Sakmongkol AK47 meets Ibrahim Ali, dkp.

 from A Voice's Blackberry.

Whats DKP? Is that a new Datukship?

It is indeed- conferred upon by the royal house of Golok across Rantau Panjang. It's Darjah Dato Kaya Parti. DKP. Ibrahim Ali has been a member of different political parties more than anyone else in Malaysia. So he is the sole recipient of the DKP- Dato Kaya Parti.

He has been a member of party BERJASA, UMNO, Semangat 46 and now no party.

I decided to meet up with this irrepressible Ibrahim Ali. There are several reasons why I decided so. First, I don't relish the idea of being walloped whenever I go to Kota Bharu, a place where I like to go. Ibrahim Ali has many friends there and many are also of the wise guy types.

Second, it's for the sake of objectivity. I have to assess him objectively, disarming my own prejudices.

I have lampooned the man, mock him at every occasion, and ridicule him. But never heaped scorn on him. When a fellow blogger suggested the idea of- why you don't meet up with him, I agreed with one condition. Please do not bring along a certain vendor of a certain type of curry with you.

Apa pasal? asked Voice..

Because then I may lose all sensibilities. I said. 
Voice: Agree. But don't stop me from eating certain curry dishes.

Here's the deal. There are 3 most talked of individuals in Malaysia currently. One, is DS Najib, because he is the index-finger-pointing-the right-direction PM of Malaysia. He is OUR PM. Second- is Anwar Ibrahim, because he WANTS to become PM. 3^rd s Ibrahim Ali- we don't  know what he wants to become! Yet he is talked about in reverential terms by certain quarters. Certainly by those sitting at some tables surrounding the table where Sakmongkol the Muay Thai lover and Ibrahim 'Stopa" Ali the Kris wielder sat.

I had to bring another blogger friend Aspan Alias along. He knows Ibrahim Ali since MARA days at a time when the most revered name then was Arshad Ayub- the man with the muffler around his neck. Aspan comes along as insurance, just in case Ibrahim Ali's minders decide to be ungentlemanly. Not that the two of us, golden aged and pot- bellied can do anything to scare them away.

The blogger friend, Mau aka A Voice who brokered the meeting was at hand to be the moderator of sorts.

Ibrahim was late. We were supposed to meet at 3pm at a hotel in Jalan Pahang. Ibrahim Ali has an office here. We decided to meet up at the coffee house at an area now known as Ibrahim Ali corner. He had to attend court where he is suing a certain newspaper. The day before he was also in court, pleading a suit against Saifudin Nasution.

Ibrahim Ali may need the money to pay for his next general elections.

When he finally came, we shook hands after the usual introduction. He has not eaten lunch and quickly ordered a plate of white rice and a bowl of fish Tomyam Khung. He took out a small Tupperware container. He has brought that delicious and famous sambal serunding of Kelantan.

AK47: What is it that you actually want Dato? I asked him. You can't talk about NEP which has been superseded several times. That's already dead. What you actually want to talk is about the Malay interests.

That's the way I think which could get Ibrahim Ali worked up. Ask him direct and pointed questions. He will be in his element. It certainly worked.

Ibrahim Ali was his normal usual boisterous self. You know, at the recent convention of Perkasa, I said its better not be an UMNO member if UMNO betrays the race! I said that openly to a red-faced UMNO President. I said, I am not an UMNO member which suits me as I can say anything, on anything about UMNO.

At that convention, DS Najib said I was shouting. I didn't, I was speaking in a normal tone. It was PM Najib who was shrieking and shouting. Your president was clearly rattled. He had to abandon a prepared speech. I talked about NEP and you know lah, for dramatic purposes, I deliberately placed a picture of Tun Razak at the back. I asked- who was the architect of NEP and I turned around and pointed at Tun Razak's portrait and ended by saying- now we have the son of the originator of the NEP who is the 6^th PM of Malaysia. What kind of son is he who betrays his father? You should see Najib's face- well you know; you come from the same bahagian and was his ADUn what.

I have come to realize that Ibrahim Ali doesn't read blogs. He doesn't care about the opinion of others of him. He believes in his cause and therefore is focused only on his thoughts and opinions. That is the ONLY important thing- he BELIEVES in something. His thing mostly.

My friend Aspan interjected- him, I wrote a post commending and saying your convention was worthy of praise because, PERKASA has become the voice on the voiceless Malays. But I wish one thing only. Once you commit to this cause, please don't waver. Don't change midway.

Ibrahim Ali was momentarily stunned but quickly collected himself by saying- what's there to waver. I will stay loyal to this cause.

I hope so, said Aspan. I know you.

Hey Aspan- interjected another friend known as Yusuf Merah. I hear that its you have crossed over Pan- you have been over friendly with PKR that's what we hear. 
Aspan quickly responded by saying- its I who have never wavered from Old UMNO. You change from OLD UMNO to the UMNO of Dr Mahathir , sup.

You know, continued Ibrahim Ali. I don't worry about the non Malay detractors. I don't care about what Wee Kah Siong or Chua Soi Lek say. In fact I told Soi Lek, we can argue but don't go personal. I told him, come elections, if you go personal, I will instruct Perkasa members to distribute videotapes of his sex romps and tell ALL PERKASA members not to vote MCA. We have agreed not to get personal.

Him, Aspan butt in once again before you go on, I have to tell this joke about the Kelantanese meeting up his future father in law to marry his daughter. In fact, the story revolves around you.

As the story goes, one day Ibrahim Ali meets up the man whose daughter Ibrahim wants to marry. The father asked Ibrahim a few questions- demo judi? Dok eh, tokse ambo. Demo main pempue? Dok weh. Tokse ambo. Demo minum arok? Dok weh, tokse ambo. Demo semaye( sembahyang)? Dok..jugok... demo bayar zakat? Jauh skali, ambo dok bayo dih….

The morale of the story- Ibrahim Ali is consistently inconsistent!.

Wait for Part 2. Objectives of Perkasa, liberal Malays, the future of UMNO etc.