Pakatan Rakyat Needs A New Leader

Wee Choo Keong has finally quit PKR. And I am sure that many in PKR are also unhappy with the leadership. Internal tension has also been an evident in Pakatan Rakyat. With this latest resignation in PKR, I foresee that Anwar is in trouble and Pakatan Rakyat may break up.

I have always been critical of UMNO and BN as well as DAP and PAS. I am not pro to any of those party. Like many Malaysians, I belong to the ‘third force’ – we say things as it is!

So now I’m going to say it - I dislike Anwar Ibrahim. To me Anwar is not up to the task. He is only good at making empty promises. Who could forget his promise to take over Putrajaya on 16 Sept 2008. He is full of personal agendas that doesn’t make him a capable leader to lead a solid opposition coalition. He is busy ‘selling’ his good image overseas that he forgets the real works of delivering the pledges he made during his election campaign. He also lacks the capacity to lead his loose coalition.

Personally, I would like to see a strong opposition coalition, a stable Pakatan Rakyat (minus the PKR). 8 March 2008 was the best ‘gift’ from them to BN who has ruled the country for over 50 years. It was a long-overdue wake-up call to the mighty politicians in BN. It was only then that BN begun its much-needed purge to raise the quality of its politicians and learned how to be more humble and communicate better with the people.

So I really hope for DAP to work out in Penang and PAS to work out in Kelantan and together (again, minus PKR) form a united front that can ensure BN upholds its ‘people first, performance now’ promise.

How I wish Lim Guan Eng, Lim Kit Siang and Karpal Singh could agree with me that Anwar has got limited skills to raise Pakatan Rakyat to the top. How I wish Hadi Awang and Nik Aziz could agree with me that if they keep Anwar, their journey to Putrajaya is going to be really tough. How I wish they could agree with me that apart from his great drive to be the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar is lack of visions and priorities for the future of the nation.

However with PM Najib’s sterling performance as a leader since he took office over a year ago – it will not be an easy journey now for Pakatan Rakyat to capture Putrajaya. As PM Najib is now appreciated by the rakyat for implementing visible reforms, Pakatan Rakyat needs to produce notable solutions to overcome so many internal issues before they can produce another ‘political tsunami’ in the next general election due in 2013.

However, we, the third force, are not easily convinced that Anwar will be a good leader. Anwar’s sodomy drama, Anwar’s empty promises, Anwar’s talent at blaming others and Anwar’s hunger for international limelight are just a few of his real ‘talents’.

What Pakatan Rakyat needs most now is a new leader.

My 2 Cents on Permatang Pasir

"BN To Study Causes of Defeat in Permatang Pasir - Najib"

"Pengundi Permatang Pasir Tidak Mahukan Perubahan - Muhyiddin"

These are the 2 headlines on TheStarOnline and Bernama.com today.

One of the reasons mentioned by both our PM and DPM was character assassination by PAS. Come on!! Please don't talk about character assassination when BN all along has been using this tactic to gain political power. Everybody in politics will jump at the opportunity to ruin the reputations of their opponents on hearing an integrity/moral issue. Dr. M, Nik Aziz, Anwar Ibrahim, Hadi Awang, Khalid Ibrahim, Khir Toyo - the dirty game is played by both sides. DAP is another matter because that is one of their core values set by Lim Kit Siang & Karpal Singh.

I don't need time like Najib to study why BN failed again. For me the major mistake which BN did was to choose Rohaizat as the candidate. Rohaizat was a very poor choice of candidate - it conveyed to the voters the impression that BN is full of corrupt leaders. Don't tell me that BN didn't cover the bases - vet the candidate's background!! How could BN choose somebody who was guilty of abusing funds entrusted to him (as indicated by the BAR Council) for the rakyat to vote. So instead of speaking on changes/developments that BN could bring to Permatang Pasir during the campaign period, the BN campaigners had to vigorously defending Rohaizat. To BN's campaign strategists - what a 'brilliant' campaign strategy!!

It seems like the new PM has also not learned anything from the bitter lessons learned the hard way by the previous PM. As for me, I don't really have much faith in our politicians, be it the oppositions or BN. Our country is indeed in grief and mortal danger in the hands of these SHALLOW MINDED, INTELLECTUALLY-CHALLENGED and CORRUPTED people.

My advice to Najib - "Character counts!! In Malaysia's political scenario today, it counts more than the politicians' IQs."