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?

Or can a leopard really drop its spots so easily, simply by coming to power? I, for one, have not forgotten the role that the DAP played in bringing about the riots of 13th May 1969. That aside, one really does wonder what would have happened to this country had the balance of power not been preserved and if the DAP had won all their seats and PKR/PAS were wiped out in the recent general elections. It is most worrying that this indication could be seen in Perak, what with the fuss over the choice of Menteri Besar, songkok-phobia and before the elections, even Jawi-phobia and adhaan-phobia not so long ago.

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Good thing they did, I was already beginning to think that they are still embroiled in their Chinese Chauvinistic mentality and will never change, an attitude which obviously has no place in this country. Let’s move on and stop this bickering of yah-yah-I-wanna-get-MB-post-with-utter-disregard-for-reality so fark deez Mozlems.

Vindicated? I certainly think so.

Without PAS participation in the coalition, the DAP is nothing in Perak. It is true that PAS only has six seats in Perak and the PAS Commissioner for Perak have already stated in a press conference that they will accept the decision of the Sultan in determining who succeeds the post for Menteri Besar. The fact remains that there is no way that a non-Muslim can or should be allowed to become Menteri Besar, as one of the official duties as Menteri Besar is to advise the Sultan on Islamic matters.

It therefore boggles the mind as to the nature of this belligerent attitude from the DAP, just merely days after a historic win. Its very sad but I believe that if this situation is not resolved, PAS should consider forming a government with the Barisan Nasional opposition.