Albatross around Pak Lah's neck

Zaid says his decision to resign is final. The man is adamant Pak lah, so leave him be. Even though you have rejected his resignation, you cannot force a man if he doesn’t want to work.

If you insist retaining him when he insists he wants to go while refusing your insistence, it is not necessary to persuade him to stay. He is the albatross around your neck. You made the mistake of appointing an anarchic person like him and therefore you are accountable for your mistake. This is your comeuppance.

But its ok, its not like, if he who insists he wants to go is not around, your cabinet is devoid of quality. You have many qualified people- your rural development minister/information chief who doesn’t know the difference between . a he and a she, you have Azalina Othman who can counter and spar against Nana Non, you have the mouth frothing shabery cheek. In any case, if Zaid goes, you can always fill his position with the BBC lads who have mastered the technique of identifying the sex of tadpoles.

In the first place, it was a mistake to appoint him as senator and then made him a minister. The principle of keep your friends close and your enemies closer doesn’t work with this chap. He is a free spirit whom you will not be able to keep on a leash. That probably explains why he has no friends in the cabinet.

He has been a trenchant critic of your government and a position of a minister hasn’t dampen that tendencies.

But sakmongkol wants to know, if this fellow thumps your nose by refusing after you insist his revokes his insistence, why do you still want to pander to his whims? Just think of him as the ass that likes to hear himself brays.

That is why Sakmongkol insists you shilly and shally.

But Sakmongkol warns you, keep an eye on the Brutus beside you.