaid: Run lotteries to raise sports funds
ORGANISE special lotteries to raise funds for sports. This was the suggestion Datuk Zaid Ibrahim (BN – Kota Baru) gave to overcome the problem of finances.
He said many gaming companies did not contribute to sports adequately.
Sports in England, he said, were fully funded by profits from gaming.
Zaid: 'What is more important is what we use the money for' Asked whether the proceeds would be halal, he asked: "What is more important is what we use the money for. Why are we afraid of doing it? Is it because of PAS?
"They only have six seats in Parliament. What are we afraid of?"
He made the comments when debating Budget 2006 for the Youth and Sports Ministry at committee stage.
During the debate, several MPs questioned the role of the Sports Commissioner.
They said the post should be abolished because it had not helped the development of sports.
Loh Seng Kok (BN – Kelana Jaya) said many countries which did not have such a position still managed to excel in sports.
"One has to look at the state of sports before and after the position was created," he said, adding that the post was created to solve problems, not otherwise.
This led Datuk Ghazali Ibrahim (BN – Padang Serai) to suggest that the post be abolished as it had not benefited sports in Malaysia.
Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar (BN – Larut) asked why the commissioner had been given the right to meddle in a particular sports organisation.
"This is akin to interfering in family matters," he said.
Debate on this issue then focused on why the commissioner could not solve the issue of the deregistration of the Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA).
Lim Kit Siang (DAP – Ipoh Timur) asked why the parties involved couldn't come together to resolve the problem.
"If this drags on, I'm afraid our performance in the sport may be adversely affected," he said.
Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ong Tee Keat, winding-up for his ministry, said the problem arose when MTA failed to appeal to the ministry against the commissioner's decision to suspend the association.
"Furthermore, MTA took the issue to court and this added tension to the whole matter," he said.
He said that like all MPs, he also hoped the matter would be resolved quickly.
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