Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz's agreement with Penang Chief Minister Lim Guang Eng's idea who is against allowing foreigners to cook hawker fare doesn't surprise me at all. Nazri dismisses MCA's criticism..
The outspoken Tourism Minister can just be so unpredictable at times. What surprised me is the element of "arrogance" which is still, an exuberant vitality.
Telling off Leong from MCA (BN's largest component party), "No wonder they lost in the last election because they don't seem to have a proper direction," over some disagreement on hawker food related issue is a slap in the face not only to Leong, but MCA as a party in BN's coalition. Leong's views on the said issue may not represent the entire MCA party's views and that's where arrogance is spotted.
Anyway, not a major issue. Forget about it, as arrogance can be so synonymous to several leaders of the ruling party. Just that, some people changed, some really don't.
Nevertheless, I find no difficulty to compliment the kind of approach and stance of BN's MP for Kulai, Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed. If only BN has abundance of leaders like Nur Jazlan, there might be some changes. Do not blindly criticise..
Time for reality. Back to my home state Selangor. Will TS Khalid Ibrahim's reluctance to step-down leave People's Pact (PR) in Selangor with no option but to press for a snap election?.
Seen his picture with PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz on his twitter account?
Isn't that a strong signal from him to those wishing to topple him?
Notice the political samba?
A day later it was the same picture that appears in Nik Aziz's official facebook page which has 1.7 million followers and carried the tagline,"Pertahankan Islam demi anak cucu" (Protect Islam for the future generation)
With his wife Puan Sri Salbiah, they had flown to Kota Bharu in what is widely said a private visit before he confirmed it to an aide that it was purely social visit and that he wanted to see Nik Aziz after he was discharged from hospital during the fasting month.
Speculate as you want. What can be purely social when it comes to politics?, and Selangor politics in particular.
Never mind that he has also met Kelantan MB, Datuk Mohamed Yakob. Short of support from within his own party PKR (People's Justice Party), Khalid received overwhelming moral support from top two of PAS - it's president, Datuk Hj Abdul Hadi Awang and spiritual leader Datuk Nik Aziz.
These top two of PAS have given their political endorsement for Khalid to cling to the post of Selangor MB. Yes, you may differ with me, but the endorsement could be considered a huge moral victory for him, sweeter, when the top two also praised him as being a clean and scandal free leader.
Forget not, PAS has more seats in Selangor state assembly than PKR thus, the support thrown by the two has it's own impact.
Wherever I go for Hari Raya (Eid) open house or gatherings, the "hurricane" plaguing PKR in particular and PR Selangor in general, had been "a compulsory" conversation.
To the average person in Selangor, especially those in the kampungs (villages), their common question is -
Is there any compelling need to "get rid" of Khalid?
What has he done wrong?
I was taken aback when a relative thrown a "blunt" question - When will Azizah (Anwar's wife) stop being a "stooge" for Anwar?
I chose not to share some utterances which I consider offensive and not fair for Azizah or certain leaders in PKR. From their "style' of talk, I could guess that there are not PKR members, but in support of the government in Selangor.
From their remarks and body languages, I could tell, none is in favour of Azizah becoming their MB.
Anwar may be right to say that Azizah, in her capacity as president of PKR is qualified to be appointed MB, but people of Selangor especially voters are also not wrong to indicate their preference of the two (incumbent Khalid or Azizah) and "qualified" to make their evaluation and stance.
To them, MB serves the people and not the party or section of party members thus, what they always want is a candidate that best serve their interest as well as the state.
I was also told that in Khalid's Hari Raya functions, people had gathered around him in show of sympathy, encouragement and support.
I was also told about the survey recently conducted by Astro Awani that more than 60% of people polled favoured Khalid while only 9% were for Azizah.
Among those present in my Hari Raya gatherings are school teachers, but over all, they are just pessimistic and sceptical that Azizah could perform any better than Khalid.
One thing amused me, that people in the rural areas (Kampungs) are quite up to-date with information, perhaps their smartphones keep them posted - thanks to pre-paid internet packages that keep them connected to fb and other social network.
People are not certain whether "Anwar's" call to get Azizah appointed as MB was reciprocated by all levels of leaders and members of PKR itself.
The irony is, how could several PKR's assemblymen and division leaders just indicated their support for Azizah a few days ago? Why do they take time to indicate their stance?
I do not know if readers are "aware" that PKR deputy president Azmin Ali has been very quite when by virtue of Selangor chairman, he could have a big say in this. I'm also not certain if readers are observant enough that his men and women are dominance in PKR.
For those in "reformasi" movement, they should be familiar enough with Azmin's sisters. Words are that Azmin has reconciled with them on Hari Raya and that his elder sisters and mother remained critical of Anwar.
At this point, it's not important to know whether Azmin's sisters and mother are right or wrong about Anwar.
The problem now seems that Khalid would not concede without a fight. I don't blame him either. Put yourself in his shoes. Won't you feel betrayed? Won't you be angry with the kind of treatment shown by Anwar and Azizah? "Bleed" you when you are needed and throw you without any sense of compassion?
I can understand, in fact most Malays understand if DAP top leadership chose to extent their endorsement for Azizah. It's not difficult to read, be it the written or the unwritten and I don't find the need to elaborate.
Negotiations could be taking place until Aug 10 and it's interesting to watch how the MB issue eventually resolved.
Whichever the direction the tussle would lead to, "damage" is unavoidable. Perhaps, one way out is to have a snap election. Let the people decide, and then the appointment of new MB is not an issue any more.
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