PKR (People Justice Party) de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim's insistence and persistence to only nominate party president who is also his wife Wan Azizah for the post of Selangor new MB (chief minister) samples his shortsightedness at the same time, strengthening the fear of many Selangor residents that Wan Azizah would be a puppet MB for Selangor.
Under such given circumstances, the people of Selangor are compelled to think between a reality and one's fantasy.
As I have said in my previous articles, perhaps the time is up for majority public not to welcome or even becoming reluctant to instinctively accept whatever that comes from Anwar without first verifying it authenticity and weighing it's sensibility.
To substantiate the above is PAS' reluctance to Anwar's presentation of a case to nominate his wife Azizah as the new MB. PAS' supremo Abdul Hadi Awang is at logger head with Anwar over Azizah's nomination.
It clearly demonstrates that PAS receptivity of Anwar's proposals is not as before especially after the Kajang Move saga.
PR's (People's Pact) new approach of steering away from race-based politics is refreshing to Malaysian politics, but people would condemn to the core if they spot elements of dictatorship birth and evolve in PR.
What is the problem of nominating more than one name for the post of Selangor MB?
If indeed, Azizah is seen competent in the eyes of the Sultan, she would still be chosen. But what if the Sultan is in agreement with many of his subjects that Azizah is not the best choice to head the state?
If only my opinion as a Selangor resident be taken up - with all the due respect for Azizah - I would say that she is not the best bet to helm Selangor, unless PR encountered acute shortage of leaders.
I am not being prejudiced to Azizah, but surely I have my reasons for saying so.
My argument is simple. When people are not sure if Anwar himself could have an edge over Khalid in dealing with Selangor economic matters, surely Azizah's weaknesses (lacking or having no administrative experience) is no comparison to either Anwar or Khalid.
Administrating the state of Selangor requires high level of competency and skills and not a sheer rhetoric especially when Selangor is one of the most developed and the richest state.
Thus, the wide gap in Azizah made it difficult to digest and accept that she could be any better than the two (Anwar or Khalid).
Of course, those in favor of Azizah replacing Khalid would find all justifications in the world to prove I'm wrong, but it doesn't matter.
What fear me the most is the recurrence of similar situation in the event Azizah fails in her new task. I wonder - if the same people who could have sung praises of Khalid to the moon before in short spell of time, changed to insults to the drain - would do it on Azizah. Wouldn't it be a silly act?
People make mistakes. So are preachers!, but most importantly, whatever differing views and opinions cannot be silenced, communications must continue to prevail.
People of Selangor need to be an inclusive community to help transform the state into becoming a high income state and for that, a competent MB becomes a necessity if not compulsory. Not an MB to fulfill the aspirations of the influential and elite few.
Selangor now needs genuine reconciliation with all parties (at least, parties that govern the state) must close ranks for the interest of the state and it's people.
Just how could we captivate our potential if we remain paranoid to greed, craze for power, and etc?
The so-called "brilliants" especially in PKR must realize that there are too many of us in Selangor who have been silent while democracy in the state is being crushed.
In the context of Selangor crisis, if only they are true politicians - politicians of the people, for the people - why are they breaking us apart?
Was it not their overwhelming intolerance to differences that has caused political disarray not only in their party, but the coalition?
These very same politicians want us to observe and value democratic principles, but are they seen safeguarding democratic process in all their actions including their plan to oust Khalid from MB office via their Kajang Move?
Fine, Khalid may be a recalcitrant after-all, but he has also been bold. His boldness (the pro-Kajang Move may have different terminology) demonstrates his "strength" in dealing with situations that has been causing headaches to his former party PKR, if not PR.
Now what?
PKR had issued show-cause letter, had washed Khalid's dirty linen in public, has sacked him from the party, and yet, he is still the MB, at least for now.
The Sultan of Selangor has consented him to continue as MB, which all parties must adhere.
As mentioned above, it's not the differences, but more of intolerance to differences.
There are silent majority in Selangor whose voices are not heard in the social media.
I'm puzzled, why the PKR and DAP Councillors taken so long whether to resign or not, leaving Khalid the option to sack them?
Are they not complying to party instructions? With the sacking, PKR and DAP has "lost" Selangor.
Khalid may eventually step-down, but for now - he ended up the "winner" and nothing Anwar, Azizah, Azmin, Saifuddin or even Rafizi could do.
He has proven to people of Selangor that he's a nut not easily cracked and also proven that he's not an easy prey to be pushed around by his party's influential circle.
He still believes it was a conspiracy of the highest order, the same cry made by Anwar when he was sacked from Umno and the government.
Anwar has today lost another leader and as he claims, a family friend. Will he looses more following the Selangor MB crisis? Only time will tell.
Be it the party, Anwar, Azizah and any others from PKR can no longer instruct Khalid to comply to their instructions. The chain has been broken.
As Eid Mubarak is coming to it's end, more open houses were held during the weekends. I have the opportunity to meet PR's Malay "Ketua Kampungs" (Village Heads). Surprisingly, several of them said they are still behind Khalid though he has been sacked by his party.
It shows that Khalid still enjoy support from the grass-root level in Selangor, let alone residents of Selangor.
It's interesting to follow every bit of development to this Selangor MB crisis, but the longer it takes to resolve, the more damages it has on PR government in Selangor.
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