A Dungu Plan.

RPK has written an interesting story in an article. He says PM Najib has more lives than a cat. Is the story true? I will give a different version.

Some things true, sadly most not true. RPK talks about the existence of a Plan D- Plan Dungu. Let us say it is indeed a dungu plan. I find it strange a dungu plan appeals much to UMNO leaders. One of them is the DPM who is fast earning the description as an MP from Bangla Datuk.

The part that is true; as it now stands, the method used by Zambri Kadir the present Perak MB from BN, when toppling the Nizar government is now the law of the land.

An interpretation of the Perak method is told in the article. The MP for Bangla Datuk quickly seized upon it. He made a fiery speech. He told people of an umno leader going around securing statutory declarations and pledges to support a vote of no confidence. The story told by the MP who is also the DPM is along the lines of the RPK story.

And what a fiery speech. He will shed blood to stop people taking power through the back door. But we also know that Zahid is just hot air; much rain little thunder. We are still waiting for his thunder to reveal the identity of the opposition leader/s behind the Lahad Datu invasion. 
I suppose it is beyond the understanding of Zahid Hamidi. Maybe he has not heard of a motion of no confidence. He hasn’t heard that even a democratically elected president can be impeached. He hasn’t heard of provisions in the constitution providing for the dismissal of an errant leader from office.

And what an errant leader Najib is.

You may remember the story. A leader from the opposition, of which Zambry was then, simply presented himself before the Sultan of the State and submitted that he commanded the support of the majority of the ADUNs.
The Sultan was convinced of the pleading and without even calling for the state parliament to come into session, acceded to the pleading. Zambry became MB.

Did the Sultan then inquire into whether the pledges of the alleged majority ADUns submitted through Zambry then were based on a mere belief formed on the basis of lies, innuendoes, insinuations and fabricated allegations supported by doctored evidence?

The answer was no. It was not necessary. The sultan took the pledges presented through Zambry as representing what they were- a message and plea from the ADUNs that they have lost confidence in the then sitting MB. That was it.

By law, Zambri Kadir became the legitimate MB.

Suppose now, the same legitimate means is used by some MPs to dismiss Najib, where is the illegality? It is done by a way provided for by law. 
Some members of his own party are also convinced that Najib is a menace to the country.

We are using the same legally sanctioned means.

Only Zahid and some people refused to hear what is being spoken by UMNO members themselves. Let’s see what is on the political landscape.

The overall feeling in Johore UMNO is that Najib should go. Will that be considered a plot to topple? A wanita UMNO leader from the Pasir Gudang Division presented a memo to Najib asking him to take leave. He must have thought it was the usual submission to help in tenders or businesses. But it was a polite way of asking him to go on permanent leave.

A wanita UMNO leader in Langkawi publicly said Najib urinated on 3.2 million UMNO members- meaning Najib deceives them. The solution is to ask Najib to take medical check on his mental state. It is a polite way of saying Najib is sick in the head.

The Tampin UMNO youth said it most clearly, Najib should resign. Najib’s staunchest sycophant Ahmad Maslan got a dressing down in his own division.

Now- can all these very loud dissent within UMNO itself be categorised as a plot to topple the government?

Accordingly, I want to ask readers this question. Simple one to even a person like Zahid or RPK. They can understand.

If Tengku Razaleigh commands the respect of the majority of the MPs and succeed securing the necessary and sufficient constitutional endorsements- what is wrong with Tengku Razaleigh becoming PM to save the country?

The country now needs saving.

Let’s not even indulge in the term toppling. If we do, then we constraint ourselves to that term. The talk of toppling Najib and all that is boorish. Only the military topple governments.

Democrats use a more polite means-employ the instruments of democracy to remove a government and its leader. Especially one that flouts the law, indulges in corrupt practices, abuse power, embezzle money and becomes a menace just by staying on to power. The right to recall, the right of recall is an intrinsic part of democracy.

As to RPK- a household name among bloggers and who at least dishes out more substance than prepaid bloggers- he is living out an interesting life. More fittingly I see RPK as a public intellectual and pugilist combined. Can’t say that of some well-known bloggers more accustomed to writing articles in the ‘cock teaser’ genre.  You know- begin a sentence, expecting us to finish it.

I have never met him personally and would not want to comment further on the ‘constitution’ of RPK as many friends asked me to.  In any case, I think any attempts like that, i.e. trying to define who or what RPK is, is futile. The man is beyond definition.

He has written an interesting article. Readers can read it here.

I will not hasten to say that Najib has got more lives like a cat. He hasn’t been driven over by a bulldozer yet that’s all. To describe Najib in those terms is just an attempt to mythify the man further.

The blogger Sir Wenger Khairy who has indeed assumed more than the 9 lives of a cat and who now re-emerges as the blogger Spin kings, wrote this article. I think this is a sufficient and necessary answer to what RPK has raised.

That leaves space for me to offer some maybe not so important comments and observations.  Because they are not so important and probably dungu too, I can only beseech readers to read on.

The more interesting public response I think is Zahid’s banshee-like speech about the existence of an UMNO leader making a move with the help of a number of MPs to oust Najib.

What is wrong with that?  Kicking out leaders or powers to recall have been done to many leaders. Those in Sabah are very much aware of this kind of moves. They are legal and provided for by the constitution. A vote of no confidence for example is practised in many countries having an electoral system.

So what is Zahid screaming about? He is fearfully screaming at the prospects of being the shortest –lived TPM and the exit of Najib. Everyone in Malaysia now hates Najib. So what is Zahid talking about?

On a more serious note- if the move to topple Najib is orchestrated by an UMNO man, it means UMNO is still in power. So what’s troubling Zahid?
The UMNO man will certainly retain an UMNO flavour comprising of the brightest among UMNO and the Opposition. It will be a new umno where people like caveman Zahid and his ilk will be missing. That is an UMNO likely to be supported by across the spectrum of people with decent political inclinations.

That Zahid, should welcome. It will still be led by an UMNO man.

So why is Zahid screaming incoherently?  He is making an SOS call trying to save himself. 
We must excuse him for his outbursts.

Doesn’t he know that Najib is not salvageable anymore? The UMNO is ostracising him. Eventually Zahid will be too if he doesn’t use any of the redeemable portion of his doctorate degree.

As to the story about a regent getting a dressing down from the Agong, about Tengku Razaleigh’s contempt of Dr Mahathir and much of the second section of the RPK article- can anyone tell me where is the dustbin?