I should (and I did) expect the result to turn out this way, but I still feel down in the dumps. A very, very sad day for democracy in Malaysia, and Perak in particular. The man elected by the rakyat is ousted from the seat by an usurper, the tyranny of the minority has won over the majority.
Now the State Assembly will never be dissolved and there will never be state elections in Perak.
I have abandoned UMNO’s race politics since a very long time ago. The memory of my past obsession with “Malay rights” and “Malay supremacy” is thus a distant dream that is best left forgotten. It just occurred to me that there is a very funny irony in UMNO’s successful coup d’etat in Perak. For all their talk about “Daulat Tuanku”, “Ketuanan Melayu” and anything that has the word “Melayu in it, they succeeded in overthrowing a legtimately-elected Malay Menteri Besar from PAS and replaced him with a Tamil-speaking, mamak/Indian Menteri Besar from their own party.
Maybe they should rename themselves to United Mamak National Organisation 
I am really curious to know what is the answer to this, so I really would like to ask the Sungai Rapat assemblywoman, Hamidah Osman, who is now an Exco member of the (illegal) Perak state government the following question: what will you do if you meet an Indian and a snake along the way to the State Assembly building??
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?
No comments from me, I’ll let the news speak for itself.
KUALA KANGSAR, March 17 (Bernama) — State Pas secretary Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin was sworn in as the new Menteri Besar of Perak at Istana Iskandariah in this royal town here today. He took the oath of office, pledge of loyalty and secrecy before the Regent of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah. Earlier, Mohammad Nizar, 51, an English-trained mechanical engineer, received his instrument of appointment from the Regent. After the swearing in, Mohammad Nizar signed his letter of appointment witnessed by Ipoh High Court Judge Datuk V. T. Singham.