Saturday, February 7, 2009

Empire Strikers Back

There is an English saying that “Don’t judge a book by its cover”. Or you can rephrase it as “Don’t judge a ruler by his words”. After all his words and credentials, Sultan Azlan Shah’s decision is a big letdown. That shows the monarchy is a self serving toothless paper tiger. The eldest daughter of Azlan is one of the substantial shareholders of Gamuda. Of course this is one of the public listed companies that his children have stake in. As such, if you look from the monetary point of view, Azlan’s decision is rationale. His family is a slave to Najib’s money bag. But the royalty’s reputation in Malaysia and international is in taters. Who can take them seriously next time they talk about justice, impartiality and rule of law? The damage is done the day the royal family chooses to sleep with the devil. The least he could have done is to order the special meeting of the state assembly to institute a vote of no confidence against Nizar’s government. If BN claims they have the majority support, than prove it. What have got to hide? This is a coup and the government is illegitimate.

The three traitors are losers as well. Are they sure Najib will honour the $15 million reward? Ezam was promised $10 million to join UMNO to slander Anwar. When he checked his account in Indonesia, only $100,000 was banked in, according to Gopalakrishnan the MP for Padang Serai. The “kaki capek” lady ought to be conferred honorary Bumiputera status, thanks to her Perak is now ruled by UMNO and the land titles of New Villages are in jeopardy. She has been cursed to death, can never set foot in Perak again. The Chinese are so furious that they burnt hell’s money for her. She must be very “suai”. Who knows she might die clutching her money.

BN’s is celebrating, especially UMNO but it is a matter of winning the battle but losing the war. As Dr M said, the repercussion will be felt in the next 13th. GE. Unfortunately, MCA, MIC and Gerakan will have to bear the anger from the non Malay voters. But of course the current loser is PR. But they can still recover depending on their next course of action. Hopefully, they learn a good lesson from this episode. Sun Tzu Art of War classic advice is know your strength and weakness as well as your enemies. 100 battles 100 victories. But Anwar’s has been adopting wrong strategy from day one. Firstly, talking about defection openly. Secondly, failure to check the enemy within. The Bota guy is a spy. Next time, select capable and people with integrity instead of selecting a form 5 “kaki capek” as a candidate. I suppose the happiest man is Dr M. Although you have lost the battle, you can still win the war.

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