From the time that PN bundled PH out of government, there has only been one matalamat for me. How, when and what do we have to do, to get back for PH the mandate to govern that was given to them by the rakyat at PRU14.
But what has happened since then has also made me realize that the PH we had at PRU14 is not the PH we had, and supported going into PRU14. A PH and BN battle looms over PRU15 - and by all accounts, it will be too close to call.
In PRU14 we had the Mahathir factor that made a telling difference to the final outcome. In PRU15 we have the Rafzi/Nurul factor that had made a discernible difference to even up the odds between BN and PH - but will the Rafizi/Nurul factor be enough to win PRU15 for PH?
The jury is still out on this, but what is certain is that together, the Opposition will win PRU15. So why is the Opposition not together?
The obvious difference between PRU14 and PRU15? DSAI was incarcerated in Sungai Buloh during PRU14 and PH was without DSAI.
In PRU15, DSAI is leading PH and yet the consensus is simply this: It is Rafizi/Nurul that is making the difference, not DSAI.
We have also seen the rebuff from PH for the overtures made by Tawfik for him to stand under the PH banner. Maybe at this stage of the electoral process, decisions must have been made about who PH wanted to stand for them in Bagan Datuk, but surely PH could have responded in a more positive manner and invited Tawfik to work with PH in Bagan Datuk.
I am also hearing tales that make me question how things are being done in PKR. Why is the office of Dr Noraishah the OKU, on the first floor? And if you want to argue that OKU or not she is not to get any special treatment - then why is her daily program very restrictive - giving her limited opportunity to meet and greet her constituents - especially when she has just been a member of PKR for two weeks : and do not say that it is because she is OKU and she cannot keep up with a more robust schedule! That runs counter to any arguments made originally that she is given a first-floor office because she is not to be given special treatment because she is an OKU.
Already those on the ground have seen the coolness between Anwar and Rafizi - the latter seems at times to be ignoring Anwar at functions they both attend and, in one memorable instance, even not providing for a chair for DSAI to sit on the main stage.
Rafizi is in control of things - so much so that it seems everyone reports back to Rafizi....leaving little room for things to be done at the Bahagian levels without the OK from Rafizi. Rightly or wrongly, this does not augur well for those at the Bahaghian level to get on with doing the things they need to do in a timely manner.
These little things are indicative of other major issues that are beginning to surface on the net, in private messages to others that will leak it further to other.s..all putting PKR in a bad light. Maybe the chain of command should be looked into and be made to work on a practical level to allow the electoral machinery within PKR to move and work in a timely manner.
The issue of whether PH will or will not work with BN in any post-PRU15 coalition has, we hope, permanently been discounted by statements from relevant individuals within the PKR and PH teams. THERE WILL BE NO WORKING TOGETHER WITH BN. Let there be no reversal to this undertaking post PRU15.
We are also told that there will be no working together with GTA, PAS, and PN. So where does that leave PH if there is to be a hung parliament? Eating their own words and for PH to crawl back to PN, PAS, or GTA and cobble together a coalition of sorts? Would not the better option be for PH/PKR to just shut the fuck up and wait to see what transpires at PRU15. Always, pride and arrogance come before a fall.
Tambun. Is DSAI contesting in Tambun because he cannot win another term in PD or is there a more valid reason? Surely Peja is not a pengkhianat to PKR? DSAI has indicated that he is prepared to go into the lion's den and fight the pengkhiants that have betrayed PKR and PH. And surely there is no bigger pengkhianat than Azmin in Gombak? So pray to tell us DSAI, why did you not go into the lion dens in Gombak and attempt to slay the mother of all pengkhianats there - Azmin Ali?
Who really is running the show...calling the shots ...in PKR? Rafizi or Anwar? Or is it really Azizah that is really cracking the whip? I thought that Azizah wanted out of politics the minute she had the opportunity to do so...but now she wants to be an MP and fight for a seat. Good luck to Azizah.
So far, Nurul has managed to stay above the fray. She is not young anymore. She is not worth Rm18 Million. She does not want to be PM. So what will the future hold for Nurul. Only time will tell.
Maybe it would be better for me to just STFU and be quiet about these things happening in PH and in the opposition...but here is the thing. I am on the side of PH, and I am on the side of anyone opposed to BN. So what happened in PH and what happens in the opposition matters to me...because that is the side we want to triumph over BN at PRU15.
But right now, the thing that t matters most to the rakyat - keeping BN from winning PRU15 - seems secondary to the issues of pride, arrogance, and self-interest of those in PH and those in the opposition. And as long as this happens - BN might win PRU15. That is my worry. Enough said.
Re Tawfik, why didn’t he apply to be a candidate like Dr Noriashah . They have a process for candidate selection and must be followed. Dr Noriashah is focus on campaigning in PutraJaya which is commonsensical but just viewed a video of her campaigning in Xavier’s former constituent.
Excellent description of current state of not just pkr but bn as well 5 days into ge 15.
Dap look set to win 35 seats,pkr 20 and amanah 2. A total of 57 seats is possible for PH
Umno look set to win 30 seats,mca and mic 10. A total of 40 seats is possible for BN.
Bersatu need to win 43 seats,pas 27 seats and gerakan 5 seats. A total of 75 seats is possible for PN.
Anwar need to settle with dr wan azizah. Her
proxy wars with her now isolated husband is destabilising ph. The ex pkr president is still a major power in the party,rafizi is the short guy that front for her and both are…