The breaking and hottest news must be the current political crisis that is brewing in the state of Perak. In the latest twist it seems the Barisan Nasional Perak has secured the majority of state seats to form a new Perak Government after four Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen left their respective parties and pledges allegiance to the BN (Barisan Nasional). The ball is now in the Sultan of Perak’s court. After listened to the current Perak Menteri Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin’s justification for a request to dissolve the state assembly it’s only natural for the Sultan to listen to what the mastermind Najib has to say tomorrow *cool, more actions!*.
It would be amazing if the Sultan would eventually grant the much needed dissolution but on paper it appears His Highness may satisfy that the Barisan Nasional commanded the majority thus hand-over the crown, depending on how Najib present his justification. While the perception from the public or at least mostly Perakians was that millions of dollars were paid to gain the defections, the Sultan needs some time to go back to the law books. It’s hard to say at this moment if His Highness will put this “Unwritten Law” (RM10 – RM50 million) into consideration but the fact is the Menteri Besar must step down when he loses majority support in the assembly. Going by how tactful Najib maneuvered the whole game to check-mate Anwar’s team, you just got to salute the former as with a stroke of dirty strategy the federal government manages to topple the state government. Hey! Politics is the dirtiest game ever created by human, is it not?
So what went wrong with the Pakatan Rakyat government in Perak so much so that it could collapse so easily after the short celebration when Bota Assemblyman Nasarudin Hashim defected over to Pakatan Rakyat less than a month ago? What are the lessons learnt from this latest political game?
Firstly Anwar obviously has not mastered the Art of War comprehensively during his stay in the jail. He may be caught in surprise over the easy victories after the Mar general election that it prompted him to act hastily (or rather stupidly) by declaring his next game plan to take over the federal government – by defections. And when Najib presented Bota assemblyman to him in the form of a Trojan horse (or rather a bait) Anwar gladly accepted it with smiles from ear to ear. The whole purpose was to put the blame on Pakatan Rakyat that it was them who started this unethical game so don’t blame BN to join in the poker game. Obviously BN has very deep pocket and everyone who knows the rule of poker game knows he who has the most money win the game.
Secondly many Pakatan Rakyat’s assemblymen are of low quality so you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to guess why a former postman and his buddy could be bought over with RM10 – RM15 million to cross-over. Besides, additional promise to let them free from the corruption charges should seal the deal. Of course the worst defector is former DAP Jelapang assemblyman Hee Yit Foong. She should be on top list (RM50 million) for the amount of money received in order to betray her party.
Thirdly the Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen should realize that they got their positions because the people voted them, period. Hence instead of starting internal politicking they should instead strengthen their already fragile pact and work for the people. Maybe it’s true after all that while it’s extremely difficult to teach old dog new tricks, it’s equally hard to teach stupid dog new tricks. Newly found power could blinded these novice assemblymen and this latest political landscape should serve as a good and bitter lesson to both PKR and DAP parties that nothing is forever yours in politics. Sure, the BN is probably the dirtiest political party they can ever find in this planet but they’ve proven that they might be the ultimate survival of all.
Talk about money, since it’s so useful I’ve decided to take money off the table after hit the 100% profit. I can’t bear the sight of losing my money if I were to let the greedy side of mine to show its color. Surprisingly the stock has breached the $95 bucks a share so my AAPL Feb 80 Call Option is ripe to be picked. It may not be $10 million for that matter but I earned it the legitimate way, unlike some dirty frogs who could sacrifice their souls and family names for that stacks of money. Hey! I should be made the new candidate for Pakatan Rakyat should there be a state election because I’ve strong principle – I won’t defect (I promise) *grin*.
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February 4th, 2009 by financetwitter
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they could be more than 4 frogs… who sold out who ?