The post of Leader of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition is important to the extent the appointee can on behalf of the coalition members plan, direct, implement and coordinate strategies, and make policies, public announcements after appropriate consultations with member parties.
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Yes, we don't want to see again some "self-appointed" spokesmen like AA or TC, wakakaka, making statements "on behalf of Pakatan" which strangely or coincidentally favoured only one f* party, wakakaka.
The current appointee is Anwar Ibrahim but his tenure will soon, alas very shortly, come to an end. Some in Pakatan component parties are already staking their claims to replacing Anwar as Pakatan Leader.
First two cabs off the rank are PKR and PAS, both throwing their hats into the ring for the Pakatan leadership crown.
The former in the person of sweetie Fuziah Salleh has been reported by The Star Online as being NOT happy to let go of the Pakatan Chief post, believing the post "belongs" to them in the same way as the post of MB Selangor (the latter with a wee help from HRH).
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How so? Well, sweetie Fuziah Salleh asserted that her party has a special 'unifying' role to play in Pakatan Rakyat and deserved to keep the job.
Aiyoyo ama, sweetie Fuziah, much as I adore her for her sterling efforts in the Lynas issue, has obviously or very conveniently forgotten that her party has been the VERY culprit which unilaterally brought about the Selangor MB debacle due to her leaders' selfish intra-party interests, and which unfortunately became the catalyst in an unfortunate wrestling match with HRH and the near-disintegration of Pakatan, currently under further stress in the PAS vs DAP centrifugal vortex.
So mana ada lah, her claim of PKR's 'unifying' role.
DAP as a political party has lost considerable prestige in the unnecessary confrontation with HRH, regardless of how right or how wrong its stand behind Anwar had been. It can't afford to be seen by prospective supporters as being biadap or derhaka to any Malay ruler. This is a political reality so DAP should suck on it, the sooner the better.
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The PKR claim to 'owning' the Pakatan Chief post is a reflection of its mentality, that of ketuanan Melayu, believing that only a Malay can lead any political organization for the organization's acceptance by the rakyat, the majority of whom (50%) are Malays. For more, see my post GE-13 post Selangor saga shows PKR's ketuanan mentality?
In short, PKR is in reality a Malay political party, one that was taken out of UMNO but without its UMNO-ness being taken out of it.
It likes to imagine it's a multi-racial party but where the f* is Tian Chua, Sivarasa or Eli Wong in its leadership troika? Even young and more junior Rafizi Ramli or Nik Nazmi has more intra-party clout than any of the three mentioned nons.
As for PAS, this other Malay party has marginalized itself (wakakaka) by insisting on belly-dancing to the tune of Ya Mustapha ...
... and by virtue of its hudud-bent insistence has thus effectively removed itself from being supported by DAP as a better Malay alternative to someone from PKR.
In a recent post Who after Anwar I wrote as follows:
PKR is NOT a good and trustworthy ally but a very avaricious one when it comes to seats allocation, wakakaka - see my post PKR destroying Pakatan in Sarawak.
If not for PAS' insistence on implementing hudud and Pak Haji Hadi Awang's dislike of DAP, PAS would have made a better and far more trustworthy ally than PKR.
Yes, we don't want to see again some "self-appointed" spokesmen like AA or TC, wakakaka, making statements "on behalf of Pakatan" which strangely or coincidentally favoured only one f* party, wakakaka.
The current appointee is Anwar Ibrahim but his tenure will soon, alas very shortly, come to an end. Some in Pakatan component parties are already staking their claims to replacing Anwar as Pakatan Leader.
First two cabs off the rank are PKR and PAS, both throwing their hats into the ring for the Pakatan leadership crown.
The former in the person of sweetie Fuziah Salleh has been reported by The Star Online as being NOT happy to let go of the Pakatan Chief post, believing the post "belongs" to them in the same way as the post of MB Selangor (the latter with a wee help from HRH).
How so? Well, sweetie Fuziah Salleh asserted that her party has a special 'unifying' role to play in Pakatan Rakyat and deserved to keep the job.
Aiyoyo ama, sweetie Fuziah, much as I adore her for her sterling efforts in the Lynas issue, has obviously or very conveniently forgotten that her party has been the VERY culprit which unilaterally brought about the Selangor MB debacle due to her leaders' selfish intra-party interests, and which unfortunately became the catalyst in an unfortunate wrestling match with HRH and the near-disintegration of Pakatan, currently under further stress in the PAS vs DAP centrifugal vortex.
So mana ada lah, her claim of PKR's 'unifying' role.
