Can the marriage last?

I have my doubt as PAS is very strong on their Islamic ideology and practice. DAP is a Chinese chauvinist and PKR is for the sake of Anwar Ibrahim. PKR did not expect that they could win well and they were not actually prepared for the PRU 12. That’s why we could see people like the two frogs in Perak and nearest to home, a Chico was just put up as candidates and surprisingly he won. PKR chose their candidates ad hoc. Like in Port Klang, PKR won just because the rakyat was against late Dato Zakaria Istana and his daughter in law was the BN candidate. It’s not rather nice to relate about the deceased but that was the fact and the reality. In fact, Selangor fell to Pakatan, more or less the blame was on him. Regret that the pressure was too great for him to bear and his heart could not take it anymore. Pakatan on the other hand should also realize the reality and the fortune they got unexpectedly.

In Selangor, Penang and in Perak, the majority of the Malay Kampongs, PAS is being given to administer which was predominantly under UMNO control. The JKK and the Mosques are all under the leadership of PAS. Unlike Kedah, and Kelantan, PAS is not the majority factor in the states government under Pakatan. Most Malays (other than PAS members) in these three states are getting jittery and the Malays are having the impression that in Perak, Penang and Selangor an administration of PAS is a governance of DAP. Malays shunned DAP totally of its political ideology and there is no Malay leader in DAP. Those Malays who voted for DAP at the last election were merely showing their frustrations with the UMNO Leaders, not on UMNO actually. Let’s be honest, somehow or rather any Malays in this country has benefited from the NEP, the main agenda of UMNO for the Malays. Look at the numbers of Malays in the Higher Learning Institutions etc. I bet some of the present Leaders in PAS and PKR were educated through the scholarships the government provided vide the NEP. These people turned against the Government not that they hated the Government but they hate the UMNO Leaders. If BN want to regain the 2/3 majority in Parliament and got back the states lost, UMNO Leaderships have to be change. Eradicate corruption, transparent and modest life styles. If not the rakyat still chose Pakatan, at the very least there is check and balance.

With the quarrel among the Pakatan over small matters, the perception is, Pakatan would not be able to govern towards the economic and the rakyat well beings. Most Malays prefer that PAS and UMNO join hands to form Unity government. The most feared is, Malaysia would become two races country, the Malays and the Non. It would be communal and that’s not conducive for racial harmony. It could be a disaster in the making. The aftermath ………I fear to comment.

If Pakatan want to succeed up to federal level, Hadi, Anwar and Kit Siang should sit down over a cup of coffee and sorts out the entire little petty problem and map out their strategies in tandem. Better be quick for the rakyat are getting tired of the quarrel over small things which can be easily settle over a cup of kopi jantan and talk like jantan.

Thanks to Malaysian Insider for the following article. It is a reality that the rakyat is facing and feeling right now. This is an eye opener for those who chose Pakatan at PRU 12.


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KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — Time’s up, Pakatan Rakyat. The days of courting are over. You either decide to get married or go your separate ways. Malaysians have grown weary of the soap opera which is being played out every week (or is it every other day) by different members of the opposition alliance.

Headlines such as “DAP pulls out of Kedah state government”, “Unity talks irk PAS partners” were once greeted with a shrug of the shoulders and accepted as necessary growing pains of a nascent political coalition trying to find its footing post-Election 2008.

This charitable position was anchored on the belief that in time, Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and the Democratic Action Party (DAP) would check their egos at the door and cobble together a common platform for a better Malaysia.

Malaysians also wanted to know if the three political parties could reach common ground on their ideological positions.

Sadly, instead of working out the details and putting in place the architecture for a stronger, and permanent, Pakatan Rakyat, leaders from PKR, PAS and DAP have been squandering away the goodwill earned 16 months ago with petty politics and gamesmanship.

Sadly, instead of seizing a historic opportunity to show Malaysians that Pakatan Rakyat has medium- and long-term strategies for a better Malaysia, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Datuk Abdul Hadi Awang and Lim Kit Siang have been more focused on a Band Aid approach.

Driving this narrow-minded thinking is the underlying belief that if push comes to shove they can always return to their support base and secure the same support from Malaysians at the next general election.

So PAS can always count on conservative Malays, DAP on the Chinese and educated non-Malays and PKR on urban Malays. This argument is like a slice of Swiss cheese: full of holes.

The bulk of the votes that flowed to the three parties on March 8, 2008 were the result of a rejection of Barisan Nasional and what the ruling coalition stood for. It had little to do with what PKR, PAS and DAP had to offer the electorate individually.

So what Malaysians expected and desired was a committed attempt by the leaders of the three political parties to sit down and put in place the structure and policies of an alternative political system built on social justice, inclusiveness, transparency, rule of law and equality.

That desire is still there. That space is still there for the taking.

Because many Malaysians know that Umno/Barisan Nasional will never be able to deliver on its promise of making Malaysia a better place. Despite improved public relations and moves to liberalise the economy, Umno/BN is still infested with corrupt politicians (young and old) who after having purchased their positions with money expect to recoup “their investments’’ during their political career.

That is why the Port Klang Free Zone fiasco happened. That is why more than RM250 billion oil and gas revenue from Petronas to the government in the last five years have not had much of an impact on the ground.

That is why “unemployed” Umno/BN politicians are able to wear RM200,000 Patek Phillipe watches, live in mansions and own a fleet of top-of-the-range vehicles. Malaysians know of these excesses and are willing to give Pakatan Rakyat a chance at the ballot box.

But first PAS, DAP and PKR must show that they are committed to Pakatan Rakyat. As a first step, they should have a formal mechanism like a council to work out a common platform.
This council of Pakatan Rakyat leaders should meet several times a month and provide input on policies as well as state the coalition’s stand on important issues such as places of worship and the New Economic Policy.

The council can also advance and promote a unified Pakatan Rakyat agenda to convince the public of its ability to govern at federal level.

If PKR, DAP and PAS cannot agree on a permanent structure like a Pakatan Rakyat council or cannot put together a common platform, then perhaps it is time to end the courtship and inform Malaysians that you would like to stay friends. But marriage is out of the question.

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I want to see a better Malaysia. If not for me, it’s for my children’s children. I tasted and went through the era of Communist Emergency, the Kapal Layar, Mageran, NEP, 2M, Bersih Cekap Amanah, Look East Policy, buy British last and Islam Hadhari. The rest of the slogans I have forgotten. Now I am in the era of 1Malaysia, priority to the rakyat. To the rakyat? Prove me wrong.