Perak - it’s over in 2 hours, thanks to Mahathir’s plan?

What would PM Najib do without his mentor Mahathir? In a nutshell Najib is clueless and screwed without Mahathir’s intelligence especially on the matter of Perak State’s power-grab controversy. It was a huge mess as a result of a coup without a proper plan and Mahathir openly admitted that Najib’s plan to forcefully take over Perak state was done with huge loophole – another way to say Najib should take care (kautim) of the Speaker (Sivakumar) instead of the Camry-crazy Deputy Speaker (Hee Yit Fong). Anyway all is not lost as Mahathir (and his advisors) might just have the workaround to solve Najib’s problem although it’s not perfect. At least Najib can hold on to the Perak state until the next general election and in the process will not lose his face by losing back the Perak state.

Of course the first thing Mahathir need to do is to declare (which he already did yesterday) that the Sultan of Perak does not have the power to remove or sack a Chief Minister to whom he appointed. This makes Mahathir a temporary angel and the oppositions sing the songs of praise. But on the other hand Mahathir secretly deviced a strategy so that the BN coalition led by Najib can retain the Perak state. It’s pathetic to read that IGP (Inspector-General of Police) Musa Hassan has the cheek to say that literally it was not the fault of the police if pregnant women were to die as a result of tragic (fell off from motorcycle or ran over by car) snatch theft. Ironically the IGP has excessive reserve of policemen that hundreds of them could be sent to Perak to intimidate and harass the average-Joes wearing black.


As part of Mahathir’s evil plan, the first thing the police need to do is to arrest basically anyone within the 500-meter exclusive zone around the state secretariat building, that’s provided the person(s) could even come so near to that zone considering road-blocks were deployed much further away from the 500-meter zone. Not a single mosquito was supposed to fly into the American-style “No-Fly-Zone” in the Iraq’s war. Maybe the policemen were bored without much retaliation so they somehow went berserk and arrested most of the average-Joes who were enjoying their breakfast at a coffee-shop. At the last count, more than 60 people were arrested and dumped into police trucks incuding people elected representatives from the oppositions. Boy, Mahathir must be delighted to see the re-occurance of his favorite Operasi Lallang though the scale is smaller this time.

While the PR was so focus in grabbing their seats the BN led by Zambry was instructed to focus on the microphone. Yes, it’s a simple strategy but it works seamlessly in removing the PR’s Speaker. In fact it was like a child-game. Those who hold the microphone speaks louder and become the captain. Zambry was to move a motion to remove the Speaker who is expected to scream at top of his voice asking Zambry and his boys to go out. Zambry and his team should not move an inch because basically the Speaker will be paralyze without the co-operation of the sergeant-at-arms to remove Zambry. Didn’t I tell you money and power can move mountains *yawn*? Thank God this is not Taiwan otherwise we would be watching assemblymen throwing punches and assemblywomen pulling each other’s hair.

The turning point was when the Speaker Sivakumar left the House to escort Raja Muda (window of diversion) the microphones belong to the Speaker and PR assemblymen were quietly switched off. And the traitor deputy Speaker Hee Yit Fong was to announce that BN has the majority and successfully removed Speaker Sivakumar. PR (Pakatan Rakyat) may have the chairs but the BN has the microphones and they quickly appointed BN’s Ganesan as the new Speaker, never mind that PR’s Speaker refused to budge from the official Speaker chair. In fact during the recess all the PR’s assemblymen including its Speaker refuse to leave their seats but frankly the PR seems to have lost the battle. It’s a matter of time before Speaker Sivakumar needs to answer nature’s call right *grin*? So while the PR was adamant about not leaving their seats, the BN brought in a table for their new Speaker to continue with their agendas.

However it would be interesting to see if what transpired in the House is legitimate and legal considering that Raja Muda of Perak Raja Nazrin Shah has not officially deliver his speech and declared the state assembly open. Anyway BN has the upperhand with the latest twist, not to mention the support from the police and sergeant-at-arms. It doesn’t matter if the PR assemblymen decided to glue themselves to their chairs till midnight today because come the next asembly, the sergeant-at-arms will be super-efficient in removing anyone from PR should they try to grab the official “government seats” in the House. Furthermore do I have to repeat that democracy is dead since Mahathir took over the country more than 28 years ago?

Heck, looking back it seems the Perak State now has not only 2 (two) Chief Ministers but also 2 (two) Speakers. Aren’t you proud to be Malaysian? Maybe those assemblymen currently aligned to either PR or BN can have a coffee-talk and form their own alliance and appoint their own Chief Minister and Speaker as well, especially those who would not get to be appointed executive councillors. OK, the above may not be the plan hatched by Mahathir but if it was, it’s plain stupid although hilarious. BN is guaranteed to lose the Perak state in the next general election and it could be another Kelantan in the making. As of writing time, the assembly is not over yet so let’s continue watching, shall we?