THE real power behind the Opposition leader has spoken: it’s a declaration of war as Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin has completely ignored the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s (YDPA) wishes that he (the King) will not swear in another Prime Minister (PM) before his five-year reign ends next January.
Yesterday (Feb 15), I criticised Opposition leader Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin for failing the Agong’s test to ensure political stability for the next five years to allow the country to unite a very polarised plural nation.
I said that Hamzah failed the minimum test to give an undertaking that Anwar would be the last PM – the 16th – that the YDPA will swear in before the end of his five-year reign next January.
The maximum test, meanwhile, is an undertaking that there would be no change of PM for the next five years and that Anwar will be able to serve the full five-year term as the 10th PM.
Now the reason for Hamzah failing both the minimum and maximum tests is clear – for Muhyiddin’s speech was a declaration of war indicating that he will not be restrained by the King’s royal address at the opening of the 15th Parliament on Monday (Feb 13) from enacting another Sheraton Move political conspiracy to usher in another “backdoor” PM.
In his jingoistic speech, the Bersatu MP was confident of the “green wave” phenomenon, echoing PN leaders who said the coalition could capture the Selangor state government and that PN has a 50-50 chance to capture Negeri Sembilan in the state general elections to be held in June or July this year.
One PN leader even said that PN could capture 33 out of 36 state assembly constituencies in Kedah in the upcoming state general election – apart from Kota Darul Aman, Bakar Arang, and Sidam – and that the PN would have a clean sweep of all the seats in Kelantan and Terengganu.
All that is necessary to prove that there is no such thing as an irresistible “green tide” phenomenon to transform Malaysia into a theocratic state is to prove five things:
- That PN could not capture the Selangor state government;
- That PN could not capture the Negeri Sembilan State government;
- That the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions which formed the Anwar unity government could win more than three state assembly seats in Kedah.
- Break the PN monopoly of all seats in Kelantan.
- Break the PN monopoly of all seats in Terengganu.
It is clear from Muhyiddin’s speech in Parliament yesterday (Feb 15), PN wants the six state general elections to be a mini-Parliamentary election where an overwhelming PN victory will be the basis for another Sheraton Move political conspiracy to topple Anwar as the 10th PM.
Muhyiddin wants the 16th YDPA to work with five PMs in five years from 2019 to 2024 but the decision will be in the hands of the voters in six states in their general elections in June or July – and not in Muhyiddin’s hands. – Feb 16, 2023
Retired DAP supremo and former Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang, 81, has a colourful political career spanning 57 years.
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