These are my own personal comments. Most
of us have read about this. Pakatan Harapan- is forming a pro tem committee. Most
are us are jubilant about this. A pro tempore committee is finally in place.
Among other things, it will look
into the idea of registering one common logo. As I have said some time ago,
this is a right step. One of the things BN is fearful of, is the use of one
logo by the opposition. Perhaps it can also discuss the idea of direct membership.
One logo. It will simplify the choice for
voters. They will vote either BN or PH. It shows we can present a united front
to the people. Hopefully it removes confusion. We are telling people that they
have tangible choices.
The other thing that BN is fearful of
is the leader who represents PH. Unfortunately we have 2 leaders who will act as
advisors to PH. The leaders who met up have agreed to have 2 persons to
represent PH. I don’t think this is strategic in the sense of being able to confer
maximum advantages to PH. There should only be one person to represent PH.
If we don’t trust Mahathir, put Wan
Azizah in charge. Or put up Muhyidin. Let us have only one captain commanding the
ship. You can’t have 2 captains overseeing the command of a ship. It will run
aground.
But let us ask ourselves? Will Wan
Azizah have the drawing power to convert the UMNO people to our cause? We can’t
bank our hopes solely on our extreme disgust of the injustice meted out to
Anwar Ibrahim that we feel, giving Wan Azizah the symbolic gesture of fronting
for Anwar will do the trick. We are dangerously flirting with an overrated
emotion. It’s not endearing enough to have someone projecting a very feminine
and likeable image comforting herself with a fontage fan.
I am not going to mince my words
here. I am saying the person who is most strategically useful to us at the moment
is Dr Mahathir. Put Dr Mahathir as the person representing PH.
With due respects to Wan Azizah, her
placement there appears to give assurance to the PKR people, their boss is
there. It’s like an insurance policy, reflecting the jockeying of position that
is already looming in the background in the event that PH wins the PRU14. It is
already the right of first claim by PKR when PH wins the next election. Anwar Ibrahim can become PM, after we win power.
It is also a decision to quell the
distrust of the PKR people and members of PH on Mahathir. There are lingering doubts
as to the sincerity of DR Mahathir in teaming up with PH. Personally I think
most of these fear are unfounded.
Why do we need Wan Azizah to serve
as midwife?
I have been wanting to write about this
sometime ago but held back for fear on sending the wrong messages. Now that a committee is already in place, this
issue can be discussed.
The only person whom UMNO fears most
is Dr Mahathir. Let us make no bones about it- we are fighting UMNO. Don’t entertain
PAS as a serious opponent. It’s UMNO.
After being played out on the issue
of RUU355, PAS has lost credibility even among its own adherents. It can’t go
back to its people by saying it tries its best but that it is UMNO which
betrays them.
How do you explain that after having
getting yourself besotted and ensnared by UMNO’s advances, you cannot depend on
UMNO to put up the bill? Its supporters will be demanding blood soon. It has betrayed
the hope and trust placed on them to deliver the RUU bill. It seems now that
God has willed that Hadi’s private bill cannot get through with UMNO. It will
shatter the hopes of the hundreds who came by buses to parliament the last time, to see and hear the motion becomes bill. How will Hadi explain to the expectant
faces?
Some time ago, when Dr Mahathir turned
up for an event organised by PKR, he was booed as he entered the hall. I understand
the latent animosity and disapproval of Mahathir. Rightly or wrongly, he is
seen as the person responsible for inflicting harm on Anwar.
But Mahathir now is the only person
who can lead PH to defeat UMNO. Unless we defeat UMNO and win power, I am afraid,
but have to say this, our friend Anwar Ibrahim will rot in jail. I am not
taking away anything from Anwar Ibrahim, but there is also a sizeable portion
of our citizens who do not believe in his ability as a leader. If he is
pragmatic, Anwar will endorse Mahathir as leader of PH. He should stop playing
politics from jail. I think for him, putting up Mahathir is a better choice
than having Azmin Ali as co advisor.
As a blogger qua blogger, I will write about the
internal politics of PKR sometime in the future.
With Mahathir coming on board, that
portion opposed to PH for whatever reasons, can be reduced in size and our chance to defeat UMNO is increased. Just
look as Felda. Whenever Mahathir comes, the crowd is huge. We incapacitate Felda, we incapacitate UMNO.
When Najib was in Tawau recently he
asked the question repeatedly- who does Sabah people support?- the answer came
back loudly, Mahathir.
It is strategic for us, to leverage
on Mahathir’s acceptability by the people. Mahathir still commands the
reservoir of support in the Malay heartland.
Leverage on Mahathir. It is the perfect example,
of a knife borrowed, which we can use to kill off the enemy, UMNO.
Datuk,it is good to hear that the opposition might be united under an opposition front,Pakatan Harapan.
ReplyDeleteMany things have been said about Dr Mahathir.Some good and some bad.Let us all leave the past behind.No point crying about what should or shouldn't have happen in the past.Let us have good memories about the progress done in the past.Dr Mahathir had done many good things,and many not so good things for the country.
But,a country needs strong leaders.Mahathir is one of them.Anwar is nowhere near Mahathir's standards.If he was,he would have been the PM already,under PR gomen.Muhyidin,forget about him.
I may not agree with all the things done by Dr Mahathir,but,I still respect him as a leader.Anwar and Muhyiddin do not have these qualities.
If we really want to save this country from the "internationally certified" thieves, we need an UMNO clone to draw away huge amount of votes from UMNO. Let Bersatu be the leader of this new coalition so that Malays will then feel secure that their special rights are protected. Sadly, PKR or Amanah at this moment cannot to do this. Such arrangement is what Najib is most afraid of.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, Dr. M still have many silent supporters inside UMNO and they will desert their party when Dr. M is the head of the new coalition. Let Dr. M right the wrongs he had previously made to the country's institutions.