PKR Limbo Rocks

How low can PKR get in its feeble attempt to make right the Selangor plot that went awry? In a limbo rock move, PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced today that he would contest the coming Kajang following a collective decision made by Pakatan to ensure a strong victory. When in Malaysia has there ever been a sudden resignation by an assemblyman who states he was stepping down for the common good of Pakatan followed by an announcement of the candidate for the by-election the next day? Never. Dodgy? You bet!

PR and PKR supporters who cannot see through subtly orchestrated shadow play drama that began with the sudden resignation of Kajang assemblyman Lee Chin Cheh are living in denial or selective blindness. The whole scenario smacks of manipulation of voters’ choice in the GE to suit PKR’s game plan in a last-ditch desperate effort to restore normalcy in turbulent PKR.

At a time when Pakatan Rakyat is stirring Malaysians to protest against rising prices, removal of subsidies via Turun protests and other avenues, we see a situation where there will be massive wastage of public funds simply because PKR is allegedly unhappy with MB Khalid in:

· ending Azmin’s term as member of the board of the Selangor Development Corporation.

· the JAIS seizure of bibles

· the row over non-Muslim’s use of the term “Allah”

· the huge pay hike for Selangor elected representatives etc.



For all the reasons mentioned above, surely just a plain uncomplicated resignation by MB Khalid due to personal/medical reasons should suffice instead resorting to a forced resignation and then unnecessary expenditure for a by-election. It is definitely not only unjustified and untimely but smacks of the trademark double standards practiced by Anwar, PKR, and Pakatan Rakyat. When it suits them, it is okay to have a by-election or to use public funds for their agenda but when it does no gel with their motives; they will go on a targeted missile attack to raise public awareness of what is wrong. This time, Anwar and his motley crew have blundered big time for Malaysians are not as ignorant or stupid as they think.

Clearly, Anwar had no other choice but to make the rakyat pay for the shaky situation he faces in Selangor. If he does not offer himself as a candidate for MB, Khalid will not step aside for he would not want Azmin Ali to replace him. In addition, if Anwar is not the candidate, Azmin will want to stand for election. If that happens, Wan Azizah will be most unhappy and create a ruckus. Standing in middle ground, Anwar has no choice but to be the sacrificial lamb – at the rakyat’s expense, especially Kajang voters.

Besides, the current brouhaha over Nurul Izzah’s marital state is likely to have weakened support for PKR and PR so Anwar had to throw in a red herring and control a state that is gradually slipping out of the grips of Pakatan Rakyat.

Who suffers? Who pays? Who gains? That is the PKR Limbo-Rock antidote for Selangor!Fair? Justified?


You judge for yourself!