steadyaku47

Monday 11 July 2011

An inconvenient truth for Pakatan Rakyat!


Pakatan Rakyat has a fight on its hand.The 13th general election nears and as each day passes the fortunes of Pakatan Rakyat ebbs and flows like the tide that washes up on to our shores. At times in spurts it erratically seizes upon a momentary lapse in Barisan Nasional concentration and then claims a victory of sorts for the day. Then inevitably the tide turns as its more powerful and wealthy adversary once again steam rolls itself over any force that dares to even contemplate standings in its way towards another term in office.We are all interested on lookers to this oft repeated spectacles of Malaysian politicians fighting for political survival where winning is the only way to go. 

Against Barisan Nasional the only ally Pakatan Rakyat has is the people - for it has no large armies and no deep pockets from which it can scoop up endless richess to fund its way to victory. Against Barisan Nasional the people, in the main, will demand for Pakatan Rakyat to have leaders who are without blemish in their public and private lives. Leaders who would stand up to any inquisition demanded of it by the people from whom the are seeking a mandate to govern....almost an impossible task given the Malaysia we live in. So why is Pakatan Rakyat not addressing the issue of DSAI credibility?

The inconvenient truth is that Pakatan Rakyat first tier leadership would prefer the issue of DSAI credibility to be addressed AFTER the 13th general election. But as Shakespeare puts it: 

"Truth is truth 
To the end of reckoning"

And what is the truth about DSAI?

That he is a politician par excellence can be borne out in the manner that he has survived Mahathir's political execution of him at the height of his political nadir when he was DPM. Not only has he survived that but he has come back as leader of the opposition to torment the party that once held him to be the heir presumptive to its Presidency. He has done so at great personal sacrifice - physically and mentally - he has emerged strong and resolute to win the 13th general election as leader of Pakatan Rakyat - heir presumptive to BN's after the 13th general election. These are stuff of which dreams are made of...but dreams have a habit of disappering when the dreamer is awakened! 

DSAI is an enigma- different things to different people...but what he is to different people is immaterial. What matters is what he is to Pakatan Rakyat. He is leader of Pakatan Rakyat by default. There is simply nobody around that can hold Pakatan Rakyat together and give it that sense of purpose as it goes into the 13th general election. Truly an unenviable position for DSAI to be in but for Pakatan Rakyat somewhat a precarious situation given that Barisan Nasional is also in the same frame of mind - but for different reasons. To BN if they take DSAI out, Pakatan Rakyat will self destruct.      

And so we have the situation today. BN attacks DSAI on all fronts and Pakatan Rakyat desperately fighting a  rear guard action to keep DSAI head above water to live and fight another day. But with each salvo thrown at DSAI's by BN the ability of DSAI to be effective as a leader in Pakatan Rakyat diminishes. Apart from the practical issues of having to front up in court to defend himself there are the niggling and cumbersome issues that keeps flying in formation around DSAI like flies around a road kill- Zaid, the PKR's party elections, PKR defections and of course the recent Carcosa Tapes etc etc. 

To date despite spirited defence from Azizah and declarations of continued support from Pakatan Rakyat's UMNO is still bent on pursuing this line of attack on DSAI. And we can expect more of the same as UMNO steps up its attempts to wreck havoc and mayhem if not on DSAI then on Pakatan Rakyat's leadership for not being able to resolve the issue of DSAI credibility once and for all.

Our concern is that this credibility issue does not become the focus of the 13th general election. Pakatan Rakyat must accept that this is a problem that will not go away. Maybe it might be more prudent to not give UMNO such a highly visible target for them to attack. If DSAI cannot be King then he could be King maker. Pakatan Rakyat needs to address the leadership issue now so that they can then go to the 13th general elections with confidence that the 13th general elections will be fought on issues of open and accountable government and nothing else. And even on that premise, the BN party machinery is already a formidable opponent. Victory is not certain. A credible leader might just make that difference.  


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comment from KL:


Thanks. Agreed.

Such a drama king. Trying to steal the thunder from Ambiga & Bersih with his put-on ICU show at hospital after being teargassed.

The logic of the situation is that someone from PAS should lead Pakatan. PKR is the least significant of the 3 parties in their electoral pact & their grassroots nothing compared with PAS & DAP.

