Thursday February 5, 2009
How the Perak state government fell
Jan 25: Umno’s Bota assemblyman Datuk Nasarudin Hashim quits Barisan to join PKR.
Jan 26: Perak Barisan chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Tajol Rosli Ghazali takes responsibility for defection. Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin claims three more will leave Umno and join PKR.
Jan 27: Nasarudin goes into “hiding”.
Jan 28: Tajol Rosli quits as Perak Umno liaison chairman. Nasarudin resurfaces, says he will not change his mind. Barisan drops first hint of defections from PKR.
Jan 29: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak takes over as Perak Barisan chairman and state Umno liaison chairman.
Jan 30: Nizar dismisses talk that both Jamaluddin (Behrang) and Mohd Osman (Changkat Jering), who were charged with corruption last August, would be crossing over. Several Umno assemblyman claim PKR agents had approached them to cross over.
Jan 31: Jamaluddin and Mohd Osman go “missing”. Eight Umno branches in Bota disband, members join PKR.
Feb 1: Perak state assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar releases undated resignation letters signed by the two. Both deny resigning and claim they were forced to sign the letters after the March 8 elections.
Feb 2: Sivakumar submits the resignation letters to the Election Commission and declared seats vacant. Nizar meets Sultan of Perak. Jamaluddin and Mohd Osman fail to show up at press conferences.
Feb 3: EC rules that Changkat Jering and Behrang seats are not vacant. Both assemblymen quit their seats to become Independent. Perak deputy speaker Hee Yit Foong goes “missing” but later states she is still with DAP.
Feb 4: Hee turns Independent. Nizar meets Sultan in bid to have assembly dissolved. Najib announces fall of Pakatan government and says Barisan is ready to take over.
As Malaysian political arena never fails to shock and amuse everyone time to time,What really we can conclude from the news above? Personally i would say multiple reactions. I dont know wether the news is funny, shocking or simply unacceptable , but for me I am still in shock. Doesn't really expect all this will happen when Perak MB was sworn in last year..When the opposition captured majority seats in the elections, nobody expected this will happen, moreover its not even a year. All these politicians was elected by the people, and from their election manifestos nothing seem to be followed. Especially when these politicians decided to cross over.
At this level, what is the talking point now is...
-- Is process of democracy followed?
-- Is this what the people want?
-- Does the people can really accept this transition of power?
Alright, I have to be more specific. I am aware there is rules such as Perak constitution law to be followed and thats how it should be done rite? And I believe Sultan and everyone including BN people and Pakatan people are following this procedure.
Then why there is a lot of protest for this power transition even the veterans think that this a move by BN because they are desperate. Lawyer Karpal Singh quoted saying he is studying and analysing the facts to protest the Sultan's order according to the law. Note this, after Karpal said this, BAR council chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenivasan said no body can challenge the Sultan's decision.So Sultan has done a great job.Talking about party hopping she said it was "legally permissible", and morality is the another issue.
Quoting what Datuk Ambiga said 'There may be good reasons that politicians want to cross over but having gone through elections and people take the trouble to vote for you, maybe it is time to look at an anti-hopping law.
“If you look at moral and ethical points of view, one should not defeat the mandate and wishes of the people. But the legal position is, you can cross" .
Understand. I really have to respect her for statement in the end about the mandate given by the people to these politicians and personally the RAKYAT not only voted for them,but also for the respective party they represented. How about the RAKYAT? They are the one formed the previous government by voting for the opposition, and now how sure these politicians are about the RAKYAT's view about this transition.
Lets say if there is a fresh election in Perak? Large sums of money would be involved, which prompts up a question. Is this affordable now? I think so much of money are being wasted for plenty of 'unpromising' projects. If there is anyone to divert all these cash flows to the right track, then it is a possiblity. I really believe that BN people will try to avoid election, and for sure they are on the driving seat now.
Another person who caught my attention is Bota assemblyman Dtk Nasaruddin HAshim. He said decision to return to BN was made after considering the unstable and confusing political situation in Perak. If we look back he is the starting point of these chaos in the state. Now he is claiming that he returned to his old party for the sake of people and the political situation. If things go wrong again, will he defect again to another party? So when he joins PKR he was concerned about the people ey? How in the world in just 1o days he manage to find such a trmendous change in his perceptions about politic and the RAKYAT?
You see, I am not supporting any political parties here. If you able to observe whats going on in a microscopic way maybe , you be able to detect some things that you never imagined before, hopping politicians most probably are capable of creating uncertainties in our political system, and will lead to lost of confidence and faith among the RAKYAT.
I've heard stories in other political sense, Mr President Obama went to multiple parties to show that he cares and he has to try to get on the good side of all the people at the parties. I know our political system is different from their's, politicians here shouldn;t be compared with US politicians but still politics were made for the sake for country and its people and there is a lot of criterias that should be considered before moving on..
I am not a lawyer to debate this issue, wether some laws should be implemented or not but I believe a comprehensive anti hopping law must be enacted so that any politicians, assemblymen and women who is thinking of jumping or switching parties must stand the consequences. This is a way to build trust between politicians and the RAKYAT who voted for them . There is some proposals by some concerned politicians about implementing the law, since Datuk Seri Anwar announces that he is going to take over the government on Sept 16, and nothing done by him, and thats why this issue got silent, and now seriously we might need the law.
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