DAP as a political party has lost considerable prestige in the unnecessary confrontation with HRH, regardless of how right or how wrong its stand behind Anwar had been. It can't afford to be seen by prospective supporters as being biadap or derhaka to any Malay ruler. This is a political reality so DAP should suck on it, the sooner the better.
The PKR claim to 'owning' the Pakatan Chief post is a reflection of its mentality, that of ketuanan Melayu, believing that only a Malay can lead any political organization for the organization's acceptance by the rakyat, the majority of whom (50%) are Malays. For more, see my post GE-13 post Selangor saga shows PKR's ketuanan mentality?
In short, PKR is in reality a Malay political party, one that was taken out of UMNO but without its UMNO-ness being taken out of it.
It likes to imagine it's a multi-racial party but where the f* is Tian Chua, Sivarasa or Eli Wong in its leadership troika? Even young and more junior Rafizi Ramli or Nik Nazmi has more intra-party clout than any of the three mentioned nons.
As for PAS, this other Malay party has marginalized itself (wakakaka) by insisting on belly-dancing to the tune of Ya Mustapha ...
... and by virtue of its hudud-bent insistence has thus effectively removed itself from being supported by DAP as a better Malay alternative to someone from PKR.
In a recent post Who after Anwar I wrote as follows:
PKR is NOT a good and trustworthy ally but a very avaricious one when it comes to seats allocation, wakakaka - see my post PKR destroying Pakatan in Sarawak.
If not for PAS' insistence on implementing hudud and Pak Haji Hadi Awang's dislike of DAP, PAS would have made a better and far more trustworthy ally than PKR.
Thus PAS has by default of its lonesome self in its hudud path made the PKR option looks as if the latter is the only option for DAP to ally itself with - alas, which has been why PKR gets to not only nominate its candidate for the MB Selangor position but to also sapu most of the exco positions, at the expense of DAP of course, notwithstanding DAP has more ADUNs than PKR in Selangor.
DAP has not been without its own f*up faults. The Selangor branch has been led by an inexperienced and naive Tony Pua who was somehow convinced into playing Chicken Little in the PKR's Kajang Satay shindig but without any benefits for DAP. Au contraire the DAP was placed in an uncomfy position of being confrontational with HRH - mate, that's not very clever Malaysian politics, unless of course you're Dr Mahathir, wakakaka.
It embarrassed me when Tony Pua asked for a deputy Speaker post for DAP as a quid pro quo for supporting PKR. WTF for, man, because that's akin to wandering into MCA, Gerakan and MIC territory of picking up f* meaningless crumbs!
I was damn glad, nay, grateful that Azmin Ali spurned his Oliver Twist-like request, though I am still attempting to soothe away my pro-DAP shame.
Presumably, in the current PAS vs DAP deadlock, Fuziah Salleh must have felt emboldened enough to propose her party deputy president Azmin Ali as a capable leader who should assume the post of Pakatan Leader.
Meanwhile, TMI reported that PAS ulama [have unashamedly, wakakaka] pitch Hadi as Pakatan chief, stating rather preposterously that Pak Haji is the right candidate to replace Anwar Ibrahim as the opposition leader, because Hadi had the credentials and the ability to solve problems faced by Pakatan Rakyat.
Those PAS ulamas have been obviously suffering from a convenient bout of amnesia about PAS' go-it-alone green-eyed way in the recent Selangor MB debacle which nearly brought about a constitutional crisis. Podah!
The relationship between Pak Haji Hadi and the DAP is already 101% toxic, and I suspect can only be resolved by DAP dealing directly with blokes like Mat Sabu. Besides, it's unlikely PKR with its big-headed and avaricious mentality would accept Pak Haji as the new Pakatan Chief
In Who after Anwar I wrote:
Recently, it has been remarked that DAP has voiced its interests in obtaining the Pakatan leadership position for Lim Kit Siang, but mentioning its readiness to defer to ONLY Dr Wan Azizah (and silent on anyone else).
It's the first time the DAP has shown temerity in wanting the Pakatan No 1 post. Thus it's possible it may not support Azmin Ali.
DAP has not been without its own f*up faults. The Selangor branch has been led by an inexperienced and naive Tony Pua who was somehow convinced into playing Chicken Little in the PKR's Kajang Satay shindig but without any benefits for DAP. Au contraire the DAP was placed in an uncomfy position of being confrontational with HRH - mate, that's not very clever Malaysian politics, unless of course you're Dr Mahathir, wakakaka.
It embarrassed me when Tony Pua asked for a deputy Speaker post for DAP as a quid pro quo for supporting PKR. WTF for, man, because that's akin to wandering into MCA, Gerakan and MIC territory of picking up f* meaningless crumbs!
I was damn glad, nay, grateful that Azmin Ali spurned his Oliver Twist-like request, though I am still attempting to soothe away my pro-DAP shame.
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| Sir, may I have some more, just a wee 'deputy speaker' post? |
Presumably, in the current PAS vs DAP deadlock, Fuziah Salleh must have felt emboldened enough to propose her party deputy president Azmin Ali as a capable leader who should assume the post of Pakatan Leader.
Meanwhile, TMI reported that PAS ulama [have unashamedly, wakakaka] pitch Hadi as Pakatan chief, stating rather preposterously that Pak Haji is the right candidate to replace Anwar Ibrahim as the opposition leader, because Hadi had the credentials and the ability to solve problems faced by Pakatan Rakyat.
Those PAS ulamas have been obviously suffering from a convenient bout of amnesia about PAS' go-it-alone green-eyed way in the recent Selangor MB debacle which nearly brought about a constitutional crisis. Podah!
The relationship between Pak Haji Hadi and the DAP is already 101% toxic, and I suspect can only be resolved by DAP dealing directly with blokes like Mat Sabu. Besides, it's unlikely PKR with its big-headed and avaricious mentality would accept Pak Haji as the new Pakatan Chief
In Who after Anwar I wrote:
Recently, it has been remarked that DAP has voiced its interests in obtaining the Pakatan leadership position for Lim Kit Siang, but mentioning its readiness to defer to ONLY Dr Wan Azizah (and silent on anyone else).
It's the first time the DAP has shown temerity in wanting the Pakatan No 1 post. Thus it's possible it may not support Azmin Ali.
I believe DAP should not cower humbly anymore in the background and become on the issue of Pakatan leadership a bridesmaid forever to PKR. It should now step forward to claim the Pakatan Leadership.
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Before anyone shout me down for being not realistic because, oh the f* usual wailing and chest-beating, the rakyat being mainly Malay will not accept a Chinese as their PM, please note that I did NOT say a DAP man should be PM. I only suggest that a DAP man, preferably Lim Kit Siang, be Pakatan chief.
In other words, the Pakatan boss need NOT be the PM in the event Pakatan wins majority rule. This is not uncommon overseas where the chairperson or president of a coalition or even party which wins the election did not become the PM.
I see the Pakatan Leader as a senior statesman-like person who focuses on looking after the health, well-being, political wealth, dignity, inter-party cooperation and prestige of the coalition.
The first task of the coalition leader should be the determination of a shadow cabinet. A political opposition without a shadow cabinet is in fact a political organization afraid of its own shadow. The Selangor MB debacle showed the difficulties of agreeing to ministerial portfolios among coalition members.
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Until Pakatan agrees on its shadow cabinet, it is not fit to be an alternative government because it's cowardly putting aside a vital element of being in government
As for the PM being a different or separate person to the Pakatan Leader, another leading personality can by consensus be the PM - yes, perhaps someone like Mat Sabu, and indeed why not if Pakatan is going to depend on PAS in one way or another.
You can't f* keep PAS out from important cabinet positions including that of the PM (unless it's the very person of Pak Haji Hadi, wakakaka).
Think about my proposal.
Before anyone shout me down for being not realistic because, oh the f* usual wailing and chest-beating, the rakyat being mainly Malay will not accept a Chinese as their PM, please note that I did NOT say a DAP man should be PM. I only suggest that a DAP man, preferably Lim Kit Siang, be Pakatan chief.
In other words, the Pakatan boss need NOT be the PM in the event Pakatan wins majority rule. This is not uncommon overseas where the chairperson or president of a coalition or even party which wins the election did not become the PM.
I see the Pakatan Leader as a senior statesman-like person who focuses on looking after the health, well-being, political wealth, dignity, inter-party cooperation and prestige of the coalition.
The first task of the coalition leader should be the determination of a shadow cabinet. A political opposition without a shadow cabinet is in fact a political organization afraid of its own shadow. The Selangor MB debacle showed the difficulties of agreeing to ministerial portfolios among coalition members.
Until Pakatan agrees on its shadow cabinet, it is not fit to be an alternative government because it's cowardly putting aside a vital element of being in government
As for the PM being a different or separate person to the Pakatan Leader, another leading personality can by consensus be the PM - yes, perhaps someone like Mat Sabu, and indeed why not if Pakatan is going to depend on PAS in one way or another.
You can't f* keep PAS out from important cabinet positions including that of the PM (unless it's the very person of Pak Haji Hadi, wakakaka).
Think about my proposal.