Zaid may be among those taking shots at him but his camp have done tremendous damage to Zaid, Gopala, Wee Choo Keong & others who turned their backs on him & PKR.

The PKR assassination squads are masters at black propaganda & the ones dragging integrity into the gutter. 




10 comments:

  1. You used to say it once before if i m not mistaken,PR should be beyond Anwar,we got many capable one in PAS,DAP and even PKR-Nik aziz,hadi,salahuddin,khalid samad,guan eng,nurul izah just to name a few,these are leaders who can hold their own-the thing is that PR is not just about anwar,its more than that,it is an altrnative to the rotten to the core BN regime.

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  2. DSAI IS THE MAN THAT UNITE THE MUSLIMS AND THE NON MUSLIMS

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  3. One question:

    what about DSNR's credibility when he ascended PM's post despite his reputation of an alleged accused murderer?

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  4. Dato', why must PR defend DSAI's credibility? It is not Anwar that is the problem! The problem is that the whole UMNO is out to get him! Even if PR were to say or prove one accusation today, tomorrow another will arise. The agenda here is to destroy DSAI and in the process destroy PR. UMNO is so afraid of one man that they will stoop so low as to destroy his credibility with whatever means possible. It will never end. Besides with the might of the government machinery behind UMNO, it is just pointless.

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  5. The BN leaders actually face a bigger credibility problem than Anwar Ibrahim. For AI, everybody knows that the allegations against him are manufactured by his enemies. They are mostly spurious.

    But the collapse of credibility among the BN guys are clear as daylight. For one, not many non-Malays will ever believe in MCA and Gerakan anymore.
    The other credibility issues include>
    -all the flipflop decisions;
    -Altantuya murder and the RM500 million submarine commission for Jibby's close friend;
    -erasure of immigration records, no denial and no explanation;
    -latest backtracking on the promise to let Bersih 2.0 be held in a stadium;
    -MACC and TBH;
    -remand prisoners die like flies and not a single inquiry;
    -PKFZ and Felda issues.....

    Aiyah, it is a long long story!

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  6. Mr. Steadyaku 47....A man is innocent until proven guilty...where is the fairness..your are not STEADY anymore

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  7. I believe that PR has grown beyond Anwar and that it can still survive should Anwar gets incarcerated or drop dead
    Let's say that if Anwar retires since he can't take it anymore
    UMNO and BN will be cheering to the top of their lungs
    They will say that Anwar resigns as a sign of guilt, proving that all those allegations thrown at him (sodomy, sex vids)r in fact true

    Let's say that if someone else took over the mantle of leadership?
    Did you actually believe that whatever that happened to DSAI throughout his tenure as opposition leader will NOT happen to him/her?
    Take Mat Sabu for example
    Next to Anwar, he is the most feared PR figure by UMNO
    Why else did their mouthpiece campaign ferociously for his opponents throughout the recent PAS VP race?
    Why else did UMNO blew a gasket when he won?
    Why else did they conjured up an alleged sex tape about him?

    Guan Eng?
    The guy has no baggage and is doing a terrific job in handling Penang, so terrific even UMNO Penang gave him credit
    But knowing UMNO, they'll definitely concoct something to discredit him
    A rape charge. perhaps?
    Anything is possible in Malaysia

    Nizar?
    The penderkaha, boneka DAP will definitely played up to the breaking point

    Nurul Izzah?
    UMNO will definitely go 2 town discrediting her by labeling her as the "spawn of Anwar's seed" or "like father, like daughter"
    I can imagine that a simple pic of her taking off her tudung or slight expose of her aurah will be made as campaign fodder

    The way I see it, Anwar or no Anwar, PR is still in the crossfire with attacks from all angles

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  8. Your article is just another repetition of the endless calls for Anwar to step down. and WHY must he step down? because UMNO is attacking him and therefore he cannot lead? because of UMNO sexual fabrications he is tainted?

    What nonsense !!

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  9. The problem is, we have too many people like Anonymous who just can't accept cold truths!!!

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  10. IF Yinluck could jadi PM ,
    WHY not NIZAR ?
    & LGE a dpm !
    & semivalue...oops a sammy or sabra a 2nd-dpm !??

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