Critical Thoughts

Confirmed, the fall of Kerajaan Negeri Perak Darul Ridzuan, under Pakatan Rakyat rule.

The office of the Sultan of Perak, in a statement on Wednesday, said that after meeting all the 28 Barisan Nasional assemblymen and the three independents, the Sultan was convinced that Mohammad Nizar had ceased to command the confidence of the majority of the state assembly members.

“If Datuk Seri Ir. Mohammad Nizar bin Jamaluddin does not resign his post as Perak mentri besar together with the members of the state executive council, the posts of mentri besar and state executive councilors are considered vacant,” the statement said.

Truly sad that it had to end this way (waving RM50 million sure does wonders, does it not?), but kudos to Datuk Seri Ir. Nizar Jamaluddin for having steered this state government for this long. It was an interesting 11-month rule, no doubt. Were it not for people from other parties having the tendency to hop, hop hop….it would certainly have lasted much longer.

Judging from the reports that I have been reading since today afternoon at The Malaysian Insider and everywhere else, it is already quite certain that the Pakatan state government will fall and Babi Negara (BN) is set to take over the state through the backdoor. I am not counting on any dissolving of the State Assembly either, as that possibly has dimmed with each passing hour.

And we have those “friends” from PKR and DAP to thank for this “change”. You don’t see any PAS assembymen defecting in this debacle, this whole thing started because of the other two “partners”. With friends like these, who needs enemies?