Finding Closure to the Selangor Issue.

I want to write some thoughts on Mahathir’s latest attack on Najib. It’s been blowing in the wind for some time. It has increased and lowered in decibels according to Najib’s playacting. Lowered when he appeared docile and pliant to Mahathir, increased when he showed some rebellious attitude. Najib is playing along actually waiting for Mahathir to expire. But Mahathir has longevity. It’s in his genes perhaps. The same cannot be said of the genes of Tun Razak.

But allow me to comment on Selangor. We have a precedence. It took place in Perak. The outgoing ADUN who was the MB then, submitted a dissolution of the Perak assembly. The Sultan did not accede. He called another ADUN from BN to ask whether he had majority. With desertion of some people, he said he did. The Sultan asked him to form the government.

The same principle ought to be followed. The outgoing MB who is an ADUN can’t claim he has majority. 43 are supporting Wan Azizah. Or if PAS is playing a liar, Wan Azizah still has 30 supporters, which is clearly still a majority. The Sultan ought to call upon Wan Azizah to form a new government.

But I am apprehensive that this will be followed. The precedence can be sidestepped. The Sultan may have other ideas. He may have received some advice from others. Constitution or no constitution, the Sultan may think he has absolute powers. We will stop here.

Khalid himself is filled with vengeance. The most honourable thing to do would be to resign from his port klang seat and his parliamentary seat. He must put up a proxy representing him in these seats. He must campaign for his proxy intensely to prove as he has said and claimed that the people of Selangor are behind him.  He has the chance to prove it to the world.

But he is thinking of creating a last mischief. Go out with a bang. Rather than allowing himself to be shamed by a vote of no confidence, he will ask for dissolution. The Sultan may accede to this request.

Najib has been asking people about the prospects if there is a state election. He wants to know whether BN has a chance to regain Selangor. He may want to do it because it is also a chance to redeem himself. Didn’t he fail to regain Selangor despite the pouring of money into Selangor? He should have been condemned by UMNO for failing to deliver Selangor.

Then again the Sultan may not want to grant this request. He knows that Khalid is motivated by vengeance. He has imputed notice of the majority support of the SDUNs to Wan Azizah. But he may refuse to appoint Wan Azizah.

As far as I know, the constitution does not allow the Sultan to suggest an alternative name. But he can ask the person appearing before him to suggest another name. This arrangement is not satisfactory- but it’s the law at the moment. It’s the law- ass or no ass.

So, it’s wise for the person appearing before the Sultan to have another name just in case. The next senior person in PKR- because the MB must come from PKR- is Azmin Ali. If its fated that Azmin becomes MB- he shall be. If that takes place I hope the PKR people and others in the PR camp should not fret about this. Settle the issue and get back the